President Saunders will deliver the 2012 State of the University Address today, Sept. 6, in the Lifelong Learning Auditorium on the Boca Raton campus. Titled "FAU 2012: Celebrating a Year of Firsts, Building Community," it will begin at 10 a.m. This hour-long event will also include a performance by students from the Department of Music. Faculty, staff and students are cordially invited to attend both the address and the reception that will follow in the Grand Palm Room of the Student Union. RSVPs are not necessary. Click for complete information and a link to the webcast.

Students, faculty, and staff can register to vote, change their mailing address or vote by absentee ballot on fau.turbovote.org . This free service sponsored by the President's Office and Student Government offers a convenient and efficient way to participate in this year's presidential election. If registered before Sept. 25, TurboVote's online program will mail users completed forms ready for signature with a pre-addressed and pre-stamped envelope to the correct district election authority for your address. After Sept. 25, TurboVote will provide the PDF of the forms ready for signature that users can print and mail to the correct election authority.

Questions? Contact the Weppner Center for Civic Engagement & Service (WCCES) at 561-297-3607 or volunteer@fau.edu. Also sponsored by the Division of Student Affairs, the WCCES, Student Involvement & Leadership and Housing and Residential Education.

The Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program, will be offering two training seminars for faculty who are teaching WAC courses this academic year. Our two, two-day, two-and-a-half hour training seminars are intended for faculty who have not yet participated in a WAC seminar and are teaching, or plan to teach, WAC courses this academic year, and those who are planning or teaching courses in FAU's University Scholars Program. The workshops will be held on the Boca Raton campus in GCS 214B (video conferencing is available) on the following dates:

- Thursday, Sept. 13 and Thursday, Sept. 20 from 9:30 a.m. 12 p.m.
- Wednesday, Oct. 10 and Wednesday, Oct. 17 from 2 to 4:30 p.m.

As you may know, FAU formalized its Writing Across Curriculum program in spring 2007. At that time, the Faculty Senate approved a policy that beginning spring 2008, all faculty (including adjuncts and instructors) who teach WAC designated courses "may do so without training, but only for a single semester." Those faculty members must participate in a WAC seminar before teaching another WAC course. If you have not had WAC training at FAU and you are teaching a WAC course this term and intend to teach one again, you must attend one of our 2-day workshops.

After attending the five hours of WAC training, tenure line faculty will receive a $400 stipend. Likewise, instructors will receive a $125 stipend and adjuncts will receive a $100 stipend. All attendees, including graduate assistants, will receive a certificate upon completion of the 2-day seminar.

As we will only be able to accommodate 15 participants in each seminar, we encourage you to register as early as possible. Please complete the "4-hour WAC Training Application" located on the WAC website at http://www.fau.edu/WAC/ and send the application via interoffice mail to Julianne Curran in GS 215 or scan and email to jcurran3@fau.edu. If you have any questions, please contact Julianne at 561-297-2853.

The Entrepreneur in Residence (EIR) program offers FAU students, faculty, alumni and FAU Business Plan competitors an opportunity to receive one-on-one mentoring with highly experienced entrepreneurs and executives. The EIR program brings practical and pragmatic essentials to the entrepreneurs as they develop their business plans and throughout the launch of their entrepreneurial ventures. Contact the Adam's Center to book your EIR appointment today at www.business.fau.edu/eir. The program offers office hours in the DeSantis Pavilion on Mondays through Thursdays during the month of September. Contact 561-297-0927 or adamscenter@fau.edu.

In response to both faculty and staff requests for online resources in responding to at risk students, the Provost's Office and Student Affairs worked in collaboration with Kognito Interactive, Inc., to implement an online, interactive 45-minute training module for faculty and staff to learn about the common indicators of student distress, disruptive behaviors and how to best approach at-risk students for referral to the appropriate offices.

In addition, a training module for working with student veterans has also been implemented. These interactive websites can be accessed through MyFAU (under both the faculty and staff tabs). Please make sure you note the enrollment key information on the MyFAU page. You will need this info to log into the program.

