Camels seek adventure, warmth for spring break

TRIP Japan 2005: CC students in a traditional Japanese tea ceremony.

The theme for spring break travel this year appears to be “go someplace warm.”  Several staff members will be traveling to places like Puerto Rico, Mexico, Florida, Italy and the Caribbean for vacation or work.

Chris Steiner, Lucy C. McDannel ’22 Associate Professor of Art History, will spend part of his break researching a private collection of African Art in Sarasota, Fla. These pieces, some rare, will become part of an exhibit at the Lyman Allyn Art Museum in March 2008.

Stephen Loomis, Jean C. Tempel ’65 Professor of Biology, and Scott Warren, Jean C. Tempel ’65 Professor of Botany, will take their tropical biology class to Belize to research coral reefs, mangrove swamps and sea grass meadows.

Hisae Kobayashi, senior lecturer in East Asian language and culture, will accompany a TRIP to Japan.

Attending conferences and giving lectures are another part of spring break agendas for some faculty members. Janis Solomon, Lucretia L. Allyn Professor of German, is attending a film conference in Austin, Texas; Robert Baldwin, associate professor of art history, is off to the Netherlands to speak on Bruegel and then to the Louvre to photograph art; Frank Graziano, John D. MacArthur Professor of Hispanic Studies, will give three lectures in Argentina and one in New York; Qiang Ning, Chu-Niblack Associate Professor of Art History will speak at a workshop at UC Berkeley; Denise Pelletier, assistant professor of art, is attending a conference in Portland, Ore. and will be a featured artist in a traveling exhibition; and Bob Askins, professor of biology, is going to the Galapagos Islands.

In addition to sun, fun and lectures, Randy Bond, chaplain, and Scott McEver, director of student activities, will lead students, staff members and Coast Guard Academy cadets to New Orleans to assist with the Katrina relief efforts. They will stay in a Federal Emergency Management Agency village and will work on construction projects.