Events scheduled Oct. 22 to 27
October 22, 2018
The College upgraded Ingenuix, the content management software for the College’s website, over Fall Break. Unfortunately, the events rss feed is not working at this time. Here are the events listed for this week, with links to the individual events pages, which are working. We apologize for the inconvenience and hope to have this resolved soon.
10/23 at 12 noon Trexler 4th
EPiC Event - Chemistry is Out of This World Poster Session
EPiC Event - Poster Session for Natioinal Chemistry Week
10/23 at 4 pm
An MCSP Conversation Series Talk: "Polynomials and the Information Lottery - Everyone's a Winner Every Time!" by Dr. Gretchen Matthews
Come hear Dr. Gretchen Matthews (Virginia Tech) talk about cryptography!
10/23 at 6:30 pm Massengill Auditorium
An Evening with Mikah Meyer: National Parks Adventurer and LGBT/Christian Advocate
Road trip and National Parks expert Mikah Meyer has been named a “Social Media Warrior” by MTV and featured by The Today Show, NPR and Upworthy for becoming the youngest person to visit all 400+ units of the National Park Service and the sole person to do it in one continuous trip. As an openly gay outdoorsman, Mikah has been called a “Sexy Travel Guru” by GayCities, and has been preaching and singing around the world—as showcased by Living Lutheran and the ELCA—sharing a gospel of inclusion for LGBT Christians and those outside the church mainstream. Come learn about his advocacy and travel world records during this humor-filled presentation of adventure!
This event is sponsored by the Biology and Environmental Studies departments, the Office of Multicultural Affairs, the Chaplain’s Office, the Associate Dean’s Office, and Undergraduate Research.
10/23 at 7 pm in Colket Center Wortmann Ballroom
Screening of Midnight Sun movie followed by a discussion on XP (xeroderma pigmentosum) with Dr. Johanna Sweet from Roanoke's business administration department. Dr. Sweet's daughter is an XP patient.
10/24 at 6 pm Location TBA
French Film Series: "L'Auberge Espagnol"
Join the Department of Modern Languages for the French Film "L'Auberge Espagnol"!
10/25 at 7 pm Massengill Auditorium
Species of the Night: How to find a mate in the dark
10/27 – 12/2 Upcoming Art Exhibition
Opening Reception: Saturday October 27, 6:30 p.m., Olin Gallery
Artist Lecture (Leigh Ann Beavers): Saturday, October 27, 6:30 p.m., Olin Gallery
Olin Gallery- Leigh Ann Beavers: Inattention Correction (Whitehorn)
Inattention Correction (Whitethorn), is an ongoing, mixed-media project centered around a small, ubiquitous tree—the whitethorn—found in Irish hedgerows and gardens. Through a varied series of creative inquiry, Beavers explores the whitethorn’s color, form, and context. Her work underscores the simple observation that this is just one of 8.7 million species in the world. In her
statement, she notes, “My work is a quiet signal of distress, asking viewers to notice the other life around them.” Leigh Ann Beavers teaches drawing and printmaking at Washington and Lee University in Lexington Virginia.
Smoyer Gallery–Sam Van Aken: Open Orchard
New York-based artist, Sam van Aken, returns to Roanoke College to elaborate on The Tree of Forty Fruit project currently housed in the courtyard outside of Olin Hall Gallery. Created through the process of grafting, the Tree of Forty Fruit is a single grafted tree with the capacity to grow over 40 different varieties of stone fruit including peach, plum, apricot, nectarine, cherry and almond. In Smoyer Gallery, a series of botanical drawings of threatened heirloom species will display fruit varieties that are preserved through the project. The prints from Sam van Aken’s Seed Packet Grafts which are “grafted” together by way of collage will also be included in the exhibition.
10/26 at 3 pm Back Quad
A Walk on the Wild Side: An Introduction to Wilderness First Aid
Learn about basic wilderness first aid skills at this on-campus training event.
10/27 8 am Wortmann Ballroom
Calling all Roanoke Chemistry and Biochemistry alumni! Please join us in celebrating the careers of Dr. Vern Miller, Dr. Ben Huddle, and Dr. Ron Oetgen with a day-long scientific symposium at Roanoke College, followed by dinner and a sharing of reminiscences. Between them, our honorees have 131 years of dedicated service to Roanoke College.
10/28 at 1:15 pm
A fall visit to campus is a great way to learn about Roanoke College!