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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Dec. 10, 2015:
· MULTIMEDIA: The University of Louisville’s J.B. Speed School of Engineering has formed a partnership with the West End School to open a new maker space there. Read story. View photos. Watch video.
· PHOTOS: Speed School bioengineering students create hand for child who was born without one. View here. Speed School mechanical engineering students present their projects on Capstone Demo Day. View here.
· From Physical Plant: Campus preparations for Winter Break. Read more.
· Youth Summit to focus on Urban Heat Island. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL’s Archives & Special Collections (ASC) library is located in Ekstrom Library. It is made up of the University Archives & Records Center, Rare Books and Photographic Archives. ASC holds the original charter of Louisville signed by Thomas Jefferson in May 1780. You can see it here.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Faculty
1.) Faculty: 2016 Kentucky Pedagogicon Call for Proposals
Health and Wellness
2.) W.O.W. with a Trainer Saturday session
3.) We put the “fun” in Functional Fitness
4.) Shoot for Success with Open Gym (Half Court)
5.) Kick start your fitness goals with Get Healthy Now’s Cardio Kick & Sculpt
Miscellaneous
6.) UofL Today publishing schedule for the holidays
7.) Policy Highlight: Vendor Gifts
8.) Last call to help animals
Talks/Seminars
9.) Targeting the Viral Glycan Shield as a Broad Spectrum Antiviral Strategy
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Faculty
1.) Faculty: 2016 Kentucky Pedagogicon Call for Proposals
Proposal deadline is February 1, 2016
The 2016 Kentucky Pedagogicon will be held on Friday, May 20, 2016, in Eastern Kentucky University’s Noel Studio for Academic Creativity. The conference theme, “Exploring High-Impact Educational Practices Using Scholarly and Creative Teaching,” encourages us, as individuals and as a field, to examine and highlight those strategies of high-impact educational practices that promote scholarly and creative teaching in highly effective instruction.
Additional Information: Participants are encouraged to submit proposals at http://studio.eku.edu/pedagogicon-proposal-submission-2016.
Health and Wellness
2.) W.O.W. with a Trainer Saturday session
Saturdays, 1:00 to 1:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Ready to recommit to a fitness routine or looking for that added accountability to make your morning workouts happen on the regular? Start your Saturday workout routine with GHN W.O.W. with a Trainer, which includes personal support from one of our professionally certified fitness specialists. Stop by during this time for individualized support, answers to your fitness questions and inspiring motivation from your Get Healthy Now team.
Additional Information: Check out our entire album of WOWs on our Facebook page. Group fitness schedule; Email ghn@louisville.edu, 852-7755
3.) We put the “fun” in Functional Fitness
Saturdays 9:30 a.m. to 10:15 a.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center, Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
This class focuses on core fitness that can easily translate into daily activities and incorporates all of the major muscle groups as well as the muscles you never knew you had. You will get efficient, quality, functional movements that will enhance and nourish your spine, revitalize your postural muscles, and strengthen your core with every movement. Exercises are shown at different skill levels so each person can work to their own individual competency.
Additional Information: http://louisville.edu/gethealthynow Email ghn@louisville.edu 852-7755
4.) Shoot for Success with Open Gym (Half Court)
Monday – Thursday, 8 a.m. to 12 p.m.; Friday 8 a.m. to 12 p.m., 5 p.m. to 8 p.m.; Saturday & Sunday 2 p.m. to 4 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Whether you’re looking to play, practice, or just shoot some hoops, we have open gym hours for basketball fun. Check out a basketball at the front desk and hoop it up!
Additional Information: http://louisville.edu/gethealthynow Email ghn@louisville.edu 852-7755
5.) Kick start your fitness goals with Get Healthy Now’s Cardio Kick & Sculpt
Fridays 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center at Humana Gym
Free for GHN Wellness Center members
Kickstart your holiday season with Cardio Kick & Sculpt class! Have fun while burning calories before the holiday feasts this year. Join GHN for an action-packed workout that will improve strength, muscle tone, endurance, and will help you stick to your fitness goals. Class includes interval training exercises that will have you shredding calories! All moves are modified based on fitness level.
Additional Information: Group fitness schedule; Email ghn@louisville.edu.
6.) UofL Today publishing schedule for the holidays
The UofL Today email is published Monday through Friday. The final UofL Today for 2015 will be Dec. 22. UofL Today will not be sent out Dec. 23 to Jan. 1. The first email of 2016 will be Jan. 4. The deadline for Jan. 4 announcements is 10 a.m., Dec. 22. Contact Janet Cappiello with questions.
7.) Policy Highlight: Vendor Gifts
As we are in the holiday season, please be aware that the university has policies regarding the acceptance of gifts from vendors. Section 9.1.1 of UofL’s “Addressing Potential Individual Conflict of Interest Policy and Procedures” provides guidance regarding the acceptance of gifts. If you have questions, please contact the Conflict of Interest Program at coioff@louisville.edu. For other university-wide administrative policies and procedures, visit the online Policy and Procedure Library.
8.) Last call to help animals
Deadline: Dec. 18; Belknap Houchens Lower Level: HSC- Dental School
This is the last weekend to shop for homeless animals. Thousands of animals are dumped in shelters each year and without our help most of them will die before they get a chance to have a home. No donation is too small. Help those that can’t help themselves. We are their voice and they need us now. List of items needed available.
Additional Information: Julie Oechsli, 852-1489; Laura McKinney, 852-1304.
9.) Targeting the Viral Glycan Shield as a Broad Spectrum Antiviral Strategy
Dec. 16, 10 to 11 a.m., CTRB, Room 124
Free
The Center for Predictive Medicine and the Office of the Executive Vice President for Research and Innovation present a special seminar by Kenneth E. Palmer, PhD, executive director, Owensboro Cancer Research Professor of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Associate in Family Medicine and Geriatrics, University of Louisville School of Medicine.
Additional Information: Cathy L. St. Clair.
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Direct questions about UofL Today to Janet Cappiello, 852-1104, or the Office of Communications and Marketing, 852-6171. The deadline for including a submission in the next day’s UofL Today email is noon.