This Week at Baylor — Sept. 5 - Sept. 9, 2016

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WACO, Texas (Sept. 2, 2016) — This week, in observance of Labor Day, Baylor University will be closed on Monday. Hours of operation are provided in links below. Baylor will host a number of notable speakers, lectures and events throughout the week.
MONDAY, Sept. 5
Movie Night at McLane — Students, faculty, staff and families from Baylor, TSTC and MCC are invited to a free showing of Captain America: Civil War at 9 p.m. at McLane Stadium, 1001 S. MLK Jr. Blvd., Waco, Texas. Doors open at 8 p.m. Please bring a valid college ID.
Closures
Libraries: Labor Day Hours
McLane Student Life Center (SLC): Open from 1 p.m. to midnight.

TUESDAY, Sept. 6
Cross Cultural Engagement Kick-Off — Join Baylor Spiritual Life as they gather at 6 p.m. for a dinner that celebrates the themes of hospitality and neighboring across the table. The dinner will be held in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center, 500 Speight Ave., Waco, Texas.
ENV Seminar — Fan Zhang, post-doctoral Fellow of Environmental Science at Baylor University, will speak on “Assessing the Translocation of Agnps Using an In Vitro Co-Culture Model of Alveolar-Capillary Barrier” at 5 p.m. in the Baylor Sciences Building, room A108, 101 Bagby Ave., Waco, Texas.
WEDNESDAY, Sept. 7
Chapel Highlights — This Matters: Chapel Edition: Responding to Neighbors. For more information and a list of future speakers, go to Chapel Schedule.
Honors Residential College Formation Series — Michael McLendon, dean of Baylor’s School of Education, will speak at 7 p.m. in the Alexander Reading Room in Alexander Hall, 1413 S. Seventh St. Waco, Texas. For more information, go to HRC Formation Series.
THURSDAY, Sept. 8
Men for Change — Men for Change is a group on campus for men to meet and discuss spirituality and masculinity. The group will meet at 5:30 p.m. every Thursday in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center Chapel, 500 Speight Ave., Waco, Texas.
This Matters: Sexual Violence and Aggression on College Campuses — This Matters forums are a series of dialogues connecting leaders from diverse perspectives to offer context to society’s most challenging questions. The event will be held at 6 p.m. in the Bobo Spiritual Life Center, 500 Speight Ave., Waco, Texas. For more information, click here.

10th Annual Baylor University Jazz Ensemble “A Moonlight Serenade” – The Baylor Jazz Ensemble will perform its annual swing concert featuring the popular music of the 1940s at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall. Tickets are $5 (free for concertgoers who are 65 and older) and are available at the ticket office in the Bill Daniel Student Center or online at www.baylor.edu/tickets. For additional ticket information, call the ticket office at 254-710-3210.

These are just some of the events happening at Baylor this week. For more events, visit www.baylor.edu/calendar.

by Kelsey Dehnel, student newswriter, (254) 710-6805
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