All Events

September 1, 2020 - December 1, 2020

Zoom English Conversation Hour

Online

English Conversation Hour is a great opportunity for students and others to practice their English-speaking skills and meet people from different cultures. Join the conversation and make new friends! These free sessions will take place on Zoom.

Virtual, Campus Life, Community

Blurred image of people gathered in an atrium with a globe surrounded by lights in the corner

September 3, 2020 - October 1, 2020

IISS Great Decisions Fall 2020

Zoom

Stay in the know of the world around you with Great Decisions Fall 2020!

Virtual, Community

Poster with words Greater Kansas City Peacebuilding Conference.

September 9, 2020 - September 21, 2020

Peacebuilding Conference September

Online

September speakers Steven Youngblood (Sept. 9) and Lewis W. Diuguid (Sept. 21) offer insight on partisan media and disinformation.

Virtual, Conferences & Lectures, Community

September 17, 2020 - September 27, 2020

Academic Theatre: 'Defying Gravity'

Carlsen Center

Explore the Challenger Space Shuttle explosion and the lives still impacted.

Community, Arts & Performances, Campus Life

Photo of flower fields in the Netherlands.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, September 23, 2020

Explore the World Series: Headlines from the Netherlands

Online

Headlines from the Netherlands: Renée Frommé, Tineke Laarhoven and Gilles van der Putt, Koning Willem College, 's-Hertogenbosch (the Netherlands) . This event is free and open to the public.

Community, Campus Life, Virtual

A single student works at a table in an empty hallway.

6:30 PM - 8:00 PM, September 23, 2020

College Now Info Night

Capitol Federal Conference Center, RC 101

Learn how to earn college credit while in high school! Attend a College Now Info Session, either in person or online.

Campus Life, Virtual

8:00 PM, September 26, 2020

Carlsen Center Presents: Opus 76 Quartet

Polsky Theatre

Opus 76 Quartet will present Becoming Beethoven: Master of the String Quartet.

Arts & Performances, Virtual

Words: Crush the Vote (the o in vote is a sunflower) Johnson County Community College

9:30 PM, September 29, 2020

DebateWatch 2020: Watch, Listen, Learn

Virtual

Discuss issues that matter after the first 2020 presidential debate.

Community, Virtual, Campus Life

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, September 30, 2020

Explore the World Series: JCCC Travelers, Middle East

Online

JCCC Travelers – Middle East: Melanie Bevell Hull, Dawn Gale and Dessa Crum. This event is free and open to the public.

Community, Virtual, Campus Life

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM, September 30, 2020

Latinx Family Day/Día de Visita para Familias Latinas: Día en el colegio

Online via Zoom

Hear about enrollment, scholarships, resources, clubs and more!

Campus Life, Virtual, Community

October 7, 2020

Missouri Residents: Last Day to Register to Vote

Online

Be involved! Voting is your right and privilege!

Community, Campus Life

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, October 7, 2020

Peacebuilding Conference October

Online

October speaker Tamanna Salikuddin will speak on social justice and today’s challenges.

Virtual, Community, Conferences & Lectures

City of Krakow at dusk with buildings lit up

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, October 14, 2020

Explore the World Series: International Careers, Banking and Purchasing

Online

International Careers: Konrad Patterson, UBS (international banking) and Katerina Kochergina, Kongsberg Group (strategic buyer)

Virtual, Campus Life, Community

7:00 PM, October 18, 2020

Carlsen Center Presents: Winterlude: Bob Bowman

Polsky Theatre

Bassist, composer and Kansas native Bob Bowman has been a major contributor to Kansas City jazz since 1988.

Arts & Performances

October 19, 2020 - October 20, 2020

Virtual Networking Fair

Online

Explore careers and industries in today’s workplace.

Campus Life, Virtual

Photo of people waiting along a railroad track in Africa.

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, October 21, 2020

Explore the World Series: Headlines from Uganda

Online

Headlines from East Africa: Gloria Laker, Coordinator, Uganda Refugee Online News Network (Uganda)

Virtual, Campus Life, Community

2:00 PM - 3:00 PM, October 28, 2020

Explore the World Series: JCCC Travelers, Asia

Online

JCCC Travelers: Japan — Sheilah Philip, Beth Gulley and Aaron Prater. This weekly event is free and open to the public.

Community, Campus Life, Virtual

November 4, 2020 - November 5, 2020

Peacebuilding Conference November

Online

To wrap up the conference in November, keynote speaker Rev. Dr. Vernon P. Howard Jr., Eric Garbison, Rabbi Doug Alpert, Melissa Robinson and Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas will inspire us to “be the change.”

Community, Virtual, Conferences & Lectures