E-mail Digest for April 26 Wednesday, June 01, 2011 9:58 AM Subject E-mail Digest for April 26 From UA Ema i l Digest To UA-MAIL@l ists.uakron.edu Sent Tues day, April 26, 2011 4:30 PM April 26, 2011 [email protected] Take me to the headlines. Large-text version. Provost, CFO announce initiative that defines new processes for making certain purchases To improve efficiency, the University is launching a new program that redefines processes for purchasing certain items: • computer hardware and software, • furniture, • printed materials, • promotional items (pens, coffee mugs, etc.), • printers and • office supplies. One goal of the program is to avoid costs by making better use of internal resources. Savings generated by the program w ill be redirected into core teaching and research activities. The change w as announced in a memo to campus leaders from William M. (Mike) Sherman, senior vice president and provost/COO, and David Cummins, vice president for finance and administration/CFO. Read the memo. To the headlines. Students can obtain testing-center wait times from Web In the new issue of Across the Commons, Provost Mike Sherman discusses how the culture at Akron is evolving to one in which academics are paramount, evidenced by organizational changes in the last year, by a shift in how academicsupport units are viewed and by how the forthcoming budget proposal is being designed. Read it now . During finals week, thousands of students will use the testing center in Shrank Hall North 152. The projected and actual wait times are posted on the CBAE HEADLINE website. For updates every 30 minutes, follow CBAE on Twitter or view the SUMMARY: webcam images outside the entrance to SHN. Historical data on the projected daily wait times during finals week is also provided. Students will be encouraged New Items: to use this information to reduce time waiting in line to take exams. To the headlines. Provost, CFO announce initiative Founders Day and retirement celebration that defines In commemoration of Founders Day and in celebration of those retiring from The new processes for making certain University of Akron, President Luis M. Proenza and the Board of Trustees invite you to a reception and luncheon recognizing this year's faculty and staff retirees. purchases Hosted annually, this year's event w ill take place Friday, May 6, at 11:30 a.m. at InfoCision Stadium–Summa Field on the fifth floor FirstMerit Foundation Club Students can Level. Cost to attend is $15 and the deadline to R.S.V.P. is Friday, April 29. obtain testingCurrent retirees w ill receive a complimentary invitation in the mail in the coming center wait times week. See the list of retirees. from Web You may return your R.S.V.P. through campus mail, or you can register by calling the Office of the Alumni Association at ext. 7270 or register online. To the Founders Day and headlines. retirement celebration Last chance to volunteer for SpringFest Last chance to volunteer for SpringFest Students turn work experience into college credit Lane of Wolf Ledges Parkway to The final w eek before SpringFest is here and volunteers are still needed to make close for 30 days this a successful event. Please consider volunteering for the second annual SpringFest, w hich w ill take place on Coleman Common, Friday, April 29, from NEOMFA presents poet Heather Unfiled Notes Page 1 3-10 p.m. Volunteers are needed to w ork in a variety of different areas throughout the day to make this event a success. If you are still interested in volunteering for SpringFest, please forward information regarding your availability, along w ith your phone number, to Gregory F. Robinson at [email protected]. Volunteer shifts are available throughout the day, 7-9 a.m.; 9-11 a.m.; 11 a.m.-1 p.m.; 1-3 p.m.; 3-5 p.m.; 5-7 p.m.; 7-9 p.m.; and 9-11 p.m., with evening shifts needing the most volunteers. If you are interested in working more than one shift, please include this information. To the headlines. Students turn work experience into college credit After serving 19 years as a police officer, Melissa Schnee decided to pursue a degree, meeting her requirements, in part, through the Technical Experience Assessment (TEA) portfolio w orkshop offered by The University of Akron's Summit College. Schnee is one of 22 students w ho, in the last four years, have earned a combined total of 102 hours of credit through TEA w orkshops at UA.According TEA program director Susan Wynn, students save as much as 44 percent on their tuition through the w orkshops. The next series of the TEA w orkshops w ill be held on Thursdays from 6 to 8 p.m., May 19 to July 14, at UA's Summit College, located in the Polsky Building in dow ntown Akron. Applications for the May w orkshop are due May 9. The w orkshops provide