CUCblog: March 2007

Friday, March 30, 2007

Full Weekend: Open House, Tastes of Takoma, Keough Lectures, Acro-Air Home Show...and Cherry Blossoms!

THIS IS ONE of the those weekends where no one can say they don't have anything to do. Columbia Union College will be buzzing all weekend with a number of high profile events on campus. And there is something for everyone. Check out the schedule and make plans to attends one or more of the events:

26th Annual Keough Lectures sponsored by the Department of Religion featuring Dr. Miroslav Volf of Yale University.
CUC Open House will take place Sunday, April 1, from 1:00 pm to 3:00pm
Tastes of Takoma, the popular community festival, will be held on the CUC Commons on Sunday from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Come for food, music, crafts, and lots of fun for the whole family.
Acro-Air Home Show. The high-flying CUC Acro-Air team will peform their home show on Sunday evening at 7:30 in the gymnasium.
And if you have time (you're going to want to make time!), don't miss the 95th Annual National Cherry Blossom Festival downtown. The festival celebrates the 3700 cherry blossom trees that were given to the United States by the Japaneese government in 1912. The festival is one of the most popular events of the year in Washington. It runs from March 31 - April 15. Click here for an printable map and guide to the festival.

If you have any questions about the weekend events, please contact the Enrollment Department at 800-835-4212.

Labels: Can Your College Do This?, events, on campus, recruiting, student life

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Tuesday, March 27, 2007

A380 Makes Stop in DC

THE AIRBUS 380, the largest passenger plane ever built, made a stop at Washington's Dulles International Airport on Monday, the final stop on a world-wide tour. The A380 superjumbo isn't your average jetliner: it seats over 550 people, has two seating levels (a double-decker plane, so to speak), has a wingspan of nearly 100 yds, and has more than 100,000 wires in it's intricate electrical system.

Unfortunately, the public will not be able to view the A380 (unless they see it in flight), partly because Dulles International Airport doesn't have a gate big enough to hold the plane, so it must sit on a vacant tarmac that is a

good distance away from any of the four Dulles terminals. But there are a lot of resources on the web for those of you who want to see the interior and exterior of the plane. The Washington Post has a good section with some panoramic photos and graphs. You can also visit the Airbus North America web site for video clips of plane.

The plane is scheduled to take off from Dulles on Wednesday morning, so if you happen to be on the CUC campus at about 8:30 a.m., look up -- you might catch a glimpse.

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Miroslav Volf to Speak at CUC

DR. MIROSLAV VOLF, one of the world's leading theologians, will speak at Columbia Union College on March 30 and 31 as part of the 26th annual G. Arthur Keough Lectures. Dr. Volf is the director of the Yale Center for Faith & Culture and the Henry B. Wright Professor of Theology. The theme of Dr. Volf's lectures is 'The Malfuctions of Faith.' The Keough Lectures and free and open to the public and are held in the H.M.S. Richards Hall Chapel. Below is a schedule for the weekend lecture series:

Friday, March 30 at 6:30 pm - 'Faith, Idleness and Work'
Saturday, March 31 at 10:00 am - Interview with Miroslav Volf in Roy Branson’s Sabbath School Class
Saturday, March 31 at 3:30 pm - 'The Peaceable Faith'
Saturday, March 31 at 6:00 pm - Unveiling of two large commissioned abstract paintings for Religion Department in Richards Hall with a reception and short address by the artist Jeremy Satterlund. Reception hosted by the Honors Program Students of Columbia Union College.

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Friday, March 23, 2007

Does DC Have Character?

YOU'VE GOT TO check out this week's edition of Weekend in the Washington Post because it attempts to answer that very question. And you might not be surprise to find out the the Post thinks the answer to the question is...Yes, Washington has character! You'd expect that from the hometown paper, but it's worth reading the paper to find out why the answer is Yes.

Those of us who live in the Washington area know why we love it here: the history, the culture, the nature, the spirit of activism, and the endless number of things to do on a given day just gets the list started. Take this weekend, for example; look at some of the things you could do if you were in Washington:

The circus is in town. The 136th edition of the Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey circus will be at three venues in DC between now and April 15.
Numerous classical concerts are playing at the Music Center at Strathmore, the Washington Performing Arts Center, The Barns at Wolf Trap, and the Kennedy Center for Performing Arts.Legendary New Orleans jazz pianist Allen Toussaint is playing the weekend at Blues Alley.
Numerous performances and exhibits that are part of the Shakespeare in Washington Festival that runs through July 2007.
Go to the 'Wings over Washington Kite Club' festival on the national mall (the weather is going to be great!).
If you love Opera (some people do, you know), check out the Washington National Opera's production of Wagners 'Die Walkure'.
Of course, if you don't want to spent any money you could bike along Rock Creek Park, watch the planes land a Gravely Point, hike up Sugerloaf Mountain, visit some museums, or have a picnic at the Iwo Jima memorial.

Just a few things you could do this weekend. Do you have this many options in your hometown?

Labels: Can Your College Do This?, events, restaurants

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Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Open House Set for April 1

CUC WILL HOST a spring Open House on Sunday, April 1, 2007 from 1:00 pm to 3:00 pm. Visiting students will get a chance to talk with enrollment counselors, financial aid counselors, faculty and members of the administration. All are invited!

After the Open House, please join us for Tastes of Takoma, a community event held on the campus of Columbia Union College that attracts thousands of community members to the campus for food, music, crafts, and fun.

If you are coming from out of town and need a place to stay during your visit, contact the Enrollment Department at 800-835-4212.

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Thursday, March 01, 2007

Recent CUC Grad Killed in Iraq

THIS REPRINTED FROM from an annoucement sent out by the CUC Marketing and Communications Office:

Jonathan Cadavero, a 2004 graduate of Columbia Union College, died earlier this week while serving as a medic in Iraq. He was killed by a roadside bomb while traveling with a convoy. He was 24. He is survived by his mother Nadia, and his father, David, who serves as the superintendent of schools for the Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists.

After a military investigation, Jonathan will be flown to Germany, then to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware. The Cadavero family has not yet been informed of any specific dates. Jonathan will be laid to rest in the military cemetery in Goshen, New York, about a half hour from the Cadavero's home.

The Columbia Union College family shares the Cadavero family’s sorrow. Jonathan was a tremendous asset to CUC. He was a cum laude graduate, a member of the Phi Eta Sigma academic honor society, Psi Chi psychology honor society, a member of the Dean’s List every year, a favorite player on the basketball team, and a Who’s Who nominee. We all feel the depth of their grief and pray that God will encircle the family with His peace and love. Please keep them in your prayers. Columbia Union College will hold a special remembrance service after Spring Break.

Further details will be made available as they are known. Cadavero was recently featured in an Army Times article about his group’s work in clearing IEDs (improvised explosive devices.

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