Posted on May 13, 2005

Thursday, May 12, 6:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Jesse Ross jazz dance class

Thursday, May 12, 4:30 p.m.
PBK Room, Schaffer Library
Julia Driver, Dartmouth College, on “Moral Mathematics”

Thursday, May 12, 12:30 p.m.
Bailey Hall 306
Edward Stein, law professor and philosopher at New York University, and author of The Mismeasure of Desire on “Scientific Research on Sexual Orientation.”

Thursday, May 12, 7:30 p.m.
Nott Memorial
Julie Neraas, Hamline University: “Julian: Spiritual, Not Religious: Contemporary Faith in a Time of Challenge”

Friday, May 13, 12:30 p.m.
Bailey Hall 306
Julie Neraas, Hamline University: “Faith and Healing: Does prayer really cure physical ailments?”

Friday, May 13, 1:45 p.m.
Arts 215
Lecture-Recital on 20th-Century American music with Kia-Hui Tan, violin; and Blaise Bryski, piano

Friday, May 13 through Monday, May 16, 8 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: The Aviator  (One showing only)

Friday, May 13 through Sunday, May 15, 8 p.m.
Yulman Theater / Mountebanks
The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Saturday, May 14, 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.
West Beach
Springfest

Sunday, May 15, 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Mendelssohn Club Men's Choir

Monday, May 16, 6 to 9 p.m.
Old Chapel
Mexican Nights Cook-Off: Sponsored by Wold & Cooking House

Tuesday, May 17, 7:30 p.m.
Arts Building Room 215
Feminist Film Series – “Fire”

Wednesday,  May 18,  noon and  4 p.m. 
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Admissions officers host two interactive sessions for the campus community , “Recruiting Quality and Diversity.”

Wednesday, May 18, 7 p.m.
Olin Auditorium
Learning to Read the Asian Man: Sessue Hayakawa in The Cheat (1915)

Thursday, May 19 through Saturday, May 21, 8 p.m.
Yulman Theater
“Three Penny Opera”

Thursday, May 19, 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Old Chapel
Health Fair 

Thursday, May 19, 5 p.m.
Arts 215
Patrick deVries of the University of Zurich on “Taoist Symbols of Immortality and Longevity on Late Ming Dynasty Porcelain.”

Thursday, May 19, through Sunday, May 22
Reunion Weekend

Friday, May 20, 5 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio
Yvan Michaud, the artistic director of Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal, is giving lessons in classical dance

Friday, May 20 through Monday, May 23, 8 p.m. and 10 p.m.
Reamer Campus Center Auditorium
Movie: Million Dollar Baby

Friday, May 20, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel
Union College chamber music series presents David Finckel and Wu Han

Posted on May 13, 2005

Schaffer Library has won the Be Innovative! Award for “Most Innovative Public Access Application” from Innovative Interfaces, Inc., a producer of integrated library systems software, and officers of the Innovative Users Group.

The award recognizes the overall design of the Library's website and custom features such as the new acquisitions list, thesis search capability, and interactive maps as well as the Library's “effective and creative use” of Innovative Interfaces products.

Thirty-nine library sites were entered in the competition.

Judging was by a panel of representatives from Innovative and officers of the IUG.

David Fuller, systems librarian and chair of the Library Web Opac Committee, accepted the award at the IUG Conference in San Francisco. He also presented an invited poster session with Bruce Connolly, reference librarian, titled “Mainstreaming Millennium: Positioning the Web Opac at the Center of the Research Process.” Lorie Wies, acquisitions librarian, and Gail Golderman, electronic media librarian and chair of the Library Web Design Committee, presented a poster session on “From Access to Electronic Resource Management.”

Posted on May 13, 2005

Violinist Kia-Hui Tan and pianist Blaise Bryski will give a lecture-recital on 20th-century American music on Friday, May 13, at 1:45 p.m. in Arts 215.

They will perform and discuss music by Charles Ives, John Corigliano and George Gershwin.

The event, open to all, is part of Prof. Tim Olsen's 20th-Century American Music.

Posted on May 13, 2005

Two teams – women's lacrosse and softball – will put their incredible records to the test in NCAA tournament play.

Softball (30-4) is ranked #8 in the latest NFCA poll and the top seed for the NCAA Division III Softball Championship regionals in Ithaca. The Dutchwomen will face either Ithaca or Misericordia Friday, May 13, at 2 p.m. The regionals will continue through Sunday, May 15, with a rain date on Monday, May 16.

Women's lacrosse (13-3) and ranked #16 in the IWLCA poll, will face #5 Colorado College (10-1) in the regionals of the 2005 NCAA Division III Women's Lacrosse Championship. The game will be played Saturday, May 14, at 2:30 p.m. (4:30 p.m. Eastern) in Colorado Springs. In the other regional game, Cortland (17-1) will face Cabrini (12-6) at 11:30 a.m. local time. The title game is set for Sunday, May 15, at 1 p.m. (3 p.m. Eastern).

Fans can follow both teams on the web at: http://www.teamline.cc/teampages.html?teamcode=1160. Or, for a fee, they can call 1-800-846-4700 and enter team code 1160.

Posted on May 13, 2005

Admissions officers will host two interactive sessions for the campus community –  “Recruiting Quality and Diversity” – on Wednesday, May 18, at noon and 4 p.m. in the Reamer Campus Center Auditorium.

Dan Lundquist, vice president for admissions, and other Grant Hall staffers will explain “what we do, why we do it, how we do it.”

The sessions will feature a statistical and historical overview; targeting audiences and messages; prospect generation; off- and on-campus outreach; alumni, faculty, staff and student support; and the role of financial aid.