Chenango Nursery School Expands Thanks to Partnership With Hamilton Central Schools ddevries@colgate.edu Fri, 09/06/2024 - 16:40 A new agreement between the Chenango Nursery School (CNS), the Hamilton Central School District (HCS), with help from Colgate University, will provide for 32 additional childcare slots at the nursery school this fall A Hamilton institution since 1948, CNS has long provided childcare services to the local community, including for many Colgate faculty and staff. The University has played a role in assisting CNS through the years, including funding a $1.3 million physical expansion in 2013. According to Joanne Borfitz, AVP of Community Affairs, “CNS is an important community anchor providing necessary childcare services.  In 2013 the University funded an expansion at its current location and we began talking about another addition but the partnership with HCS makes so much more sense. This is a great example of partners coming together to solve community challenges. The University is incredibly thankful to Hamilton Central for making this a reality.” CNS has long maintained a lengthy wait list for childcare, and Director Christina Buyea says the new agreement, which was approved by the Hamilton Central School Board on August 15, will provide the nursery school with access to five additional classrooms in the district’s building directly adjacent to the nursery school. These additional classrooms will ultimately enable CNS to increase its capacity to about 150 students, which includes an after-school program for approximately 40 children. “We’ve had a long waitlist for the last few years,” Buyea said, “This is something we talked about before COVID hit. Now, I’m happy to say that we do not have a waitlist and there are openings for new students. This might be the first time that CNS has ever had openings in the fall.” The new agreement benefits all parties involved, as school district officials say they have seen regular student enrollment decline at Hamilton Central by about 20% in the past 20 years. As a result, HCS has classrooms that are not being utilized. The classrooms are all move-in ready, and the only infrastructure investment needed for the partnership was the installation of new door locks and swipe cards for security purposes.  “While this is a new expansion, our relationship with Chenango Nursery School has been a long-term partnership,” said HCS Superintendent Bill Dowsland. “We actually had discussions about expanding before COVID-19. When the pandemic struck, we needed the space for social distancing. This year, we revisited those conversations and are really excited to see this come together. It’s a great example of community partners working together to provide a much-needed service to our community. I’m thrilled we were able to make this happen. It will benefit all parties involved and is great for our entire community." HCS Business Director Matt Crumb said that in addition to filling a need within the community, the collaboration will also play a role in helping to acclimate local children to the district’s school setting. “We hope this is something that families see as a great benefit,” Crumb said. “It’s another piece attracting people to this community and ultimately we see it as helping to stabilize or increase our enrollment.” Families looking for more information about childcare at CNS can email director@chenengonurseyschool.org, or call 315-824-1810.Institutional News News and Updates Faculty & Staff Chenango Nursery School in its additional space at Hamilton Central School (Photo by Bernie Freytag)

Colgate University Introduces Narcan (Naloxone) Access and Training to Campus Community rdowning@colgate.edu Fri, 09/06/2024 - 08:58 Colgate University’s Council on Alcohol and Other Drugs (CAD) is working to address the dangers of the national opioid epidemic through a new initiative that provides education, training, and the installation of emergency naloxone stations at several locations across campus. Naloxone is the generic name for Narcan, the widely used drug designed to treat accidental opioid exposure or overdoses in emergency situations. Despite a significant increase in fentanyl-related overdose deaths among young people, a study published in May in the journal JAMA Pediatrics found that fewer than 15 percent of U.S. college students are able to administer the life-saving medication to someone experiencing an overdose. Colgate’s new initiative is now offering training on administering naloxone, distributing free naloxone kits, and educating students about the dangers of opioid overdose. “We must do everything possible to educate students about accidental exposure to fentanyl and fatal opioid-related overdoses; however, education alone will not save a student’s life,” said Paul J. McLoughlin II, vice president and dean of the college. “While Campus Safety officers have Narcan available for emergencies, the national epidemic of overdose fatalities led CAD to make naloxone more readily available to students on campus. I am happy to support and recognize their efforts with this new initiative to protect our students.” A campus-wide coalition of staff, faculty, and students, CAD is charged by the dean of the college with overseeing Colgate’s approach to addressing high-risk behavior and misuse of alcohol and other drugs. Formed in 2023, CAD focuses on the education, prevention, and response to problematic consumption of substances. Naloxone training has been added to the educational sessions required of student organizations in order to host social events. Similar workshops are being offered to the student body at large as well as staff and faculty members. The 60-minute presentation includes information on the dangers of opioids, how to recognize an overdose, the use of naloxone to reverse an opioid overdose, and additional support resources. Participants receive a naloxone kit to have on hand. The kits contain a set of gloves, two doses of naloxone, a face shield, rescue strips, a resource card, and fentanyl testing strips. Community members can sign up for an upcoming training or contact the Shaw Wellness Institute at wellness@colgate.edu for more information.  Later this month, purple access stations will be installed in five locations on campus to provide free naloxone kits to members of the community. The stations look similar to a newspaper stand and display information on how to recognize an overdose; how to administer the nasal spray; a warning about counterfeit drugs that contain fentanyl; the station locations on campus; contact information in case of overdose emergency; and contacts for health and wellness resources both on and off campus. The naloxone access station locations will include:Shaw Wellness Center foyer (accessible 24/7) Case-Geyer Library fifth floor (accessible 24/7)  Frank Dining Hall O’Connor Campus Center Trudy Fitness Center  “Naloxone is a life-saving tool, but its effectiveness depends on both the medication’s availability at the right moment and someone who knows how to use it” said Dr. Ellen Larson ’94, director of Colgate’s Student Health Services. “By making Naloxone kits accessible to students and the campus community, we aim to ensure that the medication is available in the spaces where it is needed, when it is needed.” Colgate is actively partnering with BRiDGES, the Madison County Council on Alcoholism & Substance Abuse, which has provided support in multiple ways, including partial funding for the Narcan access stations, training sessions, and kits for distribution. “Being able to partner with Colgate has helped open doors in other areas across Madison County,” said Amanda Mullenax, community opioid outreach coordinator at BRiDGES. “Colgate’s openness and receptiveness to actions that reduce the stigma of substance use disorder help pave the way for future harm reduction measures. This program gives everyone the power and encouragement and tools to save a life.” “Our two-pronged approach of prevention and harm reduction is about kindness and respect, at the intersection of compassion and community,” said Stephen Elfenbein, alcohol and drug services counselor/coordinator and CAD co-chair. Of the initiative’s origins, he said, “Back in Spring 2023, Shaw Wellness Ambassador Ellie Marotta ’25 did incredible research on the opioid epidemic and how it has impacted college campuses.”  A chemistry major from Brick, N.J., Marotta identified successful initiatives such as awareness campaigns, and her work led to the development of a presentation on fentanyl reduction practices. “At this point in our lives, it’s important to be informed and make smart, educated decisions,” said Marotta. “We are still growing and developing as people and it’s important for students at Colgate to have that knowledge and prevention strategies in their toolbox in case they find themselves in a situation where it’s critically needed.” Educational programming began with Train The Trainers for the Shaw Wellness Ambassadors. “Our Shaw Wellness Ambassadors are critical to the success of this work,” said Rachel Evans, director of wellness promotion. “We are fortunate to have several of our ambassadors involved directly on the Council for Alcohol and Other Drugs, and a number of others who are involved in outreach and education pieces such as social media and poster campaigns.” The Narcan awareness initiative is just one aspect of CAD’s work, which broadly focuses on educating students — should they choose not to abstain — on the importance of knowing what they are consuming and the dangers of mixing substances. The council also seeks to underscore the importance of Colgate’s Good Samaritan and medical amnesty policies, which help students to seek medical care for themselves and their peers in situations where consumption of alcohol or other drugs leads to a medical or life-threatening emergency. “We are very appreciative to work in a community that works together to take these proactive steps,” said Dawn LaFrance, assistant vice president of wellness. “Education and harm reduction strategies are our keys to success in keeping our campus safe.”   Learn More: Alcohol and Other Drugs Services at ColgateWellness Faculty & Staff Student

