MURA Sponsored Programs – October |
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Date and Time |
Program |
Presenter |
Host |
Notes to connect |
| Oct 2,Friday, 2:00-3:00 pm CDT | UM Town Hall on “Retiree Health Benefits” | Marshall Stewart, Vice Chancellor for Extension and Engagement and UM System Chief Engagement Officer, moderator, wth UM panel | UM System Office of Engagement – Details at www.umsystem.edu/president-blog/virtual-town-hall-october-2 | https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/95145031387 |
| Oct 6, Tuesday, 8:30-9:30 am CDT | Virtual MURA Breakfast Program: Election 2020 Forum | Boone County State Legislative Candidates. Mary Anne McCollum and Tom Henderson, moderators. | MURA and Osher Lifelong Learning | https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/93264937827 |
| Nov 3, Tuesday, 8:3-9:30 am | Virtual MURA Breakfast Program: “Celebrating 150 Years” | Bryan Garton, CAFNR Sr Assoc Dean and Dir of Special Programs | MURA | https://umsystem.zoom.us/j/99009801716 Meeting ID: 990 0980 1716 Passcode: MURA One tap mobile +13126266799,,99009801716# US (Chicago) +16468769923,,99009801716# US (New York) |
| In addition to MURA sponsored programs, consider additional online events available to you for free. These are open to the public, but most require pre-registration. Barbara Schneider is a member of our MURA Program Committee and MURA’s Liaison to the Osher Life Long Learning Institute. | ||||
| Barbara’s Picks | ||||
| October 1, Thursday, 7:00 pm CDT | An American Hero’s Birth Place: Geophysical and Archaeological Study of George Washington Carver National Monument in Missouri | Historic Archaeologist Lewis Jones and Geoarchaeologist Dr. Ervan Garrison | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/event/an-american-heros-birthplace/ |
| October 2, Friday, 3:30 pm CDT | Policing and Criminal Justice Reform: A Conversation | Manhattan Institute’s Rafael Mangual and MU Law Professor S. David Mitchell | Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy at MU – Contact Allison Smythe, SmytheA@missouri.edu for the link to participate. | https://democracy.missouri.edu/events/policing-and-criminal-justice-reform-a-conversation-with-the-manhattan-institutes-rafael-mangual-and-mu-law-professor-s-david-mitchell/ |
| October 3, Saturday, Starting at 8:30 am CDT | Virtual Chestnut Roast | Behind-the-scenes footage and video tours that will immerse you in a true Missouri agroforestry landscape. Keynote video given by Curtis Stone, known as “The Urban Farmer” from Canada. | Horticulture and Agroforestry Research Center and MU Center for Agroforestry | https://harc.missouri.edu/field-day/ |
| October 14, Wednesday, 6:00 pm CDT | How Ike Led: The Principles Behind Eisenhower’s Biggest Decisions | Susan Eisenhower, Author of How Ike Led in Conversation with Historian, Michael Bechloss | National Archives Museum | https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/how-ike-led-the-principles-behind-eisenhower-s-biggest-decisions |
| October 19, Monday, 10:00 am CDT | Healthy Living for Your Brain & Body | Amber Allen of the Alzheimer’s Association | MU Extension | https://extension2.missouri.edu/events/healthy-living-for-your-brain-body-alzheimer-s-association-zoom-session |
| October 20, Tuesday, 1:00 pm CDT | “From the Hell’s Brew of Malice, Hatred, and Vindictiveness”: The 1906 Investigation of George E. Ladd, Director of the Missouri School of Mines and Metallurgy | Dr. Larry Gragg, Distinguished Teaching Professor Emeritus of History at Missouri University of Science & Technology | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2020/investigation-of-george-ladd |
| October 26, Monday, 5:00-6:15 pm CDT (Video available afterward also) | Virtual Tour of Columbia Cemetery | Learn about the history of cemeteries, gravestone symbolism and spooky superstitions. | Daniel Boone Regional Library | https://events.dbrl.org/event/4592674 |
| October 26-30 | Extension and Engagement Week 2020 | Wide variety of topics offered on each of the four campuses. Keynote by Jones Loflin, author of “Always Growing” on Oct 28 (How does a flower grow from a crack in concrete? Resilience. ) | University of Missouri Extension | https://web.cvent.com/event/84b65de3-43fe-4f8e-ab0a-a428cee9c748/summary?rp=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000 |
| October 27, Tuesday, 4:00 pm CST | History of Chocolate in the Military | Chocolate Historian, Dave Borghesani | National Archives Museum | https://www.archivesfoundation.org/event/history-of-chocolate-and-military/ |
| October 28, Wednesday, 11:00 am CDT | Missouri Mysteries: the Hornet Spook Lights, the Blue Man of Spring Creek, and Mo-Mo the Missouri Monster. | Oral Historian Sean Rost | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/2020/missouri-mysteries |
