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Battle of the Talents to conclude food drive

Ajani Oyindamola — Tue, 01 Nov 2016 13:51:33 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock Reach 13,000 Food Drive will wrap up with a talent show highlighting the skills of talented ��Vlog��ýLR artists and performers.�� The Battle of the Talents will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3, at the Donaghey Student Center Fitness Center. Admission is $10 or 10 nonperishable food items. Performers include Kyra Hatley, the Dynamic Duo, Nesha B, Infinity, Alycia Osagie, Ethan Bowen, and L.O.V.E. Gospel Choir. Food collected during the campaign, which will run through Nov. 4, will be donated to the ��Vlog��ýLR Trojan Food Pantry, Staff Senate’s Helping Hands, the 12th Street Clinic, and the . ��Vlog��ýLR student organization and departments can also participate in a campus-wide competition to see who collects the most items for the food drive. At the end of the campaign, the winners will receive a trophy, honoring their dedication to fighting hunger. Departments can request a food drive donation box by. For more information, contact Amber Standridge at 501.569.8240 or anstandridge@ualr.edu.

Reach 13,000 Food Drive to kick off with Constitution Day Sept. 16

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 12 Sep 2016 19:12:52 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock’s Reach 13,000 Food Drive will begin on Constitution Day. From 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, in the Donaghey Student Center Foyer, visitors can register to vote and receive free constitution handouts. A piece of duct tape also will be used to tape graduate assistant Dillon Nash to a wall for each $1 or nonperishable food item donated to the campaign. The goal of the Reach 13,000 campaign is to collect 13,000 nonperishable food items, which will be donated to the ��Vlog��ýLR Trojan Food Pantry, Staff Senate’s Helping Hands, the 12th Street Clinic, and the Arkansas Food Bank. The campaign will run through Nov. 4. A new element of the campaign is a campus-wide competition to see which ��Vlog��ýLR student organization and department collects the most items to the food drive. At the end of the campaign, the winners will receive a trophy in honor of their dedication to fighting hunger. Departments can request a food drive donation box by. The campaign will continue with the ��Vlog��ýLR Fall Festival and Kickball Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 8, at the Coleman Sports and Recreation Complex. The day’s events will begin with the Fall Festival from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., while the kickball tournament will begin at 3 p.m. The family friendly Fall Festival will feature games, arts and crafts, and face painting. Admission is $5 or five nonperishable food items per person. Those who are interested in sponsoring a table at the Fall Festival can do so by filling out an. To participate in the Kickball Tournament, visit theto register a team of nine to 12 players. The team entry fee is a donation of 60 nonperishable items or $100. The Reach 13,000 campaign will end in style with the sixth annual Battle of the Talents from 7 to 9 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 3. The location will be announced at a future date. Admission will be $10 or a donation of 10 non-perishable food items. Auditions for the talent show will run Oct. 3-14. Those who are interested in auditioning for the talent show can do so by filling out this.

Reach 13K Kickball Tournament rescheduled for Sept. 10

Ajani Oyindamola — Mon, 15 Aug 2016 17:50:04 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock sixth annual Reach 13,000 Kickball Tournament has been rescheduled for Saturday, Sept. 10, at the ��Vlog��ýLR Coleman Sports and Recreation Complex. Reach 13,000 Food Drive is a Chancellor’s Leadership Corps nonperishable food drive and ��Vlog��ýLR service project. A portion of the proceeds and donated food items will go to the ��Vlog��ýLR Trojan Food Pantry and a local food bank. To participate in the competition, visit the tournament’s website to create a team by Tuesday, Sept. 6. Teams consist of nine to 12 players. All teams are co-ed and must have at least three female and three male players. At least one team member must be associated with the university. The team entry fee is a donation of 60 nonperishable items or $100. Teams can arrive at 3:30 p.m. to hand in the entry fee and/or nonperishable items. The first game will begin at 4:15 p.m. Dinner will be provided.

��Vlog��ýLR welcomes students back to campus with Trojan Daze Week

Ajani Oyindamola — Fri, 12 Aug 2016 13:55:49 +0000

Thousands of students are returning to the University of Arkansas at Little Rock Saturday, Aug. 13, for a new school year, and there will be plenty of free activities to welcome them back to campus. The move-in day return to campus will begin at 8 a.m. Saturday, followed by the parent dinner for students and their parents from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Diamond Café.

