Women's professional conference comes to UNF
The University of North Florida Women's Center and the office of continuing education will present "Women Moving at the Speed of Dreams."
The two-day conference will offer events from noon to 6 p.m. March 4 and from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. March 5 at the University Center.
The conference will feature many nationally acclaimed speakers, with a keynote from Dr. Berrin Beasley of the communication and visual arts department.
UNF students may register for the free event, with $20 required to attend the March 5 lunch. For more information, contact Dr. Annabel Brooks at 620-1270 or abrooks@unf.edu.
Expert to lecture on archaeology
Dr. Charles Ewen, director of excavations for East Carolina University, will lecture on "The Archaeology of Desoto's Winter Encampment: A Review" from 7 to 9 p.m. March 4 in Building 39, room 1009.
The event is sponsored by the department of sociology, anthropology and criminal justice and is free to all. For more information, contact Dr. Robert Thunen at 620-1655 or rthunen@unf.edu.
Philosophy and physics professor to lecture
Dr. Marcelo Gleiser, the Appleton Professor of Natural Philosophy and professor of physics and astronomy at Dartmouth College, will speak as part of the Distinguished Voices Lecture Series at 7:30 p.m. March 4 in the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall.
The event is free. For more information, contact Connie Corker at 620-1058 or ccorker@unf.edu.
Environmental club to sponsor Alaskan forest presentation
The philosophy department will present the Eighth Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference March 5-6. Events begin at 7:30 p.m. March 5 in Building 39, room 1009, with the lecture "Evolutionism and Creationism: Different Solutions to the Same Problem?" by Michael Ruse, professor of philosophy at Florida State University.
Events will continue at 4 p.m. March 6 with a lecture by Marcia Eaton, professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, titled "Good Fictions' Good Stories." The event, sponsored by the department of philosophy and religious studies, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ellen Wagner at 620-3737 or ewagner@unf.edu.
Student philosophers present papers at conference
The philosophy department will present the Eighth Annual Northeast Florida Student Philosophy Conference March 5-6. Events begin at 7:30 p.m. March 5 in Building 39, room 1009, with the lecture "Evolutionism and Creationism: Different Solutions to the Same Problem?" by Michael Ruse, professor of philosophy at Florida State University.
Events will continue at 4 p.m. March 6 with a lecture by Marcia Eaton, professor of philosophy at the University of Minnesota, titled "Good Fictions' Good Stories." The event, sponsored by the department of philosophy and religious studies, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Ellen Wagner at 620-3737 or ewagner@unf.edu.
Music professor's quartet to perform
The Keith Javors Quartet will perform "From Here to the Street Revisited" from 7:30 to 10 p.m. March 9 in the Fine Arts Center Recital Hall. The event, sponsored by the department of music, is free to all. For more information, contact Dr. Keith Javors at 620-3844 or kjavors@unf.edu.
Safe Break Fair promotes healthy vacation
The department of health promotion will sponsor the Safe Break Fair from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. March 10 on the Green. The fair will promote healthy lifestyle choices during Spring Break 2004. For more information, contact Shelly Purser at 620-1570 or spurser@unf.edu.
Expert to lecture on global issues
Jared Diamond, author of "Guns, Germs and Steel," will lecture at 7:30 p.m. March 10 at the University Center. The free event is part of the World Affairs Council Global Issues Forum and is sponsored by the World Affairs Council of Jacksonville as well as the academic affairs and institutional advancement departments at UNF. For more information, contact Marianne Jaffee at 620-2710 or mjaffee@unf.edu.
Commercial auditions coming to campus
Krystal fast-food restaurants will be auditioning for a television commercial from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. March 4 on the Green. Students interested will have the opportunity to audition for a Krystal commercial that will air on national television.
The audition is open to all UNF students. Students under the age of 18 will need to have a parent or guardian present to sign a release form.
Lecture scheduled on life of French novelist
Dr. Kathleen Brunner will present "A Tribute to George Sand on the Bicentennial of Her Birth" from 7 to 9 p.m. March 9 in the RSC (Bldg. 14), room 1601. Brunner will lecture on the life of Sand, a 19th-century French novelist. The event, sponsored by the department of world languages and the Alliance Française of Jacksonville, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Patricia Geesey at 620-1246 or pgeesey@unf.edu.
