Monday, December 8
8 a.m. until Gone!
Library

Sponsored by the
Library & Student Life!
Part of Avila Stress Relief Week!

Monday, December 8
12:00 p.m. - 2:00p.m.
Whitfield Conference Room

Join us for:

• Henna designs
  
• FREE exotic ethnic foods
  
• Islamic music

Brought to you by SASA

Tuesday, December 9
11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Marian Lounge

Sponsored by GAP & Wellness
Part of Avila Stress Relief Week!

Music, Food, Prizes & Fun!

Sunday, December 14
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.
Marian Dining Room

Sponsored by Student Life &
Great Western Dining Services!

FREE COFFEE AND LAMAR’S DONUTS!
Monday, December 8, 8:00 a.m. until gone, Library
Enjoy free coffee and delicious LaMar’s donuts!
Sponsored by the Library and Student Life
  
DIG FOR TREASURE! WIN A PRIZE!
Monday, December 8, 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m., Outside Marian Center Dining Room.
EVERYONE is a winner as you dig for treasure and relieve stress!
Sponsored by PEACH and Wellness

FREE NECK AND BACK MASSAGES!
Tuesday, December 9, 11:00a.m.-3:00p.m., Marian Lounge
Relax yourself with a free massage!
Sponsored by Wellness & GAP
 
COPING WITH GRIEF & LOSS OVER THE HOLIDAYS!
Tuesday, December 9, 4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., Hodes Seminar Room #150
Learn how to cope with grief and loss over the holidays.
Sponsored by Health & Counseling Services

AVILA BASKETBALL GAMES!
Thursday, December 11, Mabee Fieldhouse
5:30 p.m. – Avila Women vs. Graceland University
7:30 p.m. – Avila Men vs. Graceland University
Sponsored by Avila Athletics

FREE AVILA WINTER CHORAL CONCERT!
Friday, December 12, 7:00 p.m., Goppert Theatre
Take a break and enjoy this amazing winter choral concert!
Sponsored by the Avila Music Department

FREE LATE NIGHT FINALS BREAKFAST!
Sunday, December 14, 9:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m., Marian Dining Room
Feed your mind and body with free breakfast food!
Make your own stress ball!
Sponsored by Student Life and Great Western Dining Services
 
COME AND TAKE A BREATH AND ALLOW GOD TO BREATHE LIFE INTO YOUR DAY!
Foyle Hall Chapel is open Monday, December 8 to Friday, December 12, 7:00a.m. to 8:00p.m. Make use of this quiet space to get away and lift your spirit. It will do wonders for your stress and help prepare you for ‘tests’ ahead. Prayer books and other spiritual literature will be made available in the foyer of the chapel for your assistance.

Avila Students!

Campus Ministry is helping to raise money to support the Foundation to find a cure for Polycystic Kidney  Disease. PKD is a disease that effects so many people in the world especially children.   Jason Baldwin is directly effected because his beautiful daughter Sage has PKD.  In fact, the Foundation recently shot a video about their story.  

Please take time to view this video which can be found at  http://www.pkdcure.org/ .   You’ll see a picture of Jason’s family. Click on the Go button. It really tells the story.

If you would like to give to the cause simply e-mail me and I will send a student to pick up a check (made out to Avila) or cash. Or just drop the cash by the Campus Ministry Office or give it to a member of the Campus Ministry Team.  If we raise $1000.00 we will celebrate by shaving the head of Jason Baldwin. You may have noticed he’s looking pretty shaggy lately.  

Be part of the solution!

Dave

With winter approaching, the flu season is upon us. Avila hosted a flu shot clinic in early November and flu shots are still available at other community sites. However, Avila students, faculty and staff could still be at risk.

“Staying home when you are ill is the best thing to do,” said Carol Frevert, R.N. and director of Avila health services. “When you have a fever and are coughing, you need to isolate yourself to reduce the spread of the flu to others. Prevention is key to reducing the spread of the flu and covering coughs or sneezes and washing your hands regularly is essential.”

