Notes

Students in Free Enterprise will host Life 101: Skills for the Real World—General Personal Finance from 6-7 p.m. Feb. 1 in the Student Union Building Alumni Room. This organization will also host an investing class Feb. 8.

Special Olympics Northeast Area will host a recruitment meeting
for organizations from 6:30-7:30 p.m. Feb. 1 in Violette Hall 1308. Interested organizations should send one representative who knows approximately how many volunteers will be available for the event on April 16.

The Truman Art Gallery is now featuring Renaissance prints
through Feb. 18. Truman professors who wrote poetry to accompany “The Workshop and the World” will read their selections at 6:30 p.m. Feb. 1. Refreshments will be provided.

The Physics Colloquium continues at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 2 in Magruder Hall 1096. Paul Kleiber of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of Iowa will discuss laboratory studies of atmospheric dust.

An informational meeting for a summer music course in London will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 2 in the Student Union Building Alumni Room. The course will fulfill the requirements for Truman’s Perspectives in Jazz class. To apply, visit http://programs.capa.org/mlpsum11. The deadline to apply is March 1.

“Cultural Perspectives on Plagiarism and Academic Dishonesty in Higher Education,”
the first event this semester hosted by the Global Issues Colloquium, will take place at 7 p.m. Feb. 3 in Baldwin Hall 176. At this event, a diverse panel of international students will discuss ideologies on plagiarism and how they have adjusted to expectations in this country.

The American Association of University Professors (AAUP) will meet at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 4 at the University Club House, located at 516 E. Patterson. Contact Marc Becker at marc@truman.edu or call 785.6036 for more information.

The Funds Allotment Council is accepting applications
for new members. Time spent working with FAC may also count toward students’ scholarship hours. Applications are available at http://fac.truman.edu and are due Feb. 4.

2011 TruScholars Summer Undergraduate Research Program applications are due by 5 p.m. Feb. 4. For more information, see http://osr.truman.edu/truscholars or contact the Office of Student Research at osr@truman.edu.

The University Board of Governors
will meet at 1 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Conference Room of the Student Union Building.

The Society for Sino-American Studies and the SUB After Dark will sponsor a Chinese New Year Dinner and Performance at 6 p.m. Feb. 5 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room. Admission is free. Contact hrs8385@truman.edu for ticket reservation information.

The Society for Sino-American Studies will be taking orders for fresh red or colored roses and bouquets Feb. 7-11 in the Student Union Building. Orders can also be placed online at http://ssas.truman.edu.

President Paino will host an all-University meeting at 2:30 Feb. 11 in the Student Union Building Georgian Room. He will update the campus on the budget for Fiscal Year 2012. A webcast of the meeting will be available shortly after the meeting ends.

“4 Real 4 Faux—Animating the Vernacular” will be on display in Ophelia Parrish’s main art gallery through Feb. 18. The display features artwork influenced by outsider art by self-taught and academically trained artists and it was curated by the Truman Curatorial Fellow Nancy Mizuno Elliot. The closing reception for this display will take place 6 p.m. Feb. 18.

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