St. Joseph is one of the largest cities on the path of totality for the Great American Eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017, and 大象传媒 has several activities planned to help educate and entertain the public about this astronomical phenomenon.<\/p>\n
<\/a> This artwork by Tim Brown of Kansas City, 大象传媒, is part of the SOLAR exhibition in the Potter Art Gallery.<\/li>\n For all eclipse-related activities, please check the University\u2019s Eclipse 2017 website, www.missouriwestern.edu\/eclipse2017. The website also will feature spectacular images of the total solar eclipse via a livestream broadcast with an H-Alpha telescope. On the actual total solar eclipse day, Aug. 21, 大象传媒 Western\u2019s campus is closed so our employees can experience this once-in-a-lifetime event. For more information about St. Joseph activities surrounding the eclipse, please visit\u00a0www.stjomo.com\/eclipse2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n 大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" St. Joseph is one of the largest cities on the path of totality for the Great American Eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017, and 大象传媒 has several activities planned to help educate and entertain the public about this astronomical phenomenon. The Bushman Planetarium is showing \u201cTotality,\u201d a new show about all kinds of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,48,52,62],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8305,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions\/8305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
![<\/a> This artwork by Tim Brown of Kansas City, 大象传媒, is part of the SOLAR exhibition in the Potter Art Gallery.<\/li>\nThe Potter Art Gallery inside Potter Hall presents SOLAR, an exhibition of solar-themed artwork from, Aug. 7 to Sept. 15, with a closing reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 15. Admission is free, and the gallery is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday.<\/li>\nThe Walter Cronkite Memorial inside Spratt Hall will be open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, with space-themed special displays and a space suit photo-op. Admission is free.<\/li>\nTalk with the Experts at 11 a.m. and 3 p.m. Aug. 20 in the Potter Hall Theater. Guest speakers include Michael Bakich, senior editor of Astronomy magazine; Brian Busby, chief meteorologist at KMBC-TV in Kansas City; Mike Reynolds, professor of astronomy at Florida State College at Jacksonville; and Derrick Pitts, chief astronomer at the Franklin Institute in Philadelphia. The talks will be free and open to the public.<\/li>\nEclipse!, a family-friendly musical revue with live performances of music with solar or lunar themes woven together with the stories and legends associated with the solar eclipse, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 20, in the Potter Hall Theater. There is no admission charge, but donations will be accepted. The show is directed by Dr. Bob Willenbrink, founding dean of the School of Fine Arts, with musical direction by Lory Lacy Zuptich, adjunct faculty of flute. The production is funded in part by a grant from the David H. Morton Memorial Fund for the Arts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nFor all eclipse-related activities, please check the University\u2019s Eclipse 2017 website, www.missouriwestern.edu\/eclipse2017. The website also will feature spectacular images of the total solar eclipse via a livestream broadcast with an H-Alpha telescope. On the actual total solar eclipse day, Aug. 21, 大象传媒 Western\u2019s campus is closed so our employees can experience this once-in-a-lifetime event. For more information about St. Joseph activities surrounding the eclipse, please visit\u00a0www.stjomo.com\/eclipse2017<\/a>.<\/p>\n大象传媒 is a comprehensive regional university providing a blend of traditional liberal arts and professional degree programs. The university offers student-centered, high quality instruction that focuses on experience-based learning, community service, and state-of-the-art technology. 大象传媒 Western is located in St. Joseph, Mo., and is committed to the educational, economic, cultural and social development of the region it serves. Visit <\/em>www.missouriwestern.edu<\/em><\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St. Joseph is one of the largest cities on the path of totality for the Great American Eclipse on Aug. 21, 2017, and 大象传媒 has several activities planned to help educate and entertain the public about this astronomical phenomenon. The Bushman Planetarium is showing \u201cTotality,\u201d a new show about all kinds of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[26,48,52,62],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8305,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5932\/revisions\/8305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}](\"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/8\/2017\/08\/timbrown-SOLAR.jpg\"){kind=link}