The University of Miami is pleased to announce the second dates for Employee Day Games presented by Verizon Wireless. Secure your seats now to see the men’s basketball team take on ACC opponent Clemson on Sunday, February 20 at 3:30 p.m. at BankUnited Center or the nationally ranked women’s team take on Wake Forest on Monday, February 21 at 7 p.m. in conjunction with Pink Zone. Employee Day tickets are on sale now and are available to all full-time and part-time regular benefitted employees. Eligible employees will receive one (1) complimentary ticket and have the opportunity to purchase up to three (3) additional tickets for only $1 each.

Join the University of Miami for Pink Zone 2011 as the women’s team takes on the Wake Forest Demon Deacons, and help raise awareness about breast cancer. The WBCA Pink Zone initiative is a global, unified effort for the Women’s Basketball Coaches Association’s nation of coaches to assist in raising breast cancer awareness on the court, across campuses, in communities, and beyond. An entire evening of events is planned to celebrate survivors, educate fans about breast health, and raise funds for breast cancer research. Free pink pom-poms and awareness ribbons will be distributed at the entrance. Fans are encouraged to wear pink in support of this cause. Pink basketball shirts are available for purchase at the game, with proceeds benefiting Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more information on Pink Zone 2011 please visit HurricaneSports.com.

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Have a great American novel in your head or on your hard drive? The University of Miami’s Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing Program will host the weekend workshop series “Write Now” on February 19 and 20. The series is designed to engage the local writing community and guide participants via workshops and seminars in fiction, poetry, and memoir.

UM authors Jane Alison, A. Manette Ansay, Mia Leonin, Lester Goran, Peter Schmitt, Maureen Seaton, and MFA program director M. Evelina Galang, joined by special guest novelist Chantel Acevedo, will offer insights into writing, revising, and publishing.

Faculty and staff will receive a 10 percent discount off registration (includes boxed lunch), which is $350 for the full weekend, $250 for one day, and $75 for one seminar. To redeem this offer, please call 305-284-2182 and mention you are a UM faculty or staff member. For more information or to register online, click here.

Individual manuscript review is available to conference participants on a first-come, first-served basis for an additional fee.

The University of Miami is pleased to announce the second Men’s Basketball Employee Day Game presented by Verizon Wireless. Secure your seats now to see the men’s basketball team take on Atlantic Coast Conference opponent Clemson on Sunday, February 20 at 3:30 p.m. in BankUnited Center.

Employee Day tickets are on sale now and are available to all full-time and part-time regular benefitted employees. Eligible employees will receive one (1) complimentary ticket and have the opportunity to purchase up to three (3) additional tickets for only $1 each.

Wear your orange and green, and come out to support the hometown team. A large, vocal, and enthusiastic crowd can help make the difference for the Hurricanes, so get your tickets now.

To order your Men’s Basketball Employee Day tickets, follow these steps:

• Click here to access the UM Employee Day ticket website.

• In the “Enter Offer Code/Password” box, enter your C number [case sensitive, use a capital C and no spaces]. Click “OK.”

• An arena map will appear on your screen. Select the section where you wish to look for seats. Available seats within that section will be shown in dark blue. Light colored seats are unavailable.

• Choose the first seat you wish to add to your account and click the “Select” button adjacent to “Free Ticket.” Repeat the process for each additional seat you would like by clicking the “Select” button adjacent to “$1 Ticket.” You may add up to three (3) additional $1 seats.

• Click Checkout.

• Select “TicketFast Now” to print your tickets at home at your convenience.

• Select the “No” option when asked whether or not you would like to insure your tickets.

• Follow the online directions to create your account and check out.

• Tickets will be e-mailed to you; check your e-mail inbox and print your tickets.

• Bring your “Print at Home” tickets to the game.

Ticket sales representatives will also be on UM campuses for Employee Day sales; dates and times will be announced in future issues of e-Veritas. For those UM employees who purchased tickets to the first UM Employee Day, you will be unable to purchase Employee Day tickets for this game; however, great seats are still available for sale, so click here for more details.

For more information or assistance, call the Hurricane Ticket Office at 1-800-GO-CANES or 305-284-2263.

Images of life and daily activities in Haitian communities will be the focus of a special exhibition in February at the University of Miami’s Wynwood Project Space.

Presented by UM’s Department of Art and Art History, “Haiti FotoKonbit: Third Vernacular Photography” will feature photographs taken by Haitians in their home country and Miami.

The exhibition runs from February 8-25 at Wynwood Project Space, 2200A NW 2nd Avenue, Miami, with an opening reception on Saturday, February 12 from 6 to 10 p.m.

FotoKonbit is a movement created to engage and empower Haitians to tell their own stories and document their communities through photography.

Inspired by the Creole word “konbit,” which can be defined as the coming together of similar talents in an effort toward a common goal, FotoKonbit educators use their skills as photographers, educators, and artists to impact the lives of their participants and the public through photography. By partnering with established Haitian grassroots organizations in Haiti and in the Haitian Diaspora, FotoKonbit is uniquely positioned to inspire hope through creative expression and provide Haitians with the opportunity to document their reality and share it with the largest possible audience.

A full schedule of exhibitions can be viewed at www.as.miami.edu/art. For more information about the exhibition or Wynwood Project Space, call 305-284-2543 or e-mail [email protected].

Robin Holder's "Descending Into the Valley of the Kings"

The Department of Art and Art History and Africana Studies will present “Atum Energy: Channeling Kemetic Metaphysics,” an art exhibition celebrating Black History Month.

The show, curated by international art curator Ludlow Bailey, will run from February 1 to 28 at UM’s College of Arts and Sciences (CAS) Gallery, 1210 Stanford Drive, Coral Gables campus. The exhibition is free and open to the public. A special opening reception will be held on Friday, February 11, from 6:30 to 9 p.m.

The exhibition will feature the works of African-American artists Robin Holder and Kerry Stuart Coppin, Haitian-American artists Asser Saint-Val and Nzingah, Jamaican-American artist Kristie Stephenson, and black British artist Everton Wright.

Bailey has curated shows in Europe, the Caribbean, and the United States. He has lived in Egypt and travelled extensively in Africa. A lifelong student of Egyptology and metaphysics, he holds degrees from both Brown and Columbia Universities. Bailey currently resides on St. Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.