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Bulletin for May 7, 2008

CALL FOR CELEBRATION OF TEACHING PRESENTATIONS
President Donovan and Provost Larkin invite members of the College Community to participate in this year’s Celebration of Teaching: Creativity & Innovation, a half-day event with keynote speaker, roundtables, and poster sessions intended as a way for SUNY-Oneonta community members to share and celebrate our teaching experience. The Committee encourages members from all disciplines to participate. One excellent way to participate is to present a poster at the Celebration. Take advantage of this opportunity to reveal your teaching strategies, experiences, projects, and ideas. To submit a poster, send the poster title and abstract-100-200 words -to Janet Day at dayje@oneonta.edu by Monday, October 6. Submissions can also be made online at the Celebration’s website. The Celebration will take place on Thursday, November 6 from noon to 5 p.m. in the Hunt College Union. Please join us as a participant and a poster presenter! For more information, visit the website at www.oneonta.edu/cot/.

XEROX COPIER AVAILABLE FOR TRANSFER
The SICAS Center has a Xerox 5053 copier available for transfer. Features 2-sided copying, sort/collate, staple, saddle stitching (for making books). Also a few supplies and the manual go with it. It hasn’t been used in 5 years and there is no maintenance agreement. Would probably need to be serviced/”tuned up.” Contact Kris Spranger, SICAS Center at x2029 if interested.

$500 SCHOLARSHIP AWARDS FOR DEPENDENTS OF UUP EMPLOYEES
Your dependent children who are enrolled in the UUP Benefit Trust Fund and who are attending a state-operated SUNY school may qualify for a $500 scholarship if they meet specific eligibility requirements and criteria. Applications are available ONLY from UUP and must be postmarked within 60 days from the last day of the semester for which the dependent child is applying. Contact UUP at 1-800-887-3863 or visit their website at www.uupinfo.org for an application or more information.

CONTINUING HEALTH INSURANCE COVERAGE FOR CHILDREN GRADUATING OR LEAVING SCHOOL
Employees' unmarried children currently enrolled under employees' health plans may qualify for three months of extended health insurance coverage if 1) they are graduating from high school or college and 2) they are between the ages of 18 and 25. Forms to extend coverage for those graduating should be . . completed and submitted to Human Resources No Later Than The Last Day Of The Month In Which The Student Completes His/Her Coursework For Graduation. Employees' unmarried children currently enrolled under employees' health plans can continue their coverage under COBRA if 1) they are leaving, but not graduating from high school/college or changing student status to less than full time and 2) they are NOT planning on returning to school during the following semester on a full time basis and 3) they are between the ages of 18 and 25. To enroll in COBRA, dependents must contact the Employee Benefits Division of the Department of Civil Service at 1-800-833-4344 prior to or immediately after leaving school to avoid cancellation of coverage. Please contact Human Resources at x2509 for forms and information.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION FROM THE PRINT SHOP
Exam time is upon us once again! Please give the Print Shop ample time to complete your exams. If you find yourself in a dilemma, please ask! We are willing to work with you to help meet your needs. The Print Shop will offer extended hours Thursday, May 1-Wednesday, May 7 from 7 a.m.-5 p.m., for dropping off and picking up exams. Exams while you wait will be offered Thursday, May 8-Wednesday, May 14 from 7:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. NOTE: Bookstore jobs for Fall 2008 are due by Friday, May 30. Class materials for the FIRST WEEK of the Fall Semester 2008 should be brought to the Print Shop as soon as possible, printing of these items during the summer is an ideal time for Print Shop staff and will ensure completion of your first week of class materials.

