Table of Contents wellesleyweek news convocation opens another new year at wellesley what does a door say about its office occupant? bookstore moves clapp library undergoes extensive renovation david ferry wins 2002 award for translation calendar of on-campus event Click here to view events by date Monday, September 2 Tuesday, September 3 Wednesday, September 4 Thursday, September 5 Friday, September 6 Saturday, September 7 Sunday, September 8 Monday, September 9 ongoing save that date       information about wellesleyweek
	convocation opens another new year at wellesley Wellesley's Opening Convocation will take place Tuesday, Sept. 3, from 4:30-5:30 pm in Hay Outdoor Theatre, behind Alumnae Hall. Speakers will include President Diana Chapman Walsh, Interim Dean of Students Michelle Lepore, Associate Deans of the College Andrea Levitt and Andrew Shennan, President of College Government Dana Weekes '03 and Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life Victor Kazanjian. Convocation marks the first time seniors wear their academic gowns. The event has been called one of the bookends of the year to come. The class of 2003 will don gowns for the last time as graduating seniors at Commencement, the bookend event on the spring side. "We hope that as many members of the community as can will attend this celebratory and reflective event," said College Marshal Beth Hennessey, psychology. "We look forward to seeing you there." If the weather cooperates, faculty and seniors will process into the Outdoor Theatre; the rain location is Alumnae Hall auditorium. All members of the faculty, administrative members of Academic Council and the senior class are encouraged to wear academic dress and to take part in the Academic Procession. Participants should gather at the Davis Museum Plaza if the weather is fair or at the Alumnae Hall patio/Alumnae ballroom if it rains. Line-up for the procession is at 4:10 pm, and the procession begins at 4:15. Following Convocation, light refreshments are scheduled to be served in the ballroom. what does a door say about its office occupant? When students visit professors' offices, what see on the door may make them feel more welcome - or more intimidated. So says Wellesley psychology professor R. Steven Schiavo, who has studied the office door decorations of faculty members. Content - say, a Dilbert cartoon vs. a class schedule - had an effect on students' impressions, he found. Teachers who paper doors with helpful or entertaining items are seen as happier and more concerned than those who leave doors mostly bare. "Professors displaying more items were perceived to want students to feel comfortable in their offices, to encourage students to seek academic assistance, to be willing to hear students' concerns and to be more enthusiastic about their academic discipline," Schiavo reported. But just as you can't judge a book by its cover, you can't necessarily psych out your teacher by studying his or her office door. "Student impressions only weakly reflected the professors' concern for students when decorating," Schiavo said. Schiavo, who has been interviewed by The Chronicle of Higher Education on his studies for an upcoming article, added, "Door decorations can create strong, positive student perceptions of the office occupant." This fall, as teachers go back to the classroom, it seems the messages they send via their office doors may help start the year off on a positive note - or a negative one. bookstore moves Need a water balloon? A sweatshirt or cap that tells the world you love Wellesley? Or maybe some textbooks? The College Bookstore has moved from the entry level of Clapp Library to the lower level next to the Knapp Media and Technology Center. (See related story on page 2.) "Eventually, we'll move again as a tenant of the new student center," said manager Joe Leva, who recommends the new back-to-school clothing line. This week the store is open Monday from 10 am-6 pm, Tuesday-Friday from 9 am-6 pm and Saturday and Sunday from noon- 4 pm. Regular hours resume next week: Monday-Friday from 9 am-5 pm and Saturday and Sunday from noon-4 pm. For more information, call x2136. clapp library undergoes extensive renovation Clapp Library's Special Projects Manager Sally Linden says patrons will see no disruption of service as the library gets a new look this year. "This summer, we had phase 1, a halfway renovation of the reference room," Linden said. "We have a beautifully repainted ceiling whose architectural richness is much more apparent, thanks to artful painting and much improved lighting." In October the Help Desk, which fields computer queries from faculty and staff, will relocate to Clapp Library, and share the newly renovated east wing with Acquisitions and Cataloging and the Library Collection Management staff. In January the rest of the main floor improvements will begin in phase 2 of the project. During that phase, some main floor operations will be moved to the ground floor; circulation and research and instruction services will be provided in Knapp Media & Technology Center. "It's just a migration," Linden said. "In terms of what the public does and sees, everything will just go along as usual. By April, the rest of the main floor will be completely renovated." The original library building was erected in 1909 with the help of funds from Andrew Carnegie. The original building, and additions and renovations in 1957 and 1975, were designed by the Boston architectural firm of Shepley, Bulfinch, Richardson and Abbott. In 1975, the library was named for Wellesley's eighth president, whose portrait hangs over the fireplace in the main Reference area of Margaret Clapp Library. To see photos and more information on the changes going on at Clapp, go to the library's web pages at www.wellesley.edu/Library/Renovation/renovationpics.html. david ferry wins 2002 award for translation David Ferry, the Hart professor of English, emeritus, has received the Academy of American Poets' 2002 Harold Morton Landon Translation Award for his translation of The Epistles of Horace (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2001). "If translation is indeed the afterlife of the poetic art, then David Ferry has graced his poet, Quintus Horatius Flaccus, with an afterlife extending into the millennium," said poet and translator Carolyn Forche, who served as judge of the award. Ferry is the author of a book about Wordsworth's poetry, The Limits of Mortality, and of four books of poetry, the most recent of which, Of No Country I Know: New and Selected Poems and Translations, was awarded the 2000 Lenore Marshall Prize by the Academy of Poets and