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Sunday, April 2, 2023
« 3/22 - 4/19 »	CANCELLED: Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: A rigorous four-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to the current research and best practices for online teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of online instruction in a myCourses site. This unit will meet the Quality Online Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming fully online course(s). Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
Monday, April 3, 2023
8:00 AM - 11:00 PM	Fall Registration Begins Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: N/A Contact: Registrar's Office Description: Fall Registration Begins Link: http://www.umassd.edu/academiccalendar/ Topical Areas: Academic Calendar, Academic Calendar - Spring
« 3/22 - 4/19 »	CANCELLED: Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: A rigorous four-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to the current research and best practices for online teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of online instruction in a myCourses site. This unit will meet the Quality Online Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming fully online course(s). Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
10:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Human Resources-New Employee Orientation Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This is an orientation for new employees. Foster Administration Building, Conference Room 229A Topical Areas: Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
All Day	SGA Elections Location: MacLean Campus Center , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Office of Student Affairs Description: Elections April 3 - 7 Results announced April 10 Topical Areas: Students, Student Affairs
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Walk-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question about study abroad? Would you like to start planning your study abroad experience? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) with your questions! Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Study Abroad
All Day	Clubs/Organizations E-Board Elections Location: MacLean Campus Center , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Office of Student Affairs Description: Contact sgapres@umassd.edu for more information. Elections 4/3-4/7. All elected officers should be shadowing current E-Board until transition of powers. Topical Areas: Students
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM	National Find a Rainbow Day Location: The Grove Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Happy National Find a Rainbow Day! Stop by The Grove to celebrate! Questions? Email us at dining@umassd.edu, follow us on social @UMassDEats or visit our website: dineoncampus.com/umassd. Link: https://dineoncampus.com/umassd/events Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, Law Alumni, SMAST, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing
Tuesday, April 4, 2023
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM	PowerFul @ The Grove Location: The Grove Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Join us in The Grove for our PowerFul celebration at dinner! Enjoy superfoods while celebrating campus heroes! Questions? Email us at dining@umassd.edu, follow us on social @UMassDEats or visit our website: dineoncampus.com/umassd. Link: https://dineoncampus.com/umassd/events Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, Law Alumni, SMAST, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing
« 3/22 - 4/19 »	CANCELLED: Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: A rigorous four-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to the current research and best practices for online teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of online instruction in a myCourses site. This unit will meet the Quality Online Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming fully online course(s). Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
2:00 PM - 2:30 PM	Using Audio Feedback to Engage Student Learning, Part 1 Location: > See description for location Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Using Audio Feedback to Engage Student Learning Two-Part Workshop: Tuesday, April 4, 2:00-2:30 (via Zoom) Monday, April 10 1:00-2:00 p.m. (in person, LIB 213, or via Zoom) Join us for two successive sessions on implementing audio feedback into your teaching and assessment practices. We'll explore some practical "how-to's" and also discuss how audio feedback can both enrich student learning and make grading more efficient (and even enjoyable!). Session one will be a 30-minute offering via Zoom on Tuesday, April 4th, 2:00-2:30. This session will introduce the screen-capture tool Kaltura, which can be used to record audio and visual feedback and then placed directly into the myCourses inline grader. Participants will be encouraged to try using Kaltura before attending the second session. Session two will be a 1-hour hybrid offering on Monday, April 10th from 1:00-2:00 where we will discuss how instructors used Kaltura following the first session. This session will also offer an opportunity to dive deeper into the use of audio and video tools for online teaching, highlighting how it can provide opportunities for efficient grading, in-depth and personalized feedback, as well as improving accessibility. Participants are welcome to register for either session, but we recommend participating in both to maximize the objectives of the workshop. Please email Ellen Mandly at emandly@umassd.edu to register. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Graduate, Faculty Development
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Virtual Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question about study abroad? Would you like to start planning your study abroad experience? Meet us over zoom with your questions! Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email intl_programs@umassd.edu for zoom link. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Study Abroad
