Calendar of Events
March/April/May 2008

Unless otherwise noted, all events are free and open to the public.

Note: Events with an asterisk (*) are part of the year-long university theme, “Water.” For more information, please visit www.susqu.edu/theme.

March 7. Susquehanna University will kick off its sesquicentennial celebration, marking the 150th anniversary of the institution’s founding, with an 8 p.m. gala performance by the SU Masterworks Chorus and Orchestra at Carnegie Hall in New York City. For more information about the sesquicentennial celebration, go to www.susqu.edu/150.

March 26-27. Susquehanna University’s Arlin M. Adams Center for Law and Society will present a two-day symposium focusing on whether the death penalty should be abolished. The symposium kicks off at 7 p.m. March 26 with Dead Man Walking -The Journey Continues  in the Weber Chapel Auditorium.The featured speaker will be Sister Helen Prejean, author of the book Dead Man Walking, which details her interactions with death row inmates and was the basis of the 1995 motion picture of the same name. For information, call 570-372-4181.

The symposium continues March 27 with a series of workshops  focusing on different aspects of the death penalty. 

• Lethal Injection In America, featuring remarks by Dr. Joel John Berberich, will be held from 9-9:50 a.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall of the Cunningham Center for Music and Art.
• A Look at the Death Penalty Through the Eyes of an Exoneree and Family Members of Homicide Victims, featuring remarks by Mary Achilles and Kirk Bloodsworth, and moderated by Peter Logea, will be held from 10-11:30 a.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall.
• A luncheon, with remarks by Deborah Fleischaker, director of the American Bar Association Death Penalty Moratorium Implementation Project, will be held from 11:45 a.m.-12:45 p.m. in the meeting rooms of Degenstein Campus Center. (There will be a charge to attend the luncheon equal to the meal cost only. All other events during the two days will be free of charge and open to the public as space permits.)
• Is the Death Penalty Just and Moral?, a panel discussion featuring Barrett I. Duke Jr., Ph.D., and Howard Zehr, Ph.D., and moderated by James Acker, J.D., Ph.D., will be held from 1-2:30 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall.
• Is the Death Penalty Administered Fairly and Non-Arbitrarily?, a panel discussion featuring Robert Dunham, J.D., and John Morganelli, J.D., and moderated by David McCord, J.D., will be held from 3-4:30 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall of the Cunningham Center for Music and Art.
• Concluding dialogue: Should the Death Penalty Be Abolished?, an exchange between Richard Dieter, J.D., and B. Lyn McClellan, J.D., and moderated by Allan Sobel, J.D., will begin at 7 p.m. in the Degenstein Center Theater.

ADAMS CENTER FOR LAW AND SOCIETY FILM DISCUSSIONS SCHEDULE

For more information, call 570-372-2784 or go to www.susqu.edu/deathpenalty.          

March 28-29. Susquehanna University hosts the Pennsylvania High School Speech League State Tournament. Events will include radio announcing, policy debate, commentary and persuasive speaking. The competition begins at 1 p.m. March 28 and closes March 29 with an awards assembly at 3 p.m. in Weber Chapel Auditorium. For more information, call 570-372-4355.

*April 2. The annual Alice Pope Shade Lecture at Susquehanna University will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Isaacs Auditorium of Seibert Hall. This year’s guest speakers will be John Grim and Mary Evelyn Tucker, senior lecturers and scholars at Yale University, and coordinators of Yale’s Forum on Religion and Ecology.Their lecture, The Emerging Alliance of Religion and Ecology, is sponsored by the Department of Philosophy, Religion and Classical Studies, and the Office of the Chaplain. For more information, call 570-372-4220.

*April 12. Susquehanna University will host the annual Lutheran Youth Day for students in grades 6-12. The theme of this year’s event is Go Fish. Registration begins at 9 a.m., followed by the opening session at 10 a.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall of the Cunningham Center for Music and Art. A Bunch of Guys will provide the concluding concert for the gathering. The cost is $10 per person and includes lunch and the concert. For information, call 570-372-4303 or go to www.susqu.edu/chaplain/lutheranyouth.

April 15. Susquehanna University will present its annual Senior Scholars Day. During this daylong event, seniors will present the results of their research or other scholarly or creative projects they’ve undertaken. This event will begin midday with poster sessions and oral presentations in Degenstein Campus Center.  Senior music students will highlight their talents during a recital at 3 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall of the Cunningham Center for Music and Art. Graphic design majors will display their artwork throughout the day in the first floor art wing of the center. For more information, call 570-372-4172 or go to www.susqu.edu/provost/ssd.

