Ohio Wesleyan University Announces October Public Events
DELAWARE, OH – Ohio Wesleyan University today announced its October 2013 lineup of public events. Unless otherwise noted, admission is free. For the latest OWU event information, including schedule updates, visit Events @ OWU. For Battling Bishop athletics schedules, visit BattlingBishops.com. For webstreaming, visit StreamOWU.
Through Oct. 6 – “A Portrait of Ice,” featuring images of glaciers by New York-based photographer Caleb Cain Marcus, and “Luminous,” an exhibition of paintings and drawings by Athens, Ohio-based artist John Sabraw, in the Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The Marcus exhibition is part of Ohio Wesleyan’s 2013 Sagan National Colloquium focusing on climate change. The Ross Art Museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is wheelchair-accessible and admission is always free. Call (740) 368-3606 for more information.
Through Nov. 22 – “Aerial Photography,” an exhibition of photographs by Ron Brown, Ohio Wesleyan Class of 1962, in the Alumni Gallery in Mowry Alumni Center, 16 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Gallery hours are 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. weekdays.
Sept. 26 through Jan. 6, 2014 – “Love Life,” an exhibition of poems and paintings by Fred Andrle and Karen Snouffer, in Gallery 2001 in Beeghly Library, 43 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Anderle is an associate at The Ohio State University Humanities Institute and former host of WOSU radio’s “Open Line.” Snouffer is an associate professor of studio art at Kenyon College. Gallery 2001 hours coincide with library hours.
4:10 p.m. Oct. 1 – Magnus Petersson, professor of Modern History at The Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies in Oslo, Norway, discussing “American Foreign Policy – A View From Europe,” in Room 312 of the R.W. Corns Building, 78 S. Sandusky St. Learn more at OWU’s International Studies Program website.
4:30 p.m. Oct. 1 – OWU Field Hockey vs. Earlham, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
7 p.m. Oct. 1 – OWU Volleyball vs. DePauw, at Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
7 p.m. Oct. 1 – OWU Women’s Soccer vs. Case Western Reserve, at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex/Roy Rike Field, 249 Park Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
7 p.m. Oct. 2 – Barry Lopez, National Book Award-winning author of “Arctic Dreams,” discussing “The Writer and Social Responsibility,” in the Benes Rooms in Ohio Wesleyan’s Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Lopez also is the author of “About This Life” and “Of Wolves and Men,” a National Book Award finalist. He is speaking as part of the 2013 OWU Sagan National Colloquium, “Interdisciplinary Impacts of Climate Change.”
7 p.m. Oct. 2 – OWU Men’s Soccer vs. Capital, at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex/Roy Rike Field, 249 Park Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
8 p.m. Oct. 3 – Renowned investment adviser Louis A. Simpson, Ohio Wesleyan Class of 1958, discusses “Corporate America – to rent or to own?” in Gray Chapel in University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Simpson managed the portfolio for GEICO, a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., for more than 30 years before founding SQ Advisors LLC. This is the 2013 Robert L. Milligan Leaders in Business Lecture. Learn more at Connect2 OWU.
5 p.m. Oct. 4 – OWU Women’s Soccer vs. Wittenberg, at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex/Roy Rike Field, 249 Park Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
7:30 p.m. Oct. 4 – OWU Men’s Soccer vs. Wittenberg, at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex/Roy Rike Field, 249 Park Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
8 p.m. Oct. 4-5, 11-12; 2 p.m. Oct. 13 – “The Secret War of Emma Edmonds,” the world premiere of a new play by Bonnie Milne Gardner, Ohio Wesleyan faculty member and 1977 OWU alumna. The play is based on the true story of a woman who posed as a man to serve two years in the Civil War as a soldier, postmaster, medical steward, and spy. The performance, with set design by D. Glen Vanderbilt Jr., is directed by guest Equity actor Kerry Shanklin, Ohio Wesleyan Class of 1970. The play will be performed on the Main Stage in Chappelear Drama Center, 45 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $10 for general admission and $5 for senior citizens, Ohio Wesleyan employees, and non-Ohio Wesleyan students. Admission is free for Ohio Wesleyan students with a valid OWU ID. To reserve tickets, call the Theatre Box Office at (740) 368-3855. For more information, visit OWU’s Department of Theatre & Dance website.
