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December 2012


1
Saturday
Music Together Celebration
9:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball vs University of St. Francis
1:00 pm, RFC
Stone Souper Supper
3:00 pm, Outside Java in the Yard
Men's Basketball at University of St. Francis
3:00 pm, St. Francis
Rec-A-Palooza
9:00 pm, RFC

2
Sunday
Salsa Group
7:00 pm, Connector Lounge 1
St. Joseph Valley Camerata Concert
7:30 pm, Music Center Sauder Concert Hall
Taize Worship
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19

3
Monday
Fall SST Groups Return
1:00 am, Newcomer Center North Driveway
Convocation: True Stories from First-Year Students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

4
Tuesday
"A Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed"
4:00 pm, NC17
Men's Basketball vs. Trinity International University
7:00 pm, RFC

5
Wednesday
Jill?s House Info Table
9:00 am, Connector lounge, first floor
Sound of the Environment
11:30 am, Newcomer 19
SCIENCE SPEAKER, Dr. Jeff Mayfield
4:00 pm, Science 106

6
Thursday
Women's Basketball vs Benedictine University
7:00 pm, RFC

7
Friday
Men's Basketball Hope College Tournament
TBA   through December 8, 2012
Chapel: Advent Songs & Scriptures - song-leading class
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
A Festival of Carols
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
President's Dessert Reception
8:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

8
Saturday
CSA Recitals
11:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Festival of Carols Donor Appreciation Dinner
4:45 pm, Fellowship Hall
A Festival of Carols
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Christmas at Kenwood
10:00 pm, Kenwood House

9
Sunday
Women's Basketball at IUPUI
2:00 pm, IUPUI
A Festival of Carols
4:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Salsa Group
7:00 pm, Connector Lounge 1
Is the Word Open Mic
9:00 pm, Newcomer 19

10
Monday
Last day of classes for fall semester

Convocation: Student Life Christmas Convo
10:00 am, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

11
Tuesday
Reading Day

Music Dept Fall Juries
8:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Art Student Christmas Sale
10:00 am, Union Mailbox Hallway
Math Competency/Quantitative Lit test
10:00 am, UN 004
Chocolate dipping at Kulp
1:00 pm, Kulp lobby/KUS
Afternoon Sabbatical
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

12
Wednesday
Final Exams
  through December 14, 2012
Business Leadership Program
7:00 am, Koinonia Room
Snack Attack
10:00 pm, KMY Connector

15
Saturday
Women's Basketball vs Trinity International University
1:00 pm, RFC
MCCO Concert II
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

17
Monday
All Employee Recognition
1:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
President's Christmas Reception
2:00 pm, Music Center Lobby

18
Tuesday
Women's Basketball vs IU South Bend
7:00 pm, RFC
Men's Basketball at IU East
7:00 pm, IU East

29
Saturday
Men's Basketball Warner University Tournament
TBA   through December 30, 2012
Women's Basketball Warner University Tournament
TBA   through December 30, 2012

January 2013


3
Thursday
Men's Basketball vs Marian University
1:00 pm, RFC

5
Saturday
Women's Basketball vs Grace College
1:00 pm, RFC
Men's Basketball at Grace College
3:00 pm, Grace College

6
Sunday
US Baseball Academy Camp
9:00 am, RFC

7
Monday
Housing opens at Noon
Residential Housing

8
Tuesday
New Student Day

Session III begins: Year-Round calendar

Women's Basketball at Indiana Wesleyan University
IWU
Men's Basketball vs Indiana Wesleyan University
7:00 pm, RFC

9
Wednesday
Spring SST Departs
Newcomer Center Parking Lot
Spring semester classes begin
8:00 am,

10
Thursday
Women's Basketball vs Huntington University
7:00 pm, RFC
Men's Basketball at Huntington University
7:00 pm, Huntington University

11
Friday
Chapel: "Spirited Life Revisited" - Bob Yoder & Gwen Gustafson-Zook
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
The Rate of Formation of Ergosterol-Nystatin Channels in Membranes {Science Speaker}
4:00 pm, Science 106
Vitastic-Taffy-Pull
8:00 pm, Vita House