| October 28, Wednesday, 11:00 am CDT | The Sum of the People: How the Census has Shaped Nations, from the Ancient World to the Modern Age | Data Scientist Andrew Whitby | National Archives Museum | https://www.archives.gov/calendar/event/the-sum-of-the-people-how-the-census-has-shaped-nations-from-the-ancient-world-to-the-modern-age |
| October 29, Thursday, 12:00-1:30 pm CDT | The Many Meanings of Thomas Jefferson | Dr. Stephanie Shonekan, MU Departments of Music and Black Studies and Dr. Jeff Pasley, MU Department of History and Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy | MU International Center’s Tri-Continental Partnership between MU, University of the Western Cape in South Africa and Ghent University in Belgium. | http://calendar.missouri.edu/event/tri-continental_partnership_series_on_race_and_racism_the_many_meanings_of_thomas_jefferson#.X3_KCe17nIX |
| On Demand | Votes for Missouri Women! Part 1: Silent protest for Women’s Suffrage in St. Louis at the 1916 Democratic Convention, and Part 2: Missouri Women: Suffrage to Statecraft SHS Exhibit | Part 1: Margot McMillen, Author of The Golden Lane, and Part 2: SHSMO Curator Joan Stack and Missouri Historic Costume and Textile Collection Curator Jean Parsons, and Collection Manager Nicole Johnston | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/votes-for-mo-women |
| On Demand | White House History Live | Various videos: JFK and the 48 Hours That Made History; Five Untold Stories – Slavery at the White House; Protest at the People’s House; and more! | The White House Historical Association | https://www.whitehousehistory.org/rubenstein-center/white-house-history-live |
| On Demand | Beginning Genealogy, Part 1: Getting Started (Part 2: Online Resources, Free and Subscription – to be posted soon) | Bill Eddleman, Associate Director of the SHS Cape Girardeau Research Center | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/basic-genealogy-pt1?mc_cid=ce47445d01&mc_eid=376db1f8f8 |
| On Demand | The African American Experience in Missouri – 2019-2020 Series | 20 Lectures by a variety of speakers | State Historical Society of Missouri and the University of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/lecture-series/african-american-experience?page=0 |
| On Demand | 1918 Flu Epidemic in Missouri: Parts 1 and 2 | Kathleen Seale | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/1918-flu |
| On Demand | All About Art: A Virtual Architectural Tour Video | Joan Stack | State Historical Society of Missouri | https://shsmo.org/events/on-demand/all-about-art |
| On Demand | Weekly Friday Feature (While Exhibits are Closed) | Essays or Videos spotlighting artwork in the Collection – new ones each Friday, and previous ones available. | Museum of Art & Archaeology – University of Missouri | https://maa.missouri.edu/exhibit/online-friday-feature-0 |
| On Demand | Webinars and Online Events – Future Live Events as well as Past Recordings | Past Examples I recommend: Top Chief of Staff: Life as Padma Lakshmi’s Right Hand Man (MU J-School Alum); I’m Gerald Ford and You’re Not: Saturday Night Live and the American Presidency (Bill Horner, Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor) | Mizzou Alumni Association – Open to all Mizzou Alumni and Friends | https://alumlc.org/missouri |
| Ongoing – Digital Exhibit Tour | Missouri’s Struggle for Statehood | Created in consultation with the Kinder Institute on Constitutional Democracy and supported by The Bicentennial Alliance | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.wixsite.com/struggleforstatehood |
| Ongoing – Monday Mashup Series – 7:00 pm CDT | Pre-recorded musical performances of Mizzou faculty and students | Oct 5 – Band and Jazz; Oct 12 – Orchestra, Piano, Voice/Opera; Oct 19 – Choral; Oct 26 – Student Ensemble | MU School of Music | https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVqHQYMI7cP8SE6Z3XDwSjw |
| Ongoing – Sept 2020 to April 2021 (Second Thursday, with past program videos available on website) | Explore Missouri’s German Heritage | Author Dr. W. Arthur Mehrhoff and Director of Heritage Programs, Caitlin Yager explore the stories of the people, places, and ideas that helped shape Missouri’s German cultural heritage | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/programs/explore-missouris-german-heritage/ |
| On Demand | Growing Up with the River: Nine Generations on the Missouri by Dan and Connie Burkhardt (Program is a 10-part series based on the book) | Professional storytellers and special guests | Missouri Humanities Council | https://mohumanities.org/programs/growing-up-with-the-river/ |
Date:
October 1, 2020