In the
Art Galleries
Gallery hours are 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday, 11 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday.
For more information, call 973-655-5113.
University Gallery:
Through April 10: "On/Off & Over the Edge: Contemporary
Impressions in Printmaking." Curated by Catherine Bebout of Art and
Design. Reception: April 1, 4-7 p.m. Click here
for more information about the exhibition and related workshops.
May: B.F.A. Exhibition.
Gallery One:
Through March 26: "Global Images: International Travel Photography
by MSU Faculty and Staff."
April 12-May 8: An exhibition of Muslim culture.
Theater
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For more information about the following performances, call the Box Office
at 973-655-5112.
March 23: "An Afghan Woman," a one-woman performance by Bina Sharif. 1 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 177.
March 25-28 and March 31-April 3: "Working," a musical
by Stephen Schwartz and Nina Faso based on a book by Studs Terkel. Directed
by Susie Spidel. 8 p.m. March 25-27 and March 31-April 3; 2 p.m. March
28; and 1 p.m. April 2, L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre.
Music
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Additional programs may be scheduled and all are subject to change. Check
the events Web site for current
listings. For more information, call 973-655-7263.
Weekday Lunchtime Recitals. 1 p.m, McEachern Recital Hall.
March 24: Student Recital: Piano
March 29: International Piano Series. Lecture/Recital by Bruce
Brubaker (USA)
March 31: Student Recital: Woodwinds
April 7: Student Recital: Brass
April 14: Student Recital: Percussion
April 21: Student Recital: Strings
April 26: International Piano Series. Recital by Reynaldo Reyes
(The Philippines). 3 p.m. masterclass, open to the public
April 28: Student Recital: Chamber Music
Weekday Evening Recitals. 8 p.m. McEachern Recital Hall, unless
otherwise noted.
March 23: Orpheus Chamber Orchestra with bassist Edgar Meyer. Tickets:
$25; $20, senior citizens, non-MSU students; free to MSU students. Memorial
Auditorium
March 25: MSU Jazz Band and Vocal Ensemble. Memorial Auditorium
March 30: Senior Recital: Willie Favors, baritone
March 31: SAI/Sinfonia
April 2: MSU Choral Concert. Memorial Auditorium
April 6: San Jose Taiko. Tickets: $25; $20, senior citizens, non-MSU
students; free to MSU students. Memorial Auditorium
April 7: MSU Symphony Orchestra. Memorial Auditorium
April 13: Junior Recital: Ajia Sato, bass
April 14: Faculty Recital: Dimitri Korneev, piano
April 15: Junior Recital: Danielle Phillips, bassoon
April 16: Student Recital: Duane Kilgore, compositions
April 19: Graduate Recital: Guergan Tsenov, piano
April 21: Clarinet Night
April 23: Guitar Studio Concert
April 28: Graduate Recital: Andrea Butucariu, violin
April 29: MSU Symphonic Band and Wind Symphony. Memorial Auditorium
May 3: Graduate Recital: Suji Kim, cello
May 6: Graduate Recital: Katherine Bolcar, soprano
Weekend Concerts and Recitals. McEachern Recital Hall, unless
otherwise noted.
March 27: Faculty Recital: Jeff Kunkel. 3 p.m.
March 27: Sophomore Recital: Kathryn Clores, clarinet. 8 p.m.
March 28: Newband. Tickets: $15.
April 3: Recital: Mel Nascimento and Lauren Heber, French horns.
8 p.m.
April 18: Partch Concert and Open House, 3-4 p.m.; Open Studio, 4-6
p.m.
April 24: Senior Recital: Jennifer Weiss, flute. 8 p.m.
April 25: Opera Workshop. 2 p.m.
May 2: Graduate Recital: Suzette Jacobs, oboe. 3 p.m.
May 2: Graduate Recital: Deborah Abendschein, piano. 8 p.m.
May 9: Senior Recital: Carlo Cole, saxophone. 3 p.m.
May 9: Graduate Recital: Minesh Shah, trombone. 8 p.m.
April 23: Sicilian Folk Music Concert with Michela Musolino and
Wilson Montouri. 8 p.m., L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre. Free. Sponsored
by the Coccia Institute for Italian and Italian-American Studies.
Dance [back
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For information about dance events, call the Box Office at 973-655-5112
unless noted otherwise.
April 22-25: DanceWorks. Artistic direction by Lori Katterhenry
and Nancy Lushington. Headlining the performance will be famed choreographer
Alwin Nikolais' masterpiece, Tensile Involvement, a study in space, time
and motion. Also features faculty, alumni and students. 8 p.m. April 22-24;
and 2 p.m. April 25, Memorial Auditorium.