step-by-step guidance and instruction on assembling relevant experience into a logical, standardized format — the portfolio — for review by faculty members. Students studying criminal justice, early childhood development, fire protection, community service technology, emergency medical services, paralegal studies, hospitality management, customer information systems, office administration, marketing and sales and business management can earn as many as 24 semester hours in technical coursework for their prior work experience in these areas. For Schnee, her nearly tw o decades of criminal justice experience not only helped her earn college credit, but served as a springboard to her college career. ―The TEA program gave me the push I needed to return to college. I am completing my associate degree and have decided to continue on to obtain a bachelor's degree,‖ says Schnee. For more information, visit Summit College or call ext. 2147. To the headlines. Lane of Wolf Ledges Parkway to close for 30 days poet Heather McHugh King Saud University professor to discuss nanocomposites Electrical and computer engineering seminar Mobile learning luncheon seminar Re-envisioning learning spaces University Libraries offers LaTeX workshops See ‗A Mouthful of Birds‘ ‗Kindred the Family Soul‘ in Keepers Lounge at the Stage Door Canned food drive for Haven of Rest Athletics trade show On Friday, April 29, the site contractor will close the southbound curb lane on This week in Zips Wolf Ledges Parkway, between the Buckingham Center and the entrance to the athletics Turbine Testing Facility for about 30 days. This closure will provide the necessary safe distance between construction equipment and vehicle traffic. If there are any questions or concerns regarding this temporary closure, contact John O'Brien at ext. 6142. To the headlines. NEOMFA presents poet Heather McHugh The Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts (NEOMFA) program at The University of Akron w ill host tw o events with internationally know n poet Heather McHugh this week. On Tuesday, April 26, McHugh w ill give a reading of her work in the theater at the Fashion Museum in White Hall at Kent State University at 7:30 pm. On Wednesday, April 27, McHugh w ill give a talk on ―The Craft of Poetry‖ at Martin University Center Library on the UA campus at 7 p.m. See more information. To the headlines. King Saud University professor to discuss nanocomposites Dr. Rabeh H. Elleithy, technical director and chaired professor, SABIC Polymer Research Center, King Saud University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, will present a special lecture on ―Viscoelasticity of Nanocomposites‖ on Thursday, April 28, at 2 p.m. in the Aggarw al Lecture Hall (Room 130), Polymer Engineering Academic Center. His seminar is free and open to the public. For further information, please contact the faculty host, Dr. Sadhan Jana, at ext. 8293 or [email protected]. To the headlines. Electrical and computer engineering seminar Repeated Items: Reminder: Conflict of Interest forms due April 30 Learning Technologies sessions at Wayne Campus April 27 Polymer and Advance Materials lecture Brown bag lunch for Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure walkers Get fit and have fun with yoga and Pilates School of Music Narsingh Deo w ill present ―Design of Multiple-Fault Tolerant RAIDs: A Graphspring concerts Theoretic Algorithm for Data and Parity Placement‖ at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering seminar on Monday, May 2, from 1:30-2:30 Fee remission p.m. in Auburn Science and Engineering Center 223/4. available for seminar on TRIZ, Deo is the Millican Chair Professor of Computer Science and director of the a problem-solving Center for Parallel Computation at the University of Central Florida. A fellow of method the IEEE and a fellow of the ACM, Deo has authored four textbooks and more than 200 refereed papers on graph theoretic algorithms, combinatorial How to get your computing, discrete optimization and parallel computation. information in EMail Digest Redundant Arrays of Independent Disks (RAID) systems have come into widespread use because of their enhanced I/O bandwidths, large capacities and Unfiled Notes Page 2 widespread use because of their enhanced I/O bandwidths, large capacities and low cost. How ever, the increasing demand for greater array capacities at low cost has led to the use of arrays w ith larger and larger numbers of disks, which increases the likelihood of the concurrent occurrence of two or more random disk failures. Hence the need for RAID systems to tolerate two or more random disk failures w ithout compromising disk utilization. In this talk, Deo w ill present a novel algorithm based on the perfect 1factorization