Fall Term 2006

Fall Term 2006 was part of the 2006-2007 school year, running from September 2 to November 19, 2006.

Official Calendar

• September 2, Sat, 10:00 AM – Residence halls open to new students; board begins with lunch
• September 2-6, Sat-Wed – Orientation for new students
• September 5, Tue – Residence halls open to returning students; board begins with dinner
• September 6-13, Wed-Wed – Fall Check-In online
• September 7, Thu – Classes begin
• September 7, Thu, 11:00 AM – Opening Convocation
• September 13, Wed – Add/Drop deadline
• October 14, Sat – Homecoming
• October 16-27, Mon-Fri – Pre-Enrollment for Winter 2007
• October 23-27, Mon-Fri – Pre-Enrollment for Winter Break 2006 Classes
• October 28-29, Sat-Sun – Family Weekend
• November 1, Wed – Withdrawal deadline
• November 14, Tue – Classes end
• November 15, Wed – Reading Day
• November 16-18, Thu-Sat – Finals
• November 19, Sun, 12:00 PM – Winter Break 2006 begins. Residence halls close, and board ends with breakfast

Academic Events

Course Events

• October 30, 2006 – Author Kwame Anthony Appiah gives a lecture on his book Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers to FP students.

Faculty Events

• Tim Kasser is on leave to participates in the Semester at Sea program, which took him to Mexico, Hawaii, Japan, China, Hong Kong, Vietnam, India, Egypt, Turkey, Croatia and Spain
• September 8, Fri, 4:00 PM – The Lincoln Studies Center celebrated the publishing of the first book in its multivolume series about Lincoln.
• September 14 – Peter Schwartzman wins first place at a Scrabble tournament in Atlantic City.
• September 18 – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion of Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman at the Seymour Library
• September 20, Wed, 7:30 PM – Zali Gurevitch gives a talk, "Robinson Crusoe in the Land of Israel" in the Alumni Room of Old Main.
• October 2, 7 PM – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion of Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow at the Seymour Library
• October 6, Fri, 4 PM – Zali Gurevitch reads from his own poetry in the Alumni Room
• October 14, 1 PM – Sarah Day O'Connell and Jeremy Day O'Connell give a lecture and performance on the Trinidadian steelband in Jay Hall
• October 14, Sat, 3 PM – Robin Metz leads a discussion on Joan Didion's Year of Magical Thinking at Pookie's Coffee Bar
• October 14, Sat, 3 PM – Lance Factor leads a discussion on Old Main and The Da Vinci Code in the Alumni Room
• October 23, Mon, 7 PM – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion on Andre Aciman's Out of Egypt at the Seymour Library
• October 26, Thu, 4 PM – Professor emeritus of art Henry Joe gives a lecture, "The Meaning of Chinese Art," in the Round Room.
• October 30, Mon, 7 PM – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion on The Centaur in the Garden by Moacyr Scliar at the Seymour Library
• November 6, Mon, 7 PM – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion on Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman at the Seymour Library

Administration and Student Senate Events

Admissions Events

• September 14 – The Advocate selects Knox as one of the 100 best colleges for LGBT students.
• October 4 – Knox is one of 100 schools included in the book Treasure Schools: College Gems, and Roger Taylor is ranked among the top 10 hottest college presidents by The Insider's Guide to the Colleges.
• October 9, Mon – Open House for prospective students
• November 10, Fri – Open House for prospective students

Housing and Physical Plant Events

• November 22 – Knox purchases the Gale House.

Greek Events

• November 14 – The new Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority (formerly Tau Sigma Omega) pledges 16 women.

Speakers, Plays, Exhibitions, and Special Events

Music

• October 12, 8 PM – Knox College Variety Show at the Orpheum
• October 13, 9 PM – Jazz Ensemble Alumni Jam Session for Homecoming, at Cherry Street Bier Garten
• October 14, 1 PM – Sarah Day O'Connell and Jeremy Day O'Connell give a lecture and performance on the Trinidadian steelband in Jay Hall
• October 14, 8 PM – Nova Singers perform "Music, Mirth, and Mischief" in Kresge
• October 15, 4 PM – Nova Singers perform "Music, Mirth, and Mischief" at the First Congregational Church
• October 16 – Jazz quartet Meta Four performs in Kresge
• October 20, 12 PM – Violinist Francesca de Pasquale performs as part of the Music Colloqium Series
• October 21 – Knox-Galesburg Symphony performs at the Orpheum
• October 28, Sat, 7:30 PM – The Jazz Ensemble performs in Kresge.
• October 29, Sun, 2 PM – The Knox College Choir performs in Kresge.
• November 8, Wed, 7 PM – The Knox Sandburg Community Concert Band performs in Kresge.
• November 11 – The Galesburg Community Chorus, including the Knox College Choir and the Nova Singers performs at First Prebyterian Church
• November 18 – Knox-Galesburg Symphony performs at the Orpheum

Art

• September 15-October 6 – Linda Vredeveld holds a painting exhibition
• October 13, Fri, 7 PM – University of Iowa professor emeritus Keith Achepohl talks about his printmaking show in the Round Room. The art exhibition continues until November 3.
• October 26 – Professor emeritus Henry Joe lectures on Chinese art in the Round Room

