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Monday, August 25, 2003
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CIEP CONVERSATION PARTNERS:
UNI students, faculty and staff can help international
students learn more about American culture by volunteering as conversation
partners in the Culture & Intensive English Program (CIEP). Partners
meet for one hour each week to converse in English. Stop by Baker 72/73
or visit our Web site at
http://fp.uni.edu/ciep
to apply.
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MINORITY STUDENTS CHOOSE
UNI: Since 1988, some 200 students from such
historically diverse colleges as Southern University of New Orleans,
Dillard College, Xavier College of New Orleans, Tulane, Loyola College
of New Orleans, and Florida A&M University have chosen UNI to pursue
their graduate studies. Please visit http://www.grad.uni/information/news/asp
to meet some of the minority students who have recently joined the UNI
graduate learning community and view their experiences and educational
accomplishments.
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STREET CONSTRUCTION UPDATE: For
the latest information on campus street closings, visit http://www.uni.edu/pubrel/construction/
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NEW AUTHENTICATION
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financial aid awards and U-bills; as well as login to computers in the
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alpha, numeric, and special characters. This is an effort by the University
to increase the security of confidential records and to maintain your
privacy.
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NEW AND IMPROVED MAUCKER UNION: On
Aug. 22, Maucker Union re-opened for business. Chats, the new coffee
bar, opens at 7 a.m. The Coffee House, Hemisphere Lounge, new and renovated
meeting rooms, and the administrative offices for Maucker Union will
also be open. Temporary food service will be in Old Central Ballroom
C (formerly the Expansion) beginning on Aug. 25. For more details, please
visit
http://www.uni.edu/unionline/public/324.html
To schedule rooms or for more information, call 3-2257.
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MCNAIR SCHOLARS PROGRAM:
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN PURSUING A Ph.D.? UNI’s
McNair Scholars Program is funded by the U.S. Department of Education
to encourage and to help dozens of UNI juniors and seniors prepare themselves
for doctoral-level study. The McNair Scholars Program encourages first-generation
college students from low-income backgrounds to enter Ph.D.-granting
programs and to consider careers in college teaching. For details, visit
http://www.uni.edu/unionline/public/327.html
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WRS FITNESS AND LEISURE CLASSES: Begin
Sept. 2nd. Register now. WRS Office (WRC 101) hours: M-F 7:30 - 5:30.
Classes include NEW Indoor Cycling, Combo Aerobics, Kickboxing, Mind,
Body, & Spirit (yoga), and Belly Dancing. Pick up flyers at the
WRC or Union Information Desk. http://www.uni.edu/wellrec
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HEALTH BEAT UPDATE:
The East Gym Health Beat fitness area will reopen
Monday, August 25 (hours M-F, 6:30 a.m. - 6:30 p.m.). Fall semester
operation will be contingent on the East Gym construction schedule.
Locker and towel service will continue to be available. Arrangements
can be made through the Health Beat fitness supervisor. Users should
be advised that locker room custodial service will be minimal and that
there will be no hot water for showers. WRS will keep you posted as
plans are finalized for the Health Beat relocation to the student union.
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LIBRARY HOURS FOR LABOR DAY WEEKEND:
http://www.library.uni.edu/libinfo/hours.shtml#labor
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LIBRARY HOURS FOR FALL
SEMESTER:
http://www.library.uni.edu/libinfo/hours.shtml
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ART EXHIBIT: From
Aug. 25 to Sept. 19 the UNI Gallery of Art will present "David
Delafield Retrospective," a joint project with the Waterloo Center
for the Arts and the Hearst Center for the Arts sponsored in part by
a grant from the Community Foundation. Exhibition Curator and UNI Professor
of Art Roy Behrens will present a lecture about David Delafield on Sept.
4 at 7:00 p.m in the Kamerick Art Building Art Auditorium. An opening
reception will follow. Free and open to the public. Gallery hours are
9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mon. - Thurs.; 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Fri.; and noon to 5
p.m. Sat. - Sun.
http://www.uni.edu/artdept/gallery/
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MARS VIEWING: Aug.
29 will be the first time in about 55,000 years that Mars has been this
close to the Earth. To mark this close encounter, the Department of
Earth Science will host an open house at the Hillside Observatory on
Jennings Drive. The public is invited to see the red planet through
the observatory's 16-inch telescope. Other telescopes also will be set
up to see other objects in the night scky. The open house is at 9 p.m.
Wednesday Aug. 27. In the event of bad weather, the event will be cancelled.
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NATIVE ROADSIDE VEGETATION CENTER
(NRVC) DEDICATION: The NRVC, located on West
27th Street about one-half mile west of Hudson Road, will be dedicated
at 10:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 29. Refreshments and building and plot production
tours will follow remarks by dignitaries, including Sen. Charles Grassley
and a representative of Sen. Tom Harkin. The center's programs-- the
Roadside Program, Prairie Institute and Iowa Ecotype Project-- are interwoven
to restore Iowa prairie and bring native grasses and flowers back to
Iowa's roadsides.
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THURSDAYZ
DRIVE-IN MOVIE: Come watch the blockbuster
"The Matrix Reloaded" under the stars. Thursday, Aug. 28 at
8 p.m. in the Quads Courtyard.
Sponsored by the Student Life Team.
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VOLUNTEER FAIR:
The UNI Career Center's Volunteer UNI program will host the Fall 2003
Volunteer Fair on Sept. 3, from 11 a.m. - 2.p.m. in the Maucker Union
Old Central Ballroom. For a list of participating agencies visit
http://www.uni.edu/careercenter
or email volunteer@uni.edu
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STRAYER-WOOD
THEATRE OPEN HOUSE: Theatre UNI & UNI
Student Theatre Association will host an open house at the Strayer-Wood
Theatre on Wednesday, Sept. 3, from 3:30 - 5:30 p.m. for anyone interested
in auditions, volunteering, getting tickets, etc. Building tours and
refreshments as well.
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