Values, 创意和艺术展示通过文化接触增强了曼彻斯特核心文科课程, artistic experience and intellectual enrichment. VIA features speakers, musicians and dramatic performers from the University community, across the country and around the globe. Manchester students earn academic credit through participation.
The goals of the VIA program are to:
- broaden students' cultural experiences,
- enrich students intellectually and aesthetically,
- provide opportunities to experience the arts,
- promote dialogue about ideas and values, and
- embody in its programs the values expressed in the University Mission.
Events last about an hour unless noted otherwise. 大学社区成员和公众也被邀请参加所有VIA活动. Admission is free unless otherwise noted.
Opening Convocation
11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 28, Cordier Auditorium
Manchester University President
Stacy Horner '96 Young welcomes students to the 2023-24 academic year. 长期以来，开学典礼的传统是教职员工身着全套礼服并由校长致欢迎辞. The public is welcome.
Event coordinator:
Julie Knuth How Did I Get Here? Where Do You Want To Go?
11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 4, Cordier Auditorium and livestream on Facebook
Learn how
Luke Bentley '13 turned his MU degree into a passport for life.
Since 2018, 他曾担任威廉佩恩大学男子排球总教练, 他是在哪里被雇来开始这个项目并带领球队获得全国冠军的.
He speaks at national conventions, camps and clinics. He is passionate about people, learning and Manchester! The public is welcome.
Event organizer: Beate Gilliar
The Kaepernick Effect: War, Racism, and the 21st century SportsWorld
11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 11, Cordier Auditorium
This is a volatile time in the world of sports. 运动员在一系列社会问题上的直言不讳引起了巨大的争议, especially racism. 这次演讲将探讨21世纪运动员的政治，并认为我们需要倾听运动员的心声.
Dave Zirin has written eleven books on the politics of sports, including The Kaepernick Effect, The John Carlos Story, and Jim Brown: Last Man Standing. Check out his podcast, Edge of Sports.
这个项目是由1968届和平与社会正义基金和Ira W. and Mable Winger Moomaw Fund. The public is welcome.
Primary organizer: Katy Gray Brown
Undertaking, etc.: First-hand accounts
11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 18, Cordier Auditorium
North Manchester McKee Mortuary owner Joe Egner '10 and Andy Clayton, executive director and CEO of the Indiana Funeral Directors Association, 谈论他们的职业是如何面对广泛而深刻的职责和挑战的.
From composing obituaries to preparing counseling sessions on grief, this profession encompasses more than we might even imagine.
Primary organizer: Beate Gilliar
After Zero Tolerance
11 a.m. Monday, Sept. 25, Cordier Auditorium
After Zero Tolerance is a documentary by filmmaker Oscar Guerra 这部电影讲述了一个洪都拉斯家庭在美国边境口岸被分离后努力团聚的故事.S.-Mexico border as a result of Trump administration immigration policies.
Guerra's documentary will be screened, followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker. Guerra is an Emmy award-winning filmmaker, researcher and educator. 他是康涅狄格大学数字媒体和设计专业的副教授.
Primary organizer: Gabriela Ramalho Tafoya
We Can Do Hard Things: Coping Skills to Face Challenges and Connect
11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 2, Cordier Auditorium
Nathan Harmon 《十大网赌正规网址》将讲述与心理健康和弹性有关的关键问题.
大学生活是一个新的开始，对学生来说可能是一个挑战，因为他们要适应独立和承担更多的责任. Harmon talks how to successfully navigate life with these new challenges. He will emphasize the importance of work ethics, priorities, being intentional, time management and a healthy balance, and how they are crucial to success.
Primary organizer: April White
Homecoming
The Dragon King
6:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, Wine Recital Hall
一场可怕的干旱席卷了这片土地，整个世界都变成了棕色，毫无生气. The Dragon King is ruler over all things water, 人们开始纳闷，为什么这么长时间他都没有带来赐予生命的雨水.
An underwater fantasy based on Chinese folklore, The Dragon King 讲述了一位勇敢的祖母下潜海底的故事.
Tanglewood Marionettes provides magical performances based on classic tales and modern twists. Large, beautifully hand-crafted marionettes, colorful sets, 集成的灯光和声音创造了一个完全身临其境的戏剧体验.
