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Sunday, November 13, 2016
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality cross-disciplinary studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
« 11/8 - 11/14 »	Social Justice Trip to Washington, D.C. Report Back Sponsored by BH4SC, FDUH, and SAIL Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The weekend of Friday, October 7th, 2016, 35 UMassD students and four chaperones traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in several social justice focused initiatives. The trip featured a visit to the newly constructed Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) among other important sites. Join us at this report back to hear from student participants as they share insight from this co-curricular experience and amazing moments from their weekend stay. Students will present on various topics using an array of formats to engage the audience. The report back is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 4PM-6PM in the Claire T. Carney Library Robert F. Stoico/FIRSTFED Grand Reading Room. For more information please contact the FDUH staff at (508) 999-9222. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Claire T. Carney Library, History, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Student Organizations
« 11/2 - 11/30 »	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 online teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for the online environment. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop your own strategies for 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 UMassD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing, and building the online course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to techniques 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 increase retention. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: We celebrate Catholic Mass on Sunday evenings in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center. All are welcome! Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	UMassD Theatre Company presents "Into the Woods" Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: $5 UMassD students, $10 general admission Contact: Music Department Description: The UMass Dartmouth Theatre Company is presenting “Into the Woods” beginning Thursday for a 4-day engagement in the school’s main auditorium. Show times are 7 p.m. on Nov. 10, 11 and 12, with a 2 p.m. matinee on Nov. 13. Tickets will be sold at the door and are $5 for UMassD students $10 for general admission. For more information, call 508-999-8167 or email umdtheatreco@gmail.com. The UMass Dartmouth Theatre Company is a student-run organization with members from every discipline. Its mission is to provide professional theater to the local community. Celebrating its 50th anniversary this year, the company wanted to do something spectacular and so chose "Into the Woods" for its fall musical debut. The performers have been working since the end of September and rehearse amidst course schedules, exams, and other extracurricular activities. "Into the Woods" follows the life of the Baker as he and his wife are tasked by the Witch to collect an assortment of magical items from classic fairy tales to reverse a curse placed on their family tree. Nathaniel Tarantino will direct the performance with Jack Tiernan playing the leading role of the Baker. It's a show that captures the childlike wonder we all feel when listening to a fairy tale--with exuberant costumes that offer a contrast to the dark, consuming woods. The characterizations are on the extreme side of the spectrum, with the performers overacting to evoke a fairy-tale world. Between the beautiful songs and gut-wrenching jokes, prepare for a night of laughter, entertainment, and quality theater. Officers for the UMassD Theater Company are, president Fatima Fraga-Alvarez, vice president Lyndon Davis, treasurer Meghan Lynch and secretary Cheyanne Patterson. Topical Areas: General Public, Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Theater, Theater Company
Monday, November 14, 2016
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality cross-disciplinary studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Study Abroad Information Session (IEW 2016) Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: International Programs Office Description: Living and studying in another country is an unforgettable, life-changing experience. Come explore the possibilities. Two Information Sessions: 2:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. Topical Areas: Students
« 11/8 - 1:00 AM	Social Justice Trip to Washington, D.C. Report Back Sponsored by BH4SC, FDUH, and SAIL Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The weekend of Friday, October 7th, 2016, 35 UMassD students and four chaperones traveled to Washington, D.C. to participate in several social justice focused initiatives. The trip featured a visit to the newly constructed Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) among other important sites. Join us at this report back to hear from student participants as they share insight from this co-curricular experience and amazing moments from their weekend stay. Students will present on various topics using an array of formats to engage the audience. The report back is scheduled for Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 4PM-6PM in the Claire T. Carney Library Robert F. Stoico/FIRSTFED Grand Reading Room. For more information please contact the FDUH staff at (508) 999-9222. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Claire T. Carney Library, History, Political Science, Sociology, Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Student Organizations
