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Sunday, April 12, 2015
« 4/1 - 4/15 »	CANCELLED: Blended 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
« 3/20 - 4/15 »	The Creative Complex: A Ceramic Post-Bac Exhibition Location: > See description for location Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Creative Complex: A Ceramic Post-Bac Exhibition Exhibiting artists: Carly Costello & Joe Lee Location: Robert Hunt Photography and Gallery 48 Union St., New Bedford, MA 02740, 617-290-8009 Hours: 11 AM-6 PM Wednesday through Saturday Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233. All are welcome. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
« 4/11 - 5/17 »	2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm The culmination of two to three years of intensive research and preparation of UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual art. Thesis work from Artisanry, Design, and Fine Arts at UMass Dartmouth on view from Apr 11 to May 17, 2015. Exhibiting artists: Jessica Benzaquen, Mary Black, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Nick Heyl, Sarah Jenea Jones, George Manuel Karos, Amanda Kralovic, Xi Nan , Russell K. Prigodich, Alanna Schull, Anser Shaukat, Denise Sokolsky, Yishu Wang , Katie Wild, Ge Yang University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Link: umassd.edu/universityartgallery Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Description: Catholic Mass will be celebrated in the Reflection Room on the second floor of the Campus Center (Room 233). All are welcome.
« 4/9 - 4/29 »	2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: April 9-29, 2015 2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 1-3 PM Location: New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 508.961.3072, www.newbedfordart.org Admission: Adults $5, Students/Seniors $3, Members & Children under 16 free. Free for exhibiting artists and their guests. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 PM, Thursday 12-9 PM 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
« 4/11 - 7:00 AM	Experience Umass Dartmouth Location: > See description for location Contact: Admissions Description: Admissions will be welcoming prospective students on Saturday April 11th. If you have any questions or concerns please contact Monica Faria mfaria@umassd.edu. This will be an all day event starting in Athletics then utilizing all campus academic building, campus center, and Maple Ridge Link: http://www.umassd.edu/experienceumassd/ Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, General Public, Students, University Community
Monday, April 13, 2015
« 4/1 - 4/15 »	CANCELLED: Blended 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
« 3/20 - 4/15 »	The Creative Complex: A Ceramic Post-Bac Exhibition Location: > See description for location Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Creative Complex: A Ceramic Post-Bac Exhibition Exhibiting artists: Carly Costello & Joe Lee Location: Robert Hunt Photography and Gallery 48 Union St., New Bedford, MA 02740, 617-290-8009 Hours: 11 AM-6 PM Wednesday through Saturday Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233. All are welcome. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Roundtable Discussion: Junior Faculty Research Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Roundtable Discussion: Junior Faculty Research (Kristen McHenry, WGS; Eric Larson, CJS; Ricardo Rosa, Educational Leadership; Aminda O’Hare, Psychology) Please join us to provide feedback on current research and proposals as well as to form new connections with faculty across campus for future research endeavors. Lunch will be served; if you wish to attend, please register through the Events calendar on UMD website. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Incarnadine Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: College of Arts and Sciences Description: Poetry Reading from 'Incarnadine' by Mary Szybist, 2013 National Book award Winner for Poetry. Contact: College of Arts and Sciences 508.910.6296 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM	Blackboard Collaborate Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 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. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Workshops+%26+Events Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
« 4/11 - 5/17 »	2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm The culmination of two to three years of intensive research and preparation of UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual art. Thesis work from Artisanry, Design, and Fine Arts at UMass Dartmouth on view from Apr 11 to May 17, 2015. Exhibiting artists: Jessica Benzaquen, Mary Black, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Nick Heyl, Sarah Jenea Jones, George Manuel Karos, Amanda Kralovic, Xi Nan , Russell K. Prigodich, Alanna Schull, Anser Shaukat, Denise Sokolsky, Yishu Wang , Katie Wild, Ge Yang University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Link: umassd.edu/universityartgallery Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM	Fidelity Representative on Campus Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Individual counseling sessions regarding financial/retirement planning. You can discuss your personal financial situation with an experienced Fidelity consultant on a confidential basis. They are available to discuss how to help you achieve your financial goals by investing in financial solutions such as mutual funds, brokerage, life insurance and annuities. Please contact Diana Valsky @ diana.valsky@fmr.com or 617-777-4770 to schedule an appointment. Appointments will be held in CCB room 306. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
