SUNY Oswego - SUNY Oswego - College Hour Events

Wednesday 12:40 - 1:35 Spring 2008

CALENDAR OF EVENTS

Wednesdays at 12:40 p.m.

> JANUARY 30

Graduate Study in Business: The MBA

School of Business: Richard Skolnik & Ding Zhang, skolnik@oswego.edu, zhang@oswego.edu

223 Rich Hall

Graduate School Information Session for Computer Science

Computer Science Department: Sandi Cotter, scotter@oswego.edu

106 Snygg Hall

Graduate school presentation/discussion.

Science Today: Scott Steiger

Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Steiger is an Assistant Professor of Meteorology, Dept. of Earth Sciences, SUNY Oswego. His topic is "Learning by Observing Nature's Fury: SUNY Oswego's Storm Forecasting and Observation Program."

Graduate School Opportunities for French, German, and Spanish majors

Modern Languages and Literatures Department: Brenda Farnham, farnham@oswego.edu

209 Poucher Hall

The session will be offered by a panel of Faculty from the department of Modern Languages.

Graduate School Information for Philosophy Majors

Philosophy Department: Brad Wray, kwray@oswego.edu

220 Campus Center

A panel of faculty members in the Philosophy Department will provide information on the process of applying to graduate schools in philosophy. A question and answer period will follow. The discussion is primarily directed towards sophomores, juniors and seniors in the Philosophy major or Philosophy/Psychology major, though all are welcome to attend. Beverages will be served.

Graduate Programs in Women's Studies

Women's Studies: Lisa Langlois, langlois@oswego.edu

228 Campus Center

Women's Studies faculty will discuss the kinds of graduate degrees, application processes, taking the GRE, writing personal statements and asking for recommendations.

Graduate School Options for Public Justice Majors

Public Justice Department: Margaret Ryniker, ryniker@oswego.edu

105 Lanigan

Public Justice faculty will discuss their graduate school experiences. They will offer advice and information on graduate school options. Professor Nickels will discuss Criminal Justice masters and doctorates, Prof. Ryniker will discuss law school.

Psychology Graduate Information Session

Psychology Department: Karen Wolford, wolford@oswego.edu

202 Mahar

Psychology Department will present information on 5-year joint graduate programs: PSY BA/MA MCI and the HCI program, PSY BA/MBA programs and other programs may be discussed and refreshments will be served.

"So You Want to Go to Graduate School?!"

School of Education: Amanda Fenlon & Tom Cushman, fenlon@oswego.edu, cushman@oswego.edu

120 Campus Center

Six academic departments in the School of Education come together to present current information about a variety of graduate level program options.� Faculty, students and recent alumni will share experience relative to new career directions and extensive professional development opportunities.� From Literacy to Wellness to Special Education to Technology to Leadership to School Psychology - engage your mind to see what door can be opened for you!

Communication Studies Graduate School Hour

Communication Studies Department: Jessica Reeher, reeher@oswego.edu

107 Lanigan

The Communication Studies Department will be hosting a presentation on graduate schools. Because of the diverse nature of our department and graduate school programs, we will be covering a range of topics. It is important to note that Communication Studies students often apply to programs that are interdisciplinary, or that may widen their undergraduate area of expertise. For example, CSI majors may look into Broadcasting, PR, or interpersonal, organizational and rhetorical programs. Journalism majors may go on to programs in Broadcasting or Writing. Our presentation will describe some of these programs, and explore why students may choose to refocus their interests. We will discuss application processes, the GRE's, specific programs at different universities and how to choose the best match for a student's interests. This presentation will be geared toward giving the broad picture of graduate school in order to encourage our freshmen, sophomore, and junior students.

> FEBRUARY 6

Block One Advising and Welcome Session

Curriculum and Instruction Department: Joyce Smith, jsmith@oswego.edu

305 Park

This is a group advising and welcome session for students beginning their major core courses in Childhood, Adolescence or TESOL education. Learn more about requirements, outside of regular course work needed to earn a degree and be eligible for teacher certification in NY State.

