Calendar
The Multicultural Student Center (MSC) serves as a focal point for the dissemination of cultural activities, events,
and meetings on campus and in the Greater Madison Community. Below you will find a list of scheduled events, activities,
and meetings for the month. For more information about these activities, please contact the individual/organization
hosting the event.
If you are planning an event or meeting that you would like Multicultural Student Center to advertise on its
calendar/list serve, please e-mail Suzi Pyawasay at smpyawasay@odos.wisc.edu.
Support Services (Academic Year)
Many academic services hold outreach office hours at the Multicultural Student Center.
All outreach hours are held in the MSC Lounge unless otherwise indicated.
Mondays
Writing Center Instruction
6:30-9:30pm
Tuesdays
Writing Center Instruction
6:30-9:30pm
Wednesdays
Writing Center Instruction
6:30-9:30pm
Thursdays
Writing Center Instruction
6:30-9:30pm
Academic Advancement Program
Writing Instruction
1:00-4:00pm
Education Walk-In Advising
2:30-4:30pm
Thursday, September 4th6:00pm - 8:00pm SEALS MeetingSEALS
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | Linda Vakunta, lvakunta@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Kick-off meeting of the year |
Friday, September 5th6:30pm - 12:30am 2008 MultiCultural Orientation & Reception (MCOR)MSC
| | Location: | Memorial Union | | Contact: | Candace McDowell, cmmcdowe1@odos.wisc.edu | | Website: | unavailable | Description Featuring:
Academic Resource Fair 6:30-7:00pm Union Theatre Lobby
MCOR 2008 Showcase 7:30-9:00pm Memorial Union Theatre
Multicultural Student Organization Fair 9:30-10:30pm Great Hall
Dance 10:30pm-12:30am Great Hall
For More Information Please Contact: MSC Front Desk, (608)262-4503 |
5:00pm - 7:00pm Fall 2008 Welcome ReceptionAsian American Student Academic Services
| | Location: | Union South, T.I.T.U | | Contact: | Pao Thao, (608)265-3203, pcthao@lssaa.wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Please Join us in this interactive event to welcome new freshmen and for continuing students to strengthen friendships! |
2:00pm - 5:30pm Stephanie Cowan's Good Bye ReceptionISS
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Martha Querins, (608)262-2044, mquerins@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Good bye reception for Steph. |
Sunday, September 7th3:00pm - 5:00pm ASA General Body MeetingASA
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Tiffany Jones, tnjones@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Monday, September 8th6:00pm - 7:30pm ACF Executive MeetingsAsian Christian Fellowship
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | La Thao, lthao3@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided |
Tuesday, September 9th4:30pm - 6:30pm Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection presents Annual Open HouseHelen Louise Allen Textile Collection
| | Location: | Rm 378, Human Ecology Building, 1300 Linden Dr. | | Contact: | N/A | | Website: | N/A | Description Come see textiles and costumes in conunction with the World Music Festival. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! |
Wednesday, September 10th12:00pm African Studies Program, Sandwich Seminar: Desegregating the Past: The Transformation of Publuc Imagination in South African and American MuseumsAfrican Studies Program
| | Location: | 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive | | Contact: | African Studies Program | | Website: | N/A | Description Join Robyn Autry, Postdoctoral Fellow in the Sociology and History Departments at the University of Minnesota in the Desegregating the Past: The Transformation of Publuc Imagination in South African and American Museums. |
4:30pm - 6:30pm Helen Louise Allen Textile Collection presents Annual Open HouseHelen Louise Allen Textile Collection
| | Location: | Rm 378, Human Ecology Building, 1300 Linden Dr. | | Contact: | N/A | | Website: | N/A | Description Come see textiles and costumes in conunction with the World Music Festival. EVERYONE IS WELCOME! |
Thursday, September 11th4:30pm - 6:30pm MSC 20th Anniversary CelebrationMSC
| | Location: | MSC Lounge | | Contact: | Sarah Napoli, snapoli@odos.wisc.edu, (608)890-2084 | | Website: | unavailable | Description Come and celebrate with the Multicultural Student Center in there 20th Anniversary.
Cake and Punch will be served |
5:00pm - 7:30pm American Indian Community Welcome Dinner and ReceptionAmerican Indian Student Academic Services
| | Location: | Tripp Commons, Memorial Union | | Contact: | American Indian Student Academic Services, (608) 262-2583 | | Website: | www.lssaa.wisc.edu/aisas/ | Description Please bring friends, roommates, kids, and partners for an evening of food and friendship. Sadly, the Memorial Union does not allow pets. |
6:30pm - 8:30pm Fast Breaking DinnerDialogue International
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Macid Melekoglu, melekoglu@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided |
Friday, September 12th5:00pm - 6:30pm OMAI Pre-Collegiate ProgramOMAI
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | Katrina Flores, kbflores@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Meeting. |
6:00pm - 7:45pm KASA Kick-Off MeetingKorean American Student Association
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Min Joo A. Lee, mjlee6@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Kick-off Meeting to meet new members. |
Sunday, September 14th3:00pm - 5:00pm ASA General Body MeetingASA
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Tiffany Jones, tnjones@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Monday, September 15th6:00pm - 7:30pm ACF Executive MeetingsAsian Christian Fellowship
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | La Thao, lthao3@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided |
Tuesday, September 16th7:00pm - 10:00pm WBSU General Body MeetingsWBSU
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Cameron Thiery, thiery@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided |
Wednesday, September 17th6:00pm - 7:00pm 12:00pm African Studies Program, Sandwich Seminar: Perverse Outcomes: International Human Rights Monitoring and the Perpetuation of Violence in SudanAfrican Studies Program
| | Location: | 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive | | Contact: | African Studies Program | | Website: | N/A | Description Join Sharon Hutchinson, Professor in the Department of Anthropolgy and the Director of the African Studies Program, University of Wisconsin-Madison in Perverse Outcomes: International Human Rights Monitoring and the Perpetuation of Violence in Sudan. |
Sunday, September 21st3:00pm - 5:00pm ASA General Body MeetingASA
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Tiffany Jones, tnjones@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Monday, September 22nd6:00pm - 7:30pm ACF Executive MeetingsAsian Christian Fellowship
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | La Thao, lthao3@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided |
Wednesday, September 24th6:00pm - 7:30pm ALPs MeetingALPs
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Eric Knueve, (608)262-1666, knueve@odos.wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Facilitator Training & Meeting |
12:00pm African Studies Program, Sandwich Seminar: Women's Representation, Women's Expressions in Benin ArtAfrican Studies Program
| | Location: | 206 Ingraham Hall, 1155 Observatory Drive | | Contact: | African Studies Program | | Website: | N/A | Description Join Adepeju Layiwole, Artist, Senior Lecturer in Department of Creative Arts, University of Lagos, Nigera in Women's Representation, Women's Expressions in Benin Art. |
Sunday, September 28th3:00pm - 5:00pm ASA General Body MeetingASA
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Tiffany Jones, tnjones@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Monday, September 29th6:00pm - 7:30pm ACF Executive MeetingsAsian Christian Fellowship
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | La Thao, lthao3@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided |
Tuesday, September 30th7:00pm - 10:00pm WBSU General Body MeetingsWBSU
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Cameron Thiery, thiery@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided |
Thursday, October 2nd8:00pm - 8:45pm BSU ReadWBSU
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Cameron Thierry, thierry@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Book Reading Club. |
Sunday, October 5th3:00pm - 5:00pm ASA General Body MeetingASA
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Tiffany Jones, tnjones@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Monday, October 6th6:00pm - 7:30pm ACF Executive MeetingAsian Christian Fellowship
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | La Thao, lthao3@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Wednesday, October 8th6:00pm - 7:30pm ALPs MeetingALPs
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Eric Knueve, (608)262-1666, knueve@odos.wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Facilitator Training and Meeting. |
Sunday, October 12th3:00pm - 5:00pm ASA General Body MeetingASA
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Tiffany Jones, tnjones@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Monday, October 13th6:00pm - 7:30pm ACF Executive MeetingAsian Christian Fellowship
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | La Thao, lthao3@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Tuesday, October 14th7:00pm - 10:00pm WBSU General Body MeetingWBSU
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Cameron Thiery, thiery@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Thursday, October 16th6:00pm - 10:00pm SLG Academic WorkshopSigma Lambda Gamma National Sorority, Inc.
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Jeanette Velazquez, velazquez@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description A Latina motivational speaker will be comin in to speak about academic life in college. |
Sunday, October 19th3:00pm - 5:00pm ASA General Body MeetingASA
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Tiffany Jones, tnjones@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Monday, October 20th6:00pm - 7:30pm ACF Executive MeetingAsian Christian Fellowship
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | La Thao, lthao3@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Wednesday, October 22nd6:00pm - 7:30pm ALPs MeetingALPs
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Eric Knueve, (608)262-1666, knueve@odos.wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description Facilitator Training and Meeting. |
Thursday, October 23rd5:00pm - 6:00pm Poetry Slam Discussion PanelMCSC
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Cecilia Leon, celeon@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Sunday, October 26th8:30am - 1:00pm/ 3:30pm - 7:30pm Q-Jima RetreatCenter for First Year Experience
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Adrianna Guram, aguranm@odos.wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description All day long seminar for first year students, part of the event will be to see Avenue Q. |
Monday, October 27th6:00pm - 7:30pm ACF Executive MeetingAsian Christian Fellowship
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | La Thao, lthao3@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Tuesday, October 28th7:00pm - 10:00pm WBSU General Body MeetingWBSU
| | Location: | MSC Lounge, Red Gym | | Contact: | Cameron Thiery, thiery@wisc.edu | | Website: | N/A | Description No description provided. |
Wednesday, October 29th6:00pm - 7:00pm AMSLC Presenters/Attendees Q &A ReceptionMSC
| | Location: | MSC Conference Room, Red Gym | | Contact: | Eric Mata, (608)262-9669, egmata@odos.wisc.edu | | Website: | www.msc.wisc.edu | Description No description provided. |
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