Upcoming Events 2007-2008
2007
September
- Leave your car at home week September 4-7, 2007
Encourage economic and environmentally friendly alternatives for commuting to campus - including biking, car pooling, ride boards, and buses. Sampling of events below:
- Biling - Tips for bike safety, Bike friendly routes to campus
Prizes and discounts from local bike shops
Sept. 5, Wednesday morning, 8-11 am, SAC (look for tent on the Mall) VISIT the Bike Mechanic Station (Henry Scott and Matt Mooney)
- Get your bike tuned up for FREE, Learn how to do simple bike repairs - Car pooling (See info. In SAC)
Inaugural ceremony of electronic ride board and paper ride board
Get connected with people who live near you, and coordinate rides to campus
- Buses - Learn about bus routes, Take a bus to downtown South Bend...
Sept. 6, Thursday evening, starting ~5 pm
TOWN HALL MEETING AT THE FIDDLER'S HEARTHShare your ideas on campus commuting and celebrate a week of walking, biking, busing, carpooling with friends Get there by BUS (bus stop at IUSB on Mishawaka Ave.) (leave IUSB at 4:55 pm, return on 6:20 pm bus) Not out of class until later? Join us and plan your own carpool (last bus back to IUSB leaves downtown at 6:20 pm). Also check out Art at ArtBeat in downtown SB.
- Health and Fitness information
Learn about how to work exercise into your busy schedule AND get where you are going Sept. 8 - Fitness Walk at Potawatomi Park - walk to improve your heart health. Sponsored by South Bend Heart Walk.
- Biling - Tips for bike safety, Bike friendly routes to campus
Prizes and discounts from local bike shops
- Sustainability Workshop led by Mike Keen and Gabrielle Robinson
Tuesday, September 18, 5-7 pm in SAC 223 and 225 Moving the concept of sustainability into a practical framework of objectives that you can use at home, school, and work. Include friendly competition to encourage people to share changes they have made.
- Composting Seminar hosted by Environmental Justice League Club
Thursday, 5-6 pm, tentatively scheduled for Sept. 20 Rick Glassman, St. Joseph County Soil and Water Conservation District, will give a hands-on seminar on Composting 101.
- Prairie Harvest Weekend at Potato Creek State Park, September 29-30
Saturday, Sept. 29, Learn about fire!
10:00 - 11:00 am, Prescribed Fire Demonstration
MEET at Potato Creek State Park Nature Center
Sunday, Sept. 30, Learn about native plants and history of this region
10:00 - 11:00 am, Prairie Walk
MEET at SAC parking lot (IUSB) at 9:15 am for carpooling, or Whispering Winds Parking Lot (Potato Creek State Park) at 10 am.
2:00 - 3:00 pm, America's Lost Landscape: Tallgrass prairie video
Meet at Nature Center Auditorium, Potato Creek State Park
October
- Paul Murray, "THE POWER OF ONE" Schurz Library Speaker Series
Tuesday, October 9, 2007, 7:30 - 9:30 pm, 5th floor atrium of Schurz Library
Paul Murray, Environmental Safety and Sustainability Director for Herman Miller, discusses "THE POWER OF ONE: HOW YOU CAN EMBRACE AND COMMUNICATE THE ENVIRONMENTAL ETHIC"
Murray will discuss how the actions of just one person can inspire greater environmental awareness within our university and community. Paul was named Environmental Affairs manager in 1992 and director of Environmental Safety and Sustainability in 2006. In May 2006, Vanity Fair magazine acknowledged Paul's efforts by including him in its special "Green" issue, in the section entitled, "The Re-Inventors: Green Architects and Designers."
- Community Gardens
Wednesday, October 10, in Grille Cafeteria, 11 - 2 pm
- Education on Community Garden concepts in Europe and North America
- Hear from local farmers on issues related to food production
- Learn how to save seeds from your favorite vegetables
- Paragon Springs by Steven Dietz, Play performed by the IUSB Theatre Company
8 p.m. October 12, 13, 18, 19 & 20 2 p.m. October 21
Campus Auditorium, Northside Hall
Paragon Springs is an adaptation of An Enemy of the People by Henrik Ibsen (chosen as 2007-08 One book, One Campus). Some of the issues explored in this play include the nature of democracy and tensions between long-term community health vs. short-term economic gain.
- Town Hall Meeting ¨C The Economic Impact of Immigration
Tuesday, October 16, Alumni Room in Administration Building
5:30-6:00 pm, registration and light refreshments
6:00-7:00, four panelists, 7:00-8:00, discussion- Mark Eagan, The SJC Chamber of Commerce
- Grant Black, IU South Bend Business and Economics
- Owner of a local business
- Building Sustainable Communities at IU-South Bend
Faculty Colloquium on Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED)
Wednesday, Oct. 17, Noon - 1 pm, Quiet Lounge, Grille
See the plans for student housing and making the Student Housing Community Building LEED certified. Learn about creating buildings that integrate the needs of the people, economics, and the environment
November
- SandHill Crane Migration Field trip
Friday, November 2, 3:00 - 8:30 pm, meet at 3:00 pm Northside Hall for carpooling, Rain date is Saturday, November 3 at same time
Field trip to observe 20,000+ sandhill cranes that gather at Jasper-Pulaski Wildlife area before migrating to Florida for the winter.
