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third annual tanner conference celebrates off campus learning Established through the generosity of Wellesley College trustee Estelle “Nicki” Newman Tanner ’57, the Tanner Conference celebrates the relationship between the liberal arts classroom and student participation in an increasingly diverse and interdependent world. The third annual Tanner Conference will be held on Tuesday, Nov. 4, from 8:30 am to 4:45 pm. “This year students interned in over 30 countries and infused the campus with these global perspectives upon their return,” said Joanne Murray, director of the Center for Work and Service. “The Tanner Conference provides an extraordinary opportunity to appreciate the vastness of Wellesley’s reach into the world.” The conference is organized around themes including “Culture and the Arts,” “Politics, Economics and Activism,” “Cross-Cultural Interaction,” “Learning, Service and Youth” and “Science, Medicine and Public Health.” Students may offer individual presentations, exhibits, roundtables and panel discussions. Topics are as diverse as the wealth of experience that contributed to them. For example, in a subtopic called “A Woman in a Man’s World,” Jennifer Dietz ’05 will present “Upside Down: Equine Medicine in Australia.” Under “Cancer Research,” Alissa Cohen ’06 will talk about “Angiogenesis: The Life Support of Cancer,” one of several individual presentations. From the realms of “The Arts and Discovery,” Jennifer O’Donnell ’05 and Maia MacDonald ’06 will present “Krik, Krak, An Island Possessed and Rara: Synthesizing Dance, Music and Culture in Haiti.” For more information, contact the CWS at x2607. campus greening symposium planned for nov. 7 Wellesley College will present a Campus Greening Symposium Friday, Nov. 7, from 4:15- 9 pm in Pendleton East. “The Campus Greening Symposium is an effort to look at how campuses around the country have examined and worked to lessen their ecological footprints, what we are doing at Wellesley and what we can learn from efforts to examine the environmental impacts of colleges,” said Elizabeth DeSombre, environmental studies. The program begins with a welcome reception at 4:15 pm in the PNE Atrium. Four panels, focusing on issues of responsible purchasing, green buildings, energy, and climate change and campus recycling will run in pairs at 4:30 and at 5:45 pm in PNE 139 and PNE 239. Dinner will be served at 7 pm, and the keynote speech will take place in the Atrium at 8 pm. Anyone may attend the symposium, but there is limited space remaining for dinner; to reserve your place, contact Claire Leamy at cleamy@wellesley.edu as soon as possible. Symposium speakers will hail from Oberlin,
Connecticut College, Tufts, Harvard, MIT and UMass; keynote speaker
Sarah Hammond Creighton
is
the author of Greening the Ivory Tower: Improving the Environmental
Track Record of Universities, College, and Other Institutions. The first event of the Middle Eastern Studies Inaugural Lecture Series, “Constitutionalism and the Challenge of Democracy in Islam,” will be presented by Sohail Hashmi, associate professor of international relations at Mount Holyoke College, Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 5 pm in Pendleton West 212. Hashmi, a specialist in Islamic political philosophy and ethics, is
the author of The Islamic Ethics of War and Peace and editor of books
including Ethics and Weapons of Mass Destruction, Islam
and Constitutionalism,
Islamic Political Ethics: Civil Society, Pluralism, and Conflict and
Boundaries and Justice: Diverse Ethical Perspectives. He holds a Ph.D.
from Harvard and is the recipient of numerous awards, including fellowships
from the SSRC-MacArthur Foundation, the Institute for the Study of
World Politics and the U. S. Institute for Peace. For more information,
call x2609. a story of wartime doctors’ dilemmas What’s it like to be a nurse or doctor working under wartime conditions? On Wednesday, Nov.
