WEEK 1 WEEKS OF WELCOME 2021 - POWER YOUR POTENTIAL SEPT 6 - Skidmore College
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WEEKS OF WELCOME 2021 WEEK 1SEPT 6 - 12 POWER YOUR POTENTIAL
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
ALL WEEK LONG MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 6
WEEKLY WELLNESS CENTER RAFFLE EXPLOREMORE
Do you want to win a $25 SkidShop gift card, Skidmore 10AM - 1PM
mug & Skidmore blanket? Fill out the back of your ASSIGNED ROOMS
Weeks of Welcome postcard and bring it to the Student Get to know campus by meeting folks from all around
Wellness Center located on the 3rd floor of Case the Skidmore community! Check out some of Skidmore
Center. Postcards were delivered to your Skidmore students' favorite local vendors.
mailbox. Please note: The Wellness Center will not open Sponsored by FYE and Campus Life and Engagement.
until September 13th. Please slip your raffle under the
door. The winner will be announced the week of 9/13.
Sponsored by the Department of Health Promotion and Peer Health MAKE YOUR OWN MEZUZAH
Educators. 1PM - 3PM
CASE CENTER 2ND FLOOR TABLES
Stop by to meet Jewish Student Life staff and students,
LIBRARY BINGO make your own mezuzah, learn about High Holy Days
options and Jewish Life at Skidmore. Enter to win JSL
STARTS 9/7 AND ENDS 9/17 swag!
LIBRARY DISPLAY DESK, 1ST FL. Sponsored by Jewish Student Life and the Office of Religious and
Get to know the library by playing BINGO! Pick up your Spiritual Life.
BINGO card at the display desk on the first floor.
Connect five boxes horizontally, vertically, or diagonally
by completing the tasks in each. When you get a BINGO,
submit your card to be entered into a gift card raffle.
Sponsored by the Lucy Scribner Library.
NAME OUR STAPLER
STARTS 9/7 AND ENDS 9/17
LIBRARY DISPLAY DESK, 1ST FL.
At the start of every semester, a new stapler joins the
library's intrepid band of office supplies to fulfill its
destiny of keeping your papers together! From
September 7th -17th, you can submit as many potential
names as you'd like for our new stapler. Library staff
and student workers will then vote for their favorite
and literally label the stapler with it.
Sponsored by the Lucy Scribner Library. "SEX DISCUSSED HERE"
3:30PM - 5PM
ASSIGNED ROOMS (FIRST YEARS ONLY)
Marshall Miller and Dorian Solot teach sex education
unlike anything you've had before - this is not your high
school health class! You can get answers to your secret
sex questions and find out what everyone else has been
wanting to know too. Come prepared to laugh and learn.
Sponsored by the Department of Health Promotion.
EREV ROSH HASHANAH DINNER
6:15PM - 7:30PM
DINING HALL, 2ND FL.
Shanah Tovah! Join other students for a Rosh
Hashanah Dinner before services. RSVP is required and
spaces are limited so be sure to sign up. Information is
available on SkidSync.
Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Jewish Student
Life and Skidmore Hillel.
CHILL SPACE AT WILSON CHAPEL
2PM - 5PM (EVERY MON-THURS STARTING 9/8 EREV ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES
WILSON CHAPEL 8PM - 10PM
Drop in, hang out, work, chat, pray, meditate, or just JKB THEATER AND ONLINE
be. Snacks and tea/coffee will be available when Rosh Hashanah Services will be held on campus, in
possible. Wilson Chapel is located by the North Woods, person and online, in partnership with Temple Sinai of
across the parking lot from Palamountain Hall. The Saratoga Springs. RSVP is required for in-person
space is non-denominational and open to folks of any attendance and spaces are limited. For signup
religious or secular background. information and links see SkidSync.
Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Jewish Student
Life and Skidmore Hillel.
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DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLECTUAL OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICAL SOCIAL SPIRITUAL
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
MOVIE NIGHT ON THE GREEN LUNCHTIME CROCHET: SARATOGA SPRINGS
8PM - 9:30PM SATELLITE REEF
CASE GREEN 12PM - 12:30PM
Round up your new roommates and join us for a ZOOM
movie night on the green. Come meet some of your Associate Curator Rebecca McNamara hosts an
fellow Class of 2025 members! online drop-in crocheting session from noon to
Sponsored by FYE and Campus Life and Engagement. 12:30 PM each Wednesday through 2021. Join at
your leisure to crochet and chat as we create corals
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 for a massive community art project, the Saratoga
Springs Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide
ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES (1ST DAY) Crochet Coral Reef project by Christine and
10AM - 12:45PM Margaret Wertheim and the Institute For Figuring.
