WWU President Karen Morse, AS President Ramiro Espinoza and incoming President Erik Lowe will be at a table in Red Square on Tuesday, May 13 from Noon to 2 p.m. to talk or answer questions.

12:00 PM-02:00 PM

Free

Red Square

(360 650-7545)

The annual Gordon Sandison Memorial Lecture will feature guest speaker Deborah Avant, lecturing on "What Does Private Security in Iraq Mean for US Democracy at Home?" Avant is a professor of Political Science and Director of International Studies and the Center for Research on International and Global Studies (RIGS) at the University of California, Irvine. Her current research focuses on how the U.S. government’s use of private security has affected democratic processes in the United States, how private actors conceptualize and implement security in weak states and the way different non-state actors govern on the global stage.

03:00 PM-05:00 PM

Free

Arntzen Hall 4

(360) 650-3469

Devin Malone and Michaela Rollins, student recipients of the Fairhaven College Adventure Learning Grant, will present on "Energy Policy and Economic Transition: Exploring South America and Central Asia through Personal Interviews." They will focus on the interviewing projects they conducted in Bolivia and Tajikistan.

12:00 PM-01:30 PM

Free

Fairhaven College Auditorium

(360) 650-2309

Two "Let's Talk" community discussions on "Living Together in Bellingham: Student Parties, Enforcement Practices and Neighborly Relations" will be held on Thursday, May 15. Community members, students, rental owners and managers and law enforcement officers are all encouraged to attend sessions at 4 p.m. or 7 p.m.

Free

Viking Union 565

(360) 650-6863

Michael Peng, the Provost's Distinguished Professor of Global Strategy at the University of Texas-Dallas, will present a seminar titled "Family Ownership and Control in Large Firms: The Good, The Bad, The Irrelevant and Why."

04:00 PM-05:30 PM

Free

Parks Hall 441

(360) 650-7288

Carl Sagan's famous television series about the Universe will show at WWU's Planetarium. Learn about the history of our planet, the origin of life, the life cycle of stars and a host of other astronomical topics. The same episode will play on Mondays and Wednesdays, with a new episode every week. The series will not be shown Monday and Wednesday, March 24 and 26.

06:00 PM-07:00 PM

Free

WWU Planetarium (Haggard Hall 313)

(360) 472-0902

The Western Gallery, the Department of Art and the Dance Program at WWU is presenting a collaborative exhibition and dance residency in the Western Gallery throughout spring quarter. The collaboration features a photography exhibit by Dianne Kornberg, performances by Montréal Danse, a student-organized exhibition and interdisciplinary talks. Western Gallery hours will be modified for this collaboration and are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 2-18, noon to 4 p.m. on April 19, and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on April 2-3 and 9-10. The Gallery will resume normal hours of operations on April 21 and will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday, except Wednesdays from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m., and from noon to 4 p.m. on Saturdays.

Western Gallery

(360) 650-3963

WWU's Planetarium will feature "In Like a Lion" on Thursday, April 17 and 24, and May 22 and 29. All shows will be from 7 to 8 p.m.

07:00 PM-08:00 PM

$3 students, $5 general

Haggard Hall 313

WWU's Department of Theatre Arts will present the opera "The Human Comedy" May 21-31. The opera follows the lives of the Macauley family during World War II. 14-year-old Homer Macauley comes of age as he delivers telegrams bringing news of sons killed in action to his idyllic community of Ithaca, California. "The Human Comedy" will be staged at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday, May 21-24, and Tuesday through Saturday, May 27-31, as well as 2 p.m. on Sunday, May 25.

$9 students/seniors, $13 general

Performing Arts Center Mainstage Theatre

The 3rd annual College of Business and Economics (CBE) golf tournament will be held at The Plateau Club in Sammamish. For registration and sponsorship information, visit the Web site below.

10:00 AM-08:00 PM

The Plateau Club, Sammamish

(360) 650-2617