The January Series
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The January Series is an annual program of lectures and concerts at Calvin College, located in Grand Rapids, Michigan. During the college's annual January Interim Term, students are encouraged to select a course of academic enrichments not offered during the regular semesters.
During the Interim, the college sponsors the daily hour-long cultural enrichment series called The January Series. Presented at 12:30 pm in the 1000-seat Fine Arts Center Auditorium on campus, the series is open without charge to students, faculty, and the community. Despite typical Michigan winter weather, the auditorium often fills up and the audience spills over into closed circuit television rooms. The Series has become an important part of the cultural and educational offerings in Western Michigan and has received nationwide attention. The International Platform Society, founded by Daniel Webster in 1834, has awarded TJS the Silver Bowl Award for "Best Campus Lecture Series in the U.S.A." three times (1994, 1995 & 1999) and has since retired the award.
In the twenty-year history of the series, speakers have included such notables as C. Everett Koop, Morris Dees, Garrison Keillor, Stanley Hauerwas, Paul Farmer, and many more.
[edit] Speakers
The speakers for the 2007 January Series are shown below.
| Date | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|
| January 3 | Lauren Winner | "The Truth about Married Sex" |
| January 4 | Richard Lapchick | "Sports Heroes Off the Field Making this a Better World" |
| January 5 | N. T. Wright | "Simply Christian" |
| January 8 | Laura Smit | "Reclaiming the Value of Beauty" |
| January 9 | Gerard Thomas Straub | "Poverty and Prayer and the Power of Film" |
| January 10 | S. Frederick Starr | "What's Happening at the Heart of Eurasia?" |
| January 11 | Gloriae Dei Cantores | -- |
| January 12 | Peter Okaalet | "Health and Hope for a Hurting World" |
| January 15 | Brenda Salter McNeil | "The Heart of Racial Justice" |
| January 16 | Jon Meacham | "American Gospel: God, the Founding Fathers, and the Making of a Nation" |
| January 17 | Jeff Shaara | "The Rising Tide: A Storyteller's View of the Second World War" |
| January 18 | Miroslav Volf | "Free of Charge: Giving and Forgiving in a Culture Stripped of Grace" |
| January 19 | Louisiana Repertory Jazz Ensemble | -- |
| January 22 | Christopher Buckley | "An Afternoon with Christopher Buckley" |
| January 23 | June Hamersma | "My Story: Twenty Years of The January Series" |
