Alumni and Community Events
Seminars, Speakers, and Readings
Fine Arts
Information Sessions
International Roundtable SeriesSpiritual Life
Alumni and Community Events
Law Justice Society
Reception for the inaugural Justice Society level donors.
Date: Tuesday, September 18
Time: 6 - 7 p.m.
Location: The Lexington, 1096 Grand Avenue, St. Paul
Cost: Free
Contact: Trish Baker, 651-523-2685
This is My Story, Conversations with Latinos
In recognition of Hispanic Heritage month, this monthly conversation on race and racism features Latinos from the local community to share personal stories about their racial and cultural identities and journeys. This month's panel includes: Frank Hernandez, Director of the Center in Excellence for Urban Teaching; Lupe Castillo, a local activist; and Gloria Contreras Edin, Executive Director of Centro Legal, Inc.
Date: Thursday, September 20
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Location: Giddens Learning Center, Room 100E
Contact: MISA office, 651-523-2423
Hamline's Archaeological Dig
Be a part of Hamline's own archaeological excavation! Professor Brian Hoffman and his anthropology class are digging at the site of the former Hamline United Methodist Church, hoping to find artifacts. The community is invited to join in the dig.
Date: Saturday, September 22
Time: 9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Location: The corner of Englewood and Asbury
Contact: Brian Hoffman, e-mail Brian
Commitment to Community Keynote Address
Speaker: Patricia J. Williams, a professor of law at Columbia University
Date: Thursday, September 27
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: Hamline United Methodist Church
Cost: Free and open to the public but tickets are required
Contact: Carlos Sneed, 523-2423 or e-mail Carlos
Seminars, Speakers, and Readings
Commitment to Community Rally
This annual event pro-actively promotes and celebrates the values of diversity, inclusion and respect for differences at the University by asserting that acts and language of intolerance will not be accepted at Hamline.
Date: Thursday, September 13
Time: 11:30 a.m.
Location: Old Main Mall
Contact: Carlos Sneed at 651-523-2423.
Ann Iverson Publication Reading
MFA Alum Ann Iverson will read from her new book of poems, Definite Space. Ann's book traces the emotional journey of her stepson's two tours of duty in Baghdad adn the adjustmetn of a move from a city for rural suburbia. It is forthcoming on September 1st, from Holy Cow! Press.
Date: Friday, September 14
Time: 7:30 p.m.
Location: Giddens Learning Center, Room 100E
Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003)
A presentation of the land mark case of Virginia v. Black, 538 U.S. 343 (2003) complete with a DVD full of visual and audio descriptions of the facts and legal arguments from the parties and their attorneys.
Date: Monday, September 17
Time: 11 - 11:50 a.m.
Location: Grad/Law Building, Room 103
Cost: Free
Contact: Pamela Buth, 651-523-2518
Safe Zone Training Offered on GLBT Issues
This introductory training session of the Safe Zone training is being offered on issues related to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender awareness and advocacy. This workshop requires a minimum number of 20 participants with registration capped at 40. Registration closes at noon on Wednesday, September 19.
Date: Thursday, September 20
Time: 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Contact: Anna Lachkaya, 651-523-2421 or e-mail Anna
"Thinking Globally, Acting Locally"
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: Sue Bast, environmental specialist, City of Burnsville; Jennifer McLoughlin, program management specialist, City of Woodbury; Philipp Muessig, sustainable community development specialist, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency; and Gayle Prest, manager for sustainability, City of Minneapolis
Date: Thursday, September 20
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.
The Newell Family Lecture Series
There will be a reception after the keynote address by Vance Vaucression of Vaucresson Sausage Company of New Orleans speaking on the role and importance small business in the rebuilding of New Orleans.
Date: Wednesday, September 26
Time: 6 - 9 p.m.
Location: Klas Center, Kay Fredericks Room
Contact: Lurelia Freeman at 651-493-8049 or Tony Wilson at 612-360-4465
"The Integrated Life"
Fall 2007 Lunchtime Conversations on Vocation provide an opportunity to further explore themes identified in Hamline's mission, vision, and values. Deborah Keenan will read selections from her eight books of poetry, tying images and narratives to a discussion of paths chosen and not chosen.
Date: Thursday, September 27
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Sorin B
Contact: Wesley Center, 651-523-2750
Joan Wolf Publication Reading
MFA Alum Joan Wolf will be reading from Someone Named Eva (Clarion Books). Inspired by real events, this fascination novel sheds light on a little-known aspect of the Nazi agenda and movingly portrays a young girl's struggle to hold on to her identity and her hope in the face of a regime intent on destroying both.
Date: Friday, September 28
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: New Brighton Family Services Center
Fine Arts
Music
Information Sessions
Blood Pressure Clinic
Students, staff and faculty are welcome to receive a free blood pressure assessment from a Counseling & Health Services staff nurse.
Date: Friday, September 21
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: School of Law Food Court
Cost: Free
Contact: Jaimie Bennett, 651-523-2204
International Roundtable Series
International Roundtables are presentations on and/or discussions of international topics led by Hamline University faculty or campus visitors. They are open to all interested students, faculty, staff, and friends of Hamline. Bring a lunch. We will provide dessert & beverages, a topic, and a venue.
The International Round Table Series is sponsored by the Global Studies Program and the Howard and Darrel Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics.
"What's New About Globalization?"
Speaker: Kate Bjork, associate professor of History, global studies & Latin American studies, CLA, Hamline University
Date: Friday, September 14
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Giddens Learning Center, Room 1S
"The International Biofuels Craze: Bonanza or Boondoggle?"
Speaker: C. Ford Runge, Distinguished McKnight University Professor of Applied Economics and Law, University Minnesota
Date: Friday, September 21
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Giddens Learning Center, Room 1S
"Globalization and War: Toward a 'Polemology' of World Order Transformation"
Speaker: Andrew Latham, associate professor of political science and associate dean of the Center for Global Leadership, Macalester College
Date: Friday, September 28
Time: 11:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Location: Giddens Learning Center, Room 1S
Spiritual Life
Celebrate Sukkot at Hamline!
Sukkot is the Jewish festival of thanksgiving, celebrating the fall harvest and the Exodus from Egypt, adn reminding us of the frail, temporary nature of life and the material gifts of shelter and food. The Hamline Sukkah will be on the Sorin Mall from Wednesday 9/26 - 10/4. Come decorate the Sukkah!
Date: Thursday, September 27
Time: 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Location: Sorin Mall
Contact: Religious and Spirtual Life Office, 651-523-2315
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