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"Union Notables" featured in Schaffer Library
Katie Brown
Issue date: 10/25/07 Section: News
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Beginning this September, a new exhibit has been displayed in the Schaffer Library Atrium, titled "Union Notables."
This ongoing and rotating exhibit features extraordinary people from Union's history in order to celebrate the great minds of men and women who have studied and worked at Union College since its founding in 1795.
"The idea behind the 'Notables' exhibit," stated Rachel Seligman, the Director and Creator of the Mandeville Gallery, "is that Union College Students, faculty, staff, alumni, as well as visitors to the college, need more opportunities to learn about the incredibly rich and exciting history of this institution and in particular, about the many outstanding people who have attended or worked at Union College over the past 200 years. We have had so many illustrious minds pass through our institution, and they can, and should, serve as inspiration for future generations."
This exhibition, which changes every six months, consists of three notables, decided upon by the Union College Notables Committee, which meets periodically to debate and choose the upcoming notables for the exhibit. The committee is made up of faculty members, administrators, students and Board of Trustee members.
Each "Notable" is given a large panel of text and images to provide background information and describe their accomplishments.
Each "Notable" is also given a display case in which objects that are relevant to the person's accomplishments are displayed. Following the six month period of time in which each "Notable" is exhibited in Schaffer Library Atrium, old displays will be given a new, permanent location in classrooms, department offices, and other public spaces on campus.
The current exhibit, which will be on show from September 1, 2007 to February 29, 2008, highlights Andrea Barrett, '74, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, '46, and William Henry Seward, class of 1820.
The first "Notable," Andrea Barrett, majored in biology. She went on to become an acclaimed novelist, winner of a national book award in 1996, and a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
This ongoing and rotating exhibit features extraordinary people from Union's history in order to celebrate the great minds of men and women who have studied and worked at Union College since its founding in 1795.
"The idea behind the 'Notables' exhibit," stated Rachel Seligman, the Director and Creator of the Mandeville Gallery, "is that Union College Students, faculty, staff, alumni, as well as visitors to the college, need more opportunities to learn about the incredibly rich and exciting history of this institution and in particular, about the many outstanding people who have attended or worked at Union College over the past 200 years. We have had so many illustrious minds pass through our institution, and they can, and should, serve as inspiration for future generations."
This exhibition, which changes every six months, consists of three notables, decided upon by the Union College Notables Committee, which meets periodically to debate and choose the upcoming notables for the exhibit. The committee is made up of faculty members, administrators, students and Board of Trustee members.
Each "Notable" is given a large panel of text and images to provide background information and describe their accomplishments.
Each "Notable" is also given a display case in which objects that are relevant to the person's accomplishments are displayed. Following the six month period of time in which each "Notable" is exhibited in Schaffer Library Atrium, old displays will be given a new, permanent location in classrooms, department offices, and other public spaces on campus.
The current exhibit, which will be on show from September 1, 2007 to February 29, 2008, highlights Andrea Barrett, '74, Baruch Samuel Blumberg, '46, and William Henry Seward, class of 1820.
The first "Notable," Andrea Barrett, majored in biology. She went on to become an acclaimed novelist, winner of a national book award in 1996, and a finalist for the 2003 Pulitzer Prize in Fiction.
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