Volunteer in College Woods at the second annual Buckthorn Blitz Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2013. College Woods is being overrun with glossy buckthorn, a non-native invasive shrub that crowds out native plants. Volunteers can help preserve the ecology of this beautiful property, recognized as an outstanding example of the hemlock-hardwood-pine natural community in New Hampshire, by hand-pulling buckthorn. Volunteer for one or both of two sessions (9 – 11:30 a.m. and 1:30 – 3:30 p.m.). 

Rose Moon, a fundraiser for the Museum of Art, will be held Friday, Oct. 4, from 6-8 p.m. at the museum in the Paul Creative Arts Center.

Advance reservations are recommended: $25 for Museum of Art members, $35 non-members. Reservations may be made by calling 2-3712 or at www.unh.edu/moa/.

UNH will host its “Aura - Indulge in Color” Gourmet Dinner at 5 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4, and Saturday, Oct. 5 in the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics building.

“Relaxing in a Madhouse, Paintings by John Angelopoulos, Poems by Charles Simic” opens Friday, Oct. 11, in Milne Special Collection’s Dunleavy Reading Room. On display will be 12 of Angelopoulos’ paintings inspired by the Pulitzer Prize winning poetry of Professor Emeritus and former U.S. Poet Laureate Charles Simic. 

The Office of the Senior Vice Provost for Engagement and Academic Outreach and the Office of Research Development and Communications are hosting an informational meeting on Thursday, Oct. 10, 12:30-1:30 p.m. in MUB Room 302 for tenure-track, extension and research faculty interested in applying to the 2014 Research and Engagement Academy created to enhance faculty scholarly agendas through external funding.  No RSVP necessary. 

The Office of Environmental Health and Safety (OEHS) is offering live fire extinguisher training Friday, Oct. 4, in the Kingsbury Hall courtyard.  

The first session will begin at 8 a.m. and will run every 30 minutes with the last session beginning at 4:30 p.m.  Each session will involve a brief discussion of fire extinguisher use and then each participant will have the opportunity to use a portable fire extinguisher.  

The UNH Police Department will hold an auction Sunday, Oct. 6, at 9 a.m. at 18 Waterworks Road. The list of items includes: 

Various Bikes

2 Men’s Watches

1 Gold Ring

1 Women’s Gold Necklace

4 IPods

1 MP3 Playe

Linda Sprague, Professor Emeritus of operations management at the former Whittemore School of Business and Economics, died Sept. 10. Sprague worked at UNH from 1969 to 2002. 

Sprague also served on the faculties at the School of Industrial & Manufacturing Science at Cranfield University in the U.K, the Graduate School of Business at Stanford University, the International Institute for Management Development in Switzerland, and IESE in Barcelona, Spain. She was a founding professor of the National Center for Industrial Science and Technology Management (at Dalian), China.

The OS Council professional development committee, in partnership with Human Resources, is offering “Coaching for Performance- Skills Building Workshop” an interactive workshop for Operating Staff presented by HR partner Meghan Proctor (Facilities), Oct. 8 and Oct. 9, and Oct. 16 and 17. 

The workshop, conducted in two 90-minute sessions, will focus on enhancing skills essential to the coaching methodology. (For employees who have already participated in the pilot training as well as for new learners.) 

Drawings by faculty and lecturers in the art history department will be on view in the Visual Resource Center until the end of the school year. This exhibition, part of the “Year of Drawing” in the art department, explores the importance and impact of drawing as part of artistic process.