PBA • Palm Beach Atlantic University

Ecology, Faith and Justice Conference
2025-02-20 08:00 - 2025-02-21 20:30 (America/New_York) | Warren Library, Pembroke Place, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
You’re invited to the Ecology, Faith and Justice Conference where we will explore stewardship in our changing climate.
This conference will feature presentations on creation care, neighbor love and climate science. Attendees will have the opportunity to visit local ecological sites in South Florida, engage with an ecology fair showcasing local groups and nonprofits dedicated to sustainable practices, and deepen their understanding of how faith and justice can drive positive environmental change.
Plenary Speakers:

Dr. Norman Wirzba, Professor of Theology and Ecology at Duke Divinity School
Rev. Dr. Jessica Moerman, President & CEO of the Evangelical Environmental Network
Dr. Thomas Chesnes, Professor of Biology at Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Ecological Explorations:

Lake Worth Lagoon Boat Tour
Loggerhead Marinelife Center Private Tour
West Palm Beach City Bike Tour

Registration has now closed. Please email ctc@pba.edu if you have any questions.

The conference is a joint effort between PBA’s Community Transformation Center, the School of Ministry and the Creation Care Project led by Dr. Paul Gould and Dr. Tom Chesnes, with support from Knox Theological Seminary.

The Lightning Thief
2025-02-20 - 2025-03-01 | Fern Street Theatre, 500 Fern Street, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401, United States
Book by Joe Tracz
Music & Lyrics by Rob Rokicki
Adapted from the book The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan
With an original pop-rock score, this musical adaptation of the New York Times bestseller follows Percy Jackson as he embarks on an epic adventure to retrieve Zeus’ lightning bolt, fighting off armies of mythological enemies. Along the way, he discovers the power of friendship, courage, and heroism. The Lightning Thief is an action-packed adventure for all!
*Recommended for ages 10 and up; Musical
*Tickets go on sale January 21, 2025
$20 General, $15 Seniors 55 & up, $10 Students

7:30pm Thursday – Saturday, February 20 – 22; February 27 – 28
2:00pm Saturday, February 22 & March 1st

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PBA Men's Golf vs Saint Leo Invitational
2025-02-16 - 2025-02-17 | Saint Leo, Fla.
PBA Men’s Golf vs Saint Leo Invitational

PBA Symphony: A Night of Love and Music Rhea Family Music Series
2025-02-14 19:30 - 21:30 | DeSantis Family Chapel, 300 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
What better way to celebrate love and romance than through music. Join PBA Symphony for this special Valentine’s Day concert.
Admission is free. Tickets required.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/pba-college-of-the-arts-145489

College of Business Day
2025-02-14 09:00 - 15:00 | Palm Beach Atlantic University, 901 S Flagler Dr, West Palm Bch, FL, 33401-6505, United States
Join us on campus for our College of Business Day!
Register Here!

PBA Men's Golf vs Matlock Collegiate Classic
2025-02-09 - 2025-02-10 | Lakeland, Fla.
PBA Men’s Golf vs Matlock Collegiate Classic

Young Artist Piano Competition: Closing Recital
2025-02-08 19:30 - 21:30 | FL
A celebratory closing recital with performance by winners and more! Reception to follow.
$15 general admission; PBA students and those 18 & under free.
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/pba-college-of-the-arts-145489

Guest and Faculty Masterclass
2025-02-08 15:00 - 17:00 | FL
Piano masterclass by competition judges including guest artist Victor Rosenbaum and Dr. Jackie Yong with the competition participants.
Sessions are free and open to the public.

Young Artist Piano Competition
2025-02-08 09:00 - 11:00 | FL
The piano competition of high school students showcasing their musical identity, artistry, and dedication. Sessions are free and open to the public.
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Guest Piano Recital by Victor Rosenbaum
2025-02-07 19:30 - 21:30 | Vera Lea Rinker Hall, 326 Acacia Rd, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Come and witness international acclaim American pianist, Victor Rosenbaum, an artist whose playing has been called “magisterial” with a “piano touch [that] encompasses bravura, delicacy, and many variations between”.
$15 general admission; PBA students and those 18 & under free
https://www.eventbrite.com/cc/pba-college-of-the-arts-145489

2025 PBA Young Artist Piano Competition
2025-02-07 08:00 - 2025-02-08 17:00 | Vera Lea Rinker Hall, 326 Acacia Rd, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Important Dates
Application Deadline:
January 20, 2025

