January 2008
Monday, January 7, 2008
Classes Begin for Spring Semester 2008
Tuesday, January 15, 2008
New Extended Date for Excellence in Diversity Awards Nominations and Artistic Contest Applications Deadline, Forms must be submitted to Community Engagement Office, 104 Olds Hall no later than 5:00 p.m. Olds Hall is located next to main library and across from Museum.
5pm, Application Deadline. The Black History Month Multicultural Heroes Hall of Fame Case Competition Our goal is to create an educational program that honors heroes from various cultures who epitomize Dr. Martin Luther King’s dream of a nation where “… his children will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of theircharacter.” We have developed an educational case competition that focuses on improving student knowledge of Black History Month and multicultural leaders who have had a significant impact on the world. This program will also help promote diversity and multiculturalism. It will help develop professional presentation skills, case competition skills for undergraduates, and promote a sense of cultural efficacy for all people. 10:00am- 5:00pm, Main Library, Quilting Displays Focusing on the Civil Rights Struggle and Quilting Demonstration / Streaming Music from New Online Resource “African American Song” Quilting displays focusing on the civil rights struggle and a quilting craft demonstration event. This event will show students how quilts were made and let them create a basic quilt pattern themselves. It is tentatively scheduled from 10:00 AM to Noon in the Main Library in the Writing Center area. The MSU Libraries' new online resource, "African American Song", provides a streaming music service documenting the rich history and tradition of African American music. Several genres are included (blues, folk, gospel, and jazz to name a few) and over 16,000 tracks are available. "African American Song" also provides access to music of the Civil Rights era and includes protest songs. Streaming music will run in one of the Collaborative Technology Labs in the Main Library from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM as an all day event. 10:00am-12:00pm, Main Library, Scrapbook Workshop: Build Your Own Civil Rights Scrapbook Scrapbook workshop for students to demonstrate how students can create and archive their own culture and history. Users can either scan materials (scanner to be provided) or bring in their own photographs and materials along with historical Civil Rights photographs and documents from Special Collections to build their own Civil Rights "scrapbook", incorporating their own history with the struggles that went on to create a relevant piece of historical art. This workshop is hosted by MSU Libraries Preservation Librarian Eric Alstrom. This event is tentatively scheduled from 10:00 AM to Noon in the Main Library in the Writing Center area.
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Thursday, January 17, 2008
Friday, January 18, 2008
12:00pm; 27th Annual Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday Observance, Lansing City Council Chambers
Reception will immediately follow in the Council Conference Room Sponsoring college, department, unit and/or organization. This event is sponsored by the Kappa Delta Lambda Chapter Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc., the City of Lansing, and the Ingham County Bar Association/Foundation. This event is open to the community and is accessible to people with disabilities.
Contact Carol Walton, 517-483-4477, email cwalton@ci.lansing.mi.us if any questions. 10:00am-5:00pm, Main Library, The Role of Cooking and Food in the Civil Rights Movement "The Club from Nowhere: Cooking for Civil Rights" site featured on NPR will be displayed in one of the Main Library Collaborative Technology Labs (CTL). This site offers access to the podcasts and online audio about Georgia Gilmore and her work to support the Civil Rights movement during the Montgomery bus boycott through the sale of her pies and cakes. MSU Libraries Special Collections cookbooks will also be displayed, and we will be distributing bookmarks with recipes extracted from the civil rights cookbooks. Online videos from the Southern Foodways Alliance will also be shown in the CTL rooms to help further tell the story of food and culture and their effect on the growth of civil rights in the South. These activities will run in the Collaborative Technology Labs in the Main Library from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM as all day events. African-American quilt artists demonstrations and exhibition gallery discussions at the MSU Museum as part of Martin Luther King Day Observances, January 21, 2008 Quilt artists Beverly White, Hilda Vest, Deonna Green, Carolyn Warfield, and April Shipp will be on hand in the MSU Museum Main Gallery on Monday, January 21, 2008 from 10 -11:30 am, 1 p.m. to 3 p.m., and 3:40 - 4:15 p.m. to demonstrate and informally talk about their work included in the exhibition, their experiences as quilt artists, and African American quilt history. For more information about the museum and its activities, go to www.museum.msu.edu.
Monday, January 21, 2008
COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
Tuesday, January 22, 2008 (6:30 p.m. - 8:00 p.m.) Kellogg Center Auditorium
An Evening with Crisette Ellis
Speaking Engagement will question and answer session. Sponsors include the College of Engineering/Diversity Programs Office, College of Engineering/Dean's Office and Leaders Encouraging Academic Development (LEAD).
Contact(s):
Theodore Caldwell and James Stewart
517.355.8310 517.355.8310
caldwell@egr.msu.edu stewart@egr.msu.edu
January 7-31, 2008 Kresge Art Museum, Museum Hours: Monday-Friday 10 a.m. - 5 p.m., Thursday 10 a.m.-8 p.m., Saturday and Sunday, noon-5 p.m. Newly acquired works by Detroit artist Tyree Guyton will be on display, as well as significant examples by other African-American artists from KAM's collection. Admission: Always Free Tyree Guyton (American born 1955) Revelations, 1993 Acrylic and mixed media on board, 27-1/4 x 27-1/4 x 5-1/2 inches. Gift of Charles Aymond Tyree Guyton (American born 1955) Blue, 1993 Acrylic and mixed media on board, 31 x 26-1/2 x 4 inches. Gift of Charles Aymond
QUILTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS Main Floor Gallery "Quilts and Human Rights" is an exhibition exploring the role that quiltmakers have played in raising awareness of human rights issues around the world and the power of textiles to communicate important ideas and information. The exhibition will feature inspiring and often provocative quilts made to document and express transgressions of human rights, to educate others about human rights issues, and to pay tribute to leaders of human rights movements. A special component of the exhibition is being developed in collaboration with the Nelson Mandela Museum in Mthatha, South Africa and will focus on human rights champions Rosa Parks and Nelson Mandela. "Quilts and Human Rights" and related programs are partially supported by funds from the MSU Office for Inclusion and Intercultural Initiatives, the Michigan Council for Arts and Cultural Affairs, and the Michigan Quilt Project Endowment. This exhibition is part of a special human rights theme for 2007-2008.
January 15 - May 15, 2008
