Events for the month of January, 2013

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Saturday January 5, 2013

Jaguar Women's Basketball, 5:05 pm, Mitchell Center, Stop by the Mitchell Center and support your Jaguar Women's Basketball team as they take on Middle Tennessee.   For more information contact Jaguar Ticket Office at (251) 461-1872 or visit www.usajaguars.com.

Jaguar Men's Basketball, 7:05 pm, Mitchell Center, Show your support and stop by the Mitchell Center tonight to root on the Jaguar Men's Basketball Team as they take on Middle Tennessee.   For more information contact Jaguar Ticket Office at (251) 461-1872 or visit www.usajaguars.com.

Monday January 7, 2013

"Abstract Friends", University of South Alabama Library, Appreciation of art and the game of golf brought the two artists, currently featured in the third floor library gallery, together. The two met through the Mobile art scene and have collaborated to create, "Abstract Friends," an exhibit focused on the abstract paintings of Debby Sneed and Conroy Hudlow. The paintings are on display in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art located on the third floor of the University of South Alabama Library. The show runs through Thursday February 28, 2013, and is free and open to the public during library hours.   For more information contact Abigail Sherman at (251) 460-7028, send email to asherman@southalabama.edu, or visit http://www.southalabama.edu/librarygalleries/.

Tuesday January 8, 2013

The Mobile Jewish Film Festival, 7:00 pm, John W. Laidlaw Performing Arts Center, "Nicky's Family" tells the nearly forgotten story of Nicholas Winton, and Englishman who organized the rescue of 669 Czech and Slovak children just before the outbreak of World War II.   For more information contact Barry Silverman at (251) 479-3331 or visit http://mobilejewishfederation.org/mobile-jewish-film-festival/..

Wednesday January 9, 2013

Mobile Jewish Film Festival, 7:00 pm, John W. Laidlaw Performing Arts Center, "Kaddish for a Friend" is about a Russian Jewish WWII veteran and a Palestinian teen who form an unlikely friendship. The film is based on actual events.   For more information contact Barry Silverman or visit http://mobilejewishfederation.org/mobile-jewish-film-festival.

Thursday January 10, 2013

Mobile Jewish Film Festival, 7:00 pm, John W. Laidlaw Performing Arts Center, "Remembrance" is about a Polish political prisioner and Jewish woman who fall in love in a Polish concentration camp during WWII, but they lose sight of each of other for decades after   For more information contact Barry Silverman at (251) 479-3331 or visit http://mobilejewishfederation.org/mobile-jewish-film-festival/..

Sunday January 13, 2013

The Mobile Jewish Film Festival, 7:00 pm, Ahavas Cesed Synagogue, "Hava Nagila" is a documentary romp through history, mystery and meaning of the great Jewish standard. The film will be followed by dessert and Israeli folk dancing.   For more information contact Barry Silverman at (251) 533-4931 or visit http://mobilejewishfederation.org/mobile-jewish-film-festival/.

Monday January 14, 2013

Graduation: Josten's Ring Company, 9:00 am, Student Center Atrium, A Josten's representative will be in the atrium 9:00am until 2:00 pm.   For more information contact Dawn Fischer at (251) 460-7152, send email to dfischer@southalabama.edu, or visit http://usabooks.collegestoreonline.com/.

Graduation: Balfour Ring Company, 9:00 am, Bookstore Atrium, A Balfour representative will be in the atrium 9:00am until 2:00 pm.   For more information contact Dawn Fischer at (251) 460-7152, send email to dfischer@southalabama.edu, or visit http://usabooks.collegestoreonline.com/.

Tuesday January 15, 2013

The Mobile Jewish Film Festival, 7:00 pm, USA's Baldwin County Campus, This is an encore showing of "Nicky's Family." This is the first time the festival will offer a film screening on the Eastern Shore. Seating is limited, tickets should be reserved.   For more information contact Barry Silverman at (251) 533-4931 or visit http://mobilejewishfederation.org/mobile-jewish-film-festival/.