PRIZES
1st Prize $14,500
Manfred and Trudy Bung Scholarship* $12,000 and $2,500 cash
2nd Prize $11,500
Sandra Houle Memorial Scholarship* $10,000 and $1,500 cash
3rd Prize $9,000
Marlene Woodward-Cooper Scholarship* $8,000 and $1,000 cash
Honorable Mentions: At judges’ discretion, participation in the afternoon masterclass and certificate.
*Scholarship dependent upon acceptance to and enrollment at Palm Beach Atlantic University when eligible

Our Judges
This year we are thrilled to announce the judges for the competition. Hosted by PBA the panel includes our very own, Dr. Jackie Yong and we welcome this year’s guest artist, Victor Rosenbaum.
Victor Rosenbaum has performed as a soloist and chamber musician across the U.S., Europe, Asia, Israel, Brazil, and Russia in renowned venues like Tully Hall in New York and the Hermitage in St. Petersburg. He has collaborated with distinguished artists such as Leonard Rose, Paul Katz, and the Brentano and Cleveland String Quartets, and has appeared at prestigious festivals including Tanglewood, the Heifetz Institute, and the International Music Seminar in Vienna. In addition to his focus on classical repertoire by composers like Haydn, Mozart, and Brahms, he has premiered works by contemporary composers like John Harbison and Norman Dinerstein. A versatile musician, Rosenbaum is also a composer and conductor, and a respected educator at the New England Conservatory since 1967, where he chaired the piano department, as well as at Mannes School of Music and other institutions worldwide. He served as Director and President of the Longy School of Music from 1985 to 2001.
Dr. Jackie Yong is an internationally-recognized scholar-pianist and pedagogue, Dr. Yong, achieved both Licentiate and Associate Performance Diploma accredited by Trinity College of London. He has won top prizes in the Rockwood Piano Competition, Asia-Open International Piano Competition, Charleston International Piano Competition, ASWARA International Piano Competition, and the Young Person’s Piano Competition. As a scholar, Dr. Yong has been presenting and performing at CMS, MTNA and NCKP conferences. He is a two-time winner of the David Z. Kushner Paper Award in CMS Regional Conference. Dr. Yong is also a member of Pi Kappa Lambda and Phi Kappa Phi honor society. Dr. Yong is an MTNA certified adjudicator where he has adjudicated the Tallahassee Sonata and Sonatina Festival and the Tallahassee Student Day since 2008. Doctor of Music degree in piano performance, Florida State University Certificates in piano pedagogy, music theory pedagogy and college teaching.
How to Register for the Competition
1. Please review the details and requirements of the competition below.
2. With all materials and video links (YouTube / Vimeo) ready, click below and begin the application process under “Apply Now.”
3. Once you have completed the application form, submit your non-refundable, $50 application fee through Eventbrite by clicking below. Your application will not be processed nor accepted until the fee has been submitted.
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Important Information
Eligibility Details
1. All participants must be 15 to 18 years of age at the time of the competition.
2. The 2025 PBA Piano Competition will be open to a limited number of accepted finalists.
3. The application deadline is 11:59 p.m., January 6, 2025
4. Application fee is $50
5. Previous first-prize winners are not eligible to compete again.
6. Applicants must submit a prescreening video comprising two contrasting compositions which showcase the applicants’ abilities.
7. Finalists shall prepare 20 minutes of music including two of the following four styles: Baroque, Classical, Romantic, Impressionist/Contemporary. All repertoire must be performed from memory. Performances may be interrupted without penalty for the sake of time.
Schedule of Events
Distinguished Artist Recital
Victor Rosenbaum, Piano
7:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 7, 2025
Young Artist Piano Competition
Saturday, Feb. 8, 2025
8:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Piano Competition
2 – 4 p.m. Masterclasses with the judges
Young Artist Piano Competition Winners’ Recital
7:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 8
Reception to follow
All rights to audio/video recordings or photographs during the competition belong to Palm Beach Atlantic University.

Young Artist Piano Festival
2025-02-07 - 2025-02-08 | Vera Lea Rinker Hall, 326 Acacia Rd, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
PBA’s College of the Arts opens its doors to young pianists nationwide, ages 15-18, for our annual piano competition. Offering significant scholarship and cash prizes to three winners, you won’t want to miss edge-ofyour seat contest. The weekend’s exchange will include an opening recital by Victor Rosenbaum, masterclasses by competition judges, including Keyboard Division Coordinator, Dr. Jackie Yong, and a celebratory Closing Recital with winners.

Provost's Distinguished Scholar Lecture
2025-02-03 19:00 - 21:00 | DeSantis Family Chapel, 300 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Join us for a compelling lecture with Dr. Robert Elder that will explore the origins of the Civil War. Exploring this formative event in U.S. history allows us to ask how we can understand our present in light of this past, and vice versa.
Attendees are encouraged to dress in semi-formal attire.

