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Sunday, May 1, 2016
« 4/27 - 5/11 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday April 27th and May 4th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room 240. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 4/13 - 5/11 »	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, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Class Voice Concert ( For The Love Of It) Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Class Voice Concert (Jazz) Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass will be celebrated in the Blue and Gold Welcome Room on the ground floor of the Campus Center. All are Welcome. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual
« 4/28 - 5/12 »	David and Goliath: Giants Underdogs and conflict-Guest Speaker Memory Holloway Location: Liberal Arts Building 110 Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: Guest speaker Memory Holloway will be speaking on David and Goliath. This Lecture will include visual examples of the story and film clips. Sponsored by the Religious & Spiritual Office April 28th at 2 pm in Liberal Arts Room 110 Topical Areas: Students, Religious Studies, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass will be celebrated in the Blue and Gold Center on the first floor of the Campus Center, next to the Bookstore. Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Young Frankenstein the Musical by Mel Brooks Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: $5 students and military, $10 general admission Contact: Theatre Company Description: SHOWTIMES Thursday, April 28 - 8pm Friday, April 29 - 8pm Saturday, April 30 - 2pm* & 8pm Sunday, May 1 - 4pm *Understudy show- understudies take the lead roles. From the creators of the record-breaking Broadway sensation The Producers comes this monster new musical comedy. The comedy genius Mel Brooks adapts his legendarily funny film into a brilliant stage creation - Young Frankenstein! Grandson of the infamous Victor Frankenstein, Frederick Frankenstein (pronounced "Fronk-en-steen"), played by Nathaniel Tarantino, inherits his family's estate in Transylvania. With the help of a hunchbacked side-kick, Igor (pronounced "Eye-gore"), played by Shayne Furtado, and a leggy lab assistant, Inga (pronounced normally), played by Cheyanne Patterson, Frederick finds himself in the mad scientist shoes of his ancestors. "It's alive!" he exclaims as he brings to life a creature to rival his grandfather's. Eventually, of course, the monster escapes and hilarity continuously abounds. Every bit as relevant to audience members who will remember the original as it will be to newcomers, Young Frankenstein has all the panache of the screen sensation with a little extra theatrical flair added. With such memorable tunes as "The Transylvania Mania," "He Vas My Boyfriend" and "Puttin' On The Ritz," Young Frankenstein is scientifically-proven, monstrously good entertainment! For more information visit our Facebook Page or contact the UMD Theatre Company or the 20Cent Fiction Theatre Company. Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/1716700798568301/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Concerts, Theater, Visual Arts, 20 Cent Fiction, Student Organizations, Theater Company
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Description: Catholic Mass will be celebrated in the Reflection Room on the second floor of the Campus Center (Room 233). All are welcome.
« 4/2 - 5/14 »	2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: April 2-May 14, 2016 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 3-5 pm Artists Talk: Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm The UMass Dartmouth 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This large-scale exhibition at the Star Store Campus in historic Downtown New Bedford consists of a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital and moving images, software application design, as well as intricately made jewelry that utilizes both text and unusual contemporary materials. The range of themes is equally diverse; explorations of personal and cultural identity, feelings of loss, intimacy, memories and dreams as well as examinations of formal and conceptual space. The 2016 exhibition includes the creative efforts of 18 UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual arts: Alec H. Andersen, Amy Araujo, Calvin Arterberry, Kendra Conn, Kelly Lynn Daniels, Yinan Dong, Meaghan Gates, Marcia Goodwin, Kyungsun "Ariel" Lee, John A. Middleton, Mark Phelan, Sara Allen Prigodich, Cuong Abel Sy, Brett Sylvia, Andrew Tedesco, William M. Vanaria, Lillian E. Webster, and Will Wolf. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April April 2, from 3 to 5 pm and the exhibition is open to public through May 14, 2016. Artists Talk is scheduled on Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm. Selections from this exhibition will be shown this summer at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston from June 1 to June 26, with an opening reception on Friday, June 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm. Gallery exhibitions are open daily in New Bedford from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month-April 14 and May 12). All events are free and open to the public. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Monday, May 2, 2016
« 4/27 - 5/11 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday April 27th and May 4th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room 240. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 4/13 - 5/11 »	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, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 4/28 - 5/12 »	David and Goliath: Giants Underdogs and conflict-Guest Speaker Memory Holloway Location: Liberal Arts Building 110 Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: Guest speaker Memory Holloway will be speaking on David and Goliath. This Lecture will include visual examples of the story and film clips. Sponsored by the Religious & Spiritual Office April 28th at 2 pm in Liberal Arts Room 110 Topical Areas: Students, Religious Studies, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 4/2 - 5/14 »	2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: April 2-May 14, 2016 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 3-5 pm Artists Talk: Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm The UMass Dartmouth 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This large-scale exhibition at the Star Store Campus in historic Downtown New Bedford consists of a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital and moving images, software application design, as well as intricately made jewelry that utilizes both text and unusual contemporary materials. The range of themes is equally diverse; explorations of personal and cultural identity, feelings of loss, intimacy, memories and dreams as well as examinations of formal and conceptual space. The 2016 exhibition includes the creative efforts of 18 UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual arts: Alec H. Andersen, Amy Araujo, Calvin Arterberry, Kendra Conn, Kelly Lynn Daniels, Yinan Dong, Meaghan Gates, Marcia Goodwin, Kyungsun "Ariel" Lee, John A. Middleton, Mark Phelan, Sara Allen Prigodich, Cuong Abel Sy, Brett Sylvia, Andrew Tedesco, William M. Vanaria, Lillian E. Webster, and Will Wolf. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April April 2, from 3 to 5 pm and the exhibition is open to public through May 14, 2016. Artists Talk is scheduled on Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm. Selections from this exhibition will be shown this summer at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston from June 1 to June 26, with an opening reception on Friday, June 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm. Gallery exhibitions are open daily in New Bedford from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month-April 14 and May 12). All events are free and open to the public. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
8:00 PM - 5/3 »	Writing & Reading Center Community Write-In Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Join other like-minded students who need to finish their final papers or even get motivated to begin! Tutors will be available and snacks will be served. No appointment required, just come prepared to write in Larts 219. Topical Areas: University Community, Writing and Reading Center
Tuesday, May 3, 2016
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Last day of Spring classes Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Spring classes end today. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
« 4/27 - 5/11 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday April 27th and May 4th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room 240. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 4/13 - 5/11 »	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, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Dr. Jeffrey Rediger - Psychology Brown Bag Series Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 205 Contact: Psychology Department Description: Psychology Department Brown Bag Speaker Tuesday, May 3rd, 2016 3:30-4:30pm LIB 205 The Psychology Department is pleased to invite Dr. Jeffrey Rediger to give a research talk that bridges medicine, psychology and spirituality. This talk is supported by the Provost's Fund for Department Seminar Series. Refreshments will be provided. Jeffrey Rediger, MD, MDiv is on the faculty of Harvard Medical School, and the Medical Director of McLean SE and Community Services at McLean Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts. A fully licensed physician and a board-certified psychiatrist, he also has a Master of Divinity from Princeton Theological Seminary and publishes in the fields of medicine, psychiatry and spirituality. His research involves the investigation of remarkable recoveries from incurable or fatal illnesses. He has been featured on the Oprah Winfrey, Dr. Oz, and Anderson Cooper 360 shows, among others. To learn more about Dr. Rediger, visit his blog at www.medicineofhopeandpossibility.com or watch his New Bedford TEDx talk at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8mjVHIB0FhI. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Psychology, Religious Studies, College of Nursing
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Doctoral Dissertation Defense Location: Liberal Arts Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: College of Nursing & Health Sciences Description: Coleen Toronto, MS,RN, PhD(c) Nursing PhD Candidate HEALTH LITERACY COMPETENCIES FOR REGISTERED NURSES: AN E-DELPHI STUDY Date: May 3rd,2016 Time: 1pm-3pm Location: LARTS, Room: 113 Dissertation Committee: Barbara Weatherford, PhD, RN, CNE (co-Chair) Kristen Sethares, PhD, RN, CNE (co-Chair) Nancy Morris, PhD, APRN Please RSVP to Vicki Vital at vvital@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
1:00 PM - 3:00 PM	PhD Dissertation Defence Coleen E. Toronto, College of Nursing Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: HEALTH LITERACY COMPETENCIES FOR REGISTERED NURSES: AN E-DELPHI STUDY. Coleen E. Toronto LARTS 113 In the United States, only 12% of adults possess proficient health literacy skills.Individuals with low health literacy skills experience poorer health outcomes. Failure of registered nurses to consider health literacy in communication with patients, can significantly affect an individuals ability to understand and therefore, follow health advice. The Institute of Medicines (IOM) Health Literacy: A Prescription to End Confusion (2004) landmark report recommends that health professionals be trained to effectively communicate with patients with limited health literacy. There is an absence of nurse competencies that explicitly address the needs of patients with low health literacy. Therefore the purpose of this study was to identify a set of core health literacy competencies for registered nurses in any work setting. A three round e-Delphi design was used to elicit essential health literacy competencies for registered nurses with a national group of nurse health literacy experts (n=41). Based on partial replication of prior work by Coleman, Hudson, and Maine (2013), a final list of 50 nursing health literacy core competencies were identified in round two. Descriptive statistics were used to analyze data. A competency that reached 90% agreement in round two was retained. The remaining competencies were then prioritized in round three. The final list of prioritized competencies generated in this study, can provide a starting point for enhancement of health literacy educational content in practice and schools of nursing. For questions please contact Barbara Weatherford co-chair or Kristen Sethares co-chair (bweatherford@umassd.edu; ksethares@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Graduate, College of Nursing
