A Letter –
Thursday, August 26, 2010 issue
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UT students host benefit for Pakistani flood victims
A benefit will be hosted at the I-House on Friday from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Dinner will be provided for $5. Any money collected will be given to the American Red Cross.
Tauseef Mutwahir, a dentist from Pakistan and a graduate student in public health at UT, will give a short presentation at the benefit. Mutwahir left Pakistan 15 days before his familys village and ancestral home was flooded. He will share pictures of the damage sent to him by his uncle, who is still in Pakistan, during the presentation.
Hundreds of people have died, 2 million have been displaced and 14 million lives have been disrupted by exceptionally heavy monsoon rains.
For more information about how you can help with the Pakistan flood relief efforts being led by the I-House, call 865-974-4453 or find them on Facebook.
Emergency Management Director Named
UT has named Brian Gard the director of emergency management for the campus. Gard began his new position Monday, Aug. 23.
Gard was formerly director of special events for the UT system. Gard will work closely with a variety of people and groups to prepare for man-made or natural disasters and emergencies, including training in emergency procedures. He also will seek additional sources of funds to improve the campuss emergency preparedness infrastructure. Gard also will work with the Knoxville-Knox County Emergency Management Agency, the Tennessee Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Homeland Security to coordinate campus preparedness with state and national security efforts.
In his 23-year career in the U.S. Marine Corps, Gard rose to leadership positions in combat engineering instruction and logistics and was selected as section leader of the White House ceremonial security detail, receiving a Presidential Service Badge for his work.
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