Honors College Activities for Spring 2024
Feb. 4th – Ice Hike: Rickett’s Glen State Park; 8:00am - 6:00pm: An exciting outdoor event. Quest (an outdoor recreation outfitter) will be leading an ice hike on the waterfalls trail at beautiful Rickett's Glen State Park.
Feb. 16th – Movie Night: The Color Purple Movie; 7:00pm - 9:00pm in North Manser: Come watch “The Color Purple” and have some snacks.
Feb. 20th – ShySpeaks; 8:30pm in the HUT – A Hip Hop and Spoken Word Artist.
Feb. 21st – DEI lunch and Learn: Let’s Talk About It; 11:30am - 1:00pm in Alumni Hall 307: Join the DEI team as we talk about race and racism in America today.
Feb 22nd - Kiss Me, Kate! 7:30 pm in Straughn Auditorium: Tony Award winning musical produced by the Mansfield Music, Theater and Dance Department. Take your student ID for free admission.
Other dates for Kiss Me, Kate:
February 23 at 7:30 pm
February 24th at 7:30 pm
February 25th at 2:30 pm
Feb. 29th – DEI lunch and Learn: Let’s Talk About It; 11:30am - 1:00pm in Alumni Hall 307: You Quote It, But Do You Know It – The inside story behind social justice leaders.
Introduction to Mindfulness Meditation – A 4-week series in mindfulness meditation. Each session will include a talk, a meditation session, and a period for questions and answers. Sessions are 5:30-6:30 pm on March 21st, March 28th, April 11th, and April 18th in the Kelchner Fitness Center. The workshops build on each other, so it would be ideal to attend all four sessions if possible.
Tuesday, March 19th Women’s History Month Trivia at the Hut at 8:30 pm
Wednesday, Marth 27th Container and Sustainable Gardening at 4:00 pm in Grant Science 122. Learn about container gardening and other sustainable and affordable ways to garden. You will get to create your own cup “pot”. Sponsored by the Mansfield Gardening and Sustainability Club.
Thursday, March 28th Artist talk by Adam Straus in Allen Hall 104 from 4:00 – 5:00 pm. The artist will discuss his exhibition “Taking Notes: Works on Paper”, which is currently on display in the Loomis Gallery in Allen Hall.
Thursday, March 28th Women’s History Month guest speaker Carmen Maria Machado, award winning author of In the Dream House and Her Body and Other Parties. Speaker will be presented via Zoom in North Manser at 7pm.
Wednesday, April 10th Mansfield Honors College field trip to see “Stomp” at the Clemens Center in Elmira, NY. STOMP is explosive, inventive, provocative, witty, and utterly unique—an unforgettable experience for audiences of all ages. The eight-member troupe uses everything but conventional percussion instruments – matchboxes, wooden poles, brooms, garbage cans, Zippo lighters, hubcaps – to fill the stage with magnificent rhythms. Depart Mansfield at 6:00 pm. Space is limited. Register for a post with Dr. Clifford.
Sunday, April 14th Commonwealth University Honors College Float trip. We will float down the West Branch of the Susquehanna river in a mix of rafts, kayaks, and inflatable kayaks for about 13 miles. Departure time will be about 8:00 am from Mansfield, with the Honors College providing transportation. Space is limited. Register for a spot with Dr. Clifford.
Monday, April 15th Brass Band Concert at 7:30 pm in Steadman Theater.
Sunday, April 21st Mansfield Honors College field trip to Corning Museum of Glass. Depart campus at 12:00 pm. Tour the museum and make your own glass project. All costs covered by the Honors College. Space is limited. Register for a spot with Dr. Clifford.
Friday, April 26th Mansfield Research Day, dates and times forthcoming. Attend for at least an hour.
Friday, April 26th Women in Astronomy – Henrietta Leavitt (registration required) from 6:30 – 9:00 pm in the Grant Science Planetarium. Register at https://pawildsastro.org/events/
Hamilton-Gibson is presenting the play “Silent Sky” in May. This play is about Henrietta Leavitt and her research at Harvard Observatory in the early 1900’s. Discoveries by Leavitt included how the brightness variability of some stars could be used to measure their relative distance to earth. This was key to future work on mapping the universe. Hamilton-Gibson Productions, Commonwealth University-Mansfield, and the Pennsylvania Wilds Astronomy Club will present a program celebrating Henrietta Leavitt’s contributions to astronomy. The program will include:
- * Brief lecture on Leavitt’s research
- * Scenes from the play by the actors
- * Spring planetarium show
- * Telescope observing in the parking lot afterward (weather-permitting)
- * Space-themed snacks