BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Rockford University - ECPv6.15.20//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://www.rockford.edu X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Rockford University REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H X-Robots-Tag:noindex X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Chicago BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20240310T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20241103T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20250309T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20251102T070000 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 TZNAME:CDT DTSTART:20260308T080000 END:DAYLIGHT BEGIN:STANDARD TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 TZNAME:CST DTSTART:20261101T070000 END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250208T180000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250208T233000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174153 CREATED:20250109T143654Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T145108Z UID:10011318-1739037600-1739057400@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Gala 2025 DESCRIPTION:Join us for an evening of cocktails and food stations at the Pathways to Possibility Gala. This unique event is an opportunity to invest in the bright futures of our students while enjoying an elegant night filled with engaging stories\, fine dining\, and entertainment. URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/gala-2025/ LOCATION:Rockford University\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/png:https://www.rockford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/Gala-2025-Headshot-2.png GEO:42.2640342;-89.0197305 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Rockford University 5050 E. State St. Rockford IL 61108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5050 E. State St.:geo:-89.0197305,42.2640342 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250213T130000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174153 CREATED:20250207T200258Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250207T200315Z UID:10011321-1739448000-1739451600@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Faculty Workshop: Equity Literacy Foundations\, pt. 2 DESCRIPTION:Dr. Annie Baddoo will lead a discussion on equity literacy foundations as a follow-up to her Fall 2024 discussion. This event will be held in the Howard Colman Library Map Room. Please feel free to bring your lunch. URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/faculty-workshop-equity-literacy-foundations-pt-2/ LOCATION:Map Room – Howard Colman Library CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public),Faculty / Staff Training ORGANIZER;CN="Faculty Development":MAILTO:mloyola@rockford.edu END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250217T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250217T193000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174153 CREATED:20250211T142412Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T142412Z UID:10011323-1739813400-1739820600@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Technology & Entrepreneurship DESCRIPTION:Rockford University kicks off the Greater Rockford Entrepreneurship And Training (GREAT) week on Monday\, 2/17. Join the RU College of Professional & Extended Learning and 14 Rockford area organizations for various events every day of the week at various locations around Rockford! This week’s celebration follows the National Entrepreneurship Week\, which is a nonpartisan\, congressionally chartered initiative founded in 2006. It occurs during the third week of February each year.\n✔️ What: Greater Rockford Entrepreneurship And Training (GREAT) week\n📅 When: Every day of the week from February 17 to 22\n🌎 Where: All around the Greater Rockford Area\n✍ RSVP: https://bit.ly/greatweek25\n💲 Cost: FREE URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/technology-entrepreneurship/ LOCATION:Puri School of Business\, 5100 East State St\, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public) ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://www.rockford.edu/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/slidebean-UWRn79hIQKY-unsplash-scaled.jpg GEO:42.264752;-89.018728 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Puri School of Business 5100 East State St Rockford IL 61108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5100 East State St:geo:-89.018728,42.264752 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250219T120000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250219T125000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174153 CREATED:20250211T204311Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250211T204311Z UID:10011324-1739966400-1739969400@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Prep Smarter\, Not Harder: Mid-Term Success Tools DESCRIPTION:Mid-terms are coming. Start preparing now with this quick Success Workshop. URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/prep-smarter-not-harder-mid-term-success-tools/ LOCATION:Rockford University\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public) ORGANIZER;CN="The HUB for Academic &%3B Research Success":MAILTO:KChapmanNeal@Rockford.edu GEO:42.2640342;-89.0197305 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Rockford University 5050 E. State St. Rockford IL 61108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5050 E. State St.:geo:-89.0197305,42.2640342 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250220T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250220T213000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174153 CREATED:20240726T164300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240726T164300Z UID:10008399-1740079800-1740087000@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Blithe Spirit DESCRIPTION:Blithe Spirit\nFebruary 20-23\, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday\, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)\nCheek Theatre\, Clark Arts Center\nDirector\, Prof. Deborah Mogford\nA smash comedy hit in London and New York\, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy\, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine\, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife\, Elvira. Clever\, insistent and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings\, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium\,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash\, Charles’ current