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February 6, 2015
The Andover
Gazette
The Newsletter of the Phillips Academy Community
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“There are two ways of spreading light:
to be the candle
or the mirror that reflects it.”
—Edith Wharton
CONTENTS
The Scene.................................................. 2
Design for Change Conference............ 3
LAMs Lunch............................................. 4
2015 Grants Call for Applications........ 4
Non Sibi Weekend Adult Sign-Ups.... 4
Abbot Academy Grant Proposals........ 5
GeograBee Cluster Finalists.................. 5
CAMD Scholar Presentation................. 5
Winter ASM Schedule............................ 5
Educational Initiatives/OIT Notes....... 6
From the OWHL...................................... 7
Employment and Benefits News.......... 8
Athletics Schedule.................................. 9
Classified Ads.......................................... 9
Academic Council Minutes................. 10
Upcoming Faculty Meetings............... 10
Addison Gallery Launches Winter Season
with Opening Reception Tonight, Feb. 6
Join us tonight, February 6, from 6 to 8 p.m., for an opening reception to celebrate the
Addison Gallery of American Art’s three winter exhibitions.
This season, the Addison Gallery is delighted to exhibit
Ellen Gallagher’s seminal print series DeLuxe alongside
work in all media from our extensive permanent collection.
DeLuxe, a tour-de-force fusion of printmaking, drawing,
collage, and painting, takes center stage in the exhibition
Collection Intervention: Ellen Gallagher’s DeLuxe, opening
officially this weekend. On temporary loan to the Addison,
Gallagher’s 60-print portfolio,
with its multiple layers of
material and meaning, serves
as inspiration for groupings
of objects selected from the
Addison’s permanent collection.
Also opening this weekend, Heaven and Earth features
abstract and representational works from the Addison’s
collection in a variety of media that explore the real and
imagined, visible and
invisible, known and
unknown aspects of the
world around us.
Rounding out the winter
shows, Light/Dark, White/
Black, on view now, brings together paintings, prints,
drawings, photographs, and sculpture from the Addison’s collection to examine how artists use different
formal elements and media to exploit the associative
character of black and white and visually render conceptual themes.
Explore these fantastic new shows while enjoying a
glass of wine and a bite to eat. Free and open to the
public.
Image Credits:
Top: Naum Gabo, Linear Construction No. 2 (Variation No. 1), 1950, Perspex with nylon monofilament, 24 x 17 1/2 in.,
Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, MA, museum purchase, by exchange, 1952.19
Middle: Abbott Henderson Thayer, Monadnock Angel, 1920–21, oil on canvas, 91 1/8 x 60 in., 1930.17,
gift of anonymous donor
Bottom: Ellen Gallagher, Black Combs from DeLuxe, 2004–2005, portfolio of sixty with photogravure, etching, aquatint and
drypoint with lithography, screenprint, embossing, tattoo machine engraving, laser cutting, and chine collé, 13 x 10 1/2 in.,
courtesy Two Palms, New York
Gazette submissions are due at [email protected] by 3 p.m. on Wednesday.
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
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THE SCENE
Schedule of Community and Extracurricular Activities
Deadline to Apply for 2015 Grants
Is Wednesday, February 11
Please see page 4 for more
information.
5:30 p.m.—GeograBee Finals
Test your knowledge of geography and
cheer on the finalists! Dessert will be
served. Paresky Commons, upper left.
Wednesday, February 11
Friday, February 6
6–8 p.m.—Addison Gallery
Opening Reception
In celebration of the winter exhibition season. Addison Gallery of
American Art.
6:30 p.m.—Drama Labs
“Sorry, Wrong Number,”
directed by Owen Corey ’15
“The Last Man on Earth,”
directed by Nathalie Griffiths ’16
Free admission. Theatre Classroom.
Tuesday, February 10
11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m.—LAMs Lunch
Held by the Library, Archives, and
Museums (LAMs) Collaborative,
this drop-in session will focus on
preventing decay in works of art
and rare books. Mural Room,
Paresky Commons.
Non Sibi Weekend
Is Just 11 Weeks Away!
Sign-ups for adults begin on
Monday, February 16. Please
see page 4 for details.
1–2 p.m.—Peabody Museum Tour
Get better acquainted with the museum’s collections by attending this
week’s tour. Peabody Museum.
