During the campus-wide MLK Day celebration on January 21, Core students are required to attend the 10 a.m. Convocation and one other focus session or MLK Day-related activity of your choice and respond to the activities as directed by your instructor.
The complete schedule of events for MLK Day 2008 is available at: http://www.valpo.edu/events/mlk2008/schedule.php.
The author of a new book examining C.S. Lewis’ Chronicles of Narnia series will speak at Valparaiso University on Jan. 15.
Dr. Michael Ward, author of Planet Narnia: The Seven Heavens in the Imagination of C.S. Lewis, will discuss how medieval cosmology, a subject that fascinated Lewis throughout his life, offers the key to understanding the seven novels.
Dr. Ward’s talk, “C.S. Lewis, Narnia and the Seven Heavens,” will begin at 6:30 p.m. in Huegli Hall on campus and is free and open to the public.
For more information:
http://www.valpo.edu/news/index.php?action=display&newsid=3339&sy=2007
The Barossa Quintet will perform a Jan. 15 recital at Valparaiso University’s Center for the Arts.
The recital, which begins at 7:30 p.m., will feature classical and contemporary works by Karl Pilss, Giuseppe Cambini, Paquito D’Rivera and Jean Francaix. The performance is free and open to the public.
For more information:
http://www.valpo.edu/news/index.php?action=display&newsid=3333&sy=2007
Student organists in Valparaiso University’s chapter of the American Guild of Organists and a faculty guest will perform during a Jan. 14 recital at the Chapel of the Resurrection.
The annual student recital features performances on the University’s renowned Reddel Memorial Organ and begins at 7:30 p.m. The public is invited to attend and a freewill offering will support the activities of the University’s AGO student chapter. A reception will follow the recital.
For more information:
http://www.valpo.edu/news/index.php?action=display&newsid=3338&sy=2007