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SUMMARY:Tri-Alpha Honor Society Chapter Induction
DESCRIPTION:We are proud to announce the first-ever induction ceremony of the Tri Alpha Honor Society Chapter at Rockford University! Tri Alpha is a national honor society that recognizes and celebrates the academic achievements of first-generation college students. \nThis special event will take place on Monday\, November 3rd\, from 4:00–5:00 PM in Maddox Theatre. During the ceremony\, we will honor our inaugural group of inductees for their hard work\, perseverance\, and commitment to academic excellence. \nFollowing the ceremony\, guests are invited to join us for light refreshments and an opportunity to connect with students\, families\, and supporters who have played a role in their success.
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/tri-alpha-honor-society-chapter-induction/
LOCATION:Maddox Theatre – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Chicago Police Department Info Session
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago police department will be hosting an info session for employment opportunities
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/chicago-police-department-info-session/2025-11-11/1/
LOCATION:Faculty Dining Room – Burpee Student Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Chicago Police Department Info Session
DESCRIPTION:The Chicago police department will be hosting an info session for employment opportunities
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/chicago-police-department-info-session/2025-11-11/2/
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SUMMARY:Beyond the Business Summit: From Insight to Action
DESCRIPTION:You gave feedback\, we listended. Beyond the Business Summit brings you the follow up to our annual summer Business Summit to keep the action going! This “mini” summit details the Impact of Not-For-Profits.
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/beyond-the-business-summit-from-insight-to-action-2/
LOCATION:Rockford University\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Describe the Night
DESCRIPTION:November 20-23\, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday\, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)\nMaddox Theatre\, Clark Arts Center\nDirector\, Prof. Deborah Mogford\nIn 2010 a Polish Air Force Flight plane crashed near the Russian City of Smolensky killing the president of Poland\, along with 18 members of the Polish Parliament. There is evidence suggesting this air disaster may have been an act of terrorism. Or is this just a conspiracy theory? The truth behind the incident sparked the mind of Rajiv Joseph to write an intense espionage thriller\, Describe the Night. Joseph explores the historical friendship between the writer Isaac Babel and Nikolai Yezhov\, the military man who helped create the KGB. How do their lives intertwine with a mysterious Stasi agent? This epic play traces the lives of seven people connected by history and myth over 90 years while asking the question how often does time\, hate\, and ruthlessness turn truth into lies and lies into truth. DESCRIBE THE NIGHT is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing\, LLC\, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/describe-the-night/2025-11-20/
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SUMMARY:Post-Digital Landscapes
DESCRIPTION:Curtis Anthony Bozif\, Ruth Lantz\, & Jonathan Worcester\nOn Display: October 27th – December 12th\nReception: Friday\, November 21st\, 6:00-8:00PM\nArtist Talk: Friday\, November 21st\, 7:00PM \nCurtis Anthony Bozif is a Chicago-based visual artist and art writer. He was born in 1982 in St. Louis\, Missouri. He earned his BFA in Painting and Art History from the Kansas City Art Institute in 2006. That same year\, he moved to Chicago where\, in 2008\, he earned his MFA from the Department of Art Theory & Practice at Northwestern University. His art has been exhibited nationally and internationally and is held in numerous private collections throughout the country. To date\, his art criticism has been featured in Newcity\, Bridge\,and the Reader. Since 2008\, Bozif has worked as a Digitization Specialist in the Digital Products & Data Curation workgroup at the Northwestern University Libraries where he specializes in cultural heritage imaging and digital assets and project management with an emphasis on color management\, image quality standards\, analytics\, and quality control. Aside from making his own art\, Bozif enjoys thinking and writing about other peoples’ art; reading about art\, history\, ecology\, and nature; hiking\, backpacking\, and camping; and listening to jazz and classical music. He keeps his studio and lives with his wife\, Zoë\, and their growing family of houseplants\, in the lakeside neighborhood of Rogers Park on Chicago’s far northside. \nRuth Lantz\, an Urbana\, IL based artist\, received her Masters in Visual Studies from the Pacific\nNorthwest College of Art (PNCA) in Portland\, OR in 2010. Her work has been featured nationally at numerous galleries and institutions\, including the Rockford Art Museum (Rockford\, IL)\, Russo Lee Gallery (Portland\, OR) Disjecta (Portland\, OR)\, Washington State University Vancouver (Vancouver\, WA)\, Governors State University (University Park\, IL)\, St. Louis Artist’s Guild (St. Louis\, MO)\, Northern Illinois University (Dekalb\, IL) and Indianapolis Art Center (Indianapolis\, IN). Her work was featured at the Portland International Airport and she was a presenter in the “Making a Better Painting” Symposium at the Hoffman Gallery at Lewis and Clark College in Portland\, OR. Lantz is the founder of Crit Connection\, a project providing networking opportunities and resources to emerging and mid-career artists. \nJonathan Worcester lives and works in Chicago\, IL. He received his MFA in Painting and Drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 2024\, and his BA from Sarah Lawrence College in 2015. He is the Departmental Specialist in the Applied Arts of Europe Department at the Art Institute of Chicago and currently a Teaching Fellow in Painting and Drawing at SAIC.
