Issue 35 • February 2013

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Academic Calendar ...... 2

Events & Schedules ..... 2-3

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Announcements

Register Online: Voices in the Valley Reading Series

On Wednesday, February 27, the Zanhow Library will be hosting author, essayist, and playwright Anne-Marie Oomen at 7 p.m. in the Roberta Allen Reading Room, located on the 4th floor of the Zahnow Library. Ms. Oomen will present a reading of a selection from her work as part of the Voices in the Valley Reading Series.

Interdisciplinary Conference

The Departments of Art and Music will be hosting an interdisciplinary conference titled Striding toward Salvation: Medieval and Renaissance Pilgrimage in Europe and the Mediterranean on Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23, 2013.

The conference will consist of four paper sessions, beginning at 9:30 a.m., 11:15 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. on Friday and at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday, plus a keynote speech by Dr. Eugene Enrico, a founding member of the SVSU Music Department, to be delivered at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Events will also include a film screening of Eugene Enrico’s documentary, And They Sang a New Song: Twenty-Four Musical Elders at Santiago de Compostela, to be held at 4:00 p.m. on Friday and a concert of medieval music by Early Music Michigan and the Hildegard Singers on Friday evening at 7:30 p.m. All events will be held in Rhea Miller Recital Hall and are free and open to the public.

New Faculty Lunch On Friday, February 22, a New Faculty Lunch titled “Undergraduate Research at SVSU” will be presented in the Emeriti Room of Curtiss Hall from 12-1:30 p.m. For more information, please call ext. 4296.

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Stevens Center for Family Business: Guest SpeakerOn Wednesday, February 6, the Stevens Center for Family Business will host guest speaker Chris Eckrich. Mr. Eckrich will present, “How Can We Have More Accountability in Our Family Business?” in Banquet Rooms A and B of Curtiss Hall at 7:30 a.m. The presentation is free and open for all to attend.

Events & Schedules

University Gallery

Marie Tapert: Wire Drawings and Constructions Exhibit will be on display in the University Art Gallery through February 2, 2013.

Pilgrimmages: Work by Shaun Bangert, Larry Butcher, Aaron Gaertner, and Alex Mazon will be on display in the University Art Gallery from February 11 - March 2, 2013. The Gallery will host an artist’s reception on Thursday, February 14, from 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. All of the art work on display in this exhibit is related to the theme of “pilgrimmages,” and the exhibit is in conjunction with a conference being held at SVSU on Friday, February 22 and Saturday, February 23. Receptions and exhibits are free and open to the public. For more information visit www.svsu.edu/artgallery or call (989) 964-4159.

ACADEMIC CALENDAR:

Last Day to Withdraw with a 50% Refund, “W” GradeFebruary 1

Last Day to Withdraw with a 25% Refund, “W” GradeFebruary 8

Spring Break, No ClassesMarch 4-10

Classes ResumeMarch 11

Last Day to Withdraw with “W” GradeMarch 15

Last Day to Withdraw with “WP” or “WF” GradeMarch 29

SE&T Colloquium Series

Lectures will be held from 4:10 - 5:00 p.m. in Pioneer 240. Refreshments served at 4:00 p.m.

Tuesday, February 5; Dr. Tony Crachiola, Department of Mathematical Sciences, will present “What is a Grobner basis?”

Tuesday, February 12; Dr. Jennifer Chaytor, Department of Chemistry, will present “Biological Antifreezes: The Effect of Carbohydrate Hydration on Ice-Recrystallization Inhibition.”

Tuesday, February 19; Dr. Bo Jayatilaka, Fermi National Accelerator Lab, will present “Colliders and their Window into the Universe: the past, present, and future/” Hosted by Dr. Chris Nakamura.

Tuesday, February 26; Mr. John R. Engquist, Burgess-Norton Manufacturing Co., will present “Engineering and PM Technology.” Hosted by Dr. Tom Kullgren.

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Register Online: Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum

The exhibition Centuries of Progress: America’s World’s Fairs, 1853-1982 will be on display through Friday, April 5 at the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum.

The Centuries of Progress exhibition celebrates how these international expositions shaped the American experience and world view. Visitors to the fairs were not only exposed to new ideas and innovations, but also experienced art, architecture, design, music, popular culture and entertainment. Of the seventeen fairs hosted by the United States, two featured works by internationally-renowned, traditional figurative sculptor Marshall M. Fredericks (1908-1998). Fredericks’ works, along with the other pieces of art on display during the fairs, formed a crucial part of a visitor’s fair-going experience.

It is because of Fredericks’s direct connection with both of these World’s Fairs that the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum is hosting the Centuries of Progress exhibition during its 2013 exhibition season. This exhibition will allow the Museum’s visitors to further understand the importance and impact of the fairs on our country’s history and culture. Likewise, this exhibition will put into context how national events shaped Fredericks’ life and work therefore enabling the Museum to fulfill its mission to celebrate the artistic legacy of Marshall M. Fredericks.

Dr. Susan J. Bandes, Professor of Art History, Michigan State University, will give a lecture titled “Gone Today, Here Tomorrow: Rediscovering Art and Architecture from the World’s Fairs,” Monday, March 18, at 4:00 p.m. in Rhea Miller Recital Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

The exhibition was curated by Teresa R. Snyder, Deputy Director, Hagley Museum and Library, and was organized by the Hagley in Wilmington, DE. The exhibition is traveling nationally under the auspices of Exhibits USA, a national program of Mid-America Arts Alliance.

Performing Arts

Wednesday, February 20 - Saturday, February 23, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, February 24, 2013 at 3:00 p.m.Malcolm Field Theatre for Performing Arts $10 General Admission • $8 Seniors & Students AdmissionFor more information or to order tickets, please contact the SVSU Box Office at 989-964-4261

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Events & Schedules (continued...)

Ashu, Classical SaxophoneSaturday, February 2, 7:30 p.m. Rhea Miller Recital Hall

Rhea Miller Concert Series

Tuesday, February 12, 7:30 p.m. Rhea Miller Recital Hall

Music Majors in Recital:

Friday, February 1, 3:15 p.m. Founders Hall

Fridays at Founders Carl Angelo, OrganTuesday, February 19, 7:30 p.m. St. John’s Episcopal Church, Saginaw

Artist in Piano and Organ Recital

A Concert of Chamber and Solo Music

Emily Simmermacher, SopranoSunday, February 24, 4:00 p.m. Rhea Miller Recital Hall

Student Senior Recital

The French ConnectionWednesday, February 27, 7:30 p.m. Rhea Miller Recital Hall

Concert Choir & Cardinal Singers Concert

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