Fall 2009 Events (archive)
Mid-Michigan Fashion, 1850-1970
August 14 - December 13
Museum of Cultural and Natural History
CMU's Museum of Cultural and Natural History will glance into fashion trends of the past with its new temporary exhibition. "Mid-Michigan Fashion, 1850-1970" opened to the public Aug. 14 and runs until Dec. 13. By giving us a peek inside their closets and pantries, the exhibition provides clues to the consumer tastes, sense of style and eating habits of previous generations of Isabella County residents.
The exhibition will feature four distinct eras in Isabella County's history.
- "The Pioneer Era," 1850 to 1880, illustrating the scarcity of material goods as loggers and farmers first settled in Isabella County.
- "Isabella County's Gilded Age," from 1880 to 1910, showing how goods became more sophisticated, diverse and plentiful as the population grew and American manufacturing matured.
- "Modernizing Mid-Michigan," 1910-1945, portraying the fast-changing culture of the interwar years as industry expanded and county residents brought electricity and city goods into their homes.
- "Mid-Century Modern," illustrating the growth of mass consumerism from the end of the Second World War into the 1970s.
The museum is located in Rowe Hall, on the corner of East Campus Drive and Bellows Street. Gallery hours are Monday thru Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Saturday and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, contact 989-774-3829 or cmuseum@cmich.edu or visit www.museum.cmich.edu.
Andean Textiles Exhibit
On display through Oct. 9
Multicultural Education Center
(Lower level of the Bovee University Center)
Andean textiles from the collection of Sergio Jorge Chavez, a faculty member in CMU's Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work Department, will be on display in the Multicultural Education Center through Oct. 9. The exhibit is free and open to the public. Hours are Mondays through Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Thursdays and Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For more information, call 989-774-7318 or e-mail wojto1sa@cmich.edu.
Poet Vievee Francis
Monday, September 14
Art Reach Center
319 S. University, Mt. Pleasant
7 p.m.
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The Central Michigan University English Department and Art Reach Center of Mid Michigan have teamed up to host the Wellspring Literary Series, a forum for the Mount Pleasant and CMU community to hear the work of established and emerging regional writers as well as works-in-progress by CMU graduate writing students and faculty writers.
Renowned author Vievee Francis will read from her current works for the inaugural Wellspring forum. Vievee Francis lives in the Detroit area, where for 15 years she has been instrumental in fostering a literary community for poets outside of the academy. She is currently the Alice Lloyd Hall Scholars Program Poet-in-Residence. Her poems have appeared in anthologies and textbooks, as well as journals such as Callaloo, Crab Orchard Review, and Rattle, among others.
Her work will also appear in the forthcoming Norton Anthology of Contemporary African American Poets. She is a CaveCanem Fellow, and is a recipient of a Rona Jaffe Foundation Writer's Award for 2009. Her first collection of poems, Blue-Tail Fly (Wayne State University Press, 2006), is described by her nominator for the award as a "remarkably compassionate and clear-eyed debut that is a masterly poetic sequence rooted in mid-19th-century American voices and history. It is confi dent and utterly compelling." Her new work takes on a wide range of subjects including the poet's responsibility in a time of war, agrarian nostalgia and mythology, and the trials of urbanity.
This reading also will feature CMU graduate student Jennifer Anderson and a musical tribute to Langston Hughes, performed by Crescent Duo (clarinet + flute), featuring CMU School of Music faculty members.
For more information about the 2009-2010 schedule for the Wellspring Literary Series, contact Robert Fanning, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, at robert.fanning@cmich.edu or (248) 462‐2488. Readings are generally held on the first Monday of the month.
Constitution Day Colloquium
Dr. Todd Estes presents "'Huggermuggered and the Suppressed': Hardball Politics and the Ratification of the Constitution"
Tuesday, September 15
3:30 p.m.
University Center Gold Room
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Dr. Todd Estes, Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lecturer, is an Associate Professor of History at Oakland University. He is an expert in early U.S. political history and political culture and the author of The Jay Treaty Debate and the forthcoming Campaign for the Constitution: Political Culture and the Ratification Contest.
