Nobel Laureate to Speak Here
- Jody Williams, who shared the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize with the organization
she coordinates, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, will speak
at the January 26 all-college meeting marking the opening of second semester.
The meeting will be held at 4:30 p.m. in John M. Greene Hall.
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- Williams, 47, grew up in Brattleboro, Vermont, and first became politically
active in the 1960s when as a student at the University of Vermont she
joined protests against the Vietnam War. Later she worked with a Salvadoran
rescue group, with the Nicaragua-Honduras Education Project and with the
Children's Project of Medical Aid for El Salvador.
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- In the early 1990s she widened her focus. "I wanted to do something
with other issues, more global issues," she said. Specifically, she
decided, "war in general, raising public awareness about war issues,
was what was important to me." In 1991 she agreed to head the fledgling
International Campaign to Ban Landmines. The ICBL has grown into a global
movement backed by millions of people and more than 1,000 organizations
-- although the U.S., China and Russia have yet to sign the ICBL-backed
treaty banning landmines.
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- An estimated 100 million landmines are buried worldwide, killing or
maiming an estimated 26,000 people a year. About 80 percent of the victim
are civilians.
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- Although many individuals and groups work to ban landmines, Williams
has been described as "the linchpin among linchpins, the nerve center."
Net-Site 'Hits' Keep Rising
- Although gridlock is not likely any time soon, the highway to the Smith
College Web server is becoming ever more heavily traveled. The figures
below track the increase during the past three years. (They're a bit inflated
because many computers on campus are set to bring up Smith's home page
on every boot-up, but clearly there is lots of interest in what's going
on at the virtual college.)
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- Actually, Internet gridlock is out there as a worry, says Dave Lutz
of information systems. "Internet traffic volume doubles every year
and shows no sign of slowing down," he reports. "Everyone is
struggling to keep up, from the major carriers who provide the Internet
backbone links on down to places like Smith, where we worry about whether
our 'pipe' to the Internet is big enough to carry the ever-increasing traffic."
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- Lutz points out that in almost no field outside of computing and high-technology
is the rate of change so astoundingly fast: "The entire World Wide
Web didn't exist at all prior to 1992." But who remembers back that
far?
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- Smith College Web Site Use, 1995-97
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- Month of ...........11/95...........11/96.........11/97
- Total hits ................67,238............669,051.......1,412,568
- Home-page hits...........6,409............43,243...........45,700
- People lookups*..........1,241..............6,166...........10,575
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- *On- and off-campus use of the on-line directory.
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Forum Will Assess Work Life at Smith
- The texture of the everyday work lives of Smith staff and faculty will
be the subject of a community forum on Friday, February 6, from 2 to 3
p.m. in Wright Hall auditorium. The program, jointly sponsored by Staff
Council and the Campus Climate Working Group, will focus on "the pleasures
and pressures" associated with working at Smith.
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- "Staff and faculty probably know little about what each other's
days are like," says Vicky Spelman of the philosophy department and
women's studies program, who is helping to organize the event. "Maybe
we can at least start learning a bit about that, if only in a preliminary
way."
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- Lianne Sullivan, new director of human resources, will serve as moderator
for staff and faculty panelists, each of whom will speak briefly and then
field questions and encourage open discussion. (The group is also willing
to address questions submitted in advance: send them to sgirard@sophia.smith.edu.)
The program will be followed by a reception in Wright Hall common room
at 3 p.m.
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Money Matters
- Smith has recently received a number of grants in support of activities
ranging from an environmental science research project to an adolescent
health care curriculum.
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- The Charles E. Culpepper Foundation is providing $225,000 to support
an interdisciplinary ecosystem management project that will involve students
and faculty in field research in both a tropical marine system in the Bahamas
and Belize and a New England watershed. The project builds on local investigations
-- already under way and funded by a $115,000 grant from The Krusos Foundation
-- involving the Mill River watershed. It will be conducted by teams of
Smith geology and biological science students and faculty.
