Campus Announcements for the week of 07/06/2004
Table of Contents
01. Administrative (dept moves/closes, employee info, Admin announcements)
1. Tuition Waiver Information For All Research Foundation Employees and West Campus/HSC Employees
2. Additional Services from DHL
02. Hosp/HSC Admin Announcements
1. Master Of Public Health Program - Founding Class, Fall 2004
2. New WIC Program in the Department of Family Medicine
03. Workshops/Courses/Training (work related; HR, EAP, DoIT, etc...)
1. Tutor Training Workshop (Stony Brook Adult Literacy Center)
2. HRS Training and Organizational Development presents "Putting Training to Work For You!"
04. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. John Lienhard, Professor at University of Houston to Lecture At Brookhaven National Lab
2. Lecture by Dr. Daniel Bogenhagen: Mitochondria: From the Origins of Life to Human Disease and Aging
3. Doctoral Defenses This Week
4. Psychiatry and Personality Conference at Sony Brook University
06. Charitable (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc...)
1. Cookbook Proceeds go to Habitat For Humanity. Great gift for any occasion!
07. Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc...)
1. Campus Recreation Coed Volleyball Tournament
2. Join us at our next Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee meeting...
3. 2004 Summer Girls Lacrosse Clinic Series
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, etc...)
1. Summer Arts and Leisure Classes. Just for the Fun of it!
2. Summer Session II Registration Continues
3. Defensive Driving Class Offered in July
09. Research (Studies, Testing, etc...)
1. Free Help For Mothers Of 2-3 Year Olds
10. Miscellaneous
1. Cleaning of Lockers in Sports Complex General Locker Rooms
01. Administrative (dept moves/closes, employee info, Admin announcements)
1. Tuition Waiver Information For All Research Foundation Employees and West Campus/HSC Employees
The deadline for Research Foundation and State employees on West Campus/HSC to submit a B140w tuition waiver form for consideration in the Fall semester is July 21,2004. Please check the HRS website under News and Events for information about obtaining a waiver.
Submitted by: Alessandra White/Admin
2. Additional Services from DHL
DHL Express Inc has added a 10:30 a.m. delivery service for an additional charge of fifty cents ($.50) over the contract price. They have also added ground service to the contract and decreased their rates in certain zones. To read the full bulletin and to access the zone chart please go to the NYS OGS website.
http://www.ogs.state.ny.us/purchase/snt/awardnotes/7901100179pm26.pdf
Submitted by: Mary Woodward/Admin
02. Hosp/HSC Admin Announcements
1. Master Of Public Health Program - 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
2. New WIC Program in the Department of Family Medicine
WIC is a supplemental nutrition program for women, infants and children. Women must be pregnant, breastfeeding (up to 1 year) or postpartum (up to 6 months) and children must be under the age of 5. The program's goal is to provide nutrition education and WIC checks to participants in order to purchase specific WIC foods. WIC foods include infant cereal and formula, milk, juice, eggs, cheese, cereal, beans, peanut butter, carrots and tuna fish. All participants must meet income guidelines (185% of the poverty level) or be enrolled in an adjunctive eligible program such as Medicaid, TANF, Head Start, free/reduced school lunch, etc. Please call the WIC program for more information @ 444-5239.
Submitted by: Lauren Gargiula/UHMC
03. Workshops/Courses/Training (work related; HR, EAP, DoIT, etc...)
1. 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
2. HRS Training and Organizational Development presents "Putting Training to Work For You!"
Putting Training to Work For You! August 10, 2004, 9:30AM-12:00PM, Presented by Kevin C. Hauss, Manager, Training & Organizational Development, Human Resource Services
This program is geared for supervisors and managers. It includes the following:
A) Establishing your role in the process and actions you can take before sending your employee to training.
B) Preparing staff members for classes they are scheduled to attend.
C) Strategies for reinforcing, following up and encouraging the use of skills your members learned or enhanced at a class.
D) Continuing the staff development process on-the-job.
E) How to use retreats for: 1) Development of staff and department as a whole, 2) Reward/Recognition, and 3) Enjoyment
F) The strategy of integrating Development Plans into Performance Programs.
