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Issue date: 10/22/07 Section: News
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Department of Communication Disorders
Day brings awareness to stuttering
CMU is honoring International Stuttering Awareness Day with a variety of presentations this week. Booths will have educational information in the Health Professions Building and in the Bovee University Center. The Charles V. Park Library will have two presentations this week. There will be a panel telling stories 7 p.m. Tuesday. The stories will be about panelist's own experiences and the panel will answer questions about stuttering. "Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story" will be presented 7 p.m. Wednesday in the library.
Windows Live Messenger
Two CMU students join non-profit organization
Farmington Hills junior Sara Bloomberg and Howell sophomore Kyle Neeley will host a free pizza event Tuesday at Fabiano Hall to help spread the word and get students to sign up for Windows Live. Money is donated to non-profit organizations for each message sent using Windows Live. The program connects 10 of the biggest non-profit organizations in the world including the American Red Cross and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. The program is designed to help people make a difference without spending their own money. Windows Live is backed by the Microsoft Corp.'s advertising revenue. For more information, visit imforacause.com.
Title IX
Speakers comingto CMU
Cristina Eyers and Kari Odland will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of Title IX in athletics at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the UC Auditorium. The performance is part of the Marge Bulger Sport History Lecture Series. Title IX is a U.S. law that was put in place 1972. It prevents gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs. Admission is free.
Federal Farm Bill
Fluharty to speak on campus
Charles Fluharty, president emeritus and director of the Rural Policy Research Institute, is coming to CMU to speak about the Federal Farm Bill. Fluharty will speak from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the UC's Lake Superior Room. The bill proposes to convert the current priced-based countercyclical program to a revenue-based program that is responsive to actual conditions and provides a strong safety net. The bill also looks to reform and modernize the marketing assistance loan program.
Day brings awareness to stuttering
CMU is honoring International Stuttering Awareness Day with a variety of presentations this week. Booths will have educational information in the Health Professions Building and in the Bovee University Center. The Charles V. Park Library will have two presentations this week. There will be a panel telling stories 7 p.m. Tuesday. The stories will be about panelist's own experiences and the panel will answer questions about stuttering. "Transcending Stuttering: The Inside Story" will be presented 7 p.m. Wednesday in the library.
Windows Live Messenger
Two CMU students join non-profit organization
Farmington Hills junior Sara Bloomberg and Howell sophomore Kyle Neeley will host a free pizza event Tuesday at Fabiano Hall to help spread the word and get students to sign up for Windows Live. Money is donated to non-profit organizations for each message sent using Windows Live. The program connects 10 of the biggest non-profit organizations in the world including the American Red Cross and the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. The program is designed to help people make a difference without spending their own money. Windows Live is backed by the Microsoft Corp.'s advertising revenue. For more information, visit imforacause.com.
Title IX
Speakers comingto CMU
Cristina Eyers and Kari Odland will discuss the benefits and drawbacks of Title IX in athletics at 5 p.m. Tuesday in the UC Auditorium. The performance is part of the Marge Bulger Sport History Lecture Series. Title IX is a U.S. law that was put in place 1972. It prevents gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs. Admission is free.
Federal Farm Bill
Fluharty to speak on campus
Charles Fluharty, president emeritus and director of the Rural Policy Research Institute, is coming to CMU to speak about the Federal Farm Bill. Fluharty will speak from 7 to 8 p.m. Thursday in the UC's Lake Superior Room. The bill proposes to convert the current priced-based countercyclical program to a revenue-based program that is responsive to actual conditions and provides a strong safety net. The bill also looks to reform and modernize the marketing assistance loan program.
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