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Sunday, February 11, 2018
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass is celebrated in the Blue and Gold Room in the Campus Center Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
2:00 PM - 6:00 PM	17th Annual Frederick Douglass Read-a-thon Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Location: First Unitarian Church 71 8th St., New Bedford, MA Contact: Lee Blake, lblake@umassd.edu or 774-929-3035 Sponsors: New Bedford Historical Society Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, Black History 4 Seasons, Fredrick Douglass Unity House
Monday, February 12, 2018
12:05 PM - 12:55 PM	Religious Literacy: Hinduism and the spiritual Value of Yoga Location: MacLean Campus Center , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The word Yoga is used by the Hindu scriptural texts to mean a comprehensive discipline to integrate and concentrate our faculties and direct them to the goal of life, which is presented as realizing the self or realizing the all-pervading Divine Existence or God. Yoga is bridging the gap between theoretical understanding and practical experience. Our presenter, Swami Yogatmananda, was born in 1953 in Karnataka state (India). He joined Ramkrishna Order in 1976. He received his monastic vows in 1986. He came to the United States in 2001 as the Minister of the Vedanta Society of Providence. He is the Hindu Chaplain at UMass Dartmouth. This event is sponsored by the Center for Religious and Spiritual Life at UMass Dartmouth. It is part of the ongoing series in Religious Literacy. The program is in the Campus Center, 2nd floor conference room. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Indic Studies, Religious Studies, Center for Indic Studies, Religious & Spiritual
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Spiritual Vaule of Yoga with Swami Yogatmananda Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: MCC Conference Room, Room 218 Topical Areas: Students, Religious Studies
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Peer Health Educator Interest Meeting Location: Oak Glen Hall Multipurpose Room, 1st floor Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: Peer Health Educators are student leaders who support the health and wellness of the campus community by: conducting and sponsoring educational programming; disseminating accurate health information; providing referrals to on- and off-campus services; advocating for changes in campus policies and procedures which support student health. Peer Health Educators are expected to serve as leaders and role models in their efforts and to serve as an extension of the professional staff of LiveWell: The Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness and the Department of Health Services. Students who are interested in applying are strongly encouraged to attend the Interest Meeting. Applications are available now to begin in Fall 2018. Online Application: https://umassdartmouth.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_eKj9gapCcwFag05 Link: http://www.umassd.edu/phe Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Corsairs Care, Health Services, Livewell
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) Monday through Friday Noon-1:30. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Study Abroad
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Summit Reporting Tool Overview Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Jean Schlesinger Description: In this workshop, we will review the SUMMIT reporting tool. - Review the various finance dashboards - How to navigate screens - Looking up your budget - Tracking the status of your project Room CCB-115 Topical Areas: audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
Tuesday, February 13, 2018
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Race and Blackness in Mexico: Photo Presentation- Study Abroad Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Please join us! Samples of Mexican-style chocolate! Open to everyone! Blackness in Mexico: Exploring Race and Racism South of the Border Join Eric Larson (Assistant Professor, Crime and Justice Studies) and Dessi Miles (CJS/Psychology, '19) for a discussion about race and racism in Mexico. Larson and Miles will present photos and discuss their study abroad trip to the Afro-Mexican regions of Oaxaca, Mexico. Tuesday, Feb. 13: 3:30-4:30 Frederick Douglass Unity House Please contact elarson@umassd.edu with questions. Eric Larson Department of Crime and Justice Studies University of Massachusetts Dartmouth Topical Areas: General Public, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, Black Studies, History, Sociology, Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies, Exhibits, Visual Arts, Black History 4 Seasons, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Lectures and Seminars, University Marketing
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Zeta Lambda Chi Speed Interviews Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Meet with members of Zeta Lambda Chi to interview in order to join the rush process of this spring semester. Meet with members at Elmwood Rock at 6:30 to be brought to the event. This event is highly encouraged for bid eligibility. For any questions contact our mentor Dennis Fox at dfox@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	A Corsair's Guide to Planning Your Financial Future Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: UMass Dartmouth Alumni Relations Description: Need help navigating the real estate process? Don't know how to start saving for retirement? UMass Dartmouth Alumni Association has assembled a panel of alumni experts to discuss the fundamental elements you will need to know for financial success: -Managing personal finances -Saving for the future, including tips on 401Ks and mutual bonds -Analyzing the critical details you need to know before making your first purchase on a house or condo. The panel will include UMassD alumni from the following fields: -Nelson Linhares '99, MBA '02, regional vice president, Primerica -Dan Cole '79, retired financial executive from several Fortune 500 companies -Roger J. Dugal '70, JD '89, legal advisor -Joe Carvalho '88, president/broker at J.C. Realty -Lisa Raiche '03, business growth advisor and profitability consultant, Bodhi Business Advisors Greg McCarthy '13, advisor, Social Business Team at Dell Digital Marketing, will moderate the panel. Light refreshments will be served. There is no cost to attend this event, but pre-registration is strongly encouraged. RSVP by Friday, February 8, 2018. Link: http://www.alumni2.umassd.edu/s/1355/dartmouth/rd16/interior.aspx?sid=1355&gid=2&pgid=5384&cid=13199&ecid=13199&crid=0&calpgid=13&calcid=1599 Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Alumni Events, Career Development Center, University Marketing
