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MCPHS Forsyth Dental Clinic
MCPHS provides dental hygiene services to the public through the Esther M. Wilkins Forsyth Dental Hygiene Clinic. This state-of-the-art clinic, with laboratory and teaching space, is named for one of the Forsyth’s preeminent alumnae, Dr. Esther M. Wilkins. This clinic is located on the MCPHS Boston campus and it is handicapped accessible.
The Forsyth Dental Hygiene Clinic provides the following services for adults, children, senior citizens, MCPHS students, faculty and staff:
- Oral prophylaxis
- Comprehensive oral examinations
- Dental radiographs including digital and panoramic
- Dental sealants
- Athletic mouth guards
- Tooth whitening
Appointments
Telephone: Call 617-278-2700 during the fall and spring semesters of the academic year.
Clinic is Open:
Monday & Friday from 8am - 5pm
Tuesday & Thursday from 8am - 5:30pm
Fulbright Fellow Dr. Shahnaz Hussain's Visits Simmons College
Dr. Shahnaz Hussain is Professor in the department of Geography and Environment at the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh. Her areas of scholarly interest include gender, work and the environment, Women and Islam, migration and development and urbanization and poverty. She was a team member in a project between Virginia Tech-UCDavis-University of Dhaka/Women's Studies on curriculum development and the production of a gender project on Bangladesh. Her long list of publications include Female Migrant's Adaptation in Dhaka and The Invisible Resource:
Women and Work in Bangladesh.
OPEN PANELS AVAILABLE TO COLLEGES OF THE FENWAY
"Research Policy and Practice: How Information Can Change the World."
Wednesday September 26, 2-4 p.m., Beatley Library, Alden Trust Seating Area
"Faith and Feminism in Bangladesh," Thursday September 27, 6:30 pm, Special Functions Room
"Role of Muslim Women as Agents of Socio-Economic Change," Wednesday October 3 and Friday October 5, 11:00 am, place TBA. (lecture to first-year students at Simmons; rsvp cathryn.mercier@simmons.edu if you would like to attend this otherwise closed lecture)
Regular office/consulting hours for consultation with faculty, students, and community partners about shared
areas of interest, about travel partnerships and Fulbright grants.
Tuesday, Sept 18, 9:30-12
Friday, Sept 28, 9:00 -11
Monday, Oct 1, 1:00-3:00
Room C313, Main Campus Building, 300 The Fenway
Contact Cathryn Mercier with any questions.
Colleges of the Fenway launches new Theater Initiative
for Fall 2007.
“Enter stage right?” You may hear that, and much more, coming from the Pozen Center for Interrelated Media every Tuesday night from 7-10 PM, as the new COF Theater Project starts up. Are you interested in acting? Perhaps you penned a short play this summer? Want to do some improv, or work behind the scenes? Just show up in comfortable clothes on September 11 for the first, organizational rehearsal!
Recently hired director Tom Davison invites you to join, saying, “I’m thrilled to be working with the interesting, dynamic mix of people and backgrounds that the Colleges of the Fenway offers. We’ll be doing some scene study, monologues, one-acts and improv, as well, culminating in a public performance toward the end of the semester. The group promises to be great fun, presenting an engaging approach for all levels of experience to the joy of theater.”
Mr. Davison brings broad experience to his new position, including teaching stints at Boston University and at the College of Performing Arts in Barcelona , Spain. He holds degrees from NYU, University of Barcelona and Emerson College, and his training includes mime, improvisation and Viewpoints. A member of the Dramatists Guild of America and General Society of Authors of Spain, Mr. Davison also works as Director, Business Development, for American Public Television. In this role he helps independent producers develop programming.
The COF Theater Project is part of the quartet of performing arts ensembles that the Colleges of the Fenway offers. The schedule is:
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Mondays, 7:00 PM - COF Chorus, White Hall, MCPHS
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Tuesdays, 7:00 PM - COF Theater Project, Pozen Center, MassArt
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Wednesdays, 6:00 PM – COF Dance Project, Emmanuel
Dance Studio
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Thursdays, 6:30 PM – COF Orchestra, Ladd Rm, 43 Hawes St, Wheelock College
Visit http://www.colleges-fenway.org/performingarts/ for more information or contact the Office of Performing Arts director, Ray Fahrner, at performingarts@colleges-fenway.org or 617-521-2075.
Performing Arts minor now available at 5 of the 6 Colleges.
This new academic program integrates performing experiences with classroom study of the performing arts: dance, music, theater and performance art. The requirements are:
Five academic courses
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Introduction to the Performing Arts (see below)
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One course each in music, dance and theater
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One upper level elective course
Three semesters of participation in a performing arts ensemble.
Introduction to the Performing Arts course:
A COF course offered at Emmanuel College (and you can cross-register!), Introduction to the Performing Arts is a survey of dance, theater, music and performance art through observation and listening, readings and experiential learning. The class includes lectures, discussions and attendance at performances. The varied roles of performing arts are considered from historical, sociological, commercial and contemporary points of view.
Massachusetts College of Art and Design:
Governor Approves New Name for the Nationally Renowned Art and Design School
BOSTON: Governor Deval Patrick has signed into law an act officially changing Massachusetts College of Art’s name to Massachusetts College of Art and Design. The addition of “Design” to the college’s formal title reflects more accurately its full range of programs and considerable impact on the region’s creative industry.
