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Child Abuse Prevention Month Pinwheel Garden Fundraiser
Date/Time: April 28, 2012
Location: Children’s Advocacy Services
Audience: Open
Description: April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. “Pinwheels for Prevention” is a state and nationwide public awareness campaign that puts a new spin on child abuse prevention. The pinwheel represents hope, health and happiness. This uplifting symbol of childhood represents our efforts to ensure the healthy development of children, while recognizing that child development is a building block for community and economic development. Last year, CASGSL served over 400 children and we would like a pinwheel in our garden for each of those children. We are asking for a minimum donation of $2 per pinwheel.
For Info: Karen Banks at 314-516-7389

Big Event & End of Year Students of Service Celebration
Date/Time: April 28, 2012 8:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Check in at the MSC NOSH
Audience: Open
Description: Join us April 28 for a service event followed by a celebration to recognize community partners, as well as dedicated faculty, staff and students. Breakfast, lunch and shirt included. Sign up online at: bit.ly/service2012.
For Info: Lauren Masterson-Rodriguez at 210-862-4523

‘Swan Lake’ Presented by Saint Louis Ballet
Date/Time: April 28, 2012 2:30 PM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: Saint Louis Ballet presents the world’s favorite ballet, “Swan Lake.” This iconic classic is set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved score and features exciting dancing, enthralling storytelling as well as grand sets and costumes. Artistic director Gen Horiuchi’s production epitomizes the grandeur of classical ballet. Shake your tail feather and come see the real-life version as seen in the movie “Black Swan.” For ticket prices visit touhill.org or call 314-516-4949.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

The Second City Laugh Out Loud Tour
Date/Time: April 28, 2012 5:00 PM
Location: Lee Theater, Touhill Performing Arts Center
Audience: Open
Description: A Touhill tradition! For the eighth consecutive season, The Second City’s trademark improvisation will be on full display in the Lee Theater cabaret with its one-of-a-kind “Laugh Out Loud Tour.” From the company that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and more, comes the next generation of the comedy world’s best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy. Tickets start at $10 with UMSL student ID (limited quantities available).
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

Mega Dinner With 12 Strangers
Date/Time: April 28, 2012 5:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Millennium Student Center Century Rooms
Audience: Open
Description: University Alumni, colleges and units host tables of six alumni and six students to network, share interests, career goals and more. By the end of the evening, 12 strangers will have become 12 friends! Networking and silent auction at 5 p.m. Dinner and live auction at 6 p.m. Table Sponsorship – $300 (6 students, 6 alumni). Ticket and sponsorship of one student – $60. Individual seating – $30. If you do not have a student in mind, Alumni Relations will select a student beneficiary.
For Info: Celeste Marx at 314-516-4738

‘Swan Lake’ Presented by Saint Louis Ballet
Date/Time: April 28, 2012 8:00 PM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: Saint Louis Ballet presents the world’s favorite ballet, “Swan Lake.” This iconic classic is set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved score and features exciting dancing, enthralling storytelling as well as grand sets and costumes. Artistic Director Gen Horiuchi’s production epitomizes the grandeur of classical ballet. Shake your tail feather and come see the real-life version as seen in the movie “Black Swan.” For ticket prices visit touhill.org or call 314-516-4949.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

The Second City: ‘Laugh Out Loud Tour’
Date/Time: April 28, 2012 9:00 PM
Location: Lee Theater, Touhill Performing Arts Center
Audience: Open
Description: A Touhill tradition! For the eighth consecutive season, The Second City’s trademark improvisation will be on full display in the Lee Theater cabaret with its one-of-a-kind “Laugh Out Loud Tour.” From the company that launched the careers of Tina Fey, Stephen Colbert, Steve Carell, Gilda Radner, Bill Murray and more, comes the next generation of the comedy world’s best and brightest in an evening of hilarious sketch comedy. Tickets start at $10 with UMSL student ID (limited quantities available).
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

