 The adventure education block semester recently completed a nine-day rock climbing section in New York State's Adirondack Park. Students developed skills related to gear placement, anchor construction, climbing and rescue techniques. Here sophomore Samantha Grist pauses mid-rappel. Photo: Prof. Nate Furman GMC to Kick Off Family & Friends Weekend GMC’s annual Family & Friends Weekend kicks off Friday, September 24 and continues through the weekend with a full slate of events. Highlights include a choir concert, a Volley “Dig Pink” Quad Match, coffee with GMC Pres. Paul Fonteyn and more. Visitors to Poultney Saturday are invited to sample chili from the booths lining Main Street for the 21st annual Chili Cook-Off sponsored by the Poultney Rotary Club. Click here for the full Family & Friends Weekend schedule.
 Faculty Art Exhibit to Open at FeickAn opening reception for the 2010 faculty art exhibit will be held at the Feick Fine Arts Center September 25 from 4 - 6 p.m. Refreshments will be served. This year's exhibit features work from Profs. Jennifer Baker, Kevin Bubriski, Jessica Cuni and Karen Swyler. Mediums include sculpture, ceramics, photography and painting. The exhibit will be on display from September 20 - October 15. Stop by Surdam Gallery and Smell the Flowers Surdam Art Gallery is hosting a new rotating display featuring flowers arranged by a master of the Ikebana art form. Ikebana master Sou Hasegawa is teaching a new class on Ikebana or Japanese flower arranging at GMC this semester. As part of her teaching she puts out an arrangement each week for the enjoyment of the community. The arrangement and a visitor's journal may be found in the entrance of the Surdam Art Building. Since Ikebana is an ephemeral art form the arrangement is only up from Monday at 4 p.m. until Tuesday at 4 p.m. The arrangements are seasonal and change each week since they incorporate local flora. All are invited to stop by and enjoy the weekly arrangements. (While the front entry of Surdam is now under construction, visitors can enter either one of the rear entrances to the building.) Comments are also welcome.  Grow-a-Row Benefits from GMC VolunteersOn September 10, 14 GMC students partnered with Jane Nicklaw, the “tomato lady” of Castleton, to harvest 670 pounds of tomatoes from her garden for the Grow-a-Row program. Sponsored by Rutland Area Farm and Food Link (RAFFL), the Grow-a-Row program encourages farmers to either grow extra food with the intention of donating it to the program, or to invite RAFFL volunteers to glean extra produce that they are unable to harvest or market efficiently. The tomatoes from Jane’s garden were donated to Rutland area charities including the Community Cupboard and the Open Door Mission, a shelter for veterans. This was the second gleaning this month. On September 6, nine students harvested over fifty pounds of tomatoes at the Old Gates Farm in Castleton operated by two GMC alums, Adam Stevenson and Kris Jacoby-Stevenson. RAFFL’s Grow-a-Row program helps eliminate hunger and malnutrition in Rutland County low-income communities by increasing access to fresh, healthy, locally grown food. So far this year the program has donated over 10,000 pounds of produce to local charitable agencies. With help from the GMC community, many more thousands of pounds will be donated before the end of the growing season. Contact Garland Mason, VISTA Local-Link Coordinator, to receive information regarding future gleanings and other events. GMC Announces Partnership with Northeast Sports Network Director of Athletics Marybeth Lennox announced Friday a live broadcast partnership with Northeast Sports Network (NSN) for the 2010-11 academic year. Under the agreement, NSN will provide live streaming video for five athletic and three academic events. “Athletics is so pleased to be a part of this joint campus effort to provide the Eagle community with a live glimpse into our athletic family, as well as some of the other top quality GMC events. We certainly plan to expand our live offerings in the coming years,” said Lennox. Headquartered in Lyndonville, Vt., NSN publishes on the web comprehensive collegiate and high school sports information, including schedules, scores and standings. They also do live streaming of games complete with professional announcers for high school, college and professional sports teams in Vermont and New Hampshire. The first event of the year is a men and women’s soccer double-header September 26 when the Eagles host NAC rival Thomas College. Coverage begins at 11:45 a.m. with the men followed by the women’s match at 2 p.m. Other scheduled events include a men and women’s basketball double-header on February 12 versus Maine Maritime Academy, the 2011 Athletic Hall of Fame induction, commencement and one additional athletic and academic event. Graduate School Fair Comes to GMC Green Mountain College is hosting a graduate school fair September 29. The fair will be held in Withey Lobby from 11 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. and is free and open to the public. The following schools and organizations will be attending: Bard College, Emerson College, Green Mountain College, Kaplan Test Prep, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Ross University, School for International Graduate Institute, Southwest College of Naturopathic Medicine, The College of Saint Rose, Union Institute and University, Vermont Law School, and Western New England College School of Law. For more information contact the GMC Office of Career Services at 287-8805. ANNOUNCEMENTS Call for Submissions for Japan Conference Want to present your research at an international conference with Japan? Want