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UPCOMING EVENTS
Take a look at our upcoming events on campus, including MCLA Presents!, MCLA Gallery 51 and the Green Living Seminar Series.
TRAILBLAZERS
Check out Trailblazer athletics for spring schedules, results and information.
Congratulations to:
Freshman women's basketball team member Jen Wehner, who was one of the top first-year players in the MASCAC this season. Wehner averaged 12.7 points per game and 10.7 rebounds per game. She also led the conference in field goal percentage at a robust 58.3 percent and was 2nd in the conference in blocked shots.
Jon Greenberg, sophomore men's basketball center who averaged 14.4 points per game and led the MASCAC in rebounding with an average of 11.4 per game. Greenberg also placed 4th in the conference in Blocked Shots.
Freshman Chris Harris of the men's basketball team who finished 2nd in Rookie of the Year voting. Harris averaged 8.7 points per game and 5.4 rebounds per game. Harris started 23 of the 24 games he played in and led all MASCAC first year players in seven of the eleven statistical categories kept by the league. |
ALUMNI NEWS
Alumni Directory will Allow for Great Networking Opportunities
We have begun the process of creating a new alumni directory with Harris Connect. You will be contacted by e-mail or letter to provide contact information for the print directory and the companion Web-based directory. This project will allow alumni to reconnect with classmates and provide career networking opportunities. If you have any questions about the process, please contact Jocelyn Merrick at (413) 662-5224 or email. Please join us in this effort.
CAMPUS NEWS
Grant Provides Support for Creative Economy Initiatives
We recently received news from the Massachusetts Cultural Council (MCC) that the College's Berkshire Cultural Resource Center (BCRC) grant was approved for the second year of funding through its John and Abigail Arts Program grant.
This $40,000 award will help to support a variety of BCRC projects, including MCLA Gallery 51, the Berkshire Hills Internship Program (B-HIP), the Tricks of the Trade lecture series, and other cultural initiatives that connect MCLA with the creative economy in the Berkshires.
Families Visit Campus over February Break
It's been a busy past few weeks for MCLA Admissions. The February school break brought a number of prospective students and their families to campus to visit MCLA, learn more about the College and meet faculty and students. Close to 300 families visited campus over the week and participated in a variety of programs including sessions on various majors, campus tours and a campus life resource fair. For more information on visiting campus go to Admissions.
MCLA Presents! Collaborates with Area Arts Organizations
In a collaborative effort with Stalwart Originality, MASS MoCA and the '62 Center for Theatre and Dance at Williams College, MCLA co-hosted a week-long residency with the Cleo Parker Robinson Dance Company of Denver, Colorado, the last week in February. This professional dance company is an international, cross-cultural, dance-arts and educational institution rooted in African-American traditions, and dedicated to excellence in providing instruction, performances and community programs for intergenerational students, artists and audiences. Their Northern Berkshire residency included teaching master dance classes at MCLA and Williams, youth and adult workshops, and a performance for hundreds of local school children. Their stay culminated in an MCLA Presents! performance on Friday, February 27, in the '62 Center for Theatre
and Dance at Williams College. Special thanks to Isabelle Holmes '08 who helped plan this residency as part of her job at Williams.
Berkshire Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Pipeline
Family science programs are planned for students and their parents this month. On Saturday, March 7, from 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., sixth graders and their parents will have hands-on laboratory explorations led by college professors at MCLA and Berkshire Community College (BCC). At MCLA, students will be involved in building a wind turbine and rockets and will do some chemistry explorations.
MCLA on the Move
MCLA's Leon Peters featured in Pittsfield Exhibit
Our graphic designer, Leon Peters, designed a series of 23 large posters as part of an exhibition entitled "Celebrating Community: Pittsfield's African-American Heritage," which runs through March 8 in the Lichtenstein Center for the Arts in Pittsfield. The posters serve as a guide to African-American history and sites in downtown Pittsfield.
MCLA Exhibit, The Art and Life of Jessica Park, travels to Endicott College
Endicott College presents The Art and Life of Jessica Park, an exhibition containing an outstanding combination of Jessica Park's paintings, drawings and early creations from February 27 to April 3 in the Visiting Artists Gallery, Center for the Arts, Endicott College, 376 Hale Street, Beverly, MA. MCLA faculty member Anthony Gengarelly PhD., co-author of Exploring Nirvana: the Art of Jessica Park, will be presenting a lecture and signing books on Thursday, March 5, at 3 p.m. in the Visiting Artist Gallery, followed by a reception from 4 - 6 p.m. For more information or to join us at the reception call Jocelyn Merrick at (413) 662-5224 or email.
HOW CAN YOU HELP?
Support Current Students Today with a Gift to the Annual Fund
Marked by our affordability and our academic excellence, MCLA is garnering much attention. The interest from prospective students is at its highest point in 10 years and the number of applicants for both spring and fall enrollment is triple that of last year. Your donation has a direct impact on MCLA's financial aid support for students. Make a gift today to the Annual Fund, which supports student scholarship.
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