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November 3, 2009: General News

General News | Faculty/Staff News | Student News

Preview Screening of “Project Rebirth”

Please join us for a special preview screening of “Project Rebirth,” a film which chronicles the true stories of the resilience of the human spirit in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 World Trade Center disaster.

This preview screening is brought to our campus through special arrangement from filmmaker, James Whitaker.

Tuesday November 3, 2009
In the Moskovitz Theater
4th floor of the Patrick & Margaret DeNaples Center

30-minute screening and discussion at 11:45am-12:45pm

Questions: Meg Hambrose 570-941-4262 or hambrosem2@scranton.edu

As the President of Production for Imagine Entertainment, James Whitaker produced such hit films as The Changeling, Friday Night Lights, American Gangster, and 8 Mile. He will be on hand to both introduce his latest work and answer any questions after the screening. For more background information visit www.projectrebirth.org

University Players Present “Redwood Curtain”

The University of Scranton Players will be performing “Redwood Curtain “ by Lanford Wilson directed by Mary Catherine Burke on Nov6-8. Fridays and Saturdays @8 and Sundays @2. Tickets for Students,faculty, and staff are $5.PErformances are in the Royal Theatre which is located in the McDade Center for Literary and Performing Arts. For more information contact the players are players@gmail.com or 570.941.4318

University Players Auditions

The University of Scranton Players will be holding auditions on November 3rd from 7PM-10PM in the Royal theatre for “TheUnderpants “by Carl Sternham, adapted by Steve Martin and directed by Michael O'Steen and The Chairs by Eugene Ionesco under the directioplayers@gmail.comn of Bob E. Gasper. Scripts are on reserve in the library under players. Contact us at players@gmail.com

Multicultural Affairs Discussion

Please join The Office of Multicultural Affairs as we discuss the decreasing enrollment of men of color in colleges and universities across the nation. The event will be held in The DeNaples Center, Room 405 at 5pm. Faculty, staff, and students are urged to attend. For more information please contact Tashika Smith at smitht20@scranton.edu.

Civic Engagement Webinar

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to attend a webinar on colleges and universities as agents for civic engagement and democracy. The webinar is being presented by the Society for College and University Planning and will take place Tuesday, November 3 from 3:00 to 4:00 pm in the Provost's Conference Room in STT, Communications Wing, 5th floor. The following link provides details about the webinar.

http://www.scup.org/page/profdev/notravel/2009/democracy?utm_source=pubs&utm_medium=blast&utm_campaign=ccresppub

Human Trafficking Lecture November 7

Sr. Anne Munley, IHM, Ph.D. will deliver the fifth annual Alpha Sigma Nu Alumni Club lecture on “Understanding and Counteracting the Scourge of Human Trafficking” on Saturday, November 7, 2009, 5:00 PM in Pearn Auditorium (Room 228) Brennan Hall. Sr. Anne Munley is the President of Marywood University and co-author of a recent book on human trafficking.

Sometimes described as today’s human slave trade, human trafficking is reported to be the fastest growing criminal activity in the world. The majority of transnational victims are women and girls, with most trafficked into commercial sexual exploitation.

The lecture is free and open to the public.

For further information, contact Betsey Moylan, Secretary Alpha Sigma Nu Alumni Club, 941- 4000 or moylanm1@scranton.edu.

$10 Haircuts to Benefit the Leahy Center

The NOW Hair Studio is coming to the University of Scranton’s Long Center on Friday, November 13th from 12 to 3! Haircuts will be $10 and the proceeds will benefit the Leahy Community Health and Family Center. To make an appointment, please stop by our table on 2nd floor DeNaples between 11 and 2 on Tuesday, Wednesday, or Thursday, November 10-12th. Any questions, please contact Cara Brindley at brindleyc2@scranton.edu.

IEEE Meeting

Thursday, November 5
12:00 - 12:50 in Rm: STT 292
Free lunch at 11:45am
Hear from Chris Bauer, Director of Engineering, ABC TV Network
"TV's Future - Fiber Optics"
Campus-wide event - Everyone welcome

The Institute for Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) is a program that provides students with the opportunity not only to participate in a campus wide event in the form of an IEEE seminar series (presentations by distinguished scientists, community business leaders, as well as our alumni and various employers/prospective job companies), but also as a time and place to pursue the club agenda, professional development and networking.

TA/Talk Luncheon

The annual TA TALK/ Luncheon sponsored by the Dept. of World Languages and Cultures and funded by a University of Scranton Diversity Initiatives Grant will be Tues, Nov. 10, 11:30am in Brennan 509. Lunch and a great opportunity to learn about other cultures! The TA's from Bahrain, China, France, Japan and Mexico will share what makes their countries so special to them. This event is open to all University of Scranton, faculty, staff and students as well as
Scranton friends! Please join us! Reservations: knottj1@scranton.edu

Jazz Ensemble Concert with special guests

Sunday, November 8, 2009

The University of Scranton Houlihan McLean Center

The University of Scranton Jazz Band with special guests

Steve and Tony Fidyk, dynamic drumming duo

7:30 p.m. - concert start time

Admission is free and concert is open to the public

Additional educational event:

4:30 p.m. - open rehearsal and clinic for student drummers and their teachers, school groups welcome - pre-registration required - call 570-941-7624 (sponsored by Zildjian, Latin Percussion, and Drum Workshop)

Jazz drummer, author, and educator Steve Fidyk has toured and recorded with Maureen McGovern, New York Voices, Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer, The Capitol Bones, The Taylor/Fidyk Big Band (an ensemble he co-leads with Stan Kenton arranger Mark Taylor), and many others, and is the drummer with the Army Blues Jazz Ensemble from Washington D.C  As a co-leader, Fidyk’s discography includes: Big Kids (U.S. Roots), A Perfect Match (Write Groove), and Live at Blues Alley (OA2) and can be heard on over 50 recordings as a contributing artist. 

As an educator, Fidyk has authored: The Drum Set SMART Book, Inside the Big Band Drum Chart, Jazz Drum Set Independence 3/4, 4/4, and 5/4 Time Signatures, and an instructional DVD entitled Set Up and Play! He has also recorded over 75 jazz play-along volumes for the Hal Leonard Corporation and contributed drum transcriptions to "Drum Standards" and Peter Erskine’s "The Drum Perspective".  Fidyk is presently a member of the jazz faculty at Temple University in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He holds a Masters Degree in Jazz Studies from the University of Maryland and Bachelors in Music Education from Wilkes University.

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