REVIEW BOOKS FOR PHOEBE: JOURNAL OF GENDER & CULTURAL CRITIQUES
Phoebe: Journal Of Gender & Cultural Critiques is seeking book reviews for the 2008-2009 semesters. The following books are available: She’s Not the Man I Married: My Life With a Transgender Husband, What Becomes You, On The Altar Of Greece, Piecing the Quilt: Sources for Women’s History in the Saskatchewan Archives Board, Until Our Hearts Are On the Ground, Hypatia of Alexandria, Rooms Of Our Own, Desert Blood: The Juarez Murders, and Migrations and Other Stories. If you wish to review any of the above-mentioned books, or you are currently reading a work you would like to review, please send an e-mail indicating your interest to Nancy Sacco at sacconj@oneonta.edu.

USE OF STATE FUNDS FOR GIFTS
In this season of employee and student appreciation, please remember that gifts may not be purchased from State funds. For questions regarding allowable expenditure, please contact Purchasing at x3386 or Accounts Payable at x3351.

MILNE LIBRARY HOURS FOR FINALS & INTERSESSION:

Extended Hours - Monday, May 5-Sunday, May 11 (Study Day - Today)   
Monday-Thursday, May 5-8   
8 a.m.-1 a.m.
Friday, May 9   
8 a.m.-Midnight
Saturday, May 10   
11 a.m.-Midnight
Sunday, May 11   
Noon-1 a.m.
Monday & Tuesday, May 12-13    
8 a.m.-Midnight
Wednesday, May 14   
8 a.m.-6 p.m.
Intersession: (Thursday, May 15-Monday, May 26)   
Monday-Friday    
8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Saturday & Sunday   
CLOSED
Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day)   
CLOSED

MILLS MARKETPLACE SUMMER DINING SCHEDULE

May 20-May 23, Monday-Friday   
(7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.)
May 27-June 30 Monday-Friday   
(7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)
July 1 July 3 Monday-Thursday    
(7:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m.)
Friday, July 4   
CLOSED
July 7-August 8 Monday-Friday    
(7:30 a.m.-5:00 p.m.)

KISMET - MAY 9, 10, & 11
Orpheus Theatre will present the musical Kismet on the Goodrich Theatre stage, Fine Arts, on Friday-Sunday, May 9, 10, & 11 with performances at 8 p.m. Friday & Saturday and a 2 p.m. matinee on Sunday. Tickets are available by phoning the Orpheus Theatre Box Office at 432-9392. Kismet tells the story of Hajj the Poet and his daughter, Marsinah and answers the question, How many times can one man tempt fate in one day and live to tell about it? Set in Baghdad about one thousand years ago, Kismet takes the audience to a Baghdad much different than the Baghdad they know today. Directed by Sarah Lynn Hazard, with musical direction by Dan Martin, and choreography by Jacey Lambros, Kismet is a colorful, musical journey to a land that "..only lovers know."

DEADLINE FOR UUP INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT AWARDS - MAY 23
The UUP Individual Development Awards Program is designed to support a variety of professional development projects or activities by assisting eligible employees to develop their full professional potential and to prepare for advancement. The maximum amount that can be awarded to an applicant is $1000. This allocation covers projects/ activities that have occurred or will occur between July 2, 2007 and July 1, 2008. All activity must be completed and all funds must be encumbered by July 1, 2008. Eligibility: Full-time and part-time UUP employees. Full-time employees must be in the bargaining unit at the time of the award and during the dates of the project or activity. Part-time employees who meet the eligibility test for 26 weeks coverage for health benefits, and are eligible for health benefits during the summer, will also be eligible for funding for a project or activity that occurs during the summer whether or not they are on the payroll. The proposed project or activity must:

A complete application consists of 2 forms-the statewide form, available on-line at http://www.nysuup.lmc.state.ny.us/forms/app.html or http://organizations.oneonta.edu/uup/ and the Oneonta cover sheet, available at http://organizations.oneonta.edu/uup/. Both forms can also be picked at the UUP Office (206 Human Ecology, x2135). Send completed applications (both forms) to Hope Lambrecht, 213 Netzer. Applications must be received by the close of business on Friday, May 23, 2008. Applicants will be notified by June 7, 2008. Contact members of the Joint Labor Management Committee with questions - Ben Dixon, Hope Lambrecht, Vicky Lentz, Janet Potter, Roger Sullivan, Alex Thomas.