Preparatory Department Faculty Recital: Banyan Trio
2025-01-31 18:30 | Vera Lea Rinker Hall, 326 Acacia Rd, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Joseph Adkins, violin; Kelsey Lin, viola and Joseph Goering, cello.
Exploring the sounds from across the sea with Cras, Sibelius and Boccherini.
Admission is free. Tickets required.
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Baseball and Softball Sailgating
2025-01-31 16:00 - 19:00 | Rinker athletic campus
Bring your Sailfish Spirit! Come kick off the season with a doubleheader of our softball and baseball teams! Sailgating festivities will be ongoing between the 4 p.m. softball game and the 6 p.m. softball & baseball games.
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Preview Day
2025-01-31 09:00 - 15:00 | Palm Beach Atlantic University 901 S Flagler Dr West Palm Bch FL, 33401
PBA’s Preview Day is the best way to fully immerse yourself in the campus experience. Students and Parents will have the opportunity to:

Tour campus
Hear from our chapel band and campus pastor
Connect with current students, faculty, and staff
Learn more about the admissions and scholarship process
Learn more about financial aid, student services, and so much more!

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LeMieux Center Speaker Series: Dr. Robert M. Gates, Defense Secretary 2006-2011
2025-01-29 18:30 - 19:30 | DeSantis Family Chapel, 300 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
The Lemieux Center for Public Policy is excited to welcome former U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert M. Gates to campus on January 29! Dr. Gates has led a distinguished career of service and institutional reform both in and out of government, and served under eight presidents. Dr. Gates was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, America’s highest civilian honor.
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Project Dance West Palm Beach
2025-01-26 10:00 - 17:00 | The Meyer Amphitheater, West Palm Beach, FL, 104 Datura Street, West Palm Beach, FL, 33410, United States
Join the all-day open-air dance concert that is free to the public, featuring PBA Dance students, local and international dance artistry in ballet, contemporary, jazz, modern, hip-hop, tap, and more.
Please visit projectdance.com for more information.
Admission is free.

MD Anderson Seminar: Making Cancer History
2025-01-23 09:30 - 11:30 | Palm Beach Atlantic University 901 S Flagler Dr West Palm Bch FL, 33401
Exploring the frontiers of cancer therapy. Join MD Anderson Cancer Center in Palm Beach, Florida for an opportunity to hear from world-renowned cancer experts as they share the latest breakthrough in impactful cell therapies, genomic medicine and data science.
Please register by January 17.
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EMDR Training with Roy Kiessling
2025-01-22 07:30 - 2025-01-26 17:30 | FL
Come train with Roy Kiessling from EMDR Consulting for five intensive days. Gain a sense of competency and become confident by integrating EMDR into your clinical practice.
Roy will lecture parts 1 & 2 curriculum that will be compressed into a 5-day format during the 5 consecutive days of training (5-Day Intensive).
Once the training is completed, EMDR Consulting includes consultation which starts after the 5-Day Intensive schedule that is included with the training.
The registration deadline for this training is January 12, 2025 @ 11:59 PM EST
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MLK Day of Service 2025
2025-01-20 | FL
Join us in honoring the life and legacy of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. through service. On Monday, January 20, 2024, we are partnering with the Jewish Federation of Palm Beach County to serve the Palm Beach County community. All students, staff, faculty, alumni, friends and family are invited!
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Registration for 2025 MLK Day of Service has been closed.
We hope to see you at one of our future events!

Martin Luther King Jr Day (no classes, offices closed)
2025-01-19 - 2025-01-20 | FL

PBA Night at the Fair
2025-01-19 | South Florida Fairgrounds, 9067 Southern Boulevard, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
Hosted by the PBA Alumni Association
Tickets are available for PBA alumni, donors, employees, students and parents/family members at a special price of $40 per person. Ticket includes fair entrance and an unlimited ride wristband. The PBA Alumni Association will also host a PBA Social in the Hospitality Center from 6:30-8 p.m. Dinner will be provided.
The deadline to purchase tickets is 12 p.m.on January 15.
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Continued Learning Courses with the Counselor Education Department
2025-01-18 09:00 - 11:00 | FL
To Be Released From Debt: An Experiential Cognitive Model Of Forgiveness And Healing For A First Time Couple Infidelity with Dr. Steven Vensel.
This workshop outlines an approach that utilizes both cognitive and experiential interventions leading to forgiveness and reconciliation. Forgiveness is most often viewed as a spiritual or justice-oriented practice that places the responsibility of the forgiveness on the victim. However, forgiveness, as a financial term, means to be released from debt. As a financial construct, it would include itemizing the debt and determining how recompense is to be structured or a declaration of bankruptcy leading to the debt being forgiven with no further payment required.
Couples who have experienced a first time infidelity come to counseling in considerable brokenness and assisting them in the healing process is complex and challenging. For the offended, the infidelity is traumatic with deep visceral and emotional wounds. For the offender who is remorseful there seems to be no remedy or end to their guilt and shame. This innovative intervention addresses both experiences leading the way for forgiveness, reconciliation and healing.
Complimentary Breakfast
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Accepted Students Day
2025-01-17 09:00 - 15:00 | Palm Beach Atlantic University 901 S Flagler Dr West Palm Bch FL, 33401
This event is for our Accepted Students Only! We want to celebrate and congratulate you. Spend a day on campus and meet current PBA students, your professors, and your future classmates!
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Spring 2025 • Classes Begin
2025-01-12 - 2025-01-13 | FL

Winter Welcome Weekend
2025-01-11 - 2025-01-12 | FL
New students and transfers joining us for the Spring 2025 semester: We can’t wait to see you January 11-12, 2025 for Winter Welcome Weekend!
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Saturday, January 11

Saturday, January 11, 2025

9 a.m. - 5 p.m.Onboarding & Sailfish Start
Finalize bills, pick-up ID card, t-shirt, fish hat, swag bag, schedule, and more.
Departments include:
- Admissions
- Financial Aid
- Student Accounts
- PBA Card
- Department of Public Safety
- SAIL
- ITS
- Student Success
And more!Lassiter Student Center First Floor

9 a.m. - 4 p.m.Move-InResidence Halls
Check in at your residence hall lobby.

3 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.New F1 Visa Student Orientation
New international students will gather to learn important information regarding their visas. Students should bring their I-20, Passport, Visa and I-94.Warren Library, The Hanley Classroom, 1st Floor

5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m.Dinner at the Dining Hall
Use your meal plan to savor your first dinner at the dining hall, and enjoy lawn games outside. Meals for family members available for purchase at the door.Fraser Dining Hall and Rinker Green

6:30 p.m.Dessert trip to The Square (students only)
Take a walk with us to The Square for a free dessert treat!
Meet at Lassiter Student Center First Floor to walk over together

Sunday, January 12

Sunday, January 12, 2025

MorningExperience a Local Church of your choiceVarious Locations
Refer to list of local churches if needed.

NoonLunch available
Meals for family members available for purchase at the door.Fraser Dining Hall

1 p.m. - 2 p.m.Welcome Program (students & families)
Hear from campus leaders as you begin your Sailfish journey.Weyenberg Center, Second Floor of Lassiter Student Center

2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.Workship Project
Get a start on your first Workship hours with a special group project.
Weyenberg Center
(immediately following Welcome Program)

3:30 p.m. – 4 p.m.Find Your Classrooms Tour
Venture across campus with student leaders to make sure you’re all set for your first day of class.
Meet at Weyenberg Center (immediately following Workship Project)

4 p.m. – 5 p.m. Prayer and Worship Night
Join us as we pray for the new semester.DeSantis Family Chapel

5 p.m.Dinner available
Meals for family members available for purchase at the door.
Fraser Dining Hall

PBA Children’s Theatre Production: Home On The Mornin’ Train by Kim Hines
2024-12-19 19:30 - 2024-12-21 21:00 | Fern Street Theatre, 500 Fern Street, West Palm Beach, FL, 33401, United States
7:30 p.m. December 19–21, 2024
2 p.m. December 21, 2024
Two stories, a hundred years apart, are intertwined and told through the eyes of children. In 1939, while a group of Jewish children are escaping WWII Germany, they are inspired by reading the story of Brave Mary and her friend’s journey from slavery to freedom. Home On The Mornin’ Train is a lesson in history, perseverance, courage and hope.
*Recommended for ages 8 and up; Drama
*Tickets go on sale November 11, 2024.
$20 General
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Carols on the Lawn
2024-12-15 16:00 - 17:00 | The Society of the Four Arts, 100 Four Arts Plaza, Palm Beach, FL, 33480, United States
The PBA Concert Choir returns to present an afternoon of Christmas Carols in the Hulitar Sculpture Gardens of the Society of the Four Arts. Bring your lawn chairs, blankets and friends and celebrate the holiday season Florida style!
Admission is free.

Holiday Concert
2024-12-08 15:00 - 17:30 | DeSantis Family Chapel, 300 Okeechobee Blvd, West Palm Beach, FL, United States
The Robert Sharon Chorale presents its Annual Holiday Concert, featuring music for all to enjoy.
