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Sesquicentennial Celebration
Kickoff Weekend Continues
9 AM Sesquicentennial 5K Fun Run/Walk.
Registration area at Henry Crown Sports Pavilion. To
register, e-mail p-parcell@northwestern.edu or call 491-1500.
Free t-shirts to the first 150 who register! Co-sponsored with
the Sports and Recreation Office.
12noon- ??? Enjoy a slice of 150th birthday
cake--a 1,500 pound Eli's Cheesecake available
at a location TBA.
10:30-11:30 AM Kids
Fare: "Happy Birthday NU!" Sponsored
by the Music School, featuring "Boomshaka," "Melodius
Thunk," and "Graffiti Dancers." For children ages
3 to 10; call 847/491-1500 to reserve tickets.
Sesquicentennial lectures and discussions
11:00 AM "Melville
Herskovits's The Myth of the Negro Past," a
discussion with Africana Curator David Easterbrook.
View
a special exhibition of works by Anthropologist Melville J.Herskovits
in the Heskovits Library of African
Studies, 5th floor in the East Tower of the University Library.
The University Library is open from 8:30 AM to 11:45 PM.
Exact times and locations TBA
- "Wildcat Tales: Athletics at NU"
with associate athletic director Ken Kraft
- "Dating at NU Through the Decades,"
a perspective from the Student Affairs division
- "Young Ladies at NU? Never! Frances
Willard and Co-education,"
presented by Carolyn Gifford; location TBA.
- Explanation and demonstration of "Smart
Classrooms" in Annenberg Hall
with the School of Education and Social Policy Faculty.
12 noon "Workplace and the Family:
The Great Divides" a panel discussion
presented by the Management and Policy Studies Domain; location
TBA
1 PM Sesquicentennial lectures and discussions
- "The River That Runs Through Tech"
a tour and talk with Professor Kimberly
Gray. Professor Gray will discuss the research on environmental
pollution in rivers and lead occurances in soils and offer tours
of the labs where research is being conducted to address these
problems. Tech Lecture Room 4. (30 minutes)
- A conversation with Augusta Read Thomas,
composer-in-residence at Chicago Symphony Orchestra, Harris
Hall Room 107 with reception following in Room 108; the Northwestern
Alumnae Award will be presented at the reception.
- "Inside the Alice Millar organ"
with Stephan Alltop
- "The story of the Alice Millar
stained glass windows" with
Chaplain Tim Stevens
Afternoon Tours
- 12-4 PM newly expanded Mary and Leigh
Block Museum of Art guided tours and refreshments. See
exhibits "Drawing is another kind of language"
and "Theo Leffman: Weaving life into art"
- 12-4 PM Guided tours of Shakespeare
Garden (south of Technological
Institute)
- 12-4 PM Guided tours of Rest Cottage-Frances
Willard's home at 1728 Chicago
Avenue. Tours begin on the half hour and are limited to 15 people
per tour. The last tour begins at 3:30 PM.
- 12-4 PM Backstage at Cahn Auditorium
- 1-5 PM Walking architecture tours of
Evanston campus with Cathy Cummings
and Kevin Leonard; meeting place TBA
1-2:30 PM Tug
of War competitions on Long Field. Co-sponsored
with the Intramurals Office. After Sept. 20, call 491-5240 or
491-1500 to register your team.
1 PM Author
Jay Pridmore discusses the research and writing of Northwestern
University: Celebrating 150 Years, at Borders
Books of Evanston, at 1629 Orrington Avenue
1:30 PM "The River That Runs Through
Tech" a tour and talk with Professor
Kimberly Gray. Professor Gray will discuss the research on environmental
pollution in rivers and lead occurances in soils and offer tours
of the labs where research is being conducted to address these
problems. Tech Lecture Room 4. (30 minutes)
2 PM "Northwestern Legends, Myths
and Traditions," by Patrick
Quinn, University Archivist, location TBA
2-4 PM Celebrate NU Athletics by attending
the Women's Field Hockey game vs.
Iowa @ Lakeside Fields
2 PM "The River That Runs Through
Tech" a tour and talk with Professor
Kimberly Gray. Professor Gray will discuss the research on environmental
pollution in rivers and lead occurances in soils and offer tours
of the labs where research is being conducted to address these
problems. Tech Lecture Room 4. (30 minutes)
2:30 PM "The River That Runs Through
Tech" a tour and talk with Professor
Kimberly Gray. Professor Gray will discuss the research on environmental
pollution in rivers and lead occurances in soils and offer tours
of the labs where research is being conducted to address these
problems. Tech Lecture Room 4. (30 minutes)
3 PM Author
Jay Pridmore discusses the research and writing of Northwestern
University: Celebrating 150 Years, at Barnes
and Noble Bookstore in the Norris University Center
7:30 PM World Premiere of: Northwestern:
Moments in Time at Cahn Auditorium and
Technological Institute and Pick Staiger Concert Hall.
8:30 PM Sesquicentennial Concert at Pick-Staiger
immediately following the World Premiere of the NU History Video.
Deans Bernard Dobroski and Barbara O'Keefe host a nostalgic evening
of music, poetry, elocution, and dance from the University's early
years. A potpourri of musical and theatrical treasures performed
by student ensembles, faculty members, and alumni soloists. The
evening also includes the premiere of a film documentary on Northwestern
history, rare images of early campus scenes, and a specially commissioned
fanfare by NU Alumna and Chicago Symphony Orchestra composer-in-residence
Augusta Read Thomas. Reserve seats by calling 847/467-4000.
9 and 10 PM Guided Tours of Dearborn Observatory
and refracting telescope by the Department
of Physics and Astronomy. A rare opportunity to see the observatory
in the fall. Space is limited to 20 people per tour. Arrive early.
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