Posted on Oct 21, 2005

Jill Suzanne Smith, visiting assistant professor of German, recently presented a paper, “Power to the Proper People: Prostitution, Respectability and Male Chauvinism in Turn-of-the-Century German Discourse,” and organized a panel on the popular 1920s writer Vicki Baum at the annual conference of the German Studies Association in Milwaukee, Wis.

Posted on Oct 21, 2005

Hilary Tann, professor of music, has received an Encore Award from the American Composers Forum to attend performances of her chamber works by the Free Spirits Ensemble in Raleigh, N.C., Oct. 28-31. As part of the residency, she will lecture at Meredith College and attend a CD signing and performance at the local bookstore. The event is coordinated by the Raleigh Symphony Orchestra. Tann's latest CD is “The Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici.”  

Posted on Oct 21, 2005

Through Oct. 30

Dyson Hall, Nott Memorial

“The Terra Cotta Soldiers of Xian: Photographs by Sidney Gluck”

A selection of images of the magnificent life-sized terra cotta soldiers and horses unearthed at Xian in the 1970s. The huge army was created by the First Emperor of China to immortalize the military might of the First Dynasty and serve the Emperor in his afterlife.

Through Dec. 18

Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial

“The Political Body: Posters from the People's Republic of China in the 1960s and 1970s”

A striking collection of some 30 Chinese posters examining the relationships between the human body and the body politic during the 1960s and 1970s, from the Chinese Poster Collection of the University of Westminster, London. The images depict a range of styles and media, from realist oil painting and photographs to woodblock prints and cartoons. An exhibition reception and gallery talk is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 24, 4:30-6:30 p.m.

Through mid-December

Faculty lounge, Social Sciences building

“Historical Railroad Calendars” from the Wells Collection

A dozen calendars from the 1920s-'50s given to the public by the New York Central and Pennsylvania Railroad Companies, on loan from Ronald V. Wells, father of Robert V. Wells, professor of history.

Oct. 27 through Dec. 2

Burns Arts Atrium Gallery, Visual Arts Building

“Digital Means: Collages, Paintings & Digital Works by Robert Kinsell and Leonard Stokes.”

This exhibition brings together 40 works by these two acclaimed artists for the first time. Kinsell, professor of art at Stephen F. Austin University in Nacagdoches, Texas, uses digital media to make paintings, while Stokes, a professor of visual art at Purchase College, State University of New York, makes collages. Both men have exhibited extensively in solo and group exhibitions  throughout the country.

Kinsell and Stokes will lead an exhibition tour and talk about their work Thursday, October 27 at 3 p.m. in the gallery. A reception will follow at 4:30. The exhibition and related events are made possible through the support of the College, its Visual Arts Department and the Walter C. Baker Fine Arts Endowment, which continue to promote the visual arts in the Capital Region of New York state.

Posted on Oct 21, 2005

Friday, Oct. 21, 5 p.m. / Grant Hall / Opening reception for “Made in Italy: Images fropm Florence 2005,” Martin Benjamin, faculty director 

Friday, Oct. 21–Sunday, Oct. 23/Union College campus/ Family and Homecoming Weekend

Friday, Oct. 21–Monday, Oct. 24, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Friday, Oct. 21, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Rensselaer

Friday, Oct. 21, 4 p.m. / Garis Field / Men's soccer vs. Clarkson

Saturday, Oct. 22, 10 a.m.– noon / John Calvin TollService Day

Saturday, Oct. 22, 11 a.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Vassar

Saturday, Oct. 22, 1 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Football vs. Coast Guard

Saturday, Oct. 22, 2 p.m. / Garis Field / Men's soccer vs. St. Lawrence

Saturday, Oct. 22, 8:30 p.m. / Memorial Chapel/ Rolling Stones Tribute Band: Blushing Brides

Monday, Oct. 24, 7 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Speaker's Forum presents: Ralph Nader

Monday, Oct. 24, 7:30 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Dennis Woodford,  president of Electranix Corp. and an engineer of major hydroelectric projects in Canada, delivers the 67th Steinmetz Memorial Lecture on “Engineers and the Strength of Our National Communities”

Tuesday, Oct. 25, 1:45 p.m. / Old Chapel / Speakers in the Humanities presents: Dr. Roland Dollinger lecture on “Jewish Life and Culture in Postwar Germany”

Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7 a.m./ Nott Memorial / Admissions sponsors: Local Students Open House

Wednesday, Oct. 26, 7:30 p.m. / Nott Memorial / Perspectives at the Nott: American Indian writer and storyteller Joseph Bruchac

Thursday, Oct. 27, 7 p.m. / South College Green Lab /Philosophy Speaker Series presents: Jill Sigman on “Politics, Propaganda, and Performance: Does Art Matter”

Thursday, Oct. 27, 4 p.m. / Frank Bailey Field / Field hockey vs. Oneonta

Thursday, Oct. 27 / Burns Art Atrium Gallery / Exhibit tour and talk: “Digital Means: Collages Paintings and Digital Works” with artists Robert Kinsell and Leonard Stokes

Friday, Oct. 28, 3 p.m. / Garis Field / Men's soccer vs. Nazareth

Friday, Oct. 28, 8 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Tri Milana Chernyavska, piano; Julia Fisher, violin; Danjulo Ishizaka, cello.

Friday, Oct. 28–Monday, Oct. 31, 8 and 10 p.m. / Reamer Campus Center Auditorium / Movie: War of the Worlds

Sunday, Oct. 30, 3 p.m. / Memorial Chapel / Union College Community Orchestra concert

Posted on Oct 21, 2005

Know a student who would benefit from tips on how to cope with test anxiety? Rudy Nydegger, associate professor of psychology and noted clinical psychologist, will give a workshop on test anxiety, focusing on prevention, on Thursday, Oct. 27, at 6:30 p.m. at Blue House. The event is organized by members of Per Assistance for Learning (PALS), a group that helps students cope with the demands of college life. Dinner and refreshments will be served.