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10am, Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center
It's time to pick up that Macalester gear you've had your eye on for some time.
For Three Days Only:
November 23 & 24 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
and
November 25 - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Make a Difference! Join the JET Programme
9am, Online
Sponsored by the Japaneese Government, the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Program offers you the opportunity to engag in intercultural exchange through language teaching in the Japanese public education system or by working in a local Japanese government office.
Benefits
Application Deadline
November 24, 2009
Questions?
See the JET FAQ: www.chicago.us.emb-japan.go.jp/jic/jetfaq.html
The JET website: www.jetprogramme.org
10am, Highlander Store, Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center
It's time to pick up that Macalester gear you've had your eye on for some time.
For Three Days Only:
November 23 & 24 - 10:00 am to 6:00 pm
and
November 25 - 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Amy Whitaker to speak about her new book, Museum Legs
5pm, Art Gallery, Humanities Building
The Tuesday before Thanksgiving, please join Amy Whitaker as she talks about "Lifelong Creativity" in conjunction with her new book, Museum Legs: Fatigue and Hope in the Face of Art.
Museum Legs is a collection of essays that places art museums at the intersection of creativity and public life. It is a funny and engaging look at the history and politics of museums, in a way that invites people to think differently about art and creativity in their own lives.
amy.whitaker@gmail.com - 917.476.7399 - www.museumlegs.com
Application Deadline for Unpacking Privilege: Social Justice Leadership Retreat
Location TBA
Thursday, January 21, 9 AM - 9 PM – Friday, January 22, 9 AM - 5 PM
Co-sponsored by the Lealtad-Suzuki Center, Department of Campus Life, and the Student Affairs Office
This retreat is an opportunity for Macalester students to engage in both a personal and collective experience focused on exploring their own social identities and areas of privilege. The retreat is designed to be reflective, interactive, supportive and provocative, with opportunities to connect and have fun with other students. Participants will build relationships and learn to become better change agents against oppression.
Meals and transportation will be provided.
Because of space limitations of 40 participants, interested students must complete an online application here.
by Nov. 25 for consideration. Students will be notified of acceptance by Dec. 4th. Questions can be directed to Karla Benson Rutten, Keith Edwards, Laura Klunder, Alina Wong or Lisa Landreman.
Media Services Hours: 8:00am - 4:30pm
Humanities Building
Walk to End Hunger at the Mall of America
7am, Mall of America, Bloomington, Minn.
Join Macalester alumni and students to raise awareness and funds in order to end hunger in the nine-county metro area of Minnesota by 2013. Meet at the Bloomingdale’s Court at 7 a.m. and we’ll head down to the Best Buy Rotunda together. Wear Macalester merchandise if you have it, or sport some blue and orange. The Walk to End Hunger is also seeking thousands of non-perishable food items for hunger relief organizations in the Twin Cities, so bring as many as you can carry!
Registration is $25 per individual, $15 with a valid student ID before Tuesday, Nov. 24, or $30 per individual, $20 with student ID after Nov. 24. Register here and then join our team by clicking "join an existing team" and selecting Macalester from the team list. If you can’t make the event, but you’d still like to help the team by supporting the cause you can make a contribution online here. Email Erin Howlett '04 for further information.
Media Services Hours: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Humanities Building
9:45am, Lounge, Weyerhaeuser Hall
11am, Second Floor Atrium, Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center
Wondering what to do after you graduate? Looking for engaging and fulfilling opportunities?
Come to the Full-Time Service Fair to speak with representatives from organizations including Teach for America, Breakthrough St Paul, Minnesota Reading Corps, and Peace Corps.
Allies Project Training for New Allies
3pm, Olin-Rice Science Center 370
Participation in the Allies Project gives faculty, staff, and students the opportunity to demonstrate their commitment to creating a safe environment and inclusive community for all people regardless of sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, national origin, gender, religion, age, or ability. For questions or to register, please contact Alina Wong in the Lealtad-Suzuki Center (651-696-6652 or awong3@macalester.edu).
12pm, Lower Level, Kagin Commons
"Soup & Substance" is a monthly lunch series that brings students, staff and faculty together to engage in conversational dialogue. Soup is provided, and participants engage in conversations about various topics with panelists who represent diverse cultural backgrounds. This month's theme focuses on gender identity and expression in queer communities. For more information about "Soup & Substance" and other Lealtad-Suzuki Center programs, visit our website at www.macalester.edu/lealtad-suzuki.
