BRUCE BENNETT had three poems published in the literary journal Iambs & Trochees and a poem published in the journal Rattapallax.

During the fall semester, CATHERINE BURROUGHS reviewed manuscripts for the Keats-Shelley Journal and European Romantic Review.  She was also asked to review the dossier of a candidate for promotion to full professor in the Department of English at Swarthmore College. The Modern Language Association Press is reviewing Professor Burrough’s proposal for a volume titled Approaches to Teaching Early British Women Playwrights--to be co-edited with Bonnie Nelson, Associate Professor of English at Kansas State University. In November, she will attend the annual meeting of the American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR) in Toronto where she will participate in the Feminist Historiography Working Group. Professor Burrough’s contribution is a paper titled: "'If the informing spirit be mine': Frances Anne Kemble and Theory in Rehearsal."

SIOUXSIE GRADY has just been awarded "Excellence in Direction" by the Theatre Association of New York State for this past weekend's production of A Piece of My Heart. This is the third year in a row that Ms. Grady has received this award. Joe DeForest also won an award for set and lighting design and the cast won an award for ensemble work. Adjudicator Pam Rapoza had this to say about the production, "This production was a flowing piece of living, breathing Art with beautiful representations and a strong ensemble cast that brought us to Vietnam and the even bigger hell that was ‘coming home’." As an American, and as a woman, I thank this company for reminding us all what humanity is. The play truly grabbed a piece of MY heart."

SCOTT HEINEKAMP attended the fall meeting of the New York Section of the American Physical Society on October 14 and 15 at Colgate University and also met with the executive committee on which he serves. The meeting theme was "Einstein's Legacy". Two Wells students also attended.

ETHEL KING-MCKENZIE made presentations in Professor Munoz's Psychology 360L class on November 3 and at the Auburn Community Wide Dialog Group held at the Salvation Army on September 27, 2005.

TUKUMBI LUMUMBA-KASONGO served as Chair of the Panel, "Globalization: Theory and Consequences," at the New York Sociological Association 53rd Annual Conference held on October 14 and 15 at Wells College. He also presented a paper entitled: "Reflections on Democracy: A Comparative Analysis of Social Indicators of Liberal, Social, and Transitional Democracies" at the conference.

VICTORIA MUÑOZ was awarded a $5,000 grant from The Small Change Foundation to continue the Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation (GISO) study. The funds are for research assistance and transcription of interviews. This is the second time GISO has been supported by The Small Change Foundation. The first grant was in 2003.

LAURA PURDY gave a presentation entitled, "A Bioethics Perspective on Transex Procedures," at the New York State Sociological Association, Aurora, New York, on October 14, 2005 Her talk, "Like a Motherless Child: Fetal Eggs and Families," was accepted for the Feminist Ethics and Social Theory Conference scheduled for October 23 in Clearwater, Florida, but was preempted by hurricane Wilma.

From November 3-5, ANDRE SIAMUNDELE was at the University of Johannesburg in Johannesburg, South Africa where he participated in an International Conference on Comparative African Literature. His paper was on Transcultural Articulations in African Literature. He also chaired the session on Exile

SUSAN TALBOT attended a conference entitled, "Building a Culture of Quality-- An Expeditionary Learning Outward Bound Demonstration Site Seminar," in Rochester with a group of seven education students on October 27-28. 

This fall, the choir of Trinity Episcopal Church in Watertown, New York, conducted by Susan Maxwell, has been presenting a festival of anthems by CRAWFORD THOBURN. Since early September, over half of the Sunday services have featured performances of published compositions or arrangements by Professor Thoburn. On, November 12 in Oswego, and November 13 in Watertown, the Trinity Choir will combine for choral evensong with the choir of Oswego's Episcopal Church of the Resurrection. Featured in these services will be Professor Thoburn's original composition, "Jesus, The Very Thought of Thee," published by Harold Flammer, Inc. On November 5, the Wells Concert Choir, conducted by Professor Thoburn and accompanied by pianist Nancy Gilbertson, and the Wells Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Laura Campbell, performed for the Wells Family Weekend during the dinner held in the Sommer Center.

THOMAS VAWTER presented the opening remarks entitled "Thinking Outside the Box (or at least inside a bigger one)" at the Six Mile Creek Partnership's progress report symposium in Brooktondale, New York, on November 1, 2005.

Librarians FRANKIE ANDERSON, MURIEL GODBOUT, and JERI VARGO attended Academic Libraries 2005 in Saratoga Springs, NY. The conference theme was "The Information Commons: Adapting to the Culture of the Net Generation Students".