There is a riddle at the end of this Gatton Daily for tomorrows Virtual Coffee Popup at 9 a.m. HERE We will have college updates as the topic.
Duct tape is like The Force: it has a light side, a dark side, and it holds the universe together! – there has been a lot of Star Wars watching at my house this week.
General
- Internet Services
- Upgrade your service with Kinetic from Windstream has offered assistance to UK faculty, staff and students who set up new service. Free activation and a $100 prepaid VISA card call them (866) 881-8084 and mention the promo code GOCATS. Read more about this offer here
- MetroNet has some deals for students. For new customers they are waiving the installation fee. Learn more at Metronetinc.com
- Planed travel, please read this document on Travel Guidance for Cancelled Trips. Also any of your travel questions / comments / concerns can be directed to Alec Steckler at: alec.steckler@uky.edu.
- Strategic Planning Timeline will be pushed back 3 weeks. Rena will communicate directly with units.
- Transition 100% to working from home this week.
Faculty/Teaching
- Faculty Meeting Friday 10-11 a.m. P/F for undergraduate and graduate programs. Zoom Link
- Use of Respondus Monitor in Canvas for Exams helps students prepare to use Respondus Monitor for online exams. There are also directions as to how to put this information in the Canvas shell for your course. Info on Respondus.
- Contact GattonFromHome@uky.edu if your exam uses any sort of connection to the internet.
Community & Fun
- Coffee Popup tomorrow, Thursday at 9:00 a.m. Join us with your favorite mug for Collegewide updates USE THIS LINK https://uky.zoom.us/j/748865457
- Need some exercise???? Click HERE and turn your volume all the way up!
Want to host an online meet up either one time or recurring, please reach out to Jackie C.
- Today in 1937 Biff Tanne, the fictional character from Back to the Future was born
- Today in 1984 - Television Special Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever introduced Michael Jackson's 'moonwalk' during his performance of "Billie Jean."
- Today in 3019 T.A. (Third Age of Middle-earth) Sauron was defeated and the ring destroyed, Lord of the Rings, Book/Film
RIDDLE: 7 tennis balls are identical in every way, except that one of them weighs slightly less than the other 6. How can you identify the lightweight ball with no more than two separate weighings using a balance scale?
Answer will be revealed at the Coffee Popup
Have a good evening,
Nicole