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From the
I'd like to tell you today about an exciting
course offering for Fall 2017 -- You Are Invited
"Women in Opera," taught by Professor Alison
Mero. This course will explore the various The Calhoun Honors College
ways women relate to opera throughout the
400 year history of the art form, whether as and the Duckenfield Family
performers, characters, composers, or con-
sumers. Although organized roughly chrono- cordially invite you to attend a
logically, the focus will be on historical context reception to honor the
and gender issues as manifested in the most
prestigious musical and dramatic genre in 2017 Christopher J. Duckenfield Scholars
Western Europe, rather than on the develop-
ment of repertoire. We will use individual op-
eras as case studies for specific topics. The
ability to read music or foreign languages is Hannah Juliet Connelly
not required.
and
The course will include a required trip to New Jacob Garris Martin
York City, October 23October 26, during
which we will attend a production of either
Tales of Hoffmann or Turandot at the Metro-
politan Opera and take a backstage tour of who will study this summer at
the theater. We will also view the 50th Anni- The St. Peter's College Summer Programme
versary exhibit at the Metropolitan Opera and
visit other cultural and historical sites in the Magdalen College
city.
University of Oxford, England
The Honors College will pay for air travel, ho-
tel, event tickets, tours, and museum en-
trance fees in connection with the New York Thursday, April 13th from 4:30pm to 6:00pm
trip. You will be responsible for (1) a $100 trip
Honors Center @ Core Campus
fee plus (2) meals and personal expenses.
Great Hall
This course is open by application only, 511D Fort Hill Street
at http://tinyurl.com/Clemson-Honors-
OperaNYC2017

RSVP 656-0569 or email

Applications must be submitted by
11:59pm, this Friday, April 7.
klsauls@clemson.edu by April 10th
More next week! Dr. Lasser

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April 4th
5:00pm

Watt Family
Innovation
Center
Room #310

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Careers in Community Organizing for Social Justice

The Direct Action & Research Training (DART) Center will hold an online information session
on Tuesday, April 11 at 8 pm eastern / 7 pm central to discuss careers in community organizing with
Clemson students and alumni interested in uniting congregations and working for social, economic and
racial justice.

RSVP at www.thedartcenter.org/april

DART hires and trains organizers to build organizations that have successfully addressed issues including:
* Plugging the school-to-prison pipeline
* Reining in predatory lending practices
* Expanding access to primary health and dental care
* Prioritizing funding for affordable housing and job training
* Education reform in low-performing public schools
* Fighting for immigrants' rights
Positions start August 14, 2017 in Richmond, VA, Louisville, KY, Topeka, KS, Evansville,
IN and Daytona Beach, Ft. Lauderdale and St. Petersburg, FL.
Starting salary $34,000/year + benefits.
Although it may be helpful, no prior organizing experience is necessary. Fluent Spanish speakers are en-
couraged to apply.
To find out more about DART or to apply, we encourage you to visit www.thedartcenter.org. Still have
questions? Contact Hannah Wittmer at hannah@thedartcenter.org or (202) 841-0353.

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