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Lamoine Room, University Union
Today, December 3 at 4:00pm - S.P.A.C.E (Space Physics and C...
Currents 205
Today, December 3 at 6:30pm - Emory Douglas: Black Panther P...
University Union Sandburg Lounge
Today, December 3 at 7:00pm - Sociology and Anthropology Bro...
Morgan Hall 453 - Macomb Campus
Tomorrow, December 4 at 12:00pm - Dean's open forum
Morgan Hall 116
Thursday, December 10 at 2:00pm
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
A retirement reception for Janice Owens, director of the Western Illinois University Scholarship Office who will retire Jan. 1, 2010 after 27 years of service, will be held from 3-5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 9 in the University Union Grand Ballroom. (see http://wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?release_
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University Welcome back for the last few weeks of the Fall Semster. Hope everyone had a great holiday. Don't forget the College of Arts and Sciences winter holiday reception on Thursday afternoon at 4:00 p.m. in the Lamoine Room.
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University From all the folks in the College of Arts and Sciences, we wish you a safe, warm, and happy Thanksgiving holiday. Eat some turkey (or whatever you enjoy), have some fun, and get rested for the final push of the Fall 2009 semester. Best wishes to all.
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
Visual artist Emory Douglas will speak on the campus of Western Illinois University in a public talk entitled "Emory Douglas - Revolutionary Artist: Black Panther Party Politics and Concern for the Community by Design," to be held December 3, 2009, 7 pm in the new Sandburg Lounge. This event is free and open to the... entire campus and Macomb community.
In keeping with the 2009-2010 University Theme of “Personal Finance and World Poverty,” Emory Douglas, original Black Panther Party member and graphic artist, will address the role poverty played in the development of social protest movements such as the Black Panther Party for Self Defense of the late 1960s. His art established the visual identity of the party in posters, and in the graphic designs, cartoons, and illustrations he produced for The Black Panther newspaper. His artwork gave voice to the party’s message of protest and empowerment within a community plagued by poverty and police oppression. Douglas continues to produce posters about issues such as children's health and advancing global AIDs. He will speak about how art can raise awareness about poverty and other world challenges.
Douglas’s art has gained international attention, displayed at the 2008 Biennale of Sydney, Australia, the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts and the African American Art & Cultural Complex in San Francisco. A retrospective exhibit of his past and present work was held at Urbis in Manchester, England from October 30, 2008 – April 19, 2009. And, another major retrospective exhibit opened in New York, July 20, 2009 at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. He has also recently been the subject of a monograph, Black Panther: The Revolutionary Art of Emory Douglas (Rizzoli, 2007), a comprehensive collection of his work.
In addition to the public lecture, on Friday, December 4, 2009, Douglas will meet with interest students to conduct a master-class workshop on political art. For information about the workshop contact the Department of Art at 309-298-1549.
This event is co sponsored by the Department of Art, the Department of African American Studies, the African American Studies Department Club, the University Theme Committee and the Provost’s Office. For more information contact Jo-Ann Morgan at J-Morgan@wiu.edu or through the Department of African American Studies at 309-298-1181.
Contact Information:
Jo-Ann Morgan
Phone: 309-298-1181
Email: J-Morgan@wiu.edu
Time:7:00PM Thursday, December 3rd
Location:University Union Sandburg Lounge
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
Please join the College of Arts and Sciences as we celebrate the winter holiday season with food and fun. We'll also honor our faculty retirees for the semester and those who've won recent awards.
This is free and open to the public.
Time:4:00PM Thursday, December 3rd
Location:Lamoine Room, University Union
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
The students and faculty from the departments of Physics and Chemistry are proud to present our annual demonstration show for the campus and community.
"S.P.A.C.E. = Space Physics and Chemistry Extravaganza"
It will be held on Thursday evening, December 3rd, at 6:30 PM in Currens
Hall, Room 205.
Starting from 6:30 we will ...present science demonstrations related to the theme of SPACE, as depicted in the movie "Wall-E" and in honor of the 40th anniversary of the first humans landing on the Moon. Space travel truly is the final, exciting frontier of human exploration. We will endeavor through our show to bring the amazing things you might encounter in space "down to earth".
In particular, we will explore the science of gravity, vacuums, rockets, combustion, light, color, the environment and deep cold. Special "crispy" treats provided at the end of the show!
The demonstration show is expected to last about 1 to 1.5 hours.
Contact Dr. Jim Rabchuk, 298-2577, (ja-rabchuk@wiu.edu) for further information.
James Rabchuk
Professor of Physics
Western Illinois University
email: ja-rabchuk@wiu.edu; tel: 309-298-2577
An event by the faculty and students of the Departments of Chemistry and Physics
Time:6:30PM Thursday, December 3rd
Location:Currents 205
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University History chair Dr. Ginny Boynton will speak at the Associated Students of History (ASH) meeting today at 5 p.m. in MG 302. Her lecture is entitled, "We Are the Government: Illinois Women during the First World War." This is free and open to the public. ASH will be collecting non-perishable items at the meeting, to be donated within the Macomb community.
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University As of this morning we have FIFTY followers! I'd like to thank all of you for following the CAS fan page. Please let me know what you'd like to see here and I'll do my best to provide it.
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
In local news, we hear from officials of GoWest that threebrand-new-off-the-assembly-line buses will join the fleet upon theirdelivery tomorrow. Did you know that GoWest is the seventh largestpublic transportation system in Illinois? Check out GoWest here: http://www.facebook.com/#/pages/Macomb-I
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University Don't forget: History faculty colloquium TODAY at 3:30 pm in MG 207-A.
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University Happy GIS Day! How are you celebrating? ;-)
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
Onur Dizdar, a graduate exchange student in the WIU History Department this Fall, has won first place in a photo contest sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. See the whole story here: http://www.wiu.edu/history/news/?action=
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Onur Dizdar, a graduate exchange student in the WIU History Department this Fall, has won first place in a photo contest sponsored by the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey. Mr. Dizdar, a graduate History ...
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
Matt Bonan will talk about the new dinosaur discovery tomorrow at noon in MG 119. Check out the full 411 here: http://www.wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?rele
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MACOMB, IL - - "A Sound of Distant Thunder: How a Dinosaur from South Africa Sheds Light on the Beginnings of the Giant Sauropod Dinosaurs" is the topic of a noontime Wednesday, Nov. 18 presentation in Morgan Hall 109 by Western Illinois University Associate Professor of Biology Matt Bonnan. ...
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
I thought this was appropriate for Macomb today...hope you enjoy it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-0GEoNDx
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Usher performes the classic routine @ Movies Rock. Comment, Rate... *
College of Arts and Sciences, Western Illinois University
Dept. of English and Journalism hosts Dr. Christopher Benson today and tomorrow. Dr. Benson will discuss the historic Emmett Till lynching. Check out the press release: http://wiu.edu/newsrelease.sphp?release_
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MACOMB, IL - - Christopher Benson, award-winning journalist and co-author of "Death of Innocence: The Story of the Hate Crime That Changed America," will be on the Western Illinois University-Macomb campus Tuesday-Wednesday, Nov. ...
