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Monday, Oct. 29
12 p.m., Davidson Room, Memorial Center – Non-Org: Kate Browne on the Digital Frontiers Conference – Digital Pedagogy Strategist Kate Browne will present a summary of the Digital Frontiers conference hosted at the University of Kansas, Oct. 4-6. This conference highlighted scholarly projects and programs in the digital humanities, including digitizing the work of black writers, artificial intelligence in choreography, and a keynote on data feminisms. Kate will also focus on how other liberal arts colleges have approached the creation of digital scholarship programs like those we are building at IWU.
12:15-12:45 p.m., Evelyn Chapel – A Time for Prayer and Commitment – In Response to the Pittsburgh Synagogue Attack – The campus community is invited to gather to remember the victims of Saturday's Tree of Life Synagogue attack in Pittsburgh; to pray in solidarity for peace and justice in the face of antisemitism and hatred of every kind; and to renew commitments to eradicating the prevalence of guns and gun violence from our society.
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 masterclass 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.
Tuesday, Oct. 30
7:30 p.m., Hansen Student Center – Lindsey Fitzharris '04: “Good Old Hospital Stink:” The Grisly World of Victorian Surgery
Wednesday, Oct. 31
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., Hansen Student Center – Faculty/Staff Campus Inclusion Meeting – Faculty and staff are invited to a conversation intended to help determine the best way to realize the goals of the President’s Inclusive Excellence Initiative. This forum will feature a student moderator, President Eric Jensen, and CUPP Chair Mary Coleman.
Thursday, Nov. 1
1:30 p.m., Joyce Eichhorn Ames School of Art Building – Artists' Talk –
Artists Heather Brammeier, Kathleen Gerber, and Leslie Speicher will visit Illinois Wesleyan for a reception and talk in connection with their exhibits on display in the Merwin and Wakeley Galleries.
4 p.m., Basement, Evelyn Chapel – ReligiosiTEA - IWU's Weekly Interfaith Dialogue
7 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – International Film Series: Coco – Presented by Professor and Chair of Hispanic Studies Carmela Ferradans.
8 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall – New Music Café
Friday, Nov. 2
12 p.m., Davidson Room, Memorial Center – Supporting Students with Gender Pronoun Inclusivity – Faculty and Staff are invited to "Supporting Students with Gender Pronoun Inclusivity: A Safe Zone Refresher for Faculty & Staff," presented by Meghan Burke and Elyse Nelson-Winger, co-chairs of the University Council for Diversity's Intercultural Fluency Committee, and Hannah Mesouani, Assistant Director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
They will share best practices for navigating gender pronouns with students, particularly among trans, non-binary, and genderfluid students, plus tips for honoring students' gender identities, helping with student writing (e.g., use of a singular "they"), and a Safe-Zone style refresher on the differences between sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, and how these things may or may not relate. This is a "Non-Org style" presentation, so please bring your lunch and your questions. Thank you for your commitment to diversity and inclusion!
12 p.m., Auditorium, Welcome Center – For Your Future Fridays: Job Search – You have the best education, the best resume and a brand new outfit. But how do you find a job? Hart Career Center staff will help guide you to a successful job search.
4 p.m., Joyce Eichhorn Ames School of Art Building – Faculty/Staff TGIF – Faculty and staff are invited for food, drink and conversation.
Saturday, Nov. 3
1 p.m., Tucci Stadium – Football vs. North Central College – Live streaming video at www.iwu.edu/livesports.
8 p.m., Hansen Student Center – Second City Improv – Come out to see an amazing travel comedy troupe for a night full of laughter and fun, sponsored by the Campus Activities Board.
Sunday, Nov. 4
3 p.m., Wesley United Methodist Church, 502 E. Front St., Bloomington – Fall Choral Concert
Monday, Nov. 5
12 p.m., Davidson Room, Memorial Center – Non-Org - Sarah Lindenbaum: "Trashy Romance Novels: The Library of 17th-Century Englishwoman Frances Wolfreston" – Just down the road from Illinois Wesleyan at ISU's Milner Library is a rare copy of a 1621 romance, Lady Mary Wroth's The Countess of Montgomery's Urania, the first ever written by an Englishwoman. When you open the book, you find the following old inscription on the inside front cover: "frances wolfreston hor bouk bot at london." Who was Frances Wolfreston? What, if anything, can Urania and other books containing her ownership inscription tell us about her? About the reading habits of other Englishwomen in the 1600s? And why does it matter? Visiting librarian Sarah Lindenbaum will have answers to these questions and more.
1:30 p.m., Hart Career Center, Welcome Center – Hart Career Center Extra Walk-In Hours – Hart Career Center will offer extra walk-in hours for students all this week. Bring your resume (electronic or paper) and have our staff review it, ask a quick question about Handshake or get help setting up your profile.
4 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – Spatial Injustices: Racial Segregation & the Ironic Mobile Barriers of Public Transportation – Sociology Research Colloquium & Office of Diversity and Inclusion 3D series, presented by Gwendolyn Purifoye, Assistant Professor of Sociology at North Park University.
7 p.m., C101, CNS – "Force of Nature: George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Movement" –
Speaker Arthur Pearson is the Director of Chicago Program for the Gaylord and Dorothy Donnelley Foundation, where he guides the Foundation’s support for land conservation and the arts. He will discuss his recently published book, Force of Nature: George Fell, Founder of the Natural Areas Movement. This event is free and open to all at IWU and the public, co-sponsored by the IWU Environmental Studies Program, the IWU Biology Department and the John Wesley Powell Audubon Society.
7 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – African Culture Week: Speaking Through Kings? – "Artists and the Portrait of Traditional Kings in Uganda" will be presented by Dr. Angelo Kakande of Makerere University, Uganda. A series of African Culture Week activities will be sponsored Nov. 5-10 by the African Studies Program of International Studies, African Students Association, the Sociology and Anthropology Department, School of Music and School of Art.
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