Newsletter the MARCH 2011

UNIVERSITY of FLORIDA chapter

Calendar dates

Meeting Dates & Location

2/2, 2/16, 3/2, 3/23, & 4/13 in TUR L005

Free pizza at 6:45, meeting at 7pm

Upcoming Events

Wednesday, March 2nd—Copper Monkey

Social

Saturday, March 19th—Adopt-a-Road

Speaker: Myra Morgan Our speaker today

is Ms. Myra Mor-

gan, Director of Ex-

ternal Relations for

the University of

Florida. Contact her

at mor-

gan@union.ufl.edu

for more infor-

mation. Or contact

any of our directors with suggestions for

future speakers.

Adopt-a-Road (8th Avenue) Thanks to everyone who

helped us officially Adopt a

Road! Golden Key has

‘adopted’ 8th Ave from NW

17th St to NW 6th St. Help

keep Gainesville clean! Our

next cleanup is on Satur-

day, March 19th from 10-

12. The other dates for

clean-ups are:

-April 2nd (Sat) from 10-12 AM

-April 16th (Sat) from 10-12 AM

Meet other members

at the Copper Monkey

Social today from 8-

10pm. Bring your

friends and encourage

them to buy "purple

feet" in support of our

Relay for Life team!

Copper Monkey

Rock for the Hungry Rock for the Hungry, our annual benefit show for Children’s Ta-

ble, will be on Thursday, April 7th at Common Grounds. Local

bands as well as bands from all over Florida are donating their

time to help fundraise. But, we need your help gaining sponsors

and advertising the show! If you are interested in joining our

committee, email either Ariel (Ariel.r.marin@gmail.com) or Mary

(maryvelasco@ufl.edu )!

GK Intramural Soccer!

Thanks to everyone who helped us win last week! Follow our

stats online at http://florida.imtrackonline.com/im/client/home/

division/106. And stay tuned for information about the playoffs

and corresponding practices.

If you're interested or have any comments, questions or

suggestions, talk to Kyle or Carlos or email them at

athletics@ufgoldenkey.org. There's no pressure - let's have fun

and take a break from classes!

New

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ter

Officers

ADVISOR: Dr. Butler

PRESIDENT: Michael Andrews

VICE PRESIDENT: Eric Jones

SECRETARY: Melissa Klatzkow

TREASURER: Eli Marger

CAMPUS LIAISON: Meera Bhakta

INCOMING PRESIDENT: Josh Matam

INCOMING VICE PRESIDENT: Tia Bolivar

INCOMING CAMPUS LIAISON: Melanie

Franco

Directors

ACADEMIC: Zaid Syed-Ali, Tashin

Khundkar

COMMUNICATIONS: Keivan Zolfaghari

FUNDRAISING: David Riffle &

Xiomi Martinez

HISTORIAN: Heather Diffey

HONORARY MEMBER LIAISON: Chelsea

Morgan

INTRAMURAL: Kyle Steiner, Carlos

Galeano

PUBLIC RELATIONS: Gaines Hayes, Jes-

sica Ross, Kim Devitt

RELAY FOR LIFE: Satyra George, Amanda

Hecker

ROCK FOR THE HUNGRY: Mary Velasco,

Ariel Marin, Andrew

Amend

SERVICE: Chelsea Kirkpatrick, Mela-

nie Mitta

SOCIAL: Paige Davis

WEBMASTER: Ryan Griffin

Contact us on...

Facebook: facebook.com/pages/

UF-Golden-

Key/170286153003929

Twitter: @UFGoldenKey

Web: http://ufgoldenkey.org

Office: Reitz Room 330C (please

check the website for office

hours first!)

Relay for Life

Mark your calendars for the annual Relay

for Life on March 25, 2011 at Stephen C.

O'Connell Center! To register go online to

http://main.acsevents.org/site/TR?

pg=entry&fr_id=29604 (or just search for

“Relay for Life UF”). Click on Sign Up and

then Join a Team. Our team name is

Golden Key International Honour Society

2011. Please register as a returning

participant if you participated last year.

This years theme is

‘Drive Out Cancer’

and we will be

representing

Japan! Join the

Relay for Life

committee to help

plan our events, email Amanda

at ahecker1@ufl.edu or Satyra

at satyrajgeorge@ufl.edu.

Girl’s Place Service Special thanks to everyone who volunteered at Girl's Place. Girl’s

Place is a non-profit organization dedicated to that empowers

girls of all racial, religious and economic backgrounds to grow

confidence and independence to thrive in the world around

them.

While volunteering we split into small groups and explained the

story The Ugly Duckling. Afterwards, we created self portraits

with colored paper, markers, yarn, and buttons!

Join one of Golden Key’s many commit-

tees. You can help plan events, contrib-

ute your own ideas, and make a dif fer-

ence. Put i t on your resume and earn 15

points towards your free honor cord!

Committees rock.