All components of the FAU Alert system, including email, text messaging, telephone call-out messages, the indoor notification system for Glades Park/Heritage Park towers and the outdoor warning sirens on the Boca Raton, Harbor Branch and Jupiter campuses, will be tested on Thursday, Sept. 27, beginning at 12:50 p.m.

It is essential that all active faculty (including adjuncts), staff and students update their telephone contact information every semester. Please do so now by logging into MyFAU at myfau.fau.edu, clicking successively on "FAU Self-Service (OWLS)," "Personal Information," "Update FAU Alert Telephone Numbers" and following the instructions.

Be aware that only currently enrolled students and active faculty and staff will receive the test email, text and telephone call-out message.

IMPORTANT: Faculty and staff members should give their own individual extensions rather than the main office number. The only exception is for secretaries and receptionists who routinely answer the main number. Using your own extension will prevent multiple calls from going to the main number.

During the test, please note:
- For text message alerts to your phone, you will see "Code = 630-79 or 231-77" as the sender of the incoming alert message. Please save this number and program it as FAU so that you can quickly recognize this number as the official source of FAU’s messages.
- For voice alerts, the caller ID will show 888-832-8695. When you answer the call and say "Hello," you will hear the recorded message. As above, add this number to your contacts under "FAU" as well.
- Email alerts will now come from faualert@fau.edu. As above, add this address to your contacts under “FAU” as well.
- When the outdoor warning sirens are activated on the Boca Raton, Harbor Branch and Jupiter campuses, a loud siren sound and a spoken message will be heard across each campus, as well as in nearby neighborhoods and business areas.

All layers of the FAU Alert system will be tested; however, in an actual emergency, depending on the situation, the appropriate systems will be used, i.e., email, text messaging, web announcements and siren/PA alerts.

These instructions are also posted on the FAU Alert web page at www.fau.edu/explore/alert-test.php. For additional details on the components that make up FAU Alert, including the sound that the siren makes, please visit www.fau.edu/facilities/ehs/info/FAU-Alert-System.php.

Thank you for your cooperation as these important security steps are taken to help ensure the safety of everyone on our campuses.

President Mary Jane Saunders cordially invites you to attend the kick-off breakfast for FAU's 2012 United Way Campaign on Monday, Oct. 1, from 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. in the Premier Club on the third level of FAU Stadium. This annual campaign gives the FAU community an effective way to reach out to people in need in our area. Gifts may be made in many ways, including payroll deduction, and they are put to good use by the United Way and the many non-profit organizations that come under the United Way umbrella.

Come hear more about the work of the United Way as you enjoy breakfast with your FAU colleagues. Two tickets to the Business Services Suite in the Stadium will be raffled off, enabling the winner and his/her guest to attend the Oct. 27 game -- which will be the FAU Homecoming Game -- in the best FAU style.

RSVPs are not necessary. For more information, contact Ron Bulger at bulger@fau.edu.

Indian River St. will be closed for three days beginning on Wednesday, Sept. 19 and reopening Saturday, Sept. 22 for the installation of underground utilities to the new residence hall. The closure will extend from East University Dr. to Palm Beach Ave. All entrances from Glades Road will remain open. For your convenience, use the Brevard Ct. or West University Dr. for access to Living Room Theaters, freshmen residences and the College of Arts and Letters compound. For additional information and map, visit www.fau.edu/facilities or contact E. Henry Kraft at 561-297-2869. Thank you for your patience during the closure.

Attendee parking for the High Holy Days events being held in the Carole and Barry Kaye Auditorium wil be in Lot 5 on Sept. 17 and Sept. 25-26. This will cause parking issues and heavy traffic on all three days -- Sept. 17 from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. , Sept. 25 from 8 to 10:30 p.m., and Sept 26 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Employees and are asked to please plan accordingly.

The Phase-1 Annual Inventory process for all FAU campuses begins today, Sept. 17. If you have any questions or concerns, please contact Brad Bernasek 561-297-3767 or via e-mail at property@fau.edu.

