Campus Announcements for the week of 06/28/2004
Table of Contents
01. Administrative (dept moves/closes, employee info, Admin announcements)
1. LS Stockroom Inventory
2. On Campus Instructors - Do you see your Summer Term 2 class when you log into Blackboard?
02. Hosp/HSC Admin Announcements
1. Master Of Public Health Founding Class - Fall 2004!
03. Workshops/Courses/Training (work related; HR, EAP, DoIT, etc...)
1. Are you using the Notes 6.5 Calendar? How about the To Do List? Learn how to use this powerful tool!
2. Tutor Training Workshop (Stony Brook Adult Literacy Center)
3. Lotus Notes Training Classes available for all levels.
4. HRS Training & Organizational Development announces SkillSoft E-Learning site upgrade
5. Is your Lotus Notes mail file near or over the quota warning threshold? Do you know what this means?
6. Using SBU's Blackboard system - no chalk required! Wed. 6/30/04 12-1pm - Library C1640A
04. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. Doctoral Defenses This Week
06. Charitable (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc...)
1. Faculty and Staff Welcome Wagon Volunteers for Opening 2004
07. Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc...)
1. Seawolves Summer Softball Camps
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, etc...)
1. Summer Sessions II Registration Continues
09. Research (Studies, Testing, etc...)
1. Can a Medicine prevent Prostate Cancer? With your help we may find out.
2. Seeking pregnant volunteers for a study to determine improvement in maternal and birth outcomes.
3. Select - Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial.
4. Are you a Type I Insulin-dependant diabetic?
5. Alzheimer's Disease Trial at SUNY Stony Brook.
6. Do You Have A Frozen Shoulder?
7. Seeking Volunteers - Men and Women 18 Years of Age and Older With A Diagnosis of HIV+ and/or AIDS.
8. How Do You Manage Your Stress During Pregnancy?
9. Research Volunteers Wanted At The General Clinical Research Center, Stony Brook University Hospital.
10. Brookhaven National Labs (BNL) - Imaging Studies - 20 Yrs+ Volunteers
11. Are you taking Cholesterol lowering medication?
12. Did you ever wonder why some people get stressed out more easily than others?
13. Do you have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
14. Take part in Clinical Research Studies.
15. Seeking Volunteers for a Cancer Study
10. Miscellaneous
1. Undergraduate Student Government at SBU is conducting a search for an Administrative Director of its operations.
2. CNA Training Class
3. Opening of School Volunteers Fall 2004
01. Administrative (dept moves/closes, employee info, Admin announcements)
1. LS Stockroom Inventory
Life Science Stockroom will be closed on July 01,2004 to perform our annual physical inventory.
Please plan accordingly.
Submitted by: Antonina O'Connell/CAS
2. On Campus Instructors - Do you see your Summer Term 2 class when you log into Blackboard?
Are you teaching classes during Summer Session 2?
Are you planning on using Blackboard?
Do you see your Summer Session 2 classes when you log into Blackboard?
If not, you need to:
1. take a break from what you are doing
2. Take 2 minutes and
3. Paste this address into your Browser:
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/DoIT/bbreq.nsf/bbaccountreq
4. Fill out the form for each class you are teaching.
Do this today, and your class will be ready to go within 1-2 business days, if you do this later (closer to July 12th) you will have to wait longer.
http://www.learnteach.sunysb.edu/faculty.htm
Submitted by: Diana Voss/DoIT
02. Hosp/HSC Admin Announcements
1. Master Of Public Health Founding Class - Fall 2004!
Stony Brook University Health Sciences Center is pleased to announce the Graduate Program in Public Health's new Master of Public Health Program, which will begin this Fall. Applications are now being accepted. The deadline for applications is July 15th. For information about the new program contact Pat Villa at 631-444-2074, or go to our website at:
http://www.hsc.stonybrook.edu/public_health_program
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Submitted by: Patricia Villa/UHMC
03. Workshops/Courses/Training (work related; HR, EAP, DoIT, etc...)
1. Are you using the Notes 6.5 Calendar? How about the To Do List? Learn how to use this powerful tool!
Register for this training session offered by Client Support (W. Campus) and learn how to use all of the features of the Notes 6.5 Calendar and To Do List to manage your time more effectively.
