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Thirteen proposals have been submitted for Co-Curricular Offerings for the fall 2007 semester. If you would like to add your proposal, please send it to Rod Crafts by end of day today, June 22nd.
Join us between 1:30-3:00 pm in the IT Suite to wish Kim Round and John Abelli well. Refreshments will be served. If you are not able to attend then please stop by at another time to wish them well.
Thursday, July 26th at 3:30 pm for Leslie's going away cocktail reception. Details to follow.
Are you planning to hold an event on campus? Please let the Facilities Use Committee know so your event can be coordinated with other happenings on campus. Please e-mail Joe Hunter with the details of your event.
Please turn in your July 6th timesheets no later than 12:00 pm on June 29th since the College is closed for the holiday from Monday-Wednesday, July 2-4. If you can't get your supervisor's or an alternate signature, please turn in the timesheet anyway, and submit a signed copy the next week. Temporary employees' (including students) late timesheets will be paid in the following payroll (July 20th). Please call John Easland at ext. 2418 with questions.
Your annual support is very important to Olin College, and with only one week until the close of the fiscal year, we hope to be able to include you in reaching this year's goal of 100% participation. Online giving is made easy at Olin's secure Web site: https://www.olin.edu/about_olin/online_donation.asp. Gifts via mail should be sent to: Olin College, Development Office, Olin Way, Needham, MA 02492. Please contact Joanne Kossuth with questions. Thank you for making a difference!
Ever want a cool way to thank someone at Olin? Join us in Celebrating Olin's Mentors, Engineers, Teachers and Staff! Say "Thank You!" with C.O.M.E.T.S.! Contact development@olin.edu for additional cards or Joanne Kossuth with any questions.
The Commencement Steering Committee welcomes your suggestions for the main speaker at Commencement '08. The Committee will make a recommendation to President Miller who, in turn, will forward a recommendation to the Board of Trustees. Given the challenges of scheduling potential speakers, it is very important that our decision be made in as timely a manner as possible. Therefore, the deadline for nominations is August 1.
Please keep in mind the multiple audiences at an Olin commencement – students, parents, extended family members, alumni, Trustees, President's Council members, staff and faculty. Ideally, we are looking for someone with a connection to Olin, or to engineering and with a perspective that resonates with the values of Olin. We want her/him to be a good speaker, who will be able to convey a thoughtful message, and add to the special sense of community at this important Olin event.
Please submit your suggestions, with the candidate's name and a short rationale, to Rod Crafts, Dean of Student Life, or to the Office of Student Life, Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering, Olin Way, Needham, MA 02492. Dean Crafts will collect nominations for review by the Committee.
Kevin Tostado ('06) and Tom Kochem ('06) would like to announce that their movie, Yellow Lights, which screened a rough cut last May at Olin, is now available on DVD with hours of all-new special features. You can purchase a copy of the movie by visiting the Yellow Lights website. The DVD is on sale for $15 plus shipping, and the soundtrack which features Olin alums Brian Shih ('07) and Sean McBride ('07) is also on sale for $11 plus shipping. Get a discount if you purchase both the DVD & the soundtrack. Thanks to everyone who contributed to making this movie a success!
All students will be reading Gary Kinder's Ship of Gold in the Deep Blue Sea this summer. The convocation is scheduled for Thursday, August 30th, at 7:00 pm in the Olin Center Auditorium. If you would like to join the students in reading this book over the summer, Rod Crafts has a few extra copies on an as-available basis. In recommending Ship of Gold, Allen Downey said, "It is about a group of treasure hunters that went looking for the wreck of the Central America, a steamship that sank off the coast of North Carolina in 1857, with 21 tons (yes, tons) of gold on board. It has everything: history -- the story of the Central America, technology -- the engineering of deep sea search and recovery, and entrepreneurship -- the process of financing the operation. And it's well-written and exciting." The New York Times Book Review adds, "The author writes beautifully...Historical and technological reporting of the highest order."
A reminder that all open positions are posted on the Olin website. Please take a minute to review them and keep in mind that Human Resources is always looking for referrals from employees for open positions.
Thank you to the more than 70 new members of the Olinimages Flickr group! We've adjusted the settings for Olinimages to allow our contacts to print photos that appear on the site. We'd like to ask Olinimages contacts to do the same. You can activate the print option so that your friends and family can have the ability to order or print your photos as well as the Olin Images photos. For access to these permissions, click here.
- Beginning June 8th, open window hours for the mailroom will be 12:30 pm to 2:00 pm Monday-Thursday and 11:30 am to 1:00 pm on Friday.
- During this time, internal and external mail can be picked up and dropped off and stamps and other postage services will be available.
- The afternoon mail run will take place at the usual time Monday-Thursday and between 1:15 pm and 1:45 pm on Friday.
- There will be regular service the week of July 4th, except on the actual July 4th holiday.
- Student packages will only be accepted for students residing in East Hall this summer. All other student packages will be returned to sender, as we can only forward first class mail.
PCard Expenses: The June statement, which generally includes expenses incurred through June 26th, will be recorded in FY07. Expenditures incurred in June but appearing on the July statement will be recorded in FY08 since we have adopted a cut-off based on statement date.
