University of Albany Campus: Spring Semester Highlighted by an Abundance of On-Campus Events

This winter and spring, students, alumni, and locals will have ample opportunity to take advantage of the many campus events and activities, including theatre productions, concerts, Division I athletics, films and lectures. The fun starts immediately when the men's basketball team takes on America East rival Maine at 7:30 p.m. on January 23 at SEFCU Arena.

Some other highlights coming in 2008 include:


Feb. 2
11th Annual Big Purple Growl and Ferocious Feast 5-7 p.m. Featuring a pre-game party and feast and men's and women's basketball games against Stony Brook. The women play at 4:30 p.m.; the men at 7 p.m. in UAlbany's SEFCU Arena.

Feb. 6
Men's Basketball vs. New Hampshire 7pm SEFCU Arena

Feb. 7
Martin Luther King Jr. Black History Month Luncheon, 12 p.m. Campus Center Ballroom Featuring civil rights activist and writer Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.

Feb. 8
Plays in Process 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center Readings of new works to nurture and encourage student playwrights

Feb. 9
Men's Basketball vs. Hartford 2pm SEFCU Arena

Feb. 20
Men's Basketball vs. UMBC 7pm SEFCU Arena

Feb. 26
Men's Lacrosse vs. Siena 2 p.m. at John Fallon Field

March 2
Men's Basketball vs. Boston University 2pm SEFCU Arena

March 5
Dangerous Music Project - Clogs 7 p.m., Performing Arts Center
This Aussie-American alt-classical quartet, which composes and improvises using sounds, textures and influences from across the musical spectrum, presents a demonstration.

March 11
Visiting Writers Series Seminar & Reading 4:15 p.m. Seminar 8 p.m. Reading Poet Marie Howe's newest collection is The Kingdom of Ordinary Time (2008); Prize-winning poet Campbell McGrath's latest poetry collection is Seven Notebooks (2008).

March 13
Visiting Writers Series author Gregory Maguire visits 7 p.m., Performing Arts Center Reading/talk by the much acclaimed, Albany-born Gregory Maguire, revisionist fairy tale writer and UAlbany graduate, who is best-known for Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West (1995), which was adapted as a Broadway musical in 2003.

March 15
Men's Lacrosse vs. Drexel 1pm @ John Fallon Field

March 21
Men's Lacrosse vs. Princeton 1 pm @ John Fallon Field

March 29
Men's Lacrosse vs. Binghamton 1 pm @ John Fallon Field

April 3
Capital Trio 7:30 p.m., Performing Arts Center Pianist Duncan Cumming, violinist Hilary Cumming and cellist Solen Dikener comprise this new chamber ensemble in residence at UAlbany.

April 5-6
Relay for Life TBD, Collins Circle Students of Albany Against Cancer

April 8
Men's Lacrosse vs. Yale 7 pm @ John Fallon Field

April 18
Japanese Student Association Japan Night 6:30-9:30 p.m., Campus Center Ballroom Japanese tradition and culture with dancing, singing, food and activities.

April 20
Men's Lacrosse vs. Vermont 1 pm @ John Fallon Field

April 26
Men's Lacrosse vs. Stony Brook 7 pm @ John Fallon Field

April 27
Fountain Day, an annual rite of spring, is set for April 27 at the Main Fountain. Noon-4 p.m., Share the spirit as the fountain is turned on for the first time in 2008

May 2-18
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition 10 a.m.-5 p.m., University Art Museum. The Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition features work produced by candidates for the University at Albany Art Department's three-year, 60-credit-hour program of intensive training and study in traditional and contemporary fine arts practices.

May 17
Graduate Commencement 9-11 a.m., SEFCU Arena

May 18
Undergraduate Commencement 10-11 a.m., Science Library Lawn University-wide degree-granting ceremony for those receiving bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees and certificates of advanced study.