http://clientsupport.stonybrook.edu/training/Notes_training.shtml
Submitted by: Kim Rant/DoIT
2. Tutor Training Workshop (Stony Brook Adult Literacy Center)
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. 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
4. HRS Training & Organizational Development announces SkillSoft E-Learning site upgrade
SkillSoft has a "new and improved" look! The site upgrade reflects aesthetic improvements to your home page as well as creating a more consistent format between business skills courses and IT skills courses. We encourage you to take a look and start a course. With summer upon us, it's a great time for enhancing your professional skills, from Communication Skills to Microsoft Office. For questions on how to login to SkillSoft, please email carol.londoiro@stonybrook.edu
For a list of all available trainings through HRS, please click on the link below.
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Admin/HRS.nsf/pages/Training
Submitted by: Carol Londoiro/Admin
5. Is your Lotus Notes mail file near or over the quota warning threshold? Do you know what this means?
Since your mail file size is limited, you must constantly manage the documents in it. You should delete the mail you don't need and "archive" the mail that you may need access to again in the future. To learn how to do this attend the "Getting Organized With Lotus Notes" class.
http://clientsupport.stonybrook.edu/training/Notes_training.shtml
Submitted by: Kim Rant/DoIT
6. Using SBU's Blackboard system - no chalk required! Wed. 6/30/04 12-1pm - Library C1640A
Perhaps you've heard about Blackboard? Stony Brook's Online Course Management system.
Perhaps you are looking for another way of outreaching to students in your department and/or classes?
If so, you may find Blackboard to be a useful tool.
Come join us for an overview of Stony Brook's Blackboard system and learn how you can use Blackboard, not only for the classes that are taught in your department, but also as a way of communicating with students in your department (Majors/Minors, Student Assistants, etc.)
This session will be held on: Wednesday, June 30th from 12-1pm in the Library PC Classroom C1640A
All faculty, staff, and graduate assistants from Academic Departments, & Student Service Areas are welcome!
Seating is limited and this will be cancelled if less than 5 people sign up, so register On-line today at:
http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Ic/Classes/
http://www.learnteach.sunysb.edu/workshops.htm
Submitted by: Diana Voss/DoIT
04. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. 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. Faculty and Staff Welcome Wagon Volunteers for Opening 2004
Welcome Wagon Fall 2004, August 27, 2004
The Division of Campus Residences invites you to be a part of Welcome Wagon 2004
The Welcome Wagon program is designed to welcome the incoming class of first year students who will move onto campus on Friday, August 27, 2004 between 9 am and 3 pm. Over 300 student volunteers will welcome the first year students, answer their questions, and assist them in moving their belongings into the residence halls.
We are actively seeking the participation of faculty and staff in this effort. In the past, faculty and staff who have volunteered have been particularly helpful in answering questions and providing information to students, parents, and family members.
Faculty/Staff who wish to volunteer may select a location and number of hours they wish participate.
You may sign up online at our website or send an e-mail to Jane Ferrick at jferrick@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
http://vector-sigma.campres.sunysb.edu/fyre/
Submitted by: Jane Ferrick/OSA
07. Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc...)
1. Seawolves Summer Softball Camps
Pitcher/Catcher Camp July 12-15, ages 8-17, 9:00am-12:00, $155.00
General Skills Camp July 19-22, ages 8-12, 9:00am-12:00, $150.00
Go to www.goseawolves.org and click on camps or call 632-7282/4517
Submitted by: Megan Bryant/Pres
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, etc...)
1. Summer Sessions II Registration Continues
Students may continue to register online for Summer Session II classes until July 11, on a space-available basis. High-achieving high school juniors who will be seniors in the fall and who have grade point averages of 85 or higher may take one 100-level class in Session II, which runs from July 12 to August 20. The velectronic isiting undergraduate application and details about classes schedules, registration, tuition, fees, and payment are available on the Summer Sessions Website: www.stonybrook.edu/summer
