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COMMENCEMENT WEEK EVENTS

Wednesday, May 21 – Awards and Hooding
Division of Liberal Arts Awards
Noon, Italian Bistro (211 S. Broad St.)

College of Performing Arts Awards
Noon, Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Hall

College of Media and Communication Awards
Noon, Estia (1405 Locust St.)

College of Art and Design Awards
3 p.m, Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Hall

Graduate Hooding Ceremony
6 p.m., Levitt Auditorium, Gershman Hall

For additional awards ceremony information, contact the individual colleges.

Thursday, May 22 – Commencement

Graduates Line Up
9:30 a.m., Hamilton Hall

Processional
10 a.m., from Hamilton Hall

Commencement Ceremony
10:30 a.m., Academy of Music

Post-Ceremony Reception
12:30 p.m., Hamilton Hall,

For additional commencement information, contact Student Services (215/717-6617) or Student Activities (215/717-6615).


EVENTS

The Privilege of Teaching
Sponsored by the Provost’s Office and the Center for Teaching and Learning, this event will feature speakers William Daley, Dr. Donald Chittum, and Walter Dallas, Alec Karros, Marc Dicciani and Johnnie Hobbs. Mark your calendars and continue to watch your inbox for further information on this event. For information, contact the Center for Teaching and Learning (215/717-6330 or teaching-learning@uarts.edu).
May 19, 12:45 – 4 p.m.
Connelly Auditorium, Terra Hall (8th floor)

Communication Department Senior ShowGallery opening, screening and reception celebrating the work of Communication seniors.
May 20, 4 and 5 p.m.
Gallery Opening: Communication Gallery, Terra Hall (11th floor)
Screening, Connelly Auditorium, Terra Hall (8th floor)

Diversity in Filmmaking Panel
Calling all trained or aspiring craft service professionals, electricians, film electronics & computer technicians, medics, grips, properties & special effects supervisors, set painters, shop craftsmen, sound engineers, videographers, wardrobe stylists. Be seen. Be heard. Be the voice calling for diversity and inclusion on the set and in the production office. Panel includes Nicole Ross (Moderator), Director of Marketing & Multicultural Affairs for the Greater Philadelphia Film Office; Mike Dennis, Founder of Reelblack Entertainment; Melanie Johnson, City Representative for the City of Philadelphia; Joseph Kim, Executive Director of the Asian American Film Festival, Kevin Ladson, Property Master for Notorious B.I.G., “30 Rock,” and Baby Mama; and Nancy Santiago-Negron, Director of Policy & Planning for the Philadelphia Youth Network. FREE Admission. Professionals with film credits please bring resumes; untrained film crew welcome.
May 20, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m.
Prince Music Theater (1412 Chestnut St.)

Industrial Design Senior Show “Aging with Design”
Twenty-one design-focused projects considering the ever-fluctuating relationships between people and objects as they age. Viewed in the contexts of “body,” “home” and “community,” design solutions range from urine-based hydroponics systems and radical three-wheel tilting bicycles to bottle ergonomics and mobility aids. The show will be housed in three refurbished and repurposed shipping containers on the vacant lot at 331 S. Broad St. on the Avenue of the Arts. For more information, visit www.agingwithdesign.com or call 215/717-6250.
OPENING: May 21, 7 – 10 p.m.May 21 – 30, noon - 3 p.m.;
May 31, noon - 9 p.m.; closed Sundays
next to Chambers-Wylie Church @ 315 S. Broad St.

4th Annual UArts Staff & Faculty Softball Game/PicnicCome out and play or just watch and cheer the UArts players in this Staff Council-sponsored event. Each year is increasingly more exciting, so it’s an event not to be missed! Food, drinks and T-shirts for all who attend. Bring your gloves and bats and PLAY BALL!! To ensure an accurate account of attendees, please RSVP by June 2 to Kathy Melendez (215/717-6140 or kmelendez@uarts.edu).
June 7, 1 p.m.
Marconi Plaza, Field 1 (13th St. & Oregon Ave.)

Junior Painting ExhibitionCome check out the latest by CAD’s junior Painting majors at a reception. Show runs through May 23.
May 19, 6 - 8 p.m.
Anderson Hall (8th floor)

ANNOUNCEMENTS
Drop/Add Period for Summer I SemesterStudents wishing to drop or add classes to their Summer I schedule can do so Monday and Tuesday. Contact the Office of the Registrar for additional information (215/717.6420 or registrar@uarts.edu)

NEWS & NOTESWork by Photo senior Anna Tas was featured in the Photo Annual in the May issue of Photo District News. Tas entered in the student category, but PDN placed her in the personal work section, along with the likes of Lauren Greenfield and Martin Schoeller. “My work is deeply personal, yet at the same time highly ambiguous,” Tas said. “This series explores the stages of grief and dealing with death, the dark thoughts that cannot be articulated through words.” Check it out at http://gallery.pdnevents.com/annual2008/.

Ron Kanter, one-time adjunct and visiting professor in Communication, premiered his documentary “New Cops – An Inside Look at the Philadelphia Police” on Friday on WHYY. For eight months, director/cameraman Kanter followed the members of Class 332 through the Philadelphia Police Academy, capturing their transformation from ordinary citizens to professional police officers. Five years later, Kanter returned for “ride-alongs” and shot hundreds of hours of tape to see how they do the job and what the job has done to them.

Writing for Film and TV faculty member Steve Saylor announced that his feature film “Beat the Air” will be distributed in Australia and New Zealand, with an eye toward DVD and television sales by Angerman Distribution, an Australian company specializing in independent films.

“Studies in Transfalumination” by Media Arts faculty member Peter Rose is being shown as part of the 14th Hamburg International Short Film Festival. He also just returned from a retrospective of his films and videos as part of “Diversions: A Festival of Experimental Film and Video” in Edinburgh, Scotland. His “Odysseus in Ithaca” is screening as part of “Homer: The Myth of Troy in Literature and Art” at Antikenmuseum Basel in Switzerland and Reiss-Engelhorn Museum in Mannheim, Germany. In April, Rose also had a retrospective of his work as part of “First Person Cinema” at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colo.


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