Volume 59, Issue 5  - September 18, 2006

Meetings

The Disability Awareness Club meets at 3 p.m. each Wednesday in the Student Union’s Salon Bougainvillea. For more information, call club president Travis Briones at 545-7306 or send him an e-mail at Travis.Briones1@utb.edu.

Larry Löf, director of Rancho del Cielo, will lecture on the history of the Gorgas Science Society during the society’s meeting at 1 p.m. Friday in Life and Health Sciences room 1.314. For more information, call society president Joe Lee Rubio at 346-9177 or send him an e-mail at joeleerubio@hotmail.com or at Gorgassociety@yahoo.com.

Students interested in creating a campus radio station meet at 11 a.m. each Wednesday in the Student Union’s Salon Gardenia. For more information, call 882-5143.

On the air

Jennifer Roback Morse, a senior research fellow in economics at the Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty and author of “Smart Sex: Finding Life-Long Love in a Hook-Up World” (Spence Publishing, 2005), will discuss the book on “Society Under Fire,” which airs at 7:30 p.m. Thursday and 3:30 p.m. Sunday on KMBH-FM (88.9). David Pearson, professor of sociology in the Behavioral Sciences Department, hosts the program.

CPR classes

The UTB/TSC Medical and Health Sciences Continuing Education Department offers the American Heart Association’s Initial Basic Life Support/CPR class from 1 to 5 p.m. Friday and 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday in Life and Health Sciences 2.502. The fee is $45. All classes are open to the public. For more information, call 882-5132 or send an e-mail at Rachel.Wilson@utb.edu.

Religious symposium

The UTB/TSC Communication Program will host a symposium where a panel of religious leaders representing Judaism, Islam and Christianity will share their beliefs and traditional teachings at 2 p.m. Wednesday in the SET-B Lecture Hall. For more information, call 882-8851 or send an e-mail to John.A.Cook@utb.edu.

MCAT prep course

The office of Premedical Education Programs is accepting applications for an online MCAT Prep course. If you are a junior and have an interest in pursuing a medical degree, call Shanta Goswami at 882-5059. The prep course will begin Oct. 1.

SI Sessions

Supplemental instruction sessions for students taking Biology I with Biological Sciences Professor James Beale will be conducted from 2 to 2:40 p.m. Tuesdays, 1:20-2 p.m. Wednesdays and 8:40-9:20 a.m. Fridays in Cardenas Hall North 104. For more information, send an e-mail to Reyna.Ponce1@utb.edu.

Supplemental Instruction Leader Eder Hernandez offers sessions for students taking Biology I with Biological Sciences Professor Genaro Lopez. The sessions are from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Mondays and 12-1 p.m. Fridays in Life and Health Sciences 1.814. For more information, e-mail Hernandez at nitronicboost@yahoo.com.

Supplemental instruction sessions are offered to students taking Microbiology with Dr. Guadalupe Oliva and Professor Frank Benton. The sessions are from 8:40 to 9:20 a.m. Mondays, 12:40-1:20 p.m. and 1:20-2 p.m. Tuesdays, 8:40-9:20 a.m. and 9:20-10 a.m. Wednesdays and 8-8:40 a.m. Fridays in Cardenas Hall North 104.

Patron of the Arts

UTB/TSC Fine Arts faculty member and percussionist Tom Nevill will perform in concert at 8 p.m. Tuesday in the SET-B Lecture Hall. Admission is $7 for adults, $5 for senior citizens and children, and $3 for UTB/TSC students with ID. For more information, call the Patron of the Arts program at 882-7025.

Members of the UTB/TSC Music Department will perform in the Hispanic Heritage Faculty Concert at 8 p.m. Saturday in the SET-B Lecture Hall. Admission is $10 for adults, $7 for senior citizens and children, and $3 for UTB/TSC students with ID. For more information, call the Patron of the Arts program at 882-7025.

Frankie Avalon concert

Frankie Avalon, the star of the 1960s movies “Beach Blanket Bingo” and Bikini” and a cast member of the 1978 film version of “Grease,” will perform at 8 p.m. Oct. 12 in the Fort Brown Memorial Center. Tickets are $15, $30, $40 and $50 and can be purchased by calling 882-7945 or accessing http://www.utbtsc.edu/jacobbrown.

Physics lecture

The Department of Physics and Astronomy and the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy will host a lecture series titled “Monday Night Physics.”  The first lecture, set for 7 tonight in the SET-B third-floor conference room, will be presented by Mario Diaz, director of the Center for Gravitational Wave Astronomy. For more information, call Adrienne Rodriguez at 882-6684.

Graduation applications

The Registrar’s Office reminds students that the deadline to apply for winter graduation passed on Sept. 1. The deadline to apply for spring graduation is Feb. 1 and April 1 for summer graduation. For more information, call Esteban Martin at 882-8230.

Anime

The Shimakon Anime Convention will take place Friday through Sunday at the South Padre Island Holiday Inn Sunspree. Special guests include Steve Bennett, an anime artist; Tiffany Grant, a voice actress for Asuka in “Neon Genesis Evangelion”; and Chris Patton, voice action for Greed in “Full Metal Alchemist.” To register, visit Shimakon.com. For more information, call Antonio Ambriz at 455-6136.
 

--Compiled by Graciela Salazar

If you would like your organization or department news published in the Collegian’s Briefs section, call reporter Graciela Salazar at 882-5143 or send her an e-mail at collegian@utb.edu.