WARD RESIDENCE HALL

LIVING & LEARNING COMMUNITY

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

First Year Orientation Schedule starting Tuesday, August 21st

College-wide Thomas P. Johnson Visiting Scholar Schedule (tentative)

     

The Gunter Family          

Fall 2007 Schedule

Date             Event                                                                                                       Location                                                Time           

Aug. 21-26        RCC-wide Events                                                                                                              College-wide                                                           NA            

 

Sept. 3             Evening Labor Day Picnic                                                                                                     Lawn outside Ward                                                 5 pm

Sept. 11           Frontline Film/Terrorism Discussion: The Road to 9/11                                                         1st Floor Ward Lobby                                              9 pm       

-- PBS description:  The roots of Mideast terror. Featured: a history of the region and its reformation after World War I; a study of social strata and economic plights; a look at fanaticism.  Also: insight from highly recognized scholars and journalists.

Sept. 13           Trash Talk & Coastal Cleanup Discussion

                        Guest Speaker Dr. Fiona Harper, Biology                                                                                1st Floor Ward Lobby                                             7 pm   

Sept. 15           International Coastal Cleanup Day: Saturday Canaveral National Seashore Trip                     Meet at Alfond Sports Center Parking Lot                8 am to 2 pm                                  

Sept. 26           Panel Discussion: Language, Migration, Integration/Assimilation                                             4th Floor Ward Lobby                                              7:30 pm

                        Participants: Gabriel Barreneche, Rachel Newcomb, Petra Renner (German Consulate Miami), Anca Voicu, Li Wei

Sept. 27          Global Peace Film Festival: Films that Make a Difference Panel w/Emily Killian, Moderator     4th Floor Ward Lobby                                             4 pm                  

                        Panelists:
                        1) Erik Sirotkin, producer of Commiting Poetry in Time of War        2) Michael Arth, Director of New Urban Cowboy
                        3) Eileen Foti, Co-producer, A Ripple in the Water                            4) Kelly DeVine, GPFF artistic director

 

Oct. 8               Abraham Lincoln's Nightmarish American Dream                                                             1st Floor Ward Lobby                                              5 pm

                         Dr. Gary Williams, History Dept. - The Jack Lane Colloquium

Oct. 22            American Banjo Music Q & A with Jeff Scroggins & Robert Fisher                  

                        Hosted by Dr. Thom Moore, Physics                                                                                     1st Floor Ward Lobby                                               1-2:30 pm

Oct. 22            Ward Open House Ice Cream Social at Dr. Gunter's Apartment                                         Ward Faculty Apartment                                            7 pm     

Oct. 23            Frontline Film & Discussion: Showdown with Iran                                                                   1st floor lobby                                                            10 pm

Oct. 30            Ward Halloween Costume Contest & Party                                                                           4th Floor Ward Lobby                                                8 pm        

 

Nov. 11           9-11 Conspiracy Documentary: Loose Change & Discussion                                                1st Floor Ward Lobby                                                  6:30 pm

Nov. 27           Frontline Film & Discussion: Spying on the Home Front                                                       1st Floor Ward Lobby                                                10 pm

Nov. 28            CNN YouTube Presidential Debates: The Republicans                                                            1st Floor Ward Lobby                                                 8 pm

 

Dec. 5              Strategies for Final Exams                                                                                                      1st Floor Ward Lobby                                                  6 pm

Dec. x              Movie Night: Holiday Cartoon Festival                                                                                   TBA                                                                            8 pm              

                             

 

Frontline Film: Return of the Taliban (2006)

 Nova Film: Dimming the Sun (Sept. 2007)

      

        

      

Dr. Michael M. Gunter, Jr.

Associate Professor

Director, International Relations Program

Political Science Department

       Rollins College           Box 2762 – 1000 Holt Ave. Winter Park, FL  32789 mgunter@rollins.edu

Office Hours:

Mon. 3:15 to 4:15

Tues. 10:45 to 12:15

Wed. 3:15 to 4:15

Thurs. 10:45 to 12:15

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407-646-2263