WEDNESDAY
The PRodigy Public Relations Firm will host the Strike Pink: Recycle Your Sweats clothing drive featuring Victoria’s Secrets’ PINK from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication in front of the Gallery. Members of the FAMU community are encouraged to bring their clean, gently-used clothing to the donation site. All donated items will be presented to the Mothers In Crisis non-profit charity. Donors will receive a $5 Victoria’s Secret PINK coupon for each item donated (limit three coupons per person). The coupons may be used on Thursday, Oct. 1, toward purchases in the VS PINK Pop-Up Store will be held at FAMU Park from 10 am to 5 pm. Contact PRodigy Associate Ramsay McCoy at djramsay05@yahoo.com or PRodigy faculty adviser Professor Gina Kinchlow at 412-5389 gina.kinchlow@famu.edu
The Campus Activities Board is accepting applications for the various committees within the CAB. Students of all classifications are urged to apply to ensure as much diversity as possible! The applications can be picked up in the Office of Student Activities (located on the Set) and must be returned by 5 p.m. today in the Office of Student Activities. Contact Anquan Brown at (305) 479-4733 or anquanbrown@yahoo.com for more information.
The Department of Community Affairs is having a clothing drive on October 1 until October 24 at 5p.m. Donations will be accepted in SGA, on the second floor in the Student Union Building located on the set. Contact Benicia Mitchell at famusgavolunteer@yahoo.com for more information.
The Mighty Melodic BLoody Up Upsilon Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi is hosting a voter registration drive in front of the FAMU cafeteria from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. E-mail mr_jared_fields7@yahoo.com for more information.
THURSDAY
The Hatchett Pre-Law Society will host a meeting in Tucker Hall Room 116. The meeting will begin at 7 and is open to current and prospective members. Contact Jenai Kelley at (803) 979-0809 for more information.
Project H.O.M.E. (Helping Our Men Eat) will be having a general body meeting at 7:30 p.m. on the second floor of the New Pharmacy Building. Anyone interested in serving the Frenchtown community is encouraged to attend. Contact Alexis at (724) 734-6552 for any questions.
FRIDAY
The Office of Student Activities would like to inform student organizations that Organization Certification is due today. It must be completed on the ratterlink.org Web site. Contact Ms. Felicia Barnes at (850) 599-3400 or felicia.barnes@famu.edu for more information.
The Office of New Student Orientation is looking for university tour guides for the 2008-2009 school year and would like interested students to attend the informational meeting at 3:30 pm in B.L Perry Room 211. Contact Stephen Nance at (850) 599-3869 or visit the New Student Orientation Office located in the Student Union Building on the Set.
ANNOUCEMENTS
The Student Government Association would like to announce that tickets for the Baton Rouge game package and the 2008 Homecoming Concert are available. Baton Rouge package tickets will be available until Oct. 15 and are $85. They include transportation, hotel and a game ticket. Student tickets for the 2008 Homecoming Concert will be $28.50. Tickets can be purchased in the ticket booth located in the Student Union building near the post office. The box office will be open Monday – Thursday from 1 p.m. – 4 p.m. Contact Morris Hawkins at (850) 599-3624 for more information.
The FAMU Student Government Association, in collaboration with other campus organizations, will be registering students to vote throughout campus and in classes from Wednesday, Oct. 1 – Monday, Oct. 6. Contact SGA at (850) 599-3624 for more information.
The Ladies of the Alpha Epsilon Chapter of Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. are having Project Big Book Bag going on now until Oct. 3. They are collecting school supplies for children in the Bond Community. Please drop your donations at the Jackson Davis Building in Room 403 or in the General Education Complex Room A-104 and ask for Ms. Trunell. Contact Beatrice Dubois at (516) 403-0065 or e-mail ae_sgrho@yahoo.com.
The Department of Community Affairs is having a clothing drive on October 1 until October 24 at 5 p.m. Donations will be accepted in SGA, on the second floor in the Student Union Building located on the set. Contact Benicia Mitchell at famusgavolunteer@yahoo.com for more information.
The Learning Development and Evaluation Center (LDEC) will host an Open House and Renaming Program and Reception on October 7 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. October is National Disability Awareness Month. In celebration, the 2008 the LDEC will become the Center for Disability Access and Resources (CeDAR. This event is open to the entire FAMU Community. Contact Solonge Charles at (850) 599-3180 or e-mail ldec1887@yahoo.com for more information.
The annual FAMU Homecoming Spirit Run will be taking place October 27th, 2008 (the monday of homecoming week) at 9AM. Hosted by the Naval ROTC, run or walk a 3K (2 mile) journey around campus. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place runners will receive a free gas card. All participants must register on the set Oct 22nd-Oct24th. Call (850) 602-6653 for more info.