Friday, February 13
6:30 p.m.—Drama Labs
“My First Kiss,”
directed by Erica Nork ’16
“Clown Therapy,”
directed by Hannah Berkowitz ’17
“Aryavana Flies, or A Pretty Dish,”
directed by Theo Perez ’16
“The Goon,”
directed by Lauren Smith ’15
Free admission. Theatre Classroom.
6:30 p.m.—CAMD Scholar Presentation
Joyce Wang ’15 will present “An Education That Diminishes Hope: An Examination of Migrant Schools in Mainland
China.” Following the presentation,
Richie Zhang ’16 will discuss the
psychological development of migrant
children. Kemper Auditorium.
Sunday, February 15
10 a.m.–3 p.m.—Design for Change
Conference
Will include hands-on design-thinking
workshops intended to teach students
and faculty how to use design thinking as a curricular tool, method of
community engagement, and strategy
for activism. A catered lunch courtesy
of Bollywood Grill will be provided.
Registration is required; see page 3 for
details. Kemper Auditorium.
Religious Scene
Friday, February 6
5:30–6:30 p.m.—Jewish Shabbat Service
Led by Rabbi Michael Swarttz and
members of the Jewish Student Union.
Paul’s Room, upper level, Paresky
Commons. All are welcome.
Sunday, February 8
6–7 p.m.—Protestant Compline
Prayer Service
Led by the Reverend Anne Gardner.
Special music by Dr. Abbey Siegfried,
piano. Cochran Chapel.
6:45–7:30 p.m.—Roman Catholic Mass
Overseen by Dr. Mary Kantor, Catholic
chaplain, with priests of the Archdiocese of Boston presiding. Special music
by Dr. Abbey Siegfried, school organist. Kemper Chapel, side entrance to
Cochran Chapel.
Monday, February 9
7–8 p.m.—Andover Christian
Fellowship (ACF)
Advisor: Ms. Shawn Fulford. Student
board members: Evelyn Liu ’15 and
Duschia Bodet ’16, coheads. Baldwin
Cloister, lower level (side entrance) of
Cochran Chapel. Note: Due to long
weekend, group might not meet.
Check with advisor.
Tuesday, February 10
5:15 p.m.—“Culture, Politics, and
Religion” (CPR)
Giving life to discussion about
religion, culture, and politics, led by
the Reverend Anne Gardner. Student
coheads: Rebecca Somer ’15 and James
Taylor ’16; associate board members:
Roshan Benefo ’16, Alessa Cross ’16,
and Arzu Singh ’16. Ada’s Room, upper
level, Paresky Commons.
Religious Scene continued on page 3
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Religious Scene continued from page 2
5:15 p.m.—Catholic Student
Fellowship (CSF)
Advisor: Dr. Mary Kantor.
Student board members: Paul
McGovern ’15, president; Tom
Johst ’15, Kristen Overly ’15, and
Paul McGovern ’15, senior executive team; BrianPaul Robert ’16,
Veronica Nutting ’16, Jules
Comte ’16, and Nicole Durrett ’17,
board members; Michaela
Barczak ’15, Tom Burnett ’15, and
Elizabeth Duserick ’16, liaisons to
music ministry and liturgical ministries. Paul’s Room, upper level,
Paresky Commons.
5:15 p.m.—Jewish Student
Union (JSU)
Advisor: Rabbi Michael Swarttz.
Student board members: China
Kantner ’15 and Charlotte
Chazen ’15, copresidents of
secular events; Ellie Blum ’15,
president of religious events;
Leah Adelman ’17, Sydney
Alepa ’15, Ethan Brown ’17, Chaya
Holch ’17, Jen Kaplan ’15, and
Rosie Poku ’17, board members.
CAMD Office, Morse Hall.
Thursday, February 12
5:15–6:15 p.m.—Gospel Choir
Director: Michael Belcher; advisor: Dr. Abbey Siegfried; coheads:
Isabella Berkley ’15 and Duschia
Bodet ’16. No experience needed.
All are welcome. Classroom #015,
lower level of Cochran Chapel.
Interfaith Lending Library
Accessible through PA OWHL
system and NOBLE library consortium. Selections also may be
viewed from the Library Thing
website at www.librarything.
com. Login: PAChapel. Password: InterfaithPA.
