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The following are news briefs about important activities and events happening at Eastern Michigan University.

Student Employment Job Fair scheduled Sept. 17: The Student Employment Job Fair is Thursday, Sept. 17, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Student Center Patio. The fair allows on-campus employers the opportunity to meet, interview and hire incoming freshmen and currently enrolled students for job positions in their departments. In an effort to offer more part-time job opportunities, some local area employers will be present. For more information, call 487-2419. Employers need to register on the Career Services job postings site. For information, have them call Mary Jones at 487-0400. She will explain to them how to register.

Fall 2009 tuition waiver deadline: The deadline for submitting tuition waivers for Fall 2009 is Friday, Sept. 18. All tuition waivers must be submitted to the Benefits Office. Tuition waivers submitted after Friday, Sept. 18, will not be submitted for approval. For questions, contact Karyn Jones at 487-3195.

McNair Scholars Program: Applications for the McNair Scholars Program are now available. Benefits include a summer research stipend, faculty research mentor, travel expenses for presenting research or graduate school visits, advising and graduate school preparation. The application deadline is Monday, Sept. 21. For eligibility requirements and an application, go to http://www.emich.edu/honors/mcnair/

GIVING BLOOD: A campus
blood drive is scheduled
Sept. 21-23, noon to 6
p.m., room 300, in the
Student Center.

Campus blood drive: A campus blood drive is scheduled Sept. 21-23, noon to 6 p.m., room 300, in the Student Center. Although walk-ins are welcome, it is easier and quicker if donors make an appointment at www.givelife.org. The code is EMU. All donors will receive a free T-shirt. Snacks will be available. Each donor can save up to three lives each time he or she donates. For more information, e-mail Stacie Roseman, at Stacie.roseman@gmail.com or AbejuroG@usa.redcross.org

EMU Department of Public Safety open house: An open house and ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new EMU Department of Public Safety headquarters (in the renovated Hoyt Conference Center) is scheduled Tuesday, Sept. 22. A ribbon-cutting will take place at 10:30 a.m. with tours scheduled from 11 a.m. to noon.

Board of Regents meeting: The EMU Board of Regents meets Tuesday, Sept. 22. The schedule is as follows: Athletic Affairs Committee, 12:45-1:30 p.m., room 201; Faculty Affairs Committee, 12:45-1:30 p.m., 205 Welch Hall; Student Affairs Committee, 1:45-2:30 p.m., 201 Welch Hall; Educational Policies Committee, 1:45-2:30 p.m., 205 Welch Hall; and Finance and Audit Committee, 2:30-4 p.m., 201 Welch Hall; and the regular Board Meeting, 4:15 p.m., Welch Hall. As a result of a time gap between the finance meeting and the board meeting, the board meeting may start 15 minutes earlier. Roy Wilbanks is board chair and Fran Parker is vice chair. For more information, call Jackie Kurtz, 487-2410.

Volunteer Fair scheduled Sept. 23: The Volunteer Fair is scheduled Wednesday, Sept. 23, 11 a.m. to 2 p.m., Student Center Ballroom. This event is for students to explore careers with nonprofit agencies, meet face-to-face with agency representatives, and ask what it's like to work in the nonprofit organization. Students seeking an opportunity to help others in the community are encouraged to attend. Dress appropriately. For more information, call 487-2419.

International student health insurance information: All registered international students with an "F" or "J" visa status will be billed for student health insurance UNLESS they have received an "approved" waiver from Snow Health Center NO LATER than 4 p.m. Sept. 30. For more information, call Pat Short, 487-3048.

LINCOLN REMEMBRANCE: Halle Library hosts
the traveling exhibition, "Lincoln: The
Constitution and the Civil War," through Oct. 9.

Lincoln Traveling Exhibition in Halle Library: The Bruce T. Halle Library helps mark the Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial (1809-2009) as it currently hosts the traveling exhibition "Lincoln: The Constitution and the Civil War" through Oct. 9. The exhibit is open during normal library hours. Only 25 libraries nationwide will be hosting the exhibition and Eastern Michigan University has the distinction of being the first to receive it and the only institution in Michigan to have this honor. For more information (and updates on related programming), go to http://www.emich.edu/halle/news_lincoln.html. You also can contact Robert Stevens, 487-0020, extension 2132, rsteven5@emich.edu; or Mary Murphy, library Administration, 487-0200, extension 2210, mary.murphy@emich.edu

EMU launches comprehensive H1N1 prevention plan: Eastern Michigan University has launched a comprehensive H1N1 prevention plan to minimize risks of the swine flu (H1N1 virus) and seasonal flu. The University's initiatives include providing up-to-date information to faculty, staff, students and parents; contingency planning for continuity of operations in the event of an outbreak; lessons in proper hand washing; offering informational meetings for students and employees; and distributing more than 2,500 bottles of hand sanitizer. For more information on EMU's comprehensive plan, go to http://www.emich.edu/univcomm/releases/090309swine.html

PROMOTE YOUR EVENT: Members
of the EMU community can
promote their events on the
digital billboard, located on I-94
at exit 183.

Promotional space for new digital billboard available: Eastern Michigan University provides content for the new digital billboard, located on I-94 at exit 183, from September through April each year. Members of the EMU community who wish to request advertising/promotional space on the billboard are encouraged to use the online form at emich.edu/digitalboards. There is no charge for advertising on the signs. Placement is not guaranteed. All placements are made at the discretion of the Marketing Office within University Marketing and Communications. For questions, e-mail branding@emich.edu or call 487-2483.