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Sunday, November 15, 2015
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Catholic Mass is celebrated on campus at 7:00 pm on Sundays in the Blue and Gold Welcome Center. Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 11/13 - 9:00 PM	Startup Weekend UMass Dartmouth Location: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship , 151 Martine Street, Fall River, MA Contact: CIE: Center for Innovation & Entrepreneurship Description: It's a 54-hour startup competition allowing you to meet your potential co-founders, validate your startup idea and build your prototype. All Startup Weekend events follow the same basic model: - Anyone is welcome to pitch their startup idea and receive feedback from their peers; - Teams are formed around the top ideas (determined by popular vote); - Then it's a 54 hour frenzy of business model creation, coding, designing, and market validation. - The weekend culminates with presentations in front of local entrepreneurial leaders with another opportunity for critical feedback. Link: http://www.up.co/communities/usa/south-coast/startup-weekend/7025 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, ATMC: Advanced Technology & Manufacturing Center, Conferences & Events
« 9/18 - 6:00 PM	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
Monday, November 16, 2015
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Preparing Your Students for the Flipped Classroom Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Preparing Your Students for the Flipped Classroom (Debbie Armstrong, Nursing) A discussion of strategies for preparing your students to work in the flipped classroom. Lunch will be served; if you wish to attend, please register through the Events calendar on UMD website. Topical Areas: Workshop, audience: Faculty, Training, topic: Faculty Development
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Internship Showcase Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: Career Development Center Description: Come talk to your peers and learn about their experiences as interns. Students from a variety of majors working in a wide range of industries will be there to answer your questions. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
6:30 PM - 9:00 PM	Beer & Wine Paint Night Location: Campus Center Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Campus Center Activities Committee is happy to announce our 2nd Beer & Wine Paint Night. The event will be held on Monday, November 16th from 6:30-9PM in the Ubar/University Club. Event is free and includes 1 painting, 1 free drink ticket, and 1 water. Sign up by emailing umassdssa@umassd.edu (Must be 21+ to sign up) Topical Areas: General Public, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Campus Services, Conferences & Events
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Polling with REEF Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: Come explore REEF, the new classroom response system from iClicker. This new version of iClicker allows students to use a smartphone, tablet, laptop or iClicker remote to respond with during class. Response systems help create a more engaging classroom environment for your students, while enabling content reinforcement and thinking skills. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Dystopian Fiction Book Club November Meeting Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Dystopian Fiction Book Club will be meeting in November to complete our discussion of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game (including the ending, spoilers expected) and begin discussing Margaret Atwood's novel, Oryx and Crake. You can check out both books at the library's circulation desk. All are welcome to join us! By popular demand, we'll meet twice to accommodate as many interested readers as possible. Meeting times are: Monday, November 16th, 1pm-2pm (Carney Library, Room 240 [where is that? map: http://tinyurl.com/nmc3uzt]) Tuesday, November 17th, 12pm-1pm (Carney Library, Room 314) Enjoy your reading! Questions? Contact Hilary Kraus ( hkraus@umassd.edu / 508-999-8681 ) Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Claire T. Carney Library, English, Women and Gender Studies
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	Getting Started In myCourses Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 128 Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This face-to-face workshop provides a hands-on introduction to the teaching and learning features of (myCourses) Blackboard Learn. You will learn about the roles an instructor plays in the online environment and identify key attributes for success. From there, you will learn how to set up the Course Menu, your students' access point to tools and content, and how to create Content Areas that contain materials, tools, and resources. You will have the opportunity to add a course structure to your development course, allowing you to learn about Blackboard Learn tools and features as you experience them in the course environment. You will become familiar with some common start-up tasks, such as creating announcements, adding a syllabus, adding calendar entries, and setting up assignments Finally, you will view the course as a student to become familiar with how the course environment appears to your own students. As a student, you will learn how to access and navigate through tools and content. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
1:30 PM - 3:30 PM	BuyWays Requisitioner Training Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: BuyWays Requisitioner Training Learn how to create Purchase Orders. Available purchasing resources. UMass Dartmouth policies and procedures. How to monitor you Purchase Order. Lookup payments, receipts, workflow approval steps. How to add a new vendor to system Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
Tuesday, November 17, 2015
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Joint PHY-EAS-MTH Seminar by Richard Price Location: Textiles Building 105 Contact: Center for Scientific Computing and Visualization Research Description: Title: " Quasinormal Modes " Abstract: There is strong evidence that quasinormal modes, eigenmodes of non-self adjoint operators, are important in physical systems. There are equally strong arguments that quasinormal modes cannot have any real significance or useful mathematical characterization. Both sides of this question will be presented without bias. Link: http://cscvr.umassd.edu/docs/20151117-rprice.pdf Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Students, Graduate, Mathematics, Physics, Research, Lectures and Seminars
