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Financial Services is pleased to announce that effective with your next paycheck, Olin College payroll will be processed using the UltiPro Payroll System. What does this change mean for you? First of all, your pay stub will look different. Please review your statement carefully to ensure there are no errors. While every effort has been made to transfer accurate data, a transition of this magnitude is rarely perfect. If you have not already done so, review your benefit/other withholdings to ensure they correctly reflect your benefit selections. Some rates did change on January 1.
For more information, view the 2006 full-time benefit rate sheet.
Second, for the short term, your 403(b) retirement contributions (both Basic and Supplemental) will appear as a single total on the statement, rather than being listed separately as TIAA or Fidelity. Per your selection, the funds will be distributed to TIAA and Fidelity. Financial Services anticipates a return to separate reporting as TIAA and/or Fidelity in the near future.
Third, non-exempt employees will notice their accumulated vacation time does not appear on the stub. This omission should be corrected for the next payroll.
When fully implemented, your payroll information will be accessible on-line. You will hear more about this and other improvements as they become available.
Financial Services has worked diligently to ensure that the payroll transition is seamless. Contact John Easland (x2418) with questions and discrepancies.
Professor John Bourne recently earned two grants from the Sloan Foundation totaling more than $100,000. The first, a 2006 Summer ALN Workshop grant, will explore the impacts on three important segments within the ALN world -- learners, faculty and institutions. Most importantly, the focus of this grant is to make impact a part of the thinking of the Sloan-C membership such that the membership embraces impact as a core objective moving forward. The second grant will support the development of a stronger connection between an influential group of presidents and chancellors at public, four year universities capable of leading a national effort to have online education recognized as a valuable strategic tool that can be used to address a wide range of institutional challenges and opportunities.
The 2006 Commencement website is live at http://commencement06.olin.edu/.
For more information on commencement exercise and related activities visit the site, it will be updated as new information becomes available.
The College is currently seeking qualified candidates for several positions. Employees are reminded that HR is always happy to accept referrals.
- 2 Mechanical Engineering Faculty Positions, Fall 2006
- Electrical and Computer Engineering, Fall 2006
- Assistant Dean of Student Life, Student Life
- Development Assistant, Development
- Material Science & Chemistry Lab Technician, Laboratory Operations
- Post Graduate Planning Assistant, Post Graduate Planning
- S.C.O.P.E. Program Coordinator, SCOPE
- Technical Support Specialist, Information Technology
- Vice President for External Relations and Dean of Admission, External Relations and Admission
- Web Designer/Developer, Information Technology
Community Bulletin Board
On February 14 at 4:00 p.m. in the Olin Center Auditorium, the Olin Honor Code Values and Ethics Speaker Series will host Dr. Sheila Widnall, professor of aeronautics and astronautics and engineering systems at MIT, retired secretary of the Air Force, vice president of the National Academy of Engineering, member of the Columbia accident investigation board, master pilot and prolific writer. In addition to her afternoon talk, which is open to the entire community, there will be an open meeting from 2-2:45 p.m. for students interested in talking with Dr. Widnall and a similar meeting for staff and faculty from 3-3:45 p.m. If you are interested in attending either of these please RSVP to Nick Tatar by Feb. 10.
This speaker series is intended to provide an opportunity for students to hear the words, stories and expertise of nationally known speakers and philosophers as well as faculty, staff, parents and alumni who have taken the time and energy to engage in the tough work of defining one of the Honor Code's core values, and who understand the implications of ‘doing something' when one believes in one or more of those values.
Olin College is calling on Needham, Wellesley and Olin community members to submit their artwork for the inaugural opening of a new art gallery that is being created at the college. The college will consider original, two-dimensional work in any medium up to 30 inches wide. The college is asking that the submitted work be judged only from actual work—no slides accepted. Work to be considered for the opening exhibition must be submitted between Monday, February 6 and Friday, February 10, to Cara Szeghy in Olin Center 209. For more information, visit http://www.olin.edu/about_olin/news/pr_single.asp?id=148.
On February 16 at 12:30 p.m. Olin Seminar Series will host a discussion "0wned -- How Hollywood Plans on Making the Future Subservient to the Past" with Mr. Cory Doctorow. He will discuss how your technology, your endeavors, your freedoms are all falling to the onslaught of entertainment-industry- funded initiatives that are destroying the future to preserve its dinosauric business models. Doctorow says, “Get your pitchforks and torches, burn your Sony rootkit-infected CDs, and take to the streets. They've declared war on you and your way of life -- if you don't defend yourself, who will?” Doctorow is a contributor to Wired, Popular Science, Make, New York Times and many other newspapers, magazines and websites.
