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Eclipse Events

On-Campus Events Schedule

 

We’re excited about the total solar eclipse on April 8, and several events have been planned from April 5-9 to commemorate this historic day.

Cash will be required for purchases at all events.

Eclipse glasses will be provided for all who attend.

 

At 7:00 p.m. in McInteer 225, join the Archaeology Club as Dr. Daniel Oden will be discussing "An Eclipse and Biblical Chronology". 

The ancient Assyrians noted a solar eclipse on what we would call June 15, 763 BC, which serves as a major start-point by which the chronologies of the Old Testament period (and the Ancient Near East in general) are calculated. There were also peculiar activities that the Assyrians performed because of their superstitions of the possible political implications of such eclipses.

Dr. Oden has a Ph.D. from NYU and has studied Akkadian, the language in which the Assyrian information was written

NASA day educational experience for local schools.

 

9 a.m. — Mike O’Neal, former chaplain to NASA astronauts, will speak in chapel.

11 a.m.-1:30 pm. — Cosmic Cookout at Bison Park, sponsored by Campus Life

  • Chartwells will serve lunch at the cookout. Pre-order tickets at hardingtickets.com or pay cash at the event. Students can use their meal plan and the dining hall will also be open.

  • Three food trucks will also be available for cash-only purchases: Tacker’s Shake Shack, Jefferson’s Mobile Grill and Cheesecake on Point.

  • If you’re interested in setting up a tent at the cookout with your college, department, social club or other organization, please sign up for a space here.

  • Eclipse T-shirts and posters will be available for cash-only purchase from the bookstore trailer.

  • Other attractions include an inflatable planetarium, photo booths, live music, a Buff the Bison appearance and ROTC obstacle course.

Noon-3 p.m. — Classes are dismissed

Noon- 1 p.m. — Belles and Beaux performance

12:30 p.m. — Partial eclipse begins

1 p.m. — Eclipse viewing program in First Security Stadium begins

1 p.m.-2:30 p.m. — University offices closed

1:52-1:55 p.m. — Total Solar Eclipse

2-3 p.m. — Silas and Celsius performance presented by Campus Life 

3:30 p.m. — Mike O’Neal’s presentation in Anthony and Wright Administration Building Auditorium

7:30 p.m. — American Studies Institute hosts astronaut Jerry Linenger in the Benson Auditorium for a lecture titled “Faith, Fortitude and Fire: An Astronaut’s Tale of Triumph in the Heavens.”

7:30 p.m. — Harding’s Grand Chorus and alumni soloists will join the Arkansas Symphony Orchestra for “Music of the Spheres.”

This concert will feature Gustav Holst’s monumental suite, “The Planets,” and “Serenade to Music” by Ralph Vaughn Williams. It also includes the world premiere of “Galileo’s Eyeglass,” composed by Dr. Jay Walls, chair of Harding’s Department of Music and composition professor. Get your tickets today at hardingtickets.com.