This Week at Baylor: March 3-9, 2019

February 28, 2019

Capt. Kenneth Collins will direct the United States Navy Band's performance at 3 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave.

willson addis — Baylor's George W. Truett Theological Seminary will host the Rev. Luke A. Powery, Ph.D., dean of Duke University Chapel and associate professor of homiletics at Duke Divinity School, for the Willson-Addis Endowed Lecture.

Baylor's Institute for Studies of Religion will host a conversation with Ross Douthat, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times.

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

WACO, Texas (Feb. 28, 2019) – This week, Baylor University will host several concerts, movie screenings and lectures in a variety of academic disciplines. Due to spring break, classes will not be held March 11-15.

SUNDAY, March 3

United States Navy Band - The United States Navy Band will perform at 3 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. Free tickets are available in the lobby of Jones Concert Hall during normal business hours. For more information, call 254-710-3571 or email Ruth_Tucker@baylor.edu.

MONDAY, March 4

Chapel - Baylor will host David Bailey, founder and director of Arrabon 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.

Movie Mondays - Movie Mondays will continue at the Waco Hippodrome with a screening of “Free Solo,” presented by Baylor’s rock climbing team, 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.

Concert Band & Symphonic Band - Baylor’s Concert and Symphonic Bands will perform at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave., with guest composer Paul Dooley, D.M.A., lecturer in performing arts technology at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance. The Concert Band is conducted by Isaiah Odajima, D.M.A., associate professor of ensembles and associate director of bands in the Baylor School of Music. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

TUESDAY, March 5

Willson-Addis Endowed Lecture - Baylor’s George W. Truett Theological Seminary will host the Rev. Luke A. Powery, Ph.D., dean of Duke University Chapel and associate professor of homiletics at Duke Divinity School, for the Willson-Addis Endowed Lecture. He will present “Preaching & Pentecost” at 11 a.m. in the Paul W. Powell Chapel of Truett Seminary, 1100 S. Third St. For more information, visit the Truett website.

World Cinema Series - Baylor’s department of modern languages and cultures will screen the German film “In the Fade” for this week’s World Cinema Series at 6 p.m. in Bennett Auditorium in the Draper Academic Building, 1420 S. Seventh St. For more information, visit the modern languages and cultures website.

A Conversation with Ross Douthat - Baylor’s Institute for Studies of Religion will host a conversation with Ross Douthat, an op-ed columnist for The New York Times, who will join Alan Jacobs, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Humanities in Baylor’s Honors College and Distinguished Senior Fellow at ISR, from 7 to 9 p.m. in the Paul W. Powell Chapel of Truett Seminary, 1100 S. Third St. Douthat is the author of several books and a film critic for National Review. A book signing will immediately follow the conversation. For more information, visit the Baylor ISR website.

Wind Ensemble Concert - Baylor’s Wind Ensemble will perform with guest composer Paul Dooley, D.M.A., lecturer in performing arts technology at the University of Michigan School of Music, Theatre and Dance at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. The Concert Band is conducted by J. Eric Wilson, D.M.A., professor of ensembles and conducting director of bands in the Baylor School of Music. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

WEDNESDAY, March 6

Chapel - Baylor will host Burt Burleson, D.Min., University chaplain and dean of spiritual life, 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.

Mayborn: International Women’s Day - A conversation with leading women in their fields to celebrate International Women’s Day will be held from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Mayborn Museum Complex, 1300 S. University Parks Drive. The theme will be “Balance for Better” with panelists Mia Moody Ramirez, Ph.D., professor and graduate program director in the Baylor department of journalism; Violet Sullivan, J.D., M.B.A., certified information privacy professional and professor of cybersecurity and privacy law in the Baylor Law School; and Cathi Davis, president of Seed House Creative. Brian Sullivan, J.D., M.B.A., founder of Active Equality, will give closing remarks. The conversation is included in the price of admission, and admission for Baylor students and museum members is free. For more information, visit the Mayborn website.

Chemistry Colloquium - Baylor’s department of chemistry and biochemistry will host Matthew Bourbeau, Ph.D., program leader and principal scientist at Amgen Inc., who will present “Lessons Learned from Efforts to Design Differentiated Inhibitors of BACE1 for the Treatment of Alzheimer’s Disease” at 3:30 p.m. in Room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit the chemistry website.

Curator Talks: The Neoclassical Gaze - The guest curators of “The Neoclassical Gaze” exhibit, Sean DeLouche, Ph.D., lecturer of art history, and Nathan Elkins, Ph.D., associate professor of art history, both in Baylor’s College of Arts & Sciences, will present a lecture from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Martin Museum of Art in Hooper-Schaefer Fine Arts Center, 60 Baylor Ave. For more information, visit the Martin Museum website.

THURSDAY, March 7

Sociology Lecture - Jason Shelton, Ph.D., associate professor of sociology and director of the Center for African American Studies at the University of Texas at Arlington, will present “Solving the Problems of Racial Inequality” at 3:30 p.m. in Room 152 of Draper Academic Building. For more information, visit the sociology website.

”Love Wounds” Guest Recital - The Chicago Fringe Opera and Latitude 49 will team up with Baylor students to present “Love Wounds” at 7:30 p.m. in Jones Concert Hall in Glennis McCrary Music Building, 110 Baylor Ave. “Love Wounds” will feature a theatrical rendering of music for voice and chamber ensemble by Christopher Cerrone, a composer based in Brooklyn, New York. The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit the School of Music website.

FRIDAY, March 8

Chemistry Colloquium - Baylor’s department of chemistry and biochemistry will host Evan Williams, Ph.D., professor of chemistry at the University of California at Berkeley. Williams will present “Exploring Fast Reactions in Aqueous Nanodrops with Mass Spectrometry” at 3:30 p.m. in Room C.105 of the Baylor Sciences Building, 101 Bagby Ave. For more information, visit Baylor’s chemistry website.

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