of the complete graphs KP and K2P – 1 for placing data and parity in tw o-disk fault-tolerant arrays with (P – k) and (2P – 1 – k) disks respectively, where P is a prime number and k ≥ 1. Furthermore, researchers determine the fraction of space used for storing parity in such arrays and show that this fraction has the optimal value w hen k = 1. To the headlines. Mobile learning luncheon seminar The College of Education Center for Literacy invites you to a luncheon seminar titled ―Mobile Learning,‖ on May 11, from noon to 3 p.m. in Leigh Hall 414.The session is free and a light lunch will be provided but you must register online by Friday, May 6. Bring your own mobile device to this session. One iPod will be raffled. Session Title: Web 2.0 Learning Tools (or How I learned to love the iPad) Session Level: Beginner Technology is in the hand of almost every student on campus. Smart phones, tablets, iPads, laptops…students are coming to class w ired. The potential for moving learning opportunities beyond the four w alls of the classroom is very high due to ubiquitous access on campus. This presentation will take a closer look at the educational possibilities of Web 2.0 tools, handheld devices and mobile apps that can be used for personal productivity and 21st century instructional practice. Bring your ow n mobile device to this session. iPods and iPads w ill also be available for use. Session Title: iMobile Possibilities: The Future is in Hand Session Level: Intermediate Apple's "App Store" has thousands of educational applications and yet, are they really educational? This presentation w ill take a closer look at the educational possibilities of these devices for students, teachers and administrators. Take a look at the w ork being done through the online community "I Educational Apps Review ," w hich is focused on helping school personnel to effectively and safely use these devices for their personal and educational productivity. In addition, the session w ill look at the "How-To" and important issues to consider when attempting to implement iOS devices such as iPhones, iPod Touches and iPads in the educational setting. Bring your ow n mobile device to this session. iPods and iPads w ill also be available for use. More information is available online. To the headlines. Re-envisioning learning spaces The College of Education Center for Literacy invites you to an afternoon seminar titled ―Re-Envisioning Learning Spaces,‖ featuring David Jakes on Friday, May 20, from 1-3 p.m. in Leigh Hall 416. In this session, discuss developing perspectives that move participants from a classroom-based model of teaching and learning to one that is rooted in the concept of a learning space. The session will help participants clarify their expectations for a learning space, and how such a space can support an expanded and relevant educational experience for students. Please R.S.V.P. online by May 13. Jakes has spent 25 years in education as a teacher, staff developer and technology coordinator. From his first Macintosh Classic to his current netbook, he has w itnessed firsthand the changes in education that technology has empow ered. Jakes shares this knowledge as a frequent speaker at technology conferences across the United States, as w ell as in Canada, Europe, and most recently, China. His interests in educational technology include digital storytelling, the application of geography-based systems for learning and developing online communities of learning through blogging, wiki and other connective technologies. He currently maintains a w ebsite (Jakesonline.org), a blog (The Strength of Weak Ties) and a variety of other resources dedicated to improving the use of technology in education. To the headlines. University Libraries offers LaTeX workshops The Science and Technology Library w ill add a third pilot LaTeX workshop this summer, and offer a choice of tw o different formats for workshop 2. The time and dates for the summer sessions w ill be determined by the availability of those interested. Please complete this survey of times and dates, then subscribe to the LaTeX Listserv for the LaTeX w orkshop schedule. In addition, this list is intended to serve as a Q&A forum for UA LaTeX users. LaTeX is a document preparation system based on the TeX typesetting language. LaTeX can be used for any publication, but it is often used to produce scientific articles. Nearly all publishers w ill accept a LaTeX document and some require it. Workshop 1: Finding and Installing LaTeX – Want to get started with LaTeX, but are unsure of how to get the software? After w orkshop 1, you will be able to Unfiled Notes Page 3 QUICK LINKS: Submit an announcement to the Digest Zipmail - news for students Search past editions of the Digest Digest