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Introduction to Photoshop, Part 3 - Rescheduled Location: > See description for location Cost: Free! Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: The last workshop in the three-part series covers the use of Photoshop’s layer features. Participant assemble a collage from separate documents and use layers to organize and define the final image. An adjustment layer is used to perform color correction. Also covered are text layers, and layer styles. Finally, cropping and image size changes are covered, as well as saving documents as different file formats. Previous Photoshop experience, or Part 1 of the Introduction class is required. This workshop will take place in the Library, room 128. Note that this workshop has been moved from its original date due to the inclement weather. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
11:30 AM - 1:30 PM	PowerFul @ Campus Center Location: Campus Center Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Join us in The Campus Center for a PowerFul celebration! Enjoy superfood pop-ups! Link: https://dineoncampus.com/umassd/events Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, Law Alumni, SMAST, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Faculty Senate Meeting Location: Online Contact: Faculty Senate Description: Please join the Faculty Senate for their April meeting where we discuss issues concerned with academic matters and matters relating to the intellectual life of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. The Faculty Senate meeting is open to the public; however, only elected Senators may vote on issues presented to the Senate. For your information, Senate members for AY 2022/2023 can be found at www.umassd.edu/faculty/senate/roster. If you missed any of our meetings or want to refresh your memory, the Faculty Senate has been recording its meetings, which are posted to the Senate website (www.umassd.edu/faculty/senate/minutes/). The meeting is hosted via Zoom. Please contact the Faculty Senate for the link. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Faculty Senate
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Three Minute Thesis Competition - Undergraduate Preliminary Round Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: OUR: Office of Undergraduate Research Description: Three Minute Thesis is a research communication competition that challenges students to present a compelling oration on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes. The competition develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The top six presenters will advance to the combined undergraduate/graduate finale. Contact the Office of Undergraduate Research for additional details: our@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community
Wednesday, April 5, 2023
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Collaborative Online International Learning Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Office of Faculty Development Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Collaborative Online International Learning Wednesday, April 5, 2023 1:00-1:50 p.m. Location: Office of Faculty Development, LIB 213 Facilitator: Dr. Catherine Curran-Kelly, Professor, Charlton College of Business In this session, we will explore the variety of options for including a virtual study abroad component to your course. Virtual study abroad allows students who could otherwise not participate in a study abroad experience reap the benefits of connecting and working with people from other cultures. Students participate in either dialogue-based learning (such as connecting a literature class on campus with a campus in South Africa after a reading of Cry the Beloved Country) or project-based learning (such as connecting a business course to refugee business owners in Greece) experience. These experiences can be transformative as students encounter opinions and cultures that are not their own. The session will cover resources on how to incorporate this experience into your course, finding international partners, and best practices from the Steven's Initiative of the Aspen Institute (https://www.stevensinitiative.org/). To register, please email Ellen Mandy at emandly@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Faculty Development
« 3/22 - 4/19 »	CANCELLED: Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: A rigorous four-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to the current research and best practices for online teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of online instruction in a myCourses site. This unit will meet the Quality Online Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming fully online course(s). Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Walk-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question about study abroad? Would you like to start planning your study abroad experience? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) with your questions! Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Study Abroad
12:00 AM - 5/3 »	Your Action is Needed - GIC Annual Enrollment Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Benefits Description: The GIC has announced major changes to the benefits offered such as: -Tufts Navigator and Tufts Spirit will discontinue. If you do not select a new health plan by the close of business on May 3, you will be defaulted into a similar plan and you will not be able to make any changes until next year's open enrollment. -Two new plans are replacing the UniCare Basic plan -Some health plan options will change based on your place of residence -National Plan has changed from UniCare Basic to Harvard Pilgrim Access America -Other changes such as increased premiums, co-payments, new prescription provider, and new flex spending provider. Your action is needed prior to May 3 to ensure coverage continues to meet your needs. We strongly encourage you to attend one of the 2 remaining information sessions: -April 14th via Zoom from 10am - 11am. Registration is required, please register at: https://umassd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJifHgtbTZ6dHsi09VmBIA -April 20th at Main Auditorium from 2pm - 3pm. No registration is required Link: https://umassd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJifHgtbTZ6dHsi09VmBIA Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Getting Started with Qualtrics Location: > See description for location Cost: Free! Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: UMass Dartmouth has selected Qualtrics as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their own surveys. Students may also use Qualtrics under the direction of a Faculty or Staff member. This workshop covers the authoring and administration of surveys, as well as data collection. Question types are covered in detail. No previous survey experience is necessary. Note that access to Qualtrics is managed by the Office of Institutional Research and Assessment. Please contact Jonathan Bonilla at JBonilla1@umassd.edu at least three business days prior to this workshop to request access. Students must have a Faculty or Staff advisor request access on their behalf. This workshop will take place via Zoom teleconference. The Zoom meeting link will be sent to registered participants via email the morning of the workshop. For more information about Zoom, visit http://instructionaldev.umassd.edu/zoom . For more information about this workshop, contact Rich Legault at 508-999-8799 or email rlegault@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty Development, Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
1:00 PM - 2:15 PM	Summit Financial Reporting 101 - Review of Summit Financials Dashboards(Oracle BI) for Financial Reporting Location: Online Cost: Please watch the videos for Summit in the Event URL prior to class Contact: Jean Schlesinger Description: Review of Summit Financial Reporting Tool (Oracle BI) - Zoom Training Learn how to lookup Budget information Learn how to review Encumbrances and Expenses and export to Excel. Please register. Zoom Link and prerequisite video/handout will be sent upon Registration. Link: https://my.umassd.edu/group/procurement-videos Topical Areas: Training, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
2:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Three Minute Thesis Competition - Graduate Preliminary Round Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: Graduate Studies Office Description: Three Minute Thesis is a research communication competition that challenges students to present a compelling oration on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes. The competition develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. The top six presenters will advance to the combined undergraduate/graduate finale. Contact the Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies for additional details: apgradstudies@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM	Corsair Career Series: The Hidden Power of Networking - LUNCH & LEARN Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Career Center Description: This networking workshop will include LinkedIn and Corsair Network. In addition, the Career Center will focus on developing an elevator pitch and common ways to land an informational interview. You will edit and/or start their LinkedIn profile during this session. The Career Center will also discuss the importance of networking and maintaining your professional network. This is a lunch and learn workshop series. Please RSVP; pizza will be provided. Link: https://app.joinhandshake.com/events/1266579/share_preview Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Career Center, Student Affairs
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs LARTS 202 Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Financial Aid Services wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs in LARTS 202 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid. Contact Mark Yanni myanni@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Financial Aid
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar Announcement - Dr. Zhitao Yu 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 “What is the generation mechanism of the counter-wind South China Sea Warm Current in winter” Dr. Zhitao Yu NRL Stennis Wednesday, April 5, 2023 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm SMAST East, Rooms 101/102 And via Zoom Abstract: A 22-year (1994-2015) HYbrid Coordinate Ocean Model (HYCOM) global reanalysis is used to study the generation mechanism of the counter-wind characteristic of the South China Sea Warm Current (SCSWC) in winter seasons. Our analysis clearly demonstrates that the counter-wind SCSWC in winter is driven by wind relaxation. An Extended Empirical Orthogonal Function (EEOF) analysis of the hourly Sea Surface Height (SSH) and wind stresses reveals that the most dominant SSH mode is an Ekman mode. When the wind relaxes, the Ekman transport anomaly is offshore and generates a favorable cross-shore SSH slope for the northeastward surface currents over the continental shelf mainly by geostrophic balance. The alongshore pressure gradient force also increases when the wind relaxes, and dominates the weak wind stresses to push the alongshore water northeastwards. We also identify the region south of Taiwan Strait as the origin of the SCSWC, instead of the Hainan Island or Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam due to the dominant Ekman dynamics. ******************************************************************************** Join Zoom Meeting https://umassd.zoom.us/j/97440069270?pwd=L2Z1bDZESTFCKzJYZWduYVhWenYvZz09 Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270 Passcode: 428029 One tap mobile +13017158592,,97440069270#,,,,428029# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,97440069270#,,,,428029# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270 Passcode: 428029 Find your local number: https://umassd.zoom.us/u/adtxYu9NMO Join by SIP 97440069270@zoomcrc.com Join by H.323 162.255.37.11 (US West) 162.255.36.11 (US East) 115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai) 115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad) 213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands) 213.244.140.110 (Germany) 103.122.166.55 (Australia Sydney) 103.122.167.55 (Australia Melbourne) 149.137.40.110 (Singapore) 64.211.144.160 (Brazil) 149.137.68.253 (Mexico) 69.174.57.160 (Canada Toronto) 65.39.152.160 (Canada