Friday, March 1

All Day March 1 Housing Contract Cancellation Deadline
All Day Harry Mussatto Golf Course opens Friday, March 1, 2013
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM Women's Art Exhibit Reception
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Atlanta Alumni and Friends Social
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM 40th Annual International Bazaar 2013 - IFC
7:30 PM Annual Concerto/Aria/Composition Competition Concert
9:00 PM Cultural Expressions Open Mic - CANCELED

Saturday, March 2

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Macomb Feminist Network Writing Women Back into History Awards Reception
3:00 PM Mu Phi Epsilon Spring Recital
4:30 PM Basketball Doubleheader starting at 4:30 p.m. Women v Oakland; Men v University of South Dakota
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM International Friendship Club Presents: 40th International Bazaar 2013

Sunday, March 3

3:00 PM WIU Choirs Spring Concert

Monday, March 4

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Stories of India Study Abroad Interest Meeting
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Team-Based Learning
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Using the Western Online Gradebook (D2L)
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Conferences 102: Responding to a CFP, Developing an Abstract, and Writing a Conference Paper in English Studies
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM URC Technical Assistance Workshops
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Washington DC Alumni & Friends Social
7:30 PM Annual WIU New Music Festival - Concert I

Tuesday, March 5

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM So You Want to Apply for a GrantÉ
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Tech Tools: Take It and Go!
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Interviewing Basics
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Same Sex Marriage @ Supreme Court
2:00 PM Annual WIU New Music Festival - Concert II - Student Composers Concert
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Study Abroad Advisor at Riverfront Campus
3:30 PM Panel Discussion on Elected Women Leaders, Women Voters, and Media Portrayal of Women in Politics and "Women's Issues"
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
7:00 PM THE SQUIRM BURPEE CIRCUS "Handsome Little Devils"
7:30 PM Annual WIU New Music Festival - Concert III

Wednesday, March 6

8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Blood Pressure and Body Composition Readings
10:00 AM - 3:30 PM Women's Center Red Cross Blood Drive
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Are You Ready? - Preparing Your Presentation for an Academic Conference
12:05 PM Four Men for Men's Health
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The French Conversation Hour
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Information Session: Art Gallery Ambassador Program
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Western Wednesdays After-Hours in Naperville
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Lead Series: Communicating Through Conflict
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM The Purity Myth: the Virginity Movement's War Against Women Film
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film Club Meeting & Screening: Heathers
7:05 PM - 8:30 PM John Mann Poetry Reading
7:30 PM Faculty Chamber Series IV: Igor Stravinsky's "L'Histoire du Soldat" - The Soldier's Tale
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM UUB Coffeehouse Slam Poetry: Keegan "Seoul" Loye

Thursday, March 7

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM "Coffee, Culture, and Conversation"- Discussion Topic: "What you want to be when you grow up"
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM URC Technical Assistance Workshops
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM National Association of Black Journalists Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Abraham Lincoln's Cooper Union Address and the Future of Slavery
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Lead Series: Let's Get S.M.A.R.T. Developing Goals that Align With Your Values
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Chinese Movie Night hosted by Foreign Languages Department
7:30 PM Trio Solari

Friday, March 8

All Day First 8-week session ends
All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM International Women's Day Panel Discussion: Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Elements literary magazine submission deadline 4:00pm
7:00 PM Residence Halls Close

Saturday, March 9

All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
10:00 AM - 6:00 PM 33rd Rock, Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show sponsored by Geodeland Earth Science Clubs, Inc.
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Sunday, March 10

All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM 33rd Rock, Gem, Mineral & Fossil Show sponsored by Geodeland Earth Science Clubs, Inc.
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Monday, March 11

All Day Spring break, No classes
All Day Early warning grades due online at 4:30 p.m.
All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Tuesday, March 12

All Day Early warning grades emailed to students and available on STARS
All Day Spring break, No classes
All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Wednesday, March 13

All Day Spring break, No classes
All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Thursday, March 14

All Day Spring break, No classes
All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Friday, March 15

All Day Spring break, No classes
All Day Graduation applications due for all students who wish to have their name in the commencement programs
All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
3:00 PM Softball v South Dakota - Doubleheader
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Saturday, March 16

All Day Spring Break Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
12:00 PM Softball v South Dakota
5:00 PM - 5:00 PM Town/Gown: Annual Gardener's Day 2013
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Sunday, March 17

All Day Last day for 50% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
10:00 AM Residence Halls Re-Open
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Certification Course

Monday, March 18

All Day Second 8-week session begins
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM The Gabler Lecture: Investment in Transport Infrastructure and Economic Development: A Geographical Perspective
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Re-certification Course

Tuesday, March 19

8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Restoration Cathedral Music Symposium
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Simplify Your Western Online Course
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Successful and Sane: Reinventing Class Discussions Online
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM Restoration Cathedral Music Recital
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Memphis Alumni & Friends Social
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Slut Talk
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Re-certification Course

Wednesday, March 20

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM How to Review an Article
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM QC Riverfront Campus - Simplify Your Western Online Course
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The French Conversation Hour
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Resumes 101: Getting Started!
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Nashville Alumni & Friends Social
7:00 PM NAACP Why Are We Still Fighting? "Post-Slavery Syndrome"
7:00 PM - 8:40 PM Campus Greens' March Documentary Presenting: The Real Dirt on Farmer John
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film Club Meeting & Screening: Brazil
8:00 PM - 5:00 PM Wilderness First Responder Re-certifications Course

