BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Wheaton College Massachusetts - ECPv6.15.17.1//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Wheaton College Massachusetts REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/New_York BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20180311T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20181104T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20190310T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20191103T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20200308T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20201101T060000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT DTSTART:20210314T070000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0400 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:EST DTSTART:20211107T060000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200806T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200806T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20200708T192555Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200708T193023Z UID:10004705-1596733200-1596736800@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Modeling Disease Spread in the Context of Human Behavior: The Impacts on Policy and Social (in)Justice DESCRIPTION:Join us for this session of the summer seminar and lecture series focused on Public Health and Social Justice. This virtual session is open to the entire Wheaton community\, including alumni and parents. Current and incoming Wheaton students will also be able to participate in a reading discussion program related to the lecture series and participating students will receive a Wheaton Public Health and Social Justice certificate. \nPresenters:\nEmily Fischer\, Assistant Professor of Mathematics\nKate Mason\, Assistant Professor of Sociology/Women and Gender Studies \nSponsored by:\nWheaton Inclusive STEM Excellence (WISE) initiative \nSummer Lecture Series Registration Form URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/modeling-disease-spread-in-the-context-of-human-behavior-the-impacts-on-policy-and-social-injustice/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Diversity,Faculty & Staff,Health & Wellness,STEM,Students,Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Kirkpatrick":MAILTO:kirkpatrick_meg@wheatoncollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200730T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20200708T192236Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200708T192951Z UID:10004704-1596128400-1596132000@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Health Disparities and the Environment DESCRIPTION:Join us for this session of the summer seminar and lecture series focused on Public Health and Social Justice. This virtual session is open to the entire Wheaton community\, including alumni and parents. Current and incoming Wheaton students will also be able to participate in a reading discussion program related to the lecture series and participating students will receive a Wheaton Public Health and Social Justice certificate. \nPresenters:\nJanina Benoit\, Professor of Chemistry\nRussell Williams\, Associate Professor of Economics; Chair\, Department of Economics \nSponsored by:\nWheaton Inclusive STEM Excellence (WISE) initiative \nSummer Lecture Series Registration Form URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/health-disparities-and-the-environment/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Diversity,Faculty & Staff,STEM,Students,Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Kirkpatrick":MAILTO:kirkpatrick_meg@wheatoncollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200723T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20200708T192017Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200708T192920Z UID:10004703-1595523600-1595527200@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:An Interdisciplinary Perspective on Health Disparities DESCRIPTION:Join us for this session of the summer seminar and lecture series focused on Public Health and Social Justice. This virtual session is open to the entire Wheaton community\, including alumni and parents. Current and incoming Wheaton students will also be able to participate in a reading discussion program related to the lecture series and participating students will receive a Wheaton Public Health and Social Justice certificate. \nPresenters:\nGabriela Torres\, Professor and Chair of Anthropology; Co-Coordinator\, Public Health Program\nHilary Gaudet ’09\, Assistant Professor of Chemistry \nSponsored by:\nWheaton Inclusive STEM Excellence (WISE) initiative \nSummer Lecture Series Registration Form URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/an-interdisciplinary-perspective-on-health-disparities/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Diversity,Faculty & Staff,Health & Wellness,STEM,Students,Virtual ORGANIZER;CN="Meg Kirkpatrick":MAILTO:kirkpatrick_meg@wheatoncollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200407T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200407T183000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20200331T194505Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200401T124537Z