‘Swan Lake’ Presented by Saint Louis Ballet
Date/Time: April 29, 2012 3:00 PM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: Saint Louis Ballet presents the world’s favorite ballet, “Swan Lake.” This iconic classic is set to Tchaikovsky’s beloved score and features exciting dancing, enthralling storytelling as well as grand sets and costumes. Artistic director Gen Horiuchi’s production epitomizes the grandeur of classical ballet. Shake your tail feather and come see the real-life version as seen in the movie “Black Swan.” For ticket prices, visit touhill.org or call 314-516-4949.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

Textbook Sell Back
Date/Time: April 30, 2012 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: UMSL Bookstore
Audience: Student
Description: It’s Textbook Sell Back time! Stop by the UMSL Bookstore to sell back your textbooks! Receive a minimum $5 for each textbook. Enter to win an iPad® for each book your sell back. For more details visit umslbookstore.com.
For Info: UMSL Bookstore at 314-516-5763

The Harlem Renaissance: 1890-1940
Date/Time: April 30, 2012 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM
Location: 402 JC Penney Conference Center
Audience: Open
Description: Bobby Norfolk, internationally known story performer and teaching artist, celebrates the artistic achievements of the African American community that exploded out of the Harlem sector of Manhattan in the early 1900s. Recreating literature, music and poetry by such legends as Duke Ellington, Langston Hughes, and Zora Neal Hurston, Norfolk brings to life the excitement of the cultural awakening that was the Harlem Renaissance. We also preview the 2012 St. Louis Storytelling Festival, which runs May 2-5, 2012.
For Info: Karen Lucas at 314-516-5698

Contamac Specialty Lens Institute Presentation
Date/Time: April 30, 2012 12:30 PM to 2:30 PM
Location: College of Optometry
Audience: Student
Description: “Specialty Contact Lens Applications for Irregular and Normal Corneas.”
For Info: Dr. Peg Achenbach at 201-981-2020

Study Skills That Make a Difference
Date/Time: April 30, 2012 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
Location: Center for Student Success (Millennium Student Center 225)
Audience: Student
Description: Find out about effective techniques for note-taking, goal setting for studying, concentration, reading a textbook, and basic test preparation.
For Info: Antionette Sterling at 314-516-5300

The Major Challenge: How to Choose a Major
Date/Time: April 30, 2012 4:00 PM to 4:45 PM
Location: Center for Student Success (Millennium Student Center 225)
Audience: Student
Description: Have you ever questioned your major choice or wondered if you will find a major that’s right for you? In this workshop, we will debunk common myths such as “There is only one right major for me,” or “A major is the same as a career.” You will learn how to identify majors and career paths that are a good fit for your personality, interests, strengths, and values. Students may follow-up with individual assistance.
For Info: Antionette Sterling at 314-516-5300

Textbook Sell Back
Date/Time: May 1, 2012 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: UMSL Bookstore
Audience: Student
Description: It’s Textbook Sell Back time! Stop by the UMSL Bookstore to sell back your textbooks! Receive a minimum $5 for each textbook. Enter to win an iPad® for each book your sell back. For more details, visit umslbookstore.com.
For Info: UMSL Bookstore at 314-516-5763

Creating Online Tests
Date/Time: May 1, 2012 12:30 PM to 1:45 PM
Location: 103 Express Scripts Hall
Audience: UMSL Only
Description: There are two methods for creating online tests, and this session will cover both methods. MyGateway has its own test-generating function within the content areas, and the free test-generating software Respondus allows you to upload a pre-existing exam into MyGateway. Topics to be covered include: creating/selecting test questions in MyGateway, Respondus download and usage, difference between “deploying tests” and setting “test options” and scheduling exams in the Online Testing Center.
For Info: Tom Roedel, Jennifer Simms and Paul Wilmarth at

Silent Witness Initiative/Domestic Violence Fair
Date/Time: May 1, 2012 2:00 PM to 4:30 PM
Location: MSC Century Room C
Audience: Open
Description: Come to learn about the problem of domestic violence in our community and what you can do to stop it.
For Info: Kristin Carbone-Lopez at 314-516-5426

