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Summer Programs
Summer Jazz Institute offers performances through July 10[6/25/09] The Jonathan Batiste Quartet will perform Monday, July 6 in the JKB Theater. Also coming up concerts with the Skidmore Faculty Sextet and institute participants. 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. |
Community
Saratoga Reads seeks book nominations for year six[6/21/09] Saratoga Reads invites you to nominate a book for community-wide reading. A public vote will determine the winner. Read More. |
Community
SaratogaArtsFest takes the city by storm[6/19/09] Saratoga Springs was brimming with artists, performances, events, and hands-on workshops during the third annual SaratogaArtsFest, June 11-14. 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. |
Athletics/Community
2009 Skidmore Saratoga Classic Horse Show under way[6/16/09] Eleven years ago, Skidmore resurrected a tradition and made it stronger than ever. The Skidmore Saratoga Classic Horse Show, which draws enthusiasts from throughout the country, has raised close to $2 million for scholarships to the College. Read More. |
Campus News
June update on H1N1 (swine) flu[6/12/09] The World Health Organization has declared novel influenza A (H1N1) a pandemic. Here's an update on what that means at Skidmore and beyond. 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. |
Summer Programs
Dance convergence coming up at SaratogaArtsFest[6/7/09] It's that time of the year when the arts infuse life on campus and in the community. Dance lovers, in particular, are in for a treat in the days ahead. (At left, Stefanie Batten Bland, cross-cultural dance company) UPDATED-see story after the jump. Read More. |
Faculty scholarship
Casey analyzes agrarian ideal in newly published book[6/5/09] Interdisciplinary in focus, A New Heartland is the first book to offer an in-depth exploration of The Farmer's Wife, the only nationally distributed agricultural periodical for women in the history of the U.S. Read More. |
Summer Programs
SITI Company on campus for 17th annual residency[6/5/09] The dynamic theater ensemble returns for its 17th summer at Skidmore, with a special guest in residence and a SaratogaArtsFest peformance of Radio Macbeth featuring Ellen Lauren (left, Michael Brosilow photo) Read More. |
Community
Girl Scouts name Motzkin a 'Woman of Distinction'[6/4/09] Rabbi Linda Motzkin, Skidmore's Jewish chaplain, was honored as a 'Woman of Distinction' at a June 3 ceremony hosted by Girl Scouts of Northeastern New York. Motzkin was recognized as a 'Distinguished Trailblazer' for her spiritual and community outreach. 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. |
Summer Programs
Taylor 2 returns for residency, public events, performances[5/29/09] The junior troupe of the Paul Taylor Dance Company arrives on campus for a month-long residency designed to inform, entertain, and delight. UPDATED: Link to Daily Gazette story by dance journalist Wendy Liberatore on Taylor's company and SaratogaArtsFest performance. 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. |
Times Union
Obama's selection process faulted[5/27/09] Government Professor Beau Breslin celebrates the nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor for the U.S. Supreme Court. In this Times Union essay he notes that the process leading to her selection may have been more politically than judicially savvy. Read More. |
Faculty
Skidmore's Dodge captures women's division of GHI Challenge[5/22/09] Tonya Dodge, psychology professor, was a top runner as a high school and college student in the Capital District. She maintained her old form representing Skidmore in the GHI Workforce Challenge, capturing the women's division title. [Photo (l) by Cindy Schultz, Times Union] 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. |
Campus News
College says 'thanks' at Employee Recognition Luncheon[5/20/09] The College recognized four retirees and service anniversaries for 135 employees whose combined years of service add up to more than 2000. President Glotzbach also presented the President's Faculty Award to Charlene Grant, lecturer in the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures. 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. |