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- Its focus, in addition to research, will be on policy development,
team problem-solving, governmental and interagency relations, and community-based
and service learning. It will include the development of a laboratory for
spatial analysis and the storage of data, and visits to the Smith campus
by scientists and students from the field research site.
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- According to Tom Litwin, director of Smith's environmental science
program, the research on these two ecosystems will allow participants to
determine commonalities and differences between temperate and tropical
systems and the policy implications of those results. "It's cutting-edge
science and pedagogy," he says.
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- Work on the adolescent women's health curriculum -- which brings together
Smith faculty members and undergraduates, participants in the Smith Summer
Science Program and staff and young people at the YWCA of Western Massachusetts
-- is continuing with the support of an additional $55,000 from the Metropolitan
Life Foundation. (A $115,000 grant from the foundation got the project
rolling a year ago.) The project examines issues of importance to the health
and wellness of adolescent females, and is creating a resource manual on
young women's health for use in both school and community settings. In
1997, Summer Science Program students helped develop a preliminary table
of contents and materials for the resource manual, and "we're in the
writing phase now," says Barbara Brehm-Curtis of exercise and sport
studies. She is a Smith principal in the adolescent health care curriculum
initiative, along with Les Jaffe, director of health services, and Gail
Scodilis, director of the Summer Science Program.
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- The educational outreach program, built over the last two years at
the botanic garden, will continue and expand with the help of $15,000 from
the Stanley Smith Horticultural Trust. The grant will support such activities
as a newsletter, teacher workshops, the recruitment and training of volunteers,
and the creation of a master plan for the long-range development of what
Kim Tripp, the garden's director, calls this "model pilot program."
The workshops, designed by Madelaine Zadik, the garden's education coordinator,
have already been a big hit with area teachers who have attended them.
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Friends to Aid in Opera Debut
- When Dana Maiben's chamber opera Look and Long premieres January 30,
several of her Smith-alum friends will be on hand to help.
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- Look and Long, which Maiben describes as "part fractured fairy
tale, part opera, part musical theater, part cabaret," is based on
Gertrude Stein's play of the same name. "A glimpse of Stein's wry
and unconventional take on life, language and love," the opera is
Maiben's Smith Scholar project, and she has invited her friends to assist
her.
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- The production has offered Maiben, an Ada Comstock Scholar who will
graduate in May, the opportunity to collaborate with three members of the
class of 1997: Liz Fenstermaker will serve as stage director, Megan Bathory
as choreographer and Kira Simring as narrator. Diana Brewer '96 will return
to Smith to create the role of the Apparition.
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- Four other singer-actors -- Sindhu Revuluri '00, Mount Holyoke sophomore
Dolores Brown, UMass graduate Elizabeth Nogueira and UMass graduate student
Martin Maurais -- complete the cast. They will be accompanied by a small
instrumental ensemble from the Modern Times Orchestra, conducted by composer
Maiben. (See the January 30 and 31 calendar listings for details.)
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Meet the Prez
- A presidential open hour for students will be held Tuesday, February
3, from 4 to 5 p.m. in the Office of the President, College Hall 20. Open
hours offer an opportunity to chat informally and individually with the
president. No appointments are necessary, and visitors will be seen on
a first-come, first-served basis.
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Ergo Argot
- Are you using your wrist-rest properly? Contrary to popular opinion,
a wrist-rest should only be used when you are not typing-for example, during
pauses at the computer or while you are reading e-mail. Using the wrist-rest
while you type stresses nerves and muscles in the forearms by forcing you
to key with just the fingers. Instead, use the piano-playing position,
with hands floating above the keyboard. When not keying, use the wrist-rest
to take a load off the shoulders and spine.
