2011 LHU Events Calendar   

Monday,  2 /20:

• Art Exhibit: Elizabeth Klimek, Printmaking/Sculpture
  Sloan Fine Arts Gallery
  On display Feb. 20 – March 23. Open for free public viewing: 8 am to 9 pm.

Tuesday,  2 /21:

• 1 pm, Forum with PASSHE Chancellor John Cavanaugh
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Dr. Cavanaugh, Chancellor of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, will visit Lock Haven University. The campus and community are welcome to attend this free event.

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Wednesday,  2 /22:

• 12:30 – 2 pm, Lunch-n-Learn Brown Bag Workshop
  S05/06 Bentley Hall
  This session is titled, "The Changing Landscape of Identity: Understanding and Supporting Students of All Gender Identities and Sexual Orientations." Conducted by Robyn Ochs, a professional speaker, workshop leader, and editor of an anthology on bisexuality. The teens and twenties are times of exploration, discovery and growth. For non-heterosexual students, this is a time when presumptive lables and sexuality are called into question. Robyn will discuss her work with teens and young adults and share some of her observations, best practices and lessons she has learned. Sponsored by the President’s Commission on LGBT Affairs and the Office of Social Equity.
  
  
• Starts at 3:30 pm, National Girls and Women in Sports day
  Zimmerli gymnasiums and Thomas Fieldhouse
  The coaches of LHU’s women’s teams invite girls from the local area to an afternoon & early evening of sports. Girls in elementary through middle school/8th grade are invited to participate. There is no charge. 
  
  
• 6 pm, Women's Basketball vs. Indiana (Pa.) 
  Thomas Fieldhouse
  
  
• 7 pm, Workshop: Challenging Heterosexism
  Greenberg Auditorium, Health Professions Building
  Professional speaker and activist Robyn Ochs will conduct an interactive workshop that addresses heterosexism and homophobia and their effects.
  It will offer insights on how to an be effective ally to gay, lesbian, bi and transgender people. There will be a reception at 6:30 pm. Sponsored by the President’s Commission on LGBT Affairs and the Office of Social Equity. Free and open to the public.
  
  
• 8 pm, Men's Basketball vs. Indiana (Pa.)
  Thomas Fieldhouse
  
  
• 8 pm, Art Exhibit Reception: Elizabeth Klimek , Printmaking/Sculpture
  Sloan Fine Arts Gallery
  On display Feb. 20 – March 23
  Open for free public viewing: 8 am to 9 pm.

Thursday,  2 /23:

• 4 pm, Open Presentation: Smarthinking
  Betty B. Schantz Tutorial Center, 2nd floor Stevenson Library
  This online tutorial service is provided free to students enrolled at LHU. It supplements the services provided by the group peer tutors. 2:30- 4 pm: Students can meet the Smarthinking representative and receive giveaways. 4 pm: The campus community at large is invited to learn about Smarthinking online tutoring services and have an opportunity to ask questions of the representative.
  
  
• 7 pm, HAC Movie: Forks Over Knives
  Price Performance Center
  The movie is based on "The China Study" written by Colin Campbell and is about how heart disease, diabetes, obesity, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and other diseases above are becoming more prevalent in the U.S.  It explains how we may be unaware of the effects of processed foods and focuses on a simple solution.
  

Friday,  2 /24:

• Last day to drop a course with "W" grade – full semester courses  
   
• Last day to drop a course with a grade of WP or WF with faculty permission – first half semester courses 
      
  
• Last day to withdraw from school without academic penalty
  ("E" grades)
  
  
• Last day for partial tuition refund as a result of credit reduction
  or withdrawal
  

Saturday, 2 /25:

• 1 pm, Women's Basketball vs. Mercyhurst
  Thomas Fieldhouse
  
  
• 3 pm, Men's Basketball vs. Mercyhurst
  Thomas Fieldhouse

Sunday,  2 /26:

• 5 pm,  Guest speaker:  “Teach for America”
  Ulmer Planetarium
  Guest speaker Amanda Berkey has taught for Teach for America in the Philadelphia area for three years.  She will speak about her experiences.
  Free and open to the public. Sponsored by the LHU Phi Sigma Pi National Honors Fraternity.
  

Monday,  2 /27:

• 11 am - 3 pm, LHU Student JOB & INTERNSHIP FAIR
  Rogers Gymnasium
  LHU Career Services has signed up 65 organizations, with more registering daily. Proper attire required. Resumes suggested.  Need help with a resume?  Stop by Career Services, Akeley 114. For more information and a list of participating employers, go to: 
  www.lhup.edu/careerservices/events/SJIF/SJIFStudents.htm
  
  
• 11 am – 2 pm, “Mini Physical Awareness” for LHU Faculty and Staff
  S05 Bentley Dining Hall
  Jersey Shore Hospital will be checking bone density and body mass.  The PA Program will be checking blood glucose and blood pressure. The Wellness Committee will also provide information the Metabolic Syndrome, which is becoming common problem in the United States. Sponsored by Jersey Shore Hospital and the LHU PA Program.
  
