Wednesday, April 29

Please join us tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. @ Coffee Popup for the Haywood Awards. See program attached.

Special thanks to Aaron Roeschley, former Tucson Homebrewer of the Year for hosting Wednesday Wine-Down

April edition of Simon Says

General

• ISFE study suggests social distancing is working, saving many Kentuckians. Read the article here
• Open Enrollment is April 29-May 15. This is your once-a-year opportunity to make changes in your benefits, read more on the UK HR website
• Call for applications for the Nate Morris Fellowship. Application materials are due by June 1 to the URC via email to mike.trusty@uky.edu. Nominate a student here

Faculty

• Some students that have returned to China may have difficulty with Respondus Lockdown due to firewall issues. If this is an issue, the student must submit a ticket here to the Respondus technical team for assistance.

• Friday May 1 –– Last day to withdraw from a course. Students must withdraw from course by 11:59 pm EDT. Students who elect this withdrawal option will receive a “W” for the course on their transcript.
• Friday May 1 –– Last day to change grading option from letter grade to pass/fail. Students must submit a request to change to P/F by 11:59 pm EDT here

Well-being

• Need to order takeout? Check out this Lexington delivery guide (regularly updated)

• Coffee Popup Thursday 9 a.m. Zoom Link
  • 4/30 – The Haywood Staff Awards (Special Guest Debbie O’Daniel)
  • 5/7 – Faculty Awards

• Virtual Movie Parties (must have Netflix to participate). Instructions are HERE.
  • Friday Flix: for adults at 7:30 pm every Friday. Complete the Survey by 3 pm Thursday to pick the movie.
  • Family Friendly: Movie on every Saturday at 2:00 pm. Complete the Survey by 3 pm Thursday to pick the movie.

• Wine Down Wednesday
  • 5/6 – Simon Sheather will discuss wine tasting. Bring your favorite wine and the story about the first time you had it.

Instead of a riddle, look closely at this image, stripped of its caption and share with us in the Coffee Popup chat what you see. I’ll reveal the caption in the Thursday Daily.

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