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'''2006-2007''' was the school year at [[Knox]] running from September 2006 to June 2007.  It included '''Summer Break 2006''', '''Fall 2006''', '''Winter Break 2006''', '''Winter 2007''', '''Spring Break 2007''', and '''Spring 2007'''.
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'''2006-2007''' was the school year at [[Knox]] running from June 2006 to June 2007.  It included:
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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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* [[Spring Term 2007]]
  
==Summer Break 2006==
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[[Category:School Years]]
===On-Campus===
 
* August 7 – [[Faculty]] member [[Gina Franco]] was awarded the Meralmikjen Fellowship in Poetry, and as a result gave a reading at the Bread Loaf Writer's Conference in Vermont on August 21.
 
* August 11 – Knox was once again included in the latest edition of the book ''[[Colleges That Change Lives]]''.
 
* August 13 – Football team members return to campus for the school year.  New football player orientation.
 
* August 15 – ''Washington Monthly'' magazine ranked Knox 23rd among liberal arts colleges based on community service, research, and commitment to affordable education.
 
* August 18 – ''[[US News & World Report]]'' rankings come out.  Knox is ranked 79th among liberal arts colleges.
 
* August 29 – New international students arrive on campus.
 
* August 29-31 – International student orientation
 
* August 30 – Knox announces that US District Court Judge Joan Humphrey Lefkow will deliver the [[Opening Convocation]] address.
 
* August 30 – ''[[Princeton Review]]'' college rankings come out: Knox is ranked as one of 163 "Best in the [[Midwest]]," and scores #14 overall for "Students Happy with [[Financial Aid]]" and #10 for "Great [[WVKC|Radio Station]].'' 
 
* New [[non-traditional]] students arrive on campus.  Non-traditional student orientation.
 
 
 
===Off-Campus===
 
 
 
==Fall 2006==
 
 
 
===Official Calendar<ref>[http://www.knox.edu/x10903.xml#key Academic Calendar 2006-2007]</ref>===
 
* September 2, Sat, 10:00 AM – [[Residence halls]] open to [[First-year|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]] [[Winter Break Classes|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===
 
====Administration Events====
 
 
 
====Campus Safety 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''. <ref>[http://www.knox.edu/x13252.xml#key Knox College News Archive]</ref>
 
* 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]].
 
 
 
====Student Senate Events====
 
 
 
===Club and Student Organization Events===
 
 
 
===Athletic Events===
 
 
 
===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]]
 
 
 
====Parties and Social Events====
 
 
 
====Gossip====
 
 
 
===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]]
 
 
 
===Miscellaneous Events===
 
 
 
==Winter Break 2006==
 
===On-Campus===
 
* November 22 – Knox acquires the [[Gale House]] at 127 E. North St.
 
* November 27 – [[December Term]] classes begin
 
* December 11 – [[Professor]] [[Marilyn Webb]] is interviewed for the PBS series "Second Opinion"
 
* December 15 – [[December Term]] classes end
 
* December 19 – [[Knox]] announces that [[Bill Clinton]] will be the speaker for [[Commencement 2006]]
 
 
 
===Off-Campus===
 
* A number of students go to [[Japan]] as part of [[Japan Term]]
 
* December 2 – The [[Galesburg Community Chorus]] performs its Winter Concert at [[First Prebyterian Church]]
 
* December 3 – 48 students and 2 faculty members head to [[New Orleans]] to volunteer with [[Hurricane Katrina]] cleanup efforts.
 
* December 8-9 – [[Nova Singers]] perform [[Christmas]] music at Colony Church in Bishop Hill, [[Illinois]]
 
* December 15-16 – [[Nova Singers]] perform [[Christmas]] music at [[Central Congregational Church]] and in [[Davenport]]
 
 
 
==Winter 2007==
 
===Official Calendar<ref>[http://www.knox.edu/x10903.xml#key Academic Calendar 2006-2007]</ref>===
 
* January 2, Tue, 10:00 AM – [[Residence halls]] open; [[board]] begins with [[dinner]]
 
* January 3, Wed – Classes begin
 
* January 3-9, Wed-Tue – Winter [[Check-In]] online
 
* January 9, Tue – Add/Drop deadline
 
* February 5-16, Mon-Fri – Pre-Enrollment for [[Spring 2007]]
 
* February 27, Tue – [[Withdrawal]] deadline
 
* March 6, Tue – Classes end
 
* March 7, Wed – [[Reading Day]]
 
