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Convocations Schedule 2005-2006

September
1st
7:00pm
Prkr 106

On the Great Wall:
An Odyssey of a Chinese Space Scientist
Penny Peng

12th
10:00am
RAM

Hotel Rwanda: A Lesson To Be Learned
Paul Rusesabagina
(IC CONNECTIONS)

19th
10:00am
RAM

"Los Gauchos de Roldan"  
Uruguayan traditional music and dance group

20th
7:00pm
RAM

Richard Peck: Writing and themes of books.
Mr. Peck was the 2001 recipient of the Newbery
Medal Award and has written over twenty
childrens' books. 
(Book signing/reception to follow)

22nd
7:00pm
RAM

Constitution Day
In recognition of Constitution Day, former United
StatesCongressman, Paul Findley will bring to us
"The Price We Pay When Speech Is Stifled"

23rd
7:30pm
Cummings

McGaw Fine Arts Series:
Bob Coleman's "Cabaret"
Big Band and Swing Era favorites

26th
10:00am
RAM

Albert Gouaffo
Professor from the University of Dschang, Cameroun

30th
3:00pm
KIR 6

"Illinois Writers and the Chicago Renaissance"
Becky Bradway presents this slide lecture exploring
the lives and works of writers who spent time in
Chicago during the early 20th century.

October
3rd
10:00am
RAM

Tracking the Underground Railroad in Jacksonville and at Illinois College
 (IC CONNECTIONS)            

4th
7:00pm
RAM

Chris Abani:  Exiled Nigerian, and author of Graceland.  Abani was first imprisoned in 1985 at age 18, and is now a professor of creative writing at the University of California Riverside.

29th
7:30pm
RAM

McGaw Fine Arts Series: 
Bolcom and Morris

31st
10:00am
RAM

Celebration (Illinois College - 175 Years)
Dr. John Whitehead
"Julian M. Sturtevant: A Man Worth Knowing,
and a Man Worth Getting to Know Better."

November
14th
10:00am
RAM

Tales from the Beijing Opera
(IC CONNECTIONS)

15th
7:30pm
RAM

McGaw Fine Arts Series:
Stephen Beus, pianist

17th
8:00pm
KIR 6

Kevin Stein
Illinois Poet Laureate and widely respected writer and
scholar will give a public reading of his poetry.

December
5th
10:00am
RAM

Scientific Issues: The Future of Our Planet
Stephen Petranek
(IC CONNECTIONS)

5th
7:00pm
SIB

"The Aesthetic Morphology of Trees"
Guy Sternberg

January
18th
10:00am
RAM
Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Dr. Kirk B. Jones of Andover Newton Theological School
in Newton Centre, MA will speak of the life and times of
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
February
3rd
7:30pm
RAM

McGaw Fine Arts Series:
Audubon Quartet

6th
10:00am
RAM
             In recognition of Black History Month
             Iantha Gantt-Wright
             Promoting Environmental Diversity
8th
7:00pm
KIR

Einstein's Insights: How His Ideas Shaped our
Modern View of the Universe
Prof. Charles Schweighauser
University of Illinois, Springfield

24th
7:30pm
RAM

McGaw Fine Arts Series:
The Chicago Staff Band of the Salvation Army

27th
10:00am
RAM

"So You Wanna Be a Jungle Explorer"
Award Winning Nature Author, Sy Montgomery

March
26th
7:30pm
SIB
"The Yellow Wallpaper"
Theatrical performance of the 1890 play
27th
10:00am
RAM

Anne Roosevelt
Grandaughter of FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt

April
3rd
10:00am
RAM
"Chopsticks-Fork at Illinois College"
Speaker, Cathy Bao Bean
6th
4:00pm
KIR
"Lead Your Way to the Top"
Speaker, Rick Barnes
6th
7:00pm
KIR
"Drink Think"
Speaker, Rick Barnes
12th
7:00pm
CRI
Student Disaster Team
Presentation of New Orleans clean up
after Hurricane Katrina
23rd
4:00pm
RAM
Faculty Recital
24th
10:00am
CRI
Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow
Journalist and author, Kay Mills,
will discuss journalism and education.
26th
7:00pm
CRI
"Writing a Life"
by Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellow, Kay Mills
27th
7:30pm
RAM

McGaw Fine Arts Series:
Martin Jean, organist

28th-29th
7:30pm
30th
2:00pm
"The Illusion"
IC TheatreWorks production
(Only ONE convocation credit will be received for attending any one of "The Illusion" performances.
30th
7:30pm
Cummings
Concert by the Illinois College Wind Ensemble
May
4th-6th
7:30pm
SIB
"The Illusion"
IC TheatreWorks production
(Only ONE convocation credit will be received for attending any one of "The Illusion" performances.
6th
7:30pm
RAM
Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra & Chorale
Illinois College Concert Choir
Soprano, Diane Dietz and Tenor, Jr Fralick
8th
10:00am
RAM
"The Doctors Without Borders Story"
Speaker, Richard Heinzl
8th
8:00pm
SIB
This I Believe: An Excercise in Free Speech
Various presenters including students, faculty, President
of the College, congressmen and influential citizens.
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