Vibrant Campus:
Spring Semester Highlighted by an Abundance
of On-Campus Events
January 14, 2008
With classes set to resume next week,
students will have ample opportunity to
take advantage of the many campus events and
activities, including theatre productions,
concerts, Division I athletics, films and
lectures. The fun starts immediately when
the men's basketball team takes on America
East rival Maine at 7:30 p.m. on January 23
at SEFCU Arena.
Some other highlights coming in 2008
include:
Feb. 2
Feb. 7 |
11th Annual Big
Purple Growl and
Ferocious Feast
5-7 p.m.
Featuring a pre-game party and feast and
men's and women's basketball games
against
Stony Brook. The women play at
4:30 p.m.;
the men at 7 p.m. in UAlbany's SEFCU Arena.
Martin
Luther King Jr. Black History Month
Luncheon, 12 p.m. Campus Center Ballroom
Featuring civil rights activist and writer
Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights
leader Medgar Evers. |
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Feb. 8 |
Plays in Process
7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center
Readings of new works to nurture and
encourage student playwrights |
Feb. 26
March 5
March 11 |
The men's lacrosse team takes on Siena Feb. 26 at John Fallon Field.
Men's
Lacrosse vs. Siena
2 p.m. at John Fallon Field
Dangerous Music Project - Clogs
7 p.m., Performing Arts Center
This Aussie-American alt-classical quartet,
which
composes and improvises using sounds,
textures
and influences from across the
musical spectrum, presents a demonstration.
Visiting Writers
Series Seminar & Reading
4:15 p.m. Seminar
8 p.m. Reading
Poet Marie Howe's newest collection is
The
Kingdom of Ordinary Time (2008);
Prize-winning
poet Campbell McGrath's latest
poetry collection is
Seven Notebooks (2008). |
March 13
March 21
April 3 |
Visiting Writers Series author Gregory Maguire visits
March 13.
Visiting Writers Series
7 p.m., Performing Arts Center
Reading/talk by the much acclaimed,
Albany-born Gregory Maguire, revisionist
fairy tale writer and UAlbany graduate, who
is best-known for Wicked: The Life and Times
of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995),
which was adapted as a Broadway musical in
2003.
Men's Lacrosse vs. Princeton
1 p.m., John Fallon Field
Capital Trio
7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center Pianist
Duncan Cumming, violinist
Hilary
Cumming
and cellist Solen Dikener comprise
this new
chamber ensemble in residence at
UAlbany. |
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April 5-6 |
Relay for Life
3:00 p.m., Collins Circle
Join the
Students of Albany Against Cancer in an
overnight benefit for the American
Cancer Society including multiple
activities/events. |
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April 18 |
Japanese Student
Association Japan Night
6:30-9:30 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom
Japanese tradition and culture with dancing,
singing, food and activities. |
April 27
May 2-18
May 17 |
Fountain Day, an annual rite of spring, is set for April 27 at the Main Fountain.
Fountain Day
Noon-4 p.m., Main Fountain
Share the spirit as the fountain is turned
on for the first time in 2008.
Master of Fine Arts Thesis
Exhibition
10 a.m.-5 p.m., University Art Museum
The Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
features work produced by candidates for the
University at Albany Art Department's
three-year, 60-credit-hour program of
intensive training and study in traditional
and contemporary
fine arts practices.
Graduate
Commencement
9-11 a.m., SEFCU Arena |
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May 18 |
Undergraduate
Commencement
10-11 a.m., Science Library Lawn University-wide degree-granting ceremony for
those receiving bachelor's, master's and
doctoral degrees and certificates of
advanced study. |
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