NABJ Member Cynthia Tucker Speaks on June 10!

CYNTHIA TUCKER embodies the theme of the Harriet Beecher Stowe Lecture - writing to change the world. She is editorial page editor of The Atlanta Journal-Constitution and a syndicated columnist whose commentary appears in more than 70 newspapers around the country. Tucker's weekly column "As I See It," won the Pulitzer Prize for commentary in 2007. In her capacity as editorial page editor, Ms Tucker is responsible for guiding the development of the Journal-Constitution's opinion policies on everything from foreign policy issues to local school board races. Come meet a writer who is making a difference with her writing every day.

Event Sponsors: Paul DeMarco & Karen Smith and Eric & Jan-Michele Kearney
TUESDAY, JUNE 10th 2008 | 7:00 PM (last day to register June 5)
Reading Room, Mercantile Library, 414 Walnut St., downtown
$15 students; $20 members; $25 nonmembers

Terron and the City

Just in time for the May 30 premiere of the movie version of Sex and the City, UCABJ president—and Style Maverick—Terron Austin has some tips for all you fashionistas!

UC Undergraduate English Society Career Fair

What are you going to do with that English degree? Find out Friday, May 30th when the UC Undergraduate English Society hosts its career fair. The event is scheduled from 3 to 5 pm in the Tangeman University Center, room 415. Meet school teachers, magazine editors, and book publishers, to name a few. Need more info? Contact Jay Towman, Assistant Professor, Department of English, at jay.twomey@uc.edu.

The Gift of Financial Advice

This month, thousands of college graduates will shed their caps and gowns to join the ranks of America’s working professionals. Many of them will do so with high hopes, high ideals, and high debt from student loans.

The Financial Fitness Ohio podcast series is a free resource to help young professionals navigate their new financial responsibilities. A series of five short podcasts offer timely information and tips that are particularly relevant to young, working adults.

The podcasts feature a conversation between Milt Fullen, CPA, a financial advisor with Fullen Financial Group, and a new college graduate, and cover these topics:

· Establishing emergency funds
· Tackling student debt
· Understanding retirement planning options
· Saving for big-ticket items
· Knowing the ins and outs of insurance

“Graduation is a good time for young adults to develop sound financial habits for a lifetime,” Fullen said. “We live in a world where debt and out of control spending are considered a normal way of life. Too often, it’s a shortcut to financial crisis.”

The podcasts are five minutes in length and designed to help young professionals make smart money decisions at the beginning of their career. To download the podcast series or for more information on becoming finically fit, visit www.financialfitnessohio.com

UCABJ's Zulekha Pitts Gets Fashionable

Check out Zulekha at last month's fashion show at Bang Nightclub, hosted UCABJ president Terron Austin. (Terron, when's the next show?)

Your Negro Tour Guide performance - June 5, 6, & 7

Your Negro Tour Guide, writer/author Kathy Y. Wilson's musing on race, class, and gender, has been turned into a one-woman play and will show at this year's Fringe Festival. For those who don't know, the book and the play are thought-provoking, not to mention laugh-out-loud funny. Get your tickets soon because it will sell out. For more info go to Fringe Festival Web site at www.cincyfringe.com

Congrats, Geoffrey

Check out UCABJ Vice President Geoffrey Dobbins's personal essay (password required) in the June issue of Cincinnati Magazine. You can also hear him talking about the story on WVXU's Cincinnati Edition on May 25. Way to go, Geoffrey!