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Nutrition and the Eye Symposium VI
Date/Time: April 13, 2013 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: J.C. Penney Conference Center
Audience: Open
Description: This is a two-day class Saturday and Sunday, June 1-2. It will offer research and findings of nutritional values that will increase longevity prospects and prevent, and even cure, degenerative ocular diseases. Fees: full-time faculty, staff and students: Saturday only – $62.50; Sunday only – $62.50; Saturday and Sunday – $112.50. Part-time faculty and staff: Saturday only – $187.50; Sunday only – 187.50; Saturday and Sunday – $337.50. See the Optometry Continuing Education Web page for more info: umsl.edu/divisions/optometry/Continuing%20Education/Nutrition2013.html. Call Jennifer Clemente at 314-516-5994 to register.
For Info: Lisabeth Ellerbusch at 314-516-5615
AOSA Sprint for Sight 5K
Date/Time: April 13, 2013 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Legacy Park Pavilion A, Cottleville, Mo.
Audience: Open
Description: Support the St. Louis Society for the Blind by participating in the 19th annual Sprint for Sight 5K run/walk, sponsored by the UMSL chapter of the American Optometric Student Association. Lunch will be provided the day of the race. For registration forms, contact Kelly Durst at kadm4b@mail.umsl.edu. We look forward to seeing you sprint (or walk) for sight!
For Info: Kelly Durst at 660-341-1216
Weekend Tour – Broad Horn Flat Boat
Date/Time: April 13, 2013 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: St. Louis Mercantile Library
Audience: Open
Description: Join us at the St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL for a free, docent-led tour which focuses on a specific aspect of St. Louis or Missouri history. Our weekend tours provide a wonderful opportunity for lively discussions about topics ranging from the founding of St. Louis to the Mercantile’s art collections, plus much more. No reservations are required. Please call 314-516-7248 for more information.
For Info: Valenda Curtis at 314-516-7248
Publishing From A To Z
Date/Time: April 13, 2013 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: 403 JC Penney Conference Center
Audience: Open
Description: New York Times and USA Today bestselling author (and UMSL graduate) Bobbi Smith will take you through the basics of novel writing and getting your book published. Fee: $65.
For Info: Mary Gough at 314-516-5974
University Child Development Center Trivia Night!
Date/Time: April 13, 2013 6:30 PM
Location: St. Ann Catholic Church
Audience: Open
Description: The University Child Development Center on UMSL’s campus is hosting its second trivia night with the theme, “Playdoh to Plato!” The questions will come from all academic disciplines. Join us at St. Ann Catholic Church, 7530 Natural Bridge Road in Normandy. The doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and trivia begins promptly at 7 p.m. There will be prizes, raffles, silent auction, 50/50 and mulligans! Cost is $20 per person or $150 for a table of 8 people (maximum number allowed per table). Beer and soda are included in the price. Bring your own snacks. There is a prize for the best themed table! For more information and to reserve your table, call Lynn or Tabitha at UCDC at 314-516-5658.
For Info: Jaime Bergfeld at 314-516-5181
Experience St. Louis: Powell Symphony Hall
Date/Time: April 13, 2013 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM
Location: Provincial House Pick-up, event at Powell Symphony Hall
Audience: Open
Description: Ever wanted to see a symphony? This is your chance! UPB is taking students to Powell Symphony Hall to see an amazing symphony: “Symphonie Fantastique!” You don’t want to miss this amazing opportunity. The best part of all is it’s free! Don’t forget! Every UPB event you go to is another chance to win a new iPad™! All you have to do is fill out a survey after the event and you’re entered to win.
For Info: R.V. Jenkins or other UPB member at 314-516-5531
The Kinetic Chamber Project – UMSL Dance Spring 2013
Date/Time: April 13, 2013 8:00 PM
Location: Lee Theater, Touhill Performing Arts Center
Audience: Open
Description: Join the Department of Theatre, Dance and Media Studies for an evening of dance. Students will perform dance pieces choreographed by faculty, guest artist and aspiring student choreographers. All will enjoy this eclectic dance concert set in the Intimate Lee Theater. Discounted SNAP student, faculty and staff tickets are available, but quantities are limited.
