Fall 2006 Events

Meeting Dates: October 11th (5PM / Honors Common Room), November 8th (5PM / Student Union Rm 323 / Pizza & Drinks provided), December 6th (Social/ Ice Skating / TBA)

Service Events

Our motto is "Reading is Leading" so we will do activities centered around reading. Ideas are reading to elementary school children or at the public library or having a book drive. Also, we may team with Habitat for Humanity if there is enough interest

KIDS FAIR: (w/ Shaw JCC of Akron) We will probably end up one of twenty-five booths scattered throughout KidsFair's two floors where we can host reading-related activities and crafts for the kids. November 5th, 10AM - 5:30PM, John S. Knight Center. We will be having three shifts; please send an e-mail with your name, email, phone number, if you would need a ride or not, and preferred shift: 9:30AM-12:30PM, 12:15PM-3:00PM, 2:45PM-5:30PM. For more information on the fair: KIDS FAIR

Trick-or-Treat for UNICEF: Instead of collecting candy, we will trick-or-treat for money in Green. Money collected will be turned over to UNICEF (Unicef). This will be a fun opportunity where we can dress up in fun costumes. Anyone is welcome, including non-members. Invite all of your friends. If you are interested please send an e-mail with your name, email, phone number, and if you would need a ride or not. Time is TBA.

International Institute: II is a non-profit organization that serves the community by assisting foreign-born persons adjust to life in the U.S. while preserving ethnic identities and promoting community understanding and acceptance of the contributions of diverse cultures. Book Buddies is the program we will get involved in and it runs on Fridays from 3:00-4:30pm. For more information, their website is www.IIAkron.org, or contact is Bernie Kunos at berniekunos@aol.com. Anyone is welcome, including non-members. Invite all of your friends. If you are interested please send an e-mail with your name, email, phone number, and if you would need a ride or not.

Migrant Day Care: More on this later. E-mail Heather DiCross for more information

Spring 2007 Events

Meeting Dates TBA

Application and Membership Selection: We will advertise for the application for Mortar Board on ZipMail after Thanksgiving. Deadline will be on Febuary 23rd to give applicants enough time to submit them. We will try to post online applications to get rid of the hassle of finding the submission box. Membership selection should be decided on March 9th, needing 75% of the members agreement to accept an applicant.

Tapping: We will need all members to volunteer for this. Tapping days will be on March 27 and 28.

Induction Ceremony - This is our biggest event. We will have lunch set up on March 31st.

Faculty Tea - An old UA Mortar Board tradition. Each member is encouraged to invite a favority faculty member in order to recognize them for their excellence and service. Each faculty member invited will receive an award. Julianne will be planning this, so please send all suggestions her way. The event will be held on April 27th, a Friday.

Book Sale - The book sale is Mortar Board's bread and butter. We will be contacting faculty and friends to donate books throughout the year which we will in turn sell for a small fee (usually $1) in order to raise funds for a charity of our choice. We have had a lot of success in the past with this event and last year we raised over $600. Students will be asked to both help collect books and run the book drive, which is always held in the Student Union. We've decided on the last full week of January (Jan 23-25, T-Th). First, we will need volunteers to help collect books near the end of this semester and than we will need volunteers to help sell. Sign-Up for this will be posted later in the year.