- Fair Trade Cafe
Wednesday, Nov. 7, Grille, 11 - 2 pm
- event with International Programs and local businesses that promote Fair Trade and Sustainable products. Dreaming of a "green" Holiday? Shop early.
- Check out work by students in Spanish courses
- RAY SUAREZ: Conversations on Race Speaker Series: Immigration and Sustainable Communities
Thursday, Nov. 15, 6:30 pm (Look for updates on timing of events)
- Keynote speaker: Ray Suarez, Senior Correspondent for NewsHour and host for NPR "Talk of the Nation"
- TownHall meeting on local immigration issues
- Breakout Discussion sessions on community, environment, and economy
December
- SAFER, MORE COMPASSIONATE WORLD FORUM
Saturday, Dec. 1, 1 - 4 pm
Location: Student Activity Center, Rooms 221-225,Indiana University South Bend
2008
January
- SeaChange: Reversing the Tide
Tuesday, January 15, 2008, 7:30 pm, Northside Recital Hall, NS 158
This is a big event that is being supported by an Indiana Humanities Grant, and donations from Memorial Foundation, North American Signs, and many departments on campus.
This dramatic lecture is by Roger Payne, renowned Marine biologist, and Lisa Harrow, an award-winning actress known for her work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and her work in Films and numerous BBC and American TV shows. Roger Payne is best known for his discovery (with Scott McVay) that humpback whales sing songs, and for his theory that the sounds of fin and blue whales can be heard across oceans. He has been featured in over 40 documentary films for television and co-wrote and co-directed the IMAX film Whales.
The lecture includes Roger's experiences working with whales and vast understanding of environmental science combined with the wisdom of prose and poetry by William Shakespeare, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Wendell Berry, Mary Oliver and other poets. This duo has performed throughout the United States, New Zealand, and Mexico. An interview on National Public Radio pointed out that the poetry makes the science more accessible and makes a compelling case for why individuals need to work towards creating a sustainable society.
In addition to the evening performance, Roger and Lisa will be visiting classes at Stanley Clark School and at IU-South Bend on January 15.
- Lecture and Discussion on Global Warming
Last week of January
This event is part of Focus the Nation, in which over 1,000 Universities, High Schools, and Community groups are hosting symposia this week on Global Warming and possible solutions. See http://www.focusthenation.org/ for more information.
Henry Scott (Physics) and Deborah Marr (Biology) will discuss the nature of scientific evidence and science of global warming.
February
- Table Talk: Global Warming 101
Thursday, February 7, 2008, 5:30 – 6:30 pm, SAC 225
This event is part of Focus the Nation, in which over 1,000 Universities, High Schools, and Community groups are hosting symposia on Global Warming and possible solutions. See http://www.focusthenation.org/ for more information.
Henry Scott (Physics) and Deborah Marr (Biology) will discuss the science of global warming.
- Public Guest Lecture: "Catching tunas without killing sea turtles; can it be done?"
Tuesday, February 19, 4:00 – 5:15 pm, NS 125
Dr. Richard Brill, is a National Marine Fisheries Biologist and Director of the Cooperative Marine Education and Research Program at the Virginia Institute of Marine Science. He has done research on a variety of marine animals including sharks, sea turtles, and tuna in the Pacific and Atlantic ocean.
Sea turtles become entangled or hooked in commercial longline gear targeting tunas and other pelagic fishes. These interactions have been implicated as a significant factor contributing to the population declines of these threatened or endangered species. This seminar will describe efforts to develop new fishing techniques and gear modifications that could reduce sea turtle interactions by exploiting difference in the sensory biology of the sea turtles and pelagic fishes.
- Public Guest Lecture: "The Shape of the Holy: the trouble with Jerusalem"
Monday, February 25, 7:00 - 8:15 pm, DW 1001
Dr. Nimrod Luz is a visiting Fulbright Scholar from Israel. He will discuss the importance of Jerusalem to Islam, Christianity and Judaism, and the implication of sacred places for contemporary politics.
The development of the built environment of the Old City of Jerusalem is inescapably linked to ideologies and religious understanding. Jerusalem presents us with a unique case study as its urban landscape is the outcome of many former societies and regimes and mostly due to its crucial importance to the three monotheistic religions. In this lecture I forge links between the construction of the city religious status in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam and the development of the built environment, more precisely the sacred centers of the city. Using texts and landscapes of all religions concerned I outline the ways through which the city was consecrated to all Abrahamic religions and contested among them. The lecture surveys the major developments of the city's built environment in a chronological form and analyzes the urban development through multi and interdisciplinary prisms. It highlights the construction of the sacred understanding in all three religions and alludes to contemporary political implications.
