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August 2006


3
Thursday
Maple Scholars Banquet
6:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room

9
Wednesday
Globe Concert - Adrienne Young and Little Sadie
8:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

13
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
9:00 am, College Mennonite Church

16
Wednesday
Faculty Retreat: "Living & Learning: Global Citizenship in Our Own Backyard"
church-chapel fellowship rooms   through August 17, 2006

18
Friday
Tuition Payments due

All Employee Luncheon
12:00 pm, church-chapel fellowship hall

25
Friday
International Student Orientation
8:00 am, Church Chapel Gathering Rooms
First Year Orientation for ALANA Students
1:00 pm, Church Chapel Room 110

26
Saturday
New Students payments due

New Student Check-In
8:00 am, College Mennonite Church

27
Sunday
Returning Students Arrive
2:00 pm, Java Junction

28
Monday
Exhibit - "Christ-Kin: The Human Side of the Bible"
The Library Gallery   through October 13, 2006
Tuition Payments due

Check-in for continuing students
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Federal Direct Loan Entrance Interview
2:30 pm, Umble Center
First-year Assessment
3:30 pm, Umble Center
Computer Literacy Test for Education Majors
4:30 pm, Schertz Computer Lab
Transfer Student Library Orientation
4:30 pm, Good Library
Fall semester classes begin
7:00 pm,

29
Tuesday
College Mennonite Church Ice Cream Social
8:00 pm, Schrock Plaza
Floor Lounge Meetings
9:30 pm, Residence Halls

30
Wednesday
Opening Convocation with President Dr. James E. Brenneman
10:00 am, Church-Chapel

31
Thursday
Resnet Install Fair
8:00 am, Church Chapel Gathering Rooms

September


3
Sunday
Exhibit reception - "Christ-Kin: The Human Side of the Bible"
2:00 pm, The Library Gallery
Art Reception for Jaye Bumbaugh
2:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery

4
Monday
End of drop-add period
5:00 pm, online or in registar's office

5
Tuesday
MAO Welcome Mixer
5:30 pm, Newcomer Center 19

7
Thursday
50th Anniversary Art Faculty Exhibit
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through October 22, 2006

8
Friday
Inaugural Business Breakfast
7:30 am, CMC Fellowship Hall

9
Saturday
Inaugural Associates Breakfast
8:30 am, CMC Fellowship Hall
Howell House Reunion
12:00 pm, Howell House
Tree Planting
2:00 pm, Adelphian Fountain Area
Brenneman Bash
7:00 pm, RFC

10
Sunday
Inaugural Brunch
11:00 am, Rieth Recital Hall
Inauguration of James E. Brenneman
2:00 pm, Sauder Hall
Reception Immediately Following Inauguration
4:00 pm, Music Center Plaza

12
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

13
Wednesday
GCWSA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Westlawn Lounge

16
Saturday
Alumni Celebrate Service Day
Bloomington, Ill.
Soccer and Reception
8:30 pm, Harrisonburg, Va.

17
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
9:30 am, Emmanuel Mennonite Church, Shoreview, Minn.
Parables Worship Team
6:00 pm, First Mennonite Church, Iowa City, Iowa

19
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Supervisory Leadership Six week Class - Management Development Program
4:00 pm, Newcomer 17

20
Wednesday
Celebrate Service Day


23
Saturday
Alumni Celebrate Service Day
Iowa City, Iowa
Feed Your Eyes, Mind & Spirit #11
8:00 am, Newcomer Center 17

24
Sunday
MCC Relief Sale Men's Chorus
7:00 pm, Sauder Concert Hall

25
Monday
Church Ambassadors Glen and Marilyn Miller
Retreat speakers at Friedenswald   through September 27, 2006
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Current Politics "
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

26
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Supervisory Leadership Six week Class - Management Development Program
4:00 pm, Newcomer 17

