Nobel Prize Winner Paul Krugman to Visit Willamette

Paul Krugman, winner of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, will deliver the spring Atkinson Lecture Friday, Jan. 30, at 8 p.m. in Smith Auditorium.

Krugman is a professor of economics and international affairs at Princeton University and a columnist for The New York Times. He received the Nobel Prize in October for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity.

Tickets are available to Willamette students, faculty and staff beginning Monday, Jan. 19, at the University Center Information Center. The first ticket is free with a University ID, and the second is $15, with a limit of two per person. Due to limited seating, tickets likely will not be available for the general public.

Krugman is well-known for his work in international economics, including trade theory, economic geography and international finance. He earned his bachelor’s degree in economics from Yale University in 1974 and his doctorate from MIT in 1977. From 1982–83 he worked at the White House as a staff member of the Council of Economic Advisors. Before joining the Princeton faculty, he taught at Yale, MIT, the London School of Economics, Stanford University and the University of California, Berkeley.

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Photography Exhibition Portrays Northwest Artists

A small exhibition of portraits by Mary Randlett, a Washington photographer who has documented some of the most prominent artists, writers, poets and thinkers in the Pacific Northwest, will be on display Jan. 10 through March 8 at the Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University.

Organized by Museum Director John Olbrantz, Mary Randlett: Artist Portraits will feature Oregon artists who were active in the early 1970s and were photographed by Randlett in 1971–72. Included in the exhibition are portraits of Carl and Hilda Morris, Louie Bunce, Michele Russo, Sally Haley, Mel Katz, Frank Okada and a host of other legendary painters and sculptors who have enriched the Oregon art scene.

Mary Randlett: Artist Portraits is supported by grants from the city of Salem’s Transient Occupancy Tax funds and the Oregon Arts Commission.

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is located at 700 State St. (corner of State and Cottage streets) in downtown Salem near the campus of Willamette University. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed Mondays. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and students. Children younger than 12 are admitted free, and Tuesday is an admission-free day. For more information, call (503) 370-6855.

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Museum Seeks Volunteer Docents

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art at Willamette University is recruiting volunteers for a new, mid-year docent class beginning Jan. 26. Using inquiry-based discussion and dialogue, docents guide visitors of all ages and backgrounds in an active exploration of artwork from a variety of periods and cultures.

“While a background in art or art history is not required, we are looking for people who are able to speak in public, have a strong desire to learn, are flexible and dependable, have a commitment to the program, and can be accurate yet creative in the presentation of information,” said Education Curator Elizabeth Garrison.

Training for new and active docents is ongoing on Mondays from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., September through mid-May. Docents must attend weekly classes, complete occasional reading assignments and develop and present tours. In addition to becoming a member of the museum at the individual level or above, docents are asked to pay yearly dues of $15 per person.

Information packets and application forms may be picked up at the museum Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., or Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The museum is closed Dec. 24 through Jan. 5. To receive an information packet and application form by mail, call the museum at (503) 370-6855.

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art was founded in 1998 to serve as an artistic, cultural and intellectual resource for Willamette University, the city of Salem, the mid-Willamette Valley and beyond. It includes four permanent galleries focusing on European, Asian and American art, Native American baskets, historic and contemporary regional art, and European and American works on paper, as well as two temporary exhibition spaces featuring historical and contemporary art.

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Willamette Among Top Producers of Fulbright Scholars

For the second year in a row, Willamette University is among the top producers of 2008–09 U.S. Fulbright Fellows, according to a recent announcement by the Fulbright Program that was highlighted in an Oct. 24 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Four students and alumni from Willamette won Fulbright awards for 2008–09, making Willamette one of just three Oregon schools in the listing of top universities. Fifteen Willamette students and alumni have received Fulbright grants in the past five years.

This year’s winners are Cassandra Farrin ’05, who is pursuing a degree in religious studies in the United Kingdom; Paige Folsom ’06, who is teaching English in Argentina; Lucas Nebert ’08, who is studying soil biodiversity in the Netherlands; and Tye Sundlee ’08, who is helping develop strategies for allocation of health care resources in Ukraine. Under the Fulbright program, about 1,500 American students were offered grants to study, teach English or conduct research in more than 125 countries.

The Fulbright competition is administered at Willamette through Monique Bourque, director of Student Academic Grants and Awards. To learn more, contact her at mbourque@willamette.edu or (503) 370-6607.

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Hallie Ford Museum of Art to Close for Winter Break

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art will close Dec. 24 and re-open Jan. 6 to correspond with the closure of Willamette University for winter break.

Two special exhibitions are currently on view. The Second Crow’s Shadow Institute of the Arts Biennial continues through Dec. 21 in the Study Gallery. The exhibition features contemporary prints created by Native American artists at the Crow’s Shadow Institute on the Umatilla Indian Reservation in northeastern Oregon.

The Art of Ceremony: Regalia of Native Oregon continues through Jan. 18 in the Melvin Henderson-Rubio Gallery. The exhibition, which includes regalia from all nine of Oregon’s federally recognized tribes, offers visitors a rare glimpse at the beauty, history, and meaning of regalia in tribal life and thought.

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art is located at 700 State St. (corner of State and Cottage streets) in downtown Salem near the campus of Willamette University. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. The galleries are closed Mondays. Admission is $3 for adults and $2 for seniors and students. Children younger than 12 are admitted free, and Tuesday is an admission-free day. For more information, call (503) 370-6855.

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