Thursday, November 1

All Day Advance Registration for Spring
All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and Body Composition Readings at Sherman Hall--Free of charge!
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Hearing Screening at Sherman Hall--Free of charge!
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tri-States Audio Information Services Annual Auction
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Using Electronic Resources To Facilitate Research Productivity*
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM The Bicentennial of the War(s) of 1812" Panel Presentation
7:00 PM Men's Basketball Exhibition Game v Harris-Stowe State
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film: An Inconvenient Truth
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Black Student Association Talent Show
7:30 PM Faculty Recital: John Mindeman, trombone

Friday, November 2

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
All Day Advance Registration for Spring
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and Body Composition Readings at Memorial Hall--Free of charge!
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tri-States Audio Information Services Annual Auction
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM English & Journalism Festival of Writing
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM Grad Prep Day-- Quad Cities Campus
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Motivating Millennials by Deploying Digital Media
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM EGO First Friday
7:00 PM Women's Basketball Exhibition Game v Monmouth College
7:30 PM Here Come The Mummies!
9:00 PM Cultural Expressions Open Mic

Saturday, November 3

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tri-States Audio Information Services Annual Auction
1:00 PM Leatherneck Football v Northern Iowa
1:00 PM Men's Soccer v UMKC
5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Sigma Tau Delta: Dinner & Conversations with Dr. Jacque Wilson-Jordan
6:00 PM - 9:00 PM Malpass Mini-Golf
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM International scholarship fund raiser - Mediterranean dinner!

Sunday, November 4

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tri-States Audio Information Services Annual Auction
1:00 PM Men's Soccer v Belmont
1:00 PM - 6:00 PM World Cup Indoor Soccer at the Spencer Student Recreation Center

Monday, November 5

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
All Day Advance Registration for Spring
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tri-States Audio Information Services Annual Auction
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Reflective Journaling to Measure Experiences Against Learning Outcomes
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM Study Abroad Advisor at the Riverfront Campus
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Spanish Tertulias
7:00 PM Men's Basketball Exhibition Game v Missouri S&T

Tuesday, November 6

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
All Day Advance Registration for Spring
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and Body Composition Readings at Knoblauch Hall--Free of charge!
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tri-States Audio Information Services Annual Auction
8:00 AM - 9:30 PM Free Sun Damage Screening at Knoblauch Hall!
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Using Assessments in Desire2Learn
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Cultural Café Spotlight is on Saudi Arabia
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM The New Western Online: Building Your Course with the Content Tool in D2L
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM WIU in Belfast Study Abroad Interest Mtg
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM Election Viewing Party
7:30 PM The Klezmatics

Wednesday, November 7

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
All Day Advance Registration for Spring
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and Body Composition Readings at Morgan Hall--Free of charge!
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tri-States Audio Information Services Annual Auction
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Women's Center Red Cross Blood Drive
10:30 AM - 3:00 PM Mobile Computing Awareness Day
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM QC Riverfront Campus - Desire2Learn Turnitin Plagiarism Tool
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Strategies for Producing Successful Online Experiences for Students
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM French Conversation Hour
3:30 PM Skype and Phone Interviews
3:30 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM Difficult Conversation 2 Tensions in the Classroom: Clashing Ideas/Clashing Values
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM "Crossing Borders" Movie Screening
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM Winter Is Coming Brace Yourselves Free Flu Shot
4:30 PM - 7:00 PM Mental Health Awareness-Suicide Prevention
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Western After Hours in Downtown Chicago - Kicking off our second year by moving to Western Wednesdays!
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Lead Series Presentation-Sleep Wellness
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Galesburg Alumni & Friends Wine Tasting
7:00 PM Women's Basketball Exhibition Game v MacMurray College
7:30 PM School of Music Faculty Chamber Music Series Concert II - Camerata Woodwind Quintet and LaMoine Brass Quintet with Jasmin Arakawa, piano
7:30 PM University Theatre: Smokey Joe's Cafe
7:30 PM GBCC Dance Troupe Fall Concert Most Wanted, Part II (2 Hot 2 Handle)

Thursday, November 8

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
All Day Advance Registration for Spring
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and Body Composition Readings at Physical Plant, Large Training Room--Free of charge!
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM Tri-States Audio Information Services Annual Auction
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Building Connections thru Mentoring
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM Why I Take Students Abroad
2:30 PM Coffee, Culture, and Conversation-Discussion Topic:"Internalization vs. Globalization"
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM How to Get Started on a Grant Proposal
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Ecology and Natural Resource Management in Southeast Asia Interest Meeting
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Monmouth Alumni & Friends Social
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Global Lens Film and Discussion: "Bunny Chow" (South Africa)
7:30 PM Jazz Studio Orchestra (JSO) Tour Concert - John Cooper, director with special guest Chris Vadala
7:30 PM University Theatre: Smokey Joe's Cafe
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM UUB Bingo

