Sporting Event:Big 10 Round Robin Tournament
2016-02-15 00:00 (America/Detroit) | France A. Cordova Recreational Sports Center -Purdue University
Traveling to Purdue University to play 9 matches in the Big Ten Round Robin Tournament. Go Blue!

Other:Charity Rose Sale 2016
2016-02-15 00:00 | Michigan Union
Need roses for Valentine's Day? FreeHearts and SWE have got you covered. Catch us this week at one of our pre-sale tables, or pre-order online by following this link!https://docs.google.com/a/umich.edu/forms/d/1oSo4zYBSAUe-k8bglCcwPzjKodUaOplDJGi9da6l0wY/viewform PRE-SALE DATES AND LOCATIONS:Tues., 2/9:Chem Atrium - 10am-2pmWeds., 2/10:Duderstadt Connector - 11am-2pmHaven Hall - 10am-1pmThurs., 2/11:Union Lobby - 2-5pmFri., 2/12:Haven Hall - 10-11:30am PICK-UP DATES AND LOCATIONS:Fri., 2/12 - Sun., 2/14:1180 Duderstadt - 1-4pmSophia B. Jones Room in the Union - 1-4pm *All* proceeds go directly to The Hope Project and SafeHouse Center. Happy Valentine's Day!

Auditions:Emcee Wanted!!! Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards
2016-02-15 00:00 - 23:59 | http://bit.ly/1VRcx4v
The Michigan Difference Student Leadership Awards is looking for a host for their event on March 30!!!Desired Qualifications:
Comfortable speaking in front of large groups
Script Writing
Selfie-taking skills
JOKESIf you're interested or know someone who would be great, please apply:http:/bit.ly/1VRcx4vApplications/Nominations are due on February 21

Community Service:Face Off Blood Challenge 2016
2016-02-15 00:00 - 23:59 | Michigan Union, Michigan League, Pierpont Commons, select residence halls, other buildings on campus
This year's Face Off Blood Challenge will run from January 18th through February 25th, pitting Michigan against Michigan State University. Whether you have never donated before or donate every year, we need your help! Please make an appointment to donate on the American Red Cross website, www.redcrossblood.org, using the sponsor code "goblue". There you will be able to view all of the drives in the Ann Arbor area. The American Red Cross will give all presenting donors a Face Off t-shirt, while supplies last. We want to acknowledge that, due to blood donation eligibility requirements set by the Food and Drug Administration and the American Red Cross, not everyone will be able to donate. However, all of our drives aim to provide an inclusive atmosphere. To learn more about blood donation requirements, please visit http://www.redcrossblood.org/donating-blood/eligibility-requirements.Please eat iron rich foods and drink plenty of water before you donate blood so that you are healthy on the day of your donation! Thank you once again for giving the gift of life. Please contact blooddrivesunited@umich.edu with any questions, and keep bleeding maize and blue!

Other:Harnessing the Wind to Pump Water: Elementary School Outreach via GradSWE's SWEEET
2016-02-15 00:00 - 23:59 | Adams STEM Academy and King Elementary
Join the GradSWE outreach team in this semester's SWEEET (Society of Women Engineers Elementary Engineering Topics). Volunteers will facilitate weekly hands-on sessions to build a wind-powered water pump over a course of 5-8 weeks. These one-hour sessions will begin in February at two local elementary schools.Please use the Doodle link to sign up and indicate all days/times that you are available. Doodle: http://doodle.com/poll/kpg7qin4fd3dwvd7 We are using this Doodle to determine which DAY of the week, and which TIME to schedule SWEET. Use this as an indicator of the DAY of the week, not the DATE. SWEET is a weekly recurring program for 5-8 weeks. For example, if Monday 9-10am is most popular, volunteers will go to the school every Monday 9-10am for a few weeks. Substitute teachers will be available if you can't make it to one of your assigned weeks.

Other:MCRHL Regular Season Event #4
2016-02-15 00:00 | Joe Dumars Field House
Fourth regualr season event of the MCRHL taking place in Shelby Township at Joe Dumars Field House.

Other:MIW Application Deadline-Winter 2016
2016-02-15 00:00 - 12:00 | Off Campus Location
The application deadline for MIW Fall 2016 and early admission Winter 2017 is February 19th. Please apply through M-Compass.

