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May

• Retired Allstate President to give McCord Lecture
  George Ruebenson, retired president of Allstate Protection and Bradley alumnus, will present the 36th McCord Lecture on May 18 in the Peplow Pavilion in the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center.
• Friends of Cullom-Davis Library to host children’s author and poet
  Children’s author and poet Debbie Ruddell will be the featured speaker at the annual meeting of the Friends of Cullom-Davis Library on May 23.
• Interfaith Baccalaureate planned for Friday
  An interfaith baccalaureate organized as a farewell send-off for Bradley seniors will take place on May 11 at 10 a.m. in the Michel Student Center ballroom.
• Judge Shadid to give keynote address at Graduate School commencement
  The Honorable James E. Shadid, Chief United States District Judge of the Central District of Illinois will speak at the Graduate School commencement on May 10.

April

• Bradley University Speech Team continues historic record with win at National Forensic Association Tournament
  The Bradley Speech Team has won the 2012 National Forensic Association championship title, completing an undefeated 2011-2012 season.
• 6th annual Springboard Business Plan Competition final set for April 23
  Six teams of Bradley students will compete in the 6th annual Project Springboard Business Plan Competition on April 23.
• Final Concert in MSCS will feature Ed and Janet Kaizer
  Pianists Edward and Janet Kaizer will present the final concert in the Music Scholarship Concert Series on Sunday in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Dr. John Orfe to perform Beethoven’s "Hammerklavier"
  Dr. John Orfe, Temporary Assistant Professor of Music at Bradley, will perform Beethoven's largest sonata for solo piano, the "Hammerklavier," in a recital on Sunday at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Peoria Lunaire Concert is April 18
  Peoria Lunaire will present its spring concert on April 18 in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Women’s Choir to present concert
  The Women's Choir will present a concert of music for women’s voices on April 27 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• Students in Free Enterprise work to increase economic opportunity in community
  The Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) chapter is helping a new local business venture’s owners improve their financial literacy and develop their website and search engine optimization.
• Jazz ensembles present Afternoon of Jazz
  The Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band will present an Afternoon of Jazz on April 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• Student ensembles to present string chamber music recital
  Student ensembles from the Department of Music will present a string chamber music recital on April 30 at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Op-ed by professor and Poet Laureate Kevin Stein celebrates poetry’s ‘spirited afterlife’
  The reports of poetry’s death are greatly exaggerated, according to a recent op-ed penned by Bradley professor and Illinois Poet Laureate Kevin Stein.
• Trumpet recital is April 15
  Senior Kyle Mills will present a trumpet recital on April 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• Author to speak at psychology colloquium
  The Daniel J. Elias Honors Endowment Fund Colloquium and Poster Session on April 24 will feature a keynote address by nationally recognized social psychologist Dr. Jean Twenge.
• Collegium Musicum recital is April 26
  The Collegium Musicum on April 26 at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Guitar Ensemble Concert is April 29
  The Guitar Ensemble will present a spring concert on April 29 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dingeldine Music Center.

March

• Bradley Jazz Combos Concert April 19
  The Bradley Jazz Combo will present a concert on April 19 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• Student recital set for April 1
  Senior music major Cheryl Rodey will present a trumpet, voice and guitar recital on April 1 at 3:00 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Pekin student to give flute recital March 30
  Senior Sarah Brown will present a flute recital on March 30 in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Student to give flute recital March 31
  Senior Sarah Casey will present a flute recital on March 31 in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Opera Workshop to present scenes from eighteenth century operas
  The Opera Workshop will present an evening of opera scenes on April 13 in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• Internationally known leaders and scholars will speak at Bradley conference
  Bradley’s Center for Emerging Technologies in Infrastructure and the Department of Civil Engineering and Construction will host the 25th annual Innovations Conference on Asphalt and Transportation on April 3 and 4 at the Par-A-Dice Hotel in East Peoria.
• Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke to speak at Bradley
  Illinois Supreme Court Justice Anne Burke will participate in a presentation in April that will focus on the trial and retrial of Mary Surratt.
• Saxophone recital set for April 5
  The Bradley Saxophone Quartet and Quintet will present a recital on April 5 at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Student to give violin recital
  Senior violin performance major Kelsey Klopfenstein will present a violin recital on March 24 at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center.
• The aging brain is subject of symposium March 30-31
  Bradley’s Center for Collaborative Brain Research will host a unique two-day symposium on March 30 and 31 to explore issues of the aging brain.
• Chairman of Ford Motor Company to give commencement address
  William Clay Ford Jr., executive chairman of Ford Motor Company, will present the keynote address at the undergraduate commencement ceremony on May 12 at the Peoria Civic Center.
• Forty Students Skip Spring Break to Help Communities In-Need
  Most college students spend spring break on beaches in Florida or Mexico, but 40 students from Bradleyare traveling throughout the U.S. to help communities in need through the Students Today Leaders Forever Pay It Forward tour.
• Author Taylor Branch to give Robison Lecture
  Pulitzer Prize-winning author and historian Taylor Branch will deliver the Robison Lecture on March 29 in the Peplow Pavilion in the Hayden-Clark Alumni Center.
• Human Trafficking is subject of lecture March 27
  Internationally acclaimed expert Norma Ramos will lecture on "The Modern Tragedy of Human Trafficking" on March 27 at 7 p.m. in the Marty Theater in the Michel Student Center.
• Video game design program recognized
  Bradley has earned an honorable mention on the Princeton Review’s third annual list that recognizes the best undergraduate video game design programs in the nation and Canada.

