Happy New Year!
Welcome Back! This Spring there are a number of exciting events, exhibits, and research projects happening around the College. Please continue to let us know about your activities as well as those of your students and colleagues!
Enjoy your semester!
Nicole L. Vadnais
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February Distinguished Visiting Scholars
Byllye Avery is founder and president of the Avery Institute for Social Change and founder of the National Black Women's Health Project. A dreamer, visionary, and grassroots realist, Avery combines activism and social responsibility by developing a national forum for the exploration of health issues of African American women. By gathering and documenting their health experiences,
she is providing a supportive atmosphere for African American women and increased awareness and education on health issues. Prior to her entry into the health care arena, Avery taught special
education to emotionally disturbed students and consulted on learning disabilities in public schools and universities throughout the southeastern United States.
Thursday, Feb. 21 at 1pm, Donahue 311 - "Healthcare as a Human Right - hear from an inspiring and informative pioneer of the women's health movement about the complexities of our nation's healthcare crisis."
 The Faye family, drummers from Senegal, represent the continuation and transformation of the geuwel tradition over generations. Vieux Sing Faye, the patriarch of the Faye Family, is the Baj Geuwel Ndakarou, chief griot of Dakar, Senegal. Mouhamadou Moustaph Faye, son of Vieux, worked at the Daniel Serano National Theatre as a principal member of the National Ballet of Senegal. Malik Ngom, grandson of Vieux, is the lead drummer of Sing Sing Juniors. The Faye family will be with the College, Feb. 16 - March 16, 2008.
Tuesday, Feb. 26 at 1pm, C. Walsh Theatre, they will perform and discuss the geuwel tradition.
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| January Events
January 14 - February 9, 2008 - The 2007 Stephen D. Paine Scholarship Award Winners and Honorable Mentions Exhibit
Reception - January 18, 2008 at NESAD (75 Arlington Street)
Organized in conjunction with the Boston Art Dealers Association.
Thursday, Jan. 17, 2008 - Rosana DeMarco, PhD, presented "Silencing the Self in Chronic Illness." Part of the Women's Health Graduate Program's Interdisciplinary Perspectives Series. Co-sponsored by the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights and the Office of Health Services and Health Education.
4:30-6pm, Linnehan Conference Room, 12th Floor, 73 Tremont St.
January 17 & 18, 2008 - Interior Design Thesis Presentations
10am-3pm each day, 4th floor gallery space at NESAD. Sponsored by the New England School of Art and Design's Interior Design Program.
January 18 -20, 2008 - The Heart of New England, a speech and debate tournament for high school students. Sponsored by the Forensic Team.
Thursday, Jan. 31, 2008 - Peggy Barrett, Boston Area Rape Crisis Center, presents "BARCC and Internships in Women's Health." Part of the Women's Health Graduate Program Interdisciplinary Perspectives Series. Co-sponsored by the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights and the Office of Health Services and Health Education.
4:30-6pm, Linnehan Conference Room, 12th Floor, 73 Tremont St.
February Events
Thursday, Feb. 7, 2008 - "Getting the Scoop on Super Tuesday," political pundits speak on the 2008 Presidential race. Featuring Peter Beinart, Senior Fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations, editor-at-large for The New Republic, and columnist for The Washington Post, Alison King, political reporter for New England Cable News (NECN), Bruce Butterfield (BSJ - 1970), Journalist-in-Residence in the Communication and Journalism Department and veteran reporter for The Boston Globe, and David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center (SUPRC).
1-2:30pm, Donahue 311. A reception will immediately follow in the Munce Conference Room.
Friday, Feb. 8, 2008 - "UN and National Human Rights Institutions," presented by Morten Kjaerum, Executive Director of the Danish Institute for Human Rights and Co-director for the Danish Centre for International Studies and Human Rights. Part of the Government Department's United Nations Senior Lecture Program.
10-11:15am, Linnehan Conference Room, 12th Floor, 73 Tremont Street.
Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2008 - "The Award for Best Supporting Role goes to...the Husband? The Impact & Influence of Spousal Support for Women in Political Office," lecture by Professor Teri Fair, Government Department. This lecture is part of the Women's & Gender Studies Brownbag Faculty Lecture Series. For more information please call x8116 or email cmartin@suffolk.edu.
1pm, One Bowdoin Square, 6th Floor.
Thursday, Feb. 14, 2008 - Lauren Williams, EDM, RN, Director of Healthcare Administration Programs and Assistant Professor of Public Administration at the Sawyer School of Business, presents "Women and Nursing." Part of the Women's Health Graduate Program's Interdisciplinary Perspectives Series. Co-sponsored by the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights.
