Time: 12:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Contact: Elizabeth A Rainey · earainey@loyno.edu · 5048653595
Location: Buddig Hall Lobby
Staff from Student Success will be available to help you get ready to register for classes this fall!
Time: 2:30 pm to 3:30 pm
Contact: Kure D. Croker · kdcroker@loyno.edu
Location: Multimedia Room 2, Monroe Library
Janet Allured, Ph.D. will present the lecture "Janet Mary Riley: An Angel with Teeth" in conjunction with Monroe Library''s Special Collections & Archives exhibit "Janet Mary Riley: A Voice for Social Justice in Louisiana" as part of the citywide NOLA4Women exhibition series that seeks to celebrate generations of women who have built and rebuilt the city of New Orleans.
Janet Allured is Professor of History and Women\'s Studies at McNeese State University. Her latest book is "Remapping Second-Wave Feminism: The Long Women's Rights Movement in Louisiana, 1950-1997" (University of Georgia Press, 2016). She is currently at work on a monograph about southern Methodist women as progressive reformers, 1939-2000.
Janet Mary Riley, Loyola alum and first female law professor in New Orleans, remained dedicated throughout her career to protecting the rights of the disenfranchised in Louisiana. Riley's papers housed in the Special Collections & Archives at Monroe Library Loyola University New Orleans are the focus of their new exhibit showcasing letters, publications, awards, and legal achievements that bring Ms. Riley to life in her own words.
This lecture is brought to you through a Loyola University New Orleans Strength in Diversity grant.
Questions can be directed to Kure D. Croker at kdcroker@loyno.edu
4 - 6 p.m. “Chaotic Conflict and Turbulent Times”
Miller Hall, Room 114
Lucian Bumeder (Tulane University): “Getting a Grip on the Seemingly Chaotic: An Introduction to the Libyan Conflict”
Donna Berbling (Loyola University New Orleans): “Nurturing Hate”
Tahereh Hadian Jazy (Independent Scholar): “Protests against Islamic Dress Code amidst the Outcries of the Price Hikes”
Claire McKenna (Loyola University New Orleans): “1988 Massacre of Political Prisoners in Iran”
Time: 7 pm to 9 pm
Contact: Behrooz Moazami · moazami@loyno.edu
Location: Nunemaker Auditorium, Monroe Hall
The university’s Tenth Annual Student Peace Conference is an opportunity for students and visitors to further community discussion about hope, renewal and global peace. Titled “Breaking Walls,” this year’s one-week event is expected to be the largest student peace conference ever held at this Jesuit, Catholic University. The conference runs Tuesday, April 10 through Tuesday, April 17. All events will be held on Loyola’s main campus, 6363 St. Charles Ave. and are free and open to the public.
7 - 9 p.m. “War is Hell”
Nunemaker Auditorium, Monroe Hall
Andrea Castillo (Marine Corps veteran): “The Struggle of Life in the Marines for a Woman”
Kristen Richard, Wife of Iraq War veteran and nurse at women’s hospital: “Fighting the War at Home.”
Jamie McFarland (Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran): “A Combat Veteran’s Struggle to Put his Life Back Together.”
Judge Arthur Hunter (Section K, Orleans Parish Criminal Court): “What is Veteran Court?”
Time: 7:30 pm to 8:30 pm
Contact: Box Office · tickets@loyno.edu · 504-865-2074
Location: Roussel Performance Hall, 2nd Floor, Comm./Music Complex
Dr. Ronald Chioldi, Professor of piano at Northeaster State University, co-author of the popular group-piano textbooks Keyboard Musicianship, and Keyboard Fundamentals, will play a recital on April 11 at 7:30pm, followed by a masterclass on April 12 at 12:30pm.
Time: 9 pm to 9:30 pm
Contact: Ken Weber · kweber@loyno.edu · 5048653167
Location: Ignatius Chapel, 1st Floor, Bobet Hall
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