12
Saturday
Women's Basketball at Spring Arbor University
1:00 pm, Spring Arbor University
Women's Basketball at Spring Arbor
1:00 pm, Spring Arbor
Men's Basketball vs Spring Arbor University
3:00 pm, RFC
Men's Basketball vs Spring Arbor
3:00 pm, RFC
Performing Arts Series: Emmylou Harris
7:30 pm, Sauder Hall

13
Sunday
US Baseball Academy Camp
9:00 am, RFC
Lion & Lamb Exhibit Reception
3:00 pm, Library Art Gallery
Taize Worship
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19

14
Monday
Convocation: "GC Faculty: Passionate Learners"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

15
Tuesday
Session III Drop-Add period ends
5:00 pm,
End of drop/add period
5:00 pm,
"A Hole in the Head: A Life Revealed"
7:00 pm, AD28
Men's Basketball at Mount Vernon Nazarene University
7:00 pm, MVNU
Men's Basketball at Mount Vernon Nazarene University
7:00 pm, MVNU

16
Wednesday
Graduate School Admission Seminar
10:00 am, Newcomer Center, Room 17
Moving, Walking, and Talking Bacteria {Science Speaker}
4:00 pm, Science 106
Women's Basketball vs. Mount Vernon Nazarene University
7:00 pm, RFC
Women's Basketball vs Mount Vernon Nazarene University
7:00 pm, RFC

17
Thursday
Dr. Jonathan Neufeld Wellness Brown Bag Lunch
12:00 pm, Koinonia Room

18
Friday
Chapel: "Spirited Life: Prayer Practices"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
CSA Recital : Spektal String Quartet
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Open Mic Night
10:00 pm, KMY Connector

19
Saturday
Softball Pitching Clinic
8:00 am, RFC Gym and Union Gym East
Women's Basketball at Taylor University
1:00 pm, Taylor University
Men's Basketball vs Taylor University
3:00 pm, RFC
Fiction Reading by Dana Johnson, Visiting Writer
7:00 pm, NC19
Open Gym
9:00 pm, RFC

20
Sunday
US Baseball Academy Camp
9:00 am, RFC
Gregg Luginbuhl: Ceramics Reception
2:00 pm, Music Center Lobby
CSA Recitals
3:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Gregg Luginbuhl: Ceramics
Hershberger Art Gallery   through March 4, 2013
MLK Film Screening: Sunday Afternoon
4:00 pm, NC17
Community Conversation with Dr. Wilbert Smith
7:00 pm, Umble Center

21
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day

Spoken Word Coffeehouse
9:00 am, College Mennonite Church Fellowship Hall
Special Extended MLK Day Convocation (to 11:15)
10:00 am, College Mennonite Church-Chapel
Martin Luther King Jr. Day - Community Luncheon
11:30 am, College Mennonite Church - Fellowship Hall
MLK and Environmental Justice
2:00 pm, NC17

22
Tuesday
Resume Writing Workshop
4:00 pm, Administration building, room 20
Spring Kick-Off Auditions
5:30 pm, Sauder Hall
Men's Basketball at Bethel College
7:00 pm, Bethel College

23
Wednesday
Resume Writing Workshop
10:00 am, Administration building, room 20
Women's Basketball vs. Bethel College
7:00 pm, RFC

24
Thursday
Teaching Faculty Forum
4:00 pm, Newcomer 17
Resume Writing Workshop
4:00 pm, Administration building, room 20

25
Friday
Chapel: "Spirited Life: Activism"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Billy Funk Senior Recital
8:00 pm, Umble Theater
Is the Word Open Mic
9:30 pm, NC19
Is the Word Poetry Open Mic
9:30 pm, Newcomer 19
Swag House Invitational
10:00 pm, Connector Lounge

