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WORCESTER, Mass. – Organist James David Christie will perform the first of eight concerts commemorating the 300th anniversary of the death of the great 17th-century North German organist-composer Dietrich Buxtehude (1637-1707). As part of the Holy Cross Chapel Artists Series, “The Buxtehude Tercentenary at Holy Cross” will be performed on the late 17th-century North German inspired Taylor & Boody organ throughout the 2006-2007 concert season.

The concert, free and open to the public, will be on Sept. 24 at 3 p.m. in the College’s Saint Joseph Memorial Chapel. The chapel is handicapped accessible.

Christie is the distinguished artist in residence and College organist at Holy Cross. In addition, he serves as organist for the Boston Symphony Orchestra. He was the first American to ever win a first prize at the Bruges (Belgium) International Organ Competition and was the first person in the history of the competition to ever win both the Prize of the Jury and the Prize of the Audience. Professor Christie has served on more international organ competition juries than any American organist. He has toured the United States, Canada, Europe, Asia and Australia giving concerts, master classes and seminars at major music festivals. He has recorded for 12 different labels and is heard regularly on radio broadcasts in the United States, Canada and Europe.

The program follows:

Praeludium in C, BuxWV 138

Canzona in C, BuxWV 166

Nun lob, mein, Seel, den Herren, BuxWV 214
Nimm von uns, Herr, du treuer Gott (4 verses), BuxWV 207

Passacaglia in d, BuxWV 161

Wir danken dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 224
Wär Gott nicht mit uns diese Zeit, BuxWV 222

Canzona in d, BuxWV 168

Ich dank dir schon durch deinen Sohn, BuxWV 195
Ich ruf zu dir, Herr Jesu Christ, BuxWV 196

Toccata in F, BuxWV 156

WORCESTER, Mass. – The American Sign Language and Deaf Studies Program announces its calendar of events for the 2006 fall semester. Unless otherwise stated, all events are free and open to the public. For more information on any of the events, contact Judy Fask, director of the ASL/Deaf Studies Program, at 508-793-3344 or jfask@holycross.edu.

The following events take place on the campus of the College of the Holy Cross.

Deaf Awareness Week (Sept. 18 – 21)
Sept. 18; 11 a.m. – 1 p.m.
Sept. 19; 6 – 8 p.m.
Sept. 21; 2 – 4 p.m.
Hogan Campus Center, Suite A
“It’s a Deaf Deaf World” interactive workshop. There will be no spoken language used at the workshop so that hearing people can communicate with the deaf using a variety of signing methods. Pre-registration required.

Sept. 21; 5:30 p.m.
Crossroads in the Hogan Campus Center
ASL silent dinner with deaf friends. Holy Cross students can use meal plans. Others can purchase individual meals.

Sept. 21; 7 p.m.
Stein Hall, Room 423
Dingo, similar to Dingo, with instructor Dennise Scott.

Sept. 30, Oct. 7, 14, 21, 28, Nov. 4, 11, 18, Dec. 2; 9 – 10 a.m.
Hart Center Ice Rink
The Deaf Studies program at Holy Cross and the Worcester Junior Sharks offer skating lessons to deaf and hard of hearing children, children of deaf adults and siblings of deaf children. Children should be 4 years old or older. Instruction is in ASL. Instruction for new skaters and instruction for skaters already playing hockey and who want to improve their skills is provided. Instructors include deaf and hard of hearing coaches and ASL students from Holy Cross (members of the Holy Cross hockey teams). Cost for the season is $65. Financial assistance is available. Hockey equipment can be borrowed for the season. Pre-registration required.

Oct. 12; 6 p.m.
McCooey Chapel
Celebrate Mass in ASL with Rev. Joe Bruce.

Oct. 19; 5:30 p.m.
Crossroads in the Hogan Campus Center
ASL silent dinner with deaf friends. Holy Cross students can use meal plans. Others can purchase individual meals.

Oct. 28; 11 a.m.
Northborough Public Library, 34 Main St., Northborough
Storytelling in ASL by Holy Cross ASL students. Pre-registration required.