History Colloquium The Royal Ulster Constabulary in Northern Ireland, 1922-1998: Benjamin Patterson

History Department: Geraldine Forbes, forbes@oswego.edu

217 Mahar

The development of the Royal Ulster Constabulary differed greatly from other police forces within the United Kingdom. Created during the turbulent years that characterized the foundation of the Northern Irish state, the RUC supplemented routine policing duties with the promotion of Protestant, or Unionist, political hegemony. My paper explores the development of the Royal Ulster Constabulary in connection with the establishment of Northern Ireland and its principle political organization, the Ulster Unionist Party. Further, my paper argues that the institutional design of the Royal Ulster Constabulary, along with other sectarian organizations, ensured the development of a coercive state structure that preferred Protestants and discouraged Catholic participation. Finally, I conclude with a discussion of police reforms that stemmed from the 1998 Good Friday Accord Process.

"Mars vs. Venus- Battle of the Sexes"

Counseling Service Center: Maria Grimshaw-Clark, mgrimsha@oswego.edu

208 Campus Center

An intellectual face off to acquire understanding of the opposite. Sex Teams of Men and Women are organized to challenge each other in a "jeopardy style" competition. Come prepared with gender specific trivia and a sense of humor!

Science Today: James Early

Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Early is an Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science, SUNY Oswego.

Academic Success without Financial Distress

Student Financial Aid: Sue Borden and Sheila Cooley, borden@oswego.edu, cooley@oswego.edu

137 Campus Center

Thought about a double major, dropping a class, attending half-time rather than full-time, repeating a class, studying at another institution? Are 9 credits really full-time as a graduate student? A panel of representatives from several offices will present information about the impact these and other academic decisions may have on financial aid today or for a future semester. This program will cover issues that are important to students as well as academic advisors, faculty and staff.

Panel: Violence and Identity with Paul Rajeckas

Artswego, Global and International Studies, Theatre Department, Arts, History and Memory Project: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall

On the spare set of his Notes to the Motherland, Paul Rajeckas joins a diverse faculty panel to explore issues raised by his semi-autobiographical one-man play. How does the experience of his character Bombilitus relate to other eras of violence in the past and present?

> FEBRUARY 13

New Trends in the Assessment and Diagnosis of Learning Disabilities

Psychology Department: Andrew Smiler, smiler@oswego.edu

214 Mahar

The laws governing the definition of learning disabilities has changed recently. This talk discusses implications of those changes for identifying students with learning disabilities.

Open Rehearsal/Discussion of "A Doll's House."

Theatre Department: Kevin Kennison, kennison@oswego.edu

114 Campus Center

Interactive "open rehearsal" of Waterman Theater's Production of Henrik Ibsen's "'A Doll House" with director Kevin Kennison and actors. Ask questions about the exploration rehearsal process or take a script and "act" or "direct" from your own point of view.� A Doll's House opens February 28-March 9, Waterman Theater, Tyler Hall.

Science Today: Timothy Braun

Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Timothy is an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, SUNY Oswego.

Education Through International Experiences: Part I

Curriculum and Instruction Department and Office of International Educational Programs: Barbara Garii: garii@oswego.edu

117 Wilber

Fifteen Graduate and Undergraduate students from the Colleges of Arts and Science, Business, and Education traveled to France and Benin over January break. Together, they explored, compared, and contrasted aspects of education and culture. This student led series will highlight their experiences, and new understandings with discussion, photographs, and artifacts.

Are your Career Goals and Financial Roles in Alignment?

Student Financial Aid: Sue Borden and Sheila Cooley, borden@oswego.edu, cooley@oswego.edu

120 Campus Center

How much will you earn when you begin your career? Will you be able to buy a new car, rent an apartment, buy the clothes you'll need for work and where do those loan payments fit in? Now is the time to make choices to be sure your expected salary can repay the loans you borrow to attend college. This session will discuss career paths, and options that may minimize your debt load and make repayment more affordable to live the lifestyle you're expecting.