This seminar is open to graduate students and faculty in history and political science. It is part of Central Michigan University's annual Constitution Day observance and is sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Department of History, the Department of Political Science and the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program. For more information, contact Dr. Timothy Hall at hall1td@cmich.edu or 989-774-3374.
Constitution Day Lecture
Dr. Todd Estes presents "James Madison's Reluctant Paternity of the Constitution"
Tuesday, September 15
7 p.m.
Anspach Hall 161
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Dr. Todd Estes, Associate Professor of History at Oakland University, is an expert in early U.S. political history and political culture. He is the author of The Jay Treaty Debate and the forthcoming Campaign for the Constitution: Political Culture and the Ratification Contest.
This talk is part of Central Michigan University's annual Constitution Day observance. It is sponsored by the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Department of History, the Department of Political Science and the Organization of American Historians Distinguished Lectureship Program. For more information, contact Dr. Timothy Hall at hall1td@cmich.edu or 989-774-3374.
Trey Parker
Monday, September 21
7 to 8:30 p.m.
Plachta Auditorium
Trey Parker, co-creator of the animated series South Park and the animated film Team America: World Police, will visit campus to host an informal conversation with members of the audience and CMU English professor Jeffrey Weinstock, the author of Taking South Park Seriously (SUNY Press, 2008). The event is free and open to the public. Questions can be submitted in advance to questionsfortrey@hotmail.com. For more information, contact Jeffrey Weinstock at 989-774-3101 or weins1ja@cmich.edu. The talk is sponsored by Elliott and Emelia Parker, the Journalism Department, and CM Life.
Can We Talk? A Conversation with Tony Citarella
Tuesday, September 22
7 p.m.
Bovee U.C. Auditorium
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Speak Up, Speak Out: The Current Events Series hosts "Can We Talk? A Conversation with Tony Citarella," the founder and editor of 2Sides Magazine. The forum facilitator is CMU professor Merlyn Mowrey (PHL/REL). Other panelists include CMU Interim President Kathleen Wilbur, CMU student Jonathan Tarrant (History/Social Studies), political science professor Thomas Greitens, and political science professor Cherie Strachan. For more information, visit http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/SUSO.
Fiction reading by Darrin Doyle
Wednesday, September 23
8:00 p.m.
Park Library Baber Room
The Creative Writing Interest Group will host a fiction reading by Central Michigan University English department faculty member Darrin Doyle. A native of Michigan, Doyle holds an MFA from Western Michigan University and a Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. He is the author of Revenge of the Teacher's Pet: A Love Story (LSU Press, 2009), which the NY Times called "an original tale that earns its readers' trust, and breaks their hearts a little in the process." His second novel, The Girl Who Ate Kalamazoo, will be published by St. Martin's Press in 2010. His short stories have appeared in Puerto del Sol, The Long Story, Cottonwood, Alaska Quarterly Review, Night Train, and other journals. He has received fellowships from the Sewanee Writers' Conference and the NY State Summer Writers' Institute.
Medicine and Magic: Conversations with an Anishnaabe (Ojibwe) Medicine Woman and a Cornish Village Witch
Monday, September 28
Anspach Hall 161
7:30 p.m.
Dr. Theresa Smith, a scholar of religion from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, arranged a series of meetings and discussions between two remarkable women: Marilyn Johnson, a Native American (Anishnaabe) healer and ritual leader from Ontario, and Cassandra Latham, a traditional healer and wise woman from St. Buryan village in Cornwall, England. Their conversations explore both what is distinctive in their traditions and what is similar in their roles as community counselors, spiritual leaders, and problem solvers. Dr. Smith's presentation will report on how these conversations unfolded, and illuminate both the differences and similarities discovered in them from the perspective of the comparative study of religions.
Smith received her Ph.D. in Religious and Theological Studies in 1990 from Boston University. Her areas of specialization include Native American Religions; Myth Studies; Feminist Studies in Religion and Neo-Paganism. Dr. Smith is the author of The Island of the Anishnaabeg: Thunderers and Water Monsters in the Ojibwe Life-World, (Moscow, Idaho: University of Idaho Press, 1995), as well as more than a dozen articles and books chapters. Her latest chapter, "Ojibwe Mythology" appears in American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia, Suzanne Crawford and Dennis Kelly, eds. (ABC-CLIO, 2005).
The talk is sponsored by the CMU Religion Program. For more information, contact smith1dl@cmich.edu.
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy Conference
"Breaking Barriers - Crossing Boundaries"
October 1 & 2 (Thursday - Friday)
Grand Traverse Resort & Spa
100 Grand Traverse Village
Acme, MI 49610
1-800-236-1577
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This conference is designed for mental health professionals (e.g., social workers, psychologists, counselors, marriage and family therapists) who provide services for or conduct research with children with disruptive behaviors. Presentations will include information on the most recent outcome research, strategies to manage difficult cases, using PCIT with various cultures, and new methods to train others to use PCIT.
Register online or contact Larissa Niec at 989-774-6471 or niec1l@cmich.edu for more information. The conference is sponsored by Central Michigan University, the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, the Department of Psychology, and the Office of Sponsored Programs and Research.
Poet & Author Eric Torgersen
Monday, October 5
Art Reach Center
319 S. University, Mt. Pleasant
7 p.m.
The Central Michigan University English Department and Art Reach Center of Mid Michigan have teamed up to host the Wellspring Literary Series, a forum for the Mount Pleasant and CMU community to hear the work of established and emerging regional writers as well as works-in-progress by CMU graduate writing students and faculty writers.
Eric Torgersen taught creative writing at CMU for 38 years. His poems, stories, essays and translations have appeared in American Poetry Review, Gettysburg Review, Hudson Review, Literary Review, Field, Exquisite Corpse, New Ohio Review, Iowa Review and many others. The most recent of his eight books is the novella The Man Who Loved Rilke. He lives in Mt. Pleasant with his wife, Ann Kowaleski.
The event will also feature a poetry reading by J. Joseph Kane and a musical performance by Joshua Graham. Kane is a graduate student in the creative writing program at Central Michigan University, where he also serves as the Poetry Editor of Temenos magazine. His work has appeared in a variety of journals such as Elimae, Central Review, and Right Hand Pointing. Graham is majoring in Music Performance and minoring in History at CMU. He was a participant in the Zeltsman Marimba Festival in July 2009, a two-week intensive seminar full of classes, lessons and concerts focusing on the marimba. Josh is a member of the CMU Orchestra, Symphonic Wind Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble, and studies with Dr. Andrew Spencer.
For more information about the 2009-2010 schedule for the Wellspring Literary Series, contact Robert Fanning, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, at robert.fanning@cmich.edu or (248) 462‐2488. Readings are generally held on the first Monday of the month.
Poet Marie Howe
Wednesday, October 7
Park Library Baber Room
8 p.m.
Marie Howe's first book, The Good Thief, was selected by Margaret Atwood as the winner of the 1987 Open Competition of the National Poetry Series. In 1995, Howe co-edited a collection of essays, letters and stories entitled In the Company of My Solitude: American Writing from the AIDS Pandemic. In 1998, she published her best-known book of poems, What the Living Do. She currently teaches writing at Sarah Lawrence College and New York University. Previously, she taught at Tufts University and Warren Wilson College.
This event is hosted by the CHSBS Visiting Writers Series. For more information, contact Matthew Roberson at 989-774-2585 or rober1m@cmich.edu.
CHSBS Homecoming Reception
Saturday, October 10, 2009
9 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Tents near Rose Ponds
We invite all alumni, students, faculty, staff and friends of the college to join us at our pre-game reception. We'll be serving free pizza, chicken wings and breadsticks from Jet's Pizza throughout the morning. The football game begins at noon when the CMU Chippewas take on Eastern Michigan University. For more information, contact the dean's office at 989-774-3341 or CHSBS@cmich.edu.
Indigenous Peoples Day Soup & Substance
Flint Stone Street Project
Monday, October 12
Bovee University Center - Terrace Rooms
Noon
This Soup and Substance luncheon will be presented by Shannon Martin, Director of the Ziibiwing Center, and Willie Johnson, Curator of the Ziibiwing Center. The presentation is part of CMU's Indigenous Peoples Day celebration, which recognizes Indigenous peoples' resistance of colonialism and the historical truths behind it. Soup and Substance is a series where members of the campus community and greater Mt. Pleasant area gather for a soup luncheon and a substantive presentation on diversity-related topics.
