July 31,
2006
Surf this fall’s sweet lineup
Dear Incoming Undergraduates,
Wilson Commons Student Activities invites you to come out and celebrate the beginning of the academic year in style at Yellowjacket Weekend 2006 on September 8 to 10.
It all starts Friday at noon with the College's Convocation, followed by the Activities Fair on the Wilson Commons lawn featuring more than 200 student organizations as well as music and demonstrations. Our Yellowjacket comedian caps off the evening with a laugh-out-loud performance in Strong Auditorium.
Bring your school spirit and join the fun on Saturday at the tailgate party where you can "pig out" at a Hawaiian style luau, test your skill and try your luck at carnival games, and dance to the music of a very special live band. (Stay tuned for more details.)
Yellowjacket fever is alive and well this year. There are great soccer games right here at home, and you can cheer for the football team as they take on longtime rival St. John Fisher College. Wrap up the evening with a fabulous Fashionably Late night event.
For more information on Yellowjacket Weekend and other fun campus events, check out our Web site at www.sa.rochester.edu/sao.
Hope to see you there!
Wilson Commons Student Activities
O’Keeffe on View
October 1 at the Memorial Art Gallery
For seven decades, Georgia O'Keeffe (1887–1986) was a major figure in American art. Remarkably, she remained independent from shifting art trends and stayed true to her own vision, which was based on finding the essential, abstract forms in nature.
The Memorial Art Gallery will be one of only three national venues for a major exhibition of works by the American master. Georgia O'Keeffe: Color and Conservation opens October 1 and remains on view through December. Organized by the Mississippi Museum of Art, the exhibition brings together 25 rarely seen oil paintings—including "Cup of Silver Ginger" (1939) pictured above—and two pastels from all periods of O'Keeffe's prodigious career as well as photographs of O'Keeffe on loan from the International Museum of Photography and Film at George Eastman House. It's the first O'Keeffe exhibition ever in Rochester and also the first to focus on the artist's painstaking choice of color, her studio methods, and her involvement in conservation issues. For more about the show and other events at the gallery, visit http://mag.rochester.edu.
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Aunt Susan Wants You106 years ago, Susan B. Anthony (known as "Aunt Susan" by many in Rochester) won women admission to the University. Celebrate women's progress by joining the Anthony Center for Women's Leadership on Sunday, September 24, for the sixth annual Susan B. Anthony Legacy Race, a 5k run or walk from the historic Susan B. Anthony House to the River Campus. Students are welcome to join in as race-day volunteers, walkers, or runners. Contact the Anthony Center at (585) 275-8799 or acwl@mail.rochester.edu for more details. |
Eastman’s Flair for the Dramatic
Eastman Opera Theatre presents Mozart's La Finta Giardiniera in Kilbourn Hall on Thursday, November 2, through Saturday, November 4, at 8 p.m., and Sunday, November 5, at 2 p.m. The pursuit of love (as ridiculous as it can be) is the center of this operatic comedy. Tickets are available at a discount to University ID holders.
For a closer look at Eastman School concerts and more happening this fall, visit www.esm.rochester.edu.
Kennedy: Legacy of Activism
Attorney and environmental activist Robert F. Kennedy Jr. visits campus on Thursday, September 28, for a talk at 7:30 p.m. in Strong Auditorium. He has worked on environmental issues across the Americas, and has assisted several indigenous tribes in Latin America and Canada in successfully negotiating treaties protecting traditional homelands. He is credited with leading the fight to protect New York City's water supply and serves as chief prosecuting attorney for the Hudson Riverkeeper and senior attorney for the Natural Resources Defense Council. He also is a clinical professor and supervising attorney at the Environmental Litigation Clinic at Pace University School of Law in New York City.
Meliora Weekend 2006
Don't miss the College's sixth annual Meliora Weekend on Friday, October 6, to Sunday, October 8. Four Rochester traditions—Family Weekend, Homecoming, Reunion, and Head of the Genesee Regatta—combine to create an event that promises to be as thought-provoking as it is entertaining.
Friday evening features two performances by Drew Carey and the Improv All-Stars. 
Other weekend highlights include appearances by Lani Guinier, the first African American woman tenured professor at Harvard Law School, and Newsweek International editor Fareed Zakaria. A Wall Street panel discussion and a lecture by author Alan Burdick also are on tap, along with performances by the University's Chamber Orchestra and Wind Symphony and three of Rochester's premiere a cappella groups, late-night parties, sporting events, and much more.
For a complete schedule or to register, visit www.rochester.edu/melioraweekend.
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