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Baseball. WCSU vs. Manhattanville. Westside Athletic Complex, 5 p.m.

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Political science lecture. U.S. Senate candidate Peter Lumaj will discuss immigration reform and the North American Free Trade Agreement. White Hall, Room 214, 5:25 to 6:25 p.m. Free and open to the public. For more information, e-mail benjamins@wcsu.edu.

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Honors Convocation. Honoring scholarship and award recipients from the School of Professional Studies. Ives Concert Hall, 6:30 p.m. For more information, call x79401.

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Honors Convocation. Honoring scholarship and award recipients from the School of Arts & Sciences. Ives Concert Hall, 8 p.m. For more information, call x79401.

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Newman dinner. Newman Center, 5 p.m. Free and open to WCSU students and staff only.

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Dinner-Lecture. “My Road to WestConn,” featuring Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs Dr. Jane McBride Gates, 6:30 p.m. $8 admission. To make a reservation, contact Maribeth Griffin.

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New Music Ensemble.    Ives Concert Hall, 8 p.m.

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Ceramic exhibition. Featuring the works of students in the Art 115 class. 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., White Hall, Room 012.

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Book talk and display. "Books about Buddhism,” hosted by WCSU and Do Ngak Kunphen Ling - Tibetan Buddhist Center for Universal Peace. Book talk in Ruth A. Haas Library, 5th floor, 6 p.m. The display of books will be in the glass cases on the library's first floor from Tuesday, April 24, through Thursday, May 3. For more information, call x79122.

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Honors Convocation. Honoring scholarship and award recipients from the Ancell School of Business. Westside Campus Center Ballroom, 7:30 p.m. For more information, call x78521.

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Coffeehouse. Free for WestConn students, staff and faculty. Open mic performers at 8 p.m., followed by the featured act, a capella group Martini Glass, at 9 p.m.. For more information, call x79700.

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8th Annual WestConn Research Day. Students from across the university will present their research to faculty and colleagues. Science Building, 2 to 4:45 p.m. For more information, visit www.wcsu.edu/wrd.

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Theatre production. “Schoolhouse Rock Live!” at 7 p.m. on Friday, May 4; 3 and 7 p.m. on Saturday, May 5; and 3 p.m. on Sunday, May 6 in Berkshire Theatre. For tickets, call x7TIXX or visit www.wcsu.edu/tickets.

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Alumni & Friends Circle Rededication ceremony.  Alumni Circle between Old Main and Fairfield Hall, 2 p.m. Free and open to the public.

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Family Day BBQ. Midtown Quad, noon to 3 p.m. Featuring food, music, games and entertainment. Open to WCSU alumni, new graduates and those in the WCSU community. For more information or to purchase tickets, call x78298.

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Baseball. WCSU vs. Fairleigh Dickinson-Florham. Westside Athletic Complex, 4 p.m.

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West Fest Concert. Featuring Ludacris with special guest, Untitled. Feldman Arena of the O'Neill Center, 8 p.m. Tickets are available at the Westside Campus Center Box Office, by calling x7TIXX or at www.wcsu.edu/tickets.

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Arthritis Foundation walk. Feldman Arena of the O'Neill Center, 10 a.m. For more information, visit www.danburyarthritiswalk.org, call (800) 541-8350 or send an email to lperkins@arthritis.org.

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Transition conference. "Preparing for the Road Ahead: Helping Students Transition to College and Careers." Westside Campus Center, 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. For more information, email esposito@ctserc.orgor bolden@ctserc.org.

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Graduate Commencement ceremony. Feldman Arena of the William O'Neill Athletic and Convocation Center, 7 p.m.

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Planetarium show & telescope viewing. Planetarium show at 8 p.m., followed by telescope viewing of the sky from 9 to 11 p.m. Westside Observatory & Planetarium. For more information, call x78672 or visit www.wcsu.edu/starwatch.

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Undergraduate Commencement ceremony. Westside Athletic Complex Stadium, 10:30 a.m.

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WCSU Off-Broadway Production. "Almost Maine" at 7 p.m. on Thursday, May 17, and 8 p.m. on Friday and Saturday, May 18 and 19, at the TBG Theatre, 312 West 36th St., 3rd floor in New York. For reservations, call x78732.

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Lyme disease awareness event. "Lyme Disease Breakthroughs in Research and Testing" by nationally recognized Lyme disease experts Dr. Joseph Burrascano and Dr. Eva Sapi. Westside Campus Center Ballroom, 6 p.m. For more information, call (203) 417-6584 or email rldtf@comcast.net.