Volunteers needed for blood drive

The Oklahoma Blood Institute is looking for volunteers to help recruit and register bone marrow donors before all home football games this season. The drives are held outside of the Oklahoma Memorial Union and volunteers can call OBI Volunteer Services at 419-1328 or e-mail Julie Davis at jdavis@obi.org.

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Museum director to discuss phenomena

A visiting lecturer, Liba Chaia Taub, will discuss historical views of natural phenomena in a free session at 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Associates Room of the Oklahoma Memorial Union.

Taub, director and curator of the University of Cambridge’s Whipple Museum, will lecture on “The Living Body and the Earth: Analogy or Metaphor in Ancient Physical Explanations?” The event is sponsored by the History of Science Department in the College of Arts and Sciences.

For more information, e-mail Steve Livesey at slivesey@ou.edu or call 325-2213.

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Oklahoma foundation honors staff member

OU staff member Les Risser received the 2009 Distinguished Service Award from the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence and was honored for her commitment to public education and contributions to the foundation.

Risser works as a development director for the university and oversees the Women in Philanthropy initiative.

The foundation is a nonprofit organization that recognizes and encourages academic excellence in Oklahoma’s public schools.

Risser also serves as a board member of the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History and previously served as director of Academic Outreach.

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Dedication ceremony set for Wagner Hall

Lissa and Cy Wagner Hall will be dedicated in a public ceremony Thursday.

The ceremony to dedicate the academic services building will begin at 1:30 p.m. and will feature several OU speakers, including President David Boren.

“The dedication of this building, which will bring together under one roof many of the academic services available to students, is an important milestone for the university and a building block for excellence,” Boren said.

The 35,000-square-foot center includes an advising center for all student advisers in University College, student writing and computer labs, learning services and tutoring, the Graduation Office and several study areas.

The building is named in honor of the Wagners’ scholarship endowment and is located northeast of the business college Price Hall.

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