Five College Offices and all Campuses Closed October 29; Bus Runs Limited
All Five College offices and member campuses are closed on Monday, October 29, due to Hurricane Sandy. PVTA Five College buses will operate on a mid-semester holiday schedule; be prepared for delays, detours, or cancellations. Please check back with this page for further announcements.
Sustainability Initiative Incorporates Students and Faculty into Evaluation Process
The Five College Blue Sky Sustainability Initiative, a year-long process that began with nearly 500 brainstormed ideas and will end with up to a handful of projects for campuses to pursue, is turning to students and faculty members to help narrow the field.
Five College Center for East Asian Studies presents traditional Japanese music
To celebrate the inception of its new database—the Japan Artists Information Directory (JAID)—the Five College Center for East Asian Studies invites the public to Aki Matsuri (Fall Festival), a series of cultural events taking place in October. The events are a workshop on Japanese Aesthetics of Sound and Movement, a reception and a showcase of JAID artists, and a concert featuring renowned musicians Masayo Ishigure and James Nyoraku Schlefer.
Five College Women’s Studies Research Center Upcoming Events
SOUTH HADLEY, Mass.—The following events will be held at the Five College Women’s Studies Research Center, 83 College St., on the Mount Holyoke College campus unless otherwise noted. All events are free, open to the public and fully handicapped accessible.
Five College Campuses Lift Ban on Nighttime Outdoor Activities
Following recommendations from the Massachusetts Department of Health, Amherst, Hampshire, Mount Holyoke and Smith colleges and UMass Amherst have lifted the curfew on dusk to dawn activities activities that had been initiated as a precaution against mosquito-borne illnesses such as eastern equine encephalitis (EEE). The Massachusetts Department of Health had instructed campuses that curfews could be lifted after the first hard frost of the season, which would be expected to kill all mosquitos.
Volunteers repair access to prized Hawley Bog Preserve
The Nature Conservancy and Five Colleges, Inc., team up to make improvements to Hawley Bog Preserve in northwestern Massachusetts.
HAWLEY, MA - A volunteer team is repairing a boardwalk that provides access into a popular nature preserve in western Franklin County that has long served as an educational laboratory.
Hawley Bog Nature Preserve Boardwalk Gets a Makeover
The Nature Conservancy and Five Colleges, Inc., team up to make improvements to Hawley Bog Preserve in northwestern Massachusetts.
Five Colleges hosts national consortium leadership institute
Visionary leadership, measurable outcomes and strategic planning will be the stuff of the second annual Association for Consortium Leadership Summer Institute, hosted by Five Colleges, Inc., in Amherst, Massachusetts from June 24 to 27.
Five Colleges initiates Certificate Program in Queer and Sexuality Studies
Beginning in fall, 2012, Five College students will be able to enroll in the consortium’s Queer and Sexuality Studies Program. The new program examines connections between sexual and gender identities and the community in a variety of historical and political contexts by providing a formal course of study in critical race and transnational studies, the arts and humanities and the social and natural sciences.