Weekly Bulletin

Flags lowered for Mansfield National Guard officer

Gov. Deval L. Patrick has ordered that the U.S. and Commonwealth flags be lowered to half-staff at all state buildings from sunrise until sunset on Tuesday, Feb. 19 in honor of Army National Guard Lt. Col. Michael J. Greene of Mansfield, who died of an illness on Feb. 10.

'I Love UMass Amherst Day' activities set for Feb. 28

The Student Alumni Association and the Student Philanthropy Committee are sponsoring “I Love UMass Amherst Day” On Thursday, Feb. 28 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the Campus Center concourse. UMass Amherst is joining nearly 70 educational institutions worldwide for this first-ever Council for Advancement and Support of Education ASAP Student Engagement and Philanthropy Day.

Students are invited to visit the table to write thank you notes to donors, alumni or anyone on campus who has positively affected their UMass experience.

'Du Bois at 50' observance opens in Great Barrington

Arthur E. McFarlane II, the great-grandson of W.E.B. Du Bois, will make his first visit to Great Barrington on Wednesday, Feb. 27 as part of the W.E.B. Du Bois Center’s commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the civil rights leader’s death.
 
“Du Bois at 50: A Hometown Retrospective,” is part of a year-long series of public events exploring various aspects of civil rights and social justice starting in February and the celebration of Black History Month.
 
At 3:30 p.m., McFarlane will lay a wreath at his family’s plot at Mahaiwe Cemetery.

Kearns to speak on NYC's Exit Art cultural center

Art professor Jerry Kearns, director of the New York Professional Outreach Program, will speak about Exit Art, the Manhattan-based non-profit cultural center, on Wednesday, Feb. 27 at 5 p.m. in the University Museum of Contemporary Art.
 
Founded in 1982 as an alternative exhibition space, Exit Art became know for hosting shows exploring ideas and people outside the political, social, sexual and aesthetic mainstreams.
 
Kearns will examine the workings of Exit Art, its influential role in the New York art world and the accession of the Exit Art portfolios to the UMCA permanent collection.

Doctoral oral exams for Feb. 25 to March 1

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:

Robert Herr, Ph.D., Spanish and Portuguese. Wednesday, Feb. 27, 4 p.m., 210 Herter Hall. Dissertation: “Puppets and Proselytizing: Politics and Nation-Building in Post-Revolutionary Mexico’s Didactic Theater.” Luis Marentes, chr.

Elizabeth Harlow, Ph.D., Anthropology. Thursday, Feb. 28, 1:30 p.m., 805-09 Campus Center. Dissertation: “Mind the Gap: Materiality of Gendered Landscapes in Deerfield, Massachusetts, ca. 1870- ca. 1920.” R. Paynter, chr.

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