34 Florida International University Magazine WINTER 2008 UPCOMING EVENTS<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< Alumni Events Panthers For Hire: Alumni Career Fair FIU Dance Theatre Department presents “Pericles” When: Tuesday, Feb. 3, 6-9 p.m. Where: Graham Center Ballrooms at University Park Contact: Vanessa Baldomero in Alumni Relations at vbaldome@fiu.edu. When: Jan. 29-31 Where: Wertheim Main Stage at UP When: March 5-15 Where: Wertheim Main Stage at UP FIU Dance showcases a variety of dance styles and original choreography featuring students and faculty. A staging of Shakespeare’s timeless adventure of a family separated and reunited by the power of the sea. 8th Annual Torch Awards Gala Contact: Call 305-348-0496 or visit http://carta.fiu.edu. Contact: Call 305-348-0496 or visit http://carta.fiu.edu. When: Saturday, Feb. 28, 6 p.m. Where: Graham Center Ballrooms at UP 12th Annual Dance Marathon 5th Annual FIU Relay for Life When: Jan. 31-Feb. 1 Where: Recreation Center at UP When: March 6-7 Where: FIU Stadium at UP The 25-hour 2009 FIU Dance Marathon, the largest student fund-raiser at FIU, will help raise funds for the Miami Children’s Hospital Foundation. The entire FIU community is encouraged to walk the talk at the annual fund-raiser benefiting the American Cancer Society. The FIU Alumni Association hosts its annual gala to salute the accomplishments of the university’s alumni. Theatre alumna and “American Idol” Top 3 finalist Syesha Mercado performs. Contact: Office of Alumni Relations at 305-348-3334 or alumni@fiu.edu. Order of the Torch 6th Annual Student Leadership Reception When: Wednesday, March 4, 12:30 p.m. Where: Ronald W. Reagan Presidential House at UP The FIU Alumni Association recognizes the work of the presidents and vice presidents of on-campus organizations. Contact: Dianne Cordova in Alumni Relations at dcordova@fiu.edu. Contact: For more information, call 305-348-2149 or visit http://www.fiu.edu/~dm. Wednesday After Hours Concerts When: Feb. 4, March 4, April 1 Where: The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at UP When: Where: Jan. 5-30 Wertheim Concert Hall at University Park and other South Florida locations FIU Music presents performances featuring students, faculty/staff and guest artists. Contact: Call 305-348-0496 or visit http://carta.fiu.edu. MFA Exhibition When: Friday, March 13 Where: The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum at UP Graduate art students show their most recent works. FIU Music presents a series of concerts held on the first Wednesday of the month during the spring semester. Contact: Call 305-348-0496 or visit http://carta.fiu.edu. Contact: Call 305-348-0496 or visit http://carta.fiu.edu. Wolfsonian-FIU exhibition University Events World Music Festival Contact: Beverly Dalrymple at 305-348-6995. Theatre Department presents “The Birds” When: Feb. 12-22 Where: Wertheim Main Stage at UP A free-flying musical adaptation of Aristophanes’ classic Greek comedy, featuring showgirls, computer geeks and a Vegas lounge act. Contact: Call 305-348-0496 or visit http://carta.fiu.edu. “American Streamlined Design: The World of Tomorrow” features 180 examples of furniture, ceramics, metalwork, plastics, graphic design and archival design books. When: Through May 17 Where: The Wolfsonian-FIU, 1001 Washington Ave., Miami Beach Contact: For more information, call 305-531-1001 or visit www.wolfsonian.org. Qualified individuals with disabilities as defined under the Americans with Disabilities Act who need special accommodations for any FIU-sponsored event can request assistance by calling the phone number listed for the function or via Florida Relay Service at 800-955-8771. Requests must be made five working days before the event. 1. FIU professors Richard Olson and Juan Pablo Sarmiento entered into a $4.5 million agreement with the United States Agency for International Development to provide communities across Latin America and the Caribbean technical expertise to assess their vulnerabilities in the face of natural disasters. 3. Madhavan Nair, professor and chair of Immunology in the College of Medicine and associate dean of Biomedical Research at FIU, received the National Institutes of Health prestigious MERIT (Method to Extend Research In Time) Award, doubling the duration and amount of his existing five-year $1.7 million NIH grant. 2. Last spring, Maija Renko became the first Golden Panther to earn a Ph.D. in management with a concentration in entrepreneurship. 4. As of Sept. 25, FIU student-athletes had completed more than 100 hours of community service in the fall semester. The teams with the most hours as of that date were the baseball and women’s soccer teams. 5. College of Law graduates placed second among Florida’s 10 law schools in passage rate of first-time Florida bar exam takers last July. Their passage rate was 90.6 percent. 6. The College of Business Administration became the only Florida school to earn a Top 15 spot in U.S.News and World Report’s “America’s Best Colleges 2009,” in the international business Alumni, submit your favorite FIU Points of Pride and they may appear in an upcoming issue of FIU Magazine. Send your submissions to alumni@fiu.edu.