The Weppner Center for Civic Engagement and Service is recruiting interested faculty for four open Faculty Participant positions on our Alternative Spring Break trips March 3 to 9, 2013. The application is available on our website at http://www.fau.edu/volunteer/ASB.php and is due by Friday, Oct. 19. We are looking for faculty who are passionate about service, interested in the site issues, and are willing to spend a week working alongside FAU students. Travel, lodging and meals will be provided for faculty selected to attend. Visit our website for site descriptions and more info! Questions? Contact Alexandra Pearson at pearsona@fau.edu.

The FAU Heritage Planning Committee, which represents FAU faculty, staff and students, announces Hispanic/Latino Heritage Month Celebration from Sept. 18 to Oct. 15. Visit www.fau.edu/explore/heritage.php for a compolete listing of all events.

Nominations are currently being sought for the Parliament of OWLS (Older Wiser LeaderS). The Parliament of OWLS is an honorary leadership society for alumni who were student leaders while at FAU. Each year during Homecoming week, just prior to the annual Talon Award Ceremony, alumni are inducted into the society and honored with a commemorative pin of a burrowing owl feather cast in gold. Please take a moment to nominate an FAU student who recently graduated, or is planning to graduate in December 2012. Click here for the electronic form. Please feel free to forward the nomination form to fellow colleagues who may be interested in nominating worthy candidates. You may also submit your nomination(s) to the Office of Alumni Relations, FA-94, Boca Raton campus via intercampus mail or via fax at 561-297-2026. All nominations must be received no later than Friday, Oct. 5. If you have any questions, please contact the alumni office at 561-297-1248.

Join Dr. Jeffrey L. Buller, Dean of the Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, on a wonderful tour of Morocco that includes Casablanca, Rabat, Fez, Merzouga Dunes, Erfoud, Marrakesh and much more. Deposit deadline is Sept. 30. Further details can be found here. Please contact Dianne Reeves at 561-799-8665 or dreeves@fau.edu for more information on how to participate in this great opportunity to experience Morocco.

FAU's Prestige Scholarship Committee seeks your assistance in identifying truly outstanding undergraduates who may be eligible to apply for nationally competitive scholarship opportunities including the Goldwater (for sophomores or juniors committed to research in the sciences, math, or engineering) and the Truman (for juniors planning for graduate/professional school leading to a career in government or public service). If you know of a student with an exceptional academic record and outstanding accomplishments that put them among the top 1% of students you have worked with, we would like to contact them and encourage them to apply for one of these opportunities. For further information about Prestige scholarships, visit www.fau.edu/divdept/honcol/prestige.htm. Email names of students you think we should contact to tunick@fau.edu.

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.

Faculty are invited to participate in one of seven new Faculty Learning Communities (FLCs) that will commence in fall 2012 through spring 2013. FLCs typically consist of 6-12 faculty members from multiple departments/colleges who meet on a regular basis throughout the academic year to learn and share ideas on a topic of mutual interest relating to teaching pedagogy and student learning. FLCs carry the expectation that the ideas participants discuss will be implemented in concrete ways in their classes and that participants will share their results with other members of the FAU community. The FLCs scheduled include:

Criteria and Strategies for Student Success during their Academic Careers and Beyond, Panagiotis (Pete) Scarlatos - Facilitator
Developing Dual-Numbered Upper Division Undergraduate/Lower Division Graduate Courses, Daniel T. de Lill - Facilitator
Getting the Wizard of Oz into the Undergraduate Curriculum, Stephen Engle – Facilitator
Participating in the Distinction Through Discovery QEP: (Re) Visioning Undergraduate Curricula to Promote Scholarly Inquiry and Research, Jennifer Peluso - Facilitator
Taking your Classroom into the Field: Co-Curricular Studies, Jeffrey Morton - Facilitator
Teaching Online Courses for Creativity and Critical Thinking, Carol Gould - Facilitator
Tools for Enhancing Students Assessment and Engagement, Fred Fejes - Facilitator

Participants receive a $1,000 stipend for their active participation and upon meeting the stipulated expectations of their FLC. You may download an application for participation here. The deadline for receipt of your application is Monday, September 24, 2012. If you have any questions, please contact Jennifer Peluso at 7-1033 or at jpeluso@fau.edu.