8 p.m. Oct. 4, 11, 18, and 25 – Evening programs at Ohio Wesleyan’s Perkins Observatory, 3199 Columbus Pike (U.S. 23), Delaware. Content varies based on sky conditions, but may include a planetarium show, observatory tours, and star gazing with the 32-inch Schottland Telescope. Advance tickets are $8 for adults, and $6 for children and senior citizens. Reserve tickets by calling (740) 363-1257.
All day, Oct. 5 – OWU Women’s Tennis vs. John Carroll, at Gordon Field House, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
All day, Oct. 5 – OWU Men’s Tennis vs. John Carroll, at Gordon Field House, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
2 p.m. Oct. 5 – OWU Football vs. Allegheny, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
8 p.m. Oct. 5 – Musicians Yumi Kurosawa and Deep Singh perform on the koto (Japanese stringed instrument) and tabla (Indian drums), including traditional and modern works, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Their performance is part of the 2013-2014 Performing Arts Series of professional visiting artists. Tickets are $20 for general admission and $5 for senior citizens and non-Ohio Wesleyan students (with a valid school ID). Tickets are free for Ohio Wesleyan students and employees with a valid OWU ID. Tickets may be purchased online at TicketWeb, by phone message at (740) 368-3629, or by email at paseries@owu.edu.
7 p.m. Oct. 8 – Robert Stavins, Ph.D., of Harvard University, discussing “An Economic Perspective on Climate Change Policy,” in the Benes Rooms of Ohio Wesleyan’s Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. At Harvard, his appointments include director of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements. Stavins is speaking as part of the 2013 OWU Sagan National Colloquium, “Interdisciplinary Impacts of Climate Change.” The event is scheduled to be streamed at StreamOWU.
8 p.m. Oct. 10 – Acclaimed Civil War historian Allen C. Guelzo, author of The New York Times bestseller “Gettysburg: The Last Invasion,” discussing “Gettysburg: the Waterloo of the Rebellion,” in the Benes Rooms of Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. This is the 2013 Richard W. Smith Lecture in Civil War History. Learn more at OWU’s Department of History website.
7:30 p.m. Oct. 12 – Central Ohio Symphony Orchestra concert, in Gray Chapel inside University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The event is scheduled to be streamed at StreamOWU. Learn more at OWU’s Department of Music website.
3:15 p.m. Oct. 13 – Ohio Wesleyan faculty and guest recital featuring Mariko Kaneda, piano, and Paul Roby, violin, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. The event is scheduled to be streamed at StreamOWU. Learn more at OWU’s Department of Music website.
Oct. 13 through Nov. 15 – Wooden sculptures by Columbus artist Melinda Rosenberg, featuring reclaimed wood, and drawings and paintings by Columbus artist Rod Bouc, in the Richard M. Ross Art Museum, 60 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The museum is open Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Thursday from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m.; and Sunday from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. The museum is wheelchair-accessible and admission is always free. Call (740) 368-3606 for more information.
7 p.m. Oct. 16 – OWU Women’s Soccer vs. Ohio Mid-Western, at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex/Roy Rike Field, 249 Park Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
7 p.m. Oct. 16 – OWU Volleyball vs. Denison, at Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
1 p.m. Oct. 19 – OWU Football vs. DePauw, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
1 p.m. Oct. 19 – OWU Volleyball vs. Hiram, at Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
5 p.m. Oct. 19 – OWU Women’s Soccer vs. Allegheny, at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex/Roy Rike Field, 249 Park Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
7:30 p.m. Oct. 19 – OWU Men’s Soccer vs. Allegheny, at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex/Roy Rike Field, 249 Park Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
1 p.m. Oct. 20 – OWU Field Hockey vs. Kenyon, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
7 p.m. Oct. 22 – Michael Mann, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor of Meteorology at Penn State University, discussing “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars,” in the Benes Rooms in Ohio Wesleyan’s Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. His books include “Dire Predictions: Understanding Global Warming in 2008” and “The Hockey Stick and the Climate Wars: Dispatches from the Front Lines in 2012.” He also is a co-founder and contributor to the award-winning science website RealClimate. Mann is speaking as part of the 2013 OWU Sagan National Colloquium, “Interdisciplinary Impacts of Climate Change.”
