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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Dec. 22, 2015:
· Norton, UofL reach agreements, end litigation. Read more.
· Red Cross recognizes efforts of nursing students. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
Dozens of faculty and staff members have become LGBT Center Allies, pledging to serve as friends and supporters of the LGBT Center at UofL.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
UofL Today with Mark Hebert
1.) Radio Show
2.) Metro TV
Health and Wellness
3.) Meatless Mondays are coming soon with Get Healthy Now
4.) Connect your health, fitness, and goals with GHN’s Connect the Dots Challenge
5.) Free fitness classes with Get Healthy Now
6.) Thinking about quitting smoking? Get Healthy Now can help
7.) New year, new you! Let GHN support your weight loss goals!
8.) SRC Memberships available for faculty and staff
Miscellaneous
9.) End of calendar year gift processing notice
10.) Support the Cardinal Climbers
11.) Women Veteran Lunch & Learn Workshop
12.) EndNote for Beginners at Ekstrom Library
13.) Funding Opportunity: UofL-NSF I-Corps Site
14.) Spring New Graduate Student Orientation scheduled
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
1.) Radio Show
Airs Mondays and Tuesdays at 6 p.m. on 93.9 FM The Ville; replayed on Saturday and Sunday at 8 a.m.
UofL’s Mark Hebert hosts two weekly 30-minute programs focusing on research and insights from expert UofL faculty, as well as stories about our successful students, and staff and campus events. This week’s schedule:
· Monday, Jan. 4 – CEHD faculty members Brad Shuck, Kevin Rose and Matt Bergman discuss their research on horrible or dysfunctional bosses; archaeologist Phil DiBlasi discusses his work on Eastern Cemetery and trying to find loved ones for mishandled bodies.
· Tuesday, Jan. 5 – Adrian Lauf and Roman Yampolskiy from Speed School of Engineering talk about cybersecurity and keeping your personal information safe.
Podcasts of all “UofL Today with Mark Hebert” radio programs can be found at https://soundcloud.com/uofl.
2.) Metro TV
(Ch. 99 on UVerse, Ch. 25 on TWC): Monday and Tuesday nights at 7:30 with replays Thursday 6:30 p.m., Friday 8:30 p.m. and Sunday 9:30 p.m.
This week: EVP of Research and Innovation William Pierce and AVP Eugene Krentsel discuss UofL’s research operation and moving discoveries to the marketplace.
Metro TV shows: https://www.youtube.com/user/univoflouisville/playlists.
Health and Wellness
3.) Meatless Mondays are coming soon with Get Healthy Now
Going meatless one day a week can reduce the risk of chronic preventable conditions like cancer, cardiovascular disease, diabetes, and obesity. Join GHN and kick start your Veguary with some helpful tips on going meatless.
Additional Information: ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
4.) Connect your health, fitness, and goals with GHN’s Connect the Dots Challenge
Jan. 11 to Feb. 11, Get Healthy Now Wellness Center
Free, UofL employees, retirees and their spouse/QA
Connect your health, fitness and well-being goals in 2016 with Get Healthy Now’s wellness challenge: Connect the Dots. Join the GHN Connect the Dots Challenge to successfully reconnect to your best self with fun wellness opportunities. Get five across, down, or diagonally to be entered for a prize. Each participant will track their participation with a Bingo-inspired game board and be entered to earn a prize once they connect five dots. Learn more and get started today!
Additional Information: ghn@louisville.edu.
5.) Free fitness classes with Get Healthy Now
Get Healthy Now Wellness Center, 601 Presidents Blvd.
Stay ahead of the holiday season by joining in one of Get Healthy Now’s 35+ group fitness classes. Certified professionals teach a variety of offerings: Everything from Nia to Zumba, Boot Camp to Cardio Kick & Sculpt, and beyond! Visit us at the GHN Wellness Center to get a jump start on your wellness goals today!
Additional Information: ghn@louisville.edu.
6.) Thinking about quitting smoking? Get Healthy Now can help
Belknap: January 11 – April 4, Mondays 6:30 – 7 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center
Free for employees/retirees and their spouses/qualifying adults
Become your own success story by registering for Get Healthy Now’s smoking cessation program. Smoking cessation classes use the Cooper-Clayton Method, a comprehensive behavioral smoking cessation program that was started more than 20 years ago by Thomas Cooper, DDS, a dentist and former heavy smoker, and Richard Clayton, PhD, an expert on drug addiction. This highly successful program is science-based and uses proven methods, including education, skills training and social support. Enroll today.