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Study Abroad Information Session (IEW 2016) Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: International Programs Office Description: Living and studying in another country is an unforgettable, life-changing experience. Come explore the possibilities. Two Information Sessions: 2:00 p.m. & 3:00 p.m. Topical Areas: Students
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM	ARC/Writing & Reading Center's APA Formatting and Citations Workshop Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Are you getting ready to format your papers for APA? Wondering if that sentence requires an in-text citation? Then come to the APA Formatting and Citations Writing Workshop and learn how to properly format your paper! Bring any of your papers you have to get started and build on during the session. Topical Areas: University Community, Writing and Reading Center
« 11/2 - 11/30 »	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 online teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for the online environment. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop your own strategies for 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 UMassD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing, and building the online course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to techniques 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 increase retention. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	SMAST - DFO PhD Proposal Defense - Michael Pol Location: Fairhaven Campus Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Reestablishing a Sustainable Gulf of Maine Acadian Redfish Trawl Fishery: A Conservation Engineering Approach By Michael Pol Advisor Pingguo He Monday, November 14, 2016 10:00 am SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road Fairhaven, MA for more information, please contact Christine Fox (cfox@umassd.edu) Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology
Tuesday, November 15, 2016
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Peer to Peer: How to make study abroad happen (IEW 2016) Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: If you are curious about what it is like to study abroad, come chat with students who have done it before! @ the Maple Ridge Multi-Purpose Room Topical Areas: Students
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Word Tables, Graphics & 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
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM	International Film Series: Wondrous Boccaccio (Italy, 2015) – IEW 2016 Location: CVPA Room 153 Contact: Foreign Literature & Languages Department Description: Celebrate International Education Week 2016! It is the mid-1300s in Florence during the Black Plague. Ten young men and women escape to the countryside and into their imaginations. Join us for a marvelous film about storytelling! (in Italian with English Subtitles) Presented by Professor Charles White. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality cross-disciplinary studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one? All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
3:00 PM	International Dessert Tasting (IEW 2016) Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Celebrate International Education Week 2016! Sweeten up your day with some destination desserts! Sample free desserts from a variety of countries @ the Library Living Room Lobby (by the Cafe). While supplies last! Topical Areas: University Community
2:30 PM - 4:00 PM	Finance Reporting/Budget Training Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: Review Chartfields Commitment Control module (Budgeting) Reporting on Peoplesoft SUMMIT dashboards for budgets Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	November Mini-Session: Student Engagement &Teaching International Students Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Facilitated by: Matthew Roy, Deirdre Healey, & Nicholas Santavicca Please join us in a conversation with Matt Roy and Deirdre Healey (Leduc Center for Civic Engagement) and Nicholas Santavicca (STEM Education & Teacher Development) on how to develop and implement new teaching strategies. The first discussion centers on civic engagement and the second on our international students. The talks will focus on different activities involving cooperative learning as well as on topics geared to common “barriers” to student success when teaching international students. Lunch will be provided, please sign up through the main event calendar. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	International Tea & Coffee Tasting (IEW 2016) Location: > See description for location Contact: International Student & Scholar Center Description: Celebrate International Education Week 2016! Come warm up with some international flavor! Try free samples of a selection of coffees and teas from around the world @ the Library Living Room Lobby (by the Cafe). Topical Areas: University Community
« 11/2 - 11/30 »	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 online teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for the online environment. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop your own strategies for 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 UMassD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing, and building the online course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to techniques 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 increase retention. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Internship Info Session Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Development Center Description: Why do an internship? How do you find one? All types of internships are available for all majors. Come to an Internship Info session and find out how to get started finding and securing the right internship for you! Preregister on CareerLink via the UMassD portal or call the Career Development Center at 508.999.8658 for further information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
