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Summer 2008 Printed Copyright Course Pack Order Due Dates Reminder: Mason Military Outreach Care Package Drive Academic Advising Roundtable Luncheon Biodefense Speaker Series Presents Richard Danzig 12th Annual Health & Fitness Expo 4th Annual Mason Entrepreneurship Research Conference HHMI Director to Speak at Krasnow Monday Seminar Center for Teaching Excellence Workshops Office of Research Development Workshops Child Development Center Bingo Night Fundraiser Faculty Forum on Criteria for Promotion and Tenure
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Summer 2008 Printed Copyright Course Pack Order Due Dates Session A - April
7 It's that time again to place an order to have a course pack printed and sold in the bookstore for Summer 2008 semester. Contact Print Services Course Materials Office with your request. We prepare customized course packets with your own personalized reading lists, as well as non-copyrighted materials, syllabi, lab manuals and class notes. We do all the background work of obtaining permissions to reprint copyrighted materials. Just drop by the Print Services Course Materials Office in the Johnson Center, Room 117B with your bibliography and originals and we'll do the rest. Or if you prefer, you may email your request to cpacks4u@gmu.edu. For additional information or questions, call 993-3158 or email smurphy2@gmu.edu. |
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Reminder: Mason Military Outreach Care Package Drive Mason Military Outreach (MMO) will be at Kiosk E in the Johnson Center on Friday, March 28 from 11:00 am to 2:00 pm and welcomes your donations for our next care package drive. Additionally, we will be assembling care packages on Wednesday, April 2 from 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm in Mason Hall, Room D5. The Mason community is invited to drop by with donations and/or to help assemble the care packages. Donation suggestions include individual servings of dried fruit, trail mix, granola bars, powdered drink mixes as well as toothbrushes, toothpaste, stationery, DVDs, CDs, AA & AAA batteries, and foot powder. Keep in mind when donating items that the boxes we use to ship the care packages are 14" x 12" x 3 1/2". Donations of cash to help with the shipping costs of $8.95 per package are most appreciated. If you would like to have an MMO care package sent to a loved one who is serving in the military, send their name and address to jwalker8@gmu.edu. |
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The Daffodils are Blooming: Health & Flex Open Enrollment Must be Around the Corner. Health Care and Flexible Spending Account Open Enrollment will run from mid-April through mid-May 2008. HR will send out information in the coming weeks to all employees eligible for health care and flexible spending accounts. But, to kick things off, here are a couple of things to keep in mind from the start: 1. Any changes made to either health benefits or flexible spending accounts are effective July 1, 2008. 2. You must re-enroll in flexible spending accounts each year. Your enrollment will not automatically continue. Keep an eye on this spot and the HR & Payroll website for more information. Eldercare Services. Eldercare Services are available to all faculty and staff who are (or will be) a caregiver for an older loved one. HR provides resource and referral information around the region, around the nation or beyond. HR also offers a seminar series on caregiving topics as well as a support group - an opportunity to share caregiving strategies that work or just talk. For more information, refer to the Eldercare Services website or call Patrice Winter, the Eldercare Coordinator at 993-1802. |
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The Democracy Project presents Dr. Jim Pfiffner, Power Play: President Bush and the Constitution on March 24 at 1:30 pm in the Johnson Center Cinema. President Bush has asserted extraordinary executive power during his two terms in office. He has denied the writ of Habeas Corpus to individuals, he has evaded U.S. laws against torture, he has ordered secret surveillance of Americans, which is against the law, and he has used signing statements to undermine Article I of the Constitution. This talk will examine these policies and suggest that the precedents set are dangerous to the American Republic. |
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April 22, 2008, Earth Day, is the first Bike to Mason Day. Bike to the Fairfax campus and stop by the pit stop in the North Plaza next to the Johnson Center and receive free food, a free bike tune-up, be entered into a contest for great prizes, and much more. The first 300 people to pre-register for Bike to Mason Day will receive a free Bike to Mason Day t-shirt and be entered for additional prize drawings. Special guest appearance by Chairman Gerry Connolly from the Fairfax Board of Supervisors and Dr. Tom Hennessey, Mason's Chief of Staff at the afternoon bike rally. If you have an old bike you would like to donate to charity, Bikes for the World will be at Bike to Mason Day collecting used bikes and accepting monetary donations. Got an outstanding parking ticket? Parking Services will reduce your parking ticket from $75.00 to $35.00 for this day only if you bike to the Fairfax campus on April 22. For more information about Bike to Mason Day or to pre-register, visit the Bike to Mason Day website. |