G) Mapping out timing element to "Make Time For Training".
H) Discussion of overall benefits of training to department and staff.
For a registration form, please see link below.
http://naples.cc.sunysb.edu/Admin/HRSForms.nsf/aac30a50eebe3a8185256a6f004b0a84/7c48757ce9aedf9a85256a8d004b4293?OpenDocument
Submitted by: Carol Londoiro/Admin
04. Conferences/Seminars/Lectures
1. John Lienhard, Professor at University of Houston to Lecture At Brookhaven National Lab
"Eye of the Forehead and Eye of the Mind: How Engineers and Scientists See"John Lienhard, Professor Emeritus of Mechanical Engineering and History at University of Houston to Lecture At Brookhaven National Lab Monday, July 12, 2004 at 12 PM, Berkner Hall, Brookhaven National Lab
This lecture is open to the public - visitors must bring photo ID.
http://www.bnl.gov/bnlweb/pubaf/pr/2004/bnlpr061104.htm
Submitted by: Elyce Acierno/Prov
2. Lecture by Dr. Daniel Bogenhagen: Mitochondria: From the Origins of Life to Human Disease and Aging
Please join us on Tuesday, July 13 at 7:30 p.m. in the Javits Room of the Melville Library for a lecture by Dr. Daniel Bogenhagen on Mitochondria: From the Origins of Life to Human Disease and Aging.
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
3. 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
4. Psychiatry and Personality Conference at Sony Brook University
Stony Brook will host a Conference on Biological Basis of Personality and Individual Differences, 8/13-15, here on campus. Seating is limited. Register by July 12th for discounts on the conference and hotels. Open to all.
Presenters: 20 clinicians, geneticists, psychologists, and neuroscientists from the U.S., South America, Europe, and Australia.
Topics: mapping personality onto the brain, the biology of traits, genetic markers for individual differences and vulnerability towards psychopathology, functional neuroimaging approaches,human and animal personality.
Registration and other details available at: www.PersonalityConference.com or contact Turhan.Canli@sunysb.edu
http://www.personalityconference.com
Submitted by: Turhan Canli/CAS
06. Charitable (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc...)
1. Cookbook Proceeds go to Habitat For Humanity. Great gift for any occasion!
Student Health Service Cookbook $10.00 each. Wonderful gift for the bride to be. Please contact ehoos@notes.cc.sunysb.edu or call Liz at 632-6803.
Submitted by: Elizabeth M. Hoos/OSA
07. Entertainment (Sports, Movies, Events, etc...)
1. Campus Recreation Coed Volleyball Tournament
The Department of Campus Recreation is now accepting registration for our one-day Coed Volleyball Tournament to be held on Tuesday, July 20th in the Pritchard Gymnasium. Teams will consist of at least six players (minimum 3 women) on the court at all times. Tournament will run from 5:15pm - 8:30pm. Registration Fee is $80.00/team. All games will be played in one night. Registration deadline is July 16th. Only students, faculty & staff of the University are eligible participate. For more information, please contact Marie Turchiano @ 632-4145.
Submitted by: Marie Turchiano/CAS
2. Join us at our next Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee meeting...
The next Hispanic Heritage Month Planning Committee (HHMC) meeting will be held on Thursday, July 8, 2004 at 12 noon in the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Center (LACS) Conference Room SBS N-320. We will meet every other Thursday at 12 NOON in the same location. Please bring a friend and your calendar.
Submitted by: Norma Reyes/CAS
3. 2004 Summer Girls Lacrosse Clinic Series
The Seawolves Women's Lacrosse Team is offering 3 Girls Lacrosse Clinics this summer on July 1, July 22, August 11, 2004 from 3:45- 8:00 PM. SB faculty and staff will receive a $10.00 discount. The Seawolves Girls Lacrosse Clinics are designed specifically for girls and young women who want to take their game to the next level. Staffed by experienced coaches who are familiar with the women's game on the collegiate level, the clinics combine basic and advanced skill instruction, offensive and defensive strategies, and game experiences to help players put it all together. For more information or to receive a brochure, please contact Meghan McNamara at 631.632.4086 or via email at mmcnamara@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Meghan McNamara/Pres
08. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, etc...)