The Andover
Gazette
Tracy Sweet (ext. 4313)
Director of Academy Communications
Audrey Doyle (ext. 4659)
Editor and Designer
Printed on recycled paper in Central Services. Please
recycle your Gazette.
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PA to Host Design for Change Conference Feb. 15
On Sunday, February 15, Phillips Academy will host “Design for Change: Imagine the
Best-Case Scenario.” This conference, sponsored by the Niswarth Program in collaboration with Design for Change (DFC), USA, will unite students,
educators, community organizers, and NGOs to learn about
the internationally acclaimed DFC student-empowerment
program, the largest global movement engendered to give
young people an opportunity to express their ideas for a
better world and put them into action.
More than 300,000 schools in 35 countries worldwide have
embraced DFC. Started in Ahmedabad, India, by Kiran Bir Sethi (below), founder of
the Riverside School and a Niswarth Partner, DFC uses design-thinking principles to
identify areas for local change and then imagine best-case scenarios based on multiple
perspectives and user needs, an approach that is grounded in the belief that change is
possible and that young people can lead the change.
On Friday, February 13, Sethi will speak with the Phillips
Academy Board of Trustees as well as meet with implementation group leaders and with students interested in
developing projects at PA or within local communities. In
addition, she will give the keynote address at the conference on Sunday.
The conference is free and will take place from 10 a.m. to
3 p.m. in Kemper Auditorium. The program will include
hands-on design-thinking workshops intended to teach
students and faculty how to use design thinking as a
curricular tool, method of community engagement, and strategy for activism. A catered
lunch courtesy of Bollywood Grill and a performance by ZUMiX, an afterschool music
program for at-risk youth located in East Boston, will round out the day’s offerings.
Due to space limitations, registration is required to attend the conference. Go to http://
tanginstitute.andover.edu/2015/01/design-for-change-conference-february-15th/ to
register, as well as to learn more about the day’s events.
Schools and organizations attending the conference include Boston Latin School,
East Boston High School, The Governor’s Academy, Lynn English High School,
Phillips Exeter Academy, Ashoka (a global organization that identifies and invests in
leading social entrepreneurs), Andover Bread Loaf, Lawrence-based nonprofit Bread and
Roses, City Year, and ZUMiX.
The Tang Institute provided support for the conference. For more information, please
e-mail [email protected] or [email protected].
—Raj Mundra
Director, Niswarth
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LAMs Lunch: Conserving
Cultural Heritage Collections
On Tuesday, February 10, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the
Mural Room in Paresky Commons, the Library, Archives, and
Museums (LAMs) Collaborative will hold a drop-in lunch session, “Bugs, Water, Heat, Mold: Conserving Cultural Heritage
Collections,” that will explore methods of preventing decay in
works of art and rare books.
Special guests from the internationally recognized Northeast
Document Conservation Center
(NEDCC) will speak about
challenges and techniques of
conservation treatment projects.
In addition, staff members of the
Peabody Museum, Archives, and
Addison Gallery will discuss
challenges of and solutions to collections storage and disaster
preparedness in institutions on campus.
The session is open to all members of the PA community. We
hope to see you there!
—Paige Roberts
Director, Archives
Call for Applications
For Faculty Professional and Curricular Development Grants and
Kenan Grants for Graduate Study, Summer 2015
The Faculty and Administrator Supplement to the General Policies
Handbook notes: “The Academy has funds available for partial
tuition grants for formal courses—usually taken during the
summer—that will directly enhance an instructor’s professional
competence.” The supplement further notes that funds are also
available to faculty for summer work needed for the planning of
new or significantly revised courses.
If you have a proposal for professional or curricular development
or would like to apply for tuition aid for graduate study, please
complete the online application at http://bit.ly/1DRYPsN. The
application requests a summary of your proposal and a detailed
budget. Faculty members must seek approval from the appropriate supervisor (department chair, division head, director, dean,
etc.) before submitting the application. The deadline for applying is Wednesday, February 11, at 5 p.m. The offices of the dean
of faculty and dean of studies will collaborate to make decisions
on applications by mid-March. Please direct questions to me at
ext. 4008 or [email protected].
Important Note Regarding Kenan Grants: Anyone who has
received tuition aid for the present academic year and who wants
this aid to continue in fiscal year 2016 (beginning July 1, 2015)
will need to reapply.
