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A MONTHLY NEWSLETTER FOR WILLIAMS ALUMNI, PARENTS, AND FRIENDS
Volume 10, Number 8, October 2004
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NEW TAILGATING POLICY
Fans can no longer bring their own alcohol to Williams home football games. Beer and wine will be available on Weston Field for purchase by anyone of legal drinking age. Fans may bring their own non-alcoholic beverages in sealed plastic bottles, but NOT in cans or glass bottles.
*FOR MORE DETAIL SEE http://www.williams.edu/alumni/ofnotes/tailgate2.html
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WILLIAMS FALL LECTURE SERIES CONTINUES
The Colleges series of talks and debates continues through the fall semester. Please put these on your calendar and watch for updates on some times and places:
Angela Maria Arboleda of the
National Council of La Raza and fellow panelists Juan Cartagena and Larry
Gonzalez will discuss Latino voting rights on Tuesday, October 26 at 4:15 p.m.
Jeb S. Magruder 58 will
present Watergate and Nixon: Personal Reflections on Wednesday, December 1 at
LEADERSHIP STUDIES SERIES IN AMERICAN ELECTIONS
The Leadership Studies Program is hosting a series of fall events collectively titled Talks for an Election Year. Follow the link for details on the series, which will explore current and past American elections and presidencies. *SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=779
COLLEGE NEWS
CELEBRATING THE WILLIAMS MULTICULTURAL CENTERS 15TH YEAR
Join the MCC in a four-day celebration beginning Wednesday, November 3rd. The Meanings of Multiculturalism: 15 Years Later will feature forums, a talk with former democratic presidential candidate Carol Moseley Braun, an anniversary dinner, and an anniversary concert. *SEE http://www.williams.edu/MCC/
CDE WELCOMES STUDENTS FROM 22 COUNTRIES
Chair of the Center for Development Economics Peter Montiel calls this years class especially talented, citing students Fulbright grants and Muskie fellowships, among others, in the intensive nine-month masters program. *SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=789
CAN CULTURE REVITALIZE A COMMUNITY?
James Phinney Baxter III
Professor of Public Affairs Stephen Sheppard has undertaken an ambitious
research project to discover whether the success of
STUDENT NEWS
CAMACHO AND VARGAS NAMED GAIUS CHARLES BOLIN FELLOWS
Julie M. Schiavone Camacho and Armando Vargas have been awarded Gaius Charles Bolin Dissertation fellowships for 2004-05. The fellowships are named in honor of Williams first black graduate, who was admitted to the College in 1885.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=781
MELLON POST-DOCTORAL FELLOWS APPOINTED
Erina Duganne and Brenna Munro have been named Mellon post-doctoral fellows for the 2004-2005 academic year for history of photography and Anglophone African literature, respectively. *SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=782
FACULTY NEWS
NOVELIST ANDREA BARRETT JOINS WILLIAMS FACULTY
Andrea Barrett, winner of the National Book Award and author of five novels and two short- story collections, most recently Servants of the Map (2002), has been appointed lecturer in English.
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=773
COMPOSER KECHLEY SCORES TWO WINS
The American Society of
Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) has handed its annual award to David
Kechley,
COLLEGE PROMOTES NINE TO RANK OF FULL PROFESSOR
The College has announced the promotion of nine faculty members to the rank of full professor. They are Alison Case, English; Cathy Johnson, political science; John Kleiner, English; Michael J. Lewis, art; Shawn Rosenheim, English; Nancy Roseman, biology; Leyla Rouhi, Spanish; Jefferson Strait, physics; and K. Scott Wong, history. *SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=777
ALUMNI NEWS
WILLIAMS CAMPAIGN: THE VIDEO
Whats The Williams Campaign all about? Go to http://www.williams.edu/alumni/campaign/media/ and find out. A slow connection may tax your patience, in which case, go to http://www.williams.edu/alumni/campaign/media/request.php, and well send you one (DVD or VHS) by snail mail.
WHAT WAS THE SLIPPERY BANANA WHEN YOU WERE AT WILLIAMS?
Follow the link below to the Alumni home page and answer our Question of the Week *SEE http://www.williams.edu/alumni/
MUSEUM SEEKS ART LOANS FOR ALUMNI EXHIBITION
WCMA seeks loans from alumni for the fourth Williams Alumni Loan Exhibition in 2006, the museums 80th anniversary year. Works spanning the history of art are wanted. If you are interested in lending, or know of someone who might be, please contact curator Vivian Patterson 77, MA 80 at 413-597-2457; e-mail, Vivian.L.Patterson@williams.edu.
COOL WEB SITES
PROFESSOR ALAN WHITES
Go to http://www.williams.edu/philosophy/faculty/awhite/ and click news to see everything from the latest scholarly work to a letter
from J.R.R. Tolkien to the first chapter of an unpublished novel by our Mark
AND THE
First Congregational Church Records, 1779-1961. Cap and Bells Records, 1912-1969. The World War II memoirs of Irving Van Zandt, Jr. 31. Student letters and diaries, faculty correspondence and lecture notes, records of student clubs and societies, papers of noted alumni, and documents relating to the Williams family and the founding of the College are all in the Archives manuscript collection. *SEE http://www.williams.edu/library/archives/manuscripts.html
EPH SPORTS
HOW 'BOUT THOSE RED SOX?!
and didn't Prof. Bob Bell set the stage way back in July!
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/admin/news/releases.php?id=752
FOR LATEST EPH SPORTS RESULTS (INCLUDING LAST WEEKENDS CONTESTS)
*SEE http://www.williams.edu/athletics/
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