Getting a Jump on Winter

The JSC Ski and Snowboard Club hosted a Rail Jam in the campus Quad on Friday, Oct. 23. Students got a pre-season fix on the rails, purchased passes to Jay Peak and a chance to hang out on a beautiful, not-terribly-cold October day. (More images on Flickr)

JSC Chorus Gets Postitive Review for VT Philharmonic Performance

The JSC Chorus performed at the season opener for the Vermont Philharmonic Orchestra on October 17, 2009. Click here to read the Times Argus' glowing review of the night.

Hike for Hunger 2009

On Friday, October 16, 2009 JSC students and staff and Laraway students hiked through downtown Johnson and up Gould Hill Road to raise funds and awareness about hunger issues in Vermont and the U.S.

Below are images from the first part of the hike.





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Basement Medicine Editor Hilary Hayward on VPR's Vermont Edition

Vermont Edition's Jane Lindholm talks to Basement Medicine's editor Hilary Hayward and other Vermont college newspaper editors on Wednesday, October 14th's episode. You can listen to the podcast by clicking on this link.

Photographer Edward Grazda Speaks

Photographer Edward Grazda, whose photos are being exhibited in the Dibden Center for the Arts Wings Gallery through December, spoke to JSC community members on Wednesday, October 14, 2009 in the Stearns Performance Space. Grazda showed slides of his work and talked about his project, in which he has been documenting the mosques of New York City and the way that they reflect and create identities for Muslims within dense and diverse urban fabric of the city. This Creative Audience gave community members a chance to learn more about Grazda and ask questions about his work.

JSC Welcomes Visiting Fulbright Scholar Zaharom Nain

Malaysian scholar Zaharom Nain is in residence at JSC for five weeks, from October 12 - November 13, 2009. His visit comes under the auspices of JSC's successful application to the Fulbright Visiting Specialists Program: Direct Access to the Muslim World. Professor Nain is an associate professor of communication studies at the Science University of Malaysia and is chair of the journalism program. His areas of interest are the political economy of communication and cultural studies. He is co-editor of Communication and Development: The Freirean Connection (2001) and Who Owns the Media? Global Trends and Local Resistances (2004).

Professor Nain will give a public talk about his work on Wednesday, October 28 in Bentley 207 at 7 p.m.

Above: Professor Nain (left) talks with Assistant Director of Development and Alumni Relations Evan Smith and Dibden Director Jan Herder at a 'Meet and Greet' reception held in his honor on Wednesday, October 14.

Putting a Face to the Common Book Stories

JSC students got a chance to meet two of the young people whose stories were told in this year's Common Book, Moustafa Bayoumi's How Does It Feel to be a Problem? Being Young and Arab in America. Sami Aklkeh and Yasmin Dwedar visited five classes and had lunch with JSC students and staff on Tuesday, October 13, 2009. Students got to hear, first-hand about Sami and Yasmin's lives and experiences, putting a face on the stories How Does It Feel? discusses. Yasmin was accompanied by her sister Miriam, who is pictured here along with Sami and Yasmin, visiting the Basement Medicine office.

Bayoumi will be on campus next week (Tuesday, October 20, 2009) to visit classes and give a public talk in Dibden at 7 p.m.

Pictured above, left to right, Sami Aklkeh, Miriam Dwedar, Yasmin Dwedar, and JSC students Jessica Pafumi and Rachel. Photo by Sam Nofitz, used with permission of Basement Medicine

Fallfest 2009

Old friends, family, barbecues and the Badger. View a slideshow of images from Fallfest 2009 below!



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JSC In the News

Sophomore Rebecca Quarantiello is named NAC Player of the Week and freshman Ally Bataille named NAC Rookie of the Week. More here: http://bit.ly/1b6OqS

JSC In the News

JSC Choir students will perform with the Vermont Philharmonic, joining in on Puccini's "Humming Chorus" from Madame Butterfly in Barre and St. Johnsbury later this week. The Times Argus gives a preview of the performance here: http://bit.ly/11cdm7



Seven Days highlights VT artist Clark Derbes, who recently collaborated with JSC art students to transform the Visual Arts Center courtyard: http://bit.ly/FDLUy