Event Calendar

8:30 amPotpourri

9:00 am"Picturing Community" Exhibit

5:30 pmLecture

6:00 pmNSO Dinner and a Show

7:00 pmAlumni Justice Reform Panel

5November

Wed

• Benefits Fair No location listed9:00 am
• The Benefits Fair offers a once-a-year opportunity for walk-up counseling with specialists for retirement planning, elder care, health coverage and more! Come and meet with:TIAA-CREF * Fidelity Investments * Blue Cross * MVP * Delta Dental * Life Insurance * Flex Spending * EAP * Community Works * Medicare & Social Security * HSBC * Benefits and HR Staff.
• Soup and Substance College Center, 22312:00 pm
• SOUP and SUBSTANCE. What is the Political Climate at Vassar? Staff, faculty, students, and administrators are invited to attend a free-flowing ongoing conversation about campus life, campus climate, and the campus community.We provide the soup; you bring the substance---ideas, thoughts, and reflections. The atmosphere will be relaxed, so stay for as long as you are able! Sponsored by the Campus Life Office and the Campus Life Resource Group. campuslife@vassar.edu or Ext. 5426.
• The Artful Dodger FLLAC, Gallery12:00 pm
• The Artful Dodger returns to the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center. These popular talks are relaxed and informal discussions in which an engaging member of the Vassar community shares personal experiences and interpretations of a work of art in the collection. Join us for "A Brilliant Shaft of Light: Medieval Art in the FLLAC Collection," Marc Epstein, Associate Professor of Religion.
• The Expert is In! FLLAC, GalleryCalendar2:00 pm
• The Expert Is In! Stop by the Computer Store every Wednesday from 2-5 to see Chad our Resident Expert for answers to all of your technology related questions. Your answer comes complete with FREE POPCORN! http://computing.vassar.edu/gethelp/training.html
• Biology Lecture Olmsted, 3013:00 pm
• Dr. Mark Buller, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology at St. Louis University School of Medicine will give a talk on"The Coming Plague: Infectious Disease in the 21st Century."3:00pm, Olmsted 301. Sponsored by the Biology Department.
• "Picturing Community" Reception College Center, Palmer Gallery4:30 pm
• Mon., October 27 through Fri., November 14. The idea of a community is ever-changing, meaning different things to different people. Picturing Community is an exhibition of photography by Vassar students and employees. The juried exhibition, presented by the Vassar Community Works campaign, will feature photographs taken in Poughkeepsie and the surrounding Hudson Valley. Funded by donations from employees and students of Vassar College, Community Works is a philanthropic campaign whose mission is to provide financial assistance to local not-for-profit organizations. Recipients are selected each year by a committee of staff, administrators, faculty, and students. Gallery reception, Wed., November 5, 4:30pm-6:30pm. James W. Palmer III '90 Gallery. College Center.