The QT

UA Asian American Faculty, Staff, & Alumni Association
2nd Annual Golf Tournament

Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008

Location: Ventana Canyon Lodge n' Country Club Canyon Course

Time: Check-in 7:00 AM; Shotgun Tee-Off 8:00 AM; Awards Luncheon 1:00 PM or earlier

Cost: $125 per player (portion of cost toward AAFSAA Scholarship Fund will be tax deductible); Includes Green Fee, Cart and Lunch  read more »

EVENT: "Who We Are Now" - Photo Exhibit Unveiling

DATE/TIME: TUESDAY, SEPT. 2, NOON - 1 P.M.

LOCATION: Lobby, UA College of Medicine administrative offices, 1501 N. Campbell Ave., Tucson  read more »

University Information Technology Services (UITS) has opened a new 24 hour a day/7 day a week IT support center in the Martin Luther King Jr. building between Mountain Avenue and 1st and 2nd Streets. Services are available and free to all UA students, faculty and staff.

Currently drop-in hours are 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. Help is also available 24 hours a day via phone, (520) 626-TECH (8324), and via chat and remote assistance through the 24/7 website, 247.arizona.edu.  read more »

At-Work Weight Watchers group offered Wednesdays 12:00 PM at Highland Commons Room B207. Students and staff welcome. Contact lawyer@fm.arizona.edu with any questions. Hope to see you there!

Sept 23: 3:30-4:30 p.m.

Staff Town Hall with President Shelton in Main Library Rm A313.

SAC will be holding its Annual Staff Town Hall with Dr. Shelton on September 23. This is your chance to meet President Shelton and let your voice be heard.  read more »

Please join the GIFT Center in welcoming an esteemed panel of community grantmakers at the Grants for Lunch fall semester return:
Meet the Grantmakers.

Learn about private grant relationships from the best source – foundation representatives.
Scheduled panelists include:  read more »

Parking & Transportation Services wants to remind you of the Arizona Department of Transportation's (ADOT) traffic switch for the I-10 widening project in order to move all Interstate 10 traffic, south of St. Mary's Road to 29th Street, to the east side of the freeway.  read more »

The beginning of the Fall semester means an increase of pedestrian, vehicle and bicycle traffic on the UA campus and the surrounding area. In order to help foster a safe environment, UAPD and PTS would like your help in informing the community of the following safety tips. Please also note that speed limits on campus have also been changed.

While driving a vehicle:  read more »

You can feel Better Than Ever with the Arizona Cancer Center!

Better Than Ever, an outreach program from the Arizona Cancer Center, would like to help you fight cancer and make exercise a part of daily life through running, walking or biking in a fun, non-competitive fitness training program.

Join us to train for your choice of one or more of three events and four distances:  read more »

Kick off Arizona’s fall season at the Tucson Convention Center
on Tuesday, August 19th.

The University of Arizona Department of Intercollegiate Athletics and the Tucson Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce will host the 2008 Fall Kick-Off Luncheon presented by The Jim Click Automotive Group. Hear firsthand from the head coaches, Mike Stoops (Football), Dave Rubio (Volleyball), Dan Tobias (Soccer), James Li (Cross Country), their staffs and several UA student-athletes about the goals for the upcoming season.  read more »

Parking & Transportation Services has just been made aware from The Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) of a traffic switch for the I-10 widening project in order to move all Interstate 10 traffic, south of St. Mary’s Road to 29th Street, to the east side of the freeway.  read more »

Bring your cyber junk to the UA BookStores Computer Service Center August 4-9, 2008, and enter to win an iPod Touch!

The UA BookStores, Apple Inc. and UITS have partnered to provide an on-campus, “Safe for your environment” and “Secure for you” alternative to trashing old computer parts.  read more »

"Wild Man Phil" Guides

Aug. 9

Learn Your Lizards walk at Boyce Thompson Arboretum

Meet Casa Grande ecologist and reptile enthusiast "Wild Man Phil" Rakoci on Saturday at Boyce Thompson Arboretum when he guides the popular "Learn Your Lizards" guided tour along the trails and through the gardens.  read more »

Beginning August 8, 2008, the WebAuth page that's used to verify NetID and password before letting web users enter secured areas will have a new look.

Instead of the page with the centered login area and yellow box containing the entry fields, users will see a page with a grey box on the left containing the entry fields.  read more »

The 2007-08 University of Arizona Fact Book and FAQ are now posted and available online. To access them, go to
http://oirps.arizona.edu/UAFactBook.asp.

These publications are intended to provide useful and easily accessible resources for frequently requested information about the University. These materials are valuable tools for outreach to future students, faculty, legislators and other constituent groups.  read more »

The Arizona Department of Transportation is scheduling the following closures and restrictions as part of the Interstate 10 Widening project from Prince Road to 29th Street for the week of July 25, 2008.

Eastbound I-10

- The right lane on eastbound I-10, south of 29th Street to the 6th Avenue ramp (exit 261), is scheduled to be closed at night on Friday, July 25, 2008, from 9 p.m. to 5 a.m. the following morning for striping.  read more »

UA Faculty and Staff receive a 15% discount off a maximum of two (2) season tickets (not including priority amount). To receive the ticket discount you must be registered as a 2008-09 UA Faculty or Staff member at the time of purchase.  For more information call 621-2287.

Be sure to pass the word on to all of your fellow co-workers.  Come out to Arizona Stadium for seven exciting Saturdays!

2008 Arizona Football Schedule  read more »

The Farmers' Market is moving to Main Gate Square, beginning with our first market of the fall on Friday, September 19. The markets will continue as weekly health and wellness events in the new location, taking on a bigger and broader "locally grown" vendor base, and partnering with the vendors in Main Gate Square to form a unique street market.

Thank you for your extraordinary support over the first two years of the Farmers' Market at the UA. Please stop by our new location and say hello.

DuVal Auditorium, University Medical Center, 1501 N. Campbell Ave.

Forum will be video-streamed to UA College of Medicine-Phoenix in partnership with ASU, Room 2208.

The campus community is invited to meet William M. Crist, MD, Dean of the University of Missouri School of Medicine and a nationally noted pediatric cancer investigator, who is a candidate for the newly created position of UA Vice President for Health Affairs.  read more »

You may be aware that Optional Retirement Plan (ORP) participants who are fully vested and at least 62 years old are eligible to participate in the Arizona Board of Regents' recently approved Phased Retirement Program.  This program enables ORP participants to reduce their workload over a period of up to three years and concurrently access their Optional Retirement Plan account.  read more »