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What’s The Word September 22, 2014 Light the Way 2014 Workday September 24, 2014 5:30 – 8:30pm Marian Hall Ballroom Light the Way 2014 is around the corner and UIW will host a workday session on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Marian Hall Ballroom in preparation of the dazzling event. UIW students are eligible to receive on-campus community service hours by updating and replacing Christmas light bulbs. Friends and family over the age of 10 are encouraged to attend as well. Free food and refreshments will be provided for volunteers! To volunteer, visit uiw.edu/lightheway and click on the sign-up link on the right. For more information, please contact Kayla Rice at (210) 829-6001 or [email protected] . U I W G R E E K L I F E N A T I O N A L H A Z I N G P R E V E N T I O N W E E K $6$ $67 '%& ';1 &) .6 /&$ R Greeks are promoting to UIW students this week "National Hazing Prevention Week", September 22-26, 2014. Hazing can happen in non-Greek organizations. Hazing Is A Term Used To Describe Different Ritual And Activities That Involve One Or More Of The Following: Harassment, Abuse, or Humiliation. Spread the word. Take the challenge and pledge to not haze. THINK. DECIDE. ACT.

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What’s The WordSeptember 22, 2014

Light the Way 2014 WorkdaySeptember 24, 20145:30 – 8:30pmMarian Hall Ballroom

Light the Way 2014 is around the corner and UIW will host a workday session on Wednesday, Sept. 24, 5:30-8:30 p.m. in Marian Hall Ballroom  in preparation of the dazzling event. UIW students are eligible to receive on-campus community service hours by updating and replacing Christmas light bulbs. Friends and family over the age of 10 are encouraged to attend as well. Free food and refreshments will be provided for volunteers!To volunteer, visit uiw.edu/lightheway and click on the sign-up link on the right. For more information, please contact Kayla Rice at (210) 829-6001 or [email protected].

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Greeks are promoting to UIW students this week "National Hazing Prevention Week", September 22-26, 2014. Hazing can happen in non-Greek organizations. Hazing Is A Term Used To Describe Different Ritual And Activities That Involve One Or More Of The Following: Harassment, Abuse, or Humiliation. Spread the word. Take the challenge and pledge to not haze.

THINK. DECIDE. ACT.

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A Spooktacular UIW Alumni Association Halloween Event

Sunday, October 26, 2014 3pm – 7pm

In the parking lot beside the UIW Natatorium

RSVP your student group at www.uiwalumni.org/trunkvolunteer

Service hours will be provided for interested student groups!

Decorated vehicle trunks will serve as the backdrop. Come in costume & bring treats to hand

out to kids! For more information contact Steve Hemphill, Assistant Director of Alumni Relations

at 210-805-3595

Need a Venuefor Your Next Formal,Fundraiser, or Event?Look No Furthur than

Call Ivy Summerlin,Director of Private Events and Catering

for More Information

210.698.4816 [email protected]

The Dominion Country ClubAsk About

Our Special Offer for University Students! Saturday, October 11 • Dubuis Lawn

9 a.m.-12:30 p.m. painting

12:30 p.m.-12:45 p.m. clean-up

12:45 p.m.-1:30 p.m. judging, lunch & awards

Deadline to enter: Friday, October 3 by 5 p.m.

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For registration forms or for more info please visit uiw.edu/lighttheway. You can also contact PR special events coordinator, Kayla Rice at [email protected].

Light the WayDISPLAY BOARD CONTEST 2014

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!Study!Trip!to!Turkey!!

May!12!–!24,!2015!!Learn!about!ancient!and!modern!literature!emerging!from!the!Fertile!Crescent,!immerse!yourself!in!an!interfaith!experience,!and!study!the!life!and!significance!of!Mary!in!the!Christian,!Jewish,!and!Muslim!traditions.!

!Meets!ENGL!or!RELS!core!requirement!Courses:!ENGL!2310.12,!ENGL!3399!or!RELS!3399!