FIRST MUSIC DEPARTMENT HALL OF FAME INDUCTION - JUNE 7
Join us for the first induction into the College at Oneonta Music Department Hall of Fame on Saturday, June 7, from 6-6:30 p.m. at the Dance Studio in the Alumni Field House during Reunion Weekend. A committee of current and former Music Department faculty has selected several outstanding former students and faculty members who will be inducted at the ceremony this year. They anticipate honoring a new group each year as more faculty and alumni are selected for induction. The Music Department Hall of Fame will recognize former Oneonta students who have gone on to successful careers in the music field as well as the faculty who helped prepare them. The names of our Music Department Hall of Famers will be displayed in the future in a special location in the Music Department to inspire current and future students. Please plan to participate as we honor Oneonta’s musical legacy at the first induction into the Music Department Hall of Fame.

SOCCER CAMP AT NATIONAL SOCCER HALL OF FAME - AUGUST 4-8
Under the direction of Oneonta State Head Coach Iain Byrne, his staff and players, the Men's Soccer Program will be conducting their summer soccer camp at the National Soccer Hall of Fame in Oneonta. Two options are available to campers: Dragon Camp (9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily), caters to youths from ages 6 to 13/14, while Elite Camp (9 a.m.- 3 p.m. daily), is geared towards high school players only. Both camps are open to boys and girls. Campers can practice and develop their skills on the best soccer fields in the northeast while also enjoying the indoor field and interactive games located in the Museum. Both camps are open to boys and girls and run daily from Monday-Friday. The cost is $125.00/per week. For a brochure/registration or further information, please phone Ian at x2102 or byrneij@oneonta.edu. This is a privately run camp under a permit granted by the college.

PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION MUST BE SHREDDED
This is a reminder to all faculty and staff from the Registrar’s Office and the Office of Human Resources. Any printed material that contains either student or employee personally identifiable information must be shredded. It cannot be thrown into the garbage or with the recyclables. Employees who do not have access to departmental shredders can use the shredder that is located in the Print Shop, in the basement of the Administration Building. Questions regarding student information should be referred to Maureen P. Artale, College Registrar, at x3216. Questions regarding employee information should be referred to Human Resources at x2509.

REMINDER ON POSTING GRADES
Federal law (FERPA) prohibits posting grades using student names and/or identification numbers. However, it is permissible to post by code name or number (not the Oneonta I.D. number, social security number, or any part thereof) agreed to by the student and the faculty member. Wherever you post grades, please scramble the names on the roster before assigning codes so that the list does not reflect an alphabetical listing of your roster. It is also against FERPA regulations to leave students’ graded work in a general pick up area. Graded course work must be returned individually to students. Please be aware that under no circumstances may a listing of student names and ID numbers, or any part thereof, be posted for any reason. Violations of this law can result in termination of Federal funding to the college. Questions regarding the privacy of student records should be directed to Maureen P. Artale, College Registrar at x3216 or via e-mail at artalemp@oneonta.edu.

STUDENTS HANDLING EXAMS - A REMINDER
Students must not be involved in the preparation, duplication, transportation or distribution of examinations. In addition, students including undergraduate teaching assistants, must not be permitted to grade, or in any manner process tests or papers. This includes using the Scan Tron machines to grade tests or quizzes and distributing graded materials to other students. If you have questions regarding this, please contact Maureen P. Artale, College Registrar, at x3216.

CAMPUS DATES AND DEADLINES   
Study Day, No Classes.   
Wednesday, May 14-Finals.   
Commencement.   