May 11. Susquehanna University will close its 150th academic year with Baccalaureate exercises at 10 a.m. in Weber Chapel Auditorium and Commencement at 2:30 p.m. in the field house of Garrett Sports Complex.

Gallery Exhibitions

April 11 through June 1. The Lore Degenstein Gallery at Susquehanna University presents its spring gallery exhibition, Le Salon des Arts Ménagers/The Domestic Arts Exhibition: Posters of the Modern French Home (1945-1982). An opening reception will be held in the gallery from 7-9 p.m. April 11. This exhibition took place annually in Paris from 1923-1983 as part of a French government program of modernization initiated after World War I. Over the course of its history, Le Salon attracted millions of visitors to its displays and demonstrations of technological innovations for the home. The Lore Degenstein Gallery collection includes five posters, dating from 1950-1982, advertising the Salon des Arts Ménagers, as well as some 30 other posters advertising a variety of household appliances for the modern home. The exhibition integrates these images into a study of the post-World War II period of Le Salon, highlighting its contradictory messages concerning women who had gained the right to vote in 1944. The government, anxious to portray France as a forward-thinking nation, also encouraged “modern” women to retreat from the public sphere and increase the national birthrate while the women’s movement blossomed.Gallery hours throughout the academic year are noon-4 p.m. Monday through Friday and 1-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday. The gallery is closed during holidays and university recesses. For more information, call 570-372-4059.

Lectures, Readings and Meetings

March 5. Susquehanna University’s Institute for Lifelong Learning presents David Weaver-Zercher, professor of history at Messiah College and co-author of a book about the Nickel Mines tragedy, on March 5. Weaver-Zercher will discuss that event and the Amish capacity for forgiveness. Institute programs begin at 11 a.m. in Degenstein Center Theater followed by lunch at noon. For more information or reservation requests, call 570-372-4354.

March 12. Susquehanna University’s Sigmund Weis Memorial Lecture will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4454.

March 19. Susquehanna University’s Institute for Lifelong Learning presents Richard Sauers, director of the Packwood House Museum and the author of more than a dozen books about the Civil War, will present The Boys in Blue: A Humorous Look at Youths in the Union Army. Institute programs begin at 11 a.m. in Degenstein Center Theater followed by lunch at noon. For more information or reservation requests, call 570-372-4354.  

April 2. Susquehanna University’s Institute for Lifelong Learning presents Sam Slike, professor and curriculum coordinator of education of the deaf and hearing disorders at Bloomsburg University, on April 2. He will discuss state-of-the-art systems for providing deaf and hearing impaired students with equal access to information and learning. Institute programs begin at 11 a.m. in Degenstein Center Theater followed by lunch at noon. For more information or reservation requests, call 570-372-4354.

April 16. Susquehanna University’s Institute for Lifelong Learning presents a videotaped conversation with a 93-year-old African American woman who grew up and taught in a small, rural town in western Virginia where she still lives today.  She was a leader in her community’s civil rights struggle in the 1960s and will share her reflections on those experiences through these recorded conversations. Institute programs begin at 11 a.m. in Degenstein Center Theater followed by lunch at noon. For more information or reservation requests, call 570-372-4354.

April 21. Susquehanna University’s Visiting Writers Series presents a reading by Enid Shomer at 7:30 p.m. in Isaacs Auditorium of Seibert Hall. Shomer is a respected editor of the University of Arkansas’ Press Poetry Series and the author of a number of books of poetry and short fiction. Her works include Black Drum (poems), Tourist Season (stories) and Imaginary Men, which won the John Simmons Short Fiction Award.  For more information, call 570-372-4164.  

Performing Arts

(Please note Stretansky Concert Hall is in the Cunningham Center for Music and Art.)

March 12. Susquehanna University's guest artist recital featuring Viento Sur Tombone Quartet will begin at 8 p.m. in Weber Chapel Auditorium. For more information, call 570-372-4281.

March 19. Susquehanna University’s Artist Series presents Claudia Calderón and El Piano Llanero at 7:30 p.m. in Degenstein Center Theater. Colombian pianist and composer Claudia Calderón, a member of the chamber music faculty at the Simón Bolívar Conservatory and at the Instituto Universitario de Estudios Musicales in Caracas, Venezuela,  specializes in performing music from traditional Venezuelan and Colombian sources. After years of research, she has produced a collection of the best pieces of traditional harp and bandola folklore from los Llanos, the great plains and mountains north of the Amazon Basin. This music, traditionally known as Joropo, combined with other genres from the Colombian Andes, creates an exquisite repertoire for piano and ensemble. By combining the familiar voices of piano and double bass with the surprisingly colorful performance of the maracas, the Venezuelan cuatro (small four-stringed guitar) and the Colombian tiple (metal 12-stringed guitar), the group reveals the profound musical and cultural universe spanning from the eastern tip of the Venezuelan coast to the southernmost parts of the colossal Colombian Andes. Tickets are $20 for adults, $15 for senior citizens and $5 for non-SU students. For tickets, call 570-372-ARTS (2787).