—Nancy Lang
Associate Dean of Faculty
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Non Sibi Weekend Sign-Ups for Adults
Begins Monday, Feb. 16
The community service office is excited to offer more than 50
projects during Non Sibi Weekend 2015 (NSW), which will take
place on Friday, April 24, and
Saturday, April 25. NSW is a
weekend of awareness, action,
and reflection for the Phillips
Academy community. While
meeting genuine needs identified by our community partner
organizations, the community
service office seeks to provide
NSW participants with meaningful opportunities to learn
about social issues and ways to
work cooperatively with partners to address them. Juniors
will focus on children and families, lowers on the environment,
uppers on health and hunger,
and seniors on homelessness.
All students, teaching faculty,
and administrative faculty will
be required to participate on one
of the days. To facilitate everyone’s involvement, all classes
and sports will be canceled on
Friday, April 24, and most of the For NSW 2014, students and faculty
spread out across campus and across the
NSW programming will be held local area to participate in a wide variety
of community service projects.
on that day.
On Monday, February 16, teaching and administrative faculty
will receive an e-mail with a link to sign up for a project, and the
sign-up period will end at noon on Friday, February 20. Please
keep in mind your spring athletics assignment when signing up
for a project to avoid any conflicts on the Saturday of NSW. The
community service office will assign a project to faculty members
who have not signed up by the deadline.
The human resources office has approved release time for staff
and administrators to participate in an NSW project on Friday,
April 24, after consulting with their supervisors about the timing
of their absence from regular duties. Staff and administrators are
also welcome to volunteer to participate in available projects on
Saturday, April 25. Staff and administrators will have the opportunity to sign up for remaining spots in early March and again in
mid-April.
Please e-mail me at [email protected] with any questions. Thank you!
Monique Cueto-Potts
Director, Community Service
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
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CAMD Scholar Presentation
Grant Proposal Deadline: Friday, April 17
Do You Have a Dream for Andover?
The Abbot Academy Association board of directors will meet on
campus May 14 and 15 to hear proposals of new and innovative
ideas to improve or enrich the academic, residential, or social life at Andover, or to expand
the impact of nearly 400 years of wisdom
accumulated by Abbot and Phillips academies across the nation and around the
world.
Do you have an idea? Submit your grant
proposal by Friday, April 17. Application
is open to members of the staff and faculty,
and to students with a faculty sponsor.
Please visit www.abbotacademyassociation.org for details:
• Guidelines: Principles
• Guidelines: Process
• Electronic Abbot Grant Application
Joyce Wang ’15
Friday, February 13, 6:30 p.m., Kemper Auditorium
Dessert will be served. Free and open to the public.
Faculty advisor: Susanne Torabi, International Student Coordinator
If you have questions about the content of your proposal, e-mail
Abbey Siegfried, PA’s community liaison to the Abbot Academy
Association, at [email protected]. If you experience any
problems accessing the electronic proposal form, e-mail Liz
George, assistant, at [email protected].
GeograBee 2015 Cluster Finalists
After intense competition at the cluster level and the second
round of the Day Student contest, the Cluster Finalists are as
follows:
• Abbot Cluster: Chris Russo ’15, Stearns West
• Flagstaff Cluster: Holden Ringer ’17, Foxcroft South
• Pine Knoll Cluster: Akhil Rajan ’17, Fuess North
• West Quad North: Isaac Newell ’18, Pemberton Cottage
• West Quad South: Albert Wang ’18, Rockwell South
• Day Student Rep: David Shamritsky ’17
Come cheer on these six exceptional students
who will compete in the 19th annual
All-School GeograBee Finals on
Tuesday, February 10, at 5:30 p.m. in
Paresky Commons (upper left). The
Finals will be conducted in a quiz-bowl
format; Chris Jones, instructor in history
and social science, will be the moderator,
and Caity Monroe, teaching fellow in history
and social science, will be the scorekeeper. A special dessert will be served for spectators. Come test your geography knowledge!
Dorm and day student winners are posted in Campus News
under CAMD.
Congratulations to all participants and winners!