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- The work of Smith geologists Brian White and Allen Curran, in collaboration
with colleague Mark Wilson of the College of Wooster, was recently singled
out in both the December 11 AcaMedia and the marginally more prestigious
publication Science. The latter, in its November 7 issue, ran a story describing
the highlights of research presented at the annual meeting of the Geological
Society of America, held in Salt Lake City in October and attended by more
than 5,600 geologists and paleontologists. The White-Curran-Wilson paper,
one of only a handful of presentations profiled in Science's report on
the meeting, documented a sea-level change resulting from a "little
ice age" during an interglacial period in the Pleistocene period.
*
- Philip Green, Sophia Smith Professor of Government, is the author of
Cracks in the Pedestal: Ideology and Gender, published last month by the
University of Massachusetts Press. In the book, Green analyzes the response
of the American film and television industry to the feminist cultural revolution
of the past 25 years. He focuses on the treatment of those ideals and institutions,
especially the family, within which prevailing notions of gender and sexuality
are embedded and take on active life.
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- Green recently took a look of a different kind at popular culture,
participating in a panel discussion held at Mount Holyoke College in November.
According to a newspaper report, the panel analyzed Diana, Princess of
Wales, describing her "as beautiful, an icon of womanhood, a tragic
heroine, a rule-breaker, a sex symbol and someone who publicly expressed
that she cared about common people." During the discussion, which
was sponsored by the Five College Women's Studies Research Center, Green
contrasted Diana with former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher.
"Diana stands for a repudiation of 20 years of noncaring, in favor
of someone who expresses it and does so in public," he said. Green,
who is currently on sabbatical leave, will retire at the end of this year.
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- Among her many recent activities, President Ruth Simmons chaired the
Rhodes Scholar Selection Committee for Massachusetts and hosted Rhodes
interviews in her office on December 3. The next evening, in New York,
the International Institute of Education (IIE) presented the president
with the Distinguished Fulbright Alumna Award in recognition of her outstanding
contributions to higher education. IIE is the largest nonprofit educational
and cultural exchange organization in the U.S. It designs and implements
international programs, including the Fulbright Student Program, for sponsors
that include corporations, foundations, universities, the U.S. government,
foreign governments and international organizations. Simmons was a Fulbright
Scholar at the Université de Lyon, France, in 1967-68.
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- On January 18, Simmons was the guest speaker at the Eyes on the Prize
Award ceremony, sponsored annually by WGBY, Channel 57, in Springfield.
During the program, which was videotaped, four Springfield residents were
recognized for their "visionary spirit and contributions to the cause
of civil rights." WGBY will broadcast its tape of the ceremony Saturday,
February 7, at 9:15 p.m.
*
- Kerry Buckley, executive director of Historic Northampton and lecturer
in education and child study at Smith, also had some on-camera time on
WGBY recently. His comments on John Broadus Watson, considered by many
to be the most influential American psychologist of his generation, were
included in part three of a five-part Nova series, "A Science Odyssey."
The series, which aired in mid-January, explored the unparalleled scientific
and technological discovery that has characterized the 20th century. Buckley's
book, Mechanical Man: John Broadus Watson and the Beginnings of Behaviorism,
was published in 1989.
*
- Julia Child '34, who is both a Smith and a culinary icon, apparently
was no angel when she was an undergraduate here. "She was a member
of the Gang of Five who hung out in speakeasies," says Noel Fitch,
author of Appetite for Life: The Biography of Julia Child. "When Prohibition
was over, she partied in nightclubs and drank champagne."
*
- Barbara Brehm-Curtis of the exercise and sport studies department is
the author of a recently published textbook, Stress Management: Increasing
Your Stress Resistance. Brehm-Curtis, who teaches stress management at
Smith, dedicates the book to her students, "whose teachings have enriched
my understanding and whose words and lives fill these pages."
