Join us for a safe and flexible live stream event!  Dr. John R. Raymond, President and CEO of the Medical College of Wisconsin, will share his experiences navigating the COVID-19 pandemic in healthcare.  Dr. Jennifer Freiheit, director of the Kenosha County Division of Health, and Dr. Russell Roberson, will also present. They will focus on public health and predictive analytics in healthcare.

This is a free event!

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Fall 2021 Concerts
Saturday, October 16  |  7 pm
Seating is limited. All events at the Rita are masked events.

Reserve Seats

The Penelopiad
By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Fabrice Conte-Williamson

Black Box Theatre

Ancient epic turned novella turned play, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad recounts Homer’s Greek poem from the perspective of Odysseus’s wife, Penelope. The curtain rises on the ashen depths of Hades where the spectre of Penelope is adrift in the afterlife. Addressing the audience directly, Penelope tells us the story of her life. She recounts her fraught relationship with her parents and her jealousy over her cousin Helen’s acclaimed beauty. She shows how Odysseus wins her hand in marriage and tells us of the two sailing away to his home, Ithaca. Soon after the birth of their son, Telemachus, Odysseus is summoned to Troy to fight for the Greeks in the Trojan war.

Reserve Seats

The Penelopiad
By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Fabrice Conte-Williamson

Black Box Theatre

All events at the Rita are masked events.

Ancient epic turned novella turned play, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad recounts Homer’s Greek poem from the perspective of Odysseus’s wife, Penelope. The curtain rises on the ashen depths of Hades where the spectre of Penelope is adrift in the afterlife. Addressing the audience directly, Penelope tells us the story of her life. She recounts her fraught relationship with her parents and her jealousy over her cousin Helen’s acclaimed beauty. She shows how Odysseus wins her hand in marriage and tells us of the two sailing away to his home, Ithaca. Soon after the birth of their son, Telemachus, Odysseus is summoned to Troy to fight for the Greeks in the Trojan war.

Reserve Seats

COFFEE VENUE OPENING

MON OCT 18  |  2-3:30 PM |  FREE EVENT!

• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony
• Naming Contest Kick-off
• Coffee Pong for Small Prizes
• Free Hour of Coffee 
• Cake!

Come down to the Den and show off your wood painting skills! Decorate it for the season or with your own special message. We provide the paint, stencils, and wooden plank- you bring the ideas!

*Masks required for participation

What is the NACCC?
A National Survey On Campus racial climate specifically designed for higher education students at community colleges and 4-year institutions.

Why should I take the survey?
By completing the survey, you are providing information your school administration can use to improve racial equity on your campus.

Why should I take another survey?
By participating in the survey, your voice matters to inspire change on your campus!

How do I participate?
Check your RangerMail for your personal link to the survey. 

Interact with regional employers who are hiring for internship or full-time career opportunities now and upon graduation. With three days of in-person, industry-focused fairs and a virtual option with employers of all sorts, you'll definitely want to prepare yourself to make many great connections.

Register

TUE, OCT 19 (In-Person)
Arts, Culture, Public Service, & Education

WED OCT 20 (In-Person)
Clinical and Non-Clinical Healthcare Sciences

THU, OCT 21 (In-Person)
Business, Technology, & Manufacturing

WED, OCT 27 (Virtual) 
All Majors

Join us for an authentic German meal prepared by Chef Uwe!

Jaeger Schnitzel
Sauerkraut
Red Cabbage Spaetzle
Plum Cake

*$12.99
*(50% off with BBP)

The Parkside Academic Resource Center (PARC) is holding Success Workshops offered by peers (who are strong students)!

This week, join them in learning about effective study strategies according to your learning style.

GIVEAWAY: Sticky Notes

Come make a halloween craft and enjoy fall beverages in the Library!

Free drinks.

