HOOD GALLERY EXHIBIT TO HONOR THE MEMORY OF PROFESSOR ELAINE GATES: Elaine Gates, former associate professor emerita of art, passed away in March 2004. To honor her memory and the impact she had on students during her tenure from 1960-1997, artists Connie Costigan and Michael Krausz will display their work in Hodson Gallery in the Tatem Arts Center from Oct. 5-Nov. 11. A reception and informal talk by the artists is scheduled for Friday, Oct. 7 from 6-8 p.m. in the Hodson Gallery.

KUDOS: Andrea Warnick, M.A.'05, has created a calendar featuring the artwork of children from the Senthalir Orphanage in northeastern Sri Lanka, an orphanage that was badly damaged by the tsunami. Last January, Andrea traveled to Sri Lanka with a medical relief team to help tsunami survivors. During one of her visits to the orphanage, she was without a translator to help with the communication. She gave the children paper and crayons, hoping to bridge the communication gap. It is from those pictures that the idea for the calendar was formed. She hopes to use the proceeds to help establish a medical clinic and buy furnishings and educational supplies for the orphanage. Click here to learn more about the calendar and the orphanage.

HOOD FACULTY MEMBER COMPLETES SPANISH TRILOGY: Roser Caminals-Heath, chair of the department of foreign languages and literatures and professor of Spanish, completed her novel "La Dona de Mercuri" (The Woman Mercury), the final volume of a trilogy of novels set in Barcelona. The trilogy contains fictitious characters in dramatized historical events that took place in Barcelona. Click here for more information.

STARGAZING AT HOOD: Each Wednesday (when the College is open) through Dec. 7 the Williams Observatory will be open free of charge from 8:30 to 9:30 p.m. for stargazing. Ken Howard, lecturer in astronomy at Hood, will be available to answer questions and the observatory telescope and the portable telescopes will provide views of the planets and other popular celestial sights. Click here for more information.

To R.S.V.P. or for information on the upcoming events, e-mail us at alumoffice@hood.edu, or call (800) 707-5280, option 2, or (301) 696-3900.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va., Sunday, Nov. 13, 2005, 3-5 p.m. Ford's Colony Country Club. Please join area alums and welcome President Volpe, who will deliver greetings and share news of the College. Host and Hostess: Ed and Rose Del Giorno P'95.

Save The Date events are scheduled and we will continue to keep you updated as plans become definite. If you have any questions about the upcoming events, e-mail us at alumoffice@hood.edu or call (800) 707-5280, option 2 or (301) 696-3900.

WEST CHESTER, Pa., Sunday, Nov. 6, 2005, 1-4 p.m. Join the Hood College Club of Philadelphia for its Fall Rally Pot Luck Brunch at the home of Judy Howe '76 and Jane Olsen '76.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, 4-6 p.m. Please join area alums for a Holiday Cheer Party at the home of Beth Rittenhouse '75, P '07, Conshohocken, Pa.

MORRISTOWN, N.J., Sunday, Dec. 4, 2005, 11:30 a.m., brunch at the Madison Hotel, One Convent Rd., Morristown, N.J. Please join area alums and welcome President Volpe, who will deliver greetings and share news of the College.

PARADISE VALLEY, Ariz., Friday, Jan. 20, 2006, 5-7 p.m. at the home of Janet Hobbs Cotton ’59. Please join area alums and welcome President Volpe, who will deliver greetings and share news of the College.

TUCSON, Ariz., Saturday, Jan. 21, 2006, noon. Skyline Country Club. Please join area alums and welcome President Volpe, who will deliver greetings and share news of the College.

PHILADELPHIA, Pa., Sunday April 23, 2006, 1-4 p.m., potluck luncheon and business meeting at the home of Kathie Zale Myhre '70, West Chester, Pa. Please join us in welcoming President Volpe, who will deliver greetings and share news of the College.

HOOD COLLEGE CAREER SERVICES: Take advantage of free, lifetime services. We can help you with your résumé, give you advice on your job search and talk to you about career options and much more. Contact us at (301) 696-3583 or by e-mail at careers@hood.edu to schedule an appointment.

EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS BY TOM BLOCK ON DISPLAY: Beneficial-Hodson Library, 2nd floor Reading Porch, during library hours. Maryland artist Tom Block will have his selection of paintings, from his Human Rights Painting Project, on display until Oct. 31. Click here for more information on Tom Block.

EINSTEIN’S THEORY OF RELATIVITY - WHAT IS IT? Thursday, Oct. 6, 2005, 5 p.m., Hodson Science and Technology Center, Room 131. Paul Cassak, a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland, will discuss why Einstein is considered such a great scientist, the theory of special relativity and how non-scientists can understand the impact it has on the day-to-day world.

AN EVENING OF LATIN AMERICAN MUSIC: Monday, Oct. 10, 2005, 8-10 p.m., Brodbeck Music Hall. Three Argentinean musicians will present an evening of Latin American music, including tango selections. Click here for more information.

FIRST LOOK: KIMBERLEY LYNNE’S "RACING WITH MY SISTER": Tuesday, Oct. 11, 2005, 8 p.m., Avalon Performing Arts Studio, Tatem Arts Center. A staged reading of a powerful family drama set within a crumbling house infested with raccoons and long-buried secrets. A discussion forum with the playwright and director will follow the reading. Click here for more information.

BROWNIAN MOTION: ROBERT BROWN TO ALBERT EINSTEIN: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, 5 p.m., Hodson Science and Technology Center, Room 131. Allen Flora, professor of physics at Hood, will explain how Einstein offered a method to prove the existence of atoms and provided an explanation for Brownian motion, the random movement of microscopic particles suspended in a liquid or gas.

SUCCESS IS NOT A SPECTATOR SPORT: HOW TO TAKE ACTION AND ACHIEVE MORE: Thursday, Oct. 20, 2005, 6:30 p.m., Rosenstock Auditorium. Charles M. Marcus, a national best-selling author, specializes in motivating, inspiring and empowering people to perform consistently at their highest levels. This program is a part of Disability Awareness Month.

FALL DANCE CONCERT: Saturday, Oct 22, 2005, 7:30–9:30 p.m., Rosenstock Auditorium. The Hood College Dance Ensemble will presents its Fall Dance Concert, choreographed and under the artistic direction of Francine Marsili. The concert will include a new jazz work, Irish dancing and high-energy works by the Hood Ensemble.

A SCHOLAR AND SUFFRAGIST AT A WOMEN’S COLLEGE: MARY BATESON (1865-1906), Thursday, Oct. 27, 2005, 8-9 p.m., Whitaker Campus Center. Mary Dockray-Miller of Lesley College will chronicle Bateson’s life as medievalist and suffragist and discuss the history of women’s higher education in England and the currents of the first wave of English feminism. Bateson’s life illustrated an inspiring blend of serious scholarship and devoted political activism.