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Index: On the Docket || Honored || Student Activities/Intramurals || Meetings || Opportunities || Announcements On the Docket Jan. 20 - Phi Beta Sigma fraternity presents "Makes it Rain" party Saturday beginning at 10:14 p.m. at the Drew County Fairgrounds. Greeks and basketball players only pay $1 for admission; others pay $3. The fraternity will give away a pair of men's and women's Air Jordans to some lucky winners. Jan. 21 - The SEARK Concert Association presents the Stardust Big Band from 3-5 p.m. in the Fine Arts Center. Come enjoy an afternoon with dynamic Arkansas musicians performing music from the Big Band Era to the modern music of today. UAM students enter FREE with campus I.D.; without it, students pay $8 and adults pay $12. Jan. 22 - Open cheerleading tryouts for two positions Monday at 3:30 p.m. in the University Center Gym. All interested individuals should attend. Jan. 24 - The American Red Cross Blood Drive will be held from 9:30 a.m. – 4 p.m. in the Gibson University Center Green Room. Participants receive FREE T-shirts and refreshments. Those planning to attend should contact Student Health Services at 460-1051 or richardson@uamont.edu. Donors should eat breakfast Wednesday morning and must show a driver’s license or UAM campus ID. Jan. 24 - Gateway Student Support Services holds "Be a Super Test Taker" workshop for all interested UAM students at 3 p.m. in the Testing Center, Harris Hall Room 200. For more information, contact counselor Phyllis Waldron at 460-1154.
Jan. 24 - The UAM chapter of NAACP holds its first meeting of the semester Wednesday at 5 p.m. in the lobby of Horsfall Hall. Those interested in membership or curious about NAACP and its mission, feel free to attend. The meeting is open to everyone. For more information, e-mail naacp@uamont.edu. Jan. 27 - The Student Activities Board hosts an all-day poker tournament Saturday in the U.C. Green Room beginning at 9 a.m. Learn Texas Hold'Em! without the pressure of winning or losing money. First, second and third place winners will receive prizes, but everyone has a chance to win a prize from a raffle. Sign up beginning Jan. 22; the first 49 entries are guaranteed a spot. For more information, contact Lindsey Kight, director of Student Programs and Activities, at 460-1396 or kight@uamont.edu. Jan. 29 - The Student Activities Board hosts a drunk-driving simulation in front of the Gibson University Center. The Little Rock Touchdown Club honored UAM senior punter Anthony Rodriguez as one of its Outstanding Players of the Year during its annual award banquet Jan. 12. The LRTDC honors high school and college players and coaches at the banquet sponsored by the Arkansas Democrat Gazette and the Arkansas Sports Performance Center.
Spring Fraternity Rush will be held Jan. 29-Feb. 1 Think before you drink! - Don't let college folklore influence you to be under the influence. Learn more about alcohol and student life. Anonymous Alcohol Screenings – UAM faculty, staff and students can take a FREE, anonymous alcohol screening at http://www.mentalhealthscreening.org/screening/loginpage.asp. When asked for a login name, enter UOFAMONTICELLO.
