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Nearly 400 sophomores met with 125 alumni for career conversations during Sophomore Connections, January 15–17, 2015.
Mark DiOrio / Colgate University
Colgate students attend SophoMORE Connections around campus, Jan. 19, 2018 in Hamilton, N.Y.
Raku, a revered Japanese art form, embodies simplicity, imperfection, and an intimate connection between the maker and their medium. Originating in the 16th century, it was traditionally used to craft tea bowls for the esteemed tea ceremony. Each piece, be it a tea cup, platter, or teapot, tells a story of fire and clay. The process embraces unpredictability as the objects are removed from the kiln while still molten, subjected to cooling that creates crackled glazes, smoky hues, and an air of serendipity.
The wabi-sabi aesthetic, rooted in the appreciation of transience and imperfection, finds its perfect partner in Raku. Together, they celebrate the beauty of flaws—the uneven edges, the crackled surfaces, the asymmetry that speaks of the artist’s hand and the elements’ influence. Raku is not about perfection but about presence, creating vessels that hold not just tea but the soul of the moment.
The Soul of Raku
In flames it breathes, the clay’s true form,
A dance of chaos, fire-streaked warm.
Crackled lines like life's own face,
Each flaw, a mark of time and grace.
In Raku’s hand, wabi-sabi gleams,
Imperfection woven into dreams.
A tea bowl speaks of transient days,
Beauty found in life's uneven ways.
Haikus
Crackled glaze whispers,
Flames kiss the clay with beauty,
Wabi-sabi’s truth.
Hands shape imperfection,
Kiln’s fire carves life in the clay,
Time’s breath etched within.
Tea cradles its bowl,
Fragile, transient, yet whole,
Raku’s humble soul.
Suzana and her daughter Mei-Iskra on a sunny July day. Mei is just over two months old, but the two have already bonded. All babies love tactile stimulation, and baby Mei is thoroughly enjoying the new sensations.
Visitors to the traveling truck exhibition "Animal Connections: Our Journey Together" can try their own hand at being a vet using a number of interactive work stations that allow for accurate (or inaccurate) diagnoses.
"Animal Connections: Our Journey Together" is a traveling exhibit on an 18-wheel truck that introduces visitors of all ages to the complex bond between humans and animals. Presented by the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service to mark the 150th anniversary of the American Veterinary Medical Association, the project is made possible through the generous support of Zoetis, an independent company that discovers, develops and manufacturers veterinary vaccines and medicines.
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Mark DiOrio / Colgate University
Colgate students attend SophoMORE Connections around campus, Jan. 19, 2018 in Hamilton, N.Y.
Connections 2020 brought together 900+ parents, alumni, faculty, staff, and friends to celebrate Lab's strengths and the power of philanthropy. The event raised over $1.6M for financial aid and professional development.
(Photo by Jean Lachat)
Women's Connection 2017.
For more information about Women's Connection, www.montreat.org/women.
Photos by Montreat Conference Center
Student Mentor in the Freshman Connection program Claire Roberts on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois on August 16, 2022. (Jay Grabiec)
Nearly 400 sophomores met with 125 alumni for career conversations during Sophomore Connections, January 15–17, 2015.
Work continues on a project to connect the Catskill and Delaware aqueducts for the first time. The two aqueducts together convey approximately one billion gallons of water each day to the city from six separate reservoirs located in the Catskills. The interconnect project at the Delaware Aqueduct Shaft 4, in the Town of Gardiner in Ulster County, will allow DEP to move as much as 365 million gallons each day from the Delaware Aqueduct into the Catskill Aqueduct, providing additional operational flexibility and another tool to reduce turbidity in the water supply system after large storms.