The spring semester is already in high gear, with cultural events and academic, social and athletic activities filling the college calendar. Pictured here are images of several recent events, including aspiring student nurses in attendance at the Nursing Program's Major Acceptance Ceremony on Feb. 12; 30-year veteran staff member Nancy Staszkiewicz on stage in Wheeler Hall to receive recognition at the Celebration of Service; slam poet Carlos Andrés Gómez acting out his verse in Wheeler Hall on Feb. 8; and Kristen Tupper and Michael Lovell of the Fine and Performing Arts Department, chatting on Jan. 28 at the opening reception for "Interior Life," the recent exhibition of photography at the Marian Graves Mugar Gallery. (Photos by Anthony Marrone '10 and Edward Germar.)
Poet Returns to a Source of Inspiration…
Former Humanities Professor Wes McNair will be back in his native state and on campus on Monday, April 5, for a presentation about his life as a poet, and to offer the first ever reading from his latest book Lovers of the Lost: New & Selected Poems. This event marks the beginning of a Poetry Month celebration, featuring readings by Cynthia Huntington, Ewa Chrusciel and Maxine Kumin.
Why Education Inspires Us…
President Tom Galligan often says that Colby-Sawyer College bases its decisions on how students will benefit. Now he looks more deeply into why students and their education are so vital to the college, to their communities and to the world around us.
Celebrating Service at Colby-Sawyer College…
After announcing the 2009 Staff Employee of the Year, faculty and staff members marking significant anniversaries at the college and representing a combined 625 years of service to Colby-Sawyer were recognized with thanks and locally hand-crafted gifts.
A Day in Firenze…
Aynsley Doyle '13 spent her first semester of college in the Italian city of Florence, where she lived in an apartment, attended classes, drank caffè latte in the morning and looked at the stars at night, just as the locals do.
Shattering Myths of Small-Town Life…
In the "Spoon River Anthology," the ghosts of a small town return to share the secrets they guarded in life. Josh Galligan makes his directorial debut in the second collaborative production by the Fine and Performing Arts Department and the Kearsarge-Sunapee Intercommunity Theatre.
Artist Winslow Homer's Life and Work…
The first feature-length documentary about the great American painter "Winslow Homer: Society and Solitude," returns to Colby-Sawyer, along with an introduction and discussion led by former Humanities Professor Don Coonley. Professor Coonley was the associate producer and sound recorder for the film and also played the part of Homer in the re-creation scenes.
Connecting Past and Present…
For his 2009 sabbatical, Humanities Professor Pat Anderson set out to explore the native cultures of the Mayan and Inca people in Central and South America. His goal was to discover how these cultures' ancient traditions connect to contemporary practices today.
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A Peek at the Personal…
The Colby-Sawyer Fine and Performing Arts Department will host “Interior Life,” an exhibition featuring work by seven photographers who know that the personal is often on display if we choose to look. The opening reception is Thursday, Jan. 28, at 6 p.m. in the Marian Graves Mugar Art Gallery. The exhibition will continue through Saturday, Feb. 20, 2010.
A Memoriam for Counselor Marty Reardon…
For more than 15 years, Counselor Marty Reardon has been here to guide and support Colby-Sawyer students through some of the most difficult times of their college careers.
SmartCard Goes to Town…
A large majority of students wanted to use their I.D.s, now enabled as SmartCards, for more than just the dining hall, laundry and textbooks. Now they can go off-campus with their cards.
Get (Re)Energized with the Documentary 'Kilowatt Ours'…
“Kilowatt Ours: A Plan to Re-Energize America,” an award-winning documentary that helped move the conversation about energy conservation into a mainstream campaign, will show on campus Feb. 9.
Learning to See: Global Beginnings Shows First-Semester Students a Whole New World…
Explore life in Europe with the pioneers of Global Beginnings, the college's largest study-abroad initiative to date. These first-semester freshmen learned to see not only from a college student's perspective but also with an expanding worldview as they commenced their college careers far from New London.
Humanities Professor and Poet Ewa Chrusciel Named a Finalist in International Poetry Competition…
Colby-Sawyer Assistant Professor of Humanities Ewa Chrusciel's poem “hagio graphia” has been named a finalist in the poetry category of the International Aesthetica Creative Works Competition. The Aesthetica Creative Works Annual is comprised of the winning entries of the Aesthetica Annual Creative Works Competition, which this year received 18,000 submissions from more than 30 countries.
From the British Archives…
Archivist Kelli Bogan was selected to travel to England last fall as part of Rotary International's Group Study Exchange for young professionals.
Back issues are available in the Currents Archive…
