Center for Teaching Excellence

Calendar of Teaching and Scholarly Events

April 2008

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1           Advisement

          CAS Dean's Week

 
12:10-1:00 p.m.

Lecture Recital: Beverly Smoker, Changing Styles Changing Roles; Six Centuries of Keyboard Preludes -- piano - Wilmot Hall


3:00-4:00 p.m.

Presentation: Cynthia Andreson, Matthew Allar, Candide Carrasco, Beth LaJoie, The history of a production - Azur- A183

2              Advisement

          CAS Dean's Week

 
12:10-1:10 p.m.

Photo Essay and Discussion: Joseph Schaller, Hinduism: A New Chapter - G38


1:30-2:30 p.m.

Presentation: Sara Reynolds (students), External Cavity Mode Solutions to the Lang-Kobayashi Equations - S360


4:00-5:00 p.m.

Lecture: Mary Ann F. Bush, Sabbatical Synchronicities in Ireland: A Search for the Archetypal Feminine - G38

4:00-5:00 p.m.

Poetry Recitals written and performed by Foreign Language students - Medaille


5:00-6:30 p.m.

Marie Watkins - Progressive dessert together with learning about the range of liberal arts service-learning projects - Medaille

3           Advisement

           CAS Dean's Week


11:00-12:00 p.m.

Presentation: Betsey King, Music Therapy and the Music Inside You - G38

12:00-1:00 p.m.

Cultivating Humanity Book Group Discussion - G351

12:05-1:00 p.m.

Presentation: Cristina Carrasco, Crossing Borders: Images of Recent Immigration in Contemporary Spanish Film - G38


12:05-1:10 p.m.

Poster Session and Q&A: Mary Ann F. Bush, faculty and student collaborative research - Library (posters on display all week)


12:10-1:00 p.m.

Presentation: Mark Zeigler, Study on an investigation in the incidence of tinnitus in college ensemble directors - Medaille


2:30-3:30 p.m.

Presentation & Poster Session: Chemistry Students, Renewable Fuels for An Energy Independent Future - G21


3:00-4:00 p.m.

Presentation: David Steitz, The ElderVoice Project: Giving Voice to Older Adults in the Rochester, NY Community - G38

5:00-6:00 p.m.

Presentation: Clare Counihan, Narrative Confusions in Contemporary Southern African Women's Writing: Bessie Head, Zoe Wicomb, and Yvonne Vera - G38

7:00-8:00 p.m.

Panel Discussion: Heidi Northwood, Paul Brown, Patricia Bowen-Moore, Isaac Figuras, Catherine Sweet, Bart Roselli, Our Bodies: Ethical Issues in Exhibiting Human Cadavers - G38

 7:00 p.m.

Shannon Chair lecture: Carol Zinn, SSJ - Justice: A Way of Life, Matter of Faith and Affair of the Heart - Forum more

4              Advisement

          CAS Dean's Week

 
12:00-1:00 p.m.

Presentation: Maria Rosaria Vitte-Alexander, Pirandello and his Sicily - G38


2:30-3:30 p.m.

Shannon Chair Lecture: Carol Zinn, SSJ - Think Globally, Act Locally: A Conversation About Issues That Matter - G38 more


4:00-6:00 p.m.

Conclusion of Dean's Week: High Tea Reception - Library

7           Advisement

 
6:00 p.m.

Art Dept. Presentation: Dona Bagley, on making her way in the industry as a designer and woman and on the design industry today - A167 Mac Lab more

8             Advisement


12:00-1:00 p.m.

New Faculty Discussion - G351

2:30 p.m.

Art Dept. Presentation: Paul Engin, will show examples of his animations and web design work - A167 Mac Lab more

6:30 p.m.

Film Presentation: An Exploration of American Indian Identity - MCC more


7:30  p.m.

Author, N. Scott Momaday: The Crisis of Identity Facing Native Americans and Indegenous People - MCC  more

9             Advisement

 
7:30 p.m.

Diversity Council Guest Speaker: Molly Secours, Whispering Black: Code Talk for Whites - Forum  more

10          Advisement


3:15 p.m.

Art Dept. Presentation: Steve Wehner, on his experience as the Sr. Creative Dir. of Element K and on making his way thru the advertising industry after Naz - A167 Mac Lab more

4:30-6:00 p.m.

Fac. Development Comm: A Celebration of Faculty - Location TBA

6:00 p.m.

Speaker Series: April Laskey, Can Health Care Be Fixed? Yes! - Colies  more  more

 

11         Advisement

 
2:30 p.m.

Charlie King and Colleen Kattau, musical workshop focusing on the Civil Rights Movement - Chapel more

7:30 p.m.

Charlie King and Colleen Kattau, folk singers for social justice - Chapel more

14

 
6:30 p.m.

American Harvest Film Screening and Discussion with Director, Angelo Mancuso - Chapel  more

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16

 
4:30 p.m.

Holocaust Remembrance Day: Henry Silberstern and Gum Ring share the stage to discuss the impact of Genocide - Chapel  more

4:30 p.m.

Discussion: Andrea Mariani, John Updike's novel, "Brazil" - Medaille more

17


12::00-1:00 p.m.

Chairs Circle - G351

2:30 p.m.

Leslie Bender meets with Book Group


7:00 p.m.

Lecture: Leslie Bender - Forum

18

 
2:30 p.m.

CAS Facutly Meeting

21

 
RESCHEDULED from February 13th

7:00-8:30 p.m.

Speaker: Sister Helen Prejean, Dead Man Walking: The Death of Innocents - Linehan Chapel more

22


12:00-1:00 p.m.

New Faculty Discussion - G351

23

 

24

 
12:00-1:00 p.m.

Mentor Discussion - G351

5:00-6:30 p.m.

Presentation: Mary Reed, Restorative Justice Practices - G38 more

25


2:30 p.m.

Faculty Meeting

4:00-5:30 p.m.

Pres. and VPAA Wine and Cheese Reception - Reading Lounge

28         Classes End

 

29         Study Day or

         Snow Day Makeup


1:00-3:00 p.m.

Distinguished Colleague Reception - Forum

30           Exams