This Week at Baylor: Oct. 7-13, 2018
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by Gabrielle White, student newswriter
WACO, Texas (Oct. 4, 2018) – This week, Baylor University will host a variety of speakers in chemistry, biology, environmental science, psychology and business, along with three movie screenings, Baylor Theatre’s production of “Godspell” and performances from the School of Music and in Chapel.
MONDAY, Oct. 8
Chapel Highlights - Singer-songwriter Ken Medema will perform during Chapel services at 9:05, 10:10 and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. Medema was born blind, but some of his best-known songs were created as live improvisations. For more information, visit the Spiritual Life website.
Movie Monday - Movie Mondays continue with the screening of “Thirst: Mission Liberia,” a documentary about Dr. Todd Philips’ passion to change the nation of Liberia by becoming the first non-government group to provide access to clean water for an entire nation. The screening will be at 7 p.m. at the Waco Hippodrome, 724 Austin Ave. Free tickets can be picked up at the Bill Daniel Student Center ticket office or online.
Campus Orchestra and Symphonic Band - Baylor’s Campus Orchestra and the Symphonic Band will perform a joint concert at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building. For more information, visit the School of Music website.
Book Launch Celebrating Music Scholarship - The Crouch Fine Arts Library and the Baylor School of Music will celebrate the launch of two new books by Baylor Music faculty. Monique Ingalls, Ph.D., assistant professor of church music, and Robin Wallace, Ph.D., professor of musicology, will discuss their books, “Singing the Congregations” and “Hearing Beethoven.” Refreshments will be served. The event will be held in the Campbell Innovative Learning Space at Jones Library, 1301 S. Second St. For more information, visit the University Libraries website.
TUESDAY, Oct. 9, 2018
Celebrating 100 Years of Czech Independence - The Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society, the department of modern languages and cultures at Baylor and McLennan Community College will present “The Czechoslovak Experience in Film.” The event will feature a screening of “Oratorio for Prague and the Power of the Powerless” at 6 p.m. at Bennett Auditorium in the Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh Street. Michael Long, Ph.D., professor of Russian in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, and Ivana Doležalová, Czech journalist, will moderate a discussion following the film. For more information, visit the Keston Center website.
Jazz Ensemble - The Jazz Ensemble will perform from 7:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building. The ensemble will be led by Alex Parker, director of the Wayne Fisher Jazz Program. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.
Modern Languages and Culture Talk - The department of modern languages and cultures is presenting “No Child Left Monolingual,” a talk by Kim Potowski, Ph.D., professor of Spanish linguistics at the University of Illinois at Chicago. The talk will be from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in the Draper Academic Building, room 147. The event is free and refreshments will follow. For more information, visit the Modern Languages and Cultures website.
Dawson Wamble Lecture - Amanda Tyler, executive director of the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty, will present “Unity in our Differences: How Commitment to Religious Liberty for All Can Provide a Way Forward.” The event will be from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in Miller Chapel in the Tidwell Bible Building, 600 Speight Ave. The event is presented by Baylor’s J.M. Dawson Endowed Lectures of Church-State Studies and the department of religion. For more information, visit the Church-State studies website.
Godspell - Baylor Theatre is presenting Godspell, a musical inspired by the gospel of Jesus Christ and the three years he built a community of believers. Godspell will be performed at 7:30 p.m. in the Mabee Theatre in the Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave. The play will be performed Oct. 9-14. Tickets are $20 online or through the box office, and $17 at the box office with a Baylor ID. For more information, visit the Baylor theatre arts website.
WEDNESDAY, Oct. 10
Chapel Highlights - American Christian folk pop band, The Gray Havens, will perform during Chapel services at 9:05, 10:10 and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. The Gray Havens is a husband-and-wife duo from Crystal Lake, Illinois. For more information, visit the Spiritual Life website.
Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium - Kallol Basu, Ph.D., associate principal scientist of discovery process chemistry at Merck Pharmaceuticals, will present “Development of a Green & Sustainable Manufacturing Process for MK-7264.” The colloquium will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the chemistry website.
Celebrating 100 Years of Czech Independence - The Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society, the department of modern languages and cultures at Baylor and McLennan Community College will present “Remembering the 50th Anniversary of Prague Spring” with a performance of “Audience: A Play,” performed by Steven Pounders and Cooper Sivara of the department of theatre arts. The play will be at 6 p.m. at Bennett Auditorium in the Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St. For more information, visit the Keston Center website.
THURSDAY, Oct. 11, 2018
Alfredo Corchado Lecture - The department of journalism, public relations and new media will present journalist Alfredo Corchado, the Mexico City bureau chief for the Dallas Morning News. Corchado will discuss his new book “Homelands,” the story of Mexican immigration to the United States told from the perspective of four friends. The lecture will begin at 6 p.m. at the Marrs McLean Science Building, room 101. The Hispanic Student Association will host a reception following the event. For more information, visit the department of JPRNM website.
Celebrating 100 Years of Czech Independence - The Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society, the department of modern languages and cultures at Baylor and McLennan Community College will present “Celebrating 100 Years of Czech Independence,” featuring a reception and keynote lecture by Hynek KmoníÄek, ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Czech Republic to the United States. KmoníÄek will present “Lessons on Freedom: Perspectives on the Past, Prospects for the Future,” beginning at 3 p.m. in Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the Keston Center website.
Lunch & Learn with Free Enterprise Forum - Michael Munger, director of undergraduate studies in the department of political science and professor of political science and economics in the Duke Sanford School of Public Policy, will speak at the Free Enterprise Forum speaker series hosted by Baylor’s Hankamer School of Business. The speaker series will be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. in room 211 of the Paul L. Foster Campus for Business and Innovation, 1621 S. Third St. For more information, visit the Baylor Business website.
Latin America Film Series - The Latin America Film Series will continue with “Even the Rain,” a film about the conquest of a director and producer to Bolivia. The film is in Spanish and shown with English subtitles. The screening will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Tidwell Bible Building, room 20. For more information, visit the Center for Global Engagement website.
FRIDAY, Oct. 12
Chemistry and Biochemistry Colloquium - Timothy Zwier, M.G. Mellon Distinguished Professor of Chemistry-Physical Chemistry at Purdue University, will present “Single-Conformation Spectroscopy from the Microwave to the Ultraviolet.” The colloquium will be held from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the chemistry website.
Psychology and Neuroscience Speaker Series - Skylar Brannon of the University of Texas at Austin will speak from 12:20 to 1:20 p.m. in room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the department of psychology and neuroscience website.
Celebrating 100 Years of Czech Independence - The Keston Center for Religion, Politics and Society, the department of modern languages and cultures at Baylor and McLennan Community College will present, “The Magic and Tragic Eights: Generational Reflections on 100 Years of Czech History,” with a breakfast and lecture by Alice Lu'?ákov at 8:30 a.m. in the Michaelis Academic Center, room 111 at McLennan Community College. For more information, visit the Keston Center website.
A Cappella Choir Reunion - Baylor A Cappella Choir alumni will be back on the Baylor campus for a reunion on Oct. 12 and 13. The weekend will consist of rehearsals, an alumni luncheon and an A Cappella Choir reunion concert at 4 p.m. in the Glennis McCrary Music Building. For more information, visit the School of Music website.
Environmental Science Seminar - Yuxuan Wang, assistant professor of atmospheric chemistry, will speak at a seminar from 4 to 5 p.m. in room A.108 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. The event is presented by Baylor’s department of environmental science. For more information, visit the environmental science website.
Biology Seminar Series - Job Lopez, Ph.D., assistant professor of pediatrics-tropical medicine at Baylor College of Medicine, will speak about vector biology and bacterial pathogens. The event will be from 2:30 to 4 p.m. in room B.110 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the department of biology website.
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