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM	HIV Testing - Free + Confidential Location: > See description for location Cost: Free! Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: Improved HIV testing technology can detect new infections within two weeks of an exposure. This test requires a blood draw, which is performed by trained counselors from our partner, Seven Hills. You receive your results in about a week. The same blood sample can also be tested for Hepatitis C and syphilis. Testing is first-come, first-served. No appointments. Location: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Link: http://www.umassd.edu/livewell/whatwedo/hivtesting/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Health Services, Livewell
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	CANCELLED: Large Jazz Ensemble Concert Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Large Jazz Ensemble Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music, Concerts
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM	VALIC Financial Advisor on Campus Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Multiple 45 minute appointments are available and provided on a first come first serve basis. Comprehensive financial planning services are complimentary and open to Valic and Non-VaIic clients. Additional appointments are available; please email kenneth.knopf@valic.com directly or by phone at 617-852-6233 for details. Appointments will be held in CCB room 306. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	Making Sense of the 60s - 3 Part Documentary Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free Contact: Art History Club Description: Making Sense of the 60's looks back at one of the most turbulent decades of American's recent history. This rare documentary examines the political and cultural changes that shaped the era. Link: http://arthistorydept.blogs.umassd.edu/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, Students, Graduate, History, Multidisciplinary Studies, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Visual Design
1:30 PM - 4:30 PM	PhD Thesis Presentation and Defense by Menglong Yu (UMD-UML joint PhD Program), Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Location: Claire T. Carney Library , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Description: TO: Faculty and Students FROM: Dr. Sivappa Rasapalli SUBJECT: CHM PhD Thesis Presentation (UMD-UML joint PhD Program) BY: Menglong Yu TOPIC: Design and development of facile synthetic access to medicinally important heterocyclic and macrocyclic compounds DATE: November 17th, 2015 TIME: 1:30 PM PLACE: UMD Library 240 (screened at Olney 518 UML campus) ABSTRACT: One of the initial steps in the development of therapeutic agents is the identification of lead compounds that bind to the drug target of interest. Nature provides us with many complex natural products that possess interesting biomedicinal properties. Unfortunately, these sought-after materials are usually isolated in low quantities, making their development into useful medicines difficult. The overarching theme of this thesis work is to design and develop facile synthetic access to such biologically important complex heterocyclic and macrocyclic natural and unnatural products. Our synthetic studies towards saxitoxin and its analogues for neuro-medicinal applications, development of strategies for assembling oxacyclic ansamycins for identification of novel anti-biotic leads, and benzylidine heterocycles for photophormcological applications will be presented. NOTE: All the CHM Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Light refreshments will be served. Cc: Dr. Tesfay Meressi, Associate Provost of Graduate Studies Dr. Yuegang Zuo, GPD, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. David Ryan, GPD, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Catherine Neto, Chair, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry Dr. Jenette Riely, Dean of College of Arts and Sciences Committee Members: Dr. Daniel Sandman, Dr. Long Chiang, Dr. Donald Boerth Committee Chair: Dr. Sivappa Rasapalli For more information please contact Dr. Sivappa Rasapalli at 508-999-8276 or srasapalli@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Chemistry and Biochemistry, Research
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Catholic Mass - Law School Location: > See description for location Cost: 0 Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Mass is celebrated at the UMass Law School on Tuesdays at 12:00 noon in Room 116. Link: www.umassdcatholics.com Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Religious & Spiritual, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Layouts with Filemaker Pro Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This workshop covers the creation of custom layouts in Filemaker Pro. Participants learn how to set up layout parts, and apply color and text formatting to a layout. Also covered are summary fields used for reporting and sliding/printing. Previous Filemaker Pro experience, or the Introduction class is required. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Students, audience: Staff
10:00 AM - 12/8 »	IGNITING THE PASSION II Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian Tio / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. 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 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 for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: https://www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Dystopian Fiction Book Club November Meeting Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Dystopian Fiction Book Club will be meeting in November to complete our discussion of Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game (including the ending, spoilers expected) and begin discussing Margaret Atwood's novel, Oryx and Crake. You can check out both books at the library's circulation desk. All are welcome to join us! By popular demand, we'll meet twice to accommodate as many interested readers as possible. Meeting times are: Monday, November 16th, 1pm-2pm (Carney Library, Room 240 [where is that? map: http://tinyurl.com/nmc3uzt]) Tuesday, November 17th, 12pm-1pm (Carney Library, Room 314) Enjoy your reading! Questions? Contact Hilary Kraus ( hkraus@umassd.edu / 508-999-8681 ) Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Claire T. Carney Library, English
