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University Events: May and June 2008

 For more information about events, contact the Office of University Relations.
 All listings are subject to change. Please call to confirm.

MAY EVENTS
May 9	WEST FEST CONCERT:  The WCSU Program Activities Council and the Student Government Association will present West Fest featuring Ben Folds with Julia Nunes at 8 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the William O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center on the university's Westside campus, Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. Doors will open at 7 p.m.; the public is invited. General admission tickets will be $27; WestConn students with valid I.D. will be admitted for $5. Tickets are available at the Westside Campus Center Box Office, by calling (203) 837-8499 or at www.wcsu.edu/tickets.
May 10	DANCE PERFORMANCE:  The WCSU Dance Team will present "Live, Laugh, Love" at 7 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. General admission tickets will be $10; the public is invited. WestConn students with valid I.D. will be admitted for $5.
May 11	ORCHESTRA CONCERT:  The WCSU Orchestra will perform at 3 p.m. in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. This Mother's Day concert will feature works by Ralph Vaughan Williams, Antonio Vivaldi, Camille Saint-Saens, Darius Milhaud and Jean Sibelius. The performance will be free; donations to the music department will be accepted. For more information, call (203) 837-8350.
May 13	ART SLIDE LECTURE:  Self-portrait artist Susanna Coffey will discuss her work at 11 a.m. in Viewing Room 1 of White Hall on the WestConn Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. Coffey's unique and iconoclastic reinterpretation of the art of self-portraiture has earned awards from the Guggenheim Foundation, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the Louis Comfort Tiffany Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. She received an M.F.A. from Yale University, and currently holds the F.H. Sellers Endowed Chair in Painting at the Art Institute of Chicago. Her numerous exhibitions in the United States and Europe have included shows at the National Academy of Design, the Pennsylvania Academy and leading galleries in New York. The event will be free and open to the public, and it will be presented as part of the university's Master of Fine Arts slide lecture series. For more information, call (203) 837-8881.
May 14	TELESCOPE VIEWING:  WestConn will host a special viewing of the sun with solar-filtered telescopes from 1 to 3 p.m., at the Science Building Observatory on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. The event will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (203) 837-8672.
May 14	HOLY HOUR:  The Newman Center will host Holy Hour at 9 p.m. in the center, 7 Eighth Ave., near the WestConn Midtown campus. The devotional rite will be free and the public is invited. For more information, call (203) 744-5846.
May 16	GRADUATE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY:  The WestConn Division of Graduate Studies will host a commencement ceremony at 7 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the William O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center on the university's Westside campus, Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. Graduate students who are eligible to receive their master's degrees in January, May or August this year and their guests will be invited to the commencement ceremony, with a reception to follow. The featured speaker will be Connecticut State Attorney General Richard Blumenthal. For more information, call (203) 837-8244.
May 18	UNDERGRADUATE COMMENCEMENT CEREMONY:  WestConn will host its Undergraduate Commencement Ceremony at 10:30 a.m. in the Westside Athletic Complex Stadium on the university's Westside campus, Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. The featured speaker will be Ethan Allen Interiors Inc. Chairman, President and CEO Farooq Kathwari. The public is invited. For more information, call (203) 837-8800.
May 20 - 25	CONNECTICUT FILM FESTIVAL:  WestConn will be a host venue for the Connecticut Film Festival, with screenings of independent films in Ives Concert Hall in White Hall on the university's Midtown campus, 181 White St. in Danbury. For a complete list of films and screening times, go to www.ctfilmfest.com.
May 23 - 24	THEATRE PERFORMANCE:  The WCSU theatre arts department will present "Songs for a New World" at 8 p.m. in the Peter Jay Sharp Theatre at Playwrights Horizons, 416 W. 42nd St. in Manhattan. The public is invited; tickets will be $20 for adults, and $15 for senior citizens and students. WestConn students with valid I.D. will be admitted free. For more information and reservations, call (212) 279-4200.
JUNE EVENTS
Jun. 7	PUSHING PAST AUTISM EVENT:  A fundraising event to benefit children on the autism spectrum will be from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Feldman Arena of the O'Neill Center on the WestConn Westside campus, Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. Participants will raise funds for the Autism Society of Connecticut and the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism by obtaining sponsors for doing push-ups. Check-in for the event will begin at 8 a.m., followed by a welcome announcement at 9:30 a.m. and push-ups from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will conclude at 3 p.m. with raffles, door prizes and announcements. For more information or to participate, visit www.pushingpastautism.org.
Jun. 17 - Jul. 5	M.F.A. NEW YORK EXHIBITION:  The Master of Fine Arts Emerging Artists Show, featuring works by the 2008 graduates from the Master of Fine Arts painting and illustration program, will be on display from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday, on the 4th floor of the Blue Mountain Gallery, 530 W. 25th St. in New York. An Opening Reception will be from 5 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, June 19. The exhibition and reception will be free and open to the public. For more information, call (646) 486-4730.
Jun. 29	MELISSA ETHERIDGE CONCERT:  Melissa Etheridge will perform at 8 p.m. at the Ives Concert Park on the WestConn Westside campus, Lake Avenue Extension in Danbury. Tickets will be $100, $75 or $55 for reserved seats and $35 for lawn admission. Get tickets at Ticketmaster.com.

All listings are subject to change. Please call to confirm.

VISITOR PARKING ADVISORY: Western Connecticut State University offers several convenient, centrally located parking spaces for visitors to the university’s Midtown and Westside campuses in Danbury. Midtown visitor parking is in the lot next to Old Main and in designated spaces next to University Hall. Parking in the university’s White Street and Fifth Avenue garages is restricted to students, faculty and staff with hang-tags and/or parking stickers from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Thursday; visitors are welcome to park in the garages all other times. Westside visitor parking is on University Boulevard. Visitors who cannot be accommodated in these parking areas are asked to call the University Police Department to make other arrangements.

Up-to-date university parking rules and regulations, color-coded campus maps that show parking areas and shuttle bus stops, and shuttle bus schedules are available at www.wcsu.edu/parking. Call the University Police Department at (203) 837-9300 for more information about the parking rules and regulations.