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Library Events

While registration for these events is not required, it's highly recommended. Thanks for letting us know you'll be coming!
(Registration for in-person drop-in sessions isn't necessary. Just stop by!)

Weekly Drop-In Sessions

Greek

  • Online: Tuesdays at 7pm

Writing

  • Online: Thursdays at 7pm

 

Writing Boot Camp

  • Mondays – 8:30am-11:30pm & 1:00pm-4:00pm
  • Rolfing Library Classroom (141)
  • Join us for our weekly Graduate Writing Boot Camp—a distraction-free space designed to help you focus and make progress on your papers. Enjoy complimentary coffee and tea (in person) while you write alongside fellow students in a quiet, supportive environment.
  • Each session will include three 50-minute writing sessions and two 10-minute breaks. (This is a version of the Pomodoro Method adjusted for people who are already highly motivated.)
  • We will begin promptly at 8:30 and 1:00; to eliminate distractions for participants, we ask that you come early and be ready to begin work at the start time. No late arrivals will be permitted to enter the room.
  • When you come, plan to participate for the full session; please leave early only in the case of an emergency.
  • Phones are permitted during breaks; otherwise, they must be put away. (Two-factor authenticate your TIU sign-in before the session starts!)
  • Cups will be available, but to eliminate unnecessary waste, we encourage you to bring your own cup or mug (preferably with a lid).

Golf in Rolf

  • Friday, March 21 – 6-8pm
  • Whole Library
  • Join us as we turn Rolfing Library into a miniature golf course! All are welcome.

 

Any Art Night

  • Monday, April 7 – 7-9pm
  • Library Cafe Area
  • Join us for a fun night of art and craft at the library. Open to all! Bring your family, friends, or make new friends at the event! Art supplies will be provided.

 

Children's Storytime

  • Mondays – 9:30-10:00am
  • Children's area

  • Bring the kids and come to Rolfing! Every Monday, we'll share in stores and games in the Children's area.

  • Please Note: A parent/guardian must be present with their child(ren) during the entire event.

 

CBHD Lecture Series:
Dennis Hollinger

  • Thursday, March 20 – 7:00-8:30pm
  • Faculty Authors
  • Dr. Dennis Hollinger will deliver the 2025 John F. Kilner Bioethics Lecture with a talk entitled “Autonomy in Bioethics: Critiques and an Alternative.”
  • Dennis Hollinger is President Emeritus and the Distinguished Senior Professor of Christian Ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA. He served there as President and Colman M. Mockler Distinguished Professor of Christian Ethics from 2008-2019. Prior to assuming this role, he served as President and Professor of Christian Ethics at Evangelical Theological Seminary in Myerstown, PA. Dennis received the B.A. from Elizabethtown College, the M.Div. from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, the M.Phil. and Ph.D. from Drew University, and did post-doctoral studies at Oxford University. He and his wife Dr. Mary Ann Hollinger live in Charlotte, NC.

 

CBHD Lecture Series:
Peter Jaggard

  • Thursday, April 3 – 7:00-8:30 pm
  • Faculty Authors
  • Peter Jaggard, MD, will deliver the second 2025 Bioethics Colloquium Lecture, "Should Doctors Prescribe Death? Semantic, Social, and Spiritual Aspects of the Assisted Suicide Debate." 
  • Dr. Jaggard is a board-certified specialist in Internal Medicine and Geriatrics. He is also a Certified Medical Director and has practiced in the North Shore area of Chicagoland for over 41 years. He is currently practicing exclusively in the Post-Acute and Long Term Care continuum. He holds a Master’s in Christian Thought from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School with an emphasis in Bioethics. He has written, presented, and published on a variety of topics related to the care of older adults and end-of-life ethics.

 

CBHD Lecture Series:
Gregory Webster

  • Thursday, April 10 – 7:00-8:30 pm
  • Faculty Authors
  • Gregory Webster, PhD, DBe, will deliver the third 2025 Bioethics Colloquium Lecture, "Navigating Ethical Pathways in Big Pharma." 
  • Gregory Webster was ordained to the Permanent Diaconate by Francis Cardinal George in May 2014. He has an MA in Theology from Holy Apostles College and Seminary and an MA in Bioethics & Health Policy from Loyola University of Chicago’s Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics. He is currently working on his D.Bioethics degree in Catholic/Research Ethics at Loyola. After graduating with a PhD in Analytical Chemistry from Northern Illinois University, Greg has been a chemist in the pharmaceutical industry for over twenty-five years. During this time, he also earned an MBA from Keller Graduate School of Management. Greg is currently a Senior Principal Research Scientist in Drug Product Development at AbbVie. Greg and his wife, Tammy, have been married more than twenty-five years and are blessed with three beautiful daughters and several great terriers along the way. When not busy with family, work or spiritual matters, you can find Greg and his dogs on the Chain of Lakes with his deck boat.