Theme: Wizards and Witches

Trivia will be available online until 10/18

This weeks prize:
1st Prize: Weeks of Welcome Ranger T-Shirt

2nd Prize: Backpack or Wrist Lanyard

Rules:
--Use your ranger email as your nick name so we can contact you if you are a winner
--If you play more than once, you cannot be considered for a prize
--Winners announced before next week Tuesday ~5pm

Traditionally, a Career Trek is a site visit that companies provide. It’s a unique chance to learn about a company of interest, any job or internship opportunities they have available, and what they might look for in candidates that apply. For the 2021-2022 academic year, Virtual Career Treks will be hosted every Wednesday at 12:00 PM (noon). Attending a Virtual Career trek is an opportunity to engage with industry professionals, expand your network, and increase your awareness of career possibilities.

This week, join DeForest Area School District!

Register on Handshake  More Info

10 AM-12 PM Officer Rafferty will be sitting on the bridge on concourse as an opportunity for students to talk, ask questions, and discuss current policing events.

12 PM- 12:53 PM Actual classes will then start. (MOLN L112)

Interact with regional employers who are hiring for internship or full-time career opportunities now and upon graduation. With three days of in-person, industry-focused fairs and a virtual option with employers of all sorts, you'll definitely want to prepare yourself to make many great connections.

Register

TUE, OCT 19 (In-Person)
Arts, Culture, Public Service, & Education

WED OCT 20 (In-Person)
Clinical and Non-Clinical Healthcare Sciences

THU, OCT 21 (In-Person)
Business, Technology, & Manufacturing

WED, OCT 27 (Virtual) 
All Majors

Join us on the Student Center Plaza (under the bridge) for this seasonal game!

Grab a pumpkin and bowl with us!

Win Prizes!

Weather permitting

A "spiritual sequel" to the original film, returning the story of the Candyman to the now-gentrified section of Chicago that once held the Cabrini-Green housing projects.

We are having 3 showings!
5pm
7pm
9pm

Free Candy

Fuel your mind and body for Midterms! Study with the Always Reaching Upward Success Coaches and the Black Student Union. Quiet spaces and one-on-one support will be provided. Join us Wednesday, October 20 from 5-7 PM in the OMSA Intercultural Commons (Wyllie Hall D-181 in the Student Success and Learning Commons). 

Carey Watters, is associate professor of graphic design at the University of Wisconsin-Parkside in Kenosha, Wisconsin. She received her MFA from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in printmaking and book arts. Watters has been working as a professional graphic designer since receiving her BFA in graphic design from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in 1999. Her paper works weave together concepts regarding feminism, historic map making, and religious and pagan symbolism. Her work is a direct result of her residencies and travels to Calabria, Basilicata, and Puglia, Italy and her research of Byzantine architecture, design, and religious reliquaries.

All events at the Rita are masked events.

Virtual Exhibition Coming Soon

Carlotta Miller was born and raised in the southwest corner of North Dakota.  She graduated from Minot State University, Minot, North Dakota with a degree in art education and her masters from Lesley University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. A signature member of Watercolor USA Honor Society and Red River Watercolor Society, Carlotta has exhibited in many national and local juried shows and recently published in Splash 21.  She currently maintains a studio at 16th Street Studios, Racine, Wisconsin.

Hans Habeger is an Associate Professor of Art at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, IL.  He is currently the Chair of the Art Department and oversees offerings in drawing and design foundations. He is originally from Wisconsin where he received a BFA from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in painting and drawing. He studied painting at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN where he earned an MFA. He has previously taught as a Lecturer at Iowa State University in Ames, IA. He has shown his work in national and regional juried shows and has participated in numerous invitational shows with George Billis Gallery New York and Los Angeles. He has had several solo and two person shows including the Robert T. Wright Community Gallery of Art in Grayslake, IL, Giertz Gallery in Champaign, IL and The Edwardsville Art Center, Edwardsville, IL. He has been a finalist in Manifest Gallery’s International Drawing and Painting Annuals. His work has also been featured three times in the juried publication New American Paintings, Midwest edition. His paintings and drawings are in private and public collections including the College of Lake County in Grayslake, IL and The American Cultural Center Xian University, Xian, China.

All events at the Rita are masked events.

Virtual Exhibition Coming Soon

Interact with regional employers who are hiring for internship or full-time career opportunities now and upon graduation. With three days of in-person, industry-focused fairs and a virtual option with employers of all sorts, you'll definitely want to prepare yourself to make many great connections.

