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The fourth annual Black and Gold Dinner and Fashion Show will take place on Friday, Feb. 8, at 7 p.m. in the Ballroom of the Hogan Campus Center.

The event, held during Black History Month, is a celebration of Black history and culture. The semi-formal event will include a “soul food” dinner and a fashion show.

The 21 models are Holy Cross students who represent all classes, shapes, sizes and diverse ethnic backgrounds. They will wear the latest urban, casual, formal, seasonal and career wear donated by stores in the local malls, including the Auburn Mall, Solomon Pond Mall, Natick Mall, Greendale Mall and the Worcester Fashion Outlets.

The event is sponsored by the Black Student Union at Holy Cross.

The ticket prices are as follows:

Holy Cross students – $5 with HC ID (before Feb. 1)
Worcester Consortium students – $10 with college ID
Faculty, staff and general public – $15
Student tables – $50 with HC ID (seats 10)
Worcester Consortium student tables – $100 with college ID
Faculty, staff and general public tables – $150

Photo is from the 2001 Black & Gold Fashion Show.

Mentalists Jeff and Tessa Evason will perform at 9 p.m. on Friday, Jan. 25, in the Ballroom of the Hogan Campus Center. Sponsored by Student Programs for Leadership Development and the Campus Activities Board, the event is free and open to the Holy Cross community and members of the Worcester Consortium.

The Evasons will also give Holy Cross a little taste of their mental abilities at 5:30 p.m. in Kimball Dining Hall – you don’t want to miss it!

Award-winning entertainers Jeff and Tessa Evason are coming to Holy Cross to read minds, make people levitate, predict the future and move objects with their minds. Their show is described as a combination of interactive entertainment and comedy.

Named Performers of the Year by The Psychic Entertainers Association, the Evasons have performed for audiences worldwide, and have made television appearances on “World’s Greatest Magic” on NBC, “Grand Illusions” on Discovery Channel and “Powers of the Paranormal” on FOX.

To learn more about the Evasons, visit their Web site.

Professor Jovan Babic will deliver a lecture titled “Evil and Pacifism” on Monday, March 25, at 4 p.m. in the Rehm Library of Smith Hall. Sponsored by the Peace and Conflict Studies Program, this lecture is free and open to the public.

Babic is Associate Professor of Ethics at the University of Belgrade in Yugoslavia; he is currently a visiting professor at the Portland State University. He has written and edited several books on ethics in the contemporary world, war, and collective responsibility for war crimes, such as”Kant and Scheler” and “Morality and Our Time.” He is the president of the Serbian Philoscophical Society and has published more than 50 articles and essay in scientific journals.

The Holy Cross community will commemorate the life of Martin Luther King Jr. with a week of remembrance, titled “What Has Happened to the Dream?” from Monday, Jan. 21, through Friday, Jan. 25. Sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Education, all events are free and open to the public. The schedule is as follows:

Monday, Jan. 21
4:30 p.m. – Campus-wide Candlelight Vigil March through campus, ending at the Rehm Library of Smith Hall

5 p.m. – Ecumenical Worship Service for King’s birthday in the Rehm Library of Smith Hall; sponsored by the Chaplains’ Office

7:30 p.m. – “The Moral Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.: A Student Led Teach-in and Debate” will be held in the Rehm Library of Smith Hall; sponsored by the Center for Religion, Ethics and Culture

Organized by seven students who prepared for the event over their Christmas break, the discussion will be led solely by students and moderated by Professor Bertram Ashe, director of African-American Studies at Holy Cross.

The event will begin with two five-minute presentations to set the context for the discussion to follow. The students will briefly lecture on the social context faced by African Americans in the 1950s South and on King’s role in the civil rights movement.

This portion will be followed by analysis and discussion of the moral legacy of King. Students will present and debate over a variety of aspects of King’s legacy, including leadership in the Black community; the role of women in the civil rights movement; the meaning and legacy of non-violence; how liberals and conservatives have tried to claim the mantle of King’s legacy for their own causes; and the commercialization of King’s image and writings.

