The 125th Anniversary of Johns Hopkins University
This Month's Events
Sunday, Feb. 18. 7 p.m. "Swingin' into the 125th! A Johns
Hopkins University 125th Anniversary Celebration Event." Paul
Cosentino & the Boilermaker Jazz Band and George Gee's Jump, Jive
& Wailers, with expert swing dance instruction during
intermission by the fabulous Grit Grinders Swing Dance Team.
Admission: $5. White Athletic Center, Homewood. Office of Special
Events.
Wednesday, Feb. 21. Times and details TBA. 125th
anniversary parties for JHU students at all Hopkins campuses.
Thursday, Feb. 22. 4 p.m. Commemoration Day: An address by
President William R. Brody on the 125th anniversary of the
university (see story at left). Shriver Hall, with reception to
follow in the Glass Pavilion, Homewood campus. Office of Special
Events.
125 Ways of Caring: As part of its anniversary
celebration, the university is asking each of the 40,000 faculty
and staff members to spend a day volunteering in a community
project. Heart health is the theme for February's 125 Ways of
Caring events. A sampling of ongoing activities follows. To get
involved in these or other projects, or to set up your own, log
on to
http://www.jhu.edu/~125th/volunteer.
Through June. Renovation of 841 N. Washington St., a
boarded vacant house in East Baltimore, for a new homeowner.
School of Medicine Facilities Management.
Through May. Dunbar/Hopkins Health Partnership. This
school-to-career program broadens and advances students' interest
in health care-delivery professions, trends, opportunities and
challenges, and provides work-based learning experiences that
will stimulate further study at the college level. Volunteers
needed to provide work experiences for students. University
Administration.
Through May. Sandwich Sundays. For 11 Sundays this year,
the JHU Interfaith Council in collaboration with the university
chaplain is making lunches for the walk-in clients at HERO
(Health Education Resource Center) on Maryland Avenue. These
lunches are made on Sunday afternoons and distributed on the
Monday morning. The goal each Sunday is to make 125 lovingly
packed, nutritious lunches for those struggling with HIV and AIDS
in Baltimore. Student volunteers representing the varying
families of faith are needed. Campus Ministries and Homewood
Student Affairs.
Year-round. MEDBANK of Maryland Inc. Founded by Robert
McEwan, of the Comprehensive Transplant Center, and funded by a
grant from the Maryland Health Care Foundation, MEDBANK provides
free medications to low-income, underinsured, chronically ill
patients. The program is currently available to any patient in
Baltimore City or County or discharged from a hospital here. It
covers all diseases and most medications. The work is performed
at 7400 York Rd. by volunteers. The Johns Hopkins Hospital.
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