Other:CEW offers Funding for Event Co-sponsorship for 2016
2016-02-15 08:00 - 17:00 | Center for the Education of Women
The Center for the Education of Women (CEW) is seeking opportunities to partner with units on campus via its Frances and Sydney Lewis (FSL) Visiting Leaders Fund. This endowment fund brings visiting women leaders to campus who are distinguished scholars and/or practitioners in their fields. Any U-M department, unit or organization (student, staff or faculty) may submit a funding request to CEW via our online Google application form. Requests for event support will be evaluated based on their consistency with the purpose of the FSL Visiting Leaders Fund and should be submitted at least six (6) weeks before the proposed programming. Please note that only those events submitted via the CEW online form will be considered.

DEADLINES:
2016 Winter Semester: December 15, 2015
2016 Fall Semester: August 1, 2016

In addition, CEW can provide promotional support for events by listing on our online calendar. To learn more about how CEW can support your U-M event, please refer to this CEW webpage: http://www.cew.umich.edu/RFP)

Questions about event co-sponsorship may be directed to Janice Reuben, CEW Senior Associate for Programs & Outreach, at 734.764.6005 (reubenjs@umich.edu).

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Gathering of Friends: Linocut Prints
2016-02-15 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — South Lobby, Floor 1
Laura B. DeLind has been cutting and hand-printing linocuts for over 40 years. She enjoys linoleum as a print medium because it is unpretentious, has no pre-existing texture, and lends itself to bold, spontaneous images. DeLind is fascinated by black and white design and the interactions of positive and negative space. Her prints are inspired by organic shapes, birds providing a ready-made “excuse” to explore pattern. DeLind’s work has been exhibited regionally and nationally.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents A Walk Along the Shore: Digital Imaging
2016-02-15 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
Inspired by the places where land meets the waters of the Great Lakes, Robert deJonge uses his skills with a camera, computer, and printer to build images that explore our spiritual, emotional, and physical connection to this unique place that defines Michigan. From intimate portraits of wildflowers to the grand expanse of the night sky, it is a rich palette to work with, and deJonge captures it with elegance and intention. In his words, “I’m not just interested in pretty pictures – I’m interested in the story these places have to tell and the questions they ask.”

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Art from My Heart: Ceramics
2016-02-15 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — North Lobby, Floor 1
Daria White Paik grew up in Seoul, Korea where she received a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1983. In 1988, she moved to the US where she gained her foundation in ceramics at the University of Alabama. When she works with clay, she starts with a blank state of mind, and her work comes from her heart. She feels that creativity cannot be learned; only the techniques can be taught. When she touches clay, she forgets time, seeing the only prerequisite for art as a spark of creativity. Paik now teaches at the Ann Arbor Art Center, is a student advisor at Washtenaw Community College, and is a member of the Ann Arbor Potter’s Guild.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Found Object Fish: Mixed Media
2016-02-15 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Corridor, Floor 2
Steve Palmer was born in Berkeley, California and raised by a poet and a painter, so it was in his blood to
become an artist. Now located in Traverse City, Michigan, Palmer creates fish sculptures using crutches and paddles for bases. He then makes fins, teeth, tails, and eyes from unique items and fills in the form with found objects. Before retirement, he was a teacher and school administrator, and he holds a Ph.D. in Educational Leadership. Early in Palmer’s artistic career, he worked in pottery, batik, photography and glass before finally settling on mixed media sculpture.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Fresh Water Michigan: Oil Painting & Photography
2016-02-15 08:00 - 20:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — University Hospital Main Lobby, Floor 1
Michigan native Karin Wagner Coron is an artist with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Eastern Michigan University who works in oil, oil pastel, graphite and mediums on paper and canvas. As a child, Wagner Coron often played outside, ran in the woods and fields, and developed a deep inward connection to the land. Her work reflects that relationship. Her husband Steven Coron, also with a BFA from EMU, is an artist with a deep affinity for the Great Lakes who teaches fine arts at Community High school in Ann Arbor, Michigan. In his current photographic work, he captures single digital images, which he edits and joins to create digital panoramic photomontages.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Garden Inspired Art Pottery
2016-02-15 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — South Lobby, Floor 1
Maggie Bandstra uses stoneware, black wax and matt glazes to create her garden inspired pottery. These designs begin by sketching flowers from her garden and then abstracting interesting shapes from the sketches. These sketches are used when designing the pottery. Bandstra lives and has her studio in Grand Haven, Michigan. She teaches art for Hudsonville Public Schools and serves as curator for community art events.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Scenes in Fabric
2016-02-15 08:00 - 17:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Comprehensive Cancer Center, Level 1
Lenore Crawford uses fabric to express her love of French architecture and flowers. The pieces are inspired by photos she has taken, and she creates her fiber art with an eye for color and realism using a raw edged fusing technique. Small amounts of fabric paint provide detail and shading. The texture and warmth achieved from the fabric itself lends the work an impressionistic softness. Capturing the beauty of everyday life and her surroundings in fiber is her passion.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Splits & Music: Snowflake Paper Cuttings
2016-02-15 08:00 - 20:00 | Taubman Center - Gifts of Art Gallery — North Lobby, Floor 1
This year’s exhibition of Dr. Thomas L. Clark’s exquisite, hand-cut paper creations highlights work from his book Splits as well as a collection of snowflakes about music. Each of these exquisite designs are intricate works of art, yet as a group, they tell stories that encompass much more than the sum of their parts. In addition to their pictorial detail, the perfect symmetry of snowflake design contributes to the metaphorical meanings. A former U-M physician, Clark, a.k.a. Dr. Snowflake, has been exhibiting his snowflakes at U-M Hospitals since 1987. The annual free snowflake making workshop will be held on Thursday, January 7 from 12:00-2:00 p.m. in the Gifts of Art Gallery – Taubman Health Center North Lobby, Floor 1.

