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ON-CAMPUS UPCOMING EVENTS
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7:30 PM
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Workshop: Writing Your Resume and Cover Letter
F.W. Olin Building, Room 213
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7:30 PM
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 Collegiate Tour Homecoming Concert
Center for Faith and Life, Main Hall
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10:30 AM
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Chapel: Jim Martin-Schramm
Center for Faith and Life, Main Hall
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6:00 PM
| Paper Tigers Film Screening & Panel Discussion
Valders Hall of Science, Room 262
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7:00 PM
| Step Up! Bystander Intervention Training
Valders Hall of Science, Room 206
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7:00 PM
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Varsity Band and Wind & Percussion Ensemble Concert
Center for Faith and Life, Main Hall
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6:00 PM
| Religion Forum: Steve Downs
Center for Faith and Life, Recital Hall
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7:00 PM
| Guest Reading: Robert James Russell
F.W. Olin Building, Room 102
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7:30 PM
| Philharmonia Concert
Jenson-Noble Hall of Music, Noble Recital Hall
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Student Senate Election Information
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The election process is underway for the 2016-17 year. On Thursday and Friday, April 21 and 22, polls will open for the President/Vice President election. Please look for a link to the ballot in your email and plan to vote in the election.
Applications for Senate positions - Secretary, Treasurer, Class Representatives, and Diversity Representatives - will be due on Thursday, April 21 at 5 p.m. Applications are available on the Senate website: http://www.luther.edu/student-senate/. Elections will take place on April 26-27 with the first meeting of the new Student Senate on Thursday, April 28 during the Colloquy block (9:40-10:50 a.m.)
Board of Regents Student Representative positions are elected from the newly elected Student Senate body.
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Three Luther College faculty members paired with three students from the college's ballroom dance team go head to head in the new competition "Dancing with the Luther Stars." Based on the popular ABC television show, the event brings excitement and some friendly rivalry to the Luther campus at 7 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in the Center for Faith and Life, Main Hall. Tickets are on sale for $5 in the Ticket Office.
Free speech and civil disagreements are electric topics on college campuses. Why should I listen to people I disagree with? What if the beliefs of others are harmful? How do I, personally, generate space for people I actively disagree with to share their thoughts without fear of resentment, rejection, or condemnation? Moreover, why should I? Join Luther faculty, staff, and students, for a conversation about how to navigate these struggles within the Luther Community on Thursday, April 28 at 6:00 p.m. in Valders Hall of Science, Room 206.
A new bicycle pump has been installed at Luther! Located outside of Preus Library by the Bike Share bicycles, the fixit station and bicycle pump is easily accessible for the entire Luther community. To reduce damages to your bike, please make sure that there is enough air in its tires before riding. Enjoy the spring weather and keep pedaling!
Brianna Shelly, a senior from Scottsdale, Arizona, is the 2015-16 recipient of the Alan R. and Sally J. Brudos Family Opera Prize. As part of the award Shelly will perform a recital at 4 p.m. Saturday, April 23, in the Noble Recital Hall of the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music. The prize, a $5,000 cash award, was established and is funded by a gift from Alan R. and Sally J. Brudos of Atherton, California.
The Cafeteria to Community program is looking for volunteers for a few shifts this spring to package excess food from the cafeteria to be delivered to the First Lutheran Food Pantry. Packing shifts are on Sunday and Wednesday evenings. This is a great study break and an awesome way to give back to the community! For more information, check out our website: http://www.luther.edu/sustainability/outreach/caf-to-community/
Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) Rebates are Back! Eat well and support local farmers! Employee households are eligible to receive up to $100 towards the purchase of a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) share in 2016. A list of participating CSA Farms and share options can be found online. There's something for everyone! Questions? Email sustainability@luther.edu. Sign-up deadline is May 1st. More info.
The Center for Sustainable Communities invites the community to celebrate Earth Day by dedicating the most recent additions to our solar arrays. At 4:00 pm on Friday, April 22 we gather by the western solar fields on Pole Line Road for a short ceremony and reception to follow. Shuttles will leave from the Union and community pool lots at 3:25 and 3:40 pm as parking is limited. More information is available on our website.
