Reunited at Dawson Holiday Party Dec. 9
All Dawson employees are invited to save the date for our first-in-three years Holiday Party! It will take place on Friday, Dec. 9. Keep an eye out for an email invitation soon.
The return of in-person Open House
Each year since the pandemic began, the Open House Committee has been coming up with solutions and new ideas for how to stage Open House, a critical recruitment activity to fill the programs for the coming academic year. This year was the first time the College held a true hybrid event. Oct. 23 was by…
Lunar and Planetary Institute (NASA) workshop at Dawson Jan. 9-11
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (NASA) is holding the 1st Workshop on Ices in the Solar System at Dawson College (Jan. 9–11, 2023). The two principal convenors are Richard Soare (Geography), a Mars researcher and Dawson College faculty member and Jim Garvin, formerly NASA’s Chief Mars Scientist and currently the Principal Investigator of the DaVinci Mission…
Art Gallery Exhibit: Biennial 15
Biennial 15 marks 30 years of Dawson Fine Arts Faculty members exhibiting their current artworks at the Warren G. Flowers Art Gallery. It continues this long tradition of investigating the relationship between art making and learning, as well as reflects on the history of the biennial.
All faculty—past and present—of the Fine Arts department will have images and texts in the catalogue, which accompanies the exhibition. There will also be a sound component containing faculty responses to the question of how the biennial has played a role in the pedagogical innovations of Dawson’s reputed Fine Arts Department.
Acclaimed Author Neil Smith will be at Dawson on Oct. 20
Montreal writer Neil Smith will read from his darkly comic new novel Jones on Thursday, Oct. 20 at 2 p.m. in room 5B.16, with a special opening act—a Dawson student reading from their creative work. Smith will also give a short talk and participate in a Q&A. This event is free and open to the public. About…
Post Humanities and Public Life Conference reception is on Oct. 6
Submitted by Daniel Goldsmith and Sean Elliott, co-organizers of the Humanities and Public Life Conference. After a 2-year Covid-induced hiatus, the Humanities and Public Life Conference was back in force this year from September 19-23. Our theme was Crisis, Conflict, and Resolution, and over the span of the strike-shortened week, over 2,000 students attended 20 different presentations. …
Reservation system for Open House is now open
Dawson’s 2022 Open House will be a blend of in-person experiences at the College by reservation only and online information sessions open to all.
For the in-person events, prospective students are required to reserve their spot in a Program Experience and/or Campus Tour, which are taking place on Sunday, Oct. 23.
Dawson’s reservation system opens Wednesday, Oct. 5 here and spots are limited. Each student may register for up to two program experiences and one campus tour. Due to limited capacity, students may only bring one guest.
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Humanities and Public Life on until Sept. 23
The Humanities and Public Life Conference continues until Friday, Sept. 23.
Check out the program, including descriptions of talks and locations: HPL 2022 Program
Successful Parents Night and in-person parent tours
Parents of first-year students were invited to an information session online on Sept. 7 and were offered an opportunity to tour the College and learn about our Living Campus on Sept. 15. The info session included presentations by Environmental Science student Narcisse X, Biology teacher Brian Mader and Yanina Chukhovich of the First-Year Students’ Office….
Last Modified: November 16, 2022
