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Convocations Schedule 2007-2008

SEPTEMBER

Monday
September 3
10:00am
Sibert Theatre          
Ann Ommen 
"Bert Williams: The Color Line on Broadway."                                                          
Monday
September 10
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
India Children's Choir Concert

Wednesday
September 19
7:00pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Jon Waterman
"Global Warming: Oil Versus Wilderness and Climate Change in the Arctic National Wildfile Refuge"
IC CONNECTIONS
Monday
September 24
10:00am
Rammelkamp Chapel
Russel Brazzel
Classical Guitar Recital
Monday
September 24
7:00pm
Kirby 6
Mark Pohlad
"Abraham Lincoln in American Art"
Wednesday
September 26
7:30pm
Rammelkamp Chapel
Pacific Boychoir
Illinois College Fine Arts Series

OCTOBER

Tuesday
October 9
8:30pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Chad Creasey
1996 Illinios College graduate, special agent and member of the SWAT team for the FBI in Miami, Florida
Thursday
October 11
7:00pm
Kirby 6
Keith Sawyer
"From Small Sparks to Big Ideas:
The New Science of Creativity"
Sunday
October 14
4:00pm
Sibert Theatre
Shakespeare On Love
Illinois College Fine Arts Series
Tuesday
October 16
7:00pm
Rammelkamp Chapel
"Aama's Journey"
IC CONNECTIONS
Tuesday
October 23
7:00pm
Kirby 6
Courtney Martin
"The State of Feminism Today"
Monday
October 29
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
John McLaughlin Williams, Violinist
Monday
October 29
7:00pm
Kirby 6
Kristin Douglas
"How Different Are Genetics and the Individual"
Monday
October 29
7:30pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
John McLaughlin, Violinist
Garrett Allman, Pianist
Illinois College Fine Arts Series
Tuesday
October 30
7:00pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Kevin Locke
Native American Dance
IC CONNECTIONS

NOVEMBER

Sunday
November 4
2:00pm
Sibert Theatre

IC Theatre Works
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"

CONVO CREDIT FOR ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY
Monday
November 5
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Director Tammy Duckworth:
Committed To Serving Country and Community

IC CONNECTIONS
Thursday
November 8
7:30pm
Sibert Theatre
IC Theatre Works
Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night"

CONVO CREDIT FOR ONE PERFORMANCE ONLY
Friday
November 9
7:30pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Buxtehude Tercentenary Concert
Helen Skuggedal Reed
Rudy Zuiderveld
Garrett Allman
Addie Grammelspacher
Illinois College Concert Choir
Thursday
November 15
7:00pm
Kirby 6
F.W. Zettler
Professor of Biology, University of Florida
"The Man Who Fed a Billion People: Friend or Foe?"
Friday
November 16
8:00pm
Cummings
"Does HIV Look Like Me?"
Monday
November 26
7:00pm
Crispin 220
Amy Eden
Red Cross International Humanitarian Law
Thursday
November 29
7:00pm
Kirby 6
"Nanking Massacre"
DVD presentation with panel discussion to follow

DECEMBER

Wednesday
December 5
7:00pm
Kirby 6
K. Thomas Robbins, MD
"The Problem of Cancer in Society"
Friday
December 7
7:30pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Illinois College Annual Christmas Concert

JANUARY

Monday
January 21
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Dr. Richard Maye
"Testament of Hope: Life and Legacy of Dr. Martin
Luther King, Jr."
Monday
January 21
7:00pm
Kirby 6
Illinois Humanities Council
Road Scholars Speakers Bureau
Xiaosi Yang
"The Global Significance of China's Rise"

FEBRUARY

Monday
February 4
10:00am
Sibert Theatre
Dr. Donald Worster
"John Wesley Powell"

Monday
February 11
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Tejumola Ologoni
"Teju: The African American Storyteller"
Tuesday
February 12
9:00am
Sherman Gym -
Bruner
Joan Goleman, M.D.
"The Female Athlete Triad"
 
Sunday
February 24
4:00pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Diane Meredith Belcher, organist
Illinois College Fine Arts Series
Monday
February 25
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
C.L. Lindsey
"Campus Computing: From Free Speech to Facebook"
Monday
February 25
7:00pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Carl B. Westmoreland
"From Slavery to Freedom: A Historic Overview of the
Underground Railroad"

CANCELLED
Thursday
February 28
7:00pm
Kirby 6
Ross Wantland
"Men Can Stop Rape"
Friday
February 29
9:00pm
Cummings
Preacher Moss
"End of Racism"
Comedy and Lecture

MARCH

Sunday
March 2
2:00pm
Sibert Theatre
"March Tale"
presented by Illinois College TheatreWorks
(Convo credit given for attending one performance -
Sunday, March 2 OR Thursday, March 6)
Monday
March 3
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Dr. Annette E. Jefferson
"Sojourner Truth: Some Kind of Woman"
Monday
March 3
7:00pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Dr. Annette E. Jefferson
"African American Women During the Civil War"
Thursday
March 6
7:30pm
Sibert Theatre
"March Tale"
presented by Illinois College TheatreWorks
(Convo credit given for attending one performance -
Sunday, March 2 OR Thrusday, March 6)
Monday
March 10
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Dr. Irvin Hentzel
"How to Win at Monopoly"
Tuesday
March 25
7:30pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Baroque Band
Illinois College Fine Arts Series
Thursday
March 27
7:30pm
Kirby 6
Claridge Lecture
Dr. Ronald Wallace

APRIL

Sunday
April 6
4:00pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Grada Celtic Ensemble
Illinois College Fine Arts Series
Monday
April 7
10:00am
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow
Bill Ross
"Into the Future: Climate Change, World Change, and
Personal Choices"
Monday
April 7
7:00pm
Kirby 6
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar
James J. Sheehan
Wednesday
April 9
7:00pm
Sibert Theatre
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow
Bill Ross
"Ecology, Economy and Community: A Roadmap for
the 21st Century"
Wednesday
April 9
7:00pm
Kirby 6
Alex Sanchez
"Growing Up Gay"
Tuesday
April 15
7:30pm
Sibert Theatre
Tom Hughes
"Yes I Can / Keys to Success"
Wednesday
April 16
7:00pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
"Best of the Best: All Campus Societies"
Each society on campus will choose their best speaker
to present a piece on various topics.  All speeches will be judged and critiqued and the person with the best overall permormance will be named The Best of the Best.
Thursday
April 17
8:00pm
Sibert Theatre
Robert Remini
Joe Patterson Smith Lecture
"Andrew Jackson and the Battle of New Orleans"
Monday
April 21
10:00am
Sibert Theatre
Larry W. Richardson
"Where Panthers Prowl"
Monday
April 21
7:00pm
Sibert Theatre
Larry W. RIchardson
"Wild Orchids of South Florida"
Tuesday
April 22
7:30pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Illinois College Music Department
Spring Tour Home Concert
Thursday
April 24
1:00pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Lee Hamilton
"Advice for the Next President"
Tuesday
April 29
7:00pm
Sibert Theatre
"This I Believe"
For more information visit
www2.ic.edu/dean/believe.html
or contact IBelieve@ic.edu

MAY

Saturday
May 3
7:30pm
Rammelkamp
Chapel
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra
Have a suggestion for the Convo committee?
Email:
jmarshal@ic.edu

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