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New College of Florida has announced what is believed to be the second largest individual gift in the College's history. The gift, which is part of the Heidi H. Boothe estate, is expected to top $3 million in assets and property when liquidated, according to attorney Bob Johnson, administrator of the Boothe estate. The gift was made in honor of Boothe's daughter, Sharon Boothe Rider, a New College graduate, who died unexpectedly in 2004.
"This magnificent gift testifies to the powerful effects that a New College education can have across the generations," said New College of Florida President Mike Michalson in announcing the gift. "Certainly the Boothe family name will live through the beneficial impact of this gift in the decades to come." Read More
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More than 300 New College of Florida students, faculty and staff gathered for a day-long Teach-In on the campus's Z Green on Tuesday, February 14. The purpose of the event, which was facilitated by Lecia Brooks, director of outreach for the Southern Poverty Law Center in Montgomery, Ala., was to discuss issues of discrimination and diversity, and devising methods for building a more inclusive campus community. "The Southern Poverty Law Center was proud to support New College's Campus-Wide Teach-In," said Brooks about the event. "The students, staff, faculty and administration at NCF showed great courage and compassion Tuesday. It was abundantly clear that they care about their college community and are willing to ensure that NCF is an inclusive community." Read More |
Juried Student Art Show Announces 2012 Winners
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 The winners of the fourth annual New College Juried Student Art Exhibition were announced at the opening reception on February 9, 2012. The exhibit, open through March 2, features sculpture, painting, drawing and printmaking work by 16 New College of Florida students in the Isermann Gallery in the Caples Fine Arts Complex, 5313 Bay Shore Road. It is free and open to the public weekdays from 9 am to 5 pm.
Juror Kim Russo, head of the fine arts department at Ringling College of Art and Design, made the award selections, which were announced by New College art professor Kim Anderson. Read More |
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 The New College Public Archaeology Lab (NCPAL) and Time Sifters Archaeology Society are sponsoring Archaeology Fest 2012 on Saturday, March 17, 2012 from 10 am to 1 pm. The event takes place on the grounds of the lab on the College's main, Bayfront campus (5800 Bay Shore Road), about half-way down College Drive.
The fun-filled day of activities is appropriate for all ages and is completely free, including hot dogs and lemonade at 11:30 am. Activities will include lectures, tours, films and demonstrations including historic subsistence techniques and blacksmithing. The whole family can experiment with artifacts, Native technology, fossils, and archaeology survey and analysis tools. At 11 am, featured speaker Willie Johns from Seminole Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki museum will talk about Seminole History and Culture. At 12 pm, Time Sifters board member Robert Bopp will speak about his travels and knowledge of Angkor Wat, Cambodia. Read More |
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 New College of Florida announces poet Shira Dentz as the 2012 writer-in-residence. Now in its 11th year, the New College writer-in-residence program brings a published writer to campus each spring to teach classes and hold workshops for students interested in creative writing. The writer-in-residence also gives public readings in the community.
"The college is truly lucky to have Shira as our Visiting Writer this year," said Robert Zamsky, assistant professor of English at New College. "She has an impressive range of expertise, and her own work is singularly exciting. I'm already hearing great things from students, and the semester's just started." Read More |
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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.
Watch the video below to learn more:
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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. Read more about Black History Month at New College. |
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Martin Luther King: On Spiritual Conversion
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February 23, 4:30 pm
Mildred Sainer Pavilion, 5313 Bay Shore Rd
Free and open to the public; no reservations necessary. For information, call 941-487-4888.
Writer and theorist bell hooks will give the talk "Martin Luther King: On Spiritual Conversion," on Thursday, February 23 at 4:30 pm in the Mildred Sainer Pavilion. The talk celebrates Black History Month and is free and open to the public. |
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Courage and Compassion in the Holy Land
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February 25, 6-8 pm
Hamilton Center Classroom (HCL) 8
 Free and open to the public; no reservations necessary. For information, call 941-487-4888.
Award-winning photographer Pat Westwater-Jong will present her project Courage and Compassion in the Holy Land, a slide show and talk with a multi-faith focus, documenting Jews, Muslims, Christians and others working nonviolently for peace and justice in Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Her work has received an award from the Santa Fe Photographic Workshop, and she has shown at the Austrian Hospice/Hotel in Jerusalem, Center for the Study of World Religions, Harvard Divinity School and in churches around the country. Light refreshments will be served. Westwater-Jong will also be available February 24 at 2 pm at the Four Winds Café on the New College campus for an informal coffee talk. |
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Silas Durocher and Everybody Knows
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February 26, 8 pm
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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
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