Test-Taking Strategies
Date/Time: May 1, 2012 5:00 PM to 5:45 PM
Location: Center for Student Success (Millennium Student Center 225)
Audience: Student
Description: Learn tips about taking certain formats of tests (multiple choice, essay, true/false, etc). Get information to make your test preparation more productive and how to better manage test-taking jitters.
For Info: Antionette Sterling at 314-516-5300

May Day Skate and Plate
Date/Time: May 1, 2012 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM
Location: Skate King, 6100 Natural Bridge Road
Audience: Faculty/Staff/Students
Description: Join the brothers of Alpha Phi Omega Fraternity as we celebrate spring and raise funds to support St. Louis’ local youth programs. Admission is $12 for adults, $6 for teens (13-17) and $4 for youths (6-12). Free for children 5 and under.
For Info: Kneely Williams at 314-516-5291

Genesis Jazz Project Concert
Date/Time: May 1, 2012 7:30 PM
Location: Lee Theater, Touhill Performing Arts Center
Audience: Open
Description: Come and listen to the exciting sounds of the Genesis Jazz Project. Under the direction of Robert Waggoner, the Big Band and Combos will be performing some of the great standards of the Concert Jazz repertoire.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

Pursuing Engaged Scholarship in an Age of Austerity
Date/Time: May 2, 2012 3:00 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: 403 JCP Conference Center
Audience: Open
Description: Dr. Katherine Lambert-Pennington, Assistant Professor of Anthropology at the University of Memphis and 2011 recipient of the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, shows in this presentation how she has integrated her teaching, research, and service in unique ways that address issues of poverty, racism, inequalities, and social justice, particularly as they relate to neighborhood development.
For Info: Peggy Cohen at 314-516-4508

Textbook Sell Back
Date/Time: May 2, 2012 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: UMSL Bookstore
Audience: Student
Description: It’s Textbook Sell Back time! Stop by the UMSL Bookstore to sell back your textbooks! Receive a minimum $5 for each textbook. Enter to win an iPad® for each book your sell back. For more details visit umslbookstore.com.
For Info: UMSL Bookstore at 314-516-5763

Mindfulness Meditation
Date/Time: May 2, 2012 12:15 PM to 12:45 PM
Location: Center for Student Success conference room – 225 MSC
Audience: Open
Description: Mindfulness Meditation is a proven—and increasingly popular—method for reducing stress, anxiety, insomnia, and a variety of medical conditions. Incorporating Mindfulness into your schedule can enhance your overall well-being and allow you to live your life more fully. These weekly, guided Mindfulness activities are free and open to beginning as well as experienced meditators.
For Info: Jamie Linsin at 314-516-5711

Study Skills That Make a Difference
Date/Time: May 2, 2012 3:00 PM to 3:45 PM
Location: Center for Student Success (Millennium Student Center 225)
Audience: Student
Description: Find out about effective techniques for note-taking, goal setting for studying, concentration, reading a textbook, and basic test preparation.
For Info: Antionette Sterling at 314-516-5300

Brain Food
Date/Time: May 2, 2012 7:00 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: Oak Hall Kitchen
Audience: Open
Description: Do you like delicious smoothies? Do you like learning about foods that are great for you at the same time? Come on by the Oak Hall kitchen at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 2, and have your very own smoothie, personally and freshly made for you, given to you, completely free of charge! And on top of that, learn how to keep yourself going for a long time by eating healthy foods! This event is free to all students.
For Info: Scott Morrissey at 314-516-5531

Student Chamber Music Concert
Date/Time: May 2, 2012 7:30 PM
Location: Lee Theater, Touhill Performing Arts Center
Audience: Open
Description: Join us for an evening of enchanting chamber music. The Department of Music student ensembles will perform a variety of classical to contemporary pieces showcasing their amazing skill.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

