This Is Skidmore

Aldin Medunjanin '17 and Kelly Donnelly '18 were both named to the 2016-2017 All-American team. They discuss what it's like to be a student athlete at Skidmore, how they felt when they recieved the honor of All-American, and their plans after graduating from Skidmore College.

Hadley Haselmann '17 and Gabrielle Pagnozzi-Schwam '18 are members of Skidmore Women in Business, an organization founded in 2013 by six students. Since its founding, Women in Business has grown to over 50 members and has hosted two conferences on campus, welcoming extraordinary women and Skidmore alumnae to share their experiences.

With extensive experience as a curator, scholar, and writer in innovative contemporary art exhibitions and programming, Isolde Brielmaier works as the Curator-at-Large at the Tang Teaching Museum, amongst other important roles. She helps to develop new approaches for curating, commissioning, developing, and presenting the work of interdisciplinary artists and other cultural producers across platforms. On This is Skidmore, she discusses a new discussion series, The Accelerator Series, which premiered with a discussion about "whiteness."

To celebrate Women's History Month, and recorded on International Women's Day, assistant professor of American Studies Beck Krefting and Louise Sullivan '18 discuss Krefting's Disorderly Women course. In the course, Sullivan and her classmates focused on some of the women who have been characterized by the larger society as unruly, disruptive, radical, militant, unfeminine-just generally "disorderly." They had the opportunity to learn and practice grant writing, watching their actions evolve into something much greater.

Executive board members of the African Heritage Awareness Club, Nana Nyantakyi '19 and Nkosingiphile "Nk" Mabaso '19 are both passionate about the success of the organization. Better known as AHA on campus, the club and its members support students of African heritage while simultaneously teaching the Skidmore community about specific cultures using food, dance, song, and more.

Assistant Professor of American Studies and award-winning architectural and urban historian Amber Wiley knows what makes a particular place stand out. She joins us on the podcast to talk about all the places she lived, the characteristics that make up a place, and the three courses she's teaching this semester: American Cultural Geographies, the African-American Experience, and City and American Culture.

Professor Andrew Lindner '03 discusses his research on citizen journalism, a growing trend since 2008. He also explains "fake news" and how Internet users can understand what sources are credible.

For Nick Petrella '15 and Keirsten Sires '15, the website Locker Room Talk was a class project. It was an idea that was eventually was presented to potential investors as the final exam for the class, and at the time, nothing more. After graduation, Nick and Keirsten realized their project could become reality, and founded LockerRoomTalk.com, a website to serve as a resource for prospective college athletes throughout the recruiting process.

Professor of health and exercise sciences Dr. Paul Arcerio has dedicated most of his life to understanding health and wellness through science. His new app, Genio-Fit, uses his own research to develop a "set it and forget it" wellness routine to help users achieve their fitness goals.

Women's Field Hockey team members Kayla Rose '18 and Becca Halter '17 join coach Beth Hallenbeck after winning the Liberty League championship and moving on to the NCAA Tournament. In the last 9 years, the team has won the Liberty League 7 times. Rose, Halter, and Hallenbeck explain the recruitment process, what it means to be an athlete at Skidmore, and how it feels to be a champion.