Table of Contents wellesleyweek news wellesley honors three distinguished alumnae feb. 21 congressman barney frank to speak on campus black feminist films temporary parking helps to move projects forward library work reveals old, adds new treasures colleagues in the news don't miss calendar of on-campus events Click here to view events by date Monday, February 17 Tuesday, February 18 Wednesday, February 19 Thursday, February 20 Friday, February 21 Saturday, February 22 Sunday, February 23 Monday, February 24 ongoing save the date information about wellesleyweek
	wellesley honors three distinguished alumnae feb. 21 The Alumnae Association will hold its Achievement Awards Ceremony Friday, Feb. 21, at 5:30 pm in Alumnae Hall Auditorium. The 2003 awards will honor U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton '69, educator and author Barbara Loomis Jackson '50 and the late business leader Niramol Bulakul Suriyasat '54. On the same day, another event, "A Conversation with Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton" in honor of retiring Professor Alan Schechter, will take place at 4 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel. Due to space considerations, admission is allowed to one event only; a ticket and a valid Wellesley ID are required. Hillary Rodham Clinton '69 is the only first lady to be elected to the U.S. Senate, as well as the first woman elected to statewide office in New York. She was named one of the National Law Journal's 100 most influential lawyers in America in 1988 and 1991. Barbara Loomis Jackson '50 is a renowned professor and chair of the Division of Educational Leadership, Administration and Policy at the Graduate School of Education at Fordham University, where she has taught since 1987. Niramol Bulakul Suriyasat '54 led a distinguished career as an entrepreneur and philanthropist. As one of Thailand's leading business executives, she received wide acclaim for her various roles at Toshiba Thailand. Thanks to her vision and leadership as chairperson, Thai Toshiba ranks as one of Thailand's largest manufacturers of electrical appliances. The Wellesley College Alumnae Achievement Award recognizes alumnae who have brought honor to themselves and to Wellesley College through their outstanding achievements. The award is the highest honor given to alumnae for excellence and distinction in their fields of endeavor and has been presented annually since 1970. congressman barney frank to speak on campus Wellesley welcomes Barney Frank, the U.S. congressional representative for the 4th district of Massachusetts on Thursday, Feb. 20 at 4:30 pm in Pendleton East Atrium. The event is sponsored by the Political Science Department. "Rep. Frank is an outspoken opponent of the Bush Administration's policy towards Iraq and its proposals on the economy and is eager to discuss his views of what should be done when he comes to Wellesley," said Alan Schechter, political science. "No one doubts where Barney stands. He takes President Bush, Donald Rumsfeld, Dick Cheney and company and their supporters in the media on singlehandedly and with great flair. Come hear him deliver the other side of the argument on current policies." Frank was first elected to his office in 1980 and is in his 11th term. He served in the Massachusetts House from 1978-81. A native of Bayonne, N.J., now a resident of Newton, Frank attended Harvard, earning a B.A. in 1962 and a J.D. degree in 1977. He went on to teach government, work for politicians and then launch a career in elective politics. For more information, call x2194. black feminist films The latest entry in the Black Feminist Film Series hosted by Instead Feminist Coop this February is Illusions, scheduled for Monday, Feb. 17 at 7 pm. Directed by Julie Dash, the film is set in 1942, a year after Pearl Harbor, in fictional National Studios in Hollywood. Mignon Dupree, a black woman studio executive who appears to be white, and Ester Jeeter, an African-American woman who is the singing voice for a white Hollywood star, are forced to come to grips with a society that perpetuates false images as the status quo. The films are part of Wellesley College's celebration of Black History Month and are open to the college community only due to space considerations. For more information, contact agreene@wellesley.edu. temporary parking helps to move projects forward The campus center, parking garage and Alumnae Valley projects will move forward in March when site preparation begins, followed by groundbreaking later in the spring, according to Patricia Byrne, vice president, administration and planning. "A major piece of the planning has been to identify spaces to meet the current campus parking needs and additional spaces needed for construction-related vehicles," she said. "I am pleased to report that this has been accomplished without having to reduce the total number of parking spaces available to students and employees during construction." The new parking garage is scheduled to open next January. The campus center follows at the end of the fall semester of 2004. Everyone who now has parking assignments in Alumnae and CE lots will receive a new assignment to a temporary parking lot. In addition, some who now park in DC and Service lots will be reassigned. Accessible/HP parking spaces will be replicated and maintained. New parking assignments, distributed by campus police, will take affect March 1 and cover the remainder of spring semester. Questions? Write to parking@wellesley.edu. Information about the campus center, parking garage and Alumnae Valley projects can be found at www.wellesley.edu/AdminandPlanning/cc.html. library work reveals old, adds new treasures The construction project underway at Clapp Library is the second part of a two-phase renovation of the entire main floor. "When construction is complete, the College community will find a