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Assistant Professor of Theater Mark Cryer was invited to teach a Master Class, 'Shakespeare Alive,' in Lousiana State University's Theatre department. Cryer taught Professor Nick Erickson's advanced acting class on Thursday, Sept. 25.

Hamilton alumna and assistant professor of English Kamila Shamsie ’94 read excerpts from her award-winning book, Kartography, as well as some passages from her forthcoming novel, currently titled Echo, to a large, attentive crowd in the Fillius Events Barn on September 24. The lecture was sponsored by the English Department.

Sharon Williams, director of the Nesbitt-Johnston Writing Center, has received acknowledgement for the Center's Web site. Tom Mayo at Southern Methodist University's Dedman School of Law included the Web site on a list of helpful links on writing for students in SMU's Law Review Association. Mayo said, "[Among WWW-based grammar and style guides,] one of the most ambitious and user-friendly sites is Hamilton College's Writing Center's homepage." The Writing Center page includes "Essentials of Writing" (the Hamilton College Style Sheet), as well as information on grammar and proper citation of sources.

Susan Mason, director of oral communications and education studies, participated in the American Management Association 11th Annual Conference September 22- 24. Mason spoke on "Communication Up, Down and Across the Organization." The AMA is a membership-based mangagement development organization and was founded in 1923.

Associate Professor of Economics Jeffrey Pliskin has co-edited a volume titled “The Determinants of the Incidence and the Effects of Participatory Organizations – Theory and International Comparisons” (with T. Kato).  This volume is part of a series titled “Advances in the Economic Analysis of Participatory and Labor-Managed Firms” edited by Irma M. and Robert D. Morris Professor of Economics Derek Jones. 

Gilman Whiting, visiting assistant professor of Africana studies and Grinnell Fellow, spoke at Brown University this fall as part of the 2003-2004 Wayland Faculty Seminar "Incarceration, Narrative and Performance." Whiting's lecture was titled "African Americans, Parenting, and Prison: Inside Voices." 

Professor of Anthropology Doug Raybeck will kick off this semester's Faculty Lecture Series with a talk titled, "The Yang, The Yin, The Whole Damned Thing," on Friday, Sept., 26, at 4:10 p.m. in the Red Pit, KJ. Reception immediately following at Café Opus. Sponsored by The Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs and Dean of the Faculty.  

The Hamilton College Performing Arts Series starts off the Contemporary Voices and Visions series on Saturday, Sept. 27, at 8 p.m. in Wellin Hall with the Hachioji Kuruma Ningyo Puppet Theater, starring Shinnai musician Tsuruga Wakasanojo XI and master puppeteer Nishikawa Koryu V.

Hamilton will inaugurate Joan Stewart as the College's 19th president during Fallcoming Weekend, Friday-Saturday, Oct. 17-18. The inauguration ceremony will take place on Saturday, Oct. 18, at 10:30 a.m., in the Margaret Bundy Scott Field House and will be available via a live Webcast. Other weekend festivities will include Sophomore Seminar Symposia and a World-Class Jazz performance.

Dan Chambliss, the Christian A. Johnson Excellence in Teaching Professor of Sociology was interviewed for the July, 2003 issue of Nursing Today, the Japanese Nursing Association's journal. Chambliss discussed ethical issues in nursing, especially given recent big changes in health care, such as the shortage of nurses.