Nov. 9; 6 p.m.
McCooey Chapel
Celebrate Mass in ASL with Rev. Joe Bruce.

Nov. 16; 5:30 p.m.
Crossroads in the Hogan Campus Center
ASL silent dinner with deaf friends. Holy Cross students can use meal plans. Others can purchase individual meals.

Nov. 16; 7 p.m.
Stein Hall, Room 120
Community-based learning presentations. Come hear about involvement in the deaf community through personal experience. Students in the intermediate ASL classes will share their experiences.

Nov. 17; 10:30 a.m.
Worcester Public Library, 3 Salem Sq.
Storytelling in ASL by Holy Cross ASL students.

Dec. 7; 10 p.m.
McCooey Chapel
Celebrate Mass in ASL with Rev. Joe Bruce.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The Office of the Dean at the College of the Holy Cross announces the hiring of six new faculty members in tenure-track positions this academic year. They are:

Rosa E. Carrasquillo (assistant professor, history), earned her Ph.D. and M.A. in Latin American History from the University of Connecticut and her B.A. from the University of Puerto Rico. Formerly, she taught history courses at Assumption College and the University of Connecticut. Among her honors, she is the recipient of a faculty development grant at Assumption College, and The Ann Plato Fellowship, a pre-doctoral fellowship for minority scholars, from Trinity College. She is the author of Our Landless Patria: Marginal Citizenship and Race in Caguas, Puerto Rico, 1880-1910 (University of Nebraska Press, 2006).

Debra Gettelman (assistant professor, English), earned her Ph.D., Ed.M., and A.B. from Harvard University. Her teaching interests encompass 19th-century British literature and culture, Romanticism, Modernism and 20th-century British fiction. She received the Bowdoin Graduate English Prize from Harvard University for her article, “Reading Ahead in George Eliot” in the fall 2005 issue of Novel: A Forum on Fiction, a literary critical journal.

Jack Mitchell (assistant professor, classics), earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University and his B.A. from McGill University. Author of The Roman Conspiracy (Tundra Books, 2005), his professional interests include archaic Greek poetry, ancient criticism, performance theory, intertextual theory and translation theory.

Sara Gran Mitchell (assistant professor, biology), is a geologist who earned her Ph.D. from the University of Washington, her M.Sc. from the University of Vermont, and her B.A. from Carleton College. Specializing in the evolution of landscapes, she has conducted field research in the Cascade Range of Washington State and in Israel, among other locations, and was awarded the Howard A. Coombs Fellowship for Teaching Excellence in 2005. Additionally, she has contributed to a number of articles published in scientific journals including Nature, Geology, and Quaternary Research.

Sarah A. Petty (assistant professor, chemistry), earned her Ph.D. and M.S. in chemistry from the University of Liverpool (UK). She has written several articles concerning her research on peptides associated with diseases such as Alzheimer’s disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, which have been published in journals including Journal of the American Chemical Society, and Proceedings of the National Academy of Science (USA). Previously, she was a post-doctoral research fellow at Mount Holyoke College.

Bianca R. Sculimbrene (assistant professor, chemistry), earned her Ph.D. from Boston College, and her B.S. from Xavier University. Most recently she was a postdoctoral associate at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, funded by the National Institutes of Health Postdoctoral Fellowship, awarded to her in 2004. Her research interests include catalysts for phosphorylation and the development of other chemical tools for studying biological systems, on which she has published various articles.

The following two professors have taught at Holy Cross previously, and now hold tenure-track positions:

Caroline E. Johnson Hodge (assistant professor, religious studies), earned her Ph.D. from Brown University, her M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and her B.A. from Pomona College. She is the author of the forthcoming If Sons, Then Heirs: A Study of Kinship and Ethnicity in the Paul’s Letters (Oxford University Press, 2007), and a range of articles in other religious journals. She has most recently taught as a visiting professor at Holy Cross, prior to which she was the Kraft-Hiatt Postdoctoral Fellow and lecturer at Brandeis University. Her teaching interests include the history of early Christianity.