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	BMEBT Seminar by Dr. Meenakshi Dutt from Rutgers Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series Description: TOPIC: Computational Design of Shape-Tunable Nanoparticles ABSTRACT: The shape of a nanoparticle has been demonstrated to control its performance in many applications including medicine and sensing. Identification of the factors determining a nanoparticle shape can yield precise control on its functionality. We identify the role of pH, molecular architecture, composition and confinement on the shape of two types of nanoparticles: (1) a multicomponent vesicle and (2) a dendrimer. Via the use of a mesoscopic simulation technique called Dissipative Particle Dynamics, we examine shape-tunable multi-component vesicles. The shape of a vesicle is determined by the molecular stiffness, and dissimilarity in the hydrocarbon tail groups, along with the relative concentration of the species, the functional group length and the confinement volume. We use these parameters to design stable multi-component vesicles with target shapes through the self-assembly of a binary mixture composed of amphiphilic molecular species, such as end-functionalized lipids, and phospholipids. We observe the hybrid vesicles to transform from a spherical to an ellipsoidal shape with increasing relative concentrations of the end-functionalized lipids, functional group length and dissimilarity in the hydrocarbon tail groups along with decrease in the molecular stiffness. We also draw correspondence with experimental studies on the shape transformations of the hybrid vesicles through phase diagrams of the reduced volume, the ratio of the minimum and maximum radii, and the interfacial line tension, as a function of the concentration of the hairy lipids and the hydrocarbon tail molecular chain stiffness. We examine the effect of confinement on the growth dynamics and shape of the hybrid aggregate, and demonstrate the formation of different morphologies, such as oblate and prolate shaped vesicles and bicelles. We perform these investigations by varying the degree of nanoscale confinement, for different relative concentrations of the species and the length of the functional groups. Via the Molecular Dynamics simulation technique along with an implicit solvent coarse-grained model, we find a polyamidoamine dendrimer to become increasingly spherical with generations, acidic and basic pH. Our findings will guide the design of shape-specific or tunable nanoparticles, and can be used for the prediction of novel hybrid soft materials for applications in the medicine. Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
10:00 AM - 5/8 »	Lawyers Without Rights: Library Living Room Exhibit Location: > See description for location Contact: Center for Jewish Culture Description: The Center for Jewish Culture has brought to campus a traveling exhibit entitled "Lawyers Without Rights." It is on view in the Library Living Room from Tuesday, 5/3 through Sunday, 5/8 at 7pm. More than 70 years after its horrors unfolded, the Holocaust still has stories to reveal and lessons to share. This exhibit begins to provide a portrait of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Germany — stories that speak to how the Nazis purged Jewish lawyers as one of the early steps to attack the rule of law in their country. The exhibit was created by the American Bar Association. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Center for Jewish Culture
« 4/28 - 5/12 »	David and Goliath: Giants Underdogs and conflict-Guest Speaker Memory Holloway Location: Liberal Arts Building 110 Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: Guest speaker Memory Holloway will be speaking on David and Goliath. This Lecture will include visual examples of the story and film clips. Sponsored by the Religious & Spiritual Office April 28th at 2 pm in Liberal Arts Room 110 Topical Areas: Students, Religious Studies, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 4/2 - 5/14 »	2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: April 2-May 14, 2016 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 3-5 pm Artists Talk: Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm The UMass Dartmouth 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This large-scale exhibition at the Star Store Campus in historic Downtown New Bedford consists of a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital and moving images, software application design, as well as intricately made jewelry that utilizes both text and unusual contemporary materials. The range of themes is equally diverse; explorations of personal and cultural identity, feelings of loss, intimacy, memories and dreams as well as examinations of formal and conceptual space. The 2016 exhibition includes the creative efforts of 18 UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual arts: Alec H. Andersen, Amy Araujo, Calvin Arterberry, Kendra Conn, Kelly Lynn Daniels, Yinan Dong, Meaghan Gates, Marcia Goodwin, Kyungsun "Ariel" Lee, John A. Middleton, Mark Phelan, Sara Allen Prigodich, Cuong Abel Sy, Brett Sylvia, Andrew Tedesco, William M. Vanaria, Lillian E. Webster, and Will Wolf. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April April 2, from 3 to 5 pm and the exhibition is open to public through May 14, 2016. Artists Talk is scheduled on Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm. Selections from this exhibition will be shown this summer at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston from June 1 to June 26, with an opening reception on Friday, June 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm. Gallery exhibitions are open daily in New Bedford from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month-April 14 and May 12). All events are free and open to the public. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM	Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Presentations Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Contact: Mechanical Engineering Department Description: Mechanical Engineering Department SENIOR DESIGN PRESENTATIONS Tuesday, May 3 Woodland Commons Park in Lots #6 and #7, then follow the directional signs. All are welcome, especially family and friends of our presenting seniors. This is an exciting event, culminating a year's worth of work by our students. Students present their prototypes, as well as give a PowerPoint presentation and answer questions. A panel of judges, who are business professionals in the industry, will decide on first place, second place, and third place winners. For more information, please contact: Prof. Don Foster, Senior Design Instructor dfoster@umassd.edu 508-999-8499 or Sue Cunha, Administrative Assistant scunha@umassd.edu 508-999-8492 Thank you! Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Conferences & Events
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Wind Ensemble Concert Location: Angus Bailey Auditorium , UMass Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Contact: Music Department Description: Wind Ensemble Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
4:30 PM - 6:00 PM	Reading & book signing with Cape Verdean-American poet JARITA DAVIS Location: Liberal Arts Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served. Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: Tagus Press, a publisher dedicated to academic and literary works related to the Portuguese and Lusophone diaspora experience, is proud to host a reading and book signing by Cape Verdean-American author Jarita Davis of her latest collection of poems "Return Flights". The collection traces the lines of cultural return from her current home in southeastern New England to the islands of Cabo Verde off the coast of West Africa, a cultural crossroads in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Working between memories and lived experience in a wide range of languages and cultural environments, this book marks a pivotal moment in Cape Verdean-American writing. This event is co-sponsored by the Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture, the Cape Verdean Students Association, the Black Studies Program, the Department of Women's and Gender Studies, and the Frederick Douglass Unity House. Location: Liberal Arts North Atrium, UMass Dartmouth For more information, contact Professor Christopher Larkosh at clarkosh@umassd.edu To purchase a copy of her book online, follow the links below: http://www.upne.com/1933227672.html http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=return+flights Link: http://www.upne.com/1933227672.html Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Poetry, Foreign Literature and Languages, Portuguese, Black Studies
