Posted on Mar 12, 2004

Lorraine
Morales Cox, assistant
professor of visual arts, has joined the Board of Trustees of the Schenectady
Museum, serving a three-year
appointment on the Programming, Diversity and Strategic Planning Committee. Brad Lewis, professor of economics, joined
the museum's board last year.

Posted on Mar 12, 2004

Teresa
Meade, professor
of history and director of Women's Studies, published a review essay, “Labor
and Gender in the Chilean Town
and Country,” in a special issue of the Journal of Women's History, on
“Women's Labors” (Winter 2004). Meade also spoke at Vassar
College on “Relaxing Matters:
Sport, Music and Television in Recent Brazilian History” as a part of the preparation
for a Vassar study-term in Brazil. The
class had read Meade's book, “Civilizing” Rio:
Reform and Resistance in a BrazilianCity, 1888-1930, and
had the author in for an extended discussion, followed by a public lecture. Meade
also spoke recently on “Good Neighbors at Last? Popular Culture in Latin
America and the U.S.” at the University of Maryland-College Park, where she was
the guest of the Center for Historical Studies and the Center for Latin
American Studies.

Posted on Mar 12, 2004

This is the last issue of the Chronicle for winter term. Publication will resume after the start of spring term, the first issue appearing on April 1.

Posted on Mar 12, 2004

Reappointment review committees have been formed for 13 assistant
professors. Members of the
campus community may offer written or oral testimony to committee members.

For Erica Ball, history: Steve Sargent, chair; Teresa Meade; Robert Wells.

John Cramsie, history: Eric Hansen, chair; Stephen
Berk; Mark Walker.

Tomas Dvorak, economics: Therese McCarty, chair;
James Kenney; Eshragh Motahar; Shelton Schmidt.

Chris Fernandes, computer science: David
Hemmendinger, chair, David Hannay; John Spinelli.

Furiya Sumi, classics: Peter Heinegg, chair; Diane
McMullen (performing arts); Ruth Stevenson.

Bernhard Kuhn, English: Hugh Jenkins, chair; James
McCord; Jordon Smith; Ruth Stevenson; Brenda Wineapple.  

Judith Lewin, English: Peter Heinegg, chair; Hugh
Jenkins; Harry Marten; James McCord; Ruth Stevenson.

Chad Orzel, physics and astronomy: Michael Vineyard,
chair; Seyfollah
Maleki; Jonathan
Marr; Jay Newman; Gary Reich.

Kristin Peterson, Russian: William Garcia, chair (modern languages); Victoria Martinez; Michael Rudko (electrical and computer engineering).

Stephen Romero, psychology: Linda Stanhope, chair;
Daniel Burns; Seth Greenberg.

Christina Tonnesen-Friedman, mathematics: Kathryn Lesh, chair; Alan Taylor; Karl Zimmerman; William
Zwicker.

Wilfried Wilms, German: William Garcia, chair (modern languages); Cherrice Traver (electrical and computer engineering); Mark
Walker (history).

John Zumbrunnen, political science: Terry Weiner, chair; Richard Fox; Zoe Oxley.

Posted on Mar 12, 2004

As a
follow-up to budget presentations made to the campus by Vice President for
Finance and Administration Diane Blake, the Planning and Priorities Committee
has created a feedback system on the web. The site (http://www.union.edu/AboutTheBudget) includes a question-and-answer discussion of
the 2004-2005 budget and a suggestion box for ideas. The committee says that it
hopes that enhancing the campus community's understanding of institutional
needs and budget constraints will further improve the College's
budget-preparation process.