Faculty-Staff Achievements, Oct. 5, 2009

Award

Barbara Krause, executive director of the president's office, will be among the Class of 2009 honorees inducted into the New England Basketball Hall of Fame.  Krause, who grew up in Freeport, Maine, is among those being inducted in the Scholar-Athlete Category, which honors distinguished individuals who had outstanding careers as players or coaches, who excelled in the classroom and, in the case of players, following graduation, have been highly successful in their careers; and in the case of both players and coaches, have made strong contributions to society. The ceremony will take place Friday, Oct. 9, at the Mohegan Sun in Uncasville, Conn.  Earlier this year, Krause, a Duke Univeristy graduate, was named an Atlantic Coast Conference "Legend" for her contributions to ACC basketball.

Cavelier and Niese at the Saratoga Farmers Market Oct. 3

Two Skidmore chefs, Joseph Cavelier and Ben Niese, both senior cooks, shared Skidmore's culinary expertise in the Toyota Farm-to-Table Tour, which took place Oct. 3 at the Saratoga Farmers Market.  Just 14 markets in the country were selected for the event, and Saratoga Farmers Market was the only New York market to take part. The Skidmore team was one of nine participating local chefs who prepared and served original recipes–using locally produced food–to market customers.

Cavelier and Niese prepared and served Apple and Pear Crepes with Maple Anglaise Cream, a recipe developed Skidmore Executive Chef James Rose.  (Rose was originally selected to participate but a death in his family prevented him from taking part.  He asked Cavelier and Niese to serve in his place.)  The recipe featured ingredients provided by Saratoga Apple, Butternut Ridge Farm, Sheldon Farms, and Battenkill Creamery, vendors who supply product to the College's Dining Services.  The chefs were assisted in preparing and serving the food by students who worked in the student garden project this past summer.

Toyota provided a $400 honorarium to participating cooking teams.  Skidmore's chefs donated the fee to the College's student garden project.

Activities

Regis Brodie, professor of art, gave a visual presentation and ceramics demonstration Oct. 4 at the Southern Vermont Arts Center.  Brodie is a featured artist in the current National Fall Open Exhibition at the center.

Mary Zeiss Stange, professor of Women's Studies and Religion, was a featured speaker at an international symposium on "The Ecological and Economic Benefits of Hunting," sponsored by the World Forum for the Future of Shooting Sports Activities, in Windhoek, Namibia, Sept. 14-17. The title of her paper was "Nature Untamed: The Intersection of Women's Hunting and Environmental Activism in the 21st Century."  While in Namibia, Stange also had the opportunity to interview several Namibian women's and environmental rights advocates who work with various indigenous cultural groups, and to do some field research on Khoi-San ("Bushmen") hunting art.

In the News

Jeffrey Segrave, dean of special programs, was interviewed by The Christian Science Monitor for "Will 2016 Olympics really be a prize for the host city?" published Oct. 2 and subsequently in the online edition of the Minnesota Post.

Sheldon Solomon, professor of psychology, was the subject of a article, "Superman, death, and the doughboys debated" published Sept. 26 in the Times Transcript (Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada).  Solomon was a guest lecturer at the Université of Moncton.

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