7 p.m. Oct. 22 – OWU Men’s Soccer vs. Kenyon, at the Jay Martin Soccer Complex/Roy Rike Field, 249 Park Ave., Delaware. Tickets are $8 for adults, $3 for students, and free for anyone under age 5 or with an Ohio Wesleyan ID. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
8 p.m. Oct. 22 – Ohio Wesleyan faculty recital featuring Frank Chiou, piano; Mary Fetherston, cello; Jason Hiester, tenor; Kimberly McCann, horn; and Karen Pfeifer, viola, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Learn more at OWU’s Department of Music website.
4:30 p.m. Oct. 23 – OWU Field Hockey vs. Wittenberg, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
7 p.m. Oct. 24 – Environmental ethics and theology panel discussion with Christiana Peppard, Ph.D., of Fordham University’s Environmental Policy Program; Madeline Ostrander, creator of Tide at the Doorstep, a project focused on place-based stories about climate change and social justice; and Sachie Hopkins-Hayakawa, a student-activist leading a campaign to encourage colleges to divest from fossil fuel companies. The discussion will be held in the Benes Rooms in Ohio Wesleyan’s Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. The panel discussion is part of the 2013 OWU Sagan National Colloquium, “Interdisciplinary Impacts of Climate Change.”
7:30 p.m. Oct. 25-26 – Celebration recitals on the newly restored, now 4,644-pipe Rexford Keller Memorial Organ featuring Alan Morrison, chair of the organ department at the Curtis Institute of Music in Philadelphia and a faculty member at Westminster Choir College of Ryder University, in Gray Chapel in University Hall, 61 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. Learn more at OWU’s Department of Music website.
8 p.m. Oct. 25-26 – “The Stonewater Rapture,” by Doug Wright, featuring the story of two teenagers and their adolescent awakening, in the Studio Theatre in Chappelear Drama Center, 45 Rowland Ave., Delaware. This event contains adult themes and language. Tickets are free for everyone, but seating is limited. Tickets may be picked up in the theatre office during normal business hours or at the door prior to the performance. For more information, visit OWU’s Department of Theatre & Dance website.
11 a.m. Oct. 26 – OWU Field Hockey vs. DePauw, at Selby Stadium, 45 S. Henry St., Delaware. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
3:15 p.m. Oct. 27 – Ohio Wesleyan junior student recital featuring Grace Thompson, soprano, and Caitlen Sellers, flute, in Jemison Auditorium inside Sanborn Hall, 23 Elizabeth St., Delaware. Learn more at OWU’s Department of Music website.
7 p.m. Oct. 29 – Alexander Thompson, Ph.D., associate professor of political science and faculty associate of the Mershon Center for International Security Studies at The Ohio State University, discussing “The Evolution of the Global Climate Change Regime,” in the Benes Rooms in Ohio Wesleyan’s Hamilton-Williams Campus Center, 40 Rowland Ave., Delaware. Thompson is speaking as part of the 2013 OWU Sagan National Colloquium, “Interdisciplinary Impacts of Climate Change.” The event is scheduled to be streamed at StreamOWU.
7 p.m. Oct. 30 – OWU Volleyball vs. Kenyon, at Branch Rickey Arena, 105 S. Sandusky St., Delaware. The game is scheduled to be streamed live at StreamOWU. Learn more at BattlingBishops.com.
Founded in 1842, Ohio Wesleyan University is one of the nation’s premier small, private universities. Ohio Wesleyan offers more than 90 undergraduate majors, sequences, and courses of study, and 23 NCAA Division III varsity sports. OWU combines an internationally focused curriculum with off-campus learning and leadership opportunities that connect classroom theory with real-world practice. Located in Delaware, Ohio, OWU’s 1,850 students represent 41 states and 45 countries. The university is featured in the book “Colleges That Change Lives,” listed on the 2013 President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll with Distinction, and included on the “best colleges” lists of U.S. News & World Report and The Princeton Review. Learn more at www.owu.edu.