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05.30.08 | The Link: Olin’s Campus-Wide E-Bulletin November 17, 2006 The next edition of the Link will be |
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| News You Can UsE The Committee will make a final recommendation to Provost David Kerns in mid-February. Copies of the book will be distributed to the Classes of 2008, 2009 and 2010 in May and mailed to the Class of 2011 in June. The Convocation will be held on Thursday evening, August 30. Thanks to all who suggested books this year. Special thanks to the Class of 2006 for designating the Summer Book Program for the class gift. SAVE THE DATE: SERV Auction - November 27th! The SERV auction is happening right after Thanksgiving - the silent auction will begin at noon on November 27th and run until midnight on December 1st with the live auction following on December 1st from 12:00-1:00 p.m. A packet of all donations can be found here. All the money will go directly to worthwhile charities. Half the money will go to the Chernobyl Children Project, an organization that works to bring healthcare to Russian children affected by Chernobyl and to bring children to Boston to give them hope, good food, clean water, and superb healthcare. Our own Zhenya works with this group as a translator. Your donations can help provide children's hospitals in Russia with needed medical supplies. The recipient of the other half of the money will be determined by you, the Olin community. SERV has chosen three wonderful charities for you to vote upon: The World Wildlife Fund, Heifer International, and Partners In Health. More details will arrive in your mailboxes about these charities and the voting process in the near future. OIR Grant Update As we mentioned in the November 3rd edition of the Link, Professor Sarah Adams has received a Long-term Undergraduate Research Experience (LURE) grant from the NSF amounting to $250,000. The grant will support her project which aims to increase interest in mathematical sciences and in turn increase the number of undergraduates who pursue graduate degrees and careers in mathematical sciences. Additionally Professor Ozgur Eris has received a $50,000 grant from the NSF which is a subcontract from University of Washington as part of the Academic Pathways Study, in which 160 undergraduate engineering students at the University of Washington, Howard University, Colorado School of Mines, and Stanford University are being studied in order to provide a comprehensive account of how people become engineers. TIAA-CREF INDIVIDUAL COUNSELING SESSIONS Lindsay Hartman from TIAA-CREF will be on campus Tuesday, November 28th to conduct individual counseling sessions for all faculty and staff. If you would like to make an appointment, please make an appointment through Marian Morgante 781-314-2400. Available times for these sessions are: 9:00 a.m., 9:45, 10:30, 11:15, 1:00 p.m., 11:45, 2:30, and 3:15. All sessions will be held in the Office of Human Resources, Nichols. REMINDER: Olin Benefits Open Enrollment period Ends November 27th Flexible savings accounts - we will be changing vendors from Cigna to Benefits Workshop and will be implementing a debit card system for reimbursements. Click here to access the Benefits Workshop's website for Olin's open enrollment. For employees making changes to their benefits please follow these instructions: All forms are available in Human Resources, OC, Suite 300 BORDERLINKS RAFFLE -- Win a Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR CameraOlin-Borderlinks is going to Mexico on an educational-immersion trip to study immigration issues. You can help... and have a chance to win a Canon Digital Rebel XT 8MP Digital SLR Camera & other fabulous prizes. Tickets are $20. Please contact Jessie or David to purchase tickets. Immigration over the US/Mexico border is a pressing issue of the day, which touches such wide-ranging areas as US-Mexico Relations ~ Labor Conditions ~ Human Rights ~ Education policy (both primary and higher) ~ Free Trade ~ Poverty ~ Economic Structures ~ International Politics ~ As part of our co-curricular, we have been learning about immigration this semester, and we plan to visit the US/Mexico border over winter break to see and learn first-hand about the issues from the people directly affected: immigrants, border-patrol agents, social services workers, etc. While we will not be building anything tangible while we are there, we hope to learn and be changed by our experience, which will lead to service upon our return. Please support us by making a donation, buying a raffle ticket or hiring us for babysitting, yardwork, tutoring, etc.
Upcoming Events
Community Bulletin Board Please include your local telephone number. These packages will need to be picked up at the Needham Post Office on Great Plain Ave. during business hours on Friday or Saturday. You'll need to identify yourself as an Olin student and you'll only be able to pick up your own packages. Should you have any questions, please let us know. Happy Thanksgiving from all of us at Campus Services!! Homegrown Coffeehouse Welcomes Jay Ungar and Molly Manson, December 2nd Located at the First Parish Unitarian Universalist Church, at the corner of Great Plain and Dedham Avenue in Needham center, the Homegrown Coffeehouse welcomes one of the most celebrated duos on the American acoustic music scene on Saturday, December 2nd @ 8:00 p.m. Their performance of Jay's haunting composition "Ashokan Farewell" — the musical hallmark of the PBS series — earned the couple international acclaim. There is free parking and wheelchair access. Admission is $18.00 / $15.00 for students and seniors to benefit the Church. For more information, call (781) 444-7478 or visit the website for the latest concert updates and advance tickets. kudos Olin Alum Part of Seahorse Power Company -- One of This Year's Green 50 Jeff Satwicz ‘06 is a mechanical engineer at Seahorse Power Company a company that develops, manufactures and sells innovative, energy-efficient products. The company has made this year's Green 50 List as named by Inc. Magazine in its October 2006 issue. The Green 50 List looks at 50 of the most intriguing companies that are helping to drive today's green revolution. Trivia
In the last issue we asked --What Olin alum was featured in the International Herald Tribune in October? Dee Magnoni was the first to respond with the correct answer, Leighton Ige. Trivia buffs, can you..... Q: Identify the staff member in this photo? A: First person to correctly respond to Alyson Goodrow receives a prize.
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