Cultural Enrichment

Each year the Cultural Enrichment Committee (CEC) of Roberts Wesleyan College provides a series of cross-disciplinary experiences for the college community. These are open to the community and most are free.

The CEC seeks to provide programs that help students understand connections between a Christian liberal arts education, a life of scholarship, service and faith and the culture at large.

These programs often include:

Guest lectures by local, regional and national scientists, authors, poets and other scholars and practitioners
Several musical events including solo and group performances each semester
Film fests
Common book projects
Connections with chapel programs
Community projects and national issues
Scholarship activity of the Roberts faculty

UPCOMING EVENTS:

All events are free and open to the public.

David Dunning, Chili Town Supervisor
"Civil Discourse and Public Service"
Thursday, January 23, 12:15 p.m., Ellen Stowe Room in Garlock Commons
*Those attending are encouraged to bring their lunch. Click here for more info!
http://www.townofchili.org/working-for-you/boards-and-committees/town-board/

Nery Gabriel Lemus, Artist
"On a Wing and a Prayer" - Schoenhals Symposium Lecture Click here for Symposium info!
Thursday, January 23, 4:00 p.m., Smith Hall Auditorium
www.nerygabriellemus.com Click here for more lecture info!

Tracy Dahl, Renowned Operatic Soprano
     Schoenhals Symposium, Department of Music and Performing Arts
Wednesday, March 11 & Thursday, March 12, Shewan Recital Hall
Wednesday, March 11 at 7:30 p.m. – Recital
     Thursday, March 12 at 1:40 - 2:55 p.m. – Lecture and Q & A
     Thursday, March 12 at 7:30 p.m. – Masterclass
     http://www.dispeker.com/artist.php?id=tdahl

Shamere McKenzie, Sun Gate Foundation, and others
Academic Day: Anti-Human Trafficking event
Tuesday, March 24, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, Campus-wide. More info to follow!

Luann Meyer, Monroe County Solid Waste Administrator
“Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle” - Ecological Stewardship Committee event
Friday, April 3, 12:00 pm, Ellen Stowe Room in Garlock Dining Commons*
*Those attending are encouraged to bring their lunch.

Here is a sampling of events from Fall 2019....

Justin Murphy, "Democrat & Chronicle" education journalist
"The Great Migration and Social Change in Rochester"
Monday, October 21, 2019, 12 noon, Ellen Stowe Room in Garlock Commons
*Those attending are encouraged to bring their lunch. Click here for More info.

SILENT FILM with live piano - Harold Lloyd's Safety Last (1923) with Philip Carli, piano
Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, 8:00 p.m., Cox Hall
Click on this link for additional information.

Constitution Café - In celebration of Constitution Day
Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019, 1 - 2 p.m. in the Golisano Library Café
Click on this link for additional information.

Here is a sampling of events from Spring 2019....

Rev. John Parit
Director of The Olive Branch Mission in Africa

Tuesday, March 26, 2019, 12:15 pm in Ellen Stowe Room in Garlock*

*Those attending are encouraged to bring their lunch.
Click here for More info

RWC Poetry Reading
Featuring Poets Bethany Bowman & Charlie Cote
Open mic to follow. #NaPoMo #robertsreads #lifeatroberts #Yawp

Friday, April 5, 2019, 12:00 pm in Ellen Stowe Room in Garlock
Click on this link for additional information.

Here is a sampling of events from Fall 2018....

Rachel Barnhart
Constitution Day - "Free Speech"
Click on this link to view Rachel's presentation!

Was on Monday, September 17, 2018
12:00 pm Ellen Stowe Room

Click on this link for additional information.
Rachel B podcast: http://www.wxxinews.org/post/connections-rachel-barnharts-book-broad-casted

Tobias Greenhalgh, baritone; and Joel Harder, piano
“Schubert's Winterreise” - a Musical Event

Was on Wednesday, September 19
7:30 pm Shewan Recital Hall

Joshua Bouillon, tenor; Jeffery McGhee, baritone; and Michael Landrum, piano
“An Evening of Art Song, Opera, and Sacred Song”

Was on Tuesday, October 16
7:30 pm Shewan Recital Hall in the Howard Stowe Roberts Cultural Life Center

Bishop Salvatore R. Matano, D.D., S.T.L., J.C.D.
Roman Catholic Bishop, Diocese of Rochester

Was on Thursday, October 18
4:00 pm Lake Auditorium in the Smith Hall

Click on this link for additional information.
Bishop Matano: https://www.dor.org/about/bishop-salvatore-r-matano/

Roberts Reads 2018

Drew Moser
Co-author of "Ready or Not: Leaning into Life in Our Twenties" (with Jess Fankhauser)

Was on Monday, October 22
11:00 am Hale Auditorium (during Chapel time) in the Roberts Cultural Life Center
12:00 pm Ellen Stowe in Garlock - Bring your lunch to further discuss the book, ask questions, etc. Open to all!

Alumni Panel
Bring your dinner and hear a panel of RWC alumni discuss calling, careers, and life after Roberts

Was on Tuesday, October 23
5:30 pm Ellen Stowe in Garlock - Open to all!

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