4:30-6pm, Linnehan Conference Room, 12th Floor, 73 Tremont
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February 14 - March 15, 2008 - Interventions and Objections: New Work by Bebe Beard and Liz Nofziger
Reception: Thursday, Feb. 14, 6-8pm
February 16 & 17, 2008 -The Suffolk University/University of Florida Swing in Boston - a speech and debate tournament for college and university students. Sponsored by the Forensic Team.
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 - Byllye Avery, social and health activist, will address the Suffolk comunity about healthcare, race, and gender. Part of the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Series.
1pm, Donahue 311. A reception will immediately follow in the Munce Conference Room (Archer 110).
Thursday, Feb. 21, 2008 - Robert K. Johnson, former Suffolk University professor and poet.
1pm, venue TBA
February 24-26, 2008 - Congress to Campus
Tuesday, Feb 26, 2008 - Faye Family Performance/Lecture - A family of Senegalese drummers shares the geuwel tradition. Part of the Distinguished Visiting Scholars Series.
1pm, C.Walsh Theatre
Thursday, Feb. 26, 2008 - "Comintern: Secrets of International Communism," presented by Friedrikh Firsov, formerly of the Russian State Archive of Social and Political History (Moscow). Sponsored by the Philosophy Department. Short reception immediately following lecture. Thai food will be served.
4-5:30pm, 1 Bowdoin Square, 6th Floor.
Thursday, Feb. 28, 2008 - Deborah Shields, MPH, JD, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Breast Cancer Coalition, presents "The Politics of Breast Cancer." Part of the Women's Health Graduate Program's Interdisciplinary Perspectives Series. Co-sponsored by the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights and the Office of Health Services and Health Education.
4:30-6pm, Linnehan Conference Room, 12th Floor, 73 Tremont St. |
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| Upcoming in March...
March 3 - 14, 2008 - Hugo Salcedo, playwright, will be visiting the College as part of the Distinguished Visting Scholars program.
Tuesday, March 11 - Hugo Salcedo will present a public lecture in Donahue 311 with a reception immediately following in the McDermott Conference Room.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008 - Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer will present a lecture and discussion as part of the Distinguished Visiting Scholars program.
3:30pm, C. Walsh Theatre
Thursday, March 6 & Thursday, March 13, 2008 - Charles Fried will present two lectures and discussions. Part of the Distinguished Visiting Scholar Program.
2:30pm, Ridgeway Gym
March 13, 2008 - Janet Yassen, Crisis Services Coordinator, presents "Victims of Violence Program at Cambridge Hospital." Part of the Women's Health Graduate Program's Interdisciplinary Series. Sponsored by the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights.
4:30-6pm, Linnehan Conference Room, 12th Floor, 73 Tremont Street
Friday, March 14, 2008 - Emil Kirchner will present a lecture on international security.
1pm, Sawyer 425
March 24 - April 4, 2008 - Foundation Student Exhibition.
Reception: Friday, March 28, 2008, 5-7pm at NESAD, 75 Arlington Street.
March 26, 27 & 28 - Vivian Pinn, Director of the Office of Women's Research, NIH will join Suffolk as part of the Distinguished Visiting Scholars program.
Thursday, March 27, 2008 - Kiki Zeldes, author of Our Bodies, Ourselves, presents "Web Resources for Women's Health." Part of the Women's Health Graduate Program's Interdisciplinary Series. Sponsored by the Center for Women's Health and Human Rights.
4:30-6pm, Linnehan Conference Room, 12th Floor, 73 Tremont Street. |
Faculty Presentations, Publications, Exhibitions & Professional Service
Susan Nichter, Associate Professor, NESADSU, currently has an exhibition at the Amsterdam Whitney Gallery, 511 West 25th Street, Chelsea, NY through Feb. 28, 2008. Some of the works on view were included in her one-person show, "Never Been Seen," at the NESAD Gallery during the month of October. A 16-page color catalogue of the exhibition is available. Nichter's work is deeply influenced by String Theory and Psychic Intuition.
In addition, Nichter was also one of six area artists selected to participate in the MacDowell Colony Centennial Exhibition, "Time and Space," at the FPAC Gallery in Boston this past September.
Faculty and Students
Christopher Rodriguez, History Department and 13 Suffolk University students made the trip to El Salvador this past break as part of HST 507, Study Trip to El Salvador: A History and Learning Experience. During the trip they met with civil war veterans, Salvadoran Legislators, US Embassy officials, UN Development Program officials, those involved in the 1992 peace negotiations, and many more. The class spent four days in San Salvador, then visited rural Suchitoto, where U.S. Congressman Joe Moakley spent time in 1989. The group devoted most of its time to service learning, helping the community of El Sitio, Suchitoto prepare for its V Festival, commemorating the 1992 peace accords and interviewing war veterans and refugees, some of whom worked with Moakley. Those interviews can be found in the Moakley Institute.
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Nicole L. Vadnais
College of Arts & Sciences
Suffolk University
casnews@suffolk.edu
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