http://www.swarthmore.edu/x41940.xml This podcast allows you to experience Swarthmore College events from your computer or your MP3 Player. Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:18:54 400 en slin2@swarthmore.edu (Swarthmore College) (Swarthmore College) slin2@swarthmore.edu (Swarthmore College) (Swarthmore College) Education 1440 swarthmore,college,events,university,education This podcast allows you to experience Swarthmore College events from your computer or your MP3 Player. This podcast allows you to experience Swarthmore College events from your computer or your MP3 Player. Swarthmore College Swarthmore College slin2@swarthmore.edu (Swarthmore College) No no http://www.swarthmore.edu/Images/podcast_featured_events.jpg http://www.swarthmore.edu/x41940.xml 300 300 © Swarthmore Collegeswarthmore,college,events,university,educationEducation/Higher Education http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/Yx3TG0u4jqo/how-i-got-from-swarthmore-to-the-super-bowl-x41164.xml Fri, 3 Feb 2012 10:17:59 500 http://www.swarthmore.edu/how-i-got-from-swarthmore-to-the-super-bowl-x41164.xml Tom Spock '78 talks about the business of sports and his own path into the industry.]]> Tom Spock '78 talks about the business of sports and his own path into the industry. He is introduced by Kristie Beucler. Tom, founding partner of Scalar Media Partners, is a well-known media and sports industry executive with a strong background in both general and financial management. Tom was executive vice president, new media and enterprises, for the NFL, where he worked for 10 years. As the head of NFL Enterprises, he managed NFL New Media, Sunday Ticket, NFL Films, NFL International, and the NFL's IT group. Among Tom?s many contributions in this role were the creation of the NFL Internet Network and the negotiation of the NFL's groundbreaking five-year marketing and digital rights deal with AOL-Time Warner, CBS Sports, and CBS Sportsline. Previously Tom had served for seven years as the NFL?s first EVP/CFO, working on all business and financial matters affecting the League. Before joining the NFL, Tom spent nine years at NBC in New York in a variety of financial positions. As NBC?s vice president, financial forecasting and analysis, he had responsibility for financial planning and budgeting and major analytical projects. Tom graduated with honors from Swarthmore, majoring in economics with minors in history and art history, and received the Ivy Award at commencement, given to the outstanding man in the graduating class. He also played four years of varsity soccer, including playing in the 1974 NCAA Division III National Championship game. Tom has served on Swarthmore?s Board since 1997, and chairs the Finance Committee. During 2008-09, he also served as chair of Swarthmore?s Presidential Search Committee. Tom received his MBA from Stanford in 1983.]]> 71:00 In a discussion with students sponsored by Career Services, Tom Spock '78 talks about the business of sports and his own path into the industry. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/how-i-got-from-swarthmore-to-the-super-bowl-x41164.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/4yY78Cpjw5s/rethinking-the-rotting-y-chromosome.xml Thu, 12 Jan 2012 10:51:59 500 http://www.swarthmore.edu/rethinking-the-rotting-y-chromosome.xml David Page '78 discusses how recent genomic studies have revealed the Y chromosome's architectural beauty, evolutionary dynamism, and critical role in male fertility.]]> ]]> 62:00 Biologist David Page '78 discusses how recent genomic studies have revealed the Y chromosome's architectural beauty, evolutionary dynamism, and critical role in male fertility. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/rethinking-the-rotting-y-chromosome.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/XGDtzNL-bvU/my-mud-manifesto.xml Wed, 19 Oct 2011 10:22:36 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/my-mud-manifesto.xml Massey Burke '00 returned to campus to supervise a sustainable building design project with art and engineering students and other interested members of the campus community.]]> Vertical Clay, a sustainable building group, to supervise a building sustainable design project with art and engineering students and other interested members of the campus community. Using materials recycled from the Scott Arboretum, they designed and built a sculptural installation in the garden adjacent to Beardsley Hall. After graduating with honors in classics and English literature, Burke began a professional life in natural building with Ecoshanty, an earthen getaway at the Solar Living Institute in California. She then went on to study integrated natural building and is currently an independent designer and teacher. Burke is introduced by Professor of Studio Art Syd Carpenter, who invited her to campus in conjunction with her class, The Container as Architecture.]]> 80:00 Massey Burke '00 returned to campus to supervise a sustainable building design project with art and engineering students and other interested members of the campus community. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/my-mud-manifesto.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/Nv8npWcHGX8/in-the-heights-a-conversation-with-lin-manuel-miranda.xml Thu, 6 Oct 2011 07:48:16 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/in-the-heights-a-conversation-with-lin-manuel-miranda.xml In the Heights, spoke on campus as part of the 2011-2012 Cooper Series. The conversation (beginning at 7:35 after introductions) also features Rafael Zapata, assistant dean and director of the Intercultural Center, Ana Rosado '12, and Luciano Martinez, assistant professor of Spanish. In the Heights, which received four 2008 Tony Awards including Best Musical, tells the story of a vibrant community in Manhattan's Washington Heights - a neighborhood on the brink of change and manifesting the tensions that arise from gentrification, social mobility, conflicting loyalties, and family expectations. In addition to discussing In the Heights, Miranda also discusses and shares new material from a project about Alexander Hamilton (1 hr. 7 min).]]