Build Connections on Campus Through the IMPACT Leadership Retreat
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Create a Support Network and Unlock Your Potential
Kick-start your leadership potential alongside other first and second-year students at IMPACT. Spend a weekend at Pompano Beach exploring leadership through team-building and networking activities that will prepare you to lead throughout your time at UM. IMPACT has helped UM students with personal growth, building connections on campus and more for over 10 years. Knowledgeable student leaders from all corners of campus will guide you throughout the weekend to expand your understanding of opportunities on campus and connect you to other students in the IMPACT Leadership family.
Download the application today and submit it to the Butler Center for Service and Leadership (SC 204) before 5:00PM on Wednesday, September 19th.
Have a question? Email leadandserve@miami.edu or call us at 305-284-4483.
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Campus Programs and Events
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Get Your Morning Fix With Scholars
Wake up and smell the coffee! Come get your morning pick-me-up as you learn about how the Civic Scholars Program is a great opportunity to combine passion for service with the value of academic scholarship. It will also be a great opportunity to learn more about other programs that are geared toward first-years in the Butler Center. Join us on Friday, September 14th, 2018 from 10:00AM - 12:00PM in the SC Vista Room. Sign up here now!
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Participant and Site Leader Registration
Join us to participate in the LARGEST day of service on campus! The National Gandhi Day of Service will take place on Saturday, October 13th, 2018: 9:00AM - 3:00PM. Breakfast, lunch, and a t-shirt will be provided! Sign up here now!
Registration ends on Thursday, October 11th, 2018 at 5:00 PM. Please let us know if you have any questions at umgandhiday@gmail.com.
Want to be a site leader? Sign up here! Registration ends on Sunday, September 23rd, 2018 at 11:59PM.
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A Celebration of Women
The Patricia A. Whitely Women’s Leadership Symposium (WWLS) brings the University of Miami community together to empower and celebrate women to create positive change through leadership, community and wellness. The planning committee for WWLS is a core group of students responsible for organizing the event in March 2019. Through regular meetings, members will get to plan the event, explore personal identity, connect with other student leaders, and develop a sense of empowerment. Sign up here.
Applications for the planning committee are due on Monday, September 17th by 5:00PM. Questions? Contact Manvi, the WWLS Chair at leadandserve@miami.edu.
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Nominate An Individual for the Highest Honor at the University of Miami
The Iron Arrow Honor Society was founded in the fall of 1926 and is the highest honor attained at the University of Miami. Each semester, the Iron Arrow Honor Society taps new members from throughout the University of Miami community. Currently, we are welcoming recommendations from the University community to be considered for nomination to Iron Arrow. Iron Arrow accepts individuals from all areas of UM including faculty, staff, alumni, administration, Board of Trustees members, undergraduate, medical, law, and graduate students. If you know of someone who should be considered for Iron Arrow, please fill out the Community Recommendations Form here by Monday, September 24th at 5:00PM. Please email ironarrow@miami.edu if you have any questions.
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Life Alliance Organ Recovery Agency
Join us for a panel discussion that will dispel myths and misconceptions about organ and tissue donation. Panel members include EMTs, Life Alliance Staff and those impacted by organ donation and transplantation.
The event will be held on Wednesday, September 26 from 6:00PM- 8:00PM in the Shalala Student Center East Ballroom - 3rd floor. Refreshments and food will be provided!For more information, please contact Jessica Fisher via email at jjf128@miami.edu. RSVP here!
FREE S'well water bottle for the first 50 to register online.
RAFFLE prize of Apple AirPods for those who complete the survey.
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Participate in a Mock Class
The Intensive English Program is recruiting volunteers to serve as members of a mock class for the International Teaching Assistant (ITA) Training Course. Volunteers will interact with the ITAs enrolled in the course and evaluate mini-lessons, serve as partners for small-talk and role-play activities, and offer insights into the mindset of young domestic college students. This is an opportunity to help orient our ITAs at UM to the UM experience and the American mindset so that they can communicate better. Join us on Thursday, September 13th at 3:30PM in Allen Hall 210.
To sign up or get more details, contact ITA Coordinator, Matt Kaeiser, at MKaeiser@miami.edu or contact the IEP main office at (305) 284-2752 or iep@miami.edu.
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Chipotle for a Cause
Craving Chipotle?! On Monday, September 24th from 5:00PM – 9:00PM, Relay For Life will be raising money for cancer research. Bring in this flyer, show it on your smartphone or tell the cashier you’re supporting the cause to make sure that 33% of all proceeds will be donated to Relay For Life. Join us at the Chipotle at 6290 South Dixie Highway. See you then!
Craving Chipotle but don't want to go there? Get it delivered by a member of Relay For Life by filling out this form!
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COPE- Counseling Outreach Peer Education
COPE will be having its annual recruitment! Starting the first week of September, we will have two information sessions and will release our application. The applications can be found here and are due by Sunday, September 16 at 5:00PM. Additional information can be found on this flyer. For more questions, please emails us at cope@miami.edu or call (305) 284- 5511. See you then!