6:00 PM - 7:30 PM	Public Hearing to Increase Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy in Our Local Communities Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and the Department of Energy Resources (DOER) invite the Public to learn how the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) is helping communities like New Bedford and Fall River. The RGGI forces power plants to reduce pollution or pay into the RGGI Fund. These funds are used for energy efficiency and renewable energy projects in towns impacted by carbon pollution. We need to make sure these funds are directed locally, particularly to communities overburdened with pollution, including communities of color and low-income communities. The DEP and DOER invite you to share feedback on how to improve efforts to obtain environmental justice for our South Coast communities. Public comment is welcome! For more information: Rachel Mulroy, Coalition for Social Justice, 508-718-9845. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
2:00 PM - 2:50 PM	ARC/Writing & Reading Center's Public Speaking Workshop Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Are you making a presentation for one of your classes? Thinking about presenting at a conference or show? Then come to the Public Speaking Workshop and learn the techniques and skills to make your speech a memorable one! Topical Areas: University Community, Writing and Reading Center
Wednesday, November 16, 2016
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Excel Grade Books Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop is geared toward educators who wish to simplify the process of evaluating student performance and calculating final grades. Participants learn how to organize student data on a worksheet, calculate averages, weighted averages, and use a lookup table to control the contribution of different scores toward a student's final grade. Excel can even convert number grades to letter grades automatically! Also covered are some of Excel's statistical functions. 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, topic: Faculty Development
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	SMAST - DFO Seminar- November 16, 2016 - Michael Armstrong Location: Fairhaven Campus Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography From Snails to Whales: The Challenge of Managing Marine Species with Diverse Life Histories Michael Armstrong Massachusetts Marine Fisheries Wednesday, November 16, 2016 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST I, Room 204 You can view the seminar live by going to: https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/45f27129-23d3-49ed-85e2-e3fdb032c644 Please note: The earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), to 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
11:00 AM - 11:50 AM	ARC/Writing & Reading Center's Public Speaking Workshop Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Are you making a presentation for one of your classes? Thinking about presenting at a conference or show? Then come to the Public Speaking Workshop and learn the techniques and skills to make your speech a memorable one! Topical Areas: University Community, Writing and Reading Center
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality cross-disciplinary studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
1:30 PM - 5:30 PM	StressLess Day Location: Claire T. Carney Library Living Room Cost: Free! Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: Get a mini-massage. Play. Craft. Color your cares away. Join us for an afternoon break to relax and unwind. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/stressless/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Claire T. Carney Library, Health Services, Livewell
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Peer to Peer: How to make study abroad happen (IEW 2016) Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: International Programs Office Description: If you are curious about what it is like to study abroad, come chat with students who have done it before! Topical Areas: Students
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM	SMAST - DFO PhD Thesis Defense - Judith Rosellon Druker Location: > Off-campus location, see description for details Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Describing echinoderm (Echinodermata) populations on Georges Bank and evaluating direct and indirect effects of marine protected areas on these populations By Judith Rosellon Druker Advisor Kevin Stokesbury Wednesday, November 16, 2016 9:00 am SMAST I, Room 204 706 S Rodney French Blvd New Bedford, MA Abstract: Marine protected areas (MPAs) may have both direct and indirect effects on marine ecosystems. Direct effects are primarily related to changes in species abundance and body sizes, while indirect effects include modifications to trophic interactions, such as predation. This study examined both effects on echinoderms populations and on the echinoderm-groundfish (prey-predator) complex on Georges Bank. Using video survey techniques, we analyzed distribution and estimated density, biomass, and body size of four groups of echinoderms (brittle stars, sand dollars, sea stars, and