Multicultural Assembly

Alpha Phi Alpha and Provost Office: Cathy Santos, santos@oswego.edu

107 Lanigan

Throughout the spring semester, student panels will discuss topics designed to inform the community about current issues and events related to diversity and multiculturalism. The topics will include Hate Crimes, the History of Gospel Music, feminism, and other issues of political, social and historical relevance.

Poetry Reading by Lee Ann Roripaugh

Artswego + Arts, History and Memory Project: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

118 Campus Center

In her powerful book Beyond Heart Mountain, South Dakota poet Lee Ann Roripaugh examines the Japanese-American experience of internment during World War II. Her work delves into the inner lives of those who were forcefully uprooted in a sad chapter of our national history.

Informance: Viola Center Stage

ARTSwego and Music Department: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

41 Tyler

Simon Roland-Jones and Sarah Avery will speak about the techniques of string playing and the music and history of Joseph Haydn, Vaughan-Williams, Bach and Mozart. Additionally, Roland-Jones discusses string composition and the influence his experience of editing Joseph Haydn's string quartets had on his own work.

Interviewing - The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

Career Services: Gary Morris, gmorris@oswego.edu

142 Campus Center

Learn what you need to know to succeed in an interview! Topics include how to match your skills and experiences to the organizations needs, preparing for the tough questions, making the best first impression and the critical follow-up.

> FEBRUARY 20

Internationalizing the Curriculum: Examples from Business

School of Business, Pam Cox & Eric Tsai, pcox@oswego.edu, tsai@oswego.edu

223 Rich

Education Through International Experiences: Part II

Curriculum and Instruction Department and Office of International Educational Programs: Barbara Garii, garii@oswego.edu

117 Wilber

Am I ready to Graduate, to go onto Graduate School, Look for a Job or go into Repayment of my Student Loans?

Student Financial Aid: Sue Borden and Sheila Cooley, borden@oswego.edu. cooley@oswego.edu

120 Campus Center

If you are a junior, senior or graduate student, are you well on your way to graduation and ready to join the workforce? Are you on track for your graduation requirements? Do you know the job you will look for? Will your career require additional schooling? Do you know how much you borrowed in student loans, what the interest rate is -- who your lender is? Do you owe on a credit card or several credit cards? What happens with all of those alternative loans you borrowed? Don't forget you have forbearance, deferment options?! This session will help you get organized and answer difficult questions that might be on your mind as you head toward graduation.

Imaging Japanese American Internment Camps with Patrick Nagatani

Artswego + Arts, History and Memory Project: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

118 Campus Center, Auditorium

Contemporary Japanese-American artist and professor, Patrick Nagatani, is the recipient of several prestigious grants and awards. His work is collected in numerous public museums including the George Eastman House, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Japanese American Museum and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. He will talk about Exacavation, a series of photographs inspired by the image of a toy truck found at the Topaz internment camp. (the last sentence has been reworded)

Science Today: Jennifer Schwarz

Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Jennifer is an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Physics, Syracuse University.

Backpack to Briefcase: "Transfer your College Experience into a Career"

Career Services: Caitlin Dorrance, cdorranc@oswego.edu

142 Campus Center

Learn what you need to know to succeed in the job search and land that job you want! We'll cover everything from how to identify companies that are hiring, networking for success, connecting with alumni and relocation considerations.

History Colloquium - Older Women in the middle Ages: Karen Nicholas and Jessica Godfrey

History Department: Geraldine Forbes, forbes@oswego.edu

217 Mahar

Our presentation will explore medieval society's perceptions and attitudes regarding aging women in Northern Europe from 1100 to 1400. Using sources such as medieval literature, medical texts, court records, and case studies, we will examine the aging female mind and body, status, sexuality, and behavior. We will also analyze older women's experience of disabilities and chronic illnesses, and how their experiences differed from those of younger people and older males.

