Admissions
Admissions Summer Open House July 13
[7/2/09] Skidmore's Admissions Summer Open House is scheduled for Monday, July 13, under the tent on Upper South Park. Last year, more than 350 families attended this event, and as many are expected this year. Read More.
Activism
Davis Projects for Peace—'Peace Through My Eyes'
[7/1/09] Elana Hazghia ’10 and Verena Bunge ’11 spent the beginning of their summer vacations making philanthropy into an art form. For three weeks at the end of May and beginning of June, Hazghia and Bunge ran a photography class for children in San Marcos La Laguna and Guatemala City. Read More.
Summer Programs
Writers Institute readings are under way through July 24
[6/25/09] Free readings and discussions by writers hosted by the New York State Summer Writers Institute are now underway through July 24. The list includes three recent poet laureates, three Pulitzer-Prize winners, a MacArthur Foundation "genius" award-winner, and a winner of the Lamont Poetry Prize. Read More.
Metroland
Tang Museum exhibition 'remarkable'
[6/18/09] Metroland's Meisha Rosenberg gives thumbs up to the current Tang exhibition titled "Tim Rollins and K.O.S.: A History." [At left, K.O.S's The Scarlet Letter - The Prison Door (1992-1993)] Read More.
Summer Programs
IWWG returns to Skidmore for its annual summer conference
[6/9/09] For more than 30 years, the International Women's Writing Guild has had a summer retreat at Skidmore. This year's event celebrates the genius of diarist Anne Frank, and features award-winning journalist Amy Goodman as a keynote speaker. Read More.
Alumni
Skidmore to send a record 21 English teachers to China
[6/4/09] Twenty-one recent Skidmore graduates will board planes to China this August to begin a year of teaching English literature, composition, speech, and western culture to English majors at six universities. Read More.
Community
June 10 "Prelude" to launch SaratogaArtsFest
[6/2/09] Back stage at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center will be the venue of a special gathering to kick off SaratogaArtsFest 2009. Read More.
Alumni
Reunion 2009 scheduled May 28-31
[5/28/09] Close to 1,000 alumni representing classes ending in 4 and 9 will be on campus this weekend for Reunion 2009, enjoying a chance to reconnect with friends and teachers, and to catch up on life, post-Skidmore. Read More.
Summer Programs
Teagle grant supports new summer program for high schoolers
[5/22/09] A new partnership supported by the Teagle Foundation of New York City will allow Skidmore to enroll talented high school students in the College's summer Pre-College Program. Read More.
Academics
Skidmore graduates largest class ever
[5/18/09] In a ceremony Saturday that started in radiant sunshine and was threatened by rain but spared, the College sent into the world Saturday more than 640 members of the Class of 2009 – its largest class ever. Read More.
Faculty
Millhauser wins ESU's Ambassador Book Award for fiction
[5/14/09] Professor Steven Millhauser has won an Ambassador Book Award from the English-Speaking Union for his book "Dangerous Laughter." Past award winners have included prominent American authors whose work has provided an important window on America to an international audience. Read More.
Campus News
Health Services provides H1N1 (swine) flu update
[4/28/09] UPDATED May 12. One case of novel influenza A (H1N1 swine flu) has been reported in the town of Hadley, Saratoga County. Skidmore officials are working with regional public health authorities and monitoring developments as the College's 98th Commencement ceremony approaches. Read More.
Dance
Dance students to perform faculty works in Spring Concert
[4/24/09] The spring dance concert is titled 'Everything but the Kitchen Sink' and promises to offer something for all dance fans. Admission open to the public; tickets available at the door. (Photo at left is from the winter dance concert) Read More.
Community
Skidmore announces Earth Week activities
[4/16/09] Skidmore's celebration of Earth Week includes club activities, North Woods tour for the local community, food competition, and more. Read More.
Special Programs
Perlow events to observe Yom HaShoah
[4/10/09] A series of events to observe Holocaust Memorial Day (Yom HaShoah) will foster exploration of evil, trauma, and artistic creativity. Admission is free and open to the public. Read More.
Admissions
Time reports on Skidmore's approach to financial aid
[3/31/09] How does Skidmore make decisions in admissions and financial aid? A reporter with Time magazine recently spent two days on the campus exploring just that. Her three-page report is in the current issue. Read More.
Davis Projects for Peace
Grant-winning students offer a look at their summer plans
[3/24/09] Verena Bunge and Elana Hazghia will visit Guatemala this summer to present 'Peace Through My Eyes', a project funded through the Davis Projects for Peace Program. On March 25, they will screen a film, share details of their project, and collect art supplies from those attending. Free admission. Read More.
Film
Cry of the Snow Lion
[2/26/09] A film about the state of Chinese occupied Tibet and its history of oppression and resistance. March 3rd at 8:00 pm in Emerson Auditorium." Read More.
Campus News
HAYAT Presents: Planet India
[2/24/09] A fashion and dance show on Saturday, February 28th at 5PM in the Intramural Gym. Read More.
Campus News
UJIMA Keynote Speaker: Dr. Boyce Watkins
[2/24/09] Dr. Boyce Watkins to deliver UJIMA's Keynote Lecture entitled "What if George Bush were a Black Man" on Thursday, Feb 26 at 7pm in Gannett Auditorium. Read More.