Monday, March 28
Dissertation Defense, “The Impact of Residential Learning Communities on Students’ Civic Engagement in Four-Year, Public, Midwest Universities,” by Suhua Dong, Higher Education Administration, 9:30-11:30 a.m., 444 Education Building.
Support Group, “Caring for Yourself While Caring for Others,” noon-1 p.m., Women’s Center, 107 Hanna Hall. Open to faculty, staff and graduate students.
Human Rights Film Festival, “Life and Debt,” 2001, about Jamaica’s economic woes at the hands of the International Monetary Fund, 6 p.m., Bowen-Thompson Student Union Theater.
How 2 Workshop, CPR and First Aid Certification—CPR part 1, 6-8 p.m., 201A Union. Adult, child and infant CPR and first aid. CPR part 2 will be held April 4, and first aid April 11. Call 2-2741 for fees and to register.

Tuesday, March 29
Dissertation Defense, “Bayesian Estimation of Electoral College Votes in Multicandidate Elections,” by Volodymyr Melnykov, mathematics and statistics, 1 p.m., 105 Business Administration Building.
Percussion Ensemble, directed by Roger Schupp, 8 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.
Movie, “Ocean’s 12,” 9:30 p.m., Union Theater. Sponsored by University Activities Organization.

Wednesday, March 30
Brown Bag Lunch, “Bring Your Favorite Professor/Mentor to Lunch,” noon-1 p.m., 107 Hanna Hall.
Faculty Artist Series, featuring Nina Assimakopoulos, flute, and Laura Melton, piano, assisted by Alan Smith, cello, and Vincent Corrigan, harpsichord, 8 p.m., Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.

Thursday, March 31
International Film Series, “Rosenstrasse,” 2003, Germany and Netherlands, directed by Margarethe von Trotta, 7:30 p.m., Gish Film Theater, Hanna Hall.
New Music Ensemble, 8 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.

Friday, April 1
Movie, “Ocean’s 12,” 7 and 9:30 p.m., Union Theater. Sponsored by UAO.
World Percussion Night, with the Kusuma Sari Gamelan and the Afro-Caribbean Ensemble, 8 p.m., Kobacker Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center.

Saturday, April 2
Cabaret Shows, “We’re Not Sick, We’re Just in Love,” presented by vocalists from the College of Musical Arts and featuring songs from American musical theatre and light opera, 7 and 9 p.m., 227 Union.

Sunday, April 3
Planetarium Kids’ Show, “Bear Tales” (ages 7 and up), 2 p.m. Call 2-2421 for more information. $1 donation suggested.
Sunday Matinee, “Song of Freedom,” 1936, directed by J. Elder Willis, starring Paul Robeson, 3 p.m., Gish Film Theater, Hanna Hall. Also showing, "Boogie Woogie Dream," 1939, with Lena Horne. With an introduction by film historian Jan Wahl.
Movie, “Ocean’s 12,” 9:30 p.m., Union Theater. Sponsored by UAO.

Monday, April 4
Jean Pasakarnis Buchanan Annual Lecture in Biological Sciences, “Sustainability and Our Common Future: Where Are We Headed?” by conservation biologist Peter Raven, the George Engelmann Professor of Botany at Washington University in St. Louis and director of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 7 p.m., 101 Olscamp Hall.
Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Lecture, “Two Bronze Age Shipwrecks,” with George Bass, art historian and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Texas A&M University, 7 p.m., Union Theater. The lecture is also part of the ART Talks series.
Vocal Jazz Ensemble, directed by Chris Buzzelli, 8 p.m., Bryan Recital Hall, Moore Musical Arts Center. Part of Jazz Week.

Continuing Events
April 1-3
Treehouse Troupe Children’s Theatre, “Peter Pan and Wendy,” adapted from the J.M. Barry play by F. Scott Regan, theatre. Shows are at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and 2 p.m. Sunday in the Joe E. Brown Theatre, University Hall. Tickets are $7 for adults and $5 for children under 12. To reserve, call
2-2719.

April 1-3
Philosophy Conference, “Physicalism,” hosted by the philosophy department and the Social Philosophy and Policy Center, 301 Shatzel Hall. For more information, visit www.bgsu.edu/departments/phil/physicalismhome.htm.

Through April 6
Art Exhibition, “Natura Morta,” digital collage by Karen La Vallee Norton, Little Gallery, BGSU Firelands. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday.

Through April 7
BFA Senior Thesis Exhibition, Dorothy Uber Bryan and Willard Wankelman galleries, Fine Arts Center, and the Union galleries. Bryan and Wankelman gallery hours are 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday and 1-4 p.m. Sundays. Hours in the Union galleries are 7 a.m.-midnight Monday-Saturday and 10 a.m.-midnight Sundays.

Through April 15
Planetarium Show, “Spirits from the Sky: The Star World of the Pawnee.” Showings are at 8 p.m. Tuesdays and Fridays, 7:30 p.m. Sundays and at 2 p.m. Saturday (April 2). $1 donation suggested.