The presentation is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Multicultural Education Center, Native American Programs and the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences. For more information, contact Sarah Avery at 989-774-7318 or wojto1sa@cmich.edu.
Indigenous Peoples Day Forum
The Native American Graves Protection and Repatriation Act (NAGPRA)
Monday, October 12
Park Library Auditorium
7 p.m.
This forum will be presented by Eddie Benton-Banai, Central Michigan University's Denison Visiting Professor of Native American Studies, Shannon Martin, Director of the Ziibiwing Center, and Willie Johnson, Curator of the Ziibiwing Center. NAGPRA is a Federal law passed in 1990. NAGPRA provides a process for museums and Federal agencies to return certain Native American cultural items -- human remains, funerary objects, sacred objects, and objects of cultural patrimony -- to lineal descendants, culturally affiliated Indian tribes, and Native Hawaiian organizations.
The forum is free and open to the public. It is sponsored by the Multicultural Education Center, Native American Programs and the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences. For more information, contact Sarah Buckley at 989-774-3341 or CHSBS@cmich.edu.
Poetry Reading/Book Release by Jeffrey Bean
Wednesday, October 14
8:00 p.m.
Park Library Baber Room
The Creative Writing Interest Group will host a poetry reading and book launch by Central Michigan University English department faculty member Jeffrey Bean.
Éric Vincent in Concert
Thursday, October 15
7 p.m.
Park Library Auditorium
French folk singer Éric Vincent tours the world with his interactive, pedagogically oriented concerts and workshops. The concert will be free for CMU and Alma College students and $5 for other guests. Seating is limited, so contact Amy Ransom for reservations (ranso1aj@cmich.edu). Guests are invited to attend a reception in the Baber Room immediately following the concert.
The concert is sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages, Literatures and Cultures and the Office of International Education and in conjunction with the Alma College Foreign Language Department.
CMU / WMU Rivalry Run
Friday, October 16
Departure from the Bovee University Center
2:30 to 3 p.m.
The Central Michigan University Army ROTC program will host its second annual Rivalry Run with the Western Michigan University Army ROTC program this weekend. CMU's cadets will run the game ball from CMU to the State Fair Grounds in Ionia. The cadets will run in groups of two to four for intervals of four to six miles each for a total of 69 miles, before tapping the game ball with Western Michigan at midnight. They will then run the game ball to Kalamazoo in time for the 3:30 p.m. kickoff on Saturday.
Departure Activities
2:30 p.m. in front of the U.C.: Fans are encouraged to arrive outside the Bovee University Center at 2:30 p.m. The CMU football team will arrive at approximately 2:45 p.m., with head coach Butch Jones and co-captains Dan LeFevour and Nick Bellore scheduled to address the crowd. The band, cheerleaders and dance team all will be part of the event, and fans will have the opportunity to win prizes and take home free giveaways. The Victory Cannon Trophy will be on display under guard from the ROTC cadets. Head Coach Butch Jones will hand the game ball to the ROTC cadets just before boarding the bus.
3:00 along Washington and Broomfield: The ROTC cadets will lead the team busses under police escort from the U.C. down Washington Street to Broomfield Road. Once on Broomfield, the ROTC cadets will keep running west while the team busses make a Michigan Left heading east to Mission Street and then south on 127.
Ojibwe Language Is Life Forum
Saturday, October 17
3 to 4:30 p.m. (Reception to follow)
Ziibiwing Center of Anishinabe Culture & Lifeways
6650 East Broadway, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan
Research indicates that there are approximately 6,000 languages in the world today, and that within 100 years over half of these will be extinct. Notably, the most vulnerable and "endangered" are Indigenous languages - those languages that can be traced back historically to the place where they currently are used. Of the estimated 300 Native languages spoken at the time of the first European immigration, only 175 survive in the U.S. today. The slow but consistent death of Indigenous languages worldwide has reached a crisis condition.
Learn about the successes and barriers to language acquisition and revitalization in Ojibwe Country. This forum will be presented by Eddie Benton-Banai, Central Michigan University's Denison Visiting Professor of Native American Studies, members from the Saginaw Chippewa's Anishinabe Language Revitalization Committee, and staff from the Saginaw Chippewa's Anishinabe Language Revitalization Department.