Register

TUE, OCT 19 (In-Person)
Arts, Culture, Public Service, & Education

WED OCT 20 (In-Person)
Clinical and Non-Clinical Healthcare Sciences

THU, OCT 21 (In-Person)
Business, Technology, & Manufacturing

WED, OCT 27 (Virtual) 
All Majors

Join us in the Den to create your own mystery invoking masquerade mask!

Fall 2021 Concerts
Thursday, October 21  |  7 pm
Seating is limited. All events at the Rita are masked events.

Reserve Seats

DEADLINES MAY DIFFER FOR INDIVIDUAL CLASSES WITH DIFFERENT MEETING DATES. Collaborative programs and graduate degree programs dates and deadines can be found on the academic calendar: uwp.edu/academiccalendar

Fall 2021 Noon Concert Series
Fridays  |  12 pm
Oct 22  |  UW-Parkside Choirs
Seating is limited. All events at the Rita are masked events.

Reserve Seats

Navratri is an Indian festival that is celebrated by performing a dance form called “Garba” for 9 days, dance that honors, worships, and celebrates the feminine form of divinity. Garba is danced around this symbol to honor the fact that all humans have the divine energy of Devi within them.

The Penelopiad
By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Fabrice Conte-Williamson

Black Box Theatre
Oct 22 at 10 am and 7 pm

All events at the Rita are masked events.

Ancient epic turned novella turned play, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad recounts Homer’s Greek poem from the perspective of Odysseus’s wife, Penelope. The curtain rises on the ashen depths of Hades where the spectre of Penelope is adrift in the afterlife. Addressing the audience directly, Penelope tells us the story of her life. She recounts her fraught relationship with her parents and her jealousy over her cousin Helen’s acclaimed beauty. She shows how Odysseus wins her hand in marriage and tells us of the two sailing away to his home, Ithaca. Soon after the birth of their son, Telemachus, Odysseus is summoned to Troy to fight for the Greeks in the Trojan war.

Reserve Seats

The Penelopiad
By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Fabrice Conte-Williamson

Black Box Theatre

All events at the Rita are masked events.

Ancient epic turned novella turned play, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad recounts Homer’s Greek poem from the perspective of Odysseus’s wife, Penelope. The curtain rises on the ashen depths of Hades where the spectre of Penelope is adrift in the afterlife. Addressing the audience directly, Penelope tells us the story of her life. She recounts her fraught relationship with her parents and her jealousy over her cousin Helen’s acclaimed beauty. She shows how Odysseus wins her hand in marriage and tells us of the two sailing away to his home, Ithaca. Soon after the birth of their son, Telemachus, Odysseus is summoned to Troy to fight for the Greeks in the Trojan war.

Reserve Seats

The Penelopiad
By Margaret Atwood
Directed by Fabrice Conte-Williamson

Black Box Theatre

All events at the Rita are masked events.

Ancient epic turned novella turned play, Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad recounts Homer’s Greek poem from the perspective of Odysseus’s wife, Penelope. The curtain rises on the ashen depths of Hades where the spectre of Penelope is adrift in the afterlife. Addressing the audience directly, Penelope tells us the story of her life. She recounts her fraught relationship with her parents and her jealousy over her cousin Helen’s acclaimed beauty. She shows how Odysseus wins her hand in marriage and tells us of the two sailing away to his home, Ithaca. Soon after the birth of their son, Telemachus, Odysseus is summoned to Troy to fight for the Greeks in the Trojan war.

Reserve Seats

Celebrate National Mentoring Day with the Always Reaching Upward and Fund for Wisconsin Scholars Mentoring Programs. Learn about these programs, get some fruit and facts about mentoring, shoutout your mentor, and share the impact that mentoring has had on your life! Mentor shoutouts and mentoring statements will be displayed in the OMSA Intercultural Commons (Wyllie Hall D-181) starting on Wednesday, October 27.

CA&E is handing out FREE hot chocolate & Free candy!

We will be out and about at 10am and 2pm. 

What does autonomous vehicles (AV) really mean anyway? What is level 5 autonomy? Are there applications for AV outside of consumer transport? How do national, state and local regulations affect the adoption of AV technology? Which state or region in the Midwest has a head-start on adopting AV? Is there an opportunity for Wisconsin to participate or better, become a national leader?

