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March 2012
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Calendar of Events
3/20 -- Crime and Punishment Symposium in PSB (through
3/22)
3/23 -- For Colored Girls in Cook Theatre (through
4/1)
3/24 -- Spring
Auditions and Open House in PSB, 10 a.m. - 4 p.m.
3/27 -- Honors
Convocation in Lawless Chapel, 11 a.m.
3/29 --
Champions of the American Dream in Georges Auditorium, 5 p.m.
3/31 --
Homebuyer Workshop in
PSB 115, 10
a.m. - Noon.
4/1 -- Dillard
Choir's Spring Concert in Lawless Chapel, 4 p.m.
Click here for more
events.
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Welcome to the March 2012 edition of the Dillard Today
E-Newsletter. Before we begin: look for Dillard in this month's
issue of New Orleans Magazine! The Student Union and Health &
Wellness Center was featured in an article on the best new
architecture in the city. If you haven't seen this facility yet,
you need to come to campus and check it out! I'd also like to
direct your attention to dillard.edu for an update on campus construction
projects, including the renovation of the Hartzell/Camphor and
Straight Hall Dormitories. And one more reminder: Honors
Convocation is scheduled for Tuesday, March 27 at 11 a.m. in
Lawless Chapel. This annual ceremony recognizes those students who
have achieved excellence in their studies. We'd love to see you
there. Ex fide fortis!
Sincerely,
Mona Duffel-Jones
Senior Director, University Communications
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Crime
and Punishment: African-Americans in a "Post-Racial"
United States: March
20-22
From
March 20-22, Dillard University will host Crime and Punishment:
African-Americans in a "Post-Racial" (?) United States,
a symposium designed to explore problems of crime and incarceration
in the U.S. today, their outsized impact on the black community,
and the dubious concept of our society as "post-racial."
Criminal justice in New Orleans will also be addressed throughout
three days of seminars and panel discussions.
Dr. James Turner (pictured), founding director of the Africana
Studies and Research Center at Cornell University, will deliver the
symposium's opening lecture, "From Mass Enslavement to Mass
Segregation to Mass Incarceration." Dillard professors Dr.
Allen Colón and Dr. Carroll Wiltz will convene the symposium.
All events will be held in the Georges Auditorium of the PSB on
Dillard's campus, and are free and open to the public. Click here for a
complete schedule of events.
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Theatre: For
Colored Girls, March 23-April 1
Dillard University
Theatre continues its 76th season this month with a production of For Colored Girls Who Have
Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf, Ntozake
Shange's award-winning 1975 drama. DU alum Patience Rayford, '06,
will direct.
The play uses
poetry to tell the story of seven women and their struggles with
love, faith and abuse. Before each performance, the cast and crew
will pay tribute to a different female community leader as part of
a new initiative called For NOLA Girls.
The show premieres
on Friday, March 23 at 8 p.m. in Cook Theatre on Dillard's campus.
It repeats at 8 p.m. on March 24, 30 and 31, with Sunday matinees
at 3 p.m. on March 25 and April 1. For ticket information, call the
Dillard University Box Office at
(504) 816-4857.
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Spring Auditions and Open
House: March 24
Prospective Dillard
University students will have the opportunity to tour the campus
and try out for music, theater, and visual arts scholarships at
Spring Auditions and Open House on Saturday, March 24. Check-in
starts at 10 a.m. in the PSB atrium.
Students will
also be able to complete the admissions process, speak one-on-one
with admissions and financial aid counselors, and meet current
students, faculty and staff. All prospective students -- not only
those interested in arts scholarships -- are encouraged to attend.
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Champions of the American
Dream: March 29
The Dillard
University College of Business will honor Paul Flower and Dorothy
Perrault at the annual Champions of the American Dream event, an
initiative designed to recognize local business leaders.
Flower is the
president and C.E.O. of Woodward Design+Build, the New Orleans
architecture firm that helped build Dillard's Professional Schools
and Sciences Building. Perrault, a Dillard alumna from the class of
1960, owns Perrault Kiddy Kollege, a local pre-school program with
two locations in the Gentilly area. They were chosen for their
success and persistence in business pursuits, their history of
philanthropy, and their service as role models
for the New Orleans
community.
Champions of
the American Dream will be held on Thursday, March 29 at 5:30 p.m.
in the Georges Auditorium. Both honorees will lecture on business
entrepreneurship and participate in an audience Q&A session. A
reception in the PSB's atrium will follow. This event is free and
open to the public.
Last year's
inaugural Champions of the American Dream event honored Larry Lundy
and Dillard alumna Beverly McKenna.
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Choir to Host Spring
Concert (April 1), Tour
The
Dillard University Concert Choir will perform its annual Spring
Concert on Sunday, April 1 at 4 p.m. in Lawless Chapel. The concert
is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to arrive
early to secure seating.
This month the choir will embark on its annual Spring Tour from
March 8-15. They will perform in Alexandria and Lake Charles, La.;
Richmond, Ga.; Washington, D.C.; and Brooklyn and Rochester, N.Y. Click here for a
complete list of dates and venues.
The Dillard University Concert Choir made school history in
December when it performed at the White House. We are so proud of
our choir students!
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Alumni In Focus: Michael
G. Griffin
Michael G. Griffin
graduated from Dillard University with a bachelor of science degree
in public health. He earned a master of science degree in public
health from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tenn. Committed
to eradicating health care disparities, Griffin is president and
C.E.O. of Daughters of Charity Services of New Orleans (DCSNO).
Griffin's foremost priority is providing access to compassionate,
high-quality primary and preventive health care services to all
residents of the greater New Orleans area, including the insured,
underinsured and uninsured. Click here to read
more.
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