Download entry forms! View this week's schedule and winners! For more information, contact Julie Gentry at 460-1046 or gentry@uamont.edu. Meetings The Southeast Arkansas Science Teachers Association will meet Feb. 22 in the auditorium of the Math and Science building. The U.N.I.T.Y choir rehearses Mondays at 7:30 p.m. in the Music building, Room 133. UNITY is open to all students. For more information, call 460-1743 or e-mail unityclub@uamont.edu. U.N.I.T.Y meets Tuesdays at 7 p.m. in 204 Memorial Classroom Building. UNITY is open to all students. For more information, call 460-1743 or e-mail unityclub@uamont.edu. The Student Government Association meets from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in the U.C. Caucus Room on the second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Any student or organization needing an issue brought before SGA .For more information, contact Lindsey Kight, director of Student Programs and Activities, at 460-1396 or kight@uamont.edu. The Spatial Information Systems Club meets bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 12:30 p.m. in room 209A of the Chamberlin Forest Resources Complex. The Alpha Chi Student Honorary conducts regular business meetings for members only during the activity period (12:40 p.m. – 1:30 p.m.) on the second Tuesday of each month. The Chess Club meets Wednesdays and Thursdays at 3:30 p.m. in 316 Babin Business Center. Baptist Collegiate Ministries serve lunch at noon Wednesdays. First-timers eat free and everyone else eats for $2. Proceeds benefit summer mission trips and other activities. The Forestry Club meets Wednesdays at 5 p.m. in the lobby of the forestry building. For more information about the club, visit http://cotton.uamont.edu/~forestryclub/. The Social Work Club meets the first Wednesday of each month. The Creative Society meets Thursdays at 12:30 p.m. outside the Patio Café. Do you like to write, draw, paint, sing, make stuff, or just be around creative people in general? If so, you should join the Creative Society! Anybody with any interest is welcome to come by and check it out. We are looking for a band or musician to play intermission and help us get Mocha Madness started. We also need people to help us make refreshments and set up before it starts. The Student Activities Board meets from 12:40-1:30 p.m. in the Gibson University Center House Room on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month. Any UAM student can participate in SAB (and attend meetings). For more information, contact Lindsey Kight, director of Student Programs and Activities, at 460-1396 or kight@uamont.edu. The NAACP meets Thursdays at 6 p.m. in Horsfall Hall. Missionary Baptist Student Fellowship hosts "Renown" meetings Thursdays at 7 p.m. at the MBSF Center (near the tennis courts). Come find out about weekly small groups and upcoming events. All students are encouraged to attend. Drew Country Writers meet on the third Thursday each month in the First Presbyterian Church library at 6:30 p.m. Members must produce tangible evidence that they write, though they may not have published at this point. Opportunities Show off your talent - Submit any form of original artwork for a chance to be featured on the cover of The Foliate Oak Online’s annual “Best of” print edition! Please submit your artwork as an attachment to foliateoak@uamont.edu by Feb. 14. View the first 2007 issue of the The Foliate Oak and read stories by writers such as James R. Tomlinson and Richard A. Poveromo, poetry by writers including Michael Grant Smith, Jase Carns and Kit Kennedy, and artwork by artists including Call Gorevic, Shannon Brady, Carolyn Adams and Sebastian Frame. Please check submission guidelines before submitting to foliateoak@uamont.edu.
Tentative refund dates for the Spring 2007 semester:
You're a mother? - Mothers and preadolescent daughters (aged 9-13) needed for ground-breaking research. Chosen participants will receive gifts and gift certificates for participating in a couple of two-hour interviews on campus. For more information call Elizabeth Ruggiero at 460-1647 or e-mail Ruggiero@uamont.edu.
Welding - The UAM College of Technology at McGehee offers a
non-credit welding course this spring on Mondays from 6-9 p.m. Jan. 22
through April 2. Registration and payment of $120 tuition will be
accepted on the first night of class.
Anyone interested in joining
The Journalism Club should contact Ron Sitton, assistant professor
of journalism, at sitton@uamont.edu.
Membership available to all interested individuals.
"DROP-IN" TUTORING SERVICES and STUDY SKILLS LAB - The tutoring labs, located on the third floor of Harris Hall, offer tutoring services Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. until 4 p.m. NO APPOINTMENT NEEDED! Students must present a UAM ID and check in at the front desk. For more information, contact Laura Hughes, director of Counseling, Testing and Career Services, at 460-1454.
