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· The School of Music will host a benefit concert Monday, Sept. 26, at 8 p.m. in the Musical Arts Center in Bloomington, featuring the IU Jazz Ensemble under the direction of David Baker, Distinguished Professor of music. Grammy Award-winning soprano and IU alumna Sylvia McNair and baritone Timothy Noble, also a Distinguished Professor of Music, will be featured. Tickets are $20 for the general public; $10 for students.

· Charlie Nelms, IU vice president for student development and diversity, compiled a book of quotes, phrases and inspirational thoughts from his many writings and speeches two years ago. Reared in the Alabama delta region, Nelms called his book Start Where You Find Yourself: Lessons Taught and Lessons Learned; it's selling for $12 at Bloomington bookstores and proceeds will go to the Hoosier Hills Food Bank, the American Red Cross and the World Food Program. He's hoping to place it in bookstores around the state. If you are interested in obtaining a copy, send an E-mail to homepgs@indiana.edu.

Gilfoy

IUPUI
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· Join Jack Gilfoy, director of jazz studies and music business at IUPUI, for a benefit concert Monday, Oct. 17, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 152 of the ICTC Building. Music by Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Wynton Marsalis and other New Orleans legends will be featured. Admission at the door: $5.

Be sure to read advice about making your contribution effective:

http://www.iupui.edu/~extaff/katrina/guidelines_csl.html

IU Kokomo
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· Singers and musicians from at least nine Kokomo churches will perform during a Saturday, Sept. 17, benefit concert at IU Kokomo's Havens Auditorium. The multicultural student organization Umoja is teaming with the City of Kokomo to host the 6 p.m. concert. Admission is free; donations will be accepted for hurricane relief.

Musical groups interested in performing for the concert should contact Patricia McClung at 765-860-7764 or Betty Stewart at 765-271-5394.

· Earlier this week, students hosted a Mardi Gras-themed, 24-hour marathon collection on campus for the American Red Cross. Collection buckets can be found in the Kelley Student Center Commons, the Learning Enhancement Center, the Office of the Registrar and the IU Kokomo Bookstore.

IU Southeast
· The Office of the Chancellor and the School of Business will host a public lecture by former U.S. Sen. John Breaux of Louisiana on Wednesday, Sept. 28, at the Ogle Center on the New Albany campus. Reserved seating required. (Details: Louisiana's John Breaux at IU Southeast Sept. 28)

IU South Bend
IU South Bend students, staff, faculty and alumni launched "Dollars for Disaster: Hurricane Katrina Relief." Each student, faculty and staff member on campus has been asked to contribute $1 toward a fund that will be given to the American Red Cross. Organizers are hoping to bring in $8,000 for the relief effort. The project has been coordinated jointly by the Student Life Office and Community Links, with assistance from the Academic Senate, the IU Alumni Association, the Biweekly Staff Council, the Professional Staff Council and the Student Government Association.

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