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Welcome to
The 41st Anniversary of
Welcome to Mornings with the Professors, featuring College faculty and staff discussing interesting and important issues. This year, our program celebrates its 41st Anniversary with nine sessions running from September 16 through November 18. Each session is offered on a Tuesday morning from 9:30 to 11 am and includes a continental breakfast.
On Tuesday, September 23rd, author, Clea Koff, will be on campus to give a special Mornings with the Professors presentation. When you register, you’ll receive a copy of her book, The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo. The book is the freshman summer reading selection and has received rave reviews.
The Landing continues its support of Mornings with a special presentation at its assisted living community on October 21. Join us, and bring a friend! We think you will find your time spent with us to be meaningful, informative and entertaining.
Fall 2008 Schedule
September 16
HeartWork: Creating a Sculpture
This 30-minute video program chronicles the design, fabrication and installation of Les Racines et Les Raisons, the sculpture in Remembrance Park in Brockport crafted by Brockport art professor Jennifer Hecker. Beginning the day after Hecker began sketches, the video explores her creative process as well as the public process of getting the necessary governmental approval for public art installations.
Ms. Virginia Bacheler, Associate Professor and
Associate Dean, Communication
September 23
The Bone Woman: A Forensic Anthropologist’s Search for Truth in the Mass Graves of
Rwanda, Bosnia, Croatia, and Kosovo
Author Clea Koff will discuss not only her experiences in the book, but will focus on her most recent work in Darfur and Chechnya. The Bone Woman is the 2008 freshman summer
reading selection. Tentative events associated with The Bone Woman include campus screenings of relevant films such as Hotel Rwanda and Chronicle of a Genocide Foretold, an anthropological exhibit, a panel discussion with survivors of genocide and related faculty lectures.
Clea Koff, Forensic Anthropologist and Author
September 30
Army ROTC
This presentation will include the ROTC program’s dual missions of producing commissioned officers for the US Army and making young adults better citizens, along with course descriptions, program options and benefits available
with Army ROTC. Lt. Col. Hansen will describe the academic classroom work, leadership labs, field training exercises and our physical fitness class that can all count towards college credit.
Lt. Col. Paul Hansen, Senior Military Science Instructor
October 7
Can Organic Dairies Save New York’s
Family Farms?
Dr. Guptill shares the results of her recent research on the New York State’s growing organic dairy sector and explains why the impact of organics on the farming landscape goes far beyond premium prices. Will organic dairies be the long-awaited solution to the farm crisis that has displaced farm families and eroded the foundation of rural economies? While organic food sales are growing more than 20% per year and the number of certified organic dairies in the state has more than doubled in the last five years; organic producers face many of the same cost and price pressures experienced by the conventional sector.
Dr. Amy Guptill, Assistant Professor, Sociology
October 21 - The Landing
Cultures of Democracy in the Middle East
Dr. Davila reflects on America’s longstanding misperceptions of the Middle East, the lack of in-depth understanding of foreign histories and cultures, and the profound ignorance of our own history in the region. The war in Iraq will serve as an instructive example of these phenomena. With the general election near, Davila will discuss how voters can impact foreign
policy in Iraq and elsewhere.
Dr. Carl Davila, Visiting Assistant Professor, History
October 28
Hartwell: History of a Building;
History of a School
Enjoy a photo tour of Hartwell Hall from the first building erected by the Baptists in 1835 to the present. See how the building’s changes reflected the changing College and examine historical items from the College Archives.
Ms. Mary Jo Gigliotti, Associate Librarian, Library
November 4
Contemplating the Outcome of the 2008 Presidential Election
Take an insightful, thought-provoking and in-depth look under the hood of Election ’08 with our own political junkies, I mean seasoned experts, from the Department of Political Science and International Studies.
Dr. Dena B. Levy, Associate Professor, Political
Science and International Studies
Ms. Susan Orr, Visiting Assistant Professor, Political Science and International Studies
Dr. Stephen Ullman, Professor, Political Science and International Studies
November 11
Inspiration for Dance:
Interpersonal Relationships
Suzanne Oliver has always been curious about people and relationships and employs dance as a way to wander through the dynamics of friendship, love, and family. Her presentation
will explore the raw material for dance making, from inspiration
to movement invention and performance direction. It will culminate with an informal showing of the work.
Dr. Suzanne Oliver, Assistant Professor, Dance
November 18
The Roswell UFO Incident and American Popular Cultural Responses to the
Technologies of Space Flight
This presentation broadly analyzes the intersection of the emergent United States manned space program, the Cold War, and the UFO “craze” of the 1950s. Ms. Buggie-Hunt will consider the Roswell Incident as an American popular cultural response not to any real threat of “alien” invasion, but to the perceived threats of space flight technologies; threats that could only be conjured and circulated within the socio-political and scientific environment of the early Cold War.
Ms. Mary Buggie-Hunt, Lecturer, History
Choose one or all!
Eight sessions will be held in Cooper Hall in the New York Room from 9:30 to 11 am, parking is available in either Lot T or V. The Landing, at 90 West Avenue in Brockport, will host the October 21st session. A copy of the summer reading book along with a campus map and parking permit will be mailed after your registration form and fee are received.
Register by Tuesday, September 2, 2008, so arrangements for parking and refreshments can be made.
Print the brochure (PDF) and mail your
registration. If you have trouble accessing the brochure, or if you have
any questions, please contact:
Kimberly Ehret
Special Events Coordinator
Voice: (585) 395-5124
Fax: (585) 395-2723
E-mail: kehret@brockport.edu
This page is maintained by the Division of Advancement. Call us at (585) 395-2451 or e-mail us at alumni@brockport.edu
