Hamline University Events Calendar
February
Alumni and Community Events
Seminars, Speakers, and Readings
Fine Arts
Information Sessions
International Roundtable Series
Spiritual Life
Alumni and Community Events
Hamline University Black History Month Events
Hamline University will celebrate Black History Month with a series of pulic events. The theme of the celebration is: "Expressions of Blackness, The Power of Our Words." All events take place on Hamline University's Saint Paul campus, located at 1536 Hewitt Ave, and, unless specified, are free and open to the public. For more information about these events, please call the Center for Multicultural and International Student Affairs at 651-523-2423.
Saakumu West African Dance Troupe
Experience Africa through a performance and workshop of dance and drumming. Saakumu Dance Troupe is one of the leading dance and music groups in Ghana. Led by master musician, Bernard Woma, the group's repertoire ranges from traditional to contemporary.
Date: Thursday, February 14
Time: 4 p.m.
Location: Bush Student Center Ballroom
Cultural Night, Tribute to Legend of Past and Present
Come and experience musical, poetic, theatrical performances that honor some of the cultural icons from years gone by. There will be tributes to Gordon Parks, Muhammad Ali, Micheal Jackson, Ida B. Wells, Lena Horne, and others. Performances include Trena Bolden Fields, Yolanda Williams, and others, along with Hamline students and staff.
Date: Saturday, February 16
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Sundin Music Hall
An In-depth Look at the Press Coverage of Barack Obama
Keynote Address by Catherine R. Squires, the inaugural John and Elizabeth Bates Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity, and Equality at the University of Minnesota. Date: Tuesday, February 19
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Kay Fredericks Room
Black Jeopardy IIX
Faculty, staff, and students participate in a lively, competitive test of their knowledge of black history and culture.
Date: Wednesday, February 20
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Location: Bush Student Center Lobby
The Words of Spike Lee
Join us for a panel of faculty members refelcting on the social and cultural implications of the films Bamboozled, Do the Right Thing, Get on the Bus, Jungle Fever, and School Daze, followed by an open discussion.
Date: Thursday, February 21
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Giddens Learning Center 100E
18th Annual Gospel Night: "The Words of My Mouth"
Celebrate the legacy of gospel music in the black community at this inspirational worship service. The Hamline University Gospel Choir, choirs from Shiloh International Ministries, Temple Apostolic Church, First Trinity Church of God In Christ, and other musical groups will perform.
Date: Sunday, February 24
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Sundin Music Hall
First Friday Forum
Speaker: Professor Kathryn Linn Geurts
Topic: "Performing Africa" in Ghana: Study Abroad at the Dagara Music and Arts Center in Accra
Date: Friday, February 1
Time: 12 p.m.
Location: Sorin A & B
Cost: $15, includes lunch - Reservations Required
Contact: Catherine Price, 651-523-2015 or e-mail Catherine
Neighborhood Archeology at the Hamline United Methodist Church
Part of the Hamline Midway History Corps Speaker Series
Featuring Professor Brian Hoffman, archeology, and other Hamline University students.
Date: Wednesday, February 20
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Hamline Midway Branch Library, lower level
Cost: Free and open to the public
Contact: Click here for more information and to visit the History Corps Web site.
Journaling Circle
A weekly group focuses on developing self-expression through journal writing. Each session will include writing prompts, tools, and techniques for keeing a journal. First meeting will be in the Bush Library Conference Room. Subsequent meetings will be in the Sorin Bailey Room. Come to one, come to all. All Hamline students welcome!
Date: Thursday, February 21, meets weekly
Time: 3 - 4 p.m.
Location: Bush Library Conference Room
Contact: Carolyn Holbrook/Lindsey Hammond at Counseling and Health Services, 651-523-2204
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Managing Your Money 101 with Professor Jenny Keil
What does a credit score really mean? What is the best way to set up a budget? How do you prioritize bills, grocery, savings, and having a life? This event will be particularly helpful for recent alumni or current students who are beginning to make financial decisions or those who want to make sure they are on the right track. To register, please contact Molly Glewwe.
Date: Thursday, February 21
Time: 6 p.m.
Location: Alumni House, 749 Simpson Street
Contact: Molly Glewwe, 523-2448 |
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Seminars, Speakers, and Readings
Faultlines, Rifts, and Breaches: Exploring Racism and Other Forces of Oppression
Keynote speaker: Dr. Gary Okihiro, Professor of International and Public Affairs, and the Founding Director of the Center for the Study of Ethnicity and Race, at Columbia University
Date: Tuesday, February 12
Time: 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Location: Sundin Music Hall
Contact: Gordon Nakagawa, 651-523-2051
"Green Building"
Part of the Hamline Dialogue Series "Managing Our Resources: Energy, the Environment and Sustainability". The world and all of its systems run on some sort of energy; energy moves the world. Demand for energy is growing. The ability to meet increasing demands while preserving the environment and managing sustainability are challenges that every system must face. Over the course of seven Dialogues, the Graduate School of Management and Education will bring together experts to address these issues and engage the audience in a dialogue sure to energize and sustain discussion.
Panelists: Kurt Gough, partner, Shelter Architecture; Laura Millberg, green building specialist, MN Pollution Control Agency; and Richard Strong, adjunct assistant professor and research fellow, Center for Sustainable Building Research, University of Minnesota.
Date: Thursday, February 21
Time: Registration and Reception: 3:45 - 4:15 p.m.
Program: 4:15 - 5:45 p.m.