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. 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.

Be ready. Be smart. Be safe. September is Safety Month at FAU. Events and activities are being held throughout September at all FAU campuses. Check out the details at www.fau.edu/safetymonth.

The Writing Across the Curriculum (WAC) program, will be offering two training seminars for faculty who are teaching WAC courses this academic year. Space is still available for the second two-day, two-and-a-half hour training is 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 workshop will be held on the Boca Raton campus in GCS 214B (video conferencing is available) on:

- 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.

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 kicks off on Friday, Sept. 21, on the Boca Raton campus and 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.

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.

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 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 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.

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.

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.

Monday, Sept. 17, Noon to 2 p.m.
Constitution Day Celebration, Opening Ceremony
Student Union Center, Lobby and Senate Chambers
Presentation of the Colors by the FAU Army ROTC, Opening Remarks and Student Constitution Day Essay readings, with awards.
Information: 561-297-2928

Monday, Sept. 17, Noon to 1 p.m.
Visiting Artist Talk with Nellie Applebee
Visual Arts Building, Room 105
Applebee is one of the artists featured in the South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Exhibition that opens at FAU on Sept. 22.
Information: 561-297-2966

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.

The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts will celebrate its third annual Letterpress Appreciation Day Open House on Tuesday, Sept. 18, from 3 to 8:30 p.m. at the Wimberly Library, Boca Raton campus. The open house, which is free and open to the public, will be on the third floor east, and will feature tours of the center's letterpress studio and printing on the center's antique Wesel Iron Handpress and the Vandercook 4 Proofing Press. The event is sponsored by Convivio Bookworks, a Lake Worth studio that specializes in limited letterpress-printed books and broadsides. Handmade limited edition books and broadsides will be sold and a portion of each sale will benefit the Jaffe Center. Donations to the nonprofit Jaffe Center are encouraged. For more information, contact John Cutrone at 561-297-0455 or visit www.jaffecollection.org.

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

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.

Wednesday, Sept. 19, Noon to 2 p.m.
Constitution Day Celebration: FAU Faculty Presentations - A diverse group of FAU professors will make brief presentations on the Constitution relating to his/her research or teaching goals Student Union Center, Senate Chambers
- Dr. Miyra Holman: "Women's Rights and the Constitution"
- Dr. Jeffery Morton: "The U.S. Constitution & International Law"
- Dr. Timothy Lenz: "Healthcare and the U.S. Constitution"
- Dr. Marina Banchetti: "Constitutional Rights vs. the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen: A Comparison and Contrast"
Information: 561-297-2928

Do you want to know more about your cyber security? Attend the FAU Safety Month Video Conference entitled "Basic Cyber Security Tips" to be presented Wednesday, Sept. 19 at noon in CM 133, Boca Raton campus. Video conference rooms include:
- Boca Raton - CM 133
- Davie - LA 134
- Fort Lauderdale - HE 608
- Harbor Branch - LE 247
- Jupiter - HC 130
- SeaTech - ST 209

Join Larry Thomas, associate director from the FAU Office of Information Technology, who will discuss preventing malware, e-mail phishing attacks, staying safe online and how to detect, d eter and defend against identity theft. You play an important role in information security, so enhance your knowledge by attending this timely Safety Month presentation.

See all the Safety Month events at www.fau.edu/safetymonth.

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 Green Market@FAU is open to all every Thursday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the FAU Stadium Plaza on the Boca Raton campus. Each week throughout the semester, the Green Market@FAU will offer a variety of local vendors, including FAU alumni-owned businesses, selling items such as fresh produce; prepared foods such as hummus, beets, pickles and sauces; artisan crafts and jewelry; organic products such as soaps and lotions; and entertainment from students and other local artists.

For more information, call 561-297-0197, e-mail greenmarket@fau.edu or visit www.fau.edu/missiongreen.

