October 2, 2019

“The Alexander Technique”
Location: Student Center Theatre

Lori Schiff teaches at the Julliard School in New York City. She will present ways in which students can use “The Alexander Technique” to improve their quality of life and efficiency in performance by identifying and changing postural habits and tension reactions. The event will include movement activities and hands-on demonstration of speaking, singing and playing instruments.

October 16, 2019

“Time Management: Beyond the Primer”
Location: Student Center Theatre

Have you ever felt there needed to be a 25th hour of the day? Do you find yourself following all the traditional time-management methods but cannot seem to become the most productive version of yourself? No matter whether you’re a student or a member of the faculty or staff, this workshop will help you manage time more efficiently and move beyond simple planners and to-do lists to a higher form of self-awareness.

October 23, 2019

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez
Location: Betty R. Tipton Room

Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodriguez was born in Managua, Nicaragua, and now lives in Nashville, TN. She received her Master of Divinity degree from Vanderbilt University in spring 2015. She started the online platform Latina Rebels in 2013, and it now has more than 200,000 followers. She has been featured in Telemundo, Univision, Mitú, Huffington Post Latino Voices, Guerrilla Feminism, Latina Mag, Cosmopolitan and Everyday Feminism, and was invited to the White House in fall 2016.

October 30, 2019

Shayok Mukhopadhyay
Location: Student Center Theatre

Shayok Mukhopadhyay grew up in Kolkata, India, and graduated from the Documentary Photography and Photojournalism program at the International Center of Photography in New York. He is a NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellow and will speak about his documentary films and how they are informed by a mosaic of experiences coming of age in the bustling megapolis of Calcutta.

November 6, 2019

Swati Khurana
Location: Student Center Theatre

Swati Khurana was born in New Delhi, raised in the Hudson Valley, and lives and works in New York City. Originally a visual artist, she left the art market and a studio-based practice in 2011 to focus on fiction, essays and collaborative art projects. She will speak about her 2013 protest in New York City with the South Asian Women’s Creative Collective against the gang rape and death of a young woman on a Delhi bus in December 2012. Khurana will frame her conversation in the context of the #MeToo movement.

November 13, 2019

“GIS Day”
Location: Student Center Theatre

This event will bring GIS professionals and vendors from across the state to Eastern’s campus and will allow them to promote their goods and services, network, and learn from each other.

November 20, 2019

Bola Sokunbi
Location: Student Center Theatre

Bola Sokunbi is the founder and CEO of Clever Girl Finance, a personal finance platform for women. Sokunbi is a certified financial education instructor, finance expert, speaker, writer, podcaster and social media influencer. She founded Clever Girl to provide relevant, online financial courses so that women of color have the tools they need to make impactful and personal financial decisions.