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Published Online January
2007
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Take a look around you. You recognize people who
are dedicated to the University, who are always ready to help,
and who make the University a great place to work. Now, take a
moment and nominate those people for an Award for Excellence so
that the rest of the University can appreciate them also.
We urge you to take advantage of this
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To submit items and
events to the monthly Bulletin,
please contact the
SAC Communications
Committee.
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Volunteer with Hospice Family
Care in the New Year!
Next training class starts
January 18, 2007…it’s FREE!
Hospice Family Care
volunteers are people who are trained to provide
companionship and assistance to terminally ill
people and their families. They come from all walks
of life and generously offer their time to people in
need. Patients are at home or are in skilled care
facilities. Our philosophy reflects a strong
emphasis on quality of life in the end stages of
life. The next volunteer training begins Thursday,
January 18 from 5:30p-9:30p. The class runs six
consecutive Thursdays at our office near Speedway
and Wilmot. Upon ”graduation” you determine the
number of hours you wish to volunteer.
Volunteering for Hospice
Family Care does not require a lot of time; all you
need is compassion and the willingness to share the
time you have with people who can benefit from your
companionship. Volunteering is fun. Some
volunteers take patients shopping, others play cards
and games or share their musical talents.
Frequently volunteers provide a much needed break
for the caregiver at home with the patient. We also
need volunteers to help with office work and
telephone support.
Four times per year,
Hospice Family Care conducts free Hospice Volunteer
training classes. Training is one time per week for
six weeks and is held at our offices near El Dorado
Hospital. There is no cost for training materials.
Some topics covered during training include
communication skills, spiritual dynamics of death
and dying, caring for the caregiver, bereavement,
hospice social service issues, and many more.
For more information
please contact: Vicki Smith, Volunteer
Coordinator
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Jan
10: Spring Semester Begins |
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Jan 12: 9-1pm - UA Farmer's Market on
the Mall
Booths will be on the UA Mall with fresh produce, etc.
Dining Services at the Arizona Student Unions will have
artisan breads on sale as well as a tasting table with
samples from its various restaurants. Locally made products
such as honey, salsa, preserves, soup mixes, meat, cheese,
breads and soaps will be available. The mission of the
market is part of the UA's Well University Partnership to
promote a culture of health and wellness on campus. For more
information, contact Gale Welter at 621-4550 or
welter@health.arizona.edu. |
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Jan 13:
9:00 - 12:30 pm - Annual Memoir Workshop
University of Arizona Main Library, Special Collections
The Friends of the University of Arizona Libraries present
the 3rd Annual Memoir Workshop by Kathy Cowan, Ph.D. at the
. Join Dr. Cowan, as we discuss the memoir as we know it,
practice writing a couple of short stories and get a feel
for the effect of our writing on other memoir writers. The
workshop will include a series of short writing projects.
There will be opportunities for workshop participants to
share and respond to each others' writing. The course will
include writing, formulation of ideas, development of
background information and group discussions. Please wear
comfortable clothes and bring a notepad, pens or pencils
need. Refreshments will be provided. Registration fee $60
Early bird registration $50, if received before December 30th!
For more information on the workshop or for registration
please contact Sandy at
vasquezs@u.library.arizona.edu or (520)621-6431.
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Jan 15: Martin Luther King Jr
Holiday...no classes
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Jan 19: 9-1pm - UA Farmer's Market on
the Mall
Booths will be on the UA Mall with fresh produce, etc.
Dining Services at the Arizona Student Unions will have
artisan breads on sale as well as a tasting table with
samples from its various restaurants. Locally made products
such as honey, salsa, preserves, soup mixes, meat, cheese,
breads and soaps will be available. The mission of the
market is part of the UA's Well University Partnership to
promote a culture of health and wellness on campus. For more
information, contact Gale Welter at 621-4550 or
welter@health.arizona.edu. |
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Jan 22: 7:30pm - Warped Passages:
Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions
Steward Observatory, Rm N210
Lisa Randall, professor of physics, Harvard University will
start the Steward Observatory's public evening lecture
series, a program held annually since 1924. All of the
lectures, except the Feb. 23 lecture, will be held on
Mondays at 7:30 p.m. Following each lecture, participants
can view the night sky, weather permitting, through the
observatory's 21-inch telescope. All of the lectures and the
use of the telescope are free and open to the general
public. For more information, visit
http://www.as.arizona.edu or contact
Thomas Fleming at 621-5049 or
taf@as.arizona.edu.
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Jan 23: CSW Vision Awards Ceremony
The UA Commission on
the Status Women (CSW). Since 1999, the CSW Vision Awards
have honored unit leaders and managers who have demonstrated
a commitment to creating a campus community that embraces
the full participation and achievement of women and other
underrepresented groups. University staff, faculty,
administrators, graduate and undergraduate students nominate
individuals who are known for cultivating diversity and
working to advance the CSW goals. Up to three awards will be
conferred at the 2006 Vision Awards Ceremony to be held at a
special luncheon ceremony hosted by CSW. For more
information contact Mary E. Voyatzis, CSW Chair at
MEV@u.arizona.edu or
621-3446. |
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Jan 24: 9-11am - Successful Searches Workshop
SU San Pedro
Ever wonder which
questions are permissible in an interview? Not clear
about how affirmative action works when you recruit
and hire? Need help and resources for increasing the
diversity of your pool? The answers to these
questions, as well as many others, will be the focus
of this workshop. Register
online
http://fp.arizona.edu/affirm/info.htm,
or call 621-9449
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Jan 25-29: Friends of the
UA Libraries Book Sale
4646 N.
Oracle Road, Tucson
We are looking for volunteers
to assist the Friends in making this event a
success. By volunteering your time of more than 10
hours prior, during, and after the Book Sale, you
will be eligible to attend the preview of
the Book Sale free. If
you wish to contribute your time from January 18
- 31, 2007, please
contact Sandy (621-6431) or Sam (621-3485)
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Jan 26: 9-1pm - UA Farmer's Market on
the Mall
Booths will be on the UA Mall with fresh produce, etc.
