Posted on Jan 15, 1999

January 4, 1999

1. Linda Stanhope welcomed our new member, Alex Militello '01.

2. The minutes of Nov. 9, 1998 were approved.

3. The procedures for the upcoming external review of the Sociology Department were
discussed. The letters of concern from the senior department members written to the Deans
and the chair of the AAC will be distributed to the AAC, and their concerns will be part
of the discussion when the chair of the Sociology Department presents the departmental
discussion of the report to the AAC.

4. Linda Cool presented material on the calendar including a proposed schedule and a
compilation of “pros and cons.” This material will be read by two faculty not on
the AAC, one who is in favor of the trimester and one who is in favor of a semester. The
material will be reviewed by the Board of Trustees, and Dean Cool will report back a sense
of the Board. Following the Board's decision, the AAC will distribute the report to
the community. The Council members will review the material before the next meeting.

Posted on Jan 15, 1999

Members of the campus community are making plans for bus excursions to New York City,
Boston and Montreal this year.

Here is the schedule:

April 24, New York City

July 31, Boston for Red Sox v. Yankees game

Oct. 2, Montreal

Dec. 4, New York City for annual Radio City Christmas Show

For information and reservations, please call George Schiller, who has coordinated the
trips, at ext. 6108. All trips need 40 riders, except for Boston, which needs 45. The
Radio City and Boston trips are starting to fill up from word of mouth only, he reports.

Posted on Jan 15, 1999

An ad hoc committee has been formed to consider the tenurability of A.T. Miller,
associate professor of history. Members are Erik Hansen, history; Byron Nichols, political
science; Harry Marten, English; and Jay Newman, physics, committee chair.

Members of the campus community who would like to offer oral or written testimony
concerning Prof. Miller's teaching, scholarship or college service may contact Prof.
Newman (ext. 6506, newmanj@union.edu) or another member of the committee.

Posted on Jan 15, 1999

About 70 attended the annual staff holiday luncheon last month, raising more than $200
for a Union student, and donating more than 70 gifts to residents of the Glendale Nursing
Home, according to Diana Mirabile, chair of the committee that planned the event.

A string quartet from Schenectady High School performed during the luncheon.

Posted on Jan 15, 1999

Dancer Ken Pierce will demonstrate basic steps of the minuet and other dances common at
the time of J.S. Bach in a workshop on Thursday, Jan. 21, 1999, from 1:30 to 3:20 p.m. in
Memorial Chapel. Audience is invited to participate.

On Friday, Jan. 22, at 8 p.m., in Memorial Chapel, four dancers and three musicians
from the Ken Pierce Baroque Dance Company will present a concert, “The Splendor of
Baroque Dance.”

Events are part of “Baroque Dance and Music,” by the Department of Performing
Arts.