It is with mixed feelings that Provost Chandler announces the retirement of Dr. Debbie Seeberger, Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion in the Office of the Provost. A reception is planned to show our great appreciation for Debbie’s nearly 35 years of dedicated service to Towson University. We invite you to attend a reception in […]
Hirschmann-McWilliams Asian Studies Lecture Series – “Understanding Japanese Culture: From Literature and Film to Video Games”
Thursday, April 26, 5:30pm College of Liberal Arts building, room 4310 All are invited to hear Rachael Hutchinson, Associate Professor in the Department of Languages, Literatures, and Cultures at the University of Delaware, present her lecture entitled “Understanding Japanese Culture: From Literature and Film to Video Games.” For more information, contact Dr. Heinz-Erik Ropers, Director of Asian Studies, at hropers@towson.edu.
Running for SGA? Petitions DUE TODAY BY 4PM!
Did you pick up a petition to run for an SGA position? Or do you want to run in the elections and find yourself representing your peers on the SGA? If so… Petitions are due TODAY in the SGA office located in the University Union room 226 by 4PM. All full time, fee-paying, undergraduate students […]
Research for Social Change Symposium
Friday, April 20, 2018 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM CLA, Room 4110 This student-led symposium—held in the College of Liberal Arts, room 4110—will highlight original research by current Towson University undergraduate and graduate students. Research for Social Change welcomes submissions from all majors and areas of study. The aim is to provide a platform for students to […]
Rock Climbing at Great Falls
Come hang with Outdoor Adventures for a fun day of rock climbing on April 29! The cliffs of Great Falls offer great climbing for all skill levels and even better views of the Potomac River’s Mather Gorge. Register by April 25 through recreation.towson.edu
Smoke It!
Marijuana Awareness Day is April 19th! Join ATOD, the Towson Alcohol & Drug Peer Educators, and others on Thursday, April 19th at the PAWS Pavilion from 11am-2pm to learn about marijuana use across the U.S. and also have a chance to grill your own meats! There will be free grilled food, prizes, resources, and so […]
Top Tigers for the month of March
The following staff members have been recognized as Top Tigers for the month of March. Top Tigers are nominated each month by fellow staff members to recognize colleagues who go above and beyond their normal duties. Please congratulate these individuals if you see them around campus! Renee Watkins in Physics, nominated by Mary Devadas from Chemistry. Meredith […]
IRB Applications for Standard/Full Board Review Due TOMORROW
The next IRB deadline for submitting applications for Standard or Full Board Review is tomorrow, Friday, April 20th. Please plan ahead to make sure you get your application(s) in on time. All applications will be submitted to the IRB on the 20th, and should expect comments within 3 weeks. Please visit the IRB website to determine which type of […]
New York Times Talk! “I’ll Sleep when I’m DEAD: A conversation about the importance of sleep and developing healthy sleep habits in college.”
Join the Office of Civic Engagement and Social Responsibility in partnership with Dr. Tamara Burton from the Department of Interprofessional Health Studies for our next New York Times Talk of the semester. This New York Times Talk is part of National Public Health Month and will discuss how sleep habits and sleep deprivation can impact […]
Smoke It!
Marijuana Awareness Day is April 19th! Join ATOD, the Towson Alcohol & Drug Peer Educators, and others on Thursday, April 19th at the PAWS Pavilion from 11am-2pm to learn about marijuana use across the U.S. and also have a chance to grill your own meats! There will be free grilled food, prizes, resources, and so […]
Foreign Languages Day
Friday, April 27, 2:00 to 3:30pm College of Liberal Arts Lawn (rain location: LA Café) Students, faculty and staff of the Department of Foreign Languages invite you to join them in celebrating Foreign Languages Day. You can learn about Foreign Languages majors and minors, sample free food from the cultures behind each language, hear about […]
Celtic Winds from Spain – Galician Folk Music
Monday, April 23, 6:30 to 8:00pm Potomac Lounge, University Union Come here Bieito Romero, renowned Galician composer, as he lectures and performs. This event is sponsored by the Department of Foreign Languages and the College of Liberal Arts. For more information, contact the Department of Foreign Languages at forl@towson.edu.
Let’s Celebrate National Public Health Month by Testing Your Physical Fitness for Free! 4/27/18 is Free Physical Fitness Assessment Day for Students!
Are you a student interested in learning how you perform on a physical fitness assessment? If so, the Department of Kinesiology Exercise Science Students will be happy to assist you! As part of National Public Health Month, on Friday, April 27 in Burdick 102, Exercise Science students will be conducting free comprehensive physical fitness assessments for students to include […]
WestFest Celebration – Student Performers Needed!
Are you a performer looking for a chance to share your talent? Look no further and perform at Towson’s 2018 West Fest, Westchella! West Fest is a huge, campus-wide event that will be taking place at the end of the school year in West Village on May 15th from 3-6 pm! With this Coachella theme, we are searching for […]
Dissertation Defense Announcement for Hamdan Alabsi
The Applied Information Technology doctoral program invites the university community to a dissertation defense for Hamdan Alabsi on Friday, May 4, 2018 at 10:00 A.M. in 7800 YR, 4th Floor Conference Room 459 Title: INTEGRATION OF STORAGE SYSTEM FOR BARE MACHINE COMPUTING Dissertation chair: Dr. Ramesh Karne, rkarne@towson.edu, 410-704-3955 Abstract: The dissertation focused on studying integration issues […]
TODAY: Sabbatical Talk by Dr. Colleen Ebacher, Department of Foreign Languages
Dr. Colleen Ebacher, Associate Professor in the Department of Foreign Languages in the College of Liberal Arts, will present her sabbatical talk entitled “Immigrant Narratives: An Oppositional Discourse,” TODAY – Thursday, April 19, at 11:00am in the College of Liberal Arts building, room 2330. For more information, contact Dr. Ebacher at cebacher@towson.edu.
Book Talk – The Men of Mobtown: Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation
Wednesday, April 25, 6:00pm College of Liberal Arts building, room 3310 Join us as Dr. Adam Malka, Assistant Professor of History at the University at Buffalo, SUNY, talks about his book, The Men of Mobtown: Policing Baltimore in the Age of Slavery and Emancipation. What if racialized mass incarceration is not a perversion of our […]
TODAY – Master’s Thesis Defense by Caitlin Leach
Thursday, April 19, 5:30pm College of Liberal Arts, room 3214 Caitlin Leach will defend her thesis as a candidate for the M.S. in Women’s and Gender Studies. The title of Caitlin’s thesis is “A Phenomenological Defense of Sexual Pharmakotherapy.” Thesis committee members are Emily Parker, Committee Chair, Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies; Cindy Gissendanner, Department […]
OTS Training Workshops + Use Categories to Easily Organize Your Outlook Calendar
Blackboard: Collaborate Ultra Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 – 10:00am-11:00am – Cook 404A Discover new ways engage your students through Blackboard Collaborate. Excel: Advanced Tuesday, April 24th, 2018 – 1:00pm-4:00pm – Cook 404A Maximize the effectiveness of Excel using common power tools. Panopto: Lecture Recording Software Wednesday, April 25th, 2018 – 11:00am-1:00pm Cook 404A Utilize instructional […]
Student Newsroom Volunteer Opportunity at Light City
The Labs@LightCity Newsroom is a designated studio area at the daytime EduLab conferences where students will have the opportunity to work with professional journalists and editors to create content for broadcasting/publishing on multiple digital platforms. Students in the following majors are needed: Electronic Media & Film Public Relations Mass Communications Marketing, Broadcast Journalism Cinematography or […]
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