*
- According to a couple of writers for Newsweek magazine, the film Amistad
"is a history lesson any high-school teacher could envy. It's in living
color and bigger than life-full of conflict and human emotion, a vivid
retelling of an almost-forgotten incident in which the slaves, for once,
rebelled and won their freedom." The Newsweek writers described the
film in the beginning of their discussion about how the history of American
slavery is being taught in high schools today. In fact, they aver, it "has
never been taught better"-and contributing to this state of affairs,
they say, are new textbooks like The Americans (published by McDougal Littell),
in which Louis Wilson of the Afro-American studies department was very
much involved.
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- As late as the mid-1970s, according to the Newsweek article, such topics
as segregation, race violence and the economic oppression of African-Americans
generally got short shrift. "Not anymore," says Newsweek, citing
The Americans as an example. The book's authors, who in addition to Wilson
included Gerald Danzer of the University of Illinois/Chicago, Jorge Kloe
de Alva of UC Berkeley and Nancy Woloch of Barnard College, collaborated
to assure that the text "delved into subjects that had previously
been treated superficially in textbooks," according to Chris Johnson
of McDougal Littell.
*
- Poems by Eduard Mörike set to music composed by Hugo Wolf are
rendered by soprano Jane Bryden of the music department on a compact disk
issued recently by Koch International Classics. Bryden is accompanied on
the CD by pianist Craig Smith, director of music at Boston's Emmanuel Church.
The recording was made at Emmanuel Church in 1994 and produced with the
support of a grant from Smith's Jerene Appleby Harnish Fund. The essay
"Eduard Mörike and Music" by Hans Vaget of German and comparative
literature is included in the liner notes. Vaget also provided translations
of several of the poems.
*
- The Office of Human Resources has announced the following employment
changes made during November and December of 1997:
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- New Hires: Anne Clark, coordinator of special events and publicity,
Art Museum; Elizabeth Clark, book-repair technician, Libraries; Stuart
Getzov, custodian, Physical Plant; Cathy Kolosewicz, double-unit dining
room assistant, RADS; Marsha Leavitt, administrative computing analyst,
Information Systems; Janet Morris, classroom/statistics assistant, registrar's
office; Brenda Olinski, systems support specialist, Advancement; Randy
Shannon, residence life coordinator, Student Affairs.
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- Transfers/Promotions: Lisa Abbey, systems assistant, RADS; Ruth Bishop,
gift/securities assistant, Advancement; Charles Conant, project manager,
Physical Plant; Mentha Hynes, outreach specialist, Office of Institutional
Diversity (a half-time position, held in addition to another half-time
position in the admission office).
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- Departures: Maura Brennan, print room assistant, Art Museum; Carol
Callahan, telephone operator, telephone office; Cheryl Cardinal, teacher,
extended day program; Karin Fischer, assistant editor, Alumnae Association;
Caroline Goldey, administrative assistant, controller's office; William
Hayden, store keeper, Physical Plant; Kathleen Kramer, residence life coordinator,
Student Affairs Office; Elizabeth Marshall, administrative assistant, Science
Center.
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Calendar Key
- Sources of further information, if any, are shown in parentheses at
the end of event descriptions. An asterisk following a listing indicates
that the event is open to the public. Admission charges, if any, are listed
when known.
Sunday, January 25
- Religious service: Morning worship with the Rev. Richard Unsworth.
All welcome.
- 10:30 a.m., Chapel*
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- Open house: Smith College Campus School. See the Smith-wide notice
on page three for more information. (Ext. 3295; www.smith.edu/sccs)
- 2-3:30 p.m., Fort Hill campus, 28 Lyman Road*
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- Religious service: Roman Catholic Mass with Fr. Michael Sequeira, Celebrant,
and Dr. Elizabeth Carr, Catholic Chaplain. A supper will follow. All welcome.
- 4:30 p.m., Chapel*
Monday, January 26
- Meeting: Baha'i Club, for anyone interested in planning activities
concerning race unity and the equality of men and women. Refreshments provided.
(Kari, ext. 6389)
- 4 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel
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- All-College Meeting: Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize laureate
and coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, will be
the special guest speaker at the opening meeting of the college's second
semester. (See story, page 1.)
