2012-2013 FYEC CO-CURRICULAR EVENTS
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October 3-6, 2012
Huff/Mattys
FYEC 249
Drama, Dialogue, Dialectic
Proof by David Auburn
October 3-5 8:00pm
October 6 2:00pm
Cobb Theatre, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts
November 12, 2012
Armenia/Cull
FYEC 241/242
“Boys Don’t Cry”: Masculinity in Literature and Society
Gender Bender Series: Just One of the Guys
7:00pm
Andrews Multi-Purpose Room
November 14-17, 2012
Huff/Mattys
FYEC 249
Drama, Dialogue, Dialectic
The Physicists by Friedrich Durrenmatt
8:00pm
Cobb Theatre, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts
December 7-13, 2012
Huff/Mattys
FYEC 249
Drama, Dialogue, Dialectic
A Christmas Carol adapted by Marilyn Mattys
December 7, 10-13 7:30pm
December 8, 9 2:00pm
Cobb Theatre, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts
February 18, 2013
Borchard/Dunkel
FYEC 255
Untold Stories, Vanished Peoples
Melungeon Voices: A Documentary Film
Time: 7:00pm
Old Chapel Topping Room
February 20-23, 2013
Huff/Mattys
FYEC 249
Drama, Dialogue, Dialectic
The Matter of Martin by Devon E. Mattys
8:00pm
Cobb Theatre, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts
March 12, 2013
Jefferson/Mattys
FYE 228
Longest American Century
"What Can I Do?" Booker T. Washington, Julius Rosenwald and
the Building of Schools for the Segrated South - Stephanie Deutsch
11:30am
Old Chapel Topping Room
March 14, 2013
Armenia/Cull
FYEC 241/242
“Boys Don’t Cry”: Masculinity in Literature and Society
Guy Fi: The Fiction that Rule Men’s Lives
7:00pm
Andrews Multi-Purpose Room
March 18, 2013
Borchard/Dunkel
FYEC 256
Untold Stories, Vanished People
House Devil, Street Angel Fivel Rothberg
7:00pm
Andrews Multi-Purpose Room
May 1-4, 2013
Huff/Mattys
FYEC 249
Drama, Dialogue, Dialectic
Lettice and Lovage by Peter Shaffer
8:00pm
Cobb Theatre, R-MC Center for the Performing Arts
2011-2012 FYEC CO- CURRICULAR EVENTS
FALL 2011
September 23, 2011
Goodwin/Eren
FYEC 235-236
"East-West Encounters in Film and Literature"
TRIP TO NY CITY
China Town, Indian Neighborhoods, Tenement Museum,
Museum of the Moving Image
September 29, 2011
Malin/Woolard
FYEC 147-148
"Land Ahoy, Captain"
Lecture
Teofilo Ruiz from UCLA
October 25, 2011
Huber/Callawallder
FYEC 233-234
"Mad Scientists"
Lecuture
Jeff Podos
October 27, 2011
Fenster/Lang
FYEC 231-232
"Beaches or Bedrooms" -
The Economic & Environmental Consequences for Coastal Development
Lecture
Joshua Bundick - NASA
November 7 and 8th
Fenster/Lang
FYEC 231-232
Beaches or Bedrooms"
Research Trip to Eastern Shore
Cedar Island and Parramore Islands
Virginia Institute of Marine Science
November 30, 2011
Malin/Woolard
FYEC 147-148
"Land Ahoy, Captain"
Lecture, Presentation and Luncheon
Ricardo Padron
2010-2011 FYEC CO-CURRICULAR EVENTS
FALL 2010
September 16, 2010
Dunkel/Moores
FYEC 169-170
“It’s Not Easy Being Green”
Environmental Stewardship Initiatives on Campus
Lecture – Walter Simpson
Current sustainability issues and ways to implement sustainability policies and practices
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Dunkel/Moores
FYEC 169-170
“It’s Not Easy Being Green”
Environmental Stewardship Initiatives on Campus
Kayaking on the Pamunkey River
Lecture and Picnic with Warren Cook and Garrie Rouse
Sunday, September 19, 2010
Gowan/Gray
FYEC 211-212
“Who Cares about the Chesapeake Bay”
Reedville and Tangier Island, VA visit
September 21, 2010
Michelsen/Reagan
FYEC 215-216
“Winning and Worthy Women”
Female Nobel Prize Winners and Contributors in Literature and the Sciences.
Movie Night
Copley 303 – 6-9 pm
September 23, 2010
Goodwin/Mattys
FYEC 219-220
“Biologues: My life in Stages/Staging my life”
Lecture
Stacy Boyd
“Slave Narratives”
Wash-Frank Hall – evening
October 4, 2010
Torrence/Bergman
FYEC 213-214
“Secrets” – The History of Mathematical Codes in War & Peace
Trip to International Spy Museum
Washington, DC
October 11, 2010
Jefferson/Giemza
FYEC 189-190
“Magnolias, Militias, and Moonlight”
Regional Mythology in Southern History and Literature
Speaker
Dale Shields
“Southern Images and Themes of Blacks in Film and Theatre”
October 13, 2010
Ryder/Cull
FYEC 209-210
“If Music be the Food” – Shakespeare and Songwriting
Musician – Sean Holloran
Ashland Coffee and Tea performance – 7:00 p.m.