* March 8-10, Thu-Sat – [[Finals]]
 
* March 11, Sun, 12:00 PM – [[Spring Break 2007]] begins.  Residence halls close, and board ends with [[breakfast]]
 
 
 
===Academic Events===
 
====Course Events====
 
* February 22-March 3 - [[Rep Term]] puts on two plays, ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' and ''[[Working]]''
 
 
 
====Faculty Events====
 
* February 12 – [[Douglas Wilson]] is awarded his second [[Lincoln Prize]] for his book, ''Lincoln's Sword''
 
* March 8 – [[Jim Vandergriff]] is appointed chair of the Commission on American Indian Education
 
* March 21 – [[Knox]] announces that it will give [[Douglas Wilson]] of the [[Lincoln Studies Center]] an [[Honorary Degree|honorary degree]]
 
 
 
===Administration and Student Senate Events===
 
====Administration Events====
 
 
 
====Campus Safety Events====
 
 
 
====Admissions Events====
 
* January 26 – Knox receives 2,195 applications to date for 340 class openings in the [[Class of 2011]], exceeding the total applications receipt of 2,182 for the [[Class of 2010]]
 
 
 
====Housing and Physical Plant Events====
 
* January 16 - The [[Old Jail]]'s [[Underground Railroad Freedom Station]] is added to the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom program of the National Park Service.
 
 
 
====Student Senate Events====
 
 
 
===Club and Student Organization Events===
 
* January 27, Sat – [[International Club]] hosts the [[International Fair]] in the [[Round Room]], [[Kresge]], [[CFA Lobby]], and the [[Oak Room]].
 
* February 17 – [[TKS]] receives nine awards at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association convention in [[Chicago]]
 
* March 2 – The [[Beta]] Ballers win the 2007 [[Dodgeball]] Intramural Tournament
 
* March 8 – ''[[Catch]]'' is named Magazine of the Month by the Forum for Undergraduate Student Editors
 
 
 
===Athletic Events===
 
* February 17 - [[Jaran Rutledge]] wins the heavyweight category at the Great Lakes Wrestling Regional, and advances to the [[NCAA]] Division III Wrestling Championships
 
* March 2 – The [[Beta]] Ballers win the 2007 [[Dodgeball]] Intramural Tournament
 
* March 3 – [[Jaran Rutledge]] places third in the [[NCAA]] Division III [[Wrestling]] Championships
 
 
 
===Greek Events===
 
 
 
===Speakers, Plays, Exhibitions, and Special Events===
 
====Music====
 
* February 3 – The [[Knox-Galesburg Symphony Trio]] ([[Bruce Polay]], [[David Suda]], and [[Carolyn Suda]]) perform in [[Kresge]]
 
* February 11 – [[Knox College Jazz Ensemble]] performs for [[Black History Month]] in [[Kresge]]
 
* February 17-18 – The [[Nova Singers]] perform "Love Walked In" at [[First Presbyterian Church]] and in [[Moline]]
 
* February 24 – [[Knox-Galesburg Symphony]] performs at the [[Orpheum]]
 
* February 28 – [[Knox-Sandburg Community Band]] performs in [[Kresge]]
 
* March 4, 3 PM – [[Knox College Choir]] performs at [[Central Congregational Church]]
 
* March 8-10 – [[McGillacuddy's]] hosts the [[Knox-Rootabaga Jazz Festival]]
 
 
 
====Art====
 
* January 5-February 4 – [[Claire Sherman]] holds an art exhibition, with an opening lecture January 5 in the [[Round Room]]
 
* February 9-March 2 – [[John Bakker]] holds an art exhibition, with an opening lecture February 9 in the [[Round Room]]
 
 
 
====Theatre and Dance====
 
* January 27, 7:30 PM – [[Funkadesi]] performs as part of the [[International Fair]]
 
* February 10 – [[Afriky Lolo]] performs at [[Carl Sandburg College]], co-sponsored by the [[Center for Intercultural Life]]
 
* February 22-March 3 - [[Rep Term]] puts on two plays, ''[[The Madwoman of Chaillot]]'' and ''[[Working]]''
 
* February 23 – [[Terpsichore]] performs in the [[Aux Gym]]
 
 
 
====Other====
 
* January 5, Fri, 4 PM, [[Douglas Wilson]] of the [[Lincoln Studies Center]] gives a talk on his new book, ''Lincoln's Sword'', in the [[Alumni Room]]
 
* January 11, Thu, 4 PM – [[Gregory Divers]], a visiting assistant professor of [[German]] at [[St. Louis]] University, gives a talk on [[Carl Sandburg]]'s influence on modern German [[poetry]].
 
* January 15, Mon, 11 AM – Professor [[Konrad Hamilton]] delivers the keynote address at the [[Martin Luther King Day Convocation]]
 
* January 19, Fri, 4 PM – Poets [[Nancy Eimers]] and [[William Olsen]] give a [[poetry]] reading in the [[Alumni Room]].
 
* January 22-25, Mon-Thu, 4 PM – [[Eric Edi]], [[Bob Seibert]], [[Pavel Oskinsky]], and members of the [[Campus Diversity Committee]] give talks on international issues, as part of the [[International Fair]].
 
* February 15, Thu, 5 PM – Knox celebrates [[Founders Day]] in the [[Muelder Reading Room]]
 
 
 
===Student Events===
 
====Student Academic and College Events====
 
* February 17 - [[Jaran Rutledge]] wins the heavyweight category at the Great Lakes Wrestling Regional, and advances to the [[NCAA]] Division III Wrestling Championships
 
* February 17 – [[Andy Fitz]] won first prizes for Best Feature Photograph and Best Sports Photograph for [[TKS]] at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association convention in [[Chicago]]
 
* February 17 – [[BJ Hollars]] won first prize for Best Column for [[TKS]] at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association convention in [[Chicago]]
 
* February 17 – [[Bill Mayeroff]] won third prize for Best News Story for [[TKS]] at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association convention in [[Chicago]]
 
* February 17 – [[Bill Mayeroff]] and  [[Tom Fucoloro]], along with alum [[Julio Trujillo]], won third prize for Best In-Depth Reporting for [[TKS]] at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association convention in [[Chicago]]
 
* February 17 – [[Jesse Temple]] won third prize for Best Sports News Story and Best Sports Feature Story as well as honorable mention for Sports News Story for [[TKS]] at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association convention in [[Chicago]]
 
* March 1 – [[Farah Ahed]] is named a finalist in a national college photography contest sponsored by Photographer's Forum magazine
 
* March 3 – [[Jaran Rutledge]] places third in the [[NCAA]] Division III [[Wrestling]] Championships
 
 
 
====Parties and Social Events====
 
 
 
====Gossip====
 
 
 
===Alumni Events===
 
* February 15 – Knox presents [[Alumni Achievement Award]]s to [[Eugene Binder]], [[Margery Rosen Kraus]], [[David P. Fridovich]], and [[Monica Berlin]].
 
* February 17 – [[Julio Trujillo]], along with students [[Bill Mayeroff]] and [[Tom Fucoloro]], won third prize for Best In-Depth Reporting for [[TKS]] at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association convention in [[Chicago]]
 
* February 17 – [[Cigi Ross]] won honorable mention for Headline Writing for [[TKS]] at the 2007 Illinois College Press Association convention in [[Chicago]]
 
 
 
===Miscellaneous Events===
 
* January 22 – [[Stephen Colbert]] threatens to burn his Knox [[Honorary Doctorate]] in protest of [[Bill Clinton]]'s engagement to speak at [[Commencement]].
 
 
 
==Spring Break 2007==
 
===On-Campus===
 
 
 
===Off-Campus===
 
* [[Habitat for Humanity]] goes on a house-building expedition to [[Mississippi]]
 
* March 12-22 - [[Knox College Choir]] goes on its 2007 tour
 
 
 
==Spring 2007==
 
===Official Calendar<ref>[http://www.knox.edu/x10903.xml#key Academic Calendar 2006-2007]</ref>===
 
* 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 [[senior]]s and those with special permission
 
* May 30, Wed, 12:00 PM – [[Senior]] [[grade]]s 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===
 
====Administration Events====
 
 
 
====Campus Safety 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]]
 
 
 
====Student Senate Events====
 
 
 
===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]]
 
 
 
===Athletic Events===
 
 
 
===Greek Events===
 
 
 
===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]], [[China|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]]
 
 
 
====Parties and Social Events====
 
 
 
====Gossip====
 
 
 
====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 [http://www.knox.edu/x174.xml here].''
 
 
 
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Latest revision as of 01:18, 29 July 2007

2006-2007 was the school year at Knox running from June 2006 to June 2007. It included: