Lectures and Meetings

* UPWARD BOUND: HELPING HANDS: Were you in Upward Bound or GEAR UP in high school? Come hear about "Upward Bound: Helping Hands", a new EMU student organization designed to assist local high school students who want to realize their dream of attending college. Our organizational meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 2, at 5p.m., at Bob's Lake House. Food and beverages will be served.  

EMU'S AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION MEETING: The College of Business will host the following meetings with guest speakers in room 110, in the COB.

• Matt Warren, from Domino's on Wednesday, October 2, 4 p.m.

• Laneisha Gann, from Quicken Loans on Wednesday, October 9, 4 pm.

• Tour of Quicken Loans on Friday, October 11. Further details will be forthcoming.

• Jennifer Whitted, a small business owner on Wednesday, October 16, 4 p.m.

Please visit College of Business Events homepage for the complete list of events. For questions or additional information, please contact Lindsey Gothard at 734-891-0441 or email at lgothard@emich.edu.

THE FAITHS OF THE POSTWAR PRESIDENTS: FROM TRUMAN TO OBAMA: EMU welcomes guest lecture speaker David Holmes, from the College of William and Mary on Thursday, October 3, 7 p.m., room 204 in Pray-Harrold. LBC credit is available. Sponsored by Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society and the Department of Political Science. Please contact Edward Sidlow at 487-3113 or esidlow@emich.edu with questions.

AGING STUDIES PROGRAM PRESENTS ANNUAL FALL LECTURE: The Aging Studies Program will present their annual fall lecture on Wednesday, October 9, 4 - 6 p.m., in ballroom B of the Student Center. This lecture will trace the evolution of approaches to dementia care as reflected in 1) changing philosophic orientations toward the care of elders with dementia and 2) scientific advancements in nursing and related fields over the past three decades. Major theories and models addressing care of individuals with dementia and management of associated behavioral issues will be reviewed with emphasis on the scientific evidence for them. Thoughts about emerging challenges and opportunities as they may affect the future of dementia care will also be offered. Presented by: Donna Algase, PhD, RN, Associate Dean of Research and Evaluation at the University of Toledo. The event is free. Please contact Andrea Zakrajsek with any questions at 487-3220 or azakrajs@emich.edu.

* 2013 PSYCHODYNAMIC RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM TALK: Please join the Psychology Department for Wilma Bucci's lecture on "Multiple Levels of Interaction in Therapeutic Communication: Between Patient and Therapist and Within Each Patient" on Wednesday, October 23, 9:30 - 10:45 a.m., room G03, Halle Library. Bucci will examine the processes of communicating emotional experience between therapist and patient in the theoretical framework of multiple code theory, which includes sub-symbolic and symbolic verbal and nonverbal codes, and cover adaptive as well as maladaptive forms of dissociative processes. She will also discuss communication on multiple levels, including embodied communication as well as linguistic forms. For additional information, please contact Ashley Stauffer at 487-1155 or astauffe@emich.edu.