  
• 12:15 – 12:45 pm, “Shopping for Health”  
  S06 Bentley Dining Hall
  A discussion presented by Michelle Coleman, ARAMARK Registered Dietician, on health claims and nutrition labeling in the grocery stores and how to tell what is actually healthy.  Feel free to bring your lunch and eat while you listen. For LHU faculty, staff, students only.
  
  
• 6 p.m. Presentation: “Eating Disorders”
  The HOPE Center, G204 East Campus
  This year, National Eating Disorders Awareness Week has been designated from February 26 to March 3.  HOPE Center volunteer Cierra Guest will give a presentation on the pervasiveness and seriousness of eating disorders.  
  Sponsored by the HOPE Center. Free and open to the public.

Tuesday,  2 /28:

• 7:30 pm, WriteNow: Community Conversations with Contemporary Authors Reading by poet and playwright Jeanne Murray Walker with participation by the University Players and Dangerously Improv
  Multipurpose Room, Parsons Union Building
  Professor of English at the University of Delaware, Jeanne Murray Walker
  is the author of seven volumes of poetry and numerous plays and essays. Her work has been honored with prizes and awards including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, seven Pennsylvania State Arts Council Fellowships, the Prairie-Schooner Reader’s Choice and Strousse Awards, and the Pew Fellowship in the Arts. One of her plays, The Chosen Daughter, is recommended for high school and college theatre departments, and it is this script—with its emphasis on finding independence, weighing choices, and examining family relationships. This event can serve as a discussion starter on career choices, family relationships, and issues of identity, independence, and gender expectations. The author also will speak about writing in several genres and the processes of drafting, revising, and then seeing produced her play The Chosen Daughter.
  http://www.jeannemurraywalker.com/ Free and open to the public.
  

Wednesday,  2 /29:

• 12 - 1:30 pm, WriteNow: Community Conversations with Contemporary Authors
  Gross Community Room, Ross Library
  Meet Poet and Playwright Jeanne Murray Walker at this Booked for Lunch Program. The event is free; lunch provided for $7 a person. RSVP: 748-3321.
  
  
• 7 – 9:30 p.m.  Discussion: The Philosophy of ‘House’
  Hamblin Hall of Flags, Robinson LRC
  LHU Professor Dan Shaw will lead a discussion with a focus on a certral issue in the God debate, whether a highly improbable set of positive circumstances provides evidence of God's divine plan, or whether implausible coincidences happen all the time for both good and ill. Free and open to the public.
  

March 2012

Thursday, 3 /1:

• 7 p.m.  Presentation: Women’s History in the Digital Age
  Community Room, Ross Library, Lock Haven
  Dr. Janet Irons, professor and chair of the Department of History, Political Science, Economics, Geography and Foreign Languages, has been intensively involved in the last five years with a project jointly sponsored by Lycoming College, the Lycoming County Historical Society and the James V. Brown Library in Williamsport to bring together materials that tell the story of women in Lycoming County History.  The project is well advanced, with hundreds of documents online in a searchable database.  In the process, those involved learned a history of women in central Pennsylvania that has heretofore been unknown. Sponsored by the AAUW (American Association of University Women) . Free and open to the public.
  
  
• 7:30 pm, Symphonic Band Concert
  Price Performance Center
  Contact Person: Jack Schmidt. Free and open to the campus and community.  ( re-scheduled from original date of March 8).
  

Friday, 3 /2:

Saturday, 3 /3:

• Registration at 9 am, Admissions Open House
  Student Recreation Center
  Schedule includes time to meet with faculty; question-and-answer sessions with current students; discussions about financial aid, athletics and admissions; and a walking tour of the campus. Sign up.
  
  
• 7 pm, HAC Movie: New Year’s Eve
  Price Performance Center
  For LHU Students.

Sunday, 3 /4:

• 3 pm, University Choir Concert
  Price Performance Center
  Contact Person: Ron Miller
  Free and open to the campus and community.

Monday, 3 /5:

• 6 pm, Documentary film: “Miss Representation”
  The HOPE Center, G204 East Campus
  This film examines how mainstream media plays a significant role in the way young women see and portray themselves, which subsequently affects the expectations placed on them by others. It features interviews from young women alongside messages from powerful women, such as Condoleezza Rice, Nancy Pelosi, and Katie Couric. Following the film, there will be a discussion of the issues presented. Sponsored by the HOPE Center.
  Free and open to the public.