> 71:00 In addition to discussing his Tony Award-winning play, Miranda also shares new material from a project about Alexander Hamilton. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/in-the-heights-a-conversation-with-lin-manuel-miranda.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/b1Yy-KBM9lg/towards-a-model-of-inclusive-excellence-promising-practices.xml Wed, 5 Oct 2011 09:59:15 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/towards-a-model-of-inclusive-excellence-promising-practices.xml this presentation [pdf] (beginning at 5:00), he specifically addresses these challenges in relation to faculty diversity. Williams' research on chief diversity officers and inclusive excellence have been featured in publications such as About Campus, Diverse Issues in Higher Education, Inside Higher Education, the Chronicle of Higher Education, the Diversity Factor, Strategic Diversity & Inclusion Magazine, and others. His forthcoming book is A Matter of Excellence, Strategic Diversity Leadership in the Academy. He currently holds the position of vice provost for diversity and climate at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.]]> 43:59 Damon Williams is a nationally recognized scholar, administrator, and educator in the areas of diversity, inclusion, and organizational change in higher education. He has worked with over 200 other colleges and universities and is known for his expertise in the area of diversity opportunities and challenges facing small, liberal arts institutions. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/towards-a-model-of-inclusive-excellence-promising-practices.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/WCoFb809JSI/first-collection-2011-president-rebecca-chopp.xml Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:25:36 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/first-collection-2011-president-rebecca-chopp.xml Tom Stephenson and Kenyetta Givans '12 also joined in welcoming the Class of 2015 to Swarthmore. The a cappella group Sixteen Feet closed the ceremony by leading the class in singing the Alma Mater.]]> 12:01 After an introduction by Dean of Students Liz Braun, President Rebecca Chopp (2:50) warmly welcomed the Class of 2015 to the "distinct community" of which they are now a part. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/first-collection-2011-president-rebecca-chopp.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/Nan7tONjXf8/first-collection-2011-kenyetta-givans-12.xml Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:25:16 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/first-collection-2011-kenyetta-givans-12.xml RA and a decorated member of the women's track and field team. In May, she finished the 2011 Centennial Conference Championships with one of the best single-day performances of her career, winning the gold medal and smashing the school record in both the 100 meter (14.73) and 400 meter (1:03.15) hurdles. Thanks to her two golds, Givans was named the 2011 Centennial Conference Most Outstanding Women's Track Performer of the Meet. President Rebecca Chopp, Dean of Students Liz Braun, and Provost Tom Stephenson joined Givans in welcoming the Class of 2015 to Swarthmore. The a cappella group Sixteen Feet closed the ceremony by leading the class in singing the Alma Mater.]]> 5:54 Kenyetta Givans '12 encouraged members of the Class of 2015 to choose carefully among all the opportunities that will be available to them. "They are the building blocks," she said, "to an unbelievable future." Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/first-collection-2011-kenyetta-givans-12.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/gL7animqlFw/first-collection-2011-tom-stephenson.xml Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:24:57 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/first-collection-2011-tom-stephenson.xml Rebecca Chopp, and Kenyetta Givans '12 also joined in welcoming the Class of 2015 to Swarthmore. The a cappella group Sixteen Feet closed the ceremony by leading the class in singing the Alma Mater.]]> 17:47 "The adventure that you are about to embark on," he said, "will be so much more than just an education... It is a transformative experience, and I hope that you will grasp it with all the energy you can muster." Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/first-collection-2011-tom-stephenson.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/7rLxNVLTleE/first-collection-2011-sixteen-feet.xml Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:24:36 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/first-collection-2011-sixteen-feet.xml ]]> 2:48 The a capella group Sixteen Feet closed the ceremony by leading the Class of 2015 in singing the Alma Mater. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/first-collection-2011-sixteen-feet.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/t9U18ilJJOo/the-imfs-new-partnership-in-sub-saharan-africa.xml Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:15:36 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/the-imfs-new-partnership-in-sub-saharan-africa.xml Claire Wilcox Lecture, is director of the African Department of the IMF. As Minister of Finance in post-conflict Liberia, she led the country through its first poverty reduction strategy, significantly strengthened its public finances and championed public financial management reform. Before joining President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf's cabinet, Sayeh worked in a variety of roles in the World Bank, including country director for Benin, Niger, and Togo. Sayeh holds a B.A. with honors in economics from Swarthmore College and a Ph.D. in international economic relations from the Fletcher School at Tufts University.]]