1. Summer Arts and Leisure Classes. Just for the Fun of it!
The Crafts Center, located in the lower level of the Union building is offering a series of non-credit, low-cost summer classes. We are open to everyone at the university and in the community. Call for registration/brochure, 2-6822. Pre-registration is necessary.
PHOTOGRAPHY MEMBERSHIP: $65/student, $85/non-student. DARKROOM DEVELOPING: Includes Membership, Five Tuesdays, begins 6/22, 6pm-8pm; $80/student, $95/non-student. PORTRAIT PHOTOGRAPHY: Four Thursdays, begins 7/08, 6pm-8pm; $45/student, $65/non-student. WATERCOLOR EAST MEETS WEST: Three Thursdays, begins 7/15, 5:45pm-8:15pm; $40/student, $60/non-student. SCRAP BOOK MAKING: Three Wednesdays, begins 7/07, 5:45pm-8:15pm; $35/student, $55/non-student. CERAMIC MEMBERSHIP: $60/student, $75/non-student. POTTERY ON THE WHEEL: Includes Membership, SecA-Five Tuesdays, begins 6/22, 10am-12pm; SecB-Five Tuesdays, begins 6/22, 6pm-8pm; SecC-Five Wednesdays, begins 6/23, 6pm-8pm; $75/student, $95/non-student. FINDING ONES'S WAY WITH PAPER CLAY: Includes Membership, Five Thursdays, begins 6/24, 6pm-8pm; $75/student, $95/non-student. DEFENSIVE DRIVING: Two Wednesdays, 7/14 and 7/21, 5:30pm-8:30pm, SAC 303; $31/student, $35/non-student.
http://SB.Union.Crafts.Center@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Janice Costanzo/OSA
2. Summer Session II Registration Continues
Students may continue to register online for Summer Session II classes until July 11, on a space-available basis. Rising high school seniors who have grade point averages of 85 or higher may take one 100-level course in Session II, which runs from July 12 to August 20. The online visiting undergraduate application and details about classes including class schedules, registration, tuition, fees, and payment are available on the Summer Sessions Website: www.stonybrook.edu/summer
Submitted by: Linda Foster/Prov
3. Defensive Driving Class Offered in July
The Empire Safety Council Accident Prevention Workshop emphasizing traffic safety awareness, which is proven to reduce both accidents and traffic citations. Your attitudes and behaviors affect the way you drive. Learn to be a defensive driver and save 10% on your auto insurance (liability and collision) and reduce up to four points on your driving record. This is a six hour course. Two Wednesdays, 7/14 and 7/21, 5:30pm - 8:30pm; Student Activities Center, room 303. Send two checks $18/student, $22/non-student (payable to SBU Crafts Center), and additional $13 per person materials fee (payable to K. O'Brien). Mail to: The Stony Brook Union Crafts Center, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook , NY 11794-3200. Include name, telephone and address. Open to everyone. Call for walk-in registration/brochure, 2-6822. Pre-registration is necessary.
http://SB.Union.Crafts.Center@notes.cc.sunysb.edu
Submitted by: Janice Costanzo/OSA
09. Research (Studies, Testing, etc...)
1. Free Help For Mothers Of 2-3 Year Olds
The Point of Woods Laboratory and Parenting Clinic at Stony Brook University is seeking volunteers for a research study that offers free help for mothers who are having difficulty managing their challenging 2-3 year old toddlers. To obtain more information and to find out if you may qualify, call the Parenting Study at (631) 632-7874.
Submitted by: Susan O'Leary/CAS
10. Miscellaneous
1. Cleaning of Lockers in Sports Complex General Locker Rooms
Attention to All users of the Sports Complex General Locker Rooms:
You must remove all locks and locker contents between August 1st- August 15th for routine cleaning of all lockers. Your lock and contents must be removed during these dates or will result in locks being cut and contents being discarded.
Submitted by: Stephanie Poetzsch/FSA