October 2009

Breast Cancer Awareness Month
Stop by Health Services to pick up free pink ribbons, stickers, bookmarks and pencils. 
Sponsoring Organization: Health Services
Date: Entire Month of October
Location: Health Services (basement of Sheffield Hall)

Hip Hop Week Event: DJ Battle and After Party
The NAACP Annual DJ Battle is an entertaining showcase of several Disc Jockey’s skills and talents. This is measured by unique and creative style and precise musical scratching and transitions. The reining DJ will be awarded a monetary prize and the honor of DJing the After Party in an exhibition of his/her winning skills.
Sponsoring Organizations: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; Black Student Union; Caribbean Student Association; National Society of Black Engineers
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009
Time: 9:00 PM to 1:00 AM
Location: German Club

NAACP General Body Meeting
Meetings are held to discuss various events and activities NAACP will be involved with. All are welcomed.
Sponsoring Organization: National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
Date: Every other Monday (Monday, October 12 and 26, 2009)
Time: 8:00 PM
Location: Moulton Lounge, Bartels Hall 

National Society of Black Engineers (NSBE) Weekly Meeting
Meetings are held to discuss various events and activities NSBE will be involved with. All are welcomed.
Sponsoring Organization: National Society of Black Engineers
Date: Every Monday 
Time: 9:00 PM
Location: Moulton Lounge, Bartels Hall 

Caribbean Student Association (CSA) Weekly Meeting
Meetings are held to discuss various events and activities CSA will be involved with. All are welcomed.
Sponsoring Organization: Caribbean Student Association
Date: Every Tuesday 
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Moulton Lounge, Bartels Hall 

Black Student Union (BSU) Weekly Meeting
Meetings are held to discuss various events and activities BSU will be involved with. All are welcomed.
Sponsoring Organization: Black Student Union
Date: Every Wednesday
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: Meeting Room A & B, Bartels Hall

People Rejoicing in Diversity Everywhere (PRIDE) Weekly Meeting
Meetings are held to discuss various events and activities PRIDE will be involved with. All are welcomed.
Sponsoring Organization: PRIDE
Date: Every Wednesday
Time: 8:30 PM
Location: DeDominicis Meeting Room, Bartels Hall

National Disability Employment Awareness Month
By presidential proclamation in 1988, October has been designated to enhance public awareness of those with disabilities and encourage their full integration into the work force.

GLBT (Gay Lesbian Bisexual Transgender) History Month
In the 1990's, teachers and community organizations determined that a month should be designated for GLBT history. They chose October because public schools are in session and traditions, such as National Coming Out Day, occur then.

October 2, 1967:
Thurgood Marshall (1908-1993) was sworn in on this date as the first AFrican-American Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court.  He served until 1991 and was known for opposing discrimination and the death penalty, and for championing free speech and civil liberties.

October 11, 1884:
Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) was born in New York City.  She was the wife of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, 32nd President of the United States.  As First Lady, she led an unprecedented, independent life, striving to improve the lives of people all over the world.  In 1933, she became the first wife of a President to give her own news conference in the White House. 

October 14, 1964:
Civil rights leader Martin Luther King, Jr., became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize. He donated the $54,000 in prize money to the civil rights movement.

October 28, 1949:
Helen Anderson became the first woman ambassador, appointed by President Harry Truman to be Ambassador to Denmark.