“Creating Our Future”
CLOCKWISE: DONALD SUSSMAN, P ’04, HELPS DEDICATE THE SUSSMAN VILLAGE APARTMENTS; PROF. FLIP PHILLIPS PRE - SENTS HIS PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH; COACH JIM TUCCI THANKS THE VALENTINE FAMILY FOR ITS BOATHOUSE SUPPORT; COURT- NEY MATTISON ’08 SHARES HER OCEANOGRAPHIC ART.
Skidmore’s trustees unanimously voted at their fall meeting to launch a six- year campaign to construct the Center for Integrated Sciences, expand student in- ternships and research, support new pro-
ALUMNI ACCOLADES
Skidmore’s alumni board celebrates the new Wall of
Honor recently installed in the Kisiel Atrium of the Murray- Aikins Dining Hall. Conceived by board members, the promi- nent electronic panel high- lights the achievements and contributions of many Skid- more alumni. The board’s pres- ident, Gail Dudack ’70, P ’11, explains, “The touch screen al- lows visitors to interactively view photos, read profiles, and watch videos featuring alum- ni.” The panel also cites major donors, as well as student win- ners of President’s Awards.
grams at the Tang Muse- um, increase the budget for financial aid, and strengthen the annual fund. After a two-year “nucleus phase,” during which the board will fi- nalize a goal of $220–240 million, “Creating Our Future: The Campaign for Skidmore” will go public. More than $50 million has already been donated or pledged. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of the in - auguration of Philip Glotzbach as Skidmore’s seventh president, na- tional campaign chairs
Nancy Hamilton ’77 and Scott McGraw, P ’12, joined other trustees and friends for a series of campus events including the dedication of the newly opened Suss- man Village student apartments, a cele-
bration of the Valentine Boathouse proj- ect for the varsity crew program, science- oriented presentations by alumni and faculty, and a keynote address by noted physicist and author Brian Greene. The trustees approved the next phase of design development for the Center for Integrated Sciences, nearly 200,000 square feet of state-of-the-art laborato- ries, classrooms, instrumentation suites, offices, and independent student work- spaces. Glotzbach reminded the group that “a liberally educated human being is one who can enter fully into the cen- tral debates of our time” and that many of those debates are science-based, so Skidmore must prepare all its graduates in science literacy and offer the ever- more interdisciplinary science education needed in the 21st century. Board chair Linda Toohey called the weekend “a pivotal moment—an oppor- tunity to reflect on Skidmore’s past, con- sider our present, and announce exciting new plans for our future.” —DF
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PHOTOS BY PHIL SCALIA
PHIL SCALIA
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