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/post-digital-landscapes/
LOCATION:Rockford University Art Gallery – Clark Arts Center\, 5050 E. State St. \, Rockford\, IL\, 61108\, United States
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SUMMARY:Describe the Night
DESCRIPTION:November 20-23\, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday\, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)\nMaddox Theatre\, Clark Arts Center\nDirector\, Prof. Deborah Mogford\nIn 2010 a Polish Air Force Flight plane crashed near the Russian City of Smolensky killing the president of Poland\, along with 18 members of the Polish Parliament. There is evidence suggesting this air disaster may have been an act of terrorism. Or is this just a conspiracy theory? The truth behind the incident sparked the mind of Rajiv Joseph to write an intense espionage thriller\, Describe the Night. Joseph explores the historical friendship between the writer Isaac Babel and Nikolai Yezhov\, the military man who helped create the KGB. How do their lives intertwine with a mysterious Stasi agent? This epic play traces the lives of seven people connected by history and myth over 90 years while asking the question how often does time\, hate\, and ruthlessness turn truth into lies and lies into truth. DESCRIBE THE NIGHT is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing\, LLC\, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/describe-the-night/2025-11-21/
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SUMMARY:Describe the Night
DESCRIPTION:November 20-23\, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday\, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)\nMaddox Theatre\, Clark Arts Center\nDirector\, Prof. Deborah Mogford\nIn 2010 a Polish Air Force Flight plane crashed near the Russian City of Smolensky killing the president of Poland\, along with 18 members of the Polish Parliament. There is evidence suggesting this air disaster may have been an act of terrorism. Or is this just a conspiracy theory? The truth behind the incident sparked the mind of Rajiv Joseph to write an intense espionage thriller\, Describe the Night. Joseph explores the historical friendship between the writer Isaac Babel and Nikolai Yezhov\, the military man who helped create the KGB. How do their lives intertwine with a mysterious Stasi agent? This epic play traces the lives of seven people connected by history and myth over 90 years while asking the question how often does time\, hate\, and ruthlessness turn truth into lies and lies into truth. DESCRIBE THE NIGHT is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing\, LLC\, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/describe-the-night/2025-11-22/
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SUMMARY:Describe the Night
DESCRIPTION:November 20-23\, 2025 (Thursday-Saturday\, 7:30 pm; Sunday 2 pm)\nMaddox Theatre\, Clark Arts Center\nDirector\, Prof. Deborah Mogford\nIn 2010 a Polish Air Force Flight plane crashed near the Russian City of Smolensky killing the president of Poland\, along with 18 members of the Polish Parliament. There is evidence suggesting this air disaster may have been an act of terrorism. Or is this just a conspiracy theory? The truth behind the incident sparked the mind of Rajiv Joseph to write an intense espionage thriller\, Describe the Night. Joseph explores the historical friendship between the writer Isaac Babel and Nikolai Yezhov\, the military man who helped create the KGB. How do their lives intertwine with a mysterious Stasi agent? This epic play traces the lives of seven people connected by history and myth over 90 years while asking the question how often does time\, hate\, and ruthlessness turn truth into lies and lies into truth. DESCRIBE THE NIGHT is presented by special arrangement with Broadway Licensing\, LLC\, servicing the Dramatists Play Service collection. (www.dramatists.com)
URL:https://www.rockford.edu/calendar-item/describe-the-night/2025-11-23/
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