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Reduce stress before finals by participating in Midnight Fun Run

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Healthy Gators 2010 and RecSports encourage students, faculty, staff and guests to join a new tradition and participate in the Second Annual Midnight Fun Run on April 24, starting at the O’Connell Center.
Take a break and relieve stress before finals by being a part of this one-of-a-kind annual event. Participants can run [...]

Filed under Top Stories on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.

Correction: April 19 CPR training to offer participation card, not certification

Gator Saver Day, a mass CPR training event on April 19 at Kanapaha Middle School, was incorrectly communicated in the April 15 print edition of Inside UF as a CPR certification training. The class will provide a participation card, but does not offer official CPR certification.
The training sessions on April 19 will be held from [...]

Filed under Announcements, Note This on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.

Florida Museum of Natural History, Harn Museum of Art host annual Earth Day celebration April 19

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Visitors to the Florida Museum of Natural History and the Harn Museum of Art will enjoy a day of fun for all ages while learning about the environment during the annual Earth Day celebration from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on April 19. The event features live music, dance performances, games, eco-friendly [...]

Filed under Happenings on Wednesday, April 16, 2008.

McCain’s press secretary is proud UF graduate

Melissa Shuffield was done with politics.
After working as Sen. Mel Martinez’s press secretary for nearly three years, the University of Florida alumna was ready to try something new — that is, until Sen. John McCain’s office called.
“It’s only once in a lifetime that you have a chance to work for, possibly, the next president of [...]

Filed under Announcements, Top Stories on Tuesday, April 15, 2008.

Associate director of Upward Bound appointed

Montia Morris has been appointed as the new associate director of the Upward Bound (UB) Program. She began working with UB in February.
Upward Bound is a federally funded college preparatory program for promising high school students from low-income households in Alachua and Bradford counties.
For more information, visit http://web.oasis.ufl.edu/UpwardBound/ubindex.html or contact Barbara McDade, director, at [...]

Filed under Seen & Heard, Top Stories on Tuesday, April 15, 2008.

InsideUF: April 15, 2008

Here’s the print version of InsideUF for April 15, 2008.

Filed under InsideUF (Campus), Print Edition on Tuesday, April 15, 2008.

UF Libraries Technology Expo April 15

Come and see exciting technologies at the University of Florida Libraries Technology Expo from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on April 15 on the first floor of the Smathers Library.
The Expo will feature hands-on tutorials and guided tours of technologies from the UF Libraries, including:

UF Libraries’ Toolbar: A web toolbar for even easier access to [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings on Tuesday, April 15, 2008.

‘Dance away the Tax-Day Blues’ with the UF Symphonic Band on April 15

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — The University of Florida Symphonic Band will present a concert of dance-oriented music from around the world to help lighten the mood on tax day.
“Dance Away the Tax-Day Blues” with the UF Symphonic Band, under the direction of School of Music’s associate director of bands John M. Watkins, Jr., will take place [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings on Monday, April 14, 2008.

Students speak out against local drinking and driving

Drunken mistake No. 41 is going home with a Seminole — but at least you didn’t drive.
Posters around Gainesville listing similar drunken mistakes, including buying shots for the whole bar, are part of a local anti-drinking and driving campaign to remind students that although people do stupid things while drinking, nothing is worse than choosing [...]

Filed under In Focus on Monday, April 14, 2008.

Art Underground jewelry sale, April 11 at Reitz

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Art Underground, in the University of Florida’s Reitz Student Union Arts & Crafts Center, presents its “School’s Out for Summer Sale.” The sale will take place from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. on April 11 on the Reitz colonnade. There will be a great selection of earrings, pendants, bracelets and more made [...]

Filed under Announcements, Happenings on Friday, April 11, 2008.