« 4/9 - 4/29 »	2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: April 9-29, 2015 2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 1-3 PM Location: New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 508.961.3072, www.newbedfordart.org Admission: Adults $5, Students/Seniors $3, Members & Children under 16 free. Free for exhibiting artists and their guests. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 PM, Thursday 12-9 PM 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
Tuesday, April 14, 2015
« 4/1 - 4/15 »	CANCELLED: Blended 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
« 3/20 - 4/15 »	The Creative Complex: A Ceramic Post-Bac Exhibition Location: > See description for location Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Creative Complex: A Ceramic Post-Bac Exhibition Exhibiting artists: Carly Costello & Joe Lee Location: Robert Hunt Photography and Gallery 48 Union St., New Bedford, MA 02740, 617-290-8009 Hours: 11 AM-6 PM Wednesday through Saturday Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Catholic Mass Location: Law School , 333 Faunce Corner Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: Law School, Room 116. All are welcome. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM	College of Nursing Graduate Program - PhD Seminar Series Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: College of Nursing Description: Transforming Practice through Action Research Cathy Smilan, Ed. D. Associate Professor,Master of Art Education Program Director Assistant Director, Office of Faculty Development Tuesday, April 14th From 12 noon 1pm Library, Room 314 RVSP by 4/10/2015 vvital@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
12:00 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 who are interested in learning about and practicing mindfulness meditation. This technique has been shown to increase cortical density in areas of the brain associated with cognitive and attentional control and emotional regulation. Practice with mindfulness meditation has been found to reduce anxiety and stress, increase attentional abilities and supplement socio-emotional functioning. No experience is required, and drop-ins are more than welcome. This event is to repeat weekly for the Spring 2015 semester, excluding Feb. 17th and March 17th. Please contact Aminda O'Hare (aohare@umassd.edu or ext. 8761) for more information. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Introduction to LimeSurvey Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: UMass Dartmouth has selected LimeSurvey as our Internet survey tool. All Faculty and Staff have access to create and publish their own surveys. This workshop covers the authoring and administration of surveys, as well as data collection. Question types are covered in detail, and survey logic is also included. No previous survey experience is necessary. 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
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	Computational Science Seminar Location: Textiles Building 105 Contact: Center for Scientific Computing and Visualization Research Description: The Center for Scientific Computing and Visualization Research announces the following seminar. Speaker: Miles Sundermeyer (SMAST at UMassD) Title: "Ocean Mixing Studies and An Introduction to the UMass Experimental Center for Environmental Lidar (EXCEL)" Time: Tuesday, April 14, 2015, 3:30pm-4:30pm Location: Textiles 105 Abstract: Dye release experiments conducted in the seasonal pycnocline of the Sargasso Sea in June 2011 are used to estimate diapycnal and isopycnal diffusivities on time scales of many days, and spatial scales of 0.1 to 10 km. A shear-strain-diffusion model suggests vertical shear dispersion by low frequency shears and internal waves explain a fraction of the observed lateral spreading. A series of shorter (order 6 hrs) experiments surveyed using airborne Light Detection and Ranging (LIDAR) reveal details about the short-term evolution of the dye patches, including multiple instances of sinuous meanders of the patches early in the evolution, and/or evidence of filamentation along their periphery. This suggests weak small- scale (<1 km) differential lateral advection acting on the patches, possibly contributing to enhanced dispersion at later times in the longer experiments. Simple scaling implies an upper bound on the effective lateral diffusivity at the <1 km scale that is nearly an order of magnitude smaller than that at 1-5 km scales. To further advance the use of lidar for environmental science applications such as these, we have established a new UMass Experimental Center for Environmental Lidar (EXCEL). In brief, EXCEL is a multi-campus center (UMass Lowell, Dartmouth, Boston, and Amherst) that pools expertise among the four campuses in terrestrial, oceanographic, and wind lidar. As part of the Center's oceanographic related activities in particular, we are reaching out to potential collaborators within UMass and in the region that have interest and/or possible applications related to bathymetric lidar, spatially resolved wave data, water clarity data (e.g. tubidity, phytoplankton concentrations), marsh/wetland/beach/dune/channel topography/bathymetric data, and/or other marine/coastal related applications. We welcome any opportunities to collaborate with interested groups on these and related problems. Dr. Sundermeyer is an Associate Professor at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth School for Marine Science and Technology. He earned his Ph.D. from the MIT/WHOI Joint Program in Physical Oceanography, and has been studying problems relating to ocean mixing for more than 20 years. His primary research interests include vertical and horizontal mixing processes, dye release and Lagrangian drifter studies, numerical modeling of two- and three-dimensional turbulent flows, numerical modeling of physical and biological interactions. For additional information, see the CSCVR webpage http://cscvr.umassd.edu/seminars.html, or contact Akil Narayan at akil.narayan@umassd.edu or 508-999-8318. Link: http://cscvr.umassd.edu/seminars.html Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