The Babson Business Plan Competitions registration deadline is Wednesday, February 8. Once again, the Arthur M. Blank Center for Entrepreneurship is proud to be hosting the 2006 Babson Business Plan Competitions on Tuesday, April 4 as part of Babson's 2006 Founder's Day.
All competing teams will be able to post their plans on our secured website. These plans will then be reviewed on-line by a panel of Babson College alumni evaluators from around the world. After the initial review by the alumni evaluators, six plans (top three undergraduate and top three graduate plans) will be selected to compete in the final presentation on Tuesday, April 4, 2006. Students interested in taking part in the competition should register and obtain all necessary information by February 8, 2006 at 6:00pm. Please make sure to review the rules and regulations outlining the competition protocol and requirements prior to your registration. Should you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact Andrea Ross.
The Babson Chamber of Commerce is excited to announce a program that will give Olin and Babson business owners free legal consultation without ever having to leave campus. This great offer is being provided free by Morse, Barnes-Brown, Pendleton a prestigious New England law firm located on Route 128. These sessions will be offered 3 times during the semester and are open to any member of the Babson – Olin community.
To attend please come to the Small Conference Room in the Arthur M. Blank Center at 3:20 p.m. on February 15, March 1 or April 12 to be assigned a 30-minute time slot between 3:30–5:30 p.m. If you have a specific issue you are planning on asking about, please send it to chamber@babson.edu, which will ensure the lawyers come prepared to address your issue.
Babson College presents the third annual Martin Luther King Legacy Day on Monday, March 6, 2006. The event is an opportunity to come together and reflect on the work and teachings of Dr. King, and the efforts that continue in his name today.
Long awaited and much anticipated tango lessons are being offered at Olin.
- What: Carlos and Tova Moreno (who taught tango at Olin last semester), will be teaching a 10-week series of accelerated* advanced-beginning Argentine tango lessons.
- When: Thursday's, 9:00-10:30 p.m., followed by practica (practice dance) time until 11:30 p.m. The first lesson will be next Thursday, Feb. 9.
- Where: Olin Dining Hall
- Cost: $15.00 for all 10 lessons. You can pay Alex Epstein with cash or check at the first lesson or before. If you decide not to come to the rest of the series after lesson one, just pay $2. At least 14 people need to sign up so that there is enough money (on top of our CCO funds) for 10 weeks of lessons.
* The plan is to review what was taught in the five weeks of tango last semester in the first three weeks of this semester. The following lessons will consist of Carlos and Tova teaching new material as fast as it can be learned. By the end of these lessons participants will be close to intermediate skill level. Those who did not attend ODP tango last fall can start from scratch and still keep up; and those who did come will not be bored. If you've never done any tango, having at least some dance experience -- salsa, swing, ballroom, ballet -- will be helpful. Contact Alex Epstein with questions and spread the word both here at Olin and at the BaBOW schools.
The entire Babson/Olin community is invited to participate in the following musical opportunities:
- JAZZ: Join the Babson Olin Jazz Ensemble, which meets Wednesdays from 7-9 p.m. in the Park Manor Central Bandroom. For more information, contact Joe at jbrogan@dedham.mec.edu.
- CLASSICAL: Join the Babson Olin Chamber Ensemble, which meets Tuesdays from 6:30-8:30 p.m. in the Glavin Chapel. For more information, contact Adrienne at adrienne@newphil.org .
- RHYTHM: Jam with the Babson Percussion group on Thursdays from 7-9 p.m. in the Babson Campus Center Main Street. Drums and hand percussion instruments are provided for the percussion jam. For more information, contact Grant at grantleysmith@comcast.net.
Students interested in applying to be a R2 should attend one of the information sessions listed below to hear a presentation from current R2s. Applications for 2006-07 R2 positions will only be distributed at this meeting. If you are unable to attend one of these sessions contact the Office of Student Life. R2 applications will be due by noon, February. 21 in the Office of Student Life. Here are the information session times:
- Tuesday, February 7, 9:30-10:30 p.m. --
First Floor Lounge of WH with Ben Hill and Chandra Little
- Wednesday, February 8, 8:30-9:30 p.m. -- Third Floor Lounge of WH with Tiana Veldwisch, Andrew Coats and Rayona Young
- Friday, February 10, 7-8:00 p.m. -- First Floor Lounge of the EH with Dan Buford, Jake Graham, and Carmelle Tsai
Join guest presenter Debra Lasich, Executive Director, Women in Science, Engineering, and Mathematics Program, Colorado School of Mines on Monday, February 6 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. in AC 318 for a discussion about negotiating. Several Olin students attended this workshop at the SWE national conference and thought it was so good that they invited Lasich to speak here. If you've ever been tongue-tied when asked by a potential employer how much you expect to be paid, or if the employer has made an offer and you didn't know how to tactfully ask for more, this workshop will be helpful. Not just for females; not just for seniors. The presenter is expecting a mixed audience.
