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Archive 06.02.06 | The Link: Olin’s Campus-Wide E-Bulletin 3.11.05 The next issue will be distributed on March 25, 2005. If you have information you would like distributed to Olin the community, please send it to Announcements@olin.edu. |
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News You Can UsE Course Evaluation Results Posted On Blackboard East Hall will be open from 9 a.m. on Sunday, June 5, to 5 p.m. on Saturday, August 13. The periods of May 22 through June 4 and August 14-26 will be devoted to cleaning and repair. Summer housing agreement forms are available from Katherine O'Keefe in the Student Accounts & Records (StAR) Center. As a reminder, there will be no food service at Olin during the summer months. The Trim Dining Center at Babson will be open. Olin College is Hiring
Absence and Compensatory Time Reports 360 Feedback Surveys Hilary Ziven has worked with Olin on a number of initiatives through the President's Office and the Office of Innovation and Research. Most of you know that Hillary has helped Olin with the annual organizational health survey. The College has requested her assistance with the 360 feedback process; it is very common that an outside consultant aids an organization with implementing and ensuring privacy of the survey and results. We are currently conducting developmental reviews for all Administration and Finance Division staff members. This is a pilot program that will include 360 Feedback Surveys for all employees. Your assistance in this valuable review process is important. Please contact Pat Berardi with any questions or concerns. Financial Services Needs Your Packing Slips Upcoming Events
Community Bulletin Board Upcoming Faculty Candidate Seminars The following faculty candidates will be on campus in the coming weeks: • March 15, 9-10:00 a.m. – Jill K. Nelson, Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is a candidate for the faculty position in Electrical and Computer Engineering. Her presentation will take place in AC 126. • March 14, 12-1:00 p.m. – Timothy E. Allen, Department of Bioengineering, University of California, San Diego is a candidate for the faculty position in bioengineering. His presentation on “Systems Analysis of Genomes: Towards a Whole-Cell Model” will take place in AC 113. Additional detail, including speaker topics and abstracts will be sent via email as theses dates approach. All community members are invited to each faculty candidate seminar. Upcoming IT Tech Talk is a Great Chance to Network and Learn BU Engineering Seminar - Emerging Display Technologies Big Conversations is Coming - April 6 Announcing IT Drop-In Sessions All drop-in sessions will be held in the IT training room in the IT Suite – OC LL 10. Please mark your calendar if you are interested. • Cognos Report Writing • Blackboard • Dreamweaver Web Publishing St. Patty's Day ExpressO Free Tickets to Solar Winds Concert Olin/HR Training Update Available Fidelity Investments and TIAA-CREF Offer Counseling Sessions DATE: March 11, 2005 The representative from Fidelity Investments will be on Babson's campus to conduct individual counseling sessions for all faculty and staff of Olin and Babson Colleges. Please read the following information if you are interested in setting up an appointment. DATE: March 17, 2005 For more information on either of these sessions please contact Anne Jew at 781-239-5498. Shabbat Evening Service Held Webster Center News During spring recess the Webster center will be open March 18 from 6:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m., March 21-25 from 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m., March 27 from 5-9:00 p.m. and closed March 19, 20 and 26. Spring 2005 intramural leagues for ice hockey, co-ed softball, flag football and wiffleball will soon be starting. Additionally, tournaments in tennis and sand volleyball will begin shortly. Scuba certification will be offered on April 2, 9, and 16 from 9:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m. for $249. Advance sign-up is required by calling 781-239-5650 or emailing Andy Dutton. Salsa and swing dance clinics taught U.S. champion Daniel Radler will be held on April 23 2-3:00 p.m. The cost is $10 and advance sign-up is required by calling 781-239-5650 or emailing Andy Dutton. Eighth International Symposium on Business and Spirituality Babson's Center for Women's Leadership Hosts Dr. Lois Frankel Dr. Frankel is the president of Corporate Coaching International. For over 20 years she has traveled around the globe helping organizations achieve their business goals by maximizing use of their human capital. Her most recent book, Nice Girls Don't Get the Corner Office: 101 Unconscious Mistakes Women Make that Sabotage Their Careers, touched a chord with working women around the world making it a national bestseller translated into seven different languages. Her next book, Nice Girls Don't Get Rich: 75 Avoidable Mistakes Women Make with Money will be released by Warner Books in April, 2005.
New Faces @ Olin Olin Welcomes Dr. Ted Ducas Dr. Ted Ducas has been appointed as a Visitor to Olin for the spring 2005 semester. Dr. Ducas is a Professor of Physics at Wellesley College where he concentrates on laser spectroscopy and biological applications. Professor Ducas is collaborating with Olin faculty to develop an introduction to engineering experience at Wellesley that would serve as a "bridge" to pursuing further engineering studies. While working at Olin, he will be located in OC 329. Jeremy Vittori Joins Olin as Campus Services Assistant Office of Admission Welcomes Intern
KUDOS Students Win ICM Juniors Steven Krumholz, Frances Haugen, and Daniel Lindquist were one of the winning teams in the international Interdisciplinary Contest in Modeling (ICM). The ICM is a mathematical modeling contest offered each year in early February, in which a problem related to environmental issues is posted on a web site on a Thursday. Teams then have until the following Monday evening to formulate a model, solve it, and write it up in a report using only written and web-based resources. Out of the 164 entries, their paper is one of only three which will appear in the UMAP Journal this summer. Nate Smith ('07) Finalist in 2005 Babson Business Plan Competition
Article of Interest "College Bound Olin College,” By Alexander Epstein ('07), The Stuyvesant Standard (Stuyvesant High School newspaper), December 2004 Trivia In the last issue we asked if you knew the first (current Olin) student to apply to the college. Susan Johanson's records indicate that Steve Shannon was the first current Olin student to submit a completed application in the partner year. No one guessed Steve so the prize goes unclaimed. Olin trivia buffs do you know.. Q: How much was Franklin W. Olin's original gift to the Olin Foundation?
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