The first week of March will see Eastern holding events across campus, ranging from educational to theatrical.  

Monday will start off the week with a Zoom meeting of the Minority Teacher Education Association Panel Series.  

This installment of the series is called “Hearing from Our Past to Motivate Our Future,” and will feature Eastern alums discussing their experiences as minority teachers, according to Eastern’s events calendar. The event will take place from 6 to 7:30 p.m. 

Tuesday will feature a Jazz Lab Band performance in the Black Box in Doudna at 7:30 p.m.  

Located in room 2430 of Buzzard Hall is the Wired Wednesday Webinar, and Wednesday’s meeting will address common mistakes that both writing teachers and students make and features M. Colleen Cruz.  

An Eastern performance of “Little Women: The Broadway Musical” is happening from Thursday to Sunday in Doudna’s theatre. Thursday through Saturday’s performances will be at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday’s at 2 p.m. 

According to Doudna’s description of the musical, the story follows four sisters through their lives in Civil War America and is based on the life of Louisa May Alcott, an American novelist who wrote the book “Little Women.” 

Tickets for general admission are $20, $15 for Eastern employees and senior citizens and $10 for students.  

Thursday is the official date of the midterm of the Spring 2022 semester.  

Concluding the week is Eastern’s Symphonic and Concert Band’s performance on Sunday evening in Doudna’s Dvorak Concert Hall. Tickets are $6 for general admission, Eastern employees and senior citizens, and $5 for students. 

Ryan Meyer can be reached at 581-2812 or at rameyer@eiu.edu.