Colgate University Returns Piscataway Ancestor mcwalden@colgate.edu Wed, 09/04/2024 - 10:51 Colgate University has officially marked the historic return of an Ancestor to the Piscataway Indian Nation in Maryland. This is the first such repatriation for Ancestral remains removed from what is now the state of Maryland through the federal Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA). The Ancestor has been in the care of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology since 1948 and is the University’s longest-held Ancestor. The return follows years of collaboration between Chesapeake Bay–area Indigenous Nations and the University. Piscataway Indian Nation Chief Mark Tayac; his wife, Evelyn (Dakota); and Peter Landeros, Pascua Yaqui Tribe member and regional president of the American Indian Movement, traveled to Hamilton, N.Y., for the ceremony, which was also attended by Provost and Dean of the Faculty Lesleigh Cushing. Chief Mark Tayac, Piscataway Indian Nation, and Rebecca Mendelsohn, co-director of Colgate University Museums and curator of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology, sign repatriation transfer paperwork. Photo by Mark DiOrio During the ceremony, held at the end of the spring semester, Chief Tayac noted that his people were given original instructions by the Creator. “The last instruction is to return to Mother Earth,” Tayac said. “Today, we are helping this Ancestor fulfill that original instruction and to rest in peace. If your grandparents died, you would be sad, and you want them to rest in peace. That is what we want, too.” Provost Cushing described the ceremony as “tremendously moving. It was an honor to have been invited to this momentous event, to meet and learn from Chief Tayac and his delegation, and to participate in the solemn ceremony of return,” she said. “I am grateful to work with colleagues in our museums at Colgate who pursue their work with such care, sensitivity, and thoughtfulness, and who are committed to redressing historical wrongs in our collections practices.” The Ancestor was brought to the University — for inclusion in Colgate’s teaching collection — by sociology and anthropology professor Frederick Hulse, through a transfer from T.D. Stewart, curator of the physical anthropology department at the U.S. National Museum (now the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History). While NAGPRA requires the return of Ancestors to Bands, Nations, and Tribes recognized by the U.S. Government, this particular individual was identified as a member of the Piscataway peoples. The Piscataway Indian Nations and Choptico Band of Indians of the Piscataway-Conoy Tribe were recognized by the State of Maryland in 2012. Colgate first reported knowledge of the Ancestor to National NAGPRA in 2004, but efforts to return them to their people began in earnest in 2021, more than seven decades after their arrival. Co-director of University Museums and Curator of the Longyear Museum of Anthropology Rebecca Mendelsohn and former Curatorial Assistant and NAGPRA Coordinator ​​Kaytlynn Lynch sent initial letters inviting consultation with state and federally recognized Nations near St. Mary’s County, Md.  That year, Rico Newman, elder of the Choptico Band of Indians of the Piscataway-Conoy Tribe, responded with a proposal for the respectful disposition of the Ancestral remains in coordination with other Piscataway tribes. Anticipating forward movement, Repatriation Manager Kelsey Olney-Wall, Community Liaison Lisa Latocha (Oneida Indian Nation), with the support of Curatorial Assistant Summer Frazier (Onondaga Nation), began the necessary research required to support a return, including historical site information, land claims, and inventories. That work, carried out in 2022, was rewarded in early 2023, when the team received replies from Chief Tayac and, subsequently, Tribal Administrator Reggie Tupponce of the federally recognized Upper Mattaponi Indian Tribe in Virginia. Administrator Tupponce supported the return under NAGPRA guidelines, while the Piscataway were represented by Tayac and Newman. Community Liaison Lisa Latocha of the Oneida Indian Nation and Chief Mark Tayac of the Piscataway Indian Nation share a moment at the Oneida rock at Colgate University. Photo by Mark DiOrio “As hard as this work is — when it seems impossible — it’s not. Even if you have little to no information, even if it seems like it’s not going to work, you have to keep going. You have to make sure that all Ancestors are returned home,” says Olney-Wall. “That’s where they should have been all along. We never should have had any Ancestors to begin with. To me, it’s a privilege to be able to work with these Nations, to not have their Ancestors be in boxes on shelves, to return them to their families, to return them to rest.” Staff submitted their research and supporting documents to National NAGPRA in November of 2023, and an announcement was published in the Federal Register in January of 2024 to declare the Ancestor’s cultural affiliation and solicit comment. These official acts and consistent outreach to tribal representatives culminated in the April 30 ceremony — “a historic moment,” in the words of Chief Tayac. Landeros underscored the importance of this return for everyone involved in the complex process. “When it comes to the burial of our Ancestors, that is their final resting place. That is where they remain so that they can walk with their Ancestors. To be removed brings them back to this world. They are stuck here, in this realm of human beings. Imagine being at rest for hundreds of years, then being ripped back. Our Ancestors have to go back into the ground — this allows them to rest. Our Ancestors are not your objects.”News and Updates Faculty & Staff museums and galleries Longyear Museum picker art gallery

