Campus Events Newsletter
October 1st - 7th
Weekly Events
- Ultimate Frisbee Practice - Mondays, Tuesdays, & Thursdays
- Spanish Table / Mesa española - Tuesdays
- #TalkAboutItTuesday - Tuesdays
- UNICEF General Meeting - Tuesdays
- Zazen Meditation Practice - Tuesdays
- Slow Flow Alignment Yoga - Wednesdays
- Harambee Meeting - Wednesdays
- Deutscher Tisch (German Table) - Thursdays
- French Table! - Thursdays
- French Film Series - Thursdays
- Share Shop Open Hours - Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays
- Harry Potter Club - Saturdays
- Nature Club Meeting - Saturdays
Do you love Dairy Queen? Check this out!
Blessings in a Backpack
Blessings in a Backpack is an organization that works together to unite the Galesburg community to feed kids for a brighter future!Every week, we feed 424 students from different Galesburg elementary schools by packing bags of food and sending them home for the weekend. While it’s troubling that such need exists in the richest country on earth, we know that our efforts are making a difference! We are making a difference with food and with hope for the kids. Every Tuesday evening at 6pm, students and community volunteers gather at the basement of 1st Presbyterian Church to pack the 424 bags of food for the kids!
Blessings in a Backpack bags contain an apple every week! These apples are provided by the Knox students, by donating meal swipes from the cafeteria to provide apples for the kids.
For each Knox Meal Swipe Knox students donate, we get 10 apples from Bon Appetit. These apples go directly into the weekend meal bags for Galesburg elementary children.
We are starting up our Fall Term swipe collection again to get apples for Blessings in a Backpack kids in Galesburg.
To donate up to 10 swipes click this link: https://goo.gl/forms/FAuL08eOZukwvdPD2
Thank you for helping Blessings in a Backpack help our community! If you have meal swipes that you can donate, the kids would really appreciate it!
"Who will feed the kids this weekend?"
Monday
Pre-law Event: Janet Hein from the Indiana University Maurer School of Law Talk
6pm
GDH 105
Additionally, we kindly ask that anyone interested in the event RSVP to me, mjlondon@knox.edu, as we are going to be providing pizza.
Tuesday
Study Abroad Fair
October 2nd
10 am - 2 pmSeymour Hall
Join us to explore the many possibilities for off-campus study in the United States as well as study abroad. Everyone is welcome! This is your chance to talk with representatives from pre-approved programs, pick up program materials, and explore off-campus study opportunities that match your interests.
Wednesday
Mental Health Screening Day
10 am - 3 pm
Counseling Services
Taking a mental health screening is one of the quickest and easiest ways to determine whether you are experiencing symptoms of a mental health condition. Confidential screenings detect conditions such as depression, anxiety, bi-polar, eating disorders, and substance abuse disorders.
Robison Lecture: Non-Profit Activism and the Affordable Care Act
4:30 - 6 pm
Seymour Union, Ferris Lounge
The 2018-2019 Robison Lecture will feature Stephani Becker from the Sargent Shriver National Center on Poverty Law and Graciela Guzman from The Heartland Alliance. They will discuss how non-profit organizations work to further the Affordable Care Act's goal of eliminating healthcare inequality.
Becoming a Creative Genius (Again)
7 - 9 pm
Alumni Hall, Trustees Room
This workshop is designed to help you grow your creative capacity and help you restore your natural born creative genius. Find full event details and registration for this and all events with Carl '73 and Krista Anne Nordgren '12 at www.knoxalumni.org/Nordgren.
Thursday
Creativity, Entrepreneurship and the Liberal Arts
October 4th
12 - 1:30 pm
Alumni Hall, Trustees Room
Learn how to cultivate the mindset of a seasoned entrepreneur and apply it to your classes and life. Find full event details and registration for this and all events with Carl '73 and Krista Anne Nordgren '12 at www.knoxalumni.org/Nordgren.
Radical Work: How creatives, activists, & humans of all kinds can build a business
October 4th
6 - 7 pm
Whitcomb Art Center, Room 213
This workshop will look at ways engage in business creation as a radical practice. Find full event details and registration for this and all events with Carl '73 and Krista Anne Nordgren '12 at www.knoxalumni.org/Nordgren.
Friday
How Creative Writing and the Knox Education Influenced Career Success
October 5th
12 - 1:30 pm
Old Main, Alumni Room
A casual Q&A luncheon discussing how writing and good communication is essential in achieving success in any career field. Find full event details and registration for this and all events with Carl '73 and Krista Anne Nordgren '12 at www.knoxalumni.org/Nordgren.
Muslim Prayers with Imam Jamal Rahman
1- 2:30pm
Seymour Lincoln Room
Christians attend worship service on Saturdays or Sundays, Jewish folk worship on Friday evening and the Islamic weekly time of prayers is Friday
Come experience the prayers and what they mean with an all community prayer time with visiting Interfaith Amigo Imam Jamal Rahman.
Caxton Club: Caxton 360°
4 - 5:30
Old Main, Alumni Room
Okay, so maybe we don't remember exactly how to use a protractor, and we certainly aren't encouraging a series of u-turns where they aren't permitted, let alone a pair of about-faces, and we aren't absolutely sure we can explain how to calculate the sum of interior angles of a polygon, but what we do know: this reading will turn you around. Sometimes tweet-able, always charming, and wholly The Department of English, here's an event not to miss.
Collaboration, Customers, and Idea Generation
October 5th
4:30 - 6 pm
Whitcomb Art Center, Room 213
Interested in StartUp Term? Gain the entrepreneurial insight and tools you will need as you begin formulating ideas for StartUp Term 2019. Find full event details and registration for this and all events with Carl '73 and Krista Anne Nordgren '12 at www.knoxalumni.org/Nordgren.
Saturday
Off Campus Events
Community Potluck dinner with Interfaith Amigos
5:30 - 7:30 pm
Temple Sholom, 665 W North St.
All are welcome to join the Community Putlock dinner at Temple Sholom with Interfaith Amigos with a warm dialogue on various religious and spiritual beliefs!
Due to limited space, dinner reservations can be made by emailing Monica Corsaro at mkcorsaro@knox.edu.
The Interfaith Amigos is a group of religious leaders who collaborate to share an interfaith dialogue about today's social and economic issues. You can learn more about them here!
Afternoon Workshop with the Interfaith Amigos!
1 - 4 pm
Prairie Players Civic Theater, 160 S Seminary St.
Presentations by the Interfaith Amigos along with an interactive workshop!
Rides will be provided to the event.
Interfaith Amigos: World Communion Sunday
9:30 - 11 am
First Lutheran Church, 364 E Water St.
Come and enjoy the celebration of the World Communion Sunday with the Interfaith Amigos. The celebration is a great way to learn about different Christian traditions around the globe.
Chicago Knox Club tour of Holocaust Museum
1:15 - 5 pm
Skokie, IL
Join Knox friends to explore the history of the Holocaust through documents and artifacts as well as the memories of survivors. Professor Danielle Steen Fatkin will share how archaeologists use things-left-behind in order to tell the story of those who do not otherwise leave their mark on history.
Find full event details and registration at www.knoxalumni.org/Museum.
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