HOUGHTON--Michigan Technological University will hold its annual MLK Banquet at 6 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 24, in the Memorial Union Ballroom, capping off a week of events in honor of Martin Luther King Jr.'s birthday.
The keynote speaker will be Patricia Coleman-Burns, assistant professor and director of the Office of Multicultural Affairs in the University of Michigan School of Nursing.
On the menu are roast beef au jus, cheese tortellini in marinara sauce, roast turkey, garden salad, red skin potatoes, green beans almondine, corn, lemonade and cheesecake.
Banquet tickets, $12 for students and $15 for everyone else, are still being sold in the Memorial Union Commons until 4 p.m. today, Friday, Jan. 23, and will be sold at the door before the banquet.
MLK Week 2009 events are sponsored by the Black Student Association and Educational Opportunity, and this year's theme is "Past hope, toward change."
Please note: The MLK Week event for today, Friday, Jan. 23, "The Lyric Poetry of Tupac Shakur," has been canceled.
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