Back to School
5 June 2010 Back to School
You can take the student out of the classroom, but you cant take the classroom out of the student.
During Reunion weekend, dozens of Hobart and William Smith alums got back into the academic swing of things with a series of Alumni College courses taught by HWS faculty.
From Siberia to Shakespeare, dancing to wine, alums got a chance to see the passion of the professors who teach future generations of HWS alums.
It was great! said Caroline Wenzel 05, who spent the morning exploring the architectural history of buildings on the Hill from Blackwell to McCormick during Associate Professor of Art History Michael Tinklers Gothic Revival at Hobart and William Smith course.
You live and study in these campus buildings, and you dont realize the history, said Wenzel. I wish Id known all this when I was a student.
Other courses included:
- De-Facing Shakespeare with Assistant Professor of English Rob Carson
- The Journey Toward Stem Cell Therapy in Treating Human Diseases with Assistant Professor of Biology Kristy Kenyon
- Midterm Elections of 2010 with Professor of Political Science Iva Deutchman
- The Making and Meaning of Wine with Professor of Economics Bill Waller
- Two Cities: New York and Toronto with Professors Pat McGuire and Jim Spates
- Living with Uncertainty in our Natural Environment with Professor Emeritus of Geoscience Don Woodrow
- Siberia: Myth and Reality, Curse and Blessing with Assistant Professor of Biology Meghan Brown and Assistant Professor of Russian Area Studies Kristen Welsh
- Will Poverty Traps Keep the Bottom Billion Poor? with Professor of Economics Alan Frishman
- What Does Meaning Mean? with Professor Emeritus of History Marvin Bram
In Assistant Professor of Dance Michelle Ikles Dance, Standing Tall seminar, alums had a chance to exercise their bodies as well as their minds. Ikle led Nicole Davis 00, Liz Figura 05, Suzanne Baldwin 80, Toby Heidenreich 60 and Erica Miller 00 and her husband Adam Miller in finding their way of moving and focusing on dynamic sensation rather than fixing postural problems.
Its amazing the recuperative benefits that come with five minutes a day of self-evaluation and focus on relieving stress within the body, Ikle said.
After one of the tension-releasing exercises, Adam Miller summed it all up: That was awesome!