Enjoy a month of fun as UT Arlington kicks off spring with the Maverick Spirit Celebration, a different take on Homecoming because of COVID-19.

Watch the Homecoming court video with the crowning of the king and queen.

Hit the pavement or treadmill for Keep Your Distance Virtual 5K. Run, jog, walk, or stroll up to 5k (3.1 miles) by Sunday, March 7, and submit your time to receive a snazzy event T-shirt.

Show your love using the hashtag #MaverickSpirit on social media for a chance to win prizes all semester.

Say "Blaze" at the rotating UTA Spirit photo displays throughout the semester. Take your own photo or use the HALO photo booth and share on social media starting March 8-12.

Find details on these and more events on the Maverick Spirit Celebration website.

UTA Health Services continues to offer free COVID-19 testing for students. Students can schedule appointments at mavcare.uta.edu.

Curative administers free COVID-19 tests for UTA students 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. UTA’s Curative Testing Center is located at 435 Spaniolo Drive in the College Park District.

Appointments are encouraged but not required. They can be made through UTA’s portal on Curative’s website. Read more about the testing.

A planned electrical outage for the SEIR building is set for 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, March 7.

The building’s emergency generator will be operational for fire and life safety equipment, limited building lighting, elevators, and any research equipment currently connected to the emergency generator.

Please safe work/data before the outage.

Turn off electronic equiment including computers, scanners, and copiers. They do not need to be unplugged.

Contact either Jeff Johnson at 817-798-8456, Toby Buhrkuhl at 972-832-1490, or Cameron Taylor at 469-231-4345 with questions or concerns.

• March 11—Last day of classes for first eight-week term.
• March 12—Final exams for first eight-week term.
• March 15-20—Spring Break.