Harpur College Week

Schedule of Events:

The festivities are open to the entire campus community and include both Zoom and in-person events. However, events may have attendance limits; students should register through B-Engaged.

SUNDAY, NOV. 5

  • Excel for Data Analytics Crash Course:

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    Did you know that the number one skill employers look for in hiring new interns is Excel? This crash course will prepare undergraduate and graduate students looking to gain Excel skills for use in data analytics such as: data manipulation, data visualization, how to use Macros and more through this microcredential. Upon completion participants who score 70% or better on the post-test will earn the Excel Skills for Data Analytics microcredential supporting their applications to internship opportunities in a variety of private and public sector organizations. No prior Excel experience is required. Students will engage in Excel skill-building lab exercises using a data set to develop the following skills: Basic Setup and Usage of Excel, Data Manipulation, Formatting, and Analysis, Data Visualization, Macros and Formula Types, VLOOKUP and Pivot Tables and Visual Basic Applications (VBA). They will also learn about how income data demonstrates disparities among gender and racial groups within the United States. Students will complete a pre-test and post-test to assess each of these skills in addition to the interactive lab exercises. Snacks are sponsored by the GSO! 

    Food Provided (Snacks and beverages provided with support from the Graduate Student Organization (GSO).)

MONDAY, NOV. 6

  • Daesha Devon Harris: "Our Souls are Kindred with the Tide":

    • Monday, November 6th
    • 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
    • Rosefsky Gallery, FA 259
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    The Rosefsky Gallery hosts an exhibition by visiting artist, Daesha Devon Harris. The gallery is open to the public 9 AM - 5 PM during Harpur Week. Harris' photographic work explores the notion of "home" as it intersects with both her own and the historical Black American pursuit of full, undefiled citizenship, equality, and Freedom. Harris is a Senior Visiting Fellow at Skidmore College's John B. Moore Documentary Studies Collaborative Storyteller's Institute and was named as one of the Royal Photographic Society's Hundred Heroines.

  • Caffeinate with Harpur Edge: Free Coffee on the Harpur Quad:

    •  Monday, November 6th
    •  11:00 AM - 12:30 PM
    •  Harpur College Tent by Fountain outside Bartle
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    Join Harpur Edge to share your love of Harpur College this week with free hot coffee, tea, cocoa or cider! 

    Food Provided (Free beverages will be provided of all sorts. Coffee, cider, cocoa, and tea will be provided for those who pass by!)

  • Zooming with Harpur Alumna, Ifeoluwa Shoola Manager at the Partnership for Public Service:

    •  Monday, November 6th
    •  12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
    •  Online Zoom event
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    As a kick off event to Fall in Love with Harpur College week, our Dean, Dr. Celia Klin will introduce and welcome our alumna, Ifeoluwa Shoola to speak with us about the power of studying the liberal arts in her life and how it can be as transformative for you. When Ife was a student she studied Integrative Neuroscience and Africana Studies and she engaged in some life-changing experiences that brought her to the life she leads today. In her career she is a Manager and Facilitator for the Partnership for Public Service. The Partnership for Public Service is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization based in Washington, D.C. whose mission is to inspire a new generation of civil servants and to transform the way government works. Ife leads a full life outside of work as well. In service to her Nigerian roots, Ife’s passion for developing emerging leaders led her to partner with Children that Change the World (CTCTW) to design and deliver an innovation challenge for high school students in the Ogbomoso community, spotlighting the creative wealth of young Nigerians. She also serves as a board member of SprinNG, an organization building a community of young Nigerians in writing and literature, and has worked to expand its reach and impact. Attendees can expect to connect with Ife via zoom and engage in a Q&A after her talk.

TUESDAY, NOV. 7

Harpur History Hunt:

  • Tuesday, November 7th
  • 11:00 AM - 6:00 PM
  • Online Event
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    Participate in an online scavenger hunt from the comfort of your room, the library, the Peace Quad…wherever you’d like! Up to 10 teams of 1 to 4 people will work to solve puzzles and complete challenges.

    THE HUNT WILL TAKE PLACE ON TUESDAY, NOV. 7.

    You may begin anytime between 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. We anticipate it will not take more than 2 hours and likely less than that. 

    Want to compete?