For Info: Ticket Office at 314-516-4949
Weekend Tour – Arts and Culture in St. Louis
Date/Time: April 14, 2013 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: St. Louis Mercantile library
Audience: Open
Description: Join us at the St. Louis Mercantile Library at UMSL for a free, docent-led tour which focuses on a specific aspect of St. Louis or Missouri history. Our weekend tours provide a wonderful opportunity for lively discussions about topics ranging from the founding of St. Louis to the Mercantile’s art collections, plus much more. No reservations are required. Please call 314-516-7248 for more information.
For Info: Valenda Curtis at 314-516-7248
Busy Person’s Retreat Dinner
Date/Time: April 14, 2013 6:00 PM to 8:00 PM
Location: Newman Center (on Natural Bridge across from Benton)
Audience: Open
Description: Too busy for a weekend retreat? The Busy Person’s Retreat is the perfect opportunity for even those students who say they are too busy for a retreat. No packing, no traveling, no fees, no taking off from work or school. Just sign up for 30 minutes of shared reflection with a spiritual director for four days, April 14-18. You choose the times. Sunday orientation is at 6 p.m. at the CNC. Register online by Wednesday, April 10.
For Info: Rachelle Simon at 314-385-3455
Israeli Culture Week: Israeli Memorial Day Table
Date/Time: April 15, 2013 12:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: MSC Bridge
Audience: Open
Description: Israeli Culture Week, Israeli Memorial Day: Stop by our Jewish Student Association table on the bridge from noon to 3 p.m. for some Israeli fun stuff!
For Info: Deborah Medintz at 954-319-6661
Spring MFA Fiction and Poetry Reading
Date/Time: April 15, 2013 12:15 PM to 1:15 PM
Location: 402 J.C. Penney Conference Center
Audience: Open
Description: This spring the Master of Fine Arts Program in Creative Writing bids farewell to a large and accomplished group of graduates. This is an opportunity to hear the work of several of these talented students, including the winners of the MFA Graduate Prize in Fiction and Poetry. Novelist John Dalton, director of the MFA program, will introduce the readers. This event is part of UMSL’s 50th Anniversary Jubilee, a yearlong campus and community-wide celebration.
For Info: Karen Lucas at 314-516-5698
Communicating Effectively in College Workshop
Date/Time: April 15, 2013 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
Location: 225 MSC (Center for Student Success Conference Room)
Audience: Open
Description: Learn how to facilitate effective communication with professors and the benefit of classroom participation.
For Info: Antionette Sterling at 314-516-7994
Graduate School Research Fair
Date/Time: April 15, 2013 4:00 PM to 5:30 PM
Location: Third Floor Rotunda and Century Room C – MSC
Audience: Open
Description: To celebrate Missouri Graduate Schools Week, the Graduate School and Sigma Xi will co-sponsor the annual Graduate Research Fair to recognize graduate students’ research. This event provides advanced graduate students the opportunity to present their scholarship and creative work to faculty, staff, administrators, students, family members and community members.
For Info: Mary Ellen Heckel at 314-516-5898
Violin Recital: New member of the Arianna String Quartet
Date/Time: April 15, 2013 7:30 PM
Location: Lee Theater, Touhill Performing Arts Center
Audience: Open
Description: Violinist Julia Sakharova has been active as soloist, chamber musician and orchestra player. She is the newest member of the Arianna String Quartet and joins the violin faculty at the University of Missouri–St. Louis. She is the winner of several international and national competitions, including the Jeunesses Musicales Montreal International Competition, the Olga Koussevitzky Award for Strings, and the Juilliard and Oberlin Concerto Competitions. Her performance credits include appearances with the Moscow State Orchestra, Caracas Philharmonic, Iowa Orchestra and Montreal Symphony Orchestra. She has given recitals at Carnegie Hall’s Zankel Hall, Alice Tully Hall, and Steinway Hall. Her performances have been broadcast on WQXR’s Young Artists’ Showcase in New York, Cleveland’s WCLV, Los Angeles’ KMZT and WBHM of Birmingham. This performance is free and open to the public.
For Info: Ticket Office at 314-516-4949
Weight Watchers at Work
Date/Time: April 16, 2013 11:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location: 225 MSC, Conference Room
Audience: Open
Description: Come join Weight Watchers at Work on campus any Tuesday. A group of faculty and staff meet with a Weight Watchers facilitator on a weekly basis. Can’t make the Open House but want to join? To initiate the process, follow the instructions below: Go to wellness.weightwatchers.com. Enter Company ID: 46814. Enter Company Passcode: WW46814. Register as a new member. General information: Meetings are 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Tuesdays in 225 MSC. Cost is $39.95 per month and includes free access to E-Tools, an online resource to help with your success. Contact Teresa Balestreri at 314-516-5002 or tkb@umsl.edu for more information.