5, from 12:30-2 pm in Pendleton East 239, physician and writer Sheri
Fink will talk about her experiences
in a lecture, “War
Hospital: Surgery and Survival in Srebrenica.” “The experiences Dr. Fink has agreed to share with the Wellesley College community should remind all of us of the consequences of a war on medical and mental health, as well as on larger issues such as ethics and impartiality in wartime,” said event organizer Seila Selimovic ’04. “Her speech will remind us of the instability in Bosnia and will give an incentive to think about other war regions, such as Iraq, with different eyes.” In April 1992, a handful of doctors was trapped along with 50,000 men, women and children in the embattled enclave of Srebrenica, Bosnia-Hercegovina. These physicians faced the most intense professional, ethical and personal predicaments of their lives. Drawing on extensive interviews, documents and recorded materials Fink collected over five years, the book, War Hospital, tells the harrowing–and ultimately enlightening–story of these physicians. Sponsored by CLCE, Balkan Express, Amnesty International and the Hippocratic Society, the lecture includes refreshments. wellesley construction projects update In an effort to communicate construction activity to the community, Physical Plant will submit updates on construction and small project activity to WellesleyWeek. These updates will contain the planned work; any emergencies that may cause disruption will be communicated directly to the area or individuals that may be affected. Please e-mail any comments or suggestions to the FirstClass conference: Departments/Administrative Dept./Physical Plant/Physical Plant Project. Here’s the latest update: Residence Halls
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barbara beatty, education, weighed in on the U.S. Department of Education’s recent $35 million, multiyear allocation to an alternative teacher-credentialing test in Education Week. In the story, “Critics Question Federal Funding of Teacher Test,” Beatty noted, “I think you can make an argument that maybe we should try this, but should we put $35 million into it? You could run a pilot for a whole lot less.” Beatty joined other leading educators in questioning the new federal program. peggy levitt, sociology, contributed to a MetroWest Daily News series, “A Soul Connection: Feeling Alone and Lost in Their New Country, Local Brazilians Turn to Religion for Comfort.” Levitt noted that “The church provides a place of community. People are far away from home and their families. For them, it’s important to be part of a religious organization where people speak the same language and share their culture. Religion plays a role in helping them integrate into the community.” craig murphy, political science, wrote an opinion piece, “The U.N.’s Tragic Exit from Iraq,” in Global Policy Forum. Murphy noted that “the U.N. has been far more effective than the U.S., over a wider range of cases, in marshaling and coordinating post-conflict financial assistance from other governments. The Americans are discovering to their dismay that pledging governments too often say that ‘the check is in the mail.’ The more reliable donors, those that really do send the checks (the E.U., Germany, the Netherlands, Scandinavia, Japan), are far more likely to respond to requests for Iraq from Kofi Annan than from George Bush.” Murphy serves as the chair of the Academic Council on the United Nations System.
open class. “Gaps and Silences: Women’s Experiences of Local Darfur History (West Sudan).” Speaker: Karin Willemse, history of non-Western societies, Erasmus University, Rotterdam. 1:30-2:40 pm, SCI 392. Sponsor: History. Info: x2605. cws workshop. “Second Interview.” 4:30 pm, PNW 117. Preregister. Info: x2352. 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. apt workshop. “Test Taking & Prep.” 8 pm, Stone-Davis. Info: x2641. meeting. Amnesty International. 8 pm, Café Hoop. Info: x1787. tuesday november 4 film. The Man without a Country. “American Film and the Varieties of Patriotic Experience” series. 6:30 pm, PNE 239. Sponsor: American Studies; Sociology. Info: x2142. unitarian universalist meeting. 5-7 pm, Little Chapel. Info: x3484. volleyball. NEWMAC. 4 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. spanish table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Tower Court Private Dining Room. Info: x3571. russian table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Russian Dept. Lounge, FND, 4th Floor. Info: x3549. lecture. “War Hospital.” Speaker: Sheri Fink, M.D. 12:30 - 2 pm, PNE 239. Sponsors: Balkan Express. (See story, above.) Info: x7256. concert. Electronic music by 20th century German composers. Martin Brody, music. 12:30 pm, Davis Museum, lower level. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2051. sustaining prayer. 1-2 pm. Billings 202. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. lecture series. “Distinguished Architects.” Speaker: Joan Sheila Kennedy of Kennedy + Violich, Architects, Boston. 4:30 pm, Jewett 372. Sponsor: Art. Info: x2058. lecture. “Constitutionalism and the Challenge of Democracy in Islam.” Speaker: Sohail Hashmi, international relations, Mount Holyoke College. 5 pm, PNW 212. Sponsor: Middle Eastern Studies. Info: x2609. apt workshops. “Test Taking & Prep,” 5 pm, Munger. “Notetaking,” 5 pm, Shafer. Info: x2641. lecture. “From Aisha to Assia: Women’s Jihad Before and After Sept. 11th.” Speaker: Miriam Cooke. 5 pm, French House. In English. Info: x2415. art/cooking class. “Recipes from a Cajun Kitchen and Alison Saar’s Ulysses.” 5:45-7:45 pm, Collins Café. Sponsor: DMCC. Cost: $35 ($30, Friends of Art). Preregister. Info: x3379. cws panel. “Medical School and Residency.” 7-9 pm, SCI 277. Info: x2352. cws meeting. “On-Campus Recruiting for Juniors.” 7-8:30 pm, SCI 377. Info: x2352. meditation. 12:30-1 pm, Buddhist meditation room, lower chapel. Sponsor: Buddhist Community. Info: x2793. thursday
