Media Relations
Press Release:
MEDIA CONTACT: Lisa Metcalf
561-297-3022, lfreed@fau.edu
FAU Calendar of Events for October
4, 2010
BOCA RATON, FL (October 4, 2010) – Florida Atlantic University will host the following events:
FAU’s Department of Music Presents the FAU Wind
Ensemble with Serious Repercussions
The free event (donations suggested) will take place on
Sunday, October 17 at 3 p.m. in
the University Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton
campus, 777 Glades Road and on
Tuesday, October 19 at 8 p.m. in the
Eissey Theater on the Palm Beach College Campus at 3160
PGA Boulevard, West Palm Beach.
This 55 person ensemble will present a big, bold and brassy
band blockbuster that features powerful percussion. H.Owen
Reed’s dramatic “La Fiesta Mexicana,” and
Michael Daugherty’s requiem for Superman, the “Red
Cape Tango,” show-off the passion and precision of the
modern wind band. For more information, call 561-297-3820.
Today & Beyond Wellness to Host 24th Annual Wellness
Expo
The free event will take place on
Wednesday October 20 from 10 a.m. to 2
p.m. in the
Recreation and Fitness Center on FAU’s Boca Raton
campus, 777 Glades Road.
More than 50 exhibitors will provide information, free
massages, acupuncture demonstrations, spinal screenings, body fat
assessment, free HIV testing, smoking cessation, as well as
breast cancer, dermatology, diabetes, sickle cell and
environmental information. For more information, contact Today
& Beyond Wellness at 561-297-1048.
FAU’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College Hosts a
Special Open House for International Baccalaureate or Advanced
International Certificate in Education Students
This special open house will take place on
Saturday, October 23 from 12:30 to 4:30 p.m.
at
FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus, 5353 Parkside
Drive, Jupiter.
International baccalaureate and advanced international
certificate in education students and their families are invited
to visit the 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. 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.
FAU’s Department of Music Presents FAU Piano
Faculty in Concert
The free event (donations suggested) will take place on
Saturday, October 23 at 7:30 p.m. in the
University Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton campus,
777 Glades Road.
The program includes performances by world-renowned
pianists Judith Burganger, Heather Coltman, Irena Kofman,
Krisztina Kover, Anne Louise-Turgeon, David Rossow, Leonid Treer
and Edward Turgeon. For more information, call
561-297-2830.
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About Florida Atlantic University:
Florida Atlantic University opened its doors in 1964 as the fifth public university in Florida. Today, the University serves more than 28,000 undergraduate and graduate students on seven campuses and sites. Building on its rich tradition as a teaching university, with a world-class faculty, FAU hosts 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. For more information, visit www.fau.edu.
