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April

• Celebrating Partnerships with Local P-12 Schools
  The College of Education and Health Sciences celebrates its partnership with local P-12 schools.
• Interactive Media Projects on Display at Museum
  Student and faculty from Interactive Media department will have their work on display at the PRM Saturday May 3 for a one day exhibit.
• Jazz Ensembles present their spring concert
  The Jazz Ensemble and Jazz Lab Band will present their spring concert on Friday, May 2.
• Collegium Musicum Presents “La Musica Antiqua d’Italia”
  The Collegium Musicum, Bradley University’s Early Music Consort, will present a recital on Monday, May 5.
• Women's Choir to Present Spring Concert
  The Women's Choir will present a spring concert of music for women’s voices on Thursday, April 24.
• Symphonic Winds and Symphonic Band to Give Spring Concert
  The Symphonic Winds and Symphonic Band will give a Spring Concert on Sunday, April 27.
• Symphony Orchestra Concert May 3
  The Bradley Symphony Orchestra will present a concert on Saturday, May 3.
• Guitar Ensemble Concert is May 4
  Classical guitarist Michael Hull will direct the Guitar Ensemble in a program that features the works of several living composers on May 4.
• Faculty Chamber Ensemble Performs April 16
  Peoria Lunaire will give its spring performance on Wednesday, April 16.
• Student Going to Slovak Republic as Fulbright Scholar
  Student Derek Cantu will represent the U.S. as a cultural ambassador helping to enhance mutual understanding between Americans and the people in the Slovak Republic.
• String Chamber Music Concert April 30
  Student ensembles from the Department of Music will present a string chamber music concert on April 30.
• Speech Team Finishes 2nd in Nation; Senior Ties For Top Speaker
  The Speech Team finished in second place at the American Forensics Association Tournament.
• Dean of College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Named
  Dr. Christopher Jones is named the new Dean of the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. He will begin his role at Bradley June 8.
• Scholar to Discuss Impact of Religion on Culture, Institutions, Public Policy
  Dr. Amer Ahmed, from the University of Michigan Ann Arbor, will give a lecture titled "Religious Pluralism or Religious Privilege? The Impact of Religion on our Culture, Institutions and Public Policy."
• Unconscious Discrimination to be discussed in April 8 Lecture
  Dr. Joyce Yen, Program/Research Manager for the University of Washington ADVANCE Center for Institutional Change, will discuss “Bias, Privilege, and Inclusion: Everyday Examples of Unconscious Discrimination.”
• Chorale to Present Concert May 1
  The Chorale will present a concert on May 1, at 7:00 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church.
• Saxophone Quartet and Quintet to appear in free recital
  The Saxophone Quartet and Quintet will appear in a free recital on April 13.
• Jazz Combo Concert April 17
  The Jazz Combo, under the direction of Dr. Todd Kelly, will present a concert on April 17.
• Sights and Sounds of Spirit on the Hilltop
  The Bradley Basketball Band, cheerleaders, and Bravettes Dance Team will perform Red and White Jam.

March

• Triathlon Club Members Head to Nationals
  The Bradley Triathlon Club is growing and has had great success with seven members qualifying for Collegiate National Championship.
• Scholar to Discuss Sentiment, Surveillance and Disappearing Black Boyhood
  Body Project presents "Hood Life; or, Tracking Trayvon: Sentiment, Surveillance and Disappearing Black Boyhood."
• Evening of Opera Scenes to be Presented April 4
  The Bradley Opera Workshop will present an evening of opera scenes on April 4 at 7:30 p.m. in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Senior To Present Trombone Recital
  Senior Patrick McGehee will present a trombone recital on March 29.
• Senior To Present Voice Recital
  Senior Rebecca Crank will present a voice recital on March 29.
• Violin, flute recital March 28
  Two sophomores will present a recital on March 28 in Dingeldine Music Center.
• Brahms Waltzes To Be Performed by Community Chorus
  The Bradley Community Chorus will present Brahms’s two sets of love song waltzes on April 13.
• Keyboard Conversation with Internationally Acclaimed Pianist
  Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel will present a Keyboard Conversation concert titled “Three Great Romantics - Tchaikovsky, Chopin, and Rachmaninoff” on April 8.
• NPR's Whad'ya Know? stops in Peoria, features Bradley prof
  Illinois Poet Laureate, Bradley professor Kevin Stein appeared Saturday morning on NPR news quiz show Whad' Ya Know? with Michael Feldman.
• Students to Compete in National Entrepreneur Competition
  Students teamed up with local business and their success lands them a spot in a national competition.
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute receives $1 million endowment grant
  The Bernard Osher Foundation has awarded Bradley a second $1 million endowment grant for its Osher Lifelong Learning Institute.
• Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Celebrates 20 years
  Bradley’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute celebrated 20 years of service to the community with a banquet highlighting the efforts of university administrators, staff and members.
• Breaking Racial Boundaries in Sports
  A screening of the 2013 film 42 will be shown on April 3 as part of Bradley's “Celebrating Civil Rights – Past and Present” theme. Prior to the movie, Doug Alligood ’56, discusses his experiences as an African American student athlete at Bradley.
• Classical guitarist to perform
  Classical guitarist Michael Hull will present a recital of works from the Renaissance to the Modern Era on April 6.
• The Fray to Perform Spring Concert
  The Billboard Music Award winning and 3-time Grammy nominee The Fray will perform on campus on April 30.
• Researcher Gets Boost for Parkinson’s Research
  Dr. Craig Cady receives $25,000 for stem cell research at Bradley.
• SkillsUSA Representatives to Discuss Efforts to Develop Skilled Workforce
  The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute will host a presentation on March 9 by representatives of SkillsUSA.
• Symphonic Band to Present Winter Concert
  The Symphonic Band, led by Dr. David Vroman, will present a winter concert on Tuesday, March 11.
• Bradley on Kiplinger’s list of best college values
  Bradley is among the top 10 best value colleges in the Midwest
• Panel To Discuss Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique and Women’s Liberation
  "Betty Friedan, The Feminine Mystique and Women’s Liberation in Historical Context" is the subject of an upcoming panel discussion.
• Chorale to Give Spring Concert
  The Bradley Chorale will present its annual spring concert on March 30.
• High School Honor Choir to present concert March 27
  The 2014 Bradley High School Honor Choir will feature 100 of the best central Illinois high school singers.