Vancouver) 207.226.132.110 (Japan Tokyo) 149.137.24.110 (Japan Osaka) Meeting ID: 974 4006 9270 Passcode: 428029 ******************************************************************************** For additional information, please contact Sydney Carreiro at scarreiro1@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Announcement - Dr. Steve Cadrin Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography Weekly Seminar Announcement “A Modern Revival of the Stock Concept in Fisheries” Dr. Steve Cadrin School for Marine Science and Technology, UMASS-D Wednesday, April 5, 2023 2:30 pm – 3:30 pm SMAST East Rooms 101/102 And via Zoom Abstract: The unit stock concept has been recognized as a theoretical assumption of conventional stock assessment since the early stages of fisheries science. Russell’s initial derivations of sustainable yield in 1931 began with the assumption “Let us simplify the problem down to its bare essentials by considering a completely self-contained stock of fish of one particular kind living in a large area which is systematically fished”, thereby established the axiom of the stock concept. In the 1960s and 1970s, David Cushing refined ‘the idea of a unit stock’ to describe dynamics of self-sustaining populations. The importance of delineating stocks increased after claims of national and international fishery management jurisdictions in the 1980s, and John Gulland defined highly migratory species that straddle jurisdictional boundaries. Most stock assessment models continue to assume that no fish movement into or out of the stock area, extensive mixing of fish within the stock area, and relatively homogeneous rates of growth, mortality, and reproduction within the stock area. Although these assumptions are clearly stated in stock assessment texts, they have been frequently ignored or casually dismissed. Recent technological advances led to the identification of complex population structure for many species, and case studies demonstrate that ignoring population structure can lead to misperceptions of stock status and fishery failures. These findings, as well as increased spatial resolution of fishery data and the development of spatial methods for stock assessment, promoted the re-consideration of population structure in fishery science. The revival of the stock concept as a major feature of stock assessment led to the development of best practices for stock identification, stock delineation based on plausible population structure, and spatially explicit modeling. Bio: Steve Cadrin is a Professor at SMAST. He has a PhD in Fisheries Science from University of Rhode Island, a MS in Marine Biology from University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, and a BS in Marine Science from Long Island University. He has been a stock assessment scientist for over 30 years, previously with the National Marine Fisheries Service’s Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole and the Massachusetts Marine Fisheries. His accomplishments include the advancement of stock assessment methods for a range of invertebrate and fish species, fishery management advice for regional, national and international fisheries, and global leadership in evaluating geographic stock structure and modeling spatially complex populations. He has chaired several regional, national and international working groups and committees and has convened workshops, symposia, and conferences for the International Council for the Exploration of the Seas, National Marine Fisheries Service, New England Fishery Management Council, American Fisheries Society and the Northeast Fish and Wildlife Conference. Steve received the American Fisheries Society’s Oscar E. Sette Award for sustained excellence in marine fishery biology, the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth’s 2021 Scholar of the Year Award, and the Joint Ocean Commission Initiative’s Excellence in Mentoring Inaugural Award. He is also Past President of the American Institute of Fisheries Research Biologists. His teaching and research agendas focus on population modeling, stock identification, fisheries management, collaborative research with fishermen, and application of advanced technologies for fishery science. **************************************************************************** Zoom Link https://umassd.zoom.us/j/93758230260?pwd=OHJ5UDloQkZZaCtXcTlBNlR6Qm0rQT09https://umassd.zoom.us/u/acosTPRs4V Meeting ID: 937 5823 0260 Passcode: 426839 One tap mobile +13017158592,,93758230260#,,,,426839# US (Washington DC) +13126266799,,93758230260#,,,,426839# US (Chicago) Dial by your location +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC) +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago) +1 646 876 9923 US (New York) +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma) +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston) +1 669 900 6833 US (San Jose) Find your local number: ****************************************************************************** For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu Topical Areas: School for Marine Sciences and Technology, SMAST Seminar Series
Thursday, April 6, 2023
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Sex Ed Variety Show! Location: > See description for location Cost: N/A Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Starring Rachel Gross, Jules Purnell and Kyle Marian. There will be prizes. Join us at the Campus Center Mezzanine. Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Student Organizations, Student Affairs
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Three Minute Thesis Competition - Grand Finale Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: Graduate Studies Office Description: Three Minute Thesis is a research communication competition that challenges students to present a compelling oration on their research topic and its significance in just three minutes. The competition develops academic, presentation, and research communication skills and supports the development of research students' capacity to effectively explain their research in language appropriate to a non-specialist audience. In this finale, the top six finalists from the undergraduate preliminary round and the graduate preliminary round will compete for cash prizes. Contact the Office of the Associate Provost for Graduate Studies for additional details: apgradstudies@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: General Public, University Community