UID:10004699-1586278800-1586284200@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Equal Pay Day and Salary Negotiation DESCRIPTION:Career Services and the BASE are collaborating to present this session focused on Equal Pay Day and Salary Negotiation. By attending\, you will learn about Equal Pay Day and salary negotiation\, participate in trivia\, and have an opportunity to win a $30.00 gift card. \nPart 1: What is Equal Pay Day – 5:00pm-5:30pm EST Dani Roberts\, Social Justice Program Coordinator\, will discuss the history of the wage gap and how the wage gap continues to impact women and other intersecting identities. Participants of Part 1 will have a chance to win a $30 Target Gift Card. \nPart 2: So You Got The Job: Salary Negotiation Advice\, 5:30pm-6:30pm EST Maggie Becker\, Associate Director-Career Services will host a session on how to review your offer\, and strategies on negotiating your salary. Participants in Part 2 will have another chance of winning a $30 Target Gift Card. \nTo join in for both parts\, access the Zoom Meeting . URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/equal-pay-day-and-salary-negotiation/ LOCATION:Online CATEGORIES:Career,Diversity,Virtual ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wheatoncollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Equal-Pay-Day-Instagram.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Career Services":MAILTO:careerservices@wheatoncollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200226T190000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20200224T223612Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200226T200033Z UID:10004692-1582736400-1582743600@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Amazing Grace - a Film featuring Aretha Franklin DESCRIPTION:Join us for a viewing of the 1972 concert film featuring the incomparable ARETHA FRANKLIN.  Wednesday\, Feb 26 at 5 PM in the Watson Ellison Lecture Hall. \nA brief Q&A will follow with Profs. Shawn Christian & Ann Sears. URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/amazing-grace-a-film-featuring-aretha-franklin/ LOCATION:Watson Fine Arts – Ellison Lecture Hall\, Norton\, MA\, 02766 CATEGORIES:Arts,Diversity,Global,Music,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wheatoncollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AmazingGraceFlyer.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Shawn Christian":MAILTO:christian_shawn@wheatoncollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200219T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200219T183000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20200206T202000Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200219T160551Z UID:10004001-1582131600-1582137000@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Where It Used to be Home: Writing Russia and Ukraine under the Trump Administration DESCRIPTION:Olga Livshin will discuss how culture\, translation\, history\, current events and her own biography intermingle in her 2019 book of poems\, A Life Replaced \, which reflects on the experience of living as an immigrant under the Trump administration and with Putin’s war on Ukraine looming. Raised in Odessa and Moscow\, Livshin writes witness poetry about xenophobia\, war\, and strongmen at the helm on both sides of the world. The book braids original poetry in English with translations from Anna Akhmatova\, the great poet of 20th-century Russia\, and Vladimir Gandelsman\, fellow immigrant and winner of the Moscow Reckoning\, Russia’s highest prize for poetry. Livshin’s poems\, translations\, and essays appear in The Kenyon Review and Poetry International\, and are widely published. She holds a PhD in Slavic Languages and Literature\, and taught at the university level for a number of years before focusing on writing and translation. \nPlease join us in the May Room for a reception immediately following the lecture.\nSponsored by the Davis Center for Russian and Eurasian Studies\, Harvard University and by the Russian Department at Wheaton College. URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/where-it-used-to-be-home-writing-russian-and-ukraine-under-the-trump-administration/ LOCATION:Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room\, Norton\, MA\, 02766\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic,Admission,Alumni,Arts,Athletics,Career,Diversity,Faculty & Staff,Global,Health & Wellness,LGBTQ+,Library,Music,STEM,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wheatoncollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Olga-Livshin_-2.