REMINDERS   
OFO Head Start and Universal Pre-K Open House
Human Ecology Building. Universal Pre-K 9:30-10:30 a.m. and Head Start 1:30-2:30 p.m. If you have questions, please phone x2775.
Philosophy Outside the Margins
7 p.m., CME, Lee Hall. Chris Keegan, Africana/Latino Studies and Philosophy, will present The Morality of Dealing Drugs. All are invited.
Senior, but before we go…Art Show
New Gallery, Fine Arts. Gallery hours are Monday-Friday from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. or by appointment.   
Dan Tarnowski: Recent Works Display
Fine Arts Gallery Lobby. All are invited to view the exhibition.
Annual Student Juried Art Exhibition
Main Gallery, M-F from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. Over 80 works of art on display.
End of Semester UUP Party
1 p.m.-4 p.m. at Fortin Park, Town of Oneonta. UUPer’s and families/significant others are welcome. An RSVP is required. Leave message at x2135 with name, phone, and number attending (including yourself). For additional information, contact Loraine at tylerll@oneonta.edu.
Family Health & Wellness Expo 2008
10 a.m.-4 p.m., Southside Mall.
For additional information, email Steve Garner at garnerse@oneonta.edu or steven.garner@bassett.org.   

THANK YOU   
  • On March 14 & 15, 2008, SUNY-Oneonta and Hartwick College held our first ever American Cancer Society Relay for Life. Thank you so much to everyone who participated, donated their time and/or money, or helped make this fantastic party with a purpose a reality - the event was a true success thanks to everyone who pitched in to bring it to our community. See everyone there next year!
    The Relay for Life Planning Committee
  • I would like to thank my co-workers, friends, and members of the faculty and staff for sending cards, calling, visiting me, wishing me to get well, and prayed for me (and everyone knows that I need all the prayers I can get) during my recent surgery and recovery. It is very much appreciated and makes one feel good working with good and caring people.
    R. Zack, Custodial Dept.
CONGRATULATIONS   
  • Congratulations to Izabella Lokshina, Management, Marketing and Information Systems, on serving as a track co-chair and reviewer for the 7th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium (WTS) 2008 Program Committee, April 2008. Dr. Lokshina has been invited to chair the WTS 2009 Program Committee at the 8th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium that will be held on April 22-24, 2009 in Crowne Plaza Hotel Prague in the Czech Republic.
  • Congratulations to the nine new members of the National Political Science Honor Society. The Political Science faculty congratulates the students who became new members of the Tau Phi chapter of Pi Sigma Alpha. The students were inducted on Tuesday, May 6, 2008, and are as follows: Erik Kristopher Burke, Jamie Lynn Campbell, John Andrews Carberry, Edward Hyde Clarke, Kaitlin Marie Jewell, Tara Elizabeth Parlman, Igor Tavuzhnyanskiy, Elizabeth Faye Tolley, and Keith Edward Woodard.
FACULTY/STAFF ACTIVITIES    
  • Howard Buchan, Economics, Finance & Accounting, presented a paper titled Public Accountants’ Perceptions of Ethical Work Climate at the American Accounting Association’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Conference held in Philadelphia from April 24-26, 2008. The paper considered whether the perceptions of the instrumental dimension of ethical work climate of partners of public accounting firms differed from those of employees.
  • Paul Conway, Political Science, reviewed Michael D. Goldhaber, A People’s History of the European Court of Human Rights (New Brunswick: Rutgers, 2007) in CHOICE, January, 2008, and Jared Cohen, One Hundred Days of Silence: America and the Rwanda Genocide, Plymouth, UK: Rowman & Littlefield, 2007 CHOICE, June, 2007.
  • Steve Garner, Physical Education, was the keynote speaker at the Milford Rotary Club on Tuesday, April 15, 2008. Steve was invited by Tom Rathbone, Vice President for Facilities, to talk about his new program, Sportsmanship, Character & Honor-A Winning Combination that is being sponsored by Bassett Healthcare. Steve has been asked by several school districts in the area to help with educating student athletes and parent about sportsmanship and character building. His presentation is part of the Connecting Communities for Health and Wellness initiative that he developed and has been well received in our eight county area. Sportsmanship, Character & Honor focuses on the true values