Happening in August
Five cooking classes by the Garden Kitchen will cover knife skills, pasta from scratch, summer salads and more.
The U.S. Small Business Administration Road Tour will make a stop at the UA Tech Park at Rita Road for an all-day event on Aug. 12 to meet with researchers and innovators about funding.
Paul Blowers, a University Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, will lead an Aug. 21 webinar covering the ways he uses the software TurningPoint for active learning.
Volunteers are still needed for Move-In 2019 on Aug. 17, 22 and 23.
Since it feels like we're living on the sun these days – except during the occasional thunderstorm – it's good to have options for things to do inside. Campus events in August offer plenty of those. And when you're ready to venture out at the end of the month and help incoming students settle in for the fall, there will be plenty of chances to do that, too.
UA events in August include cooking classes by the Garden Kitchen on knife skills, summer salads, fresh pasta and more. Innovators and researchers will have a chance to find out more about technology funding and a webinar on software that helps facilitate interactive learning. Other events include opportunities for faculty and staff to welcome incoming students to campus and recruit student employees.
To see what else is going on at the UA in August, check out the Master Calendar, which is open to submissions from UA employees and students who want to promote University-sponsored events or events happening on campus or in UA facilities. Add your event using the calendar's submission form.
The Garden Kitchen Cooking Classes | Aug. 10, 17, 20, 27 and 31
Five cooking classes in August, presented by Pima County Cooperative Extension's Garden Kitchen, will help you expand your culinary skill set in a variety of areas.
The Aug. 10 class will help you up your summer salad game, teaching you how to make a quinoa salad, a Thai noodle salad, and a jicama salad with a honey lime dressing. Learn basic knife skills at the Aug. 17 class that also includes a Mexican-style lunch.
On Aug. 20, you'll learn how to make, roll and fill fresh pasta by working through recipes for tortellini with sunflower parmesan pesto and parsley-laminated fettuccini with puttanesca. The class also includes directions on making a raw sauce and a fresh salad.
Those who've had their fill of pasta can return a week later to learn other Italian recipes, including creamy polenta with mascarpone and parmesan cheese, arugula spinach pesto, Sicilian-style stewed white fish with capers and olives, and an orange fennel salad.
The final class of the month will walk you through a variety of internationally inspired dumplings, including Polish pierogi, Japanese gyoza and Latin empanadas. You'll learn to make homemade doughs and the secrets to shaping and filling them.
Classes are held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Garden Kitchen, 2205 S. Fourth Ave., and cost $55, which includes the dishes you make. Proceeds go toward Cooperative Extension's free educational programming.
Small Business Administration Road Tour – Southern Arizona | Aug. 12
The largest source of early-stage funding is coming to Southern Arizona to meet with researchers and innovators.
A partnership between the UA Center for Innovation and the U.S. Small Business Administration will bring the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer programs to the UA Tech Park at Rita Road, about 15 miles southeast of Tucson.
The daylong event will include 21 program managers from 17 federal agencies, including NASA, the Department of Defense, Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency and the National Institutes of Health. Attendees will learn these agencies' technology funding priorities and connect with local support resources.
The event runs from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the event center at the UA Tech Park at Rita Road, 9030 S. Rita Road. The cost for those who register before July 28 is $50, and $60 after that date. Tickets at the door will cost $80.
Webinar: TurningPoint for Active Learning | Aug. 21
Paul Blowers, a University Distinguished Professor of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, will lead a webinar covering the ways he uses TurningPoint for active learning. The software, made by Turning Technologies and licensed by the UA, helps instructors evaluate learning, gather data and elicit and assess interactive questions from their students.
Blowers, an advocate for active learning, uses the software extensively in his classes. Those who tune into his webinar will learn what it feels like to be a student in an interactive classroom and review a range of interactive techniques to encourage teamwork and enhance understanding.
The free webinar begins at 11 a.m. and will last about an hour. To register, visit the Turning Technologies website.
Also happening this month
- This month | Volunteers are still needed for Move-In 2019 and employees are invited to Campus Recreation's welcome event, Bash at the Rec.
- Aug. 4, 11, 18 and 25 | Summer Lecture Series – 'News and Propaganda in the Early Modern Period' | Saint Philip's in the Hills Episcopal Church, 4440 N. Campbell Ave.
- Aug. 28 | Wildcat Student Employment Fair | Student Union Memorial Center, Grand Ballroom
- Aug. 30-31 | Cactus Classic Volleyball Tournament