True crime writer Kerrie Ticknor Droban ’87 will join students, alumni and friends in two events at ReUnion Weekend.
She will read from her new book, Running with the Devil: The True Story of the ATF's Infiltration of the Arizona Hell's Angels, on Friday, June 1, 7:30 p.m. in the Taylor Music Center’s Fred L. Emerson Foundation Auditorium.
Kerrie Droban book, Running with the Devil
On Saturday, June 2, at 1:30 p.m., she will lead an informal discussion about her work in Wold House.
Droban’s collection of poems, The Language of Butchers, has received numerous awards, including the Academy of American Poets Award. Her suspense novels have earned the Daphne Du Maurier and Clara awards for excellence in mystery writing.
Droban, an attorney, also heads her own criminal defense firm in Phoenix. Her visit marks the final event of the year for the Alumni Writers Series.
The Faculty Executive Committee invites the Union community to the formal unveiling of the portrait of Christina Elliott Sorum by Walter Hatke, Thursday, May 31, 4-5 p.m., in Hale House. The ceremony starts at 4:30. Christie Sorum was the Frank Bailey Professor of Classics and served as vice president for Academic Affairs and dean of the Faculty from 1999 to 2005. A gift from the faculty to the College, the portrait will hang in Hale House. Hatke, the May I. Baker Professor of Fine Arts, teaches drawing and painting at Union.
“Self-Portrait,” injet print on canvas, by Sarah Tolzmann '7
Through June 17
Mandeville Gallery
Nott Memorial
1 x Fourteen
Senior Exhibition
Features works in a variety of media by Nancy Borowick, Michelle M. Curiale, Greg d’Otreppe, Robert S. Edelman, Molly Garrett, Janielle Porter, Frank Rapant, Elisabeth B. Sartori, Samantha Seide, Jaclyn Siedlecki, Meagan C. Smith, Margaret M. Southwell, Sarah D. Tolzmann and Sarah Webb.
This digital print “Mexico City V” from the student exibit A Ojos Vistas was taken by Ondrej Vrzal '07, an exchange student from the Czech Republic, featured in a group of 16 digital photographs made during winter break 2006, while traveling for three
Through June 17
The Humanities Gallery
Humanities Building
A Ojos Vistas
Photographs by Ondra Vrzal ’07
Vrzal is an exchange student from the Czech Republic who is majoring in Cybernetics and measurement. This exhibit features 16 digital photographs made during winter break 2006 while he traveled for three weeks through Mexico, Guatemala and Belize.
Airplane, Tobias Leeger, Wikoff Student show
Through June 20
Wikoff Student Gallery
Impressions of India: Photographs by Tobias Leeger ’09
These photos were taken during a mini-term to India in December 2006.
Two Union faculty members have been named to endowed professorships in recognition of their years of excellent teaching, scholarship and service to the College. Ruth Stevenson, professor of English, will be the Thomas B. Lamont Professor of Literature, a professorship left vacant by Sigrid Kellenter’s retirement. Cherrice Traver, dean of Engineering and Computer Science, will be the David Falk ’39 and Elynor Rudnick-Falk Professor of Computer Engineering. This is a new professorship made possible by the generosity of Dr. Falk.
Michael O’Hara has been named Director of Communications and Development for Union, effective immediately. In his new position, O’Hara will oversee all facets of the College’s 10-person Office of Communications, including media relations, print and Web-based communications, and integrated marketing. The department, located at 69 Union Ave., is now part of the Office of College Relations, reporting to Tom Gutenberger, vice president of College Relations.
With the new organizational structure, O'Hara will continue to oversee Leadership Gifts, Planned Giving and Family Leadership Giving for the College, and the Annual Fund will report directly to Gutenberger.
O’Hara joined Union in 2001 as Director of Development after two years at Bay Path College in Longmeadow, Mass., as vice president for College Relations and Communications. He also spent nine years in various development roles at Cornell University. He holds a B.S. in industrial and labor relations from Cornell.
“I look forward to working with the Communications staff as we continue to be a positive, productive force for the entire College,” O’Hara said.
O’Hara lives in Niskayuna with his wife, Susan Audie, and their three children.
In other staff news from College Relations, Julie Solomon has been named director of the Annual Fund. Solomon brings 13 years of experience to the position. She began her career at Skidmore College, where she served as assistant director of Alumni Relations and of the Annual Fund, and as Annual Fund associate director. Since joining Union in 2000, she has held the positions of Leadership Gifts officer and “You are Union” Campaign director. She holds a B.A. in government from Skidmore College. Solomon lives in Clifton Park with her husband, Curt, and their two sons.
Scott Rava of Latham has been named director of Leadership Gifts. Previously, he served as a Leadership Gifts officer. He was director of stewardship at Harvard Business School for four years before coming to Union in 2001. He holds a B.S. from LeMoyne College.
