NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS: Registration for On-Campus Short Term 2006 units and Fall 2006 courses opens Saturday, March 4th and closes Friday, March 10th at 4:00 pm. You should now begin planning your course selections and arrange to meet with your advisor. S/he must remove your "advisor hold" (there are holds for both Short Term and Fall) on the Garnet Gateway so that you may register when the registration period opens on the 4th. Students who wait until the end of registration week to contact their advisors risk missing the 4:00pm registration deadline on Friday, March 10th. The Schedules for Short Term 2006 and Fall 2006 are available on the Garnet Gateway and the tentative Winter 2007 semester course schedule is also available for planning purposes. Select the "course information" link on the log in page to view the schedules, or you may log into the Garnet Gateway and use the "course search" feature. Please visit our web page for information on registration, general education requirements, and using the Garnet Gateway. For assistance come to Libbey Forum during our regular office hours, M-F, 9-4.
The BATES UNITARIAN UNIVERSALISTS will be meeting again this Thursday at 6 pm in Canham House, room 4. All are warmly invited to attend.
LECTURE: What Are These Frozen Logs? Mothers Daughters and the Workings of Memory in the Gulag by Jehanne Gheith, professor of Slavic literatures at Duke University. Sponsored by the Department of German, Russian, and East Asian Languages, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Thursday at 7PM in Carnegie Room 204.
“Hear our Stories! Know our Names!” is coming to Bates! A drama performed entirely by homeless and formerly homeless Maine residents, “Hear our Stories! Know our Names!” is in its second season and will truly open your eyes to the reality of living in poverty. Come learn their stories. Admission is free, but donations will be accepted to benefit the Preble Street Resource Center and the Economic Justice Program. Brought to you by the Hunger and Homelessness Committee. Thursday at 7:30PM in Chase Hall Lounge
VILLAGE CLUB SERIES-DOMINIC GAUDIOUS, an amazing guitar and dijeridoo playing virtuoso will have you clapping for more. Thursday, Mar. 2, at 9pm in the Benjamin Mays Center (Silo)
COME MEET THE HARWARD CENTER! You are invited to a Dessert Discussion about student leadership and community involvement on March 6th, 2006 at 8:30pm at 97 Bardwell St. The Harward Center would like to hear from students about their ideas for increasing opportunities for student leadership at Bates and for what sorts of student opportunities the Harward Center should be providing. Please join David Scobey, Director of the Harward Center, and the Student Volunteer Fellows for some casual conversation and dessert. Please RSVP to Katie Seamon at kseamon@bates.edu by Thursday, March 3rd. Thanks!
Friday, March 3 - THE HOUR - THE BOBCAT DEN - He's back from break and even though Valentine's Day is already over, Todd Myers is ready to sing his heart out for you from 6:00-7:30 pm. This week's all-you-can-eat buffet special is chicken wings, available with cold beer on tap from 5:30-8:30 pm. See you at The Hour!
Friday, March 3- CONCERT: PIANIST FRANK GLAZER artist in residence. For more information call (207)786-6135. In the Olin Art Center Concert Hall at 8 pm
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AMANDLA'S ANNUAL UNITY CONFERENCE and Dinner will take place on Friday March 3rd and Saturday March 4th. The theme of this year’s conference is 'Building a Black Community'. Below is a summary for the events
Friday 3rd March
DOCUMENTARY SHOWING: The Untold Stories of Emmett Till - Filmmaker Keith Beauchamp will be here to show and talk about this influential documentary on the murder that many say sparked the beginning of the Civil Rights movement in the South. - 6:30pm Keck Classroom Pettengill G52
MEET THE NEIGHBOURS - Ice Cream social where we will meet various members of the Black Community in LA - 8:30pm Muskie Archives
Saturday 4th March
REGISTRATION - 1pm Perry Atrium
WORKSHOPS will run from 2pm - 6pm Keck Classroom, PGill
1) SURVIVING AT A WHITE TERTIARY INSTITUTION - 2pm - Issues to be addressed include social life, academics, finance, resources available and things that need to be done.
2) THE ROLE OF THE BLACK WOMAN - 3pm - Discussion on the various vital roles Black women play as leaders in the community. Will focus on the lives of legendary Black female leaders as role
models.
3) WHAT DOES SUCCESS MEAN TO ME? – 4pm - Find answers to questions like: what is success? Is black success different from white success? How do we measure success?
4) REMEMBERING OUR ROOTS - 5pm - Look at developmental issues that affect our ability to contribute politically, socially and economically. Opportunities we can get involved in and things that are already being done.
THE UNITY DINNER - Saturday March 4th - 6:30pm Muskie Archives - Featuring Soul Food and Somali Dishes
KEYNOTE ADDRESS by Professor Nathan McCall, author of 'Makes Me Wanna Holler: A Young Black Man in America'.
If you want to attend the dinner you MUST RSVP (lstbrice) - Feel free to invite family and friends from neighboring schools and communities to attend these events. For more information, please contact Lois St Brice (lstbrice) for a brochure.
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