Ongoing
Self-Defense Course – The Rape Aggression Defense System is a program of realistic self-defense tactics and techniques for women. The R.A.D. System is a comprehensive, women-only course. This is a three-day intensive course open to FAU, BCC, and PBCC students, faculty, and staff. Women from the general public will be allowed to attend on a space-available basis. Location is the FAU Police Department Room 118 at 6 p.m., Tuesday through Thursday. For more information or to register contact Sergeant Tammy DiGrazia at (561) 297-3464 or e-mail [email protected]
FAU Chess Club – The FAU Chess Club meets at the University Center every Friday from 6:30 p.m. to 11 p.m., the contact person is Bill McLean, (561) 297-2236. Also there is additional information on the Boca Raton Chess Club web site www.BocaChess.com.
Upcoming
Lecture – “Blind Spot: The Secret History of U.S. Counterterrorism” Timothy J. Naftali will present an exciting lecture about why the U.S. is so very, very naughty at 4:30 p.m., Feb. 25, in the Live Oak Pavilion.
Dinner – The Career Development Center in SU 220 is sponsoring an Etiquette Dinner on a first come first served basis. It will be held on February 24th, at the Boca Raton Marriott Hotel from 6-9 p.m., in order to hold their place, they will ask students for a $30 check which will be given back to the student before the dinner. Business attire is required and students arrive no later than 5:45 p.m. so we can begin on time. Deposits can be dropped off at the Career Development Center no later than Feb. 21.
Comedy – Mark Russell will perform at 8 p.m., Feb. 5 in the UC.
Career Day Spring 2005 – Career Day will be held Feb. 9, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Boca Raton Gym. For a complete listing of Employers and Career Prep events, please visit www.cdc.fau.edu.
Florida Atlantic University’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters will celebrate Black History Month with a series of lectures and symposia organized by the special assistant to the dean for diversity initiatives. For more information, call (561) 297-3920.
Lecture – “Hip-Hop, Where Did You Come From? Dancing Back Through the Middle Passage” by Clarence Brooks, Department of Theatre, FAU’s School of the Arts, at 4 p.m., Feb. 2 in the University Theatre.
Lecture – “Race, Literature and Blackness” by Glyne Griffith, FAU professor of English at 4 p.m., Feb. 10th, on the Davie campus.
Symposium – A symposium on the Haitian Revolution will be held at 10 a.m. Feb. 12, in Live Oak Pavilion D.
Lecture – “Why Black History Matters: The Meaning of Black History for the 21st Century” by Derrick White of Ohio State University at 4 p.m., Feb. 17, in the senate chambers.
Presentation – Former Tuskegee Airmen, the first squadron of African-American fighter pilots in World War II, talk about their service to this country during the war at 9:45 a.m., Feb. 24 in the Crown Movie Theater on the Jupiter Campus.
Lecture – “Octoroon, Quadroon, Mulatto and Mariah Carey: Blackness as Stigma and Badge of Color” by Sike Dagbovie, University of Illinois, Urbana at 4 p.m., Feb. 24 in Live Oak Pavilion D.
Presentation – Former Tuskegee Airmen, the first squadron of African-American fighter pilots in World War II, talk about their service to this country during the war in the Friedberg Auditorium, in the Life Long Learning Building, at 6:30 p.m., Feb. 24.
Victory Bible Club – The Victory Bible Club meets every Thursday from noon to 2 p.m. in the UCM room by the ATM in the Breezeway. Lunch will be provided along with bible study, discussions and trips.