JKB THEATER AND ONLINE Coral creations submitted to the Museum will be
Rosh Hashanah Services (1st day) will be held on assembled together to form the Saratoga Springs
campus, in person and online, in partnership with Satellite Reef, which will be exhibited as part of
Temple Sinai of Saratoga Springs. RSVP is required for Radical Fiber: Threads Connecting Art and Science,
in-person attendance. For signup information and links opening in early 2022.
Sponsored by the Tang Teaching Museum
see SkidSync or the Jewish Student Life webpage:
https://www.skidmore.edu/religious-life/jsl.php
Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Jewish
Student Life and Skidmore Hillel.
FOUNDER'S DAY PICNIC
4:30PM - 7PM
SOUTH PARK GREEN
Join the entire Skidmore community to celebrate
our founder, Lucy Skidmore Scribner.
Sponsored by Alumni Affairs and College Events.
Sponsored by Jewish Student Life and the Office of Religious and
Spiritual Life.
INTERFAITH CAFÉ
2:30PM - 4:30PM
WISLON CHAPEL
Stop by to collaborate on interfaith projects, join
discussions, or just hang out. Special weekly themes or
projects to be announced. Newcomers always welcome.
This a “drop in”-style event. Come and go as you
please. Students do not need to belong to any
particular religious group or to identify as religious to
TASHLICH FOR ROSH HASHANAH participate. Have an idea for an event or topic that we
5:30PM - 6PM could host as part of this event? Let us know! (We’ll
HAUPT POND have music, coffee/tea (bring your own mug if you
Join Jewish Student Life and Skidmore Hillel as we cast can!), and snacks. ***Availability of tea/coffee and
off the past year and celebrate the year yet to come! snacks, as well as masking requirements subject to
Attending the Founders Day BBQ? Haupt Pond is just current policies). Wilson Chapel is a peaceful space
down the hill from the tent! designed for use by many different religious traditions.
Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Jewish Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life.
Student Life and Skidmore Hillel.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8
ROSH HASHANAH SERVICES (2ND DAY)
10AM - 1PM
OFF CAMPUS AND ONLINE
Rosh Hashanah Services for the 2nd day will be held
off campus at Temple Sinai (less than a mile from
campus) with in-person and online options for
attendance. RSVP is required for in-person attendance
and transportation assistance is available. For signup
information and links see SkidSync.
Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life, Jewish
Student Life and Skidmore Hillel.
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DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLECTUAL OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICAL SOCIAL SPIRITUAL
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
SKIDMORE THEATER INFO SESSION GLENN ADAMSON AND NICOLE CHERUBINI IN
6:30PM - 8PM CONVERSATION
JKB THEATER 6PM - 7PM
Interested in getting involved in Skidmore Theater? TANG TEACHING MUSEUM
Join us for the Skidmore Theater Info Session! If Join us in person for a conversation on American
you are a first year, a new student, or newly craft with art historian and curator Glenn Adamson
interested in Theater, please join us from 6:30-7pm and exhibiting artist Nicole Cherubini, whose
for an informal welcome session with members of exhibition Nicole Cherubini: Shaking the Trees is on
the Theater faculty. We’'ll help you get to know our view in the Mezzanine.
Department and the many ways you can get Sponsored by the Tang Teaching Museum.
involved. You don’t need to be enrolled in a Theater
course or plan to be involved in our productions to
attend– we’'ll meet you at any interest level. The 7-
8pm Info Session welcomes all students, new and
returning, to learn about the many opportunities to
get involved in Skidmore Theater’s Fall ’21 semester.
You’ll hear about performance and production
opportunities, learn about course offerings, Theater
Company, and more! *Audition Sign-up & Audition
Workshop will happen immediately after the Info
Session
Sponsored by the Theater Department.
FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10
OPEN MORNING MEDITATION SPACE
9AM -10AM
CASE 205
Join us in our new space for Open Meditation. This is
an opportunity to explore your own contemplative
practice, breathe and be before you start your day.
You can drop-in for any amount of time between 9am-
10am Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays.
Sponsored by SkidMORE MINDFULness.
JUMMAH PRAYER - OPEN DROP-IN TIME
THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 9 11:30AM - 2:30PM
WILSON CHAPEL
THURSDAY YIN YOGA Wilson Chapel is reserved every Friday for Muslim
12PM - 1PM prayers. Students can drop in to use the space or
WILSON CHAPEL organize gatherings for Dhur and Jummah.
Join Skidmore Mindfulness Program Coordinator, Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spritual Life.