26
Saturday
Softball Fielding and Hitting Clinic
7:00 am, RFC Gym and Union Gym East
Women's Basketball at University of St. Francis
1:00 pm, St. Francis
Men's Basketball vs University of St. Francis
3:00 pm, RFC
Kick Off
9:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Spring Kick-Off After Party
11:59 pm, RFC Former Pool Area

27
Sunday
Prep Baseball Report Showcase
9:00 am, RFC
Discipleship Hour
8:00 pm, 3rd Floor Connector Lounge
Catholic Mass
8:30 pm, NC19

28
Monday
Convocation: Peru Spanish/ASL SST, fall 2012
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

29
Tuesday
Men's Basketball at Marian University
7:00 pm, Marian University
Visiting Artist: Kwiran Lee Piano
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

30
Wednesday
Cafe con Leche
10:00 am, CIIE in the Union
p190B Rho GAP Overexpression Disrupts Mammary Gland Morphogenesis by Altering Stromal-Epithelial Interactions {Science Speaker}
4:00 pm, Science 106
Parables & Pizza
6:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall & Lobby
Women's Basketball vs Marian University
7:00 pm, RFC

31
Thursday
Teaching Faculty Workshop
4:00 pm, NC17
YHO Concert
7:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

February


1
Friday
Red Cross Blood Drive
8:00 am, Fellowship Hall 303-305
Chapel: "Spirited Life: Body/Spirit Integration"
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Music Award Auditions
1:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Goshen College Mixed Music Faculty Recital
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Nite @ the RFC
10:00 pm, RFC

2
Saturday
Celebrate Scholar Day
9:00 am,
Music Award Auditions
9:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Women's Basketball at Grace College
1:00 pm, Grace College
Men's Basketball vs Grace College
3:00 pm, RFC
BSU Red Carpet Dance
9:00 pm, KMY Connector 1st floor Lounge

3
Sunday
US Baseball Academy Camp
9:00 am, RFC
Leadership Academy
3:00 pm,
Taize Worship
8:00 pm, Newcomer 19

4
Monday
Convocation: "Crossing Cultures @ GC" - International student stories
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

5
Tuesday
Session III: last day to withdraw with "W"
5:00 pm, Registrar's Office, AD 06
Men's Basketball vs Mount Vernon Nazarene University
7:00 pm, RFC
Yoder Public Affairs Lecture: "Reconciliation in Politics? On the Meaning of Justice in the Wake of Massive Injustice" by Daniel Philpott
7:30 pm, Music Center's Rieth Recital Hall

6
Wednesday
Wellness Screening Lab Test Results
10:00 am, AD 28
Sound of the Environment: Merry Lea's Sustainability Semester
12:00 pm, Newcomer 19
Christians and the Climate Crisis
7:00 pm, NC17
Women's Basketball at Mount Vernon Nazarene University
7:00 pm, MVNU

8
Friday
Chapel: Camping Inquiry - 2012 CIP students
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Summer Camp Recruitment Day
11:00 am, Connector lounge, first floor
Bioreactors for Rural Cooking Gas: Theory and Field Experience {Science Speaker}
4:00 pm, Science 106

9
Saturday
Science Olympiad
7:00 am, Campus
Women's Basketball vs Spring Arbor University
1:00 pm, RFC
Men's Basketball at Spring Arbor
3:00 pm, Spring Arbor
53rd Annual Concerto-Aria Concert
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Valescantines Day Party
8:00 pm, Valesco House

10
Sunday
US Baseball Academy Camp
9:00 am, RFC
"Heritage Works"
Library Art Gallery   through March 28, 2013

11
Monday
Convocation: "Strong Relationships Begin with a Strong You" - Jennifer Beer, campus counselor
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
RA/RL Information Night
10:00 pm, AD28

12
Tuesday
Afternoon Sabbatical
1:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Super Tuesday
2:00 pm, Fellowship Hall
Men's Basketball vs Huntington University
7:00 pm, RFC
Studio Recital: Students of Solomia Soroka
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall
Apt/SGH Information Night
9:30 pm, AD28