Performing artists include Clay Mottley, Peter Mealy and Laure Rose Griffith, and recent R-MC graduate Sean Holloran.
More information can be found at
http://ashlandcoffeeandtea.com/upcoming-performers/songwriters-in-the-round-rmc-songwriters-workshop-concert/
October 15, 2010
Jefferson/Giemza
FYEC 189-190
“Magnolias, Militias, and Moonlight”
Regional Mythology in Southern History and Literature
Speaker
Steve Buckingham- Record Producer
“How Rhythm and Blues and Rock n Roll Tore Down
The Walls of Segregation”
FYE block-11:30-1:40
OC Topping 212
October 26, 2010
Throckmorton/Bordera
FYEC 217-218
“Babies, Tweens and Teens”
Speaker
Dr. Benjamin Ray
“The Girls who cried Witch: Discovering Why Salem Happened”
OC Topping 212
7:00 pm
October 28, 2010
Goodwin/Mattys
FYEC 219-220
“Biologues: My life in Stages/Staging my Life”
FYEC Block – 11:30 – 1:40
Speaker
Elaine Bromka
Workshop
Autobiographical Writing – Discovering Your Story
November 2, 2010
Michelsen/Reagan
FYEC 215
“Winning and Worthy Women”
Female Nobel Prize Winners and Contributors in Literature and the Sciences.
Trip to William and Mary
Day trip
November 18, 2010
Michelsen/Reagan
FYEC 215-216
“Winning and Worthy Women”
Female Nobel Prize Winners and Contributors in Literature and the Sciences
Eunice Rojas
Assistant Professor of Spanish
Lynchburg College
Lynchburg, VA
Lecture
Authors form Latin America and their relationship
to the problematic notion of the literary canon.
Wash-Frank Hall
6:00-7:00 p.m.
February 18, 2011
Ryder/Cull
FYEC 209-210
"If Music Be the Food"- Shakespeare and Music
Trip to Richmond Shakespeare Theatre
"Romeo and Juliet"
March 9, 2011
Hilliard/London
FYEC 159-160
"The Stranger"
Speaker John Kiser
"The Monks of Tibhirine"
March 11, 2011
Torrence/Bergmann
FYEC 213-214
"Secrets: The History of Mathematical Codes in War and Peace"
Trip to NSA Museum
Fort Meade, MD
April 1, 2011
Rabung/Foster
FYEC 181-182
"Coming to Life"
Speaker: Dr. Shayn Peirce-Cottler
UVA Dept of Biomedical Engineering
May 4, 2011
Spagna/Scott
FYEC 123-124
"In God's Good Time"
Speaker: Kitty Ferguson
Author: "Fire in the Equations"
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2009-2010 FYEC CO-CURRICULAR EVENTS
FALL Sunday, September 6, 2009
Dunkel/Hilliard FYC
FYEC 201-202
Exile on Planet Earth:
Conceptions of the Self, Identity, and Alienation in a Global Society
Kayaking on the Pamunkey River
Visit Pamunkey Indian Reservation
Lecture and Picnic with Warren Cook and Garrie Rouse
Theme: “How we are becoming alienated from nature.
Wednesday, September 23, 2009
Fisher/Thoburn
FYEC 175-176
“How’d they do that?”
Visit to the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
“Painting of the Pharaohs”
Sunday, September 27, 2009
Wesley/Leska:
FYEC 197-198
Telling Southern Tales: Digital Storytelling
And the Oral Tradition in Southern Literature
and
Jefferson/Giemza
FYEC 189-190
Magnolias, Militias and Moonlight:
Regional Mythology in Southern History and Literature
James River Plantation
Shirley Plantation Visit
House tour and Grounds tour
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Munson/Mattys
FYEC 205-206
“Wonder Woman and Beyond”
Speaker Noah Berlatsky
7:00 – 9:00 p.m. OC Topping
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Trammell/McCaffrey
FYEC 195-196
“By Words the Mind is Winged”
Speaker Robert Garland
11:30-1:40 class lecture
2:00 p.m. OC topping- Public event
Friday, October 30, 2009
Terrono/Reagan
FYEC 207-208
“Portraits of Self, Portraits of Society”: Artists and Writers define Themselves
Latin Ballet of Virginia?
Thursday, November 5, 2009
Stevens/Sutton
FYEC 191-192
“Development and Disease”
Speaker: Christopher L. Kliethermes, PhD
Ernest Gallo Clinic & Research Center
Monday, November 23, 2009
Thoburn/Fisher
FYEC 175-176
“How’d you do that”
Trip to National Geographic Museum
“Terra Cotta Warriors”
Spring 2010
March 8 and 9, 2010- 2-day event
Falls/Pfitzer
FYEC 199-200
Measuring Athletic Performance: Biological and Statistical Views
Author: Jon Entine- www.jonentine.com
Taboo: Why Black Athletes dominate Sports
and Why We are Afraid to Talk about It.
and
Abraham’s Children
Public Community Wide Lecture – March 8th
In class Lectures – March 9th
April 2011