From: WoffordNews [email protected] Subject: Wofford College Daily Announcements for Thursday, October 1, 2015 Date: October 1, 2015 at 8:56 AM To: Wofford Staff [email protected], Wofford Students [email protected] Wofford College Daily Announcements for Thursday, October 1, 2015 Today's Events Blood Drive Senior Night at RJ Rockers Today's Fitness Class Schedule Black Lives Matter: #SayHerName APO NFL Viewing Party Upcoming Events Fall Concert Wofford Day at Carowinds Announcements Deloitte, Edens and Grant Thornton resumes due TODAY We Want Your Pet Photos Health and Safety Inspections - Residence Life Office October Wellness Newsletter Social Innovation "Ignite" Summit Meditation Moments is Cancelled for today Today's Events Blood Drive Date/Time: 10/1/2015 11:00:00 AM Location: Old Main Cost: Free Details: Please come and give blood today during the Blood Drive! The blood mobile will be in front of Old Main on Campus drive from 11 a.m. till 4 p.m. today October 1. You will receive triple TBC rewards for this donation. If you gave when the Blood Connection was here a few weeks ago you are not eligible now, but ask a friend to give. Contact: Lisa Lefebvre Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4367 Senior Night at RJ Rockers! Date/Time: 10/1/2015 5:00:00 PM Location: RJ Rockers Brewery Cost: $10.00 Details: Come out to RJ Rockers from 5-8 p.m. for Wofford's Senior Night! Bring $10, a valid state ID, and your Wofford ID to receive a Wofford Class of 2016 pint glass and a pint of beer. Be sure to bring additional money for refills on your beer. Proceeds go to the senior class in conjunction with the senior gift presented during Commencement Weekend in the spring! If you have any questions, please contact any of the senior class officers! (Marianna Conrad, Jonathan Franklin, Kyle Hofmann, Chesley Cannon) Contact: Jonathan Franklin Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 803-351-3365 Today's Fitness Class Schedule Date/Time: 10/1/2015 5:00:00 PM Location: Richardson Dance Studio Cost: Free Details: Join us today: Faculty/Staff "Only" Yoga @11:30am, Zumba @5:00, Ab-Lab @5:30, HIIT @6:00, Yoga @6:30! Contact: Steve Traylor Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4069 Black Lives Matter: #SayHerName Date/Time: 10/1/2015 6:00:00 PM Location: USC Upstate Cost: Free Details: Dr. Brittany Cooper, Assistant Professor of African American Studies and Women's Studies, Rutgers University will be speaking on the topic: #SayHerName: Toward a Gender-Inclusive Movement for Black Lives. A bus will take students to USC Upstate. Space is limited so please RSVP to Jennifer Gutierrez at [email protected] Contact: Jennifer Gutierrez Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 864-597-4043 APO NFL Viewing Party Date/Time: 10/1/2015 8:15:00 PM Location: Campus Life Game Room Cost: Free Details: If you are interested in joining Alpha Phi Omega or would just like to watch the Ravens vs Steelers NFL game, come to Campus Life at 8:15pm and hang with APO brothers! Snacks will be provided. Contact: Angela Ditolla Contact: Angela Ditolla Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 803-318-2402 Upcoming Events Fall Concert Date/Time: 10/2/2015 9:00:00 PM Location: Andrews Field House (Anna Todd Gym) Cost: Free Details: Wofford's Fall Concert will be held this Friday, Oct. 2 at 9 p.m. The concert will last approximatley until 1 a.m. The bands playing are in the order listed: Steppin Stones, Trevor Hewitt Band, Atlas Road Crew. The concert has been moved inside due to the weather report not looking good on Friday. The first 100 students to the concert will get a free t-shirt. BYOB for those of age. Contact: Edward Able Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 864-981-1642 Wofford Day at Carowinds Date/Time: 10/3/2015 9:00:00 AM Location: Carowinds Theme Park- Charlotte, NC Cost: $37 (includes parking and admission) Details: Wear your Wofford gear and join other Wofford students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and friends this Saturday at Carowinds! Visit http://www.wofford.edu/alumni/alumnieventsingle.aspx?id=472603 to sign up! Contact: Ryann McCall Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4192 Announcements Deloitte, Edens and Grant Thornton resumes due TODAY Details: SENIORS- If you are interested in working for Deloitte, Edens or Grant Thornton please submit your resume to Rebecca Parker at [email protected] by 5 p.m. TODAY. Please email if you have questions regarding any of the positions. Deloitte is looking for students of ALL majors. Contact: Rebecca Parker Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4265 We Want Your Pet Photos Details: Wofford's Annual Blessing of the Animals will take place on Wednesday, Oct. 7 at 