For Info: Teresa Balestreri at 314-516-5002
Study Abroad Open House
Date/Time: April 16, 2013 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Location: 331 SSB
Audience: Open
Description: Thinking about studying abroad? Come to this open house and gather information from staff and learn more about the offerings to UMSL students. Information will be provided on the application process for studying abroad and resources for financing the experience. Cookies and refreshments will be available.
For Info: Liz Shabani at 314-516-5229
Israeli Culture Week: Professor Rochester Discussion
Date/Time: April 16, 2013 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM
Location: 316 MSC
Audience: Open
Description: Israeli Culture Week,Israeli Independence Day:Professor Rochester discussion on “The Israeli-Palestinian Conflict at 65: Will it ever end?”
For Info: Deborah Medintz at 954-319-6661
Mass and Soup
Date/Time: April 16, 2013 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: Catholic Newman Center
Audience: Open
Description: Every Tuesday we gather at the Newman Center in our Living Room. All are welcome; we are a friendly group and would love to see you. Also, we have a simple but delicious meal of homemade soup and bread available afterwards.
For Info: Rachelle Simon at 314-385-3455
Salute to Business Achievement Awards Presentation & Reception
Date/Time: April 16, 2013 5:30 PM to 7:30 PM
Location: Millennium Student Center Century Rooms A,B,C
Audience: Open
Description: The 2013 Salute to Business Achievement Awards Presentation and Reception recognizes alumni of the College of Business Administration who have demonstrated exception personal and professional accomplishments to the University, their profession and/or their community.
For Info: Celeste Marx at 314-516-4738
Attitudes & Mobility Loss in Aging
Date/Time: April 17, 2013 12:00 PM to 1:15 PM
Location: 427 Social Sciences/Business Bldg
Audience: Open
Description: Join us to learn about preliminary findings from an ongoing University of Missouri Research Board-funded study on mobility transitions in aging. This research seminar will introduce a new clinical tool to assess preparedness for age-related changes in driving and non-driving mobility: the Assessment of Readiness for Mobility Transition. Early findings from the research will be discussed within the context of mobility-related intervention with older adults and their families.
For Info: Becky Pastor at 314-516-5277
Mindfulness Meditation
Date/Time: April 17, 2013 12:15 PM to 12:45 PM
Location: Center for Student Success conference room – 225 MSC
Audience: Open
Description: Mindfulness Meditation is a proven—and increasingly popular—method for reducing stress, anxiety, depression, insomnia, and a variety of medical conditions. Incorporating Mindfulness into your schedule can enhance your overall well-being and allow you to live your life more fully. These weekly, guided Mindfulness activities are free and open to beginning as well as experienced meditators.
For Info: James Linsin at 314-516-5711
Test-taking Strategies Workshop
Date/Time: April 17, 2013 2:30 PM to 3:15 PM
Location: 225 MSC (Center for Student Success Conference Room)
Audience: Open
Description: Learn tips for taking different types of tests and how to better manage test-taking jitters.
For Info: Antionette Sterling at 314-516-7994
Mirthday 2013 featuring Neon Trees
Date/Time: April 17, 2013 7:00 PM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: The University Program Board is proud to present Neon Trees and Grouplove with Capital Kings as part of the 2013 Mirthday Celebration. Cost: four $5 tickets per UMSL student ID; $20 for the general public. Discounted SNAP student, faculty and staff tickets are available, but quantities are limited.
For Info: Ticket Office at 314-516-4949
Rock Gym 101
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 10:30 AM to 12:30 PM
Location: Upper Limits Rock Gym, 326 S. 21st St. 63103
Audience: Open
Description: Campus Recreation’s one-day rock-climbing class at Upper Limits Rock Gym in St. Louis, 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. The program includes rental gear, two hours of instruction, and unlimited same-day climbing after the class. Cost: $10 (refundable deposit). Sorry, no transportation is provided, but MetroLink can get you there.
For Info: Campus Recreation Office, 203 MT, at 314-516-5326
Writing Workshop: Understanding Articles and Word Forms
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: 207 SSB
Audience: Open
Description: “Doctors Treatment Patients.” Oops! Right word, wrong form. Learn to avoid sending a noun to do a verb’s job. Also covered: when to use “a,” when to use “the,” and when to use neither.