Influenza (commonly called the flu) usually starts suddenly and can include high fever, headache, extreme tiredness, cough, sore throat, runny nose and body aches. Diarrhea or vomiting can also occur but it is more common in children. However, having these symptoms does not always mean that you have the flu.

Note that healthy adults may be able to infect others one day before getting symptoms and up to five days after getting sick. Therefore, it is possible to give someone the flu before you know you are sick and after you think you are healthy again.

If you think you have the flu, the Center for Disease Control suggests staying home, getting lots of rest, drinking plenty of liquids, and avoiding using alcohol and tobacco. For more information about the flu and prevention, log onto www.cdc.gov/flu.

Another infection that is prevalent this time of year is MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus), a potentially dangerous type of staph bacteria that is resistant to certain antibiotics and may cause skin and other infections. MRSA skin infections can occur anywhere and anyone can get it, however two of the most common locations for MRSA outbreaks are schools and dormitories.

“MRSA is a skin infection that looks like pimples or boils when it first begins and often is mistaken for a spider bite,” Frevert said.

Signs of MRSA include a bump or infected area of skin that is red, swollen, painful, warm to the touch, or full of drainage, and is accompanied by a fever. If you have a skin infection, it is recommended that you be referred to a licensed health care provider for diagnosis and treatment. To protect yourself, practice good hygiene, cover cuts or abrasions, avoid sharing personal items and maintain a clean environment.

For more information about MRSA and prevention, log onto www.cdc/gov/mrsa.

With bad weather around the corner, don’t wait to see if school has been cancelled – have a text message sent right to your phone. Avila University has created a text message alert service to contact members of the Avila community of events such as school cancellations. To sign up, click on the link found on the homepage or go to www.avila.edu/safe/ . Log in using you Avila ID and password, and complete the registration form.

Attention Avila students, faculty & staff!
 
Pick up your voucher in the Campus Life Office for a FREE TICKET to any Kansas City Symphony Classical Series performances at the Lyric Theater.

For schedules & performance information, visit www.kcsymphony.org  or call the ticket office at 816.471.0400.
 
Seating is subject to availability. Free ticket provided by Richard Miller.
 
Questions?  Contact the Campus Life Office at 816.501.3660.

Do you have an idea for a Homecoming theme for 2009?  E-mail Susan.Randolph@avila.edu and let her know. Ideas will be taken to the Homecoming Committee where the top two or three will be chosen then put to a student vote.  Add your personal touch to Homecoming 2009!

Tuesdays, December 2 & 9
4:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Hodes Seminar Room #150
Comes to one or as many meetings as you like.

Sponsored by Health and Counseling Services, 816-501-3767

We are the Walk Across America Group. We plan to walk across America without leaving campus. This is done by taking out steps we walk each week, calculating them into miles, then tracking our destinations. We hold a group walk session on Wednesdays from 12pm to 12:30pm and 12:30pm-1:00pm. If people can't make those sessions they can still track their steps/miles and give them to me. (Jenn Murphy), by emailing them to my avila account. The other contacts are Ann Grubbs, Maria Hunt and Teresa Loch.

Student T-Shirt Design Contest
Win a $500 scholarship for Spring 2009

• Any presently enrolled Avila Student is eligible to participate.
• A student can submit only one entry.
• The design must be 100% your work and no copyrighted images can be used.
• Entries can be hand-drawn or created digitally. Print entry on an 8.5" x 11" sheet of white paper.
• Design area is 9" x 9"
• Design cannot be more than four colors (including black) with no gradients.
• Please use adequate judgment in your designs. Any submissions deemed to have inappropriate material will be removed from the contest.
• Submit your design, unfolded, with a separate sheet indication your name, e-mail address, and phone number.
• All entries need to be delivered to Susan Randolph, Director of Alumni Relations, lower level Blasco Hall. Do not submit designs by e-mail.
• Entry deadline is 5:00 p.m. on December 5, 2008. Entries received after that time will not be considered.
• Winning design will be decided by students during February's First Friday Freebies.