For more information, contact Sarah Buckley at 989-774-1788 or CHSBS@cmich.edu or visit the Denison Professorship website.
Democrats and Republicans: Defining Themselves in the Obama Era
Monday, October 19
7 p.m.
Bovee U.C. Auditorium
What does it mean to be a Democrat or Republican today? Where do the parties stand in popularity with young, minority or women voters? Why can't the Democrats move their agenda despite their majorities? And, are the Republicans simply a party of "no"?
Speak Up, Speak Out: The Current Events Series hosts "Dems and the GOP: Defining Themselves in the Obama Era" to provide a platform to discuss these issues. The forum facilitator is CMU professor Ted Clayton (PSC). For more information, visit http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/SUSO.
Panelists include:
- Mark Brewer, Chair, Michigan Democratic Party
- Matt Golden, Chair, Isabella County Republican Party
- Nathan Inks, President, CMU College Republicans
- Brad O'Donnell, President, CMU College Democrats
- Chris Owens, Faculty, CMU's Department of Political Science
National Day on Writing
Tuesday, October 20
12:01 a.m. to 11:59 p.m.
CMU Writing Center - National Day on Writing is Tuesday, October 20. To celebrate this officially recognized tribute to the importance of writing in our daily lives, the CMU Writing Center is asking students, faculty, and staff to participate in a CMU Writes! survey. For 24 hours, beginning at 12:01 a.m. October 20 and ending the same day at 11:59 p.m., participants will keep track of what they write and how many times, what they write with, and what they write on. Please visit writingcenter.cmich.edu for details on how to participate.
For more information, contact Lori Rogers at 989-774-1228 or roger1ls@cmich.edu.
Psychology Advising Night
Wednesday, October 21
Towers Dining Hall
8 to 9:30 p.m.
Psychology professors will be available to answer students questions about the undergraduate and graduate degrees in psychology available at CMU. For more information, contact Michelle Nestor at 989-774-6461.
Screening of "Jump Back Honey
Wednesday, October 21
Park Library Auditorium
7 to 9 p.m.
Central Michigan University English professor Ron Primeau and alumnus David B. Schock (MA '73) will host a screening of their 90-minute documentary Jump Back, Honey: The Poetry and Performance of Herbert Woodward Martin.
Martin, a former distinguished visiting professor and current CMU adjunct professor, is a multi-talented writer, scholar, and performer. His most recent collection of poems is Inscribing My Name: Selected Poems. New, Used, and Repossessed. The film includes interviews with Dayton artist Bing Davis, poet/publisher Naomi Long Madgett and poet/activist Nikki Giovanni. It also includes early video clips of Martin's poems. Primeau is the associate producer and interlocutor for the film. Schock is the producer, director of photography, writer and editor. Martin, Primeau and Schock will attend the screening.
This film screening is part of the Michigan Story Festival. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ron Primeau at prime1rr@cmich.edu or 989-774-3117.
The Role of the African American Artist
Soup & Substance with Herbert Woodward Martin
Thursday, October 22
UC Terrace Rooms
12 to 1 p.m.
Herbert Woodward Martin will participate in a Soup & Substance luncheon during his visit to CMU as part of the Michigan Story Festival. Martin, a former distinguished visiting professor and current CMU adjunct professor, is a multi-talented writer, scholar, and performer. His most recent collection of poems is Inscribing My Name: Selected Poems. New, Used, and Repossessed. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ron Primeau at prime1rr@cmich.edu or 989-774-3117.
Herbert Woodward Martin
Poetry Reading and Performance
Thursday October 22
7:00 p.m.
Park Library Auditorium
A multitalented writer, scholar and performer, Herbert Woodward Martin most recently authored a collection of poems, "Inscribing My Name: Selected Poems. New, Used and Repossessed." Martin also has written plays, opera librettos and has acted. His one-man performance of Paul Laurence Dunbar has earned him international acclaim.
This performance is part of the Michigan Story Festival. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ron Primeau at prime1rr@cmich.edu or 989-774-3117.