Exhibition:Gifts of Art presents Works by Belle Kogan: First Female Industrial Designer
2016-02-15 08:00 - 17:00 | University Hospitals - Gifts of Art Gallery — Cancer Center Elevator Alcove, Level 2
This exhibition presents industrially-produced art pottery pieces designed by Belle Kogan (1902–2000), for Red Wing Potteries in Red Wing, Minnesota. Kogan is considered the first prominent female industrial designer in the United States, a founder of the profession, and one of the 20th century's most significant designers. Her design aesthetic was heavily influenced by the geometric and streamlined shapes of Art Deco. Belle Kogan Associates, her New York–based studio, was the first American female-led design firm. Her contracts with Red Wing Potteries produced over 400 different art pottery shapes from the late 1930s to the early 1960s, as well as several dinnerware and kitchenware lines. Belle Kogan and her firm designed products not only in ceramics but also clocks and small appliances, glassware, and pieces in silver, plastics, wrought iron and wood.

Exhibition:Jon Onye Lockard: Celebrating His Life and Legacy, 1932-2015
2016-02-15 08:00 - 22:00 | Tappan Hall - Fine Arts Library
This exhibit, on display in the Fine Arts Library, honors the life and work of the late U-M Professor Jon Onye Lockard, who was instrumental in the development of African-American arts and culture in Michigan. His distinctive style of artistic expression captured the spirit of civil rights and black pride.

As an artist and educator, Lockard was a mentor to many on the University of Michigan campus and beyond. Among other accolades, he was a founder of the U-M Department of Afroamerican and African Studies. His paintings can be viewed across the U-M campus, including many of the murals in residence hall multicultural lounges.

Hours: Sun 1-10pm, Mon-Thurs 8am-10pm, Fri 8am-5pm, Sat 1-6pm

Join us for a reception on Tuesday, February 23, 3-6pm in the Fine Arts Library, with honored guest Mrs. Leslie Kamil, the artist's widow. Light refreshments will be served.

Exhibition:Recent Acquisitions and Hidden Treasures from the Clark Library's Map Collection
2016-02-15 08:00 - 23:59 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Clark Library, 2nd Floor Hatcher
The Clark Library's Map Collection continually acquires maps, atlases, and works on cartography. Thanks to library support and the generosity of many donors we actively add hundreds of titles annually, including Nolli's incredibly detailed map of Rome (1748), a restored edition of Taylor & Skinner's Maps of the Roads of Ireland (1777), an 1881 astral lantern used for astronomy teaching, and many current international works. These and many other items will be on display.

