events

"Good Enough to Eat" Contest: Registration Deadline
Celebrate your intellectual freedom and help provide books for local children. As part of Banned Books Week, the McConnell Center is hosting the "Good Enough to Eat" contest, where students, faculty, and staff can submit edible creations that represent children's books. Support children's literacy by creating an edible entry that represents your favorite children's book, or one related to The Color of Water.
Sponsored by UK Library CATS.

Final Word (Everett McCorvey/Topic: "Entrepreneurship in the Arts: The American Spiritual Ensemble")
As we learned in The Color of Water, people are not always who they seem. There are many intricate layers of a person's identity, not limited to occupation, lifestyle, and hobbies. Final Word is a series that allows UK faculty and staff to speak on any topic they choose, typically an engaging issue and/or hot topic. Many faculty and staff members are able to showcase their hobbies and pastimes at these lectures, which allows students to see them in a different light.
Sponsored by Student Activities Board.

Why We Love Hip Hop
Though James McBride, author of The Color of Water, is a jazz musician, he has certainly been influenced by many musicians from a variety of genres. Come to Why We Love Hip Hop to learn more about hip hop music and culture - a little bit of old, and a little bit of new.
Sponsored by Student Activities Board.

Post Secret: Confession of Life, Love, and Death by Frank Warren (Exhibit)
James McBride's mother had a big secret. Do you have a secret? Whether your secrets are sad, funny, or just plain weird...tell us! From February 15th through March 11th the Student Activity Board's will be presenting "Post Secret: Confession of life, love, and death by Frank Warren" in the Rasdall Gallery. For the next couple of weeks students can anonymously place their secrets in boxes, which are in various locations around campus including the dorms. We will then gather all the secrets and showcase them in the Rasdall Gallery during Frank Warren's exhibit. So be sure to come see yours and the rest of UK's wildest secrets!

Diversity Dialogue (Topic: Appalshop)
The Diversity Dialogues series gives students an outlet to speak their minds, to have a constructive conversation about intriguing topics, and to appreciate information from many different perspectives. Join students, faculty, and staff in talking about the aspects of each of us as individuals, and all of us together as a campus, unique. As discussed in The Color of Water, there are many "colors," traits, characteristics, and identities on this campus that together form the University of Kentucky; let's learn about and celebrate them together!
Sponsored by the Student Activities Board.

Why We Love Hip Hop
Though James McBride, author of The Color of Water, is a jazz musician, he has certainly been influenced by many musicians from a variety of genres. Come to Why We Love Hip Hop to learn more about hip hop music and culture - a little bit of old, and a little bit of new.
Sponsored by Student Activities Board.

Take Back the Night 2010 Lexington
Interested in supporting those who have experienced sexual violence, as James McBride's mother did? Then STAND UP - SPEAK OUT - STRENGTHEN THE CAUSE! UK will join the national movement of Take Back the Night with a march and rally downtown. Thirty three years ago, women started to stand up and speak out against sexual violence under the banner of Take Back the Night. During those years, Take Back the Night became known internationally as a visible way for men and women to take a stand against sexual violence as well as domestic violence in their community.  The rally will include special speakers, musical guests, a candlelight vigil, community resource tables, and more. For more information, please contact 257-3189.
Sponsored by the Violence, Intervention, and Prevention (VIP) Center.

Diversity Dialogue (Topic: Stereotypes)
The Diversity Dialogues series gives students an outlet to speak their minds, to have a constructive conversation about intriguing topics, and to appreciate information from many different perspectives. Join students, faculty, and staff in talking about the aspects of each of us as individuals, and all of us together as a campus, unique. As discussed in The Color of Water, there are many "colors," traits, characteristics, and identities on this campus that together form the University of Kentucky; let's learn about and celebrate them together!
Sponsored by the Student Activities Board.

Why We Love Hip Hop
Though James McBride, author of The Color of Water, is a jazz musician, he has certainly been influenced by many musicians from a variety of genres. Come to Why We Love Hip Hop to learn more about hip hop music and culture - a little bit of old, and a little bit of new.
Sponsored by Student Activities Board.