University of Massachusetts Amherst

February 22, 2006

Massachusetts Arts Council Grant Deadline
Student organizations are encouraged to submit applications for arts events taking place on campus after March 2.
Job Search Online
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UMass Library Celebrates Birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois
Clayborne Carson, Professor of History at Stanford University and Director of the Martin Luther King, Jr., Research and Education Institute will give a talk in honor of the birthday of W.E.B. Du Bois.
Distinguished Faculty Lecture: Robert A. Zimmermann
Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Robert A. Zimmermann will present the third 2005-06 Distinguished Faculty Lecture.
Lecture: "Marriage, the Movies, and A Midsummer Night's Dream"
Peter Berek, Professor of English at Mount Holyoke College, will discuss the way Shakespeare's play is implicated in both Early Modern and twentieth-century ideas about marriage.
Resume Writing Workshop
This workshop offers techniques for developing a strong, clear and concise resume at any time in your career.
Interviewing Skills Workshop
Come learn how to demonstrate why you are the best candidate for the position.
Talk and Discussion: Imperialism, Central Africa, and the World Today
A talk and discussion about the effects of imperialism in Africa today. Activist Arrin Hawkins reports back from her travels in Equatorial Guinea.
Undergraduate Student Senate Meeting
Weekly meeting of the SGA's Senate.
Men's Basketball vs. Charlotte
13th Annual Massachusetts Multicultural Film Festival 2006 "The Family Stone"
A bittersweet comedy written and directed by Thomas Bezucha, who grew up in Amherst.
Hurricane Katrina Benefit Concert Featuring Brotherhood of Groove, Big Sams Funky Nations
All ticket proceeds will go to the American Red Cross Hurricane Katrina releif efforts.
Small World 2005: The 31st Annual Nikon International Photomicrography Exhibit
The Herter Gallery presents Small World 2005: The 31st Annual Nikon International Photomicrography Exhibit, an international juried show featuring the twenty award-winning entires.
Will Eisner: Selected Works, 1947-2004
The Herter Gallery presents a retrospective exhibition featuring original works by Will Eisner, one of the true pioneers of the comic book genre in the twentieth century.
The Black Rural South, 1966: Photographs by Julius Lester