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October
Oct 1 - 29 |
VWU/JCP Suit Up Event Virtual Event Career Development: Styles for hire! Your future just got brighter! Shop the latest career wear, shoes, jewelry, handbags, luggage and beyond and receive 30 - 50% off as you build or enhance your professional wardrobe. VWU students, faculty, staff, alumni and friends are invited to participate. Contact Alice Jones, Director of Career Development for more information. |
Oct 2 - Mar 8 |
Marlin Mural Festival Neil Britton Gallery, Hofheimer Library The Marlin Mural Festival will transform the Neil Britton Art Gallery into a venue for experimental mural and installation artworks by students and members of the VWU community. The creation of works will unfold over an extended period, and the exhibition will pay tribute to the creative process of individuals and collaborations that culminate in finished artworks. |
Oct 2 - 27 |
Advising Weeks for Spring Registration Advising Weeks for Spring Registration begin on October 2. Prepare for 2024 Spring Registration by visiting Registration Station. |
Oct 6 - 7 |
Homecoming and Family Weekend 2023 VWU Campus Come home for Homecoming and Family Weekend, Marlins! Join us for a weekend of fall fun and festivities October 6 and 7. Check out the exciting lineup of events. |
Oct 6 |
Choral Invitational Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center 6:00 p.m. After a day of workshops and festivals together, Virginia Wesleyan Camerata and choirs from area high schools join together for a celebratory performance under the direction of Dr. Jamie Hillman. $15 admission; limited free tickets for VWU students, faculty and staff. |
Oct 7 |
Virginia Wesleyan Performing Arts Showcase Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center 2:00 p.m. The Wesleyan Choirs, Orchestra, and Theatre Department join together for a collaborative production as part of homecoming weekend. Free admission. |
Oct 7 |
Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony Jane P. Batten Student Center CMAC 5:00 p.m. The 2023 VWU Athletic Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony will be held on Saturday, October 7 at 5:00 p.m. during Homecoming and Family Weekend. The VWU Athletic Hall of Fame honors those who, by outstanding achievement in athletics, by service to athletics, or through significant contributions to athletics, have made lasting contributions to Virginia Wesleyan's intercollegiate athletic program. The 2023 Induction Ceremony will honor benefactor William S. Shelhorse '70 and athletic greats Marissa Coombs '18 (Women's Track & Field and Women’s Cross Country); Evan Cox (UK ‘18) (Men's Golf); Kala Guy Herman '13 (Women's Volleyball); Cassetty Howerin '18 (Softball); and the 2018 NCAA National Championship Softball Team. Ticket information for the 2023 Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony can be found here. Register to attend by Friday, September 22. |
Oct 10 |
My Personal Sins: Why I Wrote a Book on the Seven Deadly Sins Brock Commons 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. The seven deadly sins often seem like tropes or stereotypes. But the concept of sin itself has been integral to the development of Western society, not just in political and religious history, but also in popular culture. Why do these seven sins matter today? How have they come to be seen in new ways? Need they be seen as religious in any way? And do they still matter for morality today? Please join David Salomon, Ph.D., Director of Research and Creative Activity at Christopher Newport University. Salomon is a specialist in the literature, religion, and culture of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu. |
Oct 12 - 13 |
Fall Break |
Oct 14 |
A Celebration of Life for William T. "Billy" Greer, Jr. Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center 11:00 a.m. There will be a celebration of life for William T. "Billy" Greer, Jr. on the VWU campus on October 14 in the Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center. An open service for family and friends of the former Virginia Wesleyan president Billy Greer will be held in the Brock Theatre at 11:00 a.m. Reception to follow at the Greer Environmental Sciences Center. |
Oct 17 |
Forgotten Disney: Challenges in Disney’s First 100 Years Brock Commons 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. During the last year it has been a rare week when the relationship between Disney World and the state of Florida hasn’t been in the news. But different challenges existed during Disney’s first 100 years. Although the company’s major successes transformed filmmaking and culture, it also had its share of unfinished projects, unmet expectations, and box-office misses. Few people today, for instance, remember Disney comics or Disney’s misstep with “The Watcher in the Woods” (1980), a horror film that starred Bette Davis. At the same time, gems like “The Gnome-Mobile” (1967) have been overlooked, even during a time when eco-fiction is seen as more relevant. And “Babes in Toyland” (1961) didn't turn out as expected. Reflecting on her most recent book, Forgotten Disney: Essays on the Lesser-Known Productions, VWU Professor of Media and Communication Kathy Merlock Jackson points to some forgotten challenges of a company many of us take for granted. |