27
Wednesday
Faculty Promotions and Tenure Celebration
10:00 am, Good Library
Alumni and Friends Golf Outing and Dinner
1:30 pm, Golden, Colo.
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Current Politics "
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

28
Thursday
Final payment due


29
Friday
Alumni and Friends Gathering
Lowville, NY

30
Saturday
Pushing Beyond the Plateau
8:00 am, Newcomer 17

October


2
Monday
The Clothesline Project
Schrock Plaza   through October 3, 2006
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Current Politics "
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

3
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Supervisory Leadership Six week Class - Management Development Program
4:00 pm, Newcomer 17
Take Back the Night Rally
7:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19

4
Wednesday
Lifelong Learning Institute - "Current Politics "
2:00 pm, Church Chapel Room 100
All Campus Women
6:00 pm, Newcomer Center, Room 17

5
Thursday
Alumni Board Meetings
Koinonia Room   through October 6, 2006

6
Friday
Merry Lea Bookstore on Campus
Union Hallway   through October 7, 2006
Homecoming Weekend
  through October 8, 2006
50th Anniversary Art Faculty Exhibit Reception
6:00 pm, Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center
Hispanic Education in Theology and Leadership (HETL) Celebration Banquet
6:00 pm, College Church Fellowship Hall

7
Saturday
"Remembering the Last 50 Years:" Panel Discussion, Reception, and Open Studios
2:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall, Music Center

8
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
6:00 pm, First Mennonite Church, Middlebury, Ind.

10
Tuesday
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Supervisory Leadership Six week Class - Management Development Program
4:00 pm, Newcomer 17

13
Friday
GC Board of Directors
  through October 14, 2006

14
Saturday
Fourth Annual Grief Seminar Benefit Walk
8:00 am, Recreation Fitness Center

15
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
10:30 am, Lindale Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, Va.
Parables Worship Team
6:00 pm, Park View Mennonite Church, Harrisonburg, Va.

16
Monday
Mid-term break
  through October 18, 2006
Parables Worship Team
8:50 am, Eastern Mennonite High School Chapel, Harrisonburg, Va.
Parables Worship Team
7:00 pm, Forest Hills Mennonite Church, Leola, Pa.

17
Tuesday
Parables Worship Team
8:15 am, Lancaster Mennonite High School Chapel, Lancaster, Pa.
Lunch and Learn Series
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Supervisory Leadership Six week Class - Management Development Program
4:00 pm, Newcomer 17
Parables Worship Team
7:00 pm, Smithville Mennonite Church, Smithville, Ohio

18
Wednesday
Parables Worship Team
Central Christian High School Chapel, Kidron, Ohio
GCWSA
12:00 pm, Recreation Fitness Center, Rooms 104/105

20
Friday
Fourth Annual Grief Seminar: Communities Supporting Grieving Families: YOU Can Make a Difference
8:30 am, Church-Chapel, Fellowship Hall

21
Saturday
Christian Education Workshop: Confronting Cultural Assumptions
8:00 am, Church Chapel
Hour After: "Sing & Swing" with Lavender Jazz
9:30 pm, Union Gym East

22
Sunday
Three Quilt Artists
The Library Gallery   through December 8, 2006
Opening Reception - Three Quilt Artists
2:00 pm, The Library Gallery

23
Monday
Scholarship Donor Reception
11:00 am, Fellowship Hall, College Mennonite Church
Scholarship Donor Appreciation Luncheon
11:45 am, Fellowship Hall, College Mennonite Church

24
Tuesday
Supervisory Leadership Six week Class - Management Development Program
4:00 pm, Newcomer 17
Book Release Party for Goshen Portraits 2
6:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room
Yorifumi Yaguchi Poetry Reading
7:30 pm, Newcomer Center 19

25
Wednesday
The Art of Roger Shimomura, 2006 Eric Yake Kenagy Visiting Artist
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through November 29, 2006
Lifelong Learning Institute - Studies in Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19
SST ORIENTATION - SPRING UNITS
7:00 pm, AD 28

27
Friday
Blood Drive
10:30 am, Union gym
Lifelong Learning Institute - Studies in Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"
2:00 pm, Music Center 153

29
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
Kidron Mennonite Church
Alumni and Friends Gathering - Rescheduled for Spring 2007
Walnut Creek, Ohio
Parables Worship Team
9:30 am, Olive Mennonite Church, Elkhart, Ind.

