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INAUGURAL DAY EVENTS:

EVENT	DATE/TIME	LOCATION	GUESTS
*Inaugural Ceremony Inaugural Address Chancellor McCormick and MnSCU Board Trustee Cheryl Dickson will invest Sue K. Hammersmith as the 6th president of Metropolitan State University.	Friday, Oct. 2, 2:30 p.m.	Metropolitan State University St. Paul Campus, Auditorium 700 East 7th Street	Open to invited guests
*Inaugural Reception Reception following the inaugural ceremony.	Friday, Oct. 2, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.	Metropolitan State University St. Paul Campus, Great Hall 700 East 7th Street	Open to invited guests (Faculty, staff, students, community partners, invited guests)
*Private Inaugural Dinner	Friday, Oct. 2, 6:30 p.m.		By Invitation Only

*For further information, please contact either Leanne Derry (leanne.derry@metrostate.edu) at 651.793.1900 or
Deb Vos (deb.vos@metrostate.edu) at 651.793.1802.

SCHEDULE OF EVENTS:

EVENT	DATE/TIME	LOCATION	GUESTS
Breakfast with East Side Partners Introduction to St. Paul’s East Side Community Partners.	Wed., Sept. 16 8-9:30 a.m.	Metropolitan State University 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul Library Room 301	Open to Invited Guests
Breakfast with East Side Partners Introduction to St. Paul’s East Side Community Partners.	Fri., Sept. 18, 8-9:30 a.m.	Metropolitan State University 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul Library Room 301	Open to Invited Guests
Breakfast with East Side Partners Introduction to St. Paul’s East Side Community Partners.	Thurs., Sept. 24 8-9:30 a.m.	Metropolitan State University 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul Library Room 301	Open to Invited Guests
Open House on Minneapolis Campus: As part of Metropolitan State's festivities surrounding the inauguration of our next president, Sue K. Hammersmith, join us as we celebrate Metropolitan State's Minneapolis programs. Open House at the Management Education Center (1300 Harmon Place) on the second floor from 3:30 to 6:00. Learn more about our programs, enjoy light refreshments, and help us celebrate our new President!	Thurs., Sept. 24 3:30 – 6:00 p.m.	Metropolitan State University Minneapolis Campus 1300 Harmon Place., MEC Bldg, 2nd Floor	Open to Faculty, Staff, Students and Invited Guests
Banned Books Week: Celebrating the Freedom to Read Please join the library in celebrating intellectual freedom during Banned Books Week, September 26-October 3, 2009. Visit the displays . Get your photo taken with your favorite banned book. Register for a drawing to win gift certificates and merchandise.	September 26 - October 3	Metropolitan State University 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul	Open to the Public
Camp Darfur Camp Darfur is an interactive awareness and education event calling attention to the genocide in Sudan’s Darfur region and four other areas around the world. There will be special displays, including five symbolic tents set up on campus outside New Main to remind visitors of the desperate conditions confronting Darfur and other refugees worldwide.	Thurs., Oct. 8 Noon – 6 p.m.	Metropolitan State University 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul	Open to the Public See website: www.metrostate.edu
Breakfast with East Side Partners Introduction to St. Paul’s East Side Community Partners.	Fri., Oct. 9 8-9:30 a.m.	Metropolitan State University 700 East 7th Street, St. Paul Library Room 301	Open to Invited Guests