—Susanne Torabi
GeograBee Coordinator
“An Education That Diminishes Hope:
An Examination of Migrant Schools in Mainland China”
A spontaneous creation of modern China’s complicated social
structure, migrant schools—established specifically for migrant
children who are excluded from public schools—serve as a stark
illustration of educational inequality in China. These low-quality
private elementary schools provide migrant children with access
to education, yet fail to improve the upward mobility of the
migrant population in the long term.
Joyce Wang ’15 will paint a comprehensive picture of how
migrant schools perpetuate educational inequality, discuss possible solutions, and explore the core problems deeply rooted in
China’s social system that contribute to the migrants’ educational
and economic disadvantages.
Following Wang’s presentation, Richie Zhang ’16 will discuss the
psychological development of migrant children.
Sponsored by the Office of Community and Multicultural
Development, the CAMD Scholar program, established in 2006,
allows selected students to pursue independent summer research
projects related to diversity, multiculturalism, community, and/
or identity with the guidance of a faculty advisor.
Winter All-School Meeting &
All-Class Meeting Schedule
Feb. 11: February Frees
Feb. 18: February Frees (CCO seniors meet by counselor)
Feb. 25: February Frees (Extended-Period Week next week)
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Educational Initiatives/OIT Notes
Call for Applications
We are pleased to announce a new, blended (on-campus
plus online) professional development opportunity for this
summer based on the theme of integrating digital literacies
into instruction.
The Digital Literacies Professional Development Summer 2015
Program explores the implications of our information- and
technology-rich lives for classroom instruction within and across
disciplines. Participants will have the opportunity to consider
key questions, frameworks, and examples regarding teaching in
an era of ubiquitous computing, and then develop approaches
to classroom instruction that engage and develop students’
information, media, and learning literacies within the context of
existing courses and curricula. The program offers a “learningfirst, tools-second” approach to thinking about technology that
confronts both its challenges and its opportunities. Participants
will develop plans for their classes and general templates for further development. They also will be able to set individual goals
for skills they want to develop pedagogically and technologically,
and use the program to advance their skills.
No specific experience or expertise in teaching with technologies
is required, simply a willingness to challenge yourself, experiment, consider new approaches, and learn by doing; participants
will be able to grow from their own starting point. This program
is applicable to any teaching context, regardless of subject area or
device/tool preferences.
The program includes the participation of guest instructors from
EdTechTeacher (http://edtechteacher.org/), a highly regarded,
local organization that has been a leader in the field of educational technology professional development for more than a
decade. Required participation includes four workshop days on
campus, plus remote participation totaling approximately six
days. The remote participation during the summer will include
lesson development—individually as well as collaboratively—
plus from one to three Web conference meetings with other participants and with EdTechTeacher. As long as you have a reliable
Internet connection, you can participate from anywhere in the
world during the remote portion. We will use various technologies to support the remote portion of this blended professional
development experience.
Required participation includes the following two components:
1. Four on-campus, full-day workshops (from approximately
8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., including lunch):
• Thursday, June 11
• Friday, June 12
• Monday, June 15
• Monday, August 31
2. Approximately 48 hours (six days) of remote participation
between June 16 and August 31. The group of participants
will determine the rough schedule collectively at the conclusion of the on-campus June portion. Deliverables will be
expected but scheduled flexibly to accommodate (within
reason) the variation in participants’ other summer plans.
Compensation
A professional development stipend will be provided to up to
10 participants.
To Apply
Please complete the application at http://goo.gl/forms/
UPqLOM5ZTs. Ten spots are available.
Deadline
Friday, February 20, 5 p.m.
Notification
Selections will be made in collaboration with the Dean of Faculty
and Dean of Studies offices, and participants will be notified in
mid-March.
The Digital Literacies Professional Development Summer 2015
Program is made possible in part by a grant from the Abbot
Academy Association, continuing Abbot Academy’s tradition of
boldness, innovation, and caring, as well as generous funding
from the offices of the Dean of Studies and Dean of Faculty.
—Erin McCloskey
Associate Director, Educational Initiatives/OIT
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
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From the OWHL
Come to the Puppet Show!
Plan now to come to a free puppet
show on Sunday, February 22, at
1 p.m. in the Freeman Room. Puppeteers from CactusHead Puppets (http://
cactusheadpuppets.blogspot.com) will
perform their very silly rendition of
Little Red Riding Hood. The show is open to PA students, families,
and children of all ages, but it is targeted toward children ages 3
to 11. All are welcome. Snacks will be served.
