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Spring Semester 2004
Mount Union College
Convocation Series
Spring Semester, 2004
Monday, January 19
Speaker: Judy Richardson, producer of PBS's Eyes on the Prize series and the documentary Malcolm X: Make it Plain will describe her lifetime of dedication to the continuing struggle for civil rights in America. This event is held in connection with the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day celebration.
Location and Time: Solarium of the Kresge Dining Commons, 10:35 a.m.
Tuesday, February 3
"The Ties that Bind: US-UK"
Speaker: Michael White, Political Editor of Manchester (UK) Guardian, sponsored by McKinley Scholars Program
Location and Time: Myers Sanctuary (Chapel), 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, February 5
Speaker: Michael Datcher, author of the New York Times best seller, Raising Fences: A Black Man's Love Story and co-editor of Tough Love: The Life and Death of Tupac Shakur, sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Affairs and the Black Student Union.
Location and Time: Presser Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, February 19
"A Conversation with Robert Olen Butler", Pulitzer Prize winning novelist and Francis Eppes, Professor of English, Florida State University.
Location and Time: Presser Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, March 18
Most Significant Bytes
Speaker: Matthew Burtner, University of Virginia, will deliver a lecture/performance on Interactive Media and Network Music featuring MICE (Music for Interactive Computers Ensemble). He will also perform two works on the Most Significant Bytes concert: S-Trance-S and S-Morphe-S for saxophone and virtual "modeled" computer instruments. The concert will also include digital video and electronic sound works.
Location and Time: Presser Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, March 25
Speaker: Dr. Selene Phillips, member of the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa will present Sacagawea: Young Mother with the Corps of Discovery. This event is held in connection with National Women's History Month.
Location and Time: Presser Recital Hall, 10:35 a.m.
Tuesday, April 6
Speaker: Dr. Grant Wiggins, author of Understanding by Design, Educative Assessment and Assessing Student Performance. He is the foremost voice in assessment reform. His topic is: "Essential Questions, Enduring Understandings: What Do We Want Our Students to Retain?"
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, April 15
State of the College
Speaker: President Jack Ewing
Location and Time: Campus Grounds, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, April 22
Honors Convocation
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
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