Istanbul!

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Ephesus!

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Konya!

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Bursa!

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!Program!Cost:!$4,100!(includes!the!following)!

� International!roundtrip!flight!from!Houston!to!Istanbul!� All!domestic!flights!within!Turkey!� All!local!ground!transportation!in!airEconditioned!buses!� Lodging!in!3!and!4!star!hotels!� All!entrance!fees!to!museums,!sites,!and!shows!� All!meals!(breakfast,!lunch!&!dinner)!

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In!cooperation!with!the!Dialogue!Institute!of!the!Southwest.!http://www.interfaithdialog.org/!

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!For!more!information,!please!contact:[email protected]!210E829E3885!

Dr.!Adrienne!Ambrose!Religious!Studies!Department!ambrosea@uiwtx.edu!210E283E6344!

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FINANCIAL!AID!APPLIES!

PROGRAM!HIGHLIGHTS!

� Topkapi!Palace!� Grand!Bazaar!� Hagia!Sophia!� Antique!City!of!Ephesus!� Tomb!of!Rumi!� Bosphorus!Boat!Tour!� Journalist!&!Writers!Foundation!

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University of the Incarnate Word 2014 Football Schedule

September 27 Southeastern Louisiana*October 4 Houston Baptist*October 11 @ Northwestern State*October 18 Texas LutheranOctober 25 McNeese State*November 1 @ Nicholls*November 8 Sam Houston State* (Senior Night)November 15 @ Lamar*

* indicates Southland Conference gameAll home games played at Benson Stadium

SGA General Assembly

The meeting will consist of budgeting, bills/referendums, student organization updates and anything else that concerns UIW. A Social Hour will follow all General Assemblies. For more information, please contact Desmond Ndikum at (210) 829-3833 or [email protected]

General Assembly Schedule:September 16, 2014

September 30, 2014

October 14, 2014

October 28, 2014

November 11, 2014

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Interested In Greek Life?

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Volunteers Needed!Woodridge Carnival at Woodridge Elementary School Carnival Friday, October 24, from 3-6pm.  

Volunteers are needed to help with the food and game booths. Shifts: 2:30-4pm, 4-5pm, and 5-6:30pm.  

Woodridge Carnival is the largest fundraiser for Woodridge Elementary School in Alamo Heights ISD. This year our primary goal is to raise money for technology in the classroom and library, and updating our school library with new books.

Sign up by October 1! Email: [email protected]

RESIDENCE LIFE SPOTLIGHTRESIDENT ASSISTANT(S) WEEKLY SPOTLIGHT:

RA of the Month: Ruben Gonzalez

RA(’s) of the Week: Jenny Tran Sidney Adams April Rodriguez

RA of the Week is a weekly acheivement that each RA has the opportunity to reach. During the week Residence Life Area Coordinators observe the RA’s work ethic, weekly reports, programs for the halls, etc.

“It’s a time for the RA’S to be appreciated for the work that is unseen” - Mannuel Esquivel

MANUEL ESQUIVELSt. Joes, McCombs, Hillside 2, [email protected]

EMILY URQUIDIDubuis, Agnese, Clement, Marian, Tobin [email protected]

LAUREN PESINAHillside 3, [email protected]

