Spirit & Place, an annual festival engaging arts, humanities, and religious organizations in collaborative action to promote civic engagement, respect for diversity, thoughtful reflection, public imagination, and enduring change, begins today, Nov. 2, 2007, and runs through Nov. 18. For complete details, go to http://www.spiritandplace.org.

The Time, It is a-changing

Daylight Saving Time (DST) will end at 2 a.m. on Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007. Remember to set your clocks back one hour.

Telephones, cell phones and pagers may also need to be changed.

Anyone that has a Meridian (M5300 series) Business Set that displays the time and date will need to manually reset their telephone to display the correct time before leaving work on Friday, Nov. 2, 2007, or upon arrival following the time change.

For additional information see, http://kb.iu.edu/data/atnu.html.
For information about how DST start and end times affect you, see, http://kb.iu.edu/data/auve.html.
For information about mobile handheld devices see, http://kb.iu.edu/data/auwa.html.

Two Appearances by Talat S. Halman, Bilkent University, Turkey

Talat S. Halman, famous Turkish poet, translator, and cultural historian, will visit IUPUI November 12 and 13. The first appointed Minister of Culture in Turkey, he has taught at Columbia University, Princeton University, the University of Pennsylvania, and New York University, where he also served as Chairman of the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures. Currently he is the Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Letters at Bilkent University.
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IUPUI Receives $749,933 National Science Foundation Grant for Science Teacher Education Program

Science educators in the School of Science and the IU School of Education at Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis (IUPUI) have announced that they have been awarded one of 16 competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) Robert Noyce Scholarship grants to encourage undergraduate science students to become high school or middle school teachers. The 4-year grant will fund scholarships worth up to $12,200 per year for up to two years to 30 students in the School of Science in an attempt to meet the statewide demand for science teachers in Indiana. Noyce Scholars commit to teaching at least two years in an urban or high-need school district after graduation.
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IUPUI to Host Native American Heritage Month Events

IUPUI will kick off its celebration of November as Native American Heritage Month with an informal reception from 1 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2007, in Room 115 of University College.

The reception, sponsored by the Native American Student Alliance (NASA) and Campus & Community Life (CCL), includes discussion of upcoming events and programs focused on Native Americans.
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The Iraqi Displacement Crisis and Why It Matters

Natalie and Noah Baker Merrill, recently returned from Syria, Jordan, and Lebanon, where they lived and worked among Iraqi refugees, will present "Nightmare beyond borders: The Iraqi Displacement Crisis and Why It Matters on Monday, November 5.
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Increasing Student Diversity at IUPUI

An infusion of Commitment to Excellence funds will produce a substantial expansion and a marked improvement of the currently ongoing Norman Brown Diversity and Leadership Scholars Program (NBDLP) at IUPUI. This program has served as a very effective recruitment tool for individuals who contribute to the diversity of IUPUI.
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Hoosiers Chime In on Local Government Effectiveness

Invited by the Indiana Commission on Local Government Reform to play a role in improving local government, Indiana residents responded by the thousands, logging onto the Commission's Web site, e-mailing comments and participating in public conversations.
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Philanthropy Leaders to Receive Honorary Degrees

As a part of the Center on Philanthropy at Indiana University's 20th Anniversary Celebration, Indiana University President Michael McRobbie will award Indiana University's highest honor, an honorary degree, to three national and international nonprofit sector leaders during a special academic convocation November 5th in Indianapolis.

The honorees (left to right, above) are Dr. Emmett D. Carson, CEO and President of the Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Patty Stonesifer, CEO of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Dr. Juree Vichit-Vadakan, Chairperson of the Center for Philanthropy and Civil Society at the National Institute of Development Administration (NIDA) in Thailand.
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Schmenner to Handle IUPUI Admin & Finances, Athletics to Report to Chancellor's Office

IUPUI Chancellor Charles R. Bantz has announced administrative changes associated with the upcoming retirement of Vice Chancellor for Finance and Administration Robert E. Martin.
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Symposium on International Service Learning

A Symposium on International Service Learning, sponsored by the IUPUI Center for Service and Learning, will be he held at IUPUI November 3rd and 4th.
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> Clinical Research Education Day at The Dome

> Cool Weather Menu and Sushi Available at Chartwells Dining Services

> Intramural and Rec Sports Offers Aerobics, Pilates, Yoga

> Car Pool, Ride the Bus, Bike or Walk to Work

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