Thursday, Aug 21
- All dayThe Graphic Art of Chris WareFree for Students, $15 for non-university attendeesPresented by The Universitas Art DepartmentChris Ware’s unique graphic storytelling and artwork will be on display and the artist will hold a brief question and answer session. Mr. Ware’s style simultaneously encompasses a modern, digitally-informed sensibility with a clear reverence for the comics and stories of yesteryear.
- All dayAll Day Rec
- 7:00 AM8hElectronics Recycling DayFree for StudentsHosted by The Green MovementBring your Flip cameras, your walkmans, your vcr’s, your dreamcasts - anything that used to beep and now lies dormant in your desk drawer.
- 1:00 PM2hWilliam Shakespeare: Collaborative GeniusFree for StudentsHosted by The Unversitas English DepartmentWas Shakespeare the greatest collaborative entity ever devised? Questions of authorship and the contextual line between writer and perfomer areexamined in the context of new evidence.
- 3:30 PM2h 30mLecture Series: Making Happiness at HomeFree to StudentsPresented by the Economics and Engineering DepartmentAn examination of the migration of manufacturing overseas and the rise of the artisan movement at home. Guest speaker Peter Y.Kim examines whether the hand-crafted movement has scalable implications for new economic growth domestically.
- 6:00 PM3hBig Sisters and Brothers RecruitingEvery week at the Student Union, a representative of Universitas Big Sisters and Brothers sets up a table to answer questions, sign up volunteers and hand out information. The organization has been instrumental in improving the community surrounding Universitas for nearly 10 years.
- All dayAll Day Rec