Thursday, March 21

9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Disney College Program Information Table
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Disney College Program: Information Tables
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Disney College Program: Information Tables
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Salute to Veterans and Service Members - Resource Fair
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Sequestration: The Economics of the Politics
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM "Coffee, Culture, and Conversation"-Discussion: Diversity
1:00 PM - 5:00 PM Grad Prep Day-- Quad Cities Campus
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Post Award for the New PI
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Creating Multi-Touch Books for iPad Using IBooks Author
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM Join eXtreme Dodgeball for Diabetes
7:00 PM Documentary: The Real Dirt on Farmer John
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Moby Dick in Pictures
7:30 PM Guest Recital: Tom Clippert, classical guitar
7:30 PM Guest Recital: Mary Rose Norell, piano

Friday, March 22

All Day Incompletes due in the Office of the Registrar (SH 110)
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Grad Prep Day-- Macomb Campus
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps

Saturday, March 23

9:00 AM - 11:00 AM Saturday morning hours added to the Spencer Student Recreation Center, Aquatics Center
9:45 AM - 1:00 PM Town/Gown Event: WIU Zoology Club 4th Annual Doggie Easter Egg Hunt
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Cornfed Film Fest Student Filmmakers Workshop
12:00 PM Softball Doubleheader v Oakland
1:00 PM Senior Recital: Daniel Brakefield, baritone with Jasmin Arakawa, piano
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
3:00 PM - 6:00 PM Combined Student Recital: DeMetrio Lyle, trumpet and Barksdale Bryant, trumpet with Jasmin Arakawa, piano and Minjung Seo, piano
5:00 PM Graduate Recital: Hwayoung Noh, piano

Sunday, March 24

All Day Last day for 40% refund/credit for total universtiy withdrawal
11:00 AM Softball v Oakland
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Easter Egg Hunt- March 24, 2013 from 11-2pm
12:00 PM - 6:00 PM St. Baldrick's
1:00 PM Jr. Jazz Combined Recital: Amanda Miller, trumpet & combos
3:00 PM Graduate Recital: Vanessa Montelongo, horn
5:00 PM Graduate Recital: Laura Reynolds, clarinet

Monday, March 25

10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Disney College Program Information Table
3:00 PM - 3:45 PM Creating Multi-Touch Books for iPad Using IBooks Author
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Conferences 103: Writing Effective Abstracts for English Studies Conferences
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM 23rd Annual Wayne N. Thompson Scholar Lecture with Dr. Patrice Buzzanell
7:30 PM The Passing Zone
7:30 PM Guest Recital: The Petrella Ensemble
7:30 PM - 6:00 PM CANCELED African Student Association Game Night

Tuesday, March 26

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Using Tools in Desire2Learn for Collaboration
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Using Qualitative Analysis in Your Research
12:00 PM - 12:30 PM Skype & Telephone Interviewing Workshop
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Time & Effort Reporting on Grants Ð What Is It and What Do I Have to Do?
3:30 PM - 4:20 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
6:00 PM Lead Series: I've Had the Time of My Life...Motivation and Recognition for Your Membership
7:00 PM 2013 Distinguished Faculty Lecture - Dr. James Stegall
7:30 PM I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick

Wednesday, March 27

All Day State and Nation at the Crossroads
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Resume Workshop: Improve Your Marketability!
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
10:00 AM - 3:00 PM Celebrating Disability Culture Day
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Strategies for Creating a Positive CODEC Classroom Experience
12:00 PM State and Nation at the Crossroads: Why Small Towns Mattered in the French Revolution
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM State and Nation at the Crossroads
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM The French Conversation Hour
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Difficult Conversation 4: The Gender Box: Pressures to be "Male" and "Female" Continue
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Difficult Conversation 4: The Gender Box - Pressures to Be "Male" and "Female" Continue
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Questions & Answers with writer Kim Addonizio
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Women and the Sciences in Global Context
7:30 PM I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick
8:00 PM UUB Coffeehouse Independent music artist: Jette Rae

Thursday, March 28

9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Changing Roles of Women in the Military & Issues Facing Female Service Members & Veterans
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM To Write Love On Her Arms-WIU Chapter: 2nd Annual Living Your Story Entertainment Festival
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM The Last Lecture Series: "When New Doors Open: Finding the Right Balance for Success"
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Reading with Kim Addonizio
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Reading by award winning poet, Kim Addonizio.
7:30 PM I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Concert Band Student Conductors Concert
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM Peter Boie: Magician for Non-Believers
8:30 PM - 9:30 PM I Hate Hamlet! Post-play Discussion of

Friday, March 29

8:00 AM - 4:30 PM Board of Trustees Meeting
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Secretary of State Mobile Services
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Western Organization for Women Board Meeting
6:00 PM - 6:00 PM POSTPONED African Student Association "Heritage Night"
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM Comedy Lecture with Preacher Moss, The End of Racism Tour
7:30 PM I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick

Saturday, March 30

11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Cornfed Film Fest Student Filmmakers Workshop
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM Art Exhibition: Exploring Media 6: Scraps
7:00 PM Black Alumni Black Tie Scholarship Gala
7:30 PM I Hate Hamlet by Paul Rudnick

Sunday, March 31

All Day Last day 30% refund/credit for total university withdrawal
All Day Last day to drop regular 16-week course and receive "W" grade
All Day Last day to withdraw from University


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