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Office of the Provost":MAILTO:provost@wheatoncollege.edu GEO:41.9629235;-71.1804988 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200218T190000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20200121T145027Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200204T192219Z UID:10004668-1582052400-1582052400@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr. Legacy Celebration DESCRIPTION:While tickets are free-of-charge\, you must reserve them in advance. You can make your reservation by visiting the Box Office website. \nOur annual award ceremony will occur on the evening of Tuesday\, February 18\, at 7 PM in Weber Theatre. \nOur keynote speaker this year will be scholar\, author\, and civic influencer Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean. With a keen eye toward the practical implications of democratic conflict\, Dr. Brown-Dean is a preeminent expert on issues of criminal punishment\, mass incarceration\, voting rights\, and U.S. elections. Read a short bio and summary of some of Dr. Brown-Dean’s many accomplishments. \nAnother highlight of the Celebration is our Creativity Showcase\, where we share and celebrate student creative work that offers tangible reflection on King’s philosophies and principles of equity\, justice and/or peace. There are prizes for the top submissions and a selected few will be shared with the community before the keynote address on February 18. \nFor more detailed information about the submission process\, deadlines\, and prizes for the Creativity Showcase\, please visit:  Students invited to share creative work in MLK Legacy showcase \nSchedule: \n11 a.m.–5 p.m. Creative Arts Showcase\, Emerson Dining\n4:30–5:30 p.m. Reception with contest entrants\, Emerson Dining\n7–9 p.m. MLK Legacy Celebration with Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean\, Weber Theatre\n9 p.m. Book signing and reception with Dr. Khalilah L. Brown-Dean\, Haas Concourse URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/dr-martin-luther-king-jr-legacy-celebration/ LOCATION:Watson Fine Arts – Weber Theatre\, Norton\, MA\, 02766\, United States CATEGORIES:Diversity,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wheatoncollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/FINAL_MLK-Legacy-Celebration-2020-Poster-Revised-1-30-2020-800.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Office of the President":MAILTO:president@wheatoncollege.edu GEO:41.9629235;-71.1804988 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20200129T200000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20200122T165445Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200123T151008Z UID:10004670-1580320800-1580328000@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:The Holocaust\, Anti-Semitism\, and Hate Crimes Today DESCRIPTION:Join special guest speaker\, Dr. Alexandra Herzog\, Assistant Director of the American Jewish Council of New England along with a panel of Wheaton faculty in remembering the tragedy of the Holocaust as well as recognizing its lasting impact. Hear from the panel as well as SMART coordinator Cheylsea Federle on how we can stand up to anti-semitism\, and hate crimes in all their forms. The program will be followed by a brief reception in the May Room. URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/the-holocaust-anti-semitism-and-hate-crimes-today/ LOCATION:Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room\, Norton\, MA\, 02766\, United States CATEGORIES:Diversity,Faculty & Staff,Global,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wheatoncollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Screen-Shot-2020-01-22-at-10.48.51-AM.png ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Social Justice &%3B Community Impact":MAILTO:sjci@wheatoncollege.edu GEO:41.9629235;-71.1804988 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191008T190000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20190926T175044Z LAST-MODIFIED:20191007T153336Z UID:10004584-1570554000-1570561200@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Race\, Latinidad\, and Latin Pop: Reggaéton in the Mainstream DESCRIPTION:Petra Rivera-Rideau\, a scholar of race and ethnicity in Latin American and Latinx cultures and professor at Wellesley College\, will give a lecture on the racial politics of reggaetón in mainstream music. Oct. 8 @ 5:00 PM Faculty Dining Room Emerson. URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/race-latinidad-and-latin-pop-reggaeton-in-the-mainstream/ LOCATION:Emerson Dining Hall – Faculty Dining Room CATEGORIES:Academic,Diversity,Global,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wheatoncollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/race-latinidad-latin-pop-lecture-800.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="Mary Beth Tierney-Tello":MAILTO:mttello@wheatonma.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20191002T180000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20190924T002054Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190924T003433Z UID:10004580-1570032000-1570039200@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:CCTL Presents: How Do People Learn? Three Ideas from the Learning Sciences DESCRIPTION:Both lectures and active learning can be effective teaching practices\, but how can we do them in ways that align with how people actually learn? In this presentation\, Floyd Cheung shares a variety of teaching techniques as well as some of the research and theories that undergird them. \nDr. Floyd Cheung is the Vice President for Equity and Inclusion and Professor of English at Smith College. \nHe is the former Director of Smith College’s Sherrerd Center for Teaching and Learning. \nJoin us! Refreshments will be served! \n  \n  \n  URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/cctl-presents-how-do-people-learn-three-ideas-from-the-learning-sciences/ LOCATION:Balfour-Hood – Lyons Lounge\, Norton\, 02766 CATEGORIES:Diversity,Faculty & Staff,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://wheatoncollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/FC-square-portrait.png ORGANIZER;CN="Center for Collaborative Teaching and Learning":MAILTO:torres_mgabriela@wheatoncollege.edu GEO:41.9629235;-71.1804988 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190920T150000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190920T150000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20190910T141018Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200212T160343Z UID:10004570-1568991600-1568991600@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Wheaton in Puerto Rico Showcase DESCRIPTION:Two Years After Hurricane Maria: A reflection by Wheaton students who have seen its impacts firsthand. \nIn the summer of 2019\, Wheaton students were supported by a Mellon Foundation Grant to travel throughout Puerto Rico and learn about gender violence and reconstruction post hurricane Maria. Come to see and hear about the work of students in the course Disaster and Reconstruction led by Professor M.Gabriela Torres and Dean Raquel Ramos on the two year anniversary of Hurricane Maria’s landfall in Puerto Rico. URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/wheaton-in-puerto-rico-showcase/ LOCATION:Emerson Dining Hall – Faculty Dining Room CATEGORIES:Academic,Diversity,Faculty & Staff,Global,Students ORGANIZER;CN="Raquel Ramos":MAILTO:ramos_raquel@wheatoncollege.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190910T170000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190910T183000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20190903T183549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190906T173348Z UID:10004532-1568134800-1568140200@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:Community Conversation - Advocacy & Activisim: Using Your Freedoms For Action DESCRIPTION:How can you use your freedoms to support the positive advancement of specific causes and to represent the concern of others within a system (i.e.\, advocacy) and/or to bring about social and political change outside of systems (i.e.\, activism)? \nCome and hear from Wheaton community members who are successfully engaged in advocacy and activism work on and off campus. Topics for this conversation will include: \n\ndifferent approaches for effective advocacy and activism\nleadership skills for advocacy and activist work\nopportunities to engage in advocacy and activism work as a student\n\nRefreshments immediately following this event in Wooley Room.   \nThis community conversation is part of our campus-wide Three Freedoms theme. This program is sponsored by the Student Government Association (SGA)\, the Scholars At Risk (SAR) Committee\, the Center for Social Justice & Community Impact (SJCI)\, and the Office of the Provost. Contact: Peony Fhagen: Assoc. Provost for Diversity & Faculty Development. URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/community-conversation-advocacy-activisim-using-your-freedoms-for-action/ LOCATION:Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room\, Norton\, MA\, 02766\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic,Career,Diversity,Faculty & Staff,Students ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://wheatoncollege.edu/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/CommConv_9-800.jpg ORGANIZER;CN="SGA":MAILTO:jkraus@wheatonma.edu GEO:41.9629235;-71.1804988 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20190905T190000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20190905T203000 DTSTAMP:20260422T074041 CREATED:20190903T123549Z LAST-MODIFIED:20200212T160318Z UID:10004530-1567710000-1567715400@wheatoncollege.edu SUMMARY:31st Martin Lecture Dr. Tanya Luhrmann "The Voices of Spirits and the Voices of Psychosis" DESCRIPTION:Tanya Luhrmann is the Watkins University Professor in the Anthropology Department at Stanford University\, the author of When God Talks Back\, and co-editor and contributor to Our Most Troubling Madness: Case Studies in Schizophrenia across Cultures. She has done\nethnography on the streets of Chicago with homeless and psychotic women\, and worked with people who hear voices in Chennai\, Accra and the South Bay. She has also done fieldwork with evangelical Christians who seek to hear God speak back\, with Zoroastrians who set out to create a more mystical faith\, and with people who practice magic. She uses a combination of ethnographic and experimental methods to understand the phenomenology of unusual sensory experiences\, the way ideas about minds and persons shape them\, and what we can learn from this social shaping that can help us to help those whose voices are distressing. URL:https://wheatoncollege.edu/event/31st-martin-lecture-dr-tanya-luhrmann-the-voices-of-spirits-and-the-voices-of-psychosis/ LOCATION:Mary Lyon Hall – Holman Room\, Norton\, MA\, 02766\, United States CATEGORIES:Academic,Diversity,Global,Health & Wellness,Students ORGANIZER;CN="Religion Department":MAILTO:jkraus@wheatonma.edu GEO:41.9629235;-71.1804988 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR