NOTED SCIENCE FICTION WRITER SAMUEL R. DELANY VISITS CAMPUS ON APRIL 11
What do Gloria Naylor, Ernest J. Gaines, Rita Dove, Jamaica Kincaid and 15 of the world’s other most distinguished authors have in common? Each has been a guest speaker at Marygrove College’s Contemporary American Authors Lecture Series, an event that brings a nationally-known author to the College’s campus each year for a public lecture and seminar with students. This year the Marygrove English and Modern Languages Department has announced that noted science fiction writer Samuel R. Delany will be the twentieth visiting author to participate in the series. [More]
IHM SUSTAINABLE COMMUNITY RECEIVES NATIONAL MEDIA ATTENTION
The Motherhouse and its surrounding campus, in Monroe, Michigan, now stand as a national model and on Monday, March 17 between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m., NBC’s TODAY show will feature a segment on the IHM Sisters award-winning sustainable living renovations. The campus, a 280-acre parcel of developed and undeveloped land bordering the River Raisin includes 35 acres of native woodlands, including a rare and ecologically important oak savannah, open meadows, an organic garden, a pond, an undeveloped four-acre island and other valuable natural features. [More]
TOUR THE MONROE MOTHERHOUSE AND CAMPUS
Interesting in touring the IHM Monroe Campus? In the spirit of sustainability, carpools from Marygrove to the Monroe campus are being set up now for Saturday, April 12; events are planned to take place between 8:30 a.m. and 2:00 p.m. After enjoying lunch and viewing the DVD "Blue Nuns Go Green," an IHM docent will take the group on a tour. The $25 registration fee includes the tour and the lunch. Contact Marianne Gaynor, IHM, in the Alumni Relations Office at Marygrove at (313) 927-1572 or mgaynor@ihmsisters.org by March 28th to register.
ADDRESSING URBAN CONCERNS
Marygrove’s Annual Academic Symposium, this year entitled, “Responding to the Urban Crisis,” will take place on Thursday and Friday, March 27 and 28. For more information, contact Loretta Woodard at (313) 927-1452 or lwoodard@marygrove.edu or Diane McMillan at (313) 927-1486 or dmcmillan@marygrove.edu.
BUILDING A BETTER CITY
Dr. June Manning Thomas, professor of Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Michigan, is the featured speaker at a “Defining Detroit” lecture entitled “Planning and Race in Detroit: Past Struggles, Future Challenges.” The lecture will take place in the Main Dining Room in the Madame Cadillac Building at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday, March 27. For more information, contact Tom Klug at (313) 927-1529 or tklug@marygrove.edu.
MEET: TRICIA MEEK '08, POLITICAL SCIENCE/PRE-LAW
Career Goal: I would love to go to law school and study Constitutional Law. I hope to one day work as a prosecutor in the Attorney General's office and want to help get the Equal Rights Amendment ratified. I want to fight for the rights and equal treatment of women around the world. I’m the first in my family to attend college and I want to ensure I'm not the last. [More]
"STANTON AND FRIENDS" CONCERT MARCH 28 FEATURING UNIQUE ORGAN/ SYNTHESIZER COMBINATION
Dr. Geoffrey Stanton, composer-in-residence at Marygrove College, will present "Stanton and Friends," an annual concert of chamber music and electronics on Friday, March 28, in the Sacred Heart Chapel. The 7:30 p.m. concert is free and open to the public. Stanton will be joined by fellow faculty member Dr. Donald Levin, head of the English and Modern Languages Department. [More]
IHM NEWSLETTER
The Sisters, Servants of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (“IHMs”) founded and sponsor Marygrove College. They also publish an e-newsletter, and here is a link to read about the latest news in the IHM community: IHM online newsletter
UPCOMING EVENTS FOR ALUMNI
Ballroom Dance Classes and Dance
March 20, 27, April 3, 10, 17, 24, May 2
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Ballroom dancing is making a comeback and here is your chance to learn this elegant and graceful art form. The Marygrove College Alumni Program Committee is offering six 1 ½ hour lessons followed by a dance where you can show off your newly acquired or finely honed skills. Wear leather soled shoes. [More]
MEET ALUMNA DR. ANGELA CELESTE MAY '90
Harmony is important to Dr. Angela Celeste May. In fact, her world revolves around it. Whether she’s singing on her new album, No Limits, writing her new book, Freedom: What is the Experience of Living without Negative Self-Imposed Limitation, or using her psychology experience to work with people of diverse backgrounds, her goal is to bring people in harmony. “I absolutely do not believe in limitations. With God first, there is no ‘can’t’, and age truly is a just a number,” she says. “I am always working toward the next goal, because I feel that I have much to do before my time is complete on this earth.” [More]
HELP RECRUIT STUDENTS TO MARYGROVE AND THEY RECEIVE SPECIAL BENEFITS!
Alumni who care about the future of their alma mater can help the Marygrove
Alumni Recruiting Students (MARS) committee and the Office of Admissions
by identifying potential Marygrove students. If
you refer a student to Marygrove, they will have the $25 application
fee waived, and, if they are admitted and enroll, they will receive a $250 gift card for books at the College Bookstore. [More]
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