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Sunday, November 8, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass is celebrated on campus at 7:00 pm on Sundays in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center. Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 10/27 - 11/13 »	PaperPaper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: http://files.ctctcdn.com/bfdd8918101/c37cabec-a34b-45e1-a878-57e2cba54e89.png Participating Artists: Megan Abajian, Sarah Arcotta, Melanie Atherton, Joseph Barros, Marissa Bolton, Diana Carns, Danielle Enos, Natasha Feliciano, Jacob Ginga, Andrew Laverty, Eric Lintala, Regina Macomber, Kayla McKenna, Anthony Miraglia, Claire Munley, Barbara Pagh, Elena Peteva, Lauren Savoia, Suzanne Schireson, Cathy Smilan, Deb Smook, Caroline Stjarnborg, John Trainor and UMass Dartmouth Art Education and Fine Arts students (collaborative work) The CVPA Art Education Department is pleased to present Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education, an exhibition featuring over 30 works created by art education students, art education alumni, art teachers, artists, and CVPA faculty, who work with paper as a medium. The gallery is located at the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The exhibition Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education celebrates the most basic of materials that can be used in almost any context, educational or creative setting. This exhibition endeavors to explore the many ways in which paper can be used to create a variety of art forms while supporting corresponding teaching methodologies. The exhibition will feature an artist talk by Barbara Pagh, who has been working with handmade paper since the 1970s. She enjoys being able to control the size, color and texture of the paper, explorations that led to the creation of three-dimensional forms to be assembled into installation pieces. Ms. Pagh will discuss her inspiration for the works in paper, with an emphasis on the results of sabbatical projects where she worked to interpret megalithic sites in Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A selection of elements from the Ireland exhibition, Passages will be on view. The artist talk will take place during the reception on Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5 pm. The Art Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth challenges students to be critical thinkers, while developing visual, verbal and written skills, which serve them professionally and personally as discerning individuals living in a community with others. The Art Education program is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its graduates to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the visual arts. This program offers a sequence of practical, theoretical, and studio-based experiences through which students build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as art educators. The Art Education program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer initial and professional licensure. The program emphasizes professional development and lifelong learning for teachers who already hold teaching licenses in the arts or related fields. CVPA Campus Gallery UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
Monday, November 9, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 10/27 - 11/13 »	PaperPaper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: http://files.ctctcdn.com/bfdd8918101/c37cabec-a34b-45e1-a878-57e2cba54e89.png Participating Artists: Megan Abajian, Sarah Arcotta, Melanie Atherton, Joseph Barros, Marissa Bolton, Diana Carns, Danielle Enos, Natasha Feliciano, Jacob Ginga, Andrew Laverty, Eric Lintala, Regina Macomber, Kayla McKenna, Anthony Miraglia, Claire Munley, Barbara Pagh, Elena Peteva, Lauren Savoia, Suzanne Schireson, Cathy Smilan, Deb Smook, Caroline Stjarnborg, John Trainor and UMass Dartmouth Art Education and Fine Arts students (collaborative work) The CVPA Art Education Department is pleased to present Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education, an exhibition featuring over 30 works created by art education students, art education alumni, art teachers, artists, and CVPA faculty, who work with paper as a medium. The gallery is located at the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The exhibition Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education celebrates the most basic of materials that can be used in almost any context, educational or creative setting. This exhibition endeavors to explore the many ways in which paper can be used to create a variety of art forms while supporting corresponding teaching methodologies. The exhibition will feature an artist talk by Barbara Pagh, who has been working with handmade paper since the 1970s. She enjoys being able to control the size, color and texture of the paper, explorations that led to the creation of three-dimensional forms to be assembled into installation pieces. Ms. Pagh will discuss her inspiration for the works in paper, with an emphasis on the results of sabbatical projects where she worked to interpret megalithic sites in Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A selection of elements from the Ireland exhibition, Passages will be on view. The artist talk will take place during the reception on Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5 pm. The Art Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth challenges students