« 4/11 - 5/17 »	2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm The culmination of two to three years of intensive research and preparation of UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual art. Thesis work from Artisanry, Design, and Fine Arts at UMass Dartmouth on view from Apr 11 to May 17, 2015. Exhibiting artists: Jessica Benzaquen, Mary Black, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Nick Heyl, Sarah Jenea Jones, George Manuel Karos, Amanda Kralovic, Xi Nan , Russell K. Prigodich, Alanna Schull, Anser Shaukat, Denise Sokolsky, Yishu Wang , Katie Wild, Ge Yang University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Link: umassd.edu/universityartgallery Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 4/9 - 4/29 »	2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: April 9-29, 2015 2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 1-3 PM Location: New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 508.961.3072, www.newbedfordart.org Admission: Adults $5, Students/Seniors $3, Members & Children under 16 free. Free for exhibiting artists and their guests. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 PM, Thursday 12-9 PM Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM	Managing Research Data, Part 3 Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free!! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The Library has partnered with CITS and SPA to assist members of the campus community manage their research data, and this workshop series is one part of that initiative. First we will show a broad overview of what data management is and show you a tool (DMPTool) you can use to deposit your plans for managing your research data. Next we will take a look at what metadata is and play with a tool (TeX) you can use for document formatting. Last we will work with a tool (OpenRefine) which will curate your messy data and play around with theory on version controls and backlogs. The class will be taught in two sequences. The first sequence is for faculty and staff only and is sponsored by the Office of Faculty Development. The second sequence is open to faculty, staff, students, and the public. You do not need to attend every class in a sequence, and faculty/staff may attend from a mix of sequences. For more information please visit the Data Workshop Wiki at http://dataworkshop.umassd.wikispaces.net/Welcome or contact Zac Painter, Engineering & Data Services Librarian: Email ZPainter@umassd.edu, or call 508-999-8886. Link: http://dataworkshop.umassd.wikispaces.net/Welcome Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
Wednesday, April 15, 2015
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
« 4/1 - 11:55 PM	CANCELLED: Blended 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
« 3/20 - 6:00 PM	The Creative Complex: A Ceramic Post-Bac Exhibition Location: > See description for location Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Creative Complex: A Ceramic Post-Bac Exhibition Exhibiting artists: Carly Costello & Joe Lee Location: Robert Hunt Photography and Gallery 48 Union St., New Bedford, MA 02740, 617-290-8009 Hours: 11 AM-6 PM Wednesday through Saturday Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to Access Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: CITS: Computing & Information Technology Services Description: This workshop provides an introduction to Microsoft Access. Participants create a database, define fields, work with tables and create basic layouts. Data entry, find and sort features are covered in detail. Importing and exporting data, and creation of input masks are also introduced. No previous Access experience is needed. Contact Rich Legault for more information at 508-999-8799, or email RLegault@umassd.edu. Seating is limited, so please register today! Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Everyone
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	UMD Philosophy Association Student Research Presentations Location: > See description for location Contact: Philosophy Association Description: Two of our star members, Jessica Latta and Nat Tessicini, will each give a presentation. Refreshments will be served. The presentation will be in room 118 of the Liberal Arts Building. You can contact philosophyassociationumd@gmail.com for more info. This event is put on by the UMD Philosophy Association. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Philosophy, Lectures and Seminars
7:30 PM - 8:30 PM	Andrea Carreiro-Junior Jazz Vocal Recital Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Junior Jazz Vocal Recital Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Music
12:10 PM - 1:10 PM	Catholic Mass Location: MacLean Campus Center, Blue & Gold Welcome Center Contact: Catholic Campus Ministry Description: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233. All are welcome. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Center for Religious and Spiritual Life
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM	The Hunting Ground (film) Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: Free! Contact: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness Description: A startling expose' of sexual assault on U.S. campuses, institutional cover-ups and the brutal social toll on victims and their families. Sponsored by: UMass Dartmouth Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality LiveWell: The Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness The Department of Women's & Gender Studies The Department of Sociology & Anthropology Student Government Association Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Sociology, Anthropology, Crime and Justice Studies, Women and Gender Studies, Films, Health Services, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Livewell, Student Organizations