- 4:30 p.m., John M. Greene Hall*
Tuesday, January 27
- Episcopal-Lutheran Fellowship meets in the parish house parlor for
worship, lunch and friendship. All welcome.
- Noon, St. John's Church, Elm Street*
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- SGA senate meeting, including a student open forum at 7:15 p.m.
- 7 p.m., Seelye 201
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- Swimming and diving vs. Amherst
- 7 p.m., Ainsworth pool
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- Squash vs. Vassar
- 7 p.m., Ainsworth gym
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- Lecture: "Feminism and God," followed by a discussion. All
welcome. Sponsored by the Smith Koinonia Fellowship, the Keystone Smith
Christian Fellowship and InterVarsity.
- 7:30-10 p.m., Seelye 106
Wednesday, January 28
- Special event: Old Uniform Sale. The athletic department is selling
uniforms, sweats, and jackets no longer used by the athletic teams. Open
to the entire Smith community, spouses and dependents.
- 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., first floor foyer, Ainsworth gym
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- CDO informational meeting: On-campus recruiter for Northfield Mount
Hermon Summer School. Six-week summer teaching internships are open to
juniors and seniors. Applications available in CDO. Those interested in
interviewing must sign up in the CDO Internship Room for a time slot, and
bring a completed application to the interview.
- 1 p.m., CDO
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- Registration for all students interested in taking riding classes during
second semester. Please bring your academic schedule and fee for the semester.
You must attend this meeting even if you have preregistered. (Sue Payne,
ext. 2734)
- 7 p.m., Faculty lounge, Ainsworth gym
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- Religious activity: Buddhist service and discussion
- 7:15 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel
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- Workshop: "Environmental Challenges in the Middle East."
Sponsored by Hillel.
- 7:30 p.m., Wright common room
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- Lecture: "Is God Only in Your Mind?" Followed by a discussion.
All welcome. Sponsored by the Keystone Smith Christian Fellowship and the
Smith Koinonea Fellowship.
- 7:30-10 p.m., Neilson Browsing Room
Thursday, January 29
- Special event: Old Uniform Sale. (See Wednesday, 10 a.m.)
- 10 a.m.-:30 p.m., first floor foyer, Ainsworth gym
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- Meeting: Newman Association for Catholic Students. Come for a home-cooked
meal and good conversation.
- 6 p.m., Bodman Lounge, Chapel
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- Religious activity: Beit Midrash. Study Jewish texts and ideas with
Rabbi Edward Feld. Pizza served. Smith students welcome.
- 6 p.m., Appleton 106, Amherst College
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- CDO "Case Interview Workshop." Sponsored by Mitchell Madison
Group.
- 7 p.m., Wright common room
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Friday, January 30
- CDO deadline to register for the Foreign Service Officer Exam to be
held February 28 in various locations in the U.S. Applications available
in CDO.
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- Special event: Old Uniform Sale. (See Wednesday, 10 a.m.)
- 10 a.m.-4:30 p.m., first floor foyer, Ainsworth gym
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- Smith/Mt. Holyoke Squash Invitational
- 6 p.m., Ainsworth gym*
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- Religious service: Shabbat Eve service.
- 5:30 p.m., Dewey common room
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- Religious activity: Shabbat Eve dinner.
- 7 p.m., Dawes House Kosher Kitchen
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- Theater: Look and Long, a workshop production of a new chamber opera
by Dana Maiben AC '98, based on Gertrude Stein's whimsical play about growing
up. (See story, page 4.) Suggested donation between $1 (for Smith students)
and $5; no reservations. (Dana Maiben, 584-2131)
- 8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA*
Saturday, January 31
- Smith/Mt. Holyoke Squash Invitational
- 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., Ainsworth gym*
-
- Public master class for violinists, given by Serge Blanc, professor
of violin at the Paris Ecole Normale and Conservatoire National de Musique.
