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November 15, 2002
Mount
Holyoke's January Term to Engage Mind, Body, and Heart
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Photo: Fred LeBlanc
Indoor
track coach and personal trainer Teresa Winstead will teach
students the art of kickboxing during January Term.
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January. It's
the month of short days, bitter winds, and stale fruitcake. But
fear not: J-Term is on the way. Now in its thirty-first year,
Mount Holyoke's January Term (January 6–24) offers the
chance to jump-start your brain, explore a new field of interest,
and lend a helping hand in the community. This year J-Term embraces
a variety of credit and noncredit courses, a fivesome of Weissman
Center – sponsored leadership courses (see sidebar on page
three), and opportunities for community service and career internships.
Registration for J-Term runs December 2–6.
On the noncredit side,
J-Term courses will have students dabbling in Korean language
and culture, exploring issues of spirituality, and delving into
the tarot. They will create medieval characters and build a scale
model of Stonehenge; learn bookbinding and batik; and study JAVA
programming and self-defense.
Among the credit-bearing
courses is The Psychology of Subjective Experience, in which Visiting
Assistant Professor of Psychology Susan Burggraf invites students
to explore techniques of introspection and mindfulness in order
to examine the role of subjectivity in the history of psychology.
In Modern Dance Repertory, Associate Professor of Dance Charles
Flachs will involve participants in the reconstruction of a dance
from the repertory of modern dance pioneer May O'Donnell.
And indoor track coach Teresa Winstead will teach the art of kickboxing,
an aerobic sport developed as a mode of self-defense in Thailand
some 2,000 years ago.
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Photo: Fred LeBlanc
Silversmith
William Wordsworth
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While some J-Term
classes will tone the body, others will adorn it. South Hadley
resident William Wordsworth will teach a hands-on course in lapidary
(gemstone cutting) and silversmithing. Wordsworth, a self-taught
artisan, says he got into making jewelry little by little. "I
started out cutting stones," he says, "then I had to
find something to do with them, so I learned silversmithing."
Wordsworth says the class is very informal. Students choose from
a rainbow of agates and jaspers, learn to cut and polish the stones,
then tackle the art of soldering in order to set their stones
in rings, pendants, bracelets, and earrings.
Is there no business
like show business? Find out with a trio of theatre courses. Joyce
Devlin, professor of theatre arts, leads the Theatre Practicum,
where students will prepare for a February staging of Edward Bond's
The Tin Can People. Cutting and Draping for Theatre will
introduce students to some of the technical skills necessary for
costuming as well as the principles of designing period and ethnic
clothing. And in Professional Auditions, taught by Susan Daniels
'79, would-be actors will prepare, rehearse, and polish that
all-important monologue. The course culminates with a presentation
in front of professional casting directors.
Some students will
venture off campus during J-Term to participate in internships.
Those pursuing careers in education will observe and assist in
classrooms within and outside the Five College area. Stephen Jones,
associate professor of Russian and Eurasian studies, will lead
a group much farther afield for History, Politics, and Culture
in the Republic of Georgia. Also, every day during J-Term, the
Eliot House Community Service Board will offer service opportunities
at Kate's Kitchen, the Food Bank, and the Care Center. The
board also has an ongoing project to provide tutoring for a large
Somali refugee family living in Holyoke.
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