Tuesday, Jan. 22
12 p.m. – Diversity 101 Luncheon Series: “King, 2002: A Multi-disciplinary View” with panelists Prof. Bert Ashe, English; Prof. Carol Conaway, political science; Frank Vellaccio, provost; Rev. Dennis J. Yesalonia, S.J., general counsel and moderator; and Jacqueline D. Peterson, vice president for student affairs and dean of students, in Room 401 of the Hogan Campus Center

Wednesday, Jan. 23
8 p.m. – Viewing of “Eyes on the Prize – America’s Civil Rights, Years 1954 to 1965” in Crossroads; sponsored by the Black Student Union

Thursday, Jan. 24
4 p.m. – “What Has Happened to the Dream,” lecture by Dr. Manning Marable, professor of history and political science and founding director of the Institute for Research in African-American Studies at Columbia University, in the Ballroom of the Hogan Campus Center; reception to follow; co-sponsored by the Black Student Union

Friday, Jan. 25
12 p.m. – “How to Build and Maintain Relationships with ALANA (African-American, Latino, Asian-American, and Native-American) Students,” a workshop for faculty, staff and administrators in Rooms 402-3 of the Hogan Campus Center; sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Education. Seating is limited; call 508/793-2411 to register

Biography:
Martin Luther King Jr. was a Baptist minister in Alabama when he became involved in the civil rights movement. In 1955, in response to the arrest of Mrs. Rosa Parks, King organized an African-American boycott of the bus company that ended when the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the bus segregation laws of Alabama illegal.

At this time, King became the undisputed leader of the civil rights movement and led a march of 37,000 people in Washington, D.C., in 1958.

The following year, King and his wife, Coretta Scott King, went to India, the homeland of Mahatma Gandhi, where King studied Satyagraha, Gandhi’s principle of nonviolent persuasion. This became King’s main instrument of social protest.

This method of peaceful protest was made manifest on August 28, 1963, when 200,000 people gathered at the Lincoln Memorial to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation; it was here that King delivered his famous “I Have a Dream” speech.

In 1964, King received the Nobel Peace Prize; he divided the prize money among various civil rights organizations. That same year, President Lyndon Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. After a controversial march for voting reforms, a voting rights bill was passed allowing African-Americans to vote in 1965.

Toward the end of King’s life, he had become associated with the antiwar movement as well as the civil rights movement and the rights of the underprivileged. On April 4, 1968, while supporting the sanitation workers’ strike in Memphis, Tenn., King was shot and killed.

The annual Bishop Bernard J. Flanagan Lecture on Religion and Public Affairs will take place on Thursday, Jan. 31, at 7:30 p.m. in the Rehm Library of Smith Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Rev. J. Bryan Hehir, president of Catholic Charities USA, will give this year’s lecture, titled “The Church and Public Life: A Pastoral Question.”

For over 20 years, Hehir served as director of the Office of Social Development and World Peace for the United States Catholic Bishops. From 1999 through 2001, he served as professor of the Practice in Religion and Society and chair of the Executive Committee of Harvard Divinity School. Recipient of a “Genius” Grant from the MacArthur Foundation, Hehir is among the nation’s most distinguished scholars in the ethics of public policy. In 1995, Holy Cross awarded Hehir an honorary Doctor of Divinity degree.

The Bishop Flanagan Lecture series was started in 1991 in an effort to build a relationship between the Diocese of Worcester and Holy Cross on social justice and peace issues. It is named in honor of the late Bishop of Worcester, a member of the Holy Cross Class of 1928, who was known for his lifelong dedication to peace, social justice and ecumenism.

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

There will be a performance by jazz clarinetist Don Byron on Friday, Feb. 1, at 8 p.m. in the Brooks Concert Hall. Byron will give a lecture and demonstration to the First Year Program at 4 p.m. in the Hall. Both events are free and open to the public, though seating is limited.

Born and raised in the Bronx, Byron was influenced early by his parents, who were both musicians. He studied music formally at the New England Conservatory of Music and eventually moved back to New York, where he served for four seasons as artistic director for jazz at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.

Some of Byron’s special projects include arrangements of Stephen Sondheim’s Broadway music, an original score for the silent film, “Scar of Shame,” and a string quartet, “There Goes the Neighborhood,” commissioned by the Kronos Quartet.

Byron has performed at major jazz festivals throughout the U.S. and Europe. He has composed and recorded the theme for the “Tom & Jerry” animated series currently on the Cartoon Network and is working on an album of duets with pianist Uri Caine. He is also recording chamber works by and in tribute to Igor Stravinsky for Angel Records.

Named “Clarinetist of the Year” by the readers of Down Beat Magazine eight years in a row, Byron has released seven CDs, including his debut “Tuskegee Experiments,” “Music for Six Musicians,” and the unique “Nu Blaxploitation,” featuring such wide-ranging talents as rapper Biz Markie and hardcore vocalist Henry Rollins.

This event is sponsored by the First Year Program, African-American Studies Program and Office of Student Programs.

There will be a lecture by Professor Roy Rosenzweig on Tuesday, Jan. 29, at 4 p.m. in Suite C of the Hogan Campus Center. The lecture, titled “The Park and the People,” is free and open to the public.

