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Schedule of Events — April 25–28

 

HIGHLIGHTS

Exploring the frontiers of creativity, sustainability, and peace

In person:

  • Filmmaker David Lynch on creativity and consciousness
  • Physicist John Hagelin on quantum physics, spirituality, and peace
  • Brain researcher Fred Travis on the meditation and the brain

Live concert:

  • Donovan
  • Moby
  • Chrysta Bell

Sustainable Living sessions with faculty and students

Campus tour featuring:

  • Sustainable Living department
  • organic greenhouses
  • biodiesel plant Abundance Ecovillage
  • Argiro Student Center
  • Campus Recreation Center

Live brainwave demonstration — What happens during meditation?

Social events and Q&A sessions with MUM students and faculty

Organic vegetarian meals

FULL SCHEDULE

Schedule subject to change

Registration on Friday — Argiro Student Center

2:00 – 9:00 pm Visitors Registration

Friday Evening — Argiro Student Center

6:00 – 7:30 pm Organic vegetarian dinner (included in registration fee)
7:30 – 9:30 pm Welcome reception:
  • “Welcome to M.U.M.” Mariam Daudi, President of Global Student Council
  • David Lynch and John Hagelin “Welcome to the Weekend”
  • M.U.M. student entertainment
  • Dazzling dessert reception

Saturday morning

8:00 – 9:30 am
Argiro Student Center
Organic vegetarian breakfast (included in registration fee)
9:30 – 10:00 am
Grand Assembly Hall
“What is Consciousness-Based education?”
Bob Roth, vice-president, David Lynch Foundation
10:00 – 11:00 am
Grand Assembly Hall
“Catching the big fish — creativity and pure consciousness”
David Lynch (questions & answers)
11:00 – 11:10 am Break
11:10 – 12:00 noon
Grand Assembly Hall
“Quantum physics and consciousness — going beyond thought”
John Hagelin, Ph.D.
12:00 – 1:15 pm
Argiro Student Center
Organic vegetarian lunch (included in registration fee)

Saturday afternoon — Argiro Student Center

1:15 – 1:45 pm “Life in harmony with the laws of nature”
Lonnie Gamble, Professor of Sustainable Living
1:45 – 2:15 pm “Sustainability — 100% Inner and 100% Outer”
M.U.M. student panel discussion
2:15 – 2:45 pm “MUM’s the Word”
David Lynch
2:45 – 3:00 pm Break
3:15 – 4:00 pm Knowledge Sessions with M.U.M. Faculty:
  • Vedic Science — Student Lounge
  • Business — Dreier Building Room 12
  • Communications and Media — Dreier Building Room 3
  • Art — Student Union Basement
  • Sustainable Living — Dalby Hall
4:00 – 6:00 pm Optional activities with students:
  • Walk on the Jefferson County Trail System
  • Tea at Revelations Café
  • Music jam session
  • Games in the student lounge
6:00 – 7:30 pm
Argiro Student Center
Organic vegetarian dinner (included in registration fee)

Saturday Evening — Grand Assembly Hall

8:00 – 9:30 pm Concert honoring Donovan — featuring special guest Moby with Laura Dawn and Chrysta Bell

Sunday morning — Argiro Student Center

8:00 – 10:00 am Organic vegetarian breakfast (included in registration fee)
10:00 – 10:20 am “MUM’s unique study abroad program”
Ken Daley, Director of MUM’s Rotating University program and Professor of Exercise and Sport Science
10:20 – 11:00 am “What happens to your brain when you meditate?”
Live brainwave demonstration conducted by Fred Travis, Ph.D., Director of the Center for Brain, Consciousness, and Cognition
11:00 – 11:15 am Break
11:15 – 12:00 noon “Creating peace from the quantum level”
John Hagelin and David Lynch
12:00 – 2:00 pm Organic vegetarian picnic on the lawn (weather permitting)

Sunday afternoon — Argiro Student Center

2:00 – 3:00 pm “What it’s like to be an M.U.M. student”
M.U.M. student panel (Q & A)
3:00 – 6:00 pm Free time and optional activities with students:
  • Walk on the Jefferson County Trail System
  • Tea at Revelations Café
  • Music jam session
  • Games in the student lounge

Sunday evening

6:00 – 7:30 pm
Argiro Student Center
Organic vegetarian dinner (included in registration fee)
7:45 – 9:15 pm
Grand Assembly Hall
Concert
  • Chrysta Bell & Band
  • Oceana Gayden & Zenphonic

Monday morning — Argiro Student Center

8:00 – 9:40 am Organic vegetarian breakfast (included in registration fee)
10:00 – 12 noon Campus tour including:
  • Argiro Student Center
  • Golden Dome
  • Biodiesel plant
  • Organic greenhouses
  • Student residence halls
12:00 – 1:00 pm Organic vegetarian lunch (included in registration fee)
Note: The program and schedule are subject to change.
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