Friday, November 9

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
All Day Advance Registration for Spring
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Blood Pressure, Blood Glucose, and Body Composition Readings at Stipes Hall--Free of charge!
8:00 AM - 9:30 AM Hearing Screening at Stipes Hall--Free of charge!
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM Grad Prep Day-- Macomb Campus
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM Summit League Men's Soccer Championship
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Al-Talem Fi (Education in) Saudi Arabia
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Contract Grading
2:00 PM M Soccer v UMKC - game 2 of the Summit League Men's Soccer Conference Championship
6:00 PM African Student Association "African Night"
7:00 PM Volleyball v Fort Wayne
7:00 PM - 8:15 PM Stacy Peebles - WIU Theme Speakers Series: War and Peace: From Personal Conflict to Global Resolution
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM "Lenses into War" by Dr. Stacey Peebles: Keynote, EGO Conference
7:30 PM Chamber Winds & Chamber Players Concert - Mike Fansler & Matt Thomas, directors
7:30 PM University Theatre: Smokey Joe's Cafe
9:00 PM - 11:00 PM Rocky-N-Roller Skate at the Spencer Student Recreation Center

Saturday, November 10

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
All Day Ninth Annual Conference, WIU's English Graduate Organization
All Day Indoor Kayaking Workshop at the Spencer Student Recreation Center, Aquatics Center
8:00 AM Fallen Soldiers 5K Run/Walk
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Family Skate at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
1:00 PM Leatherneck Football v Youngstown State
3:00 PM Student Recital: Amy Broadbent, piano
5:00 PM - 11:00 PM Performing Arts Society Gala & Silent Auction 2012: Masquerade
7:00 PM Men's Basketball V Wabash College
7:00 PM Volleyball v Oakland
7:30 PM Mu Phi Epsilon Candidate Recital
7:30 PM University Theatre: Smokey Joe's Cafe

Sunday, November 11

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
12:00 PM Phi Mu Alpha Fall Concert
12:00 PM Men's Soccer play for Summit League Men's Soccer Championship
2:00 PM Senior Recital: Chris Haas, trumpet
3:00 PM Guest Organ Recital - Anita Werling, WIU Professor Emerita - First Presbyterian Church, Macomb
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM Auditions for "The Vagina Monologues"
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Trans* in the Media & Panel
7:30 PM Faculty Recital: István Szabó, viola / Narae Joo, piano

Monday, November 12

All Day Advance Registration for Spring
All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
8:00 AM - 4:30 PM All Day International Dress Day-All Campus
8:30 AM - 2:30 PM Discover Western Open House Program
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Language Boulevard
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM Overview Of Bibliographic Reference Managers
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM UPI: Tenure and Promotion Portfolio Preparation
2:00 PM - 4:30 PM International Dress Day Picture
3:00 PM - 4:30 PM UPI: PY 1 Portfolio Preparation
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Spanish Tertulias
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Department of Geography: Geography Awareness Week Lecture "Human Geography"
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM Auditions for "The Vagina Monologues"
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM The Joy of Painting for the Fun of It
7:30 PM WIU Saxophone Studio Recital - studio of John Vana

Tuesday, November 13

All Day Advance Registration for Spring
All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Social Media 101: Utilizing Social Networking as a Professional Development & Networking Tool
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Using the iPad for Research
11:00 AM Advanced Interviewing
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM Saudi Arabian Cultural Immersion Room
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM WIU Sustainability Brownbaggers
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM Winter is Coming! FREE Flu Shots!
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM The New Western Online: Mastering the D2L Grade Book
3:30 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
5:00 PM Eternal Rome Summer 2013 Study Abroad Course
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM Eternal Rome Study Abroad Interest Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM "Spanish Cooking Class-paella!"
7:00 PM Women's Basketball v Clarke University
7:00 PM "Dr. Strangelove"
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film: "Dr. Strangelove" (1964) -Open to the Public; An FYE Co-Curricular Activity
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Trans* Health Care Discussion
7:30 PM The Western Brass - WIU Brass Ensemble Concert - Randall Faust, music director
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM Auditions for "The Vagina Monologues"

Wednesday, November 14

All Day Advance Registration for Spring
All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Desire2Learn Turnitin Plagiarism Tool
12:00 PM Early Illinois Railroads
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Early Illinois Railroads
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Agraphia Groups
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Proposing a Study Abroad Course: 5 Easy Steps to Success
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM "Proposing a Study Abroad Course: 5 Easy Steps to Success"
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Managing Course Content with the iPad
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM French Conversation Hour
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Resumes 101: Getting Started!
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Weaving Historical Strands
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM AFTER: Discussion of the 2012 Presidential Election
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM Geography Awareness Week Talk "Human Vulnerability to Tornadoes: A Geographic Perspective on Physical Geography"
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Auditions for "The Vagina Monologues"
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Global Lens Film and Discussion: "Toll Booth" (Turkey)
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film Studies Club meeting and screening of Good Bye, Lenin!
7:30 PM ElectroAcoustic Music Macomb (EAMM) Concert - curated by James Caldwell
8:00 PM - 10:30 PM Boy's Dont Cry: Movie Showing & Discussion

