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In more than a dozen future events, and in general, she adds she is "particularly eager to gain insight into which aspects of the Swarthmore experience should endure; what values we most treasure; and how those values can help shape our decisions as we look forward to the future together."

Of particular interest may be her reflections on community service (38:50), strategic planning (40:55), and consensus decision making (48:17). more

Arrow, an accomplished dancer and choreographer, is the recipient of two Fulbright Fellowships and a Pew Fellowship in the Arts for choreography, among other awards. He joined Swarthmore's faculty in 1991 and next teaches a taiko repertory class in Spring 2010.

For more Swarthmore Taiko, check out this excerpt from the Spring 2009 Student Dance Concert.

Although many of his forms suggest weathered buoys and other nautical forms, Hamada takes more inspiration from music than literal sources in the everyday world. Hamada moved from his native Tokyo to West Virginia at the age of 18, when his father took a job in the steel industry. Entering college, his struggle to communicate in English and to comprehend his newfound minority status catalyzed his profound response to the abstract fundamentals of drawing and sculpture - the universal language of geometry and design. He went on to receive his MFA from the University of Maryland and was subsequently awarded two residencies from the Edward Albee Foundation. His List Gallery show was his first in the Greater Philadelphia region.

"Sweet Sweet Honey" by Joe Raciti '05.

Before receiving their degrees, candidates for the Bachelor of Science degree in engineering surprised the audience and their classmates with red confetti, the unfurling of a pirate flag, and a figure that mysteriously self-inflated.

More Commencement 2009.

More Commencement 2009

Carmella is the recipient of the Hally Jo Stein Award, given by the dance faculty and based on a student's overall involvement, achievement, and excellence in the area of dance over the course of the student's time at Swarthmore.

A native of Holland, van de Kamp was known as much for his weekly campus screenings of Charlie Chaplin movies as he was for his devotion to his students. At the telescope's dedication earlier this month, President Bloom introduced Ed Dennison '49, a former student of "PVDK" who spoke about that devotion and the "clear picture of astronomy and the life of an astronomer" that van de Kamp provided.

Watch the observatory dome's installation last fall.

The production was the Honors directing thesis of Jacqueline Vitale ’09. Colin Aarons ’09 is featured in the title role.  Designers include: Daniel Perelstein ’09 (sound), Carmella Ollero ’09 (choreography), Emma Ferguson ’10 (set), Allison McCarthy ’09 (costumes), and Logan Tiberi-Warner ’10 (body art). Guest artist Kate Watson-Wallace provided space and movement dramaturgy. The production also featured "wildly re-imagined music by The Kinks played live by Swarthmore's finest troubadours."

Eva shared the stage with performance artist Na Tanyá Daviná Stewart. Both performances helped celebrate the life and work of Kathryn Morgan, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Professor Emerita of History. Morgan, who attended the festival's kickoff event, was the first African American professor at the College and the first African American woman to be granted tenure.

Daviná shared the stage with Eva McKend '11, an English literature major from New York, N.Y., who performed her piece, "Between Love and Hate." Eva was accompanied on piano by Philippe Celestin '11.

Both performances helped celebrate the life and work of Kathryn Morgan, Sara Lawrence Lightfoot Professor Emerita of History. Morgan, who attended the festival's kickoff event, was the first African American professor at the College and the first African American woman to be granted tenure.

“This project began as a proposal from the Delaware County Alliance for Environmental Justice last semester,” says Majandra, a sociology/anthropology major from Lima, Peru. “They want to raise awareness about a soccer stadium being built in Chester and the toxic past of some of the land involved. Our documentary also touches on some broader issues, such as the economic and health problems in Chester and the importance of addressing these in all development projects.”

"While I hope that most of them will remain music-lovers and some of them will embrace classical music, what I really dream about for these kids is that they can go out and change the world," Alston says. "And that's the truth."

Alston's efforts to expand upon the successful model of the chorus culminated last fall with the opening of the Chester Upland School of the Arts. Students there, currently in pre-K to second grade, are immersed in a curriculum that combines rigorous academics with music, dance, and visual arts.

The chorus will celebrate its 15-year anniversary with concerts on May 8 and 9 at 8 p.m. in Lang Concert Hall.

An honors biology major from Wilmington, Del., Mullarkey won a Rhodes Scholarship for 2009 and will study at Oxford University in the fall. Mullarkey is a McCabe Scholar and captain of the women's soccer team, which won the 2008 ECAC South Region Championship last fall. She also holds the school 5,000-meter steeplechase record in women’s track-and-field.

The two, lab partners in Professor of Engineering Erik Cheever's Engineering Methodology course, made improvements to the existing arm and wrote controlling software for it. "We used Processing to write a friendly GUI that allows the user to either draw with the mouse or import SVG path data from a file," Ames says. "The software then traces the paths and sends the angles to the servos of the robotic arm."

Ames made a time-lapse video of the arm, since the actual drawing took a little over a half hour to complete.