Where: Global Scholars Hall, room 123

The University of Oregon Huafeng Magazine will host the 2016 Huafeng Graduation Banquet.

Join Huafeng Magazine for food and refreshments.

A video of graduation wishes from professors or other staff on campus will be shown to celebrate the graduates. There will also be guests speakers, such as alumni who work in US now and some parents.

Doors open at 6:30 pm and the event starts at 7:00 pm.

Where: Many Nations Longhouse

Where: Eugene Public Library, 100 W. 10th Ave.

Mexican-American writer Reyna Grande, who won an American Book Award for her first novel and was named a finalist for a National Books Critic Circle Award for her memoir, will headline the upcoming CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium.

Where: Lawrence Hall 115

Marlen Sánchez and Nils McCune, both of the Nicaraguan Via Campesina organization Asociación de Trabajadores del Campo, will highlight the work of Via Campesina at a May 2 appearance at the UO.

Sánchez and McCune will discuss efforts to construct the Instituto Agroecológico Latinoamericano Mesoamérica, or the Latin American Institute of Agroecology of Mesoamerica, in Santo Tomás, Nicaragua. The talk, which is free and open to the public, will be held at 7 p.m. in Room 115, Lawrence Hall.

Where: Straub Hall 145

On April 27, 6-8 pm in Straub Hall 145, UO Sociology Professor Michael Dreiling will screen his revelatory documentary, A Bold Peace, on the impact of Costa Rica's radical choice of national disarmament.

Hors d'oeuvres and refreshments.

Comments and a Q&A will follow the film.

http://aboldpeace.com/

Where: South Eugene High School

The Division of Equity and Inclusion is co-sponsoring a county-wide town hall event coming up in April.  The Women’s Foundation will visit with communities across Oregon and will take everything they learn from their town halls to include it in a major report on the status of women and girls in Oregon.  They would like to hear from as many women as possible from all different backgrounds to find out the issues that matter most to us here.

Where: Browsing Room, Knight Library

Josh Gordan Swogger, Freelance archaeologocial illustrator
This lecture series is presented by the Center for Asian Pacific Studies and is cosponsored by the Department of Anthropology and the comics and cartoon studies minor program. For more information, call 541-346-5068.

Where: Gerlinger Lounge

Join language experts, current students, and alumni on discussing the many positive, tangible career benefits of language learning. This event is organized by the UO Language Council, in collaboration with the UO Alumni Association. Keynote speaker will be incoming UOF Board President Jim Shephard ‘80, and Romance Languages alumnus.

Where: Knight Library Browsing Room

Where: John E. Jaqua Auditorium

Learn the similarities and differences between Islam and Christianity. Our guest speaker, Yusha Evans a renowned Islamic scholar and was also raised in Greenville, S.C. with a very strict Methodist upbringing. He would like to discuss topics like the role of Jesuses in Islam and many more. He will also well comes question.