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	WRC Creative Writers' Circle Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: We are a group of students representing all majors from many different backgrounds who will come together to share poetry,short stories,songs,novels, video games -- ANY CREATIVE OUTLET IS WELCOME! You don't have to come with your own personal work; join discussions, conversational feedback and fun! At the Writing Center in LARTS220. Contact tbrown4@umassd.edu or kwood1@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Academic Affairs, College of Arts and Sciences, English, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Academic Resource Center
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Scholarly Publishing Location: OFD Lounge, Library 220 Contact: Office of Faculty Development Description: Are you currently working on a book proposal or preparing a book manuscript for publication? Are you close to contacting a publisher and in need of advice about what to expect when you do? Brian Halley, Senior Editor at the University of Massachusetts Press, will address questions that many first-time and even seasoned authors of scholarly works have about the book publishing process - from proposal writing and dissertation revision to multiple submissions and contracts. Lunch will be provided. If you wish to attend, please register through the main calendar. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
9:00 AM - 5/13 »	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. Visit the Online Teaching Guide to learn more about getting started with teaching online. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Hiding in Plain Sight-Sarah Lew Miller lecture Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: free Contact: Boivin Center for French Language & Culture Description: The Boivin Center and the Center for Jewish Culture are co-sponsoring a lecture by Sarah Lew Miller and Joyce Lazarus on Wednesday, April 15th in the Grand Reading Room of the Claire t. Carney Library at 12 noon. Ms. Miller and Professor Emerita Joyce Lazarus collaborated on writing Ms. Miller's memoir, Hiding in Plain Sight, which tell the plight of her family in evading arrest in Paris during the Nazi occupation. Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students
« 4/11 - 5/17 »	2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm The culmination of two to three years of intensive research and preparation of UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual art. Thesis work from Artisanry, Design, and Fine Arts at UMass Dartmouth on view from Apr 11 to May 17, 2015. Exhibiting artists: Jessica Benzaquen, Mary Black, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Nick Heyl, Sarah Jenea Jones, George Manuel Karos, Amanda Kralovic, Xi Nan , Russell K. Prigodich, Alanna Schull, Anser Shaukat, Denise Sokolsky, Yishu Wang , Katie Wild, Ge Yang University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Link: umassd.edu/universityartgallery Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	DEOS Seminar: Carbon Flux Dynamics in the Gulf of Maine and POC Budget for the Northwest Atlantic Margin 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 Carbon Flux Dynamics in the Gulf of Maine and POC Budget for the Northwest Atlantic Margin Professor Cynthia Pilskaln Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences School for Marine Science and Technology UMass Dartmouth Wednesday, April 15, 2015 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST I, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd, New Bedford, MA Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST II, Room 325 and LIB 240 on UMD campus To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post Oct. 1, 2014) go to http://www.umassd.edu/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu Topical Areas: University Community
3:30 PM - 4:30 PM	DFO Seminar: When "data" are not data: the pitfalls of post-hoc analyses that use stock assessment model output Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The School for Marine Science and Technology Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Announcement When "data" are not data: the pitfalls of post-hoc analyses that use stock assessment model output Jonathan Deroba NOAA Fisheries NEFSC Wednesday, April 15, 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 To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post Oct. 1, 2014) go to http://www.umassd.edu/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: University Community
« 4/9 - 4/29 »	2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: April 9-29, 2015 2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 1-3 PM Location: New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 508.961.3072, www.newbedfordart.org Admission: Adults $5, Students/Seniors $3, Members & Children under 16 free. Free for exhibiting artists and their guests. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 PM, Thursday 12-9 PM 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
10:00 AM - 3:30 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. Testing is first-come, first-served. No appointments. Location: LiveWell: Office of Health Education, Promotion, & Wellness. Oak Glen, 2nd floor. 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
3:30 PM - 6:00 PM	32nd Annual Chemistry & Biochemistry Awards & Honors Program Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 206 Contact: Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Description: Chemistry & Biochemistry Awards Ceremony to recognize student achievement. Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences
Thursday, April 16, 2015
