Events Sponsored by the Writing Program
Friends of the Writing Program: Jamison Engle, Ron Boeding, Justin Patee, Aaron Klein, Anna Peters, and Ginny Harris.
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Writing program events are quite varied, but revolve around the humanities and literature. Some programs are held over lunch breaks, while others are (for us, anyway) epic. Peruse a comprehensive list of our events since the dawn of the program.
Photos, Videos and Posters
These are some events that generated videos, flyers or photos. We like to keep them around to remind us of the good old days.
| Date | Event | Files |
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| 02/17/2005 | UI President David Skorton and Company play jazz in the MERF |   |
| 04/26/2005 | Stringendo medicosum, the med student strings group, plays the UIHC Atrium |  |
| 09/22/2005 | Figure Drawing Class with UI art instructor David Trawick |  |
| 09/30/2005 | The UI Carver College of Medicine Medical Student Marching Band takes part in the Homecoming parade | |
| 10/13/2005 | Watercolor painting class with UI artist Melissa Newman | |
| 10/20/2005 | Literary Lunch Hour, with Iowa Writers' Workshop MFA Candidate Edan Lepucki, discussing A.M. Homes' short story "Do Not Disturb" | |
| 11/02/2005 | Presentation by Ma Thida, Burmese writer, activist and physician. Co-presented by Global Programs. | |
| 11/29/2005 | On Nov. 29, Richard P. Wenzel, MD, read from his book Stalking Microbes: A Relentless Pursuit of Infection Control at the Chait Galleries Downtown. On Nov. 30, a discussion on Infectious Diseases as a career by Dr. Wenzel |
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| 12/01/2005 | Literary Lunch Hour, with Iowa Writers' Workshop MFA candidate Matthew Vollmer, discussing Raymond Carver's "What We Talk About When We Talk About Love" | |
| 01/12/2006 | Medical and PA student Creative Writing Group meeting | |
| 02/20/2006 | Thomas Staley, M1 shows his fellow students how to construct decorative paper boxes. |  |
| 03/01/2006 | Literary Lunch Hour with Iowa Writers' Workshop MFA in Poetry candidate April Kopp: Poetry and Science-A Love Affair Through Time | |
| 03/20/2006 | Carver College of Medicine Music Festival. Daily performances by a variety of musical groups during the lunch hour. | |
| 03/21/2006 | Praful Kelkar & Subhasis Mukherjee | |
| 03/22/2006 | Stringendo Medicosum / Major Grooves | |
| 03/23/2006 | The Quire | |
| 03/24/2006 | The Doctet | |
| 04/06/2006 | Photographic Composition with instructor Tim Geerlings | |
| 09/13/2006 | Figure drawing with instructor Andrea Gertken | |
| 10/02/2006 | Literary Lunch Hour with I. Michael Koontz, author of Under Cloak of Darkness | |
| 11/06/2006 | Cello and Piano Performance with Evan Drachman and Mary Au of the Piatigorsky Foundation | |
| 01/06/2007 | Jim Edelen of the Iowa City Recreation Center teaches medical students to throw bowls, to be sold at the DVIP Souper Bowl charity event |  |
| 03/14/2007 | Decorative Box Making with Thomas Staley, M2 |  |
| 04/24/2007 | The Examined LIfe: Writing and the Art of Medicine | |
| 09/26/2007 | Literary Lunch Hour with performance artist and UI alumnus Rinde Eckert |  |
| 10/31/2007 | Pen and ink drawing with Janet Lauroesch |  |
| 11/08/2007 | Figure drawing with David Trawick | |
| 11/28/2007 | Katy Dion of the Writers' Workshop discusses John Cheever's "Goodbye, My Brother | |
| 01/18/2008 | Decorative Box Making with Thomas Staley, M3 |  |
| 10/10/2007 | Opera and Cello performance with Erika Wueschner and Richard Dowling of the Piatigorsky Foundation | |
| 02/23/2008 | Ceramics class with Amy Schmuckal at the Iowa City Recreation Center |  |
| 04/02/2008 | Melissa Newman leads an art class on "Exquisite Corpse" |  |
Event posters from past events.