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Walk-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question about study abroad? Would you like to start planning your study abroad experience? Drop by the IPO (LARTS 016) with your questions! Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Study Abroad
4:00 PM - 7:00 PM	International Cuisine Series: Africa with ASA Location: The Grove Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Thank you to the African Student Association for partnering for our African Dinner in The Grove. Questions? Email us at dining@umassd.edu, follow us on social @UMassDEats or visit our website: dineoncampus.com/umassd. Link: https://dineoncampus.com/umassd/events Topical Areas: Alumni, Faculty, Law Alumni, SMAST, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, University Marketing
« 3/22 - 4/19 »	CANCELLED: Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: A rigorous four-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to the current research and best practices for online teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of online instruction in a myCourses site. This unit will meet the Quality Online Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming fully online course(s). Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
12:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Chat & Chew - National Athlete Appreciation Day Location: The Grove Contact: Office of Student Affairs Description: Join in celebrating our student athletes and coaches! Topical Areas: Faculty, SMAST, Staff and Administrators, Students, Student Affairs, University Marketing
« 4/5 - 5/3 »	Your Action is Needed - GIC Annual Enrollment Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Benefits Description: The GIC has announced major changes to the benefits offered such as: -Tufts Navigator and Tufts Spirit will discontinue. If you do not select a new health plan by the close of business on May 3, you will be defaulted into a similar plan and you will not be able to make any changes until next year's open enrollment. -Two new plans are replacing the UniCare Basic plan -Some health plan options will change based on your place of residence -National Plan has changed from UniCare Basic to Harvard Pilgrim Access America -Other changes such as increased premiums, co-payments, new prescription provider, and new flex spending provider. Your action is needed prior to May 3 to ensure coverage continues to meet your needs. We strongly encourage you to attend one of the 2 remaining information sessions: -April 14th via Zoom from 10am - 11am. Registration is required, please register at: https://umassd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJifHgtbTZ6dHsi09VmBIA -April 20th at Main Auditorium from 2pm - 3pm. No registration is required Link: https://umassd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJifHgtbTZ6dHsi09VmBIA Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Word Mail Merge Location: > See description for location Cost: Free! Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: his workshop covers the use of Microsoft Word’s mail merge tools, which are used to create form letters and email messages that are customized for each recipient. 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. This workshop will take place in the Library, room 128. 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
Friday, April 7, 2023
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	Virtual Drop-in Study Abroad Advising Location: > See description for location Contact: International Programs Office Description: Have a quick question about study abroad? Would you like to start planning your study abroad experience? Meet us over zoom with your questions! Students will be seen on a first-come, first-served basis. Please email intl_programs@umassd.edu for zoom link. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, University Community, Study Abroad
« 3/22 - 4/19 »	CANCELLED: Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: A rigorous four-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to the current research and best practices for online teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of online instruction in a myCourses site. This unit will meet the Quality Online Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming fully online course(s). Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Financial Aid FAFSA Help Labs LARTS 202 Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Financial Aid Services wants to remind all students to file their FAFSA! Join Financial Aid Services for FAFSA Help Labs in LARTS 202 on Wednesdays and Fridays from 3-4pm for help filing your FAFSA and learning more about financial aid. Contact Mark Yanni myanni@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Financial Aid
« 4/5 - 5/3 »	Your Action is Needed - GIC Annual Enrollment Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Benefits Description: The GIC has announced major changes to the benefits offered such as: -Tufts Navigator and Tufts Spirit will discontinue. If you do not select a new health plan by the close of business on May 3, you will be defaulted into a similar plan and you will not be able to make any changes until next year's open enrollment. -Two new plans are replacing the UniCare Basic plan -Some health plan options will change based on your place of residence -National Plan has changed from UniCare Basic to Harvard Pilgrim Access America -Other changes such as increased premiums, co-payments, new prescription provider, and new flex spending provider. Your action is needed prior to May 3 to ensure coverage continues to meet your needs. We strongly encourage you to attend one of the 2 remaining information sessions: -April 14th via Zoom from 10am - 11am. Registration is required, please register at: https://umassd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJifHgtbTZ6dHsi09VmBIA -April 20th at Main Auditorium from 2pm - 3pm. No