Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA
CONTACT
: Lisa
Metcalf
561-297-3022,
lmetcalf@fau.edu
FAU Calendar of Events for the Week of March 21, 2011
BOCA RATON, FL (March 21, 2011) –
Florida
Atlantic University will host the following events:
FAU’s Harriet L. Wilkes
Honors College to Host Open House
The open house will take place on
Saturday, March 26, from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.,
at
FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside
Drive, Jupiter.
For directions, more information
or to R.S.V.P., contact the admissions office at 561-799-8646 or
1-800-920-8705, or visit
www.honorscollege.edu
.
Prospective students and their families
are invited to visit the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College and
learn more about its four-year residential program in liberal
arts and science. Registration begins at 12:30 p.m., and light
refreshments will be served. A panel presentation,
including current faculty, staff and students, starts at 1
p.m., with information sessions on academic programs,
admissions, financial aid, housing and student life. Campus
tours will be offered.
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FAU’s Department of Music Presents the Florida Wind
Symphony Chamber Players Performing ‘The Gran
Partita’
The concert
takes place on
Saturday, April 2, at 7:30 p.m., at the
Mizner Park Cultural Arts Center, Plaza Real, in Boca
Raton. The concert is free, with a donation suggested.
For more information, call 561-297-3820.
Kyle Prescott conducts this concert, as the ensemble
performs Mozart’s masterwork for 13 winds.
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FAU’s Department of Sociology Presents the Film
‘The Elephant Man’
The film will be shown on
Tuesday, April 5, at 7:30 p.m., in the
Performing Arts Building, room 101, 777 Glades Road,
Boca Raton campus. Admission is free. For more
information, call 561-297-3270.
“The Elephant Man” is a film about a deformed
19
th century Londoner. This movie is a part of the
Sociocinema Thinking Film Series, which runs through Tuesday,
April 12.
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FAU’s Department of Languages, Linguistics and
Comparative Literature Presents the French Film, ‘The
Silence of Lorna’
The film
will be shown on
Wednesday, April 6, from 6 to 9 p.m., in
the Performing Arts Building, room 101, 777 Glades
Road, Boca Raton campus. Admission is free. For more
information, call 561-297-2533.
“The Silence of Lorna” is a film about an Albanian immigrant who is struggling to improve her life.
-FAU-
About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University, established in 1961, officially opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. In commemoration of its origin, FAU is celebrating its 50th anniversary throughout 2011. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. FAU’s world-class teaching and research faculty serves students through 10 colleges: the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts & Letters, the College of Business, the College for Design and Social Inquiry, the College of Education, the College of Engineering & Computer Science, the Graduate College, the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, the Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine, the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing and the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science. FAU is ranked as a High Research Activity institution by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