Wednesday, November 18, 2015
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Excel Pivot Tables Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This workshop provides a thorough exploration of the use of tables, pivot tables and pivot charts in Excel. Participants create pivot tables to summarize hundreds of rows of transactional data in just a few clicks, without complex formulas, or time-consuming grouping and reorganization. Previous Excel experience is required. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement The Western Boundary Currents in the Bay of Bengal: Past, Present and Future Avijit Gangopadhyay Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences School for Marine Science and Technology UMass Dartmouth Wednesday, November 18, 2015 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford, MA Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST II, Room 325. You can view the seminar live by clicking here: "live event" . 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 1st), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
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: Weekly meeting for faculty and staff to practice mindfulness meditation. Contact: Aminda O'Hare 508.999.8761 aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
9:00 AM - 12/2 »	CANCELLED: Blending Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
6:30 PM - 8:00 PM	Business Information Session for Undergraduate Admissions Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: 0 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This informal information session provides prospective undergraduate students with an opportunity to meet Charlton business faculty and learn about business majors as well as internships and career development support. Drop in any time during the session. Pizza and refreshments provided. Application fee waiver may apply. Parking available in Lot 13. For more information, or to RSVP, contact Corey Rose at (508) 999-8423 or CRose@umassd.edu. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/visit/ Topical Areas: General Public
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Sustainability Movie Series Part 3 of 3: Tapped Location: DION Building 116 Contact: Campus Sustainability and Residential Initiatives Description: Please join the Office of Campus Sustainability and Residential Initiatives for the movie premiere of Tapped; the third and final sustainable movie of the 2015 fall semester. Tapped seeks to examine the financial and ecological impact of the bottled water industry, including the toxic byproducts of manufacturing plastic water bottles. After the movie we will be having a discussion to further expand our understanding of the movie! Please feel free to bring your friends. :D Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/193322674337395/ Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Co-op Program, College of Nursing
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	WRC Resume Writing Workshop Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Come to the ARC/Writing & Reading Center to learn more about resume writing. Whether you need help beginning your resume, or you want to make sure you're on the right track, then this workshop is for you! Call us at 508-999-8719 or come to the WRC in LARTS 220 to sign up. Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Writing and Reading Center, Conferences & Events
5:00 PM - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty Writing Group Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: 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. This workshop series will be facilitated by Nikolay Anguelov, Assistant Professor, Public Policy. Please contact Nikolay Anguelov at nanguelov@umassd.edu with any questions. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Student Employment Self-Service Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 128 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This session will allow users to ask questions about particular aspects of the Student Employment Self-Service system. This is not a formalized training session. Please bring along questions/issues to discuss and work on resolving. Contact Verena Lisinski (x8609) with any questions. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM	Blue Like Me: The Art of Siona Benjamin Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: Free Contact: Center for Jewish Culture Description: Siona Benjamin is a painter originally from Bombay, now living in the US. She has an MFA in painting and an MFA in Theater set design. In 2010-2011 she was awarded a Fulbright Fellowship. She has exhibited in the US, Europe, and Asia. Growing up Jewish in the predominantly Hindu and Muslim society of India, educated in Catholic and Zoroastrian schools, now living in the US, Siona has always been driven to reflect upon the cultural boundary zones in which she has lived. Siona's intent for her viewers is to re-evaluate their notions and concepts about identity and race, hoping to peel back layers of misconceptions that may result in racism, hate and war. She will be speaking about her life, her community and her work. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Judaic Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Exhibits, Visual Arts, Center for Indic Studies, Center for Jewish Culture
« 11/17 - 12/8 »	IGNITING THE PASSION II Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian Tio / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. 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 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 for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: https://www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	SMAST DEOS Seminar Location: Woodland Commons, UMass Dartmouth Campus , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA 02747 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Presenter: Avijit Gangopadhyay Affiliation: UMass Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology Topic: TBA Location: SMAST I, New Bedford and simulcast to Room 325, SMAST II. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ Topical Areas: SMAST Seminar Series
