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Farewell, Jenifer!

This post comes to you from the office of the artist formerly known as the assistant to the Dean. Jenifer has bid Cornish a fond farewell and is at large in Seattle for a few months before her installment as the Provost of Centenary College in Louisiana. We wish her all the best and hope that her remaining time in the city is full of writing inspiration, amazing photography opportunities, hours to catch up on books and chat with friends, and all the most fun and interesting things Seattle has to offer.

That said, I am not an amazing writer or blogger, and Jenifer's shoes cannot be filled in that regard or any other (She didn't die! I know it sounds like it!). So, I think the first day of Spring and the first week of Cornish without Jenifer is a fine time to close this blog, and to thank our readers for keeping tabs on this corner of the arts and academics world.

Auf Wiedersehen!

Jenifer Ward Named Provost and Dean of Centenary College

http://www.cornish.edu/news/article/jenifer_ward_named_provost_and_dean_of_centenary_college/

Now that's news worth printing! Congratulations, Jenifer!

We got a beautiful holiday card from The University of the Arts!

λέξη της εβδομάδας (Word of the Week)

Ἀκαδημία or Akadēmia is the Greek name for the field of Academos- a place in Greece- and the root word for our modern English words academe, academic, and academy.

In mythology, the hero Akademos saved the city of Athens when twins Castor and Pollux threatened to destroy it in the search for their abducted sister Helen (of Trojan war fame), by telling them the girl's location. In honor of this legend, certain invading armies always spared the land belonging to Akademos, on the Cephissus River outside Athens.

A grove of olive and plane (chinar) trees was planted on the land, and the place came to be known as Academia, or "the groves of Academe". The grove provided the olive oil that was used for prizes in the Panathenaic Games, and is said to be the location where Plato gave his lectures.

Plato's school eventually passed on the words "academia" and "academe" into modern English, their meanings associated with education. Now you know that here on the Cornish campus, through our learning, we're engaging in activities named for a hero myth and an olive grove.

Word of the Week

Dear, dear students,

Next week, after Thanksgiving recess, finals begin. However, in the interest of enjoying a five day holiday, I suggest that you might indulge in something that many students lose time for when classes are in session: reading.

Here's what author Lemony Snicket has to say about it:

“If you are a student you should always get a good nights sleep unless you have come to the good part of your book, and then you should stay up all night and let your schoolwork fall by the wayside, a phrase which means 'flunk'.”

So, this week's word is "flunk".

v. flunked, flunk·ing, flunks

To fail, especially in a course or an examination.

1. To fail (an examination or course).

2. To give a failing grade to.

n.

1. The act or an instance of flunking.

2. A failing grade.

With this in mind, don't flunk, but do read a good book. It might give you inspiration if you get artists' block, and it might refresh your finals-taxed imagination.

Here's some hope for visual arts BFA degree seekers. A friend passed this on from the Wall Street Journal, and it's encouraging.

-Jenisa Ubben, Assistant to the Dean of the College

Word of the Week

This week's word is English, but it is not often used. It applies to sounds heard at meetings or in halls, particularly when something surprisingly interesting is going on in the background, like unannounced performance art.

su·sur·rus (so͝oˈsərəs/ , noun) : whispering, murmuring, or rustling.

Verbum Hebdomadam

We missed one! So here's a phrase for the week, in Latin:

Absit invidia: Let there be no envy or ill will.

Wort der Woche

El·len·bo·gen·ge·sell·schaft. German. literally "elbow society", dog-eat-dog competition.

Chosen in 1982 for Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache as their word of the year, it was a term used by critics fearing a growing culture lacking social skills, while emphasizing egoism, ruthlessness, and competition.

OH!

OverHeard on the Cornish campus:

"If you don't have six things out there at once, you ain't working hard enough".

-Dick Elliot, quoted by Cornish painting professor Claudia Hollander-Lucas about the life of a creative person.

Wort der Woche

ạ̈ch·tend. German. To esteem, respect, honor, admire, value; pay heed to, listen to, pay attention

Wort der Woche

Po·li·tik·ver·dros·sen·heit. German. Apathy about or disenchantment with the state of politics.

Enough said.

We can't wait till the content arrives.

Wort der Woche: Word of the Week

7 North kicks off our new offering of an interesting word every week.

Ta•pe•ten•wech•sel. German. Literally, "to change the wallpaper". (Usually a much needed) change of scenery, necessary to relieve the monotony of familiar or boring surroundings; a change of scenery for fresh perspective.

We turned 1 today.

If you've been following along with the blog life of the Office of the Dean here at Cornish College of the Arts, happy one year.

To celebrate, here's something we learned today as a result of writing research: in case you didn't know, Philanthropy literally means "loving people". We do a lot of philanthropic things at Cornish.

Late Latin philanthropia, from Greek philanthrōpia, from philanthrōpos "loving people", from phil- + anthrōpos "human being"

First Known Use: circa 1623

Thanks for reading along with our escapades! Here's hoping this year brings lots of good things to post about, such as the resurgence of the Cornish zine "Birds and Whistles" (there have been talks!). Here's to being art philanthropists, citizens, and innovators.

Artist Candy Chang and writer James A. Reeves are creating a library in New Orleans "for confused, anxious, and worn out human beings. The space will be filled with books about leading an examined life and books that people have recommended that have changed their lives."

Take us there.

"Changes will come as long as you keep on living" "Mudanças virão desde que voce continue vivendo"

-re-quoted by Wainer Guimaraes, who will be at Cornish on October 17, 2013.

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