A Doll's House: Feminist and Historical Perspectives: Robert Moore, Jessica Hester and Kevin Kennison

Women's Studies and Theatre Department: Lisa Langlois, langlois@oswego.edu

228 Campus Center

Following the production and performance of a Doll's House in the 19th and 20th centuries, there were two key shifts in the theater. First was a genre revolution, the beginnings of Modern Realism and away from Romanticism and Melodrama. The second was connected to ideas about the kinds of roles available to women and their impact on careers, positive and negative. This panel contextualizes a Doll's House in historical and feminist perspectives.

> FEBRUARY 27

Interviewing - The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

Career Services: Caitlin Dorrance, cdoranc@oswego.edu

142 Campus Center

Science Today: Rachid Manseur

Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Rachid is an Associate Professor, Dept. of Computer Science, SUNY Oswego.

Education Through International Experiences: Part III

Curriculum and Instruction Department and Office of International Educational Programs: Barbara Garii, garii@oswego.edu

117 Wilber

Percussion A La John Cage

Artswego, Music Department & Arts, History and Memory Project: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

41 Tyler

Percussionist Rob Bridge of the Upstate X-Tet introduces the revolutionary music of American composer John Cage. The challenging 27' 10.554" creates a constant interplay between a stage full of percussion instruments (both traditional and bizarre) and periods of silence. For Cage, "There is no such thing as empty time."

> MARCH 5

Resumes -- "How Does Yours Stack Up?"

Career Services: Caitlin Dorrance, cdorranc@oswego.edu

142 Campus Center

Learn what you need to know to create/perfect your resume to succeed in landing your first year on the job! We'll cover everything from what your resume should contain to perfecting your statements and directing your resume to the position that you want.

Questions and Answers about Tourette Syndrome

Curriculum & Instruction Department: Shirley Wells, swells1@oswego.edu

201 Campus Center

Susan Conners, from the National Tourette Association will answer questions about Tourette Syndrome. She was formerly an 8th grade French teacher and now spends her time educating others for TSA. As a person with Tourette, she is uniquely able to understand this condition and help others understand it as well.

Crash Course: The Graphic Novel

Artswego, Art Department and Arts, History and Memory Project: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

118 Campus Center, Auditorium

In preparation for the following week's appearance by Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus creator Art Spiegelman, SUNY Oswego's Phillip Heimes presents the distilled essence of his popular course on the Graphic Novel. Illustrations are drawn from a range of comic art.

International Women's Day

Women's Studies, Human Resources, Zonta: Marta Santiago, santiago@oswego.edu

120 Campus Center

Celebrate International Women's Day and participate in a round table discussion of global issues in feminism with faculty, staff, students, and community members.

History Colloquium - History, Memory, and the Holocaust: Some Thoughts on Art Spiegelman's Maus: Gregory Parsons

History Department: Geraldine Forbes, forbes@oswego.edu

217 Mahar

In advance of Art Spiegelman's visit to campus on March 11, this program will examine some ways in which Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus describes experiences very similar to those found in other, more traditional, Holocaust survival narratives. I will make comparisons, for example, with the works of Primo Levi and the memoirs of Victor Klemperer. The program will explore the extent to which Maus, as a work of art, brings a different perspective to the study of the Holocaust and will consider its value as a tool for teaching the Holocaust in the college classroom.

Science Today: Amy Welsh

Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Amy is an Assistant Professor, Dept. of Biological Sciences, SUNY Oswego.

Informance with Due East on Flute and Percussion

Artswego and Music Department: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

Sheldon Hall Ballroom

Trevor Jorgensen leads a discussion of the music performed by Due East, a contemporary flute and percussion duo that combines ethnic instruments and modern, newly composed music using technology.

Multicultural Assembly

Alpha Phi Alpha and Provost Office: Cathy Santos, santos@oswego.edu

107 Lanigan

> MARCH 12

Gender and Young Men's Sex Lives

Psychology Department: Andrew Smiler, smiler@oswego.edu

107 Lanigan

Dr. Smiler will present findings from recent work that looks at the connections between cultural gender roles and the sexual experiences of adolescent and young adult men.

