RA In-Services

What you need to know:

• You must attend 3 in-services this Fall if you are not currently enrolled in IRL classes.

• Monthly schedule is available here. (.pdf)

• List schedule is available below.

• Evaluations are available here.

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September
Tuesday 9^th @ 8 PM Storyteller Obakunle Akinlala presents “African Folktales” (Musical instruments are used to tell stories of the Yoruba people in Southwest Nigeria)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Wednesday 10^th @ 3 PM Dr. Steven Faukner “Father’s Day in the Rain” (Women & Gender Studies Discussion Series)

            Greenwood Library 147B

Monday 15^th @ 12 PM Dr. David W. Moore, National Pollster (How Polls are Used and Misused in our political system)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Tuesday 16^th @ 12 PM Grant Avent “How Longwood Dining Helps Blue & Gray Go Green” (Sustainable practices that D-hall is using)

            Dining Hall Annex

Tuesday 16^th @ 8 PM C.L. Lindsay III “Trouble Online: Campus Computing & the Law” (The trouble with Facebook/Myspace)

            Jarman Auditorium

Wednesday 17^th @ 7 PM General Education Film “An Unreasonable Man” (Documentary Film about Ralph Nader)

            Lower Level of LCVA

Wednesday 17^th @ 8 PM Peter Straub Reads from his works (Writes novels and poetry in the horror genre)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Wednesday 24^th @ 12 PM Dr. Rená Koesler “Romance and the Environment: What do the Two have in Common” (People’s connection to the environment and how to gain an appreciation for it)

            Dining Hall Annex

Thursday 25^th @ 4 PM Graduate & Professional School Admission

            Lancaster G09

October
Wednesday 1^st @ 8 PM Joaquín Zihuatanejo, a spoken word artist (Draws work from his Chicano Culture, Award-Winning poet)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Thursday 2^nd @ 12 PM “What is Longwood Doing to be Green?” presented by the Longwood Sustainability Committee

            Dining Hall Annex

Monday 6^th @ 7 PM Dr. John S. Mebane “Christianity, Pacifism, and Principles of Justice in Warfare” (Discusses the Bible, Saint Augustine, Erasmus, Machiavelli and the play Henry V)

            Orr Auditorium Hull 132

Tuesday 7^th @ 12 PM Dr. Pam Tracy “Spending Your Green: Outsmarting Ads & Fads for the Sake of the Planet (and Your Wallet)” (How living in a buy, buy, buy society affects the environment and you as a citizen)

            Dining Hall Annex

Wednesday 15^th @ 12 PM A Panel Discussion on “Going Green” (Professionals who have read Radical Simplicity and made changes in their lives to address sustainability)

            Dining Hall Annex

Wednesday 15^th @ 4 PM “Savage Sexuality: constructing male Victims in Contemporary Young Adult Literature” (Women’s & Gender Studies Discussion Series)

            Greenwood Library 147B

Thursday 16^th @ 7 PM Dr. James Thornton gives a Sankofa Lecture

            Orr Auditorium (Hull 132)

Thursday 16^th @ 7 PM Faith and Sustainability Panel (Globalization & Pluralism Program)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Wednesday 22^nd @ 5 PM Graduate & Professional School Admission

            Lancaster G09

Wednesday 22^nd @ 8 PM Margaret Gibson will Read from her Works (Poet nominated five times for the Pulitzer Prize)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Thursday 23^rd @ 6 PM Professional Dining & Etiquette Dinner (DEADLINE to Register Friday October 17^th)

            Dorrill Dining Hall

Monday 27^th @ 8 PM Harry C. Boyte “The Citizen Solution” (Will speak about developing civic agency among students)

            Jarman Auditorium

Wednesday 29^th @ 4 PM Goal 15 Workshop (Prepare your cover letter and Resume, Search for your internship and get it approved and registered)

            Lancaster G09

November
Monday 3^rd @ 8 PM Peter Grandbois will read from his work (Author of essays and short fiction)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Wednesday 5^th @ 7 PM Globalization and the Environment (International Awareness Week)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Friday 7^th @ 7 PM Dr. William W. Freehling “Can Coincidences Change History? The Coming of the Civil War as a Test Case.”

            Greenwood Library Atrium

Monday 10^th @ 7 PM Globalization and the Environment (International Awareness Week)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Tuesday 11^th @ 7 PM Globalization and the Environment (International Awareness Week)

            Molnar Recital Hall in Wygal

Wednesday 12^th @ 3 PM Erin Devine “Capitalist Productions: William Pope & the Radicalized Body” (Women’s & Gender Studies Discussion Series)

            Greenwood Library 147B

Wednesday 12^th @ 7 PM The Band’s Visit, an Israeli film about the cultural divide in the Middle East

            Longwood Center for Visual Arts Lower Level

Wednesday 12^th @ 8 PM Shihan the Poet, a spoken word Artist

            Orr Auditorium Hull 132

Monday 17^th @ 5 PM Graduate & Professional School Admission

            Lancaster G09

Tuesday 18^th @ 5 PM Goal 15 Workshop (Prepare your cover letter and Resume, Search for your internship and get it approved and registered)

            Lancaster G09

December
Wednesday 3^rd @ 7 PM Festival of Lights (Pluralism and the Celebration of Faith Forum)

            Lankford Ballroom