Just in Time for Black History Month
We applaud the students who have transformed Andover’s traditional Black Arts Weekend (which this year begins with a special
dinner on Thursday, February 12, and runs through Sunday,
February 15) into a monthlong celebration of the contributions
of African Americans to science, politics, the arts, the humanities, and many more areas of human endeavor. In support, we
are featuring two resources this month that contain treasures for
teachers and learners alike.
Oxford African American Studies Center
This rich resource is a portal offering access to a selected set of
Oxford University Press’s reference works and specialty encyclopedias. The product contains more than 10,000 articles devoted to
the history and culture of both Africans and African Americans.
As described on the site, the resource also includes “over 2,500
images, more than 450 primary sources with specially written
commentaries, and nearly 200 maps... More than 150 charts and
tables offer information on everything from demographics to
government and politics to business and labor to education and
the arts.”
The attractive and easy-to-use portal has been designed to fuel
inquiry by facilitating both searching and guided browsing.
Searches may be refined by era and by subject. Source-type limiters may be applied to both searching and browsing, and include
limits to biographies, primary sources, and images, maps, and
other media.
The center of the home page, a section called Focus On, is
devoted to commissioned essays and photo essays, which provide topic overviews and suggest avenues for further research.
The current article concerns African Americans in the space program, and the many biographical links take an intrigued reader
to more specific articles on the individuals mentioned in the
essay. Previous Focus On articles are archived on the home page.
Many of these articles line up explicitly with topics taught in our
American history curriculum.
Also easily accessible on the home page are country maps, vital
statistics, and extensive reference articles for countries “that
have been central to the history of Africans and African Americans.” I explored the Barbados article and was impressed with
the embeddable map (.gif file) and the ease with which one can
find vital statistics on geographic, economic, social, and political
topics.
The Learning Center offers a plethora of rich resources, including access to online courses and other assets such as The African
American Biography Research Assignment for Advanced High School
and College Students and Barbara Tischler’s Music in the Era of Civil
Rights. The Lesson Plans are designed for use by high school and
college teachers, but they also could serve as a starting place for
History 310 students struggling to find a topic that really captures
their imaginations.
African American History Online
This portal brings users to an extensive and diverse array of
resources. Produced by Facts on File, the site is attractive and
well organized with very clear navigation.
The product contains slightly fewer articles (7,000) from academic texts than the Oxford product, but it outperforms the
Oxford portal through its inclusion of a set of carefully selected
streaming videos and image slideshows. The segments can be
saved and incorporated via durable URL in Canvas or BlackBoard. The products are fairly comparable in the numbers of
primary sources and images, but the set of documents is different
enough that it bears searching in both collections.
The OWHL librarians introduce History 310 students to the Topic
Centers during classes and in our individual consultations at
the beginning of their research. These chronologically organized
centers are designed to spark their imaginations and fuel their
inquiries by presenting overview
articles along with
associated primary
sources, maps,
images, video, and
other links. In addition, they could
prove very useful to
teachers creating a
new unit or adding
resources to an existing unit. If you are interested in a testimonial, talk to Damany Fisher, who used this resource extensively in
the creation of his course, The Long Civil Rights Movement.
Both the Oxford African American Studies Center and Facts
on File’s African American History Online are available on the
OWHL Web page, www.noblenet.org/owhl/, under E-Resources
A–Z. As always, any librarian will be happy to assist you.
—Elisabeth Tully
Director, OWHL
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
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Employment and Benefits News
Wellness Seminar:
“Heart Disease and Hypertension”
On Friday, February 20, the Employee Wellness Committee will offer the wellness seminar, “Heart Disease and Hypertension.” Millions of people in the United States have been
diagnosed with heart disease and hypertension.
At this seminar, participants will learn what causes these
chronic conditions, how to interpret key lab results, and how to
improve their daily nutrition intake to help decrease their risk of
developing these illnesses.
The seminar will take place from 12:15 to 1:15 p.m. in the
Mural Room in Paresky Commons. To register, please e-mail
[email protected] with the seminar name in the
title of your e-mail, or call ext. 4106.