> 72:00 By exploring the reasons behind recent African success stories and the changing roles that the IMF has played over the years, Antoinette Monsio Sayeh '79 seeks to separate myth from reality and identify the broad areas of agreement that now exist on how to keep economies on track for sustained growth. Sayeh, director of the African Department of the IMF, delivered the 2011 Claire Wilcox Lecture. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/the-imfs-new-partnership-in-sub-saharan-africa.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/tTm03zyaE6k/the-genetic-revolution-swarthmore-and-me.xml Mon, 20 Jun 2011 08:19:38 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/the-genetic-revolution-swarthmore-and-me.xml Alumni Weekend 2011, bacterial molecular geneticist June Rothman Scott '61 shared her experience of the revolution in her field and how her Swarthmore training prepared her for her career. "If I've learned anything in these 50 years," she says, "it's that we're very poor at predicting the future - but Swarthmore somehow managed to prepare us for this future anyway." In her lab at Emory University, where she has taught since 1969, Scott, the Charles Howard Candler Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, uses molecular biological and microbial genetic techniques to study virulence factors in bacterial pathogens. She and her team investigate the group A streptococcus, a serious human pathogen that causes "strep throat," rheumatic heart disease, toxic shock syndrome, and other serious invasive diseases. Scott is also Principal Investigator of an NIH training grant that funds pre- and post-doctoral trainees in molecular mechanisms of microbial pathogenesis.]]> 16:15 On campus for her 50th reunion during Alumni Weekend 2011, bacterial molecular geneticist June Rothman Scott '61 shared her experience of the revolution in her field and how her Swarthmore training prepared her for her career. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/the-genetic-revolution-swarthmore-and-me.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/tDxx2rqrixU/carl-levin-56.xml Mon, 20 Jun 2011 05:31:09 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/carl-levin-56.xml Alumni Weekend 2011, addressed fellow Garnet Sages at a dinner in Parrish Commons. In his conversational talk (starting at 4:30), he discussed his views of the current state of government and the changes he has seen as a six-term member of the U.S. Senate. He was affectionately introduced by Bob Barr '56.]]> 55:59 Carl Levin '56, on campus for Alumni Weekend, addressed fellow Garnet Sages at a dinner in Parrish Commons. In his conversational talk, he discussed his views of the current state of government and the changes he has seen as a member of the U.S. Senate currently serving his sixth term. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/carl-levin-56.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/HGiK4FqC80o/did-france-invent-the-free-soil-principle.xml Sun, 29 May 2011 18:32:45 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/did-france-invent-the-free-soil-principle.xml Stadtluft macht frei, French royal maxims and statutes, Dutch and Spanish legal decisions, and a Portuguese ministerial declaration. In the 2011 Paul H. Beik lecture (8:14), historian Sue Peabody explores where the Free Soil principle came from and what its implications were for Atlantic colonialism, abolitionism, and the development of the modern nation state. Peabody is Edward G. Meyer Professor of Liberal Arts at Washington State University Vancouver and specializes in the history of slavery, freedom, and the law in the French empire, 1600-1850. She is past president of the French Colonial Historical Society and serves on the editorial board of French Colonial History. She is currently writing the biography of Furcy, a slave who won his freedom before France's Cour royal on the basis of the Free Soil principle in 1843. This lecture series honors the memory of Paul H. Beik, an historian of France and Russia, who taught and mentored Swarthmore students in history from 1945 to 1980. The 2011 Beik Lecture also celebrates historian Robert S. DuPlessis' career. ]]> 43:59 In the 2011 Paul H. Beik lecture (8:14), historian Sue Peabody explores where the Free Soil principle came from, and what its implications were for Atlantic colonialsim, abolitionism, and the development of the modern nation state. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/did-france-invent-the-free-soil-principle.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/yslRgnjwyEU/swarthmore-made-me-a-critics-secret-life.xml Thu, 12 May 2011 08:17:36 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/swarthmore-made-me-a-critics-secret-life.xml Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio's Morning Edition, spoke at the inaugural Arts Weekend about the impact Swarthmore had in helping him shape and determine his career. After an introduction to the weekend by President Rebecca Chopp, Patricia White (4:10), professor and chair of film and media studies, introduces Turan, whose talk (8:55) also received coverage in the Daily Gazette. Turan, also a graduate of Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, teaches nonfiction writing and film criticism at the University of Southern California and has written for The Washington Post. He has also published five books, most recently Free For All: Joe Papp, The Public and the Greatest Theater Story Ever Told (2010).]]