David Gerhan, professor and head of public services at Schaffer
Library, will speak on Thursday, Nov. 20, at 3:30
p.m. in Everest Lounge on his 2002-03 sabbatical year on a
Fulbright lectureship at the University
of Botswana. He will show pictures
and discuss his Botswana
experiences both in and out of the classroom.
Women’s soccer hosts NCAA Regional this weekend
The Union women's soccer
team, ranked first in the New York Region, will host the four-team NCAA
Regionals this weekend at Garis Field.
On Saturday at 11 a.m., the 18-1-1
Dutchwomen will play Stevens Institute of Technology of Hoboken, N.J., a 5-0 winner over Chestnut Hill on Wednesday.
On Saturday at 1:30, Oneonta, ranked second in the
region at 18-1-2, will meet Ithaca
College (which defeated Grove
City 2-0).
Saturday's two winners will meet
Sunday at 1 p.m.
Union secured
an NCAA playoff berth last weekend when they won the Upstate
Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, defeating William
Smith 3-0.
“We are very proud to be just one
of three New York State
teams to be invited to the NCAA tournament,” said Union head coach Brian Speck.
“Our players have worked extremely hard to achieve the lofty goals they set for
themselves and for the team this year.
“This is the closest-knit group
that I have ever coached,” continued Speck, who has guided the Dutchwomen to a
nine-year record of 119-22-12, four UCAA championships, two New York State
Women's Collegiate Athletic Association crowns, and five consecutive berths in
the NCAA Tournament. “It is always nice to play at home and it is a deserving
reward for the accomplishments of our team,” he said.
The Dutchwomen have not lost on
Garis Field in over two years and are 21-2-1
since the start of the 2001 season.
For complete coverage of the tourament during the weekend, visit our web at http://www.union.edu/Athletics/
Read MoreMemorial for Prof. Bristol is Friday
A
memorial service for Prof. William Bristol is planned for Friday, Nov. 14, at 1:30 p.m. in Memorial Chapel.
The
professor of history emeritus died on Oct. 24.
A
native of Philadelphia, he graduated in 1936 from Gettysburg College and earned his M.A. and Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. He was a visiting professor at the University of Puerto Rico and taught at Princeton University before joining the Union faculty in
1948. He retired in 1985.
As
a pacifist during World War II, he was a conscientious objector, working with
the U.S Forest Service, first in New York and then in Oregon and Washington, where he was a smokejumper —
parachuting into remote locations to fight forest fires.
A
specialist in Latin American history, Prof. Bristol taught such courses as
“The Spanish and Portuguese Empires in America,” “Latin America and the United States,” and “The Mexican
Revolution.” He traveled extensively in Central and South America, making several trips to research
Protestant missionary activities in Colombia, to investigate fruit companies in Honduras and Costa Rica, and to lead Union student groups to Bogota. He wrote a monograph on Cuba for the American Friends Service
Committee, reviewed more than forty-five books for Choice magazine, and
was a frequent speaker on non-violence and on Latin American topics.
He
was active with foreign student groups at the College and an advisor to the
International Relations Club and Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity. His memberships
included the American Historical Association, the Latin American Studies
Association, the Conference on Latin American History, and Phi Beta Kappa.
Survivors
include his wife, Naomi; his daughter, Joan Cameron Bristol; his son-in-law,
Randolph F. Scully; and his granddaughter, Naomi Scully-Bristol.
Profs. Ball, Jain are MacArthur professors
Anupama Jain, assistant professor
of English, and Erica Ball, assistant professor of history, have been named
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Assistant Professors, a fellowship that
supports new and promising faculty members.
Jain, who joined Union
in 2002, holds a bachelor's degree from Bryn
Mawr College
and master's and Ph.D. from the University
of Wisconsin, Madison.
Her research and teaching interests include South Asian American literature and
culture, postcolonial literature and theory, and Asian American literature and
studies. She recently presented her research about the growing Indo-Guyanese
community in Schenectady.
Ball, who joined the College in
2001, earned her bachelor's degree from Wesleyan
University and her Ph.D. from the Graduate
School and University Center of
City University of New York.
Her research and teaching
interests include early American social and cultural history, African American
history, and U.S.
women's history.
The College has recognized a total
of 26 MacArthur Assistant Professors
since 1982, after it received a grant from the John. D. and Catherine T.
MacArthur Foundation. Last year's recipients were Christine Henseler of modern
languages and John Cramsie of history.
Faculty to vote on calendar proposal
Faculty are voting this week on an
amended AAC proposal for a semester calendar that adds a four-day reading
period, keeps a 14-week semester and encourages the transition committee to
consider schedules that would allow classes to run longer than 55 minutes.
Faculty met on Wednesday to
discuss the latest proposal. After the meeting, the Faculty Executive Committee
was to distribute ballots to faculty on Thursday morning.
Clifford Brown, chair of the FEC,
has said he expects ballots to be counted on Wednesday, Nov. 19.
For more information on the
calendar discussion, including the latest AAC proposal, visit: http://www.union.edu/calendardiscussion.