2008-2009 Events & Exhibits

Many events happen in the Christopher Center's Community Room which are scheduled through the Union office. Please visit their site to find out about reservings the room for your event.

Click here for exhibit schedule.

WWII Film Series
Ken Burns' The War
Wednesdays
June 11, 2008- July 23, 2008
1:30 - 4:30
Classroom 205

Fall Welcome
Get the Inside Scoop at the Christopher Center!
Monday, August 25, 2008
9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
Throughout the Christopher Center

Information Booth
Need help to navigate the campus on the first day of class? Let us help you!
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
9 a.m. - 3 p.m.
Front lawn of Christopher Center

New Faculty Lunch
Come meet the librarians and find out how we can help you with your research and teaching.
Friday, September 5, 2008
11:45 a.m. - 1:30 p.m.
Board of Directors Room

Banned Books Read Out!
Join Pres. Heckler, Provost Austensen, Prof. Schuette-Hoffman, and Prof. Bloom as they read from censured books.
Drawing for prizes after each reading selection!
Wednesday, October 1, 2008
11:45 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.
Meadow Reading Room

Applying Fair Use Doctrine to Colleges & Universities
Copyright Web Conference
Friday, October 10, 2008
12 noon - 1:30 p.m.
Classroom 205

Presidential Inaugural Events:

Symposium
The Shape of Global Christianity in the 21st Century
Wednesday, Ocotber 15, 2008
3:30 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Community Room

Celebration of International Culture
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Noon - 3 p.m.
Community Room

Reception
Friday, October 17, 2008
4 p.m. - 6 p.m.
Throughout the Christopher Center

Family Weekend Mini-Session
"Not Your Father's Library"
Saturday, November 8, 2008
11:15 a.m. - 12:15 p.m.
Classroom 261 A

Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration
Monday, January 19, 2009

Darwin Bicentennial
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
4 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Community Room

VU Authors Reception
Thursday, April 16, 2009
4 p.m. - 5 p.m.
Community Room

Exhibits

To find out how you or your group can exhibit artwork at the Christopher Center, please contact Becky Byrum at (219) 464-5771 or Becky.Byrum (at) valpo.edu.

June 3 - July 25, 2008
Northwest Indiana Veterans of WWII
Photographic Exhibit sponsored by Lakeshore Public Television
Union Hall

August 4 - August 29, 2008
The Art of Joyce Girgenti
Union Hall

September 1 - December 20, 2008
"Places and Faces"
University Archives
Curator: Prof. Judith Miller
Union Hall

September 17 - September 30, 2008
Constitution Day Exhibit
Map Cases, 2nd Floor

October 6 - December 20, 2008
"Women of Influence"
University Archives
Curator: Prof. Judith Miller
Short Hall

October 6 - December 20, 2008
"The Impact of War at Valparaiso University"
University Archives
Curator: Prof. Judith Miller
205 Hall

January 9 - 26, 2009
"Civil Rights Movement: Portraits of Men & Women who Have Paved the Way"
Office of Multicultural Programs
Curator: Jane Bello-Brunson
Union Hall

February 2 - 27, 2009
Black History Month
Office of Multicultural Programs
Union Hall

March 2 - 27, 2009
Women's History and Irish History
Office of Multicultural Programs
Union Hall

April 1 - 30, 2009
Student Art Exhibit
Curator: Prof. Nina Curazzo
Union Hall

May 4 - 29, 2009
Elder Art
Pines Village/Banta Center
Curator: Tracy Huyvaert
Union Hall

June 1 - 30, 2009
Tentative
Curator: Jody Nix
Union Hall

Past Events and Exhibits
2007-2008
2006-2007
2005-2006