Campus Announcements for the week of 08/23/2004
Table of Contents
01. Administrative (dept moves/closes, employee info, Admin announcements)
1. Reduced Rates for UPS
2. 2004 University Senate Election Results
3. Are you planning on using Blackboard this Fall but haven't submitted your request? Don't wait any longer!
4. Money for College/AmeriCorps Education Award Program
02. Hosp/HSC Admin Announcements
1. Fall Fashion Festival
03. Workshops/Courses/Training (work related; HR, EAP, DoIT, etc...)
1. Lotus Notes Training Classes available for all levels.
2. Volunteer Tutor Workshop Program
3. Blackboard Workshops for August
4. Openings in University Orchestra at SUNY Stony Brook
5. Lawson Requisition Training(HTNW27)- for Hospital Employees in the HSC-(9 am-12 pm) 9/9, 9/21, 10/14, 10/26, 11/9, 11/30, 12/9, 12/21
04. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. Lecture by Dr. Maureen O'Leary: Evolution of the Vertebrates from Fish to Mammals
2. Doctoral Defenses This Week
06. Charitable (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc...)
1. SBU Cat Network Needs Homes For Cats
2. We're Three Weeks Away - El Vecindario - Annual Garage Sale: Start Cleaning Out Your Garage And Donate!
07. Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc...)
1. All are welcomed join the 2004 Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, etc...)
1. IT Training 1572 - Installing, Configuring and Administrating a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
09. Research (Studies, Testing, etc...)
1. Do you suffer from Osteoarthritis?
2. Diabetes And Periodontal (Gum) Disease
3. Do you suffer with chronic pelvic pain?
4. A research study seeks to improve patient satisfaction with the labor and delivery process.
5. Treatment Study for Children's Behavioral Control Problems
10. Miscellaneous
1. FIRSTConsult Free Trial
2. Celebration 2004, Be a Part of it!
01. Administrative (dept moves/closes, employee info, Admin announcements)
1. Reduced Rates for UPS
Effective immediately new rates will apply for United Parcel Service (UPS) Next Day Air, (10:30 a.m.), Next Day Air Saver (3:00 p.m.) and Second Day Air Services. Most rates for the most popular zones used by NY State Contract customers have been reduced, other rates are either reduced or the same as previously published. Please refer to the UPS rate chart on the referenced URL.
http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/snt/awardnotes/7901100179pm27.pdf
Submitted by: Mary Woodward/Admin
2. 2004 University Senate Election Results
2004 University Senate Elections Results
The results from the 2004 University Senate Elections are available at:
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Admin/usenate.nsf/pages/elections
There are still positions on Senate committees that still need to be filled. If you are interested, please contact ltheobalt@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.
Submitted by: Laurie Theobalt/Prov
3. Are you planning on using Blackboard this Fall but haven't submitted your request? Don't wait any longer!
If you are planning on using Blackboard this Fall, we'd like to know. Have you requested your class site already?
If not, don't wait until the first day of school. Request your site today!
Blackboard Class account requests can be submitted on-line at:
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/DoIT/bbreq.nsf/bbaccountreq
Help yourself have one less thing to worry about the first day of school, submit your request today!
If we receive your request after Thursday 8/26, it is possible that your class will not be ready in time for the first day of classes
Submitted by: Diana Voss/DoIT
4. Money for College/AmeriCorps Education Award Program
Stony Brook students/staff interested in community service can become AmeriCorps members and after successful completion of 300 hours/yr receive a $1,000 tuition voucher that can be applied to outstanding student loans or further study. Work study recipients are eligible for both. If you have questions, please contact Urszula Zalewski @ 2-6814 or email uzalewski@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.
http://www.career.sunysb.edu/Students/vcs/Americorp.htm
Submitted by: Urszula Zalewski/OSA
02. Hosp/HSC Admin Announcements
1. Fall Fashion Festival
Tickets are now on sale for our annual event! Cocktail hour, fashion show, Chinese Auction. Thursday, Oct. 21 at Majestic Gardens. $45 per ticket. Come and see SB staff strut their stuff on the run. Drs. Meek, DaCosta, O'Hea to name a few...4-2390 or 4-8035
http://fallfashionfestival.com
Submitted by: Linda Bily/UHMC
03. Workshops/Courses/Training (work related; HR, EAP, DoIT, etc...)
1. Lotus Notes Training Classes available for all levels.
Learn how to use all of the features of Lotus Notes. Register for one or all of the training classes Client Support has to offer.
http://clientsupport.stonybrook.edu/training/Notes_training.shtml
Submitted by: Kim Rant/DoIT
2. Volunteer Tutor Workshop Program
Are you interested in becoming a volunteer Tutor? The Stony Brook Adult Literacy Center is in need of volunteers to provide tutoring in basic skills (listening, speaking, reading and writing English). We provide tutoring services for adults who are at least 16 years of age and out of school, read and write at or below the sixth grade level, need to improve their basic English conversation skills and understanding of American culture.