Exhibition:Shakespeare on Page and Stage: A Celebration
2016-02-15 08:30 - 19:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - Audubon Room
This exhibit is a historical journey through different versions of Shakespeare’s plays as they were edited for publication or interpreted for the stage. Starting with the Second Folio (1632), our display includes a selection of landmark editions by authors and scholars like John Dryden, Nicholas Rowe, Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, and Edmond Malone. It explores the staging and costuming of productions such as Charles Kean’s archaeologically-informed, elaborately-costumed 1856 production of The Winter’s Tale, and Maurice Browne-Ellen Van Volkenburg 1930 production of Othello casting Paul Robeson as the first black actor to play Othello in a century.

Most of the titles included in this display come from the McMillan Shakespeare Library. Materials are also displayed from the Maurice Browne and Ellen Van Volkenburg Papers, 1792-1968 and the Zelma Weisfeld Archive, 1954-2006. All these books and artifacts are held in the Special Collections Library.

Audubon Room Hours: Monday-Friday 8:30 am to 7 pm, Saturday 10 am to 6 pm, Sunday 1 pm to 7 pm

Exhibition:A Yemeni Community: Photographs from the 1970s
2016-02-15 09:00 - 16:30 | Detroit Center - Monts Hall
Before the decline of its industrial landscape, Lackawanna, New York was a lively steel city that employed more than half its population at the Bethlehem Steel plant. In this city was a small, but unique community of immigrants from the country of Yemen.

When photographer Milton Rogovin visited the city in 1977, he was fascinated by the people’s interest in embracing modern-day American experiences while embracing their old-world Yemeni traditions.

Now this unique blend of culture and identity can be experienced at the University of Michigan Detroit Center with the photo exhibition, “A Yemeni Community: Photographs from the 1970s,” an exhibition of the Arab American National Museum.

Born in 1909, Milton Rogovin was raised during the Great Depression and became politically active as a direct result of his childhood experiences with poverty. He studied optometry at Columbia University and opened a shop in Buffalo, New York in 1938. He purchased his first camera in 1942 and, in 1958, spawned a lifelong passion for documentary photography when he collaborated with a music professor to document music at churches. Rogovin began to photograph coal miners from across the world in 1962. These photos were ultimately used in his first and one of his most popular books, “The Forgotten Ones.”

Located in Monts Hall, “A Yemeni Community” runs from January 15 – February 27, 2016. The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. – 6:30 p.m., and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, including complimentary parking and admission.

Exhibition:Converging Paths: The Photography of Pawel Figurski
2016-02-15 09:00 - 17:00 | 202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
Converging Paths: The Photography of Pawel Figurski explores the invisible boundary between the sacred and profane and the people who pass through those spaces, leaving one world to enter another. Figurski focuses his gaze on the ways in which his subjects’ relationship to faith are transformed through the act of pilgrimage and through the encounter with sacred spaces. He is particularly interested in the intrusion of the quotidian into the realm of the sacred.

While the exhibition deals primarily with religious life in Figurski’s native Poland, the artist brilliantly captures Eastern Europe’s diverse religious worlds, tracing a plurality of spiritual paths, whether in the pilgrimages of Hasidic Jews to Lezajsk, or those of Orthodox Christians in Romania and Moldova..

Religious life in that part of the world is sociologically interesting and aesthetically arresting. It is this intersection of the social and aesthetic domains that make Figurski’s photographs so captivating.

Pawel Figurski is a graduate of the prestigious Lodz film school. He has shot and directed music videos, television serials and documentary films, for which he received several awards, including an Emmy (2005). For almost a decade (2002-2011), he documented Jewish life in Eastern Europe as part of the Archives of Historical and Ethnographic Yiddish Memories at Indiana University. Figurski's photography, in Converging Paths, explores the invisible boundary between the sacred and profane and the people who pass through those spaces, leaving one world to enter another.

Presented in conjunction with the Center for Russian, East European, and Eurasian Studies and the Copernicus Program in Polish Studies.

Exhibition:Exhibition On-View: AGG Lab
2016-02-15 09:00 - 19:00 | Off Campus Location - Gallery
The University of Michigan's Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning presents...Exhibition On-View: AGG Lab.

