Friday, February 03, 2012
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SU Celebrates Conclusion of its Highly Successful Campaign 2012
 After six years, Salisbury University has concluded Campaign 2012, a highly successful fundraising initiative that exceeded its original goal by millions — thanks to community and campus supporters.
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SU Professor Earns $2M Grant from U.S. Department of Education
 A growing number of Delmarva’s K-12 students have little or no understanding of classroom lessons due to language barriers. In some places, English Learners (ELs) have increased 400 percent in recent years.
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Author, Illustrator Collier Speaks at SU Tuesday, February 14
 Award-winning children’s author and illustrator Bryan Collier returns to Salisbury University to discuss and sign his works Tuesday, February 14, in Teacher Education and Technology Center Room 226. A book signing begins at 5 p.m., followed by a presentation at 5:30 p.m. Collier, a native of Pocomoke City, MD, is a nationally celebrated artist and illustrator. In 2011 Collier’s Dave the Potter: Artist, Poet, Slave, with Laban Carrick Hill received both the Caldecott Honor and the Coretta Scott King Award.
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Sitarist Hari Sharma Performs at SU Wednesday, February 8
 Sitarist and inventor Hari Sharma continues Salisbury University’s “Fusion” cultural events series with a performance 7 p.m. Wednesday, February 8, in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall. A well-known sitar player in India, Sharma is an exponent of the great Vilayat Khan. His performances include a full range of structural and technical musical approaches.
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University Galleries Presents 'Young Country' January 17-February 26
 From horses to honkytonks, rural themes in contemporary American art are explored in the exhibit “Young Country,” presented by Salisbury University Galleries from January 17-February 26. The exhibit hangs in the University Gallery at Fulton Hall and the Atrium Gallery at the Guerrieri University Center. Curator Maiza Hixson conducts interviews with members of the gallery audience on the images as part of a live media research project Wednesday, February 15 (time TBA). She speaks 5 p.m. Wednesday, February 22, followed by a reception from 6-8 p.m. in the University Gallery.
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American Spiritual Ensemble Performs Feb. 3-4
 Created in the fields and plantation houses of the old South, the spiritual allowed slaves to secretly communicate through singing. That musical art for m returns to Salisbury Friday-Saturday, February 3-4, as the American Spiritual Ensemble performs 8 p.m. at Asbury United Methodist Church, back by popular demand. The world-renowned singing group, which last performed in Salisbury in 2009 to a sold-out house and standing ovations, includes Salisbury University music faculty John Wesley Wright.
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SU Spring Theatre Auditions Announced
  Salisbury University’s Theatre and Dance Department announces open auditions for two upcoming productions in early February. At 7 p.m. Wednesday-Thursday, February 1-2, auditions will be held for Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Auditions for Joel Eis’ The Play in August are 7 p.m. Saturday-Sunday, February 4-5.
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Adventures in Ideas Series Explores 'Film, Media and Society Today' February 4
   From movie music to Forrest Gump, the next installment of Salisbury University’s Adventures in Ideas humanities seminar series takes participants to the cinema. Drs. Elsie Walker, David Johnson and James Burton speak on “Film, Media and Society Today” 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Saturday, February 4, in Teacher Education and Technology Center Room 179.
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Gulls Going Green, WET Present 'Dirt! The Movie' Thursday, February 7
 Since the beginning of mankind, dirt has been the basis of human survival. More recently, however, human interaction with nature has turned dirt “dirty.” Salisbury University’s Gulls Going Green Club and the Wicomico Environmental Trust explore the concept of dirt and pollution during a screening of the award-winning documentary Dirt! The Movie 7 p.m. Thursday, February 7. The film is shown in Henson Science Hall Room 103.
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Schmidt Youth Vocal Competition Returns to Salisbury Saturday, February 4
 The Schmidt Youth Vocal Competition returns to Salisbury 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, February 4, at Asbury United Methodist Church. Sponsored by the William E. Schmidt Foundation and hosted locally by the Salisbury University Department of Music, the competition offers prizes up to $2,000 for participating high school sophomores, juniors and seniors in Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Washington, D.C.
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SU Gospel Choir Performs Saturday, February 18
 The Salisbury University Gospel Choir performs 7 p.m. Saturday, February 18, in Holloway Hall Auditorium. The performance also includes the Fellowship Ensemble of the Pentecostal Church of God of Lincoln, DE. The public is invited. A free-will offering will be taken.
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Tickets for Ailey II Dance Company Available February 15
 The history and flair of one of the nation’s most celebrated choreographers returns to Salisbury University’s Holloway Hall Auditorium Friday-Saturday, March 9-10, as the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre presents the Ailey II Dance Company. Tickets are required for both evenings, and ticket holders must be seated by 6:45 p.m. for the 7 p.m. performance. Tickets are available at the Information Desk of the Guerrieri University Center starting Wednesday, February 15. Tickets are limited to two per person and are date-specific. Guests may attend only one of the two performances.
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Frederick Douglass Celebrated at Two Events Tuesday, February 21
 Eastern Shore historical figure Frederick Douglass takes center stage at Salisbury University during two events Tuesday, February 21. Dr. Clara Small, professor of history, inaugurates this spring’s Delmarva History Series with a discussion about Douglass at 3 p.m. at the Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva History and Culture in SU’s East Campus Complex, 190 Wayne St. At 7 p.m., master motivational story speaker Bill Grimmette steps back in time to portray Douglass during a living history performance in the Wicomico Room of the Guerrieri University Center.
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SU Electronic Gallery Presents 'Rick Silva: A Rough Mix' January 25-March 18
 Works by pioneering new media artist Rick Silva are displayed at Salisbury University’s Electronic Gallery, Teacher Education and Technology Center (TETC) Room 128, during the exhibit “Rick Silva: A Rough Mix” January 25-March 18. A visiting artist talk is 5 p.m. Thursday, March 1, in TETC Room 152. An experimental art video game workshop, Unity 3D, is noon Friday, March 2, in TETC Room 352.
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Registration Open for PRESTO Musical Instrument Lessons
 Want to learn to play a musical instrument? Salisbury University can help. PRESTO, the Preparatory School of Music at SU, is seeking students for its spring sessions, beginning Monday, February 6. Private instruction is available in strings (violin, viola, cello and bass) and piano. Additionally, flute, harp and percussion lessons are offered this spring.
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