Social Work Grad Fair
Friday, October 23
Student Activity Center, NIRSA Room
10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
Graduating soon? Want to look into grad schools? Come to the Social Work grad fair! Representatives from University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Wayne State University, Andrews University, Western Michigan University, and NASW will attend. For more information, contact Amelia Sweedyk at sweed1al@cmich.edu.
S.T.R.I.K.E.
A Film by Volker Schloendorff
Monday, October 26
Anspach Hall 156
7 p.m.
The Center for Research on Poverty and the European Studies Program will host a viewing of the film "Strike," which tells a fictionalized tale of the events leading up to the solidarity movement in Poland. Central Michigan University foreign language professor Kris Kulawik will host a discussion entitled "Poland's Solidarity Movement" prior to the film screening. The event is sponsored by the Center for Research on Poverty and the European Studies Program. For more information, contact Brigitte Bechtold at 989-774-3424 or becht1bh@cmich.edu.
Michigan's Economic Future: Is there a Light at the End of the Assembly Line?
Tuesday, October 27
Plachta Auditorium in Warriner Hall
7 to 8:30 p.m.
A panel of experts in commerce, higher education and green technologies will discuss the opportunities available to Michigan beyond its traditional automobile industry. The forum will be moderated by Craig Ruff, Senior Policy Fellow for Public Sector Consultants. The panelists include:
- Michael A. Boulus, Executive Director, President's Council, State Universities of Michigan
- Cindy Douglas, Vice President of Business Development and Attraction, Michigan Economic Development Corporation
- Stanley "Skip" Pruss, Director, Michigan Department of Energy, Labor and Economic Growth
- Rich Studley, President and CEO, Michigan Chamber of Commerce
Guests are invited to attend a public reception in the second floor lobby of Warriner Hall immediately following the forum. The forum is sponsored by the Robert and Marjorie Griffin Endowed Chair in American Government at Central Michigan University. For more information, contact Sarah Buckley at 989-774-1788 or CHSBS@cmich.edu.
Update 10/26/09: Cindy Douglas replaces Greg Main, President of the Michigan Economic Development Corporation, who was originally listed as a forum panelist.
The Tombstone Project
Wednesday, October 28
Anspach Hall 156
7 p.m.
Telling the stories of those killed in domestic violence in Michigan. Panelists include Donna C. Giuliani (Delta College), John R. Haycook (Women's Aid Service) and Rebecca Hayes-Smith (CMU). Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Center for Research on Poverty as part of Domestic Violence Awareness Month. For more information, contact Brigitte Bechtold at 989-774-3424 or becht1bh@cmich.edu.
Poet Jamaal May
Monday, November 2
Art Reach Center
319 S. University, Mt. Pleasant
7 p.m.
The Central Michigan University English Department and Art Reach Center of Mid Michigan have teamed up to host the Wellspring Literary Series, a forum for the Mount Pleasant and CMU community to hear the work of established and emerging regional writers as well as works-in-progress by CMU graduate writing students and faculty writers.
Jamaal May is a poet, producer and recording artist from Detroit. He is the 2007 and 2009 Rustbelt regional poetry slam champion and two-time Individual World Poetry Slam finalist. The event also will feature a poetry reading by recent CMU graduate and current CMU faculty member Qiana Towns. CMU junior Sarah Riegler, who is majoring in music and religion, will give a musical performance with CMU music majors Josh Graham, Mike List and Andrew Wheelock.
For more information about the 2009-2010 schedule for the Wellspring Literary Series, contact Robert Fanning, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, at robert.fanning@cmich.edu or (248) 462‐2488. Readings are generally held on the first Monday of the month (click here to download schedule).
Author Lance Olsen
Thursday, November 5
8 p.m.
Park Library Auditorium
Lance Olsen is the author of nine novels, one hypertext, four critical studies, four short-story collections, a poetry chapbook, and a textbook about fiction writing. He also is the editor of two collections of essays about innovative contemporary fiction. He is an N.E.A. fellowship and Pushcart prize recipient and a former governor-appointed Idaho Writer-in-Residence. Olsen taught for 10 years at the University of Idaho and also taught at the University of Iowa, the University of Virginia and the University of Kentucky.
This event is hosted by the CHSBS Visiting Writers Series. For more information, contact Matthew Roberson at 989-774-2585 or rober1m@cmich.edu.
