The MSUM Honors Program is proud to present University of Arizona Professor Charles M. Falco as the featured speaker of the 2010 Honors Program Focus Forum Tuesday, Feb. 16 at 7:30 p.m. in Science Lab 104. His talk, “The Science of Optics; The History of Art,” is free and open to the public. Falco is a nationally recognized speaker who will visit classes, meet with students and deliver talks during his MSUM visit. Click headline to read more.
Jane Jeong Trenka, a writer and activist whose controversial views on transnational and transracial adoption challenge the Korean government’s adoption policies, will kickoff the spring semester Tom McGrath Visiting Writers Series. She will talk on the writer’s craft at 4 p.m. and read from her work at 8 p.m. Monday, Feb. 15 in Comstock Memorial Union 101. For more info: http://news.mnstate.edu/?s=Jane+Jeong+Trenka
The Library is currently running a number of free database trials. Please check out the Spring 2010 Trials web page.
AREA DIRECTOR: http://www.mnstate.edu/vacancy/1021P%20Area%20Director-1.pdf
President Szymanski will host campus Town Hall meetings on Thursday, February 18. The campus will be briefed on: Flood Planning (hopefully, just in case); Budget Planning Update; and Update on Changes. The same information will be presented at each of the following times: 6:30 a.m., Owens Hall 201; 10:30 a.m., Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom; 3:00 p.m., Comstock Memorial Union Ballroom. Everyone on campus is encouraged to attend a meeting convenient with their schedule.