Lectures/Workshops [back
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Career Planning Workshops. Sponsored by Career Development. Registration
required. Call 973-655-5194.
• Introduction to SIGI+. Morehead Hall, Room 318.
April 12: 4-4:30 p.m.
• Your Career and the Net. Morehead Hall, Room 318.
April 5: 1:30-2:30 p.m.
Job Hunting Workshops. Sponsored by Career Development. Registration
required. Call 973-655-5194.
• Traditional Resume Preparation. Morehead Hall, Room
334 or Dickson Hall, Room 178. Call for room confirmation.
March 23: 10:30 a.m.-noon
March 30: 3-4:30 p.m.
April 7: 10-11:30 a.m.
April 12: 5:30-7 p.m.
April 22: 3:30-5 p.m.
May 3: 5-6:30 p.m.
• Electronic Resumes. Morehead Hall, Room 318.
April 13: 3:30-4:30 p.m.
• Effective Interviewing Skills. Morehead Hall, Room 334 or
Dickson Hall, Room 178. Call for room confirmation.
March 24: 10:30 a.m.-noon
March 29: 1-2:30 p.m.
April 8: 10-11:30 a.m.
April 19: 5-6:30 p.m.
April 20: 3-4:30 p.m.
May 5: 2:30-4 p.m.
Art Forum Lecture Series. 2:30-4:20 p.m., Calcia Hall, Room 135.
Sponsored by Art and Design.
March 25: Dianne Longley, printmaker
April 1: Marilyn Kushner, curator of Prints and Drawings, Brooklyn
Museum of Art
April 8: William Greaves, filmmaker
April 15: Andre Byrom, graphic designer
April 22: Michael Reese, new media sculptor
April 29: Christine Hill, installation artist
March 23: Matt Tomaso of the Center for Archaeological Studies will give a talk on the Feltville Project and antebellum thought. Sponsored by the Anthropology Club. 3 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 436.
March 24: Presidential Invited Faculty Address: "Wonder Woman or The Female Tragic Hero in English Renaissance Drama" by Naomi Liebler of English. 3 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. (Click here for the Q&A with Liebler in this issue.)
March 25: Panel Discussion: "What Can I do With a Women's Studies Major?" 6 p.m., Student Center, Room 419.
March 25: PharmFest. Exploring careers in the pharmaceutical industry. Day-long event includes a keynote speaker, workshops and a career expo. (Click here for more information.)
March 30: Tea and Talk: "The Unknown Land of Kyrgyzstan: the Business and Cultural Environment" by Jyldyz Aknazarova, visiting international scholar teaching in the Marketing Department. She is the vice rector and formerly the dean of the Department of Management and Business at Osh State University in Kyrgyzstan. 3:30 p.m., Global Education Center. To reserve a seat, call Wendy Gilbert-Simon at 973-655-4185.
March 31: Margaret and Herman Sokol Science Lecture featuring Rita Colwell, who is stepping down this month as director of the National Science Foundation to become chair of Canon U.S. Life Sciences, Inc. 8 p.m., Memorial Auditorium. (Click here for story.)
April 1: CSAM Seminar in Computer Science: "Computational Intelligence for Multiplex PCR and RT-PCR Microarray Data Classification and Quantification" by Dr.Marc Q. Ma, assistant professor, Department of Computer Science, New Jersey Institute of Technology. 4 p.m., Richardson Hall, Sokol Seminar Room. CSAM Seminar in Chemistry and Biochemistry will be held April 8 and Seminar in Earth and Environmental Studies on April 15.
April 8: Safer Spaces: Strengthening the MSU Safe Space Program. 1-2:15 p.m.: "Next Steps: Working to Understand Homophobia, Heterosexism and Transgender Issues" facilitated by Todd Smith; 2:30-3:45 p.m.: "From Darkness to Light: A Journey of the Coming Out Process" facilitated by Jhon Velasco; 4-5 p.m.: Safe Space training with Sally McWilliams and Marie Cascarano. Student Center, Ballroom A. For more information, call McWilliams at 973-655-5153 or Cascarano at 973-655-7397.
April 21: President Susan A. Cole's meeting with the campus community. 3 p.m.
April 22: Panel Discussion: "Deconstructing the Sopranos: Representation of Crime, Class and Culture." Sponsored by the Coccia Institute for Italian and Italian-American Studies, and Justice Studies. 8:30 a.m.-noon, Dickson Hall, Room 178.
Computer Training
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Register for the following computer training courses online
or call 973-655-5449. Please arrive five minutes prior to the start of
the session. A valid MSU identification card is required to register.