The event will include a critique of several performance students and a
performance by Blanc and Lory Wallfisch of George Enescu's Sonata No. 3
for Violin and Piano (1924).
- 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Sage Recital Hall*
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- Track and field: New England Challenge Cup
- 1 p.m., Ainsworth gym*
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- Theater: Look and Long. (See Friday, 8 p.m.)
- 8 p.m., Theatre 14, Mendenhall CPA*
-
- Winter Wonderland Coffeehouse. Free food and open mike. All welcome.
Sponsored by Smith Christian Fellowship, Smith Koinonia Fellowship and
Keystone.
- 8:30-11 p.m., Gamut
Sunday, February 1
- Smith/Mt. Holyoke Squash Invitational
- 10:30 a.m., Ainsworth gym*
-
- Religious activity: Quaker (Friends) discussion group. Meeting for
worship begins at 11 a.m. Child care available.
- 9:30 a.m., Bass 210
-
- Religious service: Morning worship with the Rev. Richard Unsworth.
All welcome.
- 10:30 a.m., Chapel*
-
- General meeting: Association of Smith Pagans, for those who practice
nature-based religions. All seekers welcome.
- 4-5:15 p.m., Women's Resource Center (Davis third floor)
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- Religious service: Roman Catholic Mass with Fr. James Skehan, S.J.,
Celebrant, and Dr. Elizabeth Carr, Catholic Chaplain. A supper will follow.
All welcome.
- 4:30 p.m., Chapel*
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- Meeting: Feminists of Smith Unite.
- 7 p.m., Women's Resource Center (Davis third floor)
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- Religious activity: Smith Christian Fellowship, a chapter of InterVarsity
Christian Fellowship USA. All welcome.
- 7-8:30 p.m., Dewey common room
Ongoing Events
- Art exhibition: "A Dozen Roses." Inspired by the Sophia Smith
rose cultivated to honor the founder of Smith College, artist and staff
member Patricia Czepiel Hayes '84 has created a series of 12 "Sophia
Rose" paintings. Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., through March
28. (A reception will be held Friday, February 6, 4:30-6:30 p.m.)
- Alumnae House Gallery
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Getting Your Word Out in AcaMedia
- AcaMedia is the official vehicle for making announcements within the
Smith College community. We urge all of our readers to let us know of any
Smith-related stories in need of telling, any members of the Smith community
in need of recognition, or any college events or notices in need of publicity.
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- Where to Send Copy
- -- Submit copy or ideas for news stories to Ann Shanahan at Garrison
Hall (ashanahan@colrel.smith.edu).
- -- Submit calendar items to Mary Stanton at Garrison Hall (mstanton@colrel.smith.edu,
or fax to extension 2174).
- -- Submit notices to John Sippel at Garrison Hall (jsippel@colrel.smith.edu,
or fax to extension 2178). Text for notices should not exceed 125 words.
If its intended audience is not obvious, please indicate whether your notice
applies to the entire Smith community, to faculty and staff only, or to
students only.
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- Deadlines
- Copy is due by 4 p.m., Wednesday, January 28, for issue 17 (which will
include February 9-15 calendar listings) and by 4 p.m., Wednesday, February
4, for issue 18 (February 16-22 calendar listings). Late information cannot
be accepted.
Smith-Wide
- Student Housing After May 9
- The Alumnae Association is responsible for housing all students after
their room and board contracts expire at 10 a.m. on May 9. Due to the many
alumnae attending reunion/commencement weekend, space for students (other
than graduating seniors) who wish to remain on campus is extremely limited.
The Alumnae Association will pre-approve all students who request a room
during this period. (Graduating seniors need not request approval to stay
on campus.) Request forms for post-semester student housing were sent this
week to all department heads and student-organization leaders who last
year were granted approvals for students to stay on campus. Others who
would like a form should call Alumnae Outreach at extension 2040. Forms
are due back by Monday, March 2. Please note that these are requests, not
reservations, for space, and will be considered on the basis of available
space.
