Pan African Night Feb. 19

Everyone is invited to a night of fun and cultural entertainment featuring dance performances, full color dresses, music and appetizing free gourmet African food. PAN AFRICAN NIGHT—Friday, Feb. 19 from 6:30-9 p.m. in the CMU—takes you on a cultural journey to the mysterious African continent with a cultural twist featuring performers. Free admission.

In the Shade at CMU Feb. 17

The IN THE SHADE sunglasses vendor will be back again and set up at the CMU Main Lounge on Wednesday, Feb 17. They sell ‘designer inspired’ sunglasses. The prices will be singles at $10, 2 pair for $18, and 3 pair campus special for $23.

Feb. 16 honors lecture focuses on science of optics

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.

Transracial adoption topic of McGrath Writer’s Series

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