2008-2009

August 2008
18-29 - Making the Connection Program, 2 sessions per day at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., MSL, pre-registration required.

MSC events flyer - Fall 2008

September 2008
4 - Multicultural Open House, 10:30-1:30 p.m., Bolton Hall First Floor & MSL
8- 10 Easy Ways to Get Good Grades! (USP/MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
17 - Experience Diversity (MSC/USP/FYC/multicultural offices), 11-1 p.m., Union Ballroom & MSL
18 - Deliver Us from Debt: Part 1 - UW Credit Union's guide to stay debt-free (MSC/other offices), Presenter: Joey Buchholz, 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
22 - Black Greeks 101 (National Pan-Hellenic Council/USP/MSC), 7:30 p.m., MSL
23 - Cultural Cinema: Rituals and Traditions: Black Greek Life (National Pan-Hellenic Council/USP/MSC), 7 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
25 - Speaking Out: Multicultural Voice Workshop (MSC/other offices), presenter: Assistant Professor I. Michelle Lopez Rios, 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
26 - Guaranteed 4.0 (MSC/SOIS/CDC), 9-5 p.m., Lubar SBA N40, pre-registration is required at www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/g4.
29 - Black Graduate Student Alliance's "Meet the African American Faculty, Staff, Students Reception," 5:30-8:30 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
30 - Popcorn Forum: Ethnic Labels v. True Identity - You Decide? (USP), 12 noon, MSL

October 2008
1 - Back to the Future: Mixed Race & Racial Categories (MSC/other offices), presenter: Assistant Professor Greg Carter, 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
1 - Performance: Faces of America (MSC/USP/CCP/IRE/other offices), 6:30 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
14 - Asian Americans and the "Model Minority" Myth (MSC/other offices), presenter: Assistant Professor Chia Youyee Vang, 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
21 - Campus Town Hall - The 2008 Presidential Election: Our voices, Our votes, Our decision (MCSC/MSC/OCA-WI/other organizations), 6:00 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
22 - SEXPO: Come As You Are (LGBT/NHC/USP/UP/MSC/WRC), 7 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
30 - Election 2008: Does MY Vote Really Matter?! (USP/MSC), 12 noon, MSL

November 2008
6 - Popcorn Forum: What's so Taboo? - Exploring the relationship between homosexuality & cultures (USP), 12 noon, MSL
12 - Lyrical Sanctuary Open Mic Series: Kit Yan of Good Asian Drivers (USP/UP/LGBT/MSC), 8 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
13 - Deliver Us from Debt: Part 2 - UW Credit Union's guide for young investors (MSC/other offices), presenter: Joey Buchholz, 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
18 - SEXPO: Miscegenations (LGBT/NHC/USP/UP/WRC/MSC), 7 p.m., Wisconsin Room West

December 2008
3 - End of Semester Stress Buster, 12-1:30 p.m., MSL

March 2009
5 - Diversity Career Day (CDC/MSC), 10-2 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room

NOTE: MSL=Multicultural Student Lounge; MSC=Multicultural Student Center; CDC=Career Development Center; USP=Union Sociocultural Programming; UP=Union Programming; NHC=North Health Center; WRC=Women's Resource Center; LGBT=LGBT Resource Center; CCP=Cultures and Communities Program; IRE=Institute on Race and Ethnicity; SOIS=School of Information Studies; MCSC=Multicultural Student Center.

2007-2008

MSC events flyer - fall 2007 (pdf)
MSC events flyer - spring 2008 (pdf)
MSC events flyer - spring 2008 #2 (pdf)

September 2007
4 - Crash: screening and discussion (USP), 2 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
5 - Multicultural Open House, Bolton First Floor, 10-2 p.m., food/prizes in MSL
13 - Welcome Back Fest: Student Resources Fair (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
18 - Multicultural America Series: Talk with Justin Ponder (USP), 12-1 p.m., MSL
19 - No! Confronting Sexual Assault in Our Community (NHC/WRC/MSC), 2-4 p.m., MSL
20 - Make It Rain...Or at Least Make Ends Meet: Financial Planning with Joey Buchholz (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
20 - Multicultural America Series: Kip Fulbeck (USP/MSC), 7 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
25 - Intro to Sexpo with Laura Stuart (NHC/MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL

October 2007
3 - Cultures and Communities Program, lunch buffet (CCP), 12-1 p.m., MSL
3 - No! Confronting Sexual Assault in Our Community (NHC/WRC/MSC), 2-4 p.m., MSL
3 - SEXPO presents: Guess Who's Coming? (LINKS/LGBT), 7-9 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
4- Tribes in Transition: The New Relocation of American Indians and Self-Determination in Urban Areas with Mark Denning (MSC), 1:30-3 p.m., Union Ballroom
9 - Multicultural Amerca Series: Talk with Justin Ponder (USP), 12-1 p.m., MSL
18 - Multicultural Student Leaders Luncheon (MSC), RSVP required, 12-1:30 p.m., Union 345 b & c
20 - Intro to Sexpo with Laura Stuart (NHC/MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
25 - Sister Spit, the legendary all-girl spoken word roadshow (WRC/LGBT), 7 p.m., Greene Hall
26-27 - UWM Open House, Union First and Second Floors
26-28 - American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference, Lake Lawn Resort, WI

November 2007
6 - Asian Americans in the Midwest with Dr. Chia Youyee Vang (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
7 - SEXPO presents: Sex Toys 101 (LGBT/USP), 7-9 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
27 - Multicultural America Series: Talk with Justin Ponder (USP), 12-1 p.m., MSL

December 2007
5 - End-of-Semester Stress Buster (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL

February 2008
6 - Intersex Awareness Mini-Workshop, Presenter: Quinn Bennett (LGBT/MSC), 11-12:30 p.m., MSL (cancelled)
12 - Study Abroad; Presenter: Gail Gilbert (MSC/CIE), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
19 - An Evening with Lynnell Stephani Long: Intersex Awareness (LGBT/MSC), 7-9 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
21 - Race, Ethnicity, and Informal Learning; Presenter: Dr. Sandra Martell (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
28 - Bouncing Back: Coping with Tragedy, Presenters: Sr. Psychologists Stu Tentoni and Paul Dupont (MSC/NHC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL

March 2008
4 - Sexpo Series presents - Relationship 101: Dating and Hooking Up (USP/WRC/LGBT/MSC/LINKS), 7 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
6 - Diversity Career Day (MSC/CDC), 10-2 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
12 - How Mixed Are They? The Representations of Racially Mixed People; Presenter: Dr. Greg Carter (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL

April 2008
3- Bridging the Gap: Part II; Facilitator: James Stewart (LGBT/MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
4-11- 30th Annual Latin American Film Series (Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies), 7 p.m., Union Theatre
7 - WOODSON WEEK; Violence Over the Land: Lessons from the Early American West; Presenter: Dr. Ned Blackhawk, UW-Madison (CCP/IRE/USP/MSC/TPCP/LIB), 7 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
8 - SEXPO: What is Sexual Empowerment?; Presenter: Laura Stuart (NHC/MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
8 - WOODSON WEEK; Colloquium: The Realities of Racial Violence (CCP/IRE/USP/MSC/TPCP/LIB), 7 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
9 - WOODSON WEEK; Lyrical Sanctuary featuring Melissa Blue (CCP/IRE/USP/MSC/TPCP/LIB), 8 p.m., Union Ballroom
10 - Cantos de las Americas (MSC/MPS), 6:30 p.m., Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
10 - WOODSON WEEK; Film Screening of "Dark Exodus" by Professor Iverson White (CCP/IRE/USP/MSC/TPCP/LIB), 7 p.m., America's Black Holocaust Museum
11 - WOODSON WEEK; 10 Perfect: A Lynching Survivor's Story, a one-man performance by Patrick Sims (CCP/IRE/USP/MSC/TPCP/LIB), 7 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
16 - Sexpo Series presents - Tristan Taormino: The Path to Sexual Empowerment (UP/USP/LGBT/LINKS/MSC/NHC/WRC), 7 p.m., Union Ballroom
17 - Financial Options for Students; Presenter: Joey Buchholz (MSC), Two Sessions: 12 & 12:45 p.m., MSL
19-20 - APIA U: Leadership 101 training session (MSC/HSA/SAASS/HSP/OCA/State Farm), Registration Required, 9 a.m.-7 p.m., Zelazo Center. April 20 - by appointment only.
19 - People Power Tour, Featuring Kiwi & Geologic, 8 p.m., Union Fireside Lounge
29 - Kari Garon, Artist (MSC), 12 noon, MSL
29 - Searching for Angela Shelton (film viewing and discussion) (WRC), 2-4 p.m., MSL
30 - Have We Forgotten New Orleans? The Aftermath Continues, featuring The Free Agents Brass Band (LINKS/MSC/WRC/USP, etc.), 7 p.m., Union Ballroom

