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January 4, 2011

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

January 5-25. Second Annual Book Drive sponsored by Habitat for Humanity and C.A.R.E. In order to provide stocked bookshelves to local Habitat Homeowners, books are needed for every reading level and all interest areas. Collection bins are located in the Campus Center and the library. Please e-mail olivia.orrender@centre.edu or kate.wintuska@centre.edu with any questions.
—Kate Wintuska

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.

Alternative Spring Break. Applications due January 25th. How do you spring break? This spring break spend a week in South Carolina volunteering with Habitat for Humanity during the days and enjoying Charleston, Georgetown, or Mount Pleasant, SC with friends during the evenings. Applications and the $75 trip fee are due by Tuesday, January 25th. Contact Kate Wintuska or Patrick Noltemeyer for an application or with questions.
—Kate Wintuska

Fame, honor, and study in the British Isles. Current JUNIORS who are interested in the Marshall, Mitchell, and/or Rhodes scholarships should check out the Major Scholarships page (http://www.centre.edu/students/scholarships.html) or contact Diane Johnson (johnsond@centre.edu) in Breeze House. Campus interviews for next year’s Marshall-Mitchell-Rhodes competition will be held in May. SOPHOMORES & FIRST-YEARS: It’s not too early to begin thinking about how these fabulous opportunities could one day be yours.
—Diane Johnson

SAMUEL ROBINSON AWARD. The Financial Aid for Studies Office of the Presbyterian Church, USA, offers $2,000 to $5,000 to juniors and seniors who attend a Presbyterian-related college and do not currently receive a grant or scholarship from the PCUSA. Recipients of the Samuel Robinson Award are required to recite from memory the answers to the Westminster Shorter Catechism and to write a 2,000-word essay on an assigned topic. Applications must be postmarked by April 1, 2011. More information can be found at http://gamc.pcusa.org/ministries/financialaid/samuel-robinson-award. Reflections by two of this year’s award recipients can be found here.
—Rick Axtell

Faculty/Staff News

David Anderson gave a series of lectures on ethics, sustainability, and environmental policy at Yamaguchi Prefectural University in Japan and the Iolani School in Hawaii.

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

Click here for the AEGON Gallery Events Schedule.

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