Salute To A Legend – Gino Torretta

Wednesday, December 9

New York

Join the University of Miami Alumni Association as we celebrate with Gino Torretta, B.B.A. ’91, at a reception honoring his induction into the National Football Foundation’s College Football Hall of Fame on Wednesday, December 9, 2009. The event will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. at The Roosevelt Hotel, 45 East 45 Street, in New York. The quarterback and Heisman Trophy winner that led our Miami Hurricanes to a 1991 National Championship victory, is only the fourth UM player to receive the honor, joining Don Boessler, Bennie Blades, and Ted Hendricks.

To RSVP or for more information, please contact the UM Alumni Association at 1-866-UMALUMS (862-5867) or via e-mail at alumni@miami.edu.

Veterans Day Ceremony

Wednesday, November 11

Coral Gables Campus

The University of Miami invites you to a special Veterans Day ceremony on Wednesday, November 11. UM President Donna Shalala and Coral Gables Mayor Don Slesnick will honor the men and women of the armed forces.

Join us at 10:00 a.m. by the Veterans Memorial located between the Merrick Building and Storer Auditorium. Light refreshments will be served. Parking is available at meters along Stanford Drive and in the Pavia parking garage.

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Miami Short Film Festival

November 13 - 20

The 8th Annual Miami Short Film Festival, presented by the University of Miami School of Communication, will run from November 13–22, 2009, with the Opening Night "Green Carpet" Gala on Saturday, November 14. The festival's home and central venue will be the Bill Cosford Cinema in Coral Gables, with screenings also held at the Miami Beach Cinematheque on Española Way and Miami Children's Museum. Cosford screenings are free for UM students, faculty and staff. For more information, visit www.miamishortfilmfestival.com/.

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GLOBAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP WEEK

November 16 – 20

The Launch Pad, the University of Miami’s interdisciplinary entrepreneurship resource center based at the Toppel Career Center, marks Global Entrepreneurship Week with several events November 16-20 that are geared toward helping students and alumni further their goals.

The Launch Pad was the top-ranked U.S. Global Entrepreneurship Week partner in 2008. Some of this year’s highlights include an “Elevator Pitch” contest and themed days for Arts and Entertainment, Women in Entrepreneurship, Social Entrepreneurship, and Science and Technology.

All of the events during Global Entrepreneurship Week are open to the public. The events surrounding this week are sponsored by The Miami Herald. A complete list can be found online at www.thelaunchpad.org/gew

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THE COBB DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES BRINGS LEONARD ABESS TO SPEAK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI

Wednesday, November 18

Leonard Abess, an ardent supporter of education in South Florida, member of the University of Miami Board of Trustees and Chairman, President and CEO of City National Bank of Florida, will be the 2009 Cobb Distinguished Lecture Series speaker.

His address titled, “Some Thoughts on Leadership,” will take place on Wednesday, November 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the Storer Auditorium, 5250 University Drive on the Coral Gables campus. Abess was honored by President Barack Obama last February, during the Obama's speech to the joint session of Congress. Abess was singled out for his gesture of donating $60 million in shares of his bank to current and former bank workers.

The event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited, so please RSVP by Wednesday, November 11 at 305-284-4643.

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Discovering the DAKAR

Wednesday, November 18

Just after midnight on January 25, 1968, the DAKAR transmitted its final communication … then silence for decades. It was a mystery that persisted for more than 30 years. What had been the fate of the Israeli vessel? Had its diesel engines failed? Had it been detected and sunk by a passing navy ship?

For the next three decades, more than two dozen expeditions were launched to uncover the whereabouts of the massive 287-foot submarine and her crew of 69 Israeli officers and seamen. It wasn’t until David W. Jourdan and his company, Nauticos, were hired that the wreckage was finally discovered in the Mediterranean under 10,000 feet of water.

Join Jourdan, author of Never Forgotten: The Search and Discovery of Israel’s Lost Submarine DAKAR, as he shares historic insights on the use of submarines, discussions with the sailors’ families and other details of the exciting expedition that led to the submarine’s underwater location. The lecture will take place on Wednesday, November 18 at 6:00 p.m. in the Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science Auditorium, located at 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, Florida. Refreshments will be served following the lecture, and copies of the book will be available for purchase.

