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TUESDAY, MAY 13

NOTES AND QUOTES

On this date in 1914, world heavy weight boxing champion Joe Louis was born in Lafayette, Alabama. The hockey arena in Detroit is named after him.

Quote of the day: “I don't like money, actually, but it quiets my nerves.” — Joe Louis

SPECIAL NOTICES

BOARD OF REGENTS TO VOTE MAY 14 ON EMU'S FIRST FEMALE PRESIDENT: Thomas Sidlik, chair of the Eastern Michigan University Board of Regents, announced May 11 that the Board will have a special meeting to consider the appointment of Dr. Susan Martin as EMU’s first female president in its 159-year history. Martin is currently provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs for the University of Michigan-Dearborn. The Board of Regents has scheduled the special meeting Wednesday, May 14, 9 a.m., in 201 Welch Hall, on EMU’s main campus. The meeting is open to the public. Martin would be the 22nd president of Eastern Michigan University. For more information, call 487-2410.

WAIVER MESSAGE: All registered international students with an "F" or "J" visa status will be billed for student health insurance, unless you have received an "Approved" waiver from Snow Health Center no later than 4 p.m., Tuesday, May 27. For more information, e-mail Pat Short at pshort@emich.edu.

TODAY

FOCUS EMU ON THE WEB: Susan Martin, provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at the University of Michigan-Dearborn, will be announced as Eastern Michigan University's next president May 14. Learn who she is. A business incubator to assist high-tech, start-up companies will open in downtown Ypsilanti in September. See what role EMU will play in this economic development engine. The University has chosen a new e-mail system that should be in place this fall. Discover what features the system will offer. Also, discover who received EMU's Outstanding Full-Time Lecturer Award. After a good run on "Survivor", EMU's Erik Reichenbach created a monumental blunder that sent him packing and prevented him from reaching at least the final four. Find out what happened. And this week's "Why I" is a lecturer in the School of Social Work. Guess who it is. For these and many other stories, check out today's issue of FOCUS EMU at www.emich.edu/focus_emu/

*SMOKE TESTS CONDUCTED ON SEWER LINE: The Ypsilanti Community Utilities Authority (YCUA) will be conducting smoke tests on the sanitary sewer line on and near East Circle Drive today and Wednesday May 13. For more information, contact Health and Safety, 487-0794.

ACADEMIC ADVISING WEBINAR: The Academic Advising Center will present a webinar, "Making Career Advising Integral to Academic Advising," today, 2-4 p.m., room 300, Halle Library. For more information, call Toni Taylor, 487-3129.

BASEBALL HOMESTAND: The EMU men's baseball team completes its five-game homestand today, against Oakland University, 6 p.m. For more information, call 487-1050.

LECTURES AND MEETINGS

*WEIGHT WATCHERS SPRING SESSION: The deadline to sign up for the Weight Watchers spring session has been extended to Friday, May 16. This is the last extension. Five more people are needed for the session to be confirmed. The sessions will run for 12 weeks at a discounted rate of $135. The meetings will be at noon in the media room, fourth floor, Pierce Hall, beginning Friday, May 16. Please bring your check or credit card. Bring a friend and join the EMU-at-work group prepare for the spring and summer by attending these sessions. If you are interested in joining, please contact Ann Elinski at ann.elinski@emich.edu.

KEEPING EMU OFF THE BLACKLISTS: The Division of Information Technology Policy Committee has a meeting scheduled Tuesday, May 20, 8:30 a.m., Halle Library Auditorium. The open forum discussion will provide an opportunity to answer all questions about a proposed new information technology policy, 2.1 Auto-Forwarded Email. The policy confirms the authority of the Division of Information Technology to stop auto-forwarding of e-mail from any EMU account to an outside provider, which is causing all EMU e-mail to that provider to be blocked, because of spam being fowarded through the account. The draft of the proposed policy can be seen at http://ict.emich.edu/policy under "proposed policies." For more information, contact Arnold Barr, 487-2630, or e-mail him at abarr@emich.edu.

FACULTY DEVELOPMENT SEMINAR: EMU faculty are encouraged to apply for "The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning," a faculty development seminar for fall 2008 and winter 2009. For more information and applications, go to www.emich.edu/facdev. The deadline to apply is May 15 by 5 p.m.

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

 

ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS

SIT-DOWN SATURDAYS: The Sit-Down Saturday program provides an opportunity for graduate and transfer students, and undergraduates to talk directly with an admissions counselor about admission and enrollment at EMU, Saturday, May 17, 8:30 a.m. to noon, second floor, Student Center. For more information, call (800) GO-TO-EMU or visit www.emich.edu/admissions.

BLACK ALUMNI BLOOD/BONE MARROW DRIVE: The Black Alumni Chapter is organizing a blood and bone marrow drive. Come out and help save lives with your donation Wednesday, May 21, 1-7 p.m., at the EMU-Detroit Northwest Activity Center Ballroom (18100 Meyers, Detroit). Appointments for blood donations can be made online at www.givelife.org (sponsor code = emubaa). For more information, contact Caroline Sanders, csanders@emich.edu, or call (313) 342-2731.

CAMPUS LIGHT-POST BANNERS GOING UP: The Office of Marketing and Communications is waving some new flags — and helping visitors and first-time students find their way around more easily at the same time. In an effort to improve branding and build signage identification, EMU began placing 354 full-color vinyl banners on light posts throughout main campus and along Huron Street, Oakwood Street, Washtenaw Avenue, College Place and Cross Street April 26. For more information, call 487-2483.

HELP EMU SELECT A NEW WEB SITE DESIGN: EMU is developing a new web presence that it plans to launch later this year. This project includes a completely new design (look and feel), along with new information architecture, additional multimedia and interactive features, accessibility improvements, and updated methods for coding and creating Web pages. The next step in this process is to ask for feedback from the university community. If you are interested in reviewing our new designs and providing your comments, please visit:
http://webstage.emich.edu/webcomm/clickthrough/ and fill out the questionnaire. For questions, please e-mail webcomm@emich.edu

EMU DAY AT COMERICA PARK: EMU Day at Comerica Park is scheduled Sunday, Aug. 17. The office of marketing and communications has tickets available for the Detroit Tigers baseball game at 1:05 p.m. All faculty, staff and students are invited to attend. Tickets cost $12 each (limit four) and are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. To purchase tickets, contact Sheilah Larnhart, 487-2483.

PARISH FEAST: This year's Holy Trinity Parish feast day picnic is scheduled Sunday, May 18, following the 11 a.m. mass at 511 West Forest. If interested in helping plan the event, contact Eleanor Brundage at (734) 434-8161 or bebrundage@sbcglobal.net.

ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION: Patrick Green, an MFA candidate, will exhibit his ceramics through Friday, May 16, Ford Gallery. For more information or gallery times, call 487-0465.

ANOTHER GRADUATE THESIS EXHIBITION: Melissa Machnee, an MFA candidate, will display her sculptures as her graduate thesis exhibition through Friday, May 16, University Gallery, Student Center. For more information or gallery times, call 487-1077 or 487-0465.

NEW FIBERS: The "New Fibers 2008" exhibition, sponsored by the Fiber Arts Network of
Michigan, will be on display through June 12, University Art Gallery. The artwork features textiles rooted in traditional processes and materials, to sculpture, conceptual and installation art. The exhibition contains works selected by juror Patricia Malarcher, the editor of the "Surface Design Journal." Malarcher is a working textile artist who is recognized for her knowledge and understanding of current fiber arts. A reception is scheduled Friday, May 9, 5-7 p.m., University Gallery. For more information or gallery times, call 487-1077 e-mail Larry Newhouse at lnewhouse@emich.edu.

ATHLETICS

 

REMINDERS

SOTL SEMINAR: The scholarship of teaching and learning (SOTL) movement encourages faculty members to empirically investigate student learning in their classes and make the results of their inquiry public. Faculty will spend fall 2008 engaging in discussions of the SOTL literature, and work with each other to design a SOTL project to be implemented in a winter 2008 course. The cohort will produce an edited, peer-reviewed book of their project reports. Faculty will receive a $1,000 honorarium for participating in the project. For a full description of the project, go to www.emich.edu/facdev/programs/sotl.html For an application, go to www.emich.edu/facdev/programs/SOTL App2008-09.doc.

DATA STANDARDS MANUAL UPDATE AVAILABLE: Faculty and staff who use the Banner system should know and follow the data standards defined in the Data Standards Manual. Version 2.0.8 of the Data Standards Manual, dated May 2008, is available at http://www.emich.edu/irim/cmte_data_standards.php. The Data Standards Committee consists of representatives from all Banner application areas. The committee maintains the Manual and approves any changes to data standards at Eastern Michigan University.

"WHY I" FEATURE SUBJECTS REQUESTED: If you know of an interesting faculty, staff member or administrator that you think would make an interesting "Why I" subject, please forward to Ron Podell at rpodell@emich.edu or call 487-4400. The employee must have worked at EMU for at least three years.

SCHOLARSHIPS

*WORLD COLLEGE INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL GRANTS: A limited amount of international travel support is available to full-time faculty and staff. Special consideration will be given to those who have not received a World College travel grant previously. The deadline for the cuurent application/award cycle is Wednesday, May 21. For application information and procedures, go to http://www.emich.edu/worldcollege/travel_grants.html or call 487-2414.

WARREN SCHOLARSHIP AVAILABLE: The College of Arts and Sciences reminds all students and faculty that the Francis R. Warren Scholarship is still available. Applicants must have: an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 overall and 3.4 in the major; a FAFSA for 2008-2009; a minimum 12 credits in Winter 2008; and 60 hours completed. Please review the requirements and application at: http://www.emich.edu/cas/stu-scholarships.html and apply if you are
eligible. For questions, call the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s Office, 487-4344.

LINK TO OPPORTUNITIES: To find out about current scholarship opportunities, go to www.emich.edu/finaid/schols/schols.htm

The deadline to submit events for consideration for EMU TODAY is noon the day before the event is to occur. For inclusion in EMU TODAY, entries should be formatted in the EMU TODAY style and forwarded electronically to emu_today@emich.edu. Most events will only be able to appear for three days. For more information, call the Office of University Communications at 487-4400.

 
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