Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Calendar Highlights
Tuesday, April 30:
Celebration of Education. 4:30 - 6 p.m., Rangos 1 and 2, UC. Carnegie Mellon presents its Doherty Award for Sustained Contributions to Excellence in Education to John Lehoczky; its Ryan Award for Meritorious Teaching to John Mackey; its Academic Advising and Mentoring Award to Ty Walton; and its Gelfand Service Award for Education Outreach to Natalie Ozeas. College teaching awards, graduate student teaching and service awards, and Wimmer Faculty Fellowships also will be presented. Read more.
Wednesday, May 1:
Celebrate the deanship of Gloriana St. Clair. 4:30 - 6:30 p.m., Posner Center. The public is invited to the reception, which recognizes St. Clair’s contributions to Carnegie Mellon during her 15 years as dean of libraries. Although she will become dean emerita effective June 30, St. Clair will continue to work on behalf of the university as liaison with the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at CMU, and with colleagues in the School of Computer Science as director of the Olive Archive for executable content. The reception also opens an exhibit of the popular Carnegie Mellon READ card and poster series launched by St. Clair, featuring members of the university community with their favorite books.
Thursday, May 2:
Carnegie Mellon Philharmonic in concert. 8 p.m., Carnegie Music Hall. $5 general admission, students free with CMU ID. Read more.
Friday, May 3:
Master of Arts Management Speaker Series. Donna Williams, chief audience development officer for The Metropolitan Museum of Art will lecture on "The Future Depends on You: Multicultural Audience Development for Arts Organizations." Noon - 1:20 p.m., Hamburg Hall 1502. RSVP by April 30. Read more.
Monday, May 6:
CMU Qatar Graduation Ceremony. CMU Qatar Campus. Eighty-one bachelor's degrees will be conferred. Read more at http://www.qatar.cmu.edu/graduation.
Wednesday, May 8:
Meeting of the Minds, a university-wide celebration of undergraduate research. Daylong event, University Center. Students from across the university will present their research through posters, oral presentations, displays and performances. Read more.
Monday, May 13:
Free Skin Cancer Screenings. 8:30 - 11 a.m., University Health Services. Faculty, staff and students can schedule an appointment by calling 412-268-2157 (option 2). Read more.
Sunday, May 19:
Carnegie Mellon's Commencement. 11 a.m., Gesling Stadium. More than 4,200 bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees will be conferred. Read more at http://www.cmu.edu/commencement/
Tuesday, May 21:
CMU Staff and Community Blood Drive. 8 a.m. - 1 p.m., Rangos 3, University Center. Make an appointment at http://www.centralbloodbank.org and search with sponsor code CU040004 or contact John Papinchak at 412-268-7404 or jp7p@andrew.cmu.edu. Each donor will receive a pair of tickets to an upcoming Pittsburgh Pirates game. Tickets will be mailed to donors after the drive.
Wednesday, May 22:
Staff Picnic. 11:30 a.m. - 2 p.m., Wiegand Gym and Rangos Ballroom, University Center. President Jared L. Cohon and Provost and Executive Vice President Mark Kamlet host the annual Staff Picnic in recognition of staff contributions to the university.
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