Campus Announcement

Campus Announcements - Week of 10/22/01

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2. 2nd Annual Careers In The Bioscience Industry Seminar Series - Careers in Corporate R and D.
3. New Works by Stony Brook Composers To be Premiered October 31 at the Staller Center for the Arts
4. New Campus Child Care Center OPEN and Enrolling!
5. Theatre Art Department's "Spike Heels" by Theresa Rebeck
6. VETERANS DAY CEREMONY
7. Defensive Driving Program offered for UUP employees and their immediate families.
8. CELT Workshop: 'Personalizing High Enrollment Classes' facilitated by Tom Liao, Distinguished Teaching Professor at CELT,Tuesday, October 23rd at 11:30am.
9. Get in shape BEFORE the holidays! Sign up for MOVE FOR LIFE!
10. INTERNATIONAL SERVICES WORKSHOP SERIES
11. Integrative Asthma Care and Prevention
12. PROVOST'S LECTURE SERIES - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
13. Call For Proposals--Dialogues Across Differences
14. 2nd Annual Wall Street Day at Stony Brook
15. Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26. The Future of Film Studies: Where Next? At the HISB.
16. HOLIDAY GIFT PROGRAM
17. Despoiled Shore - Medeamaterial - Landscape with Argonauts
18. Coming Over Overcoming
19. "The Struggle Over Vieques"
20. CELT Workshop: Discussion as a Mode of Inquiry with Homer Goldberg, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emeritus on November 12th, 1-2:30.
21. Communicating with Students in your Department - Using Blackboard
22. Putting Your Course Online: Coursewebs v. Blackboard - Wed. 10/24 12:30-2pm CELT Lib E 1337
23. EAP Lunchtime Learning Workshop (Lunch Included) - Beating the Fear of Public Speaking
24. Breast Cancer Group Visits
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The school of Professional Development is a provider of training for the Long Island Federation of Labor, AFL-CIO Workforce Development Center adult education program. This is in addition to the LEAP program. The purpose of the training program is to enhance the skills and abilities of the union members and their spouses. All courses sre provided at no cost to the union member or their spouse. See our web Page(link below)the section named "The Consortium for Workforce Education", or email fesposito@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
http://www.stonybrook.edu/spd/union.htm
Submitted by: Frank Esposito/Prov
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2. 2nd Annual Careers In The Bioscience Industry Seminar Series - Careers in Corporate R and D.
Careers in Corporate R & D. Wednesday, November 7, 2001. 5-7 pm. Atkins Learning Center, HSC. Guest speaker - Bob Larson, Ph.D. Associate Director, BioPharmaceuticals. Pall Corporation. He has more than 10 years of academic research experience including Characterization of Legionnaire's Disease, oncogenic transgenics, and plasmid delivery systems and more than 13 years of experience in industrial research Dr. Larson's extensive experience in academic and corporate research will provide graduate students with a realistic insight and perspective into "corporate" bench work. Complete details on the seminar series can be found onhttp://www.biotech.sunysb.edu/news.html#seminar
Submitted by: Angeline Judex
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3. New Works by Stony Brook Composers To be Premiered October 31 at the Staller Center for the Arts
Stony Brook's Music Department is nationally known for its devotion to contemporary music and the high quality of its student composers and performers. You are invited to sample our contemporary music as the Contemporary Chamber Players present the Fall Composers' Concert at the Staller Center Recital Hall on Wednesday, October 31, at 8:00 pm. Featured are premieres of new music for voice, interesting instrumental groupings, electronic and solo works. Experience contemporary music of varied styles and surprising sonic imaginations. Enjoy meeting and chatting with the composers and performers at the post-concert reception! Come have a Halloween musical treat! Admission is free. For more information, call the Music department at 632-7330.
http://www.sunysb.edu/music
Submitted by: Robin Pouler-Mcgrath/CAS
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4. New Campus Child Care Center OPEN and Enrolling!
The opening of our new child care facility on South Road enables us to open our wait list to new families. At this time we are actively enrolling children aged 2 to 12 months, 3,4 and 5 year olds and children grades K thru 2 for after school care. We are also gauging interest in a part time (9am to 1pm, 3 or 5 days) Pre K for 4 and 5 year olds to start in October/November.
The child care facility is open M-F, 6:30am to 6pm.. Child care tuition is paid bi-weekly, according to a sliding fee scale based on a families income, for university and hospital affiliated students and staff. Pre K will be flat monthly tuition rate.
For tours information and directions, please call 632 6930 or e mail nwalker@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.
