To recognize the accomplishments of the August and December 2009 graduation candidates, the college will be hosting a series of receptions in early December. Schedules for the specific schools are listed below. Faculty members are encouraged to attend the receptions for their respective schools.

Friday, Dec. 4

The School of Business will hold its recognition and awards ceremony at 5 p.m. in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium. Graduating students who would like to attend the ceremony must register with the Office of the Dean at x2930 by Monday, Nov. 23.

Wednesday, Dec. 9

The School of Fine and Performing Arts will hold a student toast from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Fine Arts Building Rotunda area. The toast is scheduled for 4 p.m. No registration is required.

The School of Science and Engineering will hold a reception at 4:30 p.m. in the Coykendall Science Building Auditorium. No registration is required.

Thursday, December 10

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the School of Education will hold a joint reception from 3:30 to 6 p.m. in the Student Union Multi-Purpose Room. No registration is required.

Questions regarding any of the receptions should be directed to the corresponding dean’s office.

Museum continues its Art and the River Project voyage

Members of the local and campus communities view some of the 45 paintings displayed in “Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th-Century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society” at the show's July 11 opening at the campus's Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art. (Photo by Eric Gullickson/Public Affairs)

The headline exhibition of Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art’s Hudson River-themed Art and the River Project opened on July 11.

“Hudson River to Niagara Falls: 19th-Century American Landscape Paintings from the New-York Historical Society” was produced with the New-York Historical Society and will be on display in the Morgan Anderson Gallery and the Howard Greenberg Family Gallery through Dec. 13. Forty-five landscape paintings of the Hudson Valley from the historical society’s collection are featured in the show.

Donald Christian (left), who begins work as provost of the college on Aug. 3, and Mary Hafeli, who arrived on campus on July 1 as dean of the School of Fine and Performing Arts, attended the July 11 opening. (Photo by Eric Gullickson/Public Affairs)

An opening reception for “Hudson River to Niagara Falls” and another Art and the River show, “Panorama of the Hudson: Greg Miller,” was held for both events on July 11 with members of the campus and regional communities in attendance. The Art and the River Project coincides with the valley’s yearlong program celebrating the Hudson River’s quadricentennial. The program was made possible with a $143,449 federal grant from Congressman Maurice Hinchey ‘68, ‘70g and the support of the Institute of Museum and Library Services.

For “Panorama of the Hudson,” a large-scale panoramic photograph of the Hudson River, from New York City to Albany, was commissioned by the museum. Local artist Greg Miller’s completed piece is hanging in the Sara Bedrick Gallery through Dec. 13.

There are three other exhibitions rounding out the Art and the River Project. The museum’s annual Hudson Valley Artists show, “Ecotones and Transition Zones,” opened in the Horace and Alice Chandler Gallery and the North Gallery on June 18. It is on display until September 6.

The series continues with “The Hudson River: A Great American Treasure – Greg Miller” and “Riverbank: Philippine Hoegen and Carolien Stikker” opening on Sept. 16. Both shows, which feature works by visiting artists, are on display through Nov. 29.