A Roundtable Discussion of Laptops in the Classroom

School of Business: Richard Skolnik, skolnik@oswego.edu

223 Rich Hall

Vocal Workshop: An Introduction to Balkan Singing with Kitka

Artswego: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

41 Tyler

Join singers from the world-renowned vocal ensemble, Kitka, and learn simple "village style" songs from countries such as Bulgaria, Croatia, Russia, Albania, Bosnia, Ukraine and Georgia. Participants will become familiar with basic vocal production and will learn to sing close "dissonant" intervals with full-voiced confidence.

Lynn Stopkewich: Feminist Filmmaker and Media Artist

Women's Studies: Lisa Langlois, langlois@oswego.edu

228 Campus Center

Film maker and media artists, Lynn Stopkewich is best known for her much celebrated and controversial film Kissed, an independent production that garnered an award at Cannes in 1995. Since that time, she has worked as a production designer on a number of films, most notably David Cronenberg's Crash. Critics have noted her interests have aligned her with Cronenberg and Atom Egoyan in their shared interest in considering post modern sexuality with a sympathy and interest too often missing south of the Canadian border. An avowed feminist, Stopkewich won her first award a SUNY Oswego's Herland Festival in 1987 with her short The Flipped Wig (about a girl's first strip to the gynecologist). In recent years, Ms. Stopkewich has been working in television production. She has maintained her ties with women media artists throughout Canada and the USA, and will speak to these associations as well as about her art when she joins us at Oswego.

Conversation: Richard Einhorn on Darwin

Artswego: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

118 Campus Center

A discussion with composer Richard Einhorn about the making of his multi-media oratorio The Origin. Einhorn's intensive study of the life of Charles Darwin formed the basis for his creative project. After more than 150 years, Darwin's ideas still inspire and disturb us.

Credit Smarts, Get the Right Start!

Student Financial Aid: Sue Borden and Sheila Cooley, borden@oswego.edu, cooley@oswego.edu

120 Campus Center

How to check your credit score and why it is important? How does it affect your future borrowing potential? What are the strengths of a credit card? Why should you start saving now? How do you manage it all? This session will provide help in sorting out these issues as well other financial issues you may face in the future.

The Summer Job Search

Career Services: Caitlin Dorrance, cdorranc@oswego.edu

142 Campus Center

Learn what you need to know to land the perfect summer job! We'll cover everything from where to start the search and how to get the summer job that you want!

Science Today: Douglas Pippin - Recent Innovations in Archaeological Methods

Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Doug is a Visiting Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, SUNY Oswego

> MARCH 19

Bina Sharif: Afghan Women

Artswego, Women's Studies, Global and International Studies and Student Association Programming Board: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

Waterman Theatre, Tyler Hall

Bina Shariff, an award-winning Pakistani-American actress and director, presents a one-woman dramatic performance in a response to the tragic aftermath of September 11 and the devastation of the war in Afghanistan. The play deals with racism, sexism and other forms of discrimination, particularly against Muslims and the people of Middle Eastern descent.

College Hour History Colloquium -- Domesticating the Colonial Census: Rapports de Tourne from the Colony du Niger, 1993: Mary Bivens

History Department: Geraldine Forbes, forbes@oswego.edu

217 Mahar Hall

Between conquest and independence, France's West African colonies found themselves brought under the watchful eye of colonial bureaucrats dedicated to taking the measure of human and natural resources under their control. In the Colony du Niger, remote, rugged and difficult to command, a skeleton crew of French officers attempted to conduct rural assessments modeled on those used in France and adopted for imperial applications. Elaborate census forms required administrators to count people and livestock at the village level, and then incorporate that data into narrative reports, the Rapports du Tourne, summarizing the results for the cantons in each administrative district. Data collection was a quasi-military campaign, rarely consistent from one administrator to the next in a place where few French officials remained beyond a year. In the ragged collection of Rapports du Tourne that document French colonial administration of its Hausa districts, the one conducted in 1933 in district of Magaria is distinctive. Magaria was home to a significant population of semi-nomadic Fulbe clans and in 1933, they refused to accept the inaccurate census data compiled by the local French administrator and demanded a re-count which they themselves proceeded to conduct. The resulting document, with its insights into the power to name and claim agency in local politics in a colonial state, is the focus of this presentation.

