Calendar of Events

Spring 2008

  • Thursday, March 20, 2008, 11:00 a.m.—12:15 p.m.; 5:30 p.m. — 6:45 p.m.
    Savoy, Multipurpose Room

    Professor Damien Byas (Education Department, Community Health Unit) will speak on “Celebrating the Life of Arthur Ashe and Addressing the Importance of HIV/AIDS Awareness"

  • Wednesday, April 2, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.; 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
    Savoy, Multipurpose Room

    “Maya Angelou’s ‘The Rock Cries Out To Us Today’:  An Interpretive Journey”
                Panelists will explore the meaning of Maya Angelou’s poem.

  • Monday, May 5, 2008, 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m.
    Savoy, Multipurpose Room

  • Tuesday, May 6, 2008, 5:30 p.m. – 6:45 p.m.
    Savoy, Multipurpose Room

    “Arthur Ashe’s ‘My dear Camera’:  In Defense of a General Education”
    Panelists will discuss Arthur Ashe’s advice to his daughter and its relevance to current thoughts in the academy about the necessary ingredients to a “general education”.

Video on “Arthur Ashe, Citizen of the World”


Teachers will be showing this video in their classes at different times.  However, all members of the Hostos community will have the opportunity to view the video in the Audiovisual Room throughout the semester.  See Mr. Julio Figueroa in A-309 to make an appointment to see the video. 

 

 

Fall 2007

  • Wednesday, November 28, 2007, 12:30 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.; 5:30 p.m. — 6:45 p.m.
    Savoy, Multipurpose Room

    Panelists from among the Hostos community will discuss:  “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner: Is 1967 So Far Away?”

  • Thursday, December 6, 2007, 12:30 p.m. — 1:45 p.m.; 5:30 p.m. — 6:45 p.m.
    Savoy, Multipurpose Room

    The Hostos community will compete in a Jeopardy-like quiz show entitled “In Trivial Pursuit of Sidney Poitier.”  Mr. Russell Levine, Hostos Wellness Coordinator, will be the moderator.  Prizes will be awarded to winning contestants.

Sidney Poitier Film Series


On Fridays, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. (Room A-309)

10/26:  The Defiant Ones
11/2:    Lilies of the Field
11/9:    A Patch of Blue
11/16:  Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
11/30:  In the Heat of the Night
12/7:    A Raisin in the Sun 

On Wednesdays, from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. (Room A-309)

10/31:  Lilies of the Field
11/7:    A Patch of Blue
11/14:  Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
12/5:    In the Heat of the Night
12/12:  A Raisin in the Sun