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The Office of Sponsored Programs (OSP) will hold a roundtable session for departmental administrators working with sponsored projects on March 26 from 10:30 am to 12:00 noon in Research I, Room 163. During this session OSP will review recent updates and changes to policies and procedures impacting sponsored project administration. The majority of the time will be spent reviewing organizational changes to OSP resulting from the Huron Consulting Group review, which will be implemented in the coming months. If you have specific questions or topics that you would like to see addressed during the session, contact Mike Laskofski at mlaskofs@gmu.edu or 993-4573. RSVP to Christy Grubbs at cgrubbs1@gmu.edu or 993-2988. |
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Academic Advising Roundtable Luncheon The Academic Advising Center and the Office of the Provost invite undergraduate faculty, advisors and staff to attend an advising roundtable luncheon on Friday, March 28, from 12:00 noon - 2:00 pm, in Mason Hall, Meese Conference Room. This year’s Roundtable will feature a presentation by Brian Watkins, Director of Parent and Family Affairs at the University of Maryland. He will focus on some of the various factors that influence today’s college student. The advising roundtable luncheon is one of the events of Academic Advising Awareness Week and will also feature the presentation of the Undergraduate Academic Advisor of the Year Award. Reservations are required by Monday, March 24 to Lynn Siegel at lsiegel@gmu.edu or 993-2477. |
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Biodefense Speaker Series Presents Richard Danzig Biodefense seminar course BIOD 702 - Speakers invites all interested Mason students, faculty and alumni to hear featured speaker Dr. Richard Danzig present Biological Terrorism: Threat and Response in a Globalized World. Richard Danzig is the Nunn Prize Fellow at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in Washington DC, a senior fellow at The CNA Corporation, and a consultant to the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security on terrorism. Dr. Danzig served as Secretary of the Navy from November 1998 to January 2001. From 1977 to 1981, Dr. Danzig served in the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense, first as a Deputy Assistant Secretary and then as the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, Reserve Affairs and Logistics. In these roles, he contributed particularly to the development of the Department’s ability to mobilize manpower and materiel for deployment abroad. In 1981, he was awarded the Defense Distinguished Public Service Award. He received that same honor—the highest Department of Defense civilian award—twice more in 1997 and 2001 for his work with the Navy and Marine Corps. Monday, March 31, 6:00 pm - 7:00 pm, Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall South. Light refreshments will be served afterward. For more information contact the course instructor, Dr. Reuben Brigety, rbrigety@gmu.edu. |
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12th Annual Health & Fitness Expo University Life, in partnership with Kaiser Permanente and Aetna Student Health, is sponsoring its 12th Annual Health & Fitness Expo. The Health and Fitness Expo will take place in the Johnson Center, Dewberry Hall from 12:00 noon - 6:00 pm on the March 26 and 10:00 am - 4:00 pm on the March 27. Community and on-campus exhibitors will provide health information on topics such as nutrition, exercise, stress management, alternative therapies, and healthy self-care practices. The Expo will feature interactive health education activities, participatory demonstrations, health screenings, fitness instruction and physical challenges. You can also cheer on teams in the Mason Top Chef cook-off, take a short power walk with three-time Olympian power walker Debbi Spino, try the rock climbing wall outside by the Johnson Center, adopt a pet from the Washington Humane Society, or give blood. For more info and a list of vendors, visit hfe.gmu.edu |
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4th Annual Mason Entrepreneurship Research Conference Join us for MERC cohosted by Mason's School of Management and School of Public Policy. Since 2004, George Mason University has been organizing this annual research conference to promote dialogue and collaborative research among individuals interested in the topic of Entrepreneurship. The keynote speaker for this year’s event will be Sankaran Venkataraman, MasterCard Professor of Business Administration; Editor, Journal of Business Venturing from Darden Graduate School of Business, University of Virginia. All individuals are welcome to attend this full day event. The event will take place in the Johnson Center, 3rd Floor West Lounge on Friday, March 28. Space is limited. Discounted early bird registration available for Mason faculty. Conference Fees: $75, $50, $25. For more information or to register, visit http://entrepreneurship.gmu.edu/conference.html. |
