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Restore UofL receives donations

After approximately $15 million in damage and 90 affected buildings from the Aug. 4 flood, the University of Louisville has started the fundraising campaign, Restore UofL.
Kentucky Representative David Floyd, a state legislator from Bardstown, donated $1,000 to the Restore UofL campaign.
In a press release, Floyd stated, “In Bardstown, we didn’t get a drop of rain from the storm
that flooded parts of Louisville and devastated the U of L campus. When I read the reports, I understood the need was genuine, so I wrote out a check for $1,000 and wanted to challenge others to do the same.”
To match Floyd’s donation, U of L President James Ramsey and Provost Shirley Willihnganz each matched the $1,000 contribution.
The $3,000 combined contributions will help U of L with redoing landscaping, planting trees or assisting employees who lost their cars and other personal items.
For more information go to http://louisville.edu/restoreuofl/

CARDS Lead Lecture Series to begin with Coach Jeff Walz

Leaders from the campus and community will be discussing their thoughts on the lifelong lessons of leadership on Wednesday Sept. 2 from 6-7 p.m. in the Chao Auditorium. The lecture is part of the CARDS Lead Lecture Series that will feature various leaders, beginning with the Women’s Basketball head coach, Jeff Walz. Walz took the women’s basketball team to the their first NCAA final. The CARDS Lead Lecture Series is cosponsored by U of L Athletics, Sigma Alpha Lambda, Alpha Phi Omega and the Office of Civic Engagement, Leadership and Service.

Looking for financial advice?

On Wednesday Sept. 2, the Graduate Student Council and the Women 4 Women Student Chapter will be hosting Finance 4 U. From 5-6 p.m., there will be a dinner and discussion of budgeting, student loans, asset-building and more.  This first meeting is part of a four-part series. Other topics throughout the series will include living on a budget, credit reports and building wealth. Free dinner is served to the participants. Mentors from around the Louisville area will also be paired with a participant in order to give additional advice and support. The other dates of the series are as follows: Sept. 23, Oct. 21 and Nov. 11. To register, go to louisville.edu/rso/gsc/finance-4-u.

Student United Way group interest session

On Thursday Sept. 3, there will be an interest session about the new student group, Student United Way. The informative meeting will be held from 6-7 p.m. in the Student Activities Center, room W307.
According to the Student United Way Web site, “Student United Way is a student-led community change organization through which student leaders advance the common good, develop leadership skills and join the growing LIVE UNITED movement by advocating, volunteering and fundraising on campus and in the community.”
The Web site explains that the program provides an opportunity for students to raise awareness about community issues and support local non-profit organizations.
Another interest session will be held Sept. 8 from 6-7 p.m. in SAC, room W307.

Put on your poker face for the Lady Gaga discussion

On Wednesday Sept. 9, Lada Gaga will become a topic of conversation at the University of Louisville. Diane Pecknold, from the U of L Department of Women’s and Gender Studies, will be speaking at the lecture titled, “Why I Can’t Stop Worrying and Learn to Love Lady Gaga (and Why I’m Still Trying).”
The lecture will be held in the Ekstrom Library Chao Auditorium from 3-4:15 p.m.
This is the first of the fall lecture series presented by the Department of Women’s and Gender Studies. Each lecture is on a Wednesday from 3-4:15 p.m. and is free and open to the public.
Other lectures include the following: “Rude Gon Batty: The Paradox of Dancehall Masculinity,” “Sexed Appeals: Marketing Sexual Consumerism to Women” and a discussion of the intersection between local activists and international advocacy for sexual rights.
Visit https://louisville.edu/wgs/fall-lecture-series.html for more information.

Weekly scheduled online maintenance

Every Friday from 10 p.m. until 2 a.m., there is university scheduled preventative maintenance. Each Friday, Information Technology performs required maintenance. During this time, all enterprise systems may be offline. Enterprise systems include GroupWise, Peoplesoft, ULink and Blackboard. If you are trying to use these programs during this time, you may be taken offline without any notice and work may be lost. For questions, contact the IT Helpdesk at 852-7997.