Rosenzweig will be speaking about his newest book, “The Park and the People,” co-authored with Betsy Blackmar. It is about the people of Central Park in New York: “the merchants and landowners who launched the project; the immigrant and African-American residents who were displaced by the park; the politicians, gentlemen, and artists who disputed its design and operation; the German gardeners, Irish laborers, and Yankee engineers who built it; and the generations of New Yorkers for whom Central Park was their only backyard” (Kirkus Reviews).

Professor of history at George Mason University in Fairfax, Va., Rosenzweig is author of “Eight Hours for What We Will,” a book about working-class culture in Worcester. He earned his Ph.D. at Harvard University, and is among the Organization of American Historians “distinguished lecturers” this year.

This is the third in the series of Higgins’ lectures, sponsored by the Rev. George Higgins, S.J., and James Higgins ’59 Lecture Fund and the department of history.

The annual Richard Rodino Lecture on the Aims of the Liberal Arts will take place on Tuesday, Jan. 22, at 4 p.m. in the Brooks Concert Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Robert Garvey, associate professor of physics at Holy Cross and 2000 U.S. Professor of the Year, will give this year’s lecture, titled “Ethics, Morality and Liberal Arts Education – Looking for Connections.”

A member of the Holy Cross faculty since 1977, Garvey is the College’s science coordinator, responsible for coordinating the partnership programs in science and mathematics with the Worcester Public Schools. A graduate of Loyola College, he earned his M.S. and Ph.D. at the Pennsylvania State University.

A renowned teacher and scholar, Garvey has developed courses for non-science majors as well as a range of courses for physics majors. He is co-author of a Sherman-Fairchild grant that developed the successful “Physics of Everyday Life” course. A member of the committee that created Holy Cross’ First Year Program, Garvey served as the program’s first director for two years.

In November 2000, Garvey was named U.S. Professors of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education out of 500 nominated faculty members at colleges and universities across the country.

The annual Rodino Lecture Series is devoted to the memory of Richard Rodino, formerly of the English department at Holy Cross. He played a central role in launching the College’s First Year Program. It is sponsored by the Office of the Dean and the First Year Program.

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Holy Cross Educator Named U.S. Professor of the Year
Holy Cross physics professor Robert H. Garvey today was named U.S. Professor of the Year for 2000 by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education (CASE).

Four national winners were selected, representing the following categories: outstanding baccalaureate college professor (Garvey), outstanding community college professor, outstanding master’s university and college professor, and outstanding research and doctoral university professor. Each is recognized for their extraordinary dedication to teaching, commitment to students and innovative instructional methods.

Created in 1981, the U.S. Professors of the Year Program is the only national awards program that recognizes college and university professors for their teaching. This year nearly 500 faculty members were nominated by colleges and universities across the country. The Carnegie Foundation awards a $5,000 cash prize to each of the national winners.

Bob Garvey, an associate professor, has taught at Holy Cross since 1977. In addition to his work with Holy Cross students, he is the College’s science coordinator, responsible for coordinating the partnership programs in science and mathematics with the Worcester Public Schools (WPS).

A graduate of Loyola College in Baltimore, Md. (1966), Garvey completed his M.S. in electrical engineering (1970) and his Ph.D. in physics (1974) at the Pennsylvania State University. Before joining the Holy Cross faculty in 1977 as an assistant professor, Garvey worked as a postdoctoral fellow at the University of Florida. He was promoted to associate professor of physics in 1984.

A renowned teacher and scholar, Garvey has developed courses for non-science majors as well as a range of courses for physics majors. He is co-author, with Janine Shertzer, chair of the physics department, of a Sherman-Fairchild grant that developed the successful “Physics of Everyday Life” course. A member of the committee that created Holy Cross’ First Year Program, Garvey served as the program’s first director for two years.

“The way Professor Garvey enabled us to find connections between quantum physics, literature, religion and life still astounds me today,” says Jaime L. Grande (Holy Cross Class of 1999) about the First Year Program seminar. She is now an aspiring teacher at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

“His lectures in class, his thoughtful comments on our journal entries and papers, and his constant presence and companionship all illustrated an immense dedication to the liberal arts, to learning outside the classroom, and to motivating and caring for students,” Grande continues.

Garvey is also a dedicated participant in Holy Cross’ programs in science with the Worcester schools. He teaches in the Youth Exploring Science (Y.E.S.) program, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute Summer Science Workshop for WPS science and math teachers and co-developed a weather program for 400 sixth-grade students that he team teaches each May.

“He’s unafraid to question the traditional approach in his search for a better way to teach,” says his colleague Janine Shertzer, chair of the Holy Cross physics department. “His creativity and originality is matched by a seemingly endless supply of enthusiasm and energy.”

A resident of Shrewbury, Garvey and his wife, Beverly, are parents of five children.