Spring Arbor University will raise awareness and funds for cancer research by taking part in the fourth annual Relay for Life held at SAU’s track April 17-18, starting at 12 p.m. The 24-hour event will commemorate those who are struggling with or have lost the battle to cancer, and raise funds for cancer research.

Robert Moore-Jumonville presents the first Andrews Lecture on Spiritual Formation on Friday, April 3, at 10 a.m. in White Auditorium. Moore-Jumonville, who serves as the chair, will present, “As It Was in the Beginning: Spiritual Formation & Ecclesiology.”

Spring Arbor University presents The Three Sisters in the Prop Shop Thursday, April 2, through Saturday, April 4. Each performance starts at 8:00 p.m.

Author and Spring Arbor High School alumnus Melvin Starr will visit campus Wednesday, April 22, for a book signing of his new novel The Unquiet Bones, the first chronicle of surgeon Hugh de Singleton. The book signing will take place in the Poling Center lobby at 6:30 p.m.

Spring Arbor University’s Gainey School of Business is proud to announce its third Create the Dream business plan competition and workshop series at the Spring Arbor University’s main campus.

Spring Arbor University’s concert choir and chamber singers travel to Indiana and Illinois for the annual choir concert tour March 25-29.

Spring Arbor University welcomes Geographic Information Systems expert Stephen C. Brown to campus March 26-27 for two lectures. On March 26, Brown will speak about his experience directing a mission to recover the Space Shuttle Columbia using GPS and GIS technology and March 27, he will discuss the use of geospatial tools related to Mexico’s declining glaciers.

Many students at Spring Arbor University are choosing to spend their spring break volunteering around the country. During the week of March 15-22, around 100 students will depart for seven separate mission trips around the country and into Puerto Rico and Mexico.

Spring Arbor University’s School of Education hosts a book discussion on Tuesday, March 24, from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. in the teacher education curriculum area located in the lower level of White Library. The group will be discussing the classic, Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck.

Now visitors can access the Spring Arbor University Web site with more ease and convenience through the SAU widget, a single-purpose web service that can be downloaded quickly to Mac desktops.