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Fall Semester 2001
Saturday, August 25
Matriculation Convocation
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 5:15 p.m.
Thursday, September 6
Speaker: Ron Suskind, author of " A Hope in the Unseen"
You can read an excerpt from this book, and you can read an interview with Ron Suskind and Cedric Jennings.
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, September 13 CANCELLED
Dewald Lecturer: Lesra Martin, a Crown Attorney in British Columbia who helped free Rubin .
Location and Time: CANCELLED - Lesra Martin could not get a flight here since all flights were grounded due to the terrorist attack.
RESCHEDULED for Tuesday, November 27.
The Mount Union Theatre will be showing " The Hurricane" on August 31 and September 1 at 8:15 PM, which is the movie that tells the story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter. Also, Channel 33 of CCTV is showing the movie "The Hurricane" through Wednesday, September 12. The movie shows at 5a.m., 8a.m., 11a.m., 2p.m., 5p.m., 8p.m., 11p.m., and 2a.m. daily.
SPECIALCONVOCATION
Thursday, September 13
National Crisis: Multiple Perspectives
Speakers: A panel of faculty from the Mount Union College departments of Religion, Political Science, Communication, Foreign Languages, and Psychology. The members of the panel will will offer their perspectives on the events surrounding the terrorist attacks of September 11, followed by discussion.
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, September 27
"Making College Count"
Speaker: Terri Wilson
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
SPECIALCONVOCATION
Tuesday, October 9
A Call for Unity
Speakers: Jack Ewing, President of Mount Union College; MUC student leaders; and Victoria Steward, consultant on diversity issues.
Location and Time: Timken Gymnasium, 10:35 a.m.
The entire campus community is expected to attend.
Thursday, October 11
"Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: The Ultimate Discrimination"
Speaker: Diane Coleman, Executive Director of Progress Center for Independent Living, and founder and director of Not Dead Yet.
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, October 25
Speaker: Joseph Weinberg, a pioneering rape prevention speaker, trainer and author/educator.
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
Joseph Weinberg will also speak this same evening, in the Mount Union Theatre, at 7:00 PM (not 7:30).
Thursday, November 8
Speaker: Selene Phillips, a Ph.D. candidate at Purdue University in American Studies, where she combines Native American Studies and journalism. Selene Phillips is Ojibwe from a reservation in northern Wisconsin. She has done research on the negative aspects of the Native American Barbie doll.
Location and Time: Presser Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.
Tuesday, November 27
Dewald Lecturer: Lesra Martin, a Crown Attorney in British Columbia who helped free Rubin .
Location and Time: Presser Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, December 6
"A Praiseworthy Brain in Search of a Brainworthy School"
Speaker: Robert Sylwester, Emeritus Professor of Education at the University of Oregon, and author of " A Biological Brain in a Cultural Classroom"
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
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