Volunteers will attend a workshop here on campus that will prepare them for becoming a tutor.
Contact Cindy Brodsky, Coordinator, at 632-6102 for more information.
Below is a schedule of the upcoming Fall program:
All sessions take place from 5:30pm-8:30pm, September 23, 30, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 18
Submitted by: Cindy Brodsky/Admin
3. Blackboard Workshops for August
Instructional Computing, the department that supports Stony Brook's Blackboard system, will be offering workshops at the end of August.
Please visit
http://www.learnteach.sunysb.edu/workshops.htm
for more information.
Sign up is required! Sessions are cancelled if fewer than 7 people register.
Submitted by: Diana Voss/DoIT
4. Openings in University Orchestra at SUNY Stony Brook
JOIN THE UNIVERSITY ORCHESTRA AT SUNY STONY BROOK - MUS 262
Openings for Strings, Woodwinds,Brass and Percussion. Rehearsals are Tuesday evenings 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Room 0111 - Staller Center/Fine Arts Building. Rehearsals begin on Tuesday, August 31, 2004. All interested should attend!
Undergraduate music majors and minors,qualified Non-Music Majors on the Undergraduate and Graduate level at SUNY are encouraged to audition. Openings may exist for gifted High School & USB Pre-College Students
AUDITIONS-TUESDAY, AUGUST 31, 10 to 1 p.m. & 2 to 5 p.m. in Room 2342 or by special appointment on September 7. Audition Sign Up Sheet will be posted at Room 2342 in late August For further information e-mail: Dr. Susan E. Deaver, conductor sedeav@earthlink.net
Submitted by: Susan Deaver/CAS
5. Lawson Requisition Training(HTNW27)- for Hospital Employees in the HSC-(9 am-12 pm) 9/9, 9/21, 10/14, 10/26, 11/9, 11/30, 12/9, 12/21
This workshop is designed to take you through the process of entering various types of procurement requisitions in the Lawson system including: Entering, changing, and deleting Stores and Vendor requisitions; Adding another page of items; Adding Comments to a requisition; Checking for approvals; Finding a purchase order number for a requisition; Inquiring on a purchase order; Finding receipts for a purchase order; Inquiring on requisitions; Inquiring on a budget; and Blanket Order releases. All Lawson users must attend this course to obtain a user ID & password. To register for this program please complete the registration form on page 19 of the Corporate Education and Training Calendar and fax the form to 4-9806. If you do not have a copy of the Calendar please call Jean, in Corporate Education and Training, at 4-9805 to obtain a copy of the registration form.
Submitted by: Annemarie Scherer/UHMC
04. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. Lecture by Dr. Maureen O'Leary: Evolution of the Vertebrates from Fish to Mammals
Please join us on Tuesday, August 24 at 7:30 p.m. in the Javits Room of the Melville Library for a lecture by Dr. Maureen O'Leary on the Evolution of Vertebrates from Fish to Mammals.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Library and the Science Club of Long Island.
http://www.sunysb.edu/library/specevents.htm
Submitted by: Kristen Nyitray/Lib
2. Doctoral Defenses This Week
Please click on the URL below to see this week's Doctoral Defences
http://www.grad.sunysb.edu/ddd/weekly.html
Submitted by: Yordanos Beyene/GST
06. Charitable (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc...)
1. SBU Cat Network Needs Homes For Cats
The USB Cat Network works to humanely trap, neuter, vaccinate, and care for the many feral cats that live on campus. We have a some young cats captured on campus (no longer kittens) who are available to good homes. They are already vaccinated and spayed/neutered. If you're interested, please contact Nancy Franklin (nancy.franklin@sunysb.edu).
Submitted by: Anne Moyer/CAS
2. We're Three Weeks Away - El Vecindario - Annual Garage Sale: Start Cleaning Out Your Garage And Donate!
EL VECINDARIO - ANNUAL GARAGE SALE, TO DONATE ITEMS FOR SALE CONTACT NORMA REYES @ 632-7366 by Monday, September 13, 2004. (No clothing or food items accepted). All items will be contributed for sale as donations on behalf of SBU students, faculty, & staff. Please call for drop off sites or to schedule a pick up.
Proceeds go toward the inclusive celebration of Hispanic Heritage Sponsored by Union Universitaria Latino-Americana (UUL), the Latino Faculty and Staff Association.
Submitted by: Norma Reyes/CAS
07. Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc...)
1. All are welcomed join the 2004 Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee
This year's theme: Orgullosamente Declarando y Abrazando Nuestra Cultura/ Proudly Declaring and Embracing Our Culture.
The next Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee (HHMC) meeting will be held on Thursday, August 26, 2004 at 12 Noon in the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center (LACS) Conference Room SBS N-320. We meet every Thursday at 12 NOON in the same location. Please bring a friend and your calendar.
Submitted by: Norma Reyes/CAS
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, etc...)
