Text Box: Text Box: Please join us as we celebrate the history, science, music/art, and significance of Lake Champlain. This fall’s conference will be held at the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, 4472 Basin Harbor Road in Vergennes, Vermont on September 23, 2006 from 9:30 am to 4:15 pm. We are pleased to have Mr. Arthur Cohn, Executive Director of the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum, and Dr. Mary Watzin, Director, Rubenstein Ecosystem Science Laboratory, University of Vermont as morning speakers. The schedule of events will also allow participants to enjoy a tour of the wonderful Maritime Text Box: Museum. The afternoon sessions include enjoying a two-hour expedition on Lake Champlain aboard UVM’s Melosira, the university's lake research vessel, (co-sponsored by the Rubenstein School of Environment and Natural Resources); additional time to tour and enjoy the Lake Champlain Maritime Museum; and a Musical and Ecological Art presentation by William Tortolano (co-sponsored by the Vermont Humanities Council). The day will conclude with fine food in the lovely atmosphere of the Basin Harbor Club. Following dinner, new Fellows

V.A.A.S  FALL CONFERENCE
Text Box: Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences

                              Summer 2006

Volume 20, no 2

V.a.a.s.  Newsletter
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V.A.A.S.  Officers:       

 

LAUREN HOWARD, President                                 

CONNELL GALLAGHER, Vice President                                                     

NANCY NAHRA, Secretary                                 

FREDERICK EVERING,         Treasurer

Schedule of Events

 

9:30-10:30              Keynote Presentation, Mr. Arthur Cohn, Lake Champlain Maritime Museum Executive Director

 

10:45-11:45            Dr. Mary Watzin, Professor and Director of the Rubenstein Center

 

11:45-1:00              Lunch and exploration of the Maritime Museum

                                 exhibits (Please fill out  the attached form if you would like a box lunch--$10)

 

1:00-3:15                Voyage on the Melosira

                                 (Please indicate your desire to go aboard.  The boat is restricted to 24 participants.)

 

3:30-4:15                “A Vermont Sampler”—Music and Ecological Art of Vermont and Lake Champlain
by Dr. William Tortolano

 

4:15-4:30                Annual Meeting

 

5:30-6:15                Cocktails in the Chef’s Garden at the Basin Harbor Club

 

6:15-8:00                Dinner in the Terrace Room at Basin Harbor Club (Please complete attached form if you plan to attend dinner.)  Following dinner, new Fellows will be inducted into the Vermont Academy of Arts and Sciences.

 

Information on the new VAAS Fellows appears on page 2.

Arthur
Cohn,
Lake Champlain
Museum Director

UVM's research vessel,
the Melosira

Lake Champlain Maritime Museum

Dr. Mary Watzin, Professor & Director of the Rubenstein Center