Textbook Sell Back
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 7:30 AM to 7:00 PM
Location: UMSL Bookstore
Audience: Student
Description: It’s Textbook Sell Back time! Stop by the UMSL Bookstore to sell back your textbooks! Receive a minimum $5 for each textbook. Enter to win an iPad® for each book your sell back. For more details, visit umslbookstore.com.
For Info: UMSL Bookstore at 314-516-5763

Breakfast and Business
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 7:30 AM to 9:00 AM
Location: SGA Chambers, MSC
Audience: Open
Description: Breakfast and Business is sponsored by the College of Business Administration. The discussion topic for the event is “Tough Calls from the Corner Office” with Harlan Steinbaum.
For Info: Jane Ferrell at 314-516-5883

Engaged Scholarship: Research on Community-Based Activities
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: 403 J.C. Penney Conference Center
Audience: Open
Description: Katherine Lambert-Pennington, assistant professor of anthropology at the University of Memphis and 2011 recipient of the Ernest A. Lynton Award for the Scholarship of Engagement, leads a discussion with Lisa Dorner, assistant professor of education at UMSL, about how each has integrated teaching, research and service in unique ways that also address community-based issues.
For Info: Peggy Cohen at 314-516-4508

St. Louis Storytelling Festival
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 10:00 AM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: Each year, more than 40 regional and seven featured storytellers and their audiences gather during this four-day event for the telling of tales. The festival is an annual event for all ages.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

Exploring MyGateway Tools
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 10:00 AM to 11:15 AM
Location: Jack Taylor Lab (TLC) Marillac Hall Suite 100
Audience: UMSL Only
Description: If you’re comfortable with MyGateway and would like to explore additional features to enhance student learning and expand levels of collaboration this is the workshop for you! MyGateway has a selection of tools which foster engagement and partnership between faculty and students. Please join the FRC staff for this hands-on workshop. Some of the topics we will cover are listed below, but please bring your own questions and suggestions because FRC staff will be available to work with you individually during the session. Topics include: Panopto, Wimba Classroom, Wikis, Blogs and Journals.
For Info: Tom Roedel, Jennifer Simms and Paul Wilmarth at

Cultural Festival
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 11:00 AM to 2:00 PM
Location: Millennium Student Center Nosh and Patio
Audience: Open
Description: Cultural, Food, and Entertainment! Come join the Office of Multicultural Relations for a cultural experience intended to educate, impact, and promote cultural awareness. You will be provided with opportunities to appreciate various cultures through food, song, dance and resource opportunities. Come celebrate the many faces of UMSL!
For Info: Office of Multicultural Relations at 314-516-6807

St. Louis Storytelling Festival
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 11:30 AM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: Each year, more than 40 regional and 7 featured storytellers and their audiences gather during this four-day event for the telling of tales. The Festival is an annual event for all ages.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

It’s about Time (Management)!
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
Location: Center for Student Success (Millennium Student Center 225)
Audience: Student
Description: Learn how to improve grades, improve your quality of life and divide time between work and recreation. This workshop will help you examine how you spend your time and how you might be able to become more efficient in your role as a student.
For Info: Antionette Sterling at 314-516-5300

IBI Reception Networking Night
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 4:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: MSC Century Room C
Audience: Open
Description: The International Business Institute will be hosting a networking night on May 3rd. A number of Alumni, UMSL Faculty, and Executives will be attending. We invite you to attend, this is an opportunity to get to know, and have your questions answered by real people involved in the field of international business. Anyone is welcome regardless of what degree you are pursuing. This is an informal event, though we encourage business casual dress. Free Food and Refreshments will be provided. Door prizes will be presented. We look forward to seeing you that night.
For Info: International Business Institute at 314-516-4503

