The schedule is emergent — built from what the campus and the community bring through the door, in the order it arrives. So this page will fill up unevenly, and with things we didn’t predict. That’s the design, not a gap in it.
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Week of 14-18 September 2026
Wednesday, 16 September 2026
4 – 6:30 p.m. – Ribbon Cutting – Jen Schlueter
Week of 21-25 September 2026
Friday, 25 September 2026
2 – 2:45 p.m. Leadership Marion – Welcome and Tour – Jen Schlueter and Heidi Jones
Week of 28 September-2 October 2026
Tuesday, 29 September 2026
2 – 3:30 p.m. – Big Table Event – Donna Bobbitt-Zeher
5 – 7 p.m. – Big Table Event – Donna Bobbitt-Zeher
Week of 5-9 October 2026
Monday, 5 October 2026
4 – 5 p.m. – Nikole Patson meeting with Marion Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
Week of 12-16 October 2026
Wednesday, 14 October 2026
4:15 – 5 p.m. –– Citizen Academy Meeting - Paco Ollervides and Tarina Rose, Jen Schlueter, Leslie Beyer-Hermsen
Week of 2-6 November 2026
Monday, 2 November 2026
9:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – History 3030 – Margaret Sumner
5 - 6 p.m. - Downtown Stakeholder Meeting – Jen Schlueter, Cathy Gerber, Leslie Beyer-Hermsen
Week of 16-20 November 2026
Monday, 16 November 2026
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Adult Life Learning (Astronomy) – Chris Orban
Wednesday, 18 November 2026
11 a.m. – 12 p.m. – Adult Life Learning (Astronomy) – Chris Orban
2 - 4 p.m. Storytelling Workshop: Finding the Right Memory – Jen Schlueter, Cathy Gerber, Wayne Rowe, Leslie Beyer-Hermsen
Thursday, 19 November 2026
4 – 7 p.m. – Marion Memories Project – Nikole Patson
Week of 30 November - 4 December 2026
Tuesday, 1 December 2026
8 - 9 a.m. – Downtown Stakeholder Meeting – Jen Schlueter, Cathy Gerber, Leslie Beyer-Hermsen
Week of 7-11 December 2026
Monday, 7 December 2026
9:45 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. – History 3030 – Margaret Sumner
Closed for Winter Break December 14 2026 - January 1 2027
What’s happened here — the part of this page we’re most looking forward to filling. Over time this becomes the record of the work: the codesign cohorts, the partnerships, the exhibitions, the experiments that worked and the ones that taught us something anyway. Right now it’s blank. Come help us fill it.