Scholarship Opportunities Pick up scholarship applications in the Office of Admissions on the first floor of Harris Hall. The Mid-South Division of the American Cancer Society offers $1,000 awards to selected students for the 2006-07 academic year. To be eligible for consideration, a student must:
The Morris K. Udall Scholarship and Excellence in National Environmental Policy Foundation awards 80 merit-based $5,000 scholarships each year to outstanding college students who intend to pursue careers related to the environment, or who intend to pursue careers in Native American health care or tribal public policy and are Native American or Alaska Native. Apply by Feb. 1. For more information, visit http://www.udall.gov/udall.asp?link=200. The Newhouse Graduate Newspaper Fellowship and Apprenticeship for Minorities underwrites master's level study at the acclaimed S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications at Syracuse University while providing on-the-job training at the Newhouse Newspapers. Two winners per year receive free tuition, monthly stipends of $1,100, health insurance coverage and up to $3,300 in other benefits for 18 months of graduate study. Eligibility includes U.S. citizenship with either African American, Hispanic/Latino, Asian American/Pacific Islander or Native American heritage. Candidates must have earned an undergraduate degree in a field other than journalism from an accredited college or university (with a B average or higher) by June 15 of the year attending Syracuse University. Submit a complete application for admission to the newspaper track of Syracuse University's master's program in Magazine, Newspaper and On-Line Journalism by Feb. 1, which requires taking the Graduate Record Examination no later than Jan. 1. The $65 Syracuse University graduate application fee will be waived for all eligible Newhouse Fellow candidates. For more information, visit http://newhousemasters.syr.edu. The Arkansas Governor’s Commission on People with Disabilities awards several scholarships each year. Apply by Feb. 23. Eligibility for consideration includes:
The Arkansas Press Women offer a $1,000 scholarship to a student planning a career in journalism or mass communications. The applicant must be entering his/her junior or senior year in the 2007-08 academic year. Applicants must complete the written application, provide an official transcript, submit three letters of recommendation and three communication/journalism/broadcast samples, and write a 400-word or less statement of professional goals. Apply by March 1. For more information, visit http://www.arkansaspresswomen.org/profdev/schol.htm. The AWS Foundation provides several scholarship opportunities for students studying welding technology, engineering or associated careers in both undergraduate and graduate programs. Application deadlines range through March 1. For more information, visit http://www.aws.org/w/s/foundation/national_scholarships.html. UAM private scholarships - Students interested in applying for campus scholarships by the March 1 deadline for Fall 2007 must meet various guidelines, including major, grade point, county of residence and number of hours earned. Pick up an application for consideration in the Office of Admissions on the first floor of Harris Hall. The Arkansas Public Health Association offers $1,000 Scholarship for Arkansas students in a public health field. Eligibility requirements include:
The Monticello PEO seeks applications for a $500 scholarship for the fall 2007 term. Applicants must be female graduates of Drew Central of Monticello High School, who have completed at least 24 college credits with a minimum 2.5 grade point average. Apply by April 1. The Arkansas Education and Training Voucher Program offers funds to foster youth and former foster youth to enable them to attend colleges, universities and vocational training institutions. Students may receive up to $5,000 a year for four years as they pursue higher education. Funds may be used for tuition, books or qualified living expenses. Available on a first-come, first-served basis to students out of the Arkansas foster care system. For more information, visit https://www.statevoucher.org/state.xhtml?state=AR. The Arkansas Cattlemen's Foundation recently announced two new endowed scholarships:
Get a guaranteed two-year ROTC Scholarship worth over $26,000. Army ROTC is looking for qualified students to participate in this summer's Leader’s Training Course, a 28-day adventure course worth six college credits. Free round-trip transportation, meals and lodging included. Requirements include:
ROTC Scholarship Requirements:
Note: Non-scholarship juniors, seniors and graduate
students who enroll in ROTC under the Alternate Entry Option will
receive a $9,500 stipend for the last two years of ROTC. Age waivers are
available for qualified students. Starting salary for a Second
Lieutenant is over $32,000 and approximately $50,000 in four years.
Great medical, dental and housing benefits. For more information,
contact Lt. Col. Iverson Jackson via e-mail at
jacksoni@uamont.edu or
rotc@uamont.edu, or come by 124 Harris Hall. See everything available at www.uamont.edu/jobs. Work for the Department of Residence Life as a female Resident Assistant. Eligibility includes:
Water Quality Laboratory - Students can earn $6.75 an hour
working 10-20 hours a week in the School of Forest Resources' Water
Quality Laboratory. Work may include maintenance of laboratory
equipment, preparation of soil and water samples for analysis,
performing basic water analysis, entering data into computer software
and the possibility of field work if desired. Hours can be adjusted to
fit individual student schedules. Individuals should be able to work
well with other people, be able to follow instructions and possess basic
familiarity with computer software packages such as Microsoft Office.