This semester the Weppner Center for Civic Engagement and Service will be hosting workshops on Academic Service Learning (A S-L) on the Boca Raton, Davie and Jupiter campuses. The first workshop will provide an overview of A S-L and explain the process and benefits of incorporating it into a course. The second workshop builds off of the first by bringing community partners to campus based on faculty and agency needs for developing A S-L projects for students. For a list of dates, times, and locations, please visit www.fau.edu/volunteer/ServiceLearning/Fall%202012%20A%20S-L%20Series.pdf. Questions? Contact Alexandra Pearson at pearsona@fau.edu or call 561-297-3607. To register for a workshop, visit www.wejoinin.com/sheets/iwnib.

As part of Safety Month at FAU, the department of Environmental Health and Safety is sponsoring a Safety Video contest. Short safety-related videos of 3 minutes or less may be submitted by FAU faculty, staff, students and organizations by 5 p.m. on Sept. 21. The winner will be selected Monday, Sept. 24. The person or group who submits the winning video will receive a GoPro video camera, donated by Force E Scuba of Boca Raton, and the video will be posted on the FAU EH&S YouTube site. For contest details, please see www.fau.edu/safetymonth/video-contest.php.

Do you have experience using SearchWiSE, the single search box on the FAU Libraries home page? We invite you to take the SearchWiSE survey, which will take less than 5 minutes to complete. SearchWiSE searches and locates information in all formats from withinthe FAU Libraries' collections, including full-text articles. If you would like to learn more about SearchWiSE, click here. If you have any questions or would like to provide additional information, contact Jane Strudwick at 561-297-0492.

BankAtlantic, including the FAU branch, becomes BB&T on Oct. 15. The ATMs on campus are being rebranded and all BankAtlantic cards can continue to be used at no charge. Direct deposits, student financial aid deposits and all pre-authorized drafts (bills paid directly from BankAtlantic checking accounts) will post appropriately for a full year from the conversion date -- through October 2013. BB&T will be communicating with customers via mail regarding the conversion and the process for updating account information, and all conversion-related material should be reviewed closely to avoid any disruptions. Students should make sure that they have a local mailing address on their BankAtlantic accounts. For more information, visit www.bbt.com/bankatlantic.

Some common phishing scam emails include:
- Emails informing the recipient they have won an "Olympic lottery" for which they have not entered.
- Emails saying that you're "Mail Quota" is exceeded or about to be reached and to click on a link in the email for more space.
- Emails informing recipients that they have a package from FedEx, UPS, etc. that they are not expecting and to click on the link or attachment.

Finally, watch out for suspicious websites. Please make sure that the website URL begins with "https://" or "shttp://". Also look for the padlock symbol in the browser window. Do not enter any personal, credit card or banking information on sites that don't contain the "https://" or "shttp://". Finally keep your web browser up to date with the latest release, which will include the latest security patches. "Be Cyber Wiser: Stay Smart and Safe Online." Visit www.fau.edu/security for more tips and information.

The FAU Heritage Planning Committee, which represents FAU faculty, staff and students, has begun meeting to plan the Calendar of Events for the upcoming Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Celebration to run Sept. 15 to Oct. 15. If you have not done so already, please let the committee know if your office, department or student organization is planning any programs or events that should be included on the calendar. The submission deadline is Friday, Sept. 14. Please send the information to Ingrid Jones at ijones@fau.edu in the following format: day, date, time, campus location, building, room, name of the event/program, contact person by title, department or student organization name, a telephone number, and a two or three sentence description of the event or program. For more information, contact the Office of Multicultural Cultural Affairs at 561-297-3959.

Homecoming Week 2012 will be held the week of Oct. 20 through Oct. 27. As we rapidly approach this week, the Homecoming Committee wants to extend an opportunity to recognize exceptional student leaders. The Student Talon Award is an honor bestowed annually at the Homecoming Talon Awards Reception. The award is given to a student who exemplifies exceptional leadership and service to the University. To nominate a student please fill out the nomination form that can be found online at www.fau.edu/homecoming (on the Forms page) and submit it to the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership, Student Union, room 220 in Boca Raton, by Monday, Sept. 17, by 5 p.m.

The nominated students will be required to fill out a nomination acceptance form and write a short essay discussing the importance of leadership. All essays are due by Sept. 24 by 5 p.m. and can be submitted to the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership, Room UN 203. Nominated students who accept their nomination will participate in an interview process on Oct. 5. The winner will be announced at the Talon Awards Reception on Thursday, Oct. 25, at 6 p.m. in the Alumni Center located on the Boca Raton campus. Thank you in advanced for your nominations!

