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Spring Semester 2006
Convocation Schedule--Spring 2006
Mount Union College
Convocation Series
Spring Semester, 2006
Monday, January 16
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Celebration
Speaker: Yvonne Latty. Ms. Latty's book We Were There: Voices of African American Veterans from World War II to the War in Iraq is an inspiring account of the extraordinary sacrifices of everyday Americans. In the book, more than two dozen veterans describe their experiences in combat, in the barracks, and in their hometowns after they returned from war. Latty is an award-winning reporter for the Philadelphia Daily News and a professor of journalism at Villanova University.
Location and Time: Campus Grounds, 10:00 a.m.
Presented by: Diversity Initiatives Steering Committee
Tuesday, February 7
Karen Patterson, acclaimed cellist, and her ensemble of jazz musicians will perform jazz, spiritual, classical, and contemporary works.
Location and Time: TBA, 10:30 a.m.
Presented by: Multicultural Student Affairs
Tuesday, March 14
"Reconstructing the Culture of Thin"
Speaker: Susan Alexander, Chair and Associate Professor
Department of Sociology, Saint Mary's College, Notre Dame, IN with expertise in gender and mass media issues.
Location and Time: Tolerton & Hood Room 101, 10:30 a.m.
Presented by: National Womens History Month Steering Committee
Thursday, March 16
"Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army"
Speaker: Kayla Williams, author and former U.S. Army soldier who served in the Middle East as an Arabic interpreter.
Location and Time: DeWald Chapel, 10:30 a.m.
Presented by: National Womens History Month Steering Committee
Tuesday, April 18
"The Threat of Invisibility and the Role of GSAs Guiding and Reacting to the Cultural Debate about GLBT Equality and Oppression"
Speaker: Vincent Contrucci (MUC 1997), Resident Director, Gannon University, Erie, PA.
Location and Time: Campus Grounds, 10:30 a.m.
Presented by: Gay Straight Alliance
Thursday, April 13
State of Mount Union College Address
Speaker: Dr. Richard F. Giese, President
Location and Time: Campus Grounds, 10:35 a.m.
Thursday, April 20
Honors Convocation
Location and Time: Mount Union Theatre, 10:35 a.m.
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