Exhibition On-View: January 16 – February 21

Identity—human, animal and architectural—can no longer be defined by a singular character. It is a complex behavioral hybrid, in the process of responsive and adaptive change, a state of Deleuzian “becoming”, expressing plastic identity through the territorializing of behavioral traits. This differentiated identity becomes an instrument for spatializing innovative lineages, as it reconstitutes ideas of space and time and reshapes the cultural landscape through morphogenetic means.

The work scrutinizes the notion of the generic through the process of recombining physical members, growing new appendages and intensifying the human perception of normality. Regenerative bodies develop through differentiation from singular cells. These differentiated assemblages with multi coded surfaces act as malleable bilateral collectives with a varied capacity for new growth possibilities.

AGGLAB/LABORATORIA. www.agglab.com Agg lab is a San Francisco based design collaborative and interdisciplinary research practice led by Alexandra Neyman and Monica Tiulescu. Agglab is interested in production of generative tectonic languages which diverge from specific typological classification established in singular design fields.

LABORATORIA is a research practice led by Alexandra Neyman focusing on experimental research which is invested in the development and production of an array of affective architectural environments through generative architectural tectonic languages, both formal and methodological, that is fluctuating between growth and regeneration through digital and analogue algorithmic techniques of design and fabrication.

In collaboration with AAU Architecture students:

Yi Wang, Saraswati Sri Lalitadewi Latumahina, Sami Almidani, Rapeepong Tanmanee, Ke Wang, Jesus Gutierrez, Si Beck Nam, Alnofai Amany, Andrade Anderson, Andreas Christina, Arabshahi Alireza, Baker Ryan, Chen Chao, Conrad Nathan, Duarte Kenia, Fabelhaft, Nasira, Gao, Yuan, Jean, Rodly, Jiang, Dinghong, Liu, Yaxin, Liu, Yumin, Mead, Matthew, Wan, Jane Gee-Yeng, Wang, Ximai, Zhu, Jiongyu, Domingcil Rhonuel, Kanamori Fernanda, Ameziane, Lamiae, Li Yu-Hsin, Ma Cheng, Sathawarintu Chayakorn, Ela Edjang, Imelda, Ghimire, Verna, Ingle Dylan, Mlynar Lyndsay, Oye Kenta, Rojas Naomi, Ruiz Alvaro.

About University of Michigan Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning:

The Taubman College of Architecture and Urban Planning at the University of Michigan is a leader in interdisciplinary education and research with a focus on creating a more beautiful, inclusive and better built environment. The college and its alumni are committed to pushing the boundaries of architectural practice, advancing global engagement, and significantly enhancing diversity in the profession. The college offers the following degrees: Bachelor of Science in Architecture, Master of Architecture (currently ranked #6 nationally; ranked #1 in 2010 by Design Intelligence Report), Master of Science in Architecture, Master of Urban Planning, Master of Urban Design, and PhD programs.

Exhibition:Extreme Time
2016-02-15 09:00 - 17:00 | Ruthven Museums Building
Think you know all about time? What about things that happen in femtoseconds or eons? Time in the natural world is so extreme, you can’t even perceive most of its scale unaided. You’ll be amazed by the types of time you can explore in our new exhibit, and learn more about everyday time and how we measure it, too! The exhibit is open!

Exhibition:Magnificent China Exhibition Highlights Natural Wonders
2016-02-15 09:00 - 16:30 | Detroit Center
Kick off the New Year with the latest Monts Hall exhibition, “Magnificent China: A Photography Exhibition,” January 15 – February 20.

Featuring breathtaking landscapes and cultural scenes captured by photographer Xu Zengquan, "Magnificent China" highlights the numerous natural wonders of the eastern world.

An electrical engineer from Dexter, Michigan, Zengquan has a unique perspective to the world of photography. “When I take pictures, I feel as if I could look through a window of limitless space and time. I feel a spiritual kinship with nature’s beauty and splendor," he says. A number of Zengquan’s photos have been exhibited by the Confucius Institute at the University of Michigan and were once requested for use by the Smithsonian Free Gallery of Art.

The gallery is open to the public Monday-Thursday from 9 a.m. - 6:30 p.m., and 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday, including complimentary parking and admission.

For more information, contact the Detroit Center at (313) 593-3584 or detroitcenter@umich.edu.