registration is required Link: https://umassd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJifHgtbTZ6dHsi09VmBIA Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Joint Seminar of Accounting and Finance Department and Center for Scientific Computing and Data Science Research Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Accounting and Finance Department and Center for Scientific Computing and Data Science Research announce the following research joint seminar. Speaker: Assistant Professor. Qing Yan (Towson University) Title: Hedge Fund Performance Prediction with Machine Learning Date: Friday, April 7, 2023 Time: 10:00-11:15 AM Location: via Zoom Meeting https://umassd.zoom.us/j/4387551509?pwd=bVB2QzdtRmFCdkk1WTVQSUxHMS9iQT09 Meeting ID: 438 755 1509 Abstract: We use machine learning to dynamically identify and optimally combine the predictors of hedge fund performance. The portfolio formed based on the machine learning models has an out-of-sample alpha of 7.8% per year. The importance of each predictor varies over time, but among the 22 predictors we consider, the consistently important predictors are average return, maximum return, alpha, systematic risk, and beta activity. Machine learning provides valuable, unique information about future hedge fund performance that is not captured by individual predictors. For additional information, please contact Prof. Hongkang Xu at hxu5@umassd.edu or Prof. Scott Field at sfield@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Accounting and Finance, _Charlton College of Business, Mathematics
3:00 PM - 5:00 PM	Cookies, Condoms and Contraception with Planned Parenthood Location: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Cost: N/A Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Description: Shannon Morrell, a representative of the Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts, will join us in the Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality (located in room 207 of the Campus Center) to talk and answer questions about contraception, etc. Topical Areas: Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, Student Organizations, Student Affairs
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	Inquiring on Budgets and Running PeopleSoft Financial Reports Location: Online Contact: Jean Schlesinger Description: Learn how to run PeopleSoft Financial Reports GL7045 Revenue and Expense, GM7047 Rev and Expense Projects, GL7062 Transaction Detail Report and GL7079 open Encumbrance Report and look up your budget. Watch Accounting 101 Video prior to the event. Zoom Link and prerequisite video/handout will be sent upon registration. Link: https://my.umassd.edu/group/procurement-videos Topical Areas: audience: Staff, audience: Faculty, Training
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM	Accounting and Finance Department Research Seminar Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Accounting and Finance Department announces the following research seminar. Speaker: Assistant Professor. Qing Yan (Towson University) Title: Hedge Fund Performance Prediction with Machine Learning Date: Friday, April 7, 2023 Time: 10:00-11:15 AM Location: via Zoom Meeting https://umassd.zoom.us/j/4387551509?pwd=bVB2QzdtRmFCdkk1WTVQSUxHMS9iQT09 Meeting ID: 438 755 1509 Abstract: We use machine learning to dynamically identify and optimally combine the predictors of hedge fund performance. The portfolio formed based on the machine learning models has an out-of-sample alpha of 7.8% per year. The importance of each predictor varies over time, but among the 22 predictors we consider, the consistently important predictors are average return, maximum return, alpha, systematic risk, and beta activity. Machine learning provides valuable, unique information about future hedge fund performance that is not captured by individual predictors. For additional information, please contact Prof. Hongkang Xu at hxu5@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Accounting and Finance, _Charlton College of Business
Saturday, April 8, 2023
« 3/22 - 4/19 »	CANCELLED: Online Teaching and Learning Strategies Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: A rigorous four-week, fully online certification course that introduces faculty to the current research and best practices for online teaching and learning. Using their own discipline-specific course materials for activities, faculty will work independently, collaboratively with peers from across campus, and with Instructional Designers to design and build one unit of online instruction in a myCourses site. This unit will meet the Quality Online Course Review Rubric criteria and be a model that faculty can reference and replicate as they continue to develop their upcoming fully online course(s). Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty
« 4/5 - 5/3 »	Your Action is Needed - GIC Annual Enrollment Location: UMass Dartmouth , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Benefits Description: The GIC has announced major changes to the benefits offered such as: -Tufts Navigator and Tufts Spirit will discontinue. If you do not select a new health plan by the close of business on May 3, you will be defaulted into a similar plan and you will not be able to make any changes until next year's open enrollment. -Two new plans are replacing the UniCare Basic plan -Some health plan options will change based on your place of residence -National Plan has changed from UniCare Basic to Harvard Pilgrim Access America -Other changes such as increased premiums, co-payments, new prescription provider, and new flex spending provider. Your action is needed prior to May 3 to ensure coverage continues to meet your needs. We strongly encourage you to attend one of the 2 remaining information sessions: -April 14th via Zoom from 10am - 11am. Registration is required, please register at: https://umassd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJifHgtbTZ6dHsi09VmBIA -April 20th at Main Auditorium from 2pm - 3pm. No registration is required Link: https://umassd.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wJifHgtbTZ6dHsi09VmBIA Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources

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