Join us October 25 from 12 pm to 1:30 pm CST for the first in a series of technology seminars. Don't miss key insights from regional industry leaders and experts. Registration is free.

Register Now

Panelists

Andi Bill
Director of Transportation Information, UW-Madison

Ms. Andrea Bill is currently the Associate Director with the Traffic Operations and Safety Laboratory and Director of Transportation Information Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her current research incorporates aspects from traffic operations and traffic safety, with a specific emphasis on discovering new and innovative ways to address traffic crashes.

Jerry Deschane
Executive Director, League of Wisconsin Municipalities

Since 1898, the League has represented and provided education for Wisconsin’s cities and villages. Deschane is the League’s 5th Executive Director. His 30-year lobbying and association management career includes clients ranging from the home building industry to bicyclists. He’s been on local school boards for more than twenty years and has also worked as an association management consultant and writer. A native of Wisconsin, Jerry is a Certified Association Executive and graduate of the Institute for Organization Management. His background and education are in radio news broadcasting.

Ray Mandli
President, Mandli Communications

Based in Madison, Wisconsin, Mandli is an industry leader in specialized highway data collection and the integration of 3D pavement technology, mobile LiDAR, and geospatial data collection equipment for various Departments of Transportation throughout the United States. Together with a suite of supporting GIS software and services, Mandli has enabled their clients to design, manage and maintain safe and efficient transportation infrastructure networks.

Since 1983, Mandli has worked with over 30 states across the country, and has brought technology solutions to several nations outside of the U.S. Mandli functions exclusively from the Wisconsin office, and all data is processed and reduced in-house.

Moderator

George Vukotich, Ph.D.
Founding Director, Center for Research in Innovation and Smart Cities, UW-Parkside

George brings with him experience that includes building FinTank – Chicago’s FinTech hub along with having helped build 1871 which has been recognized as the #1 tech hub in the world. In addition, he has worked in Corporate America with firms including IBM and Accenture. He has also been an educator working as a professor, department chair, and dean of a college of business. He has helped build startups, is a startup mentor, and investor. In addition, he has written books related to change and innovation. More information about George can be found at www.georgevukotich.com.
 

Sponsors

Waymaker Group, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Wisconsin ACES, Godfrey Kahn, MKE Tech

DEADLINES MAY DIFFER FOR INDIVIDUAL CLASSES WITH DIFFERENT MEETING DATES. Collaborative programs and graduate degree programs dates and deadines can be found on the academic calendar: uwp.edu/academiccalendar

Hans Habeger is an Associate Professor of Art at the College of Lake County in Grayslake, IL. He is currently the Chair of the Art Department and oversees offerings in drawing and design foundations. He is originally from Wisconsin where he received a BFA from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh in painting and drawing. He studied painting at Indiana University in Bloomington, IN where he earned an MFA. He has previously taught as a Lecturer at Iowa State University in Ames, IA. He has shown his work in national and regional juried shows and has participated in numerous invitational shows with George Billis Gallery New York and Los Angeles.

Hans Habeger’s work is currently on display in LANDSCAPES through Dec 10 at the Fine Arts Gallery. For exhibition information and Habeger’s full bio, visit uwp.edu/therita

DEADLINES MAY DIFFER FOR INDIVIDUAL CLASSES WITH DIFFERENT MEETING DATES. Collaborative programs and graduate degree programs dates and deadines can be found on the academic calendar: uwp.edu/academiccalendar

DEADLINES MAY DIFFER FOR INDIVIDUAL CLASSES WITH DIFFERENT MEETING DATES. Collaborative programs and graduate degree programs dates and deadines can be found on the academic calendar: uwp.edu/academiccalendar

Fall 2021 Concerts
Tuesday, October 26  |  7 pm
Seating is limited. All events at the Rita are masked events.

Reserve Seats

It's that time of year again! The time where all the creepy crawlies come out to play, you can come down to the Oak Room to test your knowledge on the last person standing at the end of horror movies! *

Happy Halloween!

Theme: Final Girl and Horror Movies

Free Candy and Free Prizes for the winners!

*Masks required for participation