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, September 20, when Michael Yormark 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.

An FAU anti-discrimination/anti-harassment workshop will be held Friday, Sept. 21, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Admin. Bldg., BOT room 305 on the Boca Raton campus. Contact Len Baker at lbaker@fau.edu or call 561-297-3004 for more information.

The Fall 2012 MBA Sport information session will be held on Friday, Sept. 21 in BU 307 from 6 to 7 p.m. to inform participants about the MBA in Sport Management program. Students will have the opportunity to speak to the progam's director Dr. Jim Riordan and other current MBA Sport students. To register and learn more about MBA Sport Management Information Session visit www.business.fau.edu/news-events/event-details/index.aspx?eid=3003.

Friday, Sept. 21, 1 to 3 p.m.
Constitution Day Celebration: "The Word Is Not There -- How Privacy Became a Constitutional Right," presented by Dr. Anita L. Allen
Student Union Center, Live Oak Pavilion
Allen is the Henry R. Silverman Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania Law School.
Information: 561-297-2928

Saturday, September 22, 6 to 9 p.m.
Opening Reception for New Art: The South Florida Cultural Consortium Visual and Media Artists Exhibition Schmidt and Ritter Galleries
The opening reception will include music and a cash bar. 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 the works of 11 artists that received Fellowships for the Consortium. The exhibition is on display through December 15.
Information: 561-297-2966 or www.fau.edu/galleries

Saturday, Sept. 22, 7 p.m.
Piano Faculty Concert
University Theatre
Heather Coltman, Judith Burganger, Leonid Treer, Edward Turgeon, Irena Kofman, Anne Louise-Turgeon and special guest artist Felicity Coltman will present works by Franck, Brahms, Bach, Siloti, Schubert, Rachmaninoff, Ravel, Chopin and Debussy.
Suggested donation of $10
Information: 561-297-3853 or www.fau.edu/sota

The Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts at FAU will offer a workshop titled Exploring Copier Art with Ginny Lloyd, an award-winning photographer and former professor of computer graphics, on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., in the center's book studio at the Wimberly Library. Lloyd is one of the pioneers of the copier art movement. She will show works created on copiers and explain how they were created, and will demonstrate such techniques as flashing, copy motion, overprinting, degeneration, direct image and still life collage. Participants will leave the workshop with unique prints and/or an artists' book. Cost includes materials and a copy of Lloyd's new book "Let's Make Copy Art." The cost is $70 for FAU students, $90 for the public and $80 for FAU faculty, staff and students from other institutions. For more information, go to www.jaffecollection.org and click on workshops, or call John Cutrone at 561- 297-0455.

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.

FAU's Peace Studies Program in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents the lecture "Paramilitarism and the Assault on Democracy in Haiti" on Thursday, Sept. 27, at 2 p.m. in the Performing Arts Building, room 101, Boca Raton campus. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be presented by Jeb Sprague, a sociologist/author from the University of California at Santa Barbara. In his book by the same name, Sprague investigates the dangerous world of right-wing paramilitarism in Haiti and its role in undermining the democratic aspirations of the Haitian people. Sprague focuses on the period beginning in 1990 with the rise of Haiti's first democratically elected president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, and the right-wing movements that succeeded in driving him from power. Sprague received a Project Censored Award in 2008 for an article coauthored with Haitian journalist Wadner Pierre from Port-au-Prince, and has written for many publications including the Inter Press Service, TeleSUR, Al Jazeera, Z Magazine, NACLA, Haiti Liberte, and Haiti Progres.

For more information about the lecture or about the Peace Studies Program at FAU, contact Doug McGetchin, director of FAU Peace Studies, at dmcgetch@fau.edu or 561-799-8226.

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.

FAU Harbor Branch will host its annual National Estuaries Day Celebration on Saturday, Sept. 29, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Harbor Branch campus in Fort Pierce. Event admission is free and open to the public. Activities for this family event include informative presentations from Harbor Branch researchers, kids entertainment, live organism displays, hands-on exploration stations, arts and crafts, games, bounce house and more. Concessions and a Harbor Branch Shrimp Boil will be available for purchase, as well as eco-boat tours ($10 per person, space is limited, first public boat trip scheduled for 11 a.m.).

