11/02/2004

UT Outreach Advisory Committee - President Petersen is creating an advisory committee of staff involved in outreach. This includes representatives from Agriculture and IPS and some others. The three IPS representatives are Kim Arms, IPS; Bob Schettler, CTAS; and Mike Tallent, MTAS. The committee will have its first meeting in the next month or so.

And the winner is - We had seven entries in the MTAS election contest. The average of all the predictions is:

	National	Tennessee
Bush	47.8%	53.8%
Kerry	48.3%	43.5%
Nader	3.3%	2.4%

Several people predicted that the Electoral College might not follow the popular vote and everyone predicts a long night tonight, if not a long week.

Forensics Academy - The Law Enforcement Innovation Center's National Forensic Academy, a UT Institute of Public Service agency, is featured in a Court TV documentary. It will air in three parts at 10 pm Wednesdays on Oct 27 (that would be last week), Nov 3 and Nov 10.
http://www.leic.tennessee.edu/

Lodging Rates Changes - The UT approved rates for travel reimbursement have been increased. You should have already received an email with the new rates. Lisa has modified the travel database to account for the new rates.

2005 Calendar - Here are the holidays for 2005:
-- The New Year's Day holiday will be observed Friday, December 31, 2004.
-- The Martin Luther King, Jr. Day holiday will be observed Monday,January 17, 2005.
-- The Spring holiday will be observed Friday, March 25, 2005.
-- The Memorial Day holiday will be observed Monday, May 30, 2005.
-- The Independence Day holiday will be observed Monday, July 4, 2005.
-- The Labor Day holiday will be observed Monday, September 5, 2005.
-- The Thanksgiving Day holiday will be observed:
Thursday, November 24, 2005 - Holiday.
Friday, November 25, 2004 - Administrative Closing.
-- The Winter holiday will be observed:
Monday, December 26, 2005 - Holiday observed.
Tuesday, December 27, 2005 - Administrative Closing.
Wednesday, December 28, 2005 - Administrative Closing.
Thursday, December 29, 2005 - Administrative Closing.
Friday, December 30, 2005 - Administrative Closing.