Wednesday January 16, 2013

Jaguar Women's Basketball, 7:05 pm, Mitchell Center, Stop by the Mitchell Center and support your Jaguar Women's Basketball team as they take on Louisiana-Monroe.   For more information contact Jaguar Ticket Office at (251) 461-1872 or visit www.usajaguars.com.

Thursday January 17, 2013

Jaguar Men's Basketball, 7:05 pm, Mitchell Center, Come show your support for the Jaguar Men's Basketball Team as they take on Louisiana-Monroe.   For more information contact Jaguar Ticket Office at (251) 461-1872 or visit www.usajaguars.com.

Friday January 18, 2013

Michael Eric Dyson Speaks on Dr. King at USA Event, 7:00 pm, Mobile Civic Center Theater, Dr. Michael Eric Dyson, professor of sociology at Georgetown University, MSNBC political analyst and best-selling author, will lecture at the University of South Alabama's African-American Studies commemorative event to celebrate the birthday Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Dyson will lecture on "The Sweetness of Struggle." Jaguar Productions and the Mobile County Commission are co-sponsors, and this event is free and open to the public. The JagTran will pick up students near the USA Dining Hall and Epsilon Residence Hall at 6 p.m. and 6:15 p.m.   For more information contact Joy Washington, Public Relations at (251) 460-6638.

Monday January 21, 2013

USA Martin Luther King Day of Service, 9:00 am, USA Mitchell Center, Day of service projects for the community to honor Dr. King. Students, faculty, staff, and community members are invited to participate.   For more information contact Karen Peterson at (251) 460-6148, send email to kpeterson@caslce.org, or visit www.caslce.org.

Wednesday January 23, 2013

Jaguar Women's Basketball, 7:05 pm, Mitchell Center, Stop by the Mitchell Center and support your Jaguar Women's Basketball team as they take on Western Kentucky.   For more information contact Jaguar Ticket Office at (251) 461-1872 or visit www.usajaguars.com.

Thursday January 24, 2013

"Vessels 40: Surface and Color", University of South Alabama Library, A variety of glass techniques from low and high-fire vitreous enamels to sandblasted imagery can be seen in the USA Library's newest art exhibit, "Vessels 40: Surface and Color." The display is made up of works by USA Visual Art Department's Glass Program Coordinator, Rene Culler. The show features several of her pieces that explore the use of color and attention to surface in vessel making. The exhibit is on display in the glass cases in the Mary Elizabeth and Charles Bernard Rodning Gallery of Art located on the third floor of the library. The exhibit is free and open to the public during library hours.   For more information contact Abigail Sherman at (251) 460-7028, send email to asherman@southalabama.edu, or visit http://www.southalabama.edu/librarygalleries/.

Jaguar Men's Basketball, 7:05 pm, Mitchell Center, Come out and support your Jaguar Men's Basketball Team as they take on Western Kentucky!   For more information contact Jaguar Ticket Office at (251) 461-1872 or visit www.usajaguars.com.

Sunday January 27, 2013

Jaguar Women's Basketball, 2:05 pm, Mitchell Center, Stop by the Mitchell Center and support your Jaguar Women's Basketball team as they take on Florida International.   For more information contact Jaguar Ticket Office at (251) 461-1872 or visit www.usajaguars.com.

Jaguar Men's Basketball, 4:05 pm, Mitchell Center, Come out and support your Jaguar Men's Basketball Team as they take on Florida International!   For more information contact Jaguar Ticket Office at (251) 461-1872 or visit www.usajaguars.com.

Thursday January 31, 2013

ôIn Freedom We Trustö, 6:00 pm, USA Library Auditorium, The Secular Student Alliance at USA hosts, Ed Buckner; atheist, freethinker, secular humanist, and 30 year advocate of strict separation of church and state. He is the former president of American Atheists, a former executive director of Council for Secular Humanism, and an integral part of many flourishing secular communities across the US. Buckner will speak about his new book ôIn Freedom We Trust - the logic and history that supports why this is a free country, not a Christian nationö. A book signing and reception will follow in Library room.   For more information contact Amye Broyles at (214) 226-9122, send email to southalabama@secularstudents.org, or visit http://www.facebook.com/#!/groups/USASSA/10151177576266321/?comment_id=.