UGA TODAY
February 13, 2009 by The Red and Black Archives
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- Safe Space Training. UGA Safe Space is a campus-wide initiative offering a message of inclusion, acceptance and support to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people in the University community. This orientation is to raise awareness and knowledge of LGBT issues and to suggest ways to serve as an ally to LGBT individuals. 8:30 a.m. to noon. LGBT Resource Center. Contact safe@uga.edu
- Writing Skills for Grant Writers, UGA Gwinnett. Part of a 4-part class taught by Jack Smith. $640 for all four sections, $180 individually. Recommended for nonprofit employees, graduate students and professors. Extensive notes included in course fee. 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. UGA Gwinnett Campus, 2530 Sever Rd., Lawrenceville. Contact 706-542-3537, www.georgiacenter.uga.edu/ppd
- Coffee Hour. Enjoy a cultural experience and interact with other members from the University community over international cuisine and beverages. 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Memorial Hall Ballroom. Contact 706-542-5867, perry14@uga.edu
- Women’s Studies Friday Speakers Series: Different Worlds & Divergent Paths- Academic Careers Defined by Race & Gender. Juanita Johnson-Bailey and Ronald Cervero of the Lifelong Education, Administration & Policy and Women’s Studies departments, give the talk. 12:20 p.m. to 1:10 p.m. Adinkra Hall in Memorial Hall. Contact 706-542-2846, momolly@uga.edu
- 2009 Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artist Lecture: Sergio Aragonés, cartoonist. Aragones has won major awards in the field of cartooning, including the National Cartoonists Society’s Reuben Award and the Will Eisner Hall of Fame Award. The intent of the Jack Davis Distinguished Visiting Artist program is to honor Davis and his contributions to popular culture, and to bring outstanding professional illustrators who share in this tradition to the University campus for a public lecture and creative exchanges with students and faculty. 5:30 p.m. Lamar Dodd School of Art. Contact 706-542-1511, seabass1@uga.edu
- Double Bass Symposium: Arco Chamber Orchestra. Performing Grieg and tangos by Piazzola as well as F. Petracchi’s Valse Oublie for the double Bass and Orchestra. The concert also will include Grand Duo Concertante by Giovannin Bottesini for the Double Bass and Violin. Milton Masciadri (double bass) and Levon Ambartsumian (violin), soloists. 8 p.m. Ramsey Concert Hall, Performing Arts Center. Contact www.music.uga.edu
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