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Series Location: > See description for location Cost: 0 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Department of Fisheries Oceanography Thresholds of Ecological Indicators in Multiple Ecosystems: Determining reference points for ecosystem based management Jamie Tam NEFSC Wednesday, November 18, 2015 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 clicking https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/9f732442-8871-46c1-a9c1-d11db930bb39 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), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. Please contact cfox@umassd.edu with questions Topical Areas: University Community, School for Marine Science and Technology
1:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Blackboard Collaborate Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This workshop will demonstrate Collaborate, a live conferencing tool that uses a virtual online classroom to meet live within a myCourses course site. Using Collaborate, 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, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM	BuyWays Requisition Approver/Peoplesoft Travel Approver Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: How does BuyWays work? What needs approval? Review BuyWays Approver Workflow process. Learn how to approve requisitions two ways; via email or within BuyWays. Also, a quick review of the Peoplesoft Travel and Expense Approver process. How to approve Travel Authorizations and Expense Reports. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
Thursday, November 19, 2015
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Peoplesoft Travel and Expense Module Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: In this workshop, using the Peoplesoft system, participants will learn the following: - Campus policy on travel and business expense - How to complete and process a travel authorization - How to complete a business expense report Location: CCB-115 Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Finance
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	New Employee Orientation Location: Foster Administration Building , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Human Resources Description: On a monthly basis Human Resources partners with Campus Services and Diversity, Equity & Inclusion to facilitate the University's New Employee Orientation session. This orientation is a mandatory session for newly hired benefited employees. It includes a review of key policies and procedures as well as campus resources that employees need to be aware of. Topics include: - Human Resource policies and procedures - Employee Perks - Diversity, Equity & Inclusion/EEO roles and responsibilities - Campus Services offerings This session is an important element of the on-boarding process - your attendance is required. Location: Foster Room 333 - BOT Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Mechanical Engineering (MNE) and Engineering Applied Science (EAS) Seminar Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: Mechanical Engineering Department Description: Joint Mechanical Engineering (MNE) and Engineering Applied Science (EAS) Seminar TIME: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. LOCATION: Textile Building, Room 101E SPEAKER: Dr. Alireza Asadpoure, Assistant Professor of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department at UMass Dartmouth TOPIC: Topology Optimization for Structural Engineering and Architected Materials Design ABSTRACT: The powerful technique of topology optimization is the perfect tool for the optimal design of structures, as it allows variation of material layoutâ€™s boundaries and connectivity to achieve exceptional performance. However, solutions obtained by performing the optimization in a deterministic setting may be suboptimal under real-world engineering conditions subject to inherent variabilities (e.g., manufacturing defects and uncertainties on operating conditions). In this presentation, we will propose a novel computational methodology for topology optimization in the presence of uncertainties associated with structural stiffness, with the overarching goal of minimizing the influence of stochastic variabilities on the topology-optimized solutions (robust topology optimization). Notably, the general technique of topology optimization can also be applied for optimal design of architected materials. As an example, a novel algorithm will be presented for the systematic design of lightweight cellular materials that are optimally tailored for ideal combinations of high stiffness, low density, and high energy absorption under vibrations. Classic homogenization theory is utilized to model the effective stiffness of the microstructure, and the Bloch-Floquet approach allows calculation of its damping capacity. We will show that some of the architectures identified by the proposed topology optimization algorithm outperform any existing materials on the suggested figure of merit. BIO: Dr. Asadpoure has recently joined the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Before joining UMass Dartmouth, he was a postdoctoral researcher in the Mechanics of Materials and Structures group in the Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering at the University of California, Irvine. He received his Ph.D. in structural engineering from the Department of Civil Engineering at the Johns Hopkins University. His research experience and interests are in the field of computational mechanics with emphasis on stochastic modeling and optimization of complex systems and materials. His recent work focuses on developing a computational framework for design of architected materials for different performance metrics including weight, stiffness, and energy absorption. For more information please contact Dr. Mehdi Raessi, MNE Seminar Coordinator (mraessi@umassd.edu, 508-999-8496). All are welcome. EAS students are encouraged to attend. Students taking MNE-500 are REQUIRED to attend. All other MNE students are encouraged to attend (especially MNE seniors and MS students). Light refreshments will be served. Topical Areas: University Community, Bioengineering, College of Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Physics