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM	The Basics of Building an Operational Plan Location: Charlton College of Business, Room 115, , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: The operational plan is an essential tool to managing your department goals and objectives as well as providing direction to your staff. Although an operational plan may seem mundane but it will outline some very important answers to such fundamental questions such as: • Who is doing what? • What are the day to day activities? • What are the resources needed to deliver on the plan? • How will we monitor and know we are successful? In this session, learn the process for creating an operational plan for your department! Location: Charlton College of Business, CCB 115 Facilitator: Sheila Whitaker, ext. 8045 Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Staff, audience: Faculty, topic: Human Resources
3:30 PM - 5:30 PM	Safe Zone Training Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality Description: Safe Zone Training is designed to increase awareness, knowledge, and support of LGBTQ people and issues. The training was also established to build a visible support network of LGBTQ Allies at UMass Dartmouth and to improve campus climate for LGBTQ individuals. During the course of this training attendees will participate in activities and be provided with material involving homophobia, transphobia, heterosexism, and cissexism and will learn skills on how to actively support those who identify as LGBTQ regardless of societal oppression. At the end of the training participants will be provided with a sticker to display that they have completed the training and that their office is an LGBTQ Safe Zone on campus. Safe Zone Training is open to Faculty, Staff and Students. Participants must register prior to the training. To register email Kendra Pereira at Kpereira@umassd.edu or call The Center for Women, Gender & Sexuality at 508.910.6567 Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students
11:00 AM - 2:00 PM	Green Innovations Day Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: Free Contact: BIRC: Business Innovation & Research Center Description: Join us to learn about the sustainable programs happening on campus and how you can take part! Also, Jacob Vaillancourt, UMassD alumnus and founder of Waste Hub will speak about how he took his passion for sustainability and turned it into creating long-term solutions for waste disposal and a career. UMassD Student Presentations and Awards 11 - 12:15pm Light Lunch and Presentations 12:30 - 1:30pm Featuring Jacob Vaillancourt '12, Founder of Waste Hub Networking Reception 1:30 - 2pm Light Refreshments Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940) Opening Reception: Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM with the Gallery Talk at 5 PM Location: University Art Gallery Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940) Exhibition Dates: April 16 - May 1 Opening Reception: Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM with the Gallery Talk at 5 PM Printmaking workshop: Thursday, April 23, 5-7 PM Artists: Jessie Willcox Smith, Sarah Wyman Whitman, Eliza Draper Gardiner, Anna Brewster Richards, Blanche Ames, Theodosia Chase, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Emma Swan, Angela O'Leary, Allen Sisters, Mabel May Woodward, Grace Albee, Helen Watson Phelps, Alice Barbara Stephens, Ellen Dale Hale, Lena Newscastle and Mabel Dewit Eldred The University of Massachusetts Art History Department presents an exhibition entitled, Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890 - 1940). This show, which is part of the Senior Art History Capstone class at UMass Dartmouth, will feature paintings, illustrations, book cover designs and photographs created by professional late nineteenth and early twentieth century women artists from Philadelphia to Maine. The exhibition is open between April 15 and May 1, 2015 at the CVPA Campus Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747. All are invited to the reception and gallery talk on Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM. The exhibition poses the question, "Why don't we know about these successful and prolific women artists of the Modernist period?" These women were accomplished artists, leaders within the art world and participated in many art related endeavors. They were involved in the establishment of art societies throughout North East, attended and taught students at prestigious art schools, studied aboard in Europe, and led successful and profitable business careers. For example, Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated every cover of Good Housekeeping from 1917 to April 1933, representing more than 292 illustrations; similar to Norman Rockwell's contribution to the Saturday Evening Post; yet recognition of Smith's professional accomplishments are often overlooked within traditional canon of art history. This is just one story of many that will be explored in the exhibition. The exhibition is a project of the Art History Senior Seminar class, composed of sixteen art history upperclassmen. Through this course students applied their academic and professional knowledge to a real world experience. Students expanded their skill-sets within the fields of art history, art, design and museum studies, through their exhibition research, writing, interpretation, exhibition and graphic design, collection care, and visitor relations. Students also learned to work collaboratively, writing and editing the catalog, developing the exhibition design, installing the exhibition and developing public programming. We would like to thank those individuals who generously loaned works from their private collections and to those institutions including Providence Art Club, Bert Gallery, Providence Athenaeum, Boston Public Library, Smith College, UMass Amherst and New Bedford Public Library who agreed to contribution to the exhibition, "Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940)" Please visit also our Sister Exhibition at Gallery X, titled "Providence to Provincetown: Contemporary Women" (April 15 - May 3, 2015, Opening Reception: April 18, 7-10 PM. For additional information, visit www.galleryx.org. Contacts: Anna Dempsey (adempsey@umassd.edu) or Allison J. Cywin (acywin@umassd.edu) Link: www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Law, 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