13
Wednesday
Ash Wednesday Mass
10:00 am, NC19
Navigating the Immune Response: UNC-53/NAV2 Mediates Multiple Aspects of Innate Immunity {Science Speaker}
4:00 pm, Science 106
Women's Basketball at Huntington University
7:00 pm, Huntington University

14
Thursday
Wellness Brown Bag Lunch - Using Technology to Track Wellness Goals
12:00 pm, Koinonia Room

15
Friday
Chapel: Employee Faith Story - Julie Reese, professor of psychology
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Winter One Acts
8:00 pm, Umble Theater
LSU Post-Valentines Day
8:00 pm, RFC 104
Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

16
Saturday
SGH Parade of Homes
1:00 am, SGH units
Women's Basketball vs Indiana Wesleyan University
1:00 pm, RFC
Winter One Acts
3:00 pm, Umble Theater
Men's Basketball vs Indiana Wesleyan University
3:00 pm, RFC
Nerd Night
7:00 pm, Kenwood
Performing Arts Series: The English Concert
7:30 pm, Sauder Hall
Open Gym
9:00 pm, RFC
Hour After
10:00 pm, NC19

17
Sunday
US Baseball Academy Camp
9:00 am, RFC
INPAWS North Chapter
1:00 pm, NC17
Winter One Acts
3:00 pm, Umble Theater
Climate Change Conversations: What's Up in DC?
7:00 pm, KMY Connector First Floor Lounge
Winter Chorale Concert
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall
Discipleship Hour
8:00 pm, 3rd Floor Connector Lounge

18
Monday
Convocation: Morocco SST, fall 2012
10:00 am, Church-Chapel
Adventures in Mathematical Knitting {Science Speaker}
4:00 pm, Science 106

19
Tuesday
MAO Happy Hour
KMY 1st Floor Lounge
C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
7:00 pm, Umble Center
Women's Basketball Crossroads League Tournament - 1st Round
7:00 pm, TBA

20
Wednesday
Topics & Events #2 with John Tirotta
11:00 am, AD28
Men's Basketball Crossroads League Tournament - 1st Round
7:00 pm, TBA

21
Thursday
Teaching Faculty Forum
4:00 pm, Newcomer 17
Michiana Monologues: Write on, Sisters!
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

22
Friday
Visiting Artist Recital: Martin Hodel and Marvin Blickenstaff
7:30 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

23
Saturday
Maple Leaf Marathon
RFC Gymnasium   through February 24, 2013
Men's Basketball Crossroads League Tournament - Semifinals
3:00 pm, TBA
Chamber Choir in Ontario, Canada
6:00 pm, Steinmann Mennonite Church, Baden, ON
Women's Basketball Crossroads League Tournament - Semifinals
7:00 pm, TBA

24
Sunday
Chamber Choir in Ontario, Canada
9:45 am, Erb Street Mennonite Church, Waterloo, ON
Parables Worship Team Oregon Tour
10:30 am, Portland Mennonite Church, Portland, Ore.
College Goal Sunday
1:00 pm, Shertz Lab
Chamber Choir in Ontario, Canada
3:00 pm, Valleyview Mennonite Church, London, ON
Parables Worship Team Oregon Tour
6:00 pm, Salem Mennonite Church, Salem, Ore.

25
Monday
Session III: last day of class

Mid-term break
  through March 1, 2013
Parables Worship Team Oregon Tour
2:00 pm, The Mennonite Village, Albany, Ore.
Women's Basketball Crossroads League Tournament - Finals
7:00 pm, TBA
Parables Worship Team Oregon Tour
7:30 pm, Corvallis Mennonite Fellowship, Corvallis, Ore.

26
Tuesday
Parables Worship Team Oregon Tour
Western Mennonite School, Salem, Ore.
Men's Basketball Crossroads League Tournament - Finals
7:00 pm, TBA

27
Wednesday
Parables Worship Team Oregon Tour
Zion Mennonite Church, Hubbard, Ore.