October 2011 News Archive

Mark Walsh '76, is the new chair of the College's Board of Trustees. Walsh recently met with a reporter for The Business Review to discuss the priorities for the board.

To read the article, click here (subscription may be required).

Students on the term abroad to Vietnam got a chance to meet two photographers who played an integral role chronicling the struggles of North Vietnamese soldiers during the Vietnam War.

Doan Cong Tinh and Mai Nam are part of “The Photographers from the Other Side,” a legendary group of photographers who became known for their images of the war. The Vietnam term is a cooperative program with Hobart and William Smith Colleges through the partnership for Global Education.

Family fun, food and football will be front and center as alumni, students and faculty celebrate Homecoming and Family Weekend Friday through Sunday, Oct. 28-30.

More than 2,000 people are expected for this year’s event.

Audrey Sartiaux, director of the Language Center, recently hosted the fall New England Regional Association for Language Learning Technology conference at the College. It was titled “21st Century Skills Map for World Languages: Technologies in Support of 21st Century Language Learning.”

The College has a long tradition of inspiring innovation among its students.

Now it can count a “tinnovator” among the ranks.

Using an Altoids tin, an LED light and other materials, Nicholas Brenn '14 created a mini-flashlight. The electrical engineering major from Kennett Square, Pa., is among a host of artists and entrepreneurs who have made belt buckles, iPod speakers and other gadgets fashioned from the 2-by-3-inch tin that holds the popular mints.

Documentary filmmaker and photographer Lauren

Greenfield will be the keynote speaker at the year’s Alumni and Friends Symposium. 

Greenfield will speak at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 27 in the Nott Memorial. Her talk kicks off Homecoming and Family Weekend, which welcomes thousands of visitors to campus for a three-day, festive fall celebration

The genre-defying string quartet, Brooklyn Rider, will return to Memorial Chapel and the Union College Concert Series after their exciting debut last season.  

Monica Duffy Toft of Harvard University will deliver the 2011 Wold Lecture on Religion and Conflict on Tuesday Oct. 25 at 5:30 p.m. at the Nott Memorial.

Her talk is titled, “God’s Century: Resurgent Religion and Global Politics.” 

Victoria Rockwell '79 was recently named the 130th president of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. Rockwell, based in Houston, took office in June. She currently works as director of Investment Development at Air Liquide, a leading developer of gases for the industrial, health and environmental sectors. 

This year’s Presidential Forum on Diversity focused on the art and soulfulness of gospel music.

Singers from diverse backgrounds among the campus community and general public participated in an interfaith gospel workshop. Under the musical direction of Rev. Shaun Whitehead of St. Lawrence University and Lyndon Walters of the College’s Heavenly Voices gospel choir, participants learned different spirituals and songs in less than 24 hours and then performed in Memorial Chapel.