School of Education Events

5:40 p.m.-6:30 p.m.
Room 204 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street

Alicia Henry will speak of her work using mixed media on fabric.  She received her B.F.A. degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and her M.F.A. degree from Yale University

3:00-4:00 p.m.
259 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street

The Doctoral Research Program Lecture Series welcomes Professors Jee-Seon Kim, Mitchell Nathan and Michael Thomas. The panelists engage in very different kinds of educational research. Each will offer a definition of a theoretical framework and how they constructed the frameworks that guide their work. Light refreshments will be provided.

5:40 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Room 204 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street

Kim Abeles comes to the University to discuss her works that explore and map urban environment and chronicles broad social issues through her use of different disciplines and media.  She has been featured in Newsweek, National Public Radio, and CBS Evening News with Dan Rather and has collections across the nation and internationally.  Free and open to the public.

5:40 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.
Room 204 Educational Sciences Building
1025 W. Johnson Street

The last Tuesday Talk Colloquium for the fall semester will feature Denise Pelletier.  Pelletier uses a variety of materials, found objects, images, and text and explores their historical and symbolic meanings through her work.  The artist states, “The capacity of ceramic material to be transformed from mud, dust, or stone into objects of culture has long defined my commitment to the medium.”  Free and open to the public.

Madison Concourse Hotel
1 West Dayton Street

Turning Challenges into Opportunities is the theme of the 2010 Careers Conference. This premier event, now in its 24th year, offers the latest information on programs, strategies, best practices, and updates pertaining to career development at all levels (from elementary school through retirement). It is sponsored by the Center on Education and Work. Online registration is available. Early registration closes Dec. 1, 2009.