Community Semester 2013

Invitation from the dean:

It is with excitement that I invite you to participate in “Our Town:  Community Semester 2013.”  The Community Semester Series emerges from the College of Arts and Sciences, Indiana State University’s largest and most diverse college. 

The two primary goals of the Community Semester are to bring the vibrant and exciting ideas in the sciences, humanities, liberal arts and creative arts to the Wabash Valley, as well as to invite the public to actively engage with us.  We will accomplish these goals through 40 events, occurring between January and April (the complete schedule can be downloaded below).  Each event is hosted by at least one academic department or unit within the College.  Many of the events will be held off-campus, and with very few exceptions, all are free.  Most importantly, all events are open and for the public. 

This is the first of what we hope will be many Community Semesters, each with a different theme.  This year’s theme, “Our Town,” celebrates Terre Haute and the idea of community, broadly defined.  Please come to many events and engage with our faculty and students.  I look forward to seeing you there.   

                                                                                -- John Murray, Dean, Arts and Sciences

 

Upcoming events

FEBRUARY  

Sustainable Food for a Sustainable Community
Jim Speer (ENVI, Institute for Community Sustainability) and Terre Foods Cooperative                                                         February 2, 1:00-4:00pm     Federal Hall Courtroom
Sponsored by Terre Foods

$$Groundhog Day Economic Forecast
Robert Guell (ECON)  
February 5, 6:45am      Dede I, Hulman Memorial Student Union

A Tale of Two Cities:  Paris and Berlin
Keri Yousif (LLL/French), Ann Rider (LLL/German)  
February 5, 3:30-5:00pm      Vigo County Public Library, Meeting Room A

A Conversation with Terre Haute Mayor Duke Bennett
Matthew Bergbower (PSCI), Scott College of Business, Terre Haute Mayor’s Office
February 6, 3:30-5:00pm       Federal Hall Courtroom
Co-sponsored by the Scott College of Business  

Sense of Place: Visions of Our Town
Fran Lattanzio (ART), Nancy Nichols-Pethick (ART)  
February 8, 4:00-6:00pm (Reception)
February 4 to March 1 (Exhibit)
Turman Art Gallery, Fine Arts Building

It’s a Nano World!
Carolyn Wallace (Science Education), Katelynn Isbell (Biology Education Student)  
February 9, 1:00-4:00pm       Terre Haute Children’s Museum

$$Wind and Percussion Scholarship Concert
Roby George, Conductor (MUS)
February 10, 4:00pm          Tilson Auditorium

Sustainability Plan for the Wabash Valley
Jim Speer (ENVI, Institute for Community Sustainability), Our Green Valley Alliance  
February 12, 6:00-8:00pm       Venue TBA  

Science Café Urban Lead: The Legacy of Leaded Gasoline, Lead-Based Paint, and Coal
Jennifer Latimer (ENVI)
February 23, 9:30-11:00am       Clabber Girl Museum

Bats in Trouble: The Truth about Indiana's Bats
Joy O’Keefe (BIO)  
February 26, 5:30pm        University Art Gallery and Music Recital Hall, Landini Center

Tom Sawyer:  Mark Twain’s Problem Child
Michael Shelden (ENGL)  
Thursday, February 28, 5:00-6:30pm       ISU Library Events Area
Co-sponsored by the Vigo County Public Library and ISU’s Cunningham Library

 

$$ denotes an admission fee  

Community Semester Booklet

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