Current and Upcoming Events



Reguar meetings

Our regular meeting are held Fridays from 12pm-1pm in Room 2418 of Science and Engineering South (SES) Building on the UIC campus, 845 W. Taylor Street.  Join us for a Brown Bag presentation and pizza at noon and the Terra Society business following.

Terra Society Movie Night returns!
Kilowatt Ours: A plan to re-energize America
When: Thursday Nov. 29 at 6pm
Where: Cardinal Room of the Student Center East, 750 S. Halsted Street
Why: Join us for a viewing of Kilowatt Ours.  According to its creators, in this award-winning documentary Jeff Barrie takes viewers on a journey from the coal mines of West Virginia to the solar panel fields of Florida as he discovers solutions to America's energy related problems.  Kilowatt Ours invites viewers to help build a net zero nation, by conserving energy to the greatest extent possible at home, then using clean renewable energy to provide the electricity used.


Happy Hour!!!
Graduate student Happy Hour (GHH)
   When: Thursday, Nov 15th and Dec. 13th, 2007 from 5:30~7pm
   Where: The Drum & Monkey, 1435 W. Taylor St
   Why: GHH is a new initiative of Terra Society to foster an open exchange between incoming and continuing graduate students about professional and academic issues in a relaxed environment by hosting a monthly networking/ mentoring social hour.

Previous topics included Joining a Research Group and Funding Your Education.  Bring topic suggestions to the next TS meeting.
All EaES graduate students are welcomed and encouraged to attend!


Conservation Close to Home
Terra Society has adopted the 12^th Street Beach where Roosevelt Rd. meets Lake Michigan. During the fall of 2006 and in partnership with the Alliance for the Great Lakes, Terra Society committed to this ongoing, long-term community service project. The Alliance's Adopt-a-Beach program aims to keep the Great Lakes healthy by promoting community stewardship of these invaluable resources. Adopters visit their beach several times a year to monitor water quality, the state of the beach, and clean up litter. Collected data are loaded into the Alliance's database for record keeping and assessment.

On November 18th Terra Society volunteers spent their first morning at the beach, located on Chicago's beautiful museum campus. Any volunteer from UIC is welcome to join these fun and productive outings. For more information or to volunteer, contact M. Kerr at Terra Society (mkerr3@uic.edu). See you on the shore!

Proposed 2007 beach visit dates:       Nov. 17th
	Left to right: Dave, Michelle, Tom, Karen, Roman (not pictured), and Micha (behind camera) on the wintery March 3 visit Left to right: Jeff, Dave, Jack, and Micha (behind the camera) are obviously having fun with their adopted beach!
12th St. Beach with a flock of ducks	Water sampling

In an effort to raise some funds for the Terra Society as well as help out the impoverished (undergrad/grad students, staff, professors) this semester we are initiating an art gallery in the EAES lounge.

Rebekah Fitchett	Marcus Muccianti

ART GALLERY DETAILS

-The art gallery will be an area to view photos, paintings etc. for sale.

-70% of the money goes to the artist, 30% goes to the Terra Society.

-All art must be original and ready for sale. i.e., photos should be framed or matted.

-Each piece must be accompanied by a 3x5 card that will be placed next to the art. This paper should include: Title or description of the piece, artist name, and price

-We plan on having the official gallery opening during the last week of Sept., so get those pieces in ASAP.

-Any types of physical art will be accepted. We will not display video, audio, or digital art at this point.

-By submitting art, you agree to let the Terra Society post images of the work in emails, websites or flyers as advertisements. The images will be relatively low resolution with a watermark that says, "UIC Terra Society" or similar.


For submissions, contact: Tom Bujnowski  (email)

For purchasing, contact the Terra Society Treasurer: Dave Moline, SES Room 3152, (312) 413-1853 or email moldavi33@yahoo.com

For more details see our gallery.



Caroline Jaruala
"I think, with some effort, we can make this the best EAES art lounge ever"
- Pete