« 4/15 - 5/13 »	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. Visit the Online Teaching Guide to learn more about getting started with teaching online. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
9:00 AM - 1:00 PM	Smart Plan Representative on Campus Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Individual counseling sessions regarding financial/retirement planning. You can discuss your personal financial situation with an experienced Smart Plan counselor on a confidential basis. They are available to discuss how to help you achieve your financial goals by investing in financial solutions such as mutual funds, brokerage, life insurance and annuities. Please contact Vito DeSimone at vito.desimone@greatwest.com or 401-439-3715 to schedule an appointment. Appointments will be held in CCB room 306. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
« 4/11 - 5/17 »	2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm The culmination of two to three years of intensive research and preparation of UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual art. Thesis work from Artisanry, Design, and Fine Arts at UMass Dartmouth on view from Apr 11 to May 17, 2015. Exhibiting artists: Jessica Benzaquen, Mary Black, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Nick Heyl, Sarah Jenea Jones, George Manuel Karos, Amanda Kralovic, Xi Nan , Russell K. Prigodich, Alanna Schull, Anser Shaukat, Denise Sokolsky, Yishu Wang , Katie Wild, Ge Yang University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Link: umassd.edu/universityartgallery Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
10:00 AM - 5/1 »	Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940) Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940) Exhibition Dates: April 16 - May 1 Opening Reception: Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM with the Gallery Talk at 5 PM Printmaking workshop: Thursday, April 23, 5-7 PM Artists: Jessie Willcox Smith, Sarah Wyman Whitman, Eliza Draper Gardiner, Anna Brewster Richards, Blanche Ames, Theodosia Chase, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Emma Swan, Angela O'Leary, Allen Sisters, Mabel May Woodward, Grace Albee, Helen Watson Phelps, Alice Barbara Stephens, Ellen Dale Hale, Lena Newscastle and Mabel Dewit Eldred. The University of Massachusetts Art History Department presents an exhibition entitled, Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890 - 1940). This show, which is part of the Senior Art History Capstone class at UMass Dartmouth, will feature paintings, illustrations, book cover designs and photographs created by professional late nineteenth and early twentieth century women artists from Philadelphia to Maine. The exhibition is open between April 15 and May 1, 2015 at the CVPA Campus Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747. All are invited to the reception and gallery talk on Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM. The exhibition poses the question, "Why don't we know about these successful and prolific women artists of the Modernist period?" These women were accomplished artists, leaders within the art world and participated in many art related endeavors. They were involved in the establishment of art societies throughout North East, attended and taught students at prestigious art schools, studied aboard in Europe, and led successful and profitable business careers. For example, Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated every cover of Good Housekeeping from 1917 to April 1933, representing more than 292 illustrations; similar to Norman Rockwell's contribution to the Saturday Evening Post; yet recognition of Smith's professional accomplishments are often overlooked within traditional canon of art history. This is just one story of many that will be explored in the exhibition. The exhibition is a project of the Art History Senior Seminar class, composed of sixteen art history upperclassmen. Through this course students applied their academic and professional knowledge to a real world experience. Students expanded their skill-sets within the fields of art history, art, design and museum studies, through their exhibition research, writing, interpretation, exhibition and graphic design, collection care, and visitor relations. Students also learned to work collaboratively, writing and editing the catalog, developing the exhibition design, installing the exhibition and developing public programming. We would like to thank those individuals who generously loaned works from their private collections and to those institutions including Providence Art Club, Bert Gallery, Providence Athenaeum, Boston Public Library, Smith College, UMass Amherst and New Bedford Public Library who agreed to contribution to the exhibition, "Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940)" Please visit also our Sister Exhibition at Gallery X, titled "Providence to Provincetown: Contemporary Women" (April 15 - May 3, 2015, Opening Reception: April 18, 7-10 PM. For additional information, visit www.galleryx.org. Contacts: Anna Dempsey (adempsey@umassd.edu) or Allison J. Cywin (acywin@umassd.edu) Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Visual Arts, Exhibits
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM	New Employee Orientation Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 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. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators
« 4/9 - 4/29 »	2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: April 9-