november 6 japanese table. 12:30-1:30 pm, Severance Conference Room. Info: x4442. seminar. “Minority Young Fathers’ Notions of Fatherhood.” Speakers: Heidie Vazquez-Garcia, Sabrina Gonzalez. 12:30-1:30 pm, Cheever House. Sponsor: WCW. Info: x2500. film. “Performance-Related Films from the 1970s.” Introduction by Anja Chavez, Davis Museum. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Info: x2051. 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. films. “Performance-Related Films from the 1970s.” Introduction by Anja Chavez, Davis Museum. 7 pm, Collins Cinema. Info: x2065. cws meeting. “On-Campus Recruiting for Juniors.” 7-8:30 pm, SCI 377. Info: x2352. apt workshop. “Faculty/Student Interactions.” 8 pm, Stone-Davis. Info: x2641. cws deadline. Application for Shadow Program. Noon, GRH 441. Info: x2352. symposium. "Campus Greening." 4:15-9 pm, Pendleton East. Sponsors: WEED, Education, Chemistry, Geology and Political Science. (See story, above.) Info: x2168. volleyball. NEWMAC. Game 1, 5:30 pm. Game 2, 7:30 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. saturday
november 8 soccer. NEWMAC. Game 1, noon. Game 2, 2 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. art/cooking class. “German Repast and Two and One.” Noon, Collins Café. Cost: $35 ($30, FOA). Preregister. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x3379. swimming and diving. Betty Spears Relays. 1 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. volleyball. NEWMAC. 4 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. lecture/observation. “Geology of the Moon.” Speaker: Wendy Bauer, astronomy. Followed by viewing of lunar eclipse. 7-9 pm, Whitin Observatory. Info: x2708. worship services. 11:15-12:30 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Protestant Christian Chaplaincy. Info: x2655. field hockey. NEWMAC. 1 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. soccer. NEWMAC. 1 pm. Sponsor: Athletics. Info: x2900. catholic mass. 4 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Religious Life. Info: x2688. apt workshop. “Public Speaking.” 6:30 pm, Stone-Davis. 7 pm, McAfee. Info: x2641. concert. Hans Davidsson performs on Fisk Organ music of Matthais Weckman. 7 pm, Houghton Chapel. Sponsor: Music. Info: x2028. monday november 10 cws workshop. “Using ACAN.” 12:30 pm, FND 102. Preregister. Info: x2352. cws workshop. “Lunch for First-Years.” 12:30 pm, Claflin. RSVP required. Info: x2352. info session. “Q & A on Study Abroad Programs.” 12:30 pm, GRH 338. Sponsor: International Studies. Info: x2320. open class. “Relationship between Music and Visual Arts.” 1:30 pm, Chandler/Bronfman Gallery, Davis Museum. Sponsor: DMCC. Info: x2085. lecture. Sami Michael, peace activist. 4:30 pm, Collins Cinema. Sponsor: Jewish Studies. Info: x2915. apt workshops. “Reading,” 5:30 pm, Beebe. “Notetaking,” 7:30, Freeman. “Time and Task Management,” 8 pm, Stone. Info: x2641. english tutoring. 6-9 pm, PLTC Small Conference Room. Info: x2480. cws workshop. “Job Search Strategies.” 7 pm, PNW 116. Info: x2352. 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. Flower Portraits. Photographs by Mary D. Coyne. Through Nov. 30. Botanic Gardens Visitor Center. Info: x3094. exhibit. Print Study Corridor. Through Dec. 19. DMCC. Info: x2051. exhibit. Chongquing Chilis. Through Dec. 10. DMCC. (See story, below.) Info: x2051. exhibit. Reinstallation of the 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, DMCC. Through Feb. 15. Info: x2051. exhibit. Dancing Cranes, DMCC. Through Feb. 15. Info: x2051. book sale. Clapp Library, reading room, main floor. Recreational reading, classics, art books. Donations: 50 cents-$2. Info: x2894.
don't miss... chinese exhibit features the works of 24 artists in jewett gallery The Art Department will host a new exhibition, Chongquing Chilis, in the Jewett Galleries from Nov. 10-Dec. 10. The opening reception will be held Wednesday, Nov. 12, from 4:30-6:30 pm. “Curated by Dr. Kuiyi Shen of Ohio University and Professor Feng Bin of the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts, this exhibition consists of 46 works, primarily paintings and prints, by 24 artists from the Sichuan Academy of Fine Arts in Chongquing, China,” said Sarah Slavick, director, Jewett Gallery. “This academy has played a key role in the development of recent Chinese art. The Wellesley community will be offered a firsthand experience of contemporary Chinese art in an exhibition that includes a broad range of individual styles, conceptual concerns and technical experimentation current among contemporary Chinese artists.” For more information, call x2056.
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