Calendar of Events from the University of Kansas From KU News Service, Office of Public Affairs | http://www.calendar.ku.edu Events for March 21-30, 2013 ----------------------------------------------- 21 Thursday Internal. Spring Break. All-day event. Softball. Softball vs. Missouri State. 3 p.m. Arrocha Ballpark. Sponsored by Department of Athletics. Call 800-34- HAWKS. Also 5 p.m. 22 Friday Internal. Spring Break. All-day event. Professional Development. Social Media Engagement in the Public Sector. Instructor: Andy Huckaba. 9 a.m. Public Management Center, Topeka. Cost $179. Sponsored by KU Public Management Center. Call 785-296-2353. 23 Saturday Internal. Spring Break. All-day event. Public Event. SMA Art Cart: It's a Wrap. 10 a.m. Spencer Museum of Art. Free. Sponsored by Spencer Museum of Art. Call 785-864-4710. 24 Sunday Academic date. Spring Break Ends. All-day event. Public Event. SMA Art Cart: It's a Wrap. Noon. Spencer Museum of Art. Free. Sponsored by Spencer Museum of Art. Call 785-864-4710. 25 Monday Workshop. New Staff Orientation. 8 a.m. Room 204 Joseph R. Pearson Hall. Free. Sponsored by Human Resources. Call 785-864-4946. Meeting. Blackboard Roadshow for Faculty and Support Staff. KU Information Technology and Center for Online and Distance Learning. Noon. 235 KU Edwards Campus - BEST Building. Free. Sponsored by Center for Online andDistance Learning. Call 785-864-0232. Seminar. Molecular Biosciences Seminar: Dr. Yong Zeng, KU. 3:30 p.m. 1005 Haworth Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Molecular Biosciences. Call 785-864-4631. Seminar. Gender Seminar: "The Interwoven Ideologies of Art & Artisanal Education in Postcolonial Tunis.” Jessica Gerschultz, African & African American Studies. 3:30 p.m. Seminar Room, Hall Center. Sponsored by Hall Center for the Humanities. Call 785-864-7884. Colloquium. Department of Physics & Astronomy. Professor Roman Buniy, Chapman University. 4 p.m. 2074 Malott Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy. Call 785-864-1225. Lecture. Hallmark Design Symposium Series. Alec Soth, photographer. 6 p.m. 110 Budig Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Design. Call 785-864-2956. Lecture. The Dr. James Naismith Lecture Series. Dr. Kim Templeton, orthopaedic surgeon and award-winning educator at KUMC. 7 p.m. 252 Robinson Center. Free. Sponsored by Department of Health, Sport and Exercise Sciences. Call 785-864-5552. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Yanan Wen, piano. 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Departmental. CCPP Program Meeting. Demystifying the Internship Application and Interview Process. 7:30 p.m. 2096 Dole Human Development Center. Free. Sponsored by Clinical Child Psychology Program. Call 785-864 -4226. 26 Tuesday Workshop. Research Proposal Workshop. 10 a.m. Pine Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Center for Undergraduate Research. Call 785-864-7351. Workshop. Content Management System (CMS) - Site Administrator Training. 10 a.m. Budig PC Lab. Sponsored by KU Information Technology. Call 785-864-0410. Lecture. Ujamaa Brownbag: “So That I Might Carry You With Me.” Tanya Hartman, associate professor of painting. 11:30 a.m. Alcove F, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Kansas African Studies Center. Call 785-864-3745. Lecture. Brownbag: "Identity in Crimea.” Austin Charron, geography. Noon. 318 Bailey Hall. Sponsored by Center for Russian,East European and Eurasian Studies. Call 785-864-4248. Workshop. Developing Course Assignments for the KU Core Goals. Noon. 135 Budig Hall. Free. Sponsored by Center for Teaching Excellence. Call 785-864-4199. Wellness - Personal. Walk Talk Jayhawk. Noon. All-university. Free. Sponsored by Unclassified Senate. Call 785-864 -1647. Interdisciplinary Graduate Research Workshop: “From Knowledge to Action: How Soil Conservation Science Was Translated into Farming Practice in Twentieth-Century U.S. Agriculture.” Josh Nygren, environmental history. 12:30 p.m. Seminar Room, Hall Center. Sponsored by Hall Center for the Humanities. Call 785-864 -4798. Governance. Faculty Senate Executive Committee. 3 p.m. P, Strong Hall. Sponsored by University Governance. Call 785-864-5169. BIO3 Seminar Series: Robert E. Ricklefs, University of Missouri-St. Louis. Regional and Historical Perspectives on Ecological Communities. 3:45 p.m. 1005 Haworth Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Call 785-864-5889. Public Event. Reception and Book Signing, Charlotte Pierce Baker, English/women's and gender studies, Vanderbilt University. Author of"This Fragile Life: A Mother's Story of a Bipolar Son" (2012). 4 p.m. KU Bookstore, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Department of English. Call 785-864-2519. Last Lecture Series. Milton Wendland: "I've Been Thinking.” 7 p.m. Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Office of Multicultural Affairs. Call 785-864-4350. Public Event. Engineering Management Evening Info Session. 