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March 8, 2011: General News
Ash Wednesday Liturgies Schedule
12:05 p.m., 4:40 p.m. & 8:00 p.m.
McIlhenny Ballroom
4th Floor, The DeNaples Center
All students, faculty, and staff are welcome. Please join us!
Questions, please contact The Office of University Ministries at 941-4179.
Student Recital
Fat Tuesday Chocolate Fountain
The fountain will run with goodies to dip, free of charge, from 11:30-1:30 for all students, staff and faculty. "Gorge Today, Give Tomorrow,” ask us what YOU can do for someone else during Lent. For more information on this event, visit our webpage at http://matrix.scranton.edu/studentlife/ministries/community-outreach/chocolate.shtml or call our office at 570-941-7429.
March IT Forum
Brennan Hall, Room 509
Argos Reporting Tool for Banner
The next IT Forum will highlight the use of Argos for Banner reporting. It will appeal to those on campus who utilize the Banner Reports menu or BI Query on a regular basis to pull data from the Oracle database, and turn it into meaningful reports for themselves or their managers. We’ll present a brief history of the Argos project on campus, why it was chosen as a reporting tool, and then demonstrate the progress we’ve made towards its implementation in the production ERP environment. Come learn about using Argos for simple reports, as well as data blocks and OLAP cubes.
Presenters: Connie Wisdo, ITDA Director, and Jeff O’Malley, ITDA Business Applications Analyst
Lunch will be served and there will be prizes!! All members of our community are encouraged to attend. Registration is required by March 15th, by emailing ITServices@scranton.edu
Mahatma Gandhi’s Grandson to Speak at Scranton
Education for Justice Event
Tour of Asia: Focus on India: "Festival of Color" Presentation
Time: 4:30 p.m.
The DeNaples Center Ballroom
4:30 pm Presentation on Indian festival of color and culture; tasting of Indian food
5:30 p.m. Indian Dance (Sujata Nair-Mulloth and The Kala School of Indian Classical Dance)
6:30 p.m. Film
Sponsored by Asian Studies. Free and open to the public.
Tour of Asia: Nepal and Bhutan
The DeNaples Center, Room 405
5:30 pm-6:30 pm Presentations and dance performance by local Nepali and Bhutanese community. Sponsored by Asian Studies. The DeNaples Center
Out In The Silence Film Showing
Thursday March 10th, 2011 8:00-10:00 p.m.
Place: Moskovitz Theater, DeNaples Center 4th Floor
This film is a documentary following the story of a small Pennsylvania town confronting a firestorm of controversy ignited by the brutal bullying of a gay teen. The film will be followed by a discussion with directors Joe Wilson and Dean Hamer, as well as cast members Pastor Mark Micklos and Diana Micklos. Coffee and cookies will be served.
Link to Facebook Event: http://www.facebook.com/#!/event.php?eid=198081600221080
For more information contact: Jessica Rothchild at scranton.inclusion@gmail.com
Tobacco Cessation Program Offered
The Northeast Regional Cancer Institute is offering smoking cessation counseling for those who live or work in Lackawanna County and are interested in quitting tobacco use.
Counseling is available in one-on-one sessions or in groups from Cancer Institute Tobacco Outreach Coordinator, Stacey Velez. Ms. Velez is a Certified Addictions Counselor who has worked in the Human Services field for 20 years. She has been trained in the “Freedom from Smoking Model,” and also received instruction from the Mayo Clinic in accordance with the “Clean Air For Healthy Children Act”.
Informational programs providing an introduction to quitting are available for businesses as well as on-site cessation counseling for employees. Additional individual and Spanish services are also available through a partnership with the Leahy Clinic of The University of Scranton Leahy.
Cessation counseling programs are constantly forming. Individuals or businesses interested in learning more about these programs or in signing up should contact the Cancer Institute at 570/941-7984 or email velezs2@scranton.edu.
This program is offered with support from Tobacco Free Northeast PA and the Pennsylvania Department of Health.
Student Government Candidate Debate to be Held
This is an opportunity for members of the University community to interact with the Student Government presidential candidates for the next school year. The Debate Society would like to provide a forum for members of the University community to hear the candidates' stances on key issues in the life of the University.
Last semester the University of Scranton's Debate Society hosted a debate between the College Republicans and College Democrats where both groups presented their party's views and philosophies on key political issues. The Debate Society will also be hosting another political event, similar to the one held last semester, involving not only the College Republicans and the College Democrats but the, as of last semester, newly formed Young Americans for Liberty.
The Debate Society will be hosting a series of debates through the year entitled “The Great Debates," tackling today’s issues and include debates between clubs, students and more. For more information, contact Mike LaRocco, president of the Debate Society, at laroccom2@scranton.edu.
Student Government campaigns of all kinds will begin Thursday, March 10th, with the elections to occur on Wednesday March 16th. The polls will be available between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. on that day.
TA TALK/Dinner Slated for March 16
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