"What prepared me at MCLA for my internship at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center and graduate school was the rigor of my physics classes. I would credit Dr. Adrienne Wootters in particular with teaching us to work hard and she was always willing to make time to work on problems with us when we couldn’t get them."

Kristy Moore ’05
Graduate Student, University of Rhode Island

04 April E-Trail

April, 2008

Upcoming Events

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Through April 20, 2008: MCLA Gallery 51
presents Bloom, an exhibition curated by students in MCLA's museum studies course.

Saturday, April 5, 2008: Poetry reading featuring Carol Frost, with guests Abbot Cutler from the MCL English/Communications department and Peter Filkins, co-presented with Inkberry 7:00 p.m., Murdock Hall room 218.

Wednesday, April 9, 2008: Moving Community:
Building Bridges through Dance, a program of dance,
music, art, and discussion organized by Isabelle Holmes '08; 7:00 p.m., MCLA Gallery 51.

Thursday, April 10, 2008: The MCLA Green Living Seminar series presents "Why liquid biofuels aren't worth the energy used to produce them," a lecture by Cornell University professor of ecology and agriculture David Pimentel; 5:30 p.m., Murdock Hall room 218.

Friday, April 11, 2008: MCLA Brown Bag Lecture series presents psychology professor Deb Foss; 3:00 p.m., Bowman Hall room 209.

Friday, April 11, 2008: MCLA Patrons of the Arts presents Bala Music and Dance: From the Heart of a Tradition, featuring Aniruddha Knight; 7:30 p.m., MCLA Church Street Center. For tickets, call (413) 662-5543.

Saturday, April 12, 2008: Plymouth County Alumni event; 5:30 p.m., Royal Garden restaurant, Kingston, Massachusetts, with special guests Dr. Steve Green, Vice President of Academic Affairs and Massachusetts State Representative Thomas J. Calter '80.
For more information, contact Dave Flint '78 at dflint@randolphsavings.com.

Tuesday, April 15, 2008: screening of Child Brides: Stolen Lives, followed by question and answer session with PBS correspondent Maria Hinojosa; 7:00-9:00 p.m., Murdock Hall room 218.

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Opening reception for Stories of North Adams, a year-end showing of work by students and faculty from the Fine & Performing Arts Department; 5:00-7:00 p.m., MCLA Gallery 51.

Thursday, April 24, 2008: Vadnais Lecture "Moving towards a sustainable future," featuring Bill Moomaw, and Memorial Service for Professor Bill Seeley; 6:00 p.m., Murdock Hall room 218. Please RSVP to (413) 662-5224.

Wednesday, April 30, 2008: MCLA, in collaboration with Williams, Southern Vermont and Bennington colleges, presents the first "Four College Issues Forum;" environmentalist Amory Lovins will speak on "Winning the Oil Endgame;" 8:00 p.m., MASS MoCA Hunter Center. The lecture is free and open to the public, but tickets are required. To reserve tickets, call the MASS MoCA box office, 413-662-2111.

Thursday, May 1, 2008: "Thank you Thursday" for Berkshire County alumni; 5:30-7:30 p.m. at the Freight Yard Pub at Heritage State Park in North Adams. Please RSVP to (413) 662-5224.

Friday, May 16, 2008 Distinguished Alumni Luncheon; honoring Paul Perachi '63, Dan Dillon '63, and Joseph Zavattaro '61; noon, Murdock Hall. Please call (413) 662-5224 for more information.

Friday, May 16, 2008: Baccalaureate service;
3:00 p.m., MCLA Church Street Center.

Saturday, May 17, 2008: Commencement exercises; 11:00 a.m., Amsler Campus Center gymnasium.

Friday, June 6 - Saturday, June 7, 2008: Reunion.

Thursday, June 12, 2008: State Colleges Networking Party; 5:30-7:30 p.m., UMass Club, 225 Franklin Street, 33rd Floor, Boston, MA. Please RSVP to (888) 677-6252.

MCLA's spring phonathon is underway: Students have been making calls to alumni asking them to make a gift to the Annual Fund, which supports student financial aid. All first time gifts will be matched by an anonymous donor, doubling your gift of any amount, up to $25,000. Make your gift online today and join the many alumni who help to make an MCLA education possible for so many students.

April 9, 2008, information session for China trip: MCLA, in partnership with the Shanghai Institute of Foreign Trade (SIFT) is organizing a two-week international study program to China. Professor of Economics Ben Kahn at BKahn@mcla.edu will lead this educational trip, which will run from May 13-28, 2008. Those interested in participating in the program may attend an informational meeting on Wednesday, April 9, 2008; 5:00-6:00 p.m., Amsler Campus Center Sullivan Lounge.

"This is my dream job. There is no place in the world I would rather be:" Read a profile of MCLA physics professor Adrienne Wootters.

Berkshire County Goes to College Days: MCLA, in partnership with the Berkshire Compact for Higher Education, is hosting campus visits for Berkshire County sixth graders on the mornings of April 8 and April 10, 2008. During the visits, more than 200 students each day will tour the campus, attend demonstrations by faculty members, and meet with MCLA students.

MCLA students to participate in Sol LeWitt project at MASS MoCA: Congratulations to Sylvia Birns-Swindlehurst '08, who has accepted a six-month-long master apprenticeship with the Sol LeWitt project at MASS MoCA. Congratulations also to Aaron Andrews '08, Caitlin Healy '08, and Derek Anderson '09 who will serve summer internships with the project.

Service Learning project brings MCLA students to New Orleans: A group of MCLA students, led by Spencer Moser, MCLA's Coordinator of Service Programs and Activities, and Admissions Counselor Teddy Bourgeois '07 traveled to New Orleans to work on environmental and ecological projects in collaboration with the National Wildlife Federation.

MCLA hosts high school science fair: On March 14, 2008, over 100 high school students from Berkshire, Franklin, Hampden, and Hampshire Counties participated in the Massachusetts Region I Science Fair at MCLA.

Congratulations to: Admissions Counselor Teddy Bourgeois '07 for placing second in the Berkshire Idol contest.