A New Look at Hitler and the Beginning of the Holocaust
Presented by Gerhard Weinberg
Monday, November 9
7:00 p.m.
U.C. Auditorium
Professor Gerhard Weinberg will give the inaugural lecture for Central Michigan University's Dr. Harold Abel Endowed Lecture Series in the Study of Dictatorship, Democracy and Genocide. Weinberg is a noted military historian who has written numerous books on World War II and Hitler including A World at Arms: A Global History of World War II; World in the Balance: Behind the Scenes of World War II; and Hitler's Foreign Policy 1933-1939: The Road to World War II.
Weinberg is the 2009 recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Military Library Literature Award for Lifetime Achievement. He is the William Rand Kenan, Jr. Professor Emeritus of History at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he has been a faculty member since 1974.
For more information, contact CMU history professor Eric Johnson at 989-774-1090 or johns1ea@cmich.edu or the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences at 989-774-3341 or CHSBS@cmich.edu.
Lieutenant Colonel Brian Eifler
Tuesday, November 10
6:00 p.m.
Park Library Auditorium
As part of Central Michigan University's William B. Nolde Lecture Series and Lead Week, a presentation by Lieutenant Colonel Brian Eifler, CMU Class of 1990, will be held at 6 pm in the Charles V. Park Library Auditorium. LTC Eifler is the current Commander of the Special Troops Battalion of the 75th Ranger Regiment at Fort Benning, GA and the Former Commander of 1st Battalion, 6th Infantry while deployed to Baghdad, Iraq in 2008.
The goal of the Nolde Lecture Series - which is named in honor of Col. William B. Nolde, former CMU Military Science Professor who was the last official casualty of the Vietnam War - is to promote the importance of leadership both in the Military and in American society as a whole. Admission is free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Military Science Department at 989-774-3049 or baile1km.@cmich.edu.
Cappuccino Trail: The Global Economy in a Cup
Wednesday, November 11
Anspach Hall 156
7:00 p.m.
The Center for Research on Poverty (C.R.O.P.) and the Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Social Work will host a free screening of Cappuccino Trail: The Global Economy in a Cup, a 50-minute documentary from the Films for the Humanities and Sciences, 2004. For more information, contact Brigitte Bechtold at 989-774-3424 or becht1bh@cmich.edu.
Challenges Ahead: Energy and the Environment
Tuesday, November 17
7 p.m.
Bovee U.C. Auditorium
Speak Up, Speak Out: The Current Events Series hosts "Challenges Ahead: Energy and the Environment." The forum facilitator is CMU student and Phi Sigma Alpha Officer Amy TerHaar. For more information, visit http://www.chsbs.cmich.edu/SUSO.
The panelists include:
- Thomas Stewart, Political Science Professor
- Thomas Rohrer, Director of CMU's Environmental Studies Program
- Jenna Hatch, Student, Student Environment Alliance
- Jack Buck, Student, Third Party Movement
- Travis Faber, Student, College Republicans
A Strengths-based Conversation about American Indian Culture and Community
Presented by Dennis Banks
Wednesday, November 18
7:00 p.m.
Moore Hall - Townsend Kiva
Dennis Banks tells his life story, shares his experiences, and explains how he empowered himself and others to rise above oppression, trauma, racism and police brutality. Free and open to the public. Co-sponsored by Native American Programs, Multicultural Education Center, College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences, and the Saginaw Chippewa Indian Tribe. For more information call Native American Programs at 774-2508 or email wojto1sa@cmich.edu.
Islamic Feminism from the Inside: The Female or Shared Authority Movement
Presented by Dr. Laury Silvers
Wednesday, November 18
Anspach 161
7:30 p.m.
Dr. Laury Silvers is both a scholar of Islam and a participant in the movement which is the subject of her talk. The Female or Shared Authority Movement in North American Islam seeks to open up the role of community prayer leader to women from within the boundaries of traditional Islamic Law and practice. Over the past five years since Amina Wadud's watershed prayer in New York, changes have been taking place even in the most conservative circles of the American Muslim community. Silvers will discuss the basic legal issues surrounding woman-led prayer, the nature of the resistance to it, how the movement is challenging male-only authority, and how the goal of her movement--to achieve shared authority without sacrificing the unity of the believing community--relates to the aspirations of other varieties of feminism.
