SPRING 2012 ACE EVENTS
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JANUARY
Tuesday, 24
“Slut! Growing Up Female With A Bad Reputation”
Leora Tanenbaum
7:00pm ~ Union 201
FEBRUARY
Tuesday, 16
Kevin Burke
4:00 pm ~
Tuesday, 16
“Zionism Today”
Rabbi Michael Paley
8:00pm ~ Spiro 4
Tuesday, 28
“Anthony Turner Sings Spirituals & African-American Art Songs”
Anthony Turner
4:30pm ~ Campus Hall Music Performance Center
MARCH
Thursday, 1
Dr. Nancy Mercardo
7:30pm ~ Coffeehouse
Wednesday, March 7th
LuLu LoLo
“38 Witnessed Her Death, I Witnessed Her Love:
The Lonely Secret of Mary Ann Zielonko (The Kitty Genovese Story)
6:30pm ~ Spiro 2
Friday, 23
Patricia Monahan
11:20am ~ Spiro Hall 4
APRIL
Monday, 2
“Domestic Violence 101”
Bryan Bickford
1:00pm ~ Union 201
Monday, 2
“Hotspots & Changes in Abundance (1970-2010) of Seabirds Off the Eastern US”
Richard Veit
3:30pm ~
Thursday, 5
Wednesday, 12
Dr. Jennie Martinez
1:00pm ~ Union 201
Wednesday, 18
“Traditional Families Adopting from Korea”
Dr. Hosu Kim
8:00am ~ Union 201
FALL 2011 ACE EVENTS
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SEPTEMBER
Wednesday, 21
“Glen Burtnik – From the Beatles to STYX and Back”
Glen Burtnik
6:00pm ~ Union 201
Friday, 23
“Chai Society High Holidays Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Unger”
Rabbi Unger
12:00pm ~ Union 4th Floor Conference Room
OCTOBER
Tuesday, 4
“Decline of the American Synagogue? Challenges and Future Possibilities”
Rabbi Eli Kaunfer & Mechon Hadar
8:00 pm ~ Spiro 4
Thursday, 6
“Boricua Guitar Power”
Pupa Santiago
7:30pm ~ Coffee House
Sunday, 9
“Master Class in Broadway-Style Tap Dance”
Randy Skinner
12:00pm – 2:00pm ~ Aerobics Studio
Wednesday, 12
“NYC and the Degentrification of the Mind”
Professor Sarah Schulman
1:00pm ~ Campus Hall Room 228
Thursday, 13
“Fiction Writing and Reclaiming Women’s History in Spain”
Dr. Linda Gould Levine, Professor, Montclair State University
11:20am ~ Campus Hall Room 207
Wednesday, 19
“The Human Experience”
Joseph Campo & Jeffrey Azize
4:00pm ~ Spiro 2
Wednesday,19
“My Music and My Life Through Success and Adversity from the 1960’s to the Present”
Gary “US” Bonds
6:00pm ~ Union 201
Saturday, 22
“Master Class (Tap Dance and Rhythm)”
Chikako Iwahori
12:00pm – 2:00pm ~ Aerobics Studio
NOVEMBER
Wednesday, 2
“Back to the Garden: the Story of Woodstock and How it Changed a Generation”
Pete Fornatale, author & radio personality
6:00pm ~ Spiro 2
Thursday, 3
“Sardine Life: What a Century and a Half of Piled-up Housing Reveals about Us”
Justin Davidson
6:00pm ~ Spiro 2
Tuesday, 8
“Healthcare Policy & Politics”
Darlene Curley, Executive Director of the Jonas Center for Nursing Excellence
9:40~ Spiro 4
Tuesday, 8
“The Lubavitch Hasidim and American Multiculturalism:
Defining the Boundaries of Jewishness in a Diverse Society”
Henry Goldschmidt, PH.D., Interfaith Center
8:00pm ~ 1466 Manor Road, Staten Island
Monday, 14
“Consuming NASCAR Nation: Sport Spectacle, and the Cultural Politics of Neoliberalism”
Dr. Michael D. Giardina
9:40am ~ Gatehouse
Monday, 14
“Social Work: What is it? What do Social Workers do? How do I become a Social Worker?”
