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Friday
7:30 – 9 a.m.
Breakfast
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall
8 – 9:30 a.m.
50th Reunion Bus Tour of Saratoga Springs and the Old Campus
Join your classmates for a tour of historic Saratoga Springs and Skidmore's first campus. Led by Professor Emeritus James Kettlewell, author of Saratoga Springs: An Architectural History.
Bus departs Northwoods parking lot at 8 a.m.
8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Prospective Student Admission Interviews/Information Sessions/Campus Tours
Please see Thursday 8:30 a.m. description.
Judith Pick Eissner '64 Admissions Center, North Broadway
9 a.m. – 11 p.m.
Registration
Case Center, second floor
Morning
Class of 1973 Spa Appointments
Saratoga Spa State Park, Roosevelt Baths
Please call to make reservations (518-226-4790)
(See General Information for directions.)
10 a.m.
Tour of the Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
Enjoy a tour of Skidmore's interdisciplinary teaching museum and art gallery.
Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
10 – 11:30 a.m.
50th Reunion Bus Tour of Saratoga Springs and the Old Campus
Join your classmates for a tour of historic Saratoga Springs and Skidmore's first campus. Led by Professor Emeritus James Kettlewell, author of Saratoga Springs: An Architectural History.
Bus departs Northwoods parking lot at 10 a.m.
Minicollege Classes
10 – 11 a.m.
Wildflowers of the Northwoods
Sue Van Hook, Senior Teaching Associate in Biology
We will venture into Skidmore's North Woods with hand lenses and field guides to spend an hour up close with several wildflowers, their pollinators and seed dispersers. If raining we will visit these species in Dana 371.
Meet in Palamountain Hall, Gannett Lobby
10 – 11 a.m.
Multiple Intelligences in the Classroom
Joyce Rubin, Lecturer and Chair of Education Studies
How a society defines intelligence will determine who gets educated and how and when that education may (or may not) take place.
The period from 1980 to the present may be called the Period of Interactive Intelligence since work in the neurosciences has given us a very different view of Intelligence, showing it as dynamic, interactive, changing, adaptive and defined by society. One of the contributors to this changing concept of intelligences is Howard Gardner of Harvard University who, in his 1983 book, Frames of Mind, introduced his theory of Multiple Intelligences. This theory has informed educational practice and changed the way many teachers observe and instruct their students. This mini-course will introduce participants to Gardner's theory and its application to classroom practice using personal experience as a NYC teacher and program director for 30 years.
Palamountain Hall, Emerson Auditorium
11 a.m. – 12 noon
Like Fine Wine: Older Women and the Complexities of Aging
Crystal Moore, Assistant Director in Sociology, Anthropology & Social Work, Associate Chair & Director of the Social Work Program
This class will examine the complexities of aging among the current generation of women who are in or nearing their retirement years including the rewards and challenges of growing older in today's world.
Palamountain Hall, Davis Auditorium
11 a.m. – 12 noon
Women's Expression of Dissent During Pínochet´s Dictatorship
Paty Rubio, Class of 1967 Term Professorship & Chair of Foreign Languages & Literatures
Bolton Hall, Room 282
1 – 2 p.m.
Fruit Flies With Alzheimer's: A New Animal Model for Alzheimer's Research
Bernard Possidente, Professor of Biology
Alzheimer's disease affects millions of people. Apart from some genetic predispositions, and some correlations with lifestyle differences, there is little understanding of the causes of Alzheimer's and no effective therapy for prevention or treatment. There is a good understanding of some of the molecular abnormalities that occur in brain cells and tissues of Alzheimer's patients, and some of these have been replicated in animal models widely used in genetic research: Mice, and more recently, Fruit Flies. These models provide a means for efficiently investigating causes of Alzheimer's, as well as potential therapeutic treatments. We will discuss some of the genetics and molecular biology of Alzheimer's disease, and introduce some recent research with a fruit fly model developed at Cambridge University by Dr. Damian Crowther with funding from the Merck Chemical Company, and a collaboration between Dr. Crowther's lab and Skidmore College. The presentation will illustrate some of the topics our majors in Neuroscience, Biology and Biochemistry study in advanced courses, and some of the collaborative research conducted by our students in the Biology Department in this area.
Bolton Hall, Room 282
1 – 2 p.m.
The Poetics of Everyday Language
Francois Bonneville, Lecturer in English
Although "poetics" conjures notions of linguistic patterns of cadence and sound along with certain "thickening up" of meaning, poetics may also apply to all language acts of generative nature. Language tends to "fall apart" when compared to seeming "golden ages" of the past. Yet in vibrant culture it refreshes itself just as much, and sometimes more so. This class will explore ways this is accomplished whether we notice it or not.
Bolton Hall, Room 382
2 – 3 p.m.
President's Hour
Join President Philip A. Glotzbach for a lively discussion of College issues and future directions.
Palamountain Hall, Gannett Auditorium
2 – 4 p.m.
Class of 1948 Tea with former President David Porter and Helen Porter
Surrey Williamson Inn
2 – 4 p.m.
Class of 1978 Hospitality Suite Welcome
Hospitality Suite TBD
2:45 p.m.
Campus Walking Tour with Student Guides
Departs from Eissner Admissions Center
Minicollege Classes
3 – 4 p.m.
