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Here’s what was posted to UofL Today on Nov. 23, 2015:
· MULTIMEDIA: Elevate Portland Elementary Initiative underway. Watch video. View photos. Read story.
· VIDEO: Thank a Donor Day. Watch video.
· UofL establishes Youth Violence Prevention Research Center CDC awards. Read more.
· Financially sound investment: UofL business school receives $1M gift. Read more.
· UofL, Louisville Seminary to name 2016 Grawemeyer Award winners. Read more.
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DID YOU KNOW?
The Fairfax Building on Belknap Campus is better known as the Development and University Relations Building. It gets the name Fairfax from its previous owner, the Fairfax Family Fund, which provided small loans by mail.
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Campus-Submitted Announcement List
Health and Wellness
1.) Get Healthy Now Wellness Center closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
Miscellaneous
2.) UofL Today publishing schedule for the holidays
3.) CORRECTION: Free Information Security training session
4.) Resume Writing Workshop for college scholarships to be held
5.) Dance Theatre offers ‘Clara’s Dream’ preview
Grand Rounds
6.) Medicine Grand Rounds off this week
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Campus-Submitted Announcements
Health and Wellness
1.) Get Healthy Now Wellness Center closed for Thanksgiving Holiday
The GHN Wellness Center will close Wednesday, Nov. 25 at 2 p.m., and will be closed on Thursday, Nov. 26, and Friday, Nov. 27 in observance of Thanksgiving. Normal hours of operation will resume Saturday, Nov. 28 (9am – 5p). Happy Thanksgiving!
Additional Information: https://www.facebook.com/ULghn; http://louisville.edu/gethealthynow; ghn@louisville.edu; 852-7755.
2.) UofL Today publishing schedule for the holidays
The UofL Today email is published Monday through Friday. Due to the upcoming university holidays, UofL Today will not be sent out Wednesday to Friday (Nov. 25 to 27) or Dec. 23 to Jan. 1. The deadline for Nov. 30 announcements is 10 a.m. tomorrow (Nov. 24); and for Jan. 4 announcements is 10 a.m., Dec. 22. Contact Janet Cappiello with questions.
3.) CORRECTION: Free Information Security training session
Dec. 10 (corrected date), 10 to 11:30 a.m., Ekstrom Library, Chao Auditorium
Free to all faculty and staff
This session is presented by the university’s Information Security Office and is free and open to all faculty and staff. Topics include: identifying and protecting “sensitive data” and Kentucky’s new privacy law (HB5) and how it impacts you. We will also cover tips to help you protect your work and personal data. Please RSVP at isopol@louisville.edu.
Additional Information: Lisa Cooper, 852-0567 or isopol@louisville.edu.
4.) Resume Writing Workshop for college scholarships to be held
Dec. 1, 2 to 3 p.m., Student Activities Center, Room 310
Free
Do you have a son or daughter in high school who is applying for college scholarships? At this workshop, they can learn effective strategies and keywords to use for their resumé and interviews for the upcoming scholarship applications and deadlines. A Career Coach will give your student valuable insight to help them put their best foot forward to better impress scholarship committees. Registration is required and space is limited.
Additional Information: Kristin Ellis, 852-5516; Registration.
5.) Dance Theatre offers ‘Clara’s Dream’ preview
Dec. 3, 7p.m., School of Music’s Comstock Hall
UofL students free; public $5 suggested donation
Come and enjoy the University of Louisville Dance Theatre’s free preview performance of Clara’s Dream, the familiar story of “The Nutcracker” from the time that Clara starts dreaming of snow and the land of sweets. Her dream takes the audience along for a joyful ride through fantasy.
Additional Information: Judy Hake, 852-6878.
6.) Medicine Grand Rounds off this week
Medicine Grand Rounds is off this week for the Thanksgiving holiday (Nov. 26). We return to our regular schedule on December 3 when we host Dr. Jan Basile of the Medical University of South Carolina. We wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving!
For more information on our upcoming Grand Rounds schedule, go to http://louisville.edu/medicine/departments/medicine/grand-rounds/schedule.
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Direct questions about UofL Today to Janet Cappiello, 852-1104, or the Office of Communications and Marketing, 852-6171. The deadline for including a submission in the next day’s UofL Today email is noon.