Friday, February 1

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM The Positive and Negatives of the New Western Online (D2L)
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM QC Riverfront Campus - The Positive and Negatives of the New Western Online (D2L)
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Economics Day
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM Go Red for Women's Heart Health Luncheon and Resource Fair
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM English & Journalism Department Meeting
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM WIU Physics Department Lecture Series on Nobel Prizes
5:00 PM Canceled Gwendolyn Brooks Cultural Center Play "If Only You Knew"
6:00 PM Black Student Summit Welcome & Step Show
7:30 PM Guest Recital: Terry Everson, trumpet and Shiela Kibbe, piano
9:30 PM Cultural Expressions Open Mic

Saturday, February 2

9:00 AM Black Student Summit Conference
1:00 PM Junior Honors Recital: Andrea Owens, horn with Minjung Seo. piano
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
1:00 PM - 6:30 PM National Girls and Women in Sports Day Celebration
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Gallery Talk: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Practice event for the Bench Press Competition at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Bench Press Competition Practice Meet
4:30 PM Women's Basketball v IUPUI
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM The First Tee Community Kick-off Event
7:00 PM Comedy with Bo Burnham
9:00 PM Black Student Summit Party

Sunday, February 3

All Day Last day for 80% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
12:00 PM - 5:00 PM Super Bowl Sunday hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
5:00 PM Black Student Association Super Bowl Party

Monday, February 4

All Day Housing Contract Renewal for New Spring Students
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM University Libraries Annual Book Sale
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM Study Abroad Advisor at the QC Riverfront Campus
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM How To Write A Lot
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM Lecture: The Nature of Islamic Sharia

Tuesday, February 5

All Day Housing Contract Renewal for New Spring Students
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Using Assessments in Desire2Learn
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM Western Illinois University Spring Career & Internship Fair and Graduate Program Expo
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM University Libraries Annual Book Sale
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Web Workshop: Intro to OmniUpdate, Western's Content Management System (CMS)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Grant Forward Ð How to Use the New Grant Forward Funding Search Service
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
7:30 PM Faculty Recital: John McMurtery, flute

Wednesday, February 6

All Day Housing Contract Renewal for New Spring Students
8:00 AM - 9:15 AM Blood Pressure and Body Composition Readings
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM University Libraries Annual Book Sale
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM Designing Scoring Rubrics for Your Specific Course Needs
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Collaboration
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM QC Riverfront Campus - From Armed Service to the Academy: Assisting Veteran Students with the Transition to the University
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The French Conversation Hour
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM How to Find Money to Study Abroad Workshop
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Difficult Conversation 3: “I Don’t Feel Very Privileged”: Differing Perceptions of Power and Advantage
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Difficult Conversation 3: "I Don't Feel Very Privileged": Differing Perceptions of Power and Advantage
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Western Wednesdays After-Hours in Downtown Chicago
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Black Student Association Know Your Heritage
7:00 PM IMPROV Troupe Auditions
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film Club Meeting & Screening: Sunset Boulevard
7:30 PM Faculty Chamber Music Series Concert III: Lamoine Brass Quintet & Camerata Woodwind Quintet

Thursday, February 7

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Summer Camp Job Fair
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM University Libraries Annual Book Sale
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM "Coffee, Culture, and Conversation"-Discussion: Family
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Bradley Dilger and Neil Baird present, “Writing Transfer”
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Bradley Dilger and Neil Baird present, “Writing Transfer”
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Building Learning Modules in Western Online (D2L)
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Bloomington Alumni & Friends Social
7:00 PM Men's Basketball v Omaha
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Lead Series: Persuasion: Using Persuasive Techniques to Solve Conflicts and to Collaborate Effectively
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Mathematics and Technology in Service to Art
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Campus Greens Movie Showing. "The House I Live In" A film about the failed war on drug in America.

