LIFE IN BRIEF: Honors director chosen

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Honors director chosen

Phame Camarena is the new director of the CMU Honors Program. Camarena, the current chairman of the human environmental studies department, will take over Aug. 18, replacing James Hill. No replacement has been chosen for Camarena’s position.

Relay for Life

Relay for Life, a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society, takes place from 4 p.m. April 23 until 7 a.m. April 24. Those interested in participating can sign up a team or join another team through the Relay for Life Web site at www.relayforlife.org/cmumi. The Relay for Life Kickoff takes place at 7 p.m. Monday in the Bovee University Center Rotunda, where individuals can receive more information about the event. For more information, e-mail cmurelay@gmail.com.

Tax assessment workshop

Isabella County homeowners can attend a tax assessment workshop that begins at 7 p.m. Feb. 8 at the Comfort Inn, 2424 S. Mission Street. The workshop is being conducted by State Sen. Alan Cropsey, R-DeWitt, and Rep. Brian Calley, R-Portland, and is for homeowners who believe they are being over-assessed on their property taxes. The event is sponsored by state lawmakers and will explain how to appeal tax assessments, step-by-step. It will provide property owners with information to understand why property tax bills rise when property values fall. For more information, contact Cropsey’s office at (517) 373-3760.

Advanced materials seminar

A seminar will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. Friday in Dow 107. The seminar is on “Development of Coated Hydrogels for Controlled Release Applications in Agriculture” and is hosted by Arun Nadarajah from the Department of Bioengineering at the University of Toledo. For more information, contact Jessica Lapp with the Advanced Materials Research Initiative at lapp1jw@cmich.edu or (989) 774-2221.

Play continues

“Double Take: The Dumb Waiter and the Vortex,” a CMU theatre production, will start at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday in Moore Hall’s Theatre-on-the-side.  The evening will be in macabra as two men face their existential fate, two generations apart. The play was written by playwright Harold Pinter. Vortex presents a mysterious shaman and a desperate gunman who meet on the top of a mesa in Sedona, Ariz. Vortex is a winner of the Kennedy Center’s National One Act Competition and written by Wade Sheeler. The play will be directed by Neil Vanderpool. Seating is general admission and on a first-come, first-serve basis and contains strong adult language and violence. For tickets, call the University Central Box Office at 774-3000 or Centralboxoffice.cmich.edu. Tickets are $7 for general admission and $5 for students and seniors. For more information, contact Jim Hickerson at University Theatre at hicke1jr@cmich.edu or 774-3874.

Night of Louisiana

The 19th annual Night of Louisiana will begin at 7 p.m. Saturday in Finch Fieldhouse. The event is hosted by Central Michigan University Public Radio and University Events and will feature “The Pine Leaf Boys” and “Lil’ Nathan and the Zydeco Big Timers.” Tickets are $20 in advance and $25 at the door. For tickets, call the CMU Box Office at (888) 268-0111. For more information, contact Sarah Adams at WCMU by e-mailing wcmu-pr@cmich.edu or calling (989) 774-3105.