For more information visit:  http://jsma.uoregon.edu/events/family-day-celebrations-around-world

Join us this Sunday, October 30^th for the 7th annual Run, Walk or Roll With the Duck 5K!

Start time: 2:00PM

Kids Fun Run/Walk/Roll start time: 1:30pm

Location: Riverfront Field

Fee: $10 for adults, free for kids!

Swag: long sleeve t-shirt (short sleeve t-shirt for kids) & post-run snacks and water

Register now: http://getmeregistered.com/RunWithTheDuck

This event is open to everyone, so feel free to invite friends to attend! Hope to see you there!

For more information about this event go to the Graduate School website:  https://gradschool.uoregon.edu/family-museum-night-rsvp

 View the MNCH event calendar for more information:  https://calendar.uoregon.edu/event/fossil_family_day#.V_VBN3puOao

Museum of Natural and Cultural History

Dear Graduate Students with Families,

Welcome to the first graduate student families listserv! I’m Hilary Hunt, the new Graduate Families GE. My role is to support you by providing information and resources. Through this listserv, I’ll be sharing updates about valuable campus resources, events, and funding opportunities. Read on for financial assistance, parenting workshops, childcare, and events!

If you haven’t already, sign up for this listserv here by emailing your name to:

gradstudentfamilies-join@lists.uoregon.edu

Financial Assistance

1) Graduate Assistance Fund

Receive $1,500 for the birth of a child during your graduate program! APPLY HERE.

2) Childcare Assistance

Receive financial support to pay for childcare if your child is under 18 months or adopted in the last 18 months at the beginning of or during your graduate program. Apply for childcare subsidies, childcare scholarships, tax credits and more. Resources HERE.

Events

1) FREE Parenting Workshops

Workshop topics include children’s’ brain development, how children deal with stress, and more. All these workshops are FREE with childcare and dinner provided by the Moss Street Children’s Center.

2) Science Open House on October 5th in the Willamette Hall Atrium, 6:30pm-8:30pm (FREE)

There are activities for children of all ages, including a laser maze, egg drop, and other cool experiments.

3) Fall Day Camp and Preschooler Activities on October 14th and Family Fossil Day on October 15th at the Museum of

Natural and Cultural History. Plus, admission is FREE on the first Friday of October!

4) Family Play and Resource Day on October 15th, 2:00pm – 5:00pm (FREE)

Swimming, crafts, music, food, and face painting all afternoon

5) Night at the Museum on October 19th, 5:30pm – 7:00pm (FREE)

Snacks, guided tour of the museum, socializing with other graduate students and bedtime storytelling. Great for all ages.

Childcare

Don’t have a childcare plan yet that suits your new class schedule? Check out Human Resources’ CHILDCARE RESOURCE LIST, which easily breaks down your childcare options. All three child care centers on campus offer tuition discounts for UO families. See above for financial assistance for childcare.

For more information contact:

Hilary Habeck Hunt Master of Nonprofit Management Candidate 2017 | University of Oregon
Stewardship Intern | McKenzie River Trust
Graduate Family GTF | University of Oregon Graduate School
Board Member | Institute for Applied Ecology

Pronouns: she/her/hers
hhunt@uoregon.edu
269.823.3112

Hello UO Families:

Fall is here and kids are back to school.  That means it’s time to plan for fall No-School Days.

Here are two options for your children designed specifically for grades 3-5:

Friday, October 14, Paleo Discoveries, 8:30 AM – 12:30 PM

Friday, November 11, Engineer it!

Click here for the MNCH Camps Website

Click here for the MNCH Website

Kristin Strommer | Communications Manager

Museum of Natural and Cultural History

1224 University of Oregon | Eugene, OR 97403

541-346-5083 |kstromme@uoregon.edu

After-School Art Class: Sports, Art, and Product Design
Wednesdays, October 5-December 7, 3:30-5:00 p.m.
(no class on November 2 and November 23)
Grades 1-5, $90 ($81 for JSMA Members)
Inspired by the exhibition Scrimmage: Football in American Art from the Civil War to the Present and contemporary artists Catherine Opie and Shaun Leonardo, students will explore how images can illustrate significant events. Using Copic markers and mixed-media, students will create their own sports-related products, such as running shoes and helmets.

Registration available online at http://jsma.uoregon.edu/classes-children.

Our commitment is to make museum programs accessible to all. Scholarships are available for financial support.

Classes for Teens and Adults:

Maki-e Gold Leaf Decoration
Instructor: Mami Takahashi
Saturday, November 19, 1-4 p.m.
$40 Adults – Register Now
$20 for Student Members – Register Now
Scholarships are available for students
Discover the beauty of Maki-e decoration, which started in Japan in the 8th century. This technique is recognized worldwide for its delicate usage of gold and silver leaf and the commitment it takes to master this craft. This workshop includes a special presentation and hands-on session to learn how to use unique bamboo tools to pick up sheets of gold leaf and how to sprinkle gold leaf on rice paper. Participants will create works with different colors of gold leaf on a sumi ink (charcoal ink) background.

Icon Elements with Olga Volchkova
WAITLIST ONLY: November 12: Icon Trees and Flowers Email afears@uoregon.edu to be added to waitlist.
Saturday, January 28: Icon Landscape and Water Features
Saturday, February 18: Icon Architecture
Saturday, March 18: Costumes and Fabric
Saturday, May 20: How to Paint with Gold and Gilding Techniques
1-4 p.m.
$50 Adults
$20 for Student Members per session; scholarships are available
With inspiration from the exhibition Splendor and Light: Russian Art from the Collection, artist Olga Volchkova will lead participants in traditional icon painting techniques. All materials are provided.

Registration available online at http://jsma.uoregon.edu/classes-adults.

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