Friday, May 24, 2013
East Carolina University Events
East Carolina University Events
Friday 3/1/2013 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
A production of the Loessin Playhouse, "The Drowsy Chaperone" takes the stage Feb. 28-March 5 in the McGinnis Theatre.
Friday 3/1/2013 8:30 AM - 3:15 PM
Learn how community campus partnerships, new technologies and social media can be used to help reduce health disparities and increase access to care at the ninth annual Jean Mills Health Symposium on March 1.
Friday 3/1/2013 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
River North Dance Chicago hand jives and hustles through history in "Street Beat -- Dance Through the Decades," as part of the Family Fare Series.
Saturday 3/2/2013 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
A production of the Loessin Playhouse, "The Drowsy Chaperone" takes the stage Feb. 28-March 5 in the McGinnis Theatre.
Saturday 3/2/2013 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
ECU hosts the popular Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions Program through March 9. The program, now in its ninth year at ECU and co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Eastern North Carolina, will run for consecutive Saturdays through March 9. Sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in the Rivers West Building auditorium on the ECU campus.
Sunday 3/3/2013 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
A production of the Loessin Playhouse, "The Drowsy Chaperone" takes the stage Feb. 28-March 5 in the McGinnis Theatre.
Monday 3/4/2013 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
A production of the Loessin Playhouse, "The Drowsy Chaperone" takes the stage Feb. 28-March 5 in the McGinnis Theatre.
Monday 3/4/2013 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Journalist, author, and speaker Asra Nomani, who was born into a conservative Muslim family from India, will chronicle the struggle Muslim women face in reclaiming the rights women were granted at Islam's birth in the seventh century, which have since been erased by centuries of man-made rules and tribal traditions masquerad-ed as divine law.
Tuesday 3/5/2013 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Final opportunity to see the Loessin Playhouse production of "The Drowsy Chaperone" in the McGinnis Theatre. The show closes with this performance.
Tuesday 3/5/2013 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Dr. Amy-Jill Levine will present a lecture, "Strange Bedfellows: The Bible, American Politics, and Homosexuality," as part of the Voyages of Discovery Lecture Series. Levine is E. Rhodes and Leona B. Carpenter Professor of New Testament Studies at Vanderbilt University Divinity School.
Thursday 3/7/2013 8:30 AM - 4:00 PM
Participants will engage in discussions about ethical responsibilities of public universities, the value of public service to campuses and communities, the ethical dilemmas arising from public service, the rewards to all involved, and ethical responsibilities.
Saturday 3/9/2013 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
ECU hosts the popular Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions Program through March 9. The program, now in its ninth year at ECU and co-sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Eastern North Carolina, will run for consecutive Saturdays through March 9. Sessions will be held from 10 a.m. to noon in the Rivers West Building auditorium on the ECU campus.
Sunday 3/10/2013 - Sunday 3/17/2013
Monday 3/18/2013 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
Dr. John Kampen, the professor in the Dunn Chair of Biblical Interpretation at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio, will present the Perspectives in Religion and Culture Lecture -- "Unexpected and Unusual Wisdom in the Dead Sea Scrolls."
Monday 3/18/2013 2:30 PM - 6:00 PM
Architect Sam Rashkin presents "Residential Housing, Energy Issues and Codes that Will Impact Our Industry."
Tuesday 3/19/2013 - Tuesday 2/19/2013
The Ethnic Film Studies Series will screen "A Separation," an Iranian film in Persian with English subtitles. Mona Russell will introduce the film. Free and open to ECU faculty, staff and students.
Wednesday 3/20/2013 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
ECU will host a spring career fair on March 20 in Minges Coliseum; the education career fair will be in the Murphy Center.
Wednesday 3/20/2013 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
The Brody School of Medicine and ECU College of Nursing
present A Readers' Theater performance and discussion of the short story, "A Mistaken Charity," by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman and adapted for Readers’ Theater by Greg Watkins.
Thursday 3/21/2013 7:00 PM - 8:30 PM
Dr. Daniel K. Richter of the University of Pennsylvania will present the Thomas Harriot Lecture/Lawrence F. Brewster Lecture in History. He will speak on "The Tuscarora War: Trade, Land, and Power."
Thursday 3/21/2013 8:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Frank Vignola's stunning virtuosity made him the guitarist of choice for top musicians including Ringo Starr, Donald Fagen, Wynton Marsalis, the Boston Pops, the New York Pops and guitar legend Les Paul. This concert is part of the S. Rudolph Alexander Performing Arts Series.
Thursday 3/21/2013 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
The Southern Circuit Tour of Independent Filmmakers will screen "Free China: The Courage to Believe,” follows the story of Jennifer Zeng, a mother and former Communist Party member, and Dr. Charles Lee, a Chinese-American businessman, who were imprisoned and tortured for their practice of Falun Gong, a type of Taoist and Buddhist mediation. Filmmaker Michael Perlman will attend the free screening.
Sunday 3/24/2013 - Tuesday 3/26/2013
The 2013 NewMusic@ECU Festival presents "Insectaphobia or Bug Off!" by Salvatore Macchia, performed by the ECU Opera Theater, March 24-26.
Monday 3/25/2013 4:30 PM - 5:45 PM
In 1961, 1st Lt. Jack B. ReVelle - an Explosive Ordnance Disposal officer - led the de-arming and recovery of two thermonuclear (hydrogen) bombs that were accidently dropped over Faro, N.C. At the March 25 lecture, ReVelle will describe the eight days he and his 10-man team spent locating and recovering one of the two weapons which buried itself in a tobacco field and swamp.
The lecture is sponsored by the ECU College of Technology and Computer Science, the College of Business and the Office of Military Programs.
Monday 3/25/2013 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
The Medical History Interest Group presents the third lecture of the spring semester series. The free event is sponsored by Laupus Library History Collections and the Department of Bioethics and Interdisciplinary Studies in the Brody School of Medicine.
Monday 3/25/2013 6:00 PM - 8:30 PM
The Ethnic Film Series will screen "Smoke Signals," directed by Chris Eyre and screen-written by Sherman Alexie, who will visit ECU's campus March 26. The film will be introduced by Anna Froula.
Tuesday 3/26/2013
Native American writer Sherman Alexie will speak in Wright Auditorium March 26 as part of the Contemporary Writers Series on campus.
Tuesday 3/26/2013 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Amy Perko, Executive Director of the of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, will present "The Role of Leadership in Moving College Athletics Forward."
Thursday 3/28/2013 7:30 PM - 9:00 PM
World-renowned trumpeter Allen Vizzutti and the Army Ground Forces Band will perform in a free concert in Wright Auditorium.
