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UO:
- Event: Premier of “Bowerman, Man of Oregon,” a musical tribute to legendary UO track coach Bill Bowerman
- Date/Time: July 1, 2008, 7:30 p.m.
- Location: Hult Center for the Performing Arts, Eugene
- Information: The Oregon Humanities Center at the University of Oregon commissioned an orchestral piece "Bowerman, Man of Oregon," a musical tribute to legendary UO track coach Bill Bowerman. It will be premiered at the Oregon Bach Festival on July 1. The multimedia gala event will also show the OPB documentary about Bowerman. Information and tickets are available from the Oregon Bach Festival, http://www.oregonbachfestival.com
- Event: First screening of video called “A History of the University of Oregon, 1857-1989”
- Date/Time: May 30, 2008, 5:00 p.m.
- Location: Knight Library at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Room 41
- Organization: University of Oregon Humanities Center (http://www.uoregon.edu/~humanctr/)
- Information: The UO Humanities Center, in collaboration with UO Media Services, has produced a documentary DVD called “A History of the University of Oregon, 1857-1989.” Parts II and III will be screened for the first time on Friday, May 30 at 5 p.m. in 41 Media Services, Knight Library. The DVD will be available for purchase at all Duck Store locations. The event is free and open to the public, and the UO Bookstore will have a booth set up at the premiere to sell copies of the documentary.
- The Department of Art is working with the Lane Historical Society to help document the stories of Native American teachers.
- The Oregon Bach Festival, born out of the UO School of Music, is celebrating some other milestones in 2009 (40th anniversary of the festival; 200th anniversary of Mendelssohn's birth and Haydn's death), which will be linked with OR 150.
- Library exhibits for 2008-2009 will feature Oregon 150 themes
- Archive special contributions