Debra J. O’Connor (assistant professor, economics), earned her Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst, her M.S. in taxation from Bentley College, and her B.A. from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. Last academic year she was a visiting instructor at Holy Cross. She previously taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and Worcester Polytechnic Institute. Her research interests include supply chain management, multi-criteria decision making, and nonlinear programming. She is a certified public accountant.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The music department at the College of the Holy Cross will present the following musical performances on campus during September and October 2006. All events are free and open to the public, unless otherwise noted. For additional information, please contact the music department events line at 508-793-3528.

Sept. 21; 8 p.m.
An Evening of Jazz, featuring Mike Monaghan and Friends
Hogan Campus Center, Room 519
Joining Mike will be Brad Hatfield, composer and producer, who won the 2006 Emmy for Outstanding Original Song for “Sunshine,” which was written for The Young and the Restless.

Sept. 24; 3 p.m.
James David Christie, organ
The Buxtehude Tercentenary – Concert No. 1
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Oct. 4; 8 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra Concert
Brooks Concert Hall

Oct. 13; 8 p.m.
Jennifer Ashe, soprano; Sarah Bob, piano; Aaron Trant, percussion; Alicia DiDonato, flute
Brooks Concert Hall

Oct. 15; 3 p.m.
James David Christie, organ
The Buxtehude Tercentenary – Concert No. 2
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Oct. 27; 8 p.m.
Choir Family Weekend Concert
St. Joseph Memorial Chapel

Oct. 27; 9:30 p.m.
Jazz Ensemble Family Weekend Concert
Hogan Campus Center

Oct. 28; 3 p.m.
Chamber Orchestra Family Weekend Concert
Brooks Concert Hall

WORCESTER, Mass. – Vittorio Hösle, Paul G. Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, will give a talk titled “The Bible and Its Interpretations by Philosophers” on Sept. 15 at 4 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The talk is free and open to the public.

Hösle is an eminent philosopher with broad systematic and historical interests who is also actively addressing pressing issues of contemporary society. He is author of numerous books about the history of philosophy particularly ancient philosophy, German idealism (Hegel), ethics, and political philosophy. Among his many books are Hegels System (2 volumes, Hamburg, 1987) and Moral and Politik (Munich, 1997; English translation Notre Dame, 2004). In the field of literature he has published a book on Greek tragedy (in German, 1984; Italian translation, 1986) as well as one on Woody Allen (as essay in English, 2000; as book in German, 2001 and in Spanish, 2002). His most recent work is a major study on the nature of the philosophical dialogue that has been published in German in 2006. His exchange of letters with a young girl, The Dead Philosopher’s Café, has been translated into 12 languages.

The event is sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and the philosophy department.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Steve Vineberg, professor of theatre at Holy Cross, will give a talk as part of the “Last Lecture” series on Sept. 19 at 4:30 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The talk is free and open to the public.

Funded by the Lilly Endowment Vocation Initiative, the pretext of the lecture is that the speaker is about to retire and has been asked to sum up in a final lecture to students what they believe has made the work they’ve dedicated themselves to meaningful and worthwhile. Given a “last” chance, what’s worth saying? What wisdom would be most important to pass on? What challenges have to go unfulfilled?

Vineberg holds the Monsignor Edward G. Murray Professorship in the Arts and Humanities at Holy Cross. He reviews films and theatre regularly for The Boston Phoenix, The Threepenny Review and The Christian Century. He has also been published in The New York Times, The Chronicle of Higher Education, The Oxford American, Film Quarterly, American Film, and Modern Review, among others. He has served as the on-air movie critic for National Public Radio’s “Fresh Air.” His books include High Comedy in American Movies (Rowan & Littlefield, 2005), No Surprises, Please!: Movies in the Reagan Decade (Schirmer Books, 1993) and Method Actors: Three Generations of an American Acting Style (Schirmer Books, 1991). A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1985, Vineberg teaches classes in theatre history, film, American drama and political theatre.

