Colgate Expands Relationship With Adirondack Research Consortium omiller1@colgate.edu Thu, 10/24/2024 - 16:16 Colgate University is expanding its long history of involvement with research in the Adirondacks in a new collaboration with the Adirondack Research Consortium (ARC). Colgate Professor of Geography and Environmental Studies Emerita Ellen Percy Kraly and Joseph Henderson ’03, an associate professor of social sciences in the environment and society department at Paul Smith’s College, are the new co-editors of the Adirondack Journal of Environmental Studies (AJES). Colgate’s Office of Information Technology Services will host the online platform for the journal, and the Environmental Studies Program will serve as the journal’s academic partner. The AJES is an interdisciplinary journal that expands understanding of Adirondacks ecology and environmental issues and informs policy — it is a project of the ARC, a network of scholars involved with research in the Adirondacks. Both AJES and ARC are 30 years old and have previously been hosted by Union College and editor Doug Klein, Kenneth B. Sharpe Professor of economics emeritus at Union. The late Bruce Selleck ’71, professor of geology at Colgate, co-edited one edition of the AJES and was a member of the ARC. When Selleck passed away in 2017, Kraly stepped in as a representative of Colgate on the ARC board. After Klein stepped down, Kraly assumed that role as well and approached Henderson — who counted Selleck among his mentors — with the opportunity to serve as co-editor. “Paul Smith’s has been a very generous host of the consortium,” Kraly says. “It’s an important institution within the Adirondacks in terms of scholarship, creativity, and education. And it’s great that Joe is a Colgate alumnus.”  The decision was easy for Henderson. “Because Bruce was my adviser, and because we shared these connections to the Adirondacks, I’ve always seen some of this work as carrying on his legacy and making sure that there’s a capacity for environmental and social research in and on the Adirondacks.” Kraly is no stranger to running a journal — from 2011 to 2014, she served as editor-in-chief of the International Migration Review, one of the world’s leading and longest-running migration journals, and she continues to serve on the editorial board. Similarly, Henderson is an editor of many publications, including Environmental Education Research, a top environmental education journal with more than a half-million annual reads and articles cited over 1,000 times each year. The AJES is special, though. Because the Adirondacks are so unique, both ecologically and politically, the area is of heightened interest, and the AJES addresses that interest in its pages.  “Ecologically speaking, the Adirondacks are a huge carbon sink,” Henderson says. “They have a ton of fresh water. They have a lot of really rare species. It’s an amazing vacation area and tourist area, and it’s going to be one of the most stable areas going forward in terms of climate change.”  According to Kraly, Adirondack-region environmental policy is a model with global significance, given its attempts to simultaneously preserve local communities and the environment. “This 6-million-acre region is protected by the New York State Constitution to be maintained ‘forever wild’ for the people of New York State,” Kraly said. “That's radical.” According to Kraly, the AJES is also noteworthy because it is “transdisciplinary, which involves understanding that we need to ground our knowledge production within communities involved in whatever issue we’re studying,” she says. “The Adirondack Research Consortium wants to make the knowledge available to — and grounded in — the region.” Along the way, the AJES and its interdisciplinary approach to environmental analysis aligns with the values of Colgate’s liberal arts education, its commitment to student research, and its Third-Century intention to deepen the rigor of its academic programs. “I would love to involve environmental studies students, creative writing students, writing and rhetoric students who might be interested in the preparation of manuscripts,” Kraly said.  The Environmental Studies Program is equally excited about the collaboration. “Faculty and students in the Environmental Studies Program have a long history of engaging with Adirondack communities and landscapes,” says Mike Loranty, program director and professor of geography. “This partnership provides new opportunities for us to further engage and share our scholarship with the Adirondack research community. We are especially grateful to Professor Kraly for working to make this happen.”Academics University Studies Faculty News Research Alumni News and Updates Alumni Environmental Studies Program

Picker Mounts Exhibition of Modern Chinese Woodcuts Donated by Former Colgate Professor nhendrickson@c… Fri, 10/11/2024 - 13:04 Outside of China, there are only four significant collections of Chinese woodcut prints from the wartime period between 1937 and 1948. They are located in Australia, Paris, London — and Colgate’s own Picker Art Gallery. Colgate’s entire collection, donated by geography professor emeritus and Peace and Conflict Studies Program founder Theodore Herman (1954–1981), is now on display for the first time.  The exhibit opened on Sept. 19, and it displays more than 200 woodcut pieces that depict the historical conflicts and social movements leading to the founding of the People’s Republic of China. “There’s a lot of good historical context, and there’s a lot to learn about that particular moment in Chinese history,” said Nicholas West, curator of the gallery and co-director of University Museums.  Woodcut printing was invented in China and served as an accessible artistic medium, “It’s usually been thought of as a medium for the masses,” West said. “The revival of woodcuts as a medium in Chinese art was specifically responding to that traditional division between ‘high art’ and ‘low art.’” Herman lived in China with his wife, Evelyn Mary Chen Shiying Herman, from 1936 to 1948. During that time, Herman befriended many woodcut artists, and they gave him pieces to show in the United States after he left China due to the difficult political climate.  “[There was] a lot of anti-communist sentiment then, and it was actually quite dangerous to be associated with China or any of the communist powers,” West said. “So eventually he ended up working here as a geography professor at Colgate. When he was trying to figure out what to do with these prints, he decided to donate them to Picker.” Leslie Ann Eliet, curator of the exhibit, was working as a director’s secretary and registrar for the Picker Gallery in 1980 when she received the prints and began working on inventorying the collection. As a printmaker herself, Eliet was familiar with the medium and conducted her own research on the collection — she even traveled to China to interview a few of the surviving artists. Years later, Eliet presented the idea of an exhibition.  “I knew that this had never been seen in its entirety in the United States, and I had done a lot of research and kept up with some of the artists,” Eliet said. “I had been working on this for a long time and met with Nick to present him with this idea. And, finally, it came to fruition.” Outside of the historical aspect of the collection, there’s a lot to be learned from the medium itself. “These images are really accessible,” West said. “You’re going to come into the exhibition and understand what’s going on with these images. They are expressive, they are emotive, and they are really quite narrative.”Arts Picker Art Gallery News and Updates Faculty & Staff picker art gallery museums and galleries Opening the exhibition War, Revolution, and the Heart of China on Sept. 19. (Photo by Andrew Daddio)

