Yearly Archives: 2010

AGLS Award presented to Champlain

NEWS: Earlier this month, the Association for General and Liberal Studies (AGLS) honored Champlain College with the 2010 Exemplary Program Award. This award recognizes institutions that improve learning through collaborative efforts to gather results, use the results to develop systematic learning improvement projects, and then verify those improvements. In presenting the award, AGLS wrote: “The […]

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EVENT: Harry Potter’s World–Improv Mystery Theater

Improv Mystery TheaterThursday, October 14, 6-8 pmMiller Information CommonsDirected by: Eric Ronis During this Impov Mystery theater event, actors will portray characters from the Harry Potter universe and guide audience members through this treasure hunt/haunted house/murder mystery mash up! Thirty minute long mystery tours leaving on the half hour.

EVENT: Harry Potter’s World Brown Bag Talk at noon

Harry Potter-esque Brown Bag Talk 4Thursday October 7, 12-1:30 pm, Alumni AuditoriumHosted by: Steve Wehmeyer “My Daemon can beat up your Patronus!” — Visions of the magical “Second Self” in Western fantasy literature, art, mythology, and folklore. This presentation explores the deep cultural roots of one of the most compelling concepts in recent fantasy literature […]

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Event: “Mandrakes, Nightshades, and More”

Mandrakes, Nightshades, and MoreWednesday, September 29, 7-9 pm, Morgan Room Speaker: Katharine Anderson Experience first-hand (minus screaming mandrakes), Harry’s Herbology class as Katharine Anderson traces the science behind the folklore of nightshades that include the botany and chemistry that account for the family’s notorious reputation. Katharine is an ethnobotanist and cultural geographer who teaches in […]

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