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Bulletin for June 18, 2008
ANNE WARD RETIRING FROM MILNE LIBRARY
Anne Ward is retiring on Wednesday, June 25, after 21 years of dedicated service to the college. Please stop by the Circulation Office behind the main desk at the library between 2-4 p.m. on Wednesday, June 25, to say goodbye and wish Anne well. Cake and beverages will be served.
CLEANING AND MAINTAINING HEATING COILS IN NETZER – JUNE 23-27
The Facilities Operations/Maintenance Department HV/AC workers will be in the Netzer Administration Building during the week of June 23–27, 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 phone the F.M.O.C. Office at x2507, if you have any questions.
5TH ANNUAL RED DRAGON BASKETBALL CAMP – JULY 14 - 18
The 5th Annual Red Dragon Basketball Camp is scheduled for Monday-Friday, July 14-18 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. daily at the Alumni Field House. Under the direction of Vince Medici, the camp is open to boys and girls ages 6-17 years. Every camper will receive a T-shirt and a basketball. Cost per camper is $140. Campers must bring their own lunch and drinks. There are vending machines for snacks and drinks on site. For an application/information, please phone Vince Medici at x3280 or email medicivi@oneonta.edu.
ONEONTA TIGERS BASEBALL TICKETS AVAILABLE
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.
COURSE EVALUATIONS GOING ELECTRONIC
Data for the Student Perception of Instruction (SPI) course evaluation process will be collected via Angel this summer. All registered students have access to their courses via Angel regardless of whether or not a faculty member uses this resource. For this summer, students will receive periodic notices directing them to Angel to evaluate their courses. The system will be available for course evaluation for the last few days of each summer session. This is a piloting of this method for course evaluation. It addresses the need to provide an evaluative method for the growing number of on-line courses, as well as moves the process to a more efficient and cost effective approach to evaluation. Please encourage your students to participate in this process. Faculty wishing to use the traditional paper evaluation process may obtain materials from their respective department offices. Any questions should be directed to Steve Johnson at x3592; johnsosd.
ONEONTA STATE FITNESS SUMMER HOURS
Alumni Field House Fitness Center
- Monday, Wednesday, & Friday: 2-8 p.m.
- Tuesday & Thursday: 12-6 p.m.
- CLOSED when Classes are not in session (June 31-July 6 & August 9-August 27).
Chase PE Fitness Center & Weight Room
- CLOSED for the summer
- PHED Classes/Special Request Only
- Monday-Friday 12-1 p.m.(Faculty Hour)
Special Note: Times are subject to change and in rare events the facilities may need to open late or close early based on the availability of staff and at the discretion of the Fitness Staff, the Fitness Director, Custodial Staff, and or Administration. Thank you for your Cooperation during our limited summer operation hours .
SUMMER POOL HOURS
The pool will be open for the summer Monday, July 7-Thursday, August 7, Mondays-Thursdays only from 12-4 p.m.
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 Building. Funding for SUNY-Shine is made possible on an annual basis through gifts and grants to the College Foundation.
CAMPUS DATES AND DEADLINES
Summer Session I.
Session III.
- Monday, July 7-
Friday, August 8
Session II.
- Sunday-Tuesday,
August 24-26
New student arrival & orientation.
Classes begin.
College closes after class.
Classes resume.
College closes after class.
Classes resume.
- Monday-Friday,
December 15-19
Finals.
REMINDERS
- Thursday, June 26–
Monday, June 30
Supply Room Closed for Inventory
Reopening Tuesday, July 1. Supply requisitions received after Wednesday, June 25 will not be filled until Tuesday, July 1.
- Tuesday, July 1–
Thursday, July 31
Exhibit: Portrait of a Town: Stephen Joseph Celebrates OneontaMartin and Mullen Art Gallery, Fine Arts. Artist’s reception, Wednesday, July 16, 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. Unique photography by the Oneonta native and accomplished California-based photographer. Open Monday - Friday, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., or by appointment.
For information contact
Tim Sheesley at
x2445,
www.oneonta.edu/academics/art/gallery.html - Monday, July 28-
Thursday, July 31
Munchkin All-Sports Camp9 a.m.-1 p.m. daily. For boys/girls ages 5-12. $60.00 per camper. Soccer, tennis, basketball, kickball, racquetball, t-ball, track, and badminton offered. Participants receive a tee shirt from Domino's Pizza & The Oneonta Shirt Company & a water bottle from Wachovia Securities. Major sponsorship by Eastman Associates, with College providing facilities. Women’s Soccer Team benefit. For information/camp brochure contact
Liz McGrail at
x3474 or
mcgraiaea@oneonta.edu.
- Monday-Friday, August 4-8
Soccer CampNational Soccer Hall of Fame. Open to boys/girls. Two options: Dragon Camp 9 a.m.-4 p.m. daily, for ages 6 to 13/14 & Elite Camp 9 a.m.- 3 p.m. daily, high school players only. $125.00/week. For brochure, registration or information, phone
Iain at
x2102 or
byrneij@oneonta.edu.
