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 Afifi Amphitheater showcases ‘Cyrano’ Savannah College of Art and Design presents the swashbuckling comedy “Cyrano,” adapted by Jo Roets, translated into English by Audrey Van Tuyckom from the play by Edmond Rostand. This “heroic comedy” set in 17th-century France is the story of Cyrano de Bergerac, a master swordsman and prolific poet with only one thing standing between him and the woman he loves: his very large nose. Rostand’s classic has been distilled from the sweeping epic into an intimate comedy with three performers portraying multiple characters. “Cyrano” features swordfights, comedy, love and songs and is directed by M.F.A. candidate Troy Heard. Media and performing arts undergraduate student Becky White plays Cyrano, Zack Alig is Christian, and Kate Carson-Groner plays Roxanne. Performances will be held Aug. 13-15 at the Afifi Amphitheater, 324 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The play starts at 7 p.m. and admission is free. For more information, call 525-6931. Benefits meetings scheduled The Savannah College of Art and Design has entered the annual open enrollment period where employees may now make changes to their voluntary benefit elections for the upcoming plan year. College administrators have made several changes to the health plan that employees will be informed about during the upcoming annual enrollment meetings. Therefore, it is very important that everyone attend. The plan year is Oct. 1 through Sept. 30. Changes to benefit selections will become effective Oct. 1. Any changes to medical and dental insurance must be made by Sept. 3. Meetings have been scheduled for Aug. 13 at the Trustees Theater, 26 E. Broughton St. The times are 8 a.m., 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Please select a meeting time that is convenient. Representatives from Memorial Health, Colonial Life & Accident Insurance Company and Palmer & Cay Consulting Group will be available to explain the college’s voluntary benefits. In addition, there will be a representative from TIAA-CREF and American Funds to discuss the college-sponsored retirement plans. The TIAA-CREF plan is available for employees of SCAD and American Funds is available for employees of SCAD Group Inc. The TIAA-CREF representative will only be available during the 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. meetings. Please keep in mind that employees may enroll in the retirement plans at any time; it does not have to be during open enrollment. For more information, contact Brenda Hayner at 525-5539 or bhayner@scad.edu or contact Jennifer Kunkel at 525-5538 or jkunkel@scad.edu. SCAD Web site features a new look The Savannah College of Art and Design has a new Web site. Following the completion of the new 2004-2005 catalog, the college Web site team has updated www.scad.edu. Some links previously established may be broken. Some Web pages may no longer be available. If you encounter problems, contact Satellite, the college’s interactive services department, at satellite@scad.edu or call 525-4870. AIM Center has new digs The AIM Center has moved to the physical resources building at 22 E. Lathrop Ave. Staff phone numbers are listed below. Sandip Shrestha: 525-8016 Chris Bass: 525-8057 JeongHyo Kim: 525-8016 Aaron Pompei: 525-8027 Club SCAD offers fitness classes Club SCAD, 7 E. Congress St., is offering fitness classes through Aug. 26 for SCAD students, faculty and staff. Yoga classes take place Mondays and Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and cost $5 per class. Pilates is Tuesdays at noon and 6 p.m. and Thursdays at noon; cost is $3 per class. All classes are held in the aerobics room at Club SCAD. For more information, contact Sam Carter at 525-6001. MIT conference aims for new architectural praxis Savannah College of Art and Design students, faculty and alumni are invited to a conference titled “Non Standard Praxis: Emergent Principles of Architectural Praxis with/in Digital Technologies” at the Stata Centre at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sept. 24-26. The conference looks to establish the tenets of a radically revised architectural praxis mandated by digital technologies. The conference continues from the provocative exhibition at the Centre Pompidou, “Non Standard Architecture,” curated by Frederic Migayrou, which proclaims the full emergence of a legitimate digital praxis in architecture. Most crucially, the conference will involve three ‘waves’ of digital absorption in architecture that progressively extend the research work of digital pioneers Bill Mitchell, John Frazer and Bernard Cache and apply it to new modes of working practice. For more information, visit http://architecture.mit.edu/project/nsp/. Scholarships available for study in United Kingdom Marshall Scholarships finance American students of high ability to study for a degree in the United Kingdom. As future leaders with a lasting understanding of British society, Marshall Scholars strengthen the enduring relationship between Britain and America. At least 40 scholars are selected nationwide each year for graduate-level studies at a U.K. institution in any field of study. Each scholarship is held for two years and is valued at approximately $30,000 per year. Applicants must be citizens of the United States and hold an undergraduate degree from an American university by the time they take up the scholarship. In addition, applicants must have obtained a grade point average of not less than 3.7 and have graduated from their undergraduate institution after April 2002. The Savannah College of Art and Design deadline for the 2005-2007 scholarship is Sept. 17. For more information, call Bob Frigo in the Newton Center for British-American Studies at 525-7191 or e-mail bfrigo@scad.edu. Liberal arts department offers new elective A new liberal arts political science elective class titled Campaigns and Elections (POLS222) will be offered fall 2004. This course undertakes an in-depth study of campaigns and elections, with an emphasis on the presidential and congressional elections this fall. Students will gain first-hand knowledge of modern political campaigns through observation of and participation in an electoral campaign of their choice. For more information, e-mail professor Randy Moffett at rmoffett@scad.edu. New communication course offered for fall The media and performing arts department announces a new elective course for fall 2004: Interpersonal Communication (or How to Play Well With Others), MPRA 401L-01, course No. 16943. The class will be taught Mondays and Wednesdays from 3-5:30 p.m. in Crites Hall and is available to both graduate and undergraduate students. For more information, e-mail professor Carolyn Babcock, Ph.D., at cbabcock@scad.edu. |
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