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October: Breast Cancer Awareness Month Through Oct. 13 -University of Arkansas at Monticello's nursing students will attend the ARSNA convention held in Hot Springs, accompanied by Dr. Larry Eustace, division of nursing chair and professor, and Pamela Gourner, SNA sponsor. Through Oct. 14 - Agriculture students participate in the soil judging contest at the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville. Through Oct. 28 – “Terry Williams: Wildlife Artist” will be on exhibit in the Library and Technology Center Gallery. A reception will be held Oct. 25, at 7 p.m. for Williams, a UAM alumnus. Through Oct. 28 – “Selections from the Spencer Collection” will be exhibited in the Fine Arts Center’s Spencer Gallery Oct. 12 - The University of Arkansas at Monticello Board of Visitors will meet at 4 p.m. in the Spencer Gallery of the UAM Fine Arts Center. Click to see the agenda. The meeting is open to the public. For more information, contact Jim Brewer, director of media services, at (870) 460-1074. Oct. 12 - A three-hour hands-on introductory workshop on "Creating Your Own Web Design" will be held in the IT lab of Sorrells Hall from 1-4 p.m. Faculty and students are eligible to attend at no charge subject to space availability. Oct. 12 - The brothers of the Kappa Alpha Order present "The Dukes of Hazzard - Return of the General Lee" party at the KA place (downtown, next to Bone's Auto Parts) from 10 p.m.-2 a.m. If you dress as a cast member of the "Dukes of Hazzard," admission costs $3; everyone else pays $5. Oct. 14-15 - UAM hosts the Weevil Wars debate tournament. This free event is open to the public. Oct. 16-22 - National Collegiate Alcohol Awareness/Red Ribbon Week Oct. 16 - Deadline to enter the Ambassadors Pumpkin Decorating Contest. Pick up an entry form in the Admissions office on the first floor of Harris Hall. A DECORATED PUMPKIN (not carved) must be brought to the Office of Admissions by noon on Oct. 18. When decorating, please remember all pumpkins will be donated to an area children's home. Pumpkins will be judged on idea, creativity, neatness and originality. Prizes will be given for first, second and third place winners. Any recognized campus organization can enter. Only one entry per organization. No entry fee is required. Oct. 19- The Medical Science Club will have Tom South, director of Admission at UAMS, speak Thursday at 12:40 p.m. in room B19 of the Science Center. All students planning on attending medical school should attend. Oct. 19-21 - The Rodeo Team will participate in Rodeo Competition at the University of West Alabama in Livingston, Ala Congratulations to Tina Adams for winning the 3rd annual Sigma Apollo. Congratulations to Dreyon Gray, Jeremy Tucker, Eric Haynie and Ryan Shepard for winning the Sigma 3-on-3 basketball tournament. The campus elected the following ladies to the 2006 Homecoming Court: Christean Bell, Vicky Brown, Karen Dodd, LaTish Edwards, Adelia Hill, Amy Hoang, Ana Hunt, Janay Kolen, Brittany Mathews, Aissa Roflo, Special Sanders and Brittany Washington. The UAM football team chose Feonda Devall as the 2006 football sweetheart.
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.
Intramurals
Meetings Oct. 13 - The first Social Work field meeting will be held in MCB 218. 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 & Activities, at 460-1396 or kight@uamont.edu. The Spatial Information Systems Club meets bi-weekly on Tuesdays at 12:30 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 & 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. The Traffic Committee meets the first Thursday of each month. 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 The Foliate Oak Online introduces the October Issue for 2006. Grab a cup of joe and curl up to read some great prose by Sherry Bass, Joe Buckner, Louise Norlie, Jonathan Scott, Mark Spychala, Bill West and one of UAM’s own, Hannah Shelby. If poetry is more your style, read some of our great feature poets: Christopher Barnes, Charles Clifford Brooks, Kevin Brown, Duane Locke, Allen McGill, David Rushing, Deborah Russell and Lynn Strogin. Discover the world of art by visiting Ira Joel Haber, Deborah Russell and Aimea's pages. UAM FANS WANTED! Talk about UAM, high school, professional, and other college sports. Visit our free discussion board at www.arsportstalk.net
Oil Painting Class - Come join a fun and challenging experience where you will learn the very basics of oil painting. You will create still life paintings, nature prints, and other fun projects that you can take home and display on your wall. Students will also have the opportunity to display their project(s) during an art exhibit in December to be held at the UAM College of Technology – McGehee. Mary Wells will teach the class Oct. 19-Dec. 14 on Thursdays from 5-8 p.m. at the Old Watson School in Watson, Ark. A $60 tuition fee and $40 in supplies will cover the costs of the course. Registration will be held the first night of class and consists of a simple one-page personal data sheet. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Sharon Cantrell at 870-222-5360 ext 5250 or cantrells@uamont.edu. The Distinguish Brothers of Alpha Phi Alpha will be holding ALPHADEMICS study sessions every Wednesday night in Bankston Hall from 6-7:30pm. Tutors will be provided. FREE Mammograms - Please go to
http://www.thebreastcancersite.com and click on “Fund Free
Mammogram” (pink box in the middle). This doesn’t cost you a thing. Help
reach the daily quota of “clicks” required for the donation of at least
one free mammogram a day to an underprivileged woman. Wandering Weevil Wheels - Organizations can adopt a bicycle
that's part of the inaugural fleet of the Wandering Weevil Wheels.
