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Thursday2/17
10:00 am11:00 am
Building Healthy Relationships with Dr. Celesta Harris & Dr. Laura Townsend

Relationship challenges, at work and in our personal lives, can often be a major source of stress. In this webinar you will take away strategies to build healthy, relationships including active listening and reflection, empathy vs. sympathy, and setting boundaries and expectations. There will be an opportunity for Q&A, so bring your questions!

11:30 am1:30 pm
Volunteer Fair

The Metropolitan Volunteer Program presents Volunteer Fair, an opportunity to find out about various on campus and community partners. Partners will have tables set up throughout the Plaza for students to visit and get stamps, once you have collected a certain number of stamps you can collect the giveaway prize!

12:00 pm8:00 pm
Office Hours

Office Hours Spring 2022 for The Point/ Coogs for Christ.

12:30 pm12:50 pm
Meditation

Weekly meditation sessions are open to all students, faculty, and staff! This offering is part of UH Wellness’s mission to educate around all dimensions of wellness and provide a space for emotional and mental development.

1:00 pm2:00 pm
Research & Innovation Forum

Join us at R&I Forum to stay connected to the latest developments in UH’s research and innovation enterprise.

5:30 pm7:00 pm
Power Hour

Power Hour is our main event of the week, centered around the powerful work of God in Christ and the Holy Spirit. We come together to pray, read scripture, and equip the saints for the work of ministry as laborers in God’s Kingdom. Jesus is King! Come get The Point: because life IS a mystery–until you get it!

5:30 pm7:30 pm
G5 Collective: Exhibition Opening

Elgin Street Gallery 2 is a 500 square foot gallery space with dramatic vertical space and an open story ceiling. Gallery 2 is on the first floor of Elgin Street Studios which is connected to Elgin Garage on the UH Main Campus. Gallery 2 is dedicated to experimental exhibitions by School of Art graduate students. Work in the gallery rotates every 2 weeks with a new student or group of students curating, designing, and installing their own exhibitions. Join the artists and the School of Art community for a reception on the second Thursday of each 2-week show. Food and drink will be served.

6:30 pm9:15 pm
NSM Movie Night: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks

What would you do if your cells were taken without your knowledge and used to fuel an entire chapter of scientific evolution, complete with new experiments and discoveries? That’s what happened to Henrietta Lacks, an African-American woman from Virginia who visited Johns Hopkins for cervical cancer treatment. Dr. Tasneem Bawa-Khalfe, assistant professor of biology and biochemistry, and Dr. Linda Reed, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences associate professor of African-American history, will walk us through Henrietta’s incredible story for our first movie night of 2022.