    Send your team name and the emails of your team members to HCAA@binghamton.edu by Monday, Nov. 6, 2023.

    Prizes:

    Fastest Completion Time (including time deducted from bonuses and challenge completion)

    • $75 gift card to the campus bookstore for each team member
      Best Picture (from all photos submitted)
    • $25 amazon gift card for each team  member
      Best Team Name
    • $15 dining services gifts card for each team member
    • For all participants: A glow-in-the dark Harpur water bottle

    How it will work:

    Each team will have a Google group created for the hunt with all teammates added as members. On Nov. 7, you will receive a Google Spaces message at 11 a.m. from our hunt moderator. Reply: “We’re ready!” by 3 p.m. and we will message you your first clue. Your time starts when you receive the first clue and ends when you send the final answer to the last puzzle. There will be two optional opportunities for bonuses that will ask you to go to specific locations on campus, otherwise the entire hunt may be completed in one location. All materials will be provided digitally, but you are welcome to print them if you’d like.

    We hope you join us to learn more about your college and to have some fun solving puzzles with friends!

Digital and Data Studies (DiDa) Open Advising:

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    To help you plan out your courses for the Spring semester, the Digital and Data Studies faculty will host an Open Advising event on Tuesday, November 7 from 5-7 PM. Program faculty will be there to talk about the DiDa minor and help you find courses in the program that are right for you. Or, just come to eat pizza and snacks, meet other students, and hang out! Any student interested in the minor is welcome. Bring your friends! 
     Food Provided (Food will be catered by BU dining.

    Please email harpuredge@binghamton.edu with any food allergies to be addressed two weeks prior to the event.)

WEDNESDAY, NOV. 8

Pre-Law Bus Trip - Law School Visit and Law Alumni Event:

  • Wednesday, November 8th
  • 9:00 AM - 11:30 PM
  • Binghamton to Newark, Newark to NYC, NYC to Binghamton
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    Pre-Law Students are invited to participate in a free chartered bus trip to visit Seton Hall Law School, followed by a Binghamton Law Alumni and Student event in NYC. Students will be bussed back to campus after the conclusion of the event.

    Contact ljoggerst@binghamton.edu with questions.

Major and Minor Advising Fair:

  • Wednesday, November 8
  • 11:30 AM – 1:30 PM
  • Old Union Hall
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    Discover your path: Join us for an advising event where you will meet faculty and students from the majors and minors across Harpur College.

Pop Up Shop:

  • Wednesday, November 8th
  • 11:30 AM - 1:30 PM
  • Outside Old Union Hall
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    Featuring the very talented students of Harpur College, this Pop-Up Shop will feature products made by our very own! Come stop by outside Old Union Hall to check out the variety of different products being sold, such as vintage clothes, knitted wear, earrings, glassware, and more!

Summer Course-based Research Opportunities:

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    Zoom Link: https://binghamton.zoom.us/j/94460415502

    Today, students need to have research experience, so they can be competitive for NSF-REU, EXROP and other types of national research fellowships and subsequently for graduate school, medical school and so forth. Although our summer research programs are similar to a NSF-REU experience, it differs in that it provides a stepped, multi-mentored, team-based experience that is ideal for students with little, if any, research experience. Last year the summer research streams were Ecological Genetics, Biogeochemistry, and Clean Energy, with rising sophomores, juniors and seniors – all STEM majors with aspirations for medical school or graduate school but as yet no research experience. They completed a summer research project of publishable quality, and all demonstrated substantial personal and professional growth.

    The SRI and FtRI programs are similar to the First-year Research Immersion (FRI). All of our programs provide undergraduates with training and experience conducting real research in research streams designed by faculty recognized around the world for their work on important problems. Both programs will take students step by step from learning to ask a research question to presenting their research to the public. Students will develop the knowledge and skills in these programs that will allow them to continue with advanced research after they complete the program.

    For summer 2023, SRI will be running research in our Clean Energy (chemistry and physics) stream. Participants will spend the summer conducting research on these topics and gain valuable experience and knowledge. SRI will run for ten weeks and consist of two courses (Research Stream I & II courses, 8 credits total). Opportunities after this program include continued research in faculty laboratories, industry internships and national fellowships.

