April 2013

Monday, April 1
Golf at WVIAC Southern Regional, Charleston.
12:05 p.m. Meditation Mondays, Cumberland Room, until 12:50 p.m.
3 p.m. Men's Tennis at Bloomsburg.
8 p.m. Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players short original contemporary play (Program I), Reynolds Hall. Tickets are $5 for the general public; $2 for other students, and Shepherd faculty and staff; and free for Shepherd students.

Tuesday, April 2
Golf at WVIAC Southern Regional, Charleston.
1 p.m. Baseball at Ohio Valley.
2 p.m. Softball vs. Ohio Valley.

Wednesday, April 3
Noon The Power of the Breath to Heal Mind and Body lunchtime discussion, Cumberland Room.
4:30 p.m. Phi Kappa Phi Induction Ceremony with "Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of Politics and Religion" presented by Dr. Steve Gimbel, Frank Center.

Thursday, April 4
10:30 a.m. Commuter Engagement Peanut Butter and Jelly event, intersection of High and King Streets, until 2 p.m.
3 p.m. Leadership Lounge Workshop, "Lessons I Learned in the Peace Corps," Rumsey Gallery. Sponsored by Student Activities and Leadership.
4:45 p.m. Relay for Life Team Captain Meeting, Storer Ballroom.
7 p.m. Scarborough Society Art and Lecture Series: Senior Director of Programming for NewsHour on PBS Susan Mills will present "From the News Room to the White House: The Changing Role of Women in the Workplace," Reading Room.
8 p.m. Music Salon Series, Dr. Scott Beard, piano, Walker Horton Shipley Recital Hall.
9 p.m. Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players short original contemporary play (Program II), Reynolds Hall. Tickets are $5 for the general public; $2 for other students, and Shepherd faculty and staff; and free for Shepherd students.

Friday, April 5
9 a.m. Last day to withdraw from second-half-of-semester class, see advisor by noon.
3 p.m. Relay for Life, Wellness Center.
7 p.m. Lauren Sholley, Federal Affairs Manager of eBay, shares knowledge of lobbying and her interaction with the federal government, Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium. Hosted by Pi Sigma Alpha and the Department of Political Science.
8 p.m. Wind Ensemble and Symphony Band, Frank Center.
8 p.m. Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players short original contemporary play (Program II), Reynolds Hall. Tickets are $5 for the general public; $2 for other students, and Shepherd faculty and staff; and free for Shepherd students.

Saturday, April 6
11 a.m. Shepherd Bookstore open, until 2 p.m.
11 a.m. Men's Tennis vs. Charleston.
1 p.m. Softball at West Liberty.
1 p.m. Baseball vs. Alderson-Broaddus.
4 p.m. Friends Fellows Benefit Recital, Walker Horton Shipley Recital Hall, Frank Center.
8 p.m. Rude Mechanicals Medieval and Renaissance Players short original contemporary play (Program II), Reynolds Hall. Tickets are $5 for the general public; $2 for other students, and Shepherd faculty and staff; and free for Shepherd students.

Sunday, April 7
Golf at Wheeling Jesuit Invitational.
10:30 a.m. Intramurals Weekend Warriors: Opening Weekend MLB Baseball Game, Butcher Center (F Lot). Tickets and transportation are $10 for Shepherd students and $35 for the general public; for more information, contact Intramurals at 304-876-5076.
Noon Men's Tennis vs. West Liberty.
1 p.m. Softball at Wheeling Jesuit.
1 p.m. Baseball vs. Alderson-Broaddus.
3 p.m. Voice Recital, VanChessca Allen, McCoy Rehearsal Hall, Frank Center.
5 p.m. Piano Recital, Jeffrey Dunn, Walker Horton Shipley Recital Hall, Frank Center.

Monday, April 8
Golf at Wheeling Jesuit Invitational.
9 a.m. First day of Fall 2013 RAIL registration for continuing students, until 4 p.m.
10 a.m. Be Legit and Financially Fit! Speak with representatives from the Office of Financial Aid to learn how to be financially fit and enter to win a Kindle Fire HD, Library, until 2 p.m. 12:05 p.m. Meditation Mondays, Cumberland Room, until 12:50 p.m.
12:10 p.m. Focus on Student Learning (FOSL), Fostering Active Learning, Library 309, until 1 p.m.
2:15 p.m. Student Employee of the Year Recognition, Ram's Den.
4 p.m. Women's Lacrosse vs. Rollins College.
4:10 p.m. Spring Assembly, Erma Ora Byrd Auditorium.

Tuesday, April 9
10 a.m. Career Clinic, Walk-in Clinic, Ram's Den.
12:10 p.m. Career Clinic, Interview Intervention, Blue-Gray Room.
12:30 p.m. Focus on Student Learning (FOSL), Fostering Active Learning, Library 309, until 1:30 p.m.
1 p.m. Baseball vs. Bluefield State.
2 p.m. President's Spring Open Office Hours, until 3:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m. Career Clinic, Federal Job Application Workshop, Rumsey Room.
8 p.m. Jazz Night, Frank Center.