Participation in Non Sibi Weekend
Non Sibi Weekend (NSW) is a time of awareness, action, and
reflection for the Phillips Academy community. For NSW 2015,
which will take place on Friday, April 24, and Saturday, April 25,
the community service office will offer more than 50 projects in
which members of the PA community can participate.
The human resources office has approved release time for staff
and administrators to participate in an NSW project on April 24
after consulting with their supervisors about the timing of their
absence from regular duties. Staff and administrators are also
welcome to volunteer to participate in available projects on
April 25. Staff and administrators will have the opportunity to
sign up for remaining spots in early March and again in midApril. Please see page 4 of this Gazette for more information.
Fingerprinting Reminder
As previously announced, in January 2013 the state of Massachusetts enacted a new national fingerprinting law. In order to
ensure compliance with this new law, Phillips Academy requires
fingerprint-based national criminal background checks for every
employee, as well as for any contractor or volunteer who may
have direct, unmonitored contact with students.
The law provides a staggered timeline for implementation, by
last name:
• A–D: October 2014–March 2015
• E–K: April–August 2015
• L–P: September–December 2015
• Q–Z: January–May 2016
More information is available at www.l1enrollment.com/
state/?st=ma.
Employees in the A–D group who have not yet been fingerprinted should have received e-mailed instructions from human
resources. If you are part of this group, have not been fingerprinted, and did not receive an e-mail, please contact Barbara
Sweeney at ext. 4100 or [email protected] to discuss.
Important note: If you have already been fingerprinted as part
of the 2014 Summer Session programs, or at one of the days
MorphoTrust was on site in September and December, or at an
off-site location, you do not need to be fingerprinted again. No
other previous fingerprinting done other than for employment at
Phillips Academy is considered transferrable or acceptable.
There will be no additional on-site opportunities to be
fingerprinted.
Check the “Sno” Line for Workday Updates
In the event of inclement weather, employees are expected to
check the “Sno” line, 978-749-4766 (4SNO), before heading to
work for possible updates to the workday. E-mails and Campus
News announcements also will be posted for events that occur
during the workday. Please note that e-mail communications
may come from Paul Murphy on behalf of the emergency team.
The emergency team consists of Paul Murphy, Trish Russell,
Pat Farrell, Maureen Ferris, Tom Conlon, Leon Modeste,
Larry Muench, Chris Joel, Dominic Veneto, Leeann Bennett,
and Amy Patel.
Financial Counseling Available with TIAA-CREF
The Academy is making individual, confidential financial counseling sessions with TIAA-CREF available to employees at no
additional cost.
TIAA-CREF financial consultant Tammy Kayata will be on
campus to discuss how to help you achieve your financial goals
by investing in financial solutions such as mutual funds, brokerages, life insurance, and annuities. These individual counseling
sessions are intended to help you simplify your retirement by:
• Consolidating your retirement accounts to make it easier
to manage your holdings, particularly when it comes to tax
preparation
• Offering any needed estate planning, including addressing
life insurance needs and wealth transfer strategies
• Reviewing your retirement income options to provide you
with the most flexibility possible
Remaining meeting dates for the first half of the calendar year are
as follows:
• Wednesday, March 11
• Wednesday, April 8
• Wednesday, May 13
• Wednesday, June 10
All meetings will be held in the 2nd Floor Conference Room in
GW Hall.
Space is limited. To reserve your individual session, please contact TIAA-CREF at 866-843-5640, from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. (EST).
—Leeann Bennett
Director, Human Resources
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
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Athletics Schedule
Come cheer for Andover at these upcoming contests. Dates and times below are subject
to change! For updates, go to Athletics → Team Pages → Schedules & Scores on the PA
website, or call Lisa Buckley (ext. 4092).