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HHMI Director to Speak at Krasnow Monday Seminar Today's Krasnow Monday seminar will feature Dr. Gerald Rubin. Dr. Rubin is director of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s new $500 million Janelia Farm research campus in Loudoun County. The campus is dedicated to cross-disciplinary research in the life sciences. Dr. Rubin will speak on Developing Tools for Neuroanatomy and Neurogenetics in Drosophila All interested faculty, staff, and students are invited to this free seminar at 4:00 pm, today, March 24, in the lecture room of the Krasnow Institute building. For more information visit http://krasnow.gmu.edu/monday_seminars.htm or contact Stacey Sexton at 993-4333, ssexton@gmu.edu |
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Friday, March 28, 2:00 pm, Science & Tech II, Room 320. Mission-Model Drive Process: Test & Evaluate Composition of SOA Services presented by Dr. Prem P. Jain, MITRE Corporation Abstract: The Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) paradigm offers an opportunity to rapidly deploy new mission capabilities by composing verified SOA services thereby shifting the critical path from development of services to integration, Test and Evaluation (T&E). Realization of this potential requires a well defined integration, T&E process aligning with the Department of Defense (DOD) material acquisition process. In addition, some of the integration, T&E process steps must be automated to achieve the needed process agility validate and verify (V&V) speed. (more) The C4I seminars are available online simultaneously with the presentation, and also by recording afterward, via Network EducationWare. For further information on the C4I Center's seminar series or future events go to http://c4i.gmu.edu/events/events.php. |
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Center for Teaching Excellence Workshops Faculty and graduate students are invited to attend the following faculty development workshops. Learning Outcomes sponsored by Office of Institutional Assessment (OIA) on Thursday, March 27, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm, Mason Hall, Room D3. Register on-line: assessment.gmu.edu/workshops.cfm Mapping Learning Objectives with Technology Tools by Ying Xie (Learning Support Services) Monday, March 31, 12:00 noon - 1:30 pm, Innovation Hall, Room 334. Register on-line at ittraining.gmu.edu Mason Cares: Campus Awareness, Referral, and Education for Suicide Prevention by Adrienne Barna (Counseling and Psychological Services), Monday, March 31, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Mason Hall, Room D1. RSVP with your name and department to the Center for Teaching Excellence, cte@gmu.edu /993-8652. For more information visit, www.gmu.edu/cte/workshops/workshops.htm. |
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Office of Research Development Workshops Getting Funding, Strategies for Success. This session, given by Dr. Matthew Kluger, the Vice President for Research and Economic Development, will offer strategies for success in obtaining external funding. This is an opportunity for researchers who are beginning the process of applying for grants to learn about the process from an experienced researcher. March 26, 11:00 am - 12:00 noon, Mason Hall, Room D3. Intellectual Property. Issues of the creation, protection, and dissemination of new ideas and inventions are highly complex. Within the context of students' responsibilities to other students, faculty, the university and the community, this session will cover the ownership of intellectual property created as a result of research. Including data, copyrights and inventions, what strings might be attached to the use and disposition of new intellectual property, and responsible ways of handling intellectual property. Presenter: Jennifer Murphy. April 2, 3:00 pm - 4:00 pm, Research I, Room 163. |
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Come learn about what’s going on within the Information Technology Unit. The Mason community is invited to attend the next ITU Projects Briefing on Tuesday, April 1, 1:30 pm – 3:30 pm in Research I, Room 163. Presented by the ITU Project Management Office (PMO), the briefing provides a forum to learn about and discuss selected on-going and upcoming ITU projects. For more information about this or previous ITU Project Briefings, visit the PMO Website or contact Robert Nakles, rnakles@gmu.edu, or John Prette, jprette@gmu.edu. |
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Child Development Center Bingo Night Fundraiser The Child Development Center will host it's first Bingo Night Fundraiser on Saturday, April 5, from 6:30 pm - 9:00 pm, at the Northern Virginia Training Center Gymnasium at 9901 Braddock Road, Fairfax. The cost is $20 for advanced purchases by April 1 and $25 at the door and includes entry, food and beverage, and one bingo card packet for the night. Additional bingo card packets will be available for purchase as well. Only cash and check will be accepted. Food and beverages will be provided on a first come first serve basis. There will be many basket prizes and a 50/50 cash raffle. Adults only. Doors will open at 5:30 pm. All money raised will go to fund our summer and fall programs, which are developed to enhance a child's early development between the ages of two and five. Hope to see you there. For more information and advanced purchases, contact ssabio@gmu.edu or call 993-3626. |