archive Faculty and staff manual University calendar Benefits information Learning and development Payroll information More faculty and staff news are unsure of how to get the software? After w orkshop 1, you will be able to locate a distributor, find a LaTeX editor, install packages and find documentation. Core functionality of a few LaTeX editors will be demonstrated. Prompted and manual install of packages will be shown. Bring your computer and follow along (see handout). This w orkshop w ill be approximately one hour. Workshop 2: Each w orkshop w ill provide an overview of document classes and packages, including a demonstration of how to include and use them when writing an article (see handout). Workshop 2a: Using Document Classes and Packages for Your Journal Preamble and Document Structure – Attendees w ill choose a class file and edit the document to reproduce the handout in the style specified by their selected journal. This w orkshop will be approximately one hour. Workshop 2b: Using Document Classes from Selected Publishers and Packages – Preamble and Document Structure - Attendees w ill use class files from Elsevier, IEEE, SIAM and ACS to reproduce the handout in each style. This workshop will be approximately tw o hours. Workshop 3: Writing a LaTeX Article – Workshop 3 continues LaTeX article creation w here w orkshop 2 ended. It w ill provide an overview of common commands, environments and declarations used in document creation. Attendees will learn to create itemized lists, footnotes, tables and more (see handout). This w orkshop w ill be approximately 90 minutes. To the headlines. See ‘A Mouthful of Birds’ The School of Dance, Theatre and Arts Administration presents ―A Mouthful of Birds‖ by Caryl Churchill and David Lan, Thursday through Saturday, April 28-30, at 8 p.m. and Sunday, May 1, at 2 p.m. in Sandefur Theatre in Guzzetta Hall. Ticket prices are $12 for general admission; $10 for seniors, UA faculty, staff and alumni; and $6 for students. A discount is available for groups of 10 or more. This play draws its themes from ―The Bacchae of Euripides‖ as it explores the issues of possession, madness and female violence. James Slowiak, professor of theatre arts, directs the play. ―A Mouthful of Birds‖ is part of The Dionysos Project, a three-year exploration of the Dionysos myth in performance. Dionysos acts as the play‘s muse by causing each character‘s central transformation. Documentation of this multiyear process is being recorded and edited by UA faculty member Anthony Samangy and will appear on the Theatre, Dance and Arts Administration Facebook page. For more information, call ext. 7895 or visit the School of Dance, Theatre and Arts Administration website. To the headlines. ‘Kindred the Family Soul’ in Keepers Lounge at the Stage Door See ―Kindred the Family Soul‖ on Saturday, April 30, at 9 p.m. at the Stage Door at E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall. Tickets: $20 in advance and at the door, $10 for students w ith Zip Card. Seating is limited. For tickets, call the Thomas Hall Ticket Office at ext. 7570, visit Ticketmaster locations or online. Hailing from Philadelphia, this vocal duo consists of husband and wife Fatin Dantzler and Aja Graydon. Together on stage, their voices combine to display the love and devotion that reminds one of a different time in soul music. Share the Kindred experience w ith special someone at the Stage Door. See UAEvents.com for more information. To the headlines. Canned food drive for Haven of Rest A canned food drive for Haven of Rest is under w ay through Friday, May 6, in the Student Union and in the Off- Campus Student Services office on the first floor of the Student Union. The Student Union is open from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 7 a.m. – midnight Friday and Saturday, and noon – 11 p.m. on Sunday. The Haven of Rest is in urgent need of help in replenishing its supplies of canned food items to meet the needs of those less fortunate in our community. To the headlines. Athletics trade show All faculty and staff are invited to attend the fourth annual Akron Zips IMG trade show on Friday, April 29, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the upper bowl of James A. Rhodes Arena. Sponsors have been invited to showcase their businesses at the event. Each sponsor w ill have a table and personnel on-site to answer any questions. Admission is free and open to the UA community. If you have specific questions, please contact Ryan Christy at ext. 8410 or ryan.christy@imgw orld.com. To the headlines. This week in Zips athletics The reigning National Champion Zips men's soccer team will conclude their Unfiled Notes Page 4 The reigning National Champion Zips men's soccer team will conclude their