Aurora University Sets November Events
Lineup
AURORA, Ill. October 20,
2006 - A sales workshop, Native American heritage week, and a fall theatre
production highlight November
events at Aurora University.
The public is invited. Admission is free unless a fee is indicated.
The schedule is:
- Nov. 3: Sales Workshop. “Customer Relationship Management,” a
panel discussion by area sales executives, is sponsored
by the AU Sales Institute and the Naperville Chamber of Commerce from
7:30 to 10 a.m. at the Hilton Hotel, 3003
Corporate West Drive, Lisle. Cost: $25 (includes breakfast). Information:
630-788-4152, sgreen@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 4: Open House. An
information open house for collegebound fall freshmen is at 8:45
a.m. at Crimi Auditorium, Institute for Collaboration, 407 S. Calumet
Ave., Aurora. Information: 630-844-5533, admission@aurora.edu.
- Nov.
4: Research Conference. Doctor of Education students discuss their
dissertation research in a fourth annual conference from 1 to 4 p.m.
at the University Banquet Hall in Alumni Hall, 1410 Marseillaise
Place, Aurora. Information: 630-844-4644, wolinski@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 6: Art
Exhibit. “A Moment in Time,” artworks, books,
and prints reflecting frontier history from 1803 to 1890,
is on display through March 15. Opening reception Nov. 6 from 4 to
6 p.m. in the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures, Dunham
Hall, 1400 Marseillaise Place, Aurora. Information: 630-844-5402, museum@aurora.edu
- Nov. 7: History Lecture. “John Wesley Powell and the Bureau of
Ethnology” will be presented by Bill Steinbacher-Kemp,
McLean County Museum of History archivist and librarian, at 7 p.m. in
the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures, Dunham Hall, 1400
Marseillaise Place, Aurora. Information: 630-844-5402, museum@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 8: Film Series. “Raven Tales,” the
first of two films in a Native American film series, is screened at
noon in the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures in Dunham
Hall, 1400 Marseillaise Place in Aurora. Information:
630-844-5402.
- Nov. 8: Dance Workshop. Ho Chunk tribe members Lance and Annie Tallmadge
will teach Native American dances at
2 p.m. in the University Banquet Hall in Alumni Hall, 1410 Marseillaise
Place, Aurora. Cost: $5 per person. Reservations
required. Information: 630-844-7841.
- Nov. 8: Dinner Program. AU’s
Native American Club sponsors a dinner program from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
at the University Banquet Hall in Alumni Hall, 1410 Marseillaise Place,
Aurora. Dakota elder Rita Reynolds of DeKalb will speak on the
history and traditions of pow wow dances. Cost: TBA. Advance reservations
required. Information: 630-844-7841, museum@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 8: Graduate Information. Prospective graduate students can learn
about AU programs at 6:30 p.m. in Crimi Auditorium
of the Institute for Collaboration, 407 S. Calumet Ave., Aurora. Information:
630-844-5294, Auadmission@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 9: Clothesline Project. Display of 50 handmade t-shirts by victims
of domestic violence is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. in
Dunham Hall lobby, 1400 Marseillaise Place, Aurora. Information: 630-844-5150.
- Nov. 9: Film Series. “Sleepdancer,” the
second of two films in a Native American film series, is at noon in
the Schingoethe Center for Native American Cultures at Dunham Hall,
1400 Marseillaise Place in Aurora. Information: 630-844-5402.
- Nov. 10: Indian Speaker. Ojibwa Native American Nick Hockings will discuss
the madoodooswan, Ojibwa sweat lodge
ceremony for healing and cleansing, at 6:30 p.m. in the Schingoethe Center
for Native American Cultures in Dunham Hall, 1400 Marseillaise Place,
Aurora. Information: 630-844-7843, museum@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 10, 11, 15-18: Drama
Production. “season forgiving,” an
adaptation of Charles Dickens’ story “The Seven Poor
Travellers,” will be staged by student actors at 7:30 p.m. at the
Perry Theatre in the Aurora Foundation Center for Community Enrichment,
1305 Kenilworth Place, Aurora. Public pre-show discussion with the director
and designers at 7 p.m. on Nov. 15. Information: 630-844-4896, dblank@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 14: Open House. Prospective freshman nursing students are invited
to an information open house at 6:30 p.m. in the
University Banquet Hall at Alumni Hall, 1410 Marseillaise Place, Aurora.
Information: 630-844-5533, admission@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 15: Open House. Prospective transfer and adult students are invited
to an information open house from 4:30 to 7 p.m. in Dunham Hall lobby,
1400 Marseillaise Place, Aurora. Information: 630-844-5533, admission@aurora.edu.
- Nov. 16: Smokeout Observance. The Great American Smokeout will be celebrated
with educational displays and an
appearance by Snarlboro, a costumed anti-smoking mascot, from 11 a.m.
to 1 p.m. in the lobby of Dunham Hall at 1400
Marseillaise Place in Aurora. Information: 630-844-5434.
- Nov. 29: HR Workshop. “Organizational Change” will
be presented at 8 a.m. in the University Banquet Hall at Alumni Hall,
1410 Marseillaise Place, Aurora. Information: 630-844-3866, thoehne@aurora.edu.
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