Vineberg has directed a number of productions at Holy Cross, including Chekhov’s The Three Sisters and The Sea Gull; Tennessee Williams’ The Eccentricities of a Nightingale and The Night of the Iguana; John Guare’s Marco Polo Sings a Solo, The House of Blue Leaves, and Lydie Breeze; Christopher Durang’s The Marriage of Bette and Boo; and Bertolt Brecht and Kurt Weill’s The Threepenny Opera.

The event is sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Vittorio Hösle, Paul G. Kimball Professor of Arts and Letters at the University of Notre Dame, will give a talk titled “The Bible and Its Interpretations by Philosophers” on Sept. 15 at 4 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The talk is free and open to the public.

Hösle is an eminent philosopher with broad systematic and historical interests who is also actively addressing pressing issues of contemporary society. He is author of numerous books about the history of philosophy particularly ancient philosophy, German idealism (Hegel), ethics, and political philosophy. Among his many books are Hegels System (2 volumes, Hamburg, 1987) and Moral and Politik (Munich, 1997; English translation Notre Dame, 2004). In the field of literature he has published a book on Greek tragedy (in German, 1984; Italian translation, 1986) as well as one on Woody Allen (as essay in English, 2000; as book in German, 2001 and in Spanish, 2002). His most recent work is a major study on the nature of the philosophical dialogue that has been published in German in 2006. His exchange of letters with a young girl, The Dead Philosopher’s Café, has been translated into 12 languages.

The event is sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture and the philosophy department.

WORCESTER, Mass. – The new 1,320-seat Linda Johnson Smith Soccer Stadium at the College of the Holy Cross will be dedicated on Friday, Sept. 8 at 6 p.m., and several events will be held over the weekend to mark this special occasion.

Friday evening’s dedication ceremony — open to the campus community and the public — will immediately precede the 6:30 p.m. men’s varsity soccer game against St. Bonaventure.

Soccer alumni games will be held on Saturday, Sept. 9, with the women playing at 10 a.m., followed by the men at 11 a.m. The weekend will culminate with the women’s varsity soccer game against Maine at 2 p.m. Holy Cross soccer alumni and friends from all eras are expected to attend the weekend’s events.

The stadium is located behind the Hart Center, and serves as the first permanent home for Crusader soccer. The stadium features a top-quality grass surface, permanently-installed aluminum stands, and lights for night games. Surrounded by a fence, with an attractive entrance, the facility also includes a press box and large scoreboard.

The stadium, the first new playing facility on campus since the debut of the lighted artificial turf field and running track in 1988, is named in gratitude to Linda and Park B. Smith ’54, for their leadership gift to the $2 million project.

WORCESTER, Mass. – Student representatives from several local colleges, including the College of the Holy Cross, are organizing a 5K Student Stampede for Habitat to raise funds for University House, a Habitat home scheduled to break ground this fall.  The race will start from Worcester State College Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.

In addition to a pledge to finance construction, the students plan to generate sufficient volunteer labor from among their schools’ communities to build the structure alongside the intended homeowner. In addition to Holy Cross, local colleges represented in the group include Anna Maria College, Assumption College, Becker College, Clark University, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, and Worcester State. Wellesley College students have also joined the effort.

Greater Worcester Habitat for Humanity is the local affiliate of the international organization that focuses community resources to build homes for families in need.  To date, GWHFH has built more than 20 homes in the city and surrounding towns. A recent report to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development cites HFH as “one of the most successful homeownership programs for low income families.” Last summer, Habitat affiliates around the world celebrated the completion of their 200,000 home.

Information about Greater Worcester Habitat for Humanity and qualification details about the race is available at www.gwhfh.org.

Join the stampede to stamp out poverty housing!

CONTACT:

David Andrade ’08
drandr08@holycross.edu

Andrew Gribbons ’08
adgrib08@holycross.edu

Doug Havens
Greater Worcester Habitat for Humanity
111 Park Ave; Worcester, MA 01609
Phone: 508-799-9259; Fax: 508-791-7511
dough@gwhfh.org

WORCESTER, Mass. – The following films will be shown at Kimball Theatre at the College of the Holy Cross. All films are free and open to the public on a first-come, first-served basis. For additional information, please call the Kimball Theatre Box Office at 508-793-2455.

