Notes

“O Excellent Motion’: Directing Through Text,” a workshop by actors from the American Shakespeare Company, will take place from 3:45-5 p.m. March 20 in Baldwin Hall. Participants will learn how to find performance clues in Shakespeare’s plays and direct the actors. Space is limited to 40 participants. For more information email bdelmoni@truman.edu.

No Exit-Spring Lab Show will run at 8 p.m. from March 21-24 in the Ophelia Parrish Black Box Theatre.

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) will host a discussion of issues of interest to the University at 12 p.m. March 22 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room A. This meeting is to address and give input on the Guiding Coalition. All faculty and staff are invited. Contact Marc Becker at marc@truman.edu or call 785.6036 for more information.

Beta Alpha Psi will provide free income tax assistance to students and the community from 8 a.m.-3 p.m. March 24 and March 31 in Violette Hall 1424. For complete details visit bap.truman.edu or email lmd6224@truman.edu.

Dr. Stacey Barelos, assistant professor and chair of the Piano Area at Missouri Southern State University, will present a piano recital at 2 p.m. March 24. in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. Dr. Barelos, who specializes in 20th and 21st century music, will present a program that features music by living composers. Following her recital, Dr. Barelos will conduct a piano master class beginning at 3:30 p.m. that features Truman piano majors. Both events are free and open to the public.

The University Orchestra Gold Medal Concert will take place at 8 p.m. March 24 in the Ophelia Parrish Performance Hall. Students will perform as soloists with the University Symphony Orchestra.

The deadline for summer grant applications offered through the Truman Institute is March 26. These grants are designed to move toward the goal of having each major offering at least one online course, where feasible, within the next couple of summer sessions. Applications can be found online at institute.truman.edu/forms.asp.

“Savages and Throwbacks: Racism and Heterosexism in 20th Century America,” a lecture by professor and author Ladelle McWhorter, will take place at 4:30 p.m. March 30 in the Student Union Building Activities Room. McWhorter, a professor of philosophy at the University of Richmond, is also the author of “Racism and Sexual Oppression in Anglo-America: A Genealogy.” This event is sponsored by the Jonny and Dave Eisenberg Speaker’s Fund, the Department of English and Linguistics and the Office of Interdisciplinary Studies.

Educator of the Year nominations are now being accepted. They can be made online at senate.truman.edu.
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