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Workshop for employees who are caregivers at home

"Prepare to Care: Essential Skills for Elder Caregiving,"  a two-session workshop for employees who are caregivers at home, is being offered through the Labor/Management Workplace Education program on Feb. 28 and March 7 from 10:30 to noon in 115 South College.

Many employees have two jobs: work at UMass Amherst and work as caregivers for family.

Campus and Community Coalition is focus of chamber breakfast

Representatives of the Campus and Community Coalition to Reduce High-Risk Drinking (CCC) will discuss its efforts at the next monthly breakfast of the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 7:15-9 a.m., at the Red Barn at Hampshire College. Admission is $15 for chamber members and $20 for non-members. The event is sponsored by Amherst Office Park and UMass Five College Credit Union.

CCC co-chairs Sally Linowski, assistant dean of students, and Lisa Queenin, the director of Community and Regional Legislative Relations, will join other CCC members for a panel discussion about

Center for Women & Community hosts 40th anniversary gala

The Center for Women & Community (CWC) will mark its 40th anniversary with a gala celebrating women’s achievements on Friday, Feb. 22 from 7-10 p.m. in the Amherst Room of the Campus Center.
 
Formerly known as the Everywoman’s Center, CWC is one of the oldest continually operating women’s centers in the country. According to Everywoman’s Center: Evolution of an Alternative, a “herstory” penned by its founders, an organized collective of Pioneer Valley women approached UMass Amherst in the early 1970s about the educational and vocational needs of area women.
 
The Everywoman’s Center was

'Vagina Monologues' staged at Bowker Auditorium Feb. 15-17

In celebration of the 15th anniversary of the V-Day organization, “One Billion Rising” has been launched, encouraging one billion people to rise up and state why they are dedicated to ending violence against women. At UMass Amherst this semester, a group of women is putting together a production of “The Vagina Monologues” in support of the “One Billion Rising” campaign.

Performances take place at Bowker Auditorium on Friday, Feb. 15 and Saturday, Feb. 16 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Feb. 17 at 3 p.m.

Tickets are $5 for students, low-income and seniors, $10 for the general public at the Fine Arts

Reservations open for meals prepared by HTM students at Marriott Center

Meals at the Marriott, lunches and dinners prepared and served by students in Hospitality and Tourism Management 355, “Food Production Management,” are being offered this semester starting Feb. 12-14 at the Marriott Center for Hospitality Management on the 11th floor of the Campus Center.

Lunches are $10 per person and are served on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays with seating starting at noon

Dinners are $13.50 per person and are served Tuesdays and Wednesdays with seating starting at 6 p.m.

Diners may also choose a la carte menus with separately priced starters, entrees and desserts at

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