1. Aspin speaker to discuss the environment
2. Business Plan Competition hosting information session today
3. Symphonic Band and orchestra to hold holiday concerts
4. POWER Lunch to cover impact of sexual orientation on careers
5. Thomas Keating to speak on Centering Prayer
6. Neuroscience, biological sciences and chemistry present seminars
7. Law School holding information session this Friday
8. Who is the most interesting May graduate you know of?
9. Free food and prizes for women’s basketball game today
10. Quilt squares, HIV discussion highlight AIDS Week
11. Society of Professional Journalists welcomes MKE editor
12. Apartment and facilities manager positions available
13. Dance Inc. to perform at Haggerty Museum
14. Local bands perform for Jamnesty at the Annex
15. Volunteer for live nativity
16. Marquette Interchange highlights for the week of Nov. 26

 

1. Aspin speaker to discuss the environment

Dr. McGee Young, assistant professor of political science, will present “Thinking Globally, Acting Locally: A Discussion on How to Organize Politically for Environmental Change” for the second installment of the Aspin Speaker Series on Wednesday, Nov. 28, at 5 p.m. in Raynor Library Beaumier Suite B. Young’s research focuses on the politics of environmental interest groups. He will discuss how these groups have helped inform and mold the environmental debate.

The presentation is sponsored by the Les Aspin Center for Government, the Aspin Alumni Council, Pi Sigma Alpha, Amnesty International and Students for an Environmentally Aware Campus. Refreshments will be served.

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3. Symphonic Band and orchestra to hold holiday concerts

The Marquette Symphonic Band will present its annual holiday concert Sunday, Dec. 2, at 2 p.m. in the Varsity Theatre. Under the direction of Dr. Erik Janners, director of music, the Symphonic Band will perform musical selections from the Nutcracker Ballet as well as several holiday medleys and carols. The concert will also feature a prelude performance by the Marquette Flute Choir and a musical setting of The Night Before Christmas, narrated by Dr. Mark McCarthy, assistant vice president/dean of student development. Admission is free and open to the public. The concert will be preceded by a band alumni reception in the Varsity Theatre at 12:30 p.m.

The Marquette University Orchestra will present its annual holiday concert Sunday, Dec. 2, at 7 p.m. on the first floor of the AMU. Under the direction of Steven Rindt, interim orchestra director, the orchestra will perform a program of holiday music. Admission is free and open to the public.

4. POWER Lunch to cover impact of sexual orientation on careers

The next POWER Lunch installment, “Sexual Orientation and Your Career,” will be held Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 11:45 a.m. to 1 p.m. Panelists include Kevin Perrine of Direct Supply; Carolyn L. Bell, assistant director of Residence Life at the University of Wisconsin – Madison; Elisa Welch, 7th and 8th grade Spanish teacher at DeForest Area Middle School; and Warren Scherer, program coordinator III, Milwaukee LGBT Community Center/ProjectQ.
 
The POWER Lunch series provides the opportunity to network with professionals in various career fields, hear real stories and experiences from experts representing diverse cultures, and enjoy free lunch. 
 
More information is available online.      

5. Thomas Keating to speak on Centering Prayer

Rev. Thomas Keating, a member of the Cistercian Order in the Benedictine tradition, will speak Thursday, Nov. 29, at 4 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium. His lecture will focus on Centering Prayer, a method of contemplative prayer in which participants respond to the Spirit of Christ by consenting to God’s presence and actions within themselves. Besides being an author, teacher and monk, Keating founded Contemplative Outreach, an international network committed to renewing the contemplative dimension of the Gospel in daily life.

Keating’s lecture is the first of two university-wide lectures made possible by an American Council of Learned Societies grant awarded to the University Honors Program to promote contemplative practices and pedagogies in the classroom. Dr. Richard J. Davidson, director of the W.M. Keck Laboratory for Functional Brain Imaging and Behavior at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, will be the second guest in the lecture series, on April 23, 2008, at 4 p.m. in the Weasler Auditorium.

For more information contact Anthony Peressini or Heather Hathaway.

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6. Neuroscience, biological sciences and chemistry present seminars

Dr. J. Carson Smith, assistant professor of human movement sciences at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, will present the Integrative Neuroscience Research Center's seminar Tuesday, Nov. 27, at 4 p.m. in Cramer Hall 004E. The program title is “Exercise, Negative Affect, and Emotion." For more information, contact Cathy Morrell at 8-8329.

Dr. Diane K. O’Dowd, professor of developmental and cell biology at the University of California-Irvine, will present “Neurobiology in Drosophila: Small Brain, Large Potential,” at 3:30 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, in Wehr Life Sciences 111.

Dr. Mark Thompson, professor of chemistry at the University of Southern California, will present the Department of Chemistry’s colloquium on Friday, Nov. 30, at 4 p.m., in Todd Wehr Chemistry 121. Thompson will speak on “The Use of Heavy Metal Complexes in Organic LED’s and Solar Cells.”

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8. Who is the most interesting May graduate you know of?

The Office of Marketing and Communication is seeking stories about graduates this May who overcame substantial obstacles in getting their degree, graduates who will be doing something unusual after graduation, a student with straight A’s, or anything else of interest. E-mail with your ideas.

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13. Dance Inc. to perform at Haggerty Museum

Dance Inc. will perform dance styles ranging from lyrical to jazz to funk at the Haggerty Museum of Art on Thursday, Nov. 29, at 7 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public.

Dance Inc. is a student-run organization to give everyone the opportunity to dance, no matter the style or the technique level.  

For more information, call the museum at 8-7290.

15. Volunteer for live nativity

Straz Tower Residence Hall is looking for volunteers for the “Bring Home Jesus” 24-hour live nativity from 10 p.m. Monday, Dec. 3, through 10 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 4, in front of Raynor Memorial Library.

Donations will also be collected during the live nativity and in the lobby of Straz Tower Residence Hall to benefit abused and abandoned children in Milwaukee.

E-mail with your name and hours of availability.