If you have any questions regarding the Talon Awards, other Homecoming Events, or getting involved in Homecoming Week 2012 do not hesitate to contact the Homecoming Committee at homecoming@fau.edu or 561-297-2381.

The Division of Research is pleased to announce the launch of the Division's Healthy Aging Research Initiative (HARI) Blackboard community site. Like our roundtables and the STEM Blackboard site, this community site is dedicated to a specific research theme, offering the opportunity for interdisciplinary collaboration and discussion of funding opportunities and related ideas of common interest via the sites' discussion groups.

We encourage you to visit the site and review the internal HARI Seed Grant Fund solicitation and required proposal template posted to the site's RFP/Announcements page. Proposals are to be submitted via the site by Oct. 1, at 8 a.m.

The division will present a research roundtable on the HARI Seed Grant Fund featuring presentations by Drs. Joseph Ouslander and Ruth Tappen on Sept. 12 at 8 a.m. in the College of Medicine, Room 130. If you have previously attended HARI research roundtables or expressed interest in HARI, you may already be able to access the site via the Blackboard Community tab. Please direct any questions you may have regarding the Division of Research Blackboard community sites and posting of items to Beth C. Barak at dorblackboard@fau.edu or 561-297-2311.

Read more at www.fau.edu/research/events.php

The Office of International Programs (OIP) at FAU invites applications from FAU faculty and instructional staff for new or recurring Study Abroad Programs (SAP) for Academic Year 2012-13 including intersessions, Spring Break 2013 and Summer 2013. Completed proposals should be sent to OIP by email or hard copy by the close of business Friday, Sept. 14. Approval process for programs will take 1-3 weeks typically. All approved programs will be advertised at the Fall Study Abroad Fair on Oct. 9.

SAP development is initiated by a member of the FAU faculty and instructional staff. Faculty are encouraged to work closely with OIP as early as possible in the process, to take advantage of OIP expertise and experience in SAP development and management. Complete guidelines and up-to-date forms for program formation can be found at www.fau.edu/goabroad/SAP_Guidelines.php.

Faculty planning to develop a new SAP or to repeat a SAP should also notify his/her department chair and college dean of their plans, to get their input and advice. Department chair and college dean approval of the final SAP proposal is required by the stated deadline noted above. (Anyone anticipating difficulty meeting the Sept. 14 deadline should contact Dr. Cathy Meschievitz at cmeschie@fau.edu or 561-297-1039.)

The U.S. Student Fulbright Program for 2013-14 is now open.FAU students who will graduate with a bachelor's degree by summer 2013 or are a recent FAU graduate may apply for a year's funding (up to $20,000) to study overseas or teach English overseas. The mandatory FAU campus deadline is Monday, Sept. 17, and the final Fulbright deadline is Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012.

The Fulbright U.S. Student Program is the largest U.S. exchange program offering opportunities for students and young professionals to undertake international graduate study, advanced research, university teaching and primary and secondary school teaching worldwide. The program currently awards approximately 1,800 grants annually in all fields of study, and operates in more than 155 countries worldwide. Fulbright U.S. Student alumni populate an entire range of professions and include ambassadors, members of Congress, judges, heads of corporations, university presidents, journalists, artists, professors, and teachers. Bose Corporation founder Amar Bose, actor John Lithgow, composer Philip Glass, opera singer Renee Fleming and economist Joseph Stiglitz are among notable former grantees. FAU has had a Fulbright winner in each of the last two years (for 2011-12 and for 2012-13).

Interested FAU students (especially seniors for the fall 2012 semester) are encouraged to read about the program and apply using the online submission process at http://us.fulbrightonline.org

FAU's student advisor for this Fulbright competiton is Dr. Catherine Meschievitz, who can be reached at 561-297-1039 or email at cmeschie@fau.edu.

The Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program is happy to announce that the online application system is now open for students participating in study abroad programs during the spring 2013 term. We anticipate this to be a competitive cycle so please encourage your students to seek your guidance and utilize all available Gilman resources. For more information about the Gilman Scholarship, webinar schedules and other helpful resources, visit the Gilman website at www.iie.org/gilman.

