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'''Spring Term 2007''' was part of the [[2006-2007]] school year, running from March 20 to June 3, 2007.
  
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==Events==
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===Official Calendar<ref>[http://www.knox.edu/x10903.xml#key Academic Calendar 2006-2007]</ref>===
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* March 20, Tue, 10:00 AM – [[Residence halls]] open; [[board]] begins with [[dinner]]
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* March 21, Wed – Classes begin
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* March 21-27, Wed-Tue – Winter [[Check-In]] online
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* March 27, Tue – Add/Drop deadline
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* April 23-May 4, Mon-Fri – Pre-Enrollment for [[Spring 2007]]
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* May 15, Tue – [[Withdrawal]] deadline
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* May 25, Fri – Classes end
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* May 26, Sat – [[Reading Day]]
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* May 27-29, Sun-Tue – [[Finals]]
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* May 30, Wed, 5:00 PM – [[Spring Break 2007]] begins.  Residence halls close, and board ends with [[lunch]], except for [[senior]]s and those with special permission
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* May 30, Wed, 12:00 PM – [[Senior]] [[grade]]s due
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* June 2, Sat – [[Commencement]]
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* June 3, Sun, 1:00 PM – Residence halls close.  No meals served.
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===Academic Events===
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====Course Events====
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* April 27 – [[John D'Emilio]] speaks on [[Bayard Rustin]] and other topics to [[GWST 312]]
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====Faculty Events====
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* May 4, 4 PM – Professor [[Konrad Hamilton]] discusses the 1960s as [[history]] in the [[Alumni Room]]
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* May 10 – [[Esther Penick]] co-authors an article in ''Science'' concerning [[morphine]]
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===Administration and Student Senate Events===
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====Administration Events====
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====Campus Safety Events====
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====Admissions Events====
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* April 24 – [[The Princeton Review]] names Knox as one of 165 Best Value Colleges
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====Housing and Physical Plant Events====
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* April 9 – [[Knox]] announces its plans to renovate [[Hamblin Hall]]
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====Student Senate Events====
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===Club and Student Organization Events===
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* May 4 – [[SASS]] sponsors [[Take Back the Night]], featuring poet [[Shalija Patel]]
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* May 18, 4 PM – Alumna [[Jen Tynes]] discusses her book, ''The End of Rude Handles'', co-sponsored by [[Caxton Club]]
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* May 11-12, 7 PM – [[Terpischore]] performs in [[Aux Gym]]
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* May 17-19, 7 PM – [[Terpsichore]] performs in [[Aux Gym]]
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===Athletic Events===
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===Greek Events===
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===Speakers, Plays, Exhibitions, and Special Events===
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====Music====
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* March 23 - The [[Knox College Choir]] performs in [[Kresge]]
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* March 24 – The [[Knox-Galesburg Symphony]] performs at the [[Orpheum]]
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* March 28 - Pianist [[Kristian Klefstad]] gives a recital in [[Kresge]]
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* March 31, 7:30 PM – Alumna [[Christine Steyer]], [[Franco Martorana]], [[Paul Geiger]], and [[Celeste Rue]] give a [[music]] recital in [[Kresge]]
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* April 14-15 – The [[Nova Singers]] perform at [[First Presbyterian Church]]
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* April 28 – The [[Knox-Galesburg Symphony]] performs at the [[Orpheum]]
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* May 5 – [[Galesburg Community Chorus]] and the [[Knox College Choir]] perform Beethoven's Mass in C at the [[Central Congregational Church]]
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* May 12 – The [[Knox-Galesburg Symphony]] performs at the [[Orpheum]]
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* May 13 – The [[Chamber Singers]] have their Spring Concert in [[Kresge]]
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* May 23 – The [[Knox-Sandburg Community Band]] performs in [[Kresge]]
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* June 2 – The [[Knox-Galesburg Symphony]] performs on the [[South Lawn]]
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====Art====
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* April 11-17 – Students [[Amy Watts]] and [[Sam Briggs]] hold an art exhibition
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* April 18-24 – Students [[Erin Fahrer]] and [[Megan Suttner]] hold an art exhibition
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* April 25-March 1 – Student [[Steuart Pittman]] holds an art exhibition
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====Theatre and Dance====
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* April 6-7 – ''[[Tender Offer]]'' runs in the [[Studio Theatre]]
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* April 7, 7:30 PM – [[David Dorfman]] and students perform ''[[Underground]]'' in [[Harbach]]
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* April 19-21 – [[Brian Conley]] directs ''[[Passages at Random]]'' in the [[Studio Theatre]]
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* April 23-28 – [[David Dorfman]] leads workshops for and directs ''[[No Holes Barred]]''
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* May 11-12, 7 PM – [[Terpsichore]] performs in [[Aux Gym]]
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* May 17-19, 7 PM – [[Terpsichore]] performs in [[Aux Gym]]
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===Other====
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* March 26, 4 PM – [[Steven Phillips]] of the Baylor Research Institute discusses patents in Room E-117 in [[SMC]]
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* March 27, 4 PM – [[Steven Phillips]] of the Baylor Research Institute discusses medical research at Baylor in Room E-117 in [[SMC]]
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* March 29, 4 PM – [[James Oakes]] of CUNY discusses [[Abraham Lincoln]], [[Frederick Douglass]], and anti-slavery politics in the [[Alumni Room]]
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* April 1, Sun – Knox holds the annual [[Prairie Burn]] at [[Green Oaks]]
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* April 2, Mon, 4 PM – [[Randall Borman]], father of student [[Felipe Borman]] and leader of an indigenous Ecuadorian group, gives a talk on culture, ecology, and conservation in [[Ferris Lounge]]
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* April 13, 4 PM – Husband-and-wife team of poet [[David Lunde]] and author [[Patricia McKillip]] give a reading in the [[Alumni Room]]
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* April 16-21 – Knox holds its annual [[Conference on Pan-Africanism]]
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*April 17, 4 PM – [[Corey Davison]] of the Concord Coalition discusses the federal budget deficit in the [[Round Room]]
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* April 24-25 – [[Robert DeMott]] discusses [[John Steinbeck]] in the [[Alumni Room]] and at the [[Galesburg Public Library]]
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* April 26, 4 PM – Historian Bruce Cumings talks about [[North Korea]] in [[Ferris Lounge]]
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* April 26, 7:30 PM – [[John D'Emilio]] lectures on [[Bayard Rustin]] in [[Kresge]]
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* April 26-28 – [[Sandburg Days]] festival
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* May 4, 4 PM – Professor [[Konrad Hamilton]] discusses the 1960s as [[history]] in the [[Alumni Room]]
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* May 4, 4 PM – Authors [[Helena Viramontes]] and [[Junot Diaz]] give readings in the Bookfellow Room of [[Seymour Library]]
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* May 4, 7 PM – Poet [[Shalija Patel]] reads at [[Take Back the Night]]
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* May 7, 8 PM – [[Zhou Wenzhong]], [[China|Chinese]] Ambassador to the [[U.S.]], gives a lecture in [[Kresge]]
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* May 11 – Poet [[Christina Pugh]] reads in the [[Alumni Room]]
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* May 15 – Film scholar [[Michael Renov]] discusses documentary filmmaking in the [[Alumni Room]]
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* May 18, 4 PM – Alumna [[Jen Tynes]] discusses her book, ''The End of Rude Handles'', co-sponsored by [[Caxton Club]]
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===Student Events===
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====Student Academic and College Events====
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* April 11-17 – Students [[Amy Watts]] and [[Sam Briggs]] hold an art exhibition
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* April 13 – [[Kourtney Cone]] receives a [[Fulbright]]
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* April 18-24 – Students [[Erin Fahrer]] and [[Megan Suttner]] hold an art exhibition
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* April 19-21 – [[Brian Conley]] directs ''[[Passages at Random]]'' in the [[Studio Theatre]]
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* April 25-March 1 – Student [[Steuart Pittman]] holds an art exhibition
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* May 30 – [[Sable Helvie]] receives the [[Stellyes International Internship]] to teach English in [[Barcelona]]
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====Parties and Social Events====
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====Gossip====
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====Flunk Day====
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* May 8 – [[Flunk Day]] finally arrives
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===Alumni Events===
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* March 31, 7:30 PM – Alumna [[Christine Steyer]], [[Franco Martorana]], [[Paul Geiger]], and [[Celeste Rue]] give a [[music]] recital in [[Kresge]]
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* May 18, 4 PM – Alumna [[Jen Tynes]] discusses her book, ''The End of Rude Handles'', co-sponsored by [[Caxton Club]]
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===Miscellaneous Events===
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* April 26 - Knox announces that it will award [[Janet McKinley]] of Oxfam an [[honorary degree]]
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* May 4 – Knox inducts 15 students entering [[Galesburg High School]] into the [[George Washington Gale Scholars]] program
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==References==
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''NOTE: Much of the event information listed comes from Knox's online news archive, which is accessible [http://www.knox.edu/x174.xml here].''
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==See also==
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* [[Summer Break 2006]]
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* [[Fall Term 2006]]
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* [[Winter Break 2006]]
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* [[Winter Term 2007]]
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* [[Spring Break 2007]]
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[[Category: Terms]]