spring schedule w ith a match against the Valparaiso Crusaders. The game is scheduled for 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday, April 27, at Cub Cadet Field. Admission is free. To the headlines. Repeated Items Follow Reminder: Conflict of Interest forms due April 30 The 2010-2011 Conflict of Interest form, its accompanying disclosure forms and other documents are due by Saturday, April 30, from all employees. All forms are available online. The forms must be printed, signed and submitted to the employee's immediate supervisor. All University of Akron full-time employees, as w ell as students identified as investigators on externally funded grants or contracts, are required to complete a Conflict of Interest/Conflict of Commitment Disclosure Form annually. Full-time employees w ithout access to a computer and printer should request a printed packet from their immediate supervisor. Supervisors are encouraged to print blank forms for those employees w ho do not have ready access to a computer and printer during their w ork shifts. Questions or concerns regarding these matters should be directed to department chairs, school directors, deans or the Office of General Counsel. To the headlines. Learning Technologies sessions at Wayne Campus April 27 On Wednesday, April 27, three members of UA's Design and Development Services, Jamie New hall, Litsa Varonis and Jill Phipps, will visit Wayne College to offer the follow ing topics as informal presentations from 9 a.m. to noon in A-107: • Springboard • Classroom Performance System (CPS) • Panopto Focus • Elluminate • Encoding video for use in Springboard • Narrating PowerPoints • Plagiarism • Jing • iTunesU This w ill be follow ed by: • noon to 1 p.m. CPS clickers presentation and discussion, B-119 • 1:30-4:30 p.m. Springboard Open Lab, A-133 In addition to the topics above, handouts and information will be available on the follow ing: • Checkbox • Prezi • Second Life For those w ho will not be able to attend, the presentation on CPS will be recorded and available after the event. Other presentations may be recorded as well. For more information, contact Litsa Varonis at [email protected] or ext. 2541. To the headlines. Polymer and Advance Materials lecture Dr. Shekhar Garde, How ard P. Isermann Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, N.Y., will present the next Polymer and Advance Materials lecture in the Department of Polymer Science in the Goodyear Polymer Center Auditorium at 11 a.m. on Friday, April 29. Garde's talk is titled ―Hydration Phenomena at the Interface of Physics and Biology: A New Fluctuations-based Perspective.‖ Water-mediated interactions (e.g., hydrophobic interactions) govern a host of biological and colloidal selfassembly phenomena from protein folding, micelle and membrane formation, to molecular recognition. Macroscopically, hydrophobicity is often characterized by measuring a droplet contact angle on a surface. At the nanoscale, such measurements are not feasible, e.g., for surfaces of proteins or nanoparticles. Using theory and molecular simulations, researchers present a new perspective that connects the behavior of w ater near nanoscale interfaces to their hydrophobicity/philicity. Specifically, the research shows that water density fluctuations (and not the average local density) provide a quantitative characterization of interfacial hydrophobicity. Density fluctuations are enhanced near hydrophobic interfaces and suppressed near hydrophilic ones. This new perspective provides a computational tool for characterizing the hydrophobicity patterns on protein surfaces, w hich are relevant for binding, recognition, and aggregation. Simulations also show how the properties of water at interfaces Unfiled Notes Page 5 aggregation. Simulations also show how the properties of water at interfaces influence binding, folding, and dynamics of flexible molecules in interfacial environments. Current understanding of the hydration of ions, osmolytes, and solution additives, w hen combined w ith this new perspective, provides additional insights into the role of w ater in multicomponent biological interactions. This lecture is free and open to the public. To the headlines. Brown bag lunch for Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure walkers Calling all w alkers participating in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure. The Society of Women Engineers w ill hold a brow n bag lunch on Wednesday, April 27, at noon in Student Union 322 for anyone w alking this year in the Susan G. Komen 3-Day for the Cure. Come share fundraising ideas, training tips and event questions. There w ill be access to the w ebsite to help walkers find information. Veterans and first-time w alkers are w elcome. For more