Exhibition:Niklaus Troxler: 40 Years of Jazz Posters
2016-02-15 09:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location
January 15 - February 20, 2016
Public Lecture: Friday, January 15, 5-6 pm at Chrysler Center Auditorium
Opening Reception: Friday, January 15, 6-8 pm at Work and Slusser Galleries

The Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design at the University of Michigan is pleased to announce Niklaus Troxler: 40 Years of Jazz Posters, on view from January 15 - February 20, 2016. This exhibition spans two galleries, Slusser Gallery on U-M’s North Campus in the Art & Architecture Building (2000 Bonisteel Blvd) and Work Gallery in downtown Ann Arbor (306 S. State St., Ann Arbor). Both locations will host an exhibition reception on Friday, January 15 from 6-8 pm, following a public lecture with Niklaus Troxler at 5 pm in the Chrysler Center Auditorium (2121 Bonisteel Blvd.). The exhibition, talk, and reception are free and open to the public.

Curated by Stamps professor Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo, Niklaus Troxler: 40 Years of Jazz Posters explores work by designer Niklaus Troxler, a Swiss-born professor and design consultant widely known for his founding of the annual Willisau Jazz Festival in 1975. His pioneering design pieces for Willisau Jazz Festival have been benchmarks in the field of graphic and poster design for about forty-five years and are now in important museum collections such as the Museum of Modern Art New York, the Museum of Modern Art Toyama, Museum for Art and Industry Hamburg, the German Poster Museum in Essen and the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam.

Troxler’s work centers on the enrichment of the human experience and quality solutions to visual communication design. Troxler continually seeks to better the means of human communication by teaching and designing for the modern world. Niklaus Troxler: 40 Years of Jazz Posters is on view through February 20, 2016.

Exhibition Venues

Slusser
Open during exhibitions Monday through Friday: 9 am - 5 pm, Saturday: 12 - 5 pm. Closed Sundays and Holidays. Free Admission, Handicapped Accessible.
2000 Bonisteel Blvd. Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2069

Work: Ann Arbor
Open during exhibitions Tuesday through Saturday, 12 pm to 7 pm. Closed Sundays, Mondays and Holidays. Free Admission.
306 State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Social / Informal Gathering:Peer-led Support Group
2016-02-15 09:00 - 10:00 | Off Campus Location
SAPAC's Peer-led Support Group is a weekly, drop-in and confidential group for survivors to express concerns and find support among peers in a comfortable setting facilitated by student staff. The group offers semi-structured activities, self-care practices and safe space for sharing if individuals choose to do so and is open to all survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, and stalking. University of Michigan students of all identities, ages, and genders are welcome to participate, as long as they are University of Michigan students.

Exhibition:Scent of a Beaver: An Installation by Kent Monkman
2016-02-15 09:00 - 17:00 | 202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Gallery
Based on the rococo masterpiece The Swing by Jean-Honoré Fragonard, Scent of a Beaver is a sculptural installation that features the artist Kent Monkman’s alter ego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle dangling on a swing between a French and English general. With Miss Chief dressed in an opulent silk and fur gown, the work functions as a metaphor for the power relationships between the major players that shaped the social fabric, political structures, and economy of North America. True to Monkman’s modus operandi, Scent of a Beaver takes on white-washed, colonialist notions of history and overturns them, employing kitsch as a path toward self-determination and veering away from painful, misrepresented histories. It is this sort of conversion that is at the crux of Monkman’s powerful work—the transformation from age-old traditional stories which distort and oppress into something a little fantastical, a bit cathartic, and ultimately redeeming.

About the artist:

Kent Monkman is well known for his provocative reinterpretations of romantic North American landscapes. He explores themes of colonization, sexuality, loss, and resilience—the complexities of historic and contemporary Native American experience—in a variety of mediums including painting, film and video, performance, and installation.

Monkman’s glamorous diva alter-ego Miss Chief appears in much of his work as an agent provocateur, trickster, and supernatural being who reverses the colonial gaze, upending received notions of history and indigenous people. With Miss Chief at center stage, Monkman has created memorable site-specific performances at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection, the Royal Ontario Museum, the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian, Compton Verney, and most recently at the Denver Art Museum. His award-winning short film and video works have been screened at various national and international festivals, including the 2007 and 2008 Berlinale, and the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival.

