Blackburn College

Whitney Myers Masterclass
2024-02-08 16:30 (America/Chicago) | Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College, 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, 62626, United States
In Bothwell Auditorium, Dr. Whitney Myers, a world-class performer, will work with Blackburn College’s vocal students, provide them with feedback, and help them with their performances. Funding for this event provided by The Art & Issues Committee.

CAB Event: Trivia Tuesday
2024-02-06 19:00 - 21:00, 2024-01-30 19:00 - 21:00 | Demuzio Center Blackburn College, 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois, 62626
Join the Campus Activities Board for Trivia in DCC at 7:00 pm every TUESDAY! Are you interested in submitting or hosting your own Trivia Games? Contact cab@blackburn.edu for more information!

CAB Event: Blackburn's Got Talent Auditions
2024-02-05 19:00 - 21:00
A second opportunity to audition for Blackburn’s Got Talent (on Feb. 10) will occur on Monday, Feb. 5. Sign up for an audition time and submit any needed items (for example, a keyboard) by emailing the Director of Student Engagement Alia Stewart (alia.stewart@blackburn.edu) to secure your spot!

CAB Event: Mulled Monday
2024-02-05 14:00 - 16:00, 2024-01-29 14:00 - 16:00
Join the Campus Activities Board in Jaenke Alumni Center for Milkshake Monday from 2:00 – 4:00 pm! This event will occur every Monday unless otherwise noted or the campus is closed. Every time you come to this event, you will receive a sticker on your CAB Card, AND attendance will be taken for House Cup points!
This event is open to all students, faculty, and staff. If you’re interested in co-hosting Milkshake Monday with your club/organization or department, contact Alia Stewart (alia.stewart@blackburn.edu)

Autumn Switzer Senior Capstone Performance
2024-02-03 18:00 - 19:00 | Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College, 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, 62626, United States
Autumn Switzer will present songs and monologues to tell a story of life. This concert will be held at 6 pm on February 3 in Bothwell Auditorium.

Honoring Blackburn Women in Sports Day
2024-02-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Jaenke Alumni Center, 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, 62626, United States
Come celebrate National Girls and Women in Sports Day with Blackburn Athletics! This day raises awareness and acts as a reminder of the positive impact of sports and the continued need to promote gender equality in athletics. Join Blackburn Athletics in the Jaenke Center as we recognize all former female student- athletes of Blackburn College in a celebration of the progress that was made since Title IX was passed in 1972 and acknowledge the work still to be done to attain true equality in sport.

CAB Event: Just Dance
2024-02-02 19:00 - 21:00 | Jaenke Alumni Center, 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, 62626, United States
Join the Campus Activities Board in Jaenke Alumni Center on Friday, February 2, from 7:00 – 9:00 pm to play JUST DANCE! Who will BC’s best dancers be?

Diversity & Inclusion Game - Blackburn vs MUW
2024-02-01 17:30 - 21:30 | Dawes Gymnasium
The Athletics Department & the Black Student Union are partnering to celebrate Black History Month Thursday, February 1. Join us in historic Dawes Gymnasium to watch both women’s and men’s basketball teams face Mississippi University for Women. Tip off at 5:30 pm.
Find more information at BlackburnBeavers.com >

Blackburn's Film Club Presents Pulp Fiction (1994)
2024-01-31 20:00 - 22:00 | Jaenke Alumni Center, 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, 62626, United States
The Film Club will host a movie night in Jaenke on Wednesday, January 31, 2024, at 8 PM. The film that we will be watching is Pulp Fiction (1994). Everyone is welcomed to join the club on this night. We will start playing movie trailers by 8 PM. The movie will be starting at 8:10 PM.