Friday, February 6
Squash BJV1
Squash GJV1
Hockey BV
Hockey BJV
Basketball BV
Squash BV
Squash GV
Brooks
Brooks
Belmont Hill
Belmont Hill
Thayer
High School Nationals
High School Nationals
4:30
4:30
5:15
5:30
5:45
6:00
6:00
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A
Saturday, February 7
Basketball BV
Basketball BJV1
Hockey GV
Basketball GJV1
Basketball GV
Hockey BV
Squash BV
Squash GV
Wrestling V
St. Sebastian’s
Worcester
New Hampton
Exeter
Exeter
Dexter Southfield School
High School Nationals
High School Nationals
Northerns at Tilton
12:30
1:30
1:30
3:15
3:15
5:00
TBA
TBA
TBA
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A
A
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A
Sunday, February 8
Squash BV
Squash GV
High School Nationals
High School Nationals
TBA
TBA
A
A
Wednesday, February 11
Nordic Skiing
Hockey BJV
Squash GJV2
Hockey GJV
Indoor Track BJV
Indoor Track GJV
Squash BJV2
Wrestling V
Basketball GJV1
Basketball GV
Basketball BV
Swimming & Diving JV
Hockey BV
Wrestling JV
Squash BJV1
Squash BV
Hockey GV
Basketball BJV1
Basketball BJV2
NEPSAC Championship
Governor’s Academy
St. Mark’s
Milton
Exeter
Exeter
Belmont Hill
Exeter
Chelmsford HS
Tabor
Tabor
St. John’s Prep
K.U.A.
Exeter
St. George’s
St. George’s
Tabor
Andover HS
Andover HS
10:00
2:45
3:00
3:00
3:00
3:00
3:00
3:00
3:30
3:30
3:45
3:45
4:00
4:00
4:30
4:30
5:00
5:15
5:15
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Wanted: Babysitter—For two girls,
age 2 and 7, week of March 16–20 (5 days
of PA spring break), from 3 to 5:30 or
6 p.m. $10 per hour. Please e-mail Claire
Gallou at [email protected].
For Sale: Shaker-Style Desk—Solid
hardwood, honey maple, 2 drawers, plus
keyboard drawer, 24" D x 47" W x 30" H;
$135. Matching chair $65, or $195 for the
set. Both in excellent condition. Please
e-mail [email protected].
For Sale: Red Honda CRX—1991, 2-door
hatchback w/ sunroof; 5-speed manual
transmission; runs great and gets great
mileage; brand-new battery and just
inspected. 110,000 miles, $2,500. Please
e-mail [email protected].
FEBRUARY 6, 2015
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Meeting Minutes
Academic Council
Minutes from Thursday, January 29, 2015
Present: Paul Cernota (scribe), Peter Cirelli, Jeff Domina, Pat
Farrell, Andy Housiaux, Gene Hughes, Chris Jones, Betsy Korn,
Erin McCloskey, Leon Modeste, Deb Olander, Trish Russell, Bill
Scott, Judy Wombwell, and Therese Zemlin
The group discussed the very unusual snow day on Tuesday,
January 27. There was concern behind the scenes about being
ready for classes on Wednesday, but with the help of many
students and faculty, as well as the strong OPP team, building
entrances and paths were ready for morning classes.
This was the first of several meetings in which the Academic
Council will discuss new course proposals and any significant
revisions to the 2015–2016 Course of Study.
After discussion, the group approved a shift in the THDA-920
course for next year. The course will meet in the afternoon and
students can sign up for this (up to two trimesters per year)
as both a class and their sport. This will also eliminate the
need for evening rehearsals during the final week before the
performances.
Upcoming Faculty Meetings
February 11:
(Wednesday)
Evaluation Review Committee
(Faculty Evaluation Process)
February 18:
(Wednesday)
Strategic Planning (Empathy and
Balance)
February 25:
(Wednesday)
Strategic Planning (Schedule and
Calendar)
Note: These faculty meetings will take place
from 10:50 to 11:35 a.m.
Although the Academic Council previously approved the
proposal from the history department to change the sequence of
their courses to two terms in the junior year and two terms in the
lower year, we had a follow-up conversation about whether the
full faculty will need to vote on this or whether it is a departmental decision that has been supported by the Academic Council
and therefore already approved. There was no clear consensus
except that the Academic Council fully respects the faculty’s
role in making decisions that alter the program and also respects
the department’s responsibility for determining the content and
structure of existing diploma requirements and elective courses.
Faculty meeting time has been requested on this proposal and
hopefully will be scheduled at the next available time, likely not
until the fall term.
A discussion of limiting course size enrollment targets continued.
The consensus was that class size targets currently vary from
department to department for many reasons and the resultant
faculty workloads and fairness are important concerns.
Senior Administrative Council (SAC)
Please note that the SAC did not meet this past
week, and therefore has no minutes to submit
for publication in this issue of the Gazette.