Friday, February 8

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM QC Riverfront Campus - Grant Forward Ð How to Use the New Grant Forward Funding Search Service
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Psychology Colloquium Series
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Psychology Department Colloquium Series
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM English Graduate Organization First Friday

Saturday, February 9

1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM NCTE Ice Skating
9:00 PM Rocky after Dark: Midnight Mardi Gras

Sunday, February 10

All Day Last day for 70% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
1:00 PM Junior Centennial Honors College Recital: Andrea Owens, horn
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM "One Billion Rising" Flash Mob Dance Practice
7:00 PM First Annual Baseball Lead Off Dinner features Andy Benes as Guest Speaker
7:30 PM Senior Recital: Emily Hart, oboe

Monday, February 11

3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Getting Published: Choosing a Journal

Tuesday, February 12

All Day Holiday, NO CLASSES
8:00 AM Campus Recreation Outdoor Pursuits is going to Ski Snowstar Winter Sports Park
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Student Athletic Interests Survey--You Could Win Big!
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM One Billion Rising Flash Mob practice

Wednesday, February 13

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Visiting Artist Colleen Toledano Workshop and Lecture
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM QC Riverfront Campus - Desire2Learn Turnitin Plagiarism Tool
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Fulbright Interest Meeting - Paid Opportunities Abroad!
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM From Armed Service to the Academy: Assisting Veteran Students with the Transition to the University
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The French Conversation Hour
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Skype & Telephone Interviewing Workshop
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
5:30 PM Peoria Alumni & Friends Event -- Social and Jersey Boys performance at the Peoria Civic Center
7:00 PM 40th Annual WIU Jazz Festival - jam session at Cafe Aroma
7:30 PM Electra by Jean Giraudoux
7:30 PM Guest Recital: Sergei Kvitko, piano

Thursday, February 14

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Desire2Learn Turnitin Plagiarism Tool
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Turning A Conference Presentation Into A Manuscript
12:20 PM - 12:30 PM "One Billion Rising" Flash Mob
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Getting Started with the iPad
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Stories of India Study Abroad Interest Meeting
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM National Association of Black Journalists Meeting
7:00 PM Women's Basketball v North Dakota State University
7:00 PM Black Student Association Fashion Show "Love the Skin You're In"
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Valentine's Date Night: Comedy with Paul Varghese
7:30 PM Electra by Jean Giraudoux

Friday, February 15

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM 'The Importance of Geology in Carbon Storage Research'
7:00 PM UUB Coffeehouse with musical artist Preston Pugmire, Electronic Looping Artist
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM "The Life of Print:" Caroline Picard of Green Lantern Press
7:30 PM Electra by Jean Giraudoux
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM V-Day and "The Vagina Monologues"
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Western Illinois University Jazz Band and Jazz Studio Orchestra Performance with Marvin Stamm
9:00 PM NAACP Masquerade Ball

Saturday, February 16

All Day 40th Annual WIU Jazz Festival - Feb. 14-16
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: It Shoots Further Than We Dream: Recent Work by Dominic Sansone
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Outdoor Skills Seminar
4:30 PM Women's Basketball v South Dakota State University
7:30 PM Electra by Jean Giraudoux
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM V-Day and "The Vagina Monologues"

Sunday, February 17

12:00 PM Bench Press Competition at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
1:00 PM 27th Annual Soul Food Festival
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM V-Day and "The Vagina Monologues"
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Tucson-Area Alumni & Friends Social

Monday, February 18

8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Student Athletic Interests Survey -- You Could Win Big!
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Book Sale
1:30 PM - 2:15 PM Getting Started with the iPad
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Conferences 101: Finding Conferences in English Studies, Funding Yourself, and Getting the Most Out of the Experience
4:30 PM Black Student Association Heritage Bowl
5:00 PM - 9:00 PM Pre-Law Symposium
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM You Can Major in That? Recreation Park and Tourism Administration's Discovery Showcase
7:00 PM Black History Trivia