Submissions Deadline for Celebration Of Teaching. Participate in this year’s Celebration of Teaching: Creativity & Innovation, a half-day event with keynote speaker, roundtables, and poster sessions. To submit a poster, send the poster title and abstract-100-200 words to
Janet Day at
dayje@oneonta.edu. Submissions can also be made at
www.oneonta.edu/cot/.
Celebration of Teaching EventNoon to 5 p.m., Hunt College Union. Please
join us as a participant and a poster presenter! For more information, visit
www.oneonta.edu/cot/.
CONGRATULATIONS
- Congratulations to the College. A new multi-year campaign will enhance academic quality and scholarships in Biology, Chemistry & Biochemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics & Astronomy, and Mathematics, Computer Science & Statistics. Known as Visions/Solutions: The Fund for Science and Technology, the campaign, which began in January, recently exceeded $1 million in gifts, grants, and written commitments on the way to its goal of $4 million by June 2010. The campaign is co-chaired by Janet Perna, a 1970 SUNY-Oneonta graduate who is the retired General Manager of Information Management Solutions for the IBM Software Group, and William Pietraface, Biology Chair and Vice President of the College at Oneonta Foundation Board of Directors. Recognizing the vital role of science and technology in today's world, the College Foundation Board of Directors established several objectives for the campaign: increasing the number of scholarships available for science and technology majors at the College; establishing an endowment for student-faculty research; enhancing equipment and facilities in the College's science and technology programs; and emphasizing the importance of science, mathematics, and technology campus-wide.
The Fund for Science and Technology is the first-ever campaign at the College that targets a specific group of academic departments. A number of new scholarships have already been established including several designed specifically for students studying science and technology: The James '83 and Laura Bidwell Scholarship, established by the former Managing Director of International Development for E*Trade and his wife, will be awarded to students who major in science, mathematics, or education with a preference to dual majors in two of the three. The Roger Arthur Frost Scholarship, established by emeritus Dean of the College James Frost in memory of his son, will be awarded to incoming freshmen majoring in the sciences or technology. The Rudy and Gwen Latendorf Schuster '68, '73G Scholarship, created by Dr. and Mrs. Schuster of Oneonta, will be awarded to students who major in science education or family and consumer science education. Janet Perna, the co-chair of the campaign, established a related scholarship in 2007. The Janet Perna '70 Women in Technology Scholarship is awarded to freshman women with financial need who enter the College to pursue a major in biology, chemistry, earth sciences, mathematics, computer science, statistics, physics, or secondary education. William Pietraface and his wife, Marge, have made a gift commitment to name the Pietraface Tissue Culture Laboratory, a 320-square foot area in the Physical Science Building where faculty and students conduct cellular, molecular, and plant biology research. Their gift will also create a new scholarship in recognition of Dr. Pietraface's teaching career of nearly 30 years at the College. The College at Oneonta Foundation scholarships serves a number of purposes, including recruiting and retaining well qualified new students and rewarding meritorious performance by current students. The Fund for Science and Technology is coordinated through the College at Oneonta Foundation, a non-profit organization that facilitates charitable giving to the College and manages the College's endowment. Established in 1982, the Foundation uses sound fiscal policies to invest and allocate assets. Many scholarships are endowed, so the principal funds used to establish them are preserved in perpetuity. More information about The Fund for Science and Technology is available from Paul J. Adamo, Vice President for College Advancement and Executive Director of the College at Oneonta Foundation, at x2535 or www.oneonta.edu/advancement/donors.
- Congratulations to Steven Garner, Physical Education/Community Relations, on being appointed to the State University of New York Faculty Senate Executive Committee to serve on the Student Life Committee for a one-year term during the 2008-2009 academic year. According to the SUNY Senate Bylaws, members of standing committees are appointed for a one-year term with reappointments (for up to a maximum of three years of service) by the Executive Committee. The Student Life Committee convenes three times a year and is charged with examining all co-curricular aspects of resident and commuter student life, both undergraduate and graduate, and shall work with Student Policy, the Faculty Student Association, the Residence Hall Association, the Commuter Student Association, and the Graduate Student Organization; and shall consult with and advise the State University of New York Vice President of Student Affairs. Steve also is an appointed member of the Health Association of New York State Task Force on Community Health.
- Donna Vogler, Biology, helped lead a 2-week Kenan Fellows workshop in Coral Gables, Florida sponsored by the National Tropical Botanical Gardens on May 18-31, 2008. The other course instructors were on the staff of the NTBG and included Drs. Gaugau Tavana; P. Barry Tomlinson, also of the Harvard Experimental Forest; and David Lee, also of Florida International University. The 8 participants were college professors selected across the U.S. for their potential to bring examples of tropical botany into the curriculum of undergraduate education. In 2004 Dr. Vogler was a participant in this same fellowship program. Dr. Vogler led discussions of “clicker” use, handing underperforming students in large classes, and integrating botanical examples into active learning exercises.
SUMMER BULLETIN INFORMATION
Email your items and attachments to Mona Hughes 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 are as follows:
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The first Fall 2008 edition will be published on the first day of classes, Wednesday, August 27. Deadline for this edition is noon on Thursday, August 21. You may send items earmarked for this edition up to the deadline.
