Campus Events

On September 17, 1787, the Constitution of the United States was signed in the Assembly Room of the Pennsylvania state legislature—the same site that witnessed the signing of the American Declaration of Independence. This year is the 238th anniversary of that historic occasion. Rockford University will celebrate Constitution Day with a shared classroom visit from...

A workshop for International Day of Peace with Dr. Danielle Lake, Associate Professor at Elon University and Director of Design Thinking. Held in conjunction with ”In the Spirit of Jane Addams: Global Dialogue, Social Change, and Community Engagement in the 21st Century” an International  Conference at the University of Warsaw in Warsaw Poland, September 25-26,...

ENOUGH! invites YOU to attend staged readings of this year’s plays in your community.  On October 6, 2025, six of the plays submitted through our nationwide call in Spring 2025 will be presented in an evening of readings staged simultaneously by theaters, schools, and community groups across the country. Nearly 3,000 artists in more than 150 communities have participated across three previous Nationwide Readings....

What is the role of the arts in activating and sustaining democratic life? How have artists sustained the rights of free expression? Why are some forms of artistic expression censored? How have the arts contributed to social movements? Should the arts have a politically useful role? Or stay strategically "un-useful"? In different eras and regions...

African and American playwrights in the 20th and 21st century have shared stories of the black experience on two continents and found the binding connection to all of humanity seeking strength, dignity, and purpose. Under the direction of Dorothy Paige-Turner, the Rockford Reader’s Theatre will present selections from the works of August Wilson, Athol Fugard,...