People “negotiate” everyday—whether it's scheduling appointments, completing a team project, or deciding on who'll clean the house. But when it comes to things like salaries, workloads, or promotion, people often find it hard to ask for what they deserve. This presentation will cover:
* What negotiation is and isn't
* The cost of not negotiating
* Gender differences in negotiation and communication
* Negotiation strategies
Attendees will participate in an exercise called the “$10 Game,” which allows them to experiment with their current negotiation styles, as well as learn new, more effective strategies for the future.
Join guest presenters Dee Magnoni, Olin Library Director, Kristin Djorup, Graduate Instruction Librarian, Economics Liaison at Babson College and Rachel Zyirek, Undergraduate Instruction Librarian, Management Liaison, at Babson College in AC 113 on February 8, from 4:30-5:30 p.m. or February 15 from 4:30-5:30 p.m. The sessions are for job and internship seekers who feel like they have no clue about what company they'd like to work for or even where to begin researching companies or know the company they're interested in, but aren't sure how to learn more about it. If this is you, then come learn what resources are available to search companies by location, industry, size, job types, etc., etc. This session will cover tools like LexisNexis, IEEE, ACM, ASME, Infotrac, and many others. This session is being offered twice.
Diane Zeigler's songs capture a sense of place and community, informed as they are by the unique landscape of Vermont. The winner of six national songwriting awards, including Telluride, Rocky Mountain Folks and Kerrville, Diane combines a crystalline vocal style with distinctive open-tuning guitar work, crafting songs that have earned her respect among songwriters and critics as one of the most talented singer-songwriters New England has ever produced. Diane performs at the Homegrown Coffeehouse on Saturday, February 11 at 8:00 p.m. For more information, visit www.uuneedham.org/Coffeehouse.
The Needham Historical Society will show “Return to Norumbega,” a video history of Newton's famed Norumbega Park and Totem Pole Ballroom. Open from 1897 – 1963, Norumbega Park was one of New England's prime recreational sites, offering rides, canoeing, a penny arcade and dancing at the Totem Pole Ballroom. The documentary was produced by Olin's own Joe Hunter, director of communication. The showing will take place on Sunday, February 12, at 2:00 pm, at the Needham Historical Society, 53 Glendoon Road, Needham. The program is free to members of the Olin College community. Refreshments will be served.
The following intramural leagues will start on Monday, February 6:
- 5v5 Basketball: Mon. and Tues. 7:30-10:30 p.m. ?12 teams currently signed up
- 6v6 Indoor Soccer: Mon and Weds. 7-10:00 p.m. ? 6 teams currently signed up
- Co-Ed 6v6 Volleyball: Weds. 8:30-11:00 p.m. ? 2 teams currently signed up
- Co-Ed 6v6 Dodgeball: Thurs. 6:30-10:30 p.m. ? 3 teams currently signed up
- Racquetball & squash tournaments start on Monday, February 13.
Contact Andy Dutton with questions or to sign up.
Stress, relationships, job search or academic pressure got you down? Maybe it's time to take a prayer break. Beginning February 11, Babson will offer prayer break on Wednesdays from 7-7:30 p.m. in 245 Reynolds. All are welcome to this relaxed, non-sectarian prayer break led by Rev. Dr. Ann Adams, a protestant chaplain.
“Nine Colleges Join Billionaire Club,” Associated Press, January 23, 2006
In the last issue we asked who invented daylight savings time. Since proposing this question, it has to come to the attention of the Link “staff” that there is some discrepancy regarding who invented daylight savings time. Most literature states that Ben Franklin was the first to propose the idea of Daylight Savings Time, however other documents assert that it was William Willett. An argument can be made for both individuals so two prizes will be award this week – one to Dave Ware who believes it was Ben Franklin and another to Rachel Weinstock who believes it was William Willett. Thanks to the many who brought this unsettled debate to my attention.
Q: Can you identify these two members of the Olin Community?
Person A / Person B
A: First person to correctly respond to Jennifer Thomas receives a prize. |
