KU EVENTS CALENDAR

August 2012

Sun. Jul 29 12 p SMA Art Cart: America the Beautiful	Mon. Jul 30 8 a BYU: Especially For Youth	Tue. Jul 31 5 p TLC group	Wed. Aug 01 1 p Hindi Language Workshop	Thu. Aug 02	Fri. Aug 03	Sat. Aug 04 10 a SMA Art Cart: Medieval Times
Sun. Aug 05 12 p SMA Art Cart: Medieval Times	Mon. Aug 06 8:30 a KCART Autism Training Program- IIS Training	Tue. Aug 07 8:30 a KCART Autism Training Program- IIS Training 10 a EndNote X5: Building your Library & Cite While You Write	Wed. Aug 08 8:30 a KCART Autism Training Program- IIS Training	Thu. Aug 09 8:30 a KCART Autism Training Program- IIS Training 8:30 a KCART Autism Training Program- AS Training	Fri. Aug 10 8:30 a KCART Autism Training Program- IIS Training	Sat. Aug 11
Sun. Aug 12 1 p Soccer vs. Eastern Illinois (Exh.)	Mon. Aug 13 8 a About Teaching: New GTA Conference 8 a New Staff Orientation 8:30 a New Faculty Orientation 10:30 a Starfish: MySuccess Advisor Training 1 p Starfish: MySuccess Advisor Training 1:30 p Jayhawk Welcome and Information Fair	Tue. Aug 14 10 a ETD Word: Formatting for Thesis and Dissertations	Wed. Aug 15 8:15 a New Cadet Orientation 11 a Mobile iClicker Pilot Information/Demo 12 p Unclassified Senate - Executive Council Meeting	Thu. Aug 16 8:30 a KU Teaching Summit 9:30 a Graduate Orientation 10 a Political Science New Graduate Student Orientation 1 p New Cadet Orientation - Battalion Organizational Day 3 p Vietnam 1968-1975 - Dr. James Wilbanks	Fri. Aug 17 10 a Honors Program Open House 10 a MySuccess Instructor and GTA Training 1 p MySuccess Instructor and GTA Training 1 p Music Theory Placement Exam 3 p New Graduate Student Orientation 3:30 p Keyboard Skills Placement Exam 5 p Soccer vs. UC-Santa Barbara 6:30 p KU Annual Kickoff Rally - Corinth Square 7 p First Community Meetings 8:30 p SUA Rock Chalk Block Party 8:30 p Week: Rock Chalk Block Party, hosted by Student Union Activities and the KU Memorial Unions 10 p Friday Night Live	Sat. Aug 18 9 a Informational Rotations 10 a SMA Art Cart: Medieval Times 10 a Student Services/Advising Special Hours 11 a Ask Me How to Ride 11 a Off Campus Class Tours 5 p KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Bradley Wilson, voice 5:30 p SAA Hawk Fest 5:30 p KU Hillel Taste of Lawrence 8 p Traditions Night 9 p Night on the Hill Concert featuring the Jane Doze
Sun. Aug 19 All day Eid Al-Fitr 12 a Last day for 100% tuition refund 12 a New Student Orientation 9 a Mount Oread Scholars Student Welcome 12 p SMA Art Cart: Medieval Times 12 p School of Music New Student Welcome 12 p School of Architecture Welcome Barbecue 12:30 p ESC Welcome Back BBQ 12:30 p Welcome Back Barbecue, School of Engineering 1 p School of Education Open House 1 p CLAS New Student and Parent Welcome Fair 1 p Foreign Language Buffet 1 p J-School Hawk Week 1 p Family Day: Back to School Bash! 1 p Soccer vs. Northwestern 1 p School of Journalism Student Welcome 1 p School of Education Academic Welcome 1 p School of Business Student Welcome 3:45 p Common Book Discussion Groups 4 p Theatre Rally 5:30 p Honors Convocation 7 p Opening Convocation	Mon. Aug 20 All day Late Enrollment Begins - $150 late enrollment fee 12 a First day of classes - Fall 2012 All day First day of fall classes All day KU Writing Center Open House All day Instrumental Ensemble Auditions All day Choir Placement 8 a KU Info Tables 9 a Part-Time Job Fair 9 a Fall Faculty Colloquium 9 a Fall Faculty Colloquium 5:30 p Diversity Programs Welcome Back 7 p Fall 2012 Theatre Auditions 7 p Peace Corps Coffee Chat	Tue. Aug 21 All day Choir Placement All day Instrumental Ensemble Auditions All day Strings Auditions 8 a KU Info Tables 1 p SPSS I: Getting Started 3:45 p BIO3 Seminar Series: EEB Grad Students, Pete Hosner, Ashley Klymiuk, and Mari Pesek 5:30 p Society of Women Engineers Welcome Back 7 p Fall 1012 Theatre Auditions 7 p Peace Corps General Information Session 7:30 p KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Heather Paisar, organ	Wed. Aug 22 12 a Strings Auditions All day Choir Placement All day Instrumental Ensemble Auditions 12 p Global Population Growth: How Do We Have a Dialogue And Not A Debate 7 p Fall 1012 Theatre Auditions	Thu. Aug 23 11 a Larger than Life games with KUDM 11:30 a Veggie Lunch 12 p Real Utopias: An Example of Contemporary Practice from Switzerland 1 p SPSS II: Building SPSS Skills 3 p Tea at Three 4 p KU Crew Open Boathouse 4 p Throwback Thursdays 4 p Geology Colloquium Series: "Recent advances in hydrogeologic characterizations of the shallow subsurface using direct-push and distributed temperature sensing" 5:30 p Gallery Talk on Impending Future Bus 5:30 p Hawk Week Event: Gallery Talk on "Impending Future Bus" 5:30 p UDC Audition 6 p Hawk Week Film: Thank You For Smoking 7 p Fall 1012 Theatre Auditions 8 p Rock-a-Hawk	Fri. Aug 24 All day Last day for 90% refund All day Last day to enroll/add online 10 a Conflict of Interest Reporting: Introduction to the New System 11 a What You Need to Know to Apply for a Film Internship 3 p Common Book Team Trivia 3 p Common Book Team Trivia & Open House at Watson Library 3:30 p Latin American Seminar: "Illegal Soybeans and the Making of Brazil's Cerrado Biome" 3:30 p Hall Center Latin American Seminar, "Illegal Soybeans and the Making of Brazils cerrado biome" 5 p ECM Welcome Back BBQ 5 p Soccer vs. Georgia 7:30 p "Orestes" by Euripides 8 p Campus Movie Series: Men in Black 3	Sat. Aug 25 All day Seventh Annual Meeting of the Slavic Linguistics Society All day Downtown Hawks 10 a SMA Art Cart: Medieval Times 11 a Latin American Cinema Festival of KC - AN~OS DESPUES (YEARS LATER) " Mexico/Spain, 2012 (film) 11 a Super Service Saturday 1 p Mplus by Aaron Boulton and Steve Short 3:30 p Frosh Frenzy 4 p Student Veterans Meet and Greet 4:30 p KU Filmworks 6 p Rockin' on Learned Lawn 7:30 p "Orestes" by Euripides 8 p Campus Movie Series: Men in Black 3
Sun. Aug 26 All day Seventh Annual Meeting of the Slavic Linguistics Society 12 p SMA Art Cart: Medieval Times 1 p Soccer vs. UNLV 2 p Campus Movie Series: Men in Black 3 2 p KU Religious Organizations Fair 4 p Behind-the-Scenes: Herpetology Tour 5 p St. Lawrence Center Opening Cook-Out	Mon. Aug 27 All day Petition for Late Enrollment Begins All day Seventh Annual Meeting of the Slavic Linguistics Society 8 a New Staff Orientation 9 a Fall Faculty Colloquium 12 p Getting Started: The Nonacademic Job Search 3:30 p Gender Seminar: "Punk in the Shadow of War" 4 p Title to be announced - Colloquium 5 p KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Jeremy Wohletz, clarinet lecture/recital 6 p Hallmark Symposium Series	Tue. Aug 28 12 p Brownbag: "Is Germany Europes New Hegemonial Power?" Manfred Stinnes 12 p Job Search Materials 1 p Conflict of Interest Reporting: Introduction to the New System 4:30 p KU Fit Kickoff 7 p Sex Work: A Multifaceted Issue 7:30 p KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Brian Mathias, organ	Wed. Aug 29 8:30 a OMB Circular A-21: "Cost Principles for Educational Institutions" 11:30 a Ujamaa Brownbag: "Health Promotion in Nairobi: Development of the Community Toolbox" 11:30 a Anschutz Library Open House & Pizza Party 12 p Career Kick Off Tailgate 12 p The Preservation of International Prairies and Grasslands 12 p Interviewing: Advice and Tips 12 p Resident Fellows Seminar: "Stalking the Primordial Vampire" 12 p Conflict of Interest Reporting: Introduction to the New System 2 p FMS Intership Fair 3:30 p Information Session - Interdisciplinary Seed Grants 4 p Film and Media Studies Barbeque and Rally 6 p School of Pharmacy Professionalism Convocation - Lawrence campus	Thu. Aug 30 10 a Conflict of Interest Reporting: Introduction to the New System 12 p CV Clinc 2 p EndNote X5: Building your Library & Cite While You Write 4 p Geology Colloquium Series: "Fossil marine mammal herbivory: niche partitioning and paleodiet among multispecies communities"" 5:30 p Craftsy Meet-up 6 p School of Pharmacy Professionalism Convocation - Wichita campus 7:30 p KU School of Music Student Recital Series: Sarah Holland, organ	Fri. Aug 31 11:30 a Volleyball vs. Sam Houston State 3:30 p Nature & Culture Seminar: "Re-Imagining Environmental Justice Globally and Locally: A View from Nigeria" 5 p Soccer vs. Creighton 7 p Volleyball vs. Tulsa 7 p Friday Night at the Kino: "W Ciemnosci (In Darkness),"	Sat. Sep 01 12 a Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present 11 a Latin American Cinema Festival of KC - ISPANSI (ESPANOLES/SPANIARDS), Spain, 2010 (film) 2 p Volleyball vs. Arkansas State 3 p Game Day at the Adams 4 p Gateway to Gameday 6 p Football vs. South Dakota State

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