Wednesday, May 4, 2016
« 4/27 - 5/11 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday April 27th and May 4th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room 240. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
8:00 AM - 4:00 PM	ECE Department Senior Design (Capstone) Presentations 2016 Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: ECE Department Senior Design (Capstone) Presentations 2016 May 4th, 2016 8:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Woodland Commons Park in Lot #6 or #7 and follow the signage to Woodland Commons. Please NOTE that anyone with physical limitations should be dropped off in front of Woodland Commons (take a right when you get onto campus and you'll see Woodland Commons on your left). For parking, continue on to Parking Lot #6 or #7. Once you have parked, follow signs along the walkways to Woodland Commons! Contact the following for further information: Fernanda Botelho, Administrative Assistant f1botelho@umassd.edu 508.999.9164 Prof. Howard E. Michel, Senior Design Instructor hmichel@umassd.edu 508.910.6465 Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
« 4/13 - 5/11 »	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, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
9:00 AM - 11:00 AM	DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DISSERTATION DEFENSE BY: Zhaoyang Zhang Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: SECURE AND ENERGY-EFFICIENT WIRELESS BODY AREA NETWORKS LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: Recent advances in wireless networks, energy, and biomedical sensors have boosted the development of Wireless Body Area Networks (WBANs). WBANs provide an opportunity to address issues in rapidly increasing wireless health applications, such as eHealth, remote patient monitoring, and diagnostic. However, improving the performance of WBANs is challenging in a mobile social environment due to mobility, inter-channel interference, and security concerns. In this dissertation, two new authentication and encryption algorithms for WBANs are proposed to ensure secure and private data transmissions. One is called ECG-IJS, which is an ECG-based authentication and encryption platform using Improved Jules and Sudan (IJS) scheme. ECG-IJS uses a light-weighted, energy efficient key agreement algorithm, by which features extracted from ECG signals are used as keys to encrypt the message. The other is a channel information based authentication and encryption algorithm (CIAE) for WBANs, which uses keys extracted from the status of wireless channels between sender and receiver. Compared with ECG-IJS, the CIAE algorithm has the similar performance on data security and privacy, but does not need additional ECG sensors. Further, to address the inter-WBANs interference issues in mobile social environment, a game-based power control approach is proposed to mitigate the interference and improve system energy efficiency. The proposed approach utilizes social contact information and adjusts transmitting power of each WBAN by following the power game to maximize the overall throughput. The major contributions of my dissertation include: 1) a new ECG-based authentication and encryption algorithm for WBANs communications, including the security and energy analysis of the ECG-IJS algorithm; 2) a new channel information based authentication and encryption algorithm; 3) an effective power control game for intra-WBANs interference mitigation. 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. Paul J. Fortier and Dr. Liudong Xing, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Dr. Cheng Wang, Mathematics Department; Dr. Shaoen Wu, Ball State University *For further information, please contact Dr. Honggang Wang at 508.999.8469, or via email at hwang1@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Study Day Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Today is study day. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Faculty Writing Workshop Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: The Office of Faculty Development’s Writing Group for Faculty provides UMass Dartmouth faculty with a structured yet flexible forum for discussing and stimulating their ongoing writing projects. The group will meet in the OFD lounge. Join us and get help with all aspects of your manuscript preparation from proof reading, to publication strategy input, to networking and collaboration with other colleagues both at UMassD. and other institutions that share your research passions. Lunch will be provided. Regular participation throughout the academic year is encouraged, but drop-ins are welcome. Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, Workshop, topic: Faculty Development
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty/Staff Mindfulness Meditation Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Faculty/Staff Mindfulness Meditation group will be meeting on Wednesdays 12:15-1:00 pm this spring in the Reflection Room of the Campus Center (Rm. 233), starting Jan. 27th, ending May 11th. Contact Aminda O'Hare (aohare@umassd.edu, ext. 8761) with questions. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
