Events for September 2012
Monday, September 17, 2012
Constitution Day: A Reading of the U.S. Constitution
11:00am - 1:00pm
University of La Verne's Debate Team will read the Constitution of the United States (and Amendments) in a celebration of the day. All are welcome to participate!
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Professor David Werner for more information (dwerner@laverne.edu, or ext. 4355)
Faculty Lecture Series
12:00pm - 1:00pm
CASE RESEARCH WRITING AND TEACHING, by Issam Ghazzawi
All are welcome!
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Honors Lecture: Julius E. Coles speaking on "Globalization versus the American Student"
4:00pm - 5:30pm
The Honors Program presents Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Julius E. Coles to talk about "Globalization versus the American Student." Mr. Coles is the Director of the Office of
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Global Education and the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs. Previously, Mr. Coles was a senior official with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and President of Africare.
The lecture is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences.
For more information, please contact Professor Jon Leaver (jleaver @laverne.edu, or ext. 4845)
Additional information about Mr. Coles can be found here:
Thursday, September 20, 2012
La Verne Debate Team Tournament
All Day
University of La Verne's Debate Team is sending four teams and two student judges to the 50th Anniversary Air Force Academy Debate Tournament.
Hot Spots! presents Julius E. Coles speaking on "Africa in the 21st Century"
11:30am - 1:00pm
Hot Spots! presents Woodrow Wilson Fellow, Julius E. Coles, who will be talking about "Africa in the 21st Century." Mr. Coles is the Director of the Office of Global
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Education and the Andrew Young Center for International Affairs. Previously, Mr. Coles was a senior official with the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) and President of Africare.
The lecture is sponsored by the International Studies Institute.
For more information, please contact Professor Ken Marcus (kmarcus@laverne.edu, or ext. 4283)
Additional information about Mr. Coles can be found here:
Friday, September 21, 2012
La Verne Debate Team Tournament
All Day
University of La Verne's Debate Team is sending four teams and two student judges to the 50th Anniversary Air Force Academy Debate Tournament.
Saturday, September 22, 2012
La Verne Debate Team Tournament
All Day
University of La Verne's Debate Team is sending four teams and two student judges to the 50th Anniversary Air Force Academy Debate Tournament.
Sunday, September 23, 2012
La Verne Debate Team Tournament
All Day
University of La Verne's Debate Team is sending four teams and two student judges to the 50th Anniversary Air Force Academy Debate Tournament.
Monday, September 24, 2012
La Verne Debate Team Tournament
All Day
University of La Verne's Debate Team is sending four teams and two student judges to the 50th Anniversary Air Force Academy Debate Tournament.
Faculty Lecture Series
12:00pm - 1:00pm
PRESERVICE TEACHER DISPOSITIONS TO USING SOCIAL JUSTICE LITERATURE IN REMOTE SUBURBAN AND METROPOLITAN TEACHING EDUCATION PROGRAMS, by Marga Madhuri
All are welcome!
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Photographer Joseph Rodriguez to speak on HOMEGROWN
8:00pm - 9:30pm
Photographer Joseph Rodriguez will present a slide show and lecture on his work in the Ann & Steve Morgan Auditorium, at 8 pm.
Following the slide show, there will be a
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panel discussion with Dr. Sharon Davis (Sociology), Dr. Richard Rose (Religion), and Mr. David Werner (English).
The exhibit, HOMEGROWN, can be viewed in the Irene Carlson Gallery of Photography until October 12, 2012.
Thursday, September 27, 2012
Lunch Poems @ La Verne presents Luivette Resto & Chiwan Choi
12:00pm - 1:00pm
As part of this year's OneBook, OneUniversity program, the Writing Program, Department of Modern Languages and Wilson Library present a poetry reading featuring Tia Chucha Press
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Poets: Luivette Resto and Chiwan Choi.
Luivette Resto was born in Aguas Buenas, Puerto Rico but proudly raised in the Bronx. Her first book of poetry "Unfinished Portrait" was published in 2008 by Tia Chucha Press and later named a finalist for the 2009 Paterson Poetry Prize. She will be reading from her latest collection, Ascencion, which will be available in April 2013 courtesy of Tia Chucha Press.
Chiwan Choi is a writer, editor, teacher, and publisher. His poems and essays have appeared in numerous journals and magazines, including ONTHEBUS, Esquire (online), and "circa". Chiwan’s first major collection of poetry, "The Flood", was published by Tía Chucha Press in April, 2010.
Tia Tia Chucha's Centro Cultural is a not-for-profit cultural arts center and bookstore. We support and promote the continued growth, development and holistic learning of our community through the many powerful means of the arts. The Centro provides a positive space for people to activate what we all share as human beings: The capacity to create, to imagine and to express ourselves in an effort to improve the quality of life for our community. For more info visit:
For more information about the poetry reading, please contact Jolivette Mecenas at jmecenas@laverne.edu, or ext. 4710