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Bulletin for June 20, 2007

LIFEWORKS: RAISING SAFE AND HEALTHY CHILDREN
To all employees in bargaining units CSEA, UUP, PEF, GSEU, AND M/C: Attached to this issue of the Bulletin is the June issue of LifeWorks: "Raising Safe and Healthy Children". Parenting issues continue to be one of the key reasons employees contact LifeWorks. This month, LifeWorks is highlighting its free consultation and resources available to help State employee parents raise healthy children and keep them safe. Please note that the contract for LifeWorks will expire on June 30, 2007. The availability of future services is pending funding in new collective bargaining agreements between the State and the public employee unions.

MACHINE AVAILABLE FOR REASSIGNMENT
Mail Services has a HP copier, printer, fax machine that is available for reassignment. Anyone interested, please contact Heather Gad at x3349.

COLLEGE FOUNDATION BOARD ELECTS DIRECTORS
The College at Oneonta Foundation recently elected ten members to its Board of Directors, who will begin their terms at the board's next meeting on June 21. Among those elected were five College at Oneonta alumni and three current students. The following directors were elected to four-year terms: Cramer Harrington, Class of 1959, a retired school superintendent and human resources executive, from Smithtown. Michael Curcio, Class of 1987, the Senior Vice President and Managing Director of Alliance Bernstein, from Montvale, NJ. Debra Ballentine, the plant manager of Corning Life Sciences, from Oneonta. Thomas Hughson, a friend of the College, SUNY Honorary Doctorate recipient, and former President of the Board of Directors, from Oneonta Two current directors were re-elected: Sonia deFrances, Class of 1959, a retired educator from Franklin, for a four-year term; and Sam Rosenberry, Class of 1975, a manager at Central Hudson Gas and Electric from Poughkeepsie, for a one-year term. Two student directors were elected for one-year terms: Edward Drantch, a senior mass communications major from Wantagh, and James McAteer, a senior business economics major from Florida, NY. Kailee DiDomenico, a junior biology major from Smithtown, was elected to a one-year term as an honorary director. Also elected to a one-year term as an honorary director was Kenneth Kellerhouse, Class of 1957, a retired educator from Oneonta and the outgoing President of the Board of Directors. The College at Oneonta Foundation is a non-profit, tax-exempt organization that facilitates charitable giving to the College. Its volunteer Board of Directors raises gifts and manages the College's endowment, which is used to fund scholarships, faculty/student research, academic awards, endowed lectureships, and other programs that strengthen the College. More information about the College at Oneonta Foundation is available from Paul J. Adamo, Vice President for College Advancement and Executive Director of the Foundation, at (607) 436-2535.

CELLULAR ONE DISCOUNTS
Did you miss the Cellular One Representative on June 6? You are still eligible for the discount!! Just visit ISD, Inc., 98 Chestnut Street, (next to The Daily Star building). Please have your SUNY-Oneonta ID card with you. Feel free to phone ISD at 607-432-7090 or pick up a pamphlet for plan and discount information at the Office of Telecommunications, 236 Netzer Administration, (x2577).

LIBRARY HOURS DURING INTERSESSION:
Milne Library will observe the following hours during the Intersession, Friday, June 29- Sunday, July 8:

Monday-Friday    
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday   
CLOSED
Wednesday, July 4   
CLOSED
*Milne Lab will be closed.

ONEONTA TIGERS BASEBALL TICKETS
Four Oneonta Tigers baseball season passes will once again be available through the President’s Office. Interested employees are requested to phone the President’s Office at x2500 to reserve tickets. Tickets may only be reserved during the week of each game(s) on a first-come, first-served basis. For the sake of others, passes must be returned the morning after each game.

NETZER MAINTENANCE: JUNE 25 -29
The Maintenance Department HV/AC workers will be in the Netzer Administration Building during the last week of the month, June 25 - 29, for cleaning and maintaining the heating coils in all of the offices. This will result in some dust and will involve the use of a coil spray, which is environmentally safe although some people may be chemically sensitive to it. Please feel free to phone the Maintenance Department at x2507 if you have any questions.

SUPPLY ROOM CLOSING FOR INVENTORY: JUNE 27 - 29
The Supply Room will be closed from Wednesday - Friday, June 27 - June 29, in order to conduct annual inventory. The last day for ordering supplies is Tuesday, June 26.

HEADWATERS SOCCER CLUB SOCCER CAMPS: JULY 23 - 27 & AUGUST 6 - 10
The Headwaters Soccer Club, a non-profit service organization will be celebrating it's 18th Anniversary this summer. The club will again host seven consecutive weeks of soccer camps with two being at SUNY-Oneonta. The camps are offered for boys and girls ages 7 - 17 years of age. The first week will run Monday - Friday, July 23 - 27 and the second camp will be offered Monday - Friday, August 6 - 10. Each camp will run from 9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily. The cost is $60.00 per week with own ball or $75.00 with a ball provided. Each camper will receive a tee shirt and water bottle. For further information and a registration form go to www.headwaterssoccer.com or contact David Ranieri, Director at ranierdr@oneonta.edu or 607-432-5908. *This is a privately run camp under a permit granted by the college.

MOVING EQUIPMENT
The College is required by the State Comptroller to maintain accountability for its equipment at all times. SUNY Oneonta currently maintains inventory records of computers and other equipment particularly vulnerable to loss or theft with an original cost of $500 or more and other moveable equipment with an original cost of $1,500 or more. When equipment is moved between buildings and/or departments without notification to the Property Management Office the annual inventory process is unnecessarily complicated for the Departments involved and for Property Control; the otherwise positive outcome of any equipment audit is also jeopardized. When equipment has been or will be moved, notify the Property Management office immediately by email to frankljl@oneonta.edu or by memo to Janet Frankl B217 Milne Library. Provide the SUNY-Oneonta decal number, manufacturer's serial number, previous location and new location. Your cooperation will be very helpful and greatly appreciated. For further information, please contact Janet Frankl at x3227.

