Annual event adds undergraduate opportunities

Rock Island, IL - The Quad Cities Graduate Study Center (GradCenter) is pleased to announce the 2009 GradCenter Night, to be held on Tuesday, April 14 from 4:00pm to 6:00pm at the i wireless Center. The i wireless Center is located at 1201 River Drive in Moline.

GradCenter Night is an annual event that allows adults with varied work backgrounds to meet with representatives from member institutions to explore ways to acquire new skills, build on existing skills and learn about ways to make a career change. The event is geared toward working adults who are interested in learning about courses, certificates and programs that can build on their existing education and job experience to create new opportunities for career advancement.

"Having a number of institutions in one place makes it possible for Quad Cities residents to jumpstart the development process," notes Marti Clyde, GradCenter Director. "Our students typically have very full lives, and streamlining discovery can help them chart a clear path very quickly."

According to Clyde, this year's event features a first. "We're very pleased to announce that two additional colleges will be represented for the first time," she says. "Black Hawk College and Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences have agreed to participate. This allows us to present information for an expanded selection of undergraduate opportunities at a time when we see additional need."

The complete list of participating institutions includes: Drake University, Northern Illinois University, Saint Xavier University, St. Ambrose University, the University of Illinois, the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa, Western Illinois University, Black Hawk College and Trinity College of Nursing and Health Sciences.

GradCenter Night is open to all adults on a walk-in basis. Questions should be directed to GradCenter Director Marti Clyde at (309) 794-7376 or by email at MC@gradcenter.org.

The Quad-Cities Graduate Study Center (GradCenter) is a publicly-funded academic consortium of 10 universities incorporated in 1969. The GradCenter supports its members in offering graduate degree programs, graduate non-degree courses, and continuing professional education in the Quad Cities.  Courses are offered at the GradCenter located on the Augustana College campus in Rock Island, Illinois as well as Western Illinois University-Quad Cities, St. Ambrose University, the Kahl Educational Center, the Figge Art Museum, the New Ventures Center, and numerous other convenient locations. Programs include an array of 80+ graduate degree programs, certificate programs, and professional update courses designed for students whose work and family responsibilities make full-time study difficult.

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A dvd video presentation from the makers of "What the Bleep do We Know?" will reveal water as you've never seen it.  Afterward, presenter Michael Grady, owner of Atlantispa, will demonstrate how to artificially make healthy spring quality water that you can make at home."

7.00 pm on Thursday April 9th. 2009 @ the Independent Scholars' Evenings, 513 16th St, Moline (2nd. Floor). Doors open at 6.30 pm.

The event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments are served.

Please look into our website: www.qcinstitute.org

Independent Scholars' Evenings are sponsored by The Institute for Cultural and Healing Traditions, Ltd a 501(c) 3. The Institute began in 1996.

Chamber Music Quad Cities presents a Spring Concert on Saturday, April 18th at 7:30 PM at the Unitarian Church, 3707 Eastern Avenue, Davenport.

Works by Beethoven, Schumann and Mendelssohn will be performed.

The artistic director of Chamber Music Quad Cities is Moline Native David Bowlin, assistant professor of violin at the Oberlin College Conservatory. He will be joined by former Chamber Music Quad Cities co-artistic director Thomas Sauer, pianist, and cellist Colin Carr. Sauer is profesor of music at the Mannes College of Music of New York City. Carr has appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras including those of Chicago, Philadelphia and Los Angeles.

The Spring Concert is dedicated in memory of Chamber Music Quad Cities board of directors member John Kiley, in appreciation of his service to Chamber Music Quad Cities and the community.

Additional parking is available, courtesy of Valley Bank, in the bank parking lot just east of the Unitarian Church. The bank is located near the intersection of Kimberly Road and Spring Street in Davenport.

Tickets can be purchased at the door: $10 for adults and $5 for students. For further information please call 309-797-0516, or visit the website at
www.chambermusicqc.com

A full schedule of events can be found online at www.qcscskate.com or by calling 563-322-5220.

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