National Estuaries Day is an annual nationwide celebration of America's estuaries -- the vibrant coastal areas where rivers meet the sea. Celebrated on the last Saturday in September, National Estuaries Day is a great opportunity to learn more about these important ecosystems and how citizens can help to protect them. For more information about the event, call 772-242-2280 or visit www.hboi.fau.edu.

On Oct. 3, you are invited to join us to watch the first 2012 Presidential Debate LIVE on the big screen in HD. The debate will focus on domestic policy and be divided into six time segments of approximately 15 minutes each on topics to be selected by the moderator and announced several weeks before the debate. The debate will run from 9 to 10:30 p.m. EDT.

There is no charge to attend, but you must RSVP in advance so that we can confirm your seat. If you would like to attend, please send your name along with the names of your guest(s) to debates2012@livingroomtheaters.com. Come experience the debate in a group setting at Living Room Theaters!

Political Science professors from FAU will be providing a short introduction to the debate from 8:30 to 9 p.m. Additional seating in the cafe will be available on a first-come, first-served basis.

Make note of the debate dates below:
Tuesday, 10/3 9 p.m. EDT - Presidential Domestic Policy Debate
Thursday, 10/11 9 p.m. EDT - Vice-Presidential Foreign & Domestic Policy Debate
Tuesday, 10/16 9 p.m. EDT - Presidential Foreign & Domestic Policy Debate
Monday, 10/22 9 p.m. EDT - Presidential Foreign Policy Debate

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.

Rachel Manley wil offer a lecture, "Jamaican Independence Fifty Years Later" at 3 p.m. on Oct 10, in the Board of Trustees Room in the Administration Bldg. on the Boca Raton campus. Rachel Manley, as a member of Jamaica's most famous political family, provides a unique inside perspective on decolonization and independence. Her grandfather was leader of Jamaica's first political party and served as the island's Chief Minister during the years leading up to independence. Her grandmother was an accomplished sculptor and founder of the Jamaica School of Art. Her father was perhaps Jamaica's most charismatic and controversial Prime Minister. Rachel Manley's poetry has won the Jamaica Centennial Medal, and her memoir about her family won the Governor General's Literary Award, one of Canada's most prestigious literary prizes. Contact Raphael Dalleo at rdalleo@fau.edu for more information.

"Latin America on Film" -- a film series sponsored by Peace Studies and organized by the Department of Languages, Linguistics, and Comparative Literature and the School of Communications -- will be held in October in Performing Arts, PA 101 (adjacent to the University Theatre), Boca Raton campus. Films and dates include:

Tambien la lluvia/ Even the Rain
6 :30 pm, Wednesday, October 10, PA 101
Iciar Bollain, 2010/ 103 min.
Introduction by Dr. Michael Horswell (Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature). Discussion will follow.
Synopsis: Spanish director Sebastian, his executive producer Costa and all his crew are in Bolivia, in the Cochabamba area, to shoot a motion picture about Christopher Columbus, his first explorations and the way the Spaniards treated the Indians at the time. Costa has chosen this place because the budget of the film is tight and here he can hire supernumeraries, local actors and extras on the cheap. Things go more or less smoothly until a conflict erupts over the privatization of the water supply. The trouble is that one of the local actors, is a leading activist in the protest movement.

El Violin/ The Violin
6 :30 pm, Wednesday, October 17, PA 101
Francisco Vargas, 2005/ 98 min.
Introduction by TBA. Discussion will follow.
Synopsis: In an unnamed Latin American country that closely resembles Mexico, the government fights a rural insurgency with torture, assault, rape and murder. Soldiers descend on a town, cutting off the rebels from their cache of ammunition hidden in a field. A family of grandfather, son and grandson are among the rebels in the hills. The grandfather, with his violin over his shoulder, tries to pass the checkpoint, ostensibly to tend his corn crop. The commanding officer lets him pass but insists on a daily music lesson. Can the old man ferry out the ammunition in his violin case under the soldiers' noses?