30
Monday
President James E Brenneman speaking
at Chapel at Central Christian School
Lifelong Learning Institute - Studies in Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19
Last day to withdraw with a "W"
5:00 pm,

31
Tuesday
Family Business Program Speaker- Jeff Vogelsang
6:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

November


1
Wednesday
Lifelong Learning Institute - Studies in Mozart's "Marriage of Figaro"
2:00 pm, Newcomer Center 19
"Dreaming a New South Africa" Documentary Premiere
7:00 pm, Newcomer Center 17

3
Friday
Bill Born traveling for CIC - CAO Conference
St. Petersburg, FL

5
Sunday
President James E Brenneman Preaching
College Hill Mennonite Church, Tampa, Fla.

6
Monday
Academic advising begins
  through November 21, 2006

7
Tuesday
Cornelius Eady Poetry Reading--Rescheduled
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

8
Wednesday
Senior online pre-registration opens for spring and May term
8:00 am,
Advisor information meeting
10:00 am, AD 28
MAO Pre-College Presentations
6:00 pm, Newcomer Center 17

9
Thursday
GCWSA Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Koinonia Room
ASL Coffeehouse
6:00 pm, Crossings Cafe'

10
Friday
Family Weekend
  through November 12, 2006
Junior online pre-registration opens for spring and May term
8:00 am,

11
Saturday
Parents Breakfast & Seminar
9:15 am, Music Center - Rieth Recital Hall
Parents Council Meeting
11:00 am, Music Center Room 110

12
Sunday
Parables Worship Team
10:45 am, Morning Song, Rieth Recital Hall

14
Tuesday
Sophomore online pre-registration opens for spring and May term
8:00 am,
John Ikerd Lecture - "Sustainable Capitalism: Self-Interest Rightly Understood"
7:30 pm, Rieth Recital Hall

15
Wednesday
Eric Yake Kenagy Lecture - Roger Shimomura
7:00 pm, Rieth Recital Hall, Music Center

16
Thursday
First-year online pre-registration opens for spring and May term
8:00 am,

18
Saturday
Green Building Tour at Merry Lea
9:00 am, Rieth Village site at Merry Lea

20
Monday
Community Dialogue Meeting
6:30 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

23
Thursday
Thanksgiving break
  through November 24, 2006

27
Monday
SST ORIENTATION - SPRING DOMINICAN
3:00 pm, KU001

29
Wednesday
SST ORIENTATION - SPRING CAMBODIA
3:00 pm, KU001

December


2
Saturday
John D. Roth Preaching at Sugar Creek Mennonite Church
Wayland, Iowa   through December 3, 2006
Associates Dinner
5:15 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall
Mistletoe Madness
10:00 pm, NC19

3
Sunday
John Lambert: Ceramics & Eric Landes: Photography
Hershberger Art Gallery, Music Center   through January 31, 2007

4
Monday
Last day of class

John D. Roth Chapel
9:45 am, Iowa Mennonite School, Kalona, Iowa

5
Tuesday
Reading Day

GC Nursing Students Association Christmas Luncheon
12:00 pm, Church Chapel Fellowship Hall

6
Wednesday
FINAL EXAMS
  through December 8, 2006

12
Tuesday
Alumni and Friends Gathering
5:00 pm, Hesston, Kan.

14
Thursday
Staff Christmas Banquet
12:00 pm, CMC Fellowship Hall

19
Tuesday
GCSWA Faculty/Staff Hospitality Break
9:30 am, Church Chapel Koinonia Room