Tuesday, 3 /6:

Wednesday, 3 /7:

Thursday, 3/8:

Friday, 3 /9:

• End of first half semester courses

Saturday, 3 /10:

Sunday, 3 /11:

Monday, 3 /12: 

• Spring Break

Tuesday, 3 /13:

• Spring Break
  

Wednesday, 3 /14:

• Spring Break

Thursday,  3 /15:

• Spring Break

Friday,  3/1:

• Spring Break

Saturday, 3 /17:

Sunday, 3 /18:

Monday, 3 /19:

• Classes Resume at 8 am
  
  
• Start of second half semester courses

Tuesday, 3 /20:

• 6:30 pm, Anatomy of Hate: A Dialogue of Hope
  Hamblin Hall of Flags, Robinson LRC
  A film documentary followed by an open forum with the films’ director. free and open to the public.
  

Wednesday,  3 /21:

• March 21, 22, 23, 24
  7:30 pm, University Players: Student Directed Production
  321 Sloan Countdown Theatre
  Contact: Dale Young. Free and open to the campus and community.

Thursday, 3 /22:

• Mid-term grades due from faculty at end of day
  
  
• Celebration: “Let Her Voice Be Heard”
  The HOPE Center, G204 East Campus
  Hosted by the HOPE Center and the President’s Commission on the Status of Women . Free and Open to the Public.
  
  
• March 22, 23, 24
  7:30 pm, University Players: Student Directed Production
  321 Sloan Countdown Theatre
  Contact: Dale Young. Free and open to the campus and community.

Friday,  3 /23:

• Last day to add a second half semester course
  (completed with change of schedule form)
  

• March 23, 24
  7:30 pm, University Players: Student Directed Production
  321 Sloan Countdown Theatre
  Contact: Dale Young. Free and open to the campus and community.

Saturday, 3 /24:

• 10 am, Track & Field - Mid State Relays
  
  
• 7 pm, HAC Movie: Sherlock Holmes 2
  Price Performance Center
  For LHU Students.
  
  
• 7:30 pm, University Players: Student Directed Production
  321 Sloan Countdown Theatre
  Contact: Dale Young. Free and open to the campus and community.  

Sunday,  3 /25:

• 3 pm, Masterworks Concert
  Price Performance Center
  Contact Person: Jack Schmidt, Kay Knarr-Fisher. Free and open to the campus and community.

Monday, 3 /26:

• 8 pm, Art Exhibit: Juried Student Show
  Sloan Fine Arts Gallery
  On display March 26 - April 20. Open for free public viewing:
  8 am to 9 pm.

Tuesday, 3 /27:

Wednesday, 3 /28:

• 10 am – 2 pm, Campus and Community Health Fair
  Student Recreation Center
  50 free exhibitors and health screenings. Sponsored by Safe Haven and the LHU Health Science Department.
  
  
• 8 pm, Art Exhibit Reception: Juried Student Show
  Sloan Fine Arts Gallery
  On display March 26 - April 20. Open for free public viewing:
  8 am to 9 pm.

Thursday, 3 /29:

Friday, 3 /30:

• 7 pm, HAC Movie: Mission Impossible 4
  Price Performance Center
  For LHU Students.

Saturday, 3 /31:

• 7 pm, HAC Movie: Young Adult
  Price Performance Center
  For LHU Students.

Sunday, 4 /1:

Monday, 4 /2:

Tuesday,  4 /3:

• 7 pm, Presentation: “OUT on Campus” Hamblin Hall of Flags, Robinson LRC
  Shane L. Windemeyer, an author on gay issues and a champion for LGBT issues on college campuses, will explore some of the myths about being gay. His presentation hopes to lead to a greater understanding of sexual orientation and gender identity/expression among ALL college students. The program is appropriate for all students. Reception at 6:30 pm. Sponsored by the President’s Commission for LGBT Affairs and the Office of Social Equity.

Wednesday, 4 /4:

• Last day to drop a second half semester course
  (completed with change of schedule form)

Thursday,  4 /5:

Friday, 4 /6:

• Last day to drop a course with a grade of WP or WF with faculty permission – full semester courses

Saturday,  4 /7:

Sunday, 4 /8:

Monday, 4 /9:

Tuesday, 4 /10:

Wednesday, 4 /11:

• 6:30 pm, ELC Lecture Series Speaker: Pete Gulick
  Greenberg Auditorium, Health Professions Building
  Pete Gulick is president/CEO of Scorpion Security Products, Inc. in Binghamton, N.Y.  He will provide advice to up-and-coming business people with his talk on topics related to entrepreneurship, product development, and raising capital. Free and open to the public. Hosted by the LHU Entrepreneurial Leadership Center.

