The 38th annual Uberto Price Reading and Language Arts Symposium will be held Friday, Nov. 2, from 9:45 a.m. to noon at the Broyhill Inn and Conference. A light fare reception will be held at 4 p.m. Nov. 2 in the Reich College of Education’s Room 02 Edwin Duncan Hall. Keynote speaker Dr. Charles Perfetti will discuss his latest paper, “Reading ability: Lexicalquality to comprehension,” an expansion and adaptation of his book “Reading Ability” published in 1985. To reserve a space, contact Dolly Farrell at farrelldm@appstate.edu or 2804.

Faculty, staff and students are invited to celebrate the founding of Appalachian’s new University College on Wednesday, Oct. 31, from 4-6 p.m. in the lobby of D.D. Dougherty Hall (between Old Library Classroom Building and the new library). Light refreshments will be served. Board of Trustees Chair Jim Deal, Chancellor Ken Peacock and Provost Stan Aeschleman will make remarks beginning at 4:45 p.m.

Coffey, Doughton, East, Hoey, Lovill and White residence halls will sponsor Trick-or-Treating for kids Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 6-8 p.m. The event is sponsored by Housing and Residence Life and White RSA and is run by each individual building. All trick-or-treaters and their parents should park in the faculty/staff lots on the east side of campus or in the Rivers Street Parking Deck. Student will escort trick-or-treaters through the building. Please wait patiently for someone to meet you, and do not wander through the buildings unescorted. There will be rooms in each building where children can trick or treat. Some of the residence halls will have activities set up in the lobby. For more information, call 262-2160.

The Boone Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and the Hayes School of Music will present a Halloween Monster Concert, Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 8 p.m. in Broyhill Music Center’s Rosen Concert Hall. Admission is free and costumes are encouraged. Featured will be Bach’s famous “Toccata and Fugue in d minor” with audience participation, the singing of “Pumpkin Carols,” a name-that-scary-tune quiz, free candy and more. For more information, call Joby Bell at 6467 or e-mail belljr@appstate.edu.

All faculty/staff who associate with or self-identify as GLBTQ (Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender or Queer) are invited to a brown bag lunch Wednesday, Oct. 31, at 11:30 a.m. in the Jimmy Smith Lounge of Welborn Cafeteria. Guests speakers will be GLBT Task Force members discussing a proposed GLBT Center on campus. They seek opinions on the center’s services, location, etc. For more information, contact Linda Coutant at coutantla@appstate.edu.