Politicizing the Classroom
Bob Boyers, Professor of English and Editor of Salmagundi
This session will consider the efforts of some faculty members to introduce politics into the classroom, in some cases to promote a particular ("correct" or "progressive") political point of view, in other cases to arm students with what they will need to resist slogans or formulas and to really think. Examples will be provided for illustration and for classroom discussion.
Palamountain Hall, Emerson Auditorium
3 – 4 p.m.
Post-Modern Gandhi: Empire, Independence, and the Post-Colonial Predicament in British India
Tillman Nechtman, Assistant Professor of History
We remember Gandhi as "the Father of the Indian Nation," but we also remember him as a small, frail man dressed only in a home-spun dhoti, carrying his walking stick. How can we reconcile these two very different Gandhi's, the one a man of modern international politics and the other the face of South Asia's agrarian past. This class will explore Gandhi's proposals for Indian independence from the British Empire as a means of better understanding how past, present, and future all operated in tandem with one another in Gandhi's political program. Only when we understand Gandhi's thinking in this complex way can we truly come to terms with his political philosophy and his aspirations for an independent India that was free both from the vicissitudes of India's past and from the political strangle-hold of its imperial present.
Bolton Hall, Room 282
3 p.m.
North Woods Nature Hike
Join faculty from the Environmental Studies Program for a guided tour (about 1 mile) of Skidmore's own woodland.
Meet at Falstaff's
3 – 4:30 p.m.
Class of 1963 Bus Tour of Saratoga Springs and the Old Campus
Join your classmates for a tour of historic Saratoga Springs and Skidmore's first campus. Led by Professor Emeritus James Kettlewell, author of Saratoga Springs: An Architectural History.
Bus departs from Case Center at 3 p.m.
3:30 p.m.
Class of 1973 Bus Tour of Old Campus
Bus departs from Case Center at 3:30 p.m.
3:15 – 4:15 pm
Now What? Life and Work Transitions for Boomers
Facilitated by Sandy Lipson, '71, Chair of Career and Professional Development Committee, Alumni Association Board and recently retired Executive Recruiting professional
Here we go again. Feeling uncertain and anxious about the future. Trying to decide what to do with our lives. Envious of our friends who have it all figured out. Seems a bit like senior year all over again, doesn't it? If you're planning for retirement, searching for your next career step, or working through other life transitions, you may be experiencing some of these feelings. This session will offer you an opportunity to hear from professional career/transition specialists about processes that will help you to discover your real talents, interests, and values; suggestions for uncovering options and opportunities; helpful readings, web sites, and organizations to pursue on your own; and stories of successful "second-half" transitions.
Palamountain Hall, Emerson Auditorium
4:30 p.m.
Class of 1978 Guided Tour of the Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
With Ian Berry, Susan Rabinowitz Malloy '45 Curator
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
5:15 – 6:30 p.m.
Friends of the Presidents Reception
The Friends of the Presidents Society was founded in 1966 to honor the College's most generous supporters, who set an example of leadership in annual giving. The Society honors Skidmore's founder and presidents with six categories of membership. An FOP wall of honor is located in the Class of 1967 Lobby, Palamountain Hall. By invitation only.
Scribner House Lawn
5:30 – 6:30 p.m.
Reunion Art Exhibition Opening
Come enjoy the talents of Skidmore's alumni artists at this fourteenth annual event.
Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery, Payne Presentation Room
6 p.m.
Classes of 1938 & 1943 Dinner
Longfellows Hotel and Conference Center, 500 Union Avenue
Bus departs Jonsson Tower lot at 5:45 p.m.
6 p.m.
Class of 1948 Cocktails and Dinner
Longfellows Hotel and Conference Center, The Rose Room, 500 Union Avenue
Bus departs Jonsson Tower lot at 5:45 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Class of 1953 Cocktails and Dinner
Gideon Putnam Hotel, 24 Gideon Putnam Road (within the grounds of Saratoga Sate Park)
Bus departs Wiecking Hall at 6:15 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Class of 1958 Cocktails and Dinner
Enjoy cocktails and dinner with President Philip A. Glotzbach and Marie B. Glotzbach.
Gideon Putnam Hotel, 24 Gideon Putnam Road (within the grounds of Saratoga State Park)
Bus departs Northwoods Village at 6:15 p.m.
6:30 p.m.
Class of 1968 Cocktail Reception
Hosted by Dave Marcell, former provost and professor emeritus of American Studies
Home of Dave Marcell, 18 Denton Road, Saratoga Springs
6:30 p.m.
Class of 1973 Cocktails and Dinner
The Washington Inn, 111 South Broadway
6:30 – 8:30 p.m.
Class of 1998 Cocktail Reception
With special guests former President David Porter and Helen Porter.
Falstaff's
6:45 p.m.
Class of 1983 Cocktails and Dinner
Longfellows, 500 Union Avenue
Bus departs Northwoods Village at 6:15 p.m.
7 p.m.
Class of 1963 Cocktails and Dinner
Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery
7 p.m.
Class of 1978 Cocktails and Dinner
Murray-Aikins Dining Hall, second floor
7:30 p.m.
Class of 1993 Gathering
Gaffney's, 16 Caroline Street
8 p.m.
Class of 2003 Informal Gathering
Bailey's Café, 40 Putnam Street
10 p.m.
Class of 1983 After Dinner Gathering
Falstaff's
10 p.m.
Class of 1998 Gathering
Gaffney's, 16 Caroline Street
11 p.m.
Class of 2003 Gathering
Desperate Annie's, 12 Caroline Street