Wednesday, April 10
Last day of academic advisement for continuing students for Fall 2013.
1 p.m. Softball vs. Glenville.
4 p.m. Women's Lacrosse vs. Seton Hill University.
8 p.m. The 5 Browns, Frank Center.

Thursday, April 11

Friday, April 12
9 a.m. Green Party to celebrate Earth Day, Byrd Science Center and the Red Zone, until 2 p.m. Hosted by the Institute of Environmental and Physical Sciences.

Saturday, April 13
6 a.m. Annual Potato Drop, Knutti Hall, until noon.
8:30 a.m. Green Party to celebrate Earth Day, Reynolds Hall, until noon. Hosted by the Institute of Environmental and Physical Sciences.
9:10 a.m. Psychology Senior Thesis Capstone presentations, Storer Ballroom, until 5 p.m.
11 a.m. Men's Tennis at Davis and Elkins.
Noon Softball vs. Concord. Senior Day.
1 p.m. Baseball at Fairmont.

Sunday, April 14
Last Day of Spring Weekend Recess.
Noon Softball vs. Bluefield State.
1 p.m. Baseball at Fairmont.
2:30 p.m. Honors Recital, Washington County Museum of Fine Arts, Hagerstown, Maryland.
7 p.m. Mozart Mass in C Minor Masterworks Chorale, Frank Center.

Monday, April 15
Golf at IUP Invitational.
12:05 p.m. Meditation Mondays: Mindfulness, Cumberland Room, until 12:50 p.m.
1 p.m. Food and Mood workshop, Blue-Gray Room, 1:45 p.m.
3:15 p.m. Composition Recital, Walker Horton Shipley Hall, Frank Center.
4 p.m. Women's Lacrosse at Millersville University.

Tuesday, April 16
65th Annual Student Recognition Day Ceremony, Frank Center Auditorium.
Golf at IUP Invitational.
8 p.m. Small Ensembles Concert, Walker Horton Shipley Recital Hall, Frank Center.

Wednesday, April 17
9 a.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Jody Brumage, "Not Simply Written Into Law: The Evolution of Religious Freedom During the Colonial Period on Virginia's Eastern Shore," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
9:30 a.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Maigen Brianna Lawson, "Knowledge and Its Implications on the Future of Sex Trafficking: Is Ignorance Really Bliss?," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
9:30 a.m. Commuter Engagement Outreach, intersection of High and King Streets, until 2 p.m.
10 a.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Clayton Raines, "Acute Toxicity of Road Salts on Freshwater Amphipods," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
10:30 a.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Anna Alappat, "Characterization of the Epithelial Mesenchymal Transition of Mesenchymal Sub Population Cells," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
11 a.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Joseph Hansroth (Poster Presentation), "Telomere Length in Newborns with Trisomy 21: Predictor of Shorter Lifespan?," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
11:30 a.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Ben Hackett, "Investigating the Cellular Basis of Long-term Memory Formation and Disruption in the Pond Snail, Lymnaea palustris," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
Noon Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Rebecca Thompson, "Functions of Biogenic Amines: Tyramine and Otopamine," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
12:30 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Sreedata Mahavadi, "The Effects of AMPD1 Regulation in Myositis," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
1 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Brooke Jones, "Molecular Characterization of Isolates of Salmonella Enterica Serovar Bovismorbificans in a 2011 Hummus-Associated Outbreak," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
1 p.m. Baseball at Glenville.
1:30 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Amanda Giuliani, "Dental Care and Pregnancy," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
2 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Brittani Love, "Cheaper Energy with Chemistry," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
2:30 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Meghana Vodela, "Development of a More Efficient Treatment for Duchenne's Muscular Dystrophy," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
2:45 p.m. Physical Computing Exhibition, Robert C. Byrd Science and Technology Center, until 4:45 p.m.
3 p.m. Facility Master Plan Campus Meeting, Erma Ora Byrd Auditorium.
3 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Susan Kurian, "Asthma and the Environment," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
3 p.m. Softball at Fairmont.
3:30 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Brent Francis, "The Politics of the Chechen Conflict," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
3:30 p.m. In celebration of National Library Week, six READ posters will be unveiled, one featuring President Suzanne Shipley, Collaborative (Computer) Lab in the Library, until 4:30 p.m.; refreshments will be served. For more information, contact Nancy Cowherd at 304-876-5418.
4 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Ashley Hudson, "Mannequin: Book to Movie and Back Again," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium.
4:30 p.m. Honors Capstone Project Presentations: Christopher Korcsmaros, "Does Welfare Work? A Study of the Effects of Income Support on Work Effort," Robert C. Byrd Center for Legislative Studies Auditorium, until 5 p.m.
6 p.m. Percussion Ensemble Concert, Frank Center.
7 p.m. Shepherd University will present its proposed 10-year facility master plan during an open community meeting, Erma Ora Byrd Auditorium.

