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The following vanpools have seats available for employees interested in riding to and from work on a permanent basis: Cedar Rapids, 8am-5pm, 2 seats; Cedar Rapids, 7am-3:30pm, 6 seats; Kalona, 7:30am-5pm, 3 seats; Kalona, 7:30am-4:30pm, 2 seats; Lone Tree, 8am-5pm, 1 seat; Marengo, 8am-5pm, 5 seats; North English, 7am-3:30pm, 3 seats; North English, 8am-5pm, 2 seats; Riverside, 7:30am-4:30pm, 5 seats; Riverside, 8am-5pm, 2 seats; Shueyville/Swisher, 8am-5pm, 2 seats; Washington, 7am-3:30pm, 1 seat; Washington, 8am-5pm, driver opening Washington, 5pm-1:30am, 5 seats; Washington/Ainsworth, 8am-4:30pm, driver opening; Williamsburg, 7am-3:30pm, 6 seats; Williamsburg, 8am-5pm, 1 seat. The Vanpool Program is interested in starting additional 8am-5pm vans from Muscatine, Mt. Vernon, and Ainsworth and a 7am-3:30pm van from Tipton/Lowden area. For more information, call Commuter Services, (35)3-5770.


Sign up to TWIST

The University Libraries’ TWIST program (Teaching With Innovative Style and Technology) is accepting applications for spring semester courses at twist.lib.uiowa.edu/projects/application/. More than 100 faculty from 30 academic departments have paired with 23 librarians to develop more than 250 web course environments that provide students an information-rich learning experience. For more information about TWIST, see twist.lib.uiowa.edu/ or contact Karen Zimmerman, karen-zimmerman@uiowa.edu, (33)5-6160.


Free diabetes screenings

Area residents with one or more diabetes risk factors can take advantage of a new University Health Care service that offers free screenings for diabetes and impaired glucose tolerance, which can lead to diabetes. The screening includes fasting and blood sugar and cholesterol tests. Risk factors for diabetes include being overweight, having a family member with diabetes, having diabetes during a pregnancy or a baby who weighed more than 9 pounds at birth, having known high blood pressure or high cholesterol, and being of Native American, African American, or Hispanic descent. The UIHC clinic is open Monday-Friday mornings. To schedule a screening, call UI Health Access, (38)4-8442.


Reserve lists deadline

The deadline for submission of spring semester reserve lists is Dec. 10. Faculty who have not received forms may obtain them from their departmental librarian or from Reserve Services in the Main Library. If you have questions, call your departmental library or Main Library Reserve Services, (33)5-5913.

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