Scholarship
available to employees' families
The Gimghoul Scholarship is available to Carolina students who
are children or grandchildren of employees in salary grades 50-54.
The amount of the scholarship is $5,000 -- $1,250 each year for
four years.
For more information, contact Gini Malek in the Office of Scholarships
and Student Aid at 962-9490 or gini_malek@unc.edu.
Playmakers
collecting toys through Dec. 22
PlayMakers
Repertory Company, along with several Triangle businesses, is
sponsoring its annual holiday toy drive through Dec. 22. Gifts
will be delivered to children at the Central Children's Home of
North Carolina in Oxford and the Chapel Hill Service League's
Christmas House.
Donors are asked to bring a new, wrapped children's toy, marked
with a tag indicating the item's gender and age appropriateness,
to the lobby of the Center for Dramatic Art. A large portion of
the gifts are given to children more than 10 years old, so gifts
for older children are particularly appreciated.
Other drop-off points include:
Siena Hotel, 1505 East Franklin St.;
Henry's Bistro, 403 W. Rosemary St.; and
Tyler's Restaurant and Tap Room, 103 E. Main St., Carrboro.
For information on other co-sponsors and collection sites, call
the box office, 962-PLAY (7529), or see www.playmakersrep.org.
Blood
drive set for Dec. 18
The
winter edition of the Carolina Blood Drive will take place from
7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Dec. 18 in Woollen Gym.
Donors can make appointments through the American Red Cross by
calling 96-BLOOD (962-5663), extension 226. Appointments are encouraged,
but walk-ins also will be accepted.
In addition to sponsoring the drive, the American Red Cross is
offering the opportunity to find out more about the National Marrow
Donor Program and is waiving the $75 fee associated with signing
up as a potential donor and having blood typed for the program.
For more information, call Carma Dickerson at 493-3551, ext. 3.
Ethics
fellowship applications due
The
Institute for the Arts and Humanities announces open applications
and nominations for its 2003 Ethics Fellowships. The deadline
for applications is Dec. 19.
The purpose of this program is to build a community of ethics
teachers and scholars across the Carolina campus. A 14-week seminar
for all ethics fellows will be held weekly during the 2003 fall
semester. Applicants both with and without previous experience
in the field of ethics are encouraged to apply.
For more information or to apply, contact Maryellen Davis at medavis@email.unc.edu.
State
award nominations sought
Nominations
are due by Dec. 13 for the John R. Larkins Award, which recognizes
state employees who exemplify the pioneering spirit of public
service to strengthen human and race relations in North Carolina.
Nominees must meet the following criteria:
Be permanent employees of N.C. state government with a minimum
of two years of service;
Have made efforts to improve human and race relations in state
government;
Exemplify commitment to human and race relations in their communities;
and
Have increased understanding or resolved conflicts between people
of different racial and ethnic backgrounds or helped heal wounds
created by racial and ethnic discord.
Nominations should be sent to the Governor's Office of Community
Affairs, Att: Larkins Award Committee, 20301 Mail Service Center,
Raleigh, NC 27699.
Nominations
for award recognizing women's contributions due Jan. 10
Nominations
are being accepted for the 10th Annual Cornelia Phillips Spencer
Bell Award. This award recognizes the woman from among the nominees
who has made the most significant contribution to the University
in recent years. Nominees need not be current employees or alumnae.
Nominations should include the nominator's name, campus address,
phone number and e-mail address, as well as the nominee's name
and address and describe:
The nominee's contribution to the University;
The capacity in which she made that contribution;
Results of the contribution; and
Other awards of recognition received by the nominee, if known.
The deadline is Jan. 10. Nominations may be sent by campus mail
to Stephanie Thurman, Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor
and Provost, CB# 3000, or to bell_award@unc.edu.
Sone
Center symposium honors Dubois book
The
Sonja Haynes Stone Black Cultural Center will mark the 100th anniversary
of W.E.B. Dubois' "The Souls of Black Folk," one of the most influential
books in American literature, with a symposium Jan. 29 -
Feb. 3.
Topics will include "Social Justice and the Black Radical Congress:
DuBois Libratory Vision, a 21st Century Perspective," "21st Century
Incarnations: Re-figuration of the Black Aesthetic in Black Popular
Culture" and "Framing Blackness and Feminism(s) within the 21st
Century." For more information, see ibiblio.org/shsbcc/
or call 962-9001.
Peace
Corps opens campus office
The
Peace Corps has opened a recruiting office in 200 Nash Hall, one
of 40 such sites nationwide. The corps will staff information
booths at events such as career fairs to increase visibility on
campus and to increase the number of Peace Corps volunteers from
Carolina.
For an appointment to visit the recruiters, contact them at peacecorps@unc.edu
or 962-6984, or call University Career Services at 962-6507.
Mail
Services in new location
University
Mail Services is now located on the ground floor of the Bioinformatics
Building, at the corner of Mason Farm Road and Daniels Drive.
The service's method of operation and route schedules have not
changed; it serves all usual mail stops except departments in
MacNider, the hospital and several in the surrounding area. These
boxes will soon be located on the ground floor of the Brinkhouse-Bullitt
Building.
For more information, call Tommy Brickhouse at 962-1139.
Listserv
created for designers
UNCDesigners,
a new listserv created for University designers, seeks members
who wish to communicate with each other, swap information and
announcements, trade tips and techniques and critique and support
each other's work.
To subscribe, see
listserv.unc.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?join=uncdesigners. For more
information, e-mail jbrady@email.unc.edu.
Class
focuses on vegetable gardening
The
North Carolina Botanical Garden is offering a four-part class
in January, "Vegetable Gardening in the Piedmont."
The series is offered in cooperation with the N.C. Cooperative
Extension Service on Jan. 14, 16, 21 and 23 from 7 to 9 p.m. Orange
County Agricultural Extension Agent Royce Hardin will teach the
classes, each of which will have a special focus: soils, seeds,
maintenance and preservation.
Fee for the class is $40 ($35 for foundation members). To register
and for more information, call 962-0522.
Scholarship fund honors band leader Doug Clark
In
memory of good times enjoyed with legendary fraternity-party band
Doug Clark and the Hot Nuts, alumnus Mike Haley has created the
Doug Clark "Thanks for the Memories" scholarship fund. The band's
founder and drummer, Chapel Hill native Doug Clark, died Sept.
16 after a long illness.
Funds from the endowment will provide one or more need-based scholarships
to deserving students each year.
Contributions to the fund may be mailed to the Office of University
Development, P.O. Box 309, Chapel Hill, NC 27514.
