Weekly Update September 24, 2012

Hello UHPers,

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend and is ready to get back to classes again.

Here's a quick overeview of the events happening in the upcoming weeks. Find more details for each below them.

• Thurs. Sept. 27 2:00p-3:15p    "Presidential Courage"                 3rd floor of Multipurpose Room, SU (Enrichment Event Opportunity)
• Sat. Sept. 29 10:00a-6:00p     "Charlotte International Festival"    SAC
• Sat. Sept. 29                          Charlotte Humane Society             Humane Society
• Mon. Oct. 3 5:00p-6:30p          2nd UHP General Meeting             Student Union 340G 
• Sat. Oct. 13 5:30p-7:30p         Jr./Sr. Alumni Connections            Harris Alumni Center            

Presidential Courage: This counts as one of the Enrichment events you are required to do for UHP. Spend an afternoon with author and presidential historian Michael Beschloss this Thursday, Sept. 27 from 2:00-3:15 in the SU Multipurpose Room as part of the Chancellor's Speaker Series. The event is followed by Q&A and you can submit questions ahead of time to Beschloss-Q&A@uncc.edu.
NOTE: If you want to attend, email Connie Rothwell (crothwll@uncc.edu) for tickets (they are free).

International Festival: This is Charlotte's Annual International Festival hosted in the SAC. There's plenty of food and fun rain or shine, so if you get the chance, be sure to try to head over there this Saturday from 10:00a-6:00p.

Charlotte Humane Society: This Saturday, our President Elect, Claire Cuthrel, has organized a volunteer opportunity at the Humane Society this Saturday. Email her for more information at ccuthrel@uncc.edu.

Jr./Sr. Alumni Connections: On Sat. Oct 13 from 5:30p-7:30p, UHP is hosting our annual event at the Alumni Center. If you received an invitation for the event, please be sure to RSVP by Oct. 1. (email honorsassistant@uncc.edu).  

2nd UHP General Meeting: UHP's Second General Meeting is coming up soon on Monday, Oct. 1 from 5:00p=6:30p in Student Union 340G. Remember that you need to attend at least half of the UHP meetings a semester, so be sure to come if you can.


Other notes:

• Our Relay for Life team is interested in hearing your ideas for the upcoming event this Spring. If you have any theme suggestions (last year it was Friday the 13th theme), feel free to email me (isteven1@uncc.edu) I will get the information to the right person.
• Discussion Night last Wednesday was a great success. Thank you everyone who came out to the event, especially the student discussion leaders. Students seemed to really enjoy their discussions of our UHP book Interstices. If you attended the event, please be sure to fill out the survey that was emailed to you.
• The Scavenger Hunt on Friday was an awesome chance to explore Uptown Charlotte and connect with fellow UHPers. A big thanks to David Jordan for organizing the event and the officers for coming up with some creative clues. If you attended, please, please, please send me your pictures (isteven1@uncc.edu) so that Cassady and I can include them in the upcoming slideshow for the year. I attached a picture of the winning team to the email :). Congratulations!

As always, feel free to email me or any of the other officers with any questions you may have. We are here to help!

Have a great week,

Irma Stevens