Events

Orientation for the newly selected incoming class of Lamplighters.

The winner of 6 Tony Awards, Dear Evan Hansen is a deeply personal and profoundly contemporary musical about life and the way we live it. More information at www.stagecenterla.com/dearevanhansen.

Annual convocation to open the academic year.

A celebration of the completion of the first phase of Mickle Hall's renovation, featuring a new ADA-accessible entrance. This milestone marks the beginning of a larger transformation that will preserve and enhance one of Centenary's most cherished buildings for generations to come. Ribbon cutting to immediately follow the President's Convocation.

Northwestern Mutual will be on campus to talk with studnets about internhsip opportunities.

Get a first look at the Meadows Museum's fall 2026 exhibitions!
Free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Cash bar.

5:00PM - Member-only admission
5:30PM - General admission
6:00PM - Artist Panel with Todd Camplin and Allison West

**_[Ode to the Word Abstract: Selected Works from 2010 - 2026](https://meadows-centenary.squarespace.com/meadows-exhibitions/ode-to-the-word-abstract)_**
Featuring works by Todd Camplin, this collection includes text abstracted into objects/images, explores endangered and extinct languages, and a reinterpretation of poems by two Centenary College students into an abstract work.

**_[The Bee Sequence](https://meadows-centenary.squarespace.com/meadows-exhibitions/the-bee-sequence)_**
Allison West creates a sculptural translation of Sylvia Plath's 1962 poetry cycle that explores control, tradition, domesticity, and female identity. 

**_[The Mayan Creation: Words that Shape Worlds](https://meadows-centenary.squarespace.com/meadows-exhibitions/the-mayan-creation)_**
Loosely based on Part One of the _Popol Vuh_, a series of works by Luz-Maria Lopez tell the Mayan creation story through alternating pages of text and illustrations.

This event series serves as an opportunity for students to attend informal talks provided by faculty across all discliplines regarding a topical interest of theirs, in their respective field. These talks are not highly technical, but engaging and serve as a mechanism for students to earn passport points.