Mark your calendars now!  Some cool events are in store for you...

 

FALL 2009 CONVOCATION!

MONDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2009 at 7:00 P.M.  

Starting out in Jones Auditorium...

JAWOLE WILLA JO ZOLLAR

Founder and Artistic Director of the URBAN BUSH WOMEN

Miss this one and you'll kick yourself later! An award-winning dancer and choreographer, Jawole Willa Jo Zollar is changing the world with dance. Her work as a choreographer aims to give a voice to people who have been disenfranchised. She is coming to Meredith to tell us how she sees her work as a catalyst for real social change.

 

This is who she is.	And this is what she does with the Urban Bush Women.

The Top Five Reasons to Go Hear Jawole Willa Jo Zollar:

   Number Five:      It will prove there is life after Cornhuskin'.

   Number Four:      It is free.

   Number Three:    Jawole Willa Jo Zollar is a very cool human being.

   Number Two:      It may make you think.

   Number One:      It just might change your life.

 

Got you curious yet? Check this out:

http://www.urbanbushwomen.org/home.html

http://www.urbanbushwomen.org/jz_bio.html

http://www.rinr.fsu.edu/summer2002/jawole.html

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WWKG9-yu-lo

 

DR. JOHN MECHAM

FACULTY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE

January 26, 2010, 7:00 P.M. - Jones Auditorium

Each year one Meredith faculty member is honored by the Faculty Development Committee and the Vice President for Academic Programs by being chosen to deliver the FACULTY DISTINGUISHED LECTURE. The speaker is chosen for the excellence of her/his scholarship or research, and it is always fascinating to hear these presentations. This year rumors have it that we are in for some surprises. So who is John Mecham?

 

 

RECEPTION TO FOLLOW IN JOHNSON HALL.

 

SPRING 2010 CONVOCATION

The Honorable Judge John E. Jones, III

March 23, 2010 - 7:00 p.m. -Jones Auditorium

RECEPTION TO FOLLOW IN JOHNSON HALL

One of the following will be our spring Convocation speaker. Is it:

A.		B.		C.

Well, actually, we're not going to tell you.

 

What we will say is that in 2006 Judge Jones was chosen by Time Magazine as one of America's "100 Most Influential People." His landmark decision in the Kitzmiller v. Dover case set a clear direction for the teaching of evolution in public schools. Was Darwin right? Can the teaching of Intelligent Design be a valid alternative? Judge Jones heard educators and scientists and reviewed the evidence. How did this Republican Federal Judge appointed by George H. W. Bush decide?

If you are interested in education, the law, biology, religion, and the big ideas of our time, you will want to be on Jones Auditorium to hear this Convocation. This talk comes appropriately at the close of the Darwin Bicentennial. Judge Jones has made what is likely the most important public decision on Darwin's evolutionary theory that will be made in this generation.

Want to learn more about Judge John E. Jones, III, Darwin, and the controversy?

Click on the pictures below.

 

 

 

These events are made possible by the Meredith College Convocation Committee. Speakers are chosen based on faculty and student input. We always welcome suggestions from the entire Meredith Community.

For further information, contact John Kincheloe at kincheloej@meredith.edu