Submitted by: Denise Masone/Affl
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5. Theatre Art Department's "Spike Heels" by Theresa Rebeck
"Spike Heels", the Theatre Department's second production this semester, is a must-see! A modern day romantic comedy about relationships, written by Theresa Rebeck, the writer for such series as NYPD Blue and Law and Order. The play circles around the lives of Andrew, Georgie, Edward and Lydia in present day Boston, and deals with the complexity of their relationships; how friendship, love and sex blend in a tangled web that they weave and they alone can untangle. Directed by Valeri Lantz-Gefroh.
Tickets can be purchased at the Staller Center Box office at 632-PLAY at $10 general, $8 faculty/staff, $6 students/seniors. November 1,2,3, 8, 9, 10th at 8 pm, November 4 & 11th at 2 pm.
Submitted by: Augusta Kuhn/CAS
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6. VETERANS DAY CEREMONY
Please join the Stony Brook Community in honoring our Veterans on Wednesday, November 7, 2001 at 1:00 p.m. in the Student Activities Center lobby.
This year's guest speaker will be Brigadier General Joseph F. Conlon III.
We encourage all who have served or are currently serving to wear their uniforms to be honored by all who attend.
Please RSVP to Mr. Ismael Rodriguez, Jr. or Ms. Maureen Hall at (631) 632-6700. Your immediate response is greatly appreciated.
Food and refreshments will be served.
Submitted by: Ismael Rodriguez/OSA
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7. Defensive Driving Program offered for UUP employees and their immediate families.
A NYSUT sponsored Defensive Driving program is being offered on Saturday, November 10, 2001 from 10 am to 4pm in the Student Activity Center, Room 304, for all UUP employees and their immediate family members. Cost is $25 per person. Checks should be made payable to "NYSUT Benefit Trust" and delivered to the UUP office, 104 Old Chemistry, Z=3475. Office hours are Monday thru Friday, 9 am to 3 pm. Contact Willa Smith at Ext. 26570 for more information.
Submitted by: Willa Smith/CAS
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8. CELT Workshop: 'Personalizing High Enrollment Classes' facilitated by Tom Liao, Distinguished Teaching Professor at CELT,Tuesday, October 23rd at 11:30am.
This interactive workshop will focus on pedagogical techniques for addressing students in classes of enrollments between 50 to 150 students. The learner-centered techniques that will be explored include those related to: Active Learning, Learning How to Learn, Assessment as a Learning Tool, Written and Oral expression, and Individualized Responses to Questions. Specific examples used with students in the EST 320 course will be shared. To register please go to www.celt.sunysb.edu. CELT is located in the Melville Library, room E1337.
Submitted by: Rita Reagan-Redko/Prov
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9. Get in shape BEFORE the holidays! Sign up for MOVE FOR LIFE!
Move for Life is a state-wide self motivational exercise program being sponsored for SUNY Stony Brook employees by the Department of Family Medicine's Heart Links Project. Getting started is an easy 2 step process: 1) simply sign up to receive a set of exercise logs, and 2) fill out exercise logs for 8 weeks to win a prize. Any exercise counts, including going to the gym, walking during work breaks, raking leaves or playing outside with your children. Sign-up will be held at an auxiliary table outside of the cafeteria on the 5th floor from 11:30 to 1:30 on October 24th, November 2nd. Hope to see you there!
Submitted by: Lauren Gargiula/UHMC
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10. INTERNATIONAL SERVICES WORKSHOP SERIES #1: BUDGETING; SHOPPING; SEVERE ECONOMIC HARDSHIP EMPLOYMENT
Wonder from where the money will come to pay that next bill? On Thursday, Oct. 25, 2001, at 2:35 p.m., in the Graduate School Conference Room, International Services will provide a workshop for international students, scholars, and their spouses on surviving with a small income on Long Island. The procedures to apply for Severe Economic Hardship will also be discussed. All are welcome. For more information, contact International Services at 632 - 4685.
Submitted by: Rose Cohen-Brown/Grad
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11. Integrative Asthma Care and Prevention
The Division of Wellness and Chronic Illness will be conducting a four-part series on Integrative Asthma Care and Prevention.
This series will be available to asthma patients twelve years and older. Participants will be examined and evaluated individually in order to assess asthma severity and to determine whether their current treatment is optimal.
The group discussions will review state-of-the-art medical management, asthma triggers, prevention, and proper use of inhalers, spacers and peak flow meters and will also integrate nutrition with whole foods, the value and safety of nutritional supplements and herbs, breathing exercises, yoga, stress management, massage, self-hypnosis, meditation and guided imagery
The series will be on Wednesday, November 7th, 14th, Tuesday, November 20th and Wednesday, December 5th from 4:30-6:30 p.m. at 33 Research Way in Stony Brook Technology Park. Most insurance accepted with appropriate co-pay.
To register for these group visits, please call 631.444.9815. Registration is limited to 15 people.
Submitted by: Marion Hollinger/UHMC
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12. PROVOST'S LECTURE SERIES - FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
GOODMAN SYMPOSIUM: GLOBAL EPIDEMICS & BIOTERRORISM THURSDAY,NOVEMBER 8th,STALLER RECITAL HALL 7P.M. (Private Reception University Club 5p.m.-$30.donation)
The office of the Provost and the Round Table cordially invite you to an analysis of this vital topic. istinguished speakers include:
Laurie Garrett, a Pulitzer prize winning veteran journalist who is Newsday's featured Science and Health writer and author of the best selling books: The Coming Plague and Betrayal of Trust. She's a expert in epidemics & bioterrorism, Chris Beyrer, M.D. is a Professor of Epidemiology and International Health at Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health. He is author of "War in the Blood", Roy Steigbeigel, M.D. moderator, is Vice Chair of the Department of Medicine at Stony Brook University and the Director of the Comprehensive Infectious Disease Center.
We hope you will join us for this enlightening and important event. If you have questions, please call 632-7002
Submitted by: Janet Mclean/Prov
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13. Call For Proposals--Dialogues Across Differences
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to submit a brief program proposal centered on the theme of "Dialogues Across Differences--Speaking Truths/Seeking Reconciliation." Join us on a journey to find a deeper understanding of our similarities and differences by sharing experiences, stories and reflections.
Proposals should be submitted by November 15 requesting funding from $250 to $2,000 for campus programs. Guidelines and complete information will be published shortly and are available on the Web.
http://www.stonybrook.edu/dialogues
Submitted by: Howard Gimple/UAff
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14. 2nd Annual Wall Street Day at Stony Brook
Network with highly successful Stony Brook alumni on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 at the SAC 12:40 pm - 7:00 pm. Listen they share their Stony Brook experiences and discuss a variety of career opportunities. Learn about careers in e-commerce, trading stocks and bonds, investment management, finance and real estate, technology, and what you should do now to prepare for internships and employment. Registration and further details are on-line.
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Pres/csevents.nsf/pages/wallst
Submitted by: Jane Macarthur/CAS
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15. Thursday and Friday, October 25 and 26. The Future of Film Studies: Where Next? At the HISB.
Thursday, October 25, 2001
4:30: Introduction by E. Ann Kaplan
Panel 1 : 4:45pm - 6:00pm Dudley Andrew, Yale University: "The Ins and Outs of World Cinema" Philip Rosen, Brown University: "Film and the Global: Reformulating Hollywood" Moderator: Ann Kaplan
6:15pm: Light Reception
Friday, October 26, 2001
9:45am: Introduction
Panel 1: 10am-11:15am Raymond Bellour, Centre National des Recheres Scientifque: "The Body of Cinema/About an other Cinema" Ana Lopez, Tulane University: "South of the Digital Divide" Moderator: Robert Harvey
11:15am - 11:30am Break
Panel 2 : 11:30am - 12:45pm Thomas Elsaesser, University of Amsterdam: "What's Classical and What's Not: Re-periodizing Film History" Mary Ann Doane, Brown University: "The Representability of Time: Early Cinema, Contingency, Modernity" Moderator: Krin Gabbard
12:45pm - 2:30: Lunch
Roundtable discussion: 2:30pm - 4:30pm
4:30pm Light Reception
http://www.sunysb.edu/humanities
Submitted by: Deborah Gilbert/GST
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16. HOLIDAY GIFT PROGRAM
For the last 8 years, through the generosity of university employees and students, we have been able to provide holiday gifts to over 3000 children who live near or below the poverty level in Suffolk County. The hidden nature of hunger and poverty makes us less aware of its prevalence in the suburbs but hunger
does exist here. Seven years ago, we established a pantry in Pt. Jefferson to help families year round as they struggle to provide nutritionally balanced meals for their families. We now provide for 600 households a month, translating into over 5000 individuals (half of whom are children under the age of 14). If you would be interested in providing either a gift of clothing or a toy to one of these children during this year's Holiday Gift program, please contact me via e-mail (mbell@notes.cc.sunysb.edu) and I'll send you details. THANK YOU!
Submitted by: Maryann Bell/CAS
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17. Despoiled Shore - Medeamaterial - Landscape with Argonauts
Heiner Muller is one of the major forces of German drama. His writing is sarcastic, life threatening poetry that erases everything you have and directs you toward the truth. What is the truth and reason of living after human kind has destroyed itself? Using the strength of the mystical figure Medea, Muller shows us the answer. Despoiled Shore - Medeamaaterial - Landscape with Argonauts is a revealing and powerful piece in a time like this when everybody is faced with the same questions. Directed by Petra Lammers, choreographed by Margarita Espada, with Hinde Lliepmannsohn, Josh Adler and Dorte Junghanel, Despoiled Shore - Medeamaterial - Landscape with Argonauts is performed October 26, 27, and 28th at 8 pm in the Cabaret at the Spot (Roosevelt Quad).
