| Friday, October 3
Friday Forum:“Seeing the World through the Eyes of Service”
12:30 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex, Room 215
Millsaps students who spent part of their summers in Bolivia, Romania, South Africa and the West Bank through the McNair Fund for Christian Missions will share something of their experience.
Free
Contact Steven G. Smith 601-974-1334, or smithsg@millsaps.edu.
Friday, October 3
Admissions Event: Open Door Day
Millsaps Campus
The Open Door Days visit program provides a full day at Millsaps for prospective high school seniors, transfer students, and their families. Offered in September and January, the program encourages you to explore our academic programs and learn about the wide range of student services and campus activities we offer.
Free
For more information about your visit, please contact the Admissions office at 1-800-352-1050 or via email at admissions@millsaps.edu.
Friday, October 3, & Saturday, October 4
Imagining a New Global Spirituality: Mysticism, Faith and Ethics for the 21st Century
Registration - 6:30 (Friday, October 3)
7:00 p.m. - “Why We Need to Imagine a New Global Spirituality”
9 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. (Saturday, October 4)
9 a.m. - “Contemplating the Spiritual Journey in a Multi-Religious World”
10:30 a.m. - “Global Spirituality & Ethics for the 21st Century”
Leggett Center
Dr. Beverly Lanzetta, founder and president of Scholar Divina and Interfaith Theological Seminary in Santa Fe, New Mexico will present three lectures on her career-long research on the emergence of new spiritual consciousness, the mystical dimension of the feminine, and the importance of spiritual wisdom in the global community. The fee for the seminar is $35 per person. Register online at www.faithandreason.org or call 601-354-0767. Pre-registration closes October 1; walk-ins welcome day of the event. Presented by the D.L. Dykes, Jr. Foundation and Millsaps Religious Studies Department.
Contact Darby Ray, 601-974-1337 or raydk@millsaps.edu
Friday-Sunday, October 3—5
Senior Directing Project One-Acts: Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute & The International Stud by Harvey Fierstein
Friday-Saturday at 7:30 p.m., and Sunday at 2:00 p.m. – Academic Complex Recital Hall
Student JR Braun directs Some Girl(s) by Neil LaBute. Set in three different hotel rooms, the play follows a soon-to-be-engaged man as he pays a last visit to three ex-girlfriends before taking the plunge. Student Casey Philips directs The International Stud by Harvey Fierstein. Arnold, a drag queen working in New York, while searching for love encounters many twists and turns along the journey.
Cost: $5 general admission
Tickets available in the AC 2nd floor foyer one hour prior to each show.
Contact Linda Nix, 601-974-1422, or nixls@millsaps.edu
Saturday, October 4
Admissions Event: Sports Day
Millsaps Campus
Join the admissions and athletics staff for our fall Sports Days. You will have an opportunity to meet with the admissions team to gain insight on scholarships, financial aid, and how to balance academic success and athletic involvement. Visitors will also meet with Millsaps coaches and attend an on-campus sporting event. Find out more about Millsaps Athletics.
Free
For more information about your visit, please contact the Admissions office at 1-800-352-1050 or via email at admissions@millsaps.edu.
Monday, October 6-Wednesday, November 12
Tad Lauritzen Wright exhibition: "Philosophy of Beauty"
Ford Academic Complex, Lewis Art Gallery
Gallery Talk - October 15 at noon
Free
Contact Emmie King, 601-212-9622 or kingel@millsaps.edu
Monday, October 6
Departmental Recital: Music Students
3 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall
A variety of vocal, piano and instrumental music from baroque, classical, romantic and contemporary periods.