Location: Klas Center, Kay Fredericks Room
Cost: General admission is $10. Graduate School of Management students, $25 to receive credit.
Contact: For more information contact Kristen Norman-Major at 651-523-2814, gsm @hamline.edu or go to the Dialogues Web site.
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Fine Arts
Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel
Mr. Siegel performs music of French composers including Debussy, Ravel, Saint-Saens, Faure, Poulenc and Dutilleux.
Date: Thursday, February 14
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Sundin Music Hall
Cost: Adults $17, Seniors & Students $12
For tickets call 651-523-2459
Contact: Georgia Lauritzen, 651-523-2197
Duos and Dialogues - Guitar Duo from Trinity
Duo guitarists, Norman Ruiz and Jeff Warren perform a program of duos and solos by Barrios, Brouwer, Rodrigo, Granados and Albeniz.
Date: Friday, February 15
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Sundin Music Hall
Cost: General admission $12, Seniors $8, Students $8 and ACTC Students $5
For tickets call 651-523-2459
Contact: Georgia Lauritzen, 651-523-2197
The Musical Offering
Music by Richard Strauss, Reger and Brahms.
Date: Sunday, February 17
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Sundin Music Hall
Cost: Adults $15, Seniors $12, Students $5
For tickets call 651-523-2459
Contact: Georgia Lauritzen, 651-523-2197
"Classic Brass" in Concert
Hamline Brass and Percussion students will join Classic Brass in concert. The combined forces will perform works by Copland and Gabrieli. There will be a reception following the performance.
Date: Wednesay, February 27
Time: 8 p.m.
Location: Sundin Music Hall
Cost: Free
Contact: Janet Greene, 651-523-2412
Theatre
The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek
Set against the backdrop of the Great Depression, Naomi Wallace's The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek illustrates the relationship between two teenagers. With lyrical elegance, this seemingly candid look at youth evolves into a romantic and tragic mystery. Directed by senior Theatre Arts major Kieran Adcock.
Dates: February 29, March 1, 6 - 8
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Anne Simley Theatre
Cost: Hamline students $1, Senior Citizens & K - 12 students $5, general admission $7
Contact: Box Office at 651-523-2905
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Information Sessions
Financial Aid Open House
A program for prospective students - features financial aid and scholarship information, FAFSA filing guidelines, student panel, campus tours, and private financial aid appointments.
Date: Saturday, February 2
Contact: 651-523-2207 or 800-753-9753
Blood Pressure Clinic
Students, staff and faculty are welcome to receive a free blood pressure assessment from a Counseling & Health Services staff nurse.
Date: Tuesday, February 5 and Friday, February 15
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Tuesday - Student Center Lobby; Friday, School of Law Food Court
Cost: Free
Contact: Jaimie Bennett, 651-523-2204
Multicultural Student Open House
Visit program for admitted prospective students of color and their parents. Features brunch, staff speakers, information session on academics, financial aid/scholarships, living on campus, and student life.
Date: Sunday, February 17
Contact: 651-523-2207 or 800-753-9753
The Hamline Experience
An overnight visit for admitted prospective students that features a residence hall stay, social activities, class visits, special interest sessions, faculty appointments, coach visits, and campus tours. Information session and campus tours for parents are on Monday morning.
Dates: Sunday, February 17 - Monday, February 18
Contact: 651-523-2207 or 800-753-9753
Spring Transfer Workshop
Open house for prospective transfer students, featuring information sessions, student/faculty panel, class visits, special interest sessions, faculty appointments, coach visits, and campus tours.
Date: Monday, February 18
Contact: 651-523-2207 or 800-753-9753
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International Roundtable Series
International Roundtables are presentations on and/or discussions of international topics led by Hamline faculty or visitors. They are open to all interested students, faculty, staff, and friends of Hamline. Bring a lunch. Dessert, beverages, topics and venue are provided.
The International Roundtable Series is sponsored by the Global Studies program and the Howard and Darrel Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics in the College of Liberal Arts at Hamline University.
Renegotiating Critical and Feminist Pedagogy in the Middle East and North Africa
Speaker: Leila DeVriese, Visiting Assistant Professor of Women's Studies, Texas Tech University
Date: Friday, February 8
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Giddens/Alumni Learning Center, 1S
Women's Non-Governmental Anti-Domestic Violence Activisms, International Philanthropic Capital, and the Making of the Domestic Violence Project in China
Speaker: Lu Zhang, Ph.D. candidate, Women's Studies, Ohio State University
Date: Friday, February 15
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Giddens/Alumni Learning Center, 1S
The Rise of Wife Seclusion in Rural South-Central Niger
Speaker: Kari Bergstrom Henquinet, Visiting Assistant Professor of Social Studies, Michigan Tech
Date: Friday, February 22
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Giddens/Alumni Learning Center, 1S
A Politics of Participation: Teenage Girl Activists and Radical Democracy in the Americas
Speaker: Jessica Taft, Ph.D. candidate, Sociology, UC-Santa Barbara and Lecturer in Sociology, Sonoma State University
Date: Friday, February 29
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Giddens/Alumni Learning Center, 1S
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Spiritual Life
Weekly Chapel Open to Students, Faculty and Staff
The chapel service will be one half hour each week for scripture, silence, music, reflection and/or meditation. Eucharist will be offered the first Thursday of each month.
Date: Thursdays
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12 p.m.
Location: Chapel, Bush Student Center Second Floor
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