May 2008
1 - Stress Buster (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
6 - Multicultural Graduation Reception (Multicultural offices), 3-4:30 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room Lounge
23 - Education: A Family Affair (MSC/MPS), 6:00 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room or Union Ballroom (TBD)

NOTE: MSL=Multicultural Student Lounge; MSC=Multicultural Student Center; CDC=Career Development Center; USP=Union Sociocultural Programming; NHC=North Health Center; WRC=Women's Resource Center; LGBT=LGBT Resource Center; CCP=Cultures and Communities Program; CIE=Center for International Education; MPS=Milwaukee Public Schools; IRE=Institute on Race and Ethnicity; TPCP=TRIO and Pre-College Programs; HSA=Hmong Student Association; SAASS=Southeast Asian-American Student Services; HSP=Hmong Studies Program; OCA=Organization of Chinese Americans; LIB=UWM Libraries.

2006-2007

September 2006
13 - Lyrical Sancturay Writing Workshop (USP), 6-8 p.m., MSL
14 - How to Communicate Effectively With Your Professor (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
21 - Welcome Back Fest (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
28 - Call It Like It Is: A Community Response to Anti-Hate (MSC/WI HCPP), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL

October 2006
4 - LET IT OUT! A Brown Bag Discussion on Racial Identity (USP), 12 noon, MSL
5 - Preparing for All Majors Career Fair (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
11 - Lyrical Sanctuary Writing Workshop (USP), 6-8 p.m., MSL
12 - LET IT OUT! A Brown Bag Discussion on Speaking in Tongues: Language, Race and Power (USP), 12 noon, MSL
13-15 - American Multicultural Student Leadership Conference (MSC), Union Wisconsin Room
15 - Mango Tribe: A Performance and Dialogue on Race Issues (MSC/WI HCPP), 10-11:30 a.m., Union Wisconsin Room
31 - Library Research Strategies for a Successful Paper (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL

November 2006
2 - Test Anxiety & Time Management (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
8 - Lyrical Sanctuary Writing Workshop (USP), 6-8 p.m., MSL
16 - SUMMIT: Revisiting Issues & Solutions for Violence & Hate (MSC), 10-1 p.m., Union E240
16 - Holistic Healing Series: Meditation (USP), 12 noon, MSL
21 - LET IT OUT! A Brown Bag Discussion: A Unique Look at the Cultural Significance of Thanksgiving (USP), 12 noon, MSL

December 2006
1 - 25 Years of Living with AIDS: 1 Day of Education, a display (USP), 10-3 p.m., MSL
7 - Works-in-Progress Presentations: Racial/Ethnic Topics (IRE), 12-2 p.m., MSL
13 - End of Semester Stress Buster (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
13 - Lyrical Sanctuary Writing Workshop (USP), 6-8 p.m., MSL

February 2006
13 - LET IT OUT! A Brown Bag Discussion: Broke Student's Guide to Milwaukee (USP), 12 p.m., MSL
14 - Lyrical Sanctuary's Writer's Workshop (USP), 6-8 p.m., MSL
15 - I AM FIRST: Simple Practices to Alleviate the Symptoms of Stress! (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
22 - The Best Things in Life are FREE: Inventory of Personal Resources (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
23 - The Mammy Project by Michelle Matlock (Center for 21st Century Studies, MSC co-sponsor), 7 p.m. Union Ballroom
28 - LET IT OUT! A Brown Bag Discussion: Broke Student's Guide to Milwaukee (USP), 12 p.m., MSL

March 2007
1 - Preparing for "Diversity Career Day" (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
1 - Mango Tribe Performance (USP, MSC co-sponsor), 7 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
8 - Diversity Career Day (MSC/CDC), 10-2 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
14 - Lyrical Sanctuary's Writer's Workshop (USP), 6-8 p.m., MSL
15 - The Stereotyping of American Indians and the Lessons for America (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
27 - Holistic Healing Series: Breathing Techniques (USP), 12 p.m., MSL

April 2007
3 - LET IT OUT! A Brown Bag Discussion: I'm Here; I'm Queer; Get Used To It! (USP), 12 p.m., MSL
10 - Career and Internship Opportunities With the U.S. Department of State (MSC/CIE), 10-11 a.m., MSL
10 - Woodson Week 2007, Health Issues in the Black Community (USP), 12 p.m., MSL
11 - Woodson Week 2007, Lyrical Sanctuary's Writer's Workshop (USP), 6-8 p.m., MSL
12 - Woodson Week 2007, His Life: A Tribute to James Cameron (America's Black Holocaust Museum), 12 p.m., MSL
13 - The Woodson Week Memorial (USP), 12 p.m., MSL
24 - Holistic Healing Series: Reiki (USP), 2 p.m., MSL
26 - LET IT OUT! A Brown Bag Discussion: American Sign Language (USP), 12 p.m., MSL

May 2007
3 - Preparing for "Just in Time Job Fair" (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
4 - Cantos de las Americas/A Tribute to Education (MSC), 6:30-9 p.m., Marcus Center for the Performing Arts
9 - Lyrical Sanctuary's Writer's Workshop (USP), 6-8 p.m., MSL
10 - End of Semester Stress Buster (MSC), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
11 - Education: A Family Affair (MSC), 6-8:30 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room

NOTE: MSL=Multicultural Student Lounge; MSC=Multicultural Student Center; CDC=Career Development Center; USP=Union Sociocultural Programming; IRE=Institute on Race and Ethnicity; CIE=Center for Internationl Education.

2005-2006

November 2005
3 - Holistic Healing Series, Part 2, 12-2 p.m., Multicultural Student Lounge (MSL)
8 - A Lyrical Sanctuary: Poetry for Social Change, 12-1 p.m., MSL
10 - BSU Meeting, 6-8 p.m., MSL
15 - Let It Out: Discussion on Relationships, 12-2 p.m., MSL
17 - Fibers of the World with M. Brauner, 12-2 p.m., MSL

December 2005
6 - Latino Student Union Meeting, 6-9 p.m., MSL
7 - Holistic Healing Series, Part 3, 12-2 p.m., MSL
7 - Africology Club Meeting (new members welcome), 7-9 p.m., MSL
8 - Black Student Union Meeting, 6-9 p.m., MSL
13 - Nightmare Before Christmas: De-stressing the Holidays, 12-2 p.m., MSL
14 - Film 302: Video in the Classroom, 1-3 p.m., MSL

February 2006
2 - Diversity Career Day, 10-2 p.m., Union Wisconsin Room
2 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
6 - BSU Celebrating Black Love, 12-2 p.m., MSL
9 - Welcome Back Fest, 11:30-1 p.m., MSL
15 - Let It Out! Mental Health, 12-2 p.m., MSL
16 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
24 - AKA_IOTADELTA Movie Night, 7 p.m., MSL

March 2006
2 - Let It Out! Brown Bag Discussion on Sexuality and Pop Culture (attacking issues not individuals), 12-2 p.m., MSL
2 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
7 - Holistic Healing Series, Part II: Herbology and Aromatherapy, 12-2 p.m., MSL
15 - Let It Out! Brown Bag Discussion on Race in Pop Culture (attacking issues not individuals), 12-2 p.m., MSL
16 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
30 - How to Communicate Effectively With Your Professor (presenter: Gary L. Williams), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
30 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL

April 2006
6 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
10 - Woodson Week 2006, "Another Day's Journey" (presenter: Rhea Estelle Lathan), 12-2 p.m., MSL
11 - Popular Culture Series, 12-2 p.m., MSL
14 - Woodson Week 2006, "Sistah-Centric: Examining the Historical Treatment of Black Women by Black Women Filmmakers" (presenter: Donte McFadden), 12 p.m., MSL
18 - Test Anxiety & Time Management (presenter: Mary Walz-Chojnacki), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
20 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
26 - Library Research Strategies for a Successful Paper (presenter: Michelle Harrell Washington), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
27 - Preparing for "Just in Time Career Fair" (presenter: Linda Walker), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
27 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
28 - Cantos de las Americas/A Tribute to Education, 6-9 p.m., Marcus Center for the Performing Arts

May 2006
2 - End of Semester Stressbuster, 11:30-1:30 p.m., MSL
2 - Movie: La Ciudad (RHC Cinco de Mayo), 7-9 p.m., MSL (moved to a different location)
3 - Movie: Taking Back the Schools (RHC Cinco de Mayo), 7-8:30 p.m., MSL (moved to a different location)
4 - Preparing for "Just in Time Career Fair" (presenter: Linda Walker), 12-1:30 p.m., MSL
4 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
18 - Black Student Union Meeting (new members welcome), 6-8 p.m., MSL
19 - Education: A Family Affair, 6-9 p.m., Union Ballroom