12:25 p.m. We know that most of your pets are at home, so Chaplain Robinson will bless them through pictures. Please email us a picture of your pet to [email protected] by Monday, Oct. 5 and be sure to include their name. We will post the photos in Players Corner and call them by name during the blessing on Oct. 7. Faculty and staff are invited to submit photos, too. Chaplain Robinson has blessed dogs, cats, fish, horses, hermit crabs, snakes, lizards, rats, gerbils, pigs, hedgehogs and more, so send their photos in and join us on October 7! Contact: Elizabeth Fields Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4050 Health and Safety Inspections - Residence Life Office Details: Members of the Residence Life staff will be conducting full health and safety inspections in each residence hall room and every apartment the week of Oct. 5 ? 9, 2015. If you wish to be present for the inspection of your room, please contact your RA to make these arrangements. Residence life policies are listed in the 2015-2016 Student Handbook. You may contact a member of the residence life staff if you have any questions. Contact: Brian Lemere Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4068 October Wellness Newsletter Details: October Newsletter includes: Fit to Give October Challenge, Flu shot information, Walking Clubs, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Understanding Depression, Living Under a Gray Sky, Motivation to Move, Recipe Corner: Pumpkin Pancakes. Please see the Newsletter in the above attachment. Contact: Lisa Lefebvre Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4370 Social Innovation "Ignite" Summit Details: Interested in Social Innovation? In developing and using novel solutions to social problems that are more effective, efficient, sustainable and/or just than current solutions? Then, please apply to represent Wofford at the Sullivan Foundation's "Ignite" Summit, with special pre-workshop on the role of race, money and privilege in changemaking. To learn more, visit: https://sullivanfdn.org/event/fall-2015-retreat/; or read about Dana Nobles' experiences at the conference last year here: https://www.wofford.edu/woffordToday/winter14/SullivanFoundationRetreat/. TO APPLY, please send: 1) your name, 2) class year, 3) hometown, 4) majors/minors/programs, and 5) 500 words or less on why you want to participate in the summit (what you think you'll get from it that will be helpful to you and to society) and why you think should be one of the people to represent Wofford at this (what you think you can contribute to the summit and the process) - all five things to [email protected] NO LATER THAN 9 a.m. on Monday, Oct. 5. Thank you! Contact: Jessalyn Story Email: [email protected] Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4403 Meditation Moments is Cancelled for today Details: Due to unforseen circumstances, Meditation Moments is cancelled for today. Please join us again next Thursday at 12:30. Thank you! Contact: Perry Henson Email: [email protected] Telephone/Extension: 4373 For daily information about Dining Services, go to: http://campusdish.com/en- US/CSSE/Wofford. Register with the Wofford Emergency Alert System for text and e-mail notifications at: http://www.wofford.edu/newsroom/emergencyManagement/emergencyAlerts/. To submit an item for the Daily Announcements, go to: http://www.wofford.edu/dailyAnnouncements/. For up-to-date information on campus events, visit the Wofford Campus Calendar. October 2015 Newsle…as.pdf Fit to Give October Challenge Walking is good for so many things! It helps with weight, blood pressure, stress and a healthy heart. Challenge yourself in October to move to the next Level! If you are walking between 4,000 to 7,000 steps per day-push yourself to at least 8,000 steps. If you are already walking at least 8,000 steps, move up to 10,000 a day And if you are walking 10, 0000 or more steps lets bump it up to at least 15,000 steps a day. If you are interested in completing this challenge, send an email to [email protected] with your commitment level and t-shirt/hoodie size. At the end of the month, we will have prizes for each level of steps 8,000 steps a day or 240,000 steps in the month of October, you will receive a water bottle. 10,000 steps a day or 300,000 steps in the month of October, you will receive a T-Shirt. 15,000 steps a day or 450,000 steps in the month of October , you will receive a hoodie/sweatshirt. Flu Shots!! Walking Groups Wofford Wellness Center If you are interested in a will be holding walking groups, two new Flu Shot Clinics in groups will begin the first Mid October. week in October. Cost will be $15 Monday and Wednesday at 12:00pm Times will be listed in in Front of Old Main the daily (Oct 5th) announcements .