Campus organizations will maintenance and paint the bikes in Wandering
Weevil Colors. Contact Gary Marshall, adviser to the UAM Creative
Society, at marshall@uamont.edu
for more information. Need help eating healthy and staying active? Contact your American Cancer Society's Nutrition and Physical Activity helpline! You will learn easy ways to help incorporate nutrition and physical activity into your daily routine: • Set personal goals for your eating and physical
activity habits The University of Arkansas at Monticello has been selected to participate in a research study for Nutrition and Physical Activity being conducted by the American Cancer Society. Monetary awards are provided for your participation after each segment of the program. Participants must be 18 years of age or older, not pregnant or lactating and not currently suffering from an eating disorder. For more information, contact Julie Gentry at gentry@uamont.edu or by phone at 460-1046. Call 1-877-4R-LIVES to get started TODAY! NASA Means Business Student Competition 2007 - This year's topic employs NASA 's space exploration mission in the promotion of science, technology, engineering and math education among middle and high school students. University students from a broad range of backgrounds are invited to employ their skills in this capstone program to design and develop: * A NASA STEM Education Promotion Plan, and Students studying engineering and natural science, advertising, marketing, communication, radio-television-film, journalism and other similar professions are encouraged to form multidisciplinary teams. Read the Competition Guidelines posted at http://www.tsgc.utexas.edu/nmb.
"DROP-IN" TUTORING SERVICES & 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 Monticello PEO Chapter offers a $500 one semester scholarship to a female graduate of Drew Central or Monticello High. Additional requirements include completion of at least 24 credit hours and having a minimum 2.5 grade point average. Applications are available in the Office of Admissions on the first floor of Harris Hall. Upon completion, these should be returned to Admissions by Nov.1 for spring consideration. The Elie Wiesel Foundation for Humanity offers an essay contest yearly. Scholarship awards from $500-$5,000 are offered. Eligibility includes:
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. Faculty may nominate current sophomores or juniors, who have a minimum 3.00 grade point average, are committed to the mission listed above, and are U. S. citizens or permanent residents. For the purposes of the scholarship program, a Native American or Alaska Native is any individual who is:
Empty the Trash - Old e-mails placed in the “Deleted Items” folder remain on the university server until the folder is emptied, which may slow the operation of your computer. Right click your mouse on the “Deleted Items” folder and choose empty “Deleted Items” folder. This will permanently remove the old and unwanted emails from the e-mail system. New McGehee Homepage - Sharon Cantrell and UAM Webmaster Tina Freeman spent months designing a new Web page for the McGehee campus. The user-friendly pages will be continuously updated, and can be accessed from the UAM homepage by clicking on the UAM College of Technology – McGehee link or by going to http://www.uamont.edu/mcgehee/ The UAM 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 http://www.uamont.edu/StudentAffairs/FoodServices/JavaCity.htm. The Bookstore now carries apparel and gift items (shirts, cups, hats, etc) online at www.uamont.bkstr.com. View UAM's new master plan on the University home page. Visit the Division of Music's MP3 Web site at http://www.uamont.edu/music/mp3.htm. Visit the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee-sponsored CHAMPS/Life Skills Web site. Access your grades via Campus Connect by clicking on "Student Information & Links" at the UAM home page. To receive mailed materials from the university, your permanent mailing address must be accurate. If you’ve had a change in your address, stop by the Registrar’s Office (Harris Hall, first floor) or the Student Services office at Crossett or McGehee to complete a "Change in Student Data" form. The form should also be completed if you’ve had a change in your name, local address, or telephone number. There is no charge for making a change in your data. A photo ID is required when the "Change in Student Data" form is submitted.
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