sea urchins) from 2005 to 2012. We evaluated the influence of MPAs on this echinoderm assemblage controlling for several environmental factors (depth, temperature, sediment type, and sediment stability). We also used fishery independent trawl survey and stomach content data, to compare relative abundance, diet, and body sizes of three groundfish echinoderm-specialist species (American plaice Hippoglossoides platessoides, haddock Melanogrammus aeglefinus, and ocean pout Macrozoarces americanus) before (1987-1994) and after (2005-2012) implementation of MPAs. We determined areas with significant spatio-temporal correlation between predator and prey species. Finally, we evaluated the influence of time period, depth, sediment type, management area, and proportion of echinoderm prey in diet, on consumption rates by these predator species. Brittle stars were confined to the northern edge of the bank, sand dollars were mainly located in the central and south-western areas, sea stars were highly aggregated on the southern edge, and sea urchin were randomly located through- out the entire region. While MPAs appeared to influence the distribution of sand dollars and sea stars, the distribution of brittle stars and sea urchins seemed to be defined by preferred habitat conditions, regardless of any fishing pressure. With the exception of brittle stars, echinoderm body sizes were always larger in the areas with lowest densities. This suggested that reduction of fishing inside certain MPAs positively affected sand dollar and sea star populations, via enhanced recruitment. While American plaice relative abundance, body size, and consumption rates remained similar between time periods, haddock and ocean pout exhibited increase in relative abundance, changes in distribution, decrease of body sizes, and an increase of consumption rates, after MPAs implementation. We also observed a general increase in the proportion of sand dollars and sea stars in the diet of predators post MPAs implementation. In summary, these results indicated that MPAs have the potential to affect this predator-prey complex via modification of consumption hotspots (e.g. location where feeding is enhanced). As echinoderms are main predator and prey for commercially targeted species, the detailed information (on the scale of kilometers) on abundance, spatial distribution, and size structure of echinoderm populations provided in this study is valuable for the implemen- tation of Ecosystem Based Fisheries Management. Furthermore, we have presented here a series of steps that can be used as a structured methodology to determine indirect effects of MPAs on trophic interactions. This has important implications in MPAs planning and monitoring, since these indirect effects are rarely part of initial evaluations. for more information, please contact Christine Fox (cfox@umassd.edu) Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology
5:00 PM	Lecture by Angolan Writer Ondjaki Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Portuguese Department Description: The Department of Portuguese and the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture present: "The Third Margin of the Language is Affection," a lecture by Angolan writer Ondjaki - this lecture will be in Portuguese. Date: November 16, Wednesday Time: 5:00 pm Place: Claire T. Carney Library, room 314 All are welcome! Free and open to the public For more information: Prof. Glaucia Silva - gsilva@umassd.edu Abstract: Using a personal and subjective lens, the Portuguese language may (also) be looked at from the point of view of affection. The third margin appears as a possible image to an approach to the language of speaking, writing, and dreaming. Focusing on the Portuguese language of Angola, Ondjaki proposes a short trip through personal, singular, interventional times of our common language. Bio: Ondjaki was born in Luanda, Angola, in 1977, and holds a PhD in African Studies (Orientale, Napoli/Italy). As well as being a poet and prose writer, Ondjaki also writes screenplays. He is a member of the Unio dos Escritores Angolanos and has received the following awards: Sagrada Esperana (Angola, 2004); Conto A.P.E. (Portugal, 2007); FNLIJ (Brazil, 2010); JABUTI Juvenil (Brazil, 2010); JosÃ© Saramago Award 2013 (Portugal); LittÃ©rature-Monde (France, 2016). His books have been translated to French, Spanish, Italian, German, English, Serbian and Swedish [www.kazukuta.com/ondjaki]. Ondjaki is the current Halio and Amalia Pedroso/Luso-American Foundation Endowed Chair in Portuguese Studies at UMass Dartmouth, where he has been teaching a graduate seminar titled The New Frontiers of the Portuguese Language. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Foreign Literature and Languages, Portuguese, Fredrick Douglass Unity House
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty & Staff Mindfulness Meditation Group Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Weekly meeting of the Faculty & Staff Mindfulness Meditation Group. No prior experience is needed. Drop-ins are welcome at any time. For more information, contact Aminda O'Hare: ext. 8761 or aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
« 11/2 - 11/30 »	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 online teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for the online environment. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop your own strategies for 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 UMassD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing, and building the online course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to techniques 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 increase retention. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
8:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Jam Session Series Jim Robitaille Trio Location: CVPA Room 104 Contact: Music Department Description: Guitar, Bass and Drums Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Media Representations of Female Victims of Gun Violence Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Jamia Wilson, Executive Director of Women, Action, and the Media, will discuss how media represents female victims of gun violence. The event is sponsored by the Campus Response to Violence Task Force. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students
10:00 AM - 10:50 AM	ARC/Writing & Reading Center's APA Formatting and Citations Workshop Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Are you getting ready to format your papers for APA? Wondering if that sentence requires an in-text citation? Then come to the APA Formatting and Citations Writing Workshop and learn how to properly format your paper! Bring any of your papers you have to get started and build on during the session. Topical Areas: Students, Writing and Reading Center
3:15 PM - 3:50 PM	Portuguese Bate-Papo Location: Claire T. Carney Library Living Room Contact: Portuguese Department Description: Bom dia!! What are some Christmas traditions from the Portuguese world? Join us for our last Portuguese Bate-Papo of the year this upcoming Wednesday (16th of November) from 3:15-3:45pm at the Library Living Room Lobby (behind the Cafe). Come have a chat with us! All levels welcome. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Foreign Literature and Languages, Portuguese
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Student Animal Legal Defense Fund Inaugural Speaker Location: Law School Moot Court Room , 333 Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: UMass Law Career Services Description: The UMass Law Student Animal Legal Defense Fund will host International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) General Counsel Daina Bray. Attorney Bray will discuss her role as the general counsel of an international non-profit organization that works to rescue and protect animals around the world. She will also address the work of the American Bar Association in the area of animal law. The event is co-sponsored by the UMass Law Career Services office, the Student Bar Association, and the ABA Tort Trial Insurance Practice Section. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts, Political Science, Pre-Law, Public Policy, Sociology, Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies, Career Development Center, International Students and Scholar Center, Leduc Center for Civic Engagement, Student Organizations, Lectures and Seminars
Thursday, November 17, 2016
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM	ProCard & Travel Card Training Location: Foster Administration Building, Room 223 Contact: Joshua A. Dubroff 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. Location: Foster Administration Building, 2nd Floor, Room 223. Please be sure to register for the class you plan on attending as space is limited. Classes that no one has registered for may be cancelled. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality cross-disciplinary studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	New Employee Orientation Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Human Resources Description: New Employee Orientation Topical Areas: topic: Human Resources, audience: Staff, audience: Faculty
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Kat Blaque Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: Free! Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Description: YouTube personality and activist, Kat Blaque, will speak in November 17, 2016, at 6 p.m. in the Robert F. Stoico/First FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room. Come meet her and share refreshments. Her topic will be - Living in Her Truth: Coming out and Being Authentic. There will be an opportunity for interaction after her presentation. For more information, contact Mitch Berube at X6567 or mberube@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Claire T. Carney Library, Corsairs Care, Health Services, Human Resources, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Conferences & Events
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Joint Mechanical Engineering (MNE) and Engineering Applied Sciences (EAS) Seminar Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: Mechanical Engineering Department Description: Joint Mechanical Engineering (MNE) and Engineering Applied Science (EAS) Seminar November 17, 2016 1:00 p.m. 2:00 p.m. Textile Building, Room 101E SPEAKER: Dr. Arghavan Louhghalam Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, UMass Dartmouth TOPIC: Quantitative Engineering Sustainability: Handshake of Mechanistic Models and Life Cycle Footprint ABSTRACT: The sustainable development of our nation's transportation infrastructure requires quantitative tools to translate pavements condition and design into lifecycle energy use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Recent developments in mechanistic pavement-vehicle interaction (PVI) models aim at providing such engineering estimates. I will discuss an integrated framework that involves models that range from material scale to structural scale all the way up to network scale to characterize the performance of pavement infrastructures. While the mechanics-based models within this framework establish the link between material characteristics and structural scale performance, the scale-up to network level estimates is