Beatrice Segal
4:30pm ~ Spiro 1
Monday, 21
“Farming Up! The Possibilities of Urban Farming”
Annie Novak
11:20am ~ Spiro 4
Monday, 21
“Healthcare Initiatives in Global Corporation”
Carol Kagdis
6:30pm ~ Manzulli Board Room
DECEMBER
Friday, 2
“Chai Society Chanukah Lunch and Learn with Rabbi Unger”
Rabbi Unger
12:00pm ~ Union 4th Floor Conference Room
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FEBRUARY
Tuesday, 15
Panel:
“African American Entrepreneurs on Staten Island”
Ronald Jackson, Bearden Foundation
Virginia Allen, S.I. community outreach organizer
Sajda Mussawir, Founder of Universal Temple of the Arts
Dolores Morris, Television producer, Recipient of 5 Emmys
Sheila Rohan, Performer, Educator, Officer of the Bearden Foundation
6:00pm ~ Spiro Hall 2
Wednesday, 16
“Jacques Demy and the Young Girls of Rochefort”
Randy Banks, NYU
9:40am ~ Campus Hall 207
Wednesday, 16
“From Jaffa to Java: the HI-Tech Transformation of the Israeli Economy”
Asaf Vitman, Israeli Economic Minister at the Israeli Embassy, Washington, D.C.
8:00pm ~ Spiro 4
Thursday, 17
“Sensuality and Sexuality: Enhancing Intimacy”
Beverly Whipple
7:00pm ~ Manzulli Board Room or Spiro Hall 4
Friday, 18
“The Life Work of a Sexual Health Educator and Researcher”
Beverly Whipple
7:00pm ~ Manzulli Board Room or Spiro Hall 4
Sunday, 27
“Consuming Hearts in Aztec and Novohispanic Visual Culture”
Dr. Lauren Grace Kilroy
3:00pm ~ Manzulli Board Room
*Free for students & Staff, $5 for general public
Monday, 28
“Bilingualism & Literary Creation”
Gustavo Arango, Oneonta State University
4:15pm ~ Campus Hall Room 201
Monday, 28
“Readings from Audre Lorde’s Poetry”
Cheryl Clarke, Dean at Rutgers University
6:30pm ~ Spiro Hall 2
MARCH
Monday, 14
“The Practice of Filmmaking”
Richard Cohen, Filmmaker
1:00pm ~ Spiro Hall Room 2
Monday, 14
“Art & Philosophy: A Practical Application”
Dr. Shannon Mussett,
3:00pm ~ Spiro Hall 5
Tuesday, 15
"La Culture Urbaine Contemporaine du Sénégal"
El Hadji Malick Ndiaye, Professor, Columbia University
1:00pm ~ Campus Hall 207
Thursday, 17
“Can New York State Ever be Reformed?”
Dr. Seymour Lachman & Dick Dadey
5:00pm ~ Spiro Hall 4
Monday, 21
“Filmmaker of Afghan Women: History of Struggle”
Kathleen Foster
11:20pm ~ Spiro Hall Room 28
Thursday, 24
“Carmen Laforet: Una Mujer en Fuga” / “Carment Laforet: A Woman on the Run”
Israel Rolon – Barada, Professor, University of Cincinnati
2:40 ~ Campus Hall Room 207
Monday, 28
“Endangered Species, Climate Change, and Alternative Energy: Implications for Natural Resource Conservation in the 21st Century”
Dr. Allan O’Connell, Alumni
1:30pm ~ Main Hall Room 13
Monday, 28
“Social Work: What is it? And How Do I Become A Social Worker?”
Naveena David
7:30pm ~ Main Hall Room 23 A
Wednesday, 30
"Iran: The Green Path of Hope."
Dr. Ali Mirsepassi, Middle East Specialist, NYU Professor
6:30pm ~ Spiro 4
APRIL
Monday, 4
“Natural History of the Western Interstate 90”
Dr. Horst Onken, Professor,Wagner College
6:00pm ~ Spiro Hall Room 2
Tuesday, 5
“American Jews and Israel: Outlines of a New Relationship”
Abraham Unger, Professor, Wagner College
8:00pm ~ Spiro Hall 4
Wednesday, 6
Maurice Teffel, CEO of MTC Consulting International & Translation Professor
1:00pm ~ Campus Hall Room 201
Monday,11
"How Italian, Chinese and other Immigrants Made Staten Island”
Peter Kwong, Professor of Asian American Studies & Urban Affairs & Planning, Hunter College
6:00pm ~ Spiro Hall 2
Wednesday, 13
“Gershwin's PORGY & BESS, an American Opera: Performance & Panel Discussion”
Ms. Celeste Headlee & Mr. Anthony Turner
4:30pm ~ Campus Hall Performance Center
Friday, 15
“Energy Workshop: Therapeutic Touch and Reflexology Hands on Experience”
Judith Nourse, RN
8 AM-4 PM ~ Union Room 201
Thursday, 28
“What it Means to be Human: Lessons Learned from the Genome Project”
Dr. Greg Dewey
3:30 pm ~ Spiro 5
FALL 2010 ACE EVENTS
SEPTEMBER
Friday, 10
“The Promised Land: An Odyssey for Environmental Justice”
Beryl Thurman
Spiro Hall 4 ~ 11:10 am
Tuesday, 14
“The Image of America”
Joe Szabo
Spiro 4 ~ 11:10 am
Thursday, 16
“8 Questions God Can’t Answer”
John Busacker, Author
Room: TBA ~ 7:00pm
Monday, 20
“The Making and Re-Making of Port Richmond”
Professor Papas, Union County College & Dr. Lori R. Weintrob
Spiro 2 ~ 1:00pm
OCTOBER
Monday, 18
“Mosques in NYC Communities”
Jane Eisner, Abe Greenwald, & Haroon Moghul
Spiro 2 ~ 7:00pm
Wednesday, 20
“The New York City Archaeology: Burial Ground Problems”
Amanda Sutphin
Main Hall, Room 6 ~ 2:30pm
Friday, 22
Screening of Two Documentaries:
“American’s on Hold” & “Aliens Among Us”
Spiro 4 ~ 7:00pm
Monday, 25
“The Art of Cartooning”
Leigh Rubins
Spiro 2 ~ 7:00 pm
Friday, 29
Screening of Documentary:
“On A Wing and a Prayer”
Spiro 4 ~ 7:00pm
NOVEMBER
Monday, 1
“Psychology of Gender”
Dr. Sara Nasserzadeh
Spiro 2 ~ 11:20 – 12:20 pm
Thursday, 4
“Bacterial Pathogens and Immunology”
Alumni Vincent Fischetti
Room: TBA ~ 4:15 – 6:00 pm
Friday, 5
“Know – It – All – Bowl”
Wagner College & the Staten Island Museum
Spiro 2 ~ 7:00pm
Saturday, 6
“Argentinean Tango Workshop – An Afternoon of Embraces”
Anabella Lenzu
Room: TBA
Thursday, 11
“Strange Harvests: Cultural Implications of Organ Transplantation”
Dr. Lesley Sharp
Spiro 4 ~ 3:00pm
Saturday, 13
“Ballet & Floor Barre Workshop – Find Your Inner Strength”
Anabella Lenzu
Aerobics Studio
Monday, 15
“The Ghana Project”
Evan Robins
Spiro 4 ~ 6:00pm
Thursday, 18
“Radio Telescopes and the Search for Extrasolar Planets and Extraterrestrial Life”
Professor Harold Kozak
Spiro 2 ~ 6:00pm
