Weekly Update February 10, 2014

Hello Honors Niners!  Hope you all are having a good start to the week.

Tonight, February 10th​, is our second General Body Meeting, which will be in Cone 112 from 5-6.  The meeting is internationally themed, with speakers discussing volunteer and study abroad options and various international food.  For everyone who can make it out to the meeting, please bring a bag of fun-sized candy bars to share at the meeting.  Also, if you haven't already, bring $10 to order a "Anchor for a Cure" t-shirt at the meeting.  If you would like to see what the t-shirts look like before the meeting, there is a design picture attached to this email.

Future General Body Meetings:

• ​Monday, February 10 from 5-6 in Cone 112
• Wednesday, March 12 from 5-6 in Cone 210
• Tuesday, April 1 from 5-6 in Student Union 340 HI (officer nominations meeting)
• Sunday, April 27 from 4:30-7:30 in the Cone Center Lucas Room (UHP Spring Banquet)​ 

We have three upcoming community service events supporting Relay for Life!

• Talent Show: Thursday, February 13 starting at 7:00pm in After Hours Cone
• UHP member support is appreciated
• ​We will be volunteering at the Time Warner Cable Arena with the Bobcats on February 22^nd at 4:30 pm. We need 10-15 volunteers to participate and we could raise up to $500 for our team. Remember that any money raised will be split amongst volunteers’ goals. Sign Up on the Google doc to help: https://docs.google.com/a/uncc.edu/document/d/1btN9StgBQIPwF9Tcy3PSZus1Y7zhe1uXDL6asyPWMfs/edit​​
• ​Fashion Show: Thursday, March 20 starting at 7:00pm on 3rd floor Student Union

If interested, sign-up by completing the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/DK2K5BK, or contact Katey Mishler (kmishler@uncc.edu)​

As a reminder, Relay For Life​ is Friday, April 4th, and starts at 6 pm at Belk Track.  If you haven't already, be sure to sign up for the UHP Relay team!

There are also several other community service events available!

• ​The Office of Undergraduate Admissions is holding a telecounseling event to target high ability, minority, and out-of-state students, in hopes of yielding more students from these populations. If you are interested in helping, please contact Shaniqua Marlowe at shaniqua.marlowe@uncc.edu or Zakiya Collins at zakiya.collins@uncc.edu by February 17th.  For more information, see the attached word document.   
• Volunteering @ MS Society Walk:  Friday, February 28, and we need more people!https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av4x7sp1lM45dFlKZVYybkluT0RPWlU5dVB6bVBSUUE&usp=sharing#gid=0​
• Crisis Assistance Ministry:  We have three dates left to help sort clothing. March 1, March 15, and April 12. Please go ahead and sign-up for those spots before they're all gone!  We can take a maximum of 25 people on each trip, and it's always a blast! https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av4x7sp1lM45dGdyRk9BakZpUHExMUtqZ3ZjdzFORHc&usp=sharing#gid=0​​

On February 18th, there will be a film screening of  Pride & Joy, A Southern Foodways Film Project, in the Student Union Theater at 2 pm.  This is a free event, and it is a great opportunity for all UHP students.  If you are interested in going, please RSVP to Clas-event@uncc.edu or call 704-687-1429.  See the attached flyer for more information    

Thanks to everyone who has already submitted an article for the Valentine's Day Newsletter!  Remember, if you would like to contribute, make sure to send your article to Kyle McGee at kmcgee4@uncc.edu by this Thursday, February 13th.

Also, please send any pictures or videos of UHP members to Heather Roberson at hrobers4@uncc.edu or Cassady Tetsworth at ctetswor@uncc.edu, so that they can include them into the annual slideshow at the Spring Banquet.  Your contributions go a long way for making a great slideshow! 

Hope you have a great week everyone, and I hope to see you all at the meeting tonight!  Go Niners!