Spring 2013 online applications are due Oct. 2, 2012 by 11:59 p.m. CST

For students applying for any academic term (academic year, fall, spring or summer), please find the eligibility requirements below:
- Enrolled as an undergraduate student at a two or four-year U.S. Institution
- United States citizen
- Receiving a Federal Pell Grant at the time of application or during the term of study abroad
- Participating in a study abroad program that is no less than 4 weeks (28 days) in one country and no more than an academic year
- Receiving academic credit
- Study in any country not currently under a U.S. State Department Travel Warning or Cuba

FAU students can contact Dr. Cathy Meschievitz at FAU for more information at 561-297-1039 or cmeschie@fau.edu.

President Saunders will deliver the 2012 State of the University Address on Thursday, Sept. 6, in the Lifelong Learning Auditorium on the Boca Raton campus. Titled "FAU 2012: Celebrating a Year of Firsts, Building Community," it will begin at 10 a.m. This hour-long event will also include a performance by students from the Department of Music. Faculty, staff and students are cordially invited to attend both the address and the reception that will follow in the Grand Palm Room of the Student Union. RSVPs are not necessary. The address will be webcast via a link posted on the FAU homepage.

Curricular Practical Training/Optional Practical Training (CPT/OPT)
Date: Sept. 6
Time: 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Venue: Student Support Services, SU 80, Room 132
Contact: Marjorie Strachan, International Student & Scholar Services, 561-297-3049

The Executive Forum Lecture Series is hosting prominent executives this fall and all FAU students, faculty, staff and alumni are invited to participate. The lectures are held at the Office Depot Center (B-93), room 101 from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Join the College of Business on Thursday, Sept. 6, when Vince Pierce will be at FAU discussing his journey to success and key issues facing his industry. The Executive Forum Series is free and open to the public. RSVP online at business.fau.edu/executive-forum beginning the Monday prior to each lecture. For more information, contact Jessica Aptman at japtman@fau.edu.

The Graduate College and the Department of Teaching and Learning invite you to participate in the Seminar for International Teaching Assistants (SITA) sessions on Saturdays for the remainder of this semester. While these sessions are primarily designed to prepare international graduate students to teach at the college level, much of the curriculum would benefit all international students. International students will develop a greater understanding of American culture, language (including pronunciation and intonation), student and teacher expectations and classroom communication skills.

Our first session will be on Saturday, Sept. 8 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., in ED 313. We hope that you will join us. Feel free to stop by for as many of the sessions as you would like. Additionally, if you know anyone else who might benefit from and be interested in attending our sessions please let them know that they are also welcome to attend. You do not need to register in advance.

Please check the SITA schedule at www.fau.edu/graduate/sita/ProgramSchedule.

Safety month events at FAU Davie and FAU Fort Lauderdale include:

Tuesday, Sept. 11
BMI and Blood Pressure Testing
From 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Davie Campus in SD, 206
Safety Awareness - Condom Bingo
From 4 to 6 p.m. on the Davie Campus in SD, 105

Wednesday, Sept. 12
Safety Walk
At 7:30 p.m. on the Fort Lauderdale Campus in HEC Lobby

Thursday, Sept. 13
Safety Walk
At 7:30 p.m. on the Davie Campus in SD Lobby

Tuesday, Sept. 18
Lungs 4 Life
From 1 to 2:30 p.m. on the Davie Campus in DW, 110

Monday, Sept. 24
Common Cents
From 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. on the Davie Campus in TBD

Wednesday, Sept. 26
DUI Awareness
From 3 to 6 p.m. on the Fort Lauderdale Campus in the College Plaza

Thursday, Sept. 27
Texting and Driving
From 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. on the Davie Campus in the Davie Student Union, Oasis Lounge
DUI Awareness
From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. on the Davie Campus in the Davie Student Union, Oasis Lounge
FPL Information Table / Hurricane Booth
From 12 to 5 p.m. on the Davie Campus in the Davie Student Union, Oasis Lounge

For more info, contact the Student Wellness Center at 954-236-1018 or browardwellness@fau.edu.

Be ready. Be smart. Be safe. For a complete listing of 2012 Safety Month activities that will help students, faculty and staff stay safe both on and off campus, please visit www.fau.edu/safetymonth.

September is Safety Month at FAU. Now in its sixth year, Safety Month provides safety-related events and activities that are designed to raise awareness about a wide variety of issues impacting members of the FAU community.