Free
Contact Linda Nix, 601-974-1422, nixls@millsaps.edu
Monday, October 6, 2008
Arts & Lecture Series:
We Are What We Eat — How Food Shapes Culture
Southern Food and Beverage Museum Founder Liz Williams and Chef Dan Blumenthal
7 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall
Always fascinated by the way nutmeg and peppercorns motivated the exploration of the world, Liz Williams directs this New Orleans museum dedicated to the discovery, understanding and celebration of the culture of food and drink in the South. She will share insight into how many diverse cultures have come together through the centuries to create the region’s unique culinary heritage. The presentation brings all races and ethnicities to the table, from the farmer and the homemaker to the line cook and the celebrity chef. Dan Blumenthal, award-winning chef and partner in Bravo!, Broadstreet, and Sal & Mookie’s restaurants, will offer his own one-of-a-kind take on local flavor as well. Please start collecting menus to add to the SOFAB collection and come hungry, because there will be tasty samples to savor at the reception.
Tickets are $50 each ($45 if purchased before Sept. 17); $40 each for senior citizens ($35 if purchased before Sept. 17) and a variety of prices for donors
Contact Luran Buchanan, 601-974-1043 or buchall@millsaps.edu
Friday, October 10
Friday Forum: “The Greatest Journey: Bird Migration in a Changing World”
Matt Smith, Mississippi Museum of Natural Science
12:30 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex, Room 215
Human affairs have come to dominate the Earth, but for a few months each spring and fall they are humbled by a more ancient and mysterious spectacle: the passage of tens of billions of migrating birds across the planet. Matt Smith, GIS specialist at the Mississippi Museum of Natural Science and lifelong birder, explores the feats of navigation and endurance performed by these travelers and the grave threats they now face in an altered world.
Free
Contact Steven G. Smith 601-974-1334, or smithsg@millsaps.edu
Monday, October 13 - Rescheduled from Tuesday, September 2
Faculty/Guest Recital: Marta Szlubowska, violin – with Lynn Raley, piano & Alexander Russakovsky, cello
7:30 p.m. - Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall
Millsaps College presents guest artist Marta Szlubowska in recital performing violin sonatas by Debussy and Prokofiev. The program includes a Piazzolla tango piece performed by the trio of Szlubowska, Raley and Russakovsky.
Free admission
Wednesday, October 15
Gallery Talk by Tad Lauritzen Wright
Noon
Ford Academic Complex, Lewis Art Gallery
Tad Lauritzen Wright exhibition: "Philosophy of Beauty"
Free
Contact Emmie King, 601-212-9622 or kingel@millsaps.edu
Wednesday, October 15
2008-2009 Southern Circuit Film Series: “Beyond the Call”
7 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex, Rom 215
Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Adrian Belic describes his film as “Mother Theresa meets Indiana Jones.” The film follows three middle-aged men as they travel the world delivering humanitarian aid. They go directly to people in areas that are too dangerous for conventional aid organizations.
Free
Contact Melissa A. Lea, 601-974-1755, or leama@millsaps.edu
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Arts & Lecture Series: An Evening with the Artists — William Dunlap and Anthony DiFatta
7 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall
Mississippi native William Dunlap has distinguished himself as an artist, arts commentator, and educator during a career that spans more than three decades. His paintings, sculpture and constructions are included in collections at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Corcoran Gallery, the U.S. State Department, and U.S. embassies, and many other museums throughout the world. His 14-panel, 112 foot-long cyclorama Panorama of the American Landscape has been shown in nearly a dozen American museums and art galleries. He writes for such publications as Art & Antiques, Washingtonian, and Arts Review, and has been the arts commentator on WETA-TV’s cultural round table “Around Town” since 1988. Interviewer and artist Anthony “Tony” DiFatta studied painting and sculpture at the University of Southern Mississippi, and his work can be seen in collections throughout the United States, as well as Australia, England, and Italy. He is active in charity, non-profit and historical preservation organizations.
Tickets are $50 each ($45 if purchased before Sept. 17); $40 each for senior citizens ($35 if purchased before Sept. 17) and a variety of prices for donors
Contact Luran Buchanan, 601-974-1043, or buchall@millsaps.edu
Saturday, October 18
MS Archaeology Expo: A Hands-on Family Fair
10 a.m.— 4 p.m.
