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UA Food Pantry Named National Semifinalist in White House Challenge by JANNEE SULLIVAN and BAILEY KESTNER Staff Writers
Full Circle Food Pantry, a UA Volunteer Action Center program, was named one of 15 national semifinalists in the White House’s Campus Champions of Change Challenge, officials said. The White House Liaison to Young Americans, Ronnie Cho, personally alerted Full Circle officials Thursday, Feb. 23. The program was selected from 1,400 college campus programs from across the nation, according to the Full Circle website. Full Circle has also been featured in “USA Today.” Campus Champions of Change, a competition launched last fall, is sponsoring a vote for the top five programs out of the 15 semifinalists. The top five programs will “be invited to an event at the White House. They
will also be featured by mtvU and MTVAct and be given the opportunity to host an episode of mtvU’s signature program, ‘The Dean’s List’,” according to the Challenge website. A representative from the winning programs will also get the chance to meet and present their program to President Barack Obama. If the UA wins a finalist spot, it will be represented by senior biology major Julia Lyon, spokesperson for the UA Full Circle program. “Julia has been a part of this program from the beginning,” said Angela Oxford, assistant director for the Center of Leadership and Community Engagement. “I got a call from the White House,” Lyon said, “I was really excited.” The voting ends 11:59 p.m. Saturday, March 3. Anyone has the opportunity
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Senior Lorianna Gillespie empties the last of the bags of canned good donations at the Full Circle Campus Food Pantry. The Food pantry is located in Bud Walton Hall and open to students and staff in need of nourishment, or like Gillespie, those who want to volunteer.
False Alarm in the Union
Global Campus to Trim Departments by KRISTEN COPPOLA Staff Writer
Effective July 1, Global Campus, a UA department devoted to distance education, will no longer be responsible for media services or conference planning and support, officials said. Traditionally, Global Campus handled those responsibilities along with the primary focuses of distance learning, online classes and continuing education. “Global Campus is going to be changed so that its sole focus will be on providing academic courses that are eligible for credits,” said John Diamond, associate vice provost of University Relations. The Osher Lifelong Learning Center will no longer be covered by Global Campus because it “offers non-credit courses primarily for older adults,” Diamond said.
JANNEE SULLIVAN STAFF WRITER
Union fire alarms went off Monday morning before 11:30 a.m. The alarms were set off by dust particles in the air. No one was injured, and there was no fire or smoke, firefighters said. People were evacuated from the building for about half an hour while rescue workers checked to make sure the building was safe to enter.
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Conference planning and support will be reassigned to the Walton College Reynolds Center. Job positions will also be restructured along with the duties of Global Campus. Pauline Rankin, interim-dean of Global Gampus, will hold a senior leadership role. “I will be working with a team who’s designing courses and help facilities put courses online,” Rankin said. “The team consists of designers, trainers and so forth. “I was working with digital media services, conferences and training programs such as the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute,” she said. UA officials recently named Javier Reyes as vice provost of distance education, a new position created for the restructured Global Campus.
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Weather Brings Increase Punch Brothers Album More Than a Food Bank, Seniors Finish Careers Online Math Courses: in Sinus, Respiratory Showcases “Newgrass” LifeSource Reaches Out Arkansas senior forwards Positive or Negative? Michael Sanchez and MarFaith-based non-profit A Traveler columnist explores Sound Problems vell Waithe will play their LifeSource works to meet The most significant in- “Who’s Feeling Young crease is in the number of Now?” appeals to listeners upper-respiratory infections. who aren’t fans of bluegrass or country.
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