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Monday, Oct. 22
11 a.m., Merwin Gallery, Joyce Eichhorn Ames School of Art Building – Artist Talk - Dorothea Bilder ’62 – Internationally celebrated painter and lithographer Dorothea Bilder ’62 will present an artist talk in connection with her exhibit, on display through Oct. 25.
11 a.m.-1 p.m. (Daily through Friday, Oct. 26), Dugout, Memorial Center – Annual Equal Pay Bake Sale – F:EM is hosting their Annual Equal Pay Bake Sale. Come by the Dugout and pay what YOU make to the white man's dollar.
4 p.m., 202, State Farm Hall – Anthropology Colloquium - Queering Heavy Metal – Presented by Amber Clifford-Napoleone, author of Queerness in Heavy Metal Music: Metal Bent and Assistant Professor of Anthropology and Curator of Nance Collections at the University of Central Missouri; sponsored by the Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Women's and Gender Studies and Department of History.
7 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – Film: Generation Zapped – Our modern exposures from wireless technologies are a shocking 100,000 times greater than past decades, yet safety standards are outdated. Are these smart devices making us sick and who's responsible? This documentary explores the true cost of living in the wireless age. Free and open to the public; sponsored by the IWU Environmental Studies Program and presented by students from ENST 240: Health and the Environment.
7 p.m., Hansen Student Center – Economist, Rapper Andrew Dougherty – Andrew Dougherty is a Hong-Kong based equity investment analyst for Capital Group, covering Asia Pacific real estate and hotel companies. Previously, he was based in Beijing for 8 years, where he helped open Capital Group’s China office, and served as a China economist and research director for Capital’s global macro research team.
Tuesday, Oct. 23
8 p.m., Evelyn Chapel – Heinavanker Ensemble
Wednesday, Oct. 24
10 a.m.-3:30 p.m., Hart Career Center, Welcome Center – Hart Career Center Walk-In Wednesday – Bring your resume (electronic or paper) and have Hart Career Center staff review it, ask a quick question about Handshake or get help setting up your profile. (Closed for lunch from 12-1 p.m.)
11 a.m.-1 p.m. (Also Thursday, Oct. 25), Eckley Quadrangle – Alcohol Awareness Week – Join Counseling and Consultation Services and SOCA as we bring awareness across campus about issues surrounding alcohol use, responsible drinking patterns, alcohol facts and being safe if you choose to use alcohol. Try the beer goggles, take a ride in the "Cash Cab," and learn what it means to "pour a drink." Come get a ribbon, some candy and other giveaways to show your support.
7 p.m., Neis Field – Women's Soccer vs. Millikin University – Live streaming video at www.iwu.edu/livesports.
Thursday, Oct. 25
4 p.m., Basement, Evelyn Chapel – ReligiosiTEA - Baha'i Civic Engagement: How to Maneuver in America's Divisive Political Landscape – A prelude presentation for the Global Parliament of the World's Religions in Toronto in November, presented by Multifaith Ambassador Jean Muza '19.
6 p.m., Davidson Room, Memorial Center – 3D Series - Amy Funk - "Discussing the Nuances of Racism Through the Power of Story" – The Diversity, Dialogue, and Dignity (3D) Series is a campus-wide collaboration to have engaging and thought-provoking dialogue. Sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
7 p.m., Hansen Student Center – Lecture in Economics: Amir Jina - “Climate and Society: Our Past, Present, and Future” – Amir Jina is an environmental and developmental economist who studies how environmental change shapes how societies develop in both rich and poor counties.
7 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – International Film Series: Sophie Scholl - Die letzten Tage (The Final Days) – Presented by Visiting Assistant Professor of German Jamie Zelechowski.
8 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall – Student Composition Concert
Friday, Oct. 26
12 p.m., Welcome Center Auditorium, Welcome Center – Career Immersion Excursion Information Session #2 – The next Career Immersion Excursion will be heading to Chicago during Spring Break to meet with alumni in the healthcare industry.
5 p.m., Fort Natatorium – Men's and Women's Swimming and Diving – Men vs. Lewis University; women vs. Lewis and Illinois State University.
7 p.m., Shirk Center – Women's Volleyball vs. Coe College – Live streaming video at www.iwu.edu/livesports.
7:30 p.m., E. Melba Johnson Kirkpatrick Laboratory Theatre – Play: Monoliths
8 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – Movie Screening - "A Silent Voice" – Free screening hosted by the Awareness Events Commission of Student Senate for national bullying prevention month. Sponsored by AEC, NAMI.
Saturday, Oct. 27
10 a.m., Shirk Center – Women's Volleyball vs. Nebraska Wesleyan University – Live streaming video at www.iwu.edu/livesports.
1 p.m., Fort Natatorium – Men's Swimming and Diving - Illinois Wesleyan Halloween Invitational
2 p.m., Shirk Center – Women's Volleyball vs. Cornell College – Live streaming video at www.iwu.edu/livesports.
7:30 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall – Halloween Jazz Concert & Costume Contest
7:30 p.m., E. Melba Johnson Kirkpatrick Laboratory Theatre – Play: Monoliths
Sunday, Oct. 28
2 p.m., E. Melba Johnson Kirkpatrick Laboratory Theatre – Play: Monoliths
3 p.m., Evelyn Chapel – “Illuminating Justice, Inspiring Music: An Afternoon with The Saint John's Bible”: Religion, Music, and the Humanities Series –
The program will feature projected illuminations from The Saint John's Bible, a talk by Jonathan Homrighausen, author of Illuminating Justice: The Ethical Imagination of The Saint John's Bible, and an offering of Christian and Jewish music performed by Cantus Novus Chorale. An opportunity to view the Heritage Edition of the Pentateuch of The Saint John's Bible will also be offered before and after the concert. The Bible, which is the first handwritten, hand-illuminated Bible produced in over 500 years, is at once a retrieval of medieval techniques and a marvelous example of 21st century technology, theology, and ethics.
Monday, Oct. 29
3 p.m., Hansen Student Center – Q& A with Stevenson Lecture Speaker Theresa Payton – Theresa Payton, one of the nation's leading experts in cyber security and IT strategy, will offer a Q & A for Illinois Wesleyan and Illinois State students. Payton will deliver more formal remarks as part of the Adlai E. Stevenson Memorial Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center on the Illinois State University campus. The title of her remarks is “Hype or Reality? Your Workplace and Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning & the Internet of Things.”
Through Dec. 10, Merwin and Wakeley Galleries, Joyce G. Eichhorn Ames School of Art – Exhibits "Strata" and "City and Empire" – The work of artists Heather Brammeier, Kathleen Gerber, Lindy Ihrman, Lori Nix and Leslie Speicher will be on display. | 
