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September 13, 2011: Faculty/Staff News

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Volunteers Needed for House Calls 2011 Program

On Monday, Sept. 19, the Office of Residence Life would like to invite you to participate in the fourth annual "House Calls 2011 - Building a Community" Program. This event will involve each member of the class of 2015 living in the residence halls and commuter students receiving a visit or "house call" from a team of two people comprised of University faculty and staff members. The benefits of reaching out to students after their first few weeks at college will help us identify any potential problems and reinforce that The University of Scranton is a caring and welcoming community. This unique opportunity will also give faculty and staff members a chance to visit the residence halls and interact with students in their communities.

Residence Life is hoping to attract as many as 60 volunteers amongst faculty and staff in order to make this program a success. As part of a team, you will have a prescribed format to follow that includes introductions and a few questions about the student's experience at The University of Scranton. Residence Life will also have a plan to follow up with problems or issues that may surface during the conversations between the students and faculty/staff teams. A similar program will also be conducted with our commuting first-year students in the Gannon Hall first-floor lounge at the same time.

Contact Barbara King at kingb2@scranton.edu or 941-6226 by Friday, Sept. 16, to sign up. This is a one-time commitment that involves your participation on Monday, Sept. 19, from 4:30 to 6:15 p.m. Light refreshments and training will occur at 4:30 p.m. in the Gannon Hall first-floor lounge with teams leaving that location to visit their residence hall floors. An incentive program will encourage students to fully participate in this event. Following the program, you will receive an evaluation to share your feedback.

Employee Wellness Announces Fall Events

As the new semester begins, now is a good time to fit some activity into your day. Try volleyball, lunchtime hoops, pilates or yoga. Find out your cholesterol and blood pressure at a health screening. Click here to view a PDF listing of all the employee wellness events. For information about employee wellness, check out the website at scranton.edu/employeewellness or contact mascellic2@scranton.edu.

New Staff Resources Document Available

The Staff Development Committee of the Staff Senate recently created a Staff Resources Document to help new (and seasoned) employees find the resources (contacts, forms and procedure instructions) they need to complete assigned tasks. Staff can find the Staff Resources Document, which contains active links, on the Staff Senate webpage, www.scranton.edu/staffsenate. The committee will continue to update the document as needed.

The Staff Development Committee includes chair Cathy Mascelli and members Lisa Bealla, Melissa Bevacqua, Janine Freeman, Diane Jachimowicz, Cathy Murphy, Glen Pace, Pauline Palko (non-senator), Jennifer Pennington (non-senator), Pete Sakowski, Anne Marie Stamford, Monica Thomas and Mary Rafter.

On behalf of the Staff Senate, the Staff Development Committee invites you to explore the Staff Senate webpages, attend a Staff Senate meeting, participate in events, and contact your senators with any relevant questions or concerns.

Essential Training for New Staff

The Office of Equity and Diversity invites all staff hired within the last two years to attend essential Sexual Harassment Prevention Training. Training sessions have been scheduled for the following dates:

Tuesday, Sept. 13
Thursday, Oct. 13
Tuesday, Oct. 18
Tuesday, Nov. 15
Thursday, Nov. 17
Thursday, Dec. 1
Thursday, Dec. 8

All sessions are scheduled for 11:30 a.m. to 12:50 p.m. in Brennan Hall, room 500. A light lunch will be served. Managers are urged to remind their staff to schedule to attend. Separate sessions will be held for managers and supervisors. To schedule your session, email diversity@scranton.edu.

An iPad a Week From the CTLE

Do you want to become familiar with the latest tablet technology and its use in pedagogical settings? The CTLE has an iPad that faculty can borrow for up to one week to explore and experiment with. With an iPad you can surf the web, check email, watch movies, read books, take and save class notes. You can download the latest apps and connect the iPad to the video projector in a mediated classroom. For more information or to borrow an iPad, contact the CTLE at x4038.

IT Services to Host Symposium on Health Services

IT Services is pleased to announce an Internet 2 Virtual Symposium on Health Services. Working with MAGPI (the Mid-Atlantic Gigapop in Philadelphia for Internet2), The University of Scranton will act as a host site for this exciting opportunity.

Registration Now Open for the Advanced Networks and the Health Sciences Virtual Symposium

Sept. 15, 2011 | 1 - 4 p.m.

Target Audience: Healthcare Practitioners, Higher Education Faculty and Staff, Administrators, and Technology Staff

Location: Brennan Hall 228, The Pearn Auditorium

Cost: FREE!

Registration: http://magpi.net/user/login

MAGPI is pleased to bring you this exciting virtual Advanced Networks and the Health Sciences Symposium event. The Symposium builds upon the success of the national Teaching and Learning with Internet2 Symposium which was held on April 1st. The Health Sciences Symposium aims to reach medical and healthcare practitioners around the pedagogy and technology of delivering advanced healthcare.

Advanced research and education networks, such as Internet2, offer healthcare and medical practitioners and faculty opportunities to connect to a diverse array of resources and to collaborate with partners around the world toward the delivery of advanced healthcare. Through a series of keynote and breakout sessions, this half-day symposium is designed to give faculty and practitioners a taste of the range of projects and resources that exist and how they can be applied in their own teaching and healthcare practice.

Symposium Schedule:

1 - 2 p.m.
Keynote - Dr. Dale Alverson, University of New Mexico

2 - 2:50 p.m.
Breakout Session 1
Using Internet2 for Videoconferencing in PT by Calvin Wang, Arcadia University
HIMSS Career Services in Support of an HIT Career by Helen Figgee, HIMSS

3 - 3:50 p.m.
Breakout Session 2
How Broadband Technology is Rapidly Changing the Face of Medicine by John Riehl, Medical Missions for Children
Connecting Healthcare – Information That Follows the Patient by Mark Jacobs, Delaware Health Information Network and Dr. Brian McDonough, St. Francis Hospital

To view full session abstracts and speakers' bios please see the Symposium webpage at http://magpi.net/Community/Programs/Advanced-Networks-and-Health-Sciences-Symposium

More Information/Registration: http://magpi.net/Community/Programs/Advanced-Networks-and-Health-Sciences-Symposium

Pet Therapy in Need of Dogs

This semester's Pet Therapy session is schedule for Wednesday, Sept. 28, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on the Dionne Campus Green.

We are in desperate need of dogs! If you can bring your well-behaved, social and vaccinated dog to campus to share some fun with students, let us know! If you are interested, email Ellen Judge at judgee2@scranton.edu.

In Apri, we had more than 500 people come to visit our pets!

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