accomplished using big data. I will also discuss the impact of aging in the form of evolution of material properties over time due to shrinkage, alkali silica reactions and other environmental stressors on durability and ultimately the life cycle environmental footprint of pavement infrastructure. BIO: Dr. Arghavan Louhghalam joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering as an assistant professor in 2016. Prior to joining the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, she was a postdoctoral research associate at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Concrete Sustainability Hub (CSHub@MIT). She holds a Ph.D. and a M.S. in Engineering Mechanics from the Johns Hopkins University, a M.S. in Earthquake Engineering from University of Tehran, and a B.S. in Civil and Environmental Engineering from Iran University of Science and Technology, Iran. Dr. Louhghalam's research interests are mainly focused on interconnected areas of solid mechanics, material modeling and applied statistics with applications to the development of sustainable and resilient civil infrastructure. For more information please contact Dr. Mehdi Raessi, MNE Seminar Coordinator (mraessi@umassd.edu, 508-999-8496) Students taking MNE-500 are REQUIRED to attend! All other MNE students are encouraged to attend. Graduate (MS) and undergraduate (BS) students are encouraged to attend, especially those looking for a graduate thesis project or undergraduate research opportunities. EAS students are encouraged to attend! Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Bioengineering, Civil and Environmental Engineering, College of Engineering, Computer and Information Science, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics, Lectures and Seminars
« 11/2 - 11/30 »	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 online teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for the online environment. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop your own strategies for 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 UMassD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing, and building the online course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to techniques 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 increase retention. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
5:30 PM - 7:30 PM	German Movie Night: Schlosser und Katen (East Germany, 1957) - IEW 2016 Location: Liberal Arts Building 118 Contact: Foreign Literature & Languages Department Description: Celebrate International Education Week 2016! Schlosser und Katen Castles & Cottages, Part 2: Annegret's Homecoming (East Germany, 1957) (in German with English subtitles) Having escaped from a complicated past in the German countryside, Annegret now returns from studying agronomy in the city. Powerful stories and images take place in a context of historical events. Hosted by Professor Nane Khachatryan Topical Areas: University Community
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Introduction to Access Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop provides an introduction to Microsoft Access. Participants create a database, define fields, work with tables and create basic reports. Data entry, find, sort, and query features are covered in detail. Importing and exporting data, as well as the creation of lookups and input masks are also introduced. No previous Access experience is needed. 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 - 12:15 PM	Reading and Q&A by Portuguese-American Author Frank X. Gaspar Location: Liberal Arts Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: You are all invited to an early lunchtime reading and Q&A by Portuguese-American author Frank X. Gaspar, hosted by POR 217, a course in Portuguese-American Literature, and sponsored by the UMass Dartmouth Department of Portuguese and Tagus Press in the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture. Our invited guest will read from his poems and discuss his work with students and faculty. A light Portuguese-American lunch will also be part of our warm invitation to all. Let's take a moment to come together in the spirit of welcoming that is at the heart of local Portuguese-American culture, and recognize the important relationship with this community that our department and related university programs and activities represent. Date: November 17, 2016 (Thursday) Time: 11-12:15 am Place: LARTS 101 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Foreign Literature and Languages, Portuguese
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Recording with Techsmith Relay Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: Techsmith Relay is a software based lecture capture and personal recording solution. Relay can record PowerPoint presentations or any other content displayed on your computer screen, in addition to audio narration and web cam video. You can record anywhere, anytime regardless of internet connectivity or location. After recording, the video is automatically processed by the Relay server and uploaded to a cloud based storage provider. This workshop will walk through the process of installing Relay, recording and linking to the video from myCourses. Please bring your own laptop if you would like to participate in this Workshop. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/relay/ Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	College of Nursing Graduate Program - Doctoral Dissertation Defense Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: College of Nursing & Health Sciences Description: Exploring the Reflective Practices of Newly Graduated Nurses: A Qualitative Descriptive Study A Dissertation in Nursing Robbin Dawn Miraglia, MSN, PhD(c),RN Nursing PhD Candidate Date: November 17, 2016 Location: Library, Room: 207 Time: 4pm-6pm Dissertation Committee: Marilyn Asselin, PhD, RN-BC (Chair) Mary McCurry, PhD, RNBC, ANP, ANCP Janet Monagle, PhD, RN, CNE Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Nursing
