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Parents' Weekend 2007
Below is the schedule for Parents' Weekend 2007 at MMC.
For a listing of events and other College happenings, visit our News and events page.
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Friday, October 26, 2007
8:00am-10:30am |
Dance Department Parents' Reception |
Black and White Lobby, East |
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Join the Dance Department for a continental breakfast before classes begin. Parents
are encouraged to attend their student's classes for the day. See what they've been
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8:30am-5:20pm |
Class Visitations |
Various Locations |
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All parents are invited to sample a variety of MMC lectures in order to experience the
college's dynamic academic environment. Please note capacity limits where indicated. |
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8:30am-9:50am |
DANC 149-01: Jazz I - Geoffrey Doig-Marx |
Dance Studio, Main Building |
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DANC 189-01: Modern I - Nancy Lushington |
Great Hall West, Main Building |
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DANC 243-01: Modern II - Kristina Berger |
Great Hall East, Main Building |
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DANC 441-01: Modern IV - Joao Carvalho |
Studio 705, Main Building |
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| 8:30am-11:20am |
COMM 340-01: Freelance Article Writing - Barbara Raab |
410 Main Building |
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ENG 340-01: Freelance Article Writing - Barbara Raab |
410 Main Building |
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WRIT 101-21: WSI: Writing in the City - Magdalena Maczynska |
509 Main Building |
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DANC 189-02: Modern I - Nancy Lushington |
Great Hall West, Main Building |
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DANC 243-02: Modern II - Kristina Berger |
Great Hall East, Main Building |
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DANC 341-01: Modern III - Maxine Steinman |
Dance Studio, Main Building |
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| 10:00am-12:50pm |
THTR 402A-01: Scenic Design II - Raymond Recht (Limit: 4 guests) |
Costume Lab, Nugent Building |
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| 10:00am-2:20pm
| ART 116-02: Color & Design - James Martin (Limit: 6 guests)
| 802 Main Building |
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| 11:30am-12:50pm
| DANC 220-01: Ballet IIB - Anthony Ferro |
Great Hall East, Main Building |
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DANC 255-01: Ballet IIA - Elena Comendador |
Dance Studio, Main Building |
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DANC 445-01: Ballet IV - Katie Langan |
Great Hall West, Main Building |
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| ART 121-05: Photography I - Gene Wheeler (Limit: 6 guests) |
803 Main Building |
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ART 266-01: Exploring the Visual Arts - Nicolas Schneider (Limit: 6 guests) |
703 Main Building |
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COR.E 301-05: CSII: Adaptation: Novel, Film, Theatre - Kevin Connell (Limit: 6 guests) |
458 Nugent Building |
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THTR 228-02: Musical Theatre Techniques I - Patricia Simon (Limit: 6 guests) |
402 Main Building |
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THTR 228-03: Musical Theatre Techniques I - Jill MacLean (Limit: 6 guests) |
507 Main Building |
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COMM/ENG 220-02: Introduction to Journalism - Constance Passalacqua |
411 Main Building |
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ENG 110-01: Story, Play & Film - Magdalena Maczynska |
504 Main Building |
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PHIL 103-02: Intro to Ethics - Carrie-Ann Biondi |
503 Main Building |
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SPCH 351-01: Speech Pathology/Audiology I - Margaret Shakibai |
509 Main Building |
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WRIT 101-22: WSI: Biography - Leslie Levin |
558 Nugent Building |
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12:30pm-4:30pm |
Flu Clinic |
Regina Peruggi Room, Main Building |
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It's about that time again. Have you gotten your flu shot? Well don't be left out in the
cold, literally. The $30 fee is payable by cash, check, or money order. All are welcome.
Sponsored by Health and Wellness Services. |
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| 1:00pm-2:20pm
| DANC 145-01: Ballet I - Robert Atwood |
Studio 705, Main Building |
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DANC 220-02: Ballet IIB - Anthony Ferro |
Great Hall East, Main Building |
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DANC 255-02: Ballet IIA - Elena Comendador |
Dance Studio, Main Building |
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DANC 343-01: Ballet III - Katie Langan |
Great Hall West, Main Building |
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| 2:30pm - 3:50pm
| DANC 240-01: Improv I - Pat Catterson |
Dance Studio, Main Building |
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DANC 358-01: Advanced Pointe - Virginia Johnson |
Great Hall East, Main Building |
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| 2:30pm - 5:20pm
| THTR 215-04: Script Analysis (for designers) - Raymond Recht (Limit: 2 guests) |
504 Main Building |
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COMM 353-01: Screenplay Writing - Margaret Bruen |
606 Main Building |
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MATH 129-04: Intermediate Algebra - William Quattromani |
503 Main Building |
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SPCH 260-01: Speech & Hearing Science - Susan Behrens |
701 Main Building |
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| 3:00pm-5:00pm
| How's Your Hearing? |
Audiology Suite, Speech Clinic |
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Celebrate the opening of the Audiology Suite located in the Speech Clinic on the
7th floor of the Main Building. Free hearing screenings will be provided for students,
staff, faculty, and parents. Becoming knowledgeable about one's hearing can help in
protecting future hearing loss. Refreshments will be served.
