February - Black History Month 2008
Fridays in February Eyes On The Prize – America’s Civil Rights Movement
Noon to 1 PM
Fri Feb 8, 15, 22,and 29th at the Caltech Y
Join us for the first 4 episodes in the Eyes On The Prize documentary series. Relive the pain, the protest, the sacrifice, and the triumph of the grass roots struggle for racial equality. Eyes On The Prize has been called the most comprehensive television documentary on the American Civil Rights Movement. Light lunch will be provided.
Wed, February 13th - Jitterbug Dancers
Noon to 1 PM
Outside of Chandler
Thurs, February 21st - Historical Quilt Display
11 AM to 1 PM
Outside of Chandler
Mon, February 25th- "Comets"- Dr. Claudia Alexander
noon to 1 PM
The Athenaeum (lunch provided)
Dr. Alexander is a space plasma physicist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in California. She received a BA degree in Geophysics from the University of California at Berkeley, a master's degree in Geophysics and Space Physics from UCLA, and a PhD degree in Space Physics from the University of Michigan. She does research on comets, on other solid icy bodies in the solar system, and on the atmospheres of the Earth and other planets.
Wed, February 27th- "Evolution of R&B" - Mr. Paul Jones
noon to 1 PM
Location TBD (lunch provided)
Songwriter/producer Paul Jones has had seven number one R&B hits. You may know him as the Gold and Platinum record producer, who produced Stephanie Mills' (You're Putting) A Rush on Me, and Evelyn King's number one hit back in the summer of 1981, I'm in Love, and Love Come Down on the radio. He also produced the cover of Prince's Do Me Baby.
Fri, February 29th- Jazz Night
5:30 PM to 8PM
Lobby of Center for Student Services