7 p.m. BEST Building 280, KU Edwards Campus - BEST Building. Free. Sponsored by Edwards Campus. Call 913-897-8560. Concert. KU School of Music presents Joy of Singing. 7:30 p.m. Lied Center. Cost $7 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors.Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Chelsea Gallagher, mezzo-soprano. 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Public Event. Empowering and Sustaining Malawi: Africa Windmill Project. John Drake. 7:30 p.m. Hansen Hall, Dole Institute of Politics. Free. Sponsored by Dole Institute of Politics. Call 785-864-4900. Concert. KU School of Music presents the Wind Ensemble at Carnegie Hall. 8 p.m. Carnegie Hall, Off-campus. Cost $25 for general public. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. 27 Wednesday Workshop. The Big Share. Interdisciplinary session for KU service learning practitioners. 10 a.m. The Commons, Spooner Hall. Free. Sponsored by Center for Civic and Social Responsibility. 785-864-0960. UC Forum: The Challenges and Opportunities Facing Haskell Indian Nations University in 21st Century. Presentation by Chris Redman, president of Haskell Indian Nations University. 11:30 a.m. ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Free. Sponsored by Campus Ministry. Call 785-843-4933. Professional Development. Hope Day with Shane Lopez. 2:30 p.m. Kansas Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by School of Business. Call 785-864-3852. Bold Aspirations Visitor and Lecture Series: Geraldine Richmond. “Doorman, Barrier or Temptress: What Role Does a Water Surface Play in Gaseous Uptake?” 4 p.m. The Commons, Spooner Hall. Free. Sponsored by Office of the Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor. Call 785-864-4904. Public Event. Spring 2013 Study Group: U.S. Engagement: Political-Military Affairs. Dole Fellow Brig. Gen. Roosevelt Barfield. 4 p.m. Simons Media Room, Dole Institute of Politics. Free. Sponsored by Dole Institute of Politics. Call 785- 864-4900. Lecture. Philosophy Lecture: “Philosophy's Outward Turn.” Deborah Heikes, University of Alabama-Huntsville. 4:30 p.m. 330 Strong Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Philosophy. Call 785-864-2334. Concert. KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Ji Hye Lee, piano. 5 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Lecture. The 2012-13 American and British Lecture: "Why are Black Public Intellectuals Afraid of the Ocean?: Slave Ships, Diaspora Literacy and Cultural Erasures in the Age of Obama.” 5 p.m. Big 12 Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Department of English. Call 785-864 -2519. Governance. Full Student Senate. 6:30 p.m. Alderson Auditorium, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by University Governance. Call 785-864-3710. Meeting. Faith Forum: Poetic Witness as a Spiritual Discipline on Life, Death, Love and Justice. Presented by the Rev. Thad Holcombe, campus minister, Ecumenical Campus Ministries. 6:30 p.m. ECM Center, 1204 Oread Ave. Sponsored by Campus Ministry. Call 785-843-4933. International Program. Annual Grant Goodman Lecture, delivered by Dr. Steve Rabson. "Compulsory Civilian Suicides During the Battle of Okinawa.” 7:30 p.m. Malott Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Center for East Asian Studies. Call 785-864-1457. Concert. KU School of Music Visiting Artist Series: Borromeo String Quartet. 7:30 p.m. Swarthout Recital Hall, Murphy Hall. Free. Sponsored by School of Music. Call 785-864-3436. Lecture. Sandra Fluke: "Making Our Voices Heard.” Emily Taylor & Marilyn Stokstad Women's Leadership Lecture. 7:30 p.m. Woodruff Auditorium, Kansas Union. Sponsored by Hall Center for the Humanities. Call785-864-4798. Public Event. Science for the People Speaker Series: Monsters and Science. Carl Zimmer. 7:30 p.m. Regnier Hall auditorium, Edwards Campus, 12600 Quivira Road, Overland Park. Free. Sponsored by Edwards Campus. Call 913- 897-8476. 28 Thursday Colloquium. Third Annual Spring Symposium on the Scholarship of Diversity. 8:30 a.m. Big 12 Room, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Office of Diversity and Equity. Call 785-864-4904. Workshop. Time Management. 9 a.m. Room 204 Joseph R. Pearson Hall. Free. Sponsored by Human Resources. Call 785-864-4946. Lecture. Merienda: Cassandra Mesick, curator of global indigenous art at the Spencer Museum of Art. "Building Buildings: A Cultural Geography of Ancient Maya Architecture in Guatemala.” Noon. 318 Bailey Hall. Free. Sponsored by Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies. Call 785-864-4213. Seminar. "Report on the Chelyabinsk Meteor — Separating Fact from Fiction.” Sam Wester, physics and astronomy. 2:30 p.m. 2055 Malott Hall. Free. Sponsored by Department of Physics and Astronomy. Call 785-864-1225. Social Event. Tea at Three. 3 p.m. Level 4 Lobby, Kansas Union. Free. Sponsored by Student Union Activities. Call 785-864-7469. Governance. University / Faculty Senate. 3:30 p.m. Room 203 Green Hall. Free. Sponsored by University Governance. Call 785-864-5169. Public Event. Langston Hughes Center Open House - Reception.