|
|
|
||
|
Table of Contents wellesleyweek
news
|
|||
|
volunteer for a day to make a difference in your community Wellesley College invites students, faculty, staff and alumnae to turn out for “A Day to Make a Difference,” Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 6-7. The event offers volunteers a chance to make a difference in the local community. Organizers Melissa Hawkins, Center for Work and Service, and April Lepito, Alumnae Association, invite you to take part in a wide variety of service projects. Last year, faculty, staff and union members contributed over 2,000 hours of volunteer work at this event. Alumnae clubs across the country take part too. “The Dallas Club is one of my personal favorites,” said Lepito. “They work with the North Texas Food Bank each year, sorting and boxing canned goods. This year, in addition to their annual project, they saw a plea in the spring edition of Wellesley magazine, where a young alum solicited for children’s books for its library, classrooms and for attendance awards at an elementary school in New Mexico-- and they are donating to her cause. I thought that was such a great idea in the spirit of Day to Make a Difference and Wellesley’s motto!” To take part locally, call x2357 or x2332 or go to www.wellesley.edu/Alum/Dayofservice. Volunteers take buses to the projects and return for an ice cream party on campus. Each will receive a T-shirt commemorating the day. Here are a few sample projects to choose among:
senior shares wisdom with new students Teresa Santoski ’04 of Brookline, N.H., wrote a humorous and helpful story, “The Real Buzz on What You Need for Dorm Survival,” for The Telegraph of Nashua. She offered advice on everything from the uses of a fly swatter to sprayable cheese. To read her story, go to www.wellesley.edu/PublicAffairs/Releases/2003/082603.html. Here’s a Q & A with the writer: WW: How did
you place the story? Story Landis ’67, has been named director of the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS). Currently scientific director of the NINDS intramural program, she begins her appointment Sept. 1. “I am very pleased that Dr. Landis has accepted this increased responsibility as institute director,” said Tommy G. Thompson, secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services. “Her visionary scientific leadership, together with her ability to build bridges between disparate scientific groups, make her the best person to lead the NINDS into the future.” Landis majored in biology at Wellesley and earned her master’s and doctoral degrees from Harvard University. wellesley saw a summer of campus construction work If you are returning to campus after a summer away, you will notice a number of construction projects that are in process. “We’ve had a very busy summer!” said Traci Robie, Physical Plant. “As I am sure you can see the West Campus projects (which includes the Davis Parking Facility, the Wang Campus Center and the Alumnae Valley Landscape Restoration) are well underway.” The grand opening for the Parking Facility is scheduled for March and for the Campus Center in December 2004. To follow the progress via photos and a web cam, go to www.wellesley.edu/AdminandPlanning/. “ With the web camera, you will be able to watch the construction live from your desktop,” Robie said. “Also on that page you will see a milestone chart that highlights where we are and the target completion dates.” The West Campus projects may be the most visible of the construction work but they are by no means the only jobs tackled over the summer. “On top of this we also completed a hot-water heating conversion in Severence and residing/painting of Homestead/Instead, Cheevers and Waban House,” Robie said. “French House received some interior renovation including the installation of a new sprinkler system. The renovation of Tower Court Hill is still underway and expected to be completed in early fall.” kimberly goff-crews is new dean of students Wellesley College has welcomed Kimberly Goff-Crews as its new Dean of Students. A student life professional with a broad range of higher education experience, Goff-Crews was selected following a comprehensive national search. “Kimberly Goff-Crews is a person of integrity, intelligence, warmth and energy who will bring many strengths to Wellesley,” said President Diana Chapman Walsh. “These include a broad and strategic institutional outlook, grounding in the law and judicial procedure, extensive first-hand knowledge of academic affairs, leadership experience in the student life arena and a particular expertise and track record supporting a high level of academic achievement among talented students from diverse backgrounds.” Goff-Crews joined the Wellesley community Aug. 1. Since 2000, Goff-Crews has been the chief of staff and director of planning at Lesley University. Prior to this role, she served as associate dean and assistant professor at the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Lesley for two years and, for six years, as assistant dean at Yale. There she directed the Yale College Summer Programs, the Afro-American Cultural Center, Freshman Orientation and the Math and Science Tutoring Program. She was the founding director of Yale’s Science, Technology and Research Scholars (STARS) Program and co-director of the Andrew W. Mellon/Edward Bouchet Fellowship Programs. She started her professional career as a bankruptcy lawyer in New York with the firm Milgrim, Thomajan & Lee after graduating from Yale College in 1983 and Yale Law School in 1986. amy hoffman has been appointed editor in chief of the Women’s Review of Books, a project of the Wellesley Centers for Women. She has a B.A. in English from Brandeis University and an M.F.A. in creative writing from the University of Massachusetts Amherst. She has been an editor at the Unitarian Universalist World magazine, South End Press and Gay Community News. She has taught writing and literature at UMass and Emerson College. Her memoir, Hospital Time, about taking care of friends with AIDS, was published in 1997. keri o’meara has been named head softball coach/assistant professor of physical education. Wellesley announced the addition of softball in April and will begin play in 2004-2005. She comes from Dartmouth College where she was assistant softball coach. Prior to Dartmouth, she was the assistant coach at Bloomsburg University, where the team finished as the No. 4 team in Division II, winning the NCAA Mid-Atlantic Regional Championship for the second consecutive season. She earned a B.A. in physical education from Montclair State University and a master’s degree in curriculum and instruction Bloomsburg University. While at Montclair State, she was chosen as an NCAA Division III All-America softball selection. wilbur
rich,
political science, served as a panelist for “Is
a Politics of Interest Possible? Lessons from Other Cities,” part
of last spring’s People & Politics in America’s
Big Cities, “a critical conversation about the implications
of the profound demographic transformation now underway in our
city.” The event, held at the Metropolitan College of New
York, was sponsored by Drum Major Institute for Public Policy and
other organizations and brought together prominent participants
from public policy institutions, the media and academe. labor day. Holiday. auditions. Tupelos singing group. 3-5 pm, Jewett. Info: x4075. tuesday
september 2 opening convocation. 4:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Line-up at Davis Museum Plaze at 4:10 (or Chapel lawn tent in case of rain). Procession begins at 4:15. (See story, page 4.) Refreshments to follow. Info: x2387. auditions. Tupelos singing group. 6:30-8:30 pm, Jewett. Info: x4075. wednesday
september 3 stepsinging. 4:15 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel steps. (A Wellesley tradition since 1899.) cws meeting. "Graduate Fellowships." 6-8 pm, Science Center 277. Info: x2352. auditions. BlueNotes singing group. 7-9 pm, Jewett. Info: edastin@wellesley.edu.
thursday september 4 auditions. BlueNotes singing group. 7-9 pm, Jewett. Info: edastin@wellesley.edu. saturday
september 6 sunday
september 7 volunteer projects. “A Day To Make a Difference.” (See story.) Sponsors: CWS, Alumnae Office. Info: x2357 or x2332. protestant
christian worship. 11:15 am, Houghton Chapel. Companionship
time, refreshments, to follow. Info: x2655. monday
september 8 exhibit. Underground Studios VI. Through Sept. 30, Jewett Art Gallery. Features nine Wellesley College artists, all using different media and styles: Nancy Edwards, Jeanne Hablanian, Sandra Lauria, Andrew Mowbray, Pamela Rogers, David Sommers, Jim Turbert, Richard Vabulas and Michael Westfort. Info: x2944. exhibit. Reinstallation of the Permanent Collection. Sept. 6-Dec. 31, Davis Museum and Cultural Center. During the 2003-2004 year, the DMCC’s post-1945 collections will be reinstalled in the Towne and Contemporary galleries. The newly reorganized galleries will focus on prominent American and European artists of the 1960s and 1970s. Works include iconic sculptures by Andy Warhol and Louise Nevelson as well as significant pieces by Agnes Martin, Joseph Beuys and Robert Rauschenberg, among others. Info: x2051. .
don't miss...convocation marks a wonderful welcome to the new school year Wellesley’s Opening Convocation will take place Tuesday, Sept. 2, from 4:30-5:30 pm in Houghton Memorial Chapel. The entire campus community is invited to attend this traditional academic ceremony marking the opening of the school year. 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 2004 will don gowns for the last time as graduating seniors at Commencement, the bookend event on the spring side. “I have always enjoyed putting on my academic regalia to participate in Convocation and Commencement,” said College Marshal Wendy Bauer, astronomy. “These rituals are a wonderful way to open and close the academic year.” All members of the faculty, administrative members of Academic Council and the senior class are encouraged to wear academic dress. Speeches will be given by President Diana Chapman Walsh, Dean of the College Lee Cuba and President of College Government Kristina Chan. Participants should gather at the Davis Museum Plaza or in the tent on the Chapel lawn in case of rain. Line-up for the procession is at 4:10 pm, which begins at 4:15. After the ceremony, there will be light refreshments served in the Chapel lawn tent. 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 online form or 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: Moira Sinnott '04, Elizabeth Molnar '05, Claire Gross '04 |
|||
|
|
|
||
