Turnbull Portland Center Calendar of Events, Deadlines and Important Dates: 2008
January 7: Spring term classes begin (Strategic Communication master’s classes)
February 4, 5pm: Open house for Strategic Communication master’s program
February 9, 16, 23: International PR Professional Workshop, 10am - 2pm (Curtin)
Mid-February: Review of Strategic Communication master’s applications begins (applications considered on a first-come, first-served basis; review cycle remains open until July 1 application deadline)
February 23, 24: Sports Enterprise Reporting Workshop (Campbell - undergraduates only)
March 14: Final day of winter term classes
March 24 – 28: Spring break
March 31: Spring term classes begin (Strategic Communication master’s classes; Senior Experience undergraduate courses)
April 3: Payne Awards judging, Turnbull Portland Center
April 4: Hulteng Conversations in Ethics & lecture by NPR president Kevin Klose; official opening of the Turnbull Portland Center's new home at the White Stag Block
April 19, April 26, May 3: Strategic Creativity Professional Workshop, 10am - 3pm (Morrison)
April 25: Bruce Baer Award Judging, Turnbull Portland Center (Gleason)
May 2: Imagining America regional meeting Turnbull Portland Center, main classroom (Warpinski)
May 6: Portland Paddle (part of North Pacific District PRSA/Communicator’s Conference)
May 6, 5pm: PRSA/PRSSA/IABC social at the Turnbull Portland Center (part of the North Pacific District PRSA/Communicator’s Conference)
May 9: Journalism luncheon led by Jan Schaffer, executive director of J-Lab: The Institute for Interactive Journalism (11:30am – 1:00pm)
May 10: Inaugural Dixon Narrative Workshop, Turnbull Portland Center (Kessler)
May 15: Hall of Achievement Selection Committee meeting, Turnbull Portland Center, main classroom (12 – 2:30pm)
May 15: Social Venture Partners Annual Partners’ Meeting, Turnbull Portland Center (5:30 – 7:30pm, tours begin at 4:30pm)
May 16: Journalism Advancement Council meeting, Turnbull Portland Center (Gleason)
May 16: Grantmakers of Oregon and SW Washington breakfast, Turnbull Portland Center (8 – 9:30am)
June 6: Final day of spring term classes
June 14: Commencement, Eugene
July 4: Independence Day holiday
July 1: Application deadline for Professional Master’s in Strategic Communication program
July 7 – August 15: Northwest Institute for Social Change summer program, hosted at the Turnbull Portland Center, main classroom
September 11: George Pasero Scholarship Golf Tournament, Langdon Farms
September 29: Fall term classes begin (Strategic Communication master’s classes; Senior Experience undergraduate courses)
November 7 – 9: Wordstock, Oregon Convention Center
November 27 – 28: Thanksgiving vacation
December 5: Final day of fall term classes