The Boca Raton campus Safety Fair will be held Thursday, Sept. 13 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Boca Raton Breezeway. The theme for this year is "Focus on Pedestrian Safety" with an emphasis on accident prevention. We encourage you to "Look Up, Look Down, Look All Around," including no texting or use of headphones while skateboarding, bike riding, driving or walking across intersections.

The Boca Safety Fair will cover a wide variety of other concerns, including but not limited to: dating safety, carbon monoxide poisoning prevention, hurricane and emergency preparedness and disaster recovery, boating and diving safety, fire prevention, sexual assault protection, identity theft, child car seat safety, prescription drug safety, STI outreach, and how to exercise safely.

Thank you to our generous sponsors the FAU divisions of Student Affairs, Facilities and Finance. Lunch will be provided courtesy of Chartwells and FAU Business Services. Give-aways and t-shirts are being underwritten by FAU Housing and Residential Education and State Farm Insurance.

Please help spread this important message: Be ready. Be smart. Be safe. For a complete listing of 2012 Safety Month activities that will help students, faculty and staff stay safe both on and off campus, please visit www.fau.edu/safetymonth.

Keep prescription medicine away from our children and out of our water supply! Drop off your unwanted prescriptions and over-the-counter medications at the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office booth at the FAU Safety Fair on Thursday, Sept. 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Boca Raton Campus Breezeway.

Accepted items include: prescription and over-the counter medications, vitamins, samples, medications for pets, ointments/lotions and liquid medications in plastic, leakproof containers. Items NOT accepted: needles, thermometers, hydrogen peroxide, aerosol cans, inhalers, glass containers, bloody/infectious waste or medications from businesses or clinics. Clean out your medication cabinets and bring all unused or outdated items to the FAU Safety Fair for safe disposal. Working together, we can keep our children safe and our water supply clean. For further information, please call 561-297-3115 or click www.fau.edu/shs/PDFs/SHS_Pill_Drop_Flyer.pdf

Constitution Day Celebration
Monday, Sept. 17
Noon to 12:45 p.m.
Student Union Conference Center (Lobby & House Chambers)
Presentation of Colors, National Anthem, Opening Remarks, Constitution Day Observation
Reception from 12:45 to 2 p.m.
Student Essay Reading: Students will read their winning Jack Miller Forum Constitution Day Essay submissions and awards presented

Constitution Presentations
Wednesday, Sept. 19
Noon to 2 p.m.
Student Union Conference Center (House Chambers)
FAU Faculty Presentations – A diverse group of FAU professors will make brief presentations on the Constitution relating to his / her research or teaching goals
- Dr. Holman: "Women's Rights and the Constitution"
- Dr. Morton: "The U.S. Constitution & International Law"
- Dr. Lenz: "Healthcare and the U.S. Constitution"
- Dr. Banchetti: "Constitutional Rights vs. the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: A Comparison and Contrast"

First Amendment Privacy as an Instrument of Social Change
Thursday, Sept. 20
5 to 7 p.m.
Student Union Grand Palm (Room 103)
Informal workshop for undergraduates and graduates students. Presented by Dr. Anita L. Allen is the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

The Word's Not There -- How Privacy Became a Constitutional Right
Friday, Sept. 21
1 to 3 p.m.
Student Union Live Oak Pavilion (A, B, & C)
University-wide lecture, as a part of Jack Miller Forum Commemoration of Constitution Day 2012 titled "The Word's Not There -- How Privacy Became a Constitutional Right." Presented by Dr. Anita L. Allen is the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.

For questions or information, contact Cleavis Headley at headley@fau.edu.

The Fall 2012 Coffee Colloquium Lecture series from the Center for Body, Mind and Culture is an interdisciplinary initiative dedicated to promoting research, programming and teaching of topics concerning the body-mind-culture nexus.

The series offers:
Tuesday, Sept. 18 at 11 a.m. in SO 285, Boca Raton Campus
Rock, Paper, Scissors: Methods of Creating Conflict in Short Fiction
Papatya Bucak, Department of English

Tuesday, Oct. 11 at 11 a.m. in SO 285, Boca Raton Campus
Bodies, Inventories, and Homes: Searching for Spanish Women in Colonial Saint Augustine
Yolanda Gamboa, Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature

Tuesday, Nov. 7 at 11 a.m. in SO 285, Boca Raton Campus
Implicit and Explicit Gender Cues in Political Advertising
Mirya Holman, Department of Political Science

All lectures are free and open to the public. For more information about the series, visit www.fau.edu/bodymindculture, call 561-297-0851, or e-mail bodymindculture@fau.edu.

