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Green Design: A Whole Systems Approach.
A seminar talk by The Honors College Honored Alumna, Helen J. Kessler, FAIA.

Join us on Thursday, February 12th, 2:00 PM, in Architecture 103. Building on the skills she acquired as an undergraduate at the UA, Helen Kessler has gone on to establish a sustainable design and energy efficiency consulting business. Let her vision for finding solutions inspire you. There will be time for questions after the presentation.

Volunteer registration is open for Cats in the Community Day, UA’s annual faculty, staff and student volunteer event, scheduled Saturday, March 7.

This year, the UA is partnering with Tucson Urban League’s Project YES – an after-school tutoring and mentoring program (located at 100 West 37th St.) that helps 80-100 elementary school children every afternoon.

More than 400 UA faculty, staff and student volunteers are needed to upgrade and beautify the Project YES site.  read more »

Even in a struggling economy, with strategic planning, students can succeed in achieving their career goals. UA Career Services has added new programs, expanded online resources and developed innovative workshops to help students navigate from the classroom to their career in a tight economy.

Below is a brief outline of some of the career resources available. We encourage students to visit our Web site at www.career.arizona.edu and our offices in Suite #411 of the Student Union Memorial Center to fully access all the available resources.  read more »

Heidi J. Osselaer, faculty associate in the Department of History at ASU, will speak at 7 p.m. April 2 about her book "Winning Their Place: Arizona Women in Politics: 1883-1950." This new publication of the University of Arizona Press examines women in Arizona politics from the territorial era to just after World War II. There will be a question and answer session and light refreshments following the talk in the Special Collections Reading Room. The book also will be available for purchase and for signing.  read more »

Malicious computer software known as Conficker or Downadup has infected millions of computers worldwide and is gaining momentum. Some of the infections have occurred at The University of Arizona. Nearly all Microsoft Windows-powered computers can be compromised by Conficker. Computer security researchers expect that Conficker will enable unauthorized people to gain control of infected computers and the data on them.  read more »

UA Career Services, thanks to special funding from the UA Parents and Family Association, is rolling out a brand new Career Development Certificate program designed to help students develop their own game plan for exploring, creating and implementing their future career. A combination of interactive components and face-to-face counseling makes this program particularly appealing to students.  read more »

Student nominations are currently being accepted online for
the 2009 Five Star Faculty Award.

Established in 1983, the Five Star Faculty Award is The
University of Arizona's only student-nominated and -selected teaching award for undergraduate professors. The award is sponsored through the UA Honors College.

Students may nominate professors until Friday, February 13,
at 5pm.  read more »

Continuum is a celebration to inaugurate the School of Art's Visual Arts Graduate Research Laboratory – 50 studios for graduate art students and a gallery. This two-day event (Friday, February 20, 5-11 p.m.; Saturday, February 21, noon to 5 p.m.) features artwork from current and past art faculty and students. In addition to the exhibition and sale of artworks from 100 artists, there are also demonstrations, adult and children's workshops and lectures.

For further information and tickets, please see:
www.continuum2009.com.

Tucson’s first Festival of Books will be held March 14 & 15 here on the UA campus. The festival is free and open to all ages, and you can be part of the excitement as a volunteer.

The festival is seeking volunteers aged 18 and up to escort authors, assist with book signings, demonstrations and workshops, or help with set up, food service and crowd control. Join now for the widest choice of job descriptions. Sign up by March 1st at http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org.  read more »

If you are sponsoring a diversity or inclusion related event or initiative for spring 2009 and would like it considered for addition to “The University of Arizona Inclusive Excellence Catalog: Spring Edition” please email the information specified below to the Diversity Resource Office (DRO) at kryan@email.arizona.edu. The deadline for submission is Friday, February 6th, 2009.  read more »

Please join the GIFT Center in welcoming Evan Mendelson, senior nonprofit executive and philanthropic consultant, at the upcoming Grants for Lunch.

Fundraisers often are caught up in the worthiness and rightness of their cause and sometimes forget that the donor they are trying to attract is a human being and not a checkbook. This session will be a discussion of the unique aspects of working with high net-worth individuals, families and family foundations.  read more »

U of A Staff Advisory Council BLOOD DRIVE at the Main Library, 1510 E. University Blvd., on Thursday, February 5 from 10:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. Please check in at the library first. FREE Chick-fil-A coupon for all presenting donors. To schedule your appointment or for more information, contact
Eva at eva@physics.arizona.edu

Come and celebrate Darwin's 200th birthday with science, music, and poetry related to Darwin's life and legacy! Hear readings of distinguished local poets, see the tree of life, watch earthworms and bees, play an evolutionary game, get free coffee and cake, and enjoy many more attractions. Event is open to the public.

Date: February 12, 2009
Time: 2:30 - 5:00 pm

Location: Student Union Memorial Ballroom

Join the Friends of The University of Arizona Libraries as they host The Talkies Come to Town: Vaudeville on Film, an evening of vitaphone shorts at the Fox Theater Friday, Feb. 27, at 6:30 p.m. Admission to the showing is free, but donations are encouraged. A ticketed reception follows the program. Tickets for the reception are $50. For more information contact Laura Bender, Senior Director of Development, University Libraries at 621-3485 or benderl@u.library.arizona.edu. The Fox Theater is located at 17 W. Congress St. in downtown Tucson.

Following-up on the GIFT Center Grants for Lunch presentation on December 3, the featured presenter, Hildy Gottlieb, will facilitate a Learning Community to continue the discussion that began at the session. The brown bag meeting will take place Thursday, January 29 from 11:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. at the Swede Johnson Building Room 205. Kindly RSVP to GIFTCenter@al.arizona.edu, providing names and titles of attendees in your RSVP note.  read more »

The Associated Students of The University of Arizona would
like to invite you to the 3rd Annual ASUA Gala, with all proceeds from the evening going towards the Dick Roberts Memorial Scholarship. This event is to be held on February 6, 2009 at 6pm in The Student Union Memorial Ballroom.  read more »

January 20, 2009

NOTICE OF GENERAL (Voting) FACULTY PRIMARY ELECTION
SPRING 2009  read more »

The Faculty Center and offices of Wanda Howell, Chair of the Faculty; J.C. Mutchler, Secretary of the Faculty; Faculty Governance support personnel Pam Bridgmon, Jane Cherry and Dawn Bell have relocated. The Faculty Center’s new address is: 1216 E. Mabel Avenue, P.O. Box 210456 Tucson, Arizona 85721-0456. Our phone numbers will remain the same: (520) 621-1342, (520) 621-1338, (520) 621-8844 (FAX)

Former Plant Sciences professor Christina Kennedy has become too ill to care for her cats and we are looking for a loving home for them. Bubbles and Squeak are sister and brother, neutered, 2 years old, healthy, and well-socialized. Bubbles is orange and cream and Squeak is a gray tabby. They are used to other pets and are perfectly comfortable around dogs. If you would like to help please call Susan Miller at 626-2597.