Convocations Schedule 2008-2009
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September | |
| Tuesday September 2 7:30pm Sherman Gym |
Dennis O'Sullivan "Pure Performance" |
| Monday September 8 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
Jane Ann Moore "Elijah & Owen Lovejoy: Heroes of Anti Slavery Illinois" IC CONNECTIONS |
| Wednesday September 10 7:00pm Sibert Theatre |
Dr. Peter A. Verkruyse "Political Debates Then and Now: What We Can Learn From Lincoln and Douglas" |
| Thursday September 11 7:00pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Patrick Brannan & Jimmy Duncan "Real Life War Experiences of American Soldiers" |
| Monday September 15 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
Nonie Darwish "Now They Call Me Infidel" |
| Wednesday September 17 7:00pm Crispin |
Constitution Day Senator Deanna Demuzio "The Importance of the Constitution to Citizens of the United States" |
| Friday September 19 7:30pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Chicago Acappella Illinois College Fine Arts Series |
| Friday September 19 8:00pm Sibert Theatre |
Jose Tapia "Upcoming Election Issues" |
| Monday September 29 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
Kurt Eichenwald "Business Ethics in the 21st Century: The View From a Corporate Crime Expert" IC CONNECTIONS |
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October | |
| Tuesday October 7 8:30pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Camille Cellucci "Making Movie Magic, An Inside Look at Visual Effects" |
| Sunday October 12 4:00pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Organist William Ness Illinois College Fine Arts Series |
| Monday October 13 11:00am Kirby 6 |
Dr. James Hallwas "Desperadoes: Notorious Outlaws of Early Illinois" |
| Wednesday October 15 7:00pm Kirby 6 |
Brian DeMarco "The Ultra-Cold Frontier" |
| Friday October 24 8:00pm Cummings |
Michelle Garb "Fat Brain, Skinny Body-Eating Disorders" |
| Saturday October 25 7:00pm Sherman Gymnasium |
United States Army Field Band Concert |
| Monday October 27 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
Tyrone Hayes "From Silent Spring to Silent Night: "What Do Frogs Tell Us About Human Health?" IC CONNECTIONS |
| Thursday October 30 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College Theatre Works "Playing for Time" IC CONNECTIONS (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
| Friday October 31 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College Theatre Works "Playing for Time" IC CONNECTIONS (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
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November | |
| Sunday November 2 2:00pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College Theatre Works "Playing for Time" IC CONNECTIONS (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
| Thursday November 6 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College Theatre Works "Playing for Time" IC CONNECTIONS (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
| Friday November 7 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College Theatre Works "Playing for Time" IC CONNECTIONS (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
| Saturday November 8 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College Theatre Works "Playing for Time" IC CONNECTIONS (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
| Sunday November 9 4:00pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
The Food of Love featuring Eugenia Zukerman and Claire Bloom Illinois College Fine Arts Series |
| Thursday November 13 8:00pm Kirby 6 |
Dr. Kevin Stein Poet Laureate of Illinois, poetry reading |
| Friday November 14 4:00pm Sibert Theatre |
Rebecca Herzig Darwin's Dilemma: On Faith, Science, and Body Hair |
| Monday November 17 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
Dr. Ellen J. Kennedy "Genocide in the 20th Century and Darfur" |
| Monday November 17 7:00pm Kirby 6 |
W.D. Sanders Trophies in Oratory for Men |
| Wednesday November 19 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Claude Smith Claridge Writer-in-Residence "Red Men in Red Square and Other BreakAway Phenomena" |
| Friday November 21 7:00pm Sibert Theatre |
Randy Steidl "Witness to Innocence: An Innocent Person Who Survived Death Row" |
| Monday November 24 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
Bill Tennill "Mental Illness and Suicide Awareness" |
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December | |
| Friday December 5 7:30pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Christmas Festival Concert Illinois College Concert Choir, Renaissance Singers and the Wind Ensemble |
| Saturday December 6 7:30pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra and Chorale and the Illinois College Concert Choir and four vocal soloists "A Grand Holiday Messiah Plus Pops" |
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January | |
| Monday January 19 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
Robert T. Sells "A Chronicle of the Life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr." |
| Monday January 26 11:00am Sibert Theatre |
Mark Pohlad "The Camera and Abraham Lincoln" |
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February | |
| Monday February 9 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
Naima Tonya Johnston "Negro Spirituals as a Historical American Art Form" |
| Saturday February 14 8:00pm Cummings |
Maria Falzone "Sex Rules! Rules to Greater and Safer Sex" |
| Sunday February 15 8:00pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Mike Shiley "Inside Iraq: The Untold Stories" |
| Monday February 16 11:00am Rammelkakmp Chapel |
Shira Nayman "Traumas and Triumphs: Writers Grappling With the Nightmares of History" |
| Tuesday February 17 4:00pm Kirby 6 |
Bonnie Shulman "Feminist Science Education: Re-examining What and How We Teach and to Whom" |
| Thursday February 19 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College TheatreWorks "Anon(ymous)" (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
| Saturday February 21 7:30pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Salvation Army Staff Band of Chicago Illinois College Fine Arts Series |
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Sunday |
Illinois College TheatreWorks "Anon(ymous)" (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
| Monday February 23 11:00am Sibert Theatre |
Henry Mollicone Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow "Music and Social Justice; Some Observations" |
| Thursday February 26 7:30pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Henry Mollicone Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow Beatitude Mass Benefit Concert |
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March | |
| Thursday March 5 7:00pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Donald H. Doyle "Jacksonville as a Mirror on America in the 19th Century" |
| Monday March 9 8:00pm Sibert Theatre |
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Philip D. Gingerich "Fossils and Evolution: What We Know and How We Know It" |
| Tuesday March 10 7:30pm Kirby 6 |
Poet, David Clewell |
| Tuesday March 24 7:30pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Arianna String Quartet Illinois College Fine Arts Series |
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April | |
| Saturday April 4 8:00pm Sibert Theatre |
Teri Jendusa Nicolai Domestic Violence Prevention |
| Monday April 6 7:00pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Chris Valillo "Abraham Lincoln in Song" |
| Sunday April 19 4:00pm Rammelkamp Chapel |
Underground Railway Theatre "Are You Ready, My Sister" Illinois College Fine Arts Series |
| Monday April 20 11:00am Rammelkamp Chapel |
A commemorative program for Holocaust Remembrance Day (Shoah) |
| Wednesday April 22 4:00pm Kirby 5 |
Jacob Manske "Puzzles on Combinatorics" |
| Thursday April 23 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College TheatreWorks |
| Sunday April 26 2:00pm Sibert Theatre |
Illinois College TheatreWorks "The Secret Garden" (Convo credit given for attending one performance only) |
| Tuesday April 28 7:30pm Sibert Theatre |
Nepal Video Presentation by Phi Alpha members Dered Marin, Evan Stewart and Kabindra Malla |
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