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	Business Information Session for Undergraduate Admissions Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: 0 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This informal information session provides prospective undergraduate students with an opportunity to meet Charlton business faculty and learn about business majors as well as internships and career development support. Drop in any time during the session. Pizza and refreshments provided. Application fee waiver may apply. Parking available in Lot 13. For more information, or to RSVP, contact Corey Rose at (508) 999-8423 or CRose@umassd.edu. Link: http://www.umassd.edu/visit/ Topical Areas: General Public
1:30 PM - 3:00 PM	Student Employment Self-Service Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 128 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This session will allow users to ask questions about particular aspects of the Student Employment Self-Service system. This is not a formalized training session. Please bring along questions/issues to discuss and work on resolving. Contact Verena Lisinski (x8609) with any questions. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Logan Amaral Senior Percussion Recital Location: CVPA Room 104 Contact: Music Department Description: Logan Amaral Senior Percussion Recital Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	CANCELLED: Recording with Techsmith Relay Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225 , 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. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
« 11/18 - 12/2 »	CANCELLED: Blending Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Word Mail Merge Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This workshop covers the use of Microsoft Word’s mail merge tools. Participants create a letter and merge it with names and addresses from a separate data document. Conditional if-then statements are covered, as well as using data from external sources such as Peoplesoft. Familiarity with the basic text-editing features of Word is required. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
5:00 PM - 6:15 PM	Ernst & Young Recruiting Event Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 205 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Please come to meet representatives from Ernst & Young, one of BIG 4 public accounting firms. This is a great opportunity for you to learn about E&Y and the opportunities in public accounting. The event will be held on November 19, 2015 at 5:00 PM in Library 205. Pizza and drinks will be served! Contacts: hta@umassd.edu and thsieh@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Accounting and Finance, _Charlton College of Business, Decision and Information Science, MBA or Graduate, Management and Marketing
12:30 PM - 1:45 PM	UMD Music Dept. Capstone Performance Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Afternoon Concert Series Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
« 11/17 - 12/8 »	IGNITING THE PASSION II Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian Tio / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. 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 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 for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: https://www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	WRC Resume Writing Workshop Location: Liberal Arts Building 220 Contact: Writing and Reading Center Description: Come to the ARC/Writing & Reading Center to learn more about resume writing. Whether you need help beginning your resume, or you want to make sure you're on the right track, then this workshop is for you! Call us at 508-999-8719 or come to the WRC in LARTS 220 to sign up. Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, Writing and Reading Center, Conferences & Events
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Simplifying Instruction with Universal Design Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: According to CAST.org, Universal Design for Learning “guides the design of instructional goals, assessments, methods, and material that can be customized and adjusted to meet individual needs.” Join us to explore how the three main principles of Universal Design can guide instructional practices for face-to-face and online courses. Topical Areas: Workshop, Training, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
7:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Game Night in the Library Living Room Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Need a study break? Come to the Library's Living Room for our Game Night which features a selection of popular board games. Great way to unplug and spend time with friends. Questions? Please contact kmofford@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate
Friday, November 20, 2015
« 11/18 - 12/2 »	CANCELLED: Blending Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	BMEBT Seminar Presentation by Dr. Philip A. Lessard, Project Mgr. at Agrivida, Inc. Location: Textiles Building 101E Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series Description: TOPIC: A NEW GENERATOIN OF ENZYMES FOR ANIMAL NUTRITION ABSTRACT:Global demand for high-quality dietary protein is driving the expansion of livestock production. The sustainability of chicken, egg, and pork production, in particular, depend on the development of nutritionally balanced animal feeds. The largest components of animal feed are agricultural products such as corn and soy, which provide macronutrients such as carbohydrates, proteins and oils, as well as micronutrients, such as minerals and vitamins. However, even feed that contains all of the required nutrients may be nutritionally deficient because many nutrients are present in forms that make them difficult to digest or absorb by the animal. To compensate, a grower must either overformulate a diet (e.g. increase the amount of protein present to make up for the portion that is not well absorbed) or add nutrients from alternative and often more expensive sources. In contrast, adding enzymes to animal feed is a strategy that allows the animals to extract more nutritional value from feed by allowing them to digest and absorb more of the nutrients that are already present in feed. This approach improves feed efficiency, reduces waste and ameliorates agricultural pollution. BRIEF BIO: Dr. Lessard is a Project Manager at Agrivida, Inc., where he oversees the Biochemistry Department's efforts to develop novel traits for improving feed and energy crops. Dr. Lessard joined Agrivida after 14 years as a Research Scientist, Instructor, Principal Investigator and Fellow of the Cambridge-MIT Institute at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At MIT he ran the Microbial Genetics Project Lab, and his research in the areas of microbial genetics, bioprocess development, and plant molecular biology resulted in over two dozen publications and 5 patents. Prior to joining MIT, Dr. Lessard was a post-doctoral associate in New Products Division at Monsanto Company, where he helped to develop traits for crop improvement. He holds a Ph.D. in Biology and Biomedical Sciences with an emphasis in Plant Biology from Washington University in St. Louis. Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
« 11/17 - 12/8 »	IGNITING THE PASSION II Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian Tio / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. 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 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 for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: https://www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
Saturday, November 21, 2015
« 11/18 - 12/2 »	CANCELLED: Blending Learning: Finding the Mix Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This online workshop focuses on blended learning strategies and developing faculty abilities to successfully integrate online components of a course with face-to-face components Faculty are invited to engage in a 10 day asynchronous workshop designed to introduce blended learning techniques and facilitate faculty planning of a blended course. The workshop includes a focus on assessment to help faculty not only assess student learning outcomes, but also to assess how well the “blend” works to facilitate student learning. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Blended+Learning Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 11/18 - 12/18 »	Gift of Giving Food Drive Location: > See description for location Cost: n/a Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: 7th annual "Gift of Giving" Food Drive In the spirit of giving, the Student Affairs Office and the Center for Religious & Spiritual Life are collecting non-perishable food items to help our "Students Helping Students" Food Pantry and local charities. Items collected will be distributed to those charities in greatest need. All non-perishable food items will be accepted, but the following items are in greatest demand: peanut butter, jelly, cereal, oatmeal, dry pasta, tuna fish, canned meat, Spaghettios, ravioli, canned pasta, soup, rice, dry beans, powdered milk, snack bars, gluten-free products. Also accepting the following clothing items: socks, hats, gloves, mittens, scarves. LOOK FOR DONATION BINS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS: Student Affairs, Campus Center, Suite 221 Foster Admin Buidling, 1st floor All academic buildings, first floors Claire T. Carney Library, Circulation Desk area CVPA Star Store, lobby Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, lobby UMass Law, lobby One CAN CAN make a difference! Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
« 11/17 - 12/8 »	IGNITING THE PASSION II Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Select Works by Young Apprentices Nov 17 - Dec 8 Closing Reception: Tuesday, Dec 8, 4-6 pm, Artist Talk 5 pm Location: CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth Eric Lintala / Cassie Remillard Anthony Fisher / Jonathan Gavin-Patterson Bryan McFarlane / Lizzy Santoro Richard Creighton / George Carmo Elena Peteva / Matt Meserve Stacy Latt Savage / Erin Wheary Andrew Nixon / Kris Valcorba Pam Hoss / Christina Hoang Anthony Miraglia / Victoria Arons Alison Wells / Melissa Masse Suzanne Schireson / Sheila O'Brien Donald Beal / Sarah Richard Marc St. Pierre / Cameron Aguiar Joseph Moniz / Casey Collins Ellen Lewis Watson / Hailey Angione Adrian Tio / Sam Brun An exhibition of Fine Arts faculty at the College of Visual and Performing Arts and their students, entitled "Igniting the Passion II" is being held at the UMass Dartmouth, CVPA Campus Gallery through December 8th. This show features work by all Fine Arts faculty alongside select works by their students in the media areas of Drawing, Painting, Printmaking, and Sculpture. This exhibition is based on the idea that the best teachers are those who are deeply involved in pursuing a personal art form, subject, or medium. Students, in turn, grasp this passion and grow to become strong, inspired artists in their own right. This is one of the most rewarding experiences in academia. 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 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 for the "Igniting the Passion II" exhibition will be held on Tuesday, December 8th, from 4 pm to 6 pm with artist talks at 5pm. CVPA Campus Gallery, UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747 Gallery Hours: Monday through Thursday 10 am to 4 pm, Friday 10 am to noon www.umassd.edu/cvpa www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Link: https://www.facebook.com/FineArtsCVPA Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
« 11/4 - 12/2 »	Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: In this course, we will introduce you to current research and best practices for both online and blended teaching as well as showcase examples of successful teaching strategies for both methodologies. Throughout the course you will work both independently and collaboratively with your peers to gain valuable online course transition experience and develop strategies in online teaching and learning. As a participant, you will learn both pedagogical aspects of teaching online as well as how to use and incorporate many of the tools available in the myCourses Learning Management System used at UMD. The ultimate goal of the course is to have you begin planning, organizing and building the course you eventually plan to teach. In addition, this course will introduce you to tools that will teach you how to self-assess course site design to ensure student ease of access to course content and to facilitate more streamlined student learning and retention. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development

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