Como Era Gostoso o Meu Frances /How Tasty was My Little Frenchman
6 :30 pm, Wednesday, October 24, PA 101
Nelson Pereira dos Santos, 1971/ 84 min.
Introduction by Dr. Gerald Sim (School of Communications). Discussion will follow.
Synopsis: In 1594 in Brazil, the Tupinambas Indians are friends of the Frenches and their enemies are the Tupiniquins, friends of the Portugueses. A Frenchman (Arduíno Colassanti) is captured by the Tupinambas, and in spite of his trial to convince them that he is French, they believe he is Portuguese. The Frenchman becomes their slave, and maritally lives with Seboipepe (Ana Maria Magalhaes).

Granito: How to Nail a Dictator
6 :30 pm, Wednesday, October 31, PA 101
Pamela Yates, 2011/103 min.
Introduction by Inbal Mazar (Ph.D. candidate, Languages, Linguistics and Comparative Literature). Discussion will follow.
Synopsis: In a stunning milestone for justice in Central America, a Guatemalan court recently charged former dictator Efrain Rios Montt with genocide for his brutal war against the country's Mayan people in the 1980s -- and Pamela Yates' 1983 documentary, When the Mountains Tremble, provided key evidence for bringing the indictment. Granito: How to Nail a Dictator tells the extraordinary story of how a film, aiding a new generation of human rights activists, became a granito -- a tiny grain of sand -- that helped tip the scales of justice.

For more information, contact Dr. Carla Calargé at 561-297-2533 e-mail ccalarge@fau.edu.

Join hundreds of Owl fans at the Official FAU Watch Party as FAU takes on the University of Louisiana-Monroe on Saturday, Oct. 13, at 8 p.m., hosted at Duffy's Sports Grill in Deerfield Beach, 401 North Federal Highway, Deerfield Beach.

This seasons schedule also inlcudes:
Saturday, Nov. 3, 2012 @ 3:30 p.m. vs. Navy
Saturday, Nov. 10, 2012 @ 1 p.m. vs. Western Kentucky

"The Muslims Are Coming: Racism and the Politics of Empire" -- a public talk by Deepa Kumar, Ph.D., will be held on Thursday, Oct. 18, at 7 p.m. in the Administration Building, Board of Trustees Room (ADM 305). "Islamophobia" became an especially familiar term in the United States following the September 11 attacks. It has been used as much by the left to combat anti-Muslim sentiment or efforts as on the right to attack Muslim-Americans and deny the very existence of what can be identified as Islamophobia.

In an important new book, "Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire" (Haymarket Books, 2012), Deepa Kumar argues that Islamophobia has a long history. In fact, creating anti-Muslim fervor was vital to European and American projects of empire building. "This book is about the image of 'Islam,' that mythical creation conjured out of the needs of empire that has led even progressives to claim that Muslims are more violent than any other religious group," Kumar writes in the introduction. Dr. Kumar is an associate professor of media studies and Middle East studies at Rutgers University.

Contact jftracy@fau.edu for more information.

FAU will celebrate Homecoming 2012: Owl Prowl on Saturday, Oct. 20 through Saturday, Oct. 27, on the Boca Raton, Broward and Jupiter campuses. Visit www.fau.edu/homecoming for complete details.

The FAU Center for Autism & Related Disabilities (CARD) invites you to help commemorate Disability Awareness Month by participating in our Homecoming 5K Run/Walk on Oct. 2, at 5:15 p.m. Take a look at some of the ways you can participate:
- Sign up to run or walk in the 5K, One Mile Fun Run or kid's races! Top contenders in adult categories will receive awards, while all kids get a medal for participating in our races. All children are welcome. This year we will also host a costume contest for kids and adults with very cool prizes! We'll also have a bounce house, slide and snacks for all. Register to participate at www.active.com and search "FAU Homecoming Run".
- Become a fundraiser! Create a page for your child, school or with your organization to try and raise funds as a group. Prizes will be awarded to the top three fundraising teams, so stay tuned for what these will be! Visit www.active.com/donate/faucard2012 and click "Become a Fundraiser" to start the process.
- Make a donation to our cause by visiting our fundraising page www.active.com/donate/faucard2012. Consider donating ANY amount, every $1, $5 or $10 helps FAU CARD visit homes and schools as well as conduct screenings in our mobile clinic to provide help to those with few resources.

