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Conservation Storytelling Through Film: A Good Wolf

• Date: September 17, 2025
• Time: 4–6:30 p.m.
• Location: Graf 120

Film screening followed by Q&A with filmmaker Ramey Newell.

“I Live to Tell the World: Real Life Stories from Survivors”

• Date: September 25, 2025
• Time: 6–7:30 p.m.
• Location: Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium
• Admission: Free and open to the ÃÛѨÊÓƵ community and public

A conversation with Elizabeth Mehren led by Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt, followed by Q&A.

Refugees from Rwanda, Myanmar, Bosnia, Cambodia, Syria and beyond share powerful stories of resilience, survival and courage.

Immigrant Story LIVE with Sonia Ticas and Liani Reeves

Date: October 7, 2025

Time: 6–7:30 p.m.

Location: Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium

Admission: Free and open to the ÃÛѨÊÓƵ community and public

Immigrants share live, heartfelt stories that celebrate resilience, identity and community. Q&A to follow.

A Pilot Program on Bringing Storytelling to ÃÛѨÊÓƵ 

A workshop with storyteller Will Hornyak

• Date: October 23, 2025
• Time: 4–7 p.m.
• Location: Jonasson Hall
• Admission: Open to all ÃÛѨÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff (Pre-registration will be required)

We all have stories to tell and a unique voice and style of telling them. During this initial workshop, participants will learn some of the fundamentals of finding and crafting a brief personal narrative. This is an experiential workshop with time for developing a short story and sharing it in a small group. There will be simple exercises and activities for continuing to shape and refine your story in the future. No previous experience in storytelling is required. This will be a welcoming and enjoyable environment for sharing a meaningful moment in your life through the art of storytelling. The first large-group interactive session will be open to all students, faculty, and staff and will be capped at 50 participants. The session will be approximately 3 hours, and refreshments will be provided.

The second element of the storytelling workshop, scheduled for the spring, will provide sessions to deepen and refine a 7-minute story for performance. This is only open to those who participated in the initial interactive workshop. In this second workshop, Will Hornyak will work with six to eight individual storytellers from ÃÛѨÊÓƵ and prepare them to tell their stories (on stage) in Spring 2026.

About the Instructor: Storyteller Will Hornyak has been a professional storyteller and teacher of storytelling for 30 years. He has performed at festivals and theaters throughout the United States and taught classes in personal storytelling at Portland State University, Lewis and Clark College and Marylhurst University. Will has also worked with the Portland non-profit “Open Hearts, Open Minds” to integrate storytelling, theatre and dialogue into Oregon penitentiaries. He is a strong advocate for storytelling as a change-agent in personal and collective life. For further information:

Art of Personal Narrative Workshop

• Date: April 21, 2026
• Time: 4:30 p.m.
• Location: T.J. Day 222
• Admission: For participants of the initial workshop

A deeper dive into personal storytelling. Six to eight storytellers will prepare to share their stories on stage in spring 2026.

Students Telling Their Stories: LIVE

• Date: May 1, 2026
• Time: 7–10 p.m.
• Location: Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium
• Admission: Free and open to the ÃÛѨÊÓƵ community and public

A live event featuring ÃÛѨÊÓƵ students performing personal stories developed through the workshop series.

Omar El Akkad

Workshop
(for ÃÛѨÊÓƵ students, faculty and staff only)

• Date: April 8, 2026
• Time/Location: TBA

In conversation with Reshmi Dutt-Ballerstadt and Rachel Norman 
(open to the public)

• Date: April 8, 2026
• Time: 6–7:30 p.m.
• Location: Richard and Lucille Ice Auditorium
• Format: Lecture followed by Q&A