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USI Warhol Collection Photographs and Prints on display in the McCutchan Art Center/Pace Galleries, Liberal Arts Center.

 

The Grapes of Wrath: The Indiana Experience on display in the McCutchan Exhibition Space in the Wright Administration Building. (In conjunction with the Big Read.)

 

Student Success Week, week of activities to boost student academic success and retention.

 

Wednesday

Big Read Keynote Address, 7 p.m., Mitchell Auditorium, Health Professions Center. Presented by Dr. Robert Reid, academic vice president emeritus. Reid will discuss the relationship between “The Grapes of Wrath” and documentary photography in four books Reid has published featuring photographs from the 1930’s depicting rural life, agriculture labor floods and droughts in the states of Indiana, Illinois, Minnesota and Texas.

 

Thursday

Big Read: Civil war reenactor Nell Jordan will talk about “Heritage Quilts,” noon to 1:30 p.m., Willard Library. Quilts from 1940s and print reproductions from 1930.

 

Friday

USI College of Liberal Arts Faculty Colloquium, 3 to 5 p.m., Kleymeyer Hall, Liberal Arts Center. Dr. Oana Popescu Sandu, assistant professor of English, will present, “American Experience: Romanian Writers see New York.”

 

Student Veterans Resource Fair, 3 to 5 p.m., Carter Hall, University Center. Free and open to the public, the resource fair will host a number of University and local non-for-profits and businesses who are devoted to a wide range of resources targeted to military and veteran personnel.

 

Harmoniefest, 6:30 p.m., Thrall’s Opera House, New Harmony, Indiana. Dr. Silvia Rode and Dr. Bartell Berg of USI’s World Languages and Cultures Department will discuss their work translating Harmonist works from German to English.

 

Saturday

Hearts on Fire 5K including costume contest and Cupid Fun Run for kids, 9 a.m., USI Recreation, Fitness, and Wellness Center.

 

Early next week

Terri “Detroit” Hughes, “The Soloist” free public showing, 6 p.m. February 10, Mitchell Auditorium, Health Professions Center.

 

Symposium on Homelessness with Hughes as keynote speaker, February 11.

 

 

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