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What’s New

2014 Sr. Charles Marie Frank Lecture: Influencing Diversity in Nursing Education, Practice, Research & LeadershipSpeaker Deidre Woods-Walton, JD, MSN, RN-PHN, President and CEO, National Black Nurses Association, Inc. will present a lecture designed to promote discussion and dialogue about the driving forces for and barriers to creating diversity in the profession of nursing. The lecture will be in the Rosenberg Sky Room on Tuesday, Sept. 23, 12:30-2:30 p.m. Admission is free to the general public, $10 at the door for nurses pursuing continuing education credit and RSVP to the event is requested. For more information, please contact Dr. Cook at (210) 829-3978 or [email protected]. A Blessing of the Animals and Prayer for Creation on the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron of ecologyFrancis taught love for all, care of creation, and peacemaking. UIW is part of the Catholic Climate Change national movement “Care for creation. Care for the poor.” The UIW community is invited to bring their pets, both live and stuffed, for a blessing of the animals and prayer for the creation on Saturday, Oct. 4, 5:30 p.m. at the Grotto. The event is hosted by the “Arts for Christian Worship Class.” To learn more visit http://catholicclimatecovenant.org/ and for more information, please contact Sr. Martha Ann Kirk at [email protected] or (210) 829-3854. Is This My Shangri-La? Life in a Bhutanese Refugee Camp exhibit on display at UIW"Is This My Shangri-La? Life in a Bhutanese Refugee Camp" is an exhibit of photographs by Dr. Lopita Nath, UIW Moody Professor 2014-15, which explores life in the Bhutanese refugee camps in Nepal. The exhibit is on display throughout the Fall semester in Mabee Library's reference room, the AV room, and the periodicals room. For more information, please contact Taylor Fox at (210) 283-6316 or [email protected]. Call for presentations during the October Season of Justice and PeaceIndividuals and groups are invited to propose presentations for the October Season of Justice and Peace which is being organized now. See http://www.uiw.edu/PeaceDay/ for past events and history. Topics are to be related to themes of Catholic Social Teachinghttp://www.cctwincities.org/MajorThemesCatholicSocialTeaching. For more information, please contact Sr. Martha Ann Kirk at [email protected] or Dr. Roger Barnes [email protected].

Identity Theft SeminarMabee Library will host a seminar on identity theft presented by Dawn Field on Thursday, Sept. 18, 6-7:30 p.m. in the Mabee Library Auditorium. For more information, please contact Farhad Moshiri at (210) 829-3842 or [email protected]. Mike Beucler's Wild Game DinnerUIW Men’s Basketball invites you to attend Mike Beucler’s Wild Game Dinner on Wednesday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m.-midnight at John Miller’s Wild Game Room (124 Hwy 46, West Boerne, TX 78006). The event will serve as a fundraiser benefiting the university’s men’s basketball. For more information, please contact Brian Curtis at (210) 283-5052 or [email protected].

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University Events and Student Programs(210) 829-6034

Paul Ayala Director of UESP

Paulina Mazurek

Assistant Director of UESP

Ellyse SanchezStudent Organizations Coordinator

Nataly GutierrezStudent Center Coordinator

Mercedes MorenoGreek Life Coordinator

Do you have an advertisement you want students and/or faculty to see?

Call Campus Life at 210-829-6034 on how to submit your request!

Newsletters are sent once a week and are sent campus wide.

It’s a great day to be alive and be a cardinal!

Cardinals,

We are almost 3 weeks away from Fall Break. The office of Campus Life wishes you the best of luck on your quizes, tests, and homework. There are so many opportunities that are coming up to earn your required community service hours. Greeks are promoting to UIW students this week "National Hazing Prevention Week". Hazing can happen in work places, non-Greek organizations, groups of friends. Hazing Is A Term Used To Describe Different Ritual And Activities That Involve One Or More Of The Following: Harassment, Abuse, or HumiliationSpread the word. Take the challenge and pledge to not haze. THINK. DECIDE. ACT.

Mercedes Moreno UIW Newsletter Editor

Attention Students with AT Parking Permits:

The parking lot will be open for use on Monday September 15th. As a recipient of the ‘AT’ parking decal you will not be allowed to park on the main campus Monday – Thursday (8am-5pm); Campus Police will start issuing parking ticket around the September 18th  to those that are still parking on main campus.

For your convenience there will be shuttle service throughout the day – as of now the shuttle is scheduled to run 6:30am to 8pm

Please note that night time parking is prohibited.