BYU

AMBASSADOR AT BYU: His Excellency Nicolae Chirtoaca, Moldova ambassador to the U.S., will present "Security and Peace Building in Eurasia -- Threats, Challenges and Perspectives" at this Ambassadorial Insights Lecture at noon on Monday in 238 Harold R. Clark Building.

FESTIVAL: World Fest 2008 will be Tuesday to Friday. Visit international culture booths each day in the Garden Court of the Wilkinson Student Center. Cultural performances with music and dancing will be at noon in the Garden Court Tuesday through Thursday. For more information, contact Brigham Young University International Services at (801) 422-2695 or visit them in 1351 WSC.

FORUM: Lynn Truss will speak on "Eats, Shoots, and Leaves" at 11:05 a.m. Tuesday in the Marriott Center.

CONCERT: Faculty artist-composed American Piano Quartet will perform in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the Fine Arts Ticket Office, by calling (801) 422-4322 or by visiting byuarts.com.

CONCERT: BYU's Trombone Choir will present a free concert at in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday.

READING EVENT: Children 10 and younger can enjoy story time at the Monte L. Bean Life Science Museum at 11 a.m. every Wednesday, hearing stories about animals and nature read by a professional storyteller.

FOREIGN SERVICE LECTURE: John "Dink" Dinkelman, consul at the U.S. consulate in Nogales, Sonora, Mexico, will discuss present "Insider's View of the Foreign Service" at this Global Awareness Lecture at noon on Wednesday in 238 Harold R. Clark Building.

AUTHOR LECTURE: Author and journalist Franklin Foer will discuss his book "How Soccer Explains the World: An Unlikely Theory of Globalization" at 3 p.m. on Wednesday in the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium. This book was designated the book of the semester by the David M. Kennedy Center for International Studies.

AUTHOR LECTURE: Amity Shlaes, senior fellow for economic history at the Council on Foreign Relations will discuss his book "Forgotten Man: A New History of the Great Depression" at 10 a.m. Thursday in 257 Harold R. Clark Building. This lecture will be conducted via conference call. Please e-mail byu.conf.call@gmail.com to RSVP as space is limited.

HOLIDAY SANITY: The third in a series of workshops sponsored by Women's Services and Resources, this workshop will focus on different ways to help maintain order in your house, head and home life at 11 a.m. Thursday in The Little Theater, 3380 WSC. Want the holidays to be all they are cracked up to be? Come and learn how. For more information, contact Women's Services and Resources at (801) 422-4877 or wsr@byu.edu.

PAKISTANI AMBASSADOR: His Excellency Husain Haqqani, Pakistani ambassador to the U.S., will discuss Pakistan-U.S. relations at this Ambassadorial Insights Lecture at 11 a.m. Thursday in 238 Harold R. Clark Building.

WOMEN'S STUDIES COLLOQUIUM: Reid Neilson, Ph.D., from the Department of Church History and Doctrine, will present "Mormon Sisters at the 1893 World's Congress of Representative Women" at noon Thursday in 4186 Joseph Fielding Smith Building. All are invited to attend. For more information, contact the Women's Research Institute at wri@byu.edu or (801) 422-4609.

HOUSE OF LEARNING LECTURE: Richard Hacken, European studies librarian, will present "Into the Archetypal Forest: A 2000-Year Retrospective of the German Woods" at this Harold B. Lee Library House of Learning Lecture at 2 p.m. Thursday in the Harold B. Lee Library Auditorium.

STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD: The program, designed for preschoolers and toddlers, explores the folk tales of different nations around the world at 11 a.m. Friday in the Museum of Peoples and Cultures, 700 N. 100 East. A new theme is introduced each week and includes a story and corresponding craft. Free admission. For more information visit mpc.byu.edu

FOODFEST: Food will be sold in the Garden Court of the Wilkinson Student Center from 5-7 p.m. Friday as part of the World Fest 2008. For more information, contact BYU International Services at (801) 422-2695 or visit them in 1351 WSC.

TALENT SHOWCASE: The Talent Showcase, part of World Fest 2008, is free and open to the public at 7 p.m. Friday in the Ballroom of the Wilkinson Student Center. For more information, contact BYU International Services at (801) 422-2695 or visit them in 1351 WSC.