2024 Constitution Day Debate on Sept. 12 Takes on Campus Free Speech and Academic Freedom sdevries@colgate.edu Tue, 09/03/2024 - 09:13 Free speech on campus will be the focus of this fall’s 2024 Constitution Day Debate: “‘Snowflakes,’ Truth, and the Future of Academic Freedom,” featuring Keith Whittington of Yale Law School, author of You Can't Teach That!: The Battle over University Classrooms, and Ulrich Baer of New York University, author of What Snowflakes Get Right: Free Speech, Truth, and Equality on Campus. The annual debate will take place from 4:30 to 6 p.m. on Sept. 12 in Love Auditorium and is sponsored by the Forum on Constitutional Government and the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization. Zoom information will be available before the event, and additional fall 2024 event information for the Center for Freedom and Western Civilization will be available later in August. Debate moderator and Professor of Political Science Stanley Brubaker: “It’s been a challenging time for higher education. War in the Middle East has found its echo in campus demonstrations, occupations, counter demonstrations, and charges of anti-semitism. Progressives have called for boycotts. Conservatives bemoan political correctness and the lack of intellectual diversity. Legislators in many states threaten to ban the training and teaching of what they call ‘divisive concepts.’ Donors ask whether their funds are being properly used. Parents question whether a college education is worth its price. Caught in the crosscurrents, presidents of several Ivy League schools have been forced to step down.  “At the heart of these controversies is the issue of the mission of higher education, and within that, the question of the proper character and scope of academic freedom. For the modern academy, no question is more pressing or more fundamental. With Keith Whittington and Ulrich Baer, we are fortunate to bring to campus two of the leading voices on these issues.” Colgate celebrates Constitution Day each year by bringing to campus seasoned experts in their fields to debate topics facing the nation and encourage informed discourse among students. Since 2005, Colgate has hosted a debate on campus focused on a variety of constitutional issues, including the constitutionality of the administrative state, abortion, affirmative action in college admissions, NSA surveillance, and free speech vs. hate speech. There will be a limited number of books from each speaker available for guests, and a book signing will follow the debate.  Keith E. Whittington is the David Boies Professor of law at Yale Law School. In addition to You Can't Teach That!, he is the author of Repugnant Laws: Judicial Review of Acts of Congress from the Founding to the Present (which won the Thomas M. Cooley Book Prize), Speak Freely: Why Universities Must Defend Free Speech (which won the PROSE Award for best book in education and the Heterodox Academy Award for Exceptional Scholarship), Political Foundations of Judicial Supremacy (which won the C. Herman Pritchett Award for best book in law and courts as well as the J. David Greenstone Award for best book in politics and history), and several other works on constitutional theory and law and politics.  Whittington has spent most of his career at Princeton University, where he served as the William Nelson Cromwell Professor of politics from 2006 to 2024. He has also held visiting appointments at Georgetown University Law Center, Harvard Law School, and the University of Texas School of Law. He is the founding chair of the Academic Freedom Alliance’s Academic Committee and has served on the Presidential Commission on the Supreme Court of the United States. A graduate of Yale University and the University of Texas at Austin, Whittington has written extensively for a general audience. His work has appeared in The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Atlantic, Reason, and Lawfare. He blogs at the Volokh Conspiracy and hosts the Academic Freedom podcast. Ulrich Baer is university professor at New York University, where he teaches literature and photography and serves as director of NYU’s Center for the Humanities. A recipient of Getty, Humboldt, and Guggenheim fellowships, he has twice been honored with NYU’s student-nominated Golden Dozen Teaching Award. His analysis of free speech in the 21st century university in What Snowflakes Get Right deepens his widely debated defense of the university’s obligation to use free speech as a tool to create knowledge by the greatest number of participants first made in 2017 in the New York Times. As a writer, translator, and scholar, Baer believes passionately in the transformative power of ideas and books and that real conversations play a key role in our evolution as conscious, responsible, and compassionate people — hence, his publications, including single-authored and edited books, his commitment to higher education, and his podcasts. Baer’s published oeuvre includes books on a range of topics, including poetry, photography, free speech, September 11, Holocaust testimonies, as well as a dystopian novel (We Are But a Moment, 2017), and a collection of stories (Beggar’s Chicken: Stories from Shanghai, 2012). Baer was born in Germany, moved to the United States as a teenager, and attended college at Berkeley and Harvard (where he reports concentrating in varsity crew). He received his MPhil and PhD in comparative literature from Yale. He is the father of two children, an avid urban gardener, and an eternal beginner in Shaolin kung fu.Academics Centers and Institutes People News and Updates Faculty & Staff

