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UGA TODAY
Issue date: 9/23/08 Section: News
- Xeriscape Gardens Workshop. Sponsored by the State Botanical Garden. Have the heat and drought leached all the color from your garden? Color is not limited to flowers. Members $15, all others $17. 9:30 to 11 a.m. State Botanical Garden Visitor Center, classroom A. Contact: 706-542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu.
- Bulldog Book Club. Sponsored by the UGA Libraries. Discuss Jack Kerouac, "On the Road." 11 a.m. Miller Learning Center Jittery Joe's. Contact: fteague@uga.edu.
- Seminar: Mortgage Fraud- When a House is Not a Home. Sponsored by the Department of Housing & Consumer Economics. Brent Brewer, neighborhood activist in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, and Dr. Andy Carswell, assistant professor of housing, give the talk. 12:30 to1:30 p.m. 202 Dawson Hall. Contact: ymimura@fcs.uga.edu.
- Seminar: Finding a Communications Externship and Internship. Sponsored by the Career Center and Grady College. Part of the Grady Career Series. 4 to 5 p.m. 247 Miller Learning Center.
- GMAT Review Workshop at UGA Gwinnett. Sponsored by Professional & Personal Development. $799. Register at www.georgiacenter.uga.ed/fall08. 5 p.m. UGA Gwinnett Campus. Contact: 706-542-3537,
www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/fall08.
- Lecture: Art Historian Stephen Murray. Sponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The lecture is a part of the Visiting Artist/Scholar Series. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. S151 Lamar Dodd School of Art. Contact: 706-542-0116, tpleigh@uga.edu
- Athens Alumni Gathering. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association. Join fellow alumni and friends appetizers and networking in a relaxing atmosphere. 5:30 to 7 p.m. 237 Prince Woodfire Grille, 237 Prince Avenue (in Bottleworks).
Contact: 706-542-8199,
wdarden@uga.edu.
- Panel Discussion: Careers in Consulting. Sponsored by the Career Center. Learn about career paths and what it takes to be successful in the consulting business. Companies represented on the panel include Accenture, Avanade, CGI, Ernst & Young, FTI, Kimley-Horn, McKesson, PerceptivePro, Inc., Protiviti, RCLCO, and Towers Perrin. 6 to 8 p.m. 150 Miller Learning Center.
- Lecture: Re-evaluating the Role of Dams in Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Strategies. Sponsored by UGA Fisheries Society. Dr. Mike Gangloff of Appalachian State University gives the talk as part of the UGA Fisheries Society Speaker Series. 6:30 p.m.
517 Forestry Building 4. Contact: elkinsd@warnell.uga.edu.
- Unrestricted: A Discussion on Interracial and Intercultural Relationships. Sponsored by the African Student Union. This program explores and teaches the dynamics, both past and present, of relationships in the context of faiths, races, tribes, and cultures. A discussion of African relationships expands to a global perspective. 6:30 to 8 p.m. 213 Miller Learning Center. Contact: jfabdallah@gmail.com.
- Interactive Program: Consent Is Sexy. Sponsored by the Office for Violence Prevention and the University Health Center's Health Promotion Department. Today's college students are bombarded with myths, misconceptions and images about sexuality. This program discusses the complexities of consent in relationships, healthy sexuality and the lack of consent that can impact healthy relationships. 7 p.m. 407 Memorial Hall. Contact: 706-542-7233.
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- Bulldog Book Club. Sponsored by the UGA Libraries. Discuss Jack Kerouac, "On the Road." 11 a.m. Miller Learning Center Jittery Joe's. Contact: fteague@uga.edu.
- Seminar: Mortgage Fraud- When a House is Not a Home. Sponsored by the Department of Housing & Consumer Economics. Brent Brewer, neighborhood activist in the West End neighborhood of Atlanta, and Dr. Andy Carswell, assistant professor of housing, give the talk. 12:30 to1:30 p.m. 202 Dawson Hall. Contact: ymimura@fcs.uga.edu.
- Seminar: Finding a Communications Externship and Internship. Sponsored by the Career Center and Grady College. Part of the Grady Career Series. 4 to 5 p.m. 247 Miller Learning Center.
- GMAT Review Workshop at UGA Gwinnett. Sponsored by Professional & Personal Development. $799. Register at www.georgiacenter.uga.ed/fall08. 5 p.m. UGA Gwinnett Campus. Contact: 706-542-3537,
www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/fall08.
- Lecture: Art Historian Stephen Murray. Sponsored by the Lamar Dodd School of Art and the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. The lecture is a part of the Visiting Artist/Scholar Series. 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. S151 Lamar Dodd School of Art. Contact: 706-542-0116, tpleigh@uga.edu
- Athens Alumni Gathering. Sponsored by the UGA Alumni Association. Join fellow alumni and friends appetizers and networking in a relaxing atmosphere. 5:30 to 7 p.m. 237 Prince Woodfire Grille, 237 Prince Avenue (in Bottleworks).
Contact: 706-542-8199,
wdarden@uga.edu.
- Panel Discussion: Careers in Consulting. Sponsored by the Career Center. Learn about career paths and what it takes to be successful in the consulting business. Companies represented on the panel include Accenture, Avanade, CGI, Ernst & Young, FTI, Kimley-Horn, McKesson, PerceptivePro, Inc., Protiviti, RCLCO, and Towers Perrin. 6 to 8 p.m. 150 Miller Learning Center.
- Lecture: Re-evaluating the Role of Dams in Freshwater Mollusk Conservation Strategies. Sponsored by UGA Fisheries Society. Dr. Mike Gangloff of Appalachian State University gives the talk as part of the UGA Fisheries Society Speaker Series. 6:30 p.m.
517 Forestry Building 4. Contact: elkinsd@warnell.uga.edu.
- Unrestricted: A Discussion on Interracial and Intercultural Relationships. Sponsored by the African Student Union. This program explores and teaches the dynamics, both past and present, of relationships in the context of faiths, races, tribes, and cultures. A discussion of African relationships expands to a global perspective. 6:30 to 8 p.m. 213 Miller Learning Center. Contact: jfabdallah@gmail.com.
- Interactive Program: Consent Is Sexy. Sponsored by the Office for Violence Prevention and the University Health Center's Health Promotion Department. Today's college students are bombarded with myths, misconceptions and images about sexuality. This program discusses the complexities of consent in relationships, healthy sexuality and the lack of consent that can impact healthy relationships. 7 p.m. 407 Memorial Hall. Contact: 706-542-7233.
- Please send submissions for UGAToday to news@randb.com.
Listings are published on a first-come, first-serve basis.
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