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Education
St. Paul the Apostle Catholic School will host an Open House on Sunday, February 5, 2012 from 11:00am to 1:30pm. The school is located at 152 Alabama Street in downtown Spartanburg. The school enrolls students in grades K-4 through 8th grade. Students and families are invited to tour the school and find out all about the program offered. 
 Student/Athlete/Artist January 18 - March 2, 2012, Martha Cloud Chapman Gallery, Campus Life Building Mitch Allen '11, Alyssa Burkert '14, Ellen Ezekiel '13, Elizabeth Hall '12, Josh Holt '14, Amanda Liguori '14, Trey Parker '13, Erin Walklet '15 These Wofford students have maintained interest in the visual arts, producing paintings and drawings, pottery, and photographs, while participating in varsity team sports. Santee Cooper Lecture Series Choices and Consequences: A Conversation About Change in the Sustainability Landscape at Wofford and Beyond Speaker: Jack Byrne, Director of the Sustainability Integration Office at Middlebury College Wednesday, Feb. 8, 2012, 7 p.m., Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building Jack Byrne will discuss the current state of sustainability and higher education. Sandor Teszler Award Convocation Speaker: John Wood, Founder and Board Co-Chair of Room to Read Thursday, Feb. 9, 2012, 11 a.m., Leonard Auditorium, Main Building John J. Wood is the founder and board co-chair of Room to Read, an organization that believes World Change Starts with Educated Children� and seeks to transform the lives of millions of children in developing countries by focusing on literacy and gender equality in education. At age 35, Wood left an executive career track at Microsoft Corp. to form Room to Read. The business acumen honed there, combined with his passion to change the world, makes Wood a unique and inspiring speaker with universal appeal. Wood's award-winning memoir, Leaving Microsoft to Change the World: An Entrepreneur's Odyssey to Educate the World's Children (Harper Collins, 2006), tells how he raised more than $80 million from a "standing start" to develop one of the fastest-growing nonprofits in history. The book was described by Publishers' Weekly in a starred review as "an infectiously inspiring read." Translated into 20 languages, it is popular with entrepreneurs, philanthropists and educators alike. It was selected by Amazon.com as one of the Top Ten Business Narratives of 2006 and voted a Top Ten Nonfiction title of 2006 by Hudson Booksellers. The book also was featured during Wood's appearance on The Oprah Winfrey Show and the resulting "Oprah's Book Drive" with Room to Read raised more than $1 million from viewers. Wood holds a master's degree in business administration from the Kellogg Graduate School of Management at Northwestern University, a bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Colorado, and an honorary doctorate in humane letters from the University of San Francisco. Lynn Froelich, Lithographs February 10 - March 30, 2012, Sandor Teszler Library Gallery Lynn Froelich taught at Appalachian State University for 14 years and assisted in the establishment of Rolling Stone Press. The Troubadour Series: Akerman-Teixeira Duo Monday, Feb. 13, 2012, 7 p.m., Leonard Auditorium, Main Building Robert Teixeira is an instructor at Queens University of Charlotte and Central Piedmont Community College. In addition to his teaching duties, Robert performs with major-award-winning guitarist Mary Akerman in the Akerman-Teixeira duo. Their CD, "Music For Two Guitars," was released on the Clear Note Label in 2010. Wofford World Film Series: Berlin 36 Wednesday, Feb. 15, 2012 - 3:30 and 7:30 p.m. Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building Director: Kasper Heidelbach, Germany, 2009; 100 mins., in German with English subtitles Based on the true story of Gretel Bergmann who unwittingly became the biggest threat to the Nazi Party in 1936. Lecture/lab/tasting: The Miracle Fruit Berry Speaker: Dr. David Pittman, Associate Professor of Psychology at Wofford Friday, Feb. 17, 2012, 3:30 - 5 p.m., Sandor Teszler Library Gallery Synsepalum dulcificum is a West African plant with a berry that has a low sugar content and a mildly sweet taste. The berry contains a molecule that binds to the tongue's taste buds, causing sour foods to taste sweet. There are medical implications for the fruit, for instance with chemotherapy patients, as well as possible benefits to extend foods' palatability.
Pittman will lead an open lecture/lab/tasting with participants able to taste various
foods and experience the effect. Revolutionary War Roundtable of the Backcountry "Backcountry Fury; A Renowned Revolutionary War Hero Speaks" Speaker: Tony Zeiss, President, Central Piedmont Community College Monday, Feb. 20, 2012 6 - 8 p.m. (Dinner: 6:30 - 7:15 p.m., Program: 7:15 - 8 p.m. Need to arrive no later than 7 p.m.) Montgomery Room, Burwell Building An account of militia actions in the Carolina Backcountry as told by eyewitness Tomas Young. Cost of dinner and program is $23. Program only $5. RSVP to Juanita Pesaro by Friday, Feb. 17th, at pesarojb@wofford.edu or 864-597-4207. Stephen Dunn, Pulitzer Prize winning poet Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2012, 7:30 p.m. Teaching Theater, Franklin W. Olin Building
Stephen Dunn was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in poetry for Different Hours in 2001, he is Distinguished Professor of Creative Writing at Richard Stockton College of New Jersey.
Black History Month - "Black History is American History"
Wofford World Leaders Speaker Series
Feb . 8 , 2012, 7 p.m., Phase V, Room 113
Mr. Doug Jones '69, Wofford's First Black graduate and Michelin Tire, Inc.
Customer Engineering Support Manager for North America
sponsored by Association of Multicultural Students, Multicultural Affairs
and Career Services
Feb. 9, 2012, 7:30 p.m., Phase V Galleria
Music Trivia
sponsored by Wofford Activities Council and Association of Multicultural
Students
Feb. 9, 2012, 8:30 p.m., Phase V Galleria
Wofford Unplugged: Levi Stephens
sponsored by Wofford Activities Council and Multicultural Affairs
Feb. 10, 2012, 6:30 p.m., Campus Life Commons
SCATE Night
sponsored by Sharing Creative Arts Through Expression (SCATE)
Feb. 13, 2012, 8:45 p.m. Teaching Theater, F.W. Olin Building
PBS Documentary "Slavery by Another Name" (light refreshments)
~sponsored by African/African American Studies and Multicultural Affairs
Feb. 22, 2012, 6 p.m., McMillan Theatre, Campus Life Building
Tyler Perry's For Colored Girls Movie (Papa John's Pizza)
sponsored by Wofford Women of Color and Multicultural Affairs
Feb. 27, 2012, 6 p.m., AAAS Room, Burwell Building
Project Redefined Discussion (Challenging Societal Stereotypes of Women of
Color)
sponsored by Wofford Women of Color and The Sandor Teszler Library
Feb. 29, 2012, 6 p.m. Steps of Main Building
"Lift Every Voice" Campus Celebration
sponsored by Voices of Victory Gospel Choir and Multicultural Affairs
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