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FAU Calendar of Events for the Week of
October 12, 2010
BOCA RATON, FL (October 11, 2010) Florida Atlantic University will host the following events:
Florida Atlantic University s Office of Undergraduate
Admissions to Host Open House
This free event will take place on
Saturday, October 16, from 9:30 a.m. to 1:15
p.m. at
FAU s Student Union, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton
campus.
Open House provides prospective students with in-depth
information about FAU s programs, admissions, campus housing,
financial aid and more. There will be a variety of faculty and
staff on-hand to highlight the features and benefits of an FAU
undergraduate education. A tour of the Boca Raton campus and
residence halls, as well as an opportunity to speak with a
faculty member or a representative from various academic areas,
and a chance to explore the wide range of academic programs,
student services, and student activities and organizations also
will be available. For more information, or to register online,
visit
www.fau.edu/admissions/OpenhouseResev.php
.
FAU Presents the Waves of Blue Inauguration Concert
Extravaganza
This event will take place on
Sunday, October 24, at 3 p.m. in the
Carole and Barry Kaye Auditorium on FAU s Boca Raton
campus, 777 Glades Road.
This concert extravaganza that kicks off a week of events
to celebrate the inauguration of FAU s sixth president, Dr. Mary
Jane Saunders, will include Gershwin s Rhapsody in Blue,
performed by FAU s Wind Ensemble and Heather Coltman, piano;
ethnic klezmer tunes performed by the Klezmer Company Orchestra;
a performance by the Duelling Divas, and much more. All proceeds
from the concert to benefit the President s Challenge Scholarship
Fund. Tickets are available by calling 800-564-9539 or at
www.fauevents.com.
FAU to Host Climate Change Research Symposium
The free symposium will take place
Tuesday, October 26, from 9 to 11:30 a.m., at
FAU s Student Union, Live Oak Pavilion, 777 Glades Road, Boca
Raton campus. Parking is available in Garage 1 and Lots 15 and
16.
From threats to marine organisms to water supply, ocean
acidification, storm surge and hurricanes, Florida is on the
front line of climate change impacts in the country. These
impacts, and our nation s current energy crisis, will continue to
require new and innovative research as well as creative
solutions. The Research Symposium on Climate Change will
highlight adaptation to climate change in South Florida,
detailing local, state and federal initiatives and current
climate change research activities by FAU faculty, students and
their colleagues. This symposium will include a breakfast,
poster display, keynote presentation, and panel discussion. RSVP
is required and detailed information is available at
www.fau.edu/research/symposium
.
T
o RSVP, contact Kris Barr at 561-297-0777 or
kbarr@fau.edu
.
FAU to Host Undergraduate Research Symposium
The free symposium will take place on
Wednesday, October 27, from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
at the
AD Auditorium and Classrooms on FAU s John D. MacArthur
Campus, 5353 Parkside Drive in Jupiter.
Research is an essential activity for undergraduate
students as it helps them to acquire much needed skills, learn
how knowledge is created, and discover how it can be overturned
with new evidence or new perspectives. More than 50 undergraduate
students from across various disciplines at FAU will showcase
their research and creative activity. The event will begin at
8:30 a.m. with a breakfast followed by the symposium from 9 to
11:30 a.m. and will feature poster and artistic displays, and
several panel discussions. For more information, contact Terry
Gearing at 561-799-8026 or
gearing@fau.edu
.
FAU to Host Ocean Science and Why it Matters
Symposium
The free symposium will take place on
Thursday, October 28, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at
Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at the Johnson
Education Center at 5600 U.S. 1 North in Ft.
Pierce.
To showcase the multi-faceted scientists and engineers at
FAU who are dedicated to the marine sciences and who are working
to find ways to reduce impacts, restore habitats, identify
critical resources and restock populations which have been
compromised, FAU s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute is
hosting the Ocean Science and Why it Matters Symposium. Topics at
the event will range from ocean technology and exploration to
marine drug discovery and aquaculture. Spanning the watershed to
the deep ocean, the symposium will feature three panel
discussions with four expert panelists on each panel who will
address issues and topics surrounding the Indian River Lagoon,
oceans and human health, and exploring the oceans. For more
information, contact Jan Petri at 772-242-2241 or
petri@hboi.fau.edu
.
FAU to Host The Changing Landscape of Higher Education
Symposium
The free symposium will take place
Thursday, October 28, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in
FAU s Student Union, Live Oak Pavilion, 777 Glades Road,
Boca Raton campus. Parking is available in Garage 1 and
Lots 15 and 16.
Higher education experts will discuss key issues
confronting college and university leaders today, including
issues of access, funding and accountability. Panelists and
participants will address questions such as: How is the
landscape of Florida s higher education system changing,
especially with the transition of community colleges to
baccalaureate degree granting state colleges, the growth of for
profit colleges and technological advances with e-learning?
With declining state appropriations for higher education, what
are the implications and challenges for colleges and
universities? How will increasing demands for accountability
transform higher education? What are the key issues,
challenges and opportunities facing Florida Atlantic University
in the future? Audience questions and discussion will
follow the panel discussion with continued interaction during a
reception. For more information, contact Edward Pratt at
561-297-1171 or
epratt2@fau.edu
or Deborah L. Floyd at
dfloyd@fau.edu
.
FAU s Department of History Presents the Lecture 9/11
Conspiracy Theories and the Conspiracy Culture of Modern
America
The free event (donations suggested) will take place on
Thursday, October 28, at 2 p.m. in the
University Theatre on FAU s Boca Raton campus, 777 Glades
Road.
Prize-winning historian Robert Goldberg investigates the role
of conspiracy theories in modern American politics. In
addition to the 9/11 conspiracy theories, he looks at five major
conspiracy theories of the past half-century, including the Roswell
UFO incident, the Communist threat, the rise of the Antichrist, the
assassination of President John F. Kennedy and the Jewish plot
against black America. Goldberg contends that conspiracy
theories are not merely the products of a lunatic fringe.
Rather, paranoid rhetoric and thinking are disturbingly central in
America today. For more information, call 561-297-3840.
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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.