United 93
Wed., Sept. 6: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

V for Vendetta
Fri., Sept. 8 and Sat., Sept. 9: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

Brick
Wed., Sept. 13: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

Duma
Fri., Sept. 15 and Sat., Sept. 16: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated PG.

Thank You for Smoking
Wed., Sept. 20: Showings 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

Mission: Impossible III
Fri., Sept. 22 and Sat., Sept. 23: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Water
Wed., Sept. 27: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

X-Men: The Last Stand
Fri., Sept. 29 and Sat., Sept. 30: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

The Proposition
Wed., Oct. 4: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

An Inconvenient Truth
Wed., Oct. 11: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG.

The Da Vinci Code
Fri., Oct. 13 and Sat., Oct. 14: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Keeping Up With the Steins
Wed., Oct. 18: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man’s Chest
Fri., Oct. 20 and Sat., Oct. 21: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

The Heart of the Game
Wed., Oct. 25: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

A Prairie Home Companion
Wed., Nov. 1: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Akeelah and the Bee
Fri., Nov. 3: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG.

The Devil Wears Prada
Wed., Nov. 8: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated PG-13.

Superman Returns
Fri., Nov. 10 and Sat., Nov. 11: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

A Scanner Darkly
Wed., Nov. 15: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

The Lake House
Fri., Nov. 17 and Sat., Nov. 18: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated PG.

Little Miss Sunshine
Wed., Nov. 29: Showings at 3 and 8 p.m. Rated R.

Miami Vice
Fri., Dec. 1 and Sat., Dec. 2: Showings at 7 p.m. Rated R.

World Trade Center
Fri., Dec. 8 and Sat., Dec. 9: Showing at 7 p.m. Rated PG-13.

A complete listing of films is also located at:
http://www.holycross.edu/publicaffairs/features/2006-2007/kimball_fall06

WORCESTER, Mass. – Rabbi Norman M. Cohen ’72 will give a talk titled “What are Nice Jewish Boys Like Moses and Abraham Doing in a Book Like the New Testament? The Role of Jewish Biblical Characters in Christian Writings” on Sept. 8 at 3 p.m. in Rehm Library at the College of the Holy Cross. The event is free and open to the public.

Cohen is the founding rabbi of Bet Shalom, an 800-family congregation in Minnetonka, Minn., created by 31 families in 1981.

Prior to his arrival in Minnesota, Cohen served the oldest Jewish congregation west of the Alleghenies, Rockdale Temple in Cincinnati, in addition to teaching at Hebrew Union College and other colleges in Cincinnati. He has continued to serve on college faculties in the Twin Cities area, including the College of St. Catherine, Macalester College, the United Theological Seminary, and St. Olaf College.

Cohen is active in local civic and Jewish community affairs and plays an active role in Jewish Christian relations. He serves as chaplain for the Minnetonka Police Department, has been a member of the Hopkins Crime Prevention Fund Board, and is currently on the State Board of the Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police. Cohen has been on the Religious Advisory Council of the Boys and Girls Clubs of the Twin Cities, executive board member of the Minneapolis Jewish Federation and is an honorary advisor to the Minneapolis Jewish Family and Children’s Service. He is past president of the Midwest Association of Reform Rabbis, the Minnesota Rabbinical Association and is active in numerous organizations, locally and nationally, most significantly the Joint Commission of the Rabbinic Mentoring Institute, the National Committee on Rabbinic Congregational Relations and as vice chair of the Reform movement’s Joint Commission on Synagogue Management.

Cohen has authored numerous magazine and newspaper articles and the book Jewish Bible Personages in the New Testament. He has appeared as scholar in residence in over two dozen cities. Cohen is currently working on a book titled Stereotypes and Misconceptions that Christians and Jews Hold About Each Other.

The event is sponsored by the Chaplains’ Office.