Tuesday, February 19

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Book Sale
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Using Rubrics in Desire2Learn
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Post Award for the New PI
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Approaches to Formative Assessments in the Classroom
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Utilizing LinkedIn for Your Job Search
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Web Workshop: Intro to OmniUpdate, Western's Content Management System (CMS)
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM Peter Bergen - WIU Theme Speakers Series: War and Peace: From Personal Conflict to Global Resolution
7:30 PM Voca People

Wednesday, February 20

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE) Book Sale
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Using Low-Stakes Creative Writing Assignments to Engage Students
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM UDL in a Nutshell
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The French Conversation Hour
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Phoenix-Area Alumni & Friends Social
7:00 PM NAACP Mind Over Matter
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM John Sullivan and History
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film Club Meeting & Screening: The Fairy
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Slingshot Hip Hop Film

Thursday, February 21

12:00 PM - 12:50 PM African-American Poetry Reading
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM "Coffee, Culture, and Conversation"-Discussion Topic: Communication
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM African American Poetry Reading
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM African American Poetry Reading
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM National Association of Black Journalists Meeting
7:00 PM TO RESCHEDULE: The J-Spot: A Sex Educator Tells All

Friday, February 22

All Day Take the Aquatics Challenge in celebration of National Recreational Sports and Fitness Day!
All Day Annual WIU Showcase of Bands
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM [CANCELED]: Secretary of State Mobile Services
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM National Recreational Sports and Fitness Day
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM [POSTPONED]: "Life after Western: Community Engagement and Social Responsibility"
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Sigma Tau Delta Dinner & Conversation with Bill Thompson

Saturday, February 23

All Day Annual WIU Showcase of Bands
8:00 AM - 9:00 PM Annual Wellness Weekend Retreat
4:30 PM - 6:30 PM Performing Arts Society Wine Tasting 2013: Corks and Court
7:00 PM Men's Basketball Sears BracketBuster
7:30 PM Guest Recital: Alison Robuck, oboe and Narae Joo, piano

Sunday, February 24

All Day Last day for 60% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
7:00 AM - 1:30 PM Wellness Weekend Retreat - Day 2
3:00 PM CANCELED: Chamber Orchestra Concert - Richard Hughey, conductor
5:00 PM Senior Recital: Marina Nir, flute with Minjung Seo, piano and Faraz Chaudry, guitar

Monday, February 25

All Day Early warning grade reporting available on WIUP
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM REMINDER: Student Athletic Interests Survey -- You Could Win Big!
7:00 PM International Friendship Club: International Fashion Show
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Step Up Bystander Intervention Training Program

Tuesday, February 26

11:00 AM - 11:45 AM QC Riverfront - Building Learning Modules in Western Online (D2L)

Wednesday, February 27

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Post Award for the New PI
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM REJECTED! Handling Reviewer and Editor Comments
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The French Conversation Hour
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Using Emotional Intelligence in the Workplace
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Western Illinois Magazine Staff Meeting
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM “Want to own your own Business?” Lecture on small business lending process.
7:00 PM BSA Where Have All the Black Males Gone: Navagating the Systematic Discourse of Higher Education
7:30 PM Sal "The Hit Man" Piacente
8:00 PM UUB Coffeehouse Inspirational Slam Poetry: Levi the Poet

Thursday, February 28

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM Blood Pressure, Body Composition, and Sun Screenings
9:00 AM - 3:00 PM Eating Wellness Screening Day
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Using the iPad for Managing the Classroom
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Writing Grief on Skin
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM English & Journalism Creative Writing Awards Deadline 4:00pm
2:00 PM - 2:45 PM Using the Western Online Gradebook (D2L)
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM National Association of Black Journalists Meeting
5:30 PM Basketball Doubleheader; Women v Fort Wayne and Men v Kansas City
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Who is Al Sears, and Why is He Important to the History of American Music?
7:30 PM Faculty Jazz Recital: John Vana, saxophone with WIU School of Music Jazz Faculty


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