This Week at Baylor: Feb. 3-9, 2019

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by Jessie Jilovec, student newswriter, Baylor University Media and Public Relations

WACO, Texas (Feb. 1, 2019) – This week, Baylor University will host a movie screening, several concerts and lectures in a wide variety of academic disciplines, including chemistry, English, business, political science and museum studies. There will be various celebrations to honor Black History Month, highlighted this week by the annual Pruit Symposium.

MONDAY, Feb. 4

Chapel - Baylor will host Al Staggs, performing artist and part of Peace with Justice Ministries, for Chapel at 9:05, 10:10 and 11:15 a.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the Spiritual Life website.

Lyceum Series – The Baylor School of Music will host Bettina Varwig, Ph.D., musicologist and lecturer in early modern music at the University of Cambridge, for the Lyceum Series from 4 to 5 p.m. in Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

Movie Mondays – Movie Mondays will continue at the Waco Hippodrome with a screening of “King in the Wilderness,” presented by Baylor’s department of history and Baylor Phi Alpha Theta History Honor Society. 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.

TUESDAY, Feb. 5

Largent Lecture – Joan Baldwin and Anne W. Ackerson will speak at the Second Annual Largent Lecture Series in Museum Studies. Baldwin is the Curator of Special Collections at The Hotchkiss School. Ackerson is an independent consultant and focuses on organizational development and planning and governance issues for the smaller nonprofit cultural institution. The lecture will be from 6 to 8 p.m. in the Administrative and Academic Wing of the Mayborn Museum Complex, 1300 S. University Parks Drive. A reception will proceed the lecture at 5:30 p.m. To attend, RSVP to Lisa_Rieger@baylor.edu. For more information, visit the College of Arts & Sciences website.

WEDNESDAY, Feb. 6

Chapel – Baylor will host Emily and Brett Mills, founders of Jesus Said Love, for chapel services at 9:05, 10:10 and 11 a.m. in Waco Hall, 624 Speight Ave. For more information, visit the Spiritual Life website.

Inclusion & Diversity 101 – To honor Black History Month, Baylor Human Resources will host “Inclusion & Diversity 101: Building an Inclusive Workplace Community” from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. To reserve a spot, visit Baylor’s human resources website.

Chemistry Colloquium – As part of the Gooch-Stephens Lectures, Baylor’s department of chemistry and biochemistry will host Geraldine L. Richmond, Ph.D., Presidential Chair in Science and professor of chemistry at University of Oregon. Richmond will present “Mulling Over Emulsions: Molecular Assembly at Complex Liquid Surfaces” at 3:30 p.m. in Room B.110 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit Baylor’s chemistry website.

THURSDAY, Feb. 7

True Crime Exposed – The Mayborn Museum fifth annual Director’s Forum, “True Crime Exposed: Examining the Elements of Forensic Science,” will begin at 10 a.m. at the museum, 1300 S. University Parks Drive. The event is in collaboration with Baylor’s department of anthropology, McLennan Community College’s department of criminal justice and other community partners. Attendees can enjoy conversations, activities and a panel discussion focused on historic crimes and the role forensic science has played in solving them. For more information, visit the Mayborn Museum website.

Chemistry Colloquium – As part of the Gooch-Stephens Lectures, Baylor’s department of chemistry and biochemistry will host Geraldine L. Richmond, Ph.D., Presidential Chair in Science and professor of chemistry at University of Oregon. Richmond will present “Surf, Sink or Swim: Understanding Environmentally Important Processes at Water Surfaces” in Room B.110 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit Baylor’s chemistry website.

Pruit Symposium Lecture – This year’s annual Pruit Symposium, “Lord, Make Me An Instrument: Black Sacred Music at the Intersection of Gospel and Jazz,” will feature Melvin Butler, Ph.D., associate professor at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, who will speak on "Getting in Tune: Gospel Music, Instrumentality and Embodiment" at 3:30 p.m. in Armstrong Browning Library, 710 Speight Ave. Hosted by Baylor Libraries, the event is free and open to the public. For more information about the Pruit Symposium, click here.

Free Enterprise Forum – Thomas Hazlett, Ph.D., H.H. Macaulay Endowed Professor of Economics at Clemson University, will give a speech, “The Political Spectrum,” as part of the Free Enterprise Forum speaker series. The forum will be from 4 to 5:15 p.m. in Foster Room 240 of the Hankamer School of Business. For more information, visit the business website.

Political Science Lecture – The Baylor department of political science will host Jeffrey Kopstein, Ph.D., professor and chair of political science at University of California - Irvine, who will present “Anti-Jewish Pogroms on the Eve of the Holocaust” from 4 to 5:30 p.m. in Room 152 of Draper Hall, 1420 S. Seventh St. For more information, visit the political science website.

English Department Presentation – Baylor’s department of English will host Laurent Pernot, Ph.D., professor and chair of the department of Greek at the University of Strasbourg; director of the Center for the Analysis of the Religious Rhetorics of Antiquity; and member of the Institut de France, for a lecture on classical rhetoric titled “To Speak, Saying Nothing? The Enigma of Ceremonial Praise” at 4:30 p.m. in Room 101 of Carroll Science, 1401 S. Fifth St. For more information, visit the English website.

Pruit Symposium Gospel Sing – This year’s annual Pruit Symposium, “Lord, Make Me An Instrument: Black Sacred Music at the Intersection of Gospel and Jazz,” will hold a Gospel Sing event at 6:30 p.m. at Toliver Chapel Missionary Baptist Church, 1402 Elm Ave. The event will feature Melvin Butler, Ph.D., associate professor at the Frost School of Music at the University of Miami, who will be accompanied by Horace J. Maxile Jr., Ph.D., associate professor of music theory in the Baylor School of Music and keyboardist and men’s choir director at Toliver Chapel Baptist Church, and other musical guests. For more information about the Pruit Symposium, click here.

Symphonic Band Concert – The Baylor Symphonic Band will perform with the Tomball Memorial High School Wind Symphony at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

Spoken Word Night – To commemorate Black History Month, the Baylor chapter of the National Association of Black Journalists will host a Spoken Word Night at 8 p.m. in Barfield Drawing Room of the Bill Daniel Student Center, 1311 S. Fifth St. For more information, visit the department of multicultural affairs website.

FRIDAY, Feb. 8

President’s Concert – The Baylor Symphony will perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection,” at the President’s Concert at 7:30 p.m. in the Jones Concert Hall of the Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. Conductors will be Lynne Gackle, Brian A. Schmidt and Stephen Heyde. Tickets are available online. For ticket information, call 254-710-3210. For concert information, visit the School of Music website.

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