Contact Hal Liechty at 460-1452 or
liechty@uamont.edu, or Stacy Wilson at 460-1392 or
wilsonst@uamont.edu.
The University of Arkansas at Monticello (UAM) (www.uamont.edu/jobs) is seeking applicants for a Maintenance Worker I (Monticello campus). Responsibilities: Individual must operate equipment such as tractors, lawn mowers, or weedeaters to cut grass; plants grass, trees, and/or shrubbery, and fertilizes and waters as necessary; sprays, prunes, and trims shrubbery and trees; pick up trash and broken limbs and haul dirt to fill holes. Employee will be on-call at all times and overtime work is necessary. Qualifications: Minimum qualifications include the completion of sufficient education or training to read and write. Other job related education and/or experience may be substituted for all or part of these basic requirements. Salary: Pay grade 4 with salary of $14,170 / Excellent fringe benefits. Application Process: Interested parties may obtain a UAM application at one of the three campus locations:
Spam Attack - Spammers are becoming more proficient at getting around Internet filters. Almost 90 percent of the e-mails arriving on campus can be classified as unwanted or unsolicited. In addition to the distraction, spam e-mails can be dangerous to the campus network. Please follow these rules when dealing with suspicious e-mails.
Stafford Loan Borrowers - If you have borrowed a federal Stafford
loan while attending UAM, and you will:
Official Degree Audit - If you are seeking a baccalaureate degree and you have earned between 60 and 90 hours, you should meet with your academic adviser to complete a signed degree audit for your chosen major and minor (if applicable). Once you reach the 90-hour point, you will be unable to register for classes until a signed audit is on file in the registrar’s office. If you’d like to know the status of your degree audit (whether one is on file or not), please contact the Registrar's office at 460-1034. Web Safe Color Chart - Computer Information Systems Professor Jim Roiger constructed a Web page that shows the 216 Web-safe colors and their RGB codes. These colors will look exactly the same on all computer systems and monitors. The WWW Consortium recommends using these colors with the most recent compliant Web standards for XHTML, XML, CSS, DOM and EMCAScript (standard javascript). Visit: http://www.uamont.edu/facultyweb/roiger/webcolors.html Passports - Any current international student from Canada MUST have a passport, effective Jan. 1. Please feel free to contact Mary Whiting at whitingm@uamont.edu if you have any questions. Planning to graduate in August or December 2007? Fill out and submit a graduation application to the Registrar’s Office, Harris Hall 102, by Feb. 28. Find applications on the campus homepage, http://www.uamont.edu, by choosing the Current Students option, clicking on Registrar, clicking on Graduation Information, clicking on appropriate application, then print it, fill it out and submit. Unsure of when you may be eligible to graduate or if you are eligible for an Associate of Arts degree? See your adviser to review your degree audit. The Office of Finance and Administration keeps a formal log of vending machine problems on the Monticello campus. All coke or snack machine problems should be reported to Sharon Bulloch at UAM extension 1023 or e-mail bulloch@uamont.edu. In addition to providing the location, please indicate if the Coca Cola machine contains cans or bottles when reporting problems. Visit the Fred J. Taylor Library and Technology Center on the Monticello campus from 8 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Friday, 1-4 p.m. Saturday and 2-10 p.m. Sunday. The Patio Café now takes phone-in orders at 460-1376 Monday through Friday for lunch (11 a.m. – 2 p.m.) and dinner (4 – 7 p.m.). Visit the Web site for menus and prices. Get a cup of Joe at Java City! The coffee shop inside the Taylor Library and Technology Center opens Monday - Friday from 7 a.m. - 3 p.m., and from 5-9:30 p.m. Sunday - Thursday. For more information, call 460-1876 or visit Java City online. Visit the University Bookstore on the Monticello campus weekdays from 7:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
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