On Wednesday, Sept. 19, join us for the Ocean Science Lecture Series with Troy Rice of the Indian River Lagoon National Estuary Program speaking on the resources of the Indian River Lagoon and why it merits special designation as an Estuary of National Significance. The off-season lecture series is presented monthly on a Wednesday at 7 p.m. An opportunity to meet the speaker, appetizer buffet and cash bar follow the presentation. The lectures are open to the public, free of charge and reservations are not required. For more information, call 772-242-2506.

The Florida Lottery and FAU cordially invite students, faculty and staff to a Bright Futures Ice Cream Social on Monday, Sept. 24, at 11:30 a.m. at the Student Union Outdoor Stage on the Boca Raton campus. Special guests, surprises and more await. Rain site is the Live Oak Pavilion.

Momentum is building for FAU's participation in the 2012 Heart Walk, which will take place on Saturday, Sept. 29, in downtown West Palm Beach. So far 14 FAU teams have been registered, and more are needed. If you would like to head up a team from your area, join a team that's already been created, make a donation or volunteer at the event, click here.

This 5k walk/run is a family-friendly event that's always lots of fun. The FAU community has a long, proud history of participating in the annual Heart Walk, and we're hoping for an excellent turnout this year. If you need help registering or have questions, please contact Jennifer Mora at Jennifer.Mora@heart.org or Lynn Laurenti at laurenti@fau.edu.

In collaboration with the American Mathematical Society (AMS), the Association of Women in Mathematics (AWM) and the Institute of Combinatorics and its Applications (ICA) and with partial support from the Davimos Family Foundation, FAU is hosting a Group Theory, Combinatorics and Computing Conference at the Holiday Inn in Highland Beach. Fla., from Oct. 3-8. The conference will include outstanding scientists from the United States, Canada, Mexico, the U.K., Germany, Russia, Italy, South Africa, Poland, Greece and Bulgaria. The conference will feature one-hour invited lectures and 20-minute contributed talks.A special session will focus on women’s careers in mathematics, while another will be dedicated to young researchers.

Registration fee: $200; Special student fee: $100; Banquet: $45. For more information, visit the conference web page at www.math.fau.edu/gtcc. If you have questions, please contact: Dr. Daniela Nikolova-Popova at dpopova@fau.edu or 561-297-1342.

Join FAU National Alumni Association when the Owls play Navy in football on Saturday, Nov. 3, at 3:30 p.m. at the Navy-Marine Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Maryland. Tailgate begins two hours before kickoff.

- Package #1 includes a two-night accommodation at the Loews Annapolis Hotel, FAU tailgate party, commemorative souvenir, gameday ticket (seating section TBA), taxes and fees with fees starting at $200 per person. Note: This package does not include airfare or transportation. Guests will be required to provide their own transportation. The stadium is a 10-minute walk (5 blocks) from the hotel. Transportation options to the game include taxis or the hotel's shuttle.
- Package #2 includes FAU tailgate party and a gameday ticket (seating section TBA) for $85. This package does not include transportation.

Space is limited so reserve your package today! Register online for either package through the Alumni Relations office at fauf.fau.edu/navy. Contact Mary Beth Albritton at 561.297.6162 or malbrit1@fau.edu with any questions.

The four digital Living Room Theaters are located in the Culture and Society Building on the Boca Raton campus. Patrons can enjoy the European style cafe after 5 p.m. Show dates, times and ticket information can be found at http://fau.livingroomtheaters.com.

Business Services would like to remind you about a gem on the Boca Raton campus -- the FAU Club. The Club provides opportunities for the FAU family to meet, socialize and dine in a relaxed environment. The Club is proud of its distinquished cuisine, the gracious staff and the excellence of its special events. An exceptionally prepared buffet luncheon is served Monday through Friday from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. (last seating at 1:30 p.m.). Special events such as happy hours and game day-themed lunches make this a destination place on campus.

The Club is also available for rental for departmental, corporate or private social events. There are multiple spaces available in the Club making it a great choice. Parking is conveniently located just behind the Club in a dedicated lot. Simply swipe your faculty or staff Owl Card to gain entry to the lot any weekday from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. or during special events. The lot is also available during private functions to make parking convenient for your guests.