12:30 PM - 2:30 PM	RESEARCH COMPONENT OF PHD QUALIFIER EXAM BY: Vidhyashree Nagaraju Location: Science & Engineering Building, Lester W. Cory Conference Room: Room 213A Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: CHANGE-POINT DETECTION AND PARAMETER ESTIMATION FOR NON-HOMOGENEOUS POISSON PROCESS SOFTWARE RELIABILITY GROWTH MODELS LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: Most software reliability growth models (SRGM) characterize the software process as a function of testing time. However, during the software testing process, the failure data is affected by various other factors such as testing strategy and environment, integration testing, and resource allocation. This will affect the failure data with noticeable changes indicating the impact of such factors at various stages of testing, which are known as change-points. Several researchers have proposed non-homogeneous Poisson process (NHPP) SRGM with one or more change-points. One limitation of previous research is that they only consider homogeneous combinations of the failure distribution before and after change-points. However, in real data sets this often not the case. Another shortcoming is that there is no systematic method to select a model or combination of models when one or more change-points may be present. This project developed heterogeneous single change-point models and algorithms to maximize the likelihood of these models. Heterogeneous models are compared with existing homogeneous models. The expectation conditional maximization (ECM) algorithm identifies the maximum likelihood estimates (MLEs) of the model parameters. An information theoretic model selection strategy is proposed. Experimental results suggest that heterogeneous change-point models better characterize some failure data sets. NOTE: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. Lance Fiondella Committee Members: Dr. Liudong Xing and Dr. Honggang Wang, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering *For further information, please contact Dr. Lance Fiondella at 508.999.8596, or via email at lfiondella@umassd.edu or hwang1@umassd.edu Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
« 5/3 - 5/8 »	Lawyers Without Rights: Library Living Room Exhibit Location: > See description for location Contact: Center for Jewish Culture Description: The Center for Jewish Culture has brought to campus a traveling exhibit entitled "Lawyers Without Rights." It is on view in the Library Living Room from Tuesday, 5/3 through Sunday, 5/8 at 7pm. More than 70 years after its horrors unfolded, the Holocaust still has stories to reveal and lessons to share. This exhibit begins to provide a portrait of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Germany — stories that speak to how the Nazis purged Jewish lawyers as one of the early steps to attack the rule of law in their country. The exhibit was created by the American Bar Association. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Center for Jewish Culture
« 4/28 - 5/12 »	David and Goliath: Giants Underdogs and conflict-Guest Speaker Memory Holloway Location: Liberal Arts Building 110 Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: Guest speaker Memory Holloway will be speaking on David and Goliath. This Lecture will include visual examples of the story and film clips. Sponsored by the Religious & Spiritual Office April 28th at 2 pm in Liberal Arts Room 110 Topical Areas: Students, Religious Studies, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	TEA Time: Broader Impacts Discussion Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: TEA Time: Broader Impacts Discussion Presentation by: Barbara Pearson, UMASS Amherst Location: Office of Faculty Development, Claire T. Carney Library Contact: Sponsored Projects Administration for more information spa@umassd.edu Link: http://www.umassd.edu/spa/newsevents/ Topical Areas: Sponsored Projects Administration
« 4/2 - 5/14 »	2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: April 2-May 14, 2016 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 3-5 pm Artists Talk: Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm The UMass Dartmouth 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This large-scale exhibition at the Star Store Campus in historic Downtown New Bedford consists of a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital and moving images, software application design, as well as intricately made jewelry that utilizes both text and unusual contemporary materials. The range of themes is equally diverse; explorations of personal and cultural identity, feelings of loss, intimacy, memories and dreams as well as examinations of formal and conceptual space. The 2016 exhibition includes the creative efforts of 18 UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual arts: Alec H. Andersen, Amy Araujo, Calvin Arterberry, Kendra Conn, Kelly Lynn Daniels, Yinan Dong, Meaghan Gates, Marcia Goodwin, Kyungsun "Ariel" Lee, John A. Middleton, Mark Phelan, Sara Allen Prigodich, Cuong Abel Sy, Brett Sylvia, Andrew Tedesco, William M. Vanaria, Lillian E. Webster, and Will Wolf. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April April 2, from 3 to 5 pm and the exhibition is open to public through May 14, 2016. Artists Talk is scheduled on Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm. Selections from this exhibition will be shown this summer at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston from June 1 to June 26, with an opening reception on Friday, June 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm. Gallery exhibitions are open daily in New Bedford from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month-April 14 and May 12). All events are free and open to the public. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Percussion Ensemble Concert Location: CVPA Room 104 Contact: Music Department Description: Percussion Ensemble Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
Thursday, May 5, 2016
« 4/27 - 5/11 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday April 27th and May 4th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room 240. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM	DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY DISSERTATION DEFENSE BY: Jingfang Huang Location: > See description for location Cost: Free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: QoE-AWARE SCALABLE VIDEO TRANSMISSION OVER RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORKS LOCATION: Lester W. Cory Conference Room, Science & Engineering Building (Group II), Room 213A ABSTRACT: Scarce radio spectrum bands limit the advancement of modern wireless applications, especially multimedia applications, such as 3DTV and free viewpoint video (FVV), the quality of which is determined by available network bandwidth. In the meantime, the concept of Cognitive Radio (CR) networks has recently emerged to improve spectrum bandwidth utilization. In brief, a CR network attempts to identify the unused portion of allocated spectrum bands and loan them to others. However, how to satisfy each of users quality requirements under the limited spectrum resources is challenging for the design of CR network. The research in this dissertation is to address the challenge for video transmission with high quality and spectrum resource requirements. My approach is a cross layer design that can improve peoples perceived video quality, called Quality of Experience (QoE), from application level and can adjust the spectrum band allocation for optimal CR network system utility. This dissertation presents the research results on this proposed approach. The core of this approach is a joint design of source coding, channel coding, and resource allocations in CR networks that considerably improves both bandwidth efficiency and QoE of video transmissions according to application characteristics. Specifically, a game based CR cloud network design for multimedia transmission is proposed, which satisfies