This Friday: Faculty Panel Session on Performance, Work and Play in the University

Friday, Jan. 27
12:40-2:05 p.m.
Student Center 210
Bring your lunch; coffee and treats provided
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When we “perform” at the university are we working to conform to a role and meet others’ expectations or are we helping to foster a space for play?

Depending on our disciplinary perspectives, as well as our positions and titles, we may perform toward a specific desired outcome or impression. Or perhaps we consider performance as improvisational "happenings" where outcomes are not decided upon beforehand. Are these different orientations to performance mutually exclusive or can they support each other wherein work becomes playful and, in turn, play generates good work?

Come hear a panel of colleagues reflect on and share what performance means across disciplines, programs and pedagogical styles. We will invite conversation about how performance relates to how we view our work (our research, our encounters with students, and our collaborations with colleagues).

Panel Moderator:  Alic Shook, Nursing

Panelists: 

Paul Holland, Law School 

Janet Hayatshahi, Arts and Sciences (Performing Arts)  

Carrie Miller, Nursing

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