Last day to register, add a course, declare a course to be taken pass/fail, or drop a course without a W.
2024-01-30 08:00 - 17:00

Diversity & Inclusion Basketball Game
2024-01-29 17:30 - 21:30 | Dawes Gymnasium
Athletics & the Black Student Union are partnering to celebrate Black History Month on February 1. The Blackburn Beavers take on Mississippi University for Women, at 5:30 pm and 7:30 pm.
Find more information at BlackburnBeavers.com >

CAB EVENT: Monthly Movie Night - Bottoms
2024-01-27 19:00 - 21:00 | Jaenke Alumni Center, 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, 62626, United States
Join the Campus Activities Board in Jaenke Alumni Center on Saturday, January 27 at 7:00 pm for their Monthly Movie Night to watch “Bottoms”!
About Bottoms: “In this refreshingly unique comedy, two girls, PJ and Josie, start a fight club as a way to lose their virginities to cheerleaders. And their bizarre plan works! The fight club gains traction, and soon the most popular girls in school are beating each other up in the name of self-defense. But PJ and Josie find themselves in over their heads and in need of a way out before their plan is exposed.”
This film is Rated “R” for “Crude Sexual Content, Pervasive Language and Some Violence”

CAB EVENT: Vision Board Night
2024-01-26 19:00 - 21:00 | Demuzio Center Blackburn College, 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois, 62626
Join the Campus Activities Board in DCC on Friday, January 26th at 7:00 pm to create your own Vision Board! Craft supplies will be provided, but please feel free to bring your own!

Martin Luther King, Jr. Convocation
2024-01-26 11:00 - 12:00 | Bothwell Auditorium at Blackburn College, 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, 62626, United States
Watch the event from Bothwell Auditorium
Open the event program (pdf)
Blackburn College will host its annual Martin Luther King Jr. (MLK) Convocation Friday, January 26, 2024, in Bothwell Auditorium at 11:00 am CT. This year, to commemorate the Civil Rights Movement and the life of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Blackburn will host accomplished musician and spoken-word Galen Abdur-Razzaq as keynote speaker. The event will also include a reading of a proclamation from the City of Carlinville and the presentation of Blackburn’s MLK student leadership award. The convocation is free and open to the public.
Abdur-Razzaq is considered one of the most popular artists on university and college campuses in the United States. An accomplished musician and spoken-word artist with a career spanning more than 30 years, he will present “Jazz and the Civil Rights Movement.”
“I don’t believe that Blackburn College has celebrated MLK Day with a musical performer,” said Dr. Michael Cummings, Chief Diversity Officer, Executive Director of DEIB, and Title IX Coordinator. “We thought his presentation and performance would be an excellent way to connect and engage with students, faculty, staff, and the community in a different way. We’re very excited about his visit.”
This event is coordinated by Blackburn College’s Office of Institutional Equity, partnering with Student Life and the Department of Music & Theatre with funding support from Blackburn’s Student Experience Fund.

Beach Night at Basketball Games
2024-01-24 17:30 - 21:30 | Dawes Gymnasium
Join us Thursday, January 25 for Beach Night! Come out and support the Basketball teams as they take on Spalding University at 5:30 and 7:30 pm. All students who come to the game dressed for the theme (beach wear, etc.) will receive free beverages and compete in halftime competitions!

Classes begin
2024-01-22 08:00 - 17:00

Work Program Training & Academic Advising
2024-01-19 08:00 - 2024-01-20 17:00

All students arrive on campus
2024-01-18 08:00 - 17:00

Martin Luther King, Jr Day
2024-01-15 08:00 - 17:00

Tuition, room, board due before move-in day
2024-01-02 08:00 - 17:00
On or before move-in day — tuition, room, board and other charges MUST be paid in full OR an acceptable payment plan with a minimum of 25% down has to be established with the Business Office.

Course Instruction Ends
2023-12-09 08:00 - 17:00

Ceramics Sale
2023-12-07 09:00 - 18:00
The art department is pleased to host a ceramics sale of student and instructor work. The sale will be held in Renner at Blackburn College.

Double Instruction Period
2023-12-06 08:00 - 2023-12-09 17:00
Blackburn College’s Double Instruction Period Schedule
December 6 – December 9, 2023

All Double Instruction Periods are scheduled for the regular classroom.
All final grades are due by 1:00 pm on Tuesday, December 12, 2023.
Any changes to this schedule must be provided by the Provost.