Jennifer Schmid-Fareed for a quiet, meditative
yoga class based on Yin principles. Come feel
revitalized. Open to all levels of practice. Space is FRIDAY VINYASA YOGA
limited, please RSVP on SkidSync for yoga each 3PM - 4PM
gathering you plan to attend! Yoga Mats available. WILSON CHAPEL
Sponsored by SkidMORE MINDFULness. Join Franca Bibow '22 for a Mindful Flow centered on
connecting to your breath, body and heart. Open to all
levels of practice. Space is limited, please RSVP on
TEA, TEXT & TORAH SkidSync for each yoga gathering you plan to attend!
4:30PM - 5PM Yoga mats available.
Sponsored by SkidMORE MINDFULness.
CASE 203
Stop by for a casual discussion of topics and texts
related to Jewish tradition. All are welcome,
regardless of religious background. Newcomers
welcome throughout the semester. (Note that the
"Tea" part of Tea, Text, & Torah will only happen if
masking and food/drink policies allow).
Sponsored by Jewish Student Life.
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SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
CLUB FAIR FRIDAY NIGHT OUT (FNO): POTTERY PAINTING
3:30PM - 5PM 8PM - 10PM
CASE GREEN SPA, CASE CENTER
Learn more about the student clubs at Skidmore Looking for something to do this
and how you can get involved. Friday night? Let your creativity
Sponsored by Campus Life & Engagement. flow as you paint your one-of-a-
kind mug! Seats are limited -
register at
https://forms.gle/whfQBeUH9bb52j
wK8 or scan the QR code
Sponsored by the Peer Health Educators.
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 11
FIELD HOCKEY VS WILLIAMS COLLEGE
4:30PM
WACHENHEIM FIELD
Sponsored by Athletics.
FIELD HOCKEY VS SUNY GENESEO
12PM
WACHENHEIM FIELD
Sponsored by Athletics.
MEN'S TENNIS VS BARD COLLEGE
1PM
WILLIAMSON SPORTS CENTER TENNIS COURTS
Sponsored by Athletics.
WOMEN'S SOCCER VS NEW PALTZ
7PM
WACHENHEIM FIELD
Sponsored by Athletics.
SHABBAT SERVICES AND DINNER
5:15PM - 8PM HAVDALAH AND GAME NIGHT
WILSON CHAPEL AND DINING HALL 7:15PM - 8:30PM
Come and join us for Skidmore Style Shabbat WILSON CHAPEL
services followed by a catered dinner! Join Skidmore Hillel as we celebrate the end of
Sponsored by Hillel, Jewish Student Life and the Office of Religious and Shabbat and stay to play some games and meet
Spiritual Life.
new people!
Sponsored by Skidmore Hillel.
HIPS PARTY
7PM - 9PM SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 12
HAUPT POND GAZEBO
Come join HIPS for a beginning-of-semester party
to celebrate the start of the Fall semester! We will TANG TOUR GUIDE
have free food, music, and new friends! 2PM - 3PM
Sponsored by HIPS (Health, Image, Power, Success) TANG TEACHING MUSEUM ATRIUM
Join us on Sundays at 2 pm for a weekly tour of
the Museum and current exhibitions. This event is
open to the public and visitors are invited to stay
after the tour and look around the galleries.
Sponsored by the Tang Teaching Museum.
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DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE EMOTIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL INTELLECTUAL OCCUPATIONAL PHYSICAL SOCIAL SPIRITUAL
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
QUAKER GATHERING GENTLE YOGA & SOUND HEALING
2:30PM - 3:30PM 5PM - 6:30PM
WILSON CHAPEL WILSON CHAPEL
Join members of the Skidmore and local communities Join Noa Golan '22 for a Mindful and Gentle yoga
at Wilson Chapel every other Sunday. We gather for practice with a long sound healing shavāsana. Open
fellowship and unprogrammed worship in partnership to all levels of practice. Space is limited, please
with members of local Friends Meetings. RSVP on SkidSync for each yoga gathering you plan
Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life. to attend! Yoga mats available.
Sponsored by SkidMORE MINDFULness.
REVERSE TASHLICH
2:30PM - 3:30PM
EXACT TIME AND LOCATION TBD
Instead of discarding our sins we will clean up a
portion of our world, putting Jewish theology into
practice. See updates from the Jewish Student Life
for time and location details.
Sponsored by the Office of Religious and Spiritual Life and Jewish
Student Life.
GARDEN WORK PARTY
3PM - 5PM
SKIDMORE COMMUNITY GARDEN, BY WIECKING HALL
Bring a water bottle and wear shoes/clothes to get
dirty so you can help the Garden Manager, Ora,
harvest and plant!
Sponsored by the Sustainability Office.
WOMEN IN BUSINESS INTRODUCTION EVENT
5PM - 7PM
GANNET AUDITORIUM
Come join Women in Business for our first club
meeting of the 2021 school year! We are excited to
meet all new members of our club, and look
forward to another full year of collaboration in
Women in Business!
Sponsored by the Women in Business Club.
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