Colgate Women to Pursue $200 Million Fundraising Goal rtaurisano@col… Wed, 10/09/2024 - 17:00 During Colgate’s homecoming weekend, the Women’s Leadership Council (WLC) gathered at the Hall of Presidents for their Homecoming Leadership Luncheon. At the luncheon, Liz Buchbinder ʼ77, WLC chair, announced an ambitious goal for the women of Colgate to donate a combined total of $200 million to the Campaign for the Third Century by June 2029 — the 25th anniversary of the WLC. Read more. Alumni Third Century News and Updates Alumni Keynote speaker Mandy DiMarzo ʼ02, former Colgate women's soccer player, founder of BURN by Mandy, and TEDx speaker addresses the WLC (Photo by Andrew Daddio)

Rev. Corey MacPherson, Recently Enlisted Army Reserve Chaplain nhendrickson@c… Wed, 10/09/2024 - 16:08 University Chaplain and Protestant Campus Minister Corey MacPherson completed three months of arduous training at Fort Jackson in the humidity of South Carolina last summer to become a U.S. Army Reserve chaplain. MacPherson has been assigned to the 403rd Civil Affairs Battalion in Syracuse, N.Y., where he provides spiritual support and counseling services to soldiers and their families. Additionally, MacPherson participates in monthly battle assemblies to continue training in preparation for the unlikely case that the unit should be deployed. MacPherson initially felt drawn to serve when he heard of the suicide rate in the Army: there have been more than 30,000 suicides among active military personnel and veterans since 2001 — versus approximately 7,000 combat deaths — according to a study by Brown University. “There’s just tremendous need,” MacPherson said. “I thought, ‘If I can help, I’m willing to help.’”  The main duty of military chaplains is to offer emotional and spiritual support to soldiers and their families, or in the words of the corps, “to nurture the living, care for the wounded, and honor the fallen.” Chaplains are also the only confidential resource in the Army, allowing soldiers to share without worry of damage to their careers. MacPherson felt his experience at Colgate aided him in his training and in helping newer chaplains. Chaplains serve a variety of religions, and it can be hard for some to separate from their own spiritual traditions. “I felt like I had something to contribute in helping pastors understand that there’s a difference between a pastor and chaplain, which I think some really struggle with,” MacPherson said.  Training to become a chaplain also involves intense physical preparation, something MacPherson was surprised to learn. Chaplains are required to complete full army training so that they can be prepared in the case that their unit is deployed. “Chaplains are embedded with their units wherever they go,” MacPherson said. “So I fully agree and understand the need for physical readiness because the last thing I’d want to do is to slow a unit down.” The intensity of training resulted in a spiritual challenge for MacPherson. “It must have been four or five weeks in, and I was truly miserable, praying to God saying, ‘I don’t know why I’m doing this — I just wanted to help. I shouldn’t have to go through all this just to help, right?’” MacPherson said. But his perspective changed when he was with a few hundred young recruits one morning and reflected on the weight of their sacrifices. “It occurred to me while I was sitting there that those kids are there so my kids don’t have to be — because those kids are there, Colgate students don’t have to be,” MacPherson said. “So, in that moment, something in me shifted, and I felt like I had a responsibility to finish my training and to do all that I can to care for and support soldiers, veterans, and their families.”Campus Life News and Updates Faculty & Staff veterans University Chaplain and Protestant Campus Minister Corey MacPherson

HAMILTON – Colgate (13-10, 10-2 Patriot) avenged one of its two Patriot League losses and defended Cotterell Court successfully, defeating Army (10-11, 6-6 Patriot) in a clean sweep, 3-0.

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HAMILTON  — Four multi-point scorers for the Raiders were highlighted by sophomore Emma Pais' two goals and fifth-year Kristýna Kaltounková's 200th career point in a 4-1 win over Rensselaer. Junior defender Casey Borgiel added her first two-tally game as a Raider in the victory that serves as first-year head coach Stefan Decosse's first ECAC Hockey win.

BETHLEHEM, Pa. — The Patriot League announced its women's soccer postseason awards on Friday with Ari Bezanson and Olivia Anderson earning First Team All-League honors and Ellie Stokes being named Second Team All-League.