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Reminder:

The 2013-14 Foundation Scholarship Application is due Monday, April 1st. Please make sure that you include two signed letters of recommendation with your application to be considered for scholarships. Also, if the recommendations are from a business or from EKU, please make sure that they are on official letterhead.

Also, remember, if you will be a sophomore next fall, please print and apply for the Retention scholarship. The deadline for the application, letter of recommendation, and essay is due May 1st.

If you have any questions, please feel free to call or email our office.

Due to inclement weather, the Safety Walk has been postponed. The new date is to be announced.

Can you think of an instructor who inspires you, motivates you, helps you when you are struggling with material, gets you excited about course material or assists you in reaching higher than you ever expected? If so you have an opportunity to recognize these instructors through the Golden Apple Awards. The Golden Apple Award is given to a professor in each of the five colleges and other University Programs in recognition of going above and beyond their responsibilities as a professor and demonstrating excellence in teaching. Please go to http://housing.eku.edu/2013-golden-apple-nomination-form to nominate a professor you feel has made a positive impact on your college career!

Please make your nominations by April 1st, 2013.

The Student Affairs Office is looking to find a student employee that is institutionally funded. Tasks include answering phones, filing, copying, shredding, and any other project or task assigned. If interested please click on "More on this Announcement" and apply for job listing 0613171. The pay rate is $7.25/hr.

As part of First Amendment Week, political science professors Paul Foote, Matthew Howell, and Jane Rainey will lead a discussion about the Supreme Court's 1963 decision banning officially sponsored prayer and devotional Bible reading in public schools.

Topics to be discussed include what the Court majority really said and why, what the Court dissent said and why, what the critics said, subsequent school prayer rulings by the Court, and current issues involving official sponsorship of religion in public schools.

All are invited.

We asked for your best workouts and exercises you can do..without going to the gym. Check out some of the best responses - you'll get some great new ideas for workouts you can use: http://readsh101.com/gymfreeexercises_extras.html

If you would like to subscribe to Student Health 101 and receive the online newsletter via your EKU email account, contact Meghan Scott.

EKU's music department will host a guest piano recital on Monday, April 1st at 8pm in the Brock Auditorium. Free and open to the public.

The EKU Department of Music, The EKU Division of Guitar Studies, The EKU Guitar Society, and D'Addario Strings proudly present International Guitar Competition Winner, Marcin Dylla. Join us on Tuesday, March 26th at 8pm in the Gifford Theater. Advanced tickets are available in Foster room 101 and are $15 for adults, $10 for seniors, and $7 for students.

Visit www.guitar.eku.edu or contact dennis.davis@eku.edu for more information.

Visit EKU Libraries' online resources to explore PsycTESTS, a research database that provides access to psychological tests, measures, scales, surveys, and other assessments as well as descriptive information about each test, its development and administration.

EKU music students Chelsea Ford and Tyler Jones will perform a joint trumpet recital on Tuesday, March 26th at 6pm in the Gifford Theater. Free and open to the public.

Join us for EKU’s annual campus wide health fair on March 27, 2013 starting at 9 am. The health fair is open to all students, faculty & staff.

Take advantage of free preventive health screenings and get great information about a variety of health wellness topics!

If you have any questions about the upcoming health fair, call 622-7218.

Come climbing trees with AP. Our Recreational Tree Climbing use arborists tools to ascend into the upper parts of the tree via ropes and knots and harnesses. This workshop takes place in the Ravine, but meets at the Fitness and Wellness Center. We'll get you going with our expert instruction.

Work on your balance while strengthening your core at the same time. Learn to walk across a 1” piece of webbing that is anchored between two trees!