Olivia DrakeThe Goldsmith Family Cinema was formally dedicated and celebrated Nov. 17 with the family. Posted 11/17/06. Revised 11.20.06 When he was student at Wesleyan University, John Goldsmith envisioned his college having premier facilities for the burgeoning film studies major. On Nov. 17, Goldsmith returned to Wesleyan with his family to dedicate the Goldsmith Family Cinema, which is housed in the new, award-winning film studies building on Wesleyan's campus."This is just the latest addition to a long-standing labor of love in honor of Jeanine Basinger and the film studies program," says Goldsmith, the CEO of Metropolis, a Los Angeles-based talent firm…
Residential Life student-staff members for the Butterfields and 156 High Street and 200 Church Street are among those trained by Residential Life's award-winning Social Justice Training Program. Posted 11/17/06 A program developed by Wesleyans Residential Life received the Program of the Year Award from the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), based in Washington DC. The Social Justice Training Program, spearheaded by Residential Lifes area coordinators, teaches and trains about 100 student-staff members on the topics of social justice, the cycle of socialization, dominant and subordinate group dynamics, privilege and power and the action continuum. It also stresses liberation…
Wesleyan is raising awareness and support for the Middlesex United Way. Posted 11/17/06 Each fall, Wesleyan employees have an opportunity to demonstrate an enduring connection with the greater Middletown community by simply making a donation to the Middlesex United Way. By giving to the Middlesex United Way, Wesleyan employees are insuring that the local community has greater access to essential health and human services. Contributions to United Way have translated into disaster relief, support services for the homebound and disabled, emergency food and shelter and after school programs. Middlesex United Way is working to fight the root causes of chronic…
Lea Carlson, administrative assistant for the Film Studies Department and Cinema Archives, interacts with faculty and students on a daily basis. Posted 11/17/06 Q: Lea, when did you begin working at Wesleyan as the administrative assistant for Cinema Archives and the Film Studies Department? A: August 20, 2001, and this is the first department that Ive worked in at Wesleyan.Q: Where was your office located when you started, and what are your thoughts on the new Center for Film Studies building?A: My office was located in the Cinema Archives building when I first started here. I was so lucky…
Lisa Drennan '09 was named New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Women's Volleyball Player of the Year in 2006 following a vote of the conference coaches. A second-team all-NESCAC choice as a freshman, Drennan led the NESCAC and was fifth nationally in Division III for kills per game this season, averaging 5.56, which also is a Wesleyan team record. Posted 11/17/06 Q: You were just named New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC) Women's Volleyball Player of the Year. How does that make you feel?A: I feel really great about winning NESCAC player of the year. I have…
Posted 11/17/06 Daniella Gandolfo has joined the Department of Archeology as an assistant professor. Her research areas of interest include urban anthropology; urbanization and urban social movements; social and cultural theory; anthropological writing. She has done fieldwork research in Latin America and the United States. Gandolfo comes to Wesleyan from the Department of Anthropology at Columbia University where she completed her doctoral degree and taught a course on cultural anthropology. Prior to that, she taught in the Department of Anthropology at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. She has gained additional teaching and professional experience from Barnard College…
Posted 11/17/06 Digital images are changing the way professors teach at colleges and universities, but often only after the huge expense of personal time and resources, according to a new study titled Using Digital Images in Teaching and Learning, published on Academic Commons, a Web journal that Wesleyans Michael Roy helps to edit. The study, commissioned by Wesleyan University and the National Institute for Technology and Liberal Education (NITLE), suggests ways of how the teaching profession as a whole can harness these new resources in a more efficient manner. The big story here is that weve still got a long…
Sam Griswold, 2nd-team all-NESCAC, drives a ball past a Montclair opponent Nov. 11. The men's soccer team had a heart-breaking 1-0 loss to end their National Championship run. (Photos by Peter Stein '84) Posted 11/17/06 A goal by Montclair State's Bill Anthes in the games 18th minute held up as the home team Red Hawks, ranked eighth nationally, improved to 20-1 with a 1-0 victory over Wesleyan on Nov. 11 in the second round of the NCAA Division III tournament. The loss to the New Jersey school ended the Cardinals' season at 11-3-3. It was the second year in a…
Gil Skillman, professor of economics and Joyce Jacobsen, the Andrews Professor of Economics are the co-editors of the Eastern Economics Journal. Posted 11/01/06 Two Wesleyan professors are devoted to making one of the countrys leading economic journals even better. Joyce Jacobsen, the Andrews Professor of Economics and Gil Skillman, professor of economics, are the co-editors of the Eastern Economics Journal. Jacobsen and Skillman volunteered to assume editorship of thee publication in July 2005. They will complete their term in 2010. This is a rewarding opportunity as well as an important service to the profession, Skillman says. Helping authors turn a…
Posted 11/01/06 Walter Grockowski, a former Wesleyan trainer and trainer for the 1972 Winter Olympics, has died at the age of 86. Grockowski died Oct. 25 at High View Health Care Center in Middletown. He began his 39-year tenure in the Athletic Department in 1947. He became the school's head athletic trainer in 1973, a position he held until retirement in 1986. His involvement in athletics went beyond the university. For many years, Grockowski helped with athletic events around Middletown, where he made his home, especially events organized by the city parks department and the American Legion. A native of…
Dana Royer, assistant professor of earth and environmental science, presented his research on leaf economics at the Geological Society of America in October. Posted 1./1./6/font> Many scientists have long believed a major clue to rapid global warming is locked in leaf fossils that are millions of years old. Dana Royer, assistant professor of earth and environmental science, has just found a key. Royer and colleagues have generated a reliable method to ascertain from fossils from the Eocene period, 34 million to 56 million years ago, the leaf mass per unit of leaf area, an important trait that is related to…
Lisa Currie, director of health education at WesWELL, promotes mindfulness and responsibility in all areas of health and wellness in order to prevent disease, injury and other health problems. Posted 11/01/06 Q: Lisa, the Davison Health Center is home to three health-related offices, WesWELL, Health Services and the Office of Behavioral Health. How do these divisions differ?A: WesWELL is the health education office so we focus on prevention education on health issues relevant to college students. Health Services is our medical clinic, which provides treatment and preventative care for illness, injury, sexual health, travel consults and such, while the…