the network user strict QoE requirement; the existence and uniqueness of the Stackelberg Nash equilibrium have also been proved. In this research, I proceed with three main steps: (1) Modeling QoE-aware resource allocation for multimedia transmission over CR networks; (2) Deriving optimal solutions including the joint design of game-based source-channel coding for resource-constrained QoE-driven multimedia transmission over CR networks; and (3) Conducting extensive performance evaluation through both simulation and experiments. The contributions of this work mainly include three folds: a game-based resource allocation scheme for resource-constrained CR network, which considers the network users quality of experience (QoE) and provides optimal resource allocation; a comprehensive cross-layer design for CR network; an extensive performance evaluation that proved the effectiveness of the proposed approach. The obtained research results are promising and anticipated to make broad impact on mobile and wireless communications and related multimedia applications over CR networks. 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. Dayalan Kasilingam and Dr. Liudong Xing, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Dr. Ken C.K. Lee, Microsoft Seattle; Dr. Shaoen Wu, Ball State University *For further information, please contact Dr. Honggang Wang at 508.999.8469, or via email at hwang1@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Engineering, Electrical and Computer Engineering
« 4/13 - 5/11 »	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, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
1:00 PM - 5/31 »	Call for Nominations: Provost's Award Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: The Provost's Teaching & Learning with Technology award was established in 2007 to recognize excellence in teaching and learning with technology. The 2016 award recipient will receive $2000, an award plaque, and their name will be displayed on the Provost’s Award plaque in CITS Instructional Development. See link for further information about award eligibility and directions for submitting nominations. Deadline: 5:00pm EDT, Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/provosts-award/ Topical Areas: audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
« 5/3 - 5/8 »	Lawyers Without Rights: Library Living Room Exhibit Location: > See description for location Contact: Center for Jewish Culture Description: The Center for Jewish Culture has brought to campus a traveling exhibit entitled "Lawyers Without Rights." It is on view in the Library Living Room from Tuesday, 5/3 through Sunday, 5/8 at 7pm. More than 70 years after its horrors unfolded, the Holocaust still has stories to reveal and lessons to share. This exhibit begins to provide a portrait of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Germany — stories that speak to how the Nazis purged Jewish lawyers as one of the early steps to attack the rule of law in their country. The exhibit was created by the American Bar Association. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Center for Jewish Culture
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Catholic Mass - Feast of the Ascension Location: > See description for location Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Mass for the Feast of the Ascension will be held at 12:00 pm in the Reflection Room on the 2nd floor of the Campus Center. Please join us. 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
« 4/28 - 5/12 »	David and Goliath: Giants Underdogs and conflict-Guest Speaker Memory Holloway Location: Liberal Arts Building 110 Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: Guest speaker Memory Holloway will be speaking on David and Goliath. This Lecture will include visual examples of the story and film clips. Sponsored by the Religious & Spiritual Office April 28th at 2 pm in Liberal Arts Room 110 Topical Areas: Students, Religious Studies, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
3:00 PM - 7:00 PM	12th Annual Psychology Research Conference Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Contact: Psychology Department Description: The Psychology Department is announcing its 12th Annual Research Conference. All are welcome to attend. The schedule of events will be 2:30 Check in; 3:00-4:00 Talk by Dr. Janessa Carvalho, Department of Psychology, Bridgewater State University; Southcoast Brain and Spine Center, Southcoast Hospitals Group, Dartmouth, MA "Cross-Cultural Issues in Neuropsychological Assessment"; 4:00-5:00 Talk by Dr. Spencer Lynn, Department of Psychology, Northeastern University "A model-driven approach to research in psychology: Bumble bee decisions and human psychopathology; 5:00-6:30 Student Poster presentations; 6:30-7:00 Departmental Awards Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Psychology, Research, Undergraduate Research, Alumni Events, Conferences &amp; Events
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Final exams begin Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Examinations begin today. Link: http://www1.umassd.edu/calendar/academic_calendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar
« 4/2 - 5/14 »	2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: April 2-May 14, 2016 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 3-5 pm Artists Talk: Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm The UMass Dartmouth 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This large-scale exhibition at the Star Store Campus in historic Downtown New Bedford consists of a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital and moving images, software application design, as well as intricately made jewelry that utilizes both text and unusual contemporary materials. The range of themes is equally diverse; explorations of personal and cultural identity, feelings of loss, intimacy, memories and dreams as well as examinations of formal and conceptual space. The 2016 exhibition includes the creative efforts of 18 UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual arts: Alec H. Andersen, Amy Araujo, Calvin Arterberry, Kendra Conn, Kelly Lynn Daniels, Yinan Dong, Meaghan Gates, Marcia Goodwin, Kyungsun "Ariel" Lee, John A. Middleton, Mark Phelan, Sara Allen Prigodich, Cuong Abel Sy, Brett Sylvia, Andrew Tedesco, William M. Vanaria, Lillian E. Webster, and Will Wolf. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April April 2, from 3 to 5 pm and the exhibition is open to public through May 14, 2016. Artists Talk is scheduled on Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm. Selections from this exhibition will be shown this summer at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston from June 1 to June 26, with an opening reception on Friday, June 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm. Gallery exhibitions are open daily in New Bedford from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month-April 14 and May 12). All events are free and open to the public. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Mechanical Engineering Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) MS Project Presentation by Mr. William A. Flaherty Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: Mechanical Engineering Department Description: Mechanical Engineering Industrial Systems Engineering (ISE) MS Project Presentation by Mr. William A. Flaherty May 5, 2016 3:00 p.m. 5:00 p.m. Textile Building, Room 101E TOPIC: Optimization of the Determination of Vapor Pressure of Vacuum Grade Lubricants Utilizing the Knudsen Method ABSTRACT: In the semiconductor and aerospace industries, the use of materials which exhibit low outgassing properties is absolutely essential to the success of components and systems in high vacuum (very low atmospheric pressure) environments. All components, including the lubricants used in these environments, must possess exceptionally low outgassing properties, as to not contaminate any of the systems in the environment. Simply put, outgassing is when a material is placed into a high vacuum environment, with the addition of heat, and various components of the material are volatized out of the material and into the surrounding environment. This volatilization or evaporation into the surrounding environment can create enormous issues not only in the environment, but on any surfaces on which the evaporated materials may condense on. Understanding how a lubricant will behave in moderate to high vacuum conditions is critical to the success of components used in these environments. Although there are various methods for determining the vapor pressure of various materials, some methods have documented issues with being unstable and difficult to reproduce. The purpose of this study is to develop and optimize a Knudsen method for determining the vapor pressure of various lubricants. Determining the testing variables which produce fluctuations in results along with refining the testing method will lead to the most efficient method for performing these tests. Design of experiments methodology combined with optimization theory is used to design and validate a test method which will produce accurate and repeatable results. ADVISOR: Dr. Farhad Azadivar COMMITTEE MEMBERS: Dr. Wenzhen Haung, Dr. Bharatendra Rai Open to the public. All MNE students are encouraged to attend. For more information please contact Dr. Farhad Azazadivar (fazadivar@umassd.edu, 508-999-8549) Thank you, Sue Cunha, Administrative Assistant Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, University Community, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Lectures and Seminars
Friday, May 6, 2016
« 4/27 - 5/11 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday April 27th and May 4th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room 240. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 4/13 - 5/11 »	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, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 5/5 - 5/31 »	Call for Nominations: Provost's Award Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: The Provost's Teaching & Learning with Technology award was established in 2007 to recognize excellence in teaching and learning with technology. The 2016 award recipient will receive $2000, an award plaque, and their name will be displayed on the Provost’s Award plaque in CITS Instructional Development. See link for further information about award eligibility and directions for submitting nominations. Deadline: 5:00pm EDT, Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/provosts-award/ Topical Areas: audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
« 5/3 - 5/8 »	Lawyers Without Rights: Library Living Room Exhibit Location: > See description for location Contact: Center for Jewish Culture Description: The Center for Jewish Culture has brought to campus a traveling exhibit entitled "Lawyers Without Rights." It is on view in the Library Living Room from Tuesday, 5/3 through Sunday, 5/8 at 7pm. More than 70 years after its horrors unfolded, the Holocaust still has stories to reveal and lessons to share. This exhibit begins to provide a portrait of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Germany — stories that speak to how the Nazis purged Jewish lawyers as one of the early steps to attack the rule of law in their country. The exhibit was created by the American Bar Association. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Center for Jewish Culture
« 4/28 - 5/12 »	David and Goliath: Giants Underdogs and conflict-Guest Speaker Memory Holloway Location: Liberal Arts Building 110 Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: Guest speaker Memory Holloway will be speaking on David and Goliath. This Lecture will include visual examples of the story and film clips. Sponsored by the Religious & Spiritual Office April 28th at 2 pm in Liberal Arts Room 110 Topical Areas: Students, Religious Studies, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 4/2 - 5/14 »	2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: April 2-May 14, 2016 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 3-5 pm Artists Talk: Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm The UMass Dartmouth 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This large-scale exhibition at the Star Store Campus in historic Downtown New Bedford consists of a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital and moving images, software application design, as well as intricately made jewelry that utilizes both text and unusual contemporary materials. The range of themes is equally diverse; explorations of personal and cultural identity, feelings of loss, intimacy, memories and dreams as well as examinations of formal and conceptual space. The 2016 exhibition includes the creative efforts of 18 UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual arts: Alec H. Andersen, Amy Araujo, Calvin Arterberry, Kendra Conn, Kelly Lynn Daniels, Yinan Dong, Meaghan Gates, Marcia Goodwin, Kyungsun "Ariel" Lee, John A. Middleton, Mark Phelan, Sara Allen Prigodich, Cuong Abel Sy, Brett Sylvia, Andrew Tedesco, William M. Vanaria, Lillian E. Webster, and Will Wolf. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April April 2, from 3 to 5 pm and the exhibition is open to public through May 14, 2016. Artists Talk is scheduled on Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm. Selections from this exhibition will be shown this summer at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston from June 1 to June 26, with an opening reception on Friday, June 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm. Gallery exhibitions are open daily in New Bedford from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month-April 14 and May 12). All events are free and open to the public. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Fine Arts, Visual Arts
Saturday, May 7, 2016