Cantorei and the Luther Ringers will perform a spring concert at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 22, in the Noble Recital Hall in the Jenson-Noble Hall of Music. Cantorei, will perform "Why We Sing," with selections from a wide variety of genres including African processionals, spirituals and vocal jazz. Luther Ringers will perform Processional in F, "Hyfrydol," a hymn with audience participation; "Pleiades" from Cluster of Stars; "Let It Go; "In Memoriam" and "Now the Green Blade Riseth" .
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Steve Downs, attorney at law, will reflect on the question of who speaks for the common good and what the role of religion is when religions themselves act like tribes in his lecture titled, "Tribal Justice and the Erosion of Civil Rights: How Scapegoating Muslims Threatens Us All," at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 21, in the Center for Faith and Life Recital Hall. A reception will follow in Qualley Lounge.
Reading from a tale of one man's resolve to right his wrongs and make peace with his place in the world, author and editor Robert James Russell, will present a reading from his recent western novel "Mesilla" on Thursday, April 21, at 7 p.m. in the F.W. Olin Building Room 102. The event is sponsored by the Lecture and Fine Arts and the English Department. Mesilla is available for purchase in the Book Shop.
Collegiate Chorale will perform a tour homecoming concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, April 19, in the Main Hall of the Center for Faith and Life. The performance concludes the Collegiate Chorale 2016 Midwest tour. Those unable to attend may view the concert live online.
Philharmonia will perform at 7:30 p.m. Thrusday, April 21, in the Noble Recital Hall in the Jenson-Noble Music. They will perform Concerto Grosso in G Major, Op. 6, No. 1 by Handel, "Capriol Suite" by Peter Warlock and "Andante Festivo" by Sibelius. They will also perform a group of hymn-tune based pieces including the prelude on a Welsh hymn tune "Rhosymedre", Rhythmic Variations on Two Ancient Hymns and prelude on an early American folk hymn "My Shepherd Will Supply My Need".
The Varsity Band and Wind and Percussion Ensemble will present a spring concert at 7 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in the Main Hall of the Center for Faith and Life. Varsity Band will perform "Portrait of Freedom", "Romance" (featuring faculty soloist Benjamin Yates on trombone), "The Empire Strikes Back" and "El Relicario". The Wind and Percussion Ensemble will perform "The Spirit of the Pioneers", "The Spheres", "Resting in the Peace of His Hands" and "The First Suite in F".
Open Dance Studio Time. Luther alumna Taja Will '08 will be facilitating open studio movement practices in the Center for the Arts, Studio I on Tuesday (4/19), Wednesday (4/20), Thursday (4/21) from 8:00-10:15 a.m. All students of all abilities are invited to attend any number of the sessions for any portion of the two hours. Please come dressed to move. This event is sponsored by the Career Center.
An inspiring story of struggle, change and success, ''Paper Tigers'' follows the lives of six ''troubled'' teenagers and the adults who helped them change the course of their lives. The documentary screening of ''Paper Tigers" will be held at 6:00 p.m. Wednesday, April 20, in Valders Hall of Science, Room 262.The screening is recommended for people age 16 and older
Travel to New York City and Orlando, Florida this January to explore the life and writing of the African-American novelist and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston and learn about the Harlem Renaissance. Updated price $2250-2500. For more information about AFST/ENG/WGST 240: Africana Women's Writing--Zora Neale Hurston and the Harlem Renaissance, contact Professor Klammer (phone #2112, 602 Main).
On Friday, April 22 stop in the Book Shop to Celebrate Earth Day. How are you shaping Earth Day? Tell us and receive a special discount.
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The Bulletin is published for the Luther Community by the Campus Programming Office every Tuesday & Friday when classes are in session. Copy deadline: 12 noon Monday for Tuesday's edition, 12 noon Thursday for Friday's edition. Each announcement will be be run a maximum of two times. Word limit: 75. Email: bulletin@luther.edu
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