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	The Washington Center Info Session Location: > See description for location Contact: Career Development Center Description: The Washington Center Information Session with special guest Cara Gluck, Academic Program Advisor Friday, February 13, 2018 3:00 p.m. Blue & Gold Welcome Center Walk in hours: 1:00-2:30 p.m. in the Career Development Center, Campus Center 001. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Career Development Center
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) Monday through Friday Noon-1:30. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Study Abroad
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Word Tables, Graphics, and Templates Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop covers Microsoft Word’s tables and graphics features in detail. The effective use of these tools will make your documents more professional and memorable. This workshop also explores the use of templates, and other time-saving features of Word. Templates are used as blueprints for standardized documents, such as stationery. Using templates eliminates the repetitive task of creating each document from scratch. Familiarity with the basic text-editing features of Word is required. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	SUMMIT 101 Finance Informational Session Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Jean Schlesinger Description: In this workshop, we will review the SUMMIT reporting tool. - Review the various finance dashboards - How to navigate screens - Looking up your budget - Tracking the status of your project Room CCB-115 Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
Wednesday, February 14, 2018
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Online Meetings in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This workshop will demonstrate Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, an easy-to-use live conferencing tool that uses a virtual online classroom to meet live within a myCourses course site. Using Collaborate Ultra, faculty can interact virtually with students for lectures, guest presentations, share applications, and meetings. This technology integrates seamlessly into your myCourses site and simply requires speakers and microphone. (In Lib 135) Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Excel Pivot Tables Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop provides a thorough exploration of the use of tables, pivot tables and pivot charts in Excel. Participants create pivot tables to summarize hundreds of rows of transactional data in just a few clicks, without complex formulas, or time-consuming grouping and reorganization. Previous Excel experience is required. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Department of Fisheries Oceanography / SMAST seminar - February 14, 2018 - Jonathan Cummings, Ph.D Location: New Bedford , New Bedford, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Population Modeling and Decision Analysis for Resource Management Jonathan Cummings, Ph.D. Post-Doctoral Fellow SMAST/UMass Dartmouth Wednesday, February 14, 2018 2:30 pm - 3:30 pm SMAST-E rm. 101/102 836 South Rodney French Boulevard, New Bedford, MA Abstract This seminar will cover my work employing structured decision making techniques and population modeling natural resource management. These techniques utilize economic principles to ensure decisions ae values focused, while utilizing ecological science to evaluate and predict the consequences of available management actions to provided decision support. I will discuss the role of these techniques in contemporary resource management, and their application in two natural resource problems. The Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department is unusual in that they conduct necropsies to determine the sex and age of harvested fishers, bobcats, and otters. Most neighboring states have discontinued this practice, triggering an evaluation of the benefits of continuing this practice. To evaluate the value of this program I simulated information obtained from the abundance estimation procedures available with and without necropsies and the status of other department objectives to provide decision support to the department. Based on this evaluation the department will obtain the most benefits from a monitoring program including necropsy analysis that uses the Downing method to track population status. Interestingly, this result was influenced more by department objectives that were not connected to the quality of the information gained with necropsies, but from collaborations resulting from interactions that occur at necropsy sessions. The US Fish and Wildlife Service is re-evaluating the status of lesser prairie-chickens following a legally induced delisting of the species, and a subsequent petition to relist. We built a population viability analysis model to predict future population status of the lesser prairie-chicken (Tympanuchus pallidicinctus) in four ecoregions across the species’ range. The model results will be used in the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Species Status Assessment, the scientific document used in later endangered species decision making. Our stochastic projection model combined demographic rate estimates from previously published literature with demographic rate estimates that integrate the influence of climate conditions. Our results project declining populations with estimated population growth rates well below 1 in each ecoregion. Our model accounted for climate change and habitat availability projections, but found the overall conclusions were consistent regardless of projected habitat or climate changes. These results are consistent with estimates of population growth rates derived from other demographic process models. However, the absolute magnitude of the decline is unlikely to be as low as modeling tools indicate, requiring some consideration of several additional lines of evidence suggest the populations are declining as well. To access the live broadcasting, go to https://echo360.org/ and click on "Alternate login" you will have to login as smast@umassd.edu with the password: smastumassd After login you will have to click on ALL CLASSES (MAR 700 - 01 - DEOS Seminar or MAR 700 - 02 - DFO Seminar) and click on the green LIVE streaming. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
1:30 PM - 4:00 PM	BuyWays Requisitioner Training Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Jean Schlesinger Description: BuyWays Requisitioner Training Learn how to create Purchase Orders. Available purchasing resources. UMass Dartmouth policies and procedures. How to monitor you Purchase Order. Lookup payments, receipts, workflow approval steps. How to add a new vendor to system Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) Monday through Friday Noon-1:30. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Study Abroad
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty/Staff Drop-in Mindfulness Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Share in a brief mindfulness practice with colleagues. People are welcome to drop-in at any point in the semester. No prior experience with mindfulness is needed. Location: Reflection Room, Campus Center (223) For more information, contact: Aminda O’Hare, ext. 8761, aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	200th Anniversary Birthday Celebration of Frederick Douglass and Welcome Back Reception of the Frederick Douglass Unity House (Wednesday, February 14, 2018 from 4pm -6pm) Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Join us for the 200th Anniversary Birthday Celebration of Frederick Douglass and Welcome Back Reception of the Frederick Douglass Unity House on Wednesday, February 14, 2018 from 4pm to 6pm in the FDUH. The celebration features guest speakers, award-winning spoken word artist Erik Andrade and historical characterization of Frederick Douglass by Guy Peartree. Attendees will enjoy music, hors d'oeuvres, giveaways, and much more. For more information please contact the FDUH at (508) 999-9222. Event sponsored by Frederick Douglass Unity House, Black History 4 Seasons, New Bedford Historical Society, and New Bedford NAACP. Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Students, University Community, University Marketing, Black Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Black History 4 Seasons, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Student Organizations
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Frederick Douglass 200th Birthday Celebration Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Event will take place at the Frederick Douglass Unity House. Contact: Donna Moore, dmoore@umassd.edu or 508-999-9222 Sponsors: Frederick Douglass Unity House & Black History 4 Seasons Council Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Black Studies, Black History 4 Seasons, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, University Marketing
Thursday, February 15, 2018
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) Monday through Friday Noon-1:30. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Study Abroad
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	New Employee Orientation Location: Foster Administration, Room 308 Contact: Human Resources Description: New Employee Orientation Topical Areas: audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, Training, Human Resources
4:00 PM - 3/9 »	Take Two / faculty working collaboratively with colleagues Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Take Two / faculty working collaboratively with colleagues Feb 15 - March 9 Collaborators: Center for Undisciplined Research James Edwards, Michael Swartz Janet Fairbairn, Ben Butler, Susan Dye Janet Fairbairn, Juli Parker, Cynthia E. Cummings, and Professor Fairbairn's Professional Design Practice Class Laura Franz and Stacy Latt Savage Harvey Goldman and Jing Wang Ziddi Msangi, Kwabena Boateng, and royal hartigan Elena Peteva and Anthony Fisher Through March 9, the CVPA Campus Gallery presents an exhibition of work created by faculty working collaboratively with colleagues either within the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) or with those outside the college. This vibrant work of 8 groups of 'collaborators' offers insight into the creative process; thinking, discussing, inspiring and creating. The results include a newsletter by a student-focused research collective, digital animation, sound, drawing, an artist book, a poster campaign, musical expressions of African tonal language, visual language of motifs on cloth, investigations of the 'line' in abstract and representational work and a collaborative text-based installation using negative words about woman found in Facebook posts. The reception is on February 15 from 4-6 pm with the Artist Talk at 5 pm at CVPA Campus Gallery, along with a reception for Mouthfeel, a video exhibition exploring the sense of taste and touch curated by Megan Fizell, Sydney, Australia (Upper Gallery). CVPA Campus Gallery, College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery Hours: Mon- Thur 10am-4 pm, Fri 10-noon gallery@umassd.edu Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/255068745031561/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, University Community, University Marketing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Offset Payroll & Income Tax Using The R&D Tax Credit Location: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship , 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA Cost: FREE for UMD Students, Staffs, and Faculty Contact: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Description: Join Ed Craig (President) and Adam Mathes (Vice President) of EF Cost Recovery for an overview of how companies can claim the R&D Tax Credit without ANY heavy lifting. The R&D tax credit is valuable to small, midsize, and early-stage businesses to offset personal and/or company income tax. Many taxpayers regard R&D as an activity associated solely with hi-tech businesses, such as pharmaceutical and biotech companies. That is simply not the case. You do not have to be engaged in pure science or similar research to be conducting qualified activities as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. Companies in the following industries qualify for this lucrative tax credit: Architecture, Aerospace, Agriculture, Automotive, Biotech, Chemical, Electronics, Engineering, Food Science, Food Processing, Forestry, Manufacturing, Hardware, Pharmaceuticals, Semiconductor, Machine Shops, Job Shops, Software, Telecom, Beer/Wine Making and more. Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/offset-payroll-income-tax-using-the-rd-tax-credit-tickets-41388531211 Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepeneurship
9:00 AM - 3/15 »	Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts Location: University Art Gallery Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts Feb 7 - March 15, 2018 RECEPTION: Thursday, March 8, 6:00 - 9:00 pm; Artist Talk 7:30 pm Exhibition at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in Downtown New Bedford, "Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts" is centered around the 8' wide by 47' long artwork Moby-Dick, or The Whale. This mesmerizing large scale piece appears to be floating on the gallery floor and spilling off the wall, reflecting on the ocean nearby, the location for the Melville's famous novel. Pittsburgh based Diane Samuels who often uses text as a element in her visual vocabulary this time creates waves with her meticulous hand-transcriptions created using all of the 701 pages in the novel. Remnants of archival paper and drawings have been recycled and painted over and, in places, drawn and collaged using images that pertain to the specific text. Each page of the book (also exhibited at the gallery) is hand-written as a horizontal row of the drawing, starting with "Call me Ishmael" at the top of the artwork. Samuels chose Moby-Dick, or The Whale because of Melville's descriptions of confrontations with "the other" and his archiving and cataloguing of information about whales and the world. In Chapter Three, Ishmael and Queequeg share a room and a bed at the Spouter-Inn. Ishmael describes his terror in meeting Queequeg. Despite cultural, racial, and language differences, the chapter ends with Ishmael's statement, "I turned in, and never slept better in my life." Accompanying this installation is the compressed sound of the artist reading out loud and hand-transcribing each page, creating a layered "audio block"; a dense sound comprised of words and pages, along with the ambient sounds of the artist's studio. The audio block is the length of the longest page of the book. Other artworks also surprise visitors with their intricate hand-transcription in microscript. The Arabian Nights traces the stories told by Scheherazade over 10,000 fragments of papers painted in shades of indigo and crimson and edged in gold. The piece is a literal and figurative "magic carpet" whose central panel is bathed in the blood of the book's unfortunate heroines and cloaked in the mysterious glow of night. Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children," also visually reflects the content of the book, creating a unique composition made from 1001 pieces of paper made in India and joined to form a map of India on August 15, 1947, its date of independence. The "midnight's children" of the book's title are the 1001 children born in the first hour of Indian independence. The exhibition is open through March 15, 2018, with the reception on Thursday, March 8, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. The artist talk, as well as audio recording will begin at 7:30 pm. The Whale and Other Text was curated by Viera Levitt, UMass Dartmouth Gallery Director, born in Slovakia, where she had assisted Diane in her 1998 sound based site-specific installation for the Synagogue - Centre for Contemporary Art in Trnava. Thanks to Kris Nuzzi and the Pavel Zoubok Gallery for their wonderful collaboration on this exhibition. University Art Gallery, UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries gallery@umassd.edu Curated by Viera Levitt, UMass Dartmouth Gallery Director Open daily from 9 am to 6 pm Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/125692344900511/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to InDesign, Part 2 Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: The second workshop in the three part series covers working with text frames, threading text and importing text from other documents. Placing images, the Links palette, the Direct Selection tool and Text Wrap are also covered. Previous InDesign experience, or Part 1 of the Introduction class is required. This workshop takes place in the Library, room 135. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	ProCard & Travel Card Training Location: Foster Administration Building, Room 223 Contact: Purchasing Description: This 1 hour training class is required in order to obtain a University Procurement Card (Procard & Travel Card). Individuals may attend training either before or after submitting a Procard application, either way this training must be completed before an application receives final approval from Procurement. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
11:00 AM - 3:00 PM	29th Annual African American Read-In Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Black History 4 Seasons Council, Frederick Douglass Unity House, and the Leduc Center for Civic Engagement is proud to present the 29th National African American Read-In (AARI) on Thursday, February 15, 2018 beginning at 11:00AM- 3:00PM in the LARTS Atrium First Floor. Please come out and read passages from your favorite African-American authors, writers, poets, spoken-word artists, and singers or perform an original piece. Each reading need be no longer than five minutes per reader; original pieces are welcomed. Stop by the FDUH or Leduc Center to complete a registration form; all forms due by Friday, February 9, 2018 5:00pm. We hope to see you at the AARI! For more information please contact (508) 999-9222. Again, we thank you for your participation. Topical Areas: General Public, Students, Students, Undergraduate, Black Studies, Black History 4 Seasons, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Student Organizations, Lectures and Seminars, University Marketing, Literature, Leduc Center for Civic Engagement
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	UMass Dartmouth Afternoon Concert Series Location: CVPA Room 153 Contact: Music Department Description: Students from the Department of Music present a variety of classical works. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Music
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Offset Payroll & Income Tax Using The R&D Tax Credit Location: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship , 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA Cost: FREE for UMD Students, Staffs, and Faculty Contact: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Description: Join Ed Craig (President) and Adam Mathes (Vice President) of EF Cost Recovery for an overview of how companies can claim the R&D Tax Credit without ANY heavy lifting. The R&D tax credit is valuable to small, midsize, and early-stage businesses to offset personal and/or company income tax. Many taxpayers regard R&D as an activity associated solely with hi-tech businesses, such as pharmaceutical and biotech companies. That is simply not the case. You do not have to be engaged in pure science or similar research to be conducting qualified activities as defined by the Internal Revenue Code. Companies in the following industries qualify for this lucrative tax credit: Architecture, Aerospace, Agriculture, Automotive, Biotech, Chemical, Electronics, Engineering, Food Science, Food Processing, Forestry, Manufacturing, Hardware, Pharmaceuticals, Semiconductor, Machine Shops, Job Shops, Software, Telecom, Beer/Wine Making and more. Historically used only for offsetting income tax, the credit can now be used to offset payroll tax either instead of, or in addition to income tax. EF Cost Recovery performs more than 150 R&D tax credit studies annually. They examine a company's activities to identify expenses eligible for R&D incentives, then assemble the proper documentation to support the claim, and work with the companies CPA to ensure all IRS required documents are filed properly. Their typical client receives an average R&D Tax Credit of approximately $60,000 per $1Million of payroll. For more information, contact Trai Dang at tdang@umassd.edu Link: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/offset-payroll-income-tax-using-the-rd-tax-credit-tickets-41388531211 Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing
4:00 PM - 3/9 »	Mouthfeel - Video Exhibition Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Mouthfeel Feb 15 - March 9, 2018 Five video artworks exploring the sense of taste and touch curated by Megan Fizell, Sydney, Australia. Mouthfeel is defined as the physical sensations in the mouth created by food or drink. The objective of this exhibition is to stimulate a synaesthetic response in the viewer through the observation of these films. The mouth is used by these artists to trigger the sense of taste and touch by the ingestion of edible and non-edible substances. The videos feature a variety of actions, from the monotonous task of licking through a pane of cast sugar, to ingesting a bouquet of roses. The five films selected for this exhibition by curator Megan Fizell include performative actions by four female artists and one male/female collaborative work: Elizabeth Willing, Hannah Raisin, Martynka Wawzyniak, Nina Ross, and Hillerbrand+Magsamen. Mouthfeel has previously been viewed at Brenda May Gallery in Sydney, Creative Industries Precinct at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, and Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Darwin (all in Australia). PRESS RELEASE URL: https://goo.gl/xKeAfv For more information about the project, please contact Ellen Mueller, at emueller1@umassd.edu CVPA Campus Gallery College of Visual and Performing Arts University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747 umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery Hours: Mon- Thur 10am-4 pm, Fri 10-noon gallery@umassd.edu Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2188464361380910/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts, Films
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Ground Truth Lecture: The Search for Honest Reporting in the Era of Fake News Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: UMass Law Description: Charles M. Sennott, Founder & Executive Director of the Ground Truth Project will be presenting a lecture Thursday, February 15 from 6:00-7:30 pm in the Francis J. Larkin Moot Courtroom at the UMass Dartmouth Law School, 333 Faunce Corner Rd, No. Dartmouth. The GroundTruth Project is an award-winning nonprofit media organization dedicated to supporting a new generation of journalists and to adding increased knowledge and understanding on critical global issues through enterprise journalism. GroundTruth is committed to narrative storytelling that enlightens and informs across media platforms, including digital, radio/podcast, television and documentary film. Their reporting centers on issues of social justice that matter for an increasingly interconnected world, including human rights, freedom of expression, emerging democracies, the environment, religious affairs and global health. Sennott, a veteran journalist with a storied career as a foreign correspondent, will speak about attacks on the media and what can be done to strengthen legitimate journalism. â€œThere are problems across the information landscape, including fake news manufactured in the dark corners of the web and in the corridors of power, he says. Opposite ends of the political spectrum retreat to cable news and social media networks that reinforce existing views. GroundTruth supports enterprise and investigative reporting from all corners of the globe, including underreported areas of the United States. The mission of Groundtruth is to shatter preconceived ideas and get to the heart of an issue through factual, objective and immersive reporting that enlightens and informs across all media platforms. Link: http://thegroundtruthproject.org/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing
Friday, February 16, 2018
« 2/15 - 3/9 »	Take Two / faculty working collaboratively with colleagues Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Take Two / faculty working collaboratively with colleagues Feb 15 - March 9 Collaborators: Center for Undisciplined Research James Edwards, Michael Swartz Janet Fairbairn, Ben Butler, Susan Dye Janet Fairbairn, Juli Parker, Cynthia E. Cummings, and Professor Fairbairn's Professional Design Practice Class Laura Franz and Stacy Latt Savage Harvey Goldman and Jing Wang Ziddi Msangi, Kwabena Boateng, and royal hartigan Elena Peteva and Anthony Fisher Through March 9, the CVPA Campus Gallery presents an exhibition of work created by faculty working collaboratively with colleagues either within the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) or with those outside the college. This vibrant work of 8 groups of 'collaborators' offers insight into the creative process; thinking, discussing, inspiring and creating. The results include a newsletter by a student-focused research collective, digital animation, sound, drawing, an artist book, a poster campaign, musical expressions of African tonal language, visual language of motifs on cloth, investigations of the 'line' in abstract and representational work and a collaborative text-based installation using negative words about woman found in Facebook posts. The reception is on February 15 from 4-6 pm with the Artist Talk at 5 pm at CVPA Campus Gallery, along with a reception for Mouthfeel, a video exhibition exploring the sense of taste and touch curated by Megan Fizell, Sydney, Australia (Upper Gallery). CVPA Campus Gallery, College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery Hours: Mon- Thur 10am-4 pm, Fri 10-noon gallery@umassd.edu Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/255068745031561/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, University Community, University Marketing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
4:00 PM - 5/4 »	Financial Aid Lab Location: Liberal Arts Building 203 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Need help with financial aid? Come to our workshops designed just for you! Common issues the Financial Aid Street Team (FAST) can help solve include filing the 2018-19 FAFSA, Comment Code 399, completing Federal Direct Loan master promissory note and entrance counseling requirements, borrowing histories, and much more! Labs are open to current AND future UMassD students from 4:00-5:00 p.m. every Friday in Liberal Arts Building room 203. Please bring copies of 2016 tax information for us to better assist you. Contact Mr. Joe Novinson for more information at jgentile@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, Students
« 2/15 - 3/15 »	Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts Location: University Art Gallery Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts Feb 7 - March 15, 2018 RECEPTION: Thursday, March 8, 6:00 - 9:00 pm; Artist Talk 7:30 pm Exhibition at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in Downtown New Bedford, "Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts" is centered around the 8' wide by 47' long artwork Moby-Dick, or The Whale. This mesmerizing large scale piece appears to be floating on the gallery floor and spilling off the wall, reflecting on the ocean nearby, the location for the Melville's famous novel. Pittsburgh based Diane Samuels who often uses text as a element in her visual vocabulary this time creates waves with her meticulous hand-transcriptions created using all of the 701 pages in the novel. Remnants of archival paper and drawings have been recycled and painted over and, in places, drawn and collaged using images that pertain to the specific text. Each page of the book (also exhibited at the gallery) is hand-written as a horizontal row of the drawing, starting with "Call me Ishmael" at the top of the artwork. Samuels chose Moby-Dick, or The Whale because of Melville's descriptions of confrontations with "the other" and his archiving and cataloguing of information about whales and the world. In Chapter Three, Ishmael and Queequeg share a room and a bed at the Spouter-Inn. Ishmael describes his terror in meeting Queequeg. Despite cultural, racial, and language differences, the chapter ends with Ishmael's statement, "I turned in, and never slept better in my life." Accompanying this installation is the compressed sound of the artist reading out loud and hand-transcribing each page, creating a layered "audio block"; a dense sound comprised of words and pages, along with the ambient sounds of the artist's studio. The audio block is the length of the longest page of the book. Other artworks also surprise visitors with their intricate hand-transcription in microscript. The Arabian Nights traces the stories told by Scheherazade over 10,000 fragments of papers painted in shades of indigo and crimson and edged in gold. The piece is a literal and figurative "magic carpet" whose central panel is bathed in the blood of the book's unfortunate heroines and cloaked in the mysterious glow of night. Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children," also visually reflects the content of the book, creating a unique composition made from 1001 pieces of paper made in India and joined to form a map of India on August 15, 1947, its date of independence. The "midnight's children" of the book's title are the 1001 children born in the first hour of Indian independence. The exhibition is open through March 15, 2018, with the reception on Thursday, March 8, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. The artist talk, as well as audio recording will begin at 7:30 pm. The Whale and Other Text was curated by Viera Levitt, UMass Dartmouth Gallery Director, born in Slovakia, where she had assisted Diane in her 1998 sound based site-specific installation for the Synagogue - Centre for Contemporary Art in Trnava. Thanks to Kris Nuzzi and the Pavel Zoubok Gallery for their wonderful collaboration on this exhibition. University Art Gallery, UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries gallery@umassd.edu Curated by Viera Levitt, UMass Dartmouth Gallery Director Open daily from 9 am to 6 pm Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/125692344900511/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits
« 2/15 - 3/9 »	Mouthfeel - Video Exhibition Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Mouthfeel Feb 15 - March 9, 2018 Five video artworks exploring the sense of taste and touch curated by Megan Fizell, Sydney, Australia. Mouthfeel is defined as the physical sensations in the mouth created by food or drink. The objective of this exhibition is to stimulate a synaesthetic response in the viewer through the observation of these films. The mouth is used by these artists to trigger the sense of taste and touch by the ingestion of edible and non-edible substances. The videos feature a variety of actions, from the monotonous task of licking through a pane of cast sugar, to ingesting a bouquet of roses. The five films selected for this exhibition by curator Megan Fizell include performative actions by four female artists and one male/female collaborative work: Elizabeth Willing, Hannah Raisin, Martynka Wawzyniak, Nina Ross, and Hillerbrand+Magsamen. Mouthfeel has previously been viewed at Brenda May Gallery in Sydney, Creative Industries Precinct at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, and Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Darwin (all in Australia). PRESS RELEASE URL: https://goo.gl/xKeAfv For more information about the project, please contact Ellen Mueller, at emueller1@umassd.edu CVPA Campus Gallery College of Visual and Performing Arts University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747 umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery Hours: Mon- Thur 10am-4 pm, Fri 10-noon gallery@umassd.edu Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2188464361380910/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts, Films
12:00 AM - 1:30 AM	Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question for a study abroad advisor? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) Monday through Friday Noon-1:30. Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Study Abroad
Saturday, February 17, 2018
« 2/15 - 3/9 »	Take Two / faculty working collaboratively with colleagues Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Take Two / faculty working collaboratively with colleagues Feb 15 - March 9 Collaborators: Center for Undisciplined Research James Edwards, Michael Swartz Janet Fairbairn, Ben Butler, Susan Dye Janet Fairbairn, Juli Parker, Cynthia E. Cummings, and Professor Fairbairn's Professional Design Practice Class Laura Franz and Stacy Latt Savage Harvey Goldman and Jing Wang Ziddi Msangi, Kwabena Boateng, and royal hartigan Elena Peteva and Anthony Fisher Through March 9, the CVPA Campus Gallery presents an exhibition of work created by faculty working collaboratively with colleagues either within the College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) or with those outside the college. This vibrant work of 8 groups of 'collaborators' offers insight into the creative process; thinking, discussing, inspiring and creating. The results include a newsletter by a student-focused research collective, digital animation, sound, drawing, an artist book, a poster campaign, musical expressions of African tonal language, visual language of motifs on cloth, investigations of the 'line' in abstract and representational work and a collaborative text-based installation using negative words about woman found in Facebook posts. The reception is on February 15 from 4-6 pm with the Artist Talk at 5 pm at CVPA Campus Gallery, along with a reception for Mouthfeel, a video exhibition exploring the sense of taste and touch curated by Megan Fizell, Sydney, Australia (Upper Gallery). CVPA Campus Gallery, College of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery Hours: Mon- Thur 10am-4 pm, Fri 10-noon gallery@umassd.edu Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/255068745031561/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, University Community, University Marketing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 2/16 - 5/4 »	Financial Aid Lab Location: Liberal Arts Building 203 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Need help with financial aid? Come to our workshops designed just for you! Common issues the Financial Aid Street Team (FAST) can help solve include filing the 2018-19 FAFSA, Comment Code 399, completing Federal Direct Loan master promissory note and entrance counseling requirements, borrowing histories, and much more! Labs are open to current AND future UMassD students from 4:00-5:00 p.m. every Friday in Liberal Arts Building room 203. Please bring copies of 2016 tax information for us to better assist you. Contact Mr. Joe Novinson for more information at jgentile@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, Students
« 2/15 - 3/15 »	Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts Location: University Art Gallery Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts Feb 7 - March 15, 2018 RECEPTION: Thursday, March 8, 6:00 - 9:00 pm; Artist Talk 7:30 pm Exhibition at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in Downtown New Bedford, "Diane Samuels: The Whale and Other Texts" is centered around the 8' wide by 47' long artwork Moby-Dick, or The Whale. This mesmerizing large scale piece appears to be floating on the gallery floor and spilling off the wall, reflecting on the ocean nearby, the location for the Melville's famous novel. Pittsburgh based Diane Samuels who often uses text as a element in her visual vocabulary this time creates waves with her meticulous hand-transcriptions created using all of the 701 pages in the novel. Remnants of archival paper and drawings have been recycled and painted over and, in places, drawn and collaged using images that pertain to the specific text. Each page of the book (also exhibited at the gallery) is hand-written as a horizontal row of the drawing, starting with "Call me Ishmael" at the top of the artwork. Samuels chose Moby-Dick, or The Whale because of Melville's descriptions of confrontations with "the other" and his archiving and cataloguing of information about whales and the world. In Chapter Three, Ishmael and Queequeg share a room and a bed at the Spouter-Inn. Ishmael describes his terror in meeting Queequeg. Despite cultural, racial, and language differences, the chapter ends with Ishmael's statement, "I turned in, and never slept better in my life." Accompanying this installation is the compressed sound of the artist reading out loud and hand-transcribing each page, creating a layered "audio block"; a dense sound comprised of words and pages, along with the ambient sounds of the artist's studio. The audio block is the length of the longest page of the book. Other artworks also surprise visitors with their intricate hand-transcription in microscript. The Arabian Nights traces the stories told by Scheherazade over 10,000 fragments of papers painted in shades of indigo and crimson and edged in gold. The piece is a literal and figurative "magic carpet" whose central panel is bathed in the blood of the book's unfortunate heroines and cloaked in the mysterious glow of night. Salman Rushdie's "Midnight's Children," also visually reflects the content of the book, creating a unique composition made from 1001 pieces of paper made in India and joined to form a map of India on August 15, 1947, its date of independence. The "midnight's children" of the book's title are the 1001 children born in the first hour of Indian independence. The exhibition is open through March 15, 2018, with the reception on Thursday, March 8, 6:00 - 9:00 pm. The artist talk, as well as audio recording will begin at 7:30 pm. The Whale and Other Text was curated by Viera Levitt, UMass Dartmouth Gallery Director, born in Slovakia, where she had assisted Diane in her 1998 sound based site-specific installation for the Synagogue - Centre for Contemporary Art in Trnava. Thanks to Kris Nuzzi and the Pavel Zoubok Gallery for their wonderful collaboration on this exhibition. University Art Gallery, UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase St., New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries gallery@umassd.edu Curated by Viera Levitt, UMass Dartmouth Gallery Director Open daily from 9 am to 6 pm Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/125692344900511/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Law Alumni, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits
« 2/15 - 3/9 »	Mouthfeel - Video Exhibition Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Mouthfeel Feb 15 - March 9, 2018 Five video artworks exploring the sense of taste and touch curated by Megan Fizell, Sydney, Australia. Mouthfeel is defined as the physical sensations in the mouth created by food or drink. The objective of this exhibition is to stimulate a synaesthetic response in the viewer through the observation of these films. The mouth is used by these artists to trigger the sense of taste and touch by the ingestion of edible and non-edible substances. The videos feature a variety of actions, from the monotonous task of licking through a pane of cast sugar, to ingesting a bouquet of roses. The five films selected for this exhibition by curator Megan Fizell include performative actions by four female artists and one male/female collaborative work: Elizabeth Willing, Hannah Raisin, Martynka Wawzyniak, Nina Ross, and Hillerbrand+Magsamen. Mouthfeel has previously been viewed at Brenda May Gallery in Sydney, Creative Industries Precinct at Queensland University of Technology in Brisbane, and Northern Centre for Contemporary Art in Darwin (all in Australia). PRESS RELEASE URL: https://goo.gl/xKeAfv For more information about the project, please contact Ellen Mueller, at emueller1@umassd.edu CVPA Campus Gallery College of Visual and Performing Arts University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road North Dartmouth, MA 02747 umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery Hours: Mon- Thur 10am-4 pm, Fri 10-noon gallery@umassd.edu Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2188464361380910/ Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts, Films

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