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reminders
The Office of the Provost is accepting
entries from students who would like to speak at the fall 2014 commencement ceremony
on December 13. To be considered, you must be receiving your bachelor’s degree at this
ceremony. You may submit your commencement speech for consideration by 5:00 p.m.
November 7. Learn more about the competition here.
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see you there
Celebrate the Day of the Dead from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m. this Friday with films, music videos, and documentaries in the Hodges Library
Auditorium. You can also stop by the library’s first floor galleria to vote for your
favorite traditional Day of the Dead altar created by second-year Spanish program
students.
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reminders
If you are one of 5,000 students randomly
selected to complete the Career Services needs assessment, we want your feedback.
Many of you received an email yesterday with a link to the survey. Your feedback will
help improve offerings to better meet your needs. One hundred students who take the
survey will win Career Services t-shirts and one student will win an iPad Mini 2.
You’ll be automatically entered for prizes once you complete the survey.
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see you there
Professor Emeritus William M. Bass has
excavated ancient skeletons, recovered the remains of murder victims, and headed
UT’s anthropology department for more than twenty years. UT Libraries will
honor him and celebrate the Dr. William M. Bass III Collection during a reception and lecture at
5:30 p.m. this Thursday in Hodges Library.
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reminders
Do you have a big idea or UT project that
needs funding? VolStarter, an online fundraising website where supporters can donate to
any student project, hosts a variety of projects from student-run events to research. If
you want your big idea to appear on the website, apply here.
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news
Colleen Ryan has been selected to attend an
annual national global affairs conference hosted by the World
Affairs Councils of America. She is an honors student in the Haslam Scholars Program
majoring in global studies and is co-founder of the Global Studies Club. Congrats, Colleen!
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involved
The UT National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People needs volunteers for their annual Fall Fest at Sarah
Moore Greene Elementary School from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. this Saturday. E-mail [log in to unmask] to sign up to
volunteer. The group is also accepting donations of unopened bags of candy for the event.
You can drop off candy at bins located in the Women’s Center in the UC, Hess
Hall, the I-House, and the Black Cultural Center.
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see you there
The Baker Center Voter Registration and
Engagement Team is hosting a Let’s
Make Voting Popular discussion at 7:30 p.m. this Thursday in the Baker Center
Toyota Auditorium. The event will give you the chance to have a fun and casual
conversation about voting and strategies for motivating other students to action.
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