Winter 2002 Features

PMC Responds to the Tragedy of 9/11/2001
President Nemerowicz’s message to alumnae and the PMC community describing PMC’s response to the 9/11 attacks, a sampling of the many alumnae responses, and a report on campus initiatives in the hours, days, and months after the tragedy....

An Intimate Look at Race and Friendship
For the first time in its distinguished 94-year history, the prestigious Ford Hall Forum, the nation’s oldest free public lecture series, sponsored a presentation away from downtown Boston and its favorite venues of the Old South Meeting House and Blackmun Auditorium, and, in collaboration with Pine Manor College, drew one of its largest audiences in recent memory to the College’s Chestnut Hill campus....

PMC’s Child Study Center Focuses on Growth
At Pine Manor College’s Ann Pappajohn Vassilliou Child Study Center, the daily focus has always been centered on growth. The emphasis on fostering the optimal development of the young children enrolled in the early childhood program shares top billing with supporting the growth of the Pine Manor students who spend time at the “lab” school learning about child development....

Hess Gallery Exhibits Work of Local & Global Artists
Carole Rabe discusses the Fall 2002–Spring 2003 exhibition schedule at the Hess Gallery, which opened with an exhibit of three artists—Candace Walters, M.J. Viano Crowe, and John Crowe— titled "Sharing Space" and will close with the Senior Thesis Exhibition....

Eiko Shima—An Insight
Eiko Shima, a noted, award-winning Japanese artist, spent the fall semester as artist-in-residence at PMC, and exhibited a collection of her abstract paintings, “Color and Shape: Moments from Forest and Sea,” in the College’s Hess Gallery from mid-October through the end of November....

Natural Treasures of Pine Manor College
From the tree in Wellesley that gave Pine Manor its name, to the handsome oaks, maples, and evergreens that grace our grounds today, the PMC community has been blessed in the beauty of its surroundings....