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  Event: Career Choices Convention - organized by the ASU in conjunction with Acadia University
  When: Thursday, October 14 @ 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m.

Friday October 15th from 9:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon

  Information: For more information visit: www.acadiau.ca/studentaffairs/careerchoicesconvention or contact Patrick LeGay at asuvpa@acadiau.ca or at 585-2127.
     
     
  Event: 2004 Distinguished Business Speaker Series

Acadia Business Banquet Keynote speaker:  Alex MacBeath, Executive Partner & CEO –Grant Thornton LLP

  Time: 6:30 p.m.
  When: Thursday, October 14
  Where: Old Orchard Inn
  Information: Banquet tickets are $50 each.  For more information visit http://business.acadiau.ca/Speaker%20Series/speaker_series_04.htm
     
     
  Event: 2nd annual Acadia Accounting Society Plenary Session Topic: Proposed CA-CMA Merger
  Time: 4:45 – 5:45 p.m.
  When: Thursday, October 14
  Where: KC Irving Centre Auditorium
  Information: To help the Accounting Society in its planning for this event, please email Rob Jeffery at 050831j@acadiau.ca to confirm your attendance.
     
     
  Event: Caught in the Presence of Dreams opens at the Acadia University Art Gallery
  Time: 7:30 p.m.
  When: Thursday, October 14
  Where: Acadia University Art Gallery, Beveridge Arts Centre
  Information: Admission is free and all are welcome.  The show runs until January 16, 2005.
     
     
  Event: PILATES With STOTT Trained Pilates Instructor: Patricia Lohrenz
  Time: 5:00 to 6:00 p.m. Monday & Wednesday (2 classes/week)
  When: October 13 – December 8
  Where: New MBS Room Lower Level, Acadia Athletic Complex
  Information: To register, contact Acadia Box Office at 585-8500, or visit the box office at the Acadia Athletic Complex Angela D. Curry Fitness & Instructional Programs Coordinator Campus Programs, Acadia University 585-1610, acurry@acadiau.ca
     
     
  Event: 7th Thomas H. Raddall Symposium - Surf’s Up The Rising Tide of Atlantic-Canadian Literature presented by the Acadia University English Department
     
  Dates, Times & Locations:      Friday, October 15  @  6:30 - 9:30 p.m. - Shorelines of Possibility: A Personal Look at Writing, Publishing, Culture and the Surfing Life in Atlantic Canada, 1978-2004 by Lesley Choyce.  K.C. Irving Environmental Sciences Centre Auditorium.  Tickets - $6 - available at the door or from the Art Gallery.

     Saturday, October 16  @  12:30 - 1:30 p.m. - Where Politics Ends and Culture Begins by Wendy Lill (playwright and former MP).  BAC, Room 132.  Free of Charge.

     Sunday, October 17  @  2:15 - 3:45 p.m.  Harry Thurston and Anne Compton--Poets Readings.  BAC, Room 132.  Free of Charge.

  Information: The conference will bring together scholars and critics from Britain, Japan, and across Canada, along with a number of Atlantic-Canadian writers.

For more information and registration details contact Dr. Herb Wyile of the Acadia University English Department at (902) 585-1255 or email: herb.wyile@acadiau.ca   Information can also be found at: http://ace.acadiau.ca/~hwyile/surfsup/index.htm

     
     
  Event: Football Game - Acadia Axemen vs St. F.X. X-men with an appearance by Gary Beals during halftime
  Time: 2:00 p.m.
  When: Saturday, October 16
  Where: Raymond Field
  Information: Gary Beals will be performing several tracks from his new CD during the halftime of Saturday’s football game. He will also be singing the National Anthem at the opening of the game and will be available during the first half of the game for CD purchases and autographs.
     
     
  Event: Bulmer Race
  Time: Registration:  2:30 p.m.

Race start:   4:30 p.m.

  When: Friday, October 15
  Where: University Hall stairs; headquarters
  Information: For Early Bird Registration and for more information, contact Kristy Martin at 585-1584 or kristy.martin@acadiau.ca
     
     
  Event: English Department presents:  Lynn Coady & Michael Crummey reading from their novels
  Time: 2:30 p.m.
  When: Saturday, October 16
  Where: BAC, Room 234
  Information: For more information, please contact Ralph Stewart at ralph.stewart@acadiau.ca
     
     
  Event: Acadia Performing Arts Series presents Die Fledermaus by Johann Strauss Jr.
  Time: 8:00 p.m.
  When: Tuesday, October 19
  Where: Festival Theatre, 504 Main St., Wolfville
  Information: For more information visit: http://www.acadiau.ca/artsacadia/
     
     
  Event: 2004 Distinguished Business Speaker Series

Emera: The Past & The Future by David Mann, President and CEO Emera

  Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
  When: Wednesday, October 20
  Where: Festival Theatre
  Information: For more information visit http://business.acadiau.ca/Speaker%20Series/speaker_series_04.htm
     
     
  Event: Employers visiting Campus today - Royal Bank www.rbc.com
  Time: 4:45 p.m.
  When: Thursday, October 21
  Where:
Beveridge Arts Centre, Rm. 244
  Information: If you have any questions or require additional information, please contact Terry Green, Student Employment Coordinator at 902-585-1233, or by email terry.green@acadiau.ca 
     
     
  Event: 2004 Distinguished Business Speaker Series

Eastlink: Not for the Faint of Heart by Dan McKeen, Co-CEO Eastlink

  Time: 7:00 - 8:00 p.m.
  When: Wednesday, October 27 
  Where: Festival Theatre
  Information: For more information visit http://business.acadiau.ca/Speaker%20Series/speaker_series_04.htm
     
     
  Event: Chemistry Seminar: Do Pharmaceutical Co-Crystals Represent a Path to Improved Medicines? by Dr. Michael Zaworotko, Chemistry Department, University of South Florida
  Time: 4:30 p.m.
  When: Thursday, October 28
  Where: Elliott Hall, Rm 320
  Information: Dr. John M. Roscoe, 902-585-1353; email: chemistry@acadiau.ca
     
     
  Event: Issues in the Assessment & Management of Violence Among the Mentally Ill by Andrew Starzomski, East Coast Forensic Hospital
  Time: 3:00 p.m.
  When: Friday, October 29
  Where: BAC 244
  Information: Part of Acadia's Department of Psychology Colloquium Series.  All are welcome.
     
     
  Event: Atlantic Universities Geological Conference
  When: October 28 - 30
  Where: Acadia University
  Information: For more information visit:  http://ace.acadiau.ca/science/geol/augc2004/
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
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