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 felecia.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.
Turning Point Campus Ministries will host the Turning Point Summit Meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in the B.L. Perry Lecture Hall Room 100. If you are looking for answers to student issues and a way to deal with Life Drama, join them. Along with a group of friendly, caring students, attendees can expect discussion, music, refreshments and an impacting discussion from the WORD. Contact Adame Clayton at (850) 224-6322 or e-mail contact@fcctally.com for more details.
ANNOUCEMENT
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 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 FAMU Green Coalition invites all students to come to its next meeting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 7, in the Lecture Hall of the School of Journalism & Graphic Communication. We will be filling the two remaining vacancies on the E-Board: secretary and historian. All interested students may apply. We’ll also be discussing our new constitution. Plans for the fall include participating in the Campus CANpaign Challenge (we beat FSU last year and plan to do so again this year), recycling at the homecoming game, getting 2,500 FAMU students to sign the Power Vote pledge (in support of the environment), and distributing free compact fluorescent light bulbs later this month to communities near campus. For more information, contact Dr. LaRae Donnellan, larae.donnellan@famu.edu.
The Learning Development and Evaluation Center (LDEC) will host an Open House and Renaming Program and Reception on Oct. 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 Senior and Sophomore Classes present ROLLBOUNCE on Oct. 8 from 8:30 p.m-10:30 p.mat Skateworld located on 2563 Capital Circle NE. Tickets are only $10 and shuttles will leave the SET at 7:45 p.m.. This is an event you don’t want to miss! Contact Basyir at (215)287-4225 for tickets and more details.
The Alpha Xi Chapter of Kappa Epsilon Fraternity Incorporated will be hosting their annual Breast Cancer Seminar on Wednesday, Oct. 15th at 6 p.m. at the Blue Cross Blue Shield Auditorium in the New College of Pharmacy Building. Refreshments will be served. Contact Carmen P. Agboton at (305) 282 5918 or azperla@yahoo for further information.
FAMU Naval ROTC will host the annual “FAMU Homecoming Spirit Run” on Monday, Oct. 27 (during Homecoming Week) at 9 a.m. Participants will run or walk a two mile journey around campus. 1st, 2nd and 3rd place runners and walkers will receive a free gas card. All participants must register on the set Oct. 22nd-Oct… 24th and on the morning of the event. Contact Ronald Ware at (850) 602-6653 for more information.
The Mighty Melodic Bloody-Up Upsilon Psi Chapter of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Inc., FAMU Rattler Boosters, and FAMU Athletics will be hosting “The Friday Night Strike” Bragg Stadium Block Party from 6 p.m-10p.m. The Marching 100, FAMU Football Team, FAMU Cheerleaders, and community organizations will be performing. There will be a bounce house, games, vendors, and more. E-mail Brian Harris at bharris@movethatfool.com.
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