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Monday, Feb. 11
CNS, State Farm Hall and Dugout, Memorial Center – Thank-A-Giver (TAG) Day – Thank-A-Giver Day (TAG Day) provides our campus community with the opportunity to thank the donors who support Illinois Wesleyan. We celebrate each year in mid-February because it marks the symbolic point during the academic year – about 70% of the way through – when tuition dollars run out and support from alumni and friends, our endowment, and external grants kick in for the remainder of the year.
Please make time to stop by one of the TAG Day tables –
• CNS and State Farm Hall, from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
• Dugout, Memorial Center, from 11 a.m.-1 p.m.
– to write a note to one or more donors who make the IWU experience possible. You are also encouraged to share your gratitude on social media using #IWUThanks.
6 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – 3D: Warriors in Mr. Lincoln's Army: Native American Soldiers Who Fought in the Civil War – Quita Verban Shier '60 will provide a presentation on selections from the 140 Native Americans whom she researched for her new book, Warriors in Mr. Lincoln's Army: Native American Soldiers Who Fought in the Civil War. This event coincides with the exhibit “Native Voices: Native Peoples' Concepts of Health and Illness,” on display at The Ames Library.
Tuesday, Feb. 12
12 p.m. and 4 p.m., both at CLA 205, CLA – IWU London Program Info Session – Illinois Wesleyan's London program allows students to live and study in London for a semester, taking IWU courses taught by British faculty who are specialists in their knowledge of London and their specific field. All are welcome to apply.
Sponsored by the International Office.
4 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – Religion Department Colloquium – Christopher Thane Callahan, a scholar of Japanese religions and Buddhism at the University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign, will speak on "Performing Pictures: Etoki and the Illustrated Biography of Shinran."
7 p.m., Auditorium, Welcome Center – Environmental Career Panel – Illinois Wesleyan alumni will discuss their career paths. Sponsored by the Hart Career Center.
Wednesday, Feb. 13
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.)
5:30 p.m., Niepagen Room, Shirk Center – Illinois Wesleyan Associates – Pregame Social – The Illinois Wesleyan Associates Board of Directors will host a private pregame social event prior to the men's basketball game. For more information, contact Patti Brent at pbrent@iwu.edu.
7 p.m., Shirk Center – Men's Basketball vs. North Park University – Live streaming video at www.iwu.edu/livesports.
Thursday, Feb. 14
12-5 p.m., Hansen Student Center – Valentine's Day Blood Drive – Schedule an appointment online or look for sign-up tables in Memorial Center during meal hours, or the CNS Atrium. Receive a Red Cross "We Challenge U" Tee when you come to give blood, while supplies last. Sponsored by IWU Tri Beta.
12:10 p.m., Fifer Courtroom (2nd floor), McLean County Museum of History, 200 N. Main St., Bloomington – Lunch and Learn: Associate Professor of Psychology Abigail Kerr – Kerr will present “The Good Limb, the Bad Limb, and Recovery: What animal models tell us about improving behavioral recovery after stroke,” as part of the Lunch and Learn series, co-sponsored by the McLean County Museum of History and Illinois Wesleyan.
6 p.m., C101, CNS – 3D Film: "Blackkklansman" – IWU's Black Student Union and Jewish Student Association will collaborate to lead a discussion on the impacts of racism and anti-Semitism in our society, as seen in the featured movie and true story about Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer who successfully infiltrates his local chapter of the Ku Klux Klan. Part of the Diversity, Dialogue, and Dignity (3D) Series sponsored by the Office of Diversity and Inclusion.
7 p.m., Beckman Auditorium, The Ames Library – International Film Series: "The Threepenny Opera" – Presented by Visiting Assistant Professor of German Jamie Zelechowski.
8 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall – Guest Artist: Jasmine Arakawa, Piano
Friday, Feb. 15
Through Sunday, Feb. 17, State Farm Hall – Human Rights Undergraduate Research Conference – Sponsored by the Center for Human Rights and Social Justice, this year's theme is “Changing Climates and Human Rights Discourse.”
7:30 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall – Wind Ensemble
Saturday, Feb. 16
10 a.m.-4 p.m. – Admitted Student Day I – Students who are admitted to Illinois Wesleyan University are invited to participate in a unique opportunity to learn more about the many ways IWU will enhance their educational experience.
Sunday, Feb. 17
Fort Natatorium – Swimming and Diving - Kevin McCarthy Diving Invitational
Monday, Feb. 18
12 p.m., Davidson Room, Memorial Center – Non-Org: Penny Gray – Please join Assistant Professor of Educational Studies Pennie Gray as she shares preliminary findings of her research examining first-year teachers' decision-making process about classroom management systems. Funded by an Artistic and Scholarly Development grant, Gray visited the classrooms of 16 elementary school teachers during the first three months of their first year of teaching. Through semi-scripted interviews, she explored the ways first-year teachers navigated competing expectations of appropriate classroom management systems. In particular, she is researching the phenomenon known as the apprenticeship of observation: the tendency of teachers to enact pedagogies that reflect their own educational experiences as schoolchildren rather than the pedagogies espoused by their teacher preparation programs. Gray will share emerging data trends, with time for questions and input.
4 p.m., 102, State Farm Hall – GRS Ides Lecture: Dramatic Encounters: Staging Religious Ritual in Mid-Republican Rome –The 3rd century BCE witnessed the introduction of dramatic performance at Rome, closely connected with the city's religious festivals: plays were performed during festivals, sometimes in temple precincts, to honor the gods. The relationship between religion and theater was not one-way; an increasing theatricality can be seen in ritual and architectural development of the city's temples. Speaker Daniel P. Diffendale, research fellow in the Department of Ancient Mediterranean Studies at the University of Missouri, will discuss this potential interplay at the temples of Mater Matuta and Fortuna in the center of Rome, scene of the performance of the Matralia festival. Sponsored by Greek and Roman Studies.
5-9 p.m., Westbrook Auditorium, Presser Hall – (Rescheduled) Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday Gospel Festival – (Event rescheduled from Jan. 21 due to weather.)
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