Colgate Partners With Dartmouth’s Tuck Business Bridge Program mcwalden@colgate.edu Fri, 08/30/2024 - 08:28 Colgate University and the Tuck School of Business Administration at Dartmouth College have formed a new institutional partnership, giving Colgate students access to the prestigious Tuck Business Bridge Program.  This winter, Colgate sophomores and juniors interested in exploring business careers will have the opportunity to connect their liberal arts experience with intensive business school training, provided by Tuck faculty members. “We are excited to partner with Tuck on this new initiative for our students,” says Colgate President Brian W. Casey. “For those students who want an introduction to key business and finance concepts and wish to gain skills for the marketplace, this January program will offer them a rigorous and meaningful program. I am also thrilled that alumni support will provide the funds to help make this program accessible to at least 10 Colgate students who are receiving financial aid.” Financial assistance is available thanks to the generosity of Giovanni ’94 and Maree Cutaia, who have also endowed the First@Colgate directorship, and provided critical funding for the Graduate School Access Fund at Colgate. Once accepted into the program, participants will spend three weeks during winter break learning from Tuck faculty and current MBA students who will serve as resources for students learning the curriculum. The immersive experience kicks off with a week of remote learning from home before students return to a hybrid classroom in Hamilton, N.Y., full of fellow Colgate students, learning from professors via remote feed from Hanover, N.H. Each student will be assigned to a team to deliver an in-person capstone case-study presentation that will be evaluated by successful Colgate alumni who will be on campus for the conclusion of the program.  “The Colgate-Tuck Business Bridge Program will provide Colgate students with a wonderful opportunity to learn essential business skills that complement their Colgate education,” says Milone Family AVP for Career Initiatives Teresa Olsen.  After completing the program, sophomore participants will join Career Services’ annual SophoMORE Connections event, beginning on January 17, 2025. Applications are now open for the 2025 Colgate/Tuck Business Bridge Program. An on-campus information session will take place Wednesday, Sept. 11. The application deadline is Sept. 30. For more information on the program and the application process, visit colgate.edu/tuckbridge.Alumni Career Development News and Updates Faculty & Staff Student Benton Hall, home of Career Services

The Road to the White House: Colgate’s 2024 Election Series mcwalden@colgate.edu Thu, 08/29/2024 - 10:52 Colgate’s academic community will come together for moments of learning and civic engagement this month during The Road to the White House: Colgate’s 2024 Election Series, presented by the Office of the President and the Lampert Institute for Civic and Global Affairs. President Brian W. Casey will interview former DNC Chair Donna Brazile and former RNC Chair Michael Steele on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 4:30 p.m. Lampert Institute Director Chad Sparber, W. Bradford Wiley Chair in international economics and professor of economics, will interview Senior Advisor and Deputy Chief of Staff to President George W. Bush Karl Rove on Monday, Sept. 16, at 4:30 p.m. In the final installment of the series, Casey will interview New York Times Columnist Maureen Dowd and New York Times Chief Washington Correspondent Carl Hulse on Tuesday, Sept. 24, at 4:30 p.m. All events will take place in Memorial Chapel and will stream live from the University’s website.  Michael S. Steele Former Maryland Lt. Governor Michael Steele was the first African American elected to statewide office in Maryland (2003) and the first African American to serve as chair of the Republican National Committee (2009). Steele is currently a senior fellow at Brown University’s Institute for International and Public Affairs and a political analyst for MSNBC. He has appeared on Meet the Press, Face the Nation, HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, and Comedy Central’s The Daily Show. In addition to his work in television, Steele co-hosted the daily radio program Steele & Ungar on the POTUS Channel on SiriusXM, and he is the host of the podcast The Michael Steele Podcast. Steele’s writings on law, business and politics have appeared in The Wall Street Journal, TheHill.com, TheGrio.com, Politico.com, TheRoot.com, BET.com, Townhall.com, The