Posted on Apr 9, 1999

Officers Joseph Glasser, left, and Edward Teller visit with students Tuesday on
the first day of the Campus Safety bike patrol. Besides the obvious benefits to community
relations, the bike officers are especially suited to respond quickly to emergencies on
the pedestrian-based campus, according to William Sickinger, director of Campus Safety.
The bike patrols also are expected to play an important role in the College Park
neighborhood to the west of campus, where the College and city have begun the
Union-Schenectady Initiative.

Posted on Apr 9, 1999

Friday, April 9, through Monday, April 12, 8 and 10 p.m.
Reamer Auditorium.
Film committee presents Stepmom.

Tuesday, April 13, noon.
Hale House Dining Room.
Employee Recognition Luncheon honors years-of-service employees and retirees.

Thursday, April 15, 11:15 a.m.
Arts 215.
Photographer Thomas Roma gives a slide lecture on his work.

Thursday, April 15, 1:30 p.m.
Performing Arts Studio.
Workshop by Ken Pierce Baroque Dance Company.

Friday, April 16, 7 p.m.
Nott Memorial.
Poetry reading by Haki Madhubuti. Also will present workshop on Saturday, April 17, from 1
to 5 p.m. in Old Chapel.

Friday, April 16, 8 p.m.
Memorial Chapel.
Lecture/concert by Ken Pierce Baroque Dance Company.

Through April 17.
Union Unite, a series of events aimed at fostering diversity. See story this issue for
schedule.

Through May 30.
Mandeville Gallery, Nott Memorial.
Work by painter Stephen Pace on exhibit.

Posted on Apr 9, 1999

“Union Unite,” a series of events aimed at fostering diversity on
campus, kicked off this week.

A follow-up to last year's “Dialogues on Race,” the series runs through
April 17 with a number of events hosted by residence halls, fraternities, sororities and
other campus organizations.

Here is the remainder of the schedule:

— Thursday, April 8, 6 p.m., Smith House: dinner and followup discussion on gender
bias;

— Thursday, April 8, 8 p.m., Davidson; and 8:30 p.m., Thurston House: session on
religious tension;

— Friday, April 9, 7 p.m., Kappa Alpha: dinner and followup discussion on
religious tension;

— Sunday, April 11, 1 p.m., Old Chapel: brunch, talk on race relations;

— Monday, April 12, 8 p.m. at Fox; and 8:30 p.m. at Sig Phi: discussions on race
relations;

— Tuesday, April 13, 8 p.m., Coffeehouse: open forum;

— Wednesday, April 14, 7 p.m., Old Chapel: session on homophobia;

— Thursday, April 15, 7 p.m., Old Chapel: session on homophobia;

— Saturday, April 17, 10 p.m., Old Chapel: closing party.

Posted on Apr 9, 1999

The College welcomes hundreds of prospective students and their families
during Admitted Student Receptions in April. Programs are planned for two Mondays —
April 12 and April 19. Informal receptions are also planned for Saturdays and Sundays
during April. For more information on the programs, see the Web at www.union.edu/congratulations/what/OpenHouses.html.

Posted on Apr 9, 1999

Professor of Chemistry Charles Scaife,
whose popular programs have brought the excitement of hands-on science learning to more
than 25,000 elementary students, on Tuesday received the Community Service Award from the
Hudson Mohawk Consortium of Colleges and Universities.

In accepting, Scaife acknowledged all the students “who wear their enthusiasm
right out in front.”

Scaife and his wife, Priscilla, recently held a workshop for 30 retirees, educators and
scientists to train them to do the hands-on science programs. They are planning a national
tour of schools during his sabbatical next year.

Posted on Apr 9, 1999

John Wold '38, a geologist and former U.S. Congressman from Casper,
Wyo., has received the Eliphalet Nott Medal from Union College in recognition of his
professional achievements.

President Roger Hull presented the medal to Wold at an alumni event in Phoenix, Ariz.

Wold, a trustee emeritus, is president of Wold Minerals Co. in Casper, and a number of
other energy mineral development firms.

Wold and his wife, the former Jane Adele Pearson, a Schenectady native, established the
John and Jane Wold Professorship in Geology at Union College, which represented a gift
from the Wold family to support the re-establishment at Union of the geology department.
Wold was a geology major at Union. His father, Peter Wold, was a physics professor at
Union from 1920 to 1945 and served as chairman of the physics department.

While a student at Union, Wold was the College's second St. Andrew's
University Exchange Scholar, a member of the Terrace Council, varsity hockey team, Sigma
Xi science honorary and Alpha Delta Phi fraternity. After graduating from Union, he earned
a master's degree in geology at Cornell University.

The Nott Medal recognizes the perseverance of distinguished alumni who have attained
great distinction in their fields.