http://www.stonybrook.edu/summer
Submitted by: Megs SheaProv
09. Research (Studies, Testing, etc...)
1. Can a Medicine prevent Prostate Cancer? With your help we may find out.
Merck & Co. is conducting a clinical trial studying the safty and efficacy of an investigational medication for the prevention of prostate cancer. If you are a man over the age of 50, with a normal PSA test, consider participating in a 6-year research study. You will receive regular study related examinations and an investigational medication at no cost to you. For more information please contact; Teresa Hunt-Goncalves NP,RN,CCRC @ 444-7707
Submitted by: Teresa Hunt-Goncalves/UHMC
2. Seeking pregnant volunteers for a study to determine improvement in maternal and birth outcomes.
We are seeking pregnant volunteers for a study to determine if prenatal obstetric anesthesia consults in the third trimester improve maternal and birth outcomes. Subjects wll be compensated up to $50.00. Must be a first time mom and delivering at Stony Brook Hospital. For more information, contact Kate Kendrick,RN at 444-1605 or email at kkendrick@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Katherine Kendrick/UHMC
3. Select - Selenium and Vitamin E Cancer Prevention Trial.
SELECT is a research study being conducted to see if prostate cancer can be prevented.
Men who participate in this study will take two capsules a day. Some men will take only selenium or vitamin E and some will take both. Others will take a placebo (sugar capsule).
Participants will visit their local study site twice a year for at least seven years, and no more than twelve years. About 32,000 men will take part in this study.
Men free of prostate cancer who are age 55 or older may be able to take part in this study. African-American men may join at age 50 or older.
Taking part in SELECT may not help you directly. But we hope that the information learned from this study will benefit your sons, grandsons, and future generations.
Call the Stony Brook SELECT Study Center at (631) 444-3936 for more information.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
4. Are you a Type I Insulin-dependant diabetic?
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 will receive a free periodontal cleaning and payment up to $300.00
Please contact Ruth Tenzler, RN, BSN, CCRC @ (631) 632-9452 to discuss whether or not you may qualify for this research study.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
5. Alzheimer's Disease Trial at SUNY Stony Brook.
A Trial of Zocor (an anti-cholesterol medication) to slow the Progression of Alzheimer 's Disease. All eligible participants with mild-moderate AD would remain on their current AD treatments, while participating in this trial.
If you would like to participate, or if you are a health care professional who would like to refer a patient, please contact Candice Perkins, MD, Marlene Baumister, RN or Dawn Madigan, RN at (631) 444-1610 or (631) 444-8121
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
6. Do You Have A Frozen Shoulder?
If you are affected by a condition called "ADHESIVE CAPSULITIS" (Frozen/Stiff Shoulder), you may be able to join a Clinical Research study.
Participation is free of charge.
Patients with shoulder arthritis or rotator cuff problems will NOT be eligible.
Please call (631)444-2215 Orthopedics Dept, for more information.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
7. Seeking Volunteers - Men and Women 18 Years of Age and Older With A Diagnosis of HIV+ and/or AIDS.
We are researching the effectiveness of Chromium Picolinate (a dietary supplement) in the treatment of Lipodystrophy (complication of current HIV therapy) in HIV disease.
Study compensation up to $475.00
Contact Bob Ferris (631) 444-3740 for more information.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
8. How Do You Manage Your Stress During Pregnancy?
Research Study at the General Clinical Research Center, University Hospital.
If you are in the first or second trimester of pregnancy, you may be eligible for a research study that is looking at different ways to manage stress and cope during pregnancy.
Through this study you may learn relaxation techniques, coping skills and stress reduction techniques. These skills may be useful to you during and after your pregnancy.
There is no cost to you. If you are interested, Please call (631) 444-6900 for more information
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
9. Research Volunteers Wanted At The General Clinical Research Center, Stony Brook University Hospital.
Seniors 60 and over in reasonably good health and young adults 20-35 years of age to participate in a research study.
Eligible volunteers will be compensated up to $1600 for their participation.
For more information please contact Jeanne Kidd at (631) 444-3740.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
10. Brookhaven National Labs (BNL) - Imaging Studies - 20 Yrs+ Volunteers
Volunteers needed for Imaging Studies at Brookhaven National Laboratories.
The volunteer must be 20 years or older and in good health for participation.
Confidentiality maintained and transportation will be provided.