Visit www.fau.edu/fauclub for more information.

Get healthy with FAU Yoga! The first class is FREE and join any time. Fall semester classes will run through Dec. 7. Yoga exercises every muscle, nerve and gland in the body and releases stress and tension. Benefits include strength, flexibility, balance, increased energy and stress reduction. This class is appropriate for every body type and fitness level. Classes are sponsored by the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.

Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:10 to 1 p.m., and Wednesdays 6 to 7 p.m., in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Building, Room 115. The cost for faculty and staff is $70 for 8 classes, or $10 for 1 class. For full-time students, the cost is $40 for 8 classes, or $5 for 1 class. For community members, the cost is $80 for 8 classes, or $12 for 1 class.

Contact Kristine Lee at 561-297-0159 or klee26@fau.edu for additional information.

FAU's Adams Center for Entrepreneurship is empowering promising entrepreneurs and ambitious small business owners with an innovative, fast-paced course that includes creating a business plan, tips on finding money, and tips on designing the right operation for success. The goals of this course are to understand why a business plan is necessary, learning from experts what they expect to see in a plan, practice some of the skills required, learn what the experts want to know to fund a business, write the plan and prepare to enter the prestigious FAU Business Plan Competition (FAU BPC).

The Entrepreneurship Boot Camp begins on Sept. 28 and registration will close on Aug. 30.

Click here to learn more and to register: http://business.fau.edu/centers/adams-center/entrepreneurship-education/entrepreneur-boot-camp/index.aspx#.UBvkM0JgP8s

The IT computer training schedule for September 2012 is now available online at www.fau.edu/oit/training/files/sept_12.pdf. To register for classes, go to https://swise.fau.edu/training.

The Financial and Estate Planning in Retirement Program, offered by the College of Business Executive Education has the answers you need to actively take control of your financial future. A three-day educational seminar, the Financial and Estate Planning in Retirement Program will not only educate you in all areas of personal finance but also provide you with a personalized financial plan to organize your resources and help you understand the decisions you need to make to meet your financial objectives. You will also have the opportunity to invite a guest or your spouse, FREE of charge, to attend with you!

Sessions are offered through November on the Boca Raton and Jupiter campuses. Learn more and register at www.business.fau.edu/retirementplan.

FAU's Career Development Center will hold a Career Day & Technical Fair on Thursday Sept. 13 at FAU Arena on the Boca Raton campus from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Professional business attire required. The event is open only to FAU students and alumni (FAU ID/Alumni Card/FAU resume required). For a listing of employers attending, visit www.fau.edu/cdc/students/careerdayemployers.php. If you have any questions, please contact the Career Development Center at www.fau.edu/cdc, 561.297.3533 or career@fau.edu. Visit www.fau.edu/cdc for more information about Resume Mania on Sept. 10 and 11 and Career Day 101 (job fair prep seminar) on Sept. 11.

The Jack Miller Constitution Day Essay Contest is an annual competition designed to challenge upper-division college students to analyze issues relating to the Constitution of the United States, confronting them in today's complex world. Students are encouraged to write thought-provoking, critical essays that raise questions, single out issues and provide rational arguments for the role of the Constitution in the civil life of the United States.

Essay submission is open to ALL undergraduate students at FAU. All submissions should be sent electronically to Professor Clevis Headley, at headley@fau.edu. Please include your contact information (FAU e-mail) and classification (freshman, sophomore, junior, or senior) when sending your submission. Please include your contact information (FAU e-mail) when sending your submission. All submissions to the essay contest are judged anonymously. A distinguished committee of faculty will review the essays and a jury will choose the winners. Please note that no manuscripts will be returned.

Winning essays will receive the following awards:
- A Certificate of Recognition issued by the Office of Undergraduate Studies.
- A $250 stipend to purchase textbooks for Spring 2013.

The students whose essays are chosen as winners will read those essays on Sept. 17, as part of the week's commemoration of Constitution Day.

The Jaffe Book Arts Gallery in the Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus presents "River of Grass." The exhibition is an homage to Marjory Stoneman Douglas and her seminal book, "The Everglades: River of Grass," and a record of Dorothy Simpson Krause's time here at the Jaffe Center for Book Arts last spring as JCBA's inaugural Helen M. Salzberg Artist in Residence. The Everglades is one of America's most unusual rivers, 40 miles wide and over 100 miles long, slow moving and ranging from a few inches to a few feet in depth. Only half its original size, the Everglades has been largely destroyed to meet the demands of urban and agricultural growth. To capture the grandeur of this unique region, Krause combined photography, painting and printmaking techniques on surfaces as diverse as aluminum and fresco. The resulting images focus on the beauty of this rare ecosystem in its pristine reflectivity and, in the eroded surfaces, its fragility.

More info at www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/exhibitions/river_of_grass/index.php

FAU's University Galleries in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters present the "New Art: South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Fellowship" exhibition from Saturday, Sept. 22 through Saturday, Dec. 15. The exhibition will be presented in both the Schmidt Center Gallery and the Ritter Art Gallery on the Boca Raton campus,. There will be an opening reception with music and a cash bar on Saturday, September 22 from 6 to 9 p.m. The Miami-based band Gold Dust Lounge will provide music during the second half of the event at the Ritter Art Gallery.

The exhibition presents 11 artists from Florida's five southeastern counties who have won a highly competitive and generous annual grant awarded by the South Florida Cultural Consortium. This year's South Florida Cultural Consortium Fellowship winners are Nellie Appleby (Monroe County), Domingo Castillo (Miami Dade), Clifton Childree (Miami Dade), Jiae Hwang (Miami Dade), Nicolas Lobo (Miami Dade), Ernesto Oroza (Miami Dade), Tom Scicluna (Miami Dade), Eric Landes (Broward County), Mark Moormann (Broward County), John Sanchez (Broward County) and Phillip Estlund (Palm Beach County). The artists are selected through a two-step judging process by first a regional panel and then a national panel of visual arts professionals. Over 300 artists apply each year, in part because the grant award for each artist of either $15,000 or $7,500 is among the nation's highest for individual artists.

For more information on the exhibition, visit www.fau.edu/galleries.

Clinical Research Studies at FAU's College of Medicine is conducting a clinical research trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an investigational medication for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. There is no cost to participate and eligible participants will receive payment for time and travel. If you or someone you know is suffering from Alzheimer's, call 561-297-0164 to learn more.

The Language Development Lab, under the direction of Professor Erika Hoff, is conducting a federally funded study of early monolingual and bilingual development. We are looking for 24- to 30-month-old children who are learning Spanish at home and at least one parent was born in a Spanish-speaking country. For participating, you will receive $150 in gift cards and your child will get a gift and a t-shirt. With your permission, we will contact you again every 6 months until your child is 5 years old. We will pay for your time at each visit. If you complete this study through the age of 5 years, you will receive a total of $1,000 in gift cards.

We are also looking for 24- to 30-month-old children who are learning only English at home. For participating, you will receive $50 in gift cards and your child will get a gift and a t-shirt. With your permission, we will contact you again every 6 months until your child is 5 years old. We will pay you for your time at each visit. If you complete the study through the age of 5 years you will receive a total of $400 in gift cards. We plan to study children's language development from 2 years and 6 months to 5 years.

The purpose of these studies is to gain a better understanding of how language develops during this period. We will come to your home or you can come to our playroom on the Davie campus of Florida Atlantic University or to our office on the Boca Raton campus -- whichever is easier for you. If you are interested in this study, email langdevlab@fau.edu. You may also call 954-236-1142 or check out psy.fau.edu/~hoff/LangDevLab/index.htm for more information.

The Communication Disorders Clinic is located on the 4th floor of the College of Education building on the Boca Raton campus and provides speech, language and hearing diagnostic and therapy services -- including accent reduction therapy -- to children and adults. Services are available Monday through Friday during every semester on a space-available basis. Appointments for diagnostic or treatment services may be made by calling Maria at 561-297-2258. Payment can now be made by VISA or MasterCard.

The clinic offers Stroke Support and a Stuttering Support groups, each meeting once a month. Interested parties should contact the clinic for details. FAU faculty and staff members and their families receive a 50 percent discount for all services. Full-time FAU students receive a 50 percent discount for evaluations and then are charged $10 per treatment session.

The Communication Disorders Clinic is operated by FAU's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. For more information on clinic services, visit www.coe.fau.edu/csd/clinic.htm.