of athletics and how to achieve success beyond the playing field. Steve points out how important it is for each school district to define the goals and objectives for achieving character education through competition and discipline. Several key points included the importance of teaching social values, leadership education, and wellness models in practices, games and in the classroom. Creating a team culture of high expectations not only is important for individual and team success, but it sets the tone for behavior expectations on many levels. If you are interested in learning more about Connecting Communities for Health and Wellness, and/or Sportsmanship, Character & Honor, please e-mail Steve at garnerse@oneonta.edu.
  • Achim Koeddermann, Philosophy, gave a presentation on La philosophie, la poésie et l'esprit français (In French) as invited guest speaker at the 60th Conference on World Affairs at CU Boulder, Colorado on April 7, 2008. As invited guest speaker, he also spoke about Heuristics of Fear in a panel on Science: Who's Afraid of the Future and the constitutional and moral necessity to define Separation of Art and State on April 8, 2008. On Friday, April 1, 2008 Dr. Koeddermann gave an invited talk about the dangers of loss of Academic Freedom; American Education: A Rising Tide of Mediocrity. Also, on a panel entitled Hardwired to Believe he debated with an Iranian Mullah, a Secular Humanist from Buffalo, and a genetic researcher the Ethical implications of genetic definitions of the self claiming that it is impossible to derive an "ought" from an "is" on April 9, 2008.
  • Izabella Lokshina, Management, Marketing and Information Systems, presented her research paper titled Analysis and Evaluation of Reed-Solomon Codes in Digital Video Broadcasting Systems at the 7th Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2008 on April 26, 2008 at the Kellogg West Conference Center at Cal Poly Pomona in Pomona, California. This event brought together industry professionals and academics from companies, governmental agencies, and universities around the world to exchange information on advances in mobile communications and wireless networking technology, applications, management, and security. In her paper, Dr. Lokshina analyzed a decoding algorithm, which corrected both erasures and errors for Reed - Solomon (RS) codes based on the Euclidean algorithm together with the Berlekamp - Massey (BM) algorithm. She presented and discussed the implementation of RS codes in the DVB (Digital Video Broadcasting) standards and gave a brief review of the new DVB-H standard. The paper was published in the WTS 2008 refereed proceedings.
  • Ashok Kumar Malhotra, Philosophy, was a scholar in residence at the Eastern Connecticut State University during March 11-13, 2008. He gave six presentations consisting of one public lecture on Compassion in Action: Building Elementary Schools for the Underprivileged Children of India and five other presentations on Social Diversity and Art, Caste System and History, Human Rights and the Untouchables, Yoga as a Model of Dialogue between Science and Religion and East-West Concepts of Wisdom.
  • Harry E. Pence, Chemistry and Biochemistry, was the co-organizer with Dr. Laura E. Pence, University of Hartford Chemistry Department, of a symposium entitled Using Social Networking Tools to Teach Chemistry at the spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society in New Orleans, LA on April 7, 2008. The symposium was very well attended and generated a great deal of discussion. The full day symposium featured many of the chemical educators and librarians who leading in the development of social networking tools for chemical education, including several from the United Kingdom. As part of this event, Dr. Pence gave an overview presentation entitled, How Will Social Networking Impact the Teaching of Chemical Literature?
  • William Simons, History, lectured at the Lecture for Adult Services Department, Kings Bay YM-YWHA, Brooklyn, (NY) on April 10, 2008. His program, Where Have You Gone Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson, and Hank Greenberg: Ethnic Heroes in Baseball's Melting Pot, was sponsored by the New York Council for the Humanities 2008.

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. If a break week, items must be received by the noon deadline before the break, for publication after the break. Bulletins are not published when classes are not in session.

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