SPCS celebrates SPCS Student Week November 4-8, 2013

October 30, 2013

The School of Professional and Continuing Studies celebrates national nontraditional student week with its own SPCS Student Week, November 4-8, 2013.

Several events are planned as part of the week-long celebration, culminating in a School-wide pre-game reception followed by Spiders Basketball in the newly-renovated Robins Center Arena.

Monday through Thursday from 5 to 7 p.m., members of the SPCS Student Government Association (SGA) will offer free snacks to SPCS students on their way to classes. Snack tables will be placed outside North Court on the Westhampton College side of campus and outside Jepson Hall on Stern Quadrangle on the Richmond College side of campus.

SPCS students who stop by snack tables can also register for prize packages. Two prize packages will be awarded each day, Monday through Thursday. Prize packs include, among other items, Spider Basketball game general admission tickets, Modlin Center tickets and gift certificates to the UR Bookstore.

On Monday, November 4, The Hays and Margaret Crimmell Colloquium on Liberal Education will be held, hosted by the Robins School of Business in Ukrop Auditorium, Queally Hall. The topic of the lecture wiil be “Giving Voice to Values: Educating Values-Driven Leaders.” Keynote presented by Mary Gentile, Ph.D.

On Wednesday, November 6, the documentary film Wounds of Waziristan will be shown in Jepson Hall 118 from 6:30 to 8 p.m. This is part of a series on the use of drones in warfare, sponsored in part by SPCS.

For the Friday, November 8, Spiders basketball game, SPCS students have been invited to exchange their student admission tickets for general admission tickets in order to sit in the SPCS block in the Robins Center Arena. This will be the first game in the newly renovated facility. Specially-priced tickets are also available to invited guests of the pre-game reception and game.

Reservations and ticket purchase/exchange must be completed by November 1 to take advantage of this generous offer from Richmond Athletics. Review the event listing for additional details.