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Bulletin for August 1, 2007

COLLEGE AT ONEONTA NIGHT WITH THE ONEONTA TIGERS - AUGUST 27
Save the date! The College at Oneonta Night with the Oneonta Tigers is Monday, August 27 at 7:00 p.m. Free admission and prizes. Attendees must have tickets in advance for free admission. All faculty and staff will be receiving complimentary tickets. Additional tickets are available in various campus locations (Office of College Advancement, the Alumni Affairs Office, the President’s Office, Milne Library, the Morris Conference Center and the Hunt Union). We will be kicking off the innings with free prizes. The event is sponsored by the College at Oneonta Public Events Committee and the Alumni Association for all faculty, staff, students, area alumni, community members and their families. We hope to see you there!

BE PREPARED WHEN CARDIAC ARREST STRIKES?
AED/CPR training will soon be taking place. AED’s (automated external defibrillator), will be in every campus building. Reserve your spot now to learn CPR and how to operate an AED. Please see information attached to this issue of the Bulletin.

MILNE LIBRARY INTERCESSION HOURS
Milne Library will observe the following hours during Intersession (Saturday, August 4 - Tuesday, August 28):
Monday - Friday   

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday    
CLOSED

XEROX COPY CARTRIDGES AVAILABLE
The Division of Economics & Business has two DC220 Xerox Copy Cartridges available. If interested phone x3458 or tompkide@oneonta.edu.

LAST SUMMER BULLETIN EDITION
This is the last summer edition of the Bulletin. Please note that the deadline for the first fall edition is 12:00 noon on Thursday, August 23, with a publication date of Wednesday, August 29 (first day of classes). Items received after the August 23, noon deadline will be held over for the next available edition, so please send items early to insure they are published on time.

If you have questions, please contact Mona Hughes at x2490 or hughesml@oneonta.edu.

CANDIDATE OPEN FORUM - AUGUST 3
Members of the campus community are invited to meet candidates for the position of Associate Provost for Institutional Assessment & Effectiveness. The next candidate scheduled is as follows: Dr. Patricia Francis - Friday, August 3, 10:00 a.m., 104 Morris Hall.

DINING OPERATIONS CLOSED: AUGUST 6 -19
All dining operations will be closed beginning Monday, August 6 for painting, general maintenance and preparation for fall opening. Wilsbach Dining Hall will reopen Monday, August 20 for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

"THE WIZARD OF OZ" - AUGUST 10 & 11
The summer theater program sponsored by the AmeriCorps program at the College will stage a junior version of the musical "The Wizard of Oz" in the Goodrich Theater, Fine Arts. Performances will be presented on Friday, August 10, at 7:00 p.m. and Saturday, August 11, at 2:00 p.m. Members of the community are invited to attend the performances. Tickets for "The Wizard of Oz" are available by phoning the SUNY-Oneonta AmeriCorps program office in 101-E Alumni Hall at x2676. Tickets cost $3 each, and children under six are admitted free. The AmeriCorps Summer Theater introduces children from six through fourteen years of age in grades kindergarten through eighth to all aspects of the theater with guidance from AmeriCorps members. More information about the program is available HERE or by contacting Catherine T. Andrews, Director of the SUNY College at Oneonta AmeriCorps program, at x2675.

KEEP SUNY-Shine INFORMED
SUNY-Shine needs your help! In order for the fund to be effective, information about persons who are hospitalized, weddings, births, deaths, exceptional hardships, etc., need to be reported. Please do not assume that someone else will provide the information to the SUNY-Shine Committee. If anyone on campus has information that the SUNY-Shine Committee needs to be aware of, please take the time to phone Rose Thomas at x2748, or send a note to the Community Relations Office, 301 Netzer Administration. Funding for SUNY-Shine is made possible on an annual basis through gifts and grants to the College Foundation.

DONATIONS FOR CHILDREN’S CENTER
The Bugbee Children’s Center would be grateful to receive donations of unused scrap paper. If you are cleaning up the office and find boxes of paper you can’t use send it to Bugbee Hall Room 208. We can put the paper to good use in the classrooms. Thank you! The Bugbee Children’s Center is your SUNY childcare site. We are a fully licensed daycare facility operating through the New York State Office of Children and Family Services. We offer care to children 8 weeks through age 12. Full-time and part-time schedules are available. Priority placement is given to all SUNY faculty, staff and students. Students may be eligible for financial assistance with the cost of daycare. Contact Marie Petta at x2484 for further information.

PERSONAL SAFETY COMMITTEE
The Personal Safety Committee is a broad based advisory group concerned with campus personal safety issues. The committee was charged to assess the campus environment and College procedures and recommend measures, which might be instituted to resolve identified problems. Members of the campus community are invited to email any personal safety concerns to committee chair, Colleen Cashman, at cashmacm@oneonta.edu.

PROGRAMS FOR PRESCHOOL CHILDREN AVAILABLE
The Child Development Center in the Human Ecology Building has two programs for preschool children run by Opportunities for Otsego. Universal Pre-Kindergarten(UPK) is a state funded program opened to all children living in the Oneonta City School District who turn 4 years old before December 1, 2007. UPK is open to all children regardless of income. Classes meet from 8:30 to 11:00 a.m., Monday - Friday. Head Start is a federally funded preschool program for low-income families who meet the income guidelines. It is open to 3 and 4 year olds who live in Otsego County. Centers are located in Oneonta, Morris, Unadilla, Cherry Valley, Milford, Richfield Springs, Schenevus and Cooperstown. Classes are held Monday - Friday. We are currently accepting applications for the 2007-2008 school year. For more information and applications, please call Meridith at (607) 436-2743 or Opportunities for Otsego at 433-8055.

REMINDERS
Oneonta Tigers Baseball Tickets
Four season passes are available. Phone the President’s Office at x2500 to reserve. Tickets may only be reserved during the week of each game(s) on a first-come, first-served basis. Passes must be returned the morning after each game.
Headwaters Soccer Club Soccer Camp
9:30 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. daily. Boys/girls ages 7 -17.
Information/registration at: www.headwaterssoccer.com or David Ranieri at ranierdr@oneonta.edu or 607-432-5908. *This is a privately run camp under a permit granted by the college.
THANK YOU
  • I would like to extend a heartfelt thank you to SUNY-Shine for the beautiful flower arrangement sent after my recent surgery. They brightened my room and spirits considerably. Thanks you to my Human Ecology colleagues as well for the thoughtful gifts, visits, calls, and meals during my recovery.
    Mary Ann Dowdell, Human Ecology

BULLETIN INFORMATION
Email your items and attachments to Mona Hughes at hughesml@oneonta.edu. Do not send items or attachments in Publisher. Items must be received no later than 12:00 noon on the Thursday preceding the Wednesday publication. Items received after the noon deadline will be held over for the next available edition.

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