Call 1-888-352-7380 for more information.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
11. Are you taking Cholesterol lowering medication?
Patients being treated with cholesterol lowering medications (Statins) with complaints of muscle pain or weakness or stable, low grade CPK elevation are eligible to participate in a research study to determine the benefits of "COENZYME Q-10"
For further information contact, Dr. Patricia Kelly, DO at (631) 444-7893.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
12. Did you ever wonder why some people get stressed out more easily than others?
Stress can affect the brain, heart, hormones, and mental performance.
We are looking for men and women, 18-50 years of age, to participate in a non-invasive study.
Participation in this protocol requires that volunteers be free on two consecutive weekdays including two hospital overnights
For example: Sunday night to Tuesday afternoon, or Tuesday night to Thursday afternoon
You will be free to pursue your normal activities after 4:15 pm, but you will need to be back for the overnight stay.
COMPENSATION: $200.00
If you are interested in participating call us at (631) 444-8405, SUNY Stony Brook Laboratory for the Study of Emotion and Cognition or e-mail us at greents@pi.cpmc.columbia.edu
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
13. Do you have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome?
If you are 18-60 years of age and have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), you are invited to participate in a study funded by the National Institute of Health. Participants will be compensated up to $200.
For further information call Dr Fred Friedberg at (631) 632-8252
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
14. Take part in Clinical Research Studies.
Inquire about Clinical Research Studies. Call Albert Ruenes at (631) 499-8697 or email at aruenes@notes.cc.sunysb.edu.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
15. Seeking Volunteers for a Cancer Study
We are seeking to identify new cancer markers in blood, tissue and body fluids. This may allow us to develop laboratory tests which can diagnose cancers earlier and/or identify patients who are at risk for a poor outcome and who may benefit from more aggressive therapy than is normally recommended.
Contact the GCRC at (631) 444-6900 for further details and questions.
Compensation of $25.00 plus Hospital parking validation will be provided.
Submitted by: Adnan Rangwala/UHMC
10. Miscellaneous
1. Undergraduate Student Government at SBU is conducting a search for an Administrative Director of its operations.
The Undergraduate Student Government at SBU has a vacancy for an Administrative Director to manage its operations. A Bachelor's Degree, plus a minimum of 5 years related management experience including some experience in a university /college setting are essential, together with excellent customer service and communication skills. Familiarity with marketing, public relations, budget management, labor relations, and good judgment are required. A working knowledge of word processing, spreadsheets and e-mail systems are also necessary. Candidates possessing these abilities and experience in a not-for-profit, multi-cultural environment and/or secondary education setting, and working with college student populations, are especially encouraged to apply. Excellent benefits and a rewarding, challenging environment. For consideration, send resume with cover letter and salary requirement by 6/30/04 to HR Manager, FSA, Stony Brook University, 250 Stony Brook Union, Dept N-FSA , Stony Brook NY 11794-3209 or fax to 631-632-6573. AA/EEO
Submitted by: Warren Wartell/FSA
2. CNA Training Class
The LI State Veterans Home together with the Stony Brook School of Nursing will conduct a Nurse Aide Training Program beginning Monday, August 16, 2004. An Open House will be held on Wednesday, July 14 from 3:00 pm to 7:00 pm in Room 309. On site interviews will take place then. Additional information or questions regarding the program please call 444-8721 or 444-8617.
Submitted by: Michele Bienia/LISVH
3. Opening of School Volunteers Fall 2004
It is that time of year when we begin looking for Faculty/Staff and Student volunteers to Meet and Greet our new students during Experience Stony Brook Fall 2004 (Opening of School Activities). You can help with activities:
-New Student Orientation and Convocation
-Unsilenced Voices presentations
-Quad Olympics
-Saturday Night Fever Events
Below is the link to the Online Volunteer Sign-Up Form and a full schedule list of all the Opening Activities. You can help out in as much events as you want as long as there are no time conflicts.
Important: When filling out your contact information, all fields are required except for "Department". You can chose between "Summer Address" or "Campus Address". If you are a Returning Resident Student, you may be eligible to move-in early (Click "yes" for that question on the form). Returning Residents must also Sign-Up before Wednesday, July 7th for your request to be processed.
http://www.studentaffairs.stonybrook.edu/surveys/volunteer/index.jsp
Submitted by: Claude Ambroise/UST