7pm, John B. Davis Lecture Hall, Ruth Stricker Dayton Campus Center
Is access to clean drinking water a basic human right or a commodity that should be bought and sold like any other article of commerce? Stephanie Soechtig’s debut feature is an unflinching examination of the big business of bottled water.
From the producers of “Who Killed the Electric Car” and “I.O.U.S.A.," this timely documentary is a behind-the-scenes look into the unregulated and unseen world of an industry that aims to privatize and sell back the one resource that ought never to become a commodity: our water.
From the plastic production to the ocean in which so many of these bottles end up, this inspiring documentary trails the path of the bottled water industry and the communities which were the unwitting chips on the table. A powerful portrait of the lives affected by the bottled water industry, this revelatory film features those caught at the intersection of big business and the public’s right to water.
Director and producer Stephanie Soechtig and line producer Sarah Olson will lead a discussion after the film screening.
Concert Hall, Music Building
The Macalester Orchestra, directed by Cary John Franklin, performs its annual winter concert featuring Saint-Saens' Dance Bacchanale from Samson and Dalila, and Rimsky Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol.
Mill City Museum
Program Board presents the Winter Ball 2009! There will be a live funk band to start off the evening, followed by a DJ to continue the dancing. Desserts and beverages will be available, as will museum tours. Transportation is provided. A photographer will be on the scene to document your fun. Tickets are on sale at the Info Desk for $5 through November 30th.
7:30pm, Concert Hall, Music Building
Directed by Carleton Macy, the early music ensemble performs its annual winter concert.
Decemeber Tutor Training: Meet the Chair of SPPS Board of Education!
12pm, 201 (second floor conference room), Markim Hall
For December's Tutor Training we will be welcoming the Chair of Saint Paul Public Schools Board of Education. Kazoua Kong-Thao will be speaking about her overall experience with the School Board (how she became involved, what has kept her around and what she hopes to work on in the future with SPPS). Additionally, she will share what it is like to be a school board member, the challenges and the rewards.
As always this will be an informal event with lunch provided. Please let me know if you have any food needs when you RSVP to hvanders@macalester.edu.
7:30pm, Main Stage Theatre, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center & Gallery
Ten faculty, guest, and student choreographers probe the many faces of madness in Macalester College’s fall dance concert at the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center. For ticket information, call 651-696-6359.
8pm, Concert Hall, Music Building
Directed by Joan Griffith, the big band performs its annual winter concert.
Macalester African Music Ensemble Concert
Concert Hall, Music Building
Directed by Sowah Mensah, the ensemble performs its annual winter concert.
Please note: The concert is free but tickets are required. They will be available beginning at 5:30 the day of the performance.
7:30pm, Main Stage Theatre, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center & Gallery
Ten faculty, guest, and student choreographers probe the many faces of madness in Macalester College’s fall dance concert at the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center. For ticket information, call 651-696-6359.
2pm, Main Stage Theatre, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center & Gallery
Ten faculty, guest, and student choreographers probe the many faces of madness in Macalester College’s fall dance concert at the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center. For ticket information, call 651-696-6359.
Faculty and Staff Holiday Luncheon
11:30am, Alexander G. Hill Ballroom, Kagin Commons
A heavy hors d'oeuvres buffet of international cuisine will be served reception style to celebrate the holidays.
12pm, Residence Halls
Residence Halls will close at Noon for Winter Break.
Residence Halls Open for Semester II
9am, Residence Halls
Residence Halls Reopen for Semester II at 9 a.m.
Chopin Society: Pianist Jeremy Denk
3pm, Concert Hall, Music Building
The much talked-about American pianist and music blogger brings steely intensity and bold insight to a contrasting mix of repertoire.
12pm, Lower Level, Kagin Commons
"Soup & Substance" is a monthly lunch series that brings students, staff and faculty together to engage in conversational dialogue. Soup is provided, and participants engage in conversations about various topics with panelists who represent diverse cultural backgrounds. This month's theme focuses on gender identity and expression across the Black diaspora. For more information about "Soup & Substance" and other Lealtad-Suzuki Center programs, visit our website at www.macalester.edu/lealtad-suzuki.
8pm, Macalester College Chapel
Social Entrepreneurship in an Age of Urgent Threats
Paul C. Light is Paulette Goddard Professor of Public Service at New York University's Wagner School of Public Service. Before joining NYU, he was vice president and director of governmental studies at the Brookings Institution, and founding director of its Center for Public Service. He has held teaching posts at the University of Virginia, University of Minnesota, and Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government. He was also senior adviser to the U.S. Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, and director of the public policy grant program at the Pew Charitable Trusts. He is the author of 21 books, most recently A Government Ill Executed: The Decline of the Federal Service and How to Reverse It (Harvard University Press, 2008) and The Search for Social Entrepreneurship (Brookings Institution Press, 2008).
6pm, Alexander G. Hill Ballroom, Kagin Commons
"Challenging Racial Inequality in Our Schools"
As a leading urban sociologist, Noguera examines how schools are influenced by social and economic conditions in the urban environment. What are the challenges they face in providing safe, academically rewarding environments? What is the state of race relations, racial inequality? What is the role of diversity? What is the impact of violence, parents, and school vouchers?
Pedro Noguera is one of America's most important voices for healthy public education. An expert on school reform, diversity, and the achievement gap, he is a currently a professor at the Steinhardt School of Education at New York University and Director of the Metropolitan Center for Urban Education. He is also a part-time high school teacher, the author of several groundbreaking texts, a regular guest on CNN, and a dynamic speaker who translates social theory into concise, hip language with emotional impact and intellectual rigor.
ACTC English Majors’ Conference, University of St. Thomas
University of St. Thomas
Chopin Society: Pianist Benjamin Grosvenor
3pm, Concert Hall, Music Building
Four years after his sensational Minnesota debut, the 17-year old English pianist returns to savor the jazz-inspired elements of Kapustin, the shimmering magic of Ravel, and the poetic power of Chopin.
12pm, Lower Level, Kagin Commons
"Soup & Substance" is a monthly lunch series that brings students, staff and faculty together to engage in conversational dialogue. Soup is provided, and participants engage in conversations about various topics with panelists who represent diverse cultural backgrounds. This month's theme focuses on gender identity and expression in the lives of women. For more information about "Soup & Substance" and other Lealtad-Suzuki Center programs, visit our website at www.macalester.edu/lealtad-suzuki.
An Evening of Jazz with Geri Allen
8pm, Concert Hall, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center & Gallery
The Macalester Concert Choir and the Mac Jazz Big Band collaborate in a joint concert with the internationally known and award-winning jazz pianist, composer and arranger, Geri Allen. Allen will conduct several master classes and rehearsals; culminating in a final performance with both the choir and jazz band. Standard jazz charts, music of Geri Allen, and an excerpt from Mary Lou Williams' Mary Lou's Mass will be performed.
12pm, Lower Level, Kagin Commons
"Soup & Substance" is a monthly lunch series that brings students, staff and faculty together to engage in conversational dialogue. Soup is provided, and participants engage in conversations about various topics with panelists who represent diverse cultural backgrounds. This month's theme focuses on gender identity and expression across the Asian diaspora. For more information about "Soup & Substance" and other Lealtad-Suzuki Center programs, visit our website at www.macalester.edu/lealtad-suzuki.
Songs of Love, Hope, and Faith 
featuring Igor Stravinsky's Symphony of Psalms
8pm, Concert Hall, Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center & Gallery
The Macalester Combined Choirs unite with the Festival Chorale (faculty, staff and community members) to sing Stravinsky's hauntingly impassioned Symphony of Psalms, featuring pianists Mark Mazullo, chair of the Music Department and professor, and piano proficiency coordinator Claudia Chen. In addition, the Macalester Concert Choir will perform selections by Brahms, Matthew Harris, a new composition by professor Carleton Macy, and Antonio Vivaldi's Magnificat with soprano soloist Rabihah Davis. All faculty, staff and community members interested in singing in this performance should contact Eugene Rogers at 651-696-6804 or erogers2@macalester.edu.
Chopin Society: Pianist Janina Fialkowska
3pm, Concert Hall, Music Building
With perfect fusion of technique and soul, one of Canada's best-loved pianists offers a richly diverse all-Chopin program to honor the composer in his 200th birthday year.
Harambee! A Celebration of Multicultural Moments
4:30pm, Alexander G. Hill Ballroom, Kagin Commons
The word, 'harambee,' means 'working together' in Swahili. The Department of Multicultural Life invites the Macalester community to our annual special event to recognize the contributions of students, staff, and faculty toward the work of multicultural life on campus. Program and award presentations will start promptly at 5 p.m.
12pm, Residence Halls
Residence Halls close at Noon to all non-graduating Seniors as well as students who are not performing/working/volunteering for graduation. All students (not listed in the previous categories) must check-out of their residence halls by noon or 24-hours after their last final...whichever comes first. Make travel plans early!
12pm, Residence Halls
Residence Halls, Apartments, and Houses close at Noon to all remaining students staying for Senior Week and Graduation. Make your travel plans early!
