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Decorate a Peace of Cloth Contest

**sponsored by UWM and Midwest Airlines **

Be creative…paint, sew, quilt, twist, embellish, configure a piece of muslin in anyway you wish!

Register, pick up muslin cloth and pay $10 entry fee in room Engelmann 122 on Wednesday, September 21, 10-noon, 3-5:30pm, or by appointment (call 229-3787 to schedule).

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Fundraiser supports Hurricane Katrina recovery efforts

Project co-chairs Mariann Maris, Nancy Warner, Andrea Simpson, Nancy Mack and Pauli Taylorboyd, with assistance from Midwest Airlines, have gathered together some of the volunteers from past Chancellor’s auctions to develop a creative opportunity for UWM to assist individuals affected by Katrina.

The result is the “Decorate a Peace of Cloth Project.” UWM employees, students and alumni are invited to decorate a one-yard piece of muslin that will be sold or auctioned off on Tuesday, Dec. 13, in the Helene Zelazo Center for the Performing Arts on campus. The entry fee is $10. Proceeds from the event will be donated to the Red Cross and Salvation Army.

The pieces of muslin to be used for the art pieces can be picked up in Engelmann Hall, Room 122, on Wednesday, Sept. 21, from 10 a.m. to noon or 3 to 5:30 p.m., or by appointment after Sept. 21.

What can you make? Anything, as long as the piece of original cloth with the stamp on it is visible.

You can deliver your completed art piece to the UWM Alumni House, 3230 E. Kenwood Blvd., on Nov. 25 from 9 to 11 a.m., Nov. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon, or Nov. 28 from 3 to 5 p.m. Nov. 28 is the deadline to submit art pieces. If you want to submit your art earlier, please call Andrea Simpson, 906-4663, to arrange a time.

Anyone wishing to submit their art for judging will be eligible to win two round-trip tickets to any Midwest Airlines destination (some restrictions apply). If you prefer not to submit your piece for judging, simply indicate so on the attached application form.

In a small way, our piece of cloth reflects the peace we wish to bring to Mississippi, Louisiana and Alabama. Please try and reflect that community to community spirit in your art.

Additional Requests for Housing

The University has received several new requests for housing from students who were displaced by the hurricane. Please contact Judy Dollhausen at 229-4038 if you are interested in hosting a student.

UWM Emergency Relief Fund

An emergency relief fund for displaced students who enroll at UWM is now  ready to accept donations. As of Monday, September 12, UWM has admitted 22 students whose educational plans were disrupted by Hurricane Katrina.  The UWM Emergency Relief Fund will provide some financial support for things like textbooks, clothing, and  other personal items that will help students adjust to their new circumstances. This is a general student emergency fund, so any funds that don't get used this year will go toward helping future students who are experiencing life crises.

Contributions can be made online at http://emergencyfund.uwm.edu or by sending a check to the UWM Foundation, 3230 E. Kenwood Blvd, Milwaukee, WI 53211. Donors should indicate on their check that the contribution is for the UWM Emergency Relief Fund.

Knights of Columbus Lunch Fundraiser

The campus Knights of Columbus student organization has a fundraiser going on today (Septermber 14) to benefit evacuees housed at State Fair Park. Until 5 pm today, the group is selling burgers and soda from a stand just west of Chapman Hall.

Housing Assistance

A number of faculty, staff, and students have expressed interest in opening their homes to students who have been displaced by the hurricane. Those interested in hosting a student should send an e-mail to Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Mary Roggeman at roggeman@uwm.edu.

Textbook Fund

The Department of Africology intends to do its part to the fullest and shall be collecting some monies that could help defray textbook costs for displaced students invited to enroll at UWM.

Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, PhD

Professor and Chair,

Department of Africology

The Department of Africology intends to do its part to the fullest and shall be collecting some monies that could help defray textbook costs for displaced students invited to enroll at UWM.

Patrick Bellegarde-Smith, PhD

Professor and Chair,

Department of Africology

Habitat for Humanity

UWM's Habitat for Humanity organization will be taking hurricane-reflief donations at four upcoming Union Sociocultural Events.  Volunteers will be taking cash and checks made out to Habitat for Humanity at UWM.  If you have any other questions or comments, please e-mail habitat@uwm.edu .

Black Elephant on September 8th, 9-11pm, Gasthaus

Lyrical Sanctuary September 14, 8-10:30pm, Union Art Gallery

We Six September 20th, noon-1:30pm, Union Ballroom

UWM Jazz ensemble September 29, noon-1pm, Spaights Plaza

UWM's Habitat for Humanity organization will be taking hurricane-reflief donations at four upcoming Union Sociocultural Events.  Volunteers will be taking cash and checks made out to Habitat for Humanity at UWM.  If you have any other questions or comments, please e-mail habitat@uwm.edu .

Black Elephant on September 8th, 9-11pm, Gasthaus

Lyrical Sanctuary September 14, 8-10:30pm, Union Art Gallery

We Six September 20th, noon-1:30pm, Union Ballroom

UWM Jazz ensemble September 29, noon-1pm, Spaights Plaza

About this Feature

This discussion area has been created so that members of the campus community can inform one another about university, department and unit-level hurricane relief efforts.

Please e-mail information about your efforts to Laura Pedrick at lpedrick@uwm.edu for posting. Call 229-3203 if you have any questions.

This discussion area has been created so that members of the campus community can inform one another about university, department and unit-level hurricane relief efforts.

Please e-mail information about your efforts to Laura Pedrick at lpedrick@uwm.edu for posting. Call 229-3203 if you have any questions.