Revision as of 23:53, 28 July 2007

Spring Term 2007 was part of the 2006-2007 school year, running from March 20 to June 3, 2007.

Events

Official Calendar[1]

  • March 20, Tue, 10:00 AM – Residence halls open; board begins with dinner
  • March 21, Wed – Classes begin
  • March 21-27, Wed-Tue – Winter Check-In online
  • March 27, Tue – Add/Drop deadline
  • April 23-May 4, Mon-Fri – Pre-Enrollment for Spring 2007
  • May 15, Tue – Withdrawal deadline
  • May 25, Fri – Classes end
  • May 26, Sat – Reading Day
  • May 27-29, Sun-Tue – Finals
  • May 30, Wed, 5:00 PM – Spring Break 2007 begins. Residence halls close, and board ends with lunch, except for seniors and those with special permission
  • May 30, Wed, 12:00 PM – Senior grades due
  • June 2, Sat – Commencement
  • June 3, Sun, 1:00 PM – Residence halls close. No meals served.

Academic Events

Course Events

Faculty Events

Administration and Student Senate Events

Administration Events

Campus Safety Events

Admissions Events

Housing and Physical Plant Events

Student Senate Events

Club and Student Organization Events

Athletic Events

Greek Events

Speakers, Plays, Exhibitions, and Special Events

Music

Art

Theatre and Dance

Other=

Student Events

Student Academic and College Events

Parties and Social Events

Gossip

Flunk Day

Alumni Events

Miscellaneous Events

References

NOTE: Much of the event information listed comes from Knox's online news archive, which is accessible here.

  1. ↑ Academic Calendar 2006-2007

See also

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