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  • Club & Organization Fair

    Aug 22nd, 2019
    12:30pm - 2:00pm
    Buckman Quadrangle

    Want to stay busy with something besides classes? Join a student organization! All of them will be in Buckman Quad on Thursday, 12:30-2:00 p.m., providing information, swag, and an opportunity to join!

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  • Artists' Reception for Justin Bowles and Melissa Wilkinson

    Aug 23rd, 2019
    5:30pm - 7:30pm
    Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery

    The Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery at Christian Brothers University (CBU) announces two new exhibitions which will be on display through September 11, 2019. In the main gallery, Justin Bowles has created an installation entitled Temple of the Cha-Cha-Hua, while Melissa Wilkinson exhibits a series of watercolor paintings collectively titled “Copia” in the gallery foyer.

    A public reception for both exhibitions will be held on Friday, August 23 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

    Justin Autumn Bowles was born in Little Rock, Arkansas and currently lives in Memphis. She received a BA in English and a BFA in sculpture from the University of Kansas, and an MFA from Memphis College of Art. Bowles has most recently exhibited around Memphis and regionally at Dixon Gallery and Gardens, the University of Mississippi, and in a group traveling show by Arkansas artists called "Abstract Art." She has produced public art with the Downtown Memphis Commission, was one of five inaugural Community Supported Artists featured by ArtsMemphis, and an NEA Southern Constellations Fellowship nominee.

    Bowles describes Temple of the Cha-Cha-Hua as a fantasy environment that will hopefully speak to a sacred space inside each of us: the essence of our childhood dreams.  She says that the primary inspiration for this installation was her 2015 trip to Mexico City. Once inside the temple-like space, the viewer may explore several elements of the space. In one corner is the Sparkle Mystery Garden, full of strange plants, insects, and animals. In the center of the space is a reflecting pool made of paper, inhabited by plastic flamingos and water plants, also made of paper. This pool leads up to the central piece of the installation, a large sculpture of a Chihuahua puppy. Paper vines tumble down from the windows that line the top of two walls in the space. Viewers are invited to sit on benches in the space and reflect.

    "I was fascinated by the Mesoamerican sacred spaces recreated in the Museo Nacional de Antropologia," says Bowles. "Using these ancient works as a model, I created a temple-like space populated with plants and animals made from craft and found materials."

    Melissa Wilkinson is a painter and associate professor of art at Arkansas State University-Jonesboro. She was born in suburban Chicago and received degrees from Western Illinois University (BFA) and Southern Illinois University-Carbondale (MFA). Her work has been featured in wide-reaching publications throughout the country including three editions of New American Paintings. She has shown in various galleries nationally and internationally, including South Korea and India, and has won numerous awards, grants, and fellowships throughout her career. Her work is included in private collections throughout the country and abroad, and she currently exhibits at Greg Thompson Gallery and M2 Gallery in Little Rock, Arkansas. She paints and lives in the Memphis area.  

    The paintings collected in “Copia” relate to Wilkinson's stated interest in dichotomies: obscuring and revealing, attraction and repulsion, good and evil, the past and the present. "I am deeply interested in the interaction of parts and am attracted to tactile physicalities in an increasingly technological and dehumanized time," she says. "I appropriate imagery from 19th century naturalist illustrations, bodies, and typically sensual subject matter to develop a pastiche that fractures both into the surreal and suggestive." 

    The Beverly & Sam Ross Gallery is located on the lower level of Plough Memorial Library in the center of the CBU campus on the Buckman Quadrangle, easily accessible from the Central Avenue parking lot. All exhibits and lectures are free and open to the public.

    For more information, visit www.cbu.edu/gallery.

     

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  • Welcome Back with a Splash

    Aug 24th, 2019
    5:00pm - 7:00pm
    Canale Pool

    Calling all students, faculty, and staff: Come out and enjoy some poolside snacks and chats with Voices United at Canale Pool on Saturday, 5:00-7:00 p.m. Be sure to grab a friend and attend! All are welcome!

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  • First Love Center

    Aug 25th, 2019
    1:00pm - 4:30pm
    Spain Auditorium
    Join us for music, plays, and dancing this Sunday in Spain auditorium!
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  • September of Service Kick-Off

    Aug 26th, 2019
    11:00am - 2:00pm
    Buckman Quadrangle

    Are you ready for the biggest service initiative CBU has ever seen? It's the eighth year for CBU’s September of Service: 30 Days of Good Deeds, and we are better than ever! We will have 30 days of great projects and hundreds of volunteer slots, so now all we need is YOU!!! Join S.O.S. on Monday, August 26 in the Buckman Quad, 11:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m., to kick it into gear and get ready for all the fun, new friends, and SERVICE. There will be signups, free snow cones by the Sigmas, music, "Why I Serve" photos, chalking the quad, great S.O.S. t-shirts, and more!

    S.O.S. is open to EVERYONE at CBU! Yes, everyone: students, faculty, staff, alumni, Brothers, and family members. We’re working on the calendar now and will have it open for signups at the kickoff. Check us out at www.cbu.edu/sos, like us on Facebook, follow @soscbu on Instagram, @cbusos on Twitter, and get ready to rock Memphis!

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  • Maurelian Monday

    Aug 26th, 2019
    8:00pm - 9:00pm
    Maurelian Lounge

    Maurelian Monday is a CBU tradition, every Monday in Maurelian Lounge, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Every Monday all first year students are invited to (a) meet fellow students, faculty, and staff; (b) learn about CBU services and traditions (beyond Maurelian Mondays!); and pick up a few tips and tricks to be more successful this year! Don’t just come to this one — come to all of them! #CBUisHome

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  • CBU Graduate Programs Info Session

    Aug 27th, 2019
    5:30pm - 7:30pm
    Buckman Hall - 650 East Parkway South, Memphis, TN 38104

    CBU Graduate Programs Info Session

    Join us for a reception at 5:30 p.m. in the Montesi Executive Center, followed by program-specific info sessions beginning at 6:00. You will have the opportunity to interact directly with administrators and faculty in your program of interest while learning how CBU is uniquely equipped to help you achieve your career goals.

    Register today at www.cbu.edu/graduate.

    See you there!

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  • Bubble Tea Sale

    Aug 29th, 2019
    11:00am - 1:15pm
    The Quad
    Society of Women Engineers will have their first fundraising event on August 29. They will be selling four flavors of Bubble Tea: Thai, honeydew, peach, and lychee. Just $3.50 for a cup. 
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  • Academic Convocation

    Aug 29th, 2019
    5:00pm - 6:30pm
    University Theater

    The Academic Convocation will be held Thursday, August 29 at 5:00 p.m. in the University Theater. The Convocation is the opening ceremony of the 2019-20 Academic Year and is open to students, faculty, staff, board members, and emeriti. Featured speakers will include President Jack Shannon, SGA President Kristine Truong, and Dr. Jennifer Hitt-Mayo (Nursing). Also on the agenda are the presentations of the Academic Advising Awards, CARL Awards, Endowed Academic Chairs, Faculty Rank and Tenure, the Dr. Marguerite Cooper Award, and the CBU Spirit Awards.

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  • First Love Center

    Sep 1st, 2019
    1:00pm - 4:30pm
    Spain Auditorium
    Join us for music, plays, and dancing this Sunday in Spain auditorium!
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  • Labor Day Holiday

    Sep 2nd, 2019
    All-day Event
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  • First Love Center

    Sep 8th, 2019
    1:00pm - 4:30pm
    Spain Auditorium
    Join us for music, plays, and dancing this Sunday in Spain auditorium!
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  • Maurelian Monday

    Sep 9th, 2019
    8:00pm - 9:00pm
    Maurelian Lounge

    Maurelian Monday is a CBU tradition, every Monday in Maurelian Lounge, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Every Monday all first year students are invited to (a) meet fellow students, faculty, and staff; (b) learn about CBU services and traditions (beyond Maurelian Mondays!); and pick up a few tips and tricks to be more successful this year! Don’t just come to this one — come to all of them! #CBUisHome

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  • First Love Center

    Sep 15th, 2019
    1:00pm - 4:30pm
    Spain Auditorium
    Join us for music, plays, and dancing this Sunday in Spain auditorium!
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  • Graduation Application Deadline For Fall 2019

    Sep 15th, 2019
    All-day Event

    You must complete a "Graduation Application" via BannerWeb under Student Services > Student Records > Apply to Graduate before your degree can be conferred. Graduation dates are not retroactive. If you file your application after your desired graduation date, your actual graduation date will be the next scheduled graduation. Your transcript will include a comment stating the degree completion date, but the official date will be the following semester.

    If you are planning to receive a diploma in May or August, you must complete the Graduation Application no later than December 1.

    If you are planning to receive a diploma in December, you must complete the Graduation Application by September 15.

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  • Maurelian Monday

    Sep 16th, 2019
    8:00pm - 9:00pm
    Maurelian Lounge

    Maurelian Monday is a CBU tradition, every Monday in Maurelian Lounge, 7:00-9:00 p.m. Every Monday all first year students are invited to (a) meet fellow students, faculty, and staff; (b) learn about CBU services and traditions (beyond Maurelian Mondays!); and pick up a few tips and tricks to be more successful this year! Don’t just come to this one — come to all of them! #CBUisHome

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