Civic Engagement Week 2011
Civic Engagement Week: Overview
April 9th – April 16th, 2011
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Saturday, April 9th
- 8:30 p.m., Richard D. Schwartz Observatory Open House (Department of Physics and Astronomy)
Monday, April 11th - Click here for more details
- Let Us Eat Cake…..across the campus throughout the day
- 12:00 Noon, 331 SSB: Preview of 2011 Africa World Documentary Films (Center for International Studies)
- 12:15 p.m., 126 JCPenney: Monday Noon Series (Center for the Humanities)
- 2:15 - 3:30, outside Marillac: UMSL Mobile Eye Unit open house (College of Optometry)
- 3:30, MSC Century Room C: Civic Engagement: Why Should We Care? Panel presentation
Tuesday, April 12th
- 11:30, SGA chambers: UM Matters: Curator Panel (ASUM)
- 12:30, MSC Century Room C: Lunch and Learn—Recycling (UPB)
- 2:30, R121: Biology Department Spring Semester Seminar
- 5:30, 204 ESH/Grace's Place Museum: Information Systems Mentor/Protege Event
- 7:00, Pilot House: UNO tournament to benefit Relay for Life (Colleges Against Cancer)
- 7:30, Touhill: UMSL Percussion and Afro-Cuban Ensembles and Vocal Point concert
- 7:30, Missouri History Museum: "Digging Homer" lecture by Michael Cosmopoulos (Center for International Studies)
- 7:30, Missouri Botanical Garden: 2011 Jane & Whitney Harris Lecture (Department of Biology)
- UMSL Volunteer Appreciation and Recognition Event (UMSL Volunteer Services)
Wednesday, April 13th
- 3:00, South Baseball Fields: Bleacher Bash & canned food drive for Pagedale Family Resource Center (Office of Student Life)
- Center for Character and Citizenship 5th Anniversary Celebration
- 7:30, Touhill: UMSL Piano Studio Concert/Franz Liszt 200th Birthday Anniversary Concert
Thursday, April 14th
- 9:00 to 6:00, Touhill: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
- 9:00 to noon: Volunteer Pantry stocking at Pagedale Family Resource Center (Office of Student Life)
- 11:00 to 2:00, MSC Patio: Free Dog Thursday (STAT and Alumni Association)
- 12:30, 205 Music Building: Oisín Mac Diarmada - Fiddle Music From Sligo
(Center for International Studies) - 1:00, JCP auditorium: Lens of Diversity—For Once in My Life film showing and discussion (Office of Equal Opportunity & Diversity)
- 3:00, SGA Chambers: SGA Elections Debate
- 7:00, Pilot House: Battle of the Bands fundraiser for the Children’s Advocacy Center (Honors College)
Friday, April 15th (Alumni Weekend)
- 8:00 to 5:00, Touhill: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival
- 11:00, 401 SSB: College of Business Administration Research Seminar Series
- 4:00, MSC Century Rooms: Elizabeth McIntosh & Jerry Durham lecture (College of Nursing)
Saturday, April 16th (Alumni weekend)
- 8:00 to 2:00, MSC Lakes: Keep Kids Safe 5K Walk/Run (Children’s Advocacy Center: www.stlouiscac.org)
- 8:00 to 5:00, Touhill: Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival