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| News You Can UsE If you don't already know, Tiana's mom, Marlene Veldwisch, has liver disease, and she and Tiana are co-captaining a walk team this year – the Hepa-Titans. They are looking to have a large team of walkers and would love support from the Olin Community! Please let Tiana know if you are interested in joining the team as a walker or would like to make a donation to our team. In addition, Marlene has been asked by the Foundation to be one of the speakers at the start of the walk! Nortel: The team, advised by Mark L. Chang, will investigate ways to utilize technology to bridge the generational gap between grandparents and their grandchildren to improve health and quality of life for seniors. ROCONA-Tractor: The team, advised by Dave Barrett, will design a new, more robust, cost-reduced tractor and engage in field test operations in CA. ROCONA- Biosensor: A strategic goal of this second collaboration with ROCONA is to produce a cost-effective, marketable analytical sensor system th at could be installed in a standard toilet and detect changes in the chemistry of a person's urine. The team will be advised by Alisha Sieminski. What does this mean for Blackboard? How do I access the Portal? I have feedback to give. Where do I send it? And remember: It's on the Portal… Student Employment Opportunities Posted to the Portal Parents, Did You Know? Save the Date: Family Weekend -- October 12-14 Olin's annual Family Weekend events will commence at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, October 12 and conclude at 12:00 p.m. on Sunday, October 14. A detailed schedule will follow. Save the Date: Upcoming Area Receptions for Alumni and Parents Area receptions bring together Olin alumni, parents, corporate partners and friends of the college with the purpose of meeting with President Miller as well as participating Trustees and get an update on the college.
Upcoming Events
Community Bulletin Board Reminder: Let the Campus Facilities Committee Know About Your Events Recently, there was a conflict in events booked through Ad Astra for the same day. We do not know how this happened, but it serves as a reminder to the Olin Community to make use of the Community Calendar and let the Campus Facilities Use Committee know about your upcoming events so they can be properly coordinated. If you have any major events coming up this fall, please e-mail Joe Hunter , head of the Facilities Use Committee. The Community Calendar can now be accessed through the Portal. THE SAATCHI & SAATCHI AWARD FOR WORLD CHANGING IDEAS 2007 The Saatchi & Saatchi Award for World Changing Ideas exists to recognize brilliant thinking, to bring it to the world's attention and to reward the most outstanding innovation with a prize worth $100,000. Ideas may be scientific, linguistic, artistic and/or technological. They may be hi-tech, lo-tech or no-tech and could be in prototype, the finished thing or merely a compelling concept. Previous finalists have ranged from a tornado early-warning system, self-adjusting spectacles, a sonar system that enables the visually-impaired to ‘see' with their ears, a compound that can replicate the sensitivity of human skin, a new kind of aeroplane, a storage system for the world's languages, viable electric lighting for the developing world, and near-instant buildings for disaster relief. Submissions from innovators around the world are welcome. Click here to learn more. The deadline for submissions is Friday, September 28. StudentsReview.com Current students and alumna, we invite you to submit a review of Olin on studentsreview.com, a site which offers uncensored student reviews of colleges. Olin has received 26 reviews and maintains an A grade with zero negative responses, but what you'll find is that much of the site's information is out of date. Please click on the link above to make your contribution. Weight Watchers at Work We are looking to start a fall class of Weight Watchers at Work. The leader can hold the session on Wednesdays at noon, and Nichols 170 has been booked for this. The current offer is for 17 weeks at $186 but we must have 20 participants for this price. Also including in the pricing is 19 free weeks of e-tools through www.WeightWatchers.com. If you are interested in this class, please let Anne Jew know as soon as possible. Please note that registration is scheduled for next Wednesday, September 19th. Yoga in the Glavin Chapel * Class is free to the Babson/Olin Community and mats are provided! Webster Center As the school year gets underway there are many opportunities for taking exercise classes (kick boxing, pilates, jujitsu) and joining Intramural teams at Babson via the Webster Center. Hit their website for up to date information regarding all of their exercise programs. Course Offering: "Acting Skills for Success in Business I” When: Wednesdays; 6:30-8:30 p.m.; begins 9/19 ends 10/31 Fee: $25 for students, staff, faculty, alumni, spouses Location: Babson - Trim 215 Registration: Email Kay Sorensen Course description: Learn how to gain a more powerful presence and visibility for yourself! Information alone doesn't persuade people; strong presentation skills do! This six week (the 10/17 class is skipped) Acting Skills program accommodates all learning styles and will give you the powerful tools used by professional actors to persuade and inspire any audience. Learn how to present yourself in a comfortable and confident manner in any business or social setting. Improvisational techniques will aid in handling unexpected situations with confidence and poise. You will learn techniques to: * Communicate with clarity and power * Control nervousness & Stage fright * Speak more clearly & confidently * Role play with the best of them * Persuade your audience * Work on alleviating group anxiety within a fun and relaxed atmosphere * Dynamic improvisational exercises for daily interactions in business * Discover techniques to master and practice the craft of recognizing and changing status and power in the workplace from onstage techniques * Discover the powerful art of storytelling * Work better in teams through details ensemble play The Walker School Needs Your Help! The Walker School is undertaking a couple of IT initiatives, their IT department consists of two people and is on a very tight budget. This presents the opportunity for Olin students to get involved. Specifically, they are seeking help in development of a Microsoft SharePoint server and systems customized to their needs. The system will manage all student/staff records, have security that will comply with HIPPA, allow off campus access from affiliate organizations, tie the Walker School in Needham and Beacon High School in Watertown record keeping into one cohesive system. The other high priority project for Walker would be the further development of the Walker website. One project is a master calendar that could serve disparate audiences. The calendar data would include, school terms and holidays, major fund-raising events, board events, staff trainings, clinical meetings, etc. One idea that we had, was a calendar with a check list where a user could select the event types that they wish to view. We are also interested in adding some multimedia content to the site such as podcasts of some of our professional development seminars, or the Walker video. Additional information can be found here, along with contact information for the appropriate folks at Walker. BID-Needham Hosts “Keeping Teens Safe” Panel Discussion on Sept. 19 New Faces @ Olin On Monday, September 24, Sally J. Phelps will join Olin as Director of Post Graduate Planning. Her office location will be CC316 and she can be reached at extension 2281. On Tuesday, September 18, Ann Fitts will join Olin as Data Entry Coordinator. Her office location will be OC316 and she can be reached at extension 2422. Articles of Interest Trivia
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