Fall 2014 News & Events
News
- Italian-African filmmaker and social activist Fred Kudjo Kuwornu visits WIU; http://www.insidebuffalo.org/
- The Fred Ewing Case and Lola Austin Case Writer-in-Residence - Roxanne Gay
Events
- September 10, 2014: Study Abroad Fair
- September 10, 2014: Film Club Screening: Miller’s Crossing (Simpkins 220, 7pm)
- September 17, 2014: "Perceptions: Exploring Self and Identity through Visual Art": Kirstin Hotelling Zona (University Art Gallery, 12:15pm), poetry reading (University Art Gallery, 4:15pm)
- September 22. 2014: Study Abroad Interest Meeting - Take a Study Trip to Italy! (May 18-June 1, 2015). Exploring the Great Beauty of Rome and Beyond. A Study Abroad Course to introduce you to Italian contemporary society from a film and cultural studies prospective. (Springfield Room, 2–3pm)
- September 24, 2014: Film Club Screening: The Parallax View (Simpkins 220, 7pm)
- September 24, 2014: Study Abroad Interest Meeting "Study Trip to Italy!" (Springfield Room, 4–5pm)
- September 24, 2014: Study Abroad Interest Meeting "Study Trip to Italy!" for Quad Cities Campus (Quad Cities Campus Complex 1112, 2–3pm)
- October 8, 2014: Film Club Screening: Noroi: The Curse (Simpkins 220, 7pm)
- October 22, 2014: Film Club Screening: Les Diaboliques (Simpkins 220, 7pm)
- October 24, 2014: EGO/STD 11th Annual Conference - Keynote Speaker: Julie Rak "Social Climbing: Gender in Mountaineering Expedition Writing and Film" (Morgan 109, 7pm)
- October 25, 2014: EGO/STD 11th Annual Conference: Ivory Towers and Grain Silos: Place, Privilege, and Power (Simpkins Hall, 8am-4pm)
- October 29, 2014: Western Illinois Journalism Day: Keynote speaker Bill Knight: “Ethics: A Foundation for Personal Growth and Social Responsibility” - an award winning journalist with more than 20 years of teaching and practicing journalism. In addition, there will be the same high caliber workshops conducted by our WIU Journalism faculty.
- November 5, 2014: Italian–African filmmaker and social activist Fred Kudjo Kuwornu: “Inside Buffalo” (Sandburg Theater, 7–9pm), reception (Sandburg Lounge, 9–10pm)
- November 19, 2014: Film Club Screening: Django (Simpkins 220, 7pm)
- November 19, 2014: The Fred Case and Lola Austin Case Writer–in–Residence Series: Roxane Gay (Sandburg Theater, 5pm)
- December 3, 2014: Film Club Screening: Santa Claus (Simpkins 220, 7pm)
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