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| 4:00pm-5:30pm
| Dialogues in Dance: Creating a Living Archive |
Great Hall, Main Building |
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Join panelists Michelle Potter, Curator at the Jerome Robbins Dance Division at the
New York Public Library of the Performing Arts, Lynn Weber, Acting Executive Director of
the Dance Notation Bureau in New York City, and Tom Rowe, independent movement researcher
and répétiteur for work by Twyla Tharp, as they discuss the politics of archival practice
for the performance of dance, the preservation of specific dance works, and techniques
for future generations. This discussion will be led by Maura Keefe, Assistant Professor
of Dance at SUNY Brockport and Scholar in Residence at Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival,
and Jens Richard Giersdorf, Assistant Professor of Dance at Marymount Manhattan
College. |
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5:30pm-7:30pm |
RHC Silent Auction |
Regina Peruggi Room, Main Building |
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The Residence Hall Council, MMC's student governing body for residents at the 55th
Street Residence Hall, presents its 2nd Annual Art Auction in collaboration with Art-Fusion,
MMC's art club focused on learning about, discussing, advocating, and enjoying art. This
silent art auction will feature the artwork of many students of the MMC Community. The
artwork will include paintings, sketches, collages, and many other pieces for sale. This
is a great opportunity to add to your homes and offices, but will also make an excellent
addition to a drab residence hall room. All proceeds will go directly to the IFOPA, a
nonprofit support organization for families dealing with Fibrodysplasia Ossificans
Progressiva (FOP), a rare genetic condition that causes muscles and other connective
tissue to turn into bone, eventually causing immobility as FOP bone fuses joints.
Refreshments will be served. |
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8:00pm-10:00pm |
The Midnight Oil Festival |
The Great Hall, Main Building |
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On the evening of October 25th, students auditioned for and were cast in 7
student-written plays. The catch: the plays weren't written yet! In the hours following
the auditions, 7 playwrights penned the individual plays for the festival (based on the
casts we've created). The next morning, the directors came in and received their scripts.
Shortly thereafter, the actors arrived and rehearsals began. All day, the actors,
directors, and crew rehearsed vigorously. So, how did it turn out? Join us to see
what happened when we burned the midnight oil.
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Saturday, October 27, 2007
9:00am-10:00am |
Check In |
1st Floor, Nugent Building |
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Representatives from Academic Advisement, Admission, the MMC Parent's Committee, and
Student Affairs will be on hand to welcome you.
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9:00am-10:00am |
Welcome Reception |
Nugent Lounge, Nugent Building |
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Mix and mingle with members of the MMC community, and get to know other
MMC parents.
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9:00am-2:00pm |
MMC School Store Open |
Nugent Lounge, Nugent Building |
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Take advantage of this opportunity to get all of the MMC paraphernalia that you want.
There will also be some new items revealed just for you.
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10:00am-11:00am |
A Briefing About Bedbugs |
8th Floor, Main Building |
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Dr. Michael Cappeto, Vice President for Enrollment Management and Student Affairs, Misty
Beasley, Director of Residence Life, and Louis Sorkin, Board Certified Entomologist, will
provide a presentation and discussion of our recent bedbug problem. We will review the
history of our problem, provide facts and information about bedbugs, describe the
College's response to the problem, and discuss our plan for the future. Q&A will follow.
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| 10:00am-11:00am |
Faculty Presentations, Part I |
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"Opportunities for Research in Science at a Liberal Arts College" |
615 Main Building |
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Associate Professor of Biology, Dr. Ann Aguanno, will talk about the experiences and
activities of the undergraduate students she has mentored in her research laboratory,
including the training, projects, presentations and career outcome of these students.
