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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on May 7, 2015:
· VIDEOS: Spend a few minutes with the 2015 Grawemeyer winners. Click here.
· PHOTOS: Students picked up their caps and gowns at the Red Barn in preparation for this weekend’s commencement exercises. View here.
· PHOTOS: Upcoming grads received their first alumni decals at Thursday’s ‘Drive by Decals’ event on Belknap campus. View here.
· Gray Street Farmers Market opens May 14. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
UofL’s student athletes continue to garner academic honors. Junior Kelsi Worrell was named the 2015 ACC Women’s Swimming & Diving Scholar Athlete of the Year, while three women’s basketball players – senior Sara Hammond and sophomores Myisha Hines-Allen and Mariya Moore – were each named to the 2015 All-ACC Academic Women’s Basketball team. On the men’s basketball side, seven were named to the 2015 All-ACC Academic Men’s Basketball team – senior Wayne Blackshear; junior Montrezl Harrell; sophomores Anton Gill, Mangok Mathiang and Terry Rozier; and freshmen Chinanu Onuaku and Quentin Snider. Hammond and Blackshear will receive their diplomas Sunday.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Ride with your GHN friends with InCycle and InCycle Express
Miscellaneous
2.) Time to submit Welcome Week 2015 Event Guide announcements
3.) UofL Suzuki Summer String Institute offering baby/toddler class
Talks
4.) The Secret History of Rock n’ Roll
5.) Reminder: Peri-operative Critical Events
Workshops
6.) Enhancing Clinical Skills with Ethnically and Racially Diverse Clients
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) Ride with your GHN friends with InCycle and InCycle Express
Mondays and Wednesdays, 6:30 to 7:00 a.m. and 5:30 to 6:15 p.m.; Friday noon to 12:30 p.m., Get Healthy Now Wellness Center
Free for employees, retirees and their spouses/QAs
Let the upbeat music motivate you as you ride through a variety of speeds and resistance challenges. Shred the calories off with this time efficient ride, getting you to your destination sooner. Suitable for all fitness levels. Count this awesome class towards participation in the National Bike Challenge.
Additional Information: Group Fitness Schedule, email, 852-7755.
Miscellaneous
2.) Time to submit Welcome Week 2015 Event Guide announcements
If you have an event taking place from August 19 – September 7, and would like to submit it for possible inclusion in the 2015 Welcome Week Event Guide, submit it here by June 12. The Event Guide is distributed to all first-years and many upperclass students, so this is a great way to promote your programs and events!
Additional Information: Shelley Tewell at 852-3125 or email.
3.) UofL Suzuki Summer String Institute offering baby/toddler class
June 14 to 19, School of Music Room LL65
$100 for UofL employees, family and friends
The University of Louisville Suzuki Summer String Institute is proud to be offering a Suzuki Steps Baby/Toddler Music Class during its institute this year. For UofL employees, family and friends, you can attend a baby music class daily for one week, six classes meeting 1:30 p.m. June 14 and 9:30 a.m. June 15-19. This is for parent(s) and child for only $100. Also offering new beginning classes on violin, viola, cello and guitar, ages 3+ for five days for the low cost of $200.
Additional Information: Blaise Poth at 852-0537, 639-7272 or email.
4.) The Secret History of Rock n’ Roll
May 19, noon to 1p.m., Carnegie Center for Art and History, 201 E. Spring St., New Albany, Indiana
Free for UofL faculty, staff and students
Author Michael L. Jones will examine the development of American popular music through the prism of jug band music, the subject of his recent book, “Louisville Jug Band Music: From Earl McDonald to the National Jubilee.” His talk will touch on the origins of bluegrass string bands, the development of the minstrel show, and the early days of the American music industry. The Carnegie is a member of A&S’s Center for Arts and Culture Partnerships.
Additional Information: Registration is required. For more information or to register, contact Delesha Thomas at 812-944-7336.
5.) Reminder: Peri-operative Critical Events
May 16, 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. School of Medicine Paris Simulation Center
Join us as Drs. Latif, Lenhardt and Wadhwa along with the Department of Anesthesiology and Peri-operative Medicine present Peri-operative Critical Events. This one day CME course will offer lectures in the morning and hands on practice with simulation based learning in the afternoon.
Additional Information: Website.
Workshops
6.) Enhancing Clinical Skills with Ethnically and Racially Diverse Clients
Registration May 22, 8:30 a.m. to 9 a.m. / 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m., Foundation for a Healthy Kentucky
Free
Given the increasing diversity of clients seeking mental health care, there is an urgent need to enhance the cultural sensitivity of therapeutic interventions with ethnic and racial minority populations. These two workshops will provide you with the tools needed to successfully incorporate cultural factors into therapy. Part 1 provides essential information about the ethnic minority experience and the mental health risks they face. Part 2 focuses on proficient application of therapeutic strategies.
For more information, email. Website.
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