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- Reunion and Commencement
- The final deadline for entries in the Reunion and Commencement Program
and the Reunion Weekend Program is February 2. All entries should be sent
to the Alumnae Association, Alumnae Outreach.
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- All campus space reservations for May 9-24, including those for the
commencement reception, should be made through the Alumnae Association.
Call extension 2040 for copies of the campus space reservation form. Requests
for campus space during this period should be made in writing to the Alumnae
Association, Alumnae Outreach, and will be accepted until May 8.
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- Honorary Degree Nominations
- The Committee on Honorary Degrees would like to invite all members
of the Smith community to bring to its attention the names of individuals
who merit consideration as potential honorary degree candidates. The committee
will consider women who are exemplars of excellence in a wide range of
fields, both academic and nonacademic. The committee will also consider
women and men who have made extraordinary contributions to Smith College,
to the education of women, or to women's lives.
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- Letters of nomination should be sent to the Committee on Honorary Degrees,
Office of the Board of Trustees, College Hall 25. They should briefly describe
the candidates' qualifications, their fields and places of work, and why
they are particularly deserving of an honorary degree. Supporting material
(curricula vitae, newspaper articles, entries from biographical reference
works, etc.) should be included.
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- The review process is lengthy, so it is not possible to guarantee that
a nominee will receive an honorary degree or to say when such a degree
might be awarded. All nominees will receive careful consideration.
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- Scholarship Nominations
- Smith College has been invited to nominate a member of the junior class
for a Beinecke Brothers Memorial Scholarship, to be awarded to a junior
who has demonstrated unusual ability in a field of study she is eager to
pursue at the graduate level. The award consists of a grant of $2,000 upon
completion of undergraduate studies and a stipend of $15,000 for each of
two years in graduate school. Nominees should represent superior standards
of intellectual ability, scholastic achievement and personal promise. Preference
will be given to students who would be significantly more likely to attend
graduate school if awarded one of the scholarships. Nominees must have
received some financial aid as undergraduates and be U.S. citizens at the
time of nomination. Applications are available in the Office of the Class
Deans, College Hall 23. The application deadline is Monday, February 23.
(Mary Philpott or Cindy Bryon, ext. 4920)
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- Campus School Open Houses
- In upcoming weeks the Smith College Campus School will hold two open
houses to introduce the school's programs, provide information on admission
and financial aid, and allow for facility tours and meetings with teachers.
The Fort Hill campus at 28 Lyman Road, which houses the preschool program,
will hold its open house Sunday, January 25, from 2 to 3:30 p.m. At Gill
Hall on Prospect Street, where K-6 programs are offered, an open house
focusing on grades K-3 will be held Sunday, February 8 from 2 to 3:30 p.m.
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- The Campus School is currently accepting applications for preschool
through sixth grade. Those received on or before March 15 will be considered
in the first round of admissions decisions for 199899. (Campus School
admission office, ext. 3295; www.smith.edu/sccs)
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- Child Care Openings
- The Sunnyside Child Care Center has half- and full-day midyear openings
for preschoolers. (Debra Horton, ext. 2293)
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- January Orientation
- Approximately 30 new students will arrive on campus Thursday, January
22, for orientation. Please welcome them warmly. A schedule of orientation
events will be available in College Hall 22 and in college houses through
house council members.
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Faculty & Staff
- Faculty Meeting
- The fifth regular meeting of the faculty for 1997-98 will be held Wednesday,
January 28, at 4:10 p.m. in the Alumnae House.
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- Kyoto Fellowship Program
- Applications for the Associated Kyoto Program (AKP) Faculty Fellowship
Program for academic year 19992000 are available from Thomas Rohlich,
AKP campus representative (312 Hatfield; extension 3441; trohlich@sophia.smith.edu).
