Journalism, the Environment and the Future
Thursday, October 6
4:30 p.m.
Memorial Hall
Peter Thompson, a UMass alum who graduated in '85, is an award-winning environmental journalist and author. He has worked in many fields including broadcast journalism and public presentation, and is now the founder and editor of the environmental desk at PRI's internationally acclaimed program The World. The graduate will be returning to the UMass for a Q&A session about his career and life after UMass, followed by refreshments.
Green Building Lecture Series: Solving Old Problems with New Ideas
Cape Cod Lounge
Saturday, October 15
4:00 p.m.
Louis Capozzi, facilities engineer of Boston's Genzyme Building, is coming to UMass to speak to students and the community about "life in a platinum green building." Hosted by Dvid Damery, director of building materials and wood technology and associate professor at UMass Amherst.
NBA Preseason Game: Boston Celtics vs. Philadelphia 76ers
Mullins Center
Wednesday, October 19
7:00 p.m.
Comcast-Spectator President Peter Luukko is excited to give back to his alma mater, UMass by providing on-site educational experiences for sports management majors and interns. The two teams met once before at the Mullins Center in 2008, when the Sixers beat the Celtics 98-92 with a sold-out crowd of over 8,000 fans. Tickets are available now at the Mullins Center Box Office and all Ticketmaster outlets.
Social and Behavior Sciences Career Survival Series:
Resume Writing 101
Thursday, October 20
12:30-1:30 p.m.
128 Thompson Tower
Career Services will be in Thompson to help students in SBS
learn some tips and tricks when writing a resume. Angela Lussier, Associate Director of Career Programs for the UMass Alumni Association, and Brian Frenette, Associate Director of Career Services, will help students review personal and professional experiences, develop professional references, write cover letters, and go over other important documents. Pizza will be provided!
Lecture: "Beyond Copyright Wars: Fair Use, Free Speech, and Reframing the Policy Debate"
Campus Center, Amherst Room
Monday, October 24
4:30 p.m.
Patricia Aufderheide, American University communications professor and Director of the Center for Social Media, will be giving a speech about copyright laws and fair use. She will be reframing a discussion about her new book, "Reclaiming Fair Use: How to Put Balance Back in Copyright." Useful for many different careers, from journalism to film making to photography to teaching, Aufderheide will discuss her research on fair use and free speech.
Green Building Lecture Series: "Sustainable Preservation"
Student Union, Cape Cod Lounge
Friday, October 28
12:00 p.m.
Jean Carroon, an architect with Boston Firm Goody Clancy, will be speaking about energy cost savings in historic buildings, and building environmental performance. She will also be talking about her new book, "Sustainable Preservation: Greening Existing Buildings."
"Page One" Movie Premiere
Bartlett 65
Monday, November 14
8:00 p.m.
Free pizza and a showing of the film. From the website: "At the heart of the film is the burning question on the minds of everyone who cares about a rigorous American press, Times lover or not: what will happen if the fast-moving future of media leaves behind the fact-based, original reporting that helps define our society?"
Lecture: Art as Intellectualism
Campus Center Auditorium
Tuesday, November 29
6:30 p.m.
Journalism professor Nicholas McBride will be speaking about expanding what it means to be smart. If we can view artists, and people who may not be thought of as textbook "smart" people, as intellectuals than McBride believes we are doing society a favor.
Lecture: "Communicating More-- or Less? Social Networking and Democratic Action in the Global Arena"
Goodell: Bernie Dallas Room
Wednesday, November 30
4:00 p.m.
Professor Jarice Hanson from the Communication Department will be presenting this lecture about the shift from "old" to "new" media and it's affect on the people. She will be discussing how social media, social networking, and other digital technologies are shaping new behaviors, communication contexts, social practices, and political movements around the world.
Not Ready for Bedtime Players Show
Field - Orchard Hill Residential Area
Wednesday, December 7
8:00 p.m.
This group's entertaining and comical skits educate college students about health issues impacting the college community. The group's goals are to educate others to think critically about sexuality, encourage students to make safe decisions, and to make people laugh.
Visiting Writers Series: Michael Martone and Sam Michel
Memorial Hall
Thursday, December 8
8:00 p.m.
Free and open to the public - the visiting writers series brings two excellent published authors to UMass to read excerpts from their books. Michael Martone teaches at the University of Alabama and is most notably the author for the edited anthology, Not Normal, Illinois. Sam Michel is the author of a new novel called Strange Cowboy: Lincoln Dahl Turns Five which is out this Fall.
Calling all UMass journalism students! If you want a say in who will be teaching journalism, ethics, and broadcast journalism courses- the three candidates will be at UMass this week giving presentations and having open office hours:
Thursday, Dec. 8 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Open office hour for Christiane Badgley
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. Badgley's presentation
Friday, Dec. 9 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Open office hour for Justin Martin
1:15 - 2:45 p.m. Martin's presentation
Sunday, Dec. 18 2:00 - 3:30 p.m. Shaheen Pasha's presentation
Monday, Dec. 19 11:45 a.m. - 12:45 Pasha's open office hour
All open offices and presentations are in 107 Bartlett
