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November 2, 2010

Meetings/Gatherings

Sundays. Get Centred is a contemplative Christian worship service held on Sunday nights at 10 p.m. in the candlelit sanctuary of the Presbyterian Church. This half-hour service of music, prayer, scripture readings, and silence is a great way to start the week.
—Jeff Jones

Tuesday, Nov. 2. E.C.C.O. Food Awareness Week - You Are What You Eat! Help the environment by pledging each week to not eat meat for a day, and enter into a raffle for prizes! Sign up in front of Cowan.
Tuesday: showing of Food, Inc. at 7:30 p.m. in the Ewen Room of the Campus Center.
Wednesday: organic cookout and discussion from 5 to 6 p.m. in Pearl Courtyard.
Thursday: visit the Centre garden at 4:30 p.m. (meet in front of the Campus Center).
—Evan Shirley

Wednesday, Nov. 3. C.A.R.E. Meeting. Everyone on campus is invited to join C.A.R.E. for their monthly meeting in the Ewen Meeting Room. We will show pictures from C.A.R.E. Trick-or-Teat and give all students the opportunity to learn more about Poverty and Homelessness Week and how to get involved in service on campus!
—Kate Wintuska

Wednesday, Nov. 3 through Saturday, Nov. 6. CONVO: Arcadia. Our very own DramaCentre presents Arcadia by Tom Stoppard, directed by Tony Haigh. Set in two time periods, this production is sure to keep you on your toes. A major theme being knowledge, the play leaves the audience with one question: Do you know more than you think you know, and know less about what you want to know than you'd like to know? All shows begin at 8 p.m. in Weisiger Theatre.
—Blanche Hill

Wednesday, Nov. 3. The Physics Film Series continues the Richard Feynman film festival with QED in New Zealand (Lecture 2: Quantum Behavior). These lectures at the University of Auckland by Nobel Prize winner Richard Feynman were supposedly the basis for his popular book, QED - The Strange Theory of Light and Matter, and give a gentle introduction to quantum electrodynamics by one of the most famous and charismatic physicists of the 20th century. Don't miss a chance to see this great lecturer in action. All are welcome to view this film with us. Refreshments are served at 4 p.m., and the film starts at 4:10 in Olin 124. Click here for the current schedule of colloquia and films.

Thursday, Nov 4. IMPORTANT Education Announcement. Sophomores and juniors interested in applying for admission to the education program should attend an informational meeting at 11:20 a.m. in Crounse 401. If you are unable to attend this important meeting, please e-mail sarah.murray@centre.edu or call 238-5376.
—Sarah Murray

Friday, Nov. 5-7. The Kentucky Theatre Association will be meeting in the Norton Center for the Arts next week, and we need many volunteers. Volunteers will be working in four-hour shifts, and no previous theater experience is necessary to fill any of the jobs. Anyone interested in volunteering for KTA should e-mail laura.garrett@centre.edu by Nov. 4.
—Laura Garrett

Saturday, Nov. 6. Practice GRE at 8 a.m. in Olin 023. E-mail louesa.akin@centre.edu to sign up. There will also be a practice MCAT Nov. 13 at 8 a.m. in Olin 023. This is free to students and available to anyone who chooses to sign up.
—Louesa Akin

Monday, Nov. 8. Fall Preview. All women interested in Greek life are cordially invited to come enjoy house tours with Centre College’s four sororities and see what sorority life has to offer! Please meet in the Warehouse at 7:30 p.m. Dress is casual.
—Lydia McCollum

Monday, Nov. 8. APO Wildlife Refuge Appreciation. Alpha Phi Omega invites you to take part in their National Service Week: “Blue and Gold Go Green: Environmentalism.” Spend time at the Central Kentucky Wildlife Refuge, which is a beautiful 500-acre preserve that is dedicated to ensuring that future generations will also be able to experience the native plants and animals. Contact Evan Shirley if you are interested. The event will be from 4 to 6 p.m.
—Emily Oda