March 22: Introduction to MeetingMaker. 1-4 p.m., Partridge Hall,
Room 213.
March 22: File Management. 10-11 a.m., Dickson Hall, Room 182.
March 23: Faculty Forum: Information Technology and Library Services
for Adjunct Faculty. Noon-1 p.m., College Hall, Room 123.
March 29: Intermediate Access. 9 a.m.-noon, Dickson Hall, Room
182.
March 30: Faculty Forum: Using Blackboard to Enhance Teaching.
Noon-1 p.m., College Hall, Room 123.
On "Carpe
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"Carpe Diem," the television show produced by broadcasting students,
airs on Bergen Cablevision Mondays at 5 p.m.; on Montclair Channel 34
Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays at 11 p.m. and Saturdays, Tuesdays, Thursdays
and Sundays at 1 p.m.; on Comcast Channel 26 Tuesdays at 9 p.m.; on Morris
and Paterson Cablevision Wednesdays at 5:30 p.m.; on Oakland, Clifton
and Pompton Cablevision Thursdays at 3 p.m.; and Clifton Cable channel
77 Fridays at 5:30 p.m.
Week of March 22: "A Chronicle of Women's Bodies Over the
Century." Explores women's quest for beauty. Has the ideal become
easier to attain? An overview of fashions in bodies, how women have been
constricted by corsets, footbinding and girdles in the past, and are now
resorting to painful surgical procedures. Features Esmilda Abreu of the
Women's Center and Staff Psychologist Barbara Petrella. Produced and hosted
by Desiree Cannuci; directed by Janna DiBartolo.
Sports [back to top]
Only home games are listed. For a complete sports schedule, call Athletics
at 973-655-6787.
Baseball. Yogi Berra Stadium.
March 27: Rensselaer. 2 p.m.
March 28: Rensselaer. 1 p.m.
March 30: York (Pa.) 3 p.m.
April 1: Ramapo. 3 p.m.
April 3: Richard Stockton (DH). 11:30 a.m.
April 6: FDU-Florham. 3 p.m.
April 8: New Jersey City State. 3 p.m.
April 13: DeSales University. 3:30 p.m.
April 17: The College of New Jersey (DH). Noon.
April 27: Johns Hopkins. 7 p.m.
April 29: William Paterson. 3:30 p.m.
April 30: Kean. 3:30 p.m.
Softball. Softball Stadium.
March 25: Rensselaer. 4 p.m.
March 27: Ramapo. 1 p.m.
April 3: Richard Stockton. 1 p.m.
April 8: John Jay. 3 p.m.
April 15: Staten Island. 3:30 p.m.
April 20: Kean. 3:30 p.m.
April 22: Hunter. 5 p.m.
April 24: Rowan. 1 p.m.
Men's Lacrosse. Sprague Field.
March 24: SUNY-Farmingdale. 7 p.m.
March 31: Kean. 7 p.m.
April 17: CCNY. 2 p.m.
April 21: Kings Point. 7 p.m.
Women's Lacrosse. Sprague Field.
March 22: Wilkes. 4 p.m.
March 24: St. Thomas Aquinas (NY). 4 p.m.
March 27: St. Vincent. 1 p.m.
April 17: Kean. 1 p.m.
April 24: Rowan. 1 p.m.
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Board of Trustees meetings. 4:30 p.m.
April 8
June 17
July 22
University Senate meetings. 3-5 p.m., Student Center, Room 419.
March 31. Prior to the meeting, at 1 p.m., the Senate will hold an
open hearing to discuss the two-day scheduling pattern. All are invited
to attend.
April 28
AFT Local 1904 meetings. 3:30 p.m., Student Center, Room 419.
April 14
May 5
Film Festival: The Many Faces of the Muslim World. Sponsored by
the Global Education Center and Sprague Library. 7:30 p.m., Mallory Hall,
Room 155.
March 24: "Silences of the Palace." (Tunisia, 1994)
April 7: "The White Balloon." (Iran, 1995)
April 21: "Return to Khandahar." (Afghanistan, 2001)
School of the Arts Recruitment Days. Recruitment events for prospective
students. Life Hall. For more information, call Kathleen Reddington at
973-655-7346.
April 23: Dance Day. 8:30 a.m.-3 p.m.
Praxis Review Session. Ruth Zerwitz, counselor, Teacher Education
Advisory Center, will give an overview of the general test and test-taking
strategies. 5:30-8:30 p.m. Location to be announced. For more information,
call 973-655-7799.
March 24
May 19
March 23: "An Afghan Woman," a one-woman performance by Bina Sharif. 1-2:15 p.m., Dickson Hall, Room 177.
