Academics: Convocation Schedule

Fall 2009

Month	Day and Date	Program	Location	Description
September	Thur.,10	Formal Opening	Lesesne Auditorium	The Erskine community comes together for the formal opening of the College and the Seminary.
	Tue.,15	Rev. Matt Miller	Due West ARP Church	Pastor of Greenville ARP Church, Greenville, SC
	Thur.,17	Prof. Kendra King	Lesesne Auditorium	Prof. Kendra King, Director of the Urban Leadership Program for Oglethorpe University in Atlanta, will help Erskine College celebrate the US Constitution.
	Tue., 22	Dr. Toney Parks	Due West ARP Church	Professor of Counseling at Erskine Seminary
	Wed., 23	Residence Life/Jan Walker	6:30 PM in DMSC Auditorium
	Thur., 24	Ron Rash	Lesesne Auditorium	Ron Rash is the author of Serena, as well as several other novels, short stories, and collections of poetry. He is also the John Parris Distinguished Professor of Appalachian Studies at Western Carolina University.
	Thur., 24	New York Chamber Soloists	7:30 PM in Memorial
	Tue., 29	Rev. Duff James	Due West ARP Church	Associate Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, SC
October	Thur., 1	Faculty meeting	No Convocation
	Tue., 6	Rev. Stephane Cobbert	Due West ARP Church	Pastor of New Millenium Mission, Stone Mountain, GA
	Thur., 8	Ed Leap	Lesesne Auditorium	Physician and columnist Edwin Leap offers 'Survival tips gleaned from the ER.' For more, click here.
	Tue., 13	Rev. Archie Moore	Due West ARP Church	Pastor of Greenwood Presbyterian Church, Greenwood, SC
	Thur., 15	David Considine	Lesesne Auditorium	Dr. David Considine, Professor of Instructional Technology and Media Studies at Appalachian State University, will speak on media literacy in the 21st century. For more information, click here.
	Tue., 20	Fall Break	No Convocation
	Thur., 22	David Conley	Lesesne Auditorium	Reverend David Conley is Associate Pastor of Worship/Director of Music at Clemson Presbyterian Church. David speaks frequently on the relationship between Christianity and the arts. He has a B.A. from Clemson and an M.Div from Erskine Theological Seminary.
	Fri., 23	Fall Choral Concert (with the Sinfonia Brass)	8:00 PM in Memorial Hall
	Tue., 27	Rev. Dr. Max Rogland	Due West ARP Church	Assistant Professor of Old Testament, Erskine Seminary
	Thur., 29	Dianne Ferlatte	Lesesne Auditorium
	Fri., 30	Baltimore Consort	7:30 PM in Memorial
November	Tue., 3	Rev. Bryan Crotts	Due West ARP Church	Associate Pastor of Huntersville ARP Church, Huntersville, NC
	Thur., 5	Faculty meeting	No Convocation
	Thur., 5	Erskine Players present A Midsummer Night's Dream	7:30 PM in Memorial
	Fri., 6
	Sat., 7
	Tue., 10	Rev. Stephen Speaks	Due West ARP Church	RUF Campus Minister at Clemson University
	Thur., 12	Money Management 101	Lesesne Auditorium	Money Management 101 delivers essential knowledge on basic money management skills. Students learn important budgeting and savings skills that will help them make sound financial decisions.
	Tue., 17	Rev. John Boyte	Due West ARP Church	RUF Campus Minister at Anderson College
	Thur., 19	Music and Reconciliation	Lesesne Auditorium	Ethnomusicologist Johann Buis (Wheaton College) kicks-off the mini-symposium on Music and Reconciliation co-sponsored by the EC Music Department and the Drummond Center.
	Tue., 24	SCA Thanksgiving Prayer Service	Due West ARP Church
	Thur., 26	Thanksgiving Break	No Convocation
December	Tue., 1	Rev. Tony Locke	Due West ARP Church	Pastor of Newberry ARP Church, Newberry, SC
	Thur., 3	Women's Chorale		Christmas Convo – Women’s Chorale Come and worship through song as Erskine’s very own Women’s Chorale presents a pleasing program of seasonal selections. Be prepared to sing along for some of your favorite carols.

 

* Convocation credit not offered