Journal of International Security Affairs, and Catholic University Law Review, among others. He is the author of Right Now: A 12-Step Program for Defeating the Obama Agenda and co-author of The Recovering Politician’s Twelve Step Program to Survive Crisis. Donna Brazile Political strategist Donna Brazile has worked on every major presidential campaign since 1976. In 2000, she became the first Black woman to serve as the manager of a major party presidential campaign, running the campaign of former Vice President Al Gore. She has twice served as the interim Chair of the Democratic National Committee. Brazile is an ABC News contributor and the author of numerous articles and books, including the New York Times bestseller Hacks: The Inside Story of the Break-Ins and Breakdowns That Put Donald Trump in the White House. An adjunct professor at Georgetown University since 2002, she is the Gwendolyn S. and Colbert I. King Endowed Chair in public policy at Howard University. She is also the founder and director of Brazile & Associates LLC, a general consulting, grassroots advocacy, and training firm based in Washington, D.C. Brazile’s work has been recognized with a variety of awards, including Harvard’s 2017 W.E.B Du Bois Medal. O Magazine chose her as one of its inaugural 20 “remarkable visionaries.” In addition, she was named among the 100 Most Powerful Women by Washingtonian magazine, placed among the Top 50 Women in America by Essence magazine, and received the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation’s highest award for political achievement. She is the recipient of more than 10 honorary doctorates.  Brazile and Steele, were recently appointed by the Bipartisan Policy Center to lead its Election Legitimacy Initiative, a collaboration with public- and private-sector partners to undertake a nationwide public education campaign to help voters understand their rights, identify nefarious misinformation, help them register and cast ballots, and make sure their votes are accurately counted.  Karl Rove Political strategist Karl Rove served as senior advisor to President George W. Bush from 2000 to 2007 and deputy chief of staff from 2004 to 2007. At the White House, he oversaw the offices of Strategic Initiatives, Political Affairs, Public Liaison, and Intergovernmental Affairs and was deputy chief of staff for policy, coordinating the White House policy-making process. He was the architect of President Bush’s 2008 and 2004 White House victories. Before the White House, he ran Rove + Co. a Texas based public affairs firm that consulted on more than 75 GOP campaigns for senator, governor, Congress, and statewide offices in 24 states. Rove writes a weekly op-ed for the Wall Street Journal, appears frequently on the Fox News Channel, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller Courage and Consequence. His latest book is The Triumph of William McKinley. A Colorado native, Rove lives in Austin, Texas, where he teaches at the University of Texas and serves on the Texas State History Museum and McDonald Observatory boards. Carl Hulse Carl Hulse is the chief Washington correspondent of the New York Times and an acknowledged authority on the U.S. Congress and national political affairs. As a Washington journalist for nearly 40 years, he has covered seven presidencies and 20 congressional election cycles. He is the author of Confirmation Bias: Inside Washington’s War Over the Supreme Court, an account of the history-making partisan battle over the makeup of the high court and the federal judiciary. He appears regularly on televised public affairs programs and has also served as the Washington editor and chief congressional correspondent of The Times. He writes the  “On Washington” column and is also the drummer for the NativeMakers, a popular Capitol Hill garage band. Maureen Dowd Maureen Dowd started at The Washington Star in 1973, working as a clerk on the overnight shift, taking dictation from reporters covering the Watergate trial in the days before cellphones and laptops. Dowd became a city reporter in 1975. When The Star folded in 1981, Dowd went to TIME magazine for a couple years. Anna Quindlen subsequently hired her for the city desk of the New York Times in 1983. Dowd transferred to Washington, her hometown, in 1986, and covered the Bush I and Clinton White Houses before becoming a columnist in 1995. Dowd received the Pulitzer Prize in 1999 for distinguished commentary and has written several books, including Bushworld, which covered the presidency and personality of George W. Bush, and Are Men Necessary? When Sexes Collide, about gender politics. She has also written for GQ, Vanity Fair, Rolling Stone, The New Republic, Mademoiselle, Sports Illustrated, and elsewhere. Throughout the semester, a number of centers and departments, such as the Max A. Shacknai Center for Outreach, Volunteerism, and Education and the Center for Women’s Studies, will also be offering election-related programs.  “Elections are a pillar of democracy,” Casey says. “By educating ourselves on the issues and listening closely to a range of opinions, we become more engaged citizens.”Centers and Institutes Alumni Campus Life News and Updates Faculty & Staff Student Lampert Institute