October 2009

EXHIBITS

Friday, October 2 – Saturday, December 19

Photography of Don Normark: Eminent Domain, Museum of Art.

Wednesday, October 7 – Friday, October 30

Craig Cully: Mingle, Fine Arts Gallery 2. Artist reception at 5:00 p.m. on October 7 with lecture at 6:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

EVENTS

Thursday, October 1

Boeing Graduate Fellowship applications due.

Faculty Notice: Proposals due for CLA Faculty Travel Grants, Meyer Project, and Meyer Grant Development Award.

IPEM seminar: "The Evolution of Monogamous Marriage," Laura Fortunato (University of St. Andrews), Murrow Hall 55, 3:30 p.m.

Music performance: Faculty recital, Aleks Sternfeld-Dunn, bass, and David Hagelganz, saxophone, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.

Friday, October 2

English colloquium: "Readings in New Poetry and Fiction," Jacqueline Lyons and Larry Mayer, Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall, 12:00 p.m.

Atrium Music: Sirena Van Leuven and Aaron Zassenhaus, vocalists, Terrell Library Atrium, 12:15 p.m.

Cougar Pre-Law Day, CUE 518, 1:30–4:30 p.m. RSVP to relgar@wsu.edu.

Monday, October 5

Coffee & Politics: Meet Susan Fagan and Pat Hailey, candidates for State Representative District 9, Honors Hall Lounge, 4:00 p.m. Join us for coffee and doughnuts as candidates discuss issues around higher education in Washington.

Tuesday, October 6

Music performance: Jazz concert, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.

Wednesday, October 7

Visiting Artist Lecture: Craig Cully. Artist reception at 5:00 p.m. in Fine Arts Gallery 2, lecture at 6:00 p.m. in the Fine Arts Auditorium.

VPLAC performance: "Sitting in Circles with Rich White Girls: Memoirs of a Bulimic Black Boy," Chad Goller-Sojourner (Seattle poet and performer), CUB Auditorium, 7:00–8:30 p.m.

Wednesday, October 7 - Saturday, October 10

Theatre performance: "STAGE One," four original one-act plays written by WSU students, Wadleigh Theatre, Daggy Hall, 7:30 p.m. Admission will be charged.

Thursday, October 8

Art a la Carte: Chad Goller-Sojourner (Seattle poet and performer), Terrell Library Atrium, 12:00 p.m.

IPEM seminar: "Cycling in the Complexity of Early Societies," Sergey Gavrilets (ecology and evolutionary biology, mathematics, University of Tennessee), Murrow Hall 55/Vancouver Classroom Building 117, 3:30–5:00 p.m.

Friday, October 9

Coffee & Politics: "Mideast Dispatches: Will to Resist" with Dahr Jamail, Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall, 12:00 p.m.

Atrium Music: Carolyn Merva Robblee, clarinet, and Elena Panchenko, piano, Terrell Library Atrium, 12:15 p.m.

Philosophy colloquium: "Wending One's Way Between Belief and Unbelief: Part One: Belief," Michael W. Myers (philosophy), Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall, 3:30 p.m.

Monday, October 12

Visiting Writer Series: Poets Kate Greenstreet and Linda Russo, CUE 203, 7:30 p.m.

Tuesday, October 13

MSS academic workshop: "Personality Factors in Depression: Integrating Different Theoretical Perspectives," Paul Kwon (psychology), CUB 406, 4:00 p.m.

Philosophy colloquium: "Wending One's Way Between Belief and Unbelief: Part Two: Unbelief," Michael W. Myers (philosophy), Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall, 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 15

IPEM seminar: "Intragenomic Conflict and the Evolutionary Origins of Maladaptive Behaviors," Jon Wilkins (Santa Fe Institute), Murrow 55/VCLS 117, 3:30–5:00 p.m.

Friday, October 16

English colloquium: "Technical and Scientific Work as Rhetorical Activity," David Menchaca, Bundy Reading Room, Avery Hall, 12:00 p.m.

Atrium Music: Kara Bogen, flute, and Rebecca Nederheiser, oboe, with special guests Elena Panchenko, piano, Carolyn Merva Robblee, clarinet, and Emily Sternfeld-Dunn, soprano, Terrell Library Atrium, 12:15 p.m.

Roger Williams Symposium keynote address: "The Myth of Christian America: What Is Trustworthy and What Is Not," Martin E. Marty (professor emeritus, University of Chicago), CUB Senior Ballroom, 7:00 p.m. Symposium registration is not required to attend the keynote address.

Music performance: Music Faculty Artist Series, "Romantic Octets," Bryan Hall Theatre, 8:00 p.m. WSU students with ID admitted free; general admission $10; seniors and non-WSU students $5. Season pass for all six performances is $45. All proceeds benefit music scholarships.

Saturday, October 17

THATCamp Pacific Northwest, a humanities and technology "unconference," Wilson-Short Hall, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Open to anyone interested in studying, supporting, teaching, researching, creating, or otherwise shaping digital humanities, new media, and allied fields. To register, visit thatcamppnw.org.

Monday, October 19

WSU Spokane event: Third annual ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) forum, Nursing 105 with overflow in Nursing 203, streamed to Pullman (MURW 55), Tri-Cities (TWST 256), and Vancouver (VADM 301), 6:30–8:30 p.m. For more information, contact Nancy Potter at nlpotter@wsu.edu.

Wednesday, October 21

WSU Spokane event: HOPE seminar, "Auditory Brain Development: The Foundation of Spoken Communication and Literacy in Infants and Children with Hearing Loss," 8:00 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Registration required. Learn more »

Foreign Languages & Cultures Faculty Speaker Series: "The Aesthetics of Suburbia in Early Modern Japan; or, Issues in Reading and Translation," Puck Brecher (assistant professor of Japanese), Thompson Hall 109, 4:10–5:10 p.m.

Thursday, October 22

IPEM seminar: "Learning, Menopause, and the Human Adaptive Complex," Hillard Kaplan (University of New Mexico), Murrow 55/VCLS 117, 3:30–5:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 22 - Saturday, October 24

Theatre performance: Dracula, Jones Theatre, Daggy Hall, 7:30 p.m. Admission will be charged.

Saturday, October 24

Music performance: WSU Choral Festival, all day in Kimbrough Music Building. Final concert at 5:00 p.m. in Bryan Hall Theatre.

Monday, October 26

"Tiger Tracks: Poetry and Performance from Southwest China," featuring Aku Wuwu, with Mark Bender, Kimbrough Hall 101, 6:30 p.m. A reception will follow with food and beverages. For more information, contact Christopher Lupke at lupke@wsu.edu.

Tuesday, October 27

Common Reading Tuesday: "Maize in the Ancient Americas: Beer, Bread, Ceremony," Melissa Goodman-Elgar (anthropology), CUE 203, 7:00 p.m.

Music performance: Graduate recital, Carolyn Merva Robblee, clarinet, Kimbrough Concert Hall, 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 29

IPEM seminar: "Social Evolution in Microbes," Kevin Foster (Center for Systems Biology, Harvard University), Murrow 55/VCLS 117, 3:30–5:00 p.m.

Music performance: Orchestra, Bryan Hall Theatre, 8:00 p.m.

Thursday, October 29 - Saturday, October 31