Fall All Staff Meeting
Tuesday, October 18, 3– 4 p.m. (refreshments: 2:30 – 3 p.m.)
Kresge Auditorium
See News Briefs for more information

 

Convocation: “Big Ideas, Small Choices”
Filmmaker Beth Murphy
Tuesday, October 18, 7 p.m.
Jones Auditorium
Free and open to the public

 

“Beyond the Luck of the Draw: The Power of One Teacher to Affect the Life of a Child”
Lecture by John Hodge, president of Urban Learning and Leadership Center
Wednesday, October 19, 6:15 p.m.
Kresge Auditorium
RSVP to (919) 760-8315

 

Meredith College Graduate Programs in Education is sponsoring the inaugural lecture in its Teaching Symposium Series: “Connecting Peadgogy, Practice and Perspectives.” Speaker John Hodge is president of Urban Learning and Leadership Center (ULLC), an organization focused on student achievement and reduction of the achievement gap.  His career has been defined by assisting students and teachers overcome obstacles and achieve goals.

 

HIDING: a presentation by LiNK (Liberty in North Korea) 
Wednesday, October 19, 7-9 p.m., Ledford 101
Free and open to the public.

 

LiNK, a non-profit organization devoted to rescuing and resettling North Korean refugees, presents a documentary about the refugees' plight. To escape famine and oppression in their home country, hundreds of thousands of North Koreans have crossed the border into China, where they must live in hiding to avoid being repatriated to their home country and punished as "defectors." Many end up victims of human trafficking. Learn more about this important humanitarian issue and what you can do to help.

 

Benefits Fair
Thursday, October 20, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Belk Dining Hall

 

Flu Vaccine Clinics
Thursday, October 20, 1:30 – 4:30 p.m.
Belk Dining Hall (upstairs) for faculty/staff
Belk Dining Hall (downstairs) for students and eligible family members of employees

Maxim Healthcare Services will be administering influenza vaccine during this on campus flu vaccine clinic. There is no charge for the seasonal flu vaccine for students and employees who are insured through:

• Student health insurance Meredith offers
• North Carolina Blue Cross Blue Shield
• Blue Cross Blue Shield from other states in the USA
• Medicare Part B
• PARTNERS – BCBS NCPFFS type Medicare Advantage Plans (must say PFFS on the card)
• Aetna
• SummaCare
• Humana Gold Choice – Southeast
• Todays Options
• Universal Health Care

Meredith Fall Choral Concert
Sunday, October 23, 3 p.m.
Jones Auditorium
Free and open to the public

 

Third Annual Trick or Trot 5K
Sponsored by the Meredith Sports Science Association
Monday, October 24, 5 p.m.

Check-in begins at 4:15 p.m.
Costume Contest at 4:30 p.m.
Event begins at 5 p.m.

 

Meredith students, faculty, staff, alumnae and their guests are invited to participate in this campus 5K. Collect candy as you walk, jog or run across campus. Dress up in a costume for a chance to win the costume contest. Registration is $8. Sign up in the Fitness Center.

 

Meredith College International Film Festival showing of "Of Gods and Men"
Tuesday, October 25, 6 p.m. (refreshments) 6:30 p.m. (film begins)
Kresge Auditorium
Free

 

Film introduction by Margarita Suarez. This public screening is made possible by a grant from the Diversity Council and the Raleigh-Durham Chapel Hill Alliance francaise.

Meredith Sinfonietta Fall Concert
Thursday, October 27, 8 p.m.
Jones Auditorium
Free and open to the public

 

“Rhymes in Time,” a collaborative, multi-media installation
Through October 30
Frankie G. Weems Art Gallery
Free and open to the public

 

“Our Stories, Our Dreams/Nuestras Historias, Nuestros Sueños,”
photographs and collected stories of Latino farmworkers
Through November 13
Rotunda Gallery
Free and open to the public

 

The next issue of Campus Connections will be published on November 1. Submit items for Upcoming Events to allenme@meredith.edu.

In this Issue:

Bequest of More Than $1 Million Establishes Scholarship Fund at Meredith
Class of 2013 and Chaplain's Office Unite to Support Orphanages in Africa
Filmmaker Beth Murphy to Speak at Meredith Oct. 18
It's Your Choice: How to Designate Your Annual Gift to Meredith
Faculty/Staff Accomplishments
Upcoming Events
News Briefs

 

Have you presented research or attended a professional meeting recently? Has your department earned an award? Share news of these accomplishments and more with the Meredith community. Faculty and staff are invited to email items to Melyssa Allen, “Campus Connections” editor, at allenme@meredith.edu.