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Bulletin for July 30, 2008

CSEA PICNIC
CSEA Local 635 will host a barbeque and picnic for its members and their guests at the College Camp on Saturday, August 9, from 2-6 p.m. Members are FREE and the charge for guests is $2. The deadline for reservations is Monday, August 4. For further information, please contact Veronica Diver at diverv@oneonta.edu.

ALUMNI FIELD HOUSE FITNESS CENTER CARD ACCESS
Beginning this Fall, the Alumni Field House fitness center will be a card access only area when the building is open for general use by the campus community. Please see information attached to this issue of the Bulletin.

TECHNOLOGY TRAINING PROGRAM
The Fall 2008 Technology Training Schedule has been posted to the training web site and features over 70 sessions between September 1 and December 19. In addition, the program offers individual “Just-In-Time” training for those who need more specific instruction on individual topics. This program is open to all SUNY-Oneonta faculty & staff. To register for sessions, go to www.oneonta.edu/academics/training and click on the “Schedule” link. To arrange for “Just-In-Time” training, contact Deb McClenon at x2871 or mcclendl@oneonta.edu.

TO ALL UUP MEMBERS ELIGIBLE FOR DENTAL BENEFITS
As a reminder, on April 1, 2008 the dental coverage for UUP members was changed from CIGNA to Delta Dental. Any outstanding CIGNA issues such as claims that have not been submitted, denied claims, orthodontic issues, etc., need to be processed immediately. UUP members with questions may phone the UUP Benefit Trust Fund at 1-800-887-3863 or the information can be faxed to UUP at 1-866-559-0516. Please feel free to contact the Human Resource Office at x2509 if you have questions.

LAST SUMMER BULLETIN - AUGUST 6
Just a reminder that the last edition of Summer Bulletins will be published next week on Wednesday, August 6. The deadline for this issue is noon tomorrow, Thursday, July 31. The first edition for the Fall semester will be published on Wednesday, August 27 (first day of classes). You may send items for that edition anytime, up to the deadline of noon, Thursday, August 21. Contact Mona Hughes at x2490/ hughesml with questions.

DAY AT SARATOGA RACE COURSE - AUGUST 9
Faculty and Staff are invited to join College at Oneonta Alumni in Saratoga for a day at the races on Saturday, August 9. Gates open at 11 a.m., gather at the Paddock Tent at 11:30 a.m. for a buffet luncheon. Post Time is 1 p.m. Cost per person is $35.00 Price includes track admission, hot and cold buffet luncheon, racing program, paddock tent seating with access to clubhouse (no clubhouse seating available). Cash bar, closed circuit television, and betting window available under the tent. Proper dress required—collared shirt, dress shorts, slacks, skirt or dress. Transportation is on your own. Register soon from these options: Mail it in: Office of Alumni Affairs, 128 Alumni Hall, SUNY College at Oneonta, Oneonta, NY 13820 Phone: 436-2526 Fax: 436-2124. Make checks payable to: College at Oneonta Alumni Association. MasterCard, Visa, and AMEX accepted—indicate card type, number, expiration date, signature, and security code (3-digit authorization # from back of card for MasterCard or Visa only).

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 or johnsosd.

NEW NYS PROGRAM FOR EMPLOYEES
To all state employees: The Governor’s Office of Employee Relations is announcing a new program to allow New York State employees to pay for certain work-related transportation expenses on a pre-tax basis. In an effort to support a greener New York and to help state employees save money, beginning July 2, 2008 for the October 2008 benefit month, NYS-Ride is being expanded to all New York State employees. This program does not reimburse your public transportation costs but does allow for qualifying expenses to be deducted from your paycheck on a pretax basis. Some carriers in this area include Oneonta Public Transport (OPT), Broome County Transit, Chenango County Public Transit, T-Tran, Adirondack Trailways, and Amtrak North East. Online enrollment begins July 2, 2008. Check your campus mail for an informational flyer and an optional NYS-Ride Employee Information Meeting Schedule. If you have any questions, please contact WageWorks at www.worklife.state.ny.us or contact Human Resources at x2509.

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.

RETURN VIDEO TAPES TO IRC
Anyone who has checked a videotape out of the IRC tape library needs to return those tapes to IRC. Please check offices and other areas for tapes you may have and return them to Donna Baker in the IRC main office. If you have questions about a tape you have please contact Donna at x3314.

CAMPUS DATES AND DEADLINES   
Session III.   
Session II.   
New student arrival & orientation.   
Classes begin.   
College closes after class.   
Classes resume.   
College closes after class.   
Classes resume.   
Finals.   

REMINDERS   
Oneonta Tigers Baseball Tickets
Four passes available. Must phone the President’s Office at x2500 to reserve. 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.
Fitness Summer Hours
Alumni Field House Fitness Center: M, W, F, 2-8 p.m.; T, Th, 12-6 p.m. (when classes in session); Chase PE Fitness Center & Weight Room: Closed (PHED Classes/Special Request Only). Faculty Hour, M-F, 12-1 p.m.; Pool Hours: M-Th only, July 7-August 7, 12-4 p.m. Times are subject to change, and in rare events the facilities may need to open late or close early based on staff availability.
Exhibit: Portrait of a Town: Stephen Joseph Celebrates Oneonta
Martin 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 M-F, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., or by appointment. For information contact Tim Sheesley at x2445,
www.oneonta.edu/academics/art/gallery.html
Soccer Camp, National 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.
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.   
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 Event
Noon 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/.
THANK YOU   
  • My family would like to thank SUNY-Shine for the contribution to the Nikki Vetrone Scholarship Fund after the untimely passing of my mother. I would also like to thank all those for the wonderful e-mails, cards and condolences I received during this time. Thank you all.
    Sherri Drumm, UPD
CONGRATULATIONS    
  • Congratulations to the Otsego County Law Enforcement Academy, who, in cooperation with the College’s University Police Department, recently hosted a one-day seminar on DNA recognition, collection and preservation. This course was conducted with the cooperation of the John Jay College School of Criminal Justice, with instructors from John Jay providing the instruction. This course was designed to assist first responding officers in the preservation of vital DNA evidence, at a crime scene. Students attending received a crime scene work kit that they can carry while on patrol, to help them process a crime scene and collect DNA evidence. Sgt. Jon Bartlett, academy director, stated that 32 officers attended this training, with agencies represented from as far away as Warran County Sheriff’s Office, Clarkstown Police and Town of Crawford Police Department, as well as officers from local agencies. The course was presented at no cost to attending agencies.
  • Congratulations to eleven faculty members on their promotions announced recently by our Provost and Vice President for Academic Affairs F. Daniel Larkin. They are as follows: Gwen Crane, English, was promoted to full professor; Lisa Curch, Sociology; Dora Dumont, History; Lisa Flynn, Economics, Finance, and Accounting; Angelika Kazas-Pontisakos, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics; Cynthia Lassonde, Elementary Education and Reading; Daqi Li, Educational Psychology and Counseling; Patrice Macaluso, Theatre; Marius Munteanu, Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics; Renee Walker, Anthropology; and Jeremy Wall, Music, were all promoted to associate professor. The faculty promotions are effective at the beginning of the 2008-09 academic year.
FACULTY/STAFF ACTIVITIES    
  • Veronica Diver, Africana & Latino Studies/Political Science, participated in an AFSCME blitz at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor during the week of July 20, 2008. Working with a team of AFSCME organizers, Diver represented CSEA and was one of several participants from universities around the country represented by AFSCME.
  • Harry E. Pence, Chemistry and Biochemistry, was the featured plenary speaker at the 49th International Conference on Health & Science Communications held at Yale University on June 18, 2008. Pence's talk, titled Social Networking and Teaching with Social Technology, discussed the changing nature of health information on the WWW, including the potential for using the virtual world called Second Life as a site for health information. Pence presented a talk entitled, Are There Badlands Ahead for Higher Education and was a co-author (with Janet Nepkie and Jim Greenberg) of a paper entitled, Student Organized Concerts in Second Life both presented at the SUNY Conference on Instructional Technology held at Genesee Community College on May 29, 2008. Pence's review of the book, Element of Controversy recently appeared in the Journal of Chemical Education (volume 85, pages 1055-56, August, 2008) and his article, The Homeless Professor in Second Life appeared in the Journal of Educational Technology Systems (Volume 36 (#2), pages 171-7, 2008).
  • Jim Small, UPD Captain, and Tim Ludden, UPD Officer, conducted a three-day NYS DCJS certified training course on basic active shooter - response to school violence, on July 21-23, 2008. The course was held at Alfred State, with officers attending from University Police, Alfred Village Police, Wellsville Police, Andover Police, Canisteo Police, Steuben County Sheriff’s Office and the Campus Safety Department of Alfred University. All attendees participated in classroom lectures, live fire range drills and practical scenarios using Simunition guns and ammo.

BULLETIN INFORMATION
Email your items and attachments to Mona Hughes at hughesml@oneonta.edu. Do not send items or attachments in Publisher. Deadlines are Thursdays at noon for the following Wednesday publication. Items that come after the noon deadline will be held over for the next available edition. Bulletins are not published when classes are not in session. We observe the same deadline before a recess for the Bulletin following a recess.

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