Theatre and Dance

• October 6-7, 7:30 PM – Pastries for a Cumber Bund, Eyelashes for Christmas and the Regrettable Hope That Someone Still Cares About Everything You Do, written and directed by Evan Sawdey, and Once, written and directed by Sara Henak, performed in the Studio Theatre
• October 13-14, 7:30 PM – The Last Yankee directed by Mike Smith, Chalky White Substance directed by Mike Smith, and Collette in Love, directed by Courtney Meaker, are performed in the Studio Theatre
• October 20-21, 7:30 PM – The Shape of Things directed by Mike Giese is performed in the Studio Theatre
• October 25-28, Wed-Sat – "Our Town" runs in Harbach Theatre.
• October 27-28, Fri-Sat, 7 PM – Terpischore performs their Fall Studio Dance Concert in the Aux Gym
• November 3-4 – Leonardo's Last Supper, directed by Nick Perry, is performed in the Studio Theater

Other

• September 6, Wed – Pumphandle in front of Old Main.
• September 7, Thu, 11:00 AM – US District Court Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow gives the Opening Convocation address, "This Land Is Your Land: Reflections on Civic Duty."
• September 8, Fri, 4 PM – Jennifer Fleischner, a professor of history at Adelphi University, discusses her book, Mrs. Lincoln and Mrs. Keckly: The Remarkable Story of the Friendship Between a First Lady and a Former Slave, and Willis Regier, director of the University of Illinois Press, talks about the new books on Abraham Lincoln co-authored by Douglas Wilson
• September 18 – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion of Lost in Translation by Eva Hoffman at the Seymour Library
• September 20, Wed, 7:30 PM – Zali Gurevitch gives a talk, "Robinson Crusoe in the Land of Israel" in the Alumni Room of Old Main.
• September 22, Fri, 4 PM – Author Herman Carillo gives a reading in the Alumni Room
• October 2, 7 PM – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion of Mr. Sammler's Planet by Saul Bellow at the Seymour Library
• October 6, Fri, 4 PM – Zali Gurevitch reads from his own poetry in the Alumni Room
• October 12-14, Thu-Sat – Homecoming, featuring a number of speakers and events.
• October 13, Fri, 4 PM – Alum Jim Hallock '69 gives a talk on earth block construction in Kresge.
• October 13, Fri, 4 PM - Poets Karen Anderson, Jasper Bernes, Anne Boyer, and Karl Parker, with musician JJ Appleton, host the Million Poems Show in the Studio Theatre
• October 14, Sat, 3 PM – Robin Metz leads a discussion on Joan Didion's Year of Magical Thinking at Pookie's Coffee Bar
• October 14, Sat, 3 PM – Lance Factor leads a discussion on Old Main and The Da Vinci Code in the Alumni Room
• October 14, Sat, 3 PM – Alumna Melissa Hueting presents her master's thesis in Art History in the Round Room
• October 14, Sat, 5 PM – Caxton Club holds an alumni reading event in the Muelder Reading Room
• October 19, Thu, 4 PM – Diplomat and journalist John Shaw discusses his book The Ambassador: Inside the Life of a Working Diplomat in Ferris Lounge.
• October 20, Fri, 4 PM – Poet Jay Hopler gives a reading in the Alumni Room. Caxton Club sponsored the event.
• October 23, Mon, 7 PM – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion on Andre Aciman's Out of Egypt at the Seymour Library
• October 25-28, Wed-Sat – "Our Town" runs in Harbach Theatre.
• October 26, Thu, 4 PM – Professor emeritus of art Henry Joe gives a lecture, "The Meaning of Chinese Art," in the Round Room.
• October 30, Mon, 7 PM – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion on The Centaur in the Garden by Moacyr Scliar at the Seymour Library
• November 6, Mon, 7 PM – Natania Rosenfeld leads a discussion on Kaaterskill Falls by Allegra Goodman at the Seymour Library

Student Events

Student Academic and College Events

• September 25 – Megan Butler is awarded a fellowship with the EPA.
• October 6-7, 7:30 PM – Pastries for a Cumber Bund, Eyelashes for Christmas and the Regrettable Hope That Someone Still Cares About Everything You Do, written and directed by Evan Sawdey, and Once, written and directed by Sara Henak, performed in the Studio Theatre
• October 13-14, 7:30 PM – The Last Yankee directed by Mike Smith, Chalky White Substance directed by Mike Smith, and Collette in Love, directed by Courtney Meaker, are performed in the Studio Theatre
• October 20-21, 7:30 PM – The Shape of Things directed by Mike Giese is performed in the Studio Theatre
• November 8 – Kenji Mori receives the Student Laureate Award from the Lincoln Academy of Illinois
• November 17-19 – Cami Woodruff competes in the Miss Illinois competition in Chicago

Alumni Events

• October 14, Sat, 3 PM – Alumna Melissa Hueting presents her master's thesis in Art History in the Round Room
• October 14, Sat, 5 PM – Caxton Club holds an alumni reading event in the Muelder Reading Room

References

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

See also

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