Wednesday, February 1, 2012

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By on February 9, 2009

- GMAT Test Prep Review at UGA Gwinnett. Classes are from February 9 to March 4. $899, register by February 3 and pay $799. 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. UGA Gwinnett Campus, 2530 Sever Rd., Lawrenceville. Contact 706-542-3537

- Summer Camp Job Fair. Meet camp directors from around the country to learn about job opportunities for this summer. 5:15 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. Ramsey Center. Contact GAJobFair@gmail.com

- Black Women’s Discussion / Support Group: My Sister’s Keeper. A discussion to promote, maintain and advance the welfare of Black female graduate and undergraduate students on campus. Though the focus of the group is Black females, the group does not discriminate on the basis of ethnicity, ability, sexuality, social class, or religion. 6 p.m. 414 Memorial Hall. Contact 706-542-8468, aander@uga.edu

- Performance: Thomas Cox, Trombone. 6:30 p.m. Edge Recital Hall, Music Building, 3rd floor. Contact www.music.uga.edu

- Film: A Sealed Fate?. Part of the Through Other Eyes Film Fest. This documentary looks at Canadian seal hunting from Nigel Barker, a photographer, film director, and judge on America’s Next Top Model. 2008, 45 minutes. Blue Card event. More information at http://www.uga.edu/sos/filmfest. 7:30 p.m. 101 Miller Learning Center. Contact sos@uga.edu

- Film: Une vieille ma�tresse / The Last Mistress. Part of the 7th Annual French Film Fest. The cost is $1 students, $2 all others.
8 p.m. Tate Student Center Theater. Contact 706-542-2084, neupert@uga.edu, www.rom.uga.edu, www.drama.uga.edu

- Recital: Alicia W. Walker conducts the UGA Concert Choir in works by Byrd, Mendelssohn, Howells, Haydn, and others. 8:00 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. Contact
www.music.uga.edu

TUESDAY

- Plant Conservation: Protecting Botanical Diversity in the Garden and in the Wild (Core Course). Sponsored by the State Botanical Garden. Plant conservation is an applied science that draws upon many fields of knowledge from ecology to horticulture, ethics, and politics. Members $90, all others $100. 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Callaway Building, State Botanical Garden. Contact 706-542-6156, ckeber@uga.edu

- UGA Idol. UGA Idol is a singing competition that raises money for Prevent Child Abuse Athens. See the show and support the cause for $7 in advance, $10 at the door. 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. Hugh Hodgson Concert Hall. Contact jmayer@uga.edu

- Benefit Concert for Invisible Children. We The Living, a melodic rock band, wil perform to support the Invisible Children cause. Minimum donation of $5 and all proceeds directly benefit the cause and the children of Northern Uganda. 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. Tasty World (downtown Athens). Contact hunter@uga.edu, aglo1315@uga.edu, www.wetheliving.com. Concert: WE THE LIVINGSponsored by Invisible Children UGA

- Building & Maintaining a Culture of Safety in a Research Facility. Dr. David Dejoy gives a presentation explaining the importance of a culture of safety in laboratory settings. He will provide examples of incidents that occurred as a result of the breakdown of security, organizations that maintain high levels of safety culture, and other aspects that affect safety culture. 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. 175 Coverdell Building. Contact 706-542-5845, www.osep.uga.edu/security_series/

- Seminar: Freshwater Bivalves- Diversity, Distribution and Extinction. Sponsored by the Odum School of Ecology. Art Bogan, North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences, gives the talk. Reception at 3:30 p.m., seminar at 4 p.m. Ecology Auditorium. Contact 706-542-6013, anisaj@uga.edu

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