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Chiefs Higher Education Partnership
April 19, 2018
Senior Thesis Exhibit
April 18, 2018
A trio of Park University fine art students will exhibit their work as part of their senior thesis, Tuesday, May 1, through Thursday, May 31, in the University’s Campanella Gallery. Admission to the gallery, located within Norrington Center on the Parkville Campus, is free. A reception for the artists will be held Friday, May 11, from 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Gallery.
Park Mourns Bob Corbett
April 3, 2018
Robert “Bob” Corbett, ’38, an honorary trustee of Park University, passed away on March 31 at the age of 100.
Big Sonia Screening
March 19, 2018
Sonia Warshawski is one of the last remaining Holocaust survivors living in the Kansas City area, and one of the only survivors who speaks publicly about her wartime experience. On Monday, April 9, Park University will host a program that will include a screening of Warshawski’s story, “Big Sonia,” a live music performance and a panel discussion starting at 6 p.m. in the Jenkin and Barbara David Theater inside Alumni Hall on the University’s Parkville Campus.
NATO Russia Relations Discussion
March 12, 2018
Patrick Moon, who served as U.S. ambassador/chief of mission to Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2010 to 2013, will present a discussion on “NATO – Russia Relations: From the Cold War to Current Challenges” at Park University on Wednesday, April 4, starting at 6:30 p.m.
Johnson Family Lecture Series in Science
March 7, 2018
On Tuesday, March 27, Park University will host a discussion by Tatiana Trejos, Ph.D., on how microscopic evidence tells the story about a crime as the focus of the University’s Johnson Family Lecture Series in Science.
Together We Rise
March 1, 2018
Paola Mendoza, a national organizer and the artistic director of the Women’s March on Washington, D.C., in January 2017, will be the featured speaker in a Women’s History Month event hosted by Park University. “Together We Rise: An Evening with Women’s March on Washington Artistic Director Paola Mendoza” will be held on Monday, March 26, starting at 7 p.m. in Graham Tyler Memorial Chapel on the University’s Parkville Campus. Admission to the event is free and open to the public, but reservations are requested at www.park.edu/togetherwerise.
NLBM Baseball Book Notes
February 21, 2018
Park University is once again partnering with the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum to host the Museum’s 2018 Baseball Book Notes Spring Series.