The Spirits Survive
Date/Time: May 3, 2012 5:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Location: 402 J.C. Penney Conference Center
Audience: Open
Description: Join Lakota/Kiowa Apache storyteller Dovie Thomason as she explores a tragic chapter in our nation’s history. This story is an “entrance” into the world of the Indian residential schools. One of the refrains in the story is: “There are some stories you don’t want to tell. There are some stories you have to tell.” Its purpose is to respectfully honor those students and their descendants who lived the experiment, to celebrate with those who prospered from it, and to grieve with those whose lives were diminished by it. For decades the First Nations of North America suffered the loss of their children to government boarding schools, where they were forcibly “re-educated” to assimilation and “civilization,” at the cost of culture and identity.
For Info: Stephen Smith at 314-516-5948

Textbook Sell Back
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 7:30 AM to 5:00 PM
Location: UMSL Bookstore
Audience: Student
Description: It’s Textbook Sell Back time! Stop by the UMSL Bookstore to sell back your textbooks! Receive a minimum $5 for each textbook. Enter to win an iPad® for each book your sell back. For more details visit umslbookstore.com.
For Info: UMSL Bookstore at 314-516-5763

St. Louis Storytelling Festival
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 10:00 AM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: Each year, more than 40 regional and 7 featured storytellers and their audiences gather during this four-day event for the telling of tales. The festival is an annual event for all ages.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

IC Short Course – File Management
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM
Location: SSB 102
Audience: UMSL Only
Description: This course is designed to teach you the basic beginning steps of how to organize, save and access your files on a Windows based PC that may be required for classes, your job or for your own computing purposes. Topics Included: Organizing Windows Live Email, backing up data, properly organizing files and folders, etc.
For Info: Dale/Instructional Computing Staff at

IC Short Course – Web Page Building and HTML
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: SSB 102
Audience: UMSL Only
Description: This course is designed to teach you the basic beginning steps of Web Page Building, including an overview of Komposer. Learn how to use several tools and applications for creating web pages that may be required for classes, your job or for your own website purposes. Topics include: what is HTML, how to format a page including how to change the background, inserting an image, creating a hyperlink, personalize your web pages, and how to save your file properly.
For Info: Dale/Instructional Computing Staff at

36th Chancellor’s Report to the Community
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 11:15 AM to 1:30 PM
Location: America’s Center – downtown St. Louis
Audience: Open
Description: Reservations required for all attendees. For invitation information, call the office of University Events – 314-516-5442.
For Info: Cindy Vantine at 314-516-5442

St. Louis Storytelling Festival
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 11:30 AM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: Each year, more than 40 regional and 7 featured storytellers and their audiences gather during this four-day event for the telling of tales. The Festival is an annual event for all ages.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949

Student Government Association General Assembly Meeting
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 12:30 PM to 2:00 PM
Location: Millennium Student Center SGA Chambers
Audience: Open
Description: The Student Government Association will be holding their monthly General Assembly Meeting to announce reports, discuss current issues and pass new SGA legislation. All meetings are open.
For Info: Jericah Selby at 314-516-5130

The St. Louis Fine Print, Rare Book and Paper Arts Fair
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: J.C. Penney Building
Audience: Open
Description: Join us for the Print Fair Preview Party! Tickets are $50 per person or $90 per couple.
For Info: Valenda Curtis at 314-516-7248

Arianna String Quartet: Famous Last Words
Date/Time: May 4, 2012 8:00 PM
Location: Lee Theater, Touhill Performing Arts Center
Audience: Open
Description: The Arianna Quartet closes out it’s 2011-12 Touhill Series with a musical odyssey through final works for string quartet written by three leviathans of the quartet repertoire. The ASQ begins the evening with Felix Mendelssohn’s dazzling Andante and Scherzo, Op.81, a seldom-heard work full of virtuosic appeal, and follows with Bela Bartok’s evocative Quartet No.6, a seminal work of the early 20th century. The season comes to an end with Beethoven’s final composition, the splendid Quartet in F Major, Op.135, which asks the question, “Muss es sein?” (Must it be?) Tickets are free to UMSL students with ID (limited quantities available) and start at $12 for UMSL faculty and staff.
For Info: Touhill Ticket Office at 314-516-4949