Tickets are still available for Ragtime at Proctor's
on Thursday, June 8, at 8 p.m. Cost is $44.55. For information, contact
Human Resources at ext. 6108 by May 12.
Seats are available for the Boston Red Sox/Yankee Game
at Fenway Park on Sept. 10. Bus departs from Union at 7:30 a.m., arriving
at Fenway at 11:30 a.m. Game is at 1:05 p.m. Dinner is en route back to
campus. Cost is $48. Contact Human Resources at ext. 6108.
More than 200 students will share their research and creative
achievements in the 10th annual Steinmetz Symposium on May 12 and 13.
Information and features will appear in the next edition of the Chronicle.
For details see the Web at steinmetz2000.union.edu.
The faculty on April 27 approved the formation of an
experimental one-year committee to review employee benefits.
In other action, faculty voted in favor of joining the
Worker's Rights Consortium, an organization that monitors international
production of college apparel in an attempt to limit human rights abuses.
In faculty elections, Andrew Wolfe was elected to a
two-year, at-large position on the Faculty Review Board; Suzie Benack was
named to a three-year, at-large post on the Student Affairs Council; Tom
Werner was elected to a three-year term as chair of the Faculty Executive
Committee; and Robert Baker and John Spinelli were elected representatives
of the just-formed Benefits Committee.
It's like a stroll through historic Albany, only faster.
Runners are sought for Team Union in the Corporate
Challenge 3.5-mile road race on Thursday, May 25, at 6:25 p.m. in Albany.
Runners of all abilities and backgrounds are encouraged
to join in this event, which is more social than athletic. The course
starts and finishes at Empire State Plaza, taking in the gently rolling
hills of Albany's Washington Park.
For details, contact Charlie Casey by May 10 at ext.
6090 or caseyc@union.edu.
A day of hiking through the spectacular Montana countryside and a
dance that featured Native American traditions made for a perfect end to
NCUR 2000 for the 47 students and six faculty who made the trip to the
University of Montana, Missoula, last week.
“Many people at the conference commented on the
caliber of the research that we do at Union and the way our students made
their presentations,” said Ashraf Ghaly, civil engineering.
James Adrian, chemistry, noted the support that Union
students showed at each other's presentations: “There were more
than five Union students in the audience at most of the presentations by
Union students.”
As usual, had one of the largest groups at NCUR, which
draws over 2,000 undergraduates, faculty, and administrators to hear and
discuss undergraduate creative and scholarly work. Union has hosted NCUR
twice.
Students who presented at NCUR also will present at the
10th Steinmetz Symposium beginning on Friday, May 12.
Besides Ghaly and Adrian, accompanying this year's
group were faculty members Megan Ferry, modern languages; and Michael
Hagerman, chemistry. Tom Werner of chemistry, former chair of the NCUR
board of governors, was at the conference as director of the NCUR-Lancy
Initiative, which provides funding for summer student research programs.
George Butterstein, biology and acting dean of arts and sciences, also
made the trip to Missoula.
To see photos of some of the Union College students at
NCUR 2000, point your browser to www.union.edu/PUBLIC/CERDEPT/NCUR/NCUR'00/ncur00.htm.