Monday, January 31
Registration for Spring Term Classes for First-Year Students
Deadline to contact Margi Rogal if you have souvenirs from Japan for library display
4:00 - 5:00 PM - LSFY 103 Faculty Meeting
Evald 113
4:00 - 5:00 PM - Sabbatical/PTPL Report Presentations by Chris Whitt "Exploring Inequality" and John Delaney "Expanding Job Opportunities for Students in a Tough Economy"
Wilson Center
Tuesday, February 1
11:30 - 11:50 AM - Tuesday Reflection: Larry Peterson, Campus Ministries Music Director
Ascension Chapel, Founders Hall, 2nd floor
5:00 PM - Deadline to RSVP to Mary Koski for the Reacting to the Past Workshop (see Announcements)
6:30 PM - Extreme Winter Weather: An Exploration of Ice Ages & Climate Patterns with Jeff Strasser
For more information click HERE
Black Hawk State Historic Site, Watch Tower Lodge, 15th Street & 45th Avenue, Rock Island, IL
Wednesday, February 2
9:30 - 10:30 AM - Coffee and Conversation
CEC Conference Room, Sorensen Hall, 1st floor
12:00 - 1:00 PM - Bible Study Group
led by Pastor Priggie, for faculty, staff and administrators
Bring your lunch, and a Bible
Chicago Room, College Center
7:00 PM - Hispanic Film Festival: Alamar
Not rated. In Spanish with English subtitles, free of charge
102 Hanson Hall of Science
8:00 PM - Heywire improv
Free admission
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
Thursday, February 3
10:30 - 11:20 AM - Convocation/Workshop with the American Shakespeare Center: "As You Like It"
Centennial Hall
11:30 - 12:30 - LunchBytes
Tredway Library, 2nd floor north
4:30 PM - Tea Hour Series Lecture: "Adventures of a Female Paleontologist in Niger" presented by Allison Beck
Thomas Tredway Library, 2nd floor south
7:00 PM - French Film Festival: The Class
Rated PG. In French with English subtitles, free of charge
304 Hanson Hall of Science
8:00 PM - "As You Like It" performed by The American Shakespeare Center
Tickets are $8
Centennial Hall
Friday, February 4
3:30 - 5:00 PM - Reception Honoring Lendol Calder, Illinois Professor of the Year
Board Room, College Center, 2nd floor
7:00 PM - Honors Scholarship Recital
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
7:30 PM - Metamorphoses
Originally performed by Chicago's famous Lookingglass Theatre Company, "Metamorphoses" is a contemporary retelling of Ovid's classic tale." General admission: $11 for adults; $9 for seniors (60+), students (full-time, any school), children, faculty/staff; $7 for students required to attend for class (faculty member must supply class roster in advance)
Potter Theatre, Bergendoff Building
8:00 PM - Augustana Jazz Ensemble Concert
Centennial Hall
Saturday, February 5
4:00 PM - Augustana Four Choirs Concert
Cantilena Augustana, Wennerberg Men's Chorus, Jenny Lind Vocal Ensemble, and Ascension Singers
Centennial Hall
5:00 PM - International Food Festival
College Center Dining Room
7:30 PM - Metamorphoses
Originally performed by Chicago's famous Lookingglass Theatre Company, "Metamorphoses" is a contemporary retelling of Ovid's classic tale." General admission: $11 for adults; $9 for seniors (60+), students (full-time, any school), children, faculty/staff; $7 for students required to attend for class (faculty member must supply class roster in advance)
Potter Theatre, Bergendoff Building
8:00 PM - Shannelle Gabriel - Spoken Word
Wallenberg Hall, Denkmann Building
Sunday, February 6
1:30 PM - Metamorphoses
Originally performed by Chicago's famous Lookingglass Theatre Company, "Metamorphoses" is a contemporary retelling of Ovid's classic tale." General admission: $11 for adults; $9 for seniors (60+), students (full-time, any school), children, faculty/staff; $7 for students required to attend for class (faculty member must supply class roster in advance)
Potter Theatre, Bergendoff Building
2:00 PM - Quad City Symphony Orchestra with Handel Oratorio Society
Centennial Hall
Volume 8, Issue 20 - January 31, 2011Readings
"Sorry" by Stephen Brockman, Inside Higher Ed
"Stressed, Yet Hopeful" by Allie Grasgreen, Inside Higher Ed
National Teaching & Learning Forum: http://www.ntlf.com/restricted/#issues
Educational Policies Committee meeting minutes for January 18, 2011
General Education Committee meeting minutes for January 19, 2011
Please send suggested readings and newsletter submissions to Mary Koski.