Silvers is a Visiting Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto's Department for the Study of Religion. Her areas of specialization include Sufism in the Formative Period, Sufism and Gender, and Progressive Islam in North America. Her book A Soaring Minaret: Abu Bakr al-Wasiti (d. 320/928) and the Rise of Baghdadi Sufism is forthcoming from SUNY Press. She is presently working on her second book entitled Simply Good Women: The Lives, Practices, and Thought of Early Pious and Sufi Women.
U.S. Senator Carl Levin
"Keeping an Ethical Course in a Political Storm"
Sunday, November 22
Bush Theatre in Moore Hall
7 p.m.
U.S. Senator Carl Levin (D-Mich.) will be the inaugural speaker for the Philip A. Hart and William G. Milliken Endowed Speaker Series for Integrity in Politics. Senator Levin was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1978 and reelected in 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002 and 2008. He is the Chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, where he has earned a reputation as a strong supporter of our national defense, a tireless advocate on behalf of our service men and women, and an effective fighter against wasteful government spending.
The Philip A. Hart and William G. Milliken Endowed Speaker Series for Integrity in Politics challenges interested parties--students in particular--to approach politics in a way that embraces America's diversity of ideas and perspectives. It brings to campus individuals from the public and private sectors who have demonstrated a commitment to stimulating positive change in the public policy arena. The series will be hosted annually on CMU's Mount Pleasant campus and provides a forum where students can listen, learn, and engage in meaningful dialogue focusing on a range of current political and policy-making issues.
For more information, contact Sarah Buckley in the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences at 989-774-3341 or CHSBS@cmich.edu.
Poet Christine Rhein
Monday, December 7
Art Reach Center
319 S. University, Mt. Pleasant
7 p.m.
The Central Michigan University English Department and Art Reach Center of Mid Michigan have teamed up to host the Wellspring Literary Series, a forum for the Mount Pleasant and CMU community to hear the work of established and emerging regional writers as well as works-in-progress by CMU graduate writing students and faculty writers.
The featured writer for December is poet Christine Rhein. Her collection of poems, Wild Flight, won the 2008 Walt McDonald First Book Prize from Texas Tech University Press. Her poems have also been selected for the "Best New Poets 2007" anthology, the Poetry Daily website, and Garrison Keillor's The Writer's Almanac.
Joining Christine Rhein are creative writing graduate student Matthew A. Cicci, who will read from his poetry and fiction, and music education student Andrew Strodtman, who will play the violoncello.
For more information about the 2009-2010 schedule for the Wellspring Literary Series, contact Robert Fanning, Assistant Professor of Creative Writing, at robert.fanning@cmich.edu or (248) 462‐2488. Readings are generally held on the first Monday of the month (download schedule).
Creating Significant Learning Experiences
Presented by Jim Therrell
Wednesday, December 16
12 to 1:30 p.m.
Park Library 413D (FaCIT)
This workshop is hosted by the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences Teaching Excellence Committee and FaCIT to help faculty members enhance their courses for the spring semester. To register call (989) 774-3615 or e-mail facit@cmich.edu. For more information about other workshops, visit www.facit.cmich.edu/calendar.
How Do I Improve My Course?
Presented by Ireta Ekstrom and Kelly Preece
Thursday, December 17
10:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.
Park Library 413D (FaCIT)
This workshop is hosted by the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences Teaching Excellence Committee and FaCIT to help faculty members enhance their courses for the spring semester. To register call (989) 774-3615 or e-mail facit@cmich.edu. For more information about other workshops, visit www.facit.cmich.edu/calendar.
How Do I Update My Course Using Blackboard?
Presented by Ireta Ekstrom
Thursday, December 17
12:30 to 2 p.m.
Park Library 413D (FaCIT)
This workshop is hosted by the College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences Teaching Excellence Committee and FaCIT to help faculty members enhance their courses for the spring semester. To register call (989) 774-3615 or e-mail facit@cmich.edu. For more information about other workshops, visit www.facit.cmich.edu/calendar.