Submitted by: Augusta Kuhn/CAS
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18. Coming Over Overcoming
A voice for those of us who have lost themselves and found themselves changedd. Coming Over Overcoming is a storytelling performance created by foreigners from all over the world with the help of Ken Corsbie, an internationally acclaimed storytelling performer. Get a different view of the (and your) world and come to the Cabaret at the Spot (Roosevelt Quad) on November 8, 9, and 10th at 8 pm. It'll be different.
Submitted by: Augusta Kuhn/CAS
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19. "The Struggle Over Vieques"
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 24 12:30-2:00PM LACC Conference Room SBS N-320 The Latin American & Caribbean Studies Center presents Juan Figueroa, President and General Counsel of the Puerto Rican Legal Defense and Education Fund (PRLDEF)to update us on the dramatic campaign to rescue the battered isle of Vieques for Puerto Rico.
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/CAS/lacc.nsf
Submitted by: Domenica Tafuro/CAS
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20. CELT Workshop: Discussion as a Mode of Inquiry with Homer Goldberg, Distinguished Teaching Professor, Emeritus on November 12th, 1-2:30.
This workshop will focus on ways to conduct productive classroom inquiry through give and take between instructor and students. Using short texts as our objects of study, we will consider how to locate analytic problems that 'naturally' provoke thought, how best to prepare for an unpredictable process, the teacher's complex role in that process, and specific strategies to help students reason to some result. To register please go to www.celt.sunysb.edu. Any questions call 632-1030
Submitted by: Rita Reagan-Redko/Prov
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21. Communicating with Students in your Department - Using Blackboard
Would you like an easy way to communicate with your undergraduate majors/minors or graduate students through email and on the Web?
You can have an organizational account in Blackboard to post information for (and communicate with) all undergraduate and graduate students who are your majors and/or minors.
What is Blackboard?
Blackboard is a web based course management system that provides your department with the following opportunities:
Post information for your students (regarding graduation, advising, etc) Send e-mail to all majors/minors within your department Ability to create groups by graduating class. Conduct on-line surveys IC will enroll your students into your special departmental pages.
and more!
Information sessions will be held on the following days in CELT (E1337, Main Library):
Monday, 10/22 , 3 - 4 pm Wednesday, 10/24, 3:30 - 4:30 pm Friday, 10/26, 10 - 11 am Tuesday, 11/6 ** Election day ** , 9:30am - 10:30am
Register On-line:
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Ic/Classes/
Submitted by: Diana Voss/DoIT
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22. Putting Your Course Online: Coursewebs v. Blackboard - Wed. 10/24 12:30-2pm CELT Lib E 1337
Do you know what the difference is between a course website and Blackboard course management software? Are you unsure of which one will work best for you and your students?
This information session will compare and contrast a regular course website with Blackboard. Information about requesting a course website and/or a Blackboard course site will be distributed at this session.
Who should attend? This session is for faculty, staff and teaching assistants interested in putting class information online.
Session will be held on: Wed. 10/24 12:30-2pm in CELT, Melville Library E 1337 Click on URL to signup:
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Ic/Classes/
Submitted by: Diana Voss/DoIT
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23. EAP Lunchtime Learning Workshop (Lunch Included) - Beating the Fear of Public Speaking
Location - Peace Center, Old Chemistry Limited to 15 participants per workshop
Beating the Fear of Public Speaking - Since we are social animals, it is important that we are at ease with ourselves and others when opportunities arise that require speaking in front of groups. This brief workshop is designed for the novice whose job duties don't require presentation skills, but who may still be called on to speak at a club, community or organization fund-raiser, workplace, house of worship, or at their child's school. Attendees will receive 15 concrete tips for beating the fear of public speaking that can be immediately applied, are easy to remember and may lower your anxiety a notch or two. Date: Friday, November 2, 2001
Lunch provided. To REGISTER, please call Denise Gross in T&OD at 632-4501.
http://www.sunysb.edu/eap
Submitted by: Linda Tatem/Pres
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24. Breast Cancer Group Visits
The Division of Wellness and Chronic Illness will be conducting two, two-hour group visits for patients with breast cancer. These visits will involve a brief, individual evaluation followed by group sessions on nutrition (whole foods, supplements) and mind/body medicine (meditation, imagery, prayer).
These series of two group visits will be on October 24th and October 30th from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at 33 Research Way in Stony Brook Technology Park. Most insurance plans accepted with the appropriate co-pay. For those without insurance, the cost of both sessions will be $80.00 per person payable at the time of registration.
For questions and to register for these group visits, please call 631.444.9815.
Since each session can accommodate only 15 people please register as soon as possible.
Submitted by: Marion Hollinger/UHMC
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