Oct. 8, 2007 |
1. Parent-Child Relations in Other Cultures - Monday
2. Hospitality Class Night at Ella's - Wednesday
3. Food Science Seminar - Monday
4. Scholarship Luncheon - Friday
5. Alumni Society Tailgate Party - Saturday
6. World Food Day Event - Oct. 16
7. 'Corps of Discovery' Lecture - Oct. 18
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1. Parent-Child Relations in Other Cultures - Monday
A presentation and discussion on cross cultural perspectives on parent-child relations is scheduled for Monday, Oct. 8 from 10:30-11:20 a.m. in HOEC 102. The presenters and discussion leaders will be Godwin-Charles Ogbeide, a new assistant professor of hospitality and restaurant management, from Nigeria, and Xuewen Sheng, post doctoral research associate, human development and family studies, from Beijing, China.
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2. Hospitality Class Night at Ella's - Wednesday
Students in the food preparation class in the foods, human nutrition and hospitality major will present a Caribbean night dinner Wednesday at Ella's Restaurant in The Inn at Carnall Hall. Dinner is served at 5 p.m. The cost is $15 plus tax. For menu and reservations, call or email Nola Magee, 575-3245, nmagee@uark.edu. The class plans, prepares and serves dinner every Wednesday evening.
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3. Food Science Seminar - Monday
Matthew Garner, chief executive officer, MicroBios, Cornell Business & Technology Park, Ithaca, N.Y., will present "Observations from Laminitis and Listeriosis: Complex biological and biochemical interactions contribute to disease and virulence" at 3:40 p.m., Monday, Oct. 8, in room D-2 in the Food Science Building. For more information, contact Connie Tharel at 575-4605.
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4. Scholarship Luncheon - Friday
All student scholarship recipients and donors are invited to a Scholarship Luncheon next Friday, Oct. 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Altell Ballroom in the Arkansas Union. Scholarship recipients may be excused from classes to attend.
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5. Alumni Society Tailgate Party - Saturday
Alumni, faculty, staff and students are invited to the Bumpers College Alumni Society Tailgate Party and Cookout, which will begin at 4:35 p.m. (two hours before kickoff of the UA-Auburn game) Saturday, Oct. 13, in the AFLS Building atrium and outdoors on the south patio and lawn overlooking Razorback Stadium.
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6. World Food Day Event - Oct. 16
How climate change endangers the poor is the topic of a World Food Day program Tuesday, Oct. 16, in the University of Arkansas Center for Continuing Education auditorium featuring a worldwide teleconference and a panel discussion with local experts.
The public is invited to the teleconference from 11 a.m to 2 p.m., followed by a panel discussion with local experts. There is no charge, and a complimentary lunch will be provided by event sponsors. The Center for Continuing Education is on the corner of East and Center streets.
"The local panel will focus on how climate change impacts Northwest Arkansas," said UA Food Science Professor Phil Crandall, co-organizer.
Ray Suarez of the Jim Lehrer NewsHour will host the worldwide broadcast, "Climate: Changes, Challenges and Consequences." Panelists are Suzanne Hunt, who writes and lectures on energy and biofuels; Cynthia Rosenzweig, leader of the Climate Impacts Group at the NASA Goddard Institute; and Stephen Schneider, co-director of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy at Stanford University.
Viewers can call in questions to be answered in the third hour of the televised conference.
Local sponsors include the Arkansas World Trade Center, the UA Applied Sustainability Center and other departments and units of UA, Fayetteville, and the U of A System's statewide Division of Agriculture.
Patricia Young, national coordinator, said World Food Day was started in 1981 by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization and is observed in more than 150 countries. The National Committee for World Food Day includes 450 voluntary organizations.
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7. 'Corps of Discovery' Lecture - Oct. 18
Michael Jeffords of the Illinois Natural History Survey will give a lecture on the 21st Century Corps of Discovery in Giffels Auditorium at 6:30 p.m., Oct. 18, and a seminar in the entomology department.
The presentations are sponsored by the departments of entomology and biological sciences and the Nature Conservancy of Arkansas.
The 21st Century Corps of Discovery engages the public documenting the ecology and biology of local landscapes within their state. The original Corps of Discovery led by Lewis and Clark in 1804 set out to record the landscape, flora and fauna of the Louisiana Purchase. The 21st Century Corps is documenting fixed locations that are constantly changing. Two such groups have been organized in Illinois.
One is working in the Nature Conservancy's Emiquon Preserve along the Illinois River, which is undergoing major restoration, Jeffords said. The other group is working in the Cache River wetlands of southern Illinois, which is also undergoing preservation and restoration.
"We aim to engage citizens who will add a creative, aesthetic dimension to their local lands and who will contribute to the total picture of the evolving, diverse landscape," Jeffords said.
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