Multicultural Assembly

Alpha Phi Alpha and Provost Office: Cathy Santos, santos@oswego.edu

107 Lanigan

> APRIL 2

Work Abroad

Career Services: Gary Morris, gmorris@oswego.edu

142 Campus Center

Learn what you need to know to succeed in searching for a job internationally! The reasons why you would consider working abroad, how to identify organizations that will hire you, what skills and experiences these employers value most, and what online resources are available. Interested students must sign up in advance!

Electrical and Computer Engineering at Oswego

Computer Science: Rachid Manseur, manseur@oswego.edu

101 Snygg

This talk will present the future Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Oswego. The development of a new program offers a unique opportunity to implement innovation in the form of multidisciplinary, project-based, hands-on teaching methods. Several issues and challenges will be discussed including curriculum, course-lab organization, equipment, and example projects.

Brain Structure and Function of Pedophilic Men: James Cantor

Science Today: Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

James is an Assistant Professor, Centre for Addiction & Mental Health, University of Toronto.

Visiting Artist: Ceramicist Eva Kwong

Artswego & Art Department: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

118 Campus Center, Auditorium

Eva Kwong works in the area of ceramic sculpture with brilliantly colored and painted surfaces using imagery that relates to biological life forms, informed by her undergraduate training in biology. She teaches at Kent State and has shown her work very widely.

Informance with Billy Childs and American Brass Quintet

Artswego and Music Department: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

40-41 Tyler Hall

Two-time Grammy Award-winning composer and pianist Billy Childs joins one of the most distinguished chamber music ensembles of our time. Childs fuses elements of jazz and classical music into a convincing, seamless and organic whole that transcends arbitrary stylistic barriers. Well-matched with the quintet, Childs dazzles with rhythmic flair, ringing intonation and a kaleidoscope of shifting tonal color. Here Childs discusses his compositions and the American Brass Quintet coaches a rehearsal with the Oswego State Brass Quintet.

> APRIL 9

Multicultural Assembly

Alpha Phi Alpha and Provost Office: Cathy Santos, santos@oswego.edu

107 Lanigan

The Future of Geological Exploration: Why, and How?: Peter Kelemen

Science Today: Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

NSF-MARGINS Distinguished Lecturer, Storke Professor of Geochemistry, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University.

Issues in Leadership: Implementing a Merger

School of Business: Ray Curtin, curtin01@aol.com

223 Rich

The successful completion of a business merger integrates all the elements of a Business Curriculum, Management, Human Resources, Finance, Marketing, etc., plus a hands on understanding of Psychology. Ray Curtin explains how two Credit Unions completed their merger while making it feel equal to all stakeholders.

Women in Contemporary China: Dr. Jing Lei

Women's Studies: Lisa Langlois, langlois@oswego.edu

120 Campus Center

This presentation concerns issues of concern to women in contemporary China. Historical, political, economic legal and cultural arenas will be explored.

Visiting Artist: Kay Walking Stick

Art History, Art Department, Native American Studies: Mary Avrakotos, artswego@oswego.edu

102 Tyler

Cherokee artist Kay Walking Stick is one of the leading contemporary Native American artists. Her diptych paintings, two-paneled works that combine landscape images with abstract forms, have in more recent years included the human figure. WalkingStick explores a range of complex concepts including aesthetic ideas and gender roles as well as sexual and ethnic identity, Native American culture and history, spirituality and transcendental experience.

College Hour History Colloquium -- Research and Publishing Opportunities at Fort Drum: Douglas R. Cubbison

History Department: Geraldine Forbes, forbes@oswego.edu

217 Mahar

Douglas R. Cubbison, Command Historian of the 10th Mountain Division and Fort Drum, U.S. Army, will speak about research and writing opportunities to support historic study of the history of the division and installation. Fort Drum is within 75 minutes driving time of SUNY Oswego, making it possible to carry out a locally focused research program. Fort Drum has assets available to publish selected papers. These topics are not exclusively military focused; in fact, they address a wide and diverse range of American historical themes that should interest students.