Jessica Stevens, a student currently conducting research in the laboratory, will also
be present. |
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"Psychoanalysis and Race" |
453 Nugent Building |
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As a theory of social life and the emergence of the self, can psychoanalysis truly help us
understand race and racial identification? With few and rare exceptions, psychoanalysis
practitioners have been notoriously silent on matters of race and racism. This absence of
considerations of race in psychoanalytic discourse has been the occasion for lively debate
during the last 20 years. For those of us unwilling to abandon the "irrational" in our
appraisal of social life, psychoanalysis remains our theoretical paradigm of choice. To
the extent that many phenomena of race defy reason, the possibility for a
psychoanalytic understanding of race and racism remains crucial. Join Dr. Manuel
Guzman, Assistant Professor of Sociology, as these issues are discussed. |
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"Marymount Manhattan Review"
| 457 Nugent Building |
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Join Dr. Martha Sledge, Associate Professor of English, as student writers published in the
2006-2007 Marymount Manhattan Review read their works. |
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11:00am-11:45am |
Faculty Presentations, Part II |
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"Reading Rainbow: 25 Years of 'Teaching' Kids to Love Reading" |
453 Nugent Building |
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Assistant Professor of Education, Dr. Twila Liggett, a former elementary teacher, reading
consultant, administrator and MMC Assistant Professor in Teacher Education will talk about
how her experience in education helped her create the very successful, 26-Emmy Award
Winning Series. |
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"Curating Millais" |
606 Main Building |
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Associate Professor of Art History, Jason Rosenfeld, will discuss the process of
curating the major traveling exhibition of the work of the English Pre-Rapahelite painter
John Everett Millais (1829-1896) and its recent opening at Tate Britain in London. |
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"Now You See It, Now You Don't: Two or Three Things to Know About Editing Film"
| 457 Nugent Building |
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First, Dr. Alister Sanderson, Professor of Communication Arts, will take a look at
continuity editing, which conceals its traces and is fundamental to the way Hollywood
tells stories. Next, we'll see how montage, another approach to editing, reveals its own
discontinuities as Dziga Vertov takes us on an adventure into the deep structure of modern
life. |
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12:00pm-1:00pm |
First Year Parents' Reception |
Café 4th and Main |
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| Parents of first year students are invited to join members of MMC staff for an
informal luncheon. Learn about important upcoming events and the ways in which you can
effectively aid your student in his/her journey toward success - all this while enjoying a
delicious lunch! |
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| 1:15pm - 2:00pm |
Faculty Presentations, Part III |
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| "The Style of Which This is Written: Neutralization of Prepositions in English" |
458 Nugent Building |
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| Dr. Susan Behrens, Associate Professor of Communication Sciences and Disorders,
and Dr. Cindy Mercer, Executive Director for Academic Achievement Programs, noticed a change
in the use of prepositions in English. In their work with student essays, they
increasingly encounter non-standard uses of prepositions, such as concern on, afraid from,
and enamored with. This trend is evident in both native and non-native American English
speakers. They believe that the English prepositional system is moving towards an
eventual neutralization of the distinction in the prepositional category. Their
findings highlight the nature of English as always changing, as it assimilates
features from each new generation of speakers. They discuss the data's implications
for developmental education teachers, who are increasingly confronted with
non-standard prepositional use. |
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| "Right Ideas: Issue Framing within the Conservative Coalition" |
457 Nugent Building |
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| Political scientist Richard Meagher will describe his recent research into the
contemporary conservative movement. His analysis of the Republican Party alliance between
economic and social conservatives should interest listeners of any political stripe. |
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| "Study Abroad: Theatre and Culture of Ancient Greece" |
453 Nugent Building |
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| Mark Ringer, Associate Professor of Theatre Arts, and Rob Dutiel, Assistant
Professor of Theatre Arts, will speak about their team taught course from the 2007 summer
session. |
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2:00pm-3:30pm |
Historical Walking Tour of the MMC Community |
Meet at 72nd Street Entrance |
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| See how Marymount Manhattan College takes advantage of its New York City
location for its students' benefit on this 90-minute version of a walking tour frequently
used in the College's class on New York: A World City. Along this tour, lead by
Archivist/Bibliographer, Mary Brown, you will see brownstones and mansions, shops and
transportation routes, architectural gems and sites of historic interest. |
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3:30pm-5:00pm |
MMC Flag Football Game |
East Meadow, Central Park |
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| Come and cheer on MMC students, and see why MMC has been undefeated since 1961.
Enter the East Meadow at 99th Street off of 5th Avenue. Sponsored by the Campus
Activities Board. |
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| 5:30pm-7:30pm |
Wall-to-Wall Musical Theatre |
Café 4th and Main |
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| Come and hear songs from your favorite Broadway musicals performed by MMC
students. There are two performances: 5:30pm and 6:30pm. |
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8:00pm-10:00pm |
So, You Think You Can Dance with the Stars? |
Great Hall, Main Building |
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| So, you think you can dance? The stars of the Soldiers of Hip Hop, MMC's student
hip hop dance troupe, are going to put you to the test. Two weeks ago, we took average
students, randomly assigned them to teams, and taught them a two-minute routine. Now, it's
time to see who really can dance with the stars. Come and see who shines. Prizes will be
given to the top team as well as the top individual. There will also be special
performances by the Soldiers of Hip Hop. |
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Sunday, October 28, 2007
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10:30am-11:00am |
So, What Do You Have?
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MMC Chapel |
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An interfaith service of prayer and praise with Sr. Virginia Dorgan, Director of Campus
Ministries, Rabbi Philip Hiat, MMC professor, in addition to Expressions of Grace,
Marymount Christian Fellowship, and the Islamic Cultural Club. Take some time and join
us. |
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11:00am-12:00pm |
Sunday Brunch |
Café 4th and Main
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| We hope you enjoyed your time at Marymount Manhattan. Grab a bite to eat
before you head back home. |
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