wife\, Ruth\, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira\, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. “Blithe Spirit” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French\, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/blithe-spirit/2025-02-20/ LOCATION:Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public),PA Performance GEO:42.2640342;-89.0197305 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center 5050 E. State St. Rockford IL 61108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5050 E. State St.:geo:-89.0197305,42.2640342 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250221T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250221T213000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174154 CREATED:20240726T164300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240726T164300Z UID:10008400-1740166200-1740173400@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Blithe Spirit DESCRIPTION:Blithe Spirit\nFebruary 20-23\, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday\, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)\nCheek Theatre\, Clark Arts Center\nDirector\, Prof. Deborah Mogford\nA smash comedy hit in London and New York\, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy\, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine\, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife\, Elvira. Clever\, insistent and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings\, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium\,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash\, Charles’ current wife\, Ruth\, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira\, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. “Blithe Spirit” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French\, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/blithe-spirit/2025-02-21/ LOCATION:Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public),PA Performance GEO:42.2640342;-89.0197305 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center 5050 E. State St. Rockford IL 61108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5050 E. State St.:geo:-89.0197305,42.2640342 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250222T193000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250222T213000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174154 CREATED:20240726T164300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240726T164300Z UID:10008401-1740252600-1740259800@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Blithe Spirit DESCRIPTION:Blithe Spirit\nFebruary 20-23\, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday\, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)\nCheek Theatre\, Clark Arts Center\nDirector\, Prof. Deborah Mogford\nA smash comedy hit in London and New York\, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy\, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine\, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife\, Elvira. Clever\, insistent and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings\, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium\,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash\, Charles’ current wife\, Ruth\, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira\, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. “Blithe Spirit” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French\, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/blithe-spirit/2025-02-22/ LOCATION:Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public),PA Performance GEO:42.2640342;-89.0197305 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center 5050 E. State St. Rockford IL 61108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5050 E. State St.:geo:-89.0197305,42.2640342 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250223T140000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250223T160000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174154 CREATED:20240726T164300Z LAST-MODIFIED:20240726T164300Z UID:10008402-1740319200-1740326400@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Blithe Spirit DESCRIPTION:Blithe Spirit\nFebruary 20-23\, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday\, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)\nCheek Theatre\, Clark Arts Center\nDirector\, Prof. Deborah Mogford\nA smash comedy hit in London and New York\, this much-revived classic from the playwright of Private Lives concerns fussy\, cantankerous novelist Charles Condomine\, who has remarried but finds himself haunted (literally) by the ghost of his late first wife\, Elvira. Clever\, insistent and well aware of Charles’ shortcomings\, Elvira is called up by a visiting “happy medium\,” the eccentric and flighty Madame Arcati. As everyone’s personalities clash\, Charles’ current wife\, Ruth\, is accidentally killed. She “passes over” and joins Elvira\, allowing the two “blithe spirits” to haunt the hapless Charles into perpetuity. “Blithe Spirit” is presented by arrangement with Concord Theatricals on behalf of Samuel French\, Inc. www.concordtheatricals.com URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/blithe-spirit/2025-02-23/ LOCATION:Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public),PA Performance GEO:42.2640342;-89.0197305 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Cheek Theatre – Clark Arts Center 5050 E. State St. Rockford IL 61108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5050 E. State St.:geo:-89.0197305,42.2640342 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250224T160000 DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250224T170000 DTSTAMP:20260427T174154 CREATED:20250213T142947Z LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T142947Z UID:10011325-1740412800-1740416400@www.rockford.edu SUMMARY:Charter Day Convocation Ceremony DESCRIPTION:The Charter Day Convocation Ceremony presents: We Are A College At War\, featuring a dramatic reading from the chapter entitled\, “Rescue Stories.” \n  URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/charter-day-convocation-ceremony-3/ LOCATION:Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States CATEGORIES:Campus Wide Event (Public) ORGANIZER;CN="Forum Series":MAILTO:boxoffice@rockford.edu GEO:42.2640342;-89.0197305 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center 5050 E. State St. Rockford IL 61108 United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=500;X-TITLE=5050 E. State St.:geo:-89.0197305,42.2640342 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR