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Student@Tennessee, Monday, Aug 27, 2012 Newsletter for UT Knoxville Students ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Good News --- Always wanted to learn to play the piano or organ? Lessons for UT credit are available through the School of Music. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] --- Hodges Library is now open Sunday through Friday, and round-the-clock hours have been extended to all floors. Also, the entire building will remain open until midnight on Friday and Saturday nights. Read more at library.utk.edu/news. --- Feeling homesick? Here are ways to fight it. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/08/20/homesickness-experts-offer-advice/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Mark Your Calendar --- Monday night bowling league interest meeting, 5 p.m. tonight. Also, don't forget about $3 Thursday with three hours of bowling, billiards, and table tennis play for only $3. Check out the Xbox 360 Tournament schedule and ACUI Tournament schedule. http://universitycenter.utk.edu/downunder --- Cinema Club meeting, 7 p.m. tonight in the Hodges Library Auditorium. Includes a screening of "Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb." Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] --- Do you love to cheer? Do you want to continue cheering? Learn how with VOLstars Cheerleading, a new organization on campus directed towards competitive all-star cheerleaders who came to college and want to continue cheering. Interest meetings set for 5:15 p.m. this Tuesday and Wednesday in UC 226. Questions? Email [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask] --- American Marketing Association interest meeting, 5:30 p.m. tomorrow in 201 Haslam. Open to all UT students with an interest in marketing. Free food and drinks for all attendees. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] --- Public Relations Student Society of America information meeting at 7 p.m. tomorrow in the Scripps Convergence Lab in the Communication Building. Free pizza will be served and all majors are welcome. Questions? e-mail [log in to unmask] or visit http://web.utk.edu/~prssa/ --- Student Dental Association meeting 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. tomorrow in Walters Life Science room M307. Free food and information. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] --- Central Program Council interest meeting, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29 in the UC Shiloh Room. Representatives from all six of CPC's committees will be present: Campus Entertainment Board, Cultural Attractions Committee, Film Committee, Issues Committee, Visual Arts Committee, and Women's Coordinating Council. Representatives will give brief overviews of what each committee does and answer questions. Find CPC on Facebook and Twitter to learn more. --- Collegiate Entrepreneur's Organization interest meeting, 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 29, in 102 Haslam Business Building. Speaker: Jake Baron, UT alumnus and CEO of Casenova, a revolutionary single-strap-waterproof-neoprene backpack. Pizza will be served. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] --- Linguistics scholar Benjamin Hary of Emory University will kick off the Karen and Pace Robinson Lecture on Modern Israel at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, Aug. 29, in the McClung Museum auditorium. Free and open to the public. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/08/20/judeoarabic-linguistics-expert/ --- UT Equestrian Team interest meeting, 7 p.m. to 7:45 p.m. Aug. 30, in TRECS 228. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] --- Interested in law school? Attend the Law School Admission Workshop and Recruitment Fair on Wednesday, Sept. 5, at the UT College of Law. The workshop is free and no preregistration is necessary. http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/2012/08/21/law-admissions-workshop/ --- Rotaract, the campus version of Rotary International, will hold an interest meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday Sept. 6, in HSS 111. Free pizza and cookies will be provided and everyone is welcome. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] --- The German Saturday School of Knoxville is enrolling students of all ages and proficiency levels for the 2012-2013 school year. http://www.germansaturdayschool.org/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Get Involved --- All students involved in human subjects research at UT, including thesis and dissertation research, are now required to be certified in IRB/Human Subjects Research training. The training is offered online through Blackboard. For information and registration contact [log in to unmask] --- The English Language Institute (ELI) is seeking volunteers from the campus and community to serve in its fall Conversation Partners Program. Conversation Partners meet on a weekly basis with ELI international students to help them practice English conversation. Questions? E-mail [log in to unmask] or call 974-3404. --- UT Advocacy, a growing grassroots network of alumni, students, faculty, staff, and friends of the University, believe in UT's value to all Tennesseans and help communicate that message to elected officials. Questions? Visit http://advocacy.tennessee.edu/speakout/ or follow @UTAdvocator on twitter or visit www.facebook.com/UTAdvocacy. --- Applications are now open for the Center for Leadership and Service Alternative Fall Break program, October 11-14. Deadline to apply is Aug. 31. Applications and more info available at http://leadershipandservice.utk.edu. http://leadershipandservice.utk.edu/index.php ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Important Deadlines --- The library is looking for two-dimensional works of art to be displayed in 135 Hodges Library. The Student Art in the Library contest awards a First Prize of $300 and a Second Prize of $150. Submission deadline for the Fall 2012 contest is September 21. More info at library.utk.edu/artinlibrary. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Knoxville Connection --- The Dance Society is hosting auditions for the BOSS Dance Company, a student group that performs on campus and in the Knoxville community. Genres of dance include Ballet, Tap, Jazz, Modern, Contemporary, Hip Hop and Salsa. Auditions will be held Sunday, September 2, 2012 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. in AMB 209. Questions? 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