information, contact Mary C. Verstraete at ext. 7691 or [email protected]. To the headlines. Get fit and have fun with yoga and Pilates Yoga and Pilates, open to all levels, w ill be offered Summer Session II for faculty, staff and students. Bring a yoga mat for yoga. Pilates w ill be taught on Pilates machines. The courses are listed under 7900:403 St: Dance. If you are a grad student, see 7800: 403. All classes meet in Studio 393 in the Center for Dance and Theatre at Guzzetta Hall on Monday, Wednesday and Friday, and are 90 minutes long. Yoga at 1:30 and 5 p.m., Pilates at 3:15 p.m. For more information, call ext. 7948 or e-mail [email protected]. To the headlines. School of Music spring concerts The University of Akron School of Music w raps up the spring semester with concerts sure to please everyone. All concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, call ext. 8301 or email [email protected]. Tuesday, April 26, 8 p.m. UA Brass Choir Guzzetta Recital Hall Tucker Jolly conducts. Wednesday, April 27, 8 p.m. University Singers Guzzetta Recital Hall Ann Usher conducts. Thursday, April 28, 7:30 p.m. UA Symphony Orchestra with guest soprano Lara Troyer Special venue: First Congregational Church, 292 East Market St., Akron Higdon‘s Blue Cathedral, Puccini‘s ―Cirsantemi,‖ Gorecki‘s Symphony No. 3. Guy Victor Bordo conducts. Thursday, April 28, 8 p.m. Guest Guitarist Erol Özsover Guzzetta Recital Hall Founder and co-directdor of the Indiana International Guitar Festival and Competition, Özsover has w on numerous guitar competitions nationwide. Friday, April 29, 8 p.m. UA Jazz Ensemble Guzzetta Recital Hall Jack Schantz conducts. Sunday, May 1, 3 p.m. UA Concert Choir/Chamber Choir Guzzetta Recital Hall Samuel Gordon conducts. Sunday, May 1, 5 p.m. Tuba Ensemble Guzzetta Hall Room 09 Tucker Jolly conducts. To the headlines. Fee remission available for seminar on TRIZ, a problem-solving method Many Fortune 500 companies are successfully implementing an inventive methodology to solve technical and nontechnical problems. This unique problemsolving course, known as TRIZ, is coming to UA's Akron Polymer Training Center on May 23-24, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. TRIZ (pronounced ―treeze‖) is the Russian acronym for the Theory of Inventive Problem Solving. Developed in the 1940s in w hat w as then known as the USSR, the method has grown in popularity over the past decade because it effectively produces results. The TRIZ concepts Unfiled Notes Page 6 can be applied to a w ide range of problems and w ill benefit you both professionally and personally. The goal of the TRIZ course is to teach participants how to confidently create solutions, not compromises, using a simple, creative and inexpensive methodology. Participants w ill learn to systematically derive innovative ideas and breakthrough solutions for ―impossible,‖ long-standing problems, as well as how to proactively analyze approaches. Break assumptions on budget, time and complexity of a problem through an enjoyable, fun, satisfying process. Visit the Akron Polymer Training Center w ebsite for a course overview or view a TRIZ methodology introduction on YouTube. The cost for University of Akron employees is only $99 (regularly $835). Course fee includes: course materials, continental breakfasts and lunches. Noncredit fee remission is available for this course. Please call ext. 8661 for more information and to register. To the headlines. How to get your information in E-Mail Digest The E-mail Digest is a compilation of announcements sent Tuesday and Thursday to faculty, staff and contract professionals. Submit announcements to [email protected]. The submission deadline is noon the day before distribution. Special editions are sent only as needed. Items w ill be accepted for publication only w hen the University is directly involved in the activity through participation, sponsorship or partnership with one of its recognized organizations, colleges or departments. The University reserves the right to edit or to refuse to run any submission for any reason. Email Digest is not, nor is it intended to be, a public forum or a limited public forum. Questions about the policy or any other Digest matter may be directed to Bob Kropff at ext. 7048 or at [email protected]. Due to the volume of submissions received, items w ill run up to three times on request – once as a new item and tw ice as a repeated item. We recommend that contact information appear in each announcement. To submit event information for the University's online calendar, send your item to [email protected]. To submit items for Zipmail, the weekly e-newsletter for students, go here. To the headlines. Unfiled Notes Page 7
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