March 30. Susquehanna University Chorale, conducted by Judith White, lecturer in music, presents its spring concert at 3 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4281.

April 2. Susquehanna University Jazz Ensemble presents a concert, directed by Joshua Davis, assistant professor of music, at 8 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4266.

April 8. Susquehanna University Percussion Ensemble, directed by Gregory Alico, lecturer in music, presents a concert at 8 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4281.

April 13. Susquehanna University Symphonic Band, conducted by Director of Bands Eric L. Hinton, presents a concert at 3 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4296.

April 16. Susquehanna University Chamber Singers, conducted by Director of Choral Activities Cyril Stretansky, presents its spring concert at 8 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For information, call 570-372-4295.

April 17-20. Susquehanna University’s Department of Theatre presents Shakespeare’s Richard III at 8 p.m. in the Degenstein Center Theater. Shakespeare’s “bottled spider” seizes the throne by ruthlessly enthralling and then obliterating all who stand in his way. One of the Bard’s most celebrated works, Richard III is a frightening discourse on tyranny. SU’s production revises Shakespeare’s classic as a tale of the American Civil War performed one earth-shattering evening in April 1865. Tickets are $10 for adults and $7 for non-SU students. For tickets, call 570-372-ARTS (2787).
           
April 20. The Susquehanna University Choir, conducted by Director of Choral Activities Cyril Stretansky, presents its annual Return from Tour Concert at 3 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4295.

April 22. Susquehanna University hosts the annual Invitational Honors Choir Day from 9 a.m.-5 p.m. with a 3 p.m. public performance featuring high school choral groups and SU students in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4295.

April 25-26. Susquehanna University Opera Studio and Orchestra perform L’Orfeo at 8 p.m. in Stretansky Concert Hall. For more information, call 570-372-4281.

April 27. WQSU-FM presents the 11th Annual Bluegrass Festival at 2 p.m. in Weber Chapel Auditorium. Admission is $10 per person. Children under 5 will be admitted free.  For more information, call 570-372-4030 or visit www.wqsu.com.

April 29. The Stella Freeman Weis Concert presents Garrick Ohlsson, pianist, 8 p.m., in the Degenstein Center Theater. The Boston Globe calls him “the most versatile of America’s important pianists.” Since his triumph as winner of the 1970 Chopin International Piano Competition, he has established himself worldwide as a musician of magisterial interpretive and technical prowess. Although he has long been regarded as one of the world's leading exponents of the music of Frédéric Chopin, Ohlsson commands an enormous repertoire, which ranges over the entire piano literature. A student of the late Claudio Arrau, he has come to be noted for his masterly performances of the works of Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert, as well as the Romantic repertoire. His concerto repertoire alone is unusually wide and eclectic - ranging from Haydn and Mozart to works of the 21st century - and to date he has at his command some 80 concertos. This concert is made possible by the Stella Freeman Weis Cultural Endowment at Susquehanna University, established by Robert and Patricia Weis of Sunbury, and is free and open to the public. Tickets are not required and seating will be on a first-come, first-served basis.

Athletics

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Worship Services

The public is welcome to join the University community in worship.

At 9 p.m. Thursdays: InterVarsity Christian Fellowship is held in meeting rooms 3, 4 & 5 in Degenstein Campus Center.

At 11 a.m. Sundays: The Service of the Word and Sacrament is held in Weber Chapel Auditorium.

At 10 p.m. Tuesdays: Tuesday Night Prayer and Praise Service is in Horn Meditation Chapel.

Hours

Bookstore: (570-372-4232) Monday through Thursday, 8:30 a.m. - 6 p.m.; Friday, 8:30 a.m. - 5 p.m.; Saturday, noon - 4 p.m. (later by request and for special events).

Box Office: (570-372-ARTS) Monday through Friday, noon to 5 p.m.

Library: (570-372-4319) Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m. - 1 a.m.; Friday, 8 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Saturday, 10 a.m. - 8 p.m.; Sunday, 11 a.m. - 1 a.m.

For more information about Susquehanna University events, call the Office of Communications (570-372-4119). Dates, times subject to change.