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The Department of Communications moved into our beautiful new building seven years ago. During Construction I had the opportunity of visiting the space that would become my new home.
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Several members of the Department of Communications captured in photos on a beautiful Friday morning.
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I have happily received a Presidential "Appointment." I am looking forward to greeting many friends tomorrow.
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Great shout-out to Kelly Hager and the Children's Literature Program in the Sunday New York Times by Bitterblue author Kristin Cashore.
What's the best book you ever read for a
school assignment?
Oh, wow!
By "school," do you mean my entire academic career? With hundreds, maybe
thousands, to choose from, I don't even know where to start. Maybe I'll look at
it from a different angle. What book was the subject of the academic paper I
found most fascinating, and am most proud of? That would be Jean Ingelow's odd
little story "Mopsa the Fairy," which I read in one my favorite-ever classes,
Victorian Children's Literature (with Dr. Kelly Hager, at Simmons College's
Center for the Study of Children's Literature). To the best of my memory, it
was the gender roles that fascinated me. I think I wrote about female
entrapment and male liberty -- "boys in flight and grounded women" -- in "Mopsa"
and in Victorian England.
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/08/books/review/kristin-cashore-by-the-book.html?pagewanted=all
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As I paused to remember, as I often do, the contribution that Ray Bradbury made to my life, I took down a VHS from my dusty shelves. It was Something Wicked This Way Comes. Within the clam shell case, as they call them, was a snippet of an interview with Mr. Bradbury. He was quite pleased with the way that the film adaptation of his novel turned out.
He cited just a few times that an adaptation of his work had met his expectations. One was an NBC broadcast called The Electric Grandmother. I had not seen it, although I knew the story very well. I found it on YouTube. It is a nice little production. It has a great big heart.
As the credits rolled at the end I was surprised. I thought I recognized the name of one of production team. In the digital world we can manipulate time, so I played the credits again. Yes, I knew that name. Simmons alumna Yudi Bennett, who happened to be a Communications major as well, had worked on the film.
While I crept back through time and memory, I found more than Ray Bradbury. It was a delightful surprise. Just like a story. By the master of time and space. And the imagination.
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Anne Coghlan, former Simmons Dean of Sciences and Health Professions, died Wednesday at her home after a short illness.
There will be a memorial service for Dean Coghlan on June 26 at 5 p.m. at Fuller Village in Milton, Mass., where she lived. A notice of her death will be in Sunday's Boston Globe.
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I can not wait to see Ms. Di Novi again! There are so many joys of Reunions.
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Tuesday May 8 from 4-7pm Third Floor Lefavour Hall
Come One, Come All! Commworks - The Show-The Party is here again. Communications Department's Annual Celebration of Student Work Begins at 4 P.M. with Food Fun & Music. Pick Up Latest Edition of COMMTRACKS Magazine. Recognition Ceremony begins at 5 P.M. in L-316.
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Tonight we gather for one of the final events of the academic year. In our best bib and tucker, we dine and converse, we members of the Simmons community. It is how, steeped in tradition, we begin to say Fare Thee Well.
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Wonderful Issue of Sidelines released last night. Find your copy & DELIGHT in it, as I have!
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