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A new exhibit will open on August 25 in UT Arlington Library's Special Collections, and was mounted to accompany this fall's Sixth Biennial Virginia Garrett Lectures on the History of Cartography on October 3, 2008. The theme for this year's Lectures and for two accompanying exhibitions at the Amon Carter Museum and at the UT Arlington Library's Special Collections is Revisualizing Westward Expansion: A Century of Conflict, 1800-1900. It grew from a desire to highlight the fact that the American West is a strength of several of the D/FW Metroplex's greatest collections, including UT Arlington's Virginia Garrett Cartographic History Library, the Amon Carter Museum, and Southern Methodist University's DeGolyer Library. This exhibit will run through the fall semester. Maps on display follow the theme Revisualizing Westward Expansion: A Century of Conflict, 1800-1900 and will include numerous impressive smaller maps from UT Arlington's collections as well as some significant maps generously loaned by the DeGolyer Library at Southern Methodist University and a private collector. On display will be a manuscript map of Mexico relating to the 1803-1804 North American trip of Alexander von Humboldt, the German geographer, scientist, explorer, and intellectual genius of his time. Also on exhibit will be original printed maps of the period associated with other famous men of that century of conflict such as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, Zebulon Pike, Albert Gallatin, John C. Fremont, Zachary Taylor, William H. Emory, and John Wesley Powell. Special Collections is on the sixth floor of Central Library. This exhibit will open on August 25 and run through Fall semester. It is free and open to the public. Special Collections hours are Monday 9am to 7pm and Tuesday through Saturday 9am to 5pm. For more information call all 817-272-3393 or email spcoref@uta.edu.

Squire Creek Invit. (Day 1)

Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 10 am - 5 pm and Saturdays, 12 noon to 5 pm. Exhibition dates are October 13 - November 15, 2008.

This event is hosted by League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC). Part of Hispanic Heritage Month 2008 Hosted by the UTA Multicultural Mavericks For complete details and calendar, visit the Multicultural Affairs website: www.uta.edu/multicultural

Join the Multicultural Mavericks - Asian Heritage Month student planning committee! The Multicultural Mavericks is a program that provides UTA students with the opportunity to create and implement events for each of the four heritage celebrations held on campus. These include Hispanic Heritage, Asian Heritage, Black History and Women's History months. All UTA students welcome. For more information, visit: www.uta.edu/multicultural

Meetings every Monday beginning at 2:00 p.m. in the Student Congress Chambers in the Lower Level of the University Center. Come see how EXCEL is "Your All Access Pass."

Gain self awareness and receive support as you connect with others. (For students. Must meet with a counselor before attending this group. Call 817-272-3671)

This event is hosted by the Center for Mexican American Studies. Part of Hispanic Heritage Month 2008 Hosted by the UTA Multicultural Mavericks For complete details and calendar, visit the Multicultural Affairs website: www.uta.edu/multicultural