Spring Term 2007

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

Events

Official Calendar

• 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

• April 27 – John D'Emilio speaks on Bayard Rustin and other topics to GWST 312

Faculty Events

• May 4, 4 PM – Professor Konrad Hamilton discusses the 1960s as history in the Alumni Room
• May 10 – Esther Penick co-authors an article in Science concerning morphine

Administration and Student Senate Events

Admissions Events

• April 24 – The Princeton Review names Knox as one of 165 Best Value Colleges

Housing and Physical Plant Events

• April 9 – Knox announces its plans to renovate Hamblin Hall

Club and Student Organization Events

• May 4 – SASS sponsors Take Back the Night, featuring poet Shalija Patel
• May 18, 4 PM – Alumna Jen Tynes discusses her book, The End of Rude Handles, co-sponsored by Caxton Club
• May 11-12, 7 PM – Terpischore performs in Aux Gym
• May 17-19, 7 PM – Terpsichore performs in Aux Gym

Speakers, Plays, Exhibitions, and Special Events

Music

• March 23 - The Knox College Choir performs in Kresge
• March 24 – The Knox-Galesburg Symphony performs at the Orpheum
• March 28 - Pianist Kristian Klefstad gives a recital in Kresge
• March 31, 7:30 PM – Alumna Christine Steyer, Franco Martorana, Paul Geiger, and Celeste Rue give a music recital in Kresge
• April 14-15 – The Nova Singers perform at First Presbyterian Church
• April 28 – The Knox-Galesburg Symphony performs at the Orpheum
• May 5 – Galesburg Community Chorus and the Knox College Choir perform Beethoven's Mass in C at the Central Congregational Church
• May 12 – The Knox-Galesburg Symphony performs at the Orpheum
• May 13 – The Chamber Singers have their Spring Concert in Kresge
• May 23 – The Knox-Sandburg Community Band performs in Kresge
• June 2 – The Knox-Galesburg Symphony performs on the South Lawn

Art

• April 11-17 – Students Amy Watts and Sam Briggs hold an art exhibition
• April 18-24 – Students Erin Fahrer and Megan Suttner hold an art exhibition
• April 25-March 1 – Student Steuart Pittman holds an art exhibition

Theatre and Dance

• April 6-7 – Tender Offer runs in the Studio Theatre
• April 7, 7:30 PM – David Dorfman and students perform Underground in Harbach
• April 19-21 – Brian Conley directs Passages at Random in the Studio Theatre
• April 23-28 – David Dorfman leads workshops for and directs No Holes Barred
• May 11-12, 7 PM – Terpsichore performs in Aux Gym
• May 17-19, 7 PM – Terpsichore performs in Aux Gym

Other=

• March 26, 4 PM – Steven Phillips of the Baylor Research Institute discusses patents in Room E-117 in SMC
• March 27, 4 PM – Steven Phillips of the Baylor Research Institute discusses medical research at Baylor in Room E-117 in SMC
• March 29, 4 PM – James Oakes of CUNY discusses Abraham Lincoln, Frederick Douglass, and anti-slavery politics in the Alumni Room
• April 1, Sun – Knox holds the annual Prairie Burn at Green Oaks
• 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
• April 13, 4 PM – Husband-and-wife team of poet David Lunde and author Patricia McKillip give a reading in the Alumni Room
• April 16-21 – Knox holds its annual Conference on Pan-Africanism
• April 17, 4 PM – Corey Davison of the Concord Coalition discusses the federal budget deficit in the Round Room
• April 24-25 – Robert DeMott discusses John Steinbeck in the Alumni Room and at the Galesburg Public Library
• April 26, 4 PM – Historian Bruce Cumings talks about North Korea in Ferris Lounge
• April 26, 7:30 PM – John D'Emilio lectures on Bayard Rustin in Kresge
• April 26-28 – Sandburg Days festival
• May 4, 4 PM – Professor Konrad Hamilton discusses the 1960s as history in the Alumni Room
• May 4, 4 PM – Authors Helena Viramontes and Junot Diaz give readings in the Bookfellow Room of Seymour Library
• May 4, 7 PM – Poet Shalija Patel reads at Take Back the Night
• May 7, 8 PM – Zhou Wenzhong, Chinese Ambassador to the U.S., gives a lecture in Kresge
• May 11 – Poet Christina Pugh reads in the Alumni Room
• May 15 – Film scholar Michael Renov discusses documentary filmmaking in the Alumni Room
• May 18, 4 PM – Alumna Jen Tynes discusses her book, The End of Rude Handles, co-sponsored by Caxton Club

Student Events

Student Academic and College Events

• April 11-17 – Students Amy Watts and Sam Briggs hold an art exhibition
• April 13 – Kourtney Cone receives a Fulbright
• April 18-24 – Students Erin Fahrer and Megan Suttner hold an art exhibition
• April 19-21 – Brian Conley directs Passages at Random in the Studio Theatre
• April 25-March 1 – Student Steuart Pittman holds an art exhibition
• May 30 – Sable Helvie receives the Stellyes International Internship to teach English in Barcelona

Flunk Day

• May 8 – Flunk Day finally arrives

Alumni Events

• March 31, 7:30 PM – Alumna Christine Steyer, Franco Martorana, Paul Geiger, and Celeste Rue give a music recital in Kresge
• May 18, 4 PM – Alumna Jen Tynes discusses her book, The End of Rude Handles, co-sponsored by Caxton Club

Miscellaneous Events

• April 26 - Knox announces that it will award Janet McKinley of Oxfam an honorary degree
• May 4 – Knox inducts 15 students entering Galesburg High School into the George Washington Gale Scholars program

References

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

See also

• Summer Break 2006
• Fall Term 2006
• Winter Break 2006
• Winter Term 2007
• Spring Break 2007