October 2008

• Dates TBA: Immigration Conference, planned/coordinated by the History Dept. and sponsored by the Wilson Center. Details to be posted as speakers are confirmed.
• Friday, 10/10: Military Leadership Applications due
• Friday, 10/10: Annual Public Service Alumni Forum: "Healthcare and the 2008 Election" - Parents & Friends Lounge, 4:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by Career Development.
• Saturday, 10/11: Homecoming - Wilson Center Cookout and Open House; 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
• Wednesday, 10/15: Society of '91 Small Group meeting with Gen. Wilson - Wilson Center Front Room, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Class members only.

November 2008

• Tuesday, 11/4: Annual Election Watch - Tiger Inn, 9:00 p.m. Refreshments and political analysis provided. Free and open to the public.
• Thursday, 11/6: Annual Trip to Washington D.C. For sign-up information, see Rucker Snead.

December 2008

• Sunday, TBA: Moot Court, Chairman's Room, 4:00 p.m. Co-sponsored by the Wilson Center and the Pre-Law Society.
• TBA: Senior Research papers due

January 2009

• January - May: A. Pierre "Tony" Jackson, Esq. will teach the common law course spring semester.
• TBA: Wilson Center Faculty Oversight Committee Meeting, 11:30 a.m., North Dining Room.
• TBA: "State of the Union Watch", 9:00 p.m., Tiger Inn. Refreshments and analysis provided.

February 2009

• TBA: State finals for the "We the People: The Citizen and the Constitution" program, Charlottesville. Dr. Marion serves as a judge.
• Tuesday, 2/17: Notices will be sent to all H-SC sophomores inviting them to apply to the Public Service Program. Application form
• Wednesday, 2/25: Society of '91 Small Group meeting with Gen. Wilson - Wilson Center Front Room, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Class members only.

March 2009

• Tuesday, 3/17: Conference sessions - "Politics, Religion and Culture in Global Perspective" - evening, Crawley Forum
• Thursday, 3/19: Conference sessions - "Politics, Religion and Culture in Global Perspective" - evening, Crawley Forum
• TBA: Pentagon Trip, all day. For details contact Rucker Snead at rsnead@hsc.edu.
• TBA: National Model African Union
• Friday, 3/20: Public Service Program Applications due
• Wednesday, 3/25: Society of '91 Small Group meeting with Gen. Wilson - Wilson Center Front Room, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m. Class members only.
• Thursday, 3/26: Conference sessions - "Politics, Religion and Culture in Global Perspective" - evening, Crawley Forum
• Tuesday, 4/31: Conference sessions - "Politics, Religion and Culture in Global Perspective" - evening, Crawley Forum

April 2009

• Tuesday, 4/7: Public Service Program candidate interviews and dinner, Board Room. Interviews begin at 4:00; dinner is at 5:30 p.m.
• Wednesday, 4/15: Society of '91 graduation ceremony. Johns Auditorium, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.
• Friday, 4/17: Wilson Center Board Meeting. Parents & Friends Lounge, 3:30 p.m.
• Friday, 4/17: Wilson Center Patrick Henry/Public Service Awards Banquet, 5:30 p.m. Reception - Chairman's Room; Dinner - Board Room. Joint annual event with Alumni Council.
• TBA: Senior presentations for Public Service, 4:00 p.m., Chairman's Room. Free and open to the public.
• TBA: Annual Public Service Program meetings at with State and City officials, Richmond

May 2009

• Wilson Center cookout, TBA

June 2008

• TBA: Meeting of Dr. Marion, Wanda Whitus of the Chamber of Commerce to begin planning the fall "Leadership Farmville" program
• TBA: Alumni College: The Wilson Center assists in the planning and funding of this annual event. For more information, go to www.hsc.edu/alumni
• TBD: Public Service student internship site visits done by Dr. Marion, Washington, D.C.

July 2008

• Wednesday, 7/18: Center for Civic Education workshop on the Constitution for high school teachers, Montpelier (James Madison's plantation home, Orange County) Dr. Marion, co-presenter.

August 2008

• Dr. Marion on sabbatical, fall semester
• Wednesday - Friday, 8/20-22: Pre-orientation student workshop, "Political Leadership." Instructors are Dr. John Eastby and Dr. Roger Barrus. Guest presenters include Mr. Rucker Snead, Mr. Ciaran Buckley, Lt. Gen. Samuel V. Wilson (USA ret) and Lt. Gen. William G. (Jerry) Boykin (USA ret). The workshop culminates with a tour of Appomattox Court House on August 22
• Tuesday, 8/26: Meeting for all Public Service students, 4 PM, Wilson Center
• August - May: Residency by the First Wilson Center Fellow and former Wheat Chair Lt. General Samuel V. Wilson (USA ret.)
• August - May: Wheat Chair Lt. Gen. William "Jerry" Boykin (USA ret.) will teach An Overview of US National Intelligence as well as An Advanced Seminar on Leadership and Ethics

September 2008

• Monday, 9/1: Public Service Program - first class meeting of INDS 377 - time on course schedule, Morton Hall, 3rd Floor. Dr. Roger Barrus, instructor
• Wednesday, 9/10: Society of '91 Opening Dinner and Meeting - 7 PM, Board Room & Chairman's Room. For more info, contact D. Fahrner, phone 6128
• Thursday, 9/11: "US Foreign Policy and National Security Challenges and the 2008 Presidential Election" - Speakers include Lt. General Samuel V. Wilson (USA ret), Maj. General Gary L. Harrell (USA ret), Former Delta Force Commander and specialist in operations and logistics, and The Rev. Dr. Ben C. Mathes, founder and President of Rivers of the World. Crawley Forum, 7:30 PM. Free and open to the public.
• Saturday, 9/13: (tent.) Trip to Spy Museum and Marine Corps Museum - contact Rucker Snead or Jerry Boykin.
• Wednesday, 9/17: "In Remembrance of Alexander Solzhenitsyn" - Dr. James F. Pontuso, Patterson Chair of Government and Foreign Affairs. Wilson Center Front room, 4;15 PM. Free and open to the public.
• Saturday, 9/27: Family Weekend - Wilson Center Cookout and Open House; 12:00 - 4:00 p.m.
• Monday, 9/29: "Munich Revisited: The 70th Anniversary of the Munich Conference" - Dr. James Y. Simms, Jr., Elliott Professor of History and Director of the Military Leadership/National Security Studies Program. Parents and Friends Lounge, 7:30 p.m. Free and open to the public.
• TBA: Kickoff program for Freshman Leadership Program. By application/invitation. For more information, contact Dr. Curt Smith.