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	International Game Night (IEW 2016) Location: Claire T. Carney Library Living Room Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Celebrate International Education Week 2016! Library game night is going international! Reduce your stress and expand your horizons with games from a variety of countries. Questions? Please contact kmofford@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students
Friday, November 18, 2016
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Economic Injustice Location: Woodland Commons Contact: Unity House Description: Porsha O, Spoken Word and Performance Artist, will perform an original piece titled Economic Injustice. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Online Meetings in Blackboard Collaborate Ultra (New) Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This workshop will demonstrate the NEW 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. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	BMEBT Seminar by Dr. Daniel MacEachran, Greenlight Biosciences Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series Description: SUBJECT: LIFE IN INDUSTRIALBIOTECH STARTUPS Abstract: Opportunities in Biotechnology abound and choosing the one that is right for you can be daunting. Leading the growth curve is Industrial Biotechnology (sometimes called White Biotech or Microbial Biotech), wherein the catalytic diversity generated through billions of years of evolution is leveraged to produce value-added molecules for use in a myriad of fields. The presentation will provide an overview of my experiences in both academia and industry and the lessons learned, an introduction to Industrial Biotechnology (White Biotech) as well as an overview of Greenlight Biosciences and examples of what life in industry can look like. Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality cross-disciplinary studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
5:00 PM - 11/19 »	5th Annual TRED Conference-"Rethinking Public Schools" Location: > See description for location Contact: Educational Leadership and Policy Description: UMASS Dartmouth's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies invites the UMassD Community to the 5th annual TRED Conference-"Rethinking Public Schools: Education, Immigration, and Economic Development" at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, November 18th and 19th. Dr. Jonathan Kozol will be speaking Friday, November 18th at 6 PM, and Dr. Theresa Perry will be speaking Saturday, November 19th at 9:30 AM. Registration begins at 5PM on Friday, and 8:30 AM on Saturday. Lectures are free and open to the public. General conference fee is $25. Free admission and transportation are available for registered UMASS students with ID. The keynote address is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, the departments of Political Science and STEM & Teacher Development. The TRED conference is co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Senate. To register please go to https://webapps.umassd.edu/events/campus/welcome.php Link: http://www.umassd.edu/educationalleadership/delevents/tredconference/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Conferences &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Events
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	ECE Seminar* Speaker: Dr. Lora Van Uffelen, Department of Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: Topic: Seagliders Sensing Subsea Sound Speaker: Dr. Lora Van Uffelen, Department of Ocean Engineering, University of Rhode Island Location: Science & Engineering Building (SENG), Room 117 Abstract: Seagliders are Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) designed to be deployed for several months at a time. They are capable of diving to 1000 m depth and communicate with an onshore base station computer via Iridium satellite when at the surface between dives. These platforms can accommodate a variety of oceanographic sensors, but here we specifically consider Seagliders equipped with hydrophones to record underwater sound. Acoustic data collected using these platforms are used for long-range underwater acoustic propagation research, for studies of marine mammal vocalizations, and for glider navigation, including under-ice navigation. The technology and applications of acoustic Seagliders will be discussed, and preliminary results from a recent deployment in the Arctic Ocean will be presented. Biography: Dr. Lora Van Uffelen is a new Assistant Professor in the Department of Ocean Engineering at the University of Rhode Island. Prior to moving to the East Coast she was a research affiliate at the University of Hawaii. She earned her Ph.D. in Oceanography from Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego, and has a B.S. in Engineering. Her primary research interests are underwater acoustics, oceanic variability, and oceanographic instrumentation and technology. She particularly enjoys fieldwork and has participated in more than 20 research cruises with over 400 days at sea. The Seminars is open to the public free of charge. *For further information, please contact Dr. John Buck at 508.999.9237, or by via email at jbuck@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