Freshman Convocation

On Tuesday, Aug. 16, Freshman Convocation welcomes all new students to campus with feature presentations by university leaders. Faculty members participate in regalia as a show of support and commitment to the success of ��Vlog��ýLR students. The event will be held at 10 a.m. in the University Theatre in the ��Vlog��ýLR Center for Performing Arts.��Interim Chancellor Dr. Zulma Toro will offer the university welcome and Dr. Julien Mirivel will deliver the keynote address.�� After convocation, students can get in the Trojan spirit with lunch, a pep rally, and an organizational fair from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the DSC Mall. They also can catch “Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Justice” at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Donaghey Student Center Ledbetter Hall. Students can begin the first day of school with free donuts and coffee from 8 to 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 17, in the Donaghey Student Center Foyer. In the evening, students can attend a karaoke session at 7 p.m. in the Donaghey Student Center Ledbetter Hall. The official campus kickoff for the new academic year is the University Assembly Meeting from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday, Aug. 18, in DSC Ledbetter Hall. During the assembly, ��Vlog��ýLR will welcome its new chancellor, Dr. Andrew Rogerson. In addition, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Zulma Toro will discuss the new student success initiative, the Trojan Experience, the university’s diversity and inclusion plan, and enrollment. The weekend will begin with tailgating at 6 p.m. Friday, Aug. 19, at the ��Vlog��ýLR Coleman Sports Complex, followed by the first women’s soccer match against Northwestern State at 7 p.m. Other welcome back activities include T-shirt exchanges, Trojan Wars, ice cream with ��Vlog��ýLR Public Safety, and Meet the Greeks. For a complete list of back-to-school activities, visit the Trojan Daze website. In the upper right photo, ��Vlog��ýLR students move to campus during the 2015 Move-in Day. Photo by Lonnie Timmons III/��Vlog��ýLR Communications.��

Campus-wide food drive supports future ��Vlog��ýLR food pantry

Taylor Aldana — Wed, 30 Sep 2015 14:19:18 +0000

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is launching a food pantry that organizers expect will fill a need for hundreds of people on campus. While ��Vlog��ýLR’s food pantry doors aren’t slated to open until January, the organization already is collecting items through a partnership with the ��Vlog��ýLR Reach 13,000 Food Drive. “I believe this will prove what a caring campus we are,” said Dr. Lillian Wichinsky, founder of ��Vlog��ýLR’s food pantry and professor of social work. “Hungry students can’t learn, and hungry staff don’t do their best work.” According to the , “food insecurity” is an issue on college and university campuses that’s a barrier to student success, particularly with many students supporting families and working full time. The organization notes that hunger issues cut through demographic statuses, enrollment levels, and geographic locations. “Based on estimates from other schools, we expect about 200 people a month to access the pantry,” Wichinsky said. “This will mean we will need a lot of food items.” Any ��Vlog��ýLR organization or department can get involved in the campus-wide Reach 13,000 Food Drive competition while helping stock the new food pantry. Reach 13,000 is a Chancellor’s Leadership Corps non-perishable food drive and ��Vlog��ýLR service project. Last year, the drive generated 15,000 donations with help from ��Vlog��ýLR organizations, departments, staff, and faculty. The ��Vlog��ýLR Student Government Association began the Reach 13,000 Food Drive competition seven years ago. For the past five years, the Chancellor’s Leadership Corps has continued the tradition. After the pantry becomes established, organizers would like to eventually expand the effort to include perishable items such as fresh fruits, vegetables, and meat. The pantry will be located in the old field house behind the Donaghey Student Center and will be open two days a week. Organizers are relying on the help of student organizations and the campus community to get the word out as well as to collect and distribute food and stock shelves. Track the progress of Reach 13,000 The ��Vlog��ýLR community can track the progress of the Reach 13,00 Food Drive by watching the food stockpile grow next to the Information Desk in the Donaghey Student Center below the staircase. ��Vlog��ýLR students are encouraged to drop items off in Administration North, Suite 202, in the Chancellor’s Leadership Corps Office. The collected items will be taken to the display in Donaghey Student Center. The department that collects the most food items for Reach 13,000 will receive a free pizza party.��To participate, all that is needed is a collection box, which may be requested here.�� The project lasts from August to November. Weekly collections began Sept. 14 and will end Nov. 6. There are many items suggested for donation each year: canned corn, green beans, yams, chicken broth, cream of mushroom and cream of chicken soup, and cranberry sauce, as well as macaroni and cheese, cornbread mix, stuffing mix, green peas, black-eyed peas, rice, potatoes, cake mix, cake frosting, pumpkin pie filling, and Kool-Aid. Organizers typically seek nonperishable items other than ramen noodles, which often are oversupplied during food drives. For more information about the food drive, contact Nick Steele at nlsteele@ualr.edu or 501-569-8240.

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