Workshop / Seminar:Take Charge of Your Career
2016-02-15 09:00 - 17:00 | Off Campus Location - ONLINE
Unsure where to go next with your career? Discover your strengths and preferred behaviors so that you can make career choices that match your skills (or be more successful in your current position).

You will learn to:

Identify your personal strengths through analysis
Apply your personal strengths in your career
Evaluate your individual patterns of behavior through assessment and match them to distinct career paths
Describe the importance of a good fit between career areas and temperament
Explore career possibilities you may not have considered and evaluate them against your strengths and behaviors
Determine the gap (if any) between your current career and your long term goals
Recognize ways to network properly that can lead to new job experiences
Find alternative ways to develop experience in new job areas so you can realize the goals of your career plan

You will benefit by:

Knowing your strengths and behaviors and how they apply to your career decisions
Making a voyage of self exploration to determine which career path is right for you
Having a written plan mapping out where you would like to go with your career, based on personal findings
Gaining a clearer sense of direction about your career
Becoming aware of the actions you need to take as a head-start in pursuing your plan

Note:

This class is split into two components. The first half of the class will take place online, over a two week period. The second half of the class will take place in the classroom with an instructor. Online, you will complete two different tools and have a chance to discuss them with an instructor and the other students.

You will complete:

Career Maze® an evaluation to help you identify your behavior patterns and the types of jobs they are compatible with
The Work Importance Locator – a tool to assist you in prioritizing the aspects of your career that are important to you

Audience:

Anyone who would like to understand their strengths and apply them to their career path

*Pre-registration with a shortcode is required as there is a $50 cancellation fee that takes effect two weeks prior to the online portion of the course. If you attend the course, your department will not be charged.

Exhibition:From Christianity to Islam: Egypt between Late Antiquity and the Early Middle Ages
2016-02-15 10:00 - 17:00 | Hatcher Graduate Library - 7th Floor Exhibit Space
Selected papyri from the University of Michigan's Papyrology Collection illustrate the government, society, and religious culture of Egypt during its transition from Byzantine Christian to Arab Islamic rule (4th to 8th centuries AD). Texts Greek, Coptic Egyptian, and Arabic, many never before on public display, further highlight the richness and diversity of the U-M Collection.

On display Monday through Friday, 10am to 5pm.

Recreational / Games:Self-Guided Adventure
2016-02-15 10:00 - 12:00 | Matthaei Botanical Gardens
Choose from a selection of books and activity sheets for self-directed discovery. Story book-bags contain a nature themed book and an activity. Backpacks are made for sharing and contain materials for a morning of fun for families or old and new friends. FREE; self-guided. Camp Winter-Break, Feb. 15–19. Visit the Botanical Gardens during the school winter break for guided activities and do-it-yourself fun. All guided programs 10 am-noon. Camp Winter-Break, Feb. 15–19. Visit the Botanical Gardens during the school winter break for guided activities and do-it-yourself fun. All guided programs 10 am-noon. Note: Backpacks also available for check out at the Matthaei front desk throughout winter break (Feb. 15–19).

Class / Instruction:Smart Travel
2016-02-15 10:00 - 11:30 | Off Campus Location
Travel the world and your lodging may be free! Learn to navigate the match-up websites, where you will meet homeowners from across the globe. They need you to look after their homes, yards, and pets while they are away. You can experience local cultures, foods, histories, and real life. Discover surrounding states or far-flung exotic locations throughout the world. Instructors: Josie Schneider with Conrad Knutsen. This class is for adults 50+.
https://olli-umich.org/olli/index.php/member/ctlg/viewEventDetails/742

Presentation:Adventures in Biomedical Ontology: Driving Biomedical Research with Formal Models of Application Areas
2016-02-15 12:00 - 13:00 | Palmer Commons - Fourth Floor, Forum Hall
Mark Musen, MD, PhD, is Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Stanford University, where he is Director of the Stanford Center for Biomedical Informatics Research. In this talk, Dr. Musen will discuss how formal modeling of ontologies has supported diverse projects, from offering clinical decision support for chronic disease to ensuring that biomedical research data are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. The functionality offered by such systems is essential for building learning health systems at scale.