If your class meets on…
Your final class meeting is this day…
At this time…

Monday @ 8 am
Saturday, December 9
10:00 – 11:50 am

Monday @ 9 am
Friday, December 8
3:00 – 4:50 pm

Monday @ 10 am
Wednesday, December 6
3:00 – 4:50 pm

Monday @ 11 am
Thursday, December 7
8:00 – 9:50 am

Monday @ 12 pm
Wednesday, December 6
1:00 – 2:50 pm

Monday @ 1 pm
Friday, December 8
8:00 – 9:50 am

Monday @ 2 pm
Friday, December 8
10:00 – 11:50 am

Monday @ 3 pm
Wednesday, December 6
10:00 – 11:50 am

Tuesday @ 8 am
Thursday, December 7
10:00 – 11:50 am

Tuesday @ 9:30 am
Thursday, December 7
1:00 – 2:50 pm

Tuesday @ 11 am
Thursday, December 7
3:00 – 4:50 pm

Tuesday @ 12:30 pm
Friday, December 8
1:00 – 2:50 pm

Tuesday @ 2 pm
Friday, December 8
8:00 – 9:50 am

Monday Night Classes
Wednesday, December 6
8:00 – 9:50 pm

CA 401, Career Entry Seminar
Thursday, December 7
7:00 – 8:50 pm

Finals Breakfast
2023-12-05 19:00 - 22:00 | Demuzio Center Blackburn College, 700 College Ave., Carlinville, Illinois, 62626
Join us for Finals Breakfast on December 5th from 7-10 pm. We will have an ugly sweater contest, karaoke, gingerbread house making, and tree decorating!

CAB Event: Time Out Tuesday
2023-12-05 10:00 - 16:00
Join the Campus Activities Board from 10:00 am – 4:00 pm for TIME OUT TUESDAY in front of Buzz’s Hideout in DCC on Study Day! Take a break from your studies with our all day hot chocolate, hot cider, and hot coffee bar (while supplies last).

Study Day; classes canceled
2023-12-05 08:00 - 2023-12-12 17:00

Humanities Salon
2023-12-04 18:00 - 20:00 | Jaenke Alumni Center, 700 College Avenue, Carlinville, IL, 62626, United States
Historically, a Salon was a gathering of people who came together to exchange and discuss intellectual and artistic ideas of the day. Fancy attire was worn, and tea and cakes were served.
To honor this tradition and establish a creative community at Blackburn for writers, artists, performers, and lovers of all art, the English & Communications hosts our own Humanities Salon on the first Thursday of each month at 6 pm in Jaenke, which is open to all students, faculty, and staff who want to:
● read their own creative work;
● perform a short musical, theatrical, dance, or any stage act;
● share and discuss an original work of art;
● share any work of art of any medium that you simply love;
● listen and be part of the creative community at Blackburn.
Refreshments will be served and on-theme attire is encouraged!

September 5, 2023: The Mystery Salon
The Blackburn Humanities Salon returns for the ’23-’24 school year with the first salon of the fall semester, The Mystery Salon.

October 6, 2023: Out of the Coffin Salon
October is the month for Halloween and LGBTQ+ history, so crawl out of your coffins to Jaenke, on October 5th at 6 pm, and come share your favorite creations on those themes.

November 2, 2023: The Home Salon
Come get cozy by the fire with us as we share works that make us feel safe and warm, and celebrate all the people, places, and things in our lives that give us a sense of belonging and home.

December 4, 2023: Showcase
Join the English and Communications department as we showcase the works of writers in this fall’s English and creative writing classes.

February 8, 2024: The Love Salon
Join us for our second annual Love Salon, a night of celebrating all the kinds of love that sustain us, from friendship to romance to our furry friends.

March 7, 2024: The Future Salon
Join us for and evening of works that dream, dread, and otherwise conceptualize the future, from science fiction to celebrations of hope.

April 4, 2024: The Salon in Bloom
It’s almost the end of the semester, and so many things are the beginning to blossom! Come to the Salon in Bloom and share works that celebrate the spirit of growth and new beginnings.

May 1, 2024: The Lodge Grand Opening
Join Blackburn’s Literary Publishing class in celebrating the launch of the second issue of The Lodge, Blackburn’s online student literary and arts publication!

CAB Event: Milkshake Monday
2023-12-04 14:00 - 16:00
