Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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By on April 15, 2008

- UGA Studies Abroad in the South Pacific Information Session. Come find out how to earn University credit while traveling in Antarctica, Australia, Belize, Fiji, New Zealand or the United Kingdom. Programs offered year round and suitable for any major.
6 to 7 p.m. SLC 250. Contact: Maggie Miller 706-542-9713,
www.uga.edu/oie/southpacific, pacific@uga.edu

- Athens Rock and Gem Club meeting. Following the business meeting, the program “Granites, Granitoids, and Other Rocks of Ages” will be presented by Club member Walter Sikora. He will bring samples of these items.
7:30 p.m. Friendship Christian Church on Tallassee Road.

- American Red Cross Blood Drive. 2 to 7 p.m. Oglethorpe House basement.
- Team Captains’ Meeting. Sponsored by UGA Relay For Life. This is the final Team Captains’ Meeting before Relay For Life 2008. All captains must attend this meeting in order to discuss on-site fundraisers and to choose their camp sites. Please bring all donations your team has collected thus far. 6:30 p.m. SLC 148. Contact: jtraynor@uga.edu

- Safe Space Training. Sponsored by the LGBT Resource Center. An initiative for inclusion, acceptance, and support of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the University community. The orientation intends to raise awareness and knowledge of LGBT issues, including being an LGBT ally. Register at www.uga.edu/safespace. 8:30 a.m. to noon. Contact: 706-542-4077, safe@uga.edu

- UGA Student Employee of the Year Recognition Luncheon. Sponsored by the Career Center. 100 University student employees nominated by their departments will be recognized. Noon. Georgia Center. Contact: www.career.uga.edu/studentemployeeoftheyear.html.

- Sponsored by UGA Relay For Life. $10 entry fee per person. Held at WOW Cafe and Wingery at Five Points. A portion of all
restaurant proceeds will go toward Relay For Life’s 2008 total from
7 to 10 p.m.
Contact: athensnow@gmail.com

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