Everyone is invited to join John Hood's Playwriting class to hear documentary filmmaker Brian Malone's discussion on making PATRIOCRACY.
Director-producer Briane Malone's film Patriocracy explores how divisive media coverage affects our view of politics. After the 90-minute film, a panel including Malone and Texas State faculty will discuss the issues highlighted in the film and invite discussion from the audience. Sponsored by the NEH Distinguished Teaching professorship in the Humanities, the College of Liberal Arts, The National Endowment for the Humanities, SACA, University Seminar, the Political Science Department, the Philosophy Department and Philosophy Dialogue Series, the School of Art and Design, and the Honors College. For more information, contact craig.hanks@txstate.edu.
Texas State alumnus and former honors student Shawn Reagan will discuss his experiences and insights teaching in Nkhotakota, Malawi as a Peace Corps volunteer.
Playwright Kevin Cohea will discuss his play, SUNDOWN TOWN. In the play, a young African-American carpenter wanders into an early 1900s Southern town where black people are prohibited after sundown; his friendship with a blind Confederate veteran confronts the conventions and beliefs of the community and the church, and uproots a sympathetic family. This musical play stares unblinkingly at a dark corner of American history through fascinating characters who tell their stories through a well-crafted drama, which features a driving musical score built around traditional instrumentals and songs of the era.
Welcome Peace Corps volunteer Shawn Reagan and playwright Kevin Cohea for discussion about their work out insights. Refreshments will be served.
Texas State University’s 3rd Annual Women in Science and Engineering Conference will convene on April 12 & 13, 2012. This event provides opportunities for young women studying for careers in the science and engineering fields to gain insights into successful engineering, science, and career practices from experienced professionals and educators. More informaion can be found on the WISE webiste.
A young African-American carpenter wanders into an early 1900s Southern town where black people are prohibited after sundown; his friendship with a blind Confederate veteran confronts the conventions and beliefs of the community and the church, and uproots a sympathetic family. This musical play stares unblinkingly at a dark corner of American history through fascinating characters who tell their stories through a well-crafted drama, which features a driving musical score built around traditional instrumentals and songs of the era.
(Supported in part by a grant from the Texas State University Equity and Access fund.)
Honors students will make presentations on their honors theses to an audience of faculty, staff, students, friends, and family. Everyone is invited to stay for one or more presentation as schedules allow. The Honors College seeks to provide an opportunity to support undergraduate research and the Honors Thesis Forum highlights the culminating experience in the Honors College: completion of the honors thesis. The forum provides an opportunity to acknowledge honors students' research and creative projects, express gratitude to the thesis supervising professors, and encourage other undergraduates to explore a thesis topic. Open to all, the forum will be scheduled in 20-minute presentations. The schedule will be posted later in the semester.
Students, faculty, and staff will be honored for their achievements and contributions to the Honors College. More details to come.
To mark the Common Experience theme of Freedoms: The First Amendment, photographs of Occupy Wall Street are on exhibit in Lampasas Hall, fourth floor hallway. Photographed by Texas State alumnus and Honors College graduate, Louie D. Valencia, the photos show scenes from October in Zuccotti Park just as the OWS demonstrations had their start. Sponsored by the Honors College, the exhibit is intended to provoke conversations about First Amendment, not to promote any one opinion. Feel free to add to the conversation by posting your comment(s) on the bulletin board near the exhibit. For more information, see http://burntcitrus.com/?p=469 or contact 512.245.2266 or honors@txstate.edu.
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