Work in biomedical informatics—whether it is intended to offer clinical decision support, to infer new knowledge from electronic health records, or to aid biomedical discovery—requires computational systems that encode models of the application areas in which they operate. Often, those models are implicit in the computer code that programmers develop. When those models can be made explicit—and editable—the models not only make our information technology more scalable and adaptable, but also they enable developers to document their assumptions about the domain and to reuse the models to create new technologies. In this talk, Dr. Musen will discuss how formal modeling of ontologies has supported diverse projects, from offering clinical decision support for chronic disease to ensuring that biomedical research data are findable, accessible, interoperable, and reusable. The functionality offered by such systems is essential for building learning health systems at scale.

Other:Preliminary Round Proposal
2016-02-15 12:00 - 13:00 | TBD
Teams will be selected to advance to the next round

Lecture / Discussion:San Quentin Prison Project: Photography Inside
2016-02-15 13:00 - 14:30 | 202 S. Thayer - Institute for the Humanities Common Room, #1022
In 2011 Nigel Poor began teaching a history of photography class at San Quentin State Prison through the Prison University Project, an organization that provides AA degrees to incarcerated men at San Quentin. The class was initially conceived of as an opportunity for the men to study the history of photography and the power the image has in shaping our understanding of the world. But the class transitioned into a different experience where the men began to engage with the photographic image and use it as a catalyst to explore and define the mostly hidden lives of those who are incarcerated. Poor will discuss her work and the collaborative projects with the men at San Quentin Prison.

Lecture / Discussion:"More Than Meets the Eye: Multisensory Experience in the Neo-Assyrian Temple"
2016-02-15 16:00 - 18:00 | Kelsey Museum of Archaeology - Lecture Hall
Sponsored by History of Art and The Kelsey Museum of Archeology

Presentation:Ready, Set, Go Global
2016-02-15 17:00 - 17:30 | Angell Hall - CGIS Office, G155
Take a big step toward a study abroad experience at UM by attending a Ready, Set, Go Global session. Learn more about study programs around the world, scholarships and other financial aid, the CGIS application process, courses in your major, and credit transfer.
RSGG sessions are offered Monday through Friday from 5–5:30pm in the CGIS office in G155 Angell Hall. Attending an RSGG session is a required part of applying to a CGIS study abroad program.

Careers / Jobs:Resume 101: Build a Great Resume
2016-02-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Program Room (3003) The Career Center, 3200 Student Activities Building 515 E Jefferson St, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Is your resume in tip-top shape? Come to the Career Center to learn the basics of creating a resume that will stand out to employers.

Lecture / Discussion:Mind and Moral Psychology Lecture: Moral Grandstanding
2016-02-15 18:30 - 20:30 | Angell Hall - Tanner Library, 1171
Lecture

Performance:Department of Voice Student Recital
2016-02-15 18:45 | Walgreen Drama Center - Stamps Auditorium
Voice students present a recital of their latest repertoire.

Lecture / Discussion:Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on Americas Campuses
2016-02-15 19:00 - 22:00 | Michigan League - Ballroom
The Office of Greek Life, Multi-Ethnic Student Affairs, and the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies will be hosting Mr. Lawrence Ross as a guest lecturer.

Ross is the author of several books about African American culture – namely The Divine Nine: History of African American Fraternities and Sororities – and he will be coming to the University of Michigan to discuss the research found in his new book Blackballed: The Black and White Politics of Race on Americas Campuses. This interactive and multimedia lecture will bring light to commentary about campus race relations across America, as told by the experiences of students of color at several predominant institutions.

The event will take place on Monday, February 15, 2016 at 7pm in the Michigan League Ballroom. It is FREE and open to the public! Copies of his book will be sold and autographed after the lecture. It is also an official part of the University of Michigan MLK Symposium

Presentation:Role of Soils in Ecosystems and Physiognomy
2016-02-15 19:30 | Matthaei Botanical Gardens
A presentation by U-M School of Natural Resources & Environment professor Dr. Donald Zak.

Performance:Albert Lee
2016-02-15 20:00 | Off Campus Location - The Ark, 316 S. Main, Ann Arbor, MI
Check back soon for more information.

Performance:Student Composers’ Concert
2016-02-15 20:00 | Earl V. Moore Building - Britton Recital Hall
A concert of original works by student composers at SMTD.

This concert will be live-streamed at http://www.music.umich.edu/live-stream/
