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BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Each year during February, student affairs, the history department,
and ad hoc student committees sponsor activities to celebrate African-American
culture and history. Events include art exhibits, family celebrations,
a vendor’s fair, lecture sessions, a film series, recognition
ceremonies, and colloquia.
COLLEGE-COMMUNITY FORUM
During the second semester of the academic year, the education division
brings a recognized national figure to campus to speak to the concerns
of parents and educators at Marygrove College and the larger community.
CONCERTS
Every year the music department offers two major concerts by the
Marygrove College Chorale and Chamber Singers. In addition, there
are a number of faculty and student recitals throughout the year.
In November, a nationally known artist comes to campus to serve
as clinician for the music department’s high school choral
workshop. Previous guest artists have included Moses Hogan, composer
and Director of the Moses Hogan Chorale, and Margaret Hillis, founder
and Director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus.
CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN AUTHORS LECTURE
SERIES
Since 1989, capacity crowds have filled Alumni Hall to hear such
well known writers as Gloria Naylor, Mary Helen Washington, John
Edgar Wideman, Paule Marshall, Sherley Anne Williams, Octavia Butler,
Jamaica Kincaid, Rita Dove, Ernest Gaines, Merle Collins, Edwidge
Danticat and Sister Helen Prejean. In addition to giving a public
lecture or reading, the featured speaker meets with Marygrove students
in a small seminar session. During the weekend of the lecture series,
the College honors student writers as well as the guest author at
an event hosted by the president.
FALL FESTIVAL/SPIRIT DAY
Held at mid-term each fall, the Fall Festival brings together students,
faculty, staff, and administrators for food and games. Marygrove
“spirit clothing” is the attire and fun is the agenda.
FALL FAMILY PICNIC
Every year Student Affairs sponsors a Fall Family Picnic for students,
faculty, staff, alumni and their families. It is an opportunity
for families to enjoy a picnic, in a carnival setting, with instructors
and Marygrove staff, and to acquaint them with the College.
GRADUATE STUDIES COLLOQUIA SERIES
Each semester the Graduate Division organizes and sponsors a series
of lectures, papers, panels and/or “conversational exchanges”
designed to explore new modes, directions and innovations in contemporary
education. This forum provides the opportunity for colleagues, advanced
graduate students and invited guests to share the results of their
scholarly and creative pursuits. An audience-participation discussion
follows each presentation. For specific information, contact the
Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies. This is an excellent opportunity
for students to experience the nature of such a forum, to listen
and reflect, to ask questions, to participate and gain experience
in the art of public speaking.
INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Held in April, this event allows the community to celebrate the
diverse cultures that exist in the world today. Members of the community
are encouraged to dress in traditional attire appropriate to their
cultural and ethnic backgrounds.
HONORS CONVOCATION
In March, the faculty and administration gather in formal academic
regalia to recognize those undergraduate students who have distinguished
themselves in academic performance, leadership, or service to the
College. Attended by family and friends as well as other students,
the
Honors Convocation is a welcome chance for departments and programs
to honor their most gifted, persevering, and generous students.
MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. MEMORIAL CELEBRATION
The Martin Luther King, Jr. celebration is one of the most inspirational
events on campus during the academic year. A ritual that has come
to be the symbolic beginning of the second semester, the celebration
brings together Marygrove’s best student speakers, dancers,
and musicians along with faculty, staff, students, members of the
board of trustees, and guests from the wider civic community.
ORIENTATION
Marygrove offers a number of orientation sessions per year for students
new to the College. Families are welcome and encouraged to attend.
PERFORMING ARTS OPPORTUNITIES
Dance Detroit, Marygrove’s resident company, produces major concerts
each year, featuring both classical works and original choreography.
Their performances can be enjoyed both on and off campus. Since 1979,
Dance Detroit has been associated with the Detroit Symphony Orchestra
in their annual performance of the Nutcracker Ballet. As a Marygrove
student, you are welcome to audition for any performing music group
sponsored by the music department. More than 30 programs and recitals
are given annually on campus. The Marygrove College Chorale and Chamber
Singers give numerous concerts for the pleasure of the Marygrove community
and the general public. The Chorale and Chamber Singers have made two
European tours, a tour of Canada, a tour of the former Soviet Union
and a tour of the Southeastern United States. The Chorale distinguished
itself by winning the Church Music Chorale Festival award held in Limerick,
Ireland.
The music department, in conjunction with the dance and art departments,
also stages musical productions.
PUBLICATIONS
The Marygrove College Student Handbook is the guide to student life
on campus, and College policies and procedures. The Student Handbook
is published every other year.
Marygrove’s Office of Institutional Advancement publishes Contact
for alumni, parents, students, friends, trustees, and corporation and
foundation benefactors. The Office of Institutional Advancement also
publishes The Tower Times (for alumni), Alumni Matters (for MAT alumni),
The Maxis Review, Marygrove Matters (an on-campus bi-monthly newsletter),
and the College’s Annual Report.
STUDENT CAREER AND LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
Throughout the year, the Office of Career Development and Job Placement
hosts opportunities for students to develop critical career development
skills. Additionally, students will have opportunities to meet with
potential employers, and graduate and professional school personnel
through career fairs and interviews held at the college.
NEW STUDENT WELCOME/OPENING MASS
Each year the Marygrove community welcomes its newest members during
a September convocation in the chapel. Featuring music, dance, and ritual,
the incorporation ceremony introduces students to the people of Marygrove
College.
WOMEN’S HISTORY CELEBRATION
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Marygrove community
celebrates with displays, luncheons, and distinguished women guest speakers
from the Detroit area.
CAMPUS GATHERING PLACES
BOOKSTORE
If a student needs it and wants Marygrove’s name on it, the
bookstore is likely to have it. (The exception might be aspirin and
band-aids; they come plain.) Textbooks, paper, pens, art and computer
supplies, greeting cards, the Detroit Free Press, calendars, mugs, free
advice from the bookstore manager, and more are all available in the
center of the lower level of the Liberal Arts Building.