Davidson pushes for greater school reform

Jan 27

Current educational methods need to be updated in order to remain useful to the students who will be graduating in the next few years, author and humanitarian scholar Cathy Davidson said in a lecture to a crowd of mostly faculty members and strategic planning committee members in Filene Auditorium on Thursday. Davidson’s presentation was the first in this year’s “Leading Voices in Higher Education” series, which is part of the College’s strategic planning initiative. More»

Volunteers have started constructing the Winter Carnival snow sculpture, which this year will take the form of a cupcake, reflecting the “Candyland” theme.

Sculpting proceeds despite weather

Jan 27

Though recent temperatures have hovered above freezing, student construction crew members continue to work multiple hours a day to complete the construction of this year’s snow sculpture — a model of a cupcake — before Winter Carnival. More»

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In the first talk of the “Leading Voices in Higher Education” lecture series, Cathy Davidson stressed the importance of updating teaching techniques.
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