{ "148208-21903320": { "datetime_modified":"20260511T083618", "datetime_start":"20260619T110000", "datetime_end":"20260619T133000", "has_end_time":1, "date_start":"2026-06-19", "date_end":"2026-06-19", "time_start":"11:00:00", "time_end":"13:30:00", "time_zone":"America\/Detroit", "event_title":"EECS Juneteenth Celebration", "occurrence_title":"", "combined_title":"EECS Juneteenth Celebration: Prof. Todd Coleman, Stanford University", "event_subtitle":"Prof. Todd Coleman, Stanford University", "event_type":"Performance", "event_type_id":"15", "description":"The Michigan community is invited to attend the seventh annual EECS Juneteenth Celebration on Friday, June 19, at 11:00 a.m. in the Arthur Miller Theatre* in the Walgreen Drama Center, followed by lunch in the Gerstacker Grove. *Due to space restrictions in Arthur Miller Theatre, tickets for this event are limited and will be handed out on a first come, first served basis at the venue. Each attendee will receive a ticket to the program and a ticket for the food trucks.\n\nThe theme of this year\u2019s event is \u201cCelebrating Excellence and Innovation in Health Engineering\u201d. It will feature a keynote presentation entitled \u201cAn Engineering Journey into the Neuroscience of Gut Instincts\u201d by Todd Coleman, an EECS alum and Associate Professor of Bioengineering at Stanford University.\n\nIn addition to the keynote presentation, the program will include: Welcome remarks by College of Engineering Dean Mingyan Liu, live performance of \u201cLift Every Voice and Sing\u201d by Nadia Johnson (School of Music Theatre and Dance) accompanied on piano by Herbert Winful (EECS), reading of the Emancipation Proclamation by members of the Graduate Society of Black Engineers and Scientists, remarks by EECS department leaders, presentation of the ECE Willie Hobbs Moore Distinguished Alumni Lectureship award to Prof. Todd Coleman and the finale - choreographed performance of \u201cSomeday We\u2019ll All Be Free\u201d by Kiana Cook (SMTD-dance)\n\nThe EECS department has partnered with three food trucks \u2013 Good Eats, Nacho Average Tostado, and Motor City Sweet Treats, to offer lunch in the Gerstacker Grove afterwards. \n\nJuneteenth, celebrated on June 19th, is a national holiday that marks the day in 1865 when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas, announced the end of the Civil War, and freed 250,000 slaves in Texas. This was two and a half years after President Abraham Lincoln\u2019s Emancipation Proclamation had formally freed slaves in the Confederate states. Juneteenth is considered by many as the country\u2019s second Independence Day.", "occurrence_notes":null, "guid":"148208-21903320@events.umich.edu", "permalink":"http:\/\/events.umich.edu\/event\/148208", "building_id":"1005059", "building_name":"Walgreen Drama Center", "campus_maps_id":"526", "room":"Arthur MIller Theater", "location_name":"Walgreen Drama Center", "has_livestream":0, "cost":"", "tags":["Activism","African American","american culture","College Of Engineering","Computer Engineering","Computer Science","Computer Science And Engineering","Electrical And Computer Engineering","Electrical Engineering and Computer Science","Engineering","Inclusion","Social Impact","Social Justice"], "website":"", "sponsors":[ { "group_name":"Computer Science and Engineering Division", "group_id":"3197", "website":"http:\/\/cse.umich.edu" } ], "image_url":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "styled_images":{ "event_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_large_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "group_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "group_thumb_square":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_thumb_square\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "group_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "group_large_lightbox":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/group_large_lightbox\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_large_crop":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_large_crop\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_list":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_list\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_list_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_list_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_grid":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_grid_2x":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_grid_2x\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_feature_large":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/resolve\/event_feature_large\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png", "event_feature_thumb":"https:\/\/events.umich.edu\/media\/cache\/event_feature_thumb\/media\/attachments\/2026\/05\/event_148208_original-1.png" }, "occurrence_count":1, "first_occurrence":21903320 } }