Celebrate 2025 Charter Week with athletic events, lectures, concerts and more

Jan. 30, 2025

Reflect on Emory University’s past, enjoy the present and look toward the future during this year’s Charter Week, Feb. 3-9. The annual midwinter program showcases the depth and breadth of academic and campus life events available to the Emory community.

The celebration commemorates the inaugural meeting of the university’s Board of Trustees on Feb. 6, 1837, two months after Emory College was founded in Oxford, Georgia.

There are plenty of activities planned, from thrilling sports events to engaging concerts and introspective lectures. No matter what aspect of Emory is your favorite, there’s an event for everyone.

Check out the full events lineup below, and don’t forget to explore more activities throughout February.

2025 Charter Week Schedule

Monday, Feb. 3

JWJI Race and Difference Colloquium: “You Can Be Black and Navy Too: Race and Inclusion in US Military Advertising”

12 p.m., Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room

This event is part of the James Weldon Johnson Institute’s weekly Race and Difference Colloquium Series. Jeremiah Favara, assistant professor of communication studies at Gonzaga University, will speak during this week’s program. Registration is required for this free event.

Tuesday, Feb. 4

Emory BrainTalk Live

2 p.m., Virtual

Presented by the Goizueta Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, join Emory BrainTalk Live for a discussion led by faculty clinicians. Learn practical insights and tips that you can apply in your practice or daily life and enjoy the opportunity to interact with expert speakers and ask questions during live Q&A sessions. This event is free, but registration is required.

Thursday, Feb. 6

Lecture: “It Sounds Like It Looks: The Sonics of Writing & Communication Pedagogy in the 21st Century” with Todd Craig

1 p.m., Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room

Co-sponsored by Writing Across Emory and the Center for Faculty Development and Excellence, this workshop features speaker Todd Craig, associate professor of English at the CUNY Graduate Center and African American Studies at New York City College of Technology. Craig is an award-winning author, educator and DJ whose career meshes his love of writing, teaching and music. This event is free, but registration is required.

Workshop: “The Alchemy of Theater-Making and Collaborative Movement: Intersubjective Attunement and Embodied Expression” with Debra Vidali

4 p.m., Psychology Building, Room 250

The Center for Mind, Brain and Culture will host a participatory, movement-based workshop primarily for non-theater individuals who are interested in using arts-based inquiry and research in their own teaching and research. The workshop will incorporate motion, action and collaboration to explore a range of movement and theater-making techniques that can be adapted for classroom use and research inquiry across a range of disciplines. This is a free event, but registration is required.

Friday, Feb. 7

Lecture: “Critical Approaches to Race, Racism and Health Equity in the Early 21st Century” with Chandra L. Ford

12 p.m., Robert W. Woodruff Library, Jones Room

This event is presented by Emory College and the James Weldon Johnson Institute for the Study of Race and Difference. Chandra Ford, professor of African American studies in Emory College of Arts and Sciences and behavioral, social and health education sciences in Rollins School of Public Health will deliver the lecture. This free event is open to the public, and registration is required.

Atlanta Vision Research Community Seminar

1 p.m., Emory Eye Center, Calhoun Auditorium

The Emory Eye Center will host an Atlanta Vision Research Community (AVRC) Vision Research Seminar featuring a talk by Aparna Lakaraju, professor and the Edward and Estelle Endowed Chair for Vision Research in the Department of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco. This seminar brings in speakers from throughout the ophthalmic research and medical service communities to discuss ongoing challenges and breakthroughs. This event is free and open to the public.

Emory Men’s Tennis

1:30 p.m., Woodruff P.E. Center Tennis Courts

The Emory men’s tennis team takes on Oglethorpe University in this match. Admission to athletic events is free for Emory students, faculty, staff, alumni and families.

Emory Men’s Baseball

2 p.m., Chappell Park

The Emory men’s baseball team takes on Berry College. Admission is free for Emory students, faculty, staff, alumni and families.

Performance: “5 Gifts” by Nicholas Goodly

7 p.m., Oxford College, Williams Hall

“5 Gifts” is an interactive performance and poetry work. Goodly’s show is an exercise in making poetry a physical and communal practice and a way to blur the relationship between listener and speaker as it is understood in traditional performances of poetry. There is no passive listening. Here, everyone — the audience, reader and performer alike — are activated in a new way with this small reorientation of poetry readings. This event is free and open to the public.

CompFest 2025 Night One

7 p.m., Performing Arts Studio

Hosted by the Emory Department of Music, CompFest 2025 will feature Atlanta-based new music ensemble Bent Frequency and composer Alvin Singleton. Friday night features a pre-concert talk with Alvin Singleton. This free event is open to the public.

Saturday, Feb. 8

CompFest 2025 Night Two

7 p.m., Performing Arts Studio

Hosted by the Emory Department of Music, CompFest 2025 will feature Atlanta-based new music ensemble Bent Frequency and composer Alvin Singleton. Saturday night features a pre-concert talk with the members of Bent Frequency. This free event is open to the public.

Sunday, Feb. 9

Beloved Community Protestant Worship, Black History Month Service

11 a.m., Cannon Chapel

Join Beloved Community, Emory’s ecumenical Protestant worship, for the annual Black History Month service featuring the Rev. Dr. Robert M. Franklin Jr., the James T. and Berta R. Laney Professor in Moral Leadership at Emory’s Candler School of Theology. Lunch will follow the worship service. This event is open to the public, but registration is required.

Performance: Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta’s Bach Bowl

4 p.m., Schwartz Center for Performing Arts, Emerson Concert Hall

This annual one-hour concert before the Super Bowl features three Concerti by Bach, featuring violinist David Coucheron, trumpeter Stuart Stephenson, oboist Elizabeth Tiscione and the Society Chamber Orchestra. This is a free event that is open to the public.

Michael C. Carlos Museum Public Tour

2 p.m., Michael C. Carlos Museum, level one rotunda

Explore the Carlos Museum with a drop-in docent-led tour. Sunday public tours are free with museum admission and no prior registration is required. Public tours do have a limited capacity, and are first come, first served.

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