    Additionally, we plan to run FtRI with our research streams yet to be determined. Participants will spend the first summer session conducting collaborative research. FtRI will run for 5 weeks during Summer Session 1 and consist of one course (Research Stream I course, 4 credits). Following successful completion of FtRI, student researchers will be enrolled in the fall FRI course (Research Stream II course, 4 credits) to complete the FRI program alongside current FRI students in the same research streams.

    This live informational webinar will help answer your questions about these programs and give you a chance to ask about the application process and other questions you may have about our program logistics.

    To learn more ahead of this event please visit our website: https://www.binghamton.edu/first-year-research-immersion/sri/index.html

Learn a Music Theater Dance Combo from a Broadway Show!:

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    Love Music Theatre? Come and learn a section of choreography from a real Broadway show. This session will be led by International Director and Choreographer: David Wynen.

Archaeology Open Lab Hour:

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    The Masters of Public Archaeology Program will be hosting an open lab event to showcase the artifacts collected at 2022 and 2023 BU summer field school at the Bundy Museum in Binghamton. Come in and learn how we process, catalog, date, and analyze the artifacts that we collect on digs to interpret the past. No experience or materials needed.

Composition: How to Tell a Visual Story:

  • Wednesday, November 8th
  • 12:00 PM - 4:00 pm
  • Fine Arts 196 Studio B
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    Composition is what guides our eyes in a stage picture, and helps to drive the narrative, grabbing the audience's attention. And it is the director's job to create powerful compositional stage pictures to help convey the story. Join us to learn more about stage composition and learn how it can encourage particular emotions and reactions from your audience. Just bring yourself and your imagination. Registration would be helpful. Walk-Ins welcome.

First year/Sophomore class Pre Health Meeting:

  • Wednesday, November 8th
  • 2:00 PM - 3:00 PM
  • Harpur Atrium
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    This meeting is for First and Second year Pre Health students. We will discuss course selection and scheduling. Please bring your laptop.

History Pub Trivia:

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    Do you think you know your history? Bring yourself or your friends to History Pub Trivia! There will be pizza and prizes.

Stage Management Info Session:

  • Wednesday, November 8th
  • 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
  • Fine Arts Building in front of Watters Theater
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    Come to the Fine Arts building and meet with Faculty member and Production Stage Manager, Olivia O'Brien, to learn more about how to get involved in Stage Management with the Department of Theatre! After working as a professional Stage Manager, Company Manager, and Production Manager in New York City for 15 years and learning the ropes at venues such as Lincoln Center, BAM, The New Victory Theatre, La Jolla Playhouse and Arena Stage, Olivia joined the Department of Theatre to inspire students who are interested in all things backstage! Students will be eligible to enter a raffle for a free ticket to a main stage production. Registration required. Attendees may arrive any time within the scheduled session and will be entered in a raffle for a free ticket to a main stage production.

Getting In: A Workshop on Applying to Architecture School:

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    Registration is not required; come with questions about the MArch degree and about graduate work and careers in the fields of architecture and urban planning.

Musical Theatre Sing-Along:

  • Wednesday, November 8th
  • 5:00 PM - 5:30 PM
  • FA 196 (Studio B)
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    Do you enjoy singing musical theatre? Then join Tommy Iafrate, Binghamton's Director of Musical Theatre, to belt out the best of Broadway! Registrants will be emailed a ballot of songs ahead of time so they can vote on their favorites. If you have specific requests, you can email Tommy to make sure it ends up on the list of possibilities.

THURSDAY, NOV. 9    

Sew Your Own Totebag!:

  • Thursday, November 9th
  • 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
  • FA B-41 (Costume Shop)
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    Learn sewing machine basics to sew your own tote bag! Choose your fabric from a selection, cut your pieces, and sew your own reversible tote bag. No previous sewing experience required. A full 2 hours is needed to complete this project.

Schedule Check:

  • Thursday, November 9th; Friday, November 10th
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM (BOTH DAYS)
  • Old Champlain Atrium
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    Now that you have had the chance to talk with faculty members at the Faculty Fair, it is time to start building your schedule! Please join Harpur Advising on Thursday, November 9th or Friday, November 10th in the Old Champlain Atrium from 2-4PM to check your schedule for the spring '24 semester. Advisors will be around to help with registration and schedule building logistics. This event is intended for first year Harpur students and laptops are required. Space is limited.