to be critical thinkers, while developing visual, verbal and written skills, which serve them professionally and personally as discerning individuals living in a community with others. The Art Education program is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its graduates to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the visual arts. This program offers a sequence of practical, theoretical, and studio-based experiences through which students build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as art educators. The Art Education program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer initial and professional licensure. The program emphasizes professional development and lifelong learning for teachers who already hold teaching licenses in the arts or related fields. CVPA Campus Gallery UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
Tuesday, November 10, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Want to do an internship? for credit? not for credit? paid? unpaid? Come to this session to learn how to get started. Preregister on CareerLink via the UMD portal or call the Career Development Center for more information at 508.999.8658. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Career Development Center
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Tools for an artist's career. Jim Lawton on residencies Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Prof. Jim Lawton will discuss artist's residencies, including one that he participated in during the past year in Norway. Location: Star Store room 144A and contact mstpierre@umassd.edu for information. This seminar is supported by the Provost's Departmental Lecture Series. Topical Areas: Students, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	457/SMART Plan Rep on Campus Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Get information on your SMART plan investment options with a confidential one-to-one appointment with a Retirement Plan Counselor. To arrange an appointment contact Vito DeSimone on: 401.439.3715. or email vito.desimone@empower-retirement.com Location: CCB 306 Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Making Sense of the 60's: 3 Part Documentary Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free Contact: Art History Club Description: Making Sense of the 60's looks back at one of the most turbulent decades of American's recent history. This rare documentary examines the political and cultural changes that shaped the era. Link: http://arthistorydept.blogs.umassd.edu/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, History, Liberal Arts, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Visual Design
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	As Others See You: Perceptions of the Body through Figurative Painting Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: free Contact: College of Arts and Sciences Description: Professor Suzanne Schireson's great grandfather profoundly affected her work as a figurative artist. A surgeon during the infancy of plastic surgery in the 1930's, he wrote, "Nature when imperfect is often very ugly and repellent. A thing cannot be beautiful and ugly." In her talk, Professor Schireson will discuss artwork she made in response to her great grandfather's medical practice, a conversation of sorts that spans the distance of nearly a century. Professor Schireson's paintings and animations explore the inherent contradictions that underlie her great grandfather's work-- the necessity of precision vs. the risk of invention and the power to heal vs. the fostering of insecurity. As a figurative artist, Professor Schireson is fascinated by her ancestor's surgical obsession with the aesthetics of the head and body. In telling this complex story about identity and changing appearance, she will discuss her search to understand his motivations through her artwork. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Arts and Sciences, History, Liberal Arts, Medical Lab Science, Pre-Med/Pre-Health Professions, Psychology, Sociology, Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Art Education, Art History, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Exhibits
« 10/27 - 11/13 »	PaperPaper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: http://files.ctctcdn.com/bfdd8918101/c37cabec-a34b-45e1-a878-57e2cba54e89.png Participating Artists: Megan Abajian, Sarah Arcotta, Melanie Atherton, Joseph Barros, Marissa Bolton, Diana Carns, Danielle Enos, Natasha Feliciano, Jacob Ginga, Andrew Laverty, Eric Lintala, Regina Macomber, Kayla McKenna, Anthony Miraglia, Claire Munley, Barbara Pagh, Elena Peteva, Lauren Savoia, Suzanne Schireson, Cathy Smilan, Deb Smook, Caroline Stjarnborg, John Trainor and UMass Dartmouth Art Education and Fine Arts students (collaborative work) The CVPA Art Education Department is pleased to present Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education, an exhibition featuring over 30 works created by art education students, art education alumni, art teachers, artists, and CVPA faculty, who work with paper as a medium. The gallery is located at the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The exhibition Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education celebrates the most basic of materials that can be used in almost any context, educational or creative setting. This exhibition endeavors to explore the many ways in which paper can be used to create a variety of art forms while supporting corresponding teaching methodologies. The exhibition will feature an artist talk by Barbara Pagh, who has been working with handmade paper since the 1970s. She enjoys being able to control the size, color and texture of the paper, explorations that led to the creation of three-dimensional forms to be assembled into installation pieces. Ms. Pagh will discuss her inspiration for the works in paper, with an emphasis on the results of sabbatical projects where she worked to interpret megalithic sites in Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A selection of elements from the Ireland exhibition, Passages will be on view. The artist talk will take place during the reception on Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5 pm. The Art Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth challenges students to be critical thinkers, while developing visual, verbal and written skills, which serve them professionally and personally as discerning individuals living in a community with others. The Art Education program is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its graduates to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the visual arts. This program offers a sequence of practical, theoretical, and studio-based experiences through which students build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as art educators. The Art Education program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer initial and professional licensure. The program emphasizes professional development and lifelong learning for teachers who already hold teaching licenses in the arts or related fields. CVPA Campus Gallery UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Introduction to Filemaker Pro Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This workshop provides an introduction to Filemaker Pro. Participants create a database, define fields, and create basic layouts, including labels. Filemaker’s data entry, find and sort features are covered in detail. Importing and exporting data, and creation of value lists are also introduced. No previous Filemaker Pro experience is needed. 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, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Catholic Mass - Law School Location: > See description for location Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Mass is celebrated at the UMass Law School on Tuesdays at 12:00 noon in Room 116. Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Want to do an internship? for credit? not for credit? paid? unpaid? Come to this session to learn how to get started. Preregister on CareerLink via the UMD portal or call the Career Development Center for more information at 508.999.8658. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Career Development Center
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Wellness Walk Wednesdays! Location: > See description for location Contact: Campus Sustainability and Residential Initiatives Description: Stressed out from work and school? Then come join the Peer Health Educators and the Campus Sustainability & Residential Initiatives Office for a fun and relaxing hike on the campus trail system! All are welcome, hiking boots are encouraged and please dress accordingly! We will be meeting at the campanile at noon time. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1672894669649469/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Physics, Health Services, Sustainability Office
Wednesday, November 11, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Procard/Reallocation Training Location: CCB 115 Contact: Purchasing Description: Description: How do you get a procard? What is reallocation? Can I buy this using my procard? Learn the policies and procedures of the university procurement card program and the importance of proper reallocations and statement reconciliation. Please contact Nadine Rodriguez with any questions at nadine.rodriguez@umassd.edu Link: http://www.umassd.edu/admin_finance/departments/administrativeservices/purchasing/procurementcardprogram/ Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Veterans Day Holiday - no classes Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Veterans Day holiday, no classes today. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 10/27 - 11/13 »	PaperPaper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: http://files.ctctcdn.com/bfdd8918101/c37cabec-a34b-45e1-a878-57e2cba54e89.png Participating Artists: Megan Abajian, Sarah Arcotta, Melanie Atherton, Joseph Barros, Marissa Bolton, Diana Carns, Danielle Enos, Natasha Feliciano, Jacob Ginga, Andrew Laverty, Eric Lintala, Regina Macomber, Kayla McKenna, Anthony Miraglia, Claire Munley, Barbara Pagh, Elena Peteva, Lauren Savoia, Suzanne Schireson, Cathy Smilan, Deb Smook, Caroline Stjarnborg, John Trainor and UMass Dartmouth Art Education and Fine Arts students (collaborative work) The CVPA Art Education Department is pleased to present Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education, an exhibition featuring over 30 works created by art education students, art education alumni, art teachers, artists, and CVPA faculty, who work with paper as a medium. The gallery is located at the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The exhibition Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education celebrates the most basic of materials that can be used in almost any context, educational or creative setting. This exhibition endeavors to explore the many ways in which paper can be used to create a variety of art forms while supporting corresponding teaching methodologies. The exhibition will feature an artist talk by Barbara Pagh, who has been working with handmade paper since the 1970s. She enjoys being able to control the size, color and texture of the paper, explorations that led to the creation of three-dimensional forms to be assembled into installation pieces. Ms. Pagh will discuss her inspiration for the works in paper, with an emphasis on the results of sabbatical projects where she worked to interpret megalithic sites in Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A selection of elements from the Ireland exhibition, Passages will be on view. The artist talk will take place during the reception on Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5 pm. The Art Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth challenges students to be critical thinkers, while developing visual, verbal and written skills, which serve them professionally and personally as discerning individuals living in a community with others. The Art Education program is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its graduates to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the visual arts. This program offers a sequence of practical, theoretical, and studio-based experiences through which students build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as art educators. The Art Education program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer initial and professional licensure. The program emphasizes professional development and lifelong learning for teachers who already hold teaching licenses in the arts or related fields. CVPA Campus Gallery UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
Thursday, November 12, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
5:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Entrepreneurial Ecosystems at UMass Dartmouth Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Location: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship , 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA Cost: $15.00 for alliance members, $20.00 for non-members, free for members, students and faculty, moderators, investors, speakers and panelists Contact: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Description: The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) is the largest and most respected research organizations in the world of study and exploration of the ocean. For nearly a century researchers have been instrumental in playing a part in many of the discoveries that form the modern understanding of the ocean. During this time, WHOI has been developing, testing and licensing innovations that find their way into many different industries. This innovation led culture has allowed it to begin to form the basis of an entrepreneurial ecosystem that connects research to commercialization and everything in between. Join us on November 12 as David Knaack outlines his vision for the entrepreneurial ecosystem. Primary contact: Tobias Stapleton, MBA Assistant Vice Chancellor and Director Advanced Technology Manufacturing Center (ATMC) University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA (508) 910-9807 tstapleton@umassd.edu Link: http://sneef.org/event-2043966 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, ATMC: Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center
« 9/10 - 6:00 PM	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Joint Mechanical Engineering (MNE) & Engineering Applied Science (EAS) Seminar Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: ABSTRACT: Structural biomaterials (SBs), such as animal bones and shells, are predominantly composed of weak brittle minerals, such as aragonite and opaline silica. However, they display remarkable mechanical properties, such as high strength and toughness. The SBs also possess elaborate mechanical designs that consist of intricate spatial variations of elastic properties and arrangement of weak interfaces at the micro-scale, as well as interesting geometric shapes at the macro scale. It is argued that the SB's remarkable properties arise as a consequence of their micro- and macro-scale structure. However, in most cases a clear quantitative understanding of the mechanics and the mechanisms that connect the SB's properties to their structures is missing. Such quantitative understanding, when discovered, will constitute valuable new knowledge to the field of mechanics of materials. Additionally, with the advent of digital manufacturing technologies such as 3D printing, there is a possibility that when combined with synthetic materials and chemistries, the new structure-property connections from SBs will lead to the next generation of designer materials. In the present talk we will discuss a new structure-property connection that we are investigating in the skeletal elements of the marine sponge Tethya aurantia. The skeletal elements are 1-2 mm long glass fibers known as spicules. These spicules are about 50 micrometers thick in the middle and have a characteristic tapered shape. We presume that the spicules are primarily loaded in compression inside the sponge body, and that their primary failure mode involves the spicule first undergoing a lateral buckling instability in response to the compressive loads. Through a synergistic combination of experiments, computations, and theory we will argue that the spiculesâ€™ tapered shape is very close to the shape that is optimal for withstanding the mechanical loads inside the sponge without failing. The experiments involve small-scale mechanical tests on the spicules and the theory relates to the calculus of variations problem of maximizing the lowest eigenvalue of a Sturm-Liouville operator. BIO: Dr. Kesari is currently an Assistant Professor of Engineering at Brown University. He started at Brown in 2013, where he is affiliated with the Solid Mechanics group. He is interested in theoretical and experimental solid mechanics problems. These problems are related to the phenomena of adhesion, fracture, and micro-mechanics in solids and involve the use of homogenization and variational methods. His research has appeared in prestigious journals, such as PNAS and was covered by news media such as Scientific American, Science Daily, and Physics World among others. Previously, he obtained his Ph.D. and M.S. degrees from Stanford University in 2011 and 2007, respectively, and his B.S. degree from Indian Institute of Technology, all in Mechanical Engineering. At Stanford, he was awarded the prestigious Juan Simo Outstanding Thesis award and the Herbert Kunzel Fellowship. Recently he was awarded the Haythornthwaite fellowship by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. For more information please contact Dr. Mehdi Raessi, MNE Seminar Coordinator (mraessi@umassd.edu, 508-999-8496). All are welcome. EAS students are encouraged to attend. Students taking MNE-500 are REQUIRED to attend. All other MNE students are encouraged to attend (especially MNE seniors and MS students). Light refreshments will be served. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Mechanical Engineering, Lectures and Seminars
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Kekeli Drum and Dance Concert Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Contact: Music Department Description: African Drumming and Dance Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
3:30 PM - 5:00 PM	Can We Reclaim the American Dream? Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: free Contact: College of Arts and Sciences Description: UMass Dartmouth is honored to host Mr. Smith, where he will be speaking about his new book, Who Stole the American Dream?" A book signing will follow the talk, and books will be available for purchase. You may know Hedrick Smith's work from his Emmy Award winning PBS shows, his Pulitzer Prize winning work on the Pentagon Papers, or from his best selling books "The Russians" and "The Power Game." Hedrick Smith, Pulitzer Prize-winning former New York Times reporter and editor and Emmy award-winning producer/correspondent, has established himself over the past 50 years as one of America's premier journalists. His current best-seller, 'Who Stole the American Dream' is a startling and revealing portrait of the past 30 years of U.S. political and economic history, hailed both for its compelling stories and brilliant analysis. In 26 years with The New York Times, Smith served in Saigon, Cairo, Paris, the American South and as bureau chief in Moscow and Washington. In 1971, he was a member of the Pulitzer Prize-winning team for the Pentagon Papers series and in 1974, he won the Pulitzer Prize for international reporting from Russia and Eastern Europe. His subsequent book The Russians was a No.1 American best-seller translated into 16 languages. Smith's next book, The Power Game: How Washington Works, was bedside reading for President Clinton. Many members of Congress used it as a political bible. He has written three other best-sellers. For PBS, Hedrick Smith has created 26 prime-time specials and mini-series since 1989 on such varied topics as Inside the Terror Network, Is Wal-Mart Good for America? The Wall Street Fix, Inside Gorbachev's USSR, Can You Afford to Retire? and Rediscovering Dave Brubeck. He has won most of television's top awards including two Emmys, two national public service awards, and two Dupont-Columbia Gold batons for the best public affairs programs on U.S. television in 1991 and in 2002. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, _Charlton College of Business, College of Arts and Sciences, Center for Policy Analysis, Lectures and Seminars
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to LimeSurvey Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: UMass Dartmouth has selected LimeSurvey as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their own surveys. This workshop covers the authoring and administration of surveys, as well as data collection. Question types are covered in detail, and survey logic is also included. No previous survey experience is necessary. NOTE: Undergraduate students must have permission from a Faculty or Staff Advisor to use LimeSurvey. 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, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Last day to Withdraw from a class Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Today is the last day to withdraw from a class. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Fidelity Rep on Campus Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Fidelity's representative is available to meet with you confidentially to discuss your retirement planning. Please contact Diana Valsky directly to make an appointment: 617 777 4770 or diana.valsky@fmr.com Room CCB 306. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
« 10/27 - 11/13 »	PaperPaper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: http://files.ctctcdn.com/bfdd8918101/c37cabec-a34b-45e1-a878-57e2cba54e89.png Participating Artists: Megan Abajian, Sarah Arcotta, Melanie Atherton, Joseph Barros, Marissa Bolton, Diana Carns, Danielle Enos, Natasha Feliciano, Jacob Ginga, Andrew Laverty, Eric Lintala, Regina Macomber, Kayla McKenna, Anthony Miraglia, Claire Munley, Barbara Pagh, Elena Peteva, Lauren Savoia, Suzanne Schireson, Cathy Smilan, Deb Smook, Caroline Stjarnborg, John Trainor and UMass Dartmouth Art Education and Fine Arts students (collaborative work) The CVPA Art Education Department is pleased to present Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education, an exhibition featuring over 30 works created by art education students, art education alumni, art teachers, artists, and CVPA faculty, who work with paper as a medium. The gallery is located at the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The exhibition Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education celebrates the most basic of materials that can be used in almost any context, educational or creative setting. This exhibition endeavors to explore the many ways in which paper can be used to create a variety of art forms while supporting corresponding teaching methodologies. The exhibition will feature an artist talk by Barbara Pagh, who has been working with handmade paper since the 1970s. She enjoys being able to control the size, color and texture of the paper, explorations that led to the creation of three-dimensional forms to be assembled into installation pieces. Ms. Pagh will discuss her inspiration for the works in paper, with an emphasis on the results of sabbatical projects where she worked to interpret megalithic sites in Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A selection of elements from the Ireland exhibition, Passages will be on view. The artist talk will take place during the reception on Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5 pm. The Art Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth challenges students to be critical thinkers, while developing visual, verbal and written skills, which serve them professionally and personally as discerning individuals living in a community with others. The Art Education program is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its graduates to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the visual arts. This program offers a sequence of practical, theoretical, and studio-based experiences through which students build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as art educators. The Art Education program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer initial and professional licensure. The program emphasizes professional development and lifelong learning for teachers who already hold teaching licenses in the arts or related fields. CVPA Campus Gallery UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
Friday, November 13, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
6:00 PM - 11/15 »	Startup Weekend UMass Dartmouth Location: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship , 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA Contact: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Description: It's a 54-hour startup competition allowing you to meet your potential co-founders, validate your startup idea and build your prototype. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: - Anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers; - Teams are formed around the top ideas (determined by popular vote); - Then it's a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. - The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback. Link: http://www.up.co/communities/usa/south-coast/startup-weekend/7025 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, ATMC: Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center, Conferences & Events
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM	U. Studies Art, Music and Poetry Courses Benefit All Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This hands-on workshop will show how courses in the arts enhance creativity, collaborative learning, problem-solving and personal satisfaction for any student in any major. Facilitated by Tia Brown, junior English major. Sponsored by STAR and the WRC, to be held in LARTS 219. Contact tbrown4@umassd.edu with questions. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Undergraduate
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
10:30 AM - 12:30 PM	MASTER OF SCIENCE PROJECT DEFENSE BY: Supreeth Reddy Kalva Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: DETECTION OF EMPTY SPACES IN A PARKING LOT LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: The objective of this project is to detect empty spaces in a parking lot by using advanced digital image processing techniques. Instead of using traditional sensors, in this project, I developed a software application, which greatly reduces the establishing and maintenance cost of the detection. I investigated an image processing approach to detect the empty space regions, which includes edge detection and morphological operators. The edge detection is designed for recognizing the empty space by identifying the points in digital images at which the image brightness changes sharply; the morphological operators are used to identify the recognized empty spaces. The experiment results in the project show the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed detection techniques. The techniques in the project could be applied for other potential applications such as geographical mapping and parking arrangements. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Honggang Wang Committee Members: Dr. Liudong Xing, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and Dr. Firas Khatib, Department of Computer and Information Science *For further information, please contact Dr. Honggang Wang at 508.999.8469, or by via email at hwang1@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Students, Students, Graduate, Lectures and Seminars
5:00 PM - 11/14 »	TRED Conference 2015: Another Education is Possible Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The fourth annual TRED (Transformative Researchers and Educators for Democracy) Conference hosted by Ed. Leadership students at UMass Dartmouth will be on Nov. 13-14th at Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School. This year's theme is Another Education is Possible: Transforming Education through Resistance, Resilience, and Empowerment. We understand the importance of having a dialogue about the critical spaces for resistance in education among researchers, communities, youth, and educators in order to begin to work for critical transformative change both locally and globally. Chancellor Grossman will give welcoming remarks on Friday, Nov. 13th. Dr. Lilia Bartolom will be the keynote speaker on Friday and Dr. Vajra Watson will be speaking on Saturday, Nov. 14th about "The Pedagogy of Our Lives: Teaching Tools for Social Resistance within and beyond the Walls of Schools." The registration flyer and program for this year's TRED Conference are attached. You may register for the TRED Conference here. Refreshments are provided Friday evening and Saturday morning as well as lunch on Saturday. Childcare is also available on Saturday for children 3+. Conference scholarships available through registration. PDPs also available for those who attend both days. The DART Van will be available on Saturday. For more information, please email TREDConf@umassd.edu Fri.- 5-8 pm Sat.- 9 am- 5 pm Link: Facebook.com/TRED.UMassD Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Educational Leadership, Public Policy, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Art Education
« 10/27 - 5:00 AM	PaperPaper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: http://files.ctctcdn.com/bfdd8918101/c37cabec-a34b-45e1-a878-57e2cba54e89.png Participating Artists: Megan Abajian, Sarah Arcotta, Melanie Atherton, Joseph Barros, Marissa Bolton, Diana Carns, Danielle Enos, Natasha Feliciano, Jacob Ginga, Andrew Laverty, Eric Lintala, Regina Macomber, Kayla McKenna, Anthony Miraglia, Claire Munley, Barbara Pagh, Elena Peteva, Lauren Savoia, Suzanne Schireson, Cathy Smilan, Deb Smook, Caroline Stjarnborg, John Trainor and UMass Dartmouth Art Education and Fine Arts students (collaborative work) The CVPA Art Education Department is pleased to present Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education, an exhibition featuring over 30 works created by art education students, art education alumni, art teachers, artists, and CVPA faculty, who work with paper as a medium. The gallery is located at the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The exhibition Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education celebrates the most basic of materials that can be used in almost any context, educational or creative setting. This exhibition endeavors to explore the many ways in which paper can be used to create a variety of art forms while supporting corresponding teaching methodologies. The exhibition will feature an artist talk by Barbara Pagh, who has been working with handmade paper since the 1970s. She enjoys being able to control the size, color and texture of the paper, explorations that led to the creation of three-dimensional forms to be assembled into installation pieces. Ms. Pagh will discuss her inspiration for the works in paper, with an emphasis on the results of sabbatical projects where she worked to interpret megalithic sites in Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A selection of elements from the Ireland exhibition, Passages will be on view. The artist talk will take place during the reception on Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5 pm. The Art Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth challenges students to be critical thinkers, while developing visual, verbal and written skills, which serve them professionally and personally as discerning individuals living in a community with others. The Art Education program is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its graduates to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the visual arts. This program offers a sequence of practical, theoretical, and studio-based experiences through which students build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as art educators. The Art Education program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer initial and professional licensure. The program emphasizes professional development and lifelong learning for teachers who already hold teaching licenses in the arts or related fields. CVPA Campus Gallery UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	The City and the Moving Image Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free to the Public and UMassD Campus Community Contact: Art History Department Description: A session with New Bedford videographers held at CVPA, Rm 156 Link: https://pamelakarimi.wordpress.com/guest-speakers/ Topical Areas: General Public, Art History, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars, Staff and Administrators, Students, Faculty
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	CIS Seminar Series-Speaker Dr. Erik Anderson Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: College of Engineering Computer and Information Science Speaker: Dr. Erik Anderson Date & Time: Friday, November 13 at 3:00 PM Location: LARTS-117 Title: Planning Epilepsy Treatment Using Geodesic Targeting for Electrical Neuromodulation Abstract: Epilepsy is one of the most common chronic neurological disorders; affecting approximately 50 million people worldwide. Approximately 30% of epileptic patients do not respond to the standard anti-epileptic drugs (AEDs), with many more suffering from the side effects of these drugs. For this group of people, surgical resection of brain tissue is one of the few viable treatment options. Recent work has shown that injecting current into the head changes the resting state of groups of neurons: either inhibiting or facilitating their function. Determining the energy deposited on the cortical surface requires complex simulation and analysis. In this talk, I will discuss our efforts to automate the detection and analysis of epileptic EEG waveforms, and how accurate simulation allows these waveforms to be localized to the brain surface. The discussion will then tackle the optimization of current source configuration required to produce a desired energy characterization at the brain s urface to be used to inhibit epileptogenic brain tissue, and treat epilepsy without the use of AEDs. Bio: Erik Anderson is currently a Scientist at Electrical Geodesics, Inc (EGI). He received his PhD in Computing in 2011 from the University of Utah. During the tenure of his graduate and post-graduate studies at the Scientific Imaging Institute at the University of Utah, he focused on the challenges of multidisciplinary collaboration with a strong emphasis on psychological and psychiatric studies. Erik was recruited by EGI in 2013 for his experience in the processing and visualization of EEG data and expertise in the visualization of simulated data. His current research revolves around the analysis and visualization of electrophysiological simulations of the brain. Pastries and Beverages will be served. For further information please contact Dr. Firas Khatib at fkhatib@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, Computer and Information Science
Saturday, November 14, 2015
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 11/13 - 11/15 »	Startup Weekend UMass Dartmouth Location: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship , 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA Contact: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Description: It's a 54-hour startup competition allowing you to meet your potential co-founders, validate your startup idea and build your prototype. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: - Anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers; - Teams are formed around the top ideas (determined by popular vote); - Then it's a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. - The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback. Link: http://www.up.co/communities/usa/south-coast/startup-weekend/7025 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, ATMC: Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center, Conferences & Events
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 11/13 - 5:00 PM	TRED Conference 2015: Another Education is Possible Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The fourth annual TRED (Transformative Researchers and Educators for Democracy) Conference hosted by Ed. Leadership students at UMass Dartmouth will be on Nov. 13-14th at Greater New Bedford Vocational Technical High School. This year's theme is Another Education is Possible: Transforming Education through Resistance, Resilience, and Empowerment. We understand the importance of having a dialogue about the critical spaces for resistance in education among researchers, communities, youth, and educators in order to begin to work for critical transformative change both locally and globally. Chancellor Grossman will give welcoming remarks on Friday, Nov. 13th. Dr. Lilia Bartolom will be the keynote speaker on Friday and Dr. Vajra Watson will be speaking on Saturday, Nov. 14th about "The Pedagogy of Our Lives: Teaching Tools for Social Resistance within and beyond the Walls of Schools." The registration flyer and program for this year's TRED Conference are attached. You may register for the TRED Conference here. Refreshments are provided Friday evening and Saturday morning as well as lunch on Saturday. Childcare is also available on Saturday for children 3+. Conference scholarships available through registration. PDPs also available for those who attend both days. The DART Van will be available on Saturday. For more information, please email TREDConf@umassd.edu Fri.- 5-8 pm Sat.- 9 am- 5 pm Link: Facebook.com/TRED.UMassD Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Educational Leadership, Public Policy, STEM Education, Teaching & Learning, Art Education

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