Notes

Students for Middle East Peace will be selling falafels from 11 a.m.-3 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 1 on the Quad.

President Paino will host a “Coffee with the President” from 2:30-3:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Student Union Building Conference Room. Feel free to stop in and visit with him during that time. 

The deadline to submit McNair Program applications is Nov. 1. They are available online at mcnair.truman.edu. Contact Sarah Hass, program coordinator, at 785.5393 for additional information.

There will be a mathematics colloquium at 3:30 p.m. Nov. 1 in Violette Hall 1224. Clifford Bergman from Iowa State University’s Department of Mathematics will present “The Mathematics of Secrecy: An introduction to Public-key Cryptography.”

The Pathways Project critical thinking meeting will take place from 2-3 p.m. Oct. 31 in the Student Union Building Room 3203. The wellness meeting will take place from 1:30-3 p.m. Nov. 1 in the Student Union Building 3202. The leadership meeting will be from 4-5 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Student Union Building 3201.

The physics colloquium
continues at 4:30 p.m. Nov. 2 in Magruder Hall 1000 with a presentation by Sonya Bahar or the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Missouri—St Louis. Bahar will discuss how clustering can occur in a neutral fitness landscape in a computational evolutionary model. For more information about the colloquium series, visit physics.truman.edu/colloquia/mainstage.asp.

The Center for International Study Abroad is hosting a photo contest for their office. Students may vote for their favorite photograph at studyabroad.truman.edu beginning Nov. 2. Voting will be in effect until Nov. 17 and the winner will be announced Nov. 18.

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) will have its monthly meeting at 12 p.m. Nov. 3 in the Student Union Building 3201. Contact Marc Becker at marc@truman.edu or call 785.6036 for more information.

Jason Haxton, director of A.T. Still University Museum and author of new book, “The Dibbuk Box,” will speak at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 in the Student Union Building Activities Room. Haxton is one of several University Press authors who will be speaking this year to celebrate the Press’ 25th anniversary. His book will be available to sign and purchase.
 
The Theatre Department presents “When a Man Marries” written by Mary Roberts Rinehart and adapted by Joan Larkins Mather at 8 p.m. Nov. 9-12 in James G. Severns Theatre in Ophelia Parrish.

Alpha Phi Omega’s national fundraiser, Ugly Man on Campus, will take place from 7-9 p.m. Nov. 10 in Baldwin Hall Auditorium. Tickets will be $2 in advance and $3 at the door. They may be purchased from 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Oct. 31-Nov. 4 and Nov. 7-10 in the Student Union Building, McClain Hall and Violette Hall. Penny Wars will be hosted in the same locations.

The 2011 Veterans Day Ceremony
will take place at 11 a.m. Nov. 11 at the Ruth W. Towne Museum and Visitor Center. A reception will follow.

The Safe Zone Workshop will take place from 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Nov. 11 in Student Union Building 3203. The Safe Zone program is designed to help raise visibility and awareness of LGBTQ issues in order to create a safe and open environment for all students on campus. For more information, visit safezone.truman.edu. To sign up for the workshop, send an email to tsusafezone@gmail.com.

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