Posted on Feb 5, 1999

Faculty unable to attend a recent presentation by Lawrence M. Seiford, a program
director with the National Science Foundation, may obtain a copy via e-mail of his
Powerpoint presentation.

About 25 faculty from the science and engineering and social science divisions attended
Seiford's presentation on Jan. 29, which focused on less known and under-applied
programs with particular emphasis on funding opportunities that promote partnerships and
international collaborations.

For more information or a copy of the presentation, contact Pam Simmons, director of
government grants, at simmonsp@union.edu.

Posted on Feb 5, 1999

Conductor David Golub and clarinetist David Shifrin join the Padua Chamber
Orchestra on Monday, Feb. 8, at 8 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.

The program will include Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5; Mozart's
Clarinet Concerto; Rossini's Theme and Variations for Clarinet and Orchestra;
and Dvorak's Serenade for Strings.

Posted on Feb 5, 1999

Photographers Donna Fitzgerald and Mark McCarty have collaborated for an exhibit of
photographs titled “Looking at Youth” in the Arts Atrium.

It opens with a reception on Thursday, Feb. 11, from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m.

Fitzgerald, who teaches art at the Neil Hellman School of Parsons Child and Family
Center, was a semi-finalist in the Life magazine Contest for Young Photographers,
and received a Photographer's Fund Grant from the Center for Photography in
Woodstock.

McCarty, a commercial photographer, has works in collections at museums around the
country. His work in the exhibit is photos of his children over the last 15 years.

Posted on Feb 5, 1999

Brenda Wineapple, Washington Irving Professor of Modern Literary and Historical
Studies, is co-author, with Catharine Stimpson, dean of the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences at New York University, of an article “An Icon Is an Icon Is a Challenge to
Teach” in the Jan. 22 issue of The Chronicle of Higher Education. The piece
examines the challenging complexities of teaching students about an icon such as Gertrude
Stein.

Pilar Moyano, associate professor of Spanish, is author of “Reconstruyendo
el pasado y el presente: revisión/subversión de mitos en la orba de la poeta
nicaraguenese Daisy Zemora” in De la catedral al rascacieolos. Actas de la
XVII Asamblea General de ALDEEU, Rafael Corbalán, Gerardo Pina y Nicolás Toscano,
editors. She also delivered a paper, “La mujer centroamericana y su identidad
frente a los cambios políticos de poder” at the 18th annual meeting in Madrid of the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and
Portuguese.

Posted on Feb 5, 1999

Yes, that's Erin Wittes '00 on The Price is Right.

Wittes and her 45 teammates from the Union swim team took a break from their winter
training retreat at Mission Viejo, Calif., to see a taping of the show in nearby Burbank
on Dec. 9.

After Wittes heard the trademark, “Come on down!” she won the opening round
by guessing the price of a TV-VCR combination unit. Then, she was on stage with host Bob
Barker for a round in which she won $100.

Wittes wears a Union shirt on the show, and the garnet-clad Union contingent was strong
and vocal, said Union Swim Coach Judy Wolfe.

The show is to air Monday, Feb. 8, at 11 a.m. on CBS (WRGB – Channel 6).