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Donate your textbooks! EKU's chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon, the Geography Honor Society, is collecting Textbooks for Africa. We are working through the non-profit www.booksforafrica.org. We have FOUR drop off locations: Roark 211, Moore 320, Dizney 208, and inside the Admissions Office in the Whitlock building. If you would like us to pick up books for you, please do not hesitate to contact us. Many courses at African colleges and universities are taught in English. The subject areas in most need are social sciences, humanities, technology, business, natural sciences, engineering, biological sciences, and agriculture (but other textbooks are also welcome!). Books more than 15 years old, magazines, academic journals, religious books, novels, paperback books, encyclopedias, and books focused on the U.S. (i.e. U.S. history or law) are not needed.

Celebrate Earth Day by purchasing an Earth Day T-Shirt! The price per T-shirt is $20. As April 22nd is Earth day, please pre-order and pre-pay for your T-shirt by April 14th.
These shirts are soft shirts, perfect for all seasons!
These T-shirts will be supporting the Geography Honor Society on Campus, and are also designed and made at a locally owned business! You can view these shirts by clicking "More on this Announcement".

Come out and bowl with the Brothers of Alpha Phi Omega, a co-ed community service fraternity. This is a fundraiser to raise money for the various service projects that the chapter carries out on an ongoing basis. Some of our local partners include: The Richmond Parks and Recreation Department, Madison County Humane Society, and more! The cost is $10.00 to bowl for two (2) hours of bowling and your shoe rental.
The brothers of Alpha Phi Omega will be there from about 3:30pm until about 5:30pm. We will also have information on how you can get more involved in community service efforts both on campus and in the community, if you are interested. We hope to see you there! Bring your friends because those who bowl together, stay together! #SquadBowls

Wesley Foundation is moving its worship service to the Meditation Chapel as part of our Wage Peace Event, to be closer to campus. This week’s message will be on about how listening helps achieve peace.
We will have popcorn and other refreshments outside by giant white boards where people can write their views on tolerance, listening, and compassion.

Road closures on April 7 to set up and run the Light the Night 5K: Beginning at 5:30pm, Madison Dr will be closed to through traffic for tent set up (Telford Parking Lot Exits will remain open until 8:45pm)
Kit Carson Drive will be closed to through traffic at 6:30pm for tent set up between Commonwealth Parking Lot Exit to John Hanlon/Roy Kidd Intersection.
At 8:45pm the entire 5K race Route will be closed until 10:15pm.

Eight years after he began touring while at the University of Arkansas and two years after his first entry into the Top Twenty on the Billboard Album Chart, Ben Rector is back with a new album and is feeling Brand New (August 28th, Aptly Named Recordings). The singer-songwriter's newest album marks a return to the spirit of his youth, when he was a music-crazed teenager playing guitar in his Tulsa bedroom. At that time, every new song was a discovery, and turning those songs into a career was just a dream. Since then, the twenty-eight year old has made that dream a reality, with over 400,000 albums and 4,000,000 downloads consumed independently. His four studio albums and 2014’s Live In Denver, have repeatedly put him on top of the iTunes charts, leading to sold-out shows to fans who sing along with every word in theaters across the country.

Come join Adventure Programs as we head to Burgess Falls for a wonderful time of hiking and camping around Burgess Falls. Adventure Programs will provide all the necessary food, gear and transportation.

Throw on your scrunchies and leg warmers. Lace up your skates -- on campus! Join Student Life & First-Year Experience for Throwback Roller Rave this Saturday, April 8 starting at 9 PM on the Campus Recreation Indoor Basketball Courts. We'll provide skates; you wear your favorite throwback roller rink gear and get your groove on at this interactive skate dance party! There will be a costume contest and limbo competition with prizes. For more information on Spring Thing events, see the Spring Thing website.

Come to EKU ballroom dance club tonight! We are having our first guest instructor come and teach us a few moves. Experience is not necessary to come to the meeting. The event is free for members and $5 for non members. It is highly encouraged to bring a friend and have fun with us! Hope to see you there.

Two great service projects, one fabulous weekend—sign up for one or BOTH! FRIDAY ONLY: Stream Sampling Assessment Monitoring Project—vans and carpools will depart at 11:30 a.m. and return by 10:00 p.m. We will join community members to gather water quality samples at as many sites as we can in the Line Fork of Letcher County. Dinner included for just $5.00. SATURDAY ONLY: Robinson Forest Reforestation Project—vans and carpools will depart at 7:30 a.m. and return by 10:00 p.m. We will join Green Forest Works and Appalachian writers to plant trees on a mine reclamation site in Breathitt County (lunch included for just $5). BOTH: If you sign up for both events, three meals and overnight lodging at EKU’s Lilley Cornett Woods bunkhouse will be provided for just $15. Registration deadline is Wednesday April 19th

Come celebrate Earth Month with the Office of Sustainability & ENV Sustainability & Stewardship Minor program as we screen "Before the Flood" on April 12th in O'Donnell Auditorium. Leonardo DiCaprio stars in the most important documentary on climate change since "An Inconvenient Truth." Learn more about climate science and its divisive complexities from interviews with scientists and world leaders spanning five continents.

Join us our autism appreciation and support event for Autism Awareness month! We will be playing a movie where the main character has ASD! There will be free pizza and snacks available. We will be having multiple events this month so be on the look out for our next event!
**If you would like to volunteer and gain volunteer hours, follow the link for sign up sheets for all events!**

Come out and hear the Hon. Dcn. Chike John Okafor; Chairman of the House Committee on Health Care Services Federal House of Representative National Assembly of Abuja Nigeria. He will be speaking on: Reflections of Health Care Services and the challenges of Medical tourism. This is an event you don't want to miss.

As part of National Library Week and #EKUSW17: stop by the Noel Reading Porch on Monday for Hot Dog, I Love EKU Libraries and enjoy a free hot dog and lemonade. Take a moment and tell us what you love about your Library, something you would like to see us offer, or even tell us your favorite book.

The 2017 Welch Appalachian Social and Economic Justice Lecture Series will present “Appalachian Dreams: Social Work’s Grand Challenges in the Region for 2017-2027" by Dr. Jim Clark. Dr. Jim Clark is Dean and Professor at the Florida State University, College of Social Work. He earned a PhD from the University of Chicago, an MSW from the University of Kentucky and a Bachelor’s degree from Sienna College. Dr. Clark’s research interests are in the area of Forensic Social Work, Legal and Ethical Issues and Trauma Informed Translational research. For more information or to sign up for the event, please contact Evelyn Jones at evelyn.jones@eku.edu.