Dining Services at the Arizona Student Unions will have
artisan breads on sale as well as a tasting table with
samples from its various restaurants. Locally made products
such as honey, salsa, preserves, soup mixes, meat, cheese,
breads and soaps will be available. The mission of the
market is part of the UA's Well University Partnership to
promote a culture of health and wellness on campus. For more
information, contact Gale Welter at 621-4550 or
welter@health.arizona.edu. |
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Do you want to be profiled in an
upcoming issue of Staff Tracks?
The SAC
Communications Committee is looking for items to add to the Staff
Tracks Newsletter. To submit a profile
complete a
profile form and fax it in. |
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The
Leukemia & Lymphoma Society’s Tucson Celebrity Waiters Dinner
is Friday, May 4, 2007. It honors two decades of
volunteer service of Dr. George Birger. We ask you to consider
being a Corporate Sponsor and/or donating an item or items for the
auction that evening. We also need hundreds of smaller items for
our $10 Balloon Pop Drawing (each item being valued for at least
$10).
With someone being diagnosed every 5 minutes with leukemia or
its related diseases of Hodgkin’s, multiple myeloma, and lymphoma,
our challenge is clear. We MUST find a cure, and need many generous
friends to help achieve that goal. Every ten minutes someone in
this country dies of a blood cancer. Please become our partner in
working toward a cure for this #1 child-killing disease.
We appreciate your consideration and thank you in advance for any
donation(s) possible. You are bringing hope to thousands of newly
diagnosed blood cancer patients because of your help. Since its
inception, the Dinner has raised close to $700,000 and supported
many researchers at the University of Arizona and the Arizona Cancer
Center. Dr. Nicholas Larmonier of Tucson began his $150,000 grant
from The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society July 1.
Please contact Jackie Palmenberg at the Leukemia & Lymphoma
Society’s Phoenix office (PalmenbergJ@lls.org)
if you have any questions about the Society’s programs and
services. While we hope you or your family never need the services
of The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, we are here to help if you do. -
Dr. Lucy Lang, Celebrity Dinner Co-Chair, 647-7413or email
fdelis@qwest.net.
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Send your thanks to
our soldiers.
It only takes a minute and is so worthwhile.
If you go to the
web site
http://www.letssaythanks.com/ you can pick out a thank you card
and Xerox will print it and it will be sent to a soldier that is
currently serving in Iraq. You can't pick out who gets it, but it
will go to some member of the armed services. It is FREE and it
only takes a second. Wouldn't it be wonderful if the soldiers
received a bunch of these? I sent mine, now you send one too! |
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Tucson Habitat for
Humanity Habistore -
Home Improvement Center
is looking for donations and volunteers!
The HabiStore is a retail business selling
surplus new and used building and home improvement materials,
appliances and furniture to the public.
Usable materials, donated by
retail businesses, contractors, individuals, and other
organizations, will be sold at below cost prices.
The HabiStore accepts a variety of
donations including: Lumber, appliances, tools, hardware,
furniture and general construction materials.
Proceeds from the HabiStore fund
the Habitat Tucson mission of eliminating poverty housing within our
community. Donors can receive tax deductions for the value of the
donated materials. HabiStore - : 3840 S. Palo Verde,
is
located near the corner of Ajo & Palo Verde (store faces Ajo
Way)
How can you Donate? Please call the HabiStore hotline at (520)
889-7200 to confirm your donation and set up a time for pick-up or
delivery.
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Curb Auto
Theft with the Watch Your Car Program:
It's Quick, Easy and FREE!
The Watch Your Car
decal program is a free, voluntary program that
vehicle owners enroll their vehicles with the
Arizona Automobile Theft Authority. The vehicle is
then entered into the Motor Vehicle Department (MVD)
database and participants receive decals for their
front and rear windows. By displaying the decals,
vehicle owners convey to law enforcement officials
that their vehicle is not usually in use between the
hours of 1:00 AM and 5:00 AM, when the majority of
auto thefts occur. In addition, by enrolling in the
Watch Your Car Program, vehicle owners also
authorize law enforcement officials to stop their
vehicle at any time during the day or night within
one mile of the border, if there is a suspicion that
the vehicle is being illegally operated.
If a police officer
witnesses the vehicle in operation between these
hours, they have the right to stop the vehicle and
verify it is being legally operated by the rightful
owner.
To
register for the program online go to:
https://www.aata.state.az.us/Watch_Your_Car/Info_Request/signup_request.html
Register by mail
by downloading the form at:
http://www.azwatchyourcar.com/pdfs/WYC%20-%20application%20form%20for%20website.pdf
Print it, fill it out and mail back.
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