February

• Chorale and Chamber Singers To Present Spring Concert
  The Bradley Chorale and Chamber Singers will present a spring concert on March 25 in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• High School Honor Choir to perform
  The 2012 Bradley University High School Honor Choir, featuring 90 of the best central Illinois high school singers, will perform on March 29 in the Dingeldine Music Center.ontact Dr. John Jost at 309-677-2600 or at jrj@bradley.edu.
• Turnstile access system to be installed in library
  A turnstile access system will be installed in the Cullom-Davis Library’s main entrance the week of March 12 as part of safety enhancements on campus.
• Local student mathletes® to compete in math contest
  Middle school Mathletes® from Peoria, Tazewell, and Woodford County schools will compete in local contests of the national MATHCOUNTS® program on February 25 on campus.
• Student to give violin recital
  Junior music performance major Jenna Ferdon will present a violin recital on March 3 in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Car charging stations installed in parking decks
  Three auto charging stations have been installed in campus parking decks to serve students, faculty and staff with electric and hybrid cars.
• Concerto/aria competition winners featured in Symphony Orchestra concert
  The Bradley Symphony Orchestra will present a concert that includes performances by the annual concerto/aria competition winners on March 4 in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Student to give cello recital
  Junior Britney Whiting will present a cello recital on February 25 at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Principal Tubist with Air Force Band of Flight to be featured in concert
  Sergeant John Hardisky, the principal tubist of the U.S. Air Force Band of Flight, will be featured on a concert by the Bradley University Symphonic Winds on February 19 Dingeldine Music Center.
• Collegiate Choral Festival is February 18
  Five choirs will perform at the Illinois Chapter of the American Choral Directors Association Collegiate Choral Festival on February 18 in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Bradley Chorale Talent Show
  The Bradley Chorale will present its spring talent show on February 16 at 7:30 p.m. in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• Noted Sports Communication Professionals to Keynote Sport Summit Hosted By Bradley
  Noted sports communication professionals and authors Charley Steiner, Taylor Branch, Molly Knight and Dave Kindred will be the featured speakers at the Fifth Summit on Communication and Sport hosted by Bradley in March.
• Senior accepted into highly selective U.S. Navy program
  Senior mechanical engineering major is one of only 15 students nationwide to be accepted into the U.S. Navy's Naval Reactors Engineer program.

January

• Works of Edgar Allan Poe to be presented
  Author Mike Rucker will present the work of Edgar Allan Poe, including, "The Tell-Tale Heart,"on February 12 in the Wyckoff Room in Cullom-Davis Library.
• Global Game Jam is this weekend on campus
  Bradley students will participate in Global Game Jam 2012, the world's largest game jam event, on campus this weekend.
• Two Bradley University students will intern at the Super Bowl
  Two Bradley Sports Communication students have been selected by NBC/Universal as interns for the Super Bowl in Indianapolis on February 5.
• Singing alumni return to Bradley for scholarship fundraiser
  The Music Scholarship Concert Series will present "Broadway Lights and Opera Stars," an afternoon of opera and musical theatre favorites, on February 12 in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• Oboe recital set for February 5
  Dr. Alison Robuck will present a faculty oboe recital on Sunday, February 5, in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• ACT/SAT review course offered
  High school students can learn strategies to prepare for the ACT and SAT college entrance exams during a 5-session class offered in February and March on campus.
• Jazz Festival to feature trombonist Wycliffe Gordon
  The Eighth Annual Bradley University Jazz Festival will take place on February 21 in the Michel Student Center.
• High school students to attend FIRST Robotics Competition kick-off at Bradley
  Thirteen teams of high school students from Illinois and Iowa will attend the kick-off of the 2012 FIRST Robotics competition on January 7 in the Renaissance Coliseum on campus.
• Music Scholarship Concert Series concert to feature guitarist Michael Hull
  The next concert in the Music Scholarship Concert Series will take place on Sunday, January 22.
• Students selected for internships at 2012 Chicago Auto Show
  Ten Bradley students have been selected as interns at the internationally known Chicago Auto Show to be held at McCormick Place in February.