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Calendar
For all on-campus events, visit the online Calendar of Events. Varsity sport schedules also are available online.
- Annual Engineering and Technology Career Fair
- Thursday, Sept. 26, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Baker University Center Ballroom.
- The National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) is hosting this annual event. All students and all engineering, technology, and science majors are welcome. Contact: Laquetta Cortner, e-mail cortner@ohio.edu; phone 593-1477
- Free blood pressure screenings
- Thursday, Sept. 26 and Oct. 3, 10, 17, 24 and 31, from noon to 1:30 p.m. at the Baker Center lobby.
- WellWorks is offering these free screenings to all every Thursday during fall quarter. Visit the WellWorks Web site or call 593-2093 for more information on this and other WellWorks programs.
- Patricia Goedicke Poetry Reading
- Thursday, Sept. 26, at 7:30 p.m. at Galbreath Chapel.
- Award-wining poet and Ohio University alumna Patricia Goedicke will read from her work and a reception will follow the reading. Goedicke is the author of 12 books of poetry. Her most recent, "As Earth Begins to End," was named one of the top ten poetry books for 2000 by the American Library Association. She has received a National Endowment for the Arts Creative Writing Fellowship, a Pushcart Prize and a William Carlos Williams Prize, among others. This event is free and open to the public. Contact: Special Programs Office of the English Department, phone 593-4181.
- "Latinos sin Frontera" art exhibit
- Through Saturday, Oct. 12 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Lindley Cultural Center Art Gallery.
- In celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, Lindley Cultural Center will feature artists who have been inspired by their Hispanic heritage. Their works express drama, tragedy, suffering, life, silence, meditation, sadness and a view from a different eye. Featured artists are: Wilfred Calvo Bono, Melissa Roman-Gerling, Richard Roman-Gerling and Efran Zapa. This exhibition is a journey through the emotions that have marked their lives and it recognizes the expressiveness that emanates from their culture. Contact: Angela Davis, e-mail davisa2@ohio.edu; phone 597-1528.
- Introduction to InfoTree/Libraries Web site
- Friday, Sept. 27 from 9 to 11 a.m. at Alden Library, Room 323.
- This workshop will introduce users to the new features of the University Libraries Web site at www.library.ohiou.edu. Using InfoTree, the library's new information gateway, locating services and functionality will be covered. Includes hands-on practice. Prerequisite: Familiarity with using a Web browser. Contact: Andrew Stuart, e-mail stuarta@ohio.edu; phone 593-2698
- International Studies Forum
- Friday, Sept. 27, at 4 p.m. at Anderson Auditorium, Scripps Hall.
- Director of African Studies Stephen Howard will speak on "Islam 101." Free admission. Contact: Jennifer Cochran, email cochraj1@ohio.edu; phone 593-1842.
- Frontiers in Science Lecture Series
- Monday, Sept. 30, at 8 p.m at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
- Robert P. Kirschner, a professor of astronomy at Harvard University, will talk about the 'dark energy' that accelerates cosmic expansion in "The Accelerating Universe." Free and open to the public. Contact: Gerri Collins, e-mail collinsg@ohio.edu; phone 593-9375.
- State of the University Address
- Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 4 p.m at Templeton-Blackburn Alumni Memorial Auditorium.
- President Robert Glidden will discuss upcoming goals and plans for the University. Free and open to the public. Call 593-1804 for more information.
- Hispanic Heritage Month keynote address
- Tuesday, Oct. 1, at 7:30 p.m at the Baker University Center Ballroom.
- Maria Hinojosa, CNN correspondent and award-winning journalist, will present "The U.S. Mambo: One Step Forward, Two Steps Back - the State of Latinos in America." There will also be a "Meet and Greet" from 6 to 7 p.m. in Baker Center's 1954 Lounge. This event is part of Hispanic Heritage Month and is sponsored by the Office of Multicultural Programs. Contact: Mosadi Rhodes, e-mail rhodesm@ohiou.edu; phone 593-4027.
- WeightWorks
- Continuing every Tuesday through Nov. 12.
- Each week meet with the WellWorks nutrition counselor and others to learn how to establish balance through nutrition, exercise and lifestyle management. $25 for University employees and dependents; $30 for WellWorks community members.
- Visit the WellWorks Web site for call 593-2093 for more information on this and other WellWorks programs.
- Contemporary History Institute Speakers Series
- Thursday, Oct. 3, at 4 p.m at the Brown House seminar room.
- Irwin Gellman, an independent historian, will speak on "Richard Nixon and McCarthyism" in a free public lecture that is open to faculty, students, and others. Contact: Kara Dunfeek, e-mail dunfeek@ohio.edu; phone 593-4362.
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