Calendar of Events from the University of Kansas From KU News Service, Office of Public Affairs | http://www.calendar.ku.edu Events for Nov. 20-Dec. 1, 2012 ----------------------------------------------- 20 Tuesday Lecture. Bold Aspirations Visitor and Lecture Series: H. George Frederickson. Valedictory Public Administration Lecture Series. 3:30 p.m. Malott Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor. Call 785-864-4904. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Qichen Jiang, piano. 5 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Public Event. “Jealousy: It's Not You, It's Me.” Sexuality Education Committee. 7 p.m. ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Free. Sponsored by Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call 785-843-4933. Public Event. EMGT Evening Info Session. Hosted by the KU School of Engineering. 7 p.m. Regnier Hall 369 KU Edwards Campus - Regnier Hall. Free. Sponsored by Edwards Campus. Call 913-897-8560. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Wan-Ju Ho, piano. 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. 21 Wednesday Academic date. Thanksgiving Break begins. All-day event. Departmental. Faculty/Staff Scale Down Challenge. 7:30 a.m. Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. Cost $25. Sponsored by RecreationServices. Call 785-864-0798. Meeting. Unclassified Senate - Executive Council Meeting. Noon. Alcove G, Kansas Union. Sponsored by Unclassified Senate. Call 785-864-3663. Departmental. Student Scale Down Challenge. 4:30 p.m. Ambler Student Recreation Fitness Center. Cost $25. Sponsored by Recreation Services. Call 785-864-0798. Volleyball. Volleyball vs. St. Louis. 6:30 p.m. Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Sponsored by Department of Athletics. Call 800-34- HAWKS. 22 Thursday Holiday. Thanksgiving Day. All-day event. 23 Friday Holiday. Thanksgiving Break. All-day event. Basketball (W). Women's Basketball vs. Alabama A&M. 7 p.m. Allen Fieldhouse. Sponsored by Department of Athletics. Call 800-34- HAWKS. 24 Saturday Public Event. SMA Art Cart: Asian Ceramics. 10 a.m. Spencer Museum of Art. Free. Sponsored by Spencer Museum of Art. Call 785- 864-4710. Volleyball. Volleyball vs. Texas Tech. 1 p.m. Horejsi Family Athletics Center. Sponsored by Department of Athletics. Call 800-34- HAWKS. 25 Sunday Public Event. SMA Art Cart: Asian Ceramics. All-day Event. Spencer Museum of Art. Free. Sponsored by Spencer Museum of Art. Call 785-864-4710. 26 Monday Student Group Event. Gender Neutral Bathrooms - Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center. All-day event. Free. Sponsored by Student Involvement & Leadership Center. Call 785-864-4861. Through Friday. Public Event. Toys for Tots Drive. 8 a.m. All university. Sponsored by Student Union Activities. Call 785-864-7469. Through Dec. 7. Workshop. New Staff Orientation. 8 a.m. Room 204 Joseph R. Pearson Hall. Free. Sponsored by Human Resources and Equal Opportunity. Call 785-864-4946. Seminar. Fall Faculty Colloquium. “The City Imagined.” 9 a.m. Seminar Room, Hall Center. Free. Sponsored by Hall Center for the Humanities. Call 785-864-4798. Seminar. Molecular Biosciences Seminar. Bryan Phillips, The University of Iowa. 3:30 p.m. 1005 Haworth Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Molecular Biosciences. Call 785-864-4631. Seminar. Gender Seminar: "Women's Access to Credit in Africa.” Elizabeth Asiedu, economics. 3:30 p.m. Seminar Room, Hall Center. Free. Sponsored by Hall Center for the Humanities. Call 785-864-7884. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Olivia Jamandre, piano. 5 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Lecture. Hallmark Symposium Series. Terry Evans. 6 p.m. 110 Budig Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Design. Call 785-864- 2956 Student Group Event. “The Beautiful Boxer (Movie Viewing).” 6:30 p.m. Traditions Area, 4th floor, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Student Involvement & Leadership Center. Call 785-864-4861. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Mai Tadokoro, percussion. 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Basketball (M). MBB vs. San Jose State. 8 p.m. Allen Fieldhouse. Sponsored by Department of Athletics. Call 800-34-HAWKS. 27 Tuesday Lecture. Brownbag: "Germany and the Eastern Front," Ronald Francisco. Noon. 318 Bailey Hall. Free. Sponsored by Center for Russian, East European and Eurasian Studies. Call 785-864-4248. Panel Discussion. “Indigenous Peoples and the Law of the Land.” Indigenous Studies & Law School panel on Native American Land Rights. Noon. Classroom, Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center. Free. Sponsored by School of Law. Call 785-864-4350. Student Group Event. Book Discussion & Brownbag Luncheon with Susan K. Thomas. Noon. Governor's Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Student Involvement & Leadership Center. Call 785-864-4861. Governance. FacEx. 3:30 p.m. Provost Conference Room, Strong Hall. Free. Sponsored by University Governance. Call 785-864-5169. Lecture. "Social Equity.” H. George Frederickson, Edwin O. Stene, distinguished professor of public administration. 3:30 p.m. Malott, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by School of Public Affairs and Administration. Call785-864-3527. Seminar. BIO3 Seminar Series: Dr. Sharon Billings, University of Kansas. “Constraining Soil-Derived Drivers of Earth's Climate.” 3:45 p.m. 1005 Haworth Hall. Sponsored by Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Call 785-864-5889. Public Event. “Intimacy: 1+1=3.” Sexuality Education Committee. 7 p.m. ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Sponsored by Ecumenical Christian Ministries. Call 785-843-4933. Concert. KU School of Music Symphonic and University Bands. 7:30 p.m. Lied Center. Cost $8 general admission and $6 for students and seniors. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Public Event. Support Movember. “What kind of MO will you grow?” 8 p.m. Anschutz Library. Free. Sponsored by Student Health Services. Call 785-864-9570. 28 Wednesday Workshop. Content Management System (CMS) - Editor/Contributor. Workshop. 9 a.m. Budig PC Lab. Sponsored by KU Information Technology. Call 785-864-0410. Public Event. Support Movember. “Show Us Your Mo!” 11 a.m. Anschutz Library. Free. Sponsored by Student Health Services. Call 785-864-6351. Lecture. “Who Will Speak For You? Understanding Advance Directives.” Corey Roelofs and Linda Upstill from the Coalition to Honor End-of-Life Choices (CHEC). Noon. ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Sponsored by Campus Ministry. Call 785-843-4933. Seminar. Resident Fellows Seminar: "Keats in America.” Ann Rowland, English. Noon. Conference Hall, Hall Center. Free. Sponsored by Hall Center for the Humanities. Call 785-864-4798. Seminar. Resident Fellows Seminar: "Il Cantico del Sol: Translating St. Francis Into Song.” Forrest Pierce, music. Noon. Conference Hall, Hall Center. Free. Sponsored by Hall Center for the Humanities. Call 785-864-4798. Professional Development. “Cyber Security Awareness Brown Bag.” Rick Whitmore, director of technology; Jane Rosenthal, KU privacy officer; Rob Dewhirst, security analyst; and Jason Carrillo, security analyst. Noon. Big 12 Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Unclassified Senate. Call 785-864-1647. Colloquium. Communication Studies Colloquium Series. Dr. Jeff Hall, Natalie Pennington, Allyn Lueders. 4 p.m. Jayhawk Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Department of Communication Studies. Call 785-864-0450. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Yaokun Yang, piano lecture/recital. 5 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Governance. Full Student Senate. 6:30 p.m. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by University Governance. Call 785- 864-3710. Basketball (W). Women's Basketball vs. Grambling State. 7 p.m. Allen Fieldhouse. Sponsored by Department of Athletics. Call 800-34- HAWKS. Entertainment. World Fashion Show. 7 p.m. Ballroom, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Student Union Activities. Call 785-864-7469. Film. Mount Oread Scholars Presents: “The Buffet of Life.” 7 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. Cost: One nonperishable food item. Sponsored by University Advising Center. Call 785-864-7621. Entertainment. “America's National Parks: Through the Artist's Lens.” Terre Jones. 7:30 p.m. Pavilion, Lied Center. Free. Sponsored by Lied Center of Kansas. Call 785-864-3469. Concert. KU School of Music Trombone Choir. 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. 29 Thursday Lecture. Bold Aspirations Visitor and Lecture Series: Sir Robert Worcester. “Why America Re-elected a Black Liberal in 2012 or Not.” 9 a.m. Conference Hall, Hall Center. Free. Sponsored by Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor. Call 785-864-4904. Workshop. Content Management System (CMS) - Site Administrator Training. Workshop. 10 a.m. Budig PC Lab. Sponsored by KU Information Technology. Call 785-864-0410. Entertainment. Tea at Three. 3 p.m. Level 4 Lobby, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Student Union Activities. Call 785-864-7469. Lecture. Geology Colloquium Series: "Drug Release Technologies for Improved Oil Recovery - Development of a Nano Scale Chemical Delivery System for Oil and Gas Recovery Applications.” Dr. Jenn-Tai Liang - Tertiary Oil Recovery Project. 4 p.m. 103 Lindley Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Geology. Call 785-864-4974. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Michael Cooper, horn. 5 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Molly Wilkinson, clarinet. 6:30 p.m. 118 Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Student Group Event. Queervolution. “Life After College Through an LGBT Perspective Across Generations.” 7 p.m. Room 116 Sabatini Multicultural Resource Center. Free. Sponsored by Student Involvement & Leadership Center. Call 785-864-4861. Dance. New Dance - Student Choreography Showcase.