More than 125 works of art by high school students from The Art Institute of Mill Street Loft will be highlighted in the sixth annual "Teen Visions '08" exhibition. The juried show will include paintings, drawings, photography, and sculpture from more than 50 art students who participated in the Art Institute's Summer Intensive and Fall 2007 courses.The students' work will be on display through Saturday, February 9. The exhibition is free and open to the public.
College Center, Palmer Gallery
College Center, 223
"Summer Experiences That Make a Difference."
Ely Hall, Aula
How do Vassar students use technology? Come to a panel discussiion to find out how we use Facebook, YouTube, Instant Messaging, blogs, Wikipedia, etc. Dinner for faculty and administrators is free. This event is brought to you by ACS and the LTC. This event kicks off a month long series of discussions, workshops and brown bag demonstrations based on "Social Computing."
Students' Building, ACDC
Dahr Jamail. Sponsored by International Studies.
Sanders Hall, 212
Class of 2010 Gift Kick-Off party.
Students' Building, Second Floor
Vassar vs. Montclair State.
Walker Field House, Pool
In November, Act Out! sent five Vassar students to the NY Power Summit, hosted by the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. Come join us for dinner and an activism workshop, where we will share knowledge and skills learned at the Power Summit. The workshop will fous on specific techniques of grassroots activism, a dicussion of why these techniques are effective at creating politcal and social change, and a rundown of Act Out! and Soulforce's upcoming "Right To Marry" actions.
College Center, 223
To All Vassar Students and Colleagues: In consideration of our ongoing concerns, which we know are shared by many of you, we want to continue our efforts from last semester to further a campus-wide discussion around community and inclusion. Thus, with the start of the new term, we are encouraging your participation in this Community Meeting.This is an important opportunity for the Vassar Community to come together for serious discussion about campus concerns, campus climate, and strategies and resources for building a stronger community. We look forward to seeing you there -- Cappy Hill.
College Center, Villard Room
Vassar vs. SUNY New Paltz.
Kenyon Hall, Gym
The Department of Economics is sponsoring the Martin H. Crego lecture in Economics. This semester's speaker isProfessor Ha-Joon Chang, Cambridge University. "Bad Samaritans - The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism." Ha-Joon Chang, a Korean national, has taught at the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge, since 1990. In addition to numerous articles in journals and edited volumes, Ha-Joon Chang has published nine authored books (three of them co-authored) and eight edited books (six of them co-edited). He is the winner of the 2003 Myrdal Prize, awarded to his book, Kicking Away the Ladder, by the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE). He is also the winner (jointly with Richard Nelson of Columbia University) of the 2005 Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought awarded by Tufts University. Previous winners of the Prize include John Kenneth Galbraith and the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen.
Taylor Hall, 203