The Caring Hearts Auxiliary of the Louis and Anne Green Memory and Wellness Center will host the seventh annual "Keep Memories Alive -- Steppin' to the Oldies, Bobby Socks Optional!" walk affair on Sunday, Nov. 4 at 9 a.m. at the Town Center at Boca Raton. Funds support important programs and services that the center may otherwise may not be able to offer to helping people who are dealing with memory loss and their caregivers. Participants may walk in teams or as individuals dressed in event T-shirts or festive oldies attire while enjoying classic tracks of the 60s, 70s and 80s from Majic 102.7 FM. Sponsors of last year's walk, along with 400 walkers, raised more than $325,000. Walkers who raise and submit a minimum of $30 before the event or $40 on the day of the event will receive the Keep Memories Alive Walk T-Shirt while supplies last. For more information or to register, contact 561-297-4066, nurchearts@fau.edu or https://fauf.fau.edu/memories.

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.

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.

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 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.

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.

For further information about these Prestige Scholarships, see www.fau.edu/divdept/honcol/prestige.htm.

The George Mitchell Scholarship is for seniors of any discipline for graduate study in Ireland or Northern Ireland and has a deadline of October 2.

The Hertz Foundation Scholarship is for senior or graduate students for graduate work in the physical sciences and has a deadline of November 2.

The Soros is for New American seniors or graduate students for up to 2 years of graduate study with a deadline of November 1. These scholarships do not require FAU nomination.

The Barry M. Goldwater Scholarship is for exceptional college students who intend to pursue careers in science, mathematics, or engineering. Students intending to study medicine are eligible only if they plan a research career rather than a career as a medical doctor in private practice. Applicants must be a full-time matriculated sophomore or junior with a GPA of at least a B, and a U.S. citizen or permanent resident. For the 2010-2011 academic year, winners had an average GPA of 3.95. FAU internal deadline is December 15.

The Truman Scholarship is a $30,000 merit based grant awarded to outstanding undergraduate juniors who wish financial support to attend graduate or professional school in preparation for careers in government, the non-profit sector or elsewhere in public service. FAU internal deadline is January 5.

The Morris Udall is for sophomores or juniors interested in environmental studies; or Native American/Alaskan sophomores or juniors. The FAU internal deadline is January 31.

The NSEP/Boren is for undergrads to study abroad and work in national security. The FAU internal deadline is January 13.

The James Madison is for seniors or recent graduates for graduate study to teach in history or political science and has a deadline of March 1. The Madison does not require FAU nomination.

The Career Development Centers Career Update Newsletter for Fall 2012 is available at www.fau.edu/cdc/flyers/cdcnewsletterfall2012.pdf...

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

"Student Body Art," a photography exhibition of students and their tattoos by visual artist Z. Koppisch, will be on display at the John D. MacArthur Campus Library Gallery. FAU Jupiter, from Thursday, Sept. 13, through Friday, Dec. 14. The photos are from "Stories on the Skin: Tattoo Culture at FAU," a long-term creative collaboration between the Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts at FAU's Wimberly Library and Karen Leader, Ph.D., of FAU's Department of Visual Arts and Art History. Koppisch, an FAU alumna, is a photographer and senior designer at the Wimberly Library. Students from the Jupiter campus are invited to add their ink to the archive by being photographed and/or videotaped at the reception. The exhibition's hours are Mondays through Wednesdays from 8 a.m. to 11 p.m., Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m., Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 12:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.

For more information on "Student Body Art," visit storiesontheskin.org, "Stories on the Skin" on Facebook or call Z. Koppisch at 561-297-2116.

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.