Annual Tree Lighting Ceremony
Tuesday, December 2 at 4:30 pm in the Sundin Rose Garden. There will be caroling, candy canes, and cocoa. Call Christine Berg Schroeder at 651-523-2426 for more information.

French Film Nights
Every Sunday evening at 7 pm in the Bush Student Center. The French section of the Modern Languages Department presents a weekly film with English subtitles in the Bush Student Center, in front of the bookstore.

Hamline Dialogue Series: "Global Impacts on Nonprofit Organizations"
Thursday, November 20 at 3:45 pm in Sorin Hall, Rooms A & B. Registration and reception at 3:45 pm; Program at 4:15 pm. Panelists: Lillian McDonald, executive director, ECHO MN; MayKao Hang, director of Children and Family Services, Wilder Foundation; Doug Johnson, executive director, Center for Victims of Torture; Armando Comacho, president, Neighborhood House. Cost: $10, includes refreshments, RSVP's required. Call the School of Business at 651-523-2284 for more information or to register. 

Small College Jazz Festival
Thursday, November 20 at 7:30 pm in Sundin Music Hall. Jazz ensembles from Hamline, Macalester, St. Thomas, Normandale, and Concordia will be performing. This year’s clinician and guest artist is Mark Buselli, a nationally recognized trumpet player and big band leader from Indiana. The festival will close with an All Star Jazz Ensemble made up of the most experienced students from all the ensembles playing original compositions performed and directed by Mark Buselli. For more information, call 651-523-2459.

Keyboard Conversations with Jeffrey Siegel: "Basking in Beethoven"
Tuesday, November 25 at 7:30 pm in Sundin Music Hall. For more information, call 651-523-2459.

University Women’s Chorale & Hamline Winds: "Salute to American Composers"
Saturday, December 6 at 1:30 pm in Sundin Music Hall. The Hamline University Women's Chorale, conducted by Kathy Thomsen, presents seasonal music by American composers Vincent Persichetti and Norman Dello Joio, as well as a lively spiritual by Rollo Dilworth. Guest musicians include Carmel Leasure, marimba and Elizabeth Hauck, flute. The Hamline Winds program will feature the Midwest premiere of “The Francis Hopkinson Suite” by guest composer and conductor, Edward Marcus. Other American compositions on the program include works by Sousa, Bernstein, Dello Joio, and Giacchino. For more information, call 651-523-2459.

Hamline Orchestra’s Winter Concert, conducted by Yali You
Saturday, December 6 at 4 pm in Sundin Music Hall. The program will feature music by Rimsky-Korsakof, Borodin, Dvorak, and Mozart. The Orchestra will be joined by guest pianist Cheng Chen, the winner of the Schubert Club 2008 Competition, and the Lipa Slovak Folk Dancers in traditional Slovakian costume. For more information, call 651-523-2459.

Minnesota Guitar Society Presents the Minneapolis Guitar Quartet
Saturday, December 6 at 8 pm in Sundin Music Hall. For more information, call 651-523-2459.

A Cappella Choir Christmas Concert
Sunday, December 7 at 4 pm in Hamline United Methodist Church. There will be a special Pre-Concert reception for all Hamline alumni in Sorin Dining Hall at 2:30 pm. For more information, call 651-523-2459.

Jazz Ensemble & Jazz Combo Winter Concert
Sunday, December 7 at 7:30 pm in Hamline University’s Anne Simley Theatre. The concert will include music by Herbie Hancock, Bob Florence, Buddy Rich, Toshiko Akiorhi, Oliver Nelson, and local composers Dean Sorenson and Fred Sturm. For more information, call 651-523-2459.

International Roundtables are presentations on and/or discussions of international topics led by Hamline University faculty or campus visitors. They are open to all interested students, faculty, staff, and friends of Hamline. Bring a lunch, we will provide dessert & beverages, a topic, and a venue. The International Round Table Series is sponsored by the Global Studies Program and the Howard and Darrel Alkire Chair in International Business and Economics.

All events are held in the Giddens Learning Center, Room 1S from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

"Soccer: The Beautiful Game in the Age of Globalization"
Friday, November 21. Speaker: Carl Scott, visiting assistant professor of history, Hamline University.

"Case Studies in Globalization: Confucianism, Buddhism, and Islam in America"
Friday, December 5. Speaker: Mark Berkson, associate professor of religion, Hamline University.