Reminders
Cheer on Comets Basketball at Community Appreciation Day
The Office of Facilities & Economic Development and the Department of Athletics invite faculty, staff and community members to Community Appreciation Day at 1 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 8, in the Activity Center.
Enjoy complimentary lunch and cheer on our Comet women’s and men’s basketball teams as they take on East Texas Baptist University.
For this event, you are welcome to park in Lot J or Parking Structure 4, in all but purple parking spaces.
Please request a reservation with your name and the number of people in your group to [email protected] by Tuesday, Feb. 4.
2020 Live Healthy Campaign: Right This Weigh
UT Dallas wants to help you reach your personal wellness goals in 2020 through its fun, six-week wellness campaign, Right This Weigh.
Right This Weigh is a simple, creative approach to maintaining a healthy weight for life — based on numerous studies of individuals who have lost weight and kept it off. Participants travel along famous trails as they practice healthy habits. No special foods, meal plans, or restrictions. Just easy-to-remember, everyday habits that produce consistent, long-term results.
The goal is to travel 300 virtual miles (50 miles per week) on trails around the globe by recording daily health habits. Earn 250 points to receive a UTD Apron to help you continue the healthy habits all year round.
The deadline to register for Right This Weigh is Monday, Feb. 3.
Some important dates:
- Monday, Jan. 27: First day to log activity. Begin recording health habits, and watch your trails come to life.
- Monday, Feb. 3: Registration and team formation deadline. Last day to register and form or join a team of three to five members.
- Sunday, March 8: Program ends. But you may backlog activity until Monday, March 9.
- Log your weight every Monday: Each week, you’ll have until Tuesday at 11:59 p.m. to enter your weight for the week.
For more information and to sign up, log in to utlivingwell.com.
Purchase Tickets to The Brain: An Owner’s Guide
Learn about groundbreaking brain health research from renowned leaders during The Brain: An Owner's Guide 2020 Lecture Series.
The annual series is held at 6:15 p.m. each Tuesday in February at the Center for BrainHealth, 2200 West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX 75235.
This year’s topics are:
There are two ticket options for seating. Auditorium tickets ($60) offer a view of the speaker and presentation slides live. Food and drink are not allowed in the Auditorium. Reception Hall tickets ($50) provide a view of a live video feed of the speaker and presentation slides. Food and drink are allowed in the Reception Hall. This series is offered for 0.4 ASHA continuing education units (advanced level, related area). Each lecture is worth .1 CEU.
For full lecture descriptions, visit the Event Details section on the ticket sales page.
Collect Cans, Create Art for Comet Cupboard
The Comet Cupboard invites you to create a team and participate in the 8th Annual Raising Cans food drive art competition. UT Dallas’ food pantry serves over 300 students per week, so donations are greatly needed.
The Raising Cans art building event will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 20, in the Visitor Center Atrium. RSVP online to compete. Deadline to register is Thursday, Feb. 13.
Competing groups will gather nonperishable food, school supplies and personal care items leading up to the event in order to construct creative sculptures on the day of Raising Cans. Groups can have more than one team if they wish.
For more information about Raising Cans or Comet Cupboard, email [email protected] or call Whitney Vela at ext. 2709.
Save the Date for Next Book Club Discussion
The Center for Translation Studies invites you to discuss the first book of the 2020 Reading the World Book Club series: Go, Went, Gone, by Jenny Erpenbeck, translated from German by Susan Bernofsky.
The brown-bag discussion will be from noon to 1 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 11, in the Eugene McDermott Library (MC 4.2). The book is available for loan from McDermott Library and will be available for purchase from the campus bookstore. The book club is free and open to students, faculty, staff and members of the larger community.
For more information, visit the School of Arts and Humanities website.
Register for Discounted Employee DART Pass
UT Dallas Parking & Transportation Services and Dallas Area Rapid Transit (DART) are partnering to provide affordable access to public transportation for UT Dallas faculty and staff members who wish to purchase an annual DART pass at the discounted rate of $360 for the 2020 calendar year. The discounted price for employee DART passes will be available until Feb. 14, 2020. After that date, faculty and staff may purchase a DART pass at the DART corporate rate.
To purchase an annual pass, download and complete a Faculty/Staff DART Annual Pass Application and send it to [email protected]. You should receive an email confirmation from our office within one business day. Payment must be made via credit or debit card at the Parking Office located in Parking Structure 3.
For 2020, faculty and staff have the option of selecting a DART GoPass App or a GoPass Tap Card. Both options allow for DART Local service. The GoPass App is a digital pass available through the DART GoPass phone app. The GoPass Tap Card is a physical card that requires the user to tap at DART kiosks prior to boarding. The main benefits of the
GoPass are that replacements are free since it is registered directly to your cell phone number, and it does not require tapping at the DART kiosks before boarding. Replacement Tap Cards need to be purchased at the prorated rate at the time of reissue or issuance.
Faculty and staff selecting the app option will have their pass automatically activated on their cell phone. Those selecting the card can pick them up at the Parking Office.
For more information, please visit our website or call (972) 883-7777.
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