familiar but more beautiful place, a library better designed to support work that students and faculty want to do there," said Sally Linden, information services. "One of the most exciting spaces will be the Crozier Reading Room, located at the rear of the building in the space most recently occupied by the College Book Store. The room is naturally lighted by large windows original to the building, and it will open into a refurbished Sanger Room - a room with handsome, 17th-century paneling and stained-glass windows that has been a well-kept secret for many years." One innovation will be vending machines adjoining the Crozier Reading Room. Much of the remaining work consists of basics as a sprinkler system, heating/ventilating/air conditioning equipment and improved lighting. Since the Library has comfortable tables and chairs that have served since the early 1900s, these will return to the space along with new furniture. Of course, the presidents' portraits will be returned to the Reference Room," Linden notes. The project is due to be completed at the end of March. In summer '02, space in the east wing was prepared for the Faculty/Staff Computing Help Desk - which had been in cramped quarters at the Science Center - and for the library's Collections Management and Acquisitions and Cataloging departments. The winter phase of construction encompasses the rest of the main floor, including the Circulation Desk and the Reference Desk. Those service points have shifted to temporary locations in Knapp Media and Technology Center. Most publications that had been on the main floor (reference books, current periodicals and newspapers) have been shifted to the lake-view side of the first floor for the duration of the project.   colleagues in the news will hitchcock, history, has been in demand since the publication of The Struggle for Europe: The Turbulent History of a Divided Continent 1945-2002. He has been a guest on NPR's "The Best of Our Knowledge" and other radio programs. He has been interviewed by publications including Financial Times, and his book has been favorably reviewed in The Economist, Los Angeles Times Book Review, The Times and The Independent of London. After the UN address by Colin Powell, he contributed to a story in the MetroWest Daily News. julie hendrix miwa, chemistry, had an article, "Conformational Stability of Helical Peptides Containing a Thiomide Linkage," accepted for publication in the journal Organic Letters. The paper was co-authored by Wellesley students Shyla Gowda '04, Katherine Lee '03 and Letha Pallivathucal '99. While teaching a Wintersession program, thomas nolden, German, gave a lecture on "Jewish Writing in Contemporary France" as a guest of the Department of Romance Literatures at the University of Vienna. Wellesley has a flourishing exchange program with the University of Vienna, directed by Nolden. For the 2003-04 year, 10 Wellesley students have applied to study there. nan stein, Center for Research on Women, contributed to a story in the Hartford Courant on applying the term "bullying" to teachers. According to Stein, "We're using the word 'bully' for words we used to say such as 'sexist,' 'racist,' 'homophobic,'" she said. "It's such an elastic word...We need to be specific." Stein also contributed to a Boston Herald story on the controversial new National Geographic swimsuit issue.   calendar monday february 17 president's day holiday. japan table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Conference Room, Tower Court Dining Hall. Info: x3226. baha'i devotions. 7 pm, Meditation Room, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x4188. film. Illusions. 7 pm, Instead Feminist Co-op. Part of Black History Month. Campus community only. Info: x2134. tuesday february 18 administrative council meeting. 11 am-noon, Academic Council Room, Green Hall. Info: x2272. russian table. 12:30 pm, FND 417. Info: x3549. french table. 12:30-1:15 pm, Bates Seminar Room. Info: x2403. lecture. "Narrativas posmodernas y la Cuba pos-sovietica." Speaker: James Buckwalter-Arias. 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 319. Sponsor: Spanish. Info: x2402. lecture. "Female Circumcision." Speakers: Dr. Nawal Nour, ob/gyn at Brigham and Women's Hospital; Layla Guled, Somali interpreter. 6 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsors: Harambee House. Info: x2134. unitarian universalist worship gathering. 6 pm, Little Chapel. Refreshments. Info: x3484. basketball vs. Amherst. 7 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. german table. 7-8 pm, Beebe Dining Hall. Info: x7256. lecture. "Artist's Lecture: Fazal Sheikh." 7:30 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2353.   wednesday february 19 vietnamese classes. 12:30-1:30 pm, Billings 100. Sponsor: VSA. Info: x1723. lecture/recital. Triple Helix Piano Trio's "Beethoven and His Vibrant Legacy" festival. 12:30-2:15 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. faculty panel. "Performing Politics." 12:30 pm, PNE Atrium. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. cws information session. "Columbia Publishing." 12:30 pm, Library Lecture Room. Info: x2352. study abroad information. "Academic Programs Abroad in Paris." 12:30-1:20, GRH 338. Info: x2320. cws workshop. "Job Search Strategies." 4:30 pm, FND 120. Preregister. Info: x2352. chinese table. 6 pm, Stone Davis Dining Hall. Info: x2188. protestant christian gathering. Sustaining prayer, 5:30-6 pm, Billings 202; Bible study, 6:30-7:30 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655. thursday february 20 lecture. "Washington Today: Foreign and Domestic Policy." Speaker: Congressman Barney Frank. 4:30 pm, PNE Atrium. (See story, page 1.) Sponsor: Political Science. Info: x2194. english tutoring. 5-7 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. lecture. "When Race Becomes Real: Black and White Writers Confront Their Personal Histories." Speaker: Bernestine Singley, author. 7-9 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Africana Studies. Info: x2563. dance performance. "Performing Politics: Ancestrais." Isaura Oliveira, visiting choreographer. 7 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. study break. "Stress Balls." 8-10 pm, Stone-Davis Living Room. Destress, increase awareness of admissions opportunities on campus. Sponsor: SAR Council. Info: x4132. friday february 21 swimming. NEWMAC Championship. Time: TBA. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. brown-bag lecture. "Nina's Story: An American Tale of a Russian Jew." Speaker: Nina Tumarkin, history, discusses life as a Russian Jew living in the U.S. 12:30-1:30 pm, Hillel Lounge, Billings, 3rd Floor. Sponsor: Hillel. Info: x4088. presentation. President Walsh and Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton '69 honor retiring professor Alan Schechter. 4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. (See story, page 1.) Ticket; Wellesley ID required. Info: x2392 awards ceremony. Alumnae Achievement Awards presented to Hillary Rodham Clinton '69, Barbara Loomis Jackson '50 and Niramol Bulakul Suriyasat '54. 5:30 pm, Alumnae Hall. Ticket; Wellesley ID required. (See story, page 1.) Info: x2392. saturday february 22 washington's birthday. fencing. New England Championships. Time: TBA. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. swimming. NEWMAC Championship. Time: TBA. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. dance performance. "Performing Politics: In Search of the Goddess." Mallika Sarabhai, dancer. 7pm, Jewett Auditorium. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. concert. Wellesley-Brandeis Orchestra. With winner of 2003 Concerto Competition. 8 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2028. sunday february 23 swimming. NEWMAC Championship. Time: TBA. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. protestant christian worship. 11:15 am, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Companionship time, 12:30 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x2655. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x2688. german tutoring. 7-9 pm, PLTC, Clapp. Info: x7256. concert. Triple Helix Piano Trio's "Beethoven and His Vibrant Legacy" festival. 7 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. workshop. "Performing Politics." Dancers Isaura Oliveira; Mallika Sarabhai. 7-9 pm, Alumnae Ballroom. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. monday february 24 japan table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Conference Room, Tower Court Dining Hall. Info: x3226. baha'i devotions. 7 pm, Meditation Room, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Info: x4188. lecture. Speaker: Maribel Roig. 12:30-1:30 pm, FND 319. Sponsor: Spanish. Info: x2402. english tutoring. 5-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. film. Neria. 7 pm, Instead Feminist Co-op. Part of Black History Month. Campus community only. Info: x2134. workshop. "Performing Politics." Led by dancers Isaura Oliveira and Mallika Sarabhai. 7-9 pm, Alumnae Ballroom. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. ongoing exhibit. The Harambee Quilt. Through Feb. 28. Harambee House. Info: x2134. photo exhibit. Fazal Sheikh: A Camel for the Son - Ramadan Moon - The Victor Weeps. DMCC. Through June 8. Info: x2051.   save the date!   2/25/03: Department of Economics and Professor Emeritus Marshall Goldman present lecture, "What Went Wrong?" Speaker: Paul Krugman, economics and international affairs, Princeton; op-ed columnist for The New York Times. 8 pm, Jewett Auditorium. Info: x2154.   don't miss... escape to the beauty of nature at wellesley's greenhouses Tired of the white stuff? Take a walk over to the Margaret C. Ferguson Greenhouses and fill your senses with color, scent and beauty. The Wellesley Townsman and the news and public affairs program Greater Boston on WGBH-TV Channel 2 have featured the Wellesley greenhouses recently, focusing on the foliage and flowers crowding every corner of the 10 or so greenhouses open to visitors. According to the greenhouse staff, the powder puff tree, alamanda vine, pentas, hibiscus and chenille plants in the Warm Temperate House are eye-catching right now. The Display House still has seasonal plants in bloom, with colorfully leafed coleus spotted among them. "There are two large California geraniums in the same house that have neat 'fuzzy' leaves and clouds of tiny yellow flowers on them," said Duncan Himmelman, director, botanic gardens. "And, there are a few of the camellias still in bloom. Look for the giant bird of paradise in the Tropical House. Its huge white blooms are just opening up!" Himmelman notes that no one could possibly mention all the outstanding plants in the greenhouses so, "it's worth touring each greenhouse to spot a hint of color where you might not expect it." The greenhouses are open to the public every day from 8:30 am-4 pm. For more information, go to www.wellesley.edu/FOH/greenhouse/home/greenhouse.html.   Click Here to View Previous Issues   Return to the Office of Public Information's Homepage WellesleyWeek is published each Monday by the Office for Public Information during the academic year. All events are free and open to the public unless otherwise noted. Phone numbers are dialed 781-283-xxxx. Campus-sponsored event listings are welcome via e-mail to calendar@wellesley.edu. Printed submissions can be sent to Calendar, Public Information, 354 Green Hall, Wellesley College, 106 Central St., Wellesley, MA 02481. Deadline for calendar submissions is the Monday prior to publication. For paid subscription information, call 781-283-2373. Created by: Elizabeth Molnar '05 Maintained by: Arlie Corday, Office of Public Information Last Modified: February 17, 2003