feedback so you can fine tune your research for possible publication? GMC participates in the annual Feedforth Conference with Nagoya University in Japan. In the past undergraduate and graduate students have presented their work. If accepted you can present by video or are welcome to travel to Japan to present in person. The conference is open to GMC students and alumni. Feedforth is accepting paper submissions until October 4, 2010 (Japan date). The submission is a 500 word summary of your work and can be for an ongoing project. For more information contact Sam Edwards. Smoking Cessation Group to Meet Have you thought about quitting smoking but have been unable to find the motivation to stop? Are you thinking you really need to stop but have been unable to come up with a plan? Come and let us help you to prepare to quit. This smoking cessation group will be open to all students and will meet on Tuesdays from 6 - 7 p.m. at the Wellness Center. Students can start the three session group on any Tuesday without having to wait for the group to cycle through. Contact Rob Festa, Wellness Center Counselor, for more information. Acupuncture Clinic on Tap The GMC Wellness Center hosts an acupuncture clinic with Molly Beverage on September 21 from 6-8 pm. It is open to the GMC community. Advance sign-up is required and the clinic will be limited to the first 10 people to sign up. There will be no charge. Molly Beverage is a licensed acupuncturist in the state of Vermont with a Master of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine degree from the Oregon College of Oriental Medicine. She is board certified by the National Certification Commission for Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine and is also a certified Qigong instructor. FACULTY NOTES Prof. Jacob Park (business strategy and sustainability) has a co-authored an article titled “Creating Integrated Business and Environmental Value within the Context of China’s Circular Economy and Ecological Modernization” appearing in the forthcoming Journal of Cleaner Production, Volume 18: Issue 15, November 2010 issue. Research for this article was supported by a grant from the AT&T Industrial Ecology Faculty Fellowship program. |
   
WEEK AT A GLANCE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 Ayurveda Consultation 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wellness Center Open Gym Session 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Waldron Gymnasium Lap Swim Session 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Waldron Pool Take 10 Discussion Group 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Wellness Center Zumba 7 - 8 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 21 Open Gym Session 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Waldron Gymnasium Shakti Tribal Dance: Advanced I 4 - 5:30 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio Poultney Community Garden Meeting 5 - 6 p.m., Meet at Ames Circle Shakti Tribal Dance: Intermediate 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio Acupuncture Clinic 5 - 6 p.m., Wellness Center Open Swim Session 5 - 6 p.m., Waldron Pool Spirituality Club Meeting 6 - 7 p.m., Chapel Smoking Cessation Group 6 - 7 p.m., Wellness Center Zazen Meditation 7 - 7:30 p.m., Chapel WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 23 Academic Skills Workshop: Reading 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m., Special Collections Reading Room, Griswold Library Lap Swim Session 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Waldron Pool Massage Therapy & Reflexology 12 p.m. - 8 p.m., Wellness Center Kripalu Yoga (vigorous) 1 - 2:30 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio Academic Skills Workshop: Research Skills 3 - 4 p.m., PC Lab, Griswold Library Sunset Yoga Meet at 5 p.m. at the GreenMAP office Shakti Tribal Dance: Advanced II 5:30 - 7 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio Lap Swim Session 6 - 8 p.m., Waldron Pool SOAR Workshop: Envision Your Life 6 p.m., Chapel Shakti Tribal Dance: Beginner 7 - 8 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio Shakti Tribal Dance: Advanced III 8 - 9:30 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio Open Chapel 8 - 9:30 p.m., Chapel THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 24 Cerridwen Farm Stand 10:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Withey Hall Lobby Open Gym Session 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Waldron Gymnasium Lap Swim Session 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Waldron Pool Massage Therapy & Reflexology 12 p.m. - 8 p.m. Wellness Center Kripalu Yoga (gentle) 4 - 5 p.m, Wellness Center Intermediate Vinyasa Flow Yoga 5:30 - 6:30 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio Open Swim Session 6 - 8 p.m., Waldron Pool FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 25 Family & Friends Weekend Various Times, Across Campus Open Gym Session 11 a.m. - 1 p.m., Waldron Gymnasium Lap Swim Session 11:30 a.m. - 1 p.m., Waldron Pool Opening Reception: Faculty Art Exhibit 4 - 6 p.m., Feick Fine Arts Center Open Swim Session 6 - 8 p.m., Waldron Pool Shakti Tribal Dance Annual Hafla 7 p.m., lawn outside SAGE Hall SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 26 Family & Friends Weekend Various Times, Across Campus Ecstatic Dance Experience 7 - 8:30 p.m., 9 - 10:30 p.m., Bogue Movement Studio Fall Foliage Choir Concert 7:30 p.m., Clara Hitchcock Fitzpatrick Jones Concert Hall SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 27 Family & Friends Weekend Various Times, Across Campus Open Swim Session 6 - 8 p.m., Waldron Pool Open Chapel 7 - 10:30 p.m., Chapel |