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Eastern Oregon University Colloquia

The Eastern Oregon University Colloquia and its ancestors have continuously operated as a venue for the sharing of academic research and pedagogy for over thirty years. It began its existence as the Division of Science Colloquia within the School of Arts and Sciences and four years ago it was broadened to include the entire university.

Colloquia presenters have come from almost every part of the Eastern community and have included distinguished guests from other universities. The Colloquia has always been dedicated to making serious
academic work accessible for colleagues in other disciplines, undergraduate students, and interested members of the larger community.

This year the Colloquia is under the co-leadership of Dr. Jodi Varon, Professor of English/Writing (jvaron@eou.edu) and Dr. M. Ruth Davenport, Professor of Education (rdavenpo@eou.edu). 

2008-2009 Colloquia Schedule

• October 9, Kerry Loewen "Hunting: Representing the Gun Culture of the American West"
• October 23, Jay Van Tassell "Digging Fossils at the Always Welcome Inn"
• October 30, David Komito and Jeff Johnson "Elluminate for Web Conferencing"
• November 13, Jessica Plattner "Maternal Instincts: Portraits of Women in Oregon and Mexico"
• November 27, Thanksgiving Holiday - No Colloquium
• December 11, Finals Week - No Colloquium
• December 25, Christmas Holiday - No Colloquium
• January 8, Ken Bush "Starting from Scratch: How to Produce and Direct an Off Off Broadway Show"
• January 22, Barbara Schulz "Travelling to Machu Picchu: Pre-Colombian Cultures in Peru
  Report on NEH Summer Institute, Summer 2008"
• February 12, Gerry Ramey "Namibia:  My Last Fulbright"
• February 26, Karyn Gomez "Motivation at the Middle School Level"
• March 12, Lee Sellers and Ted Takamura (presentation title TBA)
• March 26,   Spring Break - No Colloquium
• April 9, Matt Cooper and Jill Gibian (presentation title TBA)
• April 23, Linda Jerofke (presentation title TBA)
• May 14, Jeff Dense (presentation title TBA)
• May 28, Zachary Walter (presentation title TBA )
• June 11, Finals Week - No Colloquium

Additional information regarding the individual Colloquia presentations is available by clicking on the presentation title.

In addition, Pierce Library is providing a link to colloquium resource lists under the "Services" section of the Library's homepage.