Additional Information: ghn@louisville.edu, 852-7755.
7.) New year, new you! Let GHN support your weight loss goals!
Belknap: January 19 – April 5, Tuesdays 12:00 – 12:45 p.m., Bingham Humanities, room 113
HSC: January 20 – April 6, Wednesdays 12:00 – 12:45 p.m., Nursing School/K-Wing, room 2024
Free for employees/retirees and their spouses/qualifying adults
Join Get Healthy Now’s Weigh to Wellness class, which offers nutrition and exercise tips with the accountability of a weekly weigh-in. We will discuss various topics, such as portion sizes, worksite workouts, goal setting, and more! Healthy weight loss happens when you make gradual lifestyle changes that you can live with forever. Make your first move toward a healthy weight and join us for Weigh to Wellness! Enroll today and earn awesome incentives on your path to feeling your best!
Additional Information: ghn@louisville.edu, 852-7755
8.) SRC Memberships available for faculty and staff
Student Recreation Center
$22 per month
Make your plans for a healthy new year now. Faculty/staff memberships to the Student Recreation Center are only $22 per month and are available in blocks of 3,6,9 or 12 months at a time. Membership includes free access to all group fitness classes. The SRC features over 125 treadmills, elipticals, bikes and rowers, weights, racquetball, squash, basketball, golf and more.
Additional Information: John Smith, 852-6707; louisville.edu/intramurals.
9.) End of calendar year gift processing notice
The end of December is a popular time for individuals to send in their annual gifts/donations to support the university. We understand that many individuals take time off during December and January so we ask if your department receives gifts from donors, please be sure to deliver them to Advancement Services as soon as possible. Additionally, it is extremely important that the envelope with the postmark date on it be forwarded to us along with the check and any additional back-up notes and/or letters to ensure accurate tax year receipting is provided to the donor. As a reminder, checks should not be placed in campus mail to our office. They should be hand delivered to our office in Cardinal Station or to the development office on Belknap or HSC campus with an accompanying log. Feel free to contact Judy Singleton should you have any questions or concerns.
10.) Support the Cardinal Climbers
Feb. 6, National City Tower
What’s your New Year’s resolution? Get fit? Get charitable? Get involved? Join the Cardinal Climbers in the American Lung Association’s Fight for Air Challenge!
Additional Information: Event Information.
11.) Women Veteran Lunch & Learn Workshop
Jan. 11, 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Student Activities Center, W303A
Free; reservations requested
Stressed after the holidays? Come and learn more about “Alternative Healing and Personal Health” at the Women Veteran Lunch ‘N Learn Workshop. The monthly workshop, held in conjunction with Athena Sisters, is in the interest of women veterans, active duty, National Guard, reservists, military families and widows.
Additional Information: These monthly workshops, held on select Mondays throughout the semester, will feature various topics, speakers and vendors. Sponsored by the UofL Women’s Center; UofL Office of Military & Veterans Student Services and CareSource. RSVP or for more details: Phyllis M. Webb, 852-8976; Kristen Roy, 852-2482 or Robin Jones.
12.) EndNote for Beginners at Ekstrom Library
Jan. 20, 10 to 11:30 a.m., Room w103, Ekstrom Library
Free
Want to get started with EndNote, the citation management software program freely available to all UofL faculty, staff, and students? Come to the workshop on Wednesday, Jan. 20, where we will cover downloading the program, importing citations, working with MS Word, and syncing with EndNoteWeb. More information is available here http://louisville.libguides.com/endnote along with the registration form. The workshop is free, but registration is limited to 10 people.
13.) Funding Opportunity: UofL-NSF I-Corps Site
Jan. 22
Do customers need your innovation? Let the UofL-NSF I-Corps Site program help with the discovery and commercialization of STEM innovations. Inventors and researchers partner with entrepreneurial mentors to develop a strategy to get innovative products to market. Awards are up to $2,500 per team. The program is open to all UofL faculty, staff, students and alumni. Applications are due by January 22.
Additional Information: icorps@louisville.edu.
14.) Spring New Graduate Student Orientation scheduled
Jan. 8, 1 to 4 p.m., Room 139, Shumaker Building
Free
All new graduate students are invited to attend new graduate student orientation. Whether you are a part-time or full-time student, relocating or local, older or younger, with a family or single, new graduate student orientation is designed to assist you in your transition to graduate study at the University of Louisville. Network with faculty and students Learn about our new professional and academic plan Learn about campus, academic and community resources.
Additional Information: 852-3101. Register here.
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