> APRIL 16

The Dark Energy Survey: Choong Ngeow

Science Today: Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Post-Doctoral Associate, Dept. of Astronomy, Univ. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

Images of Women in the Media

Women's Studies: Lisa Langlois, langlois@oswego.edu

105 Lanigan

This program will examine the image of women in media, arts and popular culture and look at their impact n societal views of women. Do media reflect societal views or drive societal views? What impact do advertising images have on women's views of body image and beauty in our society? What impact do women's roles on popular television shows have on the views of women in society?

Backpack to Briefcase: "Transfer your College Experience into a Career"

Career Services: Caitlin Dorrance, cdorranc@oswego.edu

142 Campus Center

> APRIL 30

Ready, Set, Manage Your Debt!

Student Financial Aid: Sue Borden and Sheila Cooley, borden@oswego.edu, cooley@oswego.edu

120 Campus Center

Congratulations you are graduating soon! Do you know about consolidation, deferment, forbearance, graduated or income sensitive repayment? Avoid DEFAULT!! Get this information and more that you'll need on paying back your student loans and planning for your future.

College Hour History Colloquium -- The Harold Sanderson Civil War Project: Ingrid Overacker

History Department: Geraldine Forbes, forbes@oswego.edu

217 Mahar

Ingrid Overacker of Jefferson Community College will discuss Harold Sanderson's Civil War inventory, a remarkable resource for research and education, now housed at JCC. Harold Sanderson spent the last 30 years of his life collecting all the information he could find on anyone from Jefferson and adjacent counties who served in the Civil War. He visited hundreds of cemeteries, every village, town and county historical society, and local history archives, and accumulated an inventory of over 13,000 individuals. The college, in gratitude to Harold and to honor North Country Civil War veterans, is pursuing ways of making the inventory more accessible to the public, students, teachers and researchers.

Science Today: Meredith Kelly

Paul Tomascak, tomascak@oswego.edu

102 Snygg

Meredith is a Post-Doctoral Researcher, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory at Columbia University.

Professional Economist and Stand-Up Comedian: Yoram Bauman

Economics Department: John Kane, kane@oswego.edu

118 Campus Center

Yoram Baumann is a professional economist and a stand-up comedian who has performed regularly at comedy clubs and academic conferences throughout the country. His performance provides a humorous take on a variety of contemporary policy issues. Video clips of some of Baumann's past shows may be found at http://www.standupeconomist.com/.

Resumes: "How Does Yours Stack Up?"

Career Services: Caitlin Dorrance, cdorranc@oswego.edu

142 Campus Center

> MAY 7

Psychology Department Awards Ceremony

Psychology Department: Andrew Smiler, smiler@oswego.edu

467 Mahar

This end of year ceremony will recognize the efforts of students who have contributed to undergraduate activity, as well as winners of awards in Phychology and Human Development.

College Hour History Colloquium -- Memory of Colonialism in the Proverbs of Benin-Edo People of Nigeria: Uyilawa Usuanlele

History Department: Geraldine Forbes, forbes@oswego.edu

217 Mahar

Oral traditions have largely been used in recovering and reconstructing the pre-colonial past of Africa, but very less used for the colonial and post-colonial history. This is not unconnected with the large amount of written sources and the fact that these events are unfolding within living memory. Both written sources and eye witness accounts are known for their problematic of biases and the varying interests they serve. This has led to concerns about how and who should write the history of the unlettered and voiceless masses who have been both actors and more especially victims. It is in the light of this problem that this paper draws attention to a genre of oral tradition proverbs, as the collective wisdom of a community and assesses them as viable source material for recovering the thoughts of the voiceless. It argues that given the fact that colonial education benefited only a few, oral traditions are still relevant to the understanding of colonialism as it affected the unlettered, and that proverbs can be explored to shed light on the perception of colonialism in the memory of people like the Benin-Edo. This paper draws on personal knowledge of Benin Edo proverbs as well as other documented proverbs to tease out the memory of colonialism among the Benin-Edo of Nigeria.