Barbara Boyer and Ken DeBono
were elected, respectively, chair and alternate chair of the Faculty Appeals
Committee at the faculty meeting on June 3.
After a discussion of the financial implications of a move
to a semester system, it was announced that faculty would vote by web ballot
whether to re-open the discussion about adopting a semester calendar.
Monday, June 9 to Saturday, June 14
Reamer Campus Center 305
Photo show featuring works of Richard Maraggio
Through end of term
Social Science Building, faculty lounge gallery
“Vietnam”: A collaborate photography exhibit by Fall
2002 Term Abroad Program participants. Gallery hours are 8:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. weekdays. Sponsored by IEG, Partnership for Global Education, and East Asian
Studies.
Through end of term
Humanities Building, faculty lounge gallery
Photography exhibit: Circus photographs by Nori Lupfer '03, winner
of Watson Fellowship.
Through end of term
Arts Atrium Gallery
Senior Exhibitions
June 26 through Aug. 11
Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial
“Revelations &
Reflections of American Self-Taught Artists”
For more information, call 388-6729
Wednesday, June 11, 3 to 6 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center patio
Reception for Fred Alford, dean of students
Friday, June 13, 3 to 5 p.m.
Bailey 201 & 207
Math department office dedication for Lois Bing
Friday, June 13, 3:30 to 6 p.m.
S&E Courtyard
Senior Event
Saturday, June 14, 11 a.m.
Jackson's Garden, Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
ROTC commissioning ceremony
Saturday, June 14, 3 to 6 p.m.
Old Chapel
Assembly for baccalaureate
Saturday, June 14, 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Baccalaureate commemoration
Saturday, June 14, 6 to 7 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Baccalaureate Mass
Sunday, June 15, 10 a.m.
Library Plaza
Commencement 2003
(with limited seating available in the Nott Memorial with closed-circuit TV coverage)
Rain venue – Achilles Rink
Mandeville Gallery in the
Nott Memorial will mount “Revelations & Reflections of American Self-Taught
Artists,” from Monday, June 26 through Monday, August 11.
Viewers first encountering
these works might aptly compare them to the more familiar output of Anna Mary
“Grandma Moses” Robertson. Such self-taught or late-in-life artists are those whose
intuitive creativity is “unspoiled” by formal training or any specific school or
category. Such rubrics include visionary, primitive, memory painting, and folk
artists.
This exhibit reflects religious
concerns or spiritual themes, many in vibrant African American tradition. The artists
express their often-rural “old-time religion” roots in Sunday school sampler-type
“fire and brimstone” simplicity. Others render whimsical moral commentary,
such as the bright red, pointy-tailed “Demon Family at the Art Gallery.”
The variety of medium used
is no less astounding than the final products – beaver-cut wood, corrugated
cardboard, masonite, marker pens, leather, crayon, and honeysuckle vine to name
but a few. These ingenuous works reflect their creators' passionate spiritual
underpinnings as well as their brilliant resourcefulness in transforming the
simple materials found in their daily lives into authentic and memorable art.
Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, 9
a.m. to 10 p.m.; Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Saturday, noon to 5
p.m.; Sunday, noon to 10 p.m. The exhibit is free and
open to the public.
Charelle M. Carter '06, a biology, pre-med major from Schenectady,
received the Marshall G. Jones Scholarship from the Schenectady Silhouettes, a women's
community service organization, for her work in the community.
Carter was one of three students with local ties to receive the
scholarship at the organization's annual banquet recently.
A member of the volleyball team, she is also a frequent
player in intramurals. She has been a volunteer at the Hamilton Hill Arts
Center and Girls Inc. She is a graduate of Notre
Dame-Bishop Gibbons
High School, and a member of the Mt.
Olivet Missionary
Baptist Church.
After Union, she is planning to attend medical school
and pursue a career in sports medicine.
“Charelle has always impressed me with her work ethic and
her desire to strive to do her best,” said Sandy Collins, head volleyball
coach.
Established in 2000, the Marshall G. Jones Scholarship
honors the researcher at the GE Corporate Research Center in Niskayuna.
Jones, who holds 45 U.S.
patents, has served as a mentor to a number of local youth.