Executive Vice President and Provost

Winona LaDuke, American Indian activist, environmentalist, economist and writer will be the keynote speaker for the second day of the Sustainability Dialogue and Action conference. She ran for vice president in 1996 and 2000 as the nominee of the Green Party of the United States, on a ticket headed by Ralph Nader. She is currently the executive director of both Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project, which she founded at White Earth Reservation in 1989. There will be a panel discussion featuring the three keynote speakers, topical sharing sessions and a campus sustainability tour.

School of Music instructor of music education Michelle Swanson will coordinate this workshop.

Visiting artist Marko Petričić will present an organ recital as part of the 2012-13 Organ Recital Series. Petričić has won awards in numerous organ competitions, most notably the First Place at the San Marino National Organ Competition in California. His concert engagements have included recitals at the Church of the Holy Trinity and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York. He has performed organ recitals throughout the United States, Germany, Sweden, Spain and Yugoslavia. He received his D.M.A. degree in organ performance from Indiana University School of Music and is currently teaching organ and church music at University of Indianapolis while working as a Music Associate/Organist at Northminster Presbyterian Church and also as an organist at Christian Theological Seminary. This event is free and open to the public.

The UNI Interpreters Theatre presents "Home Is Where Your Dog Is," conceived, written and directed by Jorge De Leon. 

Although home is defined as a place where one lives, for many people the idea of “home” is nothing more than a distant memory and a metaphor for survival. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, there were an estimated 643,067 people who experienced homelessness in the United States in 2011. Set in modern day urban United States, this show reveals the struggles of everyday life in the streets.  By examining the relationship between Rusty and his dog Chucks, we begin to explore what happens when the social world around us begins to deconstruct itself and perhaps, create a new definition of home.  

Admission is free but seating is limited. Tickets will be available first-come, first-served beginning at 6:30 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m.

In this comedy, Shakespeare weaves together two ancient folk myths, one involving a vengeful, greedy Jewish creditor trying to exact a pound of flesh from a Christian over an unpaid debt, the other involving a marriage suitor’s choice among three chests to win the hand of his beloved. How does one harmonize the Elizabethan anti-Semitic portrayal of Shylock with the fairy-tale romance of Portia and Bassanio? And then make this experience relevant and comedic to a contemporary audience? Join us as we celebrate the final production in our exploration of politically-themed work.

Majora Carter will be the keynote speaker for the Sustainability Dialogue and Action Conference. Carter is an urban revitalization strategist and public radio host from the South Bronx area of New York City. She founded the non-profit environmental justice solutions corporation Sustainable South Bronx. Since 2008, her consulting company, MCG has exported climate adaptation, urban revitalization and leadership development strategies for business, government, foundations, universities and economically under-performing communities.

Join the dialogue and action to envision a sustainable world and the transformation needed to create it. Students, community, faculty and staff are invited to attend and contribute your voice to a shared  vision of a sustainable future.

View the evening sky from the UNI observatory located on the roof of McCollum Science Hall. Meet near the polar bear outside of room 137 before 9 p.m. to be escorted to the roof. The event goes forward regardless of the weather. Potential targets for viewing through the telescope include the Orion Nebula and Jupiter.

Visiting pianist Arthur Greene will present a recital. Greene studied at Juilliard with Martin Canin and was a Gold Medal winner in the William Kapell and Gina Bachauer International Piano Competitions, and a top laureate at the Busoni International Competition. He performed the complete solo piano works of Johannes Brahms in a series of six programs in Boston, and recorded the Complete Etudes of Alexander Scriabin for Supraphon. Greene has played recitals in Carnegie Hall, Kennedy Center, Moscow Rachmaninov Hall, Tokyo Bunka Kaikan, Lisbon Sao Paulo Opera House, Hong Kong City Hall and concert houses in Shanghai and Beijing. This event is free and open to the public.

The UNI Interpreters Theatre presents "Home Is Where Your Dog Is," conceived, written and directed by Jorge De Leon. 

Although home is defined as a place where one lives, for many people the idea of “home” is nothing more than a distant memory and a metaphor for survival. According to the National Alliance to End Homelessness, there were an estimated 643,067 people who experienced homelessness in the United States in 2011. Set in modern day urban United States, this show reveals the struggles of everyday life in the streets.  By examining the relationship between Rusty and his dog Chucks, we begin to explore what happens when the social world around us begins to deconstruct itself and perhaps, create a new definition of home.  

Admission is free but seating is limited. Tickets will be available first-come, first-served beginning at 6:30 p.m.; doors open at 7 p.m.