USING COLLEGE-OWNED EQUIPMENT OFF CAMPUS
Appropriate approval is required for off-campus use of College-owned equipment. Send inquiries regarding off-campus use of College-owned equipment to Janet Frankl by email to frankljl@oneonta.edu or by memo to B217 Milne Library. Technology Services in IRC has independent authority to grant approval for equipment under its jurisdiction.

ADDING NEW EQUIPMENT TO EQUIPMENT INVENTORY
In most instances Property Management is routinely notified of new equipment purchases so items that meet the criteria are added to the College’s equipment inventory. Occasionally, however, a piece of equipment that should be added to the inventory does not come to the attention of the Property Management department. If your new equipment has not been tagged within 30 days of receipt, please contact Janet Frankl by email at frankljl@oneonta.edu or by memo to B217 Milne Library. Your assistance will be appreciated!

SURPLUS EQUIPMENT
All departments should direct requests to have surplus computer or related equipment removed from your department to Mark English, Manager - Technology Services via memo or email, englisme@oneonta.edu with copy to Janet Frankl at frankljl@oneonta.edu. Computer hard-drives will be reformatted, insuring removal of any sensitive information, & the equipment will be evaluated for possible reassignment to another department on campus. Direct surplus requests for non-computer equipment to Janet Frankl. Include the following data on all surplus requests: Description, SUNY-Oneonta decal number, manufacturer's serial number, condition and current location.

CAMPUS DATES AND DEADLINES
Summer Session 1A.   
Summer session 1B.   
Summer Session II.   
Summer Session III.   

REMINDERS
Faculty/Student Exhibition
Main Gallery, Fine Arts. Open 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. for special events and by appointment. Contact the Gallery office at x3456 for an appointment to view this exhibit.
4th Annual Red Dragon Basketball Camp
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. daily, Alumni Field House. Boys/girls 6 - 17. Campers receive a camp basketball and t-shirt. Cost is $130.00. For information/brochure, contact Dan McGraw at x2360 or mcgrawdt@oneonta.edu or Vince Medici at x3280 or medicivj@oneonta.edu. This is a privately run camp under a permit granted by the College.
11th Annual Eastman Associates Munchkin All-Sport Camp
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m., daily. Boys/girls, 5-12. $60.00/camper. Soccer, tennis, basketball, kickball, racquetball, t-ball, track and badminton. Contact Liz McGrail at x3474 or mcgraiea@oneonta.edu for information/brochure.
Summer Soccer Camp
National Soccer Hall of Fame. Two options: Dragon Camp (9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily), ages 6 to 13/14; and Elite Camp (9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. daily), high school players only. Open to boys/girls. $125.00 per week, (reduced rate of $115.00 for college employees). Contact Iain at x2012 or byrneij@oneonta.edu for information, brochure, or registration. This is a privately run camp under a permit granted by the college.
CONGRATULATIONS
  • Congratulations to Geoffrey (Psychology) and Shirley O’Shea on the birth of their first child, a son, on Wednesday, May 2, 2007. Jeremy William O'Shea weighed 7 lbs 10 oz, was 20.5 in. long, and had a full head of hair. Jeremy's birth had great historical significance within his family as he was born on the 100th anniversary of his great-grandfather's (Shirley's grandfather, William Burgess, for whom the William in his name was chosen) birthday. Both Jeremy and his mom are healthy and doing well.
FACULTY/STAFF ACTIVITIES
  • Geoffrey O’Shea, Psychology, participated in the 18th Annual Convention of the Association for Psychological Science in New York City along with student, Mary Cedrone, May 25 - 28, 2007. On May 27th, they presented a poster of their research entitled, "Incidental serial learning by observation: The effects of chunking on awareness." The research results indicated that observational learning of a repeated string of digits occurs when participants are exposed to a chunked rather than a non-chunked presentation format. However, observational learning was restricted to those participants in the chunked group that developed explicit awareness of the repeated digit string. Their results are important in that they extend the concept of observational learning to a task involving memory for serially ordered information.
  • Christopher M. Sterba, Cooperstown Graduate Program, gave a paper at "The Experience of War in the Space Between, 1914-1945" conference, held at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, MD on June 8-9. His paper, "Pvt. James M. Cain: Crime Fiction and the Narrative Voice of the Common Drafted Soldier," was part of a panel exploring cultural representations of violence, crime and masculinity in the interwar period. Chris is the author of Good Americans: Italian and Jewish Immigrants during the First World War (Oxford: 2003).

SUMMER BULLETIN INFORMATION
Email your items and attachments to Mona Hughes (x2490) at hughesml@oneonta.edu. Do not send items or attachments in Publisher. Items that come after the noon deadline will be held over for the next available edition. Submission/Publication dates as follows:

Deadline (Thursday-noon)   
Publication (Wednesday)
Thursday, June 21   
Wednesday, June 27
NO BULLETIN ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 4
Thursday, June 28   
Wednesday, July 11
Thursday, July 12   
Wednesday, July 18
Thursday, July 19   
Wednesday, July 2
Thursday, July 26   

Wednesday, August 1

The first Fall 2007 edition will be published on the first day of classes, Wednesday, August 29. Deadline for this edition is noon, Thursday, August 23. You may send items for this edition up to the deadline, earmarked for this date.

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