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Voter Registration Dates and Times
ARE YOU ELECTION READY AND REGISTERED TO VOTE?
The General Election will take place Tuesday, November 6th. Make sure you're Election Ready. Visit www.miamidade.gov/electionready to find out about early voting, registering to vote, and sample ballots.
Early Voting Dates and Times:
Monday, October 22, 2018 - Sunday, November 4, 2018 -- 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
The closest early voting site to campus is located at the following:
Coral Gables Branch Library
3443 Segovia Street, Coral Gables, FL 33134
Find more information about early voting sites in Miami-Dade County visit here.
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Are you registered to vote?
Locations and Times to Register to Vote on Campus:
University Center Breezeway – 10-3pm
Tuesday, September 18th
Wednesday, September 19th
Tuesday, September 25th – National Voter Registration Day
Wednesday, September 26th
Tuesday, October 2nd
Wednesday, October 3rd
Tuesday, October 9th
Richter Library Lobby – 10am-3pm
Wednesday, September 19th
Tuesday, September 25th – National Voter Registration Day
Wednesday, September 26th
Wednesday, October 3rd
Tuesday, October 9th
Dooly Memorial - Outside Classroom 125 – 10:30am-3pm
Wednesday, September 19th
Tuesday, September 25th – National Voter Registration Day
Wednesday, September 26th
Wednesday, October 3rd
Patti & Allan Herbert Wellness Center – Atrium - 10am-3pm
Wednesday, September 19th
Tuesday, September 25th – National Voter Registration Day
Wednesday, September 26th
Wednesday, October 3rd
Tuesday, October 9th
Butler Center for Service and Leadership – Shalala Student Center – 204 – 10am-3pm
Tuesday, September 18th
Wednesday, September 19th
Tuesday, September 25th – National Voter Registration Day
Wednesday, September 26th
Tuesday, October 2nd
Wednesday, October 3rd
Tuesday, October 9th
Law School – Bass Bricks - 12:30pm-1:50pm
Monday, September 17th
Monday, September 24th
Monday, October 8th
Schwartz Center for Athletic Excellence Lobby – 9am-12pm
Monday, September 24th
Student Center Complex - Lakeside Patio and Stage – 10am-3pm
Tuesday, September 25th – National Voter Registration Day
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Volunteer WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS
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Communities In Schools In Miami
It’s time to put on your bowling shoes, and join Communities In Schools of Miami at our Striking Against Striking Out FUNdraiser on Sunday, September 30 at 10:00am at Bird Bowl Bowling Center – 9275 SW 40 Street, Miami, 33165. This is a great opportunity to put together an event for your colleagues or family/friends. Come out and enjoy door prizes and a 50/50 cash raffle. Kids welcome! Cost is $20 adult/$12 child (under 10 years of age) gets each bowler two-hours of bowling, bowling shoes, and a great time. One bowling lane accommodates up to six bowlers. Sign up as a team or individually (we’ll put you on a team). Help us “Fill the Pantries” that day by bringing non-perishable food items and hygiene products! For full event details or to register online, visit http://cismiami.org/events.html.
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Apply to help educate students
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Help to Save Lives
Be The Match operates the national marrow registry for patients with blood diseases – such as Leukemia and Lymphoma – who are in need of a marrow transplant. Each year, 12,000 patients who do not have a match within their family turn to Be The Match to help find an unrelated donor.
Volunteer to participate in our Fanzone on September 27th at 5:00PM at the Hard Rock Stadium in Miami Gardens, FL. Help us spread awareness on how every person in the University of Miami community can potentially save a life by signing up to join here!
For more information, please contact Alison Dos Santos: (919)338-4791 or alison@icla.org or Carlos Wesley: (646)385-0671 or carlos@icla.org.
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Meet with a member of the Butler Center Team
Discover volunteer opportunities with our community partners and student organizations by submitting a volunteer interest form on Orgsync. Whether you’re interested in a continuous opportunity or a one-time event, we will work hard to help you help the community. You’ll have a one-on-one meeting with one of our staff members who will help match you with a volunteer opportunity that is perfect for you. We look forward to meeting with you! To schedule a time with one of the Butler Center staff please click here at this link to fill out the form: https://orgsync.com/66920/forms/79469
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SCHOLARSHIPS AND FELLOWSHIPS
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Connect and Follow the Butler Center
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ABOUT THE BUTLER CONNECTION
The Butler Connection is published once a week on Thursdays during the academic year. It seeks to provide the UM community with leadership and service opportunities on campus and in the Greater Miami area.
The deadline for submitting an event is TUESDAY at 5 pm. Submissions received by this deadline will be included in that week's edition of the Butler Connection.
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS & UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENTS: Please fill out this form to make submissions for the Butler Connection.
COMMUNITY PARTNERS: Only official community partners may have a service or leadership opportunity published on the newsletter. Please contact the Butler Center to learn how to become a community partner. Community partners may submit events through this form to be added to the Butler Connection.
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