Primary organizer: Katy Gray Brown
I'm Coming Out ... Life in Drag
11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 9, Cordier Auditorium
这个VIA将由神话般的变装皇后Neon Van Ryan和Dixxxie Licious主持，他们将在全国出柜日的一周内探索他们的“出柜”经历, which is Wednesday, Oct. 11. Both attended Manchester, and Neon Van Ryan is a 2014 MU graduate. The presentation will open with a brief performance by each, 他们会谈论出柜的经历以及变装对他们来说意味着什么. 此外，每个人都会谈论他们对变装政治化的感受. 这次演讲将以一种有趣的方式让学生接触到新的想法和观点. Presentation followed by Q&A.
Primary organizer: Tim McKenna Buchanan
The Best We've Got
6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 11, Cordier Auditorium
This documentary celebrates Carl Erskine, 最后一名布鲁克林道奇队的夏日男孩和人权活动家.
This documentary highlights his time in Major League Baseball (MLB), topics of race during that time, and his work with Special Olympics.
这部电影讲述了厄斯金的一生，以及他如何为有色人种争取平等权利, especially teammate Jackie Robinson, and those with special needs through his position in the MLB.
Primary organizer: Rudy Rolle
The Timing of Peace and Violence
11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 23, Cordier Auditorium
The movement of time affects how we experience peace and violence. Fast, slow, structural, 当我们讨论我们应该做些什么来建设一个更美好的世界时，时间很重要. 在似乎没有发生什么事情的情况下，我们如何继续注意对我们很重要的和平与正义问题? How do we respond to events that demand immediate responses? 这个演讲深入探讨了和平和暴力的速度问题，为人们关注在我们这个时代制定正义和建设和平. Presenter Margaret (Maggie) Elwell is assistant professor of peace studies at Bethany Seminary. 她是一名长跑运动员，目前正在从事一个有关缔造和平与体验式学习交集的项目.
Primary organizer: Katy Gray Brown
Before You Burn Us at the Stake: Misconceptions of Paganism
11 a.m. Monday, Oct. 30, Cordier Auditorium
For many, the word “paganism” provokes suspicion and fear. 当代异教仍然是当今最被误解和歪曲的宗教传统之一. 主持人希望这个VIA能够澄清异教受到歧视的方式，以及现代文明对宗教的认同所带来的妖魔化. Justin Lasser, 他是宗教副教授，也是曼彻斯特异教徒学生团体的指导老师, 与学生一起的还有校长阿什琳·罗杰斯和副校长肯尼迪·威尔斯, 会讨论一些关于这个宗教的误解吗. A Q&其中一个环节允许与会者就异教及其如何影响我们的生活提出问题.
Primary organizers: Pagans of Manchester
Social and Political Situation in Nicaragua since April 2018
11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6, Cordier Auditorium
Join former political prisoner and veterinarian Denis Antonio García Jirón, and political asylum requester and sportswriter Camilo Velásquez ’07 分析2018年尼加拉瓜发生的事件及其对该国人口的影响, the migration, the U.S. policies toward the regime, 300多名政权反对者被迫流亡，以及政治政变的可能解决方案. 问题的流行和个人关系将有助于听众更好地了解尼加拉瓜的政治局势, the transition to the U.S. and the suffering of peoples submerged in tyrannies in Latin America. Each of the presenters was a participant in the Manchester University Medical Practicum. Denis Antonio García Jirón and his family now live in North Manchester.
Primary organizer: Jeff Osborne Learn more.
Expat Views of Qatar
11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 13, Cordier Auditorium and livestream on Facebook
Reflections on cultures, classroom, 根据名誉教授伦纳德·威廉姆斯在多哈两年的生活和教学经历，对国际足联世界杯进行了介绍, Qatar. 威廉姆斯在十大网赌正规网址教授政治学(法律预科)直到退休. He was then a visiting professor at Georgetown University (D.C.), and then assumed an overseas two-year teaching opportunity in Qatar.
Primary organizer: Beate Gilliar
The Mold in Florey’s Coat – How Penicillin Changed Medicine
11 a.m. Monday, Nov. 27, Cordier Auditorium
Manchester Assistant Professor of Chemistry Kyle Watson '10 will explore life before antibiotics, 青霉素是如何被发现和发展为普遍使用的故事，并展望抗生素治疗的未来.
自从青霉素在20世纪初被发现和使用以来，平均预期寿命增加了50%，其中一半以上要归功于青霉素.
Primary organizer: Gabriela Ramalho Tafoya
The Fort Wayne Dance Collective
11 a.m. Monday, Dec. 4, Cordier Auditorium
一种现代舞表演，突出不同风格的舞蹈. This presentation demonstrates how dance can convey how beautiful, joyous, chaotic, and sometimes unclear life can be.
Primary organizer: Katy Gray Brown