Student@Tennessee, Monday, Feb 14, 2011
Newsletter for UT Knoxville Students
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Special
--- This is Faculty Appreciation Week, a time to celebrate faculty and their teaching, research and outreach. Their work is a big part of what makes UT Knoxville the great university it is.
Today we kick off a series of special stories about faculty on the Tennessee Today website, http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/. College deans and administrators suggested faculty members for the "College Kudo" features. The "Thanks, Faculty" features are based on suggestions we received from students, alumni, and other faculty and staff.
You can see all of the Faculty Appreciation Week stories at http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/tag/faculty-appreciation-week-2011/.
Also this week, visit the Faculty "shout out" page to send your own thank you message to a favorite faculty member or read what others have written: http://www.utk.edu/faculty/appreciation/shout-out/.
--- Message from the Chancellor: It's important for us to know more about your UT experience. A survey called the National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) helps us gauge how we're doing in just about every area affecting students. This week, all freshmen and seniors will receive the NSSE survey. Please be on the lookout for an e-mail from me asking you to take the survey and take a few moments to tell us your thoughts.
http://chancellor.utk.edu/announcements/20110211.shtml
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Good News
--- The College of Arts & Sciences Advising Services office is now located in 313 Ayres Hall and is scheduling appointments for students who wish to be advised for fall 2011. If you are still deciding on your major or have not officially declared your major, you will need to meet with your Arts and Sciences advisor to talk about exploring possible majors and scheduling appropriate classes for next fall. Call 974-4483 or visit 313 Ayres Hall for more info.
--- Proving that its students are among the best in the country, a UT Knoxville College of Law moot court team placed second in the nation in the 61st annual Moot Court Competition at the New York City Bar Association two weeks ago.
The student team, consisting of Amy Rao Mohan, G. William Perry and J. David Watkins, was coached by Professors Joseph Cook and John Sobieski.
Mohan also was runner-up as Best Oralist in the four-day competition that included 28 teams from 14 regions across the country.
"We have great students, a very committed and involved faculty and a terrific moot court program at the UT College of Law," said Dean Douglas A. Blaze. "This achievement represents what can happen when all those things intersect. We are all very proud of Professors Cook and Sobieski and the team members for the hard work they all put into this competition."
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Mark Your Calendar
--- Writers in the Library will host a fiction reading by Kevin Wilson at 7 p.m. tonight in Hodges Library auditorium. Wilson is the author of the award-winning short story collection "Tunneling to the Center of the Earth" and a forthcoming novel, "The Family Fang." The event is free and open to the public.
http://www.lib.utk.edu/writersinthelibrary/
--- Carnicus interest meeting, 6:30 p.m. tomorrow in UC 226. Carnicus is a student skit competition open to all campus organizations that will be held in the Alumni Memorial Building Auditorium on April 8-9.
--- "Students Promoting Environmental Action in Knoxville" (SPEAK) is sponsoring a screening of the documentary film "Food, Inc.," 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Hodges Library auditorium. The film offers an unflattering look inside America's corporate controlled food industry. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask]
--- How does a man who once boasted $30,000 worth of Hermes neckties wind up cutting grass? Aaron Beam, co-founder and former CFO of HealthSouth, will tell you. The former millionaire-turned-yardman will tell his tale of getting involved in corporate fraud and going to federal prison. Beam is speaking 5:15 – 6:15 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 16, at the University Center Auditorium. A "meet-and-greet" reception will immediately follow the event in UC Room 227. The College of Business Administration event is free and open to the public.
--- University Center open house, 4-6 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17. Stop by for free food sampling, free bowling, billiards, table tennis and Xbox 360 play in Down Under, 20 percent off in the UC Bookstore, discounts, giveaways, door prizes and more.
--- Center for the Study of Social Justice colloquium, 11:30 a.m. Friday, Feb. 18, in 530 HBB. Speaker: author and professor Rebecca Klenk. Topic: "Development, Sustainability and Social Justice in Himalayan India." Klenk will present findings from her new book, "Educating Activists: Development and Gender in the Making of Modern Gandhians," which shows how rural women accept, refuse, reinterpret, and negotiate development's terms in a quest to improve their own communities. Free and open to the public. For more info call 974-5909 or e-mail [log in to unmask]
--- UT Science Forum, noon Friday, Feb. 18, in Thompson-Boling Arena Dining room C-D. Speaker: Sharon Thompson, director of the Center for Agriculture and Food Security and Preparedness in the College of Veterinary Medicine. Topic: "The Potential for Food Terrorism." For more information, e-mail [log in to unmask], call 974-8156 or visit the Science Forum website at http://research.utk.edu/forum/.
