Please come out to our annual Great Commons Ball Roll Wednesday, April 28! Hosted by the University Ministries International Service Program, the event supports our 2010 service trips to Ecuador, El Salvador, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica and Mexico. This year, we are sending 50 students and 12 chaperones. Join us in support of their fundraising efforts and to gather as a community in celebration of our service teams.

Ball Roll Ticket Sales will continue right up to the last minute! Buy your tickets until noon on Wednesday, April 28, on the Royal Way.

EVENT TIME: More than 3,000 tennis balls will be released down the Commons at 12:30 p.m. Be there to see which tennis balls reach the bottom first.

More than 75 prizes will be given to those who have the winning ball numbers! Come early for food, music, and a performance by the Step Team.

PLEASE NOTE: This is our scheduled Rain Date. Our original date, Tuesday April 27, has been postponed due to weather.

Students, staff and faculty are invited to attend a four-week session of Weight Watchers during the month of May for $40. The sessions are scheduled Thursdays, from noon to 12:45 p.m., in the DeNaples Center, room 406. The session runs May 6 through May 27.

To register, send check made payable to “Weight Watchers” at least one week before the start of class to Employee Wellness, 466 St Thomas Hall. For more information, contact mascellic2@scranton.edu or call 941-4550.

Buy Fresh Buy Local Northeast Region invites you to a local screening of The Real Dirt on Farmer John, a movie about the epic tale of a maverick Midwestern farmer, on Friday, May 7, at 7 p.m. at The University of Scranton.

An outcast in his community, Farmer John bravely stands amidst a failing economy, vicious rumors and violence. By melding the traditions of family farming with the power of art and free expression, this powerful story of transformation and renewal heralds a resurrection of farming in America.

The film is a haunting odyssey, capturing what it means to be different in rural America.

Admission is $5, and $3 for BFBL members. To make seat reservations, which are required, call 941-7588.

The University of Scranton Players present Flora the Red Menace, a musical comedy by the musical team of Kander and Ebb (Chicago, Cabaret) and a book by David Thompson. 

The musical opened April 23 and has encore performances scheduled Friday, April 30, Saturday, May 1, and Sunday, May 2. Friday and Saturday performances begin at 8 p.m. and Sunday performances begin at 2 p.m.  

The shows are held in the Royal Theatre located on the first floor of the McDade Center of Literary and Performing Arts.

Broadway veteran Michael O’Steen directs the production and Esther Zabinski provides musical direction. 

Tickets are $5 for faculty, staff, students, seniors and children and $8 for general admission. For more information or reservations, call the box office at 941- 4318.

Join The Center for Health Education and Wellness and Dining Services for the 11th annual President’s Breakfast Tuesday, May 18, from 9 to 11 p.m. on the third and fourth floors of the DeNaples Center. The annual event will include free breakfast, meditation, massages and arts and crafts.

Relax during finals week as your faculty and staff serve you breakfast. Prizes will be awarded to the first 1,000 students.

The University of Scranton will host its “Tenth Annual Celebration of Student Scholars” Tuesday, April 27, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. This event will celebrate both undergraduate and graduate student scholars by featuring their work through either a physical display of posters or oral presentations. The poster display will be held in Brennan Hall 509 with oral presentations nearby.

Please join us in celebrating our students' outstanding research accomplishments. Student scholarly work includes thesis research (e.g. for a graduate degree, for the honor’s program), research conducted as part of the FSRP, or resulting from a President's Fellowship for Summer Research, and undergraduate or graduate research or other scholarly projects carried out as independent study.

For more information, contact Eloise Libassi at 941-6301.