> 60:00 Kenneth Turan '67, film critic for the Los Angeles Times and National Public Radio's Morning Edition, spoke at the inaugural Arts Weekend about the impact Swarthmore had in helping him shape and determine his career. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/swarthmore-made-me-a-critics-secret-life.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/f_0fii-4hgg/toward-a-quaker-aesthetic.xml Tue, 19 Apr 2011 05:00:47 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/toward-a-quaker-aesthetic.xml Andrea Packard '85, director of Swarthmore's List Gallery, discusses her work as an artist and curator. She also explores Swarthmore's evolving attitude toward the arts as well as aspects of Quaker practice that inform her own creative inquiry. This talk (starting at 16:03) opened "Composing Nature," an exhibition featuring Packard's recent mixed media works on paper.]]> 72:00 Andrea Packard '85 discusses her work as an artist and curator and explores Swarthmore's evolving attitude toward the arts as well as aspects of Quaker practice that inform her own creative inquiry. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/toward-a-quaker-aesthetic.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/ZKK4Gav0g4A/a-history-of-ones-own-asian-america-in-the-global-age.xml Fri, 15 Apr 2011 07:42:19 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/a-history-of-ones-own-asian-america-in-the-global-age.xml Genevieve Ching-Wen Lee ?96 Lecture in Asian American Studies, Duke University historian Sucheta Mazumdar examines the diverse voices of Asian America, the ways in which new global migration changed the landscape of Asian America, and Asian Pacific American political and social activism today.]]> Genevieve Ching-Wen Lee ?96 Lecture in Asian American Studies, Duke University historian Sucheta Mazumdar examines the diverse voices of Asian America, the ways in which new global migration changed the landscape of Asian America, and Asian Pacific American political and social activism today.]]> 50:52 For the 2011 Genevieve Ching-Wen Lee ’96 Lecture in Asian American Studies , Duke University historian Sucheta Mazumdar examines the diverse voices of Asian America, the ways in which new global migration changed the landscape of Asian America, and Asian Pacific American political and social activism today. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/a-history-of-ones-own-asian-america-in-the-global-age.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/gHvk34iyto8/social-entrepreneurship-the-business-of-transforming-the-wo.xml Tue, 29 Mar 2011 15:24:55 400 http://www.swarthmore.edu/social-entrepreneurship-the-business-of-transforming-the-wo.xml ]]> 48:42 "When you are looking at social entrepreneurship as a way of addressing social problems you are engaged in challenging the existing paradigm" says Edgar Cahn '56. The law professor, creator of Time Dollars, founder of TimeBanks USA, and co-founder of the National Legal Services Program provided the keynote address for the 2011 Jonathan R. Lax '71 Conference on Entrepreneurship. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/social-entrepreneurship-the-business-of-transforming-the-wo.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/85JpZYkWwCc/hearing-but-not-listening-islamist-activism-in-britain.xml Fri, 11 Mar 2011 09:44:06 500 http://www.swarthmore.edu/hearing-but-not-listening-islamist-activism-in-britain.xml Jonathan Githens-Mazer '97 offers evidence to suggest that religion, identity, and political behavior must be disaggregated from discussions about security and the nature of any contemporary terrorist threat. Githens-Mazer is the co-director of the European Muslim Research Centre and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies at the University of Exeter.]]> 47:39 Jonathan Githens-Mazer '97, the co-director of the European Muslim Research Centre and co-director of the Exeter Centre for Ethno-Political Studies at the University of Exeter, suggests that religion, identity, and political behavior must be disaggregated from discussions about security and the nature of any contemporary terrorist threat. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/hearing-but-not-listening-islamist-activism-in-britain.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/JmfJGPR-DR4/racism-in-a-racial-democracy-race-and-regional-identity-in.xml Tue, 22 Feb 2011 08:31:13 500 http://www.swarthmore.edu/racism-in-a-racial-democracy-race-and-regional-identity-in.xml ]]> 71:00 Noted historian Barbara Weinstein considers how racism operates in a society where virtually everyone insists that it is un-Brazilian to discriminate on the basis of "race" and where racial identities are regarded as more fluid and unstable than in the U.S. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/racism-in-a-racial-democracy-race-and-regional-identity-in.xml http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/SwatFeaturedEvents/~3/ygxfFJn1gfU/of-tocqueville-justice-kennedy-and-large-sample-sizes-res.xml Mon, 17 Jan 2011 12:34:01 500 http://www.swarthmore.edu/of-tocqueville-justice-kennedy-and-large-sample-sizes-res.xml http://www.com.washington.edu/faculty/gastil.html]]> 30:39 John Gastil '89's discusses the results of his new book The Jury of Democracy, the first work to demonstrate how this institutionalized form of deliberation can contribute to democratic society not only in the United States but also in the many other countries using or experimenting with juries. Swarthmore College no No Swarthmore Collegehttp://www.swarthmore.edu/of-tocqueville-justice-kennedy-and-large-sample-sizes-res.xml © Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore CollegenonadultThis podcast allows you to experience Swarthmore College events from your computer or your MP3 Player.