February

• Everett Dirksen, Civil Rights Act subject of lecture
  Frank Mackaman of the Dirksen Congressional Center will discuss Everett Dirksen and the Civil Rights Act of 1964 in a presentation on March 11.
• Theater students part of campus Civil Rights celebration
  Theatre students to perform civil rights cases Monday, March 3rd.
• Gender Equality is Subject of Lecture
  "Constitutional Orphan: The 19th Amendment and Gender Equality" is the subject of a lecture on March 5.
• Former Miss America to Discuss Eating Disorders
  Kirsten Haglund, Miss America 2008 and a survivor of anorexia, will give a talk, titled "Sexy, Shameful, Stigmatized: The Modern War on Women's Bodies, Eating Disorders, and How to Break Free," on March 3.
• Keyboard Conversation with Internationally Acclaimed Pianist
  Internationally acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Siegel will present a Keyboard Conversation concert, titled “Gershwin and Friends,” on March 10.
• Current affairs of the Middle East
  Find out how the decades of unrest in the Arab world have finally erupted in “the Arab awakening” from Avi Melamed, the Eisenhower Institute Overseas Middle East Expert.
• Snow removal/parking ban
  A snow route parking ban is in effect until further notice.
• Winds on the Hilltop
  The Bradley Symphonic Winds will present a concert on February 23.
• Spring Job & Internship Fair
  More than 150 employers and nearly 900 students will participate in the Spring Job & Internship Fair at Bradley University on Thursday in the Renaissance Coliseum. The event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
• Bradley receives largest grant in state for internship program
  The Illinois Board of Higher Education has awarded Bradley University $46,501 as part of the Illinois Cooperative Work Study Program. For the third consecutive year, Bradley has received the highest dollar amount awarded.
• Boil Order Lifted
  Illinois American Water’s Peoria District has lifted the boil order that was issued yesterday due to a water main break in Peoria.
• Life and Work of Bayard Rustin Subject of Lecture
  Author and pioneer in developing the field of gay and lesbian studies will present the Armstrong Lecture.
• Jazz Festival to feature trumpet legend Bobby Shew
  The Ninth Annual Bradley Jazz Festival will take place on February 25 in the Michel Student Center.
• Chorale to Present Talent Show
  The Chorale will present its Spring Talent Show on February 13.

January

• Illinois Saxophone Quintet to give recital
  The Illinois Saxophone Quintet will present a recital on February 9.
• Alum produces special CNN series
  Alum Jonathan Buss is producing a series for CNN called “The Sixties".
• Concordia String Trio concert February 16
  The Concordia String Trio will present a concert on Sunday, February 16.
• Local Student Mathletes® to Compete in Math Contest
  Middle school students from Peoria, Tazewell and McLean County schools will compete in local contests of the national MATHCOUNTS® program.
• ACT/SAT Preparation Offered
  College entrance exam review sessions offered in February and March
• Music lessons for youth offered
  Music Preparatory School offers guitar and piano lessons.
• Peoria’s History with Antislavery
  Dr. Stacey Robertson talks about Peoria's role and views on the antislavery movement in the 1840's-1850's.
• Day of Service Honors Dr. King
  Students volunteer at Midwest Food Bank to celebrate Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. legacy.
• Professor's Psychology Study Among Top 10 of the Year
  A study by Psychology Assistant Professor, Dr. Lane Beckes has been recognized as one of the year’s top psychological studies by Forbes.
• Bradley Newsroom on Social Media
  The "Bradley Newsroom", a place for media to find the latest news about Bradley, is now live on Twitter and Facebook.
• Auditions for the Bradley Community Chorus January 28.
  Auditions for the Bradley Community Chorus will be held on January 28.
• Recital of Haitian Classical Music January 13
  A recital of Haitian classical will be presented on January 13 in the Dingeldine Music Center.
• Three students added to Olympic internship roster
  18 Bradley students are now preparing for internships with the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Students share classroom with Caterpillar
  Bradley students have opportunity to participate in 6 Sigma class with Caterpillar.
• Intellectual Property is subject of seminar
  "Cost Effective Strategies for Protecting and Commercializing Your Intellectual Property" will be discussed in seminar January 15.
• Wildlife Prairie Park is subject of presentation
  The history of Wildlife Prairie Park and plans to ensure its future will be the subject of a presentation on January 16.
• Students Ready for Olympic Internships
  Sixteen students continue to prepare for internships the 2014 Winter Olympics
• Student Wins Cameo in ESPN Heisman Ad
  Megan Gorecki won an ESPN contest to appear in the most recent Nissan Heisman House commercial.