The fellowships are for AKP consortium faculty members interested in teaching
and conducting research at the AKP Center in Kyoto, Japan, and are for
either the fall '99 or spring '00 semester. Fellows are expected to teach
one AKP course in English and to implement a program of research or study
in Kyoto to enhance their professional development. No knowledge of Japanese
is required, but each course is expected to exclusively or comparatively
focus on Japan. Fellows receive a stipend and housing subsidy for the duration
of the fellowship. The deadline for completed applications is June 1, 1998.
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- JYA Directorships
- Applications for directorships for the 1999-2000 Smith Junior Year
Abroad Programs in Florence, Geneva, Hamburg and Paris are available from
the Committee on Study Abroad in the Office for International Study, Clark
hall third floor. Any faculty member with a knowledge of the given coun-try's
culture and language may apply. Filing deadline: Friday, January 30.
Students
- Phonathon Job
- Like to talk on the phone? Want more women to be able to come to Smith?
Earn $6.50 an hour participating in the Alumnae Fund phonathon to help
us raise money for scholarships. You must be able to work at least five
shifts (primarily in the evenings) between April 5 and April 30. Stop by
the Alumnae House for an application, or call Mary at extension 2044 and
leave your name and box number. Application deadline: Friday, March 6
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- CDO News
- Career fair. Crimson & Brown is offering a career fair February
20 at the Cambridge Center Marriott. To preregister, send your registration
form and résumé to Crimson & Brown's attention by January
26 (registration forms are available at CDO). Résumés may
either be mailed or e-mailed (careerjam@aol.com); do not fax your résumé,
as it will need to be scanned. For more information, see www.careerjam.com.
Summer internships. The following organizations will visit CDO during the
upcoming weeks to interview students for summer internships. If you would
like to be considered as a candidate for one of these companies, please
submit your cover letter and résumé by the indicated deadline
to the CDO internship director:
- -- Northfield Mount Hermon School (teaching). On campus January 28.
Applicants must bring a filled-out application to the interview. Sign up
for a time slot at CDO.
- -- J.P. Morgan Investment Banking. Application deadline: February 3.
On campus March 3.
- -- J.P. Morgan Investment Management (financial services). Application
deadline: February 10. On campus February 26.
- -- Smith College Internships in the Public Interest. Application deadline:
February 16. On campus March 913.
- -- Wediko Children's Services (human services). Application deadline:
February 18. On campus February 26.
- -- J.P. Morgan Marketing Division (financial services). Application
deadline: February 20. Will not conduct on-campus interviews.
- -- College Directory Publishing Inc. Application deadline: February
27. On campus March 10.
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- SIFP Stipends
- Beginning in February, students may submit applications for Summer
Internship Funding Program (SIFP) stipends. To submit an application, you
must have applied for an internship but need not have yet been accepted.
Stipends of up to $1,900 are meant to defray costs such as room, board
and travel. Applications and information are available at the CDO, and
information can also be found on CDO's home page (www.smith.edu/cdo). To
learn more, contact Lucy Greenburg (ext. 2570; lgreenburg@ais.smith.edu)
or see her during SIFP open houses (Thursday, 12:30-2 p.m.; Friday, 9:30-11
a.m.)
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- GROW Weekend
- Applications are now available for training for the February 13-15
Grass Roots Organizing Workshop (GROW). Applications are due January 30;
notifications will be made February 2. GROW training is facilitated by
the United States Students Association, a progressive student group. For
information or to request an application, call or write Jane Palmer (ext.
7521; jpalmer@sophia. smith.edu).
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- Spring Riding Registration
- Registration for students interested in taking riding classes will
be held Wednesday, January 28, at 7 p.m. in Ainsworth faculty lounge. Please
bring your academic schedule and fee for the semester. You must attend
this meeting even if you have preregistered. (Sue Payne, ext. 2734)
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- Art Supplies Financial Aid
- The Smith Students' Aid Society will offer some financial assistance
for the purchase of art supplies for students with genuine need who will
take advanced studio art cla
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