http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html SOAS Retreat We came from all over, from Art and from Chemistry, from Communications and from Sociology, from Mathematics and from Music (but didn’t Pythagoras hold that music is a branch of mathematics?), from Meier Hall and Sullivan, from the Library and O’Keefe, to participate in the 2006 annual retreat of the Salem State College School of Arts and Sciences. The MLK room was full before the opening session kicked off, and the presence of keynote speaker Christopher Lydon ensured the presence of guests from across Salem State College. It is rare that we get the chance all to gather and spend the day talking, reflecting, and arguing (collegially) about what it is we do, why we do it, and how best to do it. And although we bill this as an annual event, it has, in fact, been three years since last we all came together. At times, perhaps, we forget what it is we share; indeed, perhaps it takes a physical bringing together to remind us all that we have a shared purpose, a common sense of mission, and that our whole is indeed greater than the sum of our parts. Renewed, refreshed, and reinvigorated, we left at the end of the day ready to ensure that the central mission of the School of Arts and Sciences at Salem State College retains the place it so richly deserves and resolved to work together to build upon the foundation established to challenge ourselves, our students, and our administration to build an even healthier and more vital school. Web Sites From Christopher Lydon’s Talk Open Source: http:// www.radioopensource.org/ Technorati: http://www.technorati.com/ Times-Picayune on line: http://www.nola.com/ The Panda’s Thumb: http://www.pandasthumb.org/ Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page/ Informed comment: http://www.juancole.com/ http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#0 cfab16b4-e1a5-434d-a35e-08d6ab6d4c35 http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Mark%20Zaitchik%27s%20session%20drew%20an%20attentive%20audience/thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Mark%20Zaitchik%27s%20session%20drew%20an%20attentive%20audience/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Mark Zaitchik's session drew an attentive audience</p></div></div> http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#1 9982de70-9c59-4d63-9cbf-ba88a60d9bef http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/The%20first%20session%20on%20globalization%20was%20packed./thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/The%20first%20session%20on%20globalization%20was%20packed./micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The first session on globalization was packed.</p></div></div> http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#2 dcdbb674-7f42-477f-a13a-e516d37549d3 http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/James%20Gubbins%20discussing%20the%20intersection%20of%20syllabi%20and%20content%20while%20William%20Cornwell%20listens%20in/thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/James%20Gubbins%20discussing%20the%20intersection%20of%20syllabi%20and%20content%20while%20William%20Cornwell%20listens%20in/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">James Gubbins discussing syllabi and content</p></div></div> http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#3 f6186b07-8ef2-44f4-ae88-7c2d00db8f69 http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/As%20lunch%20ended%20plans%20were%20made%20for%20the%20November%20C18th%20conference/thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/As%20lunch%20ended%20plans%20were%20made%20for%20the%20November%20C18th%20conference/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Plans were made for the November C18th conference</p></div></div> http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#4 db4b31fd-29b2-4b35-bed1-e464a33ec888 http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/IMG_0285/thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/IMG_0285/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">The Dean’s Office staff were ready to go</p></div></div> http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#5 10fc2655-047a-49fb-90f4-aa1e27189496 http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Pic074/thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Pic074/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Robert Rosenberg makes a point</p></div></div> http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#6 d32c2b73-d078-4d2e-b275-7711b6a7cf91 http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Donna%20Hoffman%20was%20always%20there,%20always%20smiling/thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Donna%20Hoffman%20was%20always%20there,%20always%20smiling/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Donna Hoffman was always there, always smiling</p></div></div> http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#7 29dbab61-b4bf-45b8-a5fa-c72499c9f86f http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Pic058/thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Pic058/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">Associate Dean Arthur Gerald and Lydon</p></div></div> http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon.html#8 b52bc19f-4f54-40fa-9f99-9b3fb793e1f1 http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Pic059/thumb.jpg http://www.salemstate.edu/%7Erbranscomb/aspectarchives/ASpect_26/Beacon_files/Media/Pic059/micro.jpg <div style="padding: 0px; " class="image_cluster_layout_style_default_External_191_30"><div class="image_cluster_layout_style_default"><p style="padding-bottom: 0pt; padding-top: 0pt; " class="Caption">State Rep. John Keenan</p></div></div>