PLAY: BYU's Department of Theatre and Media Arts presents BYU alumnus Joel Bree's comic production of "Houseboat Honeymoon" in the Pardoe Theatre Friday through Dec. 6. There will be no performances Sundays or Mondays. There will be a matinee Nov. 22 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $15, or $10 weeknights and $11 weekends with a BYU or student ID. For dress rehearsals and matinees, all seats are $8. To purchase tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit byuarts.com.

CONCERT: The Brass Honors Quintet will present a recital in the Madsen Recital Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Admission is free.

CONCERT: BYU's Panoramic Steel and Percussion Ensemble will perform in the de Jong Concert Hall at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Tickets are $11, or $8 with a BYU or student ID. To purchase tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit byuarts.com.

DANCE SHOWCASE: A Senior Dance Showcase will be presented in the Richards Building at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. Admission is $6. For more ticket information, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit byuarts.com.

CONCERT: The Philharmonic Orchestra, directed by Kory Katseanes, will perform in the de Jong Concert Hall at 8 p.m. Saturday. Tickets are $11, or $8 with a BYU or student ID. To purchase tickets, call the Fine Arts Ticket Office at (801) 422-4322 or visit byuarts.com.

UVU

COMMUNITY SERVICE: Utah Valley University has a new public relations firm class that is getting students involved in the community. Out of the many different firms in the class, one in particular is working with the local Red Cross Mountain Valley Chapter. They helped sell tables for the benefit breakfast "Light the Darkness" with guest speaker Stephen R. Covey. More recently, they held a fundraiser at the UVU Halloween dance taking professional pictures for the attendees who could donate. The students will be having a trade show on Dec. 3 displaying all that they have done.

FINE FORGIVENESS: UVU Parking Services is holding its annual Food For Fines drive from now until Dec. 23. Bring in cans of food to donate to the Utah Food Bank and the school will remove $1 from the late fees of any of your unpaid parking citations (down only to the original citation amount) per can donated. You can bring in as many cans as you like. Help UVU help the Utah Food Bank this winter by bringing by your canned food. For more information you can call us at (801 )863-8188.

GLOBAL ENGAGEMENT WEEK: UVU will celebrate diversity and culture during the fourth annual Global Engagement Week. International Photo Contest winners' work will be displayed all week on the Art Wall in the Student Center.

• Monday: H.E. Nicolae Chirtoaca, Ambassador of Moldova to the U.S., will speak in LA 219 at 9 a.m.

• Tuesday: International Student Cook Off: Come sample tasty food from around the world from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. in Centre Stage.

• Thursday: Gary Neeleman, president and owner of Neeleman International Consulting, Inc., a consulting firm which deals with newspaper and broadcast industry throughout Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal, Japan and Korea, Australia and New Zealand, will speak at noon in the Ragan Theater.

• Friday: International Faculty/Staff Appreciation Dinner (by invitation only) at 6 p.m. in Centre Stage.

Legacy Polynesian Dance Company presents Drums of the Islands at 6:30 p.m. first show, 8:00 p.m. second show in the Ragan Theater. Tickets are $5 for pre-sale and $8 at the door. For tickets and information call campus connection 801-863-8797.

CAR CARE: Automotive Faculty & Students, from 10:30 a.m.-1 p.m., are sponsoring free car checks, including fluids, tires, filters, wipers and other basic items on vehicles. The checks will be in the Automotive Compound by parking lots D & E. Students of the auto/diesel/collision programs will perform these checks and help answer basic maintenance questions. For more information contact the Automotive Office at 863-8349 or 863-7022.

EXHIBIT: In rural Kyrgyzstan when someone asks who you are, you reply with the names of seven generations of male ancestors, a custom called jeti-ata: "seven fathers." This genealogical awareness makes the central Asian nation a uniquely promising place to explore its genetic roots.

While organizing a project collecting DNA samples and genealogies for the Utah-based Sorensen Molecular Genealogy Foundation, field director and photographer Edgar Gomez-Palmieri took thousands of evocative pictures of the people in this remote land. Twenty-seven of these fascinating photographs are now on display for the first time in simultaneous exhibitions at Utah Valley University and in Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic. This exhibit is on display on the library 3rd Floor Art Wall through Dec. 12.