« 4/27 - 5/11 »	Blended Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This blended workshop is an introduction to the best practices of blended teaching and learning. A mix of online collaboration and face-to-face activities will prepare participants to design their own plan for blended instruction. Note: Face-to-face meetings are scheduled for Wednesday April 27th and May 4th from 3:00pm - 4:00pm in the Claire T. Library, room 240. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Opera Workshop Concert Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Opera Workshop Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
« 4/13 - 5/11 »	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, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 5/5 - 5/31 »	Call for Nominations: Provost's Award Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: The Provost's Teaching & Learning with Technology award was established in 2007 to recognize excellence in teaching and learning with technology. The 2016 award recipient will receive $2000, an award plaque, and their name will be displayed on the Provost’s Award plaque in CITS Instructional Development. See link for further information about award eligibility and directions for submitting nominations. Deadline: 5:00pm EDT, Tuesday, May 31, 2016. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/provosts-award/ Topical Areas: audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
1:00 PM - 7:45 PM	Viva Portugal Location: New Bedford , New Bedford, MA Cost: FREE Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: The Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture at UMass Dartmouth invites you to join as we celebrate a great event for New Bedford and the Portuguese community: VIVA PORTUGAL- A DOWNTOWN NEW BEDFORD FESTA! a FREE Celebration of Portuguese Art and Culture Date: Saturday, May 7, 2016 Time: 1:00pm- 7:45pm Place: Intersection of Purchase and Spring Streets in downtown New Bedford The Z has brought together the leading Portuguese cultural organizations to create a festa or street party that celebrates the art, music and food of Portugal! You're invited to spend the day delighting in the sumptuous food, beautiful and enchanting music before the evening main stage performance of Fado music with Nathalie Pires & Marco Rodrigues. Highlights include: Renowned Portuguese chefs and cookbook authors Ana Ortins, Maria Lawton will offer cooking demonstrations Performances by the Portuguese Kids, Pianist Renato Diz, Raizes, Grupo Ilhas de Brumas and the Madeiran folkloric dance group Grupo Folclorico do Clube Madeirense S.S. Sacramento, among others The Azorean Maritime Heritage Society will showcase their authentic Azorean whaleboat Pico and present master boat builder, Joao Silveira Tavares from Pico, Azores Club Madeirense S.S. Sacremento, also known as The Portuguese Feast, will set the visual tone of the event with decorations and parade floats Portuguese food vendors will offer the classic selections of cacoila and linguisa sandwiches, malassadas, cod fish cakes, favas, and tremos a signature Portuguese salty snack made from lupini beans. For more information or for tickets to the Viva Portugal: The Afterglow http://zeiterion.org/viva-portugal/ You can also log on to our Facebook page or UMass Dartmouth homepage: www.facebook.com/CenterPortugueseStudiesCulture www.portstudies.umassd.edu Link: http://zeiterion.org/viva-portugal/ Topical Areas: University Community, Portuguese, Alumni Events, Concerts
« 5/3 - 5/8 »	Lawyers Without Rights: Library Living Room Exhibit Location: > See description for location Contact: Center for Jewish Culture Description: The Center for Jewish Culture has brought to campus a traveling exhibit entitled "Lawyers Without Rights." It is on view in the Library Living Room from Tuesday, 5/3 through Sunday, 5/8 at 7pm. More than 70 years after its horrors unfolded, the Holocaust still has stories to reveal and lessons to share. This exhibit begins to provide a portrait of the fate of Jewish lawyers in Germany — stories that speak to how the Nazis purged Jewish lawyers as one of the early steps to attack the rule of law in their country. The exhibit was created by the American Bar Association. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Center for Jewish Culture
« 4/28 - 5/12 »	David and Goliath: Giants Underdogs and conflict-Guest Speaker Memory Holloway Location: Liberal Arts Building 110 Contact: Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture Description: Guest speaker Memory Holloway will be speaking on David and Goliath. This Lecture will include visual examples of the story and film clips. Sponsored by the Religious & Spiritual Office April 28th at 2 pm in Liberal Arts Room 110 Topical Areas: Students, Religious Studies, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 4/2 - 5/14 »	2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: April 2-May 14, 2016 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition Opening Reception: Saturday, April 2, 3-5 pm Artists Talk: Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm The UMass Dartmouth 2016 MFA Thesis Exhibition is a much anticipated and celebrated annual event showcasing the artwork of graduating students from the College of Visual and Performing Arts. This large-scale exhibition at the Star Store Campus in historic Downtown New Bedford consists of a wide variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, digital and moving images, software application design, as well as intricately made jewelry that utilizes both text and unusual contemporary materials. The range of themes is equally diverse; explorations of personal and cultural identity, feelings of loss, intimacy, memories and dreams as well as examinations of formal and conceptual space. The 2016 exhibition includes the creative efforts of 18 UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual arts: Alec H. Andersen, Amy Araujo, Calvin Arterberry, Kendra Conn, Kelly Lynn Daniels, Yinan Dong, Meaghan Gates, Marcia Goodwin, Kyungsun "Ariel" Lee, John A. Middleton, Mark Phelan, Sara Allen Prigodich, Cuong Abel Sy, Brett Sylvia, Andrew Tedesco, William M. Vanaria, Lillian E. Webster, and Will Wolf. An opening reception will be held on Saturday, April April 2, from 3 to 5 pm and the exhibition is open to public through May 14, 2016. Artists Talk is scheduled on Thursday, AHA! Night, April 14 at 7 pm. Selections from this exhibition will be shown this summer at the Bromfield Gallery in Boston from June 1 to June 26, with an opening reception on Friday, June 3, 6:00 - 8:30 pm. Gallery exhibitions are open daily in New Bedford from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month-April 14 and May 12). All events are free and open to the public. University Art Gallery UMass Dartmouth 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 umassd.edu/universityartgallery www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Fine Arts, Visual Arts

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