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Handel’s “Messiah” – Dec. 7 at 4pm.
The Hampton University Department of Music, The Musical Arts Society, The University Chamber Orchestra, and the Hampton University Choirs present the timeless holiday musical work “Messiah” by George F. Handel on Dec. 7 at 4 p.m. in Ogden Hall. This concert serves as the finale celebration to the Department of Music’s 80th Anniversary Celebration that began in January.
“Blues for an Alabama Sky” – Dec. 5-7
Directed by Robin Jackson Boisseau
Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m.,
Sunday matinee at 3 p.m.
Set against the backdrop of a post-Renaissance Harlem, “Blues for an Alabama Sky” explores the reality of a changing world in which the creative brilliance of the Renaissance spirit is tested against the harsh realities of the Great Depression. The search for a better life may be more difficult, but the dream remains a constant as the characters face hard choices about which sacrifices are necessary to achieve that dream. For ticket information, please contact the HU Box Office at (757) 727-5236 or (757) 727-5402.
Graduate and Professional School Day
HU students look beyond undergrad studies
Nearly 80 schools were represented at the Hampton University Graduate and Professional School Day on Oct. 16. The event’s purpose is to educate students about educational opportunities after HU, said Career Counseling and Planning Center Director Vivian David.
In addition to graduate schools like Princeton University, Virginia Commonwealth University and Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, HU’s graduate departments were also disseminating information at the event. The event is important, David said, because students become familiar with their graduate school choices.
“Here, they can get the information they need to make an informed decision,” David said.
More law schools were present than anything other graduate programs, David said, which was perfect for HU Junior Xavier Warren.
Warren, a sports management major, is graduating a year early to attend law school. He’s already been to the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg to visit its law school, and was able to get more information from the school’s assistant dean of admissions at the graduate and professional school day at HU.
“I’ll be done in the summer of 2009,” said Warren, of Ringgold, VA, proudly.
Undergraduates have expressed concern that the economic times are clouding their decision making about attending graduate school, David said.
But, with these types of events HU hopes to bridge the gap.
The graduate and professional school day closely followed the fall career fair held last month in the student center ballroom, where more than 100 companies and recruiters were present. A booklet listing all the graduate schools in attendance, along with their tuition, application fees and other essential matriculation information was given to students as they entered the event.
“Some students have been saying they can’t afford to go to graduate school with things (economics) being the way they are,” David said. “We’re bringing the schools to them.”
The next graduate and professional school day is scheduled for October 2009.
-Leha Byrd