the 2000 Rebekah Johnson National Prize for Poetry by the Library of Congress. Among his awards is a 2001 Academy Award for Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Literature. He is at work on a new book of poems and on a translation of Virgil's Georgics. The Academy of American Poets, founded in 1934, supports American poets at all stages of their careers and fosters the appreciation of contemporary poetry. colleagues in the news ted ducas, physics, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), for "NIST Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship,&" support to a physics student to do summer research at NIST. alice friedman, art, the Wolfsonian-Florida International University, Museum of Modern Art and Design, "The New York World's Fair of 1939-40: Design at the Crossroads of Modernism." elena gascon-vera, Spanish, Consulate General of Spain, "Literary Programs Related to Spanish Culture." phil kohl, anthropology, two awards: International Research and Exchanges Board (IREX), "Building ADA-the American-Daghestan-Azerbaijan Archaeological Research Project," and Wenner-Gren Foundation, "The Naturalization of the Past: Nation-Building and the Development History in the Americas," support for a conference with a colleague. heping liu, art, American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowship, "The Emperor and His Painters: Imperial Art of China Around 1000." susan reverby, women's studies, Rad- cliffe Institute for Advanced Study, "Testifying on Tuskegee: Telling the Tuskegee Syphilis Study Stories." meg thompson, geology, National Science Foundation (NSF), "Collaborative Research: Strategic Resolution as Key to Tectonic Synthesis in the Southeastern New England Avalon Zone Around Boston, Massachusetts," three years of research support. calendar monday september 2 labor day. tuesday september 3 opening convocation. 4:30-5:30 pm, Alumnae Hall Hay Outdoor Theatre. (Rain location: Alumnae Hall Auditorium.) Info: x2387. wednesday september 4 deadline. Day to Make a Difference volunteer service project forms due. Register at www.wellesley.edu/Alum/Special_Programs. Info: x2332. thursday september 5 information meeting. "Fall Fellowships." 6 pm, Science Center 277. Sponsor: Center for Work and Service. Info: x2352. information meeting. "Recruiting for Seniors." 7 pm, Pendleton East 239. Sponsor: Center for Work and Service. Info: x2352. unitarian universalist worship gathering. 6:15-7 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. lecture/slide show. Jean Kilbourne, international speaker and visiting scholar, Wellesley Centers for Women, presents "Deadly Persuasion: Advertising and Addictions." 7 pm, Alumnae Hall. Sponsors: First Year Dean's Office, Dean of Students, Health Services. Open to Wellesley community only. Info: x2821. friday september 6 rosh hashanah. Jewish tradition. Begins at sundown. information meeting. "Recruiting for Seniors." 7 pm, Pendleton East 239. Sponsor: Center for Work and Service. Info: x2352. saturday september 7 rosh hashanah. soccer. Wellesley Invitational. Noon: Nazareth vs. Simmons. 2 pm: Wellesley vs. William Paterson. Info: x2900. sunday september 8 rosh hashanah. grandparents’ day. worship service. 11:15 am, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Followed by Companionship Hour. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. soccer. Wellesley Invitational. Noon: Consolation (loser of Game 1, 9/7) vs. loser of Game 2, 9/7). 2 pm: Championship (winner of Game 1 vs. winner Game 2, 9/7). Info: x2900. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688. monday september 9 information meeting. "Recruiting for Seniors." 7 pm, Pendleton East 239. Sponsor: Center for Work and Service. Info: x2352.         save the date! 9/14 02 and 9/15/02: A Day to Make a Difference. Volunteer for service projects in the Boston Area. Sponsor: Alumnae Association, Center for Work and Service. Info: x2332. 9/15/02: Flower Sunday. 10:30 am-noon, Houghton Memorial Chapel. The oldest Wellesley tradition; welcomes new students. Info: x2685. 9/23/02: Lecture and performance. Theatre of Yugen and Theatre Nohgaku. 7-10 pm; doors open at 6:30 pm. Alumnae Hall Auditorium. Workshop, 10 am- noon, location TBA. Sponsor: Japanese Department, Japan Society of Boston. Info: x3226.       don't miss...wellesley history wall offers a look at the way we were Wellesley archivist Wilma R. Slaight has announced the installation of a new History Wall, Wellesley is..., on the fourth floor of Clapp Library outside the Archives. "Wellesley College is in many ways the result of the work and values of generations of individuals," Slaight said. "The exhibit features photos of a sampling of individuals who collectively represent Wellesley--faculty who are leaders in their disciplines, excellent teachers, dedicated staff members, students eager to learn or try new things, and alumnae who have 'made a difference.'" The History Wall features a mixture of photos and quotations by or about individuals who exemplify Wellesley College. For example, writer and teacher Vladimir Nabokov is pictured taking tea with his wife Vera and members of Phi Sigma in 1942. A Russian emigre noted for his study of butterflies as well as books including Lolita, Nabokov taught Russian classes at Wellesley for several years. One student said of the famous writer, "He gave me back my passion for reading." Further down the Wall, you will find Joe Jennings, supervisor of the Wellesley College greenhouses for 38 years. Jennings prepared an entry each year for the Massachusetts Horticultural Society Annual Flower Show, often winning a prize. After retiring, he returned to the college in 1980 to teach adult education classes in horticulture. The wall also features 1994 student commencement speaker Jennifer Vanasco, who encouraged her fellow graduates to make room for "yes" in their lives, as she put it. "'Yes' requires courage...that intellectual, critical fighting that Wellesley women are so good at, that takes courage," she said. "To have the courage to say 'Yes' is to embrace a rainbow of opportunities, to have faith that the individual direction we have chosen, though different from the choices of our classmates, is the right one for us." Her words, so fitting on graduation day eight years ago, are equally appropriate for a new academic year. The ability of a proud heritage to inspire the future is the whole idea behind the History Wall.   Click Here to View Previous Issue Return to the Office of Public Information's Homepage Created by: Moira Sinnott '04 Maintained by: Mary Ann Hill, Office of Public Information Last Modified: September 4, 2002