Friday, February 10, 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 Accepts Applications for New Doctor of Nursing Practice
  Salisbury University is now accepting applications for admission into its first doctoral program — the Doctor of Nursing Practice (D.N.P.). Designed for nurses in advanced practice roles, the program begins in fall 2012. Graduates will have specialized skills for managing the increasingly complex needs of patients in multi-tiered health delivery systems in cost-effective and collaborative ways.
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SU to Hold Emergency Alert System Exercise Feb. 13
 Salisbury University holds its spring exercise for the campus’ Emergency Alert System (EAS) Monday, February 13. At approximately 11:50 a.m., University Police will start the campus’ emergency siren. The exercise also will include text and voice messaging, campus e-mail and campus television. It is expected to be concluded by noon. The EAS exercise is held at least once each year.
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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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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 1-5 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, in Fulton Hall Room 108. 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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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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Bridges to the World International Film Series at SU February 13-March 12
 Salisbury University takes movie lovers around the globe to such locales as Japan, Austria, Sri Lanka, Brazil and Turkey during the fourth annual Bridges to the World International Film Series, Mondays from February 13-March 12. All are introduced and screened at 7 p.m. in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall, followed by a discussion. The series begins February 13, with the Japanese film Hula Girls, Lee Sang-Il’s based-on-a-true-story comedy about a coal miner’s daughter who takes a once-in-a-lifetime chance to escape her monotonous life only to become an unwitting hero to her depressed mining town.
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Delmarva Public Radio Hosts 'Composers of Color' Series in February
 Delmarva Public Radio celebrates African-American History Month this February with its “Composers of Color” series on WSCL 89.5-FM weekdays at 2 and 6 p.m. The series features information on composers of color who have contributed to and helped shape concert music, and, of course, selections of their work. Listeners also may access the series online at www.delmarvapublicradio.net.
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Science Nights @ SU Continue in February
 Salisbury University continues its free Science Nights @ SU program for high school students on Thursday, February 23. During sessions, experts explore various math- and science-related fields, discussing current research, career options and more. All Science Night presentations are 6-8 p.m. in Henson Science Hall Room 243.
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Poet Hadaway Inaugurates Spring Writers-on-the-Shore Series February 15
 Poet Meredith Davies Hadaway reads from her works to inaugurate Salisbury University’s spring Writers-on-the-Shore series 8 p.m. Wednesday, February 15, in the Frederick Room of the Commons. She is the author of two collections of poetry, The River is a Reason (2011) and Fishing Secrets of the Dead (2005). One of her poems recently was selected for honorable mention in the 2010 Robinson Jeffers Tor House Poetry Prize. Another is scheduled to appear in the for thcoming Best Millennium Writings Awards anthology.
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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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Valtchev-Tchekoratova Duo Performs at SU Thursday, February 16
 Bulgarian pianist Lora Tchekoratova and violinist Georgy Valtchev have played Carnegie Hall and the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. On Thursday, February 16, the Valtchev-Tchekoratova Duo performs in the Great Hall of Holloway Hall. The concert begins at 7 p.m. The New York-based duo is an advocate of eastern European music.
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