Fiscal Year End Check Run: Due to the extended 4th of July holiday, we would like everything submitted by noon, Wednesday, June 27th for the Friday, June 29th check run. Since most items submitted for the Friday, July 6th accounts payable run will be FY07 expenses, they automatically record as FY07 unless “PREPAID” is written on the top of the form. Due to the holiday, you may drop off check requests for this run no later than 4:30, Thursday, July 5th.
“Accrued” Expenses: An invoice needs to be accrued if the goods/services were received/rendered before June 30th, but you don't expect to receive the invoice until after Thursday, July 5th. Please send an email to Susan Goldstein, no later than Friday, July 6th, if you have an item that you think should be accrued. Please note that open purchase orders are not accrued unless you request it.
For more information about the year end close, please read the last issue of Accounting Points, or call anyone in Financial Services!
Just a reminder with summer here - please remember to report your summer vacation plans (and any other absences) to John Easland in Financial Services. Click here to access the updated form. It is important to keep this information current and accurate since the cost of the unused vacation time is reported on the College's financial statements. Soon after June 30, the College's fiscal year end, we will send all staff and their supervisors a report of earned but unused compensated absences (vacation, sick and comp time) for review and confirmation of outstanding balances. Please send in your information now to make that review smoother. The revised form is also available on the portal in the Financial Services-Purchasing tab.
On Wednesday, June 27th from 11:30 am-1:30 pm, Olin will host a representative from Costco who will discuss membership renewal/generation. Following the Costco visit, on Tuesday, July 17th from 11:30 am-1:30 pm, a B.J.'s representative will come to campus to discuss B.J.'s membership benefits. Please contact Elaine Drobnis with questions.
Remember the excitement and anxiety of that summer before starting Olin? To welcome incoming freshmen and their families, the Parent Advisory Board (PAB) is seeking volunteers to host Send-Off Parties in their home states. In its third year, this relatively new Olin summer tradition is an informal way for new students and their families to meet current students, alumni and their families. Parties are strictly voluntary and can be hosted in a public park or private club or at someone's house. Don't worry about having to supply the food, just organize a pot luck! If you are interested in hosting a party, the PAB Events Committee has simple guidelines and can help you through the planning process. Parties can be hosted by parents, by current students, by alumni or any combination of the three.
Many new students are coming in from California, New York, Illinois, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In fact we already have one party scheduled for July 28th in the Southern California area … watch your email for additional details about that event. Not all states are largely represented, but we encourage folks to host a Send-Off party regardless of the numbers because it is an invaluable way to get to know one another.
If you want more information or are interested in hosting a party, just call (617-484-9094) or email Marlene Veldwisch, Chair of the PAB Events Committee. See you at a party!
Juriscape is launching another job board/information hub for engineering professionals called EngineeringCrossing, and its editor is currently looking for article submissions from experts in this field. All articles are welcome. You can write about different engineering fields, engineering programs, schools, your experience as an engineer, how to overcome challenges that engineers face, how to balance life as an engineer with a family and social life, etc. If you have an article you would like to submit or an idea you would like to propose, please e-mail Charisse Dengler. There is no compensation for articles, but plenty of publicity.
On Monday, June 25th, Caitlin B. Snow will join Olin as an Assistant Director of Admission. She will be located at OC111 and can be reached at extension 2212.
On Monday, June 25th, David Carver will return to Olin as a System Administrator. He will be located at OCLL15 and can be reached at extension 2459.
On Monday, June 25th Katherine (O'Keefe) Shaw will be returning to Olin as a Temporary Financial Aid Officer. She will be located in the Student Accounts & Records Office.
On Wednesday, August 1st, Barbara Goldoftas will join Olin as an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences. Her office location is to be determined.
On Wednesday, August 1st, Dr. Georgi Gospodinov, will join Olin as a Visiting Fellow in Mathematics. His office location is to be determined.
Effective Wednesday, August 15th, Emily Moscol will be transferring to the Admission Office, she has been promoted to the position of Assistant Director of Admission. She will be located in OC113 and can be reached at extension 2207.
Her paper, titled "Women in Engineering: Exploring the Effects of Project-Based Learning in First-Year Undergraduate Engineering Program," was selected as a top five finalist for the FIE 2006 Benjamin J. Dasher Best Paper Award.
Congratulations to the Storey family! On May 25th at 11:00 am Brian and Joyce Storey welcomed their first baby. Charlotte Jude Story weighed in at 7lbs 10oz and 20 inches. Both Mom and baby are reportedly doing very well.
"Let the Games Begin," The Boston Globe, June 9, 2007
"The Pit Crews Behind DARPA's Robot Race " CNET News.com, June "A Global Approach to Engineering," The Chronicle of Higher Education International, June 1, 2007
"Olin Invites Techies to Make Games for Budget Laptop," Mass High Tech, June 1, 2007
In the last issue we asked "What former member of the Olin College machine shop is currently working for IDEO in Germany, and what brought him back to Boston the weekend before graduation?" Alexander Epstein was this week's winner with a correct answer of
Mark Jeaunette.
Trivia buffs, do you know.....
Q: Which Gold Cup teams were assigned to Olin's practice fields during last week's tournament?
A: First person to respond to Alyson Goodrow with the correct answer receives a prize.
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