Holocaust Resource Center Welcomes Trinity College Professor

Dr. Samuel Kassow, the Charles Northam Professor at Trinity College, will deliver the second annual Frederick M. Schweitzer Lecture on the Holocaust at Manhattan College on Monday, Nov. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. The event, presented by the Holocaust Resource Center, is free and open to the public. Kassow will deliver the lecture Between History and Catastrophe: Emanuel Ringelblum in the Warsaw Ghetto. He is the author of four books, including the award-winning Who Will Write Our History: Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oynet Shabes Archive (2007) and The Distinctive Life of East European Jewry (2004). A public intellectual whose efforts have contributed to the preservation of Jewish culture both in Europe and the United States, Kassow’s many scholarly articles have appeared in Polish, Russian and German, as well as in English. Read.

 

 

O’Malley Library Hosts Holocaust Painting Exhibition

A selection of paintings by the artist Marilyn Honigman will go on display on Monday, Nov. 16 in the Alumni Room of O’Malley Library. Remembrance: A Daughter’s Reflections, co-sponsored by the Manhattan College archives and the Holocaust Resource Center, will run until Dec. 18. Inspired by photos that an American soldier gave to her father after he was liberated from Dachau, the paintings are a visual representation of the Holocaust that has evolved slowly. There are no accusations or condemnation, just contemplation of the psychological space in which we find ourselves. Read.

 

One-Woman Show Examines North American Immigration Debate

Manhattan College will host the one-woman show The Deportee’s Wife on Monday, Nov. 9 at 7:00 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. The show, sponsored by sociology, peace studies and campus ministry and social action, is free and open to the public. It tells the story of the marriage of Giselle Stern Hernandez. She moved to Mexico after her husband, Roberto, was deported from Chicago, despite the fact that she was born and raised in the United States, and they were legally married. Hernandez brings a personal voice to the North American immigration debate. For more information, click Here.

 

Best-selling Author Visits Manhattan College

Author Steven Johnson will address the Manhattan College community about his book Everything Bad is Good for You: How Today’s Popular Culture is Actually Making Us Smarter (2005), on Thursday, Nov. 12 at 4:30 p.m. in Smith Auditorium. Johnson is the best-selling author of six books on the intersection of science, technology and personal experience. His writings have influenced everything from the way political campaigns use the Internet, to cutting-edge ideas in urban planning and the battle against 21st-century terrorism. Johnson is also a contributing editor for Wired magazine and a monthly columnist for Discover magazine. He is a Distinguished Writer in Residence at New York University’s department of journalism and lectures widely on technological, scientific and cultural issues to both corporate and educational institutions. For more information, contact Adam Koehler, assistant professor of English, at (718) 862-7546 or e-mail adam.koehler@manhattan.edu.

 

News from Human Resources

Employees who have dependent children between the ages of 19 and 23 and are currently covered under CIGNA Health Plan are required to verify their dependents’ full-time student status by completing a CIGNA Questionnaire for Verification of Full-Time Student or Handicapped Adult Dependent Eligibility Form. If you have any questions, please call CIGNA Member Services at 1-800-CIGNA24. Dependents that are 23 years old will be covered under your health plan until Dec. 31, 2009.  Effective Jan. 1, 2010, your son and/or daughter will be offered COBRA. Please call Eileen Armstrong at (718) 862-7393 if you have a dependent in this category. For more human resources information regarding flu vaccinations, tuition exchange and Premium TransitChek, click Here.