March 24: University Day. (Classes follow regular schedule.) Presidential
Invited Faculty Address: "Wonder Woman or The Female Tragic Hero
in English Renaissance Drama" by Naomi Liebler of English. 3 p.m.,
Memorial Auditorium. (Click here for the Q&A
with Liebler in this issue.)
March 25: PharmFest. Exploring careers in the pharmaceutical industry.
Day-long event includes a keynote speaker, workshops and a career expo.
March 29: MSU Foundation Annual Fund-Raising Dinner: "Celebrating 95 Years of Students First." 6-9 p.m., Student Center, Ballrooms. For more information, call Barbara Krusko at 973-655-7492. (Click here for story.)
March 30: Vendor Fair. 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Student Center Ballrooms. Sponsored by Procurement Services. For more information, call 973-655-4145.
April 1: Career Fair. Open to all students to meet more than 60 employers and learn about job opportunities.
April 8: Safer Spaces: Strengthening the MSU Safe Space Program 1-5 p.m., Student Center, Ballroom A.
April 5: Information Table. Distribution of materials for the March for Women's Lives. 4-6 p.m., Student Center, second floor lobby.
April 8: Alumni Happy Hour. 7-10 p.m. Location to be announced.
April 14: Student Employee Awards Reception. 4-5:30 p.m., Student Center, Dining Room. For more information, call Adam Mayer at 973-655-7245.
May 1: Alumni Weekend.
May 6: Alumni Superintendents Breakfast.
May 21: Commencement. 10:30 a.m., Continental Airlines Arena,
East Rutherford.
The Schools and Colleges will hold separate convocations:
May 14: School of the Arts
May 15: College of Humanities and Social Sciences
May 16: The Graduate School
May 17: College of Science and Mathematics
May 18: College of Education and Human Services
May 20: School of Business
Ongoing
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WAVES, a new women's student organization. Meets 4-5 p.m.
Mondays. Student Center, Room 420. New members welcome. For more
information, call Lila Kramer-Burghardt at 973-509-9657.
SPECTRUMS general meetings. 8 p.m. Mondays, Student Center, Room 411. For more information, call Francisco DeLaCruz at 973-655-4883.
ASSIST (Active Students Serving Society Together) Coffeehouse. 10 p.m.-1:30 a.m. April 1, April 22 and May 6, Student Center, Rathskeller.
VOX: Voices for Planned Parenthood. Meets 4 p.m. the first and third Monday of every month. Student Center, Room 420. Sponsored by the Women's Center. For more information, call Tanya Purdy at 201-933-4789.
"Light" Lunches. Fellowship and Prayer for Faculty and Staff. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Student Center, Room 423. For more information, call Kathleen Costello at 973-655-6853.
Guided Imagery for Stress Relief. 1 p.m. Tuesdays. Student Center, Room 417. Instructor: Esmilda Abreu, director of the Women's Center.
Alcoholics Anonymous. Meetings held 5:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Newman Catholic Center.
Cookies and Culture. A casual discussion group for international and American students to learn about each other's cultures. 3 p.m. Thursdays, Russ Hall, Kops Lounge, and 8 p.m. Tuesdays, Count Basie Hall, First Floor Lounge.
Conversations on Race, a multicultural discussion group. Meets
2-4 p.m. Wednesdays. Student Center, Room 420. For more information,
e-mail Debbi Paskill at acepaskill@aol.com.
Theatre-in-the-Raw. Fridays at noon. L. Howard Fox Studio Theatre. Free.
Mass. Sundays, 11 a.m., Russ Hall, Kops Lounge; 6:30 p.m., Newman Center, 894 Valley Road.
Yogi Berra Museum
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Admission to the Yogi Berra Museum and Learning Center is $6 for adults;
$4 for children and students. Programs are free with admission (unless
otherwise noted). Hours are Wednesday-Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. For information,
call 973-655-2378 or visit www.yogiberramuseum.org.
ON EXHIBIT: "Pride and Pinstripes: The New York Yankees'
100th Anniversary (1903-2003)." Artifacts, treasures and game-used
uniforms of the Yankees' greatest players from Babe Ruth to Derek Jeter.
EVENTS:
Reservations required for all programs and events. Call for more information
and fees.
March 23: "The Life and Legacy of Althea Gibson." Former
professional tennis player Leslie Allen presents an interactive school
program on the legendary women's sports pioneer. 10 a.m.-noon. Cost: $10.
April 9, 16, 23, 30: Baseball Discovery Workshops. Interactive
programs developed in conjunction with Athletics and the College of Science
and Mathematics, on baseball and mathematics/physics, and sports medicine;
for students grades 4-6. 9:30 a.m.-noon. Cost: $10.