Millsaps College Bowl
Archaeologists from Millsaps College, MS Department of Transportation, MS Department of Archives & History, USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, USDA Forest Service and Mississippi State University will be on hand to assist with artifact identification, cordage bracelet making, rock wall art, potter design/making, flintknapping and much more.
Free and open to the public.
For more information see www.msarchaeology.org.
Saturday, October 18
Hot Topics series of one-day conferences
8 a.m.-1 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex, Room 215
The New Atheism is the topic. Faculty for the seminar will be three Millsaps professors: Patrick D. Hopkins, Ph.D., associate professor of philosophy, James E. Bowley, Ph.D., associate professor of religious studies, and Ashleigh Powers, Ph.D., assistant professor of political science.
$30 per person
Contact Dr. Patrick Hopkins, 601-974-1293, or hopkipd@millsaps.edu
Friday, October 24
Friday Forum:
“Misplaced Priorities in the U.S. Health Care System”
Dr. Edward Hill, North Mississippi Medical Center, president of the World Medical Association
12:30 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex, Room 215
Dr. Hill will compare the U.S. health care system with other developed countries’ systems and discuss ideas for reform. He will argue that we must rebuild our primary care base with a new model of care to serve a rapidly growing elderly population with an ever increasing number of chronic medical conditions.
Free
Contact Steven G. Smith 601-974-1334, or smithsg@millsaps.edu
Friday, October 24
Millsaps Singers Fall Concert: “The English Choral Tradition”
7:30 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall
Millsaps College’s 65-75 voice stage choir sings choral works of the English tradition. Featured guest is organist Chris Brunt.
Free ($5 donations accepted at the door)
Contact Linda Nix, 601-974-1422, or nixls@millsaps.edu
Sunday, October 26
Millsaps Masala presents: "Diwali: the Festival of Lights"
6:00 p.m. - Dinner at the Ford Academic Complex
7 p.m. - Show in the Ford Academic Complex Recital Hall
Millsaps Campus
"Diwali: the Festival of Lights" will consist of seven different styles of Indian dancing, a colorful fashion show, several speakers on the various Indian religions, and so much more, all in celebration of the Festival of Lights and Indian New Year!
Admission and food are free.
Contact Dr. Lola Williamson; or Neha Bhatnagar, 901-233-3069; or Akshay Ahuja, 704-582-9281.
Monday, October 27
Admissions Event: Math, Science, and Pre-Med Day
Millsaps Campus
The Math, Science and Arts School/Pre-Med Visit Day visit program provides a full day at Millsaps for prospective high school seniors and their families that are currently attending Math, Science and Arts schools as well as students interested in Pre-Med. Find out more about Millsaps' Pre-Med Program.
Free
For more information about your visit, please contact the Admissions office at 1-800-352-1050 or via email at admissions@millsaps.edu.
Monday, October 27
Bobbie Wrenn Banks - Women's Action for New Directions
Leggett Center - Millsaps Campus
Bobbie Wrenn Banks,
a member of and speaker for
a nation-wide women's organizing group called
Women's Action for New Directions,
will make a presentation concerning
federal budget priorities and peace initiatives
this Wednesday, October 29th, at 6:45 p.m. in the Leggett Center.
WAND is a national organization that empowers women to act politically to reduce militarism and violence, and redirect excessive military resources toward human and environmental needs.
Sponsored by the Millsaps Women's and Gender Studies Program.
Refreshments will be provided.
Free
For more information, contact Laura Franey at 601-974-1304.
Friday, October 31
Friday Forum:
“Election 2008: What is Brewing?”
12:30 p.m.
Ford Academic Complex, Room 215
An election analysis panel featuring Millsaps political scientists Ashleigh Powers, Michael Reinhard, and other experts.
Free
Contact Steven G. Smith, 601-974-1334, or smithsg@millsaps.edu
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