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January 2008


7
Monday
Residence Halls Open
12:00 pm,
Spanish Placement Test
2:00 pm, Administration Building, Room 28
French Placement Testing
2:00 pm, Administration Building, Room 36
German Placement Test
2:00 pm, Administration Building, Room 35
Math Competency Test
4:00 pm, Union Building, Room 004

8
Tuesday
New Student Day/Final Check-In
12:00 pm, Church Chapel, Fellowship Hall

9
Wednesday
First day of classes for spring semester

SPRING SST DEPARTS - Peru, Tanzania
Union, south entrance

11
Friday
Dinner & a Movie
5:30 pm, Good Library Gallery

15
Tuesday
Drop-Add period ends for spring semester
5:00 pm,

16
Wednesday
African Arts
Good Library Gallery   through February 22, 2008

20
Sunday
African Arts Exhibit
Good Library Gallery   through February 22, 2008
African Arts Opening Reception
2:00 pm, Good Library Gallery
AfriCaribe Workshop
5:00 pm, Newcomer 19

21
Monday
Martin Luther King Jr. Study Day

Mininger and CITL Grants Meeting
2:00 pm, NC17

23
Wednesday
Reception with Glenn Singleton
11:00 am, CITL Office
Science Speaker Series: Biology Professor Kayla Wietcrefe
4:00 pm, Science Building 106
Private Dinner with Glenn Singleton
5:30 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19

30
Wednesday
"Focus the Nation: Global Warming Solutions for America"
Newcomer Center   through January 31, 2008

31
Thursday
GC Board of Directors
Church Chapel, Gathering Rooms   through February 1, 2008

February


5
Tuesday
C. Henry Smith Peace Oratorical Contest
7:00 pm, Umble Center

7
Thursday
Responses to Glenn Singleton's Visit - Feb. 7 - Dining Hall
11:00 am, Dining Hall, North Meeting Room

8
Friday
Nursing Mock Convention
8:00 am, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Friday Lunch Discussion: Liberal Arts: What Matters?
12:00 pm, Dining Hall, North Meeting Room

12
Tuesday
SST ORIENTATION - All Summer & Fall Units
7:00 pm, AD28

16
Saturday
Science Olympiad
7:30 am, Church Chapel Building, Science Building, Music Center, Rec-Fitness Building

19
Tuesday
Nu Omicron Chapter At-Large Meeting/Dinner
5:30 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall Room 307

20
Wednesday
Teaching Workshop - Cultural Values and Latino Students
10:00 am, Newcomer 17
Tuition Free Day
11:00 am, Union Gym Hallway, Dining Hall
Science Speaker Series: Craig Just, University of Iowa
4:00 pm, Wyse Hall 318 & 319

21
Thursday
Science Seminar Speaker: Dr. Janna McLean
4:00 pm, Science 106

25
Monday
Mid-term break
  through February 29, 2008

March


5
Wednesday
Teaching Workshop - Documenting Effective Teaching
10:00 am, Newcomer 17

7
Friday
Blood Drive
10:30 am, Union gym
Welcome Reception for Kelli King
4:00 pm, KMY Lounge across from Java Junction
Science Seminar Series: Dr. Philip Hertzler
4:00 pm, Science 106

10
Monday
Dolores Huerta Community Dialogue
7:00 pm, Fellowship Hall

13
Thursday
Rotary World Affairs Conference
8:00 am, Church Chapel

14
Friday
Friday Lunch Discussion - General Education: What Matters?
12:00 pm, Dining Hall, North Meeting Room
SST ORIENTATION - SUMMER NICARAGUA
3:00 pm, Kulp International Lounge (KU001)
Last day to withdraw with a "W"
5:00 pm,

15
Saturday
Parents' Council Meeting
8:00 am, Music Center Room 110
Academic Research Symposium
12:30 pm, Newcomer Center Room 14, 17 and Church Chapel