March
- Erik Reece, Author of Lost Mountain (2006)
Public Lecture: March 18, 2008, 6:00 – 7:15 pm, DW 1001
Erik Reece is the author of Lost Mountain, a literary nonfiction work about the coal industry and radical strip mining. He teaches at the University of Kentucky. This book is extraordinary in connecting issues of nature, health, history, poverty, and economic forces.
- Native Gardening Master Class by JF New Nursery
Thursday, March 20, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Administration Building, Grille Cafeteria
Native Gardening Master Class by JF New Nursery Thursday, March 20, 2008, 6:00 - 8:00 pm, Administration Building, Grille Cafeteria Learn the basics of unsing native plants in landscaping, what species are best to plant, and more. Hand-outs and seeds of native plants will be available.
- Dr. Roland Chamblee, St. Joseph County Health Officer
Tuesday, March 25, 7:30 pm, Schurz Library 5th floor atrium
Dr. Roland Chamblee, St. Joseph County Health Officer Tuesday, March 25, 7:30 pm, Schurz Library 5th floor atrium Dr. Chamblee will speak about the An Enemy of the People and how the play relates to local environmental health issues today.
April
- Dr. Kristin Shrader-Frechette is an internationally known philosopher, who will lead a
Colloquium and Public Lecture on environmental ethics & public health.
- Free public lecture:
"Our Responsibility for Environmental-health Threats to Children"
Thursday April 3, 7-8:15pm (Wiekamp Hall 1001)
This year's Philosophy Day at Indiana University South Bend will look at the environmental health and children.
Dr. Kristin Shrader-Frechette is a professor at the University of Notre Dame and an internationally known philosopher who specializes in environmental ethics and social justice issues. She will speak on "Our Responsibility for Environmental-Health Threats to Children" at 7 p.m. Thursday, April 3, in Wiekamp Hall 1001, IU South Bend.
The talk is free and open to the public.
Dr. Shrader-Frechette has just published a new book with Oxford University Press, "Taking Action, Saving Lives."
In 2004, Shrader-Frechette became only the third American to win the World Technology Award in Ethics from the World Technology Network.
Among her other books are: "Environmental Justice" (2003); "Technology and Values," coed. (1997); "The Ethics of Scientific Research" (1994); "Risk and Rationality" (1991) ed.; and "Nuclear Energy and Ethics" (1991). She has published more than 350 articles and consulted on public policy. - Colloquium: "Free Informed Consent & Health Threats to Radiation Workers"
Wednesday, April 2, 1-2:15pm. DW3300 bridge area
Dr. Kristin Shrader-Frechette specializes in environmental ethics & social justice issues. She has just published a new book with Oxford University Press: Taking Action, Saving Lives. Among her other books are: Environmental Justice (2003); Technology and Values, coed. (1997); The Ethics of Scientific Research (1994); Method in Ecology with E. McCoy (1993); Risk and Rationality (1991) ed.; and Nuclear Energy and Ethics (1991). She has published many articles and consulted on public policy. This event is in celebration of Philosophy Day.
- Free public lecture:
"Our Responsibility for Environmental-health Threats to Children"
- International Food Fest
Saturday, April 5, 3-6pm, Administration Building, Grille Cafeteria
Food and entertainment from around the world. Tickets $9 adults, $6 for ages 6-12.
- Green Michiana: A Sustainability Fair for Home, Garden, and Road
Saturday, April 12, 2008, 10 am - 4 pm, Administration Building, Grille Cafeteria
Browse through over 40 businesses and organizations that are developing innovative approaches to producing safer products for home, garden and road
Learn about local options for a wide range of environmentally friendly products, businesses that support fair trade practices and our local economy, and options in alternative energy for homes and businesses. Gather some green gardening tips and check out the commuter bikes, electric cars, and hybrids.
Bring the following items for recycling:
PLASTIC BAGS (any type of clean plastic grocery bag) CELL PHONES (any type) STYROFOAM- packing peanuts
- white expanded polystyrene #6 used to pack electronic equipment or coolers
- NO styrofoam plates and cups can be accepted
PERSONAL COMPUTER- Limit 2 computers per household
- $15 charged per monitor, computers accepted for free
- NO printers or scanners can be accepted
Learn about local resources for dealing with these hard to recycle items. Check out the reuseable bags.- BIKE SAFETY: ROADS, RAMPS and RIDING Bring your kids and their bikes for onsite practice bike riding and information for safe family biking. Try on helmets, practice riding using safety techniques, and have fun too. Lots of safety info and give aways.
- Enjoy the LIVE MUSIC provided by over 20 area musicians
- Come hear what our CITY GOVERNMENTS are doing to improve water and air quality, and promote healthier cities in Michiana
Parking for the fair is available in the parking lots located at 20th street and Mishawaka Avenue.
To drop off computers turn down Esther Street off of Mishawaka Avenue (west side of the Administration Building). Call 520-5564 or email dmarr@iusb.edu for more information. .
- Dance Marathon
Saturday, April 19. All day and night. Student Activity Center.
Benefit for the Center for the Homeless.
