Saint Michael's College Centennial Week: featured public events
The public is invited to attend the following public events during the
featured week, celebrating the Saint Michael's College Centennial
anniversary:
Monday, Oct. 18, panel discussion, "The Medieval Roots of Saint Michael's
College," at 7 p.m. in the McCarthy Arts Center. Distinguished
author/professor panelists, who will explore 12th and 13th century
cultural influences, include, Anne Clark, University of Vermont, associate
professor of religion; Maureen Miller, University of California, Berkeley,
associate professor of history, and Terryl Kinder, author of Architecture
of Silence: Cistercian Abbeys of France, with George Dameron, Saint
Michael's College professor of history, moderating and commenting.
Tuesday, Oct. 19, Centenary Student Association Meeting at 7 p.m. in the
McCarthy Arts Center at 7 p.m. Presidents of the Saint Michael's Student
Association from past years will participate in a discussion of past,
present and future.
Wednesday, Oct 20, The Cavani String Quartet at 7:30 p.m. in the McCarthy
Arts Center Cavani, winner of the prestigious Naumburg Chamber Music
Award, has been described by the Washington Post as "completely
engrossing, powerful and elegant." Since their New York debut in 1987,
they have won the hearts of audiences across the country with their unique
blend of energy and lyricism. The quartet performs regularly in major
concert series and festivals throughout North America and Europe.
Co-Sponsored by Saint Michael's College and UVM's Lane Series. Tickets
required.
Thursday, Oct. 21, Theater production: JB at 7:30 p.m. in the Saint
Michael's College Chapel. Pulitzer Prize winning play by Archibald
MacLeish, JB is a modern dramatization of the Book of Job. It tells a
poignant story of love, suffering and enduring faith, and will be
performed for one special Centennial performance in the Chapel and for
four performances Oct. 27-30 in the McCarthy Arts Center. Saturday, Oct.
23, CENTENNNIAL CONVOCATION at 10 a.m. in the Ross Sports Center. The
convocation marks Saint Michael's 100th anniversary with a grand
ceremonial event. Highlights include an address by Sister Carol Jean Vale,
past chair of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities,
greetings from the community, from town officials, the Governor, Senator,
and international educational partners, commissioned poem by Saint
Michael's poet Greg Delanty and performance of a Troy Peters original
commissioned-for-the-Centennial orchestral composition by mezzo soprano
Wendy Hoffman Farrell, the Vermont Youth Orchestra and the Saint Michael's
College Chorale.
Saturday, Oct. 23, Ceremonies commemorating the Military Heritage of many
Saint Michael's graduates with the Presentation of the Medal of Honor by
Senator Patrick Leahy (1961 SMC graduate) to Saint Michael's President
Marc vanderHeyden at 2:30 p.m. in the Durick Library. The Senator will
present a duplicate of the medal awarded posthumously to Saint Michael's
graduate Donald Cook '56, who was honored for rare heroism in Vietnam
while held prisoner from 1964 to 1967, and for whom a United States Navy
ship has been named.
Saturday, Oct. 23, Dedication of the Statue of Saint Michael the Archangel
by sculptor James L. Sardonis, who created the whales' tails on I89, in
memory of Saint Michael's alumni, Ed Fergus '83, John Iskyan '82 and John
McErlean '84, and others who perished on Sept. 11, 2001. Adjacent to the
Hoehl Welcome Center at 3:30 p.m.
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