17
Monday
Welcome Reception for Lynn Jackson
10:30 am, Gathering Rooms

18
Tuesday
SST ORIENTATION - SUMMER PERU
3:00 pm, Kulp International Lounge (KU001)

19
Wednesday
Science Seminar Series: International Nutrition
4:00 am, Wyse 318 & 319
Yoder Public Affairs Breakfast
7:30 am, Church Chapel, Koinonia Room
Faculty adviser meeting
10:00 am,
Science Speaker Series
4:00 pm, Wyse 318 & 319

20
Thursday
Goshen Ministerial Association Lunch
11:30 am, Church Chapel, Koinonia Room
SST ORIENTATION - SUMMER SENEGAL
3:00 pm, Kulp International Lounge (KU001)

21
Friday
Good Friday holiday


24
Monday
Academic Advising Days
  through April 8, 2008

26
Wednesday
Online registration window opens for SENIORS
8:00 am,
Science Series Speaker: Jeffrey Copland
4:00 pm, SC 106
Greenwashed: Jesus of Suburbia
6:30 pm, Ad 28

28
Friday
Online registration window opens for JUNIORS
8:00 am,
Psychology Student Paper Day: Bluffton/Manchester/Goshen
9:00 am, College Mennonite Church Gathering Rooms
Religion & Science Conference
5:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall, Science Room 106

April


1
Tuesday
Online registration window opens for SOPHOMORES
8:00 am,
Scholarship Donor Appreciation
5:00 pm, Church Chapel, Fellowship Hall
Marilyn Nelson Poetry Reading
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

3
Thursday
Online registration window opens for FIRST-YEAR STUDENTS
8:00 am,
Annual Business Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church Chapel, Fellowship Hall

6
Sunday
Sweat Free Community Reception and Presentation
7:00 pm, Newcomer Center Room 19

7
Monday
WGCS Live Broadcast
6:30 pm, Newcomer Center 19

8
Tuesday
SPRING SST RETURNS
Union, south entrance
Hazel Wolf Enviromental Film Festival
6:30 pm, Administration Building, Room 28
Sones de Mexico - Panel Discussion on Mexican Folk Music
7:15 pm, GC Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall
Sones de Mexico - Concert in Sauder Hall
8:00 pm, GC Music Center, Sauder Concert Hall

9
Wednesday
Hazel Wolf Enviromental Film Festival
6:30 pm, Administration Building, Room 28

10
Thursday
SST ORIENTATION - FALL JAMAICA
3:00 pm, Kulp International Lounge (KU001)

11
Friday
Friday Lunch Discussion - General Education and GC Core Values: What Matters?
12:00 pm, Dining Hall, North Meeting Room
WGCS Concert: Ferron and Barbara Higbie
7:30 pm, Umble Center

12
Saturday
Sexual Assault Advocacy Workshop
11:00 am, Church Chapel Gathering Rooms

15
Tuesday
SST ORIENTATION - FALL PERU
3:00 pm, Kulp International Lounge (KU001)

18
Friday
Last day of spring classes


21
Monday
Reading Day

GCNSA End of the Year Party
11:00 am, Koinonia Room
Exit interview meeting
1:30 pm, AD 21
Reception for John Yordy
2:00 pm, Church Chapel, Fellowship Hall

22
Tuesday
Final exams
  through April 24, 2008
Biodiesel Project Celebration on Earth Day
2:30 pm, Schrock Plaza

26
Saturday
WOST Reception
1:00 pm, Newcomer Center Lobby
Nurses' Pinning
1:30 pm, Church Chapel Sanctuary

27
Sunday
Commencement
3:00 pm, Gingerich Recreation-Fitness Center

29
Tuesday
Volunteer Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church Chape, Fellowship Hall
SENEGAL SST DEPARTS
12:00 pm, Union, south entrance
Adviser Training
2:00 pm, AD21

30
Wednesday
SUMMER SST DEPARTS
Union, south entrance
May term classes begin
10:30 am,
Adviser Training
3:00 pm, AD21
Dean Johnson Farewell Reception
3:00 pm, Church Chapel, Koinonia Room