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New College Announces Presidential Candidate Finalists
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Bob Johnson, chair of the New College of Florida Board of Trustees, today announced that five candidates have been selected as finalists for the position of president of New College of Florida. The five finalists will be in Sarasota during February and March for interviews with the Presidential Search Committee, which was formed in the spring of 2011 to choose a successor to President Gordon E. "Mike" Michalson, Jr., who will retire on July 1, 2012.
The five finalists selected by the Search Committee are: - Dr. Pamela Gunter-Smith, Provost and Academic Vice President, Drew University (NJ)
- Dr. Gregory Hess, Dean of the Faculty and VP for Academic Affairs, Claremont McKenna College (CA)
- Dr. Thomas Krise, Dean of the College of the Pacific, University of the Pacific (CA)
- Dr. Kevin Quigley, President & CEO, National Peace Corps Association (DC)
- Dr. Donal O'Shea, Dean of the Faculty & VP for Academic Affairs, Mount Holyoke College (MA)
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New Music New College Announces Changes to Crossroads 4
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 The contemporary music series New Music New College has announced that one of its Crossroads 4 concerts will be dedicated to the memory of Sam Rivers, the late great saxophone player who was originally scheduled to perform during the two-day outdoor festival, March 2 and 3, and that two new notable jazz musicians will be coming to Sarasota to perform with the post-bop ensemble Fluid Motion.
Rivers passed away on December 26, 2011, at the age of 88 in Orlando, Fla. In his honor, the Friday, March 2, performance will be renamed "Inspiration: Fluid Motion Pays Homage to Sam Rivers." Fluid Motion will play selections from a 2002 recording they did with Rivers as well as some of Rivers' favorite compositions.
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Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings
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February 8 through March 30, during library hours
Free and open to the public. Contact Johnette Cappadona at 941-487-4600 or jcappadona@ncf.edu.
 Fighting the Fires of Hate: America and the Nazi Book Burnings is an exhibition from the collection of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C., presented by the New College Library Association (NCLA) and American Jewish Committee (AJC). The exhibit focuses on how a series of book burnings, initiated by German university students on May 10, 1933, became a powerful symbol during World War II, prompting counter demonstrations in New York and other American cities.
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These Old Streets: The Archaeology of Spanish St. Augustine
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February 15 at 6 pm
Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Rd
Robin Moore, historic resources coordinator for St. Johns County Environmental Division, will give a presentation on the archaeology of St. Augustine, our nation's oldest, continuously-occupied European city. Hundreds of years of Native American and colonial activity lie in layers beneath the modern town. For over 50 years, archaeologists have explored these layers, revealing fascinating insights into the struggle of cultures that is the history of La Florida.
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Sarasota Bay Watershed Symposium
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February 15-17
Sudakoff Conference Center, 5845 General Dougher Pl
 Registration: $20 (includes keynotes, sessions and meals)
Free registration for New College of Florida faculty, staff and students.
For information, sarasotawatershed.com or email info@sarasotawatershed.com.
The Symposium brings together scientists, managers, policy makers, educators and the interested public to discuss watershed research findings, identify policy disconnects and develop strategies to remedy and identify education priorities. The Symposium consists of a number of topics-based sessions in the form of a roundtable discussion followed by concurrent breakout sessions. Summaries of the roundtable discussion and breakout sessions will be integrated into a synthesis on the third day of the Symposium. Presented by New College of Florida in partnership with the Sarasota Bay Estuary Program. Register online at sarasotawatershed.com.
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Killing Us Softly 4: Advertising's Image of Women
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February 21 at 7 pm WSLR Studios, 525 Kumquat Ct, Sarasota
 Suggested donation: $3; no reservations necessary
The Media Education Film Series, presented by WSLR, strives to spark discussion about some of the most pressing and complicated issues concerning the role of media in our lives. In this update of her pioneering Killing Us Softly series, Jean Kilbourne takes a fresh look at how advertising traffics in distorted and destructive ideals of femininity. The film marshals a range of new print and television advertisements to lay bare a stunning pattern of damaging gender stereotypes-images and messages that too often reinforce unrealistic and unhealthy perceptions of beauty, perfection and sexuality. The film will be followed by a panel discussion led by Emily Fairchild, assistant professor of sociology at New College of Florida, and Suzanne Stein, assistant professor of English at the University of South Florida Sarasota-Manatee. |
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African-American Read-In
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February 22, 11 am-1 pm
Jane Bancroft Cook Library (first floor), 5800 Bay Shore Road
For more information, email reference@ncf.edu or call 941-487-4888.
Cook Library, along with co-sponsor NCF Gender Studies Program, will be hosting the African American Read-In. The Read-In is part of a national event endorsed by the National Council of Teachers of English and the International Reading Association. Students, faculty and staff will be reading poems, excerpts from novels and short stories written by their favorite African American writers. You may either read or stop by to enjoy the readings. This year the children from the New College Child Care Center will be in the audience for the first half hour of the event, which will be dedicated to reading from children's books. To sign up to read, go to http://bit.ly/gbjNPy. Click here to view a complete calendar listing of events. |
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10% Off Sarasota Open Tickets for New College StudentsDiscounted tickets are being offered to New College students for the ATP/USTA Sarasota Open, a professional tennis tournament which will be held April 14th-22nd at the Longboat Key Club Tennis Gardens. Students can obtain the 10% discount by contacting Tony Driscoll, director of TBA Sports, at (941) 809-8996 or emailing him at tony@sarasotaopen.org.
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In the News
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A selection of recent news stories about New College, its faculty, students and alumnae/i
Things Improving, Fed Banker Tells Sarasota AudienceSarasota Herald-Tribune (Feb. 15, 2012) Atlanta Fed Chief Predicts Slow, Steady GrowthBradenton Herald (February 15, 2012) Fed's Lockhart: Current Policy Appropriate For Outlook Of Moderate GrowthWall Street Journal (Feb. 14, 2012) Extinguishing HateSarasota Herald-Tribune (Feb. 10, 2012) Sarasota Bay's 25-Year CheckupSarasota Herald-Tribune (Feb. 9, 2012) Video: New College Rated a "Best Value School"WWSB / ABC 7 (Feb. 9, 2012) New College President to RetireSarasota Observer (Feb. 9, 2012) New College of Florida Student Body President Insists Students Should Choose Student Representative on Board of GovernorsWMNF 88.5 FM (Feb. 8, 2012) Click here for more In the News. |
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