« 11/2 - 11/30 »	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 online teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for the online environment. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop your own strategies for 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 UMassD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing, and building the online course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to techniques 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 increase retention. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
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://www.umassd.edu/academiccalendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar, Academic Calendar - Fall
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Employee Work Life Services Program Location: CCB 115 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Com-Psych, the university's employee assistance program is coming to campus to meet with staff for a one hour employee information session to discuss the services they provide, free of charge to the employees and their spouses/dependents. There is a supervisor session at 10am and other staff at 11am. Please feel free to join us in CCB-115 Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
Saturday, November 19, 2016
« 11/8 - 12/12 »	Fine Arts Faculty Exhibition & Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts presents recent faculty work in Painting, Drawing, Printmaking, Sculpture, and Mixed-Media at the UMass Dartmouth CVPA Campus Gallery from November 8 through December 12, 2016. Also on display will be the Collaborative Aggregates Art Scholarship Exhibition. Collaborative Aggregates has awarded six $1,500 scholarships to students in the Department of Fine Arts enrolled in the graduate or undergraduate program: Henry Carpio, April Claggett, Devin Kish, Andrew Laverty, Allen TenBusschen, and Erin Wheary. Works by each scholarship winner will be included in the Collaborate Aggregates annual calendar and are also presented in this exhibition. The mission of the Department of Fine Arts is to maintain an environment where artists are committed to the pursuit of teaching, research, and creative work. This faculty of professional artists provides a high-quality cross-disciplinary studio education to students at the foundation, undergraduate, and graduate levels through formal, aesthetic, technical, and intellectual training. Faculty members prepare students to become creative artists, pursue graduate study, or engage in Fine Arts-related professions through the attainment of their BFA and MFA degrees. The closing reception will be held on Monday, December 12th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5 pm. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa/galleries 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, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Concerts
« 11/18 - 6:00 PM	5th Annual TRED Conference-"Rethinking Public Schools" Location: > See description for location Contact: Educational Leadership and Policy Description: UMASS Dartmouth's Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies invites the UMassD Community to the 5th annual TRED Conference-"Rethinking Public Schools: Education, Immigration, and Economic Development" at the New Bedford Whaling Museum, November 18th and 19th. Dr. Jonathan Kozol will be speaking Friday, November 18th at 6 PM, and Dr. Theresa Perry will be speaking Saturday, November 19th at 9:30 AM. Registration begins at 5PM on Friday, and 8:30 AM on Saturday. Lectures are free and open to the public. General conference fee is $25. Free admission and transportation are available for registered UMASS students with ID. The keynote address is co-sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences Dean's Office, the departments of Political Science and STEM & Teacher Development. The TRED conference is co-sponsored by the Graduate Student Senate. To register please go to https://webapps.umassd.edu/events/campus/welcome.php Link: http://www.umassd.edu/educationalleadership/delevents/tredconference/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Conferences &amp;amp;amp;amp;amp; Events
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Ryan Strumpfler Senior Jazz Guitar Recital Location: CVPA Room 104 Contact: Music Department Description: Senior Jazz Guitar Recital Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
5:00 PM	Diwali: Indian Festival of Lights, Music, Dance & Food Location: Main Auditorium (Angus Bailey Auditorium) , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: $10 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Celebrate International Education Week 2106 at Diwali, presented by the Indian Students Association & the Center for Indic Studies. Please join us to experience the Indian festival of lights, music, dance, & food. General Program: 5-7pm Dinner: 7- 9pm Main Auditorium (Doors open @ 4:30 p.m.) Tickets $10 For tickets and information, please contact: Sneha: 508-971-9946 Monil: 774-301-6580 Topical Areas: General Public, Students, University Community
« 11/2 - 11/30 »	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 online teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for the online environment. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop your own strategies for 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 UMassD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing, and building the online course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to techniques 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 increase retention. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development

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