Wednesday, April 8, 2009

April Newsletter

Dear Students,

We have some great events happening in April that you won't want to miss. Be sure to check out the MUM Events Calendar for updates on events happening on campus and in town! We have also uploaded pictures from a lot of our recent events including: March Madness Open Mic and St. Patrick's Day. You can also check out our Youtube Channel for movies!
If you have any pictures or videos from any student events, please email them to us at stuactiv@mum.edu and we will post them online! Keep yourself updated on exciting events on the MUM facebook page!

Enjoy your week!

Rianna & Eero
Student Activities
(641) 472-1104
stuactiv@mum.edu
Maharishi University of Management
Fairfield, IA 52557


Topics of the Student Activities Newsletter
  • Green Screen Night - Ecological Design - Thursday, April 9th
  • April Showers Open Mic - Friday, April 10th
  • Variety Show Auditions - Wednesday, April 15th - Saturday, April 18th
  • Green Screen Night - Tallgrass Prairie - Thursday, April 16th
  • Student Activities Youtube Videos
  • Student Activities Pictures and Blog

Green Screen Night - Ecological Design: Inventing the Future
Thursday, April 9th - 8:00 pm - Dalby Hall
Green Screen Night is back! Sustainable Living Club presents documentaries about the environment and sustainability. This week's movie is Ecological Design: Inventing the Future. This documentary's thesis focuses on the emergence of ecological design, from the original vision of the independent thinkers in the 1920s to the powerful present-day movement.


April Showers Open Mic - Friday, April 10th
8:00 pm - Dalby Hall
Are you ready for an amazing, spectacular evening featuring... you? Don't miss the April Showers Open Mic!
All students, faculty and staff are invited to share songs, poems, dances, short films, rap, magic tricks, or any other form of artistic expression.

If you would like to perform or would like more information, send an email to stuactiv@mum.edu by WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8th.
You can find sign up forms on bulletin board in the Student Lounge. Please return the sign up form to the Student Activities office, located in the Student Lounge in the Argiro Student Center.


Variety Show Auditions - Wednesday, April 15th - Saturday, April 18th
See times listed below - Old SU Theatre
Audition for the biggest show of the year...The MUM Variety Show 2009!

All students, faculty and staff are warmly invited to audition for the performance. If you are interested in hosting the event (by yourself, as a dynamic duo, or a presenter), please stop by during auditions and let us know.

Auditions will be held in the Old SU Theatre (Arts Building).

Audition times:
Wednesday, April 15th - Evening, 7 - 9 pm
Thursday, April 16th - Afternoon, 3 - 5 pm
Saturday, April 18th - Afternoon, 1 pm - 3 pm

The sign-up sheet is posted in the lobby of the Argiro Student Center. Please sign up!

For more information, please email us at stuactiv@mum.edu.
The Variety Show will take place on Saturday, May 9th at 8 pm at the Fairfield Arts and Convention Center. Mark your calendars!


Green Screen Night - Tallgrass Prairie - Thursday, April 16th
8:00 pm - Dalby Hall
AMERICA'S LOST LANDSCAPE: THE TALLGRASS PRAIRIE tells the rich and complex story of one of the most astonishing alterations of nature in human history.

Prior to Euro-American settlement in the 1820s, one of the major landscape features of North America was 240 million acres of tallgrass prairie. But between 1830 and 1900 -- in the span of a single lifetime -- the prairie was steadily transformed to farmland. This drastic change in the landscape brought about an enormous social change for Native Americans. In an equally short time their cultural imprint was reduced in essence to a handful of place-names appearing on maps.

The extraordinary cinematography of prairie remnants, original score and archival images are all delicately interwoven to create a powerful and moving viewing experience about the natural and cultural history of America.

Amongst those interviewed are writer Dayton Duncan, Wes Jackson of The Land Institute, biologist Laura Jackson, linguist Jerome Kills Small, historian Anton Treuer, landscape historian Lance Foster, writer Richard Manning, and Nina Leopold Bailey and Carol Leopold -- two of Aldo Leopold's children.


Student Activities Youtube Videos
Check out HD videos of Student Activities events on Youtube! Click here to view our Youtube Channel - MUMStuAct.


Student Activities Pictures and Blog!

Check out PICTURES from Student Events including March's Open Mic, Delicious Beats Dance, Samuel Klemke and more! All pictures are available at http://picasaweb.google.com/stuactiv.
Check out our Online BLOG at http://stuact.blogspot.com/. This blog features our newsletters, with links to the MUM calendar, Youtube Videos, GSC blog, Conscious Times blog, Ride Board, and more. If you have any pictures or videos from any of our events, please email them to stuactiv@mum.edu.


Have a great week!