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UIS to
host foreign and independent film series
The Division of Student Affairs
at the UIS is sponsoring an Independent and Foreign Film Series
on Friday nights this fall. All films are shown at 7 p.m. in
Brookens Auditorium, located on level one of Brookens Library on
the UIS campus. Admission is free and the public is welcome to
attend.
Remaining films include: Oct. 1 –
Rivers and Tides, Oct. 8 – The Magdalene Sisters,
Oct.15 – Spirited Away, Oct. 22 – The Fog of War,
Oct. 29 – Monster, Nov. 5 -The House of Yes, Nov.
12 – Pieces of April. For more information about any of
these films, contact the UIS Office of Student Life at 206-6665.
Bake Sale
- Volunteers needed October 6 & 7
Yes, it’s time once again to put
on your apron, grab your favorite recipe, and help us raise $$
for the Staff Scholarship Fund. Last year’s bake sale raised
$770 so let’s see if we can’t do even better this year!! In
addition to asking for donations to stock the upcoming bake
sale, we need to ask for volunteers to staff the sale.
Volunteers will work 1-hour shifts (unless you are able to work
longer) from 7:30am - 2:00pm on Wednesday and 8:00am - 2:00pm on
Thursday. We would like to have 3 people staffing the sale
during each shift. If you are able to help out, please contact
Donna Johnson at 206-6344 or
djohn1@uis.edu
UIS
Visual Arts Gallery to present “Aids of Language”
Aids of Language: Paintings by
Thom Whalen” will be on display at the Visual Arts Gallery at
the UIS from October 6 through 28. The gallery will host an
evening with the artist on Thursday, October 7, beginning with a
talk at 5:30 p.m. followed by a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. The
talk, reception, and exhibit are free and open to the public.
The Visual Arts Gallery is located in room 201 of the Health and
Sciences Building on the UIS campus. Gallery hours are 11 a.m.
to 6 p.m. Monday through Thursday. For further information,
contact Emily Laverty by phone at 206-6506 or by e-mail at
visarts-ga@uis.edu.
Register
to VOTE! FREE T-shirt! FREE tickets!
Register to vote NOW before the Oct. 5th deadline.
You can register to vote or change your registration address in
the Women's Center, Student Affairs Building, Room 35. The
Women's Issues Caucus (WIC) student organization is giving away
free T-shirts to students who register in the Women's
Center and free tickets to one of three upcoming
events courtesy of the Sangamon Auditorium: Capitol Steps,
Ten Tenors or Invisible Man. Please
call Kathy or Lynn at 206-7173 to make an appointment to
register and to find out what identification materials
you need to bring.
Lincoln
Legacy Lecture Series at UIS features Pulitzer Prize-winning
author
Mark E. Neely, Jr., Pulitzer
Prize-winning author, will deliver the first lecture in the
Lincoln Legacy Lecture Series on Thursday, October 7, at the
University of Illinois at Springfield. The theme of this year’s
Series, on October 7, 14, and 21, is “Ethics and Power.” Neely’s
talk, “Civil Liberties in Lincoln’s Presidency,” will begin at
7:30 p.m. in Brookens Auditorium, located on the lower level of
Brookens Library on the UIS campus. His lecture is free and open
to the public. No reservations are required and seating will be
on a first-come, first-served basis.
Mark W. Summers, professor of
History at the University of Kentucky, will discuss “The
Politics of Patronage in Lincoln’s Era” at 7:30 p.m. Thursday,
October 14, in Brookens Auditorium. The series will conclude on
October 21 with “Lincoln’s Presidential Virtues,” presented by
William L. Miller, Scholar in Ethics and Institutions at the
Miller Center of Public Affairs at the University of Virginia.
His talk will also be held at 7:30 p.m. in Brookens Auditorium
For more information, contact the Center at 217/206-6576.
UIS,
AFSCME Local 805 reach agreement on salary increase
The University of Illinois at
Springfield and the American Federation of State, County and
Municipal Employees Council 31, Local 805, have reached
agreement on a salary increase of 3.1% for all bargaining unit
members. The agreement is part of a wage reopener in the second
year of a three-year contract. The increase was effective on
August 29, 2004 The agreement covers seven grounds workers, two
maintenance repair workers, an assistant grounds gardener, and a
grounds equipment mechanic, all of whom work in the Department
of Physical Planning and Operations.
The university is bargaining with
four other unions this fall: The Fraternal Order of Police,
Lodge 55; IATSE, Local 138 (stagehands); operating engineers,
Local 399; and University Professionals of Illinois, Local 4100.
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