The College's Wellness Events for employees and families are under way.
Offerings include:
— Asthma Self Management, Oct. 23 and 30;
— Low-fat Cooking Demonstration, Nov. 9 and 14;
— Mammography (employees only), Oct. 24; and
— Flu Shots (employees only), Nov. 15.
Call ext. 6108 to sign up or for more information.
Read MoreWith good weather predicted and over 400 members of the Union community
already registered, the Alumni Affairs Office expects a record turnout for
Homecoming and Parents Weekend
“All we need are sunny weather and smiling faces,” said Nick
Famulare '92, director of alumni affairs. “The biggest challenge for our
guests may be finding a place to park,” he said, noting the popularity of
the football game against local rival Rensselaer.
Events include a welcoming reception, sample classes, a pre-game tailgate
party, hayrides, sports galore … even a carnival for kids.
For a complete listing of events, see the Web at www.union.edu/Alumni/Events/Homecoming/2000/.
Read MoreThe dedication of the Ralph B. '29 and Marjorie Kenney Community Center,
the distinctive wedge-shaped building at the corner of Park Place and Nott
Street, will be Tuesday, Oct. 17, at 3 p.m.
College and city officials will join Union students and some of the
youngsters they will serve to open the two-story building that once housed the
Alps Grill.
The Kenney Center, made possible by a gift from Mrs. Kenney in memory of her
husband, serves as a homework center for Union's mentoring program and as a
home base for the College's Big Brothers/Big Sisters program. The center also
hosts health and wellness workshops for community residents by Ellis and St.
Clare's hospitals and youth programs run by Girls Inc.
“The Kenney Center is becoming a focal point of community activity for
the residents of College Park and their children,” said Gretchel Tyson,
Union's director of community outreach. “It also is becoming a haven for
the many Union students who volunteer in the community.”
In an interview with C-SPAN last year for a show about Chester Arthur, Prof. Jim Underwood casually remarked that if the President were to stroll the campus
today he might even walk under some of the same trees that were here when he was
a student.
Turns out he was right.
Underwood remembered reading somewhere that Eliphalet Nott planted groves of
trees, and he got to wondering if the huge black walnuts in front of Sigma Phi
and Webster House were the originals.
Underwood shared his curiosity with Loren Rucinski and Tom Heisinger of
Facilities. They had the trees “cored” to count the annual growth
rings. And yes, the trees date back to the 1820's.
“I thought this was the greatest thing in the world, that Nott had done
this and that they're still here,” Underwood said. “There is very
little question that he planted them.”
And given the state of things in those days, it is entirely possible that
Nott, then a fairly young man, might have wielded the shovel himself.
Black walnuts have a life expectancy of about 200 years, Underwood said, so he and his wife, Jean, decided to make a gift to the College of some 60 new trees. The couple is to be recognized at a ceremony on Saturday, Oct. 14 at 4:15
p.m. near Old Chapel. A reception will follow at Sigma Phi.
“We made the gift so that 100 years from now, we'll still have black walnut trees,” said Underwood.
Read MoreFriday, Oct. 13, through Monday, Oct., 16, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium.
Film: The Patriot.
Friday, Oct. 13, through Sunday, Oct. 15
Homecoming. (see story in this edition for details)
Friday, Oct. 13, noon
Memorial Field House.
Walking Program. Learn about the health benefits of walking and join others who
“walk Union.” RSVP to extension 6108. Sponsored by Human Resources.
Saturday, Oct. 14, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel.
Union College-Schenectady Museum chamber concert series kicks off with Emmanuel
Pahud, flute, with Ensemble Haydn-Berlin.
Program includes J. Haydn's Symphony No. 22, “Der Philosoph;”
Honegger's Two Pieces for solo flute; M. Haydn's Flute Concerto;
Mozart's Symphony No. 28 in C, K. 200. A return of last season's
sensation, Swiss-born flutist Emmanuel Pahud, with colleagues from the Berlin
Philharmonic Orchestra/EMI Records.
Saturday, Oct. 14, 4:15 p.m.
Stoller Circle (between Old Chapel and Memorial Chapel)
Dedication of American Society of Landscape Architects Award and planting of
black walnut trees. Reception to follow in Sigma Phi.
Sunday, Oct. 15, 4:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Organ and jazz concert with Union College Jazz Ensemble, Prof. Tim Olsen
directing.
Monday, Oct. 16.
College hosts open house for prospective students and families.
Monday, Oct. 16, 7:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial.
“Art and the Erie Canal: New York Waterways as seen by Nineteenth-Century
American Artists.” Lecture by James Jay Crawford, Curator of the
Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery. (Free program supported by the New York
Council for the Humanities).
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 11:30 a.m.
Olin Auditorium.
Faculty Colloquium with Karen Brison and Stephen C. Leavitt, associate
professors of anthropology, on “Our Wealth Is Loving Each Other: Ethnic
Identity and the Sociocentric Self in Fiji.” A buffet lunch will follow in
Hale House Dining Room.
Tuesday, Oct. 17, 3 p.m.
Kenney Center, Park Place and Nott Street.
Dedication of the Ralph B. and Marjorie Kenney Center.
Thursday, Oct. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial.
“Rocks and Other Hard Places: The Erie Canal and the Geology of
Upstate” with Thomas X. Grasso, professor emeritus of geology at Monroe
Community College, and president of the Canal Society of New York State
(co-sponsored by the Department of Geology). Part of the College's exhibition
and event series, “Monument of Progress: The 175th Anniversary of the Erie
Canal.”
Through Oct. 21.
Arts Atrium.
“Ben Frank Moss: Paintings and Drawings,” an exhibition by the George
Frederick Jewett Professor of Studio Art at Dartmouth College.
Through Oct. 29.
Nott Memorial.
Exhibit: “Monument of Progress: The 175th Anniversary of the Erie
Canal” with related events throughout.