1. IT Training 1572 - Installing, Configuring and Administrating a Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server
This course provides students with the knowledge and skills necessary to install, configure, and administer Microsoft Exchange 2000. This course also provides prerequisite knowledge and skills required for Course 1573, Designing Microsoft Exchange 2000 for the Enterprise, and Course 2355, Upgrading Microsoft Exchange Server 5.5 to Microsoft Exchange 2000.
Course length: 6 sessions. Course helps to prepare for Microsoft exam: 70-224
Fee: $2195.00
Section A - Thurs, 6 - 10pm; 9 sessions; Sept 23, 30; Oct. 7, 14, 21 and 28; Nov. 4, 11 and 18, 2004.
10% discount University employees and students, CSEA LEAP Vouchers accepted
To register go to SPD Website Registration Form at
http://www.stonybrook.edu/spd/career/registration.html
Submitted by: Frank Esposito/Prov
09. Research (Studies, Testing, etc...)
1. Do you suffer from Osteoarthritis?
We are currently recruiting for men and women who suffer from Osteoarthritis of the hip or knee. For more please call Maureen, at 444-9034 or email maureen.hurst@stonybrook.edu
Submitted by: Maureen Hurst/UHMC
2. Diabetes And Periodontal (Gum) Disease
Are you a Type 1 Insulin-Dependent Diabetic? Do you have Periodontal (Gum) Disease?
We are conducting a study to determine whether Periodontal Treatment can reduce specific markers of infection/inflammation that may make it more difficult for you and your physician to control diabetes. Study participants receive a free periodontal cleaning and payment up to $300.00. Please contact Ruth Tenzler RN BSN CCRC @ ext.29452 (631)632-9452 or Dr. Maria Ryan @ ext 29529 (631)632-9529 to see if you qualify for this study.
Submitted by: Ruth Tenzler/UHMC
3. Do you suffer with chronic pelvic pain?
The Center for Pain Management is currently seeking volunteers for a study to determine the effectiveness of lidocaine for the treatment of chronic pelvic pain. Subjects will be compensated up to $100.00
For more information please contact the Pain Management Center at 444-4234.
Submitted by: Katherine Kendrick/UHMC
4. A research study seeks to improve patient satisfaction with the labor and delivery process.
The Department of Anesthesiology is seeking pregnant volunteers to determine if prenatal obstetric anesthesia consults in the third trimester improve maternal and infant birth outcomes, as well as patient satisfaction. Subject will be compensated up to $50.00
Please contact Dr. Tracie Saunders in the Anesthesiology department at 444-2975.
Submitted by: Katherine Kendrick/UHMC
5. Treatment Study for Children's Behavioral Control Problems
The Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at Stony Brook University is conducting a study of treatment steps for children, ages 6 to 14, who have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder plus other behavioral control problems (aggression, explosiveness, low frustration tolerance, etc.). Eligible children receive free evaluation and study treatment, including medication and help with behavioral support strategies. The study is sponsored by the National Institutes of Health.
For more information, please call the Research Coordinator, Alisa Jahns, at (631)631-8317.
Submitted by: Alisa Scuro/GST
10. Miscellaneous
1. FIRSTConsult Free Trial
The Health Sciences Library has free trial access to FIRSTConsult from July-September 2004. FIRSTConsult is a highly innovative, evidence-based clinical information tool for primary health care providers, part of the MD Consult Clinical Knowledge System. It offers tools for differential diagnosis, evaluation and management of medical conditions, patient education and procedure skills review, and synthesizes findings from journals and other respected references into a templated knowledge base that is organized into a highly accessible format and designed for use at the time and point of care. A sub-set of the FIRSTConsult knowledge base is available via handheld devices. Send any library related comments and inquiries to Ugen.Gombo@stonybrook.edu. Inquiries about FIRSTConsult's various features can be made directly with FIRSTConsult at 800-401-9962, M-F, 7am-7pm, CST, or by email at mdc.customerservice@elsevier.com.
http://www.hsclib.sunysb.edu/
Submitted by: Julitta Jo/HSC
2. Celebration 2004, Be a Part of it!
Please join us as we celebrate the 30th anniversary of the School of Medicine's first graduating class and the classes of '79, '84, '89, '94, & '99. We will be inaugurating the Vice President's HealthCareForum, and the first Distinguished Alumni Awards dinner. Saturday, Sept. 11th has been developed for families of our alumni and for kids of all ages. A special commemoration will also be held in memory of the alumni that we lost on 9/11/01.
To register go to:
http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/som
and click on "Celebration 2004 - Be a Part of it."
Three alumni will be presented the School of Medicine’s Distinguished Alumni One One is to receive the Outstanding Recent Graduate award, Roberta J. Seidman MD, 1983 will be recognized for her role as Past-President of the School of Medicine Alumni Council
Call 444-2899 for more information.
Submitted by: Yasemin Tansel/HSC