“Massachusetts College of Art and Design plays a vital role in the Commonwealth’s higher education system and it is a key component of our creative economy,” said Governor Deval Patrick. “Its students, faculty and alumni have considerable impact on countless industries and we are fortunate to have the college counted among our public institutions of higher education."
Prior to proposing the name change, MassArt undertook an intensive study to measure public perception of the college. The results show that many people do not recognize the comprehensive nature of its programs, nor that design represents one of its largest concentrations of disciplines. Furthermore, according to President Kay Sloan, based on a recent University of Toronto study, “Boston is ranked second in North America as a center for design employment, and MassArt is the primary educational institution preparing professionals for that industry.”
“As we think about the future of MassArt, I believe the time has come to add ‘and Design’ to our formal name,” Sloan says. “It reflects the reality of who we are.”
This modification to the college’s formal name is one component of a strategic plan that began with a groundbreaking partnership agreement with the Commonwealth. At a time when cultural institutions and creative industries are increasingly recognized as vital to the economy, this partnership gives MassArt more flexibility and autonomy, recognizing its unique mission and distinctive role within the state’s higher education system.
A key component of the college’s strategic plan is revitalization of its campus by upgrading existing facilities, optimizing use of existing space, developing new useable space, and increasing college housing. In accordance with its new name, Massachusetts College of Art and Design, this project includes construction of a new Center for Design Innovation at the heart of the campus. MassArt also has engaged MOTH design studio to develop a new graphic identity, which will be rolled out beginning in early 2008.
MassArt was founded 134 years ago after intense lobbying by the business community. Industry leaders believed that if people of all classes, ages, and economic backgrounds had access to an education in drawing, painting, and design, an improved level of skilled workmanship and creative thinking would benefit the Commonwealth.
Beginning in the 1860s, these civic and business leaders sought to influence the long-term development of Massachusetts and stimulate learning in technology and fine art. They persuaded the state legislature to found several institutions, including the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (1860), the Museum of Fine Arts (1870), and the Massachusetts Normal School of Art (1873), making Massachusetts the first and only state to establish a school for professional studies in both art and design.
Since its founding, MassArt has been renamed on two previous occasions: in 1926 as Massachusetts School of Art, when it began granting a Bachelor of Science degree in Education and in 1959 as Massachusetts College of Art, after receiving approval to offer a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Colleges of the Fenway Alternative Spring Break a Success.
By Megan Jicha, Globe Correspondent | March 10, 2007
Tanning and partying in places like Florida and Cancun make up the typical college student's spring break. But this week 14 students from Emmanuel College, Simmons College, and Massachusetts College of Art spent their spring break in Roxbury, tutoring city teens.
The 14 students, all of whom happened to be women, were a part of the first Colleges of the Fenway: Boston Immersion Alternative Spring Break , whose focus was youth empowerment in Roxbury and Mission Hill. The students split into two groups and spent five hours each day volunteering at Sociedad Latina , a program that helps youths develop leadership skills, and Roxbury Youth Programs, an afterschool program at the First Church of Roxbury.
"Being born and raised in Boston, this is a great opportunity to give back," said Darcel Hunt, a junior biology and secondary education major at Simmons. "I can really relate to the students we're working with."
The students volunteering at Sociedad Latina spent most of their time helping the teens work on their ideas for improving a plot of land across from the Roxbury Crossing MBTA stop and turning another piece of land into a community garden.
"It was really empowering [to watch the youth leaders] talk about the projects, because they are really young and they have a lot of knowledge and passion about the community they live in," said Elizabeth Pasek-Allen, a junior art education major at Mass. College of Art.
The students volunteering at Roxbury Youth Programs filled in for the site's usual Boston College tutors while they were away on spring break. They worked on academic studies, arts and crafts, and other projects.
"Taking over for the BC kids worked out really well," said Kassandra Derby, a junior art education major at Mass. College of Art. "Sometimes starting a program for just a week can be harming rather then helping, but in this case we were able to fill in where something was already in motion and where we were needed."
The 14 students spent most of their mornings and early afternoons getting to know Roxbury. They took a van tour, walked the neighborhood, and talked with people in the area.
"We were able to explore places we had never seen before," said Brenna DeCotis, a sophomore English and French major at Simmons. "It was interesting to see that side of the community. I was amazed by how much Roxbury had to offer."
The culmination of the week was to be Boston at Night, an event for local youths last night at the Mass. College of Art gymnasium. "Boston at Night is something that the community wanted," said Sandy Weisman, co-director of the Center for Art and Community Partnerships and the Looking to Learn program at Mass. College of Art and one of the directors of the break. "Teenagers want a safe place for fun at night and to just be with students."
Throughout the week, the Boston Immersion Alternative Spring Breakers kept journals and met for discussions twice a day. "The whole week is giving us a lot to take in, and by journaling we're able to take it all in and really understand what we've learned," said Kristy Beaudoin, a sophomore political science major at Simmons .
Colleges of the Fenway -- a collaboration of the six institutions in the Fenway area -- came up with the idea for the alternative spring break last spring as a response to Mayor Tom Menino's call for college students to become more involved in the city. Three colleges -- Wheelock College, Wentworth Institute of Technology, and Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences -- were unable to formally participate because of differing spring break times and planning issues, Weisman said.
That leaves two major goals for next year's break: having all the colleges of the Fenway participate and having male students participate.
"Although we would like male participants, I think having an all-female group just proves women are leaders and have the skills to change the world," Hunt said.
© Copyright 2007 Globe Newspaper Company.
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