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Mount Union College

Convocation Series

Fall Semester 2004

Friday, August 27

Matriculation Convocation

Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 5 p.m.

Thursday, September 9

Hunger in America

Speaker: Dr. Larry Brown, Director of the National Center of Hunger and Poverty at the Heller School of Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University.

Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: L.S. 100

Thursday, September 16

The Calling of Public Service

Speaker: Dr. James Slack, Professor, Department of Government, University of Alabama-Birmingham

Location and Time: Myers Sanctuary - Dewald Chapel, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: Center of Public Policy

Thursday, September 23

Lani Silver, Project Director of the James Byrd, Jr. Racism Oral History Project of the James Byrd, Jr. Foundation for Racial Healing

Location and Time: Myers Sanctuary - Dewald Chapel, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: Diversity Initiatives Steering Committee and the Philosophy and Religion Department

Thursday, September 30

Finding Your Hidden Treasure

Speakers: Douglas Poad, Professor, Department of Accounting, Economics, and Business Administration, Mount Union College and Rebecca Doak, Director, Career Development, Mount Union College.

Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: L.S. 100

Thursday, October 7

DUI: A Powerful Lesson

Speaker: Mark Sterner, drug and alcohol educator

Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: Alcohol, Drug & Wellness Education and Student Affairs

Tuesday, October 12

Star Teachers of Children in Poverty

Speaker: Dr. Martin Haberman, Distinguished Professor of Education, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: Education Department

Thursday, October 21

Confronting Stigma

Speaker: Dr. Otto Wahl, Professor of Psychology, University of Hartford

Location and Time: Presser Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: Psychology Department

Thursday, October 28

Your Right to Vote!

Speaker: Dr. Angela Smith Alder, Assistant Professor, Political Science Department, Mount Union College

Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: L.S. 100

Thursday, November 11

Study Abroad and Your Future

Speaker: Colin Samson, Director American Studies Program and Professor of American Studies, University of Essex, Great Britain

Location and Time: Pressor Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: International Programs & International Student Affairs sponsors

Thursday, November 18

Most Significant Bytes - "Look Ma, No Band"

Playing Chamber Music with Computers

Computer musicians Elizabeth McNutt (flutist) and Andrew May (composer) will discuss and perform works demonstrating recent technical innovations that allow the computer to behave as an invisible virtual chamber musician in concert.

Location and Time: Presser Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.

Presented by: Music Department