Upcoming Events
Spring Break
March 5-March 11 (Campus offices closed Friday, March 9)
“FROM ONE SEED: a Journey from Farm, to Plate, to You”
Associate Professor of Associate Professor of Nutrition, Health and Human Performance Bill Landis
2012 Faculty Distinguished Lecture
Tuesday, March 13, 7 p.m.
Jones Auditorium
“Remembering Our Roots, Extending Our Reach”
The Inauguration of President Jo Allen, ’80
Thursday, March 22, 10 a.m.
Raleigh Memorial Auditorium
Meredith College will celebrate the inauguration of President Jo Allen, ’80, in March.
A highlight of this celebration will be the installation ceremony on Thursday, March 22, 2012, at 10 a.m. in Raleigh Memorial Auditorium. Faculty and staff are invited to join the celebration. Visit www.meredith.edu/inauguration for more information. To RSVP, email inauguration@meredith.edu.
Guest Concert: Chamber Music from East Carolina University, with Keiko Sekino, piano; Hye-Jin Kim, violin; Melissa Reardon, viola; and Raman Ramakrishnan, cello.
Thursday, March 15, 7:30 p.m.
Carswell Concert Hall
Program to include Schubert Piano Trio in Bb major and Fauré Piano Quartet in g minor
Faculty Recital: Tricia Strong: A Hopeless(ful) Romantic
Saturday, March 17, 7:30 p.m.
Carswell Concert Hall
Vocalist Tricia Strong will be joined by Ed Paolantonio, piano, Don Gladstone, bass, Bobby Cohen, drums, and Mike Minguez, woodwinds
“Hungry” by Lia Romeo
A production of Stillwater Theatre, Meredith’s professional theatre company in residence
March 22-24, 27-31 at 8 p.m.; March 25 & April 1 at 3 p.m.
Studio Theater, Jones Hall
Tickets $15 general, $10 students/seniors
Call ext. 8757 for reservations
“Standing There,” an exhibition by Chris Cassidy
Through March 25
Weems Art Gallery
9-5 p.m. Weekdays, 2-5 p.m. Weekends
Engaged with contemporary technology, Chris Cassidy creates with the intent to envision place while also envisioning the compromised devices of seeing place. The projects range from single-channel video work to more complicated works employing custom software and hardware. The exhibition includes an interactive composite video assembled from a collaborative project with participants from the Meredith College community.
“Visual Voices: The Language of Typography,”
Through March 25
Rotunda Gallery
9-5 p.m. Weekdays, 2-5 p.m. Weekends
An exhibition featuring the work of 14 Meredith art students and faculty member Dana Ezell Gay. The visual work within this group exhibition celebrates the formal visual properties of typography and how they influence & affect our perceptions; it explores the connections between form, content, and concept; and it offers the viewer both a unique view of the expressive nature of typography and of the many typographic systems at play.
The next issue of Campus Connections will be published March 20. Submit items for Upcoming Events to allenme@meredith.edu.
In this Issue:
Associate Professor Dan Fountain Helps Actor Blair Underwood Trace Family History
Former Facebook Executive Randi Zuckerberg Delivers 2012 Woman of Achievement Lecture
Bill Landis to Present Faculty Distinguished Lecture March 13
Critical Edition by Professor Brent Pitts of the "Estoire de l'Evangile" Published
How You Benefit from Meredith Gifts
Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
Upcoming Events
News Briefs
Have you presented research or attended a professional meeting recently? Has your department earned an award? Share news of these accomplishments and more with the Meredith community. Faculty and staff are invited to email items to Melyssa Allen, “Campus Connections” editor, at allenme@meredith.edu.