Oct 19 |
Unbreakable Bonds: A Veteran’s Journey to Accepting Assistance and Love from a Service Dog Brock Commons 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Session I | 11:00 a.m. – Noon |
Oct 21 |
Marlins Day Open House VWU Campus Visit Virginia Wesleyan University during Marlins Day Open House on October 21! Tour VWU's beautiful campus; meet our students, faculty, and staff; learn about academic offerings, scholarship opportunities, the financial aid process, and more. Lunch is on us! Register for a visit today! |
Oct 21 |
Book Signing and Readings: Meghan Ashburn '08 and Jules Edwards Brock Commons 5:00 p.m. Virginia Wesleyan University will host a book signing event featuring "I Will Die On This Hill: Autistic Adults, Autism Parents, and the Children Who Deserve a Better World," authored by Meghan Ashburn (VWU Class of 2008) and Jules Edwards. At the event, Meghan and Jules will share selected excerpts from their book. This event is open to the public and free of charge. Please register in advance to secure your attendance. |
Oct 26 - 29 |
Eurydice, by Sarah Ruhl Susan S. Goode Fine and Performing Arts Center Contemporary playwright Sarah Ruhl’s lyrical, poetic retelling of the classic Orpheus myth centering on Eurydice’s reunion with her Father in an “Alice in Wonderland”-style Underworld. Written by Ruhl in response to the loss of her own Father, “Eurydice” is a mystical depiction of the bittersweet yet joyful conversations we continue to have with people and places we have loved and lost. . . and a testament to the unbreakable ties that bind us. $15 General Admission; $10 Seniors, Students, Military, Educators, First Responders; Free to VWU students, faculty and staff. “Eurydice” is presented by Arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com Thursday-Saturday, Oct. 26-28, 7:30 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 29, 2 p.m.
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Oct 26 |
Hunting Down Runaways, Informal Policing, and Fugitive Slave Advertisements Brock Commons 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Thomas Brown Ph.D highlights an aspect of policing in 18th-century Charleston, South Carolina, one in which informal policing meant that white men could stop any Black person and take property from them if they suspected it was stolen. In addition, from his research on “Fugitive Slave Advertisements in The City Gazette: Charleston, South Carolina, 1787-1797,” Brown shares a series of human dramas of courage and resistance to unjust authority and reflects on what fugitive slave ads tell us and on why these individual narratives are significant in understanding slavery and law enforcement. Thomas Brown, Ph.D. is Associate Professor of Criminal Justice-Sociology at VWU, and is a scholar of ethnic nationalist movements,transracial individuals and groups, racial boundaries in U.S. history, terrorism, gangs, and organized crime.
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Oct 31 |
AI in Academia: The Allure of ChatGPT's Pedagogical Potential Brock Commons 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Within the last year, artificial intelligence has come to affect almost every aspect of higher education. This raises philosophical questions about what constitutes authorship, but it also highlights how students can grow in qualitatively and quantitatively different ways. During this session, VWU faculty showcase four pathways they are using to create new experiences for students. Join us for four brief presentations, along with a discussion of new challenges and possibilities in higher education. Presenters include: Rebecca John, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Education; William McConnell, Ph.D., Batten Associate Professor of Education and Director of Teacher Education; Mandy Reinig, M.A., Director of Global Engagement; and Craig Wansink, Ph.D. Batten Professor of Religious Studies and Joan P. and Macon F. Brock, Jr. Director of the Robert Nusbaum Center. Free and open to the public. For more information, contact the Robert Nusbaum Center at 757.455.3129 or NusbaumCenter@vwu.edu. |
November
December
January
Jan 3 |
January Term Begins |
Jan 29 |
Day and Evening Classes Begin for Spring 2023 Semester |
March
Mar 18 - 22 |
Spring Break |
April
Apr 1 |
Easter Monday Holiday |
Apr 5 - 6 |
Spring Alumni Weekend |
May
May 3 |
Academic Symposium |
May 3 |
Spring Honors Convocation |
May 17 |
Baccalaureate Service |
May 18 |
Commencement |