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College
Hosts International Word & Image Conference
This
June, Holy Cross hosted an international conference titled, “Representation of
Time in Literature and the Arts.” Held every other year since 1986, this is the
first time the conference took place in the United States. One of the largest
gatherings of international scholars in the humanities convening on a single
theme, the event drew 51 scholars, critics, art historians, sculptors and filmmakers
from France, Italy, Canada, Germany and England. Participants presented papers
and participated in conversation on the links between verbal and nonverbal representations
of time. Members of the Holy Cross faculty have been part of this multidisciplinary
conference since its inception 15 years ago. In its first year hosting the event,
the College
simultaneously displayed an art exhibit titled, “Imaging Time,” featuring photographs,
paintings, prints, sculpture and timepieces from the Renaissance to the present,
related to this theme. The event was sponsored by the English and visual arts
departments, the international journal, Interfaces, the University of
Paris, the University of Bourgogne, and the Cultural Services of the French Consulate
in Boston.
Holy
Cross Earns National Campus Safety Award
Holy Cross was recently awarded the Jeanne Clery Campus Safety Award. Named in
memory of Jeanne Clery who was murdered on the campus of Lehigh University in
1986, the award honors campuses that have demonstrated leadership in improving
college and university campus safety. The College was chosen for the award based
on its uncompromising implementation of a zero tolerance policy on underage drinking.
According to Jeffrey Wilcox, director of public safety, some of the criteria
that factored into the College’s recognition
include, “Holy Cross’ high statistics for disciplining alcohol violations” and “the
success of the College Advisory Board on Alcohol’s (CABA) underage drinking policies,
such as the football tailgate policy.” Established in 1994, the Jeanne Clery
Campus Safety Award is given by Security On Campus, Inc. (SOC), the only national,
nonprofit organization geared specifically and exclusively to the prevention
of college and university campus violence and other crimes. Founded by Howard
and Connie Clery, the parents of Jeanne Clery, SOC is also dedicated to assisting
campus crime victims in the enforcement
of their legal rights.
Health
Services Department Receives National Accreditation
The College has been awarded the certificate of accreditation by the Accreditation
Association for Ambulatory Health Care, Inc. (AAAHC), according to Janice Allen,
director of health services. The award recognizes the department’s attainment
of nationally recognized standards for quality care set by the accrediting organization.
Holy Cross is the first college health services department in Massachusetts to
achieve accreditation by AAAHC. “We are
pleased and proud to have achieved accreditation,” says Allen. “The accreditation
process is very valuable and has helped us to maintain and continually improve
the quality of care that we provide.” Holy Cross health services consists of
an ambulatory care unit and an inpatient unit for short stay and observation.
On-site physician coverage is provided Monday through Friday, 20 hours a week.
The health services staff consists of six full-time registered nurses and three
board-certified family practice physicians affiliated with UMass Memorial Health
Care Inc.
Hankins
Named Cantor Director
Roger Hankins has been appointed director of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Art
Gallery. Hankins comes to the College after serving as director of the University
of California, Davis, Memorial Union Art Gallery for the past 19 years. His responsibilities
included those of curator, program development, outreach coordination and exhibition
design. A practicing artist for 25 years, Hankins received his bachelor of arts
degree in studio art from
University of California, Davis, and his master’s degree in studio art (sculpture)
from University of California, Sacramento. He has had six single-artist shows
exhibiting his work across the country.
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