Barnard Receives Mellon Grant for Faculty Humanities Programs
Barnard College secures a Mellon Foundation grant of 200000 to support faculty, including salaries and release time, over at least three years. A Subcommittee on Humanities will design programs such as Arts, Humanities, Ancient Studies, and Freshman English while administrators gain sabbatical-like leaves.
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Martha Peterson
Mellon Foundation
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Dean Breunig
Barnard Representation Gets Vote in Columbia Senate
Columbia University Senate votes to grant Barnard College a voting representative. The plan moves one Barnard seat from observer status to full senator, with elections set for April 26 to 30 and nominations open through April 23. Forty percent Barnard student turnout required for validity.
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Hearings on Barnard rules and co education set
The Rules Committee for Barnard College will hold noon hearings on the proposed maintenance of public order rules. Open sessions invite all Barnard students and staff to speak Friday April 22 in Barnard Hall fourth floor James Room. Trustees and Columbia relations plan another April 22 session at the Law Library Faculty Room.
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Spring Festival Opens May Day Celebration Across Campus
The Spring Festival on Saturday May 1 opens at 1100 with a campuswide celebration of spring. Fourth grade students from a local elementary school will receive books donated by Barnard alumnae and students. The event features outdoor cafes, an all day carnival by the Latin American Student Organization, a Plimpton House beer and pretzel stand, a pre tasting contest, outdoor concerts, two one act plays, a film preview, and a Spring Swing finale. All Columbia community members are invited to participate.
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Jeanette Roosevelt
Physical Education Department
Committee On Instruction
Gayle Knapp
Nadime Josephs
Barnard
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Columbia
Professors Across Departments Take Leave for Next Year
Professors Serge Gavronsky and Morton Klass of the French and Arthropeto departments will be on leave for the entire next year. Barbara Novak, chair of the Ancisors department, notes a winter term absence. Other faculty on leave include Brigette Braak and Sve Larson from German and Philosophy, Marstella Tare from the Haan department, Dorothea Nyberg in Art History, Ann Fagan in St. or, and Berington Patterson with Elizabeth Caughran in English.
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