Thursday, November 15

All Day Advance Registration for Spring
All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM How to Use Cloud Computing, SkyDrive, and Google Docs to Increase Teaching Efficiency and Creation of Collaborative Projects
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM Paid Opportunities Abroad - Student Fulbright Interest Meeting
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM Faculty Fulbright Interest Meeting
5:30 PM WIU vs. Missouri Pregame Social & Women's Basketball Game in Columbia (MO)
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM Transgender Day of Remembrance
7:00 PM NAACP Financial Aid Awareness
7:00 PM - 8:30 PM Global Lens Film and Discussion: "Stolen Life" (China)
7:30 PM The Holiday Festival of Choirs at Thanksgiving - St. Paul Catholic Church

Friday, November 16

All Day Advance Registration for Spring
All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
12:00 PM - 4:30 PM New Student Registration (NSR) for New Transfers and New Freshmen
7:00 PM Residence Halls Close at 7:00 PM

Saturday, November 17

All Day Art Student Grant Talent Awards
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Thanksgiving Week Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center

Sunday, November 18

10:00 AM - 2:00 PM 2012 Thanksgiving Week Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center

Monday, November 19

All Day Open registration begins
All Day Thanksgiving Break-NO CLASSES
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM 2012 Thanksgiving Week Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center

Tuesday, November 20

All Day Thanksgiving Break-NO CLASSES
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM 2012 Thanksgiving Week Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM The New Western Online: Putting It All Together

Wednesday, November 21

All Day Thanksgiving Break-NO CLASSES
7:00 AM - 7:00 PM 2012 Thanksgiving Week Hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Using Low-Stakes Creative Writing Assignments to Engage Students

Thursday, November 22

All Day Thanksgiving Holiday-University Closed
12:00 AM - 12:00 PM Spencer Student Recreation Center closed

Friday, November 23

All Day Thanksgiving Holiday-University Closed
12:00 AM - 12:00 PM Spencer Student Recreation Center closed

Saturday, November 24

12:00 AM - 12:00 PM Spencer Student Recreation Center closed

Sunday, November 25

12:00 PM - 11:00 PM Back to regular hours at the Spencer Student Recreation Center

Monday, November 26

12:00 PM Julstrom String Quartet Recital
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM Spanish Tertulias

Tuesday, November 27

All Day Senior BFA Exhibitions
11:00 AM Job Shadowing and Externships
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM QC Riverfront Campus - The New Western Online: Putting It All Together
2:00 PM WIU Student Composer Showcase Convocation
7:00 PM Women's Basketball v Valparaiso University
7:30 PM Trio Settecento
7:30 PM - 9:00 PM "Voices of Witness: Out of the Box" Screening and Panel Discussion

Wednesday, November 28

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM Agraphia Groups
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM End of the World
3:00 PM - 3:00 PM WIU in Belfast Study Abroad Interest Meeting
3:00 PM - 4:15 PM French Conversation Hour
3:30 PM Maximizing Your LinkedIn Network
3:30 PM Study Abroad Information Meeting
4:30 PM Eternal Rome 2013 Study Abroad Course
4:30 PM - 5:30 PM Eternal Rome Study Abroad Interest Meeting
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Delicious Nutritious Baked Goods!
5:00 PM - 7:00 PM Wheel Wednesday: Learn to Throw a pot on the Potters wheel
6:00 PM 13th Annual Pre-Kwanzaa Celebration
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Lead Series Presentation- Take the Lead in Creating a Safer Campus
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Film Studies Club meeting and screening of Arsenic and Old Lace
7:30 PM Senior Recital: Rebecca Malina, violin

Thursday, November 29

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM Using the iPad for Research
10:45 AM - 1:30 PM 10-minute massage by Tammy Miller
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM How To Use Undergraduate Research Assistants Effectively
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM WISE Costa Rica Study Abroad Meeting
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM Coffee, Culture, and Conversation-Discussion Topic: "Living a Balanced Life"
5:30 PM Eternal Rome Study Abroad
5:30 PM Graduate Lecture/Recital: Teng-Wen Liu, jazz saxophone
5:30 PM - 6:30 PM Eternal Rome Study Abroad Interest Meeting
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM Fall 2013 RA Informational Session
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Milwaukee Alumni & Friends Social
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM Landscapes, Books and Portfolios
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM UUB Coffeehouse: Open Mic Night
7:30 PM Faculty DanceWorks Concert
7:30 PM WIU Guitar Ensemble Recital
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Club Wetzel

Friday, November 30

9:30 AM - 3:00 AM Secretary of State Mobile Services
9:30 AM - 3:00 PM Secretary of State Mobile Services
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM Equal Opportunity and Access Administrative Internship Fall Interest Meeting
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Western Organization for Women Board Meeting
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Psychology Department Colloquium Series - Shock You! Rock You! Information Explosions Critically Important to Clinical Practice and Basic Neuroscience
6:00 PM 37th Madrigal Dinner - Heritage Room, University Union
7:00 PM - 2:00 AM Rocky After Dark: Knight Rises
7:30 PM Faculty DanceWorks Concert
7:30 PM Recital: Presidents International String Quartet


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