Upcoming events

September 13, 2022 (Volume 46, Number 2)

Tia Brown McNair, vice president for Diversity, Equity and Student Success at the American Association of Colleges and Universities, speaks with participants in the audience at the keynote address at the 28th annual Fall Teaching and Learning Conference.

Tia Brown McNair chats with audience members during the Fall Teaching and Learning Conference, held August 24 at the Eberhard Center.

Photo Credit: Kendra Stanley-Mills

See more events online. Highlighted events through September are listed below.

The Department of Visual and Media Arts will host Ana Fabrega, co-writer, co-showrunner and one of the stars of HBO's Spanish-language comedy "Los Espookys," for a talk on September 13 from 6:30-8 p.m. at the DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium. Fabrega will also hold a student discussion on September 14 at 1:45 p.m. in the outdoor area by the Padnos Student Gallery.
Fireside Chat: President Philomena V. Mantella and Provost Fatma Mili welcome Tia Brown McNair back to campus to discuss "Becoming a Student-ready University: Shifting Mindsets and Challenging Norms"; September 14, 11 a.m., Alumni House.
"Talking Together: Strengthening our Communities through Conversation" kicks off a year of programming with events on September 21 with a 4 p.m. reception followed by a workshop at the Alumni House, and a September 22 Constitution Day Celebration at 7 p.m. at the DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium.
This year's James W. Carey Memorial Lecture presented by the School of Communications will feature Bruce Kirchoff, a botanist who specializes in studying approaches to effectively communicating scientific information to lay audiences. The lecture will be at 6 p.m. September 28 at the DeVos Center, Loosemore Auditorium.
On September 28 and 29, the Classics Department will present "Homerathon 8: Into the Multiverse!" The event, which runs from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m both days in the Mary Idema Pew Library's multipurpose room, will explore epic issues through the performance of ancient and contemporary poetry, fiction, drama, athletics, the visual arts, and, of course, Homer’s "Iliad."