--- A senior in the College of Arts and Sciences is integrating the two disciplines and bringing them to life in his senior project. Andy Rogers, who is majoring in biochemistry and molecular biology and minoring in theater, went beyond writing the required research paper for his major; he has written, produced, directed and soon will be starring in a musical in the form of an independent project centered on a disease he and his sister suffer from: Type I Diabetes. Called "Andy and the Beats," the musical aims to entertain and inform its audiences about the disease. Showtimes are 7 p.m. Feb. 18 and 19 and 2 and 5 p.m. Feb. 20 at the Clarence Brown Lab Theatre. Donations to the nonprofit Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation are suggested.
http://web.bio.utk.edu/bcmb/andybeats/AndyBeats.html
--- The TeamVOLS annual "Spaghetti for Service" lunch and dinner fundraisers for Alternative Spring Break are coming up Feb. 21 and 24. Buy your $5 ticket from any trip participant and you will get ALL-YOU-CAN-EAT Spaghetti, break, drink, salad and dessert. All funds go to support community service opportunity for UT students.
- Mon. Feb 21: Dinner will be from 5:30 to 8 p.m. in the Black Cultural Center.
- Thurs. Feb. 24: Lunch will be from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Black Cultural Center.
Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] or call 974-8481.
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Get Involved
--- The All Campus Events Committee (ACE) is currently accepting applications for membership. ACE organizes four campus events each year: Homecoming, Vol Challenge, All Sing and Carnicus, representing some of the longest standing traditions at the University of Tennessee. Applications can be found at http://activities.utk.edu/cpc/aceapps/. For more information, e-mail [log in to unmask]
--- The PRSSA student public relations society is holding an "Agency Perspectives" meeting at 7:30 p.m. tomorrow in the Scripps Lab on the 4th floor of the Communications Building. Agency professionals Mary Beth West, Tiffany Carpenter, Cheryl Ball and Melissa Copelan will discuss public relations agencies and answer questions about what it is like to work in one. All majors are welcome and there will be free food. For all students who want to join, this will be the last day to pay dues. Please bring $65 and fill out a membership form to become a full member of PRSSA. For more information, go to web.utk.edu/~prssa or e-mail [log in to unmask]
--- UT's 16th annual Dance Marathon fundraiser for East Tennessee Children's Hospital, sponsored by the TeamVOLS Volunteer Center, will be held Feb. 25-26 at TRECS. Sign up today to join the largest student-run philanthropy in the country and help raise funds for the Children's Miracle Network fight against childhood cancer.
http://activities.utk.edu/dance-marathon/
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Important Deadlines
--- UT peer mentor applications are due Friday, Feb. 18. Fill out your application at https://studentsuccess.wufoo.com/forms/fys-101-peer-mentor-application-2011/. For more information please visit the Student Success Center website at http://studentsuccess.utk.edu/students/freshmen/fys101mentors.shtml or e-mail [log in to unmask]
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Ready for the World Events
--- Chocolate, strawberries, raspberries: they're natural aphrodisiacs and some Valentine's Day favorites. Diners will enjoy each of these yummy delights in the dishes at this week's Ready for the World Café, 11:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday in the UC Hermitage Room. Diners pay $11 for the all-you-care-to-eat buffet or $9 for a carry-out box.
--- The I-House presents International Soup Night, 6:30 - 8:30 p.m. tomorrow. Enjoy soups from five different cultures: Chinese, Indian, Korean, Jewish and Pakistani. Vote for your favorite. The soup getting the most votes will be the official "super soup" that night. Tickets $2 for students, $3 for faculty and staff, $4 for the general public and free for I-House club members. Questions? Call 974-4453.
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This Week in SGA
--- The SGA Volunteer Services Committee presents "Dinner and Dessert Night on the UT Strip" tomorrow. Stop by Buffalo Wild Wings for dinner and then head to 3 Spoons for some delicious dessert. Buffalo Wild Wings will be contributing 10 percent of all sales made throughout the entire day and 3 Spoons will be contributing 25 percent of all sales made from 7 to 9 p.m. Proceeds will go to the SGA Dance Marathon team.
--- The SGA Diversity Affairs Committee is sponsoring Diversity Week, Feb. 20 – 24, which will address issues concerning diversity, disabilities and stereotypes. More information can be found on the Diversity Week Facebook event page.
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