Over 200 faculty members voted on whether to retain or remove student evaluations for the Fall 2020 semester, during the college’s monthly faculty meeting held on October 2nd. This meeting, and particularly, the results from this vote sought to put to rest circling unease surrounding the administering of Student Ratings and Feedback surveys and their inclusion in hiring decisions.
Read more“Coming Home to a Liberal Arts Environment”: An Interview with Donna Ng
As of Oct. 1, Donna Ng has officially taken on the role as the school’s Vice President for Finance and Administration and Treasurer at Skidmore College. Skidmore News and Ng sat down to discuss her career and journey to Skidmore.
Read moreSkidmore's History with Smoking Policies: Past, Present and Future
How has Skidmore’s attempts to implement no-smoking policies changed over time?
Read moreInternship Funding Helps Seniors Gain Work Experience
As graduation gets closer and closer for seniors, more and more members of the class of 2018 start to finalize their post-graduation plans. For some this means choosing a graduate school, and for others it means accepting a job offer. But what about those planning to gain experience and work at an unpaid internship? The CDC is here to help.
Read moreFaculty Pass CAPT Reconfiguration
The faculty voted to adopt a long-debated reconfiguration to the Committee on Appointments, Promotions, and Tenure, CAPT, on Friday. The motion passed with 72% of the vote to thunderous applause, ending almost five months of uncertainty.
Read moreSpring Break Transportation Saves Students Money
This past Spring Break, SGA and the President's Office partnered together to offer Skidmore students free transportation to and from the Albany Airport, train station, and bus station. Was the program a success?
Read moreSGA Helps Fund and Expand Counseling Center Taxi Voucher Program
This past September, the Counseling Center began offering vouchers to students for taxi rides to off-campus psychiatric providers. How has the program grown since?
Read moreThe Three Professors Leaving the Political Science Department
The Skidmore News looked into why three female political science professors are leaving Skidmore this year, and found that they are departing feeling satisfied about their teaching here and looking forward to what's ahead.
Read moreMath Department Name Change Better Reflects Course Offerings
This past semester, the Department of Mathematics officially changed their name to the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.
Read moreLack of RA on Wilmarth's 3rd Floor Impacts Students
Residents of third floor Wilmarth, one of the all women’s floors on campus, returned from winter break to find the position of their Residence Assistant, or RA, emptied. We are nearly a month into this semester, and the position has remained unfilled.
Read moreCAPT Vote Delayed Once Again
The motion to restructure CAPT includes plans to rename the committee COT (the Committee on Appointments and Tenure), create a separate body for promotions to associate and full professorship, and modify the proposed appointment calendar.
Read moreHandshake: An Increase in Job Postings, But is it Better?
After the CDC recently switched to Handshake, a new career platform, job and internship postings available to students have nearly quadrupled compared to Skidmore's previous platform. But the system still could use some improvements, according to students.
Read moreThe First Semester of Skidmore in New Zealand
Skidmore's latest study abroad program officially launched this past January with eight students currently enrolled.
Read moreFall Off-Campus Incentive Worked but Won’t be Continued
Paying students 1,600 dollars to study off-campus in the fall led to an increase in fall study abroad. Did the incentive make less students study off-campus in the spring, like OCSE hoped, or are more students just studying off-campus this year compared to last?
Read moreProfessor Goodwin Reflects on Tenure as Faculty Assessment Coordinator
Beau Breslin announced that Sarah Goodwin would be stepping down from her Faculty Assessment Coordinator position at the last faculty meeting on November 21. Goodwin explains why she is stepping down, and what she’s most proud of in her time as the FAC.
Read moreMajor Vote on CAPT Reconfiguration
The Committee on Appointment, Promotions, and Tenure is facing a wave of tenure candidates. The Skidmore administration’s proposal to reconfigure CAPT to handle this influx and to make the process more fair will be voted on tomorrow.
Read moreNew Minor in What’s Considered to be Sexiest Job of 21st Century
Assuming a new Statistics minor is approved by the Curriculum Committee, Skidmore will soon be offering students the ability to minor in what is considered to be the “sexiest job of the 21st century.”
Read moreAnother Skidmore Program Changes their Name
Excerpt- The Latin American Studies program has changed their name to a one that is better in line with the scope and direction of the program.
Read moreMoney Sways Students to Study Off-Campus This Fall
Skidmore hoped to encourage more students to study off-campus in the fall opposed to the spring this year so they launched a Fall into Study Abroad Campaign last year. They also promised all students who studied off-campus in the fall 1,600 dollars. Did this campaign work?
Read moreOut with Exercise Science, In With Health and Human Physiological Sciences
The Exercise Science Department has evolved since the 1980s, when it was primarily geared towards physical education training. After an external review, the department has decided to change its name to one that better reflects the department’s emphasis on physiology.
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