Thursday, April 18
Noon Facility Master Plan Campus Meeting, Byrd Center for Legislative Studies, Lower Level Multipurpose Room (B41).
1 p.m. Food and Mood workshop, Blue-Gray Room.
1:30 p.m. Center for Contemporary Arts II Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony. Building tours at 1 and 2 p.m.
2 p.m. Board of Governors Meeting, Center for Contemporary Arts II Room G03.
4 p.m. Women's Lacrosse vs. Frostburg State University.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. solo exhibit, "Beasts and Beasts," Sarah Loy, Bridge Gallery, 8566 Shepherdstown Pike, until 7 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibit, Ashli Cheshire, Bridge Gallery, Entler Hotel, until 8 p.m. Artist talk at 6 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibits, Brittany Grimes, Michael Keplinger, and Elinor Pretsch, Shepherdstown Community Club, until 8 p.m.

Friday, April 19
Last Day of classes.
Last Day for complete withdrawal from semester.
3:30 p.m. Fifty-second McMurran Scholars Convocation, Frank Center. Reception to follow, Wellness Center.
5 p.m. Euphonium Recital, Rebecca Herdering, Walker Horton Shipley Recital Hall, Frank Center.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibit, Jane Zdrojewski, Fire Hall Gallery, 108 North George Street, Charles Town, until 8 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibits, Caitlyn Johnson, Alexandra Stevens, Katelyn Stoneberger, and Joshua Zelenka, The Slant Factory Art Space, 202 East Liberty Street, Charles Town, until 9 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibits, Krystle Alder, Jeffery Baker, Kristian Dela Cruz, Alexander Feeser, Rebecca Gowdy, Kara Hardy, Michael Haynes, David Hickerson, Scott Hunt, Xiaofei Ji, Jeremy Johnson, Lacy Lafferty, Jessica Leake, Hannah Piper, Adam Ritchey, Sarah Smith, Michael Vowell, and Miranda Wilfong, Shepherdstown Community Club, until 9 p.m.
6 p.m. "Soldiers to Scholars" presented by Dr. Keith Alexander's Oral History class, Entler Hotel Museum.
7 p.m. Shepherdstown Film Society: "The Wicker Man," Reynolds Hall. Admission is free; discussion led by Dr. Rachel Krantz

Saturday, April 20
9 a.m. Literacy Leaders Conference, Erma Ora Byrd Hall, until 1 p.m. Sponsored by the Department of Education and Jefferson County Reading Association.
1 p.m. Softball vs. Charleston.
1 p.m. Baseball vs. Seton Hill.
4 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibit, Carissa Lindmark, Brainstorm Comics and Gaming, 54 East Patrick St., Frederick, Maryland, until 8 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibit, Paige Albert, Anderson Photographs, 2 South Potomac St., Hagerstown, Maryland, until 8 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibits, Ryan Franklin and Victoria Landis, Incubator Gallery, 60 West Washington St., Hagerstown, Maryland, until 9 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibits, Jason Gladhill and Jessica Peters, Incubator Gallery, 60 West Washington St., Hagerstown, Maryland, until 9 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibits, Kayla McDurfee and Lindsey Smith, Incubator Gallery, 60 West Washington St., Hagerstown, Maryland, until 9 p.m.
5 p.m. Senior B.F.A. exhibits, Joey Diaz, Taneisha Harrison, Hannah Swindoll, and Carleigh Underwood, Hagerstown Co-op Gallery, 36 North Potomac St., Hagerstown, Maryland, until 9 p.m.

Sunday, April 21
Golf at California, Pennsylvania, Invitational.
Noon Softball vs. West Virginia State.
1 p.m. Women's Lacrosse vs. Chestnut Hill College.
1 p.m. Baseball vs. Seton Hill.
11:30 p.m. Midnight Breakfast, Ram's Den, until 1 a.m. Sponsored by Student Affairs.

Monday, April 22
First day of final exams.
Golf at California, Pennsylvania, Invitational.
8 a.m. Good Morning Commuter, Rumsey Gallery, until 4 p.m.
12:05 p.m. Meditation Mondays: Labyrinth, Cumberland Room, until 12:50 p.m.
3:30 p.m. An "informance" (performance with information) by students of Classroom Music Education, Frank Center, room 125, until 4:30 p.m.

Tuesday, April 23
11 a.m. Puppies and Popsicles, lawn between Library and Snyder Hall (weather permitting), until 2 p.m. Canine companions will be available to students who want to pet, hug, or play with them as a way to de-stress during finals; popsicles will be given to human visitors. For more information, contact Nancy Cowherd at 304-876-5418.
1 p.m. Baseball vs. West Virginia State.
2 p.m. Softball at Alderson-Broaddus.

Wednesday, April 24
7:30 p.m. Shepherd Preparatory Orchestra and Preparatory Chorus, Frank Center.

Thursday, April 25

Friday, April 26
Last day of final exams.

Saturday, April 27
2 p.m. Softball at Seton Hill.
3 p.m. Baseball at Pitt-Johnstown.

Sunday, April 28
1 p.m. Baseball at Pitt-Johnstown.

Monday, April 29
End of second semester.
9 a.m. Second semester grades due.
12:05 p.m. Meditation Mondays, Cumberland Room, until 12:50 p.m.

Tuesday, April 30
Grades will be available via RAIL (tentative).