http://www.american.edu/calendar en-us Swimming & Diving at George Mason Invitational https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1879304 Sat, October 17, 2009 12:35:57 Jacobs Fitness Center Hours https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1881463 Wed, June 24, 2009 13:24:51 Kymberly Young will defend her dissertation entitled "Hemodynamic Response In Patients With Major Depressive Disorder And Healthy Subjects During Autobiographical Memory Retrieval" on Friday November 20th from 9am-12 noon.. The committee members are Kristine Erickson, Ph.D. - chair Bryan D. Fantie, Ph.D Wayne C. Drevets, M.D. Maura L. Furey, Ph.D. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2085584 Thu, November 05, 2009 17:02:08 Queers and Allies will be providing a demonstration for Transgender Day of Remembrance to remind the school of the lives lost due to anti-trans hate. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2088272 Fri, November 20, 2009 11:06:01 The Corporate Express Eway course offers training on American University's online office supply website. You will learn how to purchase office supplies, letterhead stationery, envelopes and business cards using Eway's web-based online catalog and seamless ordering process. Prerequisite: A valid Corporate Express EWay account and supervisory permission is required to attend this class. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2075239 Tue, October 06, 2009 11:15:35 Students interested in learning to use Adobe's Dreamweaver (CS3) to build websites can drop in to the SSRL lab for advice on existing projects or an introduction to the software program. The SSRL is a multi-functional and multi-faceted facility providing quantitative and technology expertise across disciplines as varied as economic, international relations and economics. A knowledgeable staff member will be present for drop-in tutorials weekly on Thursdays and Fridays. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2072579 Thu, October 01, 2009 16:34:40 Exhibitions on the American University Museum First Floor: Cole Sternberg: and those who were seen dancing were thought insane by those who could not hear the music Saturday, November 7-Sunday, December 20 Renowned L.A.-based artist Cole Sternberg presents an exhibition of works that blends the fields of international law and contemporary art to critically analyze human rights and the application of international law. Sternberg¿s works address a variety of human rights concerns from humankind¿s historical genocidal nature to U.S. government-sanctioned torture to structural flaws of the United Nations. Virtuelle Mauer/ReConstructing the Wall Saturday, November 7-Sunday, December 20 Created by the artist team T+T (Tamiko Thiel and Teresa Reuter), Virtuelle Mauer/ReConstructing the Wall is a virtual reality artwork, an interactive 3D computer graphic installation that enables users to experience a section of the Berlin Wall in its former complexity. Events associated with these exhibitions: Gallery talk with artists' Tamiko Thiel and Theresa Reuter: Saturday, November 7, at 5 p.m. Artists' Reception: Saturday, November 7, from 6-9 p.m. Gallery talk with artist Cole Sternberg: Tuesday, November 24, at 4:30 p.m. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2084468 Thu, October 29, 2009 13:27:47 Catholic Mass https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1993696 Wed, August 05, 2009 16:45:24 Several changes are coming to the benefits plan this year. Please join the department of Human Resources for information sessions on the topics listed below. Light lunch will be served. November 9: Open Enrollment Q&A November 10: Dental Insurance, Delta Dental Rep. November 11: Group Auto & Home Insurance, Pet Insurance, Legal Plan, MetLife Rep. November 12: Long Term Care, Todd Benefits Group November 13: Long Term Care, Todd Benefits Group November 17: Life Insurance, MetLife Rep. November 18: Group Auto & Home Insurance, Pet Insurance, Legal Plan, MetLife Rep. November 19: Dental Insurance, Delta Dental Rep. November 20: Open Enrollment Q&A https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2081400 Fri, October 23, 2009 10:51:20 An event where all students, regardless of religious affiliation, can voice their "blasphemy"in a comfortable forum. Whether it be a pronunciation of a disbelief in god, or the proclamation that AU is better than GW, anything and everything is welcome.. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2083303 Wed, November 18, 2009 16:18:38 The Introduction to Datatel UI course is an overview of the newest version of the Datatel software, known as UI. It offers a variety of features designed to enhance ease of use while maintaining the highest levels of functionality and security. This training will focus on new, time-saving features, such as how to customize the UI environment, create favorites, invoke mouse-over descriptions, and navigate screen tabs. You will also learn how to utilize these new features to maximize your efficient use of the Datatel software. This course focuses exclusively on the new features and benefits of Datatel UI, and is recommended for all current Datatel users. Prerequisite: Supervisory permission is required to attend this course. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2075246 Fri, October 02, 2009 12:06:44 Muslim Jumma Prayer https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1993819 Wed, August 05, 2009 16:44:06 The Introduction to EagleData course is for American University employees who will be using the EagleData Warehouse. The Eagledata application provides fast and easy access to information in a self-service manner, so users can get reports when they need them. In this course, you will learn how to log on to EagleData, understand the application interface, access report links, and export a report to Microsoft Excel. Completion of this introductory course is mandatory in order to obtain your EagleData credentials. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2075249 Fri, October 02, 2009 12:06:23 Students learning and using the SPSS software may find this free drop-in tutorial useful for coursework and research. The tutorial will be led by Social Science Research Lab (SSRL) staff. The SSRL is a multi-functional and multi-faceted facility providing quantitative and technology expertise across disciplines as varied as economic, international relations and economics. Weekly SPSS tutorials are offered on Tues 11:00am-1:00pm, Wed 1-3pm, Thurs 8-10pm, Fri 1-3pm, Sat 2-4pm. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2071174 Thu, September 24, 2009 10:34:57 The Humanities Initiative and the Center for the Public Arts and Humanities are pleased to host talks by Professor George Levine and Professor Mary Sheriff. Both will be talking about the perils and opportunities of interdisciplinary work. <strong>Professor George Levine</strong>, a professor of English at Rutgers University, works in aesthetics, nineteenth-century literature and culture, the relations between literature and science, and problems connected with the condition of the profession. He recently published Darwin Loves You, which counters the pervasive view that the facts of Darwin's world must lead to a disenchanting vision of it. In it, Levine shows that Darwin's ideas and the language of his books offer an alternative form of enchantment, a world rich with meaning and value, and more wonderful and beautiful than ever before. He is at work on a volume for Blackwell's, "How to Read the Victorian Novel." He is Director of the Center for the Critical Analysis of Contemporary Culture. <strong>Mary Sheriff</strong> is the W.R. Kenan, Jr. Distinguished Professor of Art History and Department Chair at the University of North Carolina. Her research focuses on eighteenth-and nineteenth-century French art and culture, and she is especially interested in issues of creativity, sexuality, gender, and, most recently, travel and cultural exchange. Her aim is to give the art works I interpret a place in both the past and present; she tries to elucidate and respect the historical specificity of the past, while interrogating its visual culture through current interpretative practices. She has published three books: J.-H. Fragonard: Art and Eroticism (1990); The Exceptional Woman: Elisabeth Vigee-Lebrun and the Cultural Politics of Art (1996); and Moved by Love: Inspired Artists and Deviant Women in Eighteenth-Century France (2004). Her latest projects are a specific study, From Cythera to Tahiti: French Art and the Enchanted Island, and a more general analysis of the period, Travels in Eighteenth-Century Art, which rewrites the history of art through the movements of people and commodities across Europe and between Europe and American, Africa, and Asia. She is currently editing Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art 1500-1930 for the University of North Carolina Press. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2085684 Fri, November 06, 2009 13:51:28 Tabling to promote the Second Annual Caribbean Formal Affair https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2088587 Fri, November 13, 2009 09:41:02 Totus Tuus Maria is a Catholic Woman's Group of the American University Catholic Chaplaincy. We are dedicated to growing closer to Jesus Christ through modeling the virtues of the Blessed Mother. We share genuine friendships, weekly meetings with praise and worship, Gospel discussions, and prayer. We call each other to greater degrees of holiness and virtue, service, fun, laughter, and joy in the Lord! https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1942584 Mon, July 27, 2009 16:21:28 The International Development Program Friday Forum Speaker Series is a long-standing tradition. Nearly every Friday throughout the Fall and Spring terms, professional from the field of International Development come and share with us their expertise on current events within the field. To remain up-to-the-minute on topics, each week's topic is announced only 1 week in advance --so keep an eye out for what exciting topics are coming next! https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2003717 Fri, November 13, 2009 16:39:47 All Honors freshmen and Honors 101 mentors are invited to a "mocktail" gala to celebrate the end of the Honors 101 program. Awards will be presented and refreshments will be served. Semi-formal attire is requested. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2088266 Thu, November 12, 2009 10:28:11 Jewish Shabbat Services (Reform and Conservative) https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1993317 Thu, August 13, 2009 18:48:52 Each week students from all Jewish backgrounds come together to celebrate Shabbat at American University. Join American University Hillel for a home cooked Shabbat Meal. Dinner is $5 and meal plans are available. Visit www.auhillel.org for more Shabbat details. RSVP at hillel@american.edu. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1871022 Wed, June 24, 2009 16:08:02 To raise money for Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, AU Students for Choice is hosting our second annual Pro-Woman, Pro-Choice Open Mic Night! Entrance to this fun and empowering event is a suggested donation of at least $5. Those who donate will recieve a yummy cupcake from the woman-owned bakery Hello Cupcake! Come and perform a poem, song, monologue, or read a passage from an inspiring book. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2072521 Thu, September 24, 2009 16:18:48 On Friday November 20, 2009 Caribbean Circle will host American University¿s second annual Caribbean Formal Affair. The event will include a dinner and forum in which ambassadors, diplomats and key political figures from various Caribbean embassies are to discuss the "Brain Drain" in the context of the Caribbean. The event will focus on the cultural, political, and economic impact of the "Brain Drain," which occurs when Caribbean students leave their respective countries to study abroad without returning to their native homes to implement the skills and knowledge that they have acquired. During the forum, each representative will delve into methods that are being implemented in their respective territories to combat this trend.. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2139460 Fri, November 20, 2009 17:05:07 Global Friends https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1993992 Wed, August 05, 2009 16:42:41 Jesus Manuel Berard and Daniel Abraham, conductors George Frideric Handel: Coronation Anthem-Zadok the Priest Franz Liszt: Les Préludes (Symphonic Poem No. 3) Carl Orff: Carmina Burana Join us for the grandeur of Handel's most famous anthem, a work so revered that it has been heard at every English coronation since it was first used in 1727; the rich, full-orchestral Romanticism of Lizst; and Orff's brilliant and beloved large-scale setting of medieval goliard poems exploring the highs and lows that result from tempting the Wheel of Fate and the return of springtime and its surge of love and carnal passion. Tickets are $15 regular admission, $10 AU community and seniors, $5 students Poster by Chemi Montes-Armenteros https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1953800 Tue, November 10, 2009 14:17:00 Bernice Bobs Her Hair is based on the first story F. Scott Fitzgerald ever published: the original "mean girls". Bernice is the plain country cousin who goes to visit the popular and gorgeous Majorie in the big city of St. Paul, Minnesota. After a disastrous beginning, Marjorie resolves to make over Bernice, inside and out. Marjorie's creation is a society success but becomes too successful for her own comfort when her own flame turns his eyes to the thrilling new girl. When Marjorie attempts to undo Bernice's new persona, Bernice defends herself with a lot more than Marjorie bargained for. Set in the years before women could vote, Bernice Bobs her Hair is a study of change in the air and the ways the turbulence that proceeds it winds it's way into personal lives of even the most unlikely and unpolitical people. Tickets: $5 general admission. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2087620 Thu, November 12, 2009 11:22:51 This is a celebration of African Theatre and Film. For three nights there will be movies from all over the Continent shown here on AU's campus. It is free! Come and enjoy the best of African Screen Entertainment. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2131183 Tue, November 17, 2009 11:45:11 Concert https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=1996522 Tue, November 17, 2009 15:50:33 A fun-filled concert filled with a cappella, step team performances, spoken word artists, opera, and much more! All donations will go to a chosen charity or school. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2074151 Fri, October 02, 2009 12:24:16 Watching anime and eating Japanese snacks in a recreational setting. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2074129 Fri, September 25, 2009 17:03:57 Garba is an Indian event/holiday where people dance in a circle and celebrate Diwali. Those who wish to participate or just watch are welcome to attend! https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2070494 Thu, November 12, 2009 10:14:00 On Friday November 20, 2009 Caribbean Circle will host American University¿s second annual Caribbean Formal Affair. The event will include a dinner and forum in which ambassadors, diplomats and key political figures from various Caribbean embassies are to discuss the "Brain Drain" in the context of the Caribbean. The event will focus on the cultural, political, and economic impact of the "Brain Drain," which occurs when Caribbean students leave their respective countries to study abroad without returning to their native homes to implement the skills and knowledge that they have acquired. During the forum, each representative will delve into methods that are being implemented in their respective territories to combat this trend.. https://www.american.edu/calendar/?id=2139459 Fri, November 20, 2009 17:05:07