For Info: Chris Schott at 314-516-5613
Sigma Xi Talk: Peter Marina, ‘Getting the Holy Ghost’
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 11:00 AM to 12:00 PM
Location: 206 Clark
Audience: Open
Description: Peter Marina, visiting assistant professor of sociology at UMSL, will present a talk based on his research and recently published book, “Getting the Holy Ghost: Urban Ethnography in a Brooklyn Pentecostal Tongue-Speaking Church.” The talk is free and open to the public and sponsored by the Department of Sociology and the UMSL chapter of Sigma Xi, the Scientific Research Society.
For Info: Keith Stine at 314-516-5346
Bachmann Book Series
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 1:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: Century Rooms, MSC
Audience: Open
Description: The Bachmann Book Series is sponsored by the College of Business Administration. John Bachmann, managing principal with Edward Jones, will interview David Steward, author of “Doing Business by the Good Book: 52 Lessons on Success Straight from the Bible.”
For Info: Jane Ferrell at 314-516-5883
Interviewing Skills Workshop
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 2:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Location: 278 MSC, Career Services Conference Room
Audience: Student
Description: Do you want to know more about interviewing and how to improve your skills? Join us to learn techniques and tips for successful interviews. Please register at careers.umsl.edu.
For Info: Rachel Boehlow at 314-516-5111
Writing strong personal statements for graduate school
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 2:30 PM to 4:00 PM
Location: 400 Clark Hall
Audience: Open
Description: The personal statement is a critical part of the graduate and professional school application process. In this interactive workshop, participants will learn the critical elements for a strong personal statement. Participants will write a draft of a personal statement and receive feedback on their work.
For Info: Office of Multicultural Relations at 314-516-6807
Mass and Soup
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM
Location: Catholic Newman Center
Audience: Open
Description: Join us to reflect on and discuss the upcoming Sunday readings.
For Info: Rachelle Simon at 314-385-3455
Israeli Culture Week: Israeli Dance Session with Rachy
Date/Time: April 18, 2013 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM
Location: MSC Pilot House
Audience: Open
Description: Join the Jewish Student Association and Israeli folk dancer Rachy as we dance Israeli-style and Celebrate Israeli Culture Week!
For Info: Deborah Medintz at 954-319-6661
Newman Yard Service Day
Date/Time: April 19, 2013 10:00 AM to 3:00 PM
Location: Newman Center (on Natural Bridge across from Benton)
Audience: Open
Description: Come to the Newman Center for a special service Friday! We are having a Garden and Yard Day this Friday. We’ll be weeding, sweeping, pulling and planting, along with other outdoor activities to make the outside of Newman look awesome! Lunch is provided! All are welcome!
For Info: Rachelle Simon at 314-385-3455
Financial Management 101
Date/Time: April 19, 2013 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Location: Room 316 MSC
Audience: Open
Description: You will gain financial knowledge and key strategies that will help lead you to financial stability.
For Info: Rochelle DeClue at 314-516-5532
Staff Association Annual Golf Tournament
Date/Time: April 19, 2013 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM
Location: Normandie Golf Club
Audience: Open
Description: Golf Tournament for staff, faculty, students and community. Funds raised will help support future Staff Association/Appreciation activities. For Info: Bernadette Dalton or Tiffany Izard at 314-516-4796
Greater St. Louis Jazz Festival 2013
Date/Time: April 19, 2013 7:30 PM
Location: Anheuser-Busch Performance Hall, Touhill PAC
Audience: Open
Description: The Monterey Jazz Festival, the longest continuously-running jazz festival in the world, has presented nearly every major jazz star—from Billie Holiday and Louis Armstrong to Esperanza Spalding and Trombone Shorty—since it was founded in 1958. World-renowned for its artistic excellence, sophisticated informality, and longstanding mission to create and support year-round jazz education and performance programs, the Monterey Jazz Festival on Tour 55th Anniversary Celebration continues this commitment in 2013 with its third North American Tour. Featuring critically acclaimed, Grammy-winning jazz artists, this all-star band consists of bassist and musical director Christian McBride, vocalist Dee Dee Bridgewater, saxophonist Chris Potter, trumpeter Ambrose Akinmusire, pianist Benny Green, and drummer Lewis Nash. Discounted SNAP student, faculty and staff tickets are available, but quantities are limited.
For Info: Ticket Office at 314-516-4949
