Lecture Series
All Lecture Series events are free and open to the public.“Pre-Introductory Programming Course with Alice World”
Centennial Classroom Scholar Lecture
Thursday, Sept. 6, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Vijayakumar Shanmugasundaram, mathematics and computer science
Student Co-Inquirers: Nicholas O. Jones ’09, Fargo, N.D., and Dustin M. Weege ’08, Buffalo, Minn.
Professor R.E. Fuglestad Memorial Lecture
Tuesday, Sept. 25, 7 p.m.
Frances Frazier Comstock Theatre
Alumni and conservationists Dr. Arlyne Johnson ’77 and Dr. Michael Hedemark ’77 discuss their work with a tiger conservation project and the Wildlife Conservation Society in Vientiane, Laos.
“From California to Calcutta: Spreading the White-Western Devotion to Female Thinness – A Feminist Postcolonial Analysis”
Centennial Research Scholar Lecture
Thursday, Oct. 18, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Michelle M. Lelwica, religion
Student Co-Inquirers: Emma L. Hoglund ’08, Perham, Minn., and Jenna D. McNallie ’09, Sartell, Minn.
“Choosing to Switch Christian Denominations”
Student Lecture Series
Tuesday, Oct. 30, 7 p.m.
Frida Nilsen Lounge
Lynnette A. Gaertner ’08, Hastings, Minn.
Dr. Nicholas R. Ellig, sociology and social work, faculty sponsor
“Humanity and Inhumanity: Postcolonial Perspectives of Pablo Neruda and Joseph Conrad”
Student Lecture Series
Tuesday, Nov. 13, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Laura M. Fragodt ’08, Leeds, N.D.
Dr. Dawn E. Duncan, English, faculty sponsor
“Strategies for Improving Proficiency Levels in First-Year Spanish Students”
Centennial Research Scholar Lecture
Thursday, Feb. 21, 7 p.m.
Birkeland Alumni Lounge
Dr. Pedro S. Meléndez, Spanish and Hispanic studies
Student Co-Inquirers: Leah B. Juhl ’08, Roseau, Minn., and Michael J. Simonson ’08, Oshkosh, Wis.
“Probing the Structure of Exotic Nuclei”
Centennial Research Scholar Lecture
Thursday, March 13, 7 p.m.
Jones Conference Center A & B, Knutson Campus Center
Dr. Bryan A. Luther and Dr. Nathan H. Frank, physics
Student Co-Inquirers: Christopher W. Olson ’09, Bismarck, N.D., and Robert A. Jenson ’09, Erskine, Minn.
Cultural Events
