Events on Campus

SELMA Screening, Monday, Feb 9, 7:45PM

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The Allbritton Center for the Study of Public Life, with the support of the Center for Community Partnerships, the Office of Equity and Inclusion, and the Office of Student Activities and Leadership Development, is sponsoring a free showing of Selma, followed by a short talk by Ben Jackson, a veteran of the Selma demonstrations, and a discussion of the film led by members of The Ankh.

Monday, February 9, 7:45, at Metro Theaters downtown.
Tickets are free but required.
They are available from Sara Wadlow, Allbritton 116, 3-5 on Wednesday, 9-5 on Thursday, 9-1 on Friday, and 9-5 on Monday.
Tickets are extremely limited: first come, first served.

Graduate Student Speaker Series! Open to All:

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Speaker: Peter Blasser, MA Candidate in Music
Title: Algorithms for Pipe Organ
Abstract: Peter Blasser will present the last two years worth of work in programming the Wesleyan
pipe organ, using the computer music program Supercollider. He bases this work on prior experience in
computer music, years of experience apprenticing to pipe organ builders, and his main employment, a
business selling analog synthesizers. Emulation of analog and vice versa is the philosophical underpinning to
this integrative science of composition, as his experience managing transistors, current flows, and oscillator
topographies informs the aesthetic decisions of an abstracted musical system such as MIDI (musical
instrument digital interface) that the organ uses. He will present some of his past work in instrument
building: squishable analog organs, gesture interfaces, and a newest project based on “the numerical
materials of electronics” themselves.
*Open to the whole Wesleyan community*
*Lunch will be provided*

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First-Gen, Low-Income Social Hour

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Wednesday, October 8
4-5PM
Usdan 110

Invited all students, staff, and faculty
Hear stories of upperclass students who are first-generation and low-income on how to successfully navigate through Wesleyan and college life. Meet some of those involved with the resources on campus.
Share your stories of resiliency and what you want from Wesleyan.
The format is designed for all students to actively participate in the conversation and learn from each other how to be supportive to thrive academically and socially.

First-Gen Table Talk