Events
Thursday, Feb. 22, 11:30 a.m.
Memorial Chapel
Founders Day convocation with address by Lynn
Margulis, distinguished professor at the University of
Massachusetts Amherst, an expert on the role that microorganisms play
in evolution. Also to include presentation of Gideon
Hawley Teaching Prize to high school teacher of Union student.
Friday, Feb. 23, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Hale House
Faculty workshop: “Writing to Learn” with Toby Fulwiler,
writing director at the University of Vermont. Sponsored by
Committee on Teaching and First-Year Preceptorial Review Group.
For more information, call Kathy Hopper at ext. 6234.
Friday, Feb. 23, at 1:40 p.m.
Old Chapel
Performance by Raouf Mama, a storyteller who specializes
in stories from the Fon region of Benin in western Africa. Part
of the College's celebration of Black History Month.
Friday, Feb. 23, 4:30 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Room, Schaffer Library
Philosophical Phridays @ Schaffer Library presents Richard
Taylor, professor emeritus at the University of Rochester and
Union College on “Abortion, Mercy Killing and Infanticide: the
Singer Revolution.”
Friday, Feb. 23, 7 p.m.
Achilles Rink
Hockey vs. Brown
Friday, Feb. 23, through Monday, Feb. 26, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium.
Campus film: Bounce.
Saturday Feb. 24, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Hale House
Faculty workshop: “Learning to Write” with Toby Fulwiler,
writing director at the University of Vermont.
Saturday, Feb. 24, 7 p.m.
Achilles Rink
Hockey vs. Harvard
Sunday, Feb. 25, 3 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Union College-Schenectady Museum chamber series
presents clarinetist Todd Palmer and friends in program to
include Mozart's Clarinet Quintet; and Osvaldo Golijov's
The Dreams and Prayers of Isaac the Blind.
Free to members of the Union College community.
Wednesday, Feb. 28, noon
Arts 215
“American Discoveries,” a performance of new and
not-so-new music in the American classical tradition by
the Adirondack Ensemble (Michael Debroski, violin;
Ovidiu Marinescu, cello; and Lisa Spilde, piano). Part of the High Noon
in Arts 215 series.
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 5 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium
Simulated public debate and election for Electoral Politics
class. Members of the audience will be asked to vote.
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 7 p.m.
Nott Memorial
“The Hudson River School Painters” by Robert T.
McLean, art gallery proprietor. Part of the Winter 2001 Seminar Series
“The Hudson River: From the Wilderness to the Sea” sponsored
by Environmental Studies and The Association for the Protection
of the Adirondacks. For information, call ext. 6770.
Wednesday, Feb. 28, 8 p.m.
Yulman Theater
A Contemporary Adaptation of Aeschylus' Tragedy
“Prometheus Bound”
Directed by Professor William A. Finlay. Admission $7;
students/seniors $5. For tickets and information, call ext. 6545.
Friday, March 2, 4:30 p.m.
Phi Beta Kappa Room, Schaffer Library
Philosophical Phridays @ Schaffer Library presents Angela
Wasunna, the University of Mombassa, Kenya, and visiting fellow at
the Hastings Center, on “Confronting Ethical Complexities in
International Research.” For more information, call the
Union College Department of Philosophy at ext. 6376.
Friday, March 2, through Monday, March 5, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium.
Campus film: Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas