Fall Semester 2011

Gull Power Day  What's Your Motivation?  Chalk it out! 

Red Square

11am to 1pm

(Free Gull Power T-shirts while supplies last)

Family Weekend

Parents Powerful Connections Reception

Multicultural Spirituality Room (GC-228)

10:00am to 12:00pm

Refreshments will be served

Joyful Noise Concert

Wicomico Room, GUC

7:00pm

Sponsored by Salisbury University's Gospel Choir

Lawrence C. Ross, Jr.

Divine 9:  The History of African American Fraternities and Sororities

Holloway Hall Auditorium

7:00pm

Book signing immediately following lecture.  Refreshments will be served in the Holloway Hall Social Room.  This event is free and the Public is invited.  Sponsored by the Union of African American Students, Multicultural Student Services, Guerrieri University Center and the Office of Student Activities, Organizations and Leadership.

·          Untouchables Dance, Inc. Performance

during Homecoming 2011

The Angle (Henson Science Plaza)

4:00pm

Mix and mingle while enjoying a cash bar, free hors d'oeuvres and Jazz style entertainment with 2am Music!

Gull's Nest, GUC

4:00pm - 7:00pm

No pre-registration required.

Wicomico Room, GUC

1:00pm

Wicomico Room, GUC

7:00pm

Spring Semester 2012                                                        

Keynote Lecture:

Harriet Tubman’s Journeys:  New Research & Fresh Interpretations of an American Icon

Presented by Kate Larson

Wicomico Room, GUC 

7:00PM

Recent discoveries have expanded our knowledge and understandings of the nature of Harriet Tubman’s life experiences.  The documentary record of her story continues to grow, enabling new and fresh interpretations about one of our nations’ most remarkable freedom fighters.  Come and hear historian and scholar Kate Clifford Larson discuss Tubman’s extraordinary life, and learn about some of the new research that is rewriting her remarkable story.  This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Nabb Research Center and Multicultural Student Services.

Community Choral Workshop

With American Spiritual Ensemble Members and

Director, Everett McCorvey

Asbury United Methodist Church

7:30PM – 9:00PM

ASE Founder and Director Dr. Everett McCorvey and members of the Spiritual Ensemble offer a free choral and vocal technique workshop, perfect for church community and student choir members.  Sponsored by the Music Department, Fulton School of Liberal Arts and Multicultural Student Services.

American Spiritual Ensemble

Directed by John Wesley Wright

Asbury United Methodist Church

8:00PM

Back by popular demand, the ensemble strives to keep the tradition of American Negro spirituals alive.  It has performed throughout the world, including such prestigious venues as the Metropolitan and New York City operas.  It also has been broadcast as part of the PBS documentary The Spirituals.  The ensemble is comprised of some America’s finest vocal talent, who offer free master classes. Tickets: $20 adults; $15 seniors; $10 SU faculty & staff; $5 SU students.  Sponsored by Salisbury University Music Department, Office of the President, Office of the Provost, Fulton School of Liberal Arts and Multicultural Student Services.

Featuring the Bernard Sweetney Jazz Quartet

Commons Bistro                                                                                       

4:30PM – 7:00PM

This evening features two crowd pleasing products of African-American heritage:  soul food and jazz.  The menu includes Deep Fried Catfish, BBQ Ribs, Macaroni & Cheese, Potato Salad, Black Eyed Peas, Pigs Feet, Cornbread, Chitterlings, Southern Fried Chicken, Mashed Potatoes with Gravy, Collards with Ham Hocks, Sweet Potato Biscuits, Sweet Potato Pie, Peach Cobbler and Homemade Banana Pudding with Vanilla Wafers.  SU Student/Faculty/Staff, $9.69 (plus tax); Adults, $10.88 (plus tax); Children 6 & Under, $6.60 (plus tax).  Sponsored by University Dining Services, Cultural Affairs Office and Multicultural Student Services.

Music in the Air

Salisbury University Gospel Choir

Holloway Hall Auditorium

7:00PM

A history of the Negro Spiritual told through song, drama and spoken word.  Featuring the Fellowship Ensemble of the Pentecostal Church of God of Lincoln, Inc. of Pocomoke, MD (Elder Carlton A. Cartwirght Sr., Pastor).  Enjoy good singing, hand clapping and foot stomping that warms the heart and stirs the soul.  This event is open to the public.  Sponsored by the Salisbury University Gospel Choir and Multicultural Student Services.

Book Discussion

Delmarva Series:  Frederick Douglass

Presented by Dr. Clara Small

Nabb Center Gallery

3:00PM – 4:30PM

Small speaks on the life and times of Frederick Douglass, a fugitive slave, abolitionist, author, ambassador and lay minister.  She will lead the book discussion on Douglass’ autobiography.  The discussion series is free and open to the public.  Copies of the autobiography are made available to discussion participants.  To sign up for this event, call 410-543-6312.  Co-sponsored by the President’s Office, The Fulton School of Liberal Arts and the Nabb Research Center.

Frederick Douglass Re-enactment

Presented by Bill Grimmette

Wicomico Room, GUC

7:00PM

Master Motivational Story Speaker Bill Grimmette steps back in time as Frederick Douglass to tell the story of the famous abolitionist and Eastern Shore native.  As the past president of the National Association of Black Storytellers, Grimmette has performed as Frederick Douglass at numerous institutions, including the Smithsonian and the Kennedy Center.  This event is free and open to the public. Sponsored by the Nabb Research Center and Multicultural Student Services.

Double Consciousness in the New Millennium

Presented by Dr. James King

Wicomico Room, GUC

4:00PM

King shares research conducted while in Ghana as a Fulbright Scholar and since his return.  He investigates the philosophical groundings of W.E.B. DuBois’ concept of “Double Consciousness” as posit the emergence of a modified version; one that indentifies the presence of this phenomenon within the literature of a colonial and post-colonial African continent as well as within post civil Rights era American literature. This event is free and open to the public.  Sponsored by Multicultural Student Services.