A poem by Senior Director of Campus Diversity and Affirmative Action Gretchel Hathaway is included in the spring issue of “Making Connections: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Cultural Diversity,” a journal published by Bloomsburg University in Bloomsburg, Penn. Hathaway shared her piece with students at a poetry slam at Union. The poem is titled “Perceptions on Teaching Tolerance.” Another poem by Gretchel Hathaway, Ahh Dear Keats, was published online this week by The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Hilary Tann, the John Howard Payne Professor of Music, took part in a recent performance by early music ensemble Cappella Clausura in Brattleboro, Vt. The performance, “Messa Paschale: Sacred Music by Women Composers” helped the Friends of Music at Guilford celebrate the long and rich history of female composers. Tann gave a pre-concert talk with live recorded samples of her work. In addition to “Messa Paschale,” a rarely heard Easter mass by the 17th century Benedictine nun Chiara Margarita Cozzolani, Cappella Clausura presented Tann’s “Psalm 136.”
Andrew Morris, associate professor of history, recently presented a program on Japanese Internment during World War II at Schenectady County Public Library. His talk, titled “The Causes and Consequences of the Incarceration of Japanese Americans,” was part of the Town & Gown Program that ties in with the county’s “One County, One Book” reading program. This year’s book is “Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet" by Jamie Ford.
“Small Wonders,” an exhibit featuring the perspective boxes of Charles Steckler, is on view at the Butzel Gallery, John Sayles School of Fine Arts, Schenectady, through April 9. Steckler is professor of theater and resident scenic designer.
A four-part conversation with Assistant Professor of Political Science Bradley Hays on a range of congressional issues aired on WAMC recently. To listen, click on Part 1 (the health care bill and its high stakes for House Democrats); Part 2 (marginal Democrats and the difficulty the health care bill brought them); Part 3 (President Obama’s political capital); and Part 4 (Obama’s influence on the Supreme Court). WAMC serves parts of seven northeastern states, including New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont, New Jersey, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania.