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clark named interim vice president for finance/treasurer Raymond J. Clark, treasurer emeritus of Princeton University, has been named interim vice president for finance/treasurer at Wellesley College. “As many of you are aware, Susan Vogt, vice president for finance/treasurer, is battling a serious illness,” said President Diana Chapman Walsh in announcing the temporary appointment. “We are all pulling for her to recover soon and return to her job. Meanwhile, members of her division have been putting in extra hours to maintain our momentum. With Susan’s assent, I came to the reluctant conclusion in early September that we needed to find an expert who could step in on an interim basis to ensure that this critical function of the college is adequately supported. “I talked to dozens of people by phone and interviewed four strong prospects in person. We are extremely fortunate to have secured the services of Ray Clark...(and) I ask you to join me in welcoming (him) to Wellesley and in offering him whatever support and encouragement you can.” Clark became treasurer of Princeton University in 1987, having served as controller and associate treasurer of the University since 1974. Upon retirement in 2001, the trustees of Princeton University unanimously elected him treasurer, emeritus. He received his B.B.A. from Manhattan College in 1956 and a B.S. in accounting from Benjamin Franklin University in 1961. He was formerly director of the Budget Preparation Branch for the Federal Government’s Office of Management and Budget, serving under Presidents Johnson and Nixon. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Princeton HealthCare System and the Board of the American Red Cross-Mercer County Chapter. He is past chairman of the Board of the Council on Government Relations, past president of Springdale Golf Club’s Board of Governors and served on the Board of Trustees of BlackRock Family of Mutual Funds. family and friends weekend is packed with fun Family and Friends Weekend 2003 will be held Friday, Oct. 31 through Sunday, Nov. 2. Students’ family members and friends are invited to experience the many resources Wellesley has to offer. The weekend offers a variety of performances, exhibits, tours, classes, discussions, sporting events, departmental receptions, lectures and more. On Halloween, Friday, Oct. 31, families and friends will be able to attend classes with students, see student performances, hear a distinguished faculty lecture and enjoy Halloween festivities. On Saturday, Nov. 1, highlights include an address by President Diana Chapman Walsh, sporting events and concerts. From 10:30 am to 1 pm, a special Family and Friends Brunch will be offered in the dining halls. Choose from a variety of traditional New England Style breakfast and lunch items for $10 per guest. Tickets must be purchased in advance along with registration and will be distributed at the time of check-in. The College Club offers buffet dinners Saturday and Sunday. Sunday, Nov. 2, will feature morning chapel services and performances by the music society. The weekend is sponsored by Student Activities. For more information, call x3715. The Douglas Lecture Fund will present Debra Knopman ’75, associate director of RAND Science and Technology, and her lecture, “The Policy Dilemma of Uncertain Science,” Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 4:30 pm in Science Center 396. A reception will be held in Sage Lounge from 4-4:30 pm. Knopman earned a B.A. in chemistry from Wellesley, an M.S. in civil engineering from MIT and a Ph.D. from the Department of Geography and Environmental Engineering at Johns Hopkins. The Marjory Stoneman Douglas Lecture honors a Wellesley alumna who was a vigorous champion of environmental issues. The series brings to campus a leader whose scientific research is relevant to environmental concerns. For more information, call x3000. anthropology tackles stories and songs The Anthropology Department will present two lectures this week. On Tuesday, Oct. 28, from 12:30-1:30 pm in Pendleton Atrium, Karin Willemse will present “The Biographical Narrative: From Research to Representation.” The talk examines the impact of Islamist discourses and policies in the western Sudan in the 1990s. Willemse is assistant professor in the Department of History of Non-Western Societies (GNWS) at the Erasmus University Rotterdam where she teaches African anthropology focusing on gender and Islam and the methodology of working with oral sources. She is the author of ‘One Foot in Heaven’: Narratives on Gender and Islam in Darfur, West-Sudan. Pizza will be served. On Oct. 29 at 6:30 pm in Pendleton East 239, Donald Brenneis, professor of anthropology at the University of California at Santa Cruz and president of the American Anthropological Association, will explore the anthropology of sound with his lecture, “Echolocations: Sound, Sociability, and Social Analysis.” Using the song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight” as a case study, he will argue for a broad view of acoustic culture, showing how sound provides an range of ways of approaching and representing culture and society. For more information, call x2138. a musical to honor all the working folks This week Wellesley College Theatre presents a musical, Working, which is adapted from the book with the same name from Studs Terkel. “The show celebrates the worker, and we invite all Wellesley faculty and staff to come to the performances with their families and friends with no charge,” said director Nora Hussey, theatre. “We would like to encourage all members of the Wellesley Community to come on over through the construction and see what we have been up to.” The musical will be performed on Barstow Stage, Alumnae Hall, Thursday, Oct. 30, at 7 pm; Friday, Oct. 31, at 8 pm; Saturday, Nov. 1, at 2 and 8 pm; and Sunday, Nov. 2, at 2 pm. General admission is $15; seniors and students, $10; and Wellesley/MIT students and Wellesley personnel and their guests are admitted free of charge. For more information, call x2000. communicating with people with disabilities October is Disability Awareness Month. On Wednesday, Oct. 29, from 12:30-2 pm in the Academic Council Room, 4th Floor, Green Hall, Disability Services will presents “The Ten Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities.” Speakers include Karen Beth Mael of the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission and Wellesley’s own Jim Wice, disability services. The brown bag lunch event will feature a 25-minute video on communication with people with a variety of physical disabilities (both visible and invisible) and a follow-up discussion. Please RSVP for lunch since space is limited. The event is sponsored by the Office of Equal Opportunity & Multicultural Policy, Human Resources, the Center for Work and Service, the Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission and Disability Services. For more information call x2434. adrienne asch, reproductive issues, contributed to a news article in the Dallas Morning News on the separation of conjoined twins, Ahmed and Mohamed Ibrahim of Egypt. Asch questioned the drive to separate conjoined twins, noting that if society considered it acceptable to be conjoined, being attached to your brother or sister would be an unusual but perfectly legitimate way to live. The biggest disability facing these twins is that society considers it strange. “That’s the principal impairment of being conjoined,” she said. The twins underwent surgery at Children’s Medical Center Dallas. eleanor delorme, art history, is one of the three lecturers at the 44th Annual Ellis Antiques Show lecture series. The topic of her lecture is “Josephine, Arbiter of Taste.” The other two lecturers are Liana Parades Arend, curator at Marjorie Merriweather Post’s Hillwood, and Lady Henrietta Spencer-Churchill. DeLorme also has recently presented a slide lecture for Davis Scholar alumnae. james
o’gorman, art, served as a chair of the 10th Annual Deerfield-Wellesley
Symposium in American Culture, “African Cultures in the North
American Diaspora: An Interdisciplinary Symposium.” The event
brought together historians and archaeologists who are studying African
cultures throughout the United States to explore topics including the
development of widespread BaKongo-influenced religions in North America,
new research on New England’s African community and African folk
medicine practices in colonial Virginia. O’Gorman chaired sessions
exploring “The Border Lands,” on Maryland’s African
American history, and “Museums and African American History:
20 Years of Interpretations.” administrative council. 11 am, Academic Council Room. lecture. "To See Across the Sea: Two Marble Eyes from the Classical Greek Shipwreck at Tektas Burnu." Speaker: Elizabeth Greene. 4:15 pm, FND 307. lecture. “The Buddha in the World.” Pankaj Mishra, author. 5 pm. Library Lecture Room. Sponsors: English, Religion and Political Science. Info: x2591. english tutoring. 6-9 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. meditation. 7:30-9 pm, Buddhist meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Café Hoop. Info: x1787. tuesday october 28 field hockey vs. Wheaton. 4 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. lecture. “The Policy Dilemma of Uncertain Science.” Speaker: Debra Knopman’75. Reception, 4 pm, Sage Lounge. Lecture, 4:30, SCI 396. Sponsor: Douglas Lecture Fund. Info: x3000. conference. “Language Diversity and the Expansion of the European Union: Advantage or Handicap?” Speaker: Collette Flesch. In French. French House, 33 Dover Road, 5 pm. Info: x2415. unitarian universalist meeting. 5:30-7 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. film. Friendly Persuasion. Part of series, “American Film and the Varieties of Patriotic Experience.” 6:30 pm, PNE 239. Sponsors: American Studies; Sociology. Info: x2142. workshop. “Make Your Own Halloween Tops.” 6:30-8 pm, Stone-D Living Room. Sponsor: Á la Mode. Info: x4149. student panel. Experiencing Islam Around the World. 7-9 pm, Clapp Library Lecture Room. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: x3579. spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Private Dining Room. Info: x3571. russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Russian Department Lounge, Founders Hall, 4th Floor. Info: x3549. meditation. 12:30-1 pm, Buddhist meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. concert. Composers Series: John Harbison; Judith Hampton, piano. 12:30 pm, Jewett. (See story, above.) Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. lecture. “The Ten Commandments of Communicating with People with Disabilities.” Speakers: Karen Beth Mael, Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission; Jim Wice, Disability Services. 12:30-2 pm, Faculty Common Room, 4th Floor, GRH. Sponsors: Office of Equal Opportunity & Multicultural Policy. (See story, above.) RSVP: x2434. sustaining prayer. 1-2 pm. Billings 202. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. open class. “Postwar German Culture.” Speaker: Margaret E. Ward. 1:15 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. lecture series. “Eight Distinguished Architects.” Speaker: Turner Brooks of Turner Brooks Architects. 4:30pm, Jewett 372. Sponsor: Art. Info: x2058. art/cooking class. “Provence: Food of the Sun and Fernand Léger’s Woman and Child.” 5:45 pm, Collins Café. Cost: $35; $30, Friends of Art. Preregister. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x3379. lecture. “Echolocations: Sound, Sociability, and Social Analysis.” Donald Brenneis, president, American Anthropological Association. 6:30 pm, PNE 239. (See story, above.) Sponsor: Anthropology. Info: x2138. study break. “Alums in Film and Media.” Refreshments. 7-8:30 pm, Tower Court Great Hall. Sponsor: ACCESS. Info: x7803. performance. “Rocky Horror Picture Show.” 9 pm, Schneider. Wellesley students, free. Sponsor: SBOG. Info: slee2@wellesley.edu. thursday
october 30 seminar. “Women’s Sexual Health: A Relational Perspective.” Speaker: Meg Striepe. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. Sponsor: WCW. Info: x2500. open house. Philosophy Department. Lunch provided. 12:30-1:20 pm, FND 322. Sponsor: Philosophy. Info: x2620. open class. “Postwar German Culture.” 1:15 pm, Chandler/Bronfman Gallery. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2582. english tutoring. 6-8 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. bible study. 7-8 pm; worship services, 8-9 pm, Little Chapel. Refreshments. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. theatre. Working. 7 pm, Barstow Stage, Alumnae Hall. Free to Wellesley/MIT students, Wellesley fac/staff and guests; $10, students, seniors; $15, others. Sponsor: Wellesley College Theatre. (See story, above.) Info: x2000. lecture. "Tawheed: The Oneness of God in Islam." Speaker: Salma Kazmi. 7 pm, PNE 239. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: x1375. halloween. samhain. Pagan tradition. muslim prayer. “Prayers and Pizza!” 12:30-2 pm. Muslim Prayer Room, ground level, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: x2656. panel discussion. “What I’ve Done With My English Major.” Speakers: Kristen Nelson ’99, Karyn Lu ’01, Katharine Freeman ’02 and Maeve Cunningham ’03. 3-4 pm, FND 106. Sponsor: English. Info: x2591. symposium. “Gertrude, Ophelia and the Hamlet Conundrum.” Speakers: William Flesch, Brandeis; Helen Whall, Holy Cross; Yu Jin Ko, Wellesley; Katherine Conway, Wheaton; Natasha Korda, Wesleyan; and Samuel J. Bernstein, Northeastern, moderator. 3-5 pm, FND 120. Sponsor: English. Info: x2591. lecture. Distinguished Faculty Lecture. "What We Can Learn from Myths." Speaker: Mary Lefkowitz, classical studies. 4:30 pm, Houghton Memorial Chapel. Sponsor: Student Activities. Info: x3715. theatre. Working. 8 pm, Barstow Stage, Alumnae Hall. Free to Wellesley/MIT students, Wellesley fac/staff and guests; $10, students, seniors; $15, others. Sponsor: Wellesley College Theatre. (See story, above.) Info: x2000. saturday
november 1 dia de los muertos. family & friends weekend. (See story, above.) field hockey. NEWMAC. 1 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. soccer. NEWMAC. 1 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. volleyball vs. Smith. 1 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. theatre. Working. 2 & 8 pm, Barstow Stage, Alumnae Hall. Free to Wellesley/MIT students, Wellesley fac/staff and guests; $10, students, seniors; $15, others. Sponsor: Wellesley College Theatre. (See story, above.) Info: x2000. dinner. Family & Friends buffet. 6pm, College Club. Cost, reservations: x2700. family & friends weekend. (See story, above.) worship services. 11:15-12:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. class. Open Quranic study circle. 1-2 pm, Lower Chapel. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: x7631. basketball vs. alumnae. 2 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. theatre. Working. 2 pm, Barstow Stage, Alumnae Hall. Free to Wellesley/MIT students, Wellesley fac/staff and guests; $10, students, seniors; $15, others. Sponsor: Wellesley College Theatre. (See story, above.) Info: x2000. lecture. "Struggling with the Self during Ramadan." Speaker: Muhammad Erakat. 2 pm, Lower Chapel. Sponsor: Al-Muslimat. Info: x1375. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Religious Life. Info: x2688. dinner. Family & Friends buffet. 6 pm, College Club. Cost, reservations: x2700. monday november 3 meditation. 7:30-9 pm, Buddhist meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Café Hoop. Info: x1787. exhibit. One Hundred Years Ago: the Class of 1904. Through Nov. 30. Archives, 4th floor, Clapp Library. Info: x2127. exhibit. Print Study Corridor. Through Dec. 19. DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. Reinstallation of Permanent Collection. Through Dec. 31. DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. Two and One: Printmaking in Germany. Through Jan. 18. DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. Recent Acquisitions: Contemporary Art. Through Feb. 15. DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. Dancing Cranes. DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. Flower Portraits. By Mary D. Coyne. Botanic Gardens Visitor Center. Info: x3094. book sale. Clapp Library, reading room, main floor. Donations: 50 cents-$2. Info: x2894.
don't miss... outstanding musicians to perform in composers series Two of the Boston area’s most active and best known musicians, Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Harbison and pianist Judith Gordon, will take part in Wellesley’s Composers Series Wednesday, Oct. 29, at 12:30 pm in Jewett Auditorium. Harbison will discuss his Piano Sonata No. 1, first movement, “Gatsby Etudes,” “Montale Sketches, On an Unwritten Letter,” “In sleep” and “Indian Serenade.” Gordon will perform the music and take part in the discussion. Harbison is one of America’s most prominent composers. Among his principal works are four string quartets; three symphonies; the cantata “The Flight Into Egypt,” which earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1987; and three operas, including “The Great Gatsby,” commissioned by The Metropolitan Opera, which premiered to great acclaim in 1999. He has written for every type of concert performance, from the largest to the most intimate, pieces that include jazz along with the pre-classical forms. He is a gifted commentator on the art and craft of composition. Chosen as “Musician of the Year” of 1996 by The Boston Globe, Gordon is flourishing as a soloist, collaborative artist and imaginative programmer. She has appeared in concert with many superb artists and ensembles. For more information, call x2028
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