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The Mason Intramural Golf Tournament will be on Saturday, May 3. The cost is $66/player and open to all Mason students, faculty and staff. The tournament begins at 10:00 am with a shotgun start. This one-day annual golf outing will be held at Penderbrook Golf Course in Fairfax, VA. The tournament will include: 1. Cart and green fees 2. Breakfast buffet 3. Lunch buffet 4. Unlimited play for the rest of the day. 5. Free greens fee pass to be used at a later date. Prizes will be awarded for the top 3 foursomes, longest drive, and closest to the pin. There will also be a chance for $10,000 if you make a hole in one. For more information, contact Colby Grant at 993-3290, cgrant2@gmu.edu Rec Sports is currently accepting rosters for 4 on 4 flag football and 11 on 11 soccer. The deadline to sign up for both is Wednesday, March 26 and play starts on on Sunday, March 30. For more information, visit the Rec Sports website. The Recreational Sports Office will offer a bus trip to New York City on Saturday, April 26, for Mason students and faculty and staff. The cost of the trip is $35 for all students and staff. The trip is also open to non-students/staff at a cost of $45 per person. Information on the trip can be found at recsports.gmu.edu. |
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March 24 Tuesday,
March 25 Wednesday,
March 26 Thursday,
March 27 Friday,
March 28 Sunday,
March 30 For more information, visit the Pride Week website. |
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Faculty Forum on Criteria for Promotion and Tenure The Office of the Provost will sponsor a faculty forum at all three campuses. Provost Stearns will address the issue of Criteria for Promotion and Tenure. Light refreshments will be served. The campus schedule is: Fairfax - Monday,
March 24, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm, Mason Hall, D3 A&B If you have any questions call Debbie Williams at 993-8776. |
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eVA Walk-in Assistance. Every Wednesday from 1:30 pm to 3:30 pm, Research I, Room 92. Faculty and staff are welcome to stop by for assistance with any eVA transaction. No appointment is necessary. Call Joey Carls at 993-2089 for additional information. Banner Finance Self Service. Tuesday, March 25, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon, Johnson Center, Room 311B. This workshop for faculty and staff who work with budget and financial activity provides an overview of the University's Banner Finance system and chart of accounts. It includes hands-on training to view reports generated by the system. PI
Financial Reports for Faculty with Sponsored Projects. Thursday,
March 27, 9:00 am to 10:00 am in Innovation Hall, Room 334. Fiscal Basics. Wednesday, April 2, 9:30 am to 11:30 am, Research I, Room 161. An introduction to fiscal processes at Mason including purchasing, travel, and Banner financial reports. Basic eVA Purchasing. Tuesday, April 8, 1:30 pm to 4:30 pm, Innovation Hall, Room 334. Hands-on workshop for utilizing Virginia's electronic procurement system to purchase goods and services less than $2,000. Purchasing Made Easy. Thursday, April 10, 9:30 am to 11:30 am, Research I, Room 161. This workshop provides instructions on using a Purchase Requisition form to purchase goods and services costing more than $2,000, using eVA and the GE MasterCard for routine purchases less than $2,000, and utilizing the Check Request form. Contact Joey Carls 993-2089 for information or register online at http://ittraining.gmu.edu/ |
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New SUPERvisor Series: Kick Off. Supervisors with fewer than 5 years of supervisory experience at Mason are invited to this information session and kick off for the spring 2008 cohort of the New SUPERvisor Series. This certificate program consists of 9 training workshops, mentoring sessions, and a development project. You must have the sponsorship of your current supervisor. For more information, join HR at this workshop or call Dr. Lori Ann Roth at 993-2621. Choose one of the following sessions: Tuesday, March 25, 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm, SUB II, Rooms 1-2, or Monday, March 31, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm, SUB II, Rooms 5-6. Lunch & Learn: Feel the Heat: Fire Extinguisher Training. Feel the heat at this hands-on Lunch & Learn workshop on fire extinguisher use. Learn how to safely and confidently operate this important equipment at this workshop, which will take place in the Facilities Administration Building, Room 208, on Thursday, April 3, 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm. To register for either of these sessions, visit http://hr.gmu.edu/training. |
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March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 Register for these sessions by visiting our website. Offered by Learning Support Services (LSS), Student Technology and Resources Training (Star*T), 993-3426, training@gmu.edu. |
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March 24 March 25 March 26 March 27 March 28 Register for these sessions by visiting our website. Offered by Learning Support Services (LSS), Training in Office and Productivity Skills (TOPS), 993-3426, training@gmu.edu |
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