2009-2010 Theme Year

August 23, 2009 Freshmen Orientation: Ryan Owen '02 Inseparable Realities: Spirituality and Justice in the 21st Century 1 p.m., Clara Thompson Hall

August 27, 2009 Opening Convocation Drury President Todd Parnell '69 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

September 10, 2009 Jim Lucas Keeper of the Dream: Recalling the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

September 24, 2009 Founders' Day: Drs. Rabin and Protima Roy Celebration of Hem Sheela School 11 a.m., Stone Chapel

October 1, 2009 Ed Stewart The Power of PAWS 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

October 15, 2009 Sister Helen Prejean Dead Man Walking: The Journey Continues 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall Related Link: Summer Reading

October 18, 2009 Shane Claiborne The Simple Way 1:15 p.m., Findlay Student Center Circle

November 5, 2009 ICYIZERE: hope Documentary by filmmaker Patrick Mureithi 7:30 p.m., Clara Thompson Hall

November 8, 2009 Springfield-Drury Civic Orchestra Christopher Koch, Music Director and Conductor 4 p.m., Stone Chapel

November 12, 2009 Sherman Alexie Without Reservations: An Urban Indian’s Comic, Poetic and Highly Irreverent Look at the World 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

November 19, 2009 Dr. Teresa Hornsby Sex and the Bible: Who Condemns You? 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

January 28, 2010 Dr. Robert John Russell Big Bang Cosmology and Evolutionary Biology: Foes or Friends of Faith? 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

February 4, 2010 Inge Auerbacher Beyond the Yellow Star 11 a.m., Diversity Center

February 9, 2010 Stephen Good Concert Annual Concert Series 7:30 p.m., Clara Thompson Hall

February 11, 2010 Dr. William Schultz The Final Test: Darfur, Genocide, and the Responsibility to Protect 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

February 25, 2010 Dr. Terri Houston Moving Your Constipated Vision 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

February 27, 2010 Zebedee R. Jones and the Rust College A Cappella Choir A Capella Choir Performance 7:30 p.m., Clara Thompson Hall

March 4, 2010 Sumi London Kim Blue Jean Buddha 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

March 11, 2010 Joe White The Cross Builder 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

March 18, 2010 Dr. Hugh Halverstadt Working through Differences, When Possible 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

April 8, 2010 Theme Day Speaker: Tissa Hami A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Mosque: Lessons from the Comedy Club Circuit 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall

April 22, 2010 Eric Dannenmaier '81 Environmental Change and the Emerging Global Citizen 11 a.m., Stone Chapel

April 29, 2010 Dudley Murphy and Friends Gospel Music in the Ozarks 11 a.m., Clara Thompson Hall