Posted on Nov 6, 1998

The College's United Way campaign runs through
Friday.

“We're hoping to make this our most successful
campaign and we need every one's help to do it,” say Kathy McCann and Rich
Patierne, campus co-chairs for the drive. “Please consider a generous contribution to
the campaign.”

The College has increased funding over the past two years
by some 58 percent. Last year, the College received the “Spirit of Giving” award
for increasing dollar and donor totals to $34,788 and 362 donors. In 1997, the College
received the “Campaign of the Year” award.

For information on the campaign, call Patierne at ext.
6187 or McCann at ext. 6093.

Posted on Nov 6, 1998

The Union College Theater program presents Metamorphosis,
a play by Steven Berkoff adapted from the short story by Franz Kafka. Director is
Prof. William A. Finlay.

The play runs through Nov. 7. All performances are at 8
p.m. in the Yulman Theater.

Metamorphosis is based on the familiar but macabre
tale of a man who is suddenly turned into a giant cockroach. Berkoff takes this basic
premise and uses music and the surreal with physical movement and text to create an
impressionistic landscape of high dramatic intensity.

Set design is by Charles Steckler, lighting by John
Miller.

For ticket information, call the Yulman Theater Box Office
at ext. 6545.

Posted on Nov 6, 1998

The Committee on Teaching will discuss “How
are you motivating your students: fear of failure or love of knowledge?” at a session
led by Joyce Madancy, history; Richard Fox, political science; and Christie Sorum,
classics on Friday, Nov. 6, at 12:20 p.m. in Humanities 019. The session will include a
discussion of A Life in School by Jane Tompkins. For more information, visit the
COT Web site at www.union.edu/PUBLIC/CERDEPT/FACULTY/GHALY/COT.htm.

Posted on Nov 6, 1998

The Union College Web site had 141,655 page
requests for the month of October, a 44 percent increase from six months ago, prior to the
launch of the redesigned Web site.

The number of visitors per week is up as well, rising 23
percent to 5,302 for the same period.

The discrepancy between the two increases indicates that
Web surfers are finding more information on the site, said Saul Morse, Webmaster.
“Once they enter our site, people are spending more time and hitting more
pages,” he said.

Posted on Nov 6, 1998

The critically acclaimed Borromeo String Quartet
will perform with world-class pianist Menahem Pressler on Saturday, Nov. 14 at 8 p.m. in
Union College's Memorial Chapel.

This is the third concert of the Schenectady Museum-Union
College Concert Series. The concert program will include Prokofiev's Quartet No. 1
in b, Op. 50; Andy Vores' Quartet No. 3 (1998); and Dvorak's Piano
Quintet in A, Op. 81.

Formed in 1989 by four young musicians from the Curtis
Institute of Music, the Borromeo String Quartet has risen quickly to international
prominence. The quartet takes its name from an area of northern Italy where it played its
first concerts together. Members include Nicholas Kitchen and Ruggero Allifranchini,
violins; Hsin-Yun Huang, viola; and Yeesun Kim, cello. All are faculty members at the New
England Conservancy. The Boston Globe wrote: “The Borromeo String Quartet is
simply the best there is on the planet; every appearance they make is an event… the only
real treasure, it's been said, is spiritual treasure, and this was it.”