For more information or questions, please contact Laura Bracken at 305-421-4207, e-mail l.bracken@miami.edu, or visit www.rsmas.miami.edu.

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KNIGHT CENTER’S ANNUAL FALL LECTURE TO FOCUS ON EVOLUTION OF JOURNALISM AND TECHNOLOGY

Thursday, November 19

The Knight Center for International Media at the University of Miami School of Communication presents its second annual fall lecture titled, “Y Tweets R Important,” on Thursday, November 19, 2009 at 6:30 p.m. Knight Chair in Visual Journalism Rich Beckman will discuss the importance of the latest technologies, multimedia and social networking sites, with regards to the ongoing evolution of journalism. This lecture will take place in the School of Communication’s Common Ground Courtyard and is free and open to the public.

Rich Beckman began his career as a photojournalist and is now recognized as one of the country’s foremost new media journalism educators. Beckman’s work experiments with the impact of dynamic multimedia visual communication. He’s spent nearly 30 years teaching and leading new and visual media projects and has successfully implemented ambitious multimedia projects in Spain, Chile, South Africa, and Peru.

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UM FROST OPERA THEATER PRESENTS THE SECOND ANNUAL WALL TO WALL OPERA FOR ALL FESTIVAL

November 20 - 21

Join the University of Miami Frost Opera Theater for the second annual Wall to Wall Opera for All Festival. The festival kicks off on Friday, November 20 with a preview concert of Mozart Here and Now – featuring excerpts from Mozart operas and selections from The Mozart Songbook, as well as works from Saturday’s performances. Saturday’s events begin at 11 a.m. and include short operas based on Aesop’s Fables, a reprise of Six Operas in Sixty Minutes !!!!!!, – The Mozart Songbook (performed outdoors!), Arias on the Hour, live readings of Mozart’s letters, and video screenings of Mozart operas. The day concludes with an 8 p.m. performance of six staged opera excerpts from Mozart’s The Marriage of Figaro, The Magic Flute, Don Giovanni, Abduction from the Seraglio, Idomeneo, and La Finta Giardiniera.

Performances begin on Friday, November 20 at 8 p.m. and continue throughout the day on Saturday, November 21 from 11 a.m. – 10 p.m. All events on Saturday, November 21 from 11a.m. – 7 p.m. are FREE. Tickets for Friday and Saturday night at 8 p.m. are $20 general admission, $10 seniors, and $5 UM students/faculty/staff. The Frost School of Music is located at 1314 Miller Drive.

Performances are schedule in multiple spaces at the Frost School of Music on the Coral Gables campus. For a complete listing of events, ticket reservation, and information, call 305- 284-4886 or visit www.music.miami.edu.

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Toppel Career Events

 

Alumni Webinar Series

Through our Alumni Webinar Series we are committed to providing our alumni near and far with professional development opportunities to strengthen or acquire their skills. Each Webinar will be held over the lunch hour from 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
Wednesday, November 18 - Strategies for Successful Career Transitioning
Are you looking to transition into a new field or get ready for the next step in your career ladder? In this session we will discuss the questions to consider when career transitioning, the importance of tailoring your professional documents, and strategies for gathering information and experiences to make a sound decision!

Presented by Alicia Rodriguez, associate director, career cevelopment, and Edward Cruz, assistant director, graduate student and alumni programs.
For more information, please visit www.sa.miami.edu/toppel/mainSite/alumni/alumniWebinarSeries.aspx.

Secure your seats for 2009-10

Lock in your seats for the men's and women's 2009-10 season. Miami Basketball season tickets start as low as $99, and single-game tickets start as low as $10. Sales representatives are available to answer your questions about available seating locations. To speak to a representative call 1-800-GO-CANES (46-22637) or e-mail canestix@miami.edu and a representative will contact you. Or, visit us online at www.hurricanesports.com.