Thursday, 4 /12:

• April 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
  7:30 pm, University Players: Unnecessary Farce
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Dale Young
  Cost: Adults $5, H.S. Students $3, Senior Citizens: $3, LHU ID: free.

Friday,  4/13:

• April 13, 14, 19, 20, 21
  7:30 pm, University Players : Unnecessary Farce
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Dale Young
  Cost: Adults $5, H.S. Students $3, Senior Citizens: $3, LHU ID: free.

Saturday,  4 /14:

• Registration at 9 am, Admissions Open House
  Student Recreation Center
  Schedule includes time to meet with faculty; question-and-answer sessions with current students; discussions about financial aid, athletics and admissions; and a walking tour of the campus. Sign up.
  
  
• 2 pm Matinee, University Players : Unnecessary Farce
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Dale Young
  Cost: Adults $5, H.S. Students $3, Senior Citizens: $3, LHU ID: free.
  
  
• April 14, 19, 20, 21
  7:30 pm, University Players : Unnecessary Farce
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Dale Young
  Cost: Adults $5, H.S. Students $3, Senior Citizens: $3, LHU ID: free.

Sunday,  4 /15:

• 3 pm, Pops Concert : Lock Haven University/Community Orchestra
  Rogers Gymnasium  
  Contact Person: Jack Schmidt
  Free and open to the campus and community.

Monday, 4 /16:

Tuesday, 4 /17:

• 6 pm, Student Recitals
  Price Performance Center
  Contact Person: David Curtin, Jack Schmidt
  Free and open to the campus and community.

Wednesday,  4/ 18:

Thursday, 4 /19:

• 6 - 7 pm, Lavender Graduation Ceremony
  Hamblin Hall of Flags, Robinson LRC
  Sponsored by the LHU President's Commission on LGBT Affairs. Free and open to the LHU campus and community.
  
  
• April 19, 20, 21
  7:30 pm, University Players : Unnecessary Farce
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Dale Young
  Cost: Adults $5, H.S. Students $3, Senior Citizens: $3, LHU ID: free.

Friday, 4 /20:

• Last day to drop a course with a grade of WP or WF with faculty permission – second half semester courses
  
  
• 12 noon, Track & Field - LHU Bald Eagle Invitational
  
  
• April 20, 21
  7:30 pm, University Players : Unnecessary Farce
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Dale Young
  Cost: Adults $5, H.S. Students $3, Senior Citizens: $3, LHU ID: free.
  
  
• Annual Student Spring Concert
  Thomas Fieldhouse
  Details to come....
  

Saturday,  4 /21:

• 7:30 pm, University Players : Unnecessary Farce
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Dale Young
  Cost: Adults $5, H.S. Students $3, Senior Citizens: $3, LHU ID: free.
  

Sunday,  4 /22:

• 3 pm, Presidents Concert: University Symphonic Band
  Price Performance Center
  Contact Person: Jack Schmidt
  Free and open to the campus and community.

Monday,  4 /23:

• Art Exhibit: Graduating Senior Show
  Sloan Fine Arts Gallery
  On display April 23 – May 11. Open for free public viewing: 8 pm to 9 pm.

Tuesday, 4 /24:

Wednesday, 4 /25:

• Scholarship Day (follow Friday’s class schedule)
  Celebration of Scholarship Website
  
  
• 7:30 pm, Percussion Ensemble Concert
  Price Performance Center
  Contact Person: Jack Schmidt. Free and open to the campus and community.
  

Thursday,  4 /26:

Friday,  4 /27:

• Follow Wednesday’s class schedule
  
  
• Lock Haven University Presidential Inauguration
  Official ceremony for Dr. Michael Fiorentino, Jr. as LHU's President.
  More details to come.
  
  
• April 27, 28
  7 pm, Dance Concert
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Jayme Host. Free and open to the campus and community.
  
  
• 8 pm, Art Exhibit Reception: Graduating Senior Show
  Sloan Fine Arts Gallery
  On display April 23 – May 11. Open for free public viewing:
  8 pm to 9 pm.

Saturday, 4 /28:

• 10 am, Track & Field - LHU H.S. Classic
  
  
• 3 pm, Dance Concert Matinee
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Jayme Host . Free and open to the campus and community.
  
  
• 7 pm, Dance Concert
  Sloan Fine Arts Center Auditorium
  Contact Person: Jayme Host
  Free and open to the campus and community.