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Latin Dance, International Women, Virtual Field Trip
Latin Dance, International Women, Virtual Field Trip
IUP Now
THURSDAY: CENTRAL CALENDAR
Workshop covers salsa, merengue, and more; women discuss challenges in home countries; STATIC leads choice of adventures; and more
Zoom image with cast members, clockwise from top left, Lauren Wolbert, Eve Urban, Matt Daning, and Jordan Drake

Perfect Arrangement: Comedy Gets Serious

Theater-by-the-Grove’s first of four livestreamed performances of the play Perfect Arrangement will be Friday at 7:30 p.m. It’s 1950, and US State Department employees Bob and Norma are tasked with rooting out homosexuals from their ranks. One problem: Bob and Norma are gay. Clockwise from top left: Lauren Wolbert, Eve Urban, Matt Daning, and Jordan Drake. Order tickets (streaming codes).
Thursday, March 4
2:00–4:00 p.m., Zoom. Learn about tax-preparation options in the US. Bring W-2s, passport, and I-94 history.
3:00–4:00 p.m., Zoom. Shippensburg’s Sarah Shupp discusses how to challenge social, political, and cultural ideas that value masculinity over everything else.
6:00–8:00 p.m., Elkin and Zoom. Come dance and learn the origin of the salsa, merengue, and bachata.
6:00–7:00 p.m., Zoom. Learn how to prepare for course registration, meetings with your advisor, and next semester. Register
7:00–8:30 p.m., Zoom. Trivia with health facts 
7:30–9:30 p.m., YouTube. Livestreamed music spanning centuries and continents, including works by Black composers Florence Price and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Schubert’s “Unfinished Symphony”
Friday, March 5
2:00–4:00 p.m., Zoom. Learn about tax-preparation options in the US. Bring W-2s, passport, and I-94 history.
3:00–6:00 p.m., Zoom. Educational workshop for spring fraternity and sorority new members 
8:00–10:00 p.m., Google Chrome Teleparty extension. Choose which movie everyone watches together. Vote through STATIC’s Instagram stories.
8:00–9:00 p.m., Gorell Recital Hall and YouTube. This IUP master’s degree recipient will be accompanied by Jacquelyn Kuehn (piano) and Michael Garbett (percussion) in a livestreamed recital. A small, in-person audience will be permitted.
8:00–9:00 p.m., Zoom. For those with an interest in math. Contact Tim Flowers, faculty advisor, flowers@iup.edu, or Mikayla Dokos, president, sdmw@iup.edu.
8:00–11:00 p.m., Folger Student Center. Play games, shoot pool, watch TV, eat, and hang out with friends.
9:30–11:00 p.m., Zoom. Get your card and the Zoom link by emailing atod-oasis@iup.edu by 4:00 p.m. on game day.
Saturday, March 6
12:30–4:30 p.m., Zoom. This event helps students understand their leadership abilities and the impact of their leadership on campus. Register.
7:00–9:30 p.m., YouTube. This livestreamed concert will feature chamber winds and flex-band music. 
Sunday, March 7
Monday, March 8
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m., Zoom. Submit your résumé for Career and Professional Development Center coaches to review.
5:00–6:00 p.m., Folger Student Center and Zoom. Nash Peters shows how to make this craft. Kits are available by emailing atod-oasis@iup.edu
5:00–6:00 p.m., Zoom. Learn about bystander intervention, so that fewer people will be hurt by power-based personal violence.
6:00–7:30 p.m., Zoom. The accomplished international women in this panel discussion will share their successes and the challenges women in their countries face.
6:00–7:30 p.m., Folger Student Center. De-stress with the dogs and other activities.
7:30–8:30 p.m., YouTube. Worzbyt’s “Solo Bassoon Music of the Americas” will be streamed live.
Tuesday, March 9
10:00–11:00 a.m., Zoom. This workshop aims to expand knowledge of D2L and enhance course offerings.
5:00–6:15 p.m., Zoom. WVU geography professor Brent McCusker will discuss the challenge of climate change in the context of events affecting households across five Sub-Saharan African countries.  
5:00–7:00 p.m., Elkin Great Room and Zoom. This session covers the intentional rooting out of gay men and lesbians from government jobs in the 1950s and ’60s. 
8:00–9:30 p.m., Zoom. Explore your choice of the Grand Canyon, Mount Everest, the White House, an M&M factory, and more with STATIC. 
Wednesday, March 10
10:00 a.m.–4:00 p.m., Career Fair Plus app. This job, internship, and graduate school fair is for students and alumni from more than 50 member schools throughout western Pennsylvania. Registration is through WestPACS.
3:30–4:30 p.m., Zoom. This workshop aims to expand knowledge of D2L and enhance course offerings.
4:00–5:00 p.m., Zoom. Representatives from Instructional Design Services and the University College will help students with basic D2L navigation.
6:00–7:00 p.m., Zoom. Learn about the program, admissions process, funding opportunities, and more. Register.
7:00–8:00 p.m., Zoom. Participants will review models of successful cover letters and learn to tailor letters to specific jobs and highlight relevant experience.
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