    To RSVP for the 11/9 event, click here: https://cglink.me/2eQ/r2248313.

"Ed Wilson: Claiming Black Public Space":

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    This lecture by Professor Bridget Cooks (University of California, Irvine) is in conjunction with Fall 2023 exhibition, "Ed Wilson: The Sculptor as Afro-humanist" (Sept 7–Dec 9, 2023). Free and open to the public.

33rd Annual Bernardo Lecture "Beyond the Book of Hours: Female Lay Readers and the Wounds of Saint Francis":

  • Thursday, November 9th
  • 5:30 PM - 6:30 PM
  • Admissions Building 189
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    Guest speaker is Holly Flora, Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs, Tulane University

    Scholars have long recognized the importance of female lay readers to the development of the genre of the Book of Hours in the late Middle Ages and early Renaissance in northern Europe. In Italian contexts, where Books of Hours are relatively rare, other texts became adapted for devotional use in illustrated manuscripts, reflecting an eclectic urban religious culture. A little-known illuminated manuscript of the Legenda maior made for an unnamed laywoman in Milan ca. 1350 (MS 411 at the Biblioteca Nazionale Vittorio Emanuele II in Rome) is an example of this kind of adaptation.

    In this paper, I will examine the way that MS 411 emphasizes the side wound of Christ or of Francis (which is of course Christ’s wound, also acquired via Francis’ stigmatization) as a focal point for the manuscript’s female reader. In MS 411’s highly personalized image cycle, the female devotee appears four times kneeling before either Christ or Francis, who expose their side wounds. The wound in Christ’s side, which can take on the appearance also of a vagina, is sometimes depicted on its own in Books of Hours; examples of the side wound as a singular devotional image occur in manuscripts made for lay women, such as in the Psalter-Hours of Bonne of Luxembourg in the Met Cloisters. I will argue that in MS 411, the privileging of the side wound as an object of the reader’s prayer was key to this manuscript’s re-imagining of the Legenda maior as a devotional text.

FRIDAY, NOV. 10

“JUST 50”:

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    Judaic Studies is commemorating 50 years since the Judaic Studies Program has been established. Join us to eat some celebratory cake and learn how to say "Happy Birthday" in Hebrew, Arabic, Yiddish, and Ladino (Judeo-Spanish).

    Faculty from our Department will be on hand to teach you vocabulary and simple conversational phrases.

Econ-nect with Steven Levy '88: A Career in Finance and Venture Capital:

  • Friday, November 10th
  • 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
  • Online Zoom Event
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    Are you thinking about future opportunities in finance or venture capital? Then you need to zoom in to this session and meet with economics alumnus, Steven Levy. From Lehman Brothers to Cowen & Company to Young America Capital and now Unorthodox Ventures- he has been there and can share his journey. RSVP today to get the zoom link and save your spot to connect with this wonderful mentor and Harpur College alumnus.

Breath and Relaxation:

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    Come de-stress from the week with gentle relaxation and breathing exercises that will encourage a sense of ease and well-being in your body, your mind and your spirit. We will be working in socks (or barefoot) and also spend some time lying on the floor. Please dress in comfortable clothes that are easy to move in. Registration is encouraged but not required.

Schedule Check:

  • Friday, November 10th
  • 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM
  • Old Champlain Atrium
  • REGISTER TODAY
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    Now that you have had the chance to talk with faculty members at the Faculty Fair, it is time to start building your schedule! Please join Harpur Advising on Thursday, November 9th or Friday, November 10th in the Old Champlain Atrium from 2-4PM to check your schedule for the spring '24 semester. Advisors will be around to help with registration and schedule building logistics. This event is intended for first year Harpur students and laptops are required. Space is limited.

Free Your Inner Actor!:

  • Friday, November 10th
  • 2:30 - 3:30 PM
  • FA 192 (Studio A)
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    Come play theatre games, do improvisations, meet other people interested in theatre, and... most of all ... have fun! No experience is necessary – just curiosity and a desire to play! Please dress in comfortable clothes in which you can move easily. Registration is recommended but not required.

SATURDAY, NOV. 11

Playing With Time:

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    Participants can drop in to this ongoing workshop where participants can explore light activated zoetropes, stop motion animation, and into to projection mapping.

Questions: