Digest of 10/17/2005 3:50:04 PM
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CONTENTS
1. Did you know . . .
2. Last 2005 Faculty/Staff Golf Event
3. "Terrorism: Are We Safe Yet?"
4. New Information Technology Guide
5. Mary I. Bunting Open House
6. Writers at Rutgers Reading Series
7. Seymour Hersh
8. Graduate & Professional School Day
9. Lecture by Dr. Sumit Sarkar
10. Bio/Pharmaceutical Industries Lecture
11. ACE-Network Luncheon Program
DETAILS
1. Rutgers employees who apply for new membership or renewal by December 31, will receive $15.00 off BJ's $40.00 annual membership fee, an additional three months of membership, and a free second membership. To obtain an application for this special offer, please contact a BJ's representative for your campus. Camden: Ron Scholer 856/768-2627; New Brunswick/Piscataway: Vincent Mercandetti 609/581-4504; Newark: Steven Seigel 908/862-2592.
2. Don't miss the last 2005 Faculty/Staff Golf Event. Sign-up and play on October 20, in the Autumn Scramble. Teams will consist of four players playing a handicapped scramble with both men's and mixed divisions. The entry fee is $35.00 per player and includes: greens fee, raffle prize, on course event prizes, team prizes and a pasta buffet immediately after the play is completed. For more information or to sign-up your team, call the Rutgers Golf Pro Shop at 732/445-2637.
3. The Honorable Thomas H. Kean will be delivering a public lecture titled, "Terrorism: Are We Safe Yet?" as the 2005 Clifford P. Case Professor of Public Affairs on Monday, October 24, 7:30 p.m., at the Busch Campus Center Multipurpose Room. For more information contact the Eagleton Institute of Politics at 732/932-9384, ext. 249, email lisamv@rci.rutgers.edu, or visit: http://www.eagleton.rutgers.edu.
4. The Office of Information Technology (OIT) is pleased to announce the release of the new "Guide to Information Technology for Academic and Administrative Units." The guide's purpose is to assist university departments and units in planning for the use of Information Technology. The guide can be found at http://oit.rutgers.edu/unitguide.pdf.
5. Attention female employees who have been out of high school for at least five years: Interested in beginning or continuing your undergraduate education at Rutgers University? Investigate how Douglass College's Mary I. Bunting Program can assist you in achieving your goals. To learn more, come to the Mary I. Bunting Open House on Monday, October 24, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., at the Douglass College Center. The deadline to RSVP is Thursday, October 20. For more information visit: http://douglass.rutgers.edu/admissions/recruitment_events.asp, call 732/932-9500, or email visitdc@rci.rutgers.edu.
6. Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Hours Michael Cunningham is scheduled to inaugurate this year's Writers at Rutgers Reading Series on Monday, October 24, 7:30 p.m., at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room. The reading is free, open to the general public, and will be followed by a reception and book signing. For more information about Cunningham and this year's Writers at Rutgers Reading Series, visit: http://english.rutgers.edu/writers, or call 732/932-7633.
7. Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh will be lecturing on Wednesday, October 26, 8 p.m., at the Rutgers Student Center Multipurpose Room. His lecture is entitled, "From 9/11 to Abu Ghraib." Question and answer and book signing to follow the lecture. For more information visit: http://www.studentdevelopment.rutgers.edu, call 732/932-6978, or email Kerri Willson at kwillson@rutgers.edu.
8. Career Services hosts its annual Graduate & Professional School Day on Wednesday, November 2, 12:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., at the Rutgers Student Center. The event is open to the public. Representatives from 130 graduate schools representing hundreds of programs are registered. For a complete list of schools and programs visit: http://careers1.rutgers.edu/Online_Files/DisplayColleges.asp?CareerDayID=188. For more information contact Janet Bernard at jbernard@rci.rutgers.edu.
9. You are invited to attend a lecture by Dr. Sumit Sarkar, Professor of History at Delhi University, on "The Many Meanings of Nationalism in Twentieth Century India." The lecture will be held on Tuesday, October 25, 11:30 a.m., Paul Robeson Campus Center, Room 255-256, at the Rutgers-Newark Campus. Refreshments will be provided. This event is sponsored by the Department of History, the Institute on Ethnicity Culture and the Modern Experience and the South Asian Studies Program, Rutgers, New Brunswick. Promotional support provided by the Indian Students Association (ISA), Rutgers, Newark. For more information visit: http://ethnicity.rutgers.edu.
10. You are invited to attend the seminar entitled "Ethical Issues in the Bio/Pharmaceutical Industries." Professor David Finegold will be sharing the results of a three-year research project. The seminar will be held on Wednesday, October 26, 4 p.m., Room 203, at the Rutgers Business School-Newark. A reception will follow. To attend, please RSVP by emailing: icastillo@rbsmail.rutgers.edu, or calling 973/353-1016. The event is co-sponsored by The Prudential Business Ethics Center, The Blanche and Irwin Lerner Center for Pharmaceutical Management Studies, and The Rutgers Ethics Initiative.
11. The ACE-Network Luncheon Program will be held on Thursday, November 3, 11:30 a.m., Rutgers Club, at the College Avenue Campus. Panelists: Women, who served on the task force for the report undergraduate education. The Panelists will speak on their experiences in mentoring, coaching, and leadership while they served on the task force. To register or for more information visit: http://acenet.rutgers.edu.
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