Wednesday, Nov. 10. International Students Association (ISA) invites you to enjoy delicious food from different nations. We will serve Chinese, Japanese, French, German, Jewish, and Irish food from 6 to 8 p.m. in Chowan. Tickets $2 in advance, $3 at the door. Contact tong.zhu@centre.edu if you want to cook a dish. The best dish will win a $20 Walmart gift card.
—Sophie Han

Saturday, Nov. 13 through Nov. 20. Poverty and Homelessness Week. All students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to participate in this awareness-raising week. Anyone interested in learning how to get involved should email Christin Gong.
—Kate Wintuska

Wednesday, Nov. 17. World Marketplace. Shop fair trade for the holidays from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. in Ewen. Part of C.A.R.E.'s Poverty and Homelessness Week, this event offers affordable fair trade items like jewelry, housewares, scarves, games, and bags from all over the world. Items will be available from Serrv, Partners for Just Trade, and Bead for Life. Cash or check preferred.
—Elizabeth Wisman

Saturday, Dec. 4. Jingle Bell 5K. 10 a.m. at Millennium Park. Kappa Alpha Theta presents the 11th annual Jingle Bell 5k fun run/walk to benefit Court Appointed Special Advocates. Cost of entry is $15 for Centre students and staff and $20 for other participants. Please email erika.larkin@centre.edu for more information, or register online.
—Elizabeth Wisman

Notices and Announcements

Most Notices and Announcements will run for one week only, so please mark your calendar for anything of interest. You can always go back to the week before or archives as well.

HOW TO REACH THE IT HELPDESK FROM THE CENTRE HOMEPAGE If you need to reach the Helpdesk or enter a Helpdesk ticket, you can access it from Centre’s homepage via any of the following paths:

• Click on the Directories link, then click on “Enter a help desk call” in the upper right portion of the screen.

• Click on the Faculty and Staff link on the left column, then navigate to the Technology Services link and click Helpdesk.

• Click on the Current Students link on the left column, then navigate to the Technology Services link and click Helpdesk.

• Click on the Centrenet link on the top column, then navigate to the Technology Helpdesk link on the left column.

• Click on the SEARCH link and type in Helpdesk.

Hopefully this will help you more easily locate the Helpdesk in order to put in a helpdesk ticket or contact IT.
—Kristi Jenkins

New SGA Website. Click here to visit the new site featuring a variety of new features to make it more interactive and easier to navigate. The homepage has a slideshow of posts that are being used to present the information students most often go to the website to get. It also contains a page for all student organizations that the SGA provides a budget for, and an Issues Form for students to submit problems they feel need to be fixed or ideas they would like to see actualized on campus.
—Ben Vockery

Recycle for the Pets. Please send all used print and toner cartridges to Jan Wertz, Young Hall. These are recylced to raise money for the Danville-Boyle County Humane Society.
—Jan Wertz

Roommate needed. Off-campus house two blocks from campus. Preferrably female, as you’ll be living with a mid-20’s female Centre employee. Please e-mail anne.rushing@centre.edu for more information.
—Anne Rushing

Reminder from previous weeks: Udall Scholarship; the University of Louisville Dental School will have an Open House on Friday, Nov. 5; volunteers needed for the YMCA! Click here for last week’s edition.

Faculty/Staff News

At its recent annual meeting, convened this year in Richmond, Va., the Southeastern College Art Conference named William R. Levin as the recipient of two citations: the Award for Excellence in Teaching, granted each year to a member "who demonstrates an exceptional command of his or her discipline through the ability to teach effectively, impart knowledge, and inspire students"; and the occasionally bestowed Award for Exemplary Achievement, "the organization's most prestigious award, given in recognition of personal and professional development as well as long-standing service to SECAC." Encompassing 12 states but with a firmly established national membership, the Southeastern College Art Conference is the largest regionally based visual-arts organization in the United States, numbering art historians, artists, museum and gallery personnel, art educators, and visual-resources curators as well as institutions of higher education (including Centre College) among its members.

Beau Weston's history of the college, Centre College: Scholars, Gentlemen, Christians, was released at Homecoming. Click here for more.

Click here for more Faculty News

Click here for the Norton Center for the Arts Student Ticket Pickup Policy (PDF).

Click here for the AEGON Gallery Events Schedule.

Click here for Career Services Events.

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