Upcoming Events
The Last Lecture By Conrad Raabe, professor of political science (03/29/2009)
Celebration in the Oaks (12/5/2008)
Milton Quattuor Centum (11/19/2008)
Prospect One New Orleans (11/1/2008)
Homer's Iliad Book One Social Hour and Viewing (11/1/2008)
A Celebration in the Oaks: Friday, December 5, 2008
The University Honors Association (UHA) will take a pre-final exams outing to "A Celebration in the Oaks" at New Orleans' City Park on Friday, December 5th at 7pm. City Park's annual holiday lighting exhibit and festival returns with old favorites and new attractions. The Dinobration exhibit is returning. Also new are a dancing light show and a snow machine that will keep Mr. Bingle chilled with hourly snow showers. Of course, the fabled Carousel will be operational, complete with new lighting and music, and the train will take patrons on an enchanted journey highlighted by an electrifying light display along City Park Avenue. New favorites will be the Coney Tower ride and a new Ferris Wheel.
Please RSVP with Tracie or Grace for ticket and transportation information by Friday morning at the latest.
Milton Quattuor Centum: Wednesday, November 19, 2008
A Tulane-Loyola Undergraduate Conference
Join us 5pm - 8pm at Loyola University New Orleans, in the Audobon Room, 2nd Floor of the Danna Center for an evening of exploring literature, religion, and philosophy. Drs. William T. Cotton of Loyola and Elizabeth Oldman of Tulane will serve as co-chairs of the event. The keynote speaker is Dr. T. Ross Leasure of Salisbury University. Six short papers will be presented from students of both Loyola and Tulane. A reception follows.
While the event is free and open to the public, seating is limited. Please RSVP in advance with Nate Thacker.
Milton Quattuor Centum 2008 Schedule
Prospect One New Orleans: Starting at 12pm November 1, 2008
The University Honors Association (UHA) has a group that will be attending several Prospect 1 events this weekend.
This event is city-wide, including events on the campuses of Loyola University New Orleans and Tulane University. Experience unique art exhibits and the city of New Orleans. The New York Times says Prospect One is "billed as the largest exhibition of contemporary art ever held on American soil, the biennial is intended to help restore the cultural vibrancy of a city that remains on its knees three years after Hurricane Katrina."
From the Prospect 1 website: "Please join us Saturday, November 1, at 11am, for our ribbon-cutting by Mayor Ray Nagin and Lt. Gov. Mitch Landrieu at the Louisiana State Museum U.S. Mint (400 Esplanade Avenue). A second line parade with music by Rebirth Brass Band will begin playing on a platform stage outside the U.S. Mint and then head up Esplanade Ave. to the New Orleans African American Museum (1418 Governor Nicholls Street), where the parade will end.
At noon, Prospect.1 opens at all locations!"
Click on the following links for more information:
Prospect 1 Exhibits on the campus of Loyola University New Orleans
Prospect 1 Exhibits on the campus of Tulane University
Prospect 1 Complementary Shuttle Schedule
Homer's Iliad Book One Social Hour and Viewing:
Social starting at 6 pm November 1, 2008 in the Unviersity Honors Lounge, 567 Monroe Hall
The UHA is sponsoring a Social hour in the Honors Lounge before the show. Admittance is free for Honors students. Pizza and refreshments will be available. Please RSVP to Tracie Logan before Noon on Saturday. The Honors Lounge is reserved between 6pm and 7:30pm for Social Hour.
Veiwing at 7:30-10pm, November 1, 2008 - Roussel Performance Hall
Cost: $3 students, $5 General Admission, "plus convenience and/or handling fees," the website says. Tickets can be purchased at the door, please have your student ID with you, or you can purchase them in advance from a link on the description at the Loyola Calender of Events website.
A quick description:
Homer's epic story of Achilles and the Trojan war is one of the greatest works in world literature. A disparate group of soldiers and refugees, take refuge from a savage war and find solace and humanity in Homer's epic tale. Nine years after the start of the Trojan War, the Greeks are still unable to defeat their enemy. Agamemnon, the commander clashes with the best warrior, Achilles over the division of war-prizes and is forced to give back the girl Chryseis to her father after Apollo sends a terrible plague. Agamemnon claims Achilles' war-prize Briseis to save face and the furious Achilles withdraws from the fighting and asks the Gods to turn the war against the Greeks.
Homer's Iliad Book One Press Release and Online Ticket Information
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Events are planned and manged by the Cultural Enrichment Committee of the University Honors Association (UHA). In addition to planning and organizing events for UHP, we want to keep you informed about what is going on in and around Loyola. If your department has any upcoming events that you feel would be of interest to the honors students or faculty, please contact either Cultural Enrichment Committee Chair Tracie Logan or UHP Administrative Assistant Patrick Armstrong to be sure that word gets out. Also feel free to contact either individual if there is an activity/program you would like UHP to attend.
