WARD LIVING & LEARNING COMMUNITY             

                                                   Fall 2008 Events                                                                          

Meet The Gunter Family    

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

Wed. Aug. 27              6:30 pm            Ward Faculty Apt.        Ward Open House Ice Cream Social

Mon., Sept. 1               5:30- 7:30 pm  Mary Jane Plaza           Labor Day Barbecue

Sun., Sept.7                 8:15 pm            Ward Faculty Apt.        Snacks & Sunday Night Football – Chicago at Indianapolis

Wed., Sept. 17             8:30 pm            Mills Lawn                   Global Peace Film Festival Playing for Change: Peace through Music

Fri., Sept. 19                2 pm                4th Floor Lobby         Private viewing of Day After Peace with Global Peace Film Festival

7 pm                Sandspur Field LLC Spirit Day : Rollins Tars Men's Soccer vs. Florida Southern

Fri., Sept. 26                5:30 pm            4^th Floor Lobby            Return to Paradise film viewing w/Drs. Bill Boles and Hoyt Edge

Mon., Sept. 29             7 pm                4^th Floor Lobby            Pizza & The Big Lebowski film viewing with Dr. Mario D’Amato

Thurs., Oct. 2               9 pm                1^st Floor Lobby            Vice-Presidential Debate from Washington University, St. Louis, MO

Mon., Oct. 6              5:30 pm            1^st Floor Lobby            Meet, Greet, and Eat: Appetizers with Diplomat Lari Martinez

Tues., Oct. 7                9 pm                1^st Floor Lobby            2^nd Presidential Debate from Belmont University, Nashville, TN

Tues. Oct. 14               7 pm                Bush Auditorium           TPJ Speaker Robert Lang,

“The New Metro Politics: How the Suburbs will Determine the Next Presidential Election”

9-11 pm/TBA  1^st Floor Lobby            Frontline: The Choice 2008 and discussion with Dr. Mike Gunter

  “A two-hour examination of the rich personal and political biographies of John McCain and Barack Obama that goes behind the headlines to discover how they arrived at this moment and what their very different candidacies say about America.” - PBS

Thurs., Oct. 16             7 pm                Bush Auditorium           Evening Talk: Global Connections - China 2019

Minxin Pei, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace

Myron L. Cohen, Professor of Anthropology, Columbia University

Kate Xiao Zhou, Political Scientist, University of Hawaii at Manoa

Sun., Oct. 19                6 pm                4^th Floor Lounge           Film showing The Bird Cage and discussion with Dr. Margaret McLaren

Tues., Oct. 21              9-11 pm/TBA  1^st Floor Lobby            Frontline: Heat and discussion with Dr. Mike Gunter

  “Facing rising pressures, big business is reshaping its approach to the environment. Producer Martin Smith investigates what some businesses are doing to fend off new regulations and how others are repositioning themselves to prosper in a radically changed world.” – PBS

Mon., Oct. 27              7 pm                4^th Floor Lobby            The Matrix Reloaded with Dr. Mario D’Amato

Tues., Oct. 28              TBA                 4^th Floor Lobby            Halloween Costume Contest w/gift certificate prizes

Fri., Oct. 31                 2 pm                1^st Floor Lobby            Harry Potter Halloween Brew-Ha-Ha

- includes film, costume contest, class pumpkin carving competition

Sat., Nov. 1                 10:30 am          Mills Lawn                   Halloween Howl

Tues., Nov. 4               7:30pm-12 am  Mills Lawn                   OCE hosts Popcorn and Politics

Mon., Nov. 10             7 pm                4^th Floor Lobby            Big Fish with Dr. Mario D’Amato

Tues. Nov.11               9-11 pm           1^st Floor Lobby            Frontline: TBA and discussion with Dr. Mike Gunter

Tues., Nov. 18            TBA                4th Floor Lobby (pending)        Telescope viewing with Dr. Elton Graugnard, Central Florida Night Sky

Wed. Nov. 19                6-8 pm           Cornell Fine Arts Museum        Happy Hour at the Cornell

Thurs., Nov. 20            6 pm                Mary Jane Plaza           Concert by DYKO with free refreshments

  One of Germany's busiest independent bands, DYKO is devoted to synthi-pop and new wave. It is inspired by bands/artists such as Kraftwerk, the Human League, David Bowie, Depeche Mode and Iggy Pop.

Thurs., Nov. 20                7 pm             Bush Auditorium            TPJ Scholar Dr. Mark Plotkin

                                Rainforest Conservation, Searching for New Jungle Medicines and The Importance of a Liberal Arts Education

Tues., Dec. 2                6 pm                1^st Floor Lobby            Strategies for Final Exams & Dinner hosted by your TJ’s Tutors

Dec. 4 & 5                   7 pm                 1st Floor Lobby          Culture, Power, & Society Student Presentations on History Engine Project

                                                                                                                            Come here how your fellow students are building on our understanding of the past!

Dec. 1-7                      TBA                 Ward Hall                    Dorm Door Decorating Contest w/gift certificate prizes     - Postponed                    

Tues., Dec. 2/3/4          8 pm/TBA        Mary Jane Plaza           Holiday Cartoon Film Festival - Postponed

Tentative SPRING 2009 EVENTS

xxx            Last Lecture Series

xxx            Alumni Career Path Chat Roundtable  

xxx            Friday Bach Festival/Tietke Hall Field Trip with pre-Performance Talk with Music Prof