You’ll want to sing along with The Great American Trailer Park Musical, a naughty, bawdy, mischievous, and dysfunctional Florida community set to music. Directed by Professor Jeff Hendry Show runs Thurs.—Sat., Feb. 23—25, at 7:30 p.m. Sun., Feb. 26, at 2 p.m. Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center $12 adults, $9 students and seniors...
Che “Rhymefest” Smith discusses how citizens can use positions of leverage to address issues of police brutality, systematic biases, and lack of services. As a writer, artist, activist, political organizer and teacher, Che has cracked glass ceilings and shattered negative stereotypes about hip-hop. Among other awards, he won a Grammy for co-writing “Jesus Walks” with...
Called “the most famous art detective in the world,” Robert Wittman founded the FBI’s National Art Crime Team and served for 20 years as the FBI’s investigative expert in this field. He is responsible for recovering more than $300 million in stolen art and cultural property around the world. Since retiring from the FBI in...
Dr. Penelope Boston is the director of NASA’s Astrobiology Institute. Prior to joining NASA, Boston founded and directed the Cave and Karst Studies Program at New Mexico Tech, where she also served as a professor and led their Earth and environmental sciences department as chair. She also served from 2002 to 2016 as associate director...
A Flea in Her Ear (farse) Apr. 27-30-2017, Thu-Sat @ 7:30 PM, Sun. @ 2:00 PM Maddox Theatre, Clark Arts Center $12 adults, $9 students and seniors Directed by Deborah Mogford, Performing Arts Chair, Professor of Performing Arts Paranoia, infidelity, and lechery take center stage in this raucous bedroom farce. An hysterical cocktail of chaos...
Author, medical doctor, air force veteran and inspirational expert Clarence Lee provides encouragement and motivation to all students as they pursue their studies at RU. Dr. Lee, CEO of a personal development brand, is a frequent columnist with two published books, and has appeared as an on-air TV health expert in segments on ABC, NBC...
Rockford University commemorates the 1787 anniversary of the adjournment of the Constitutional Convention with a visit from 1987 RU alumnus Judge Iain D. Johnston, who serves the Northern District of Illinois’ Rockford-based Western Division. Judge Johnston was captain of the Regents soccer team and furthered his education at University at Buffalo and The John Marshall...
Award-winning author, filmmaker and screenwriter Jennifer Jordan joins RU for a screening of her new documentary “3000 Cups of Tea: The Mission and the Madness,” which addresses allegations made by television news magazine 60-Minutes against philanthropist Greg Mortenson. Author of bestselling book Three Cups of Tea, Mortenson rose to prominence on a mission to build...
Dr. Laila Anwarzai Ayoubi, associate professor at Martin University and adjunct professor at Butler University in Indianapolis, discusses her new book, Niki’s Honor, a powerful story about honor killing practices still occurring in many parts of the world against girls and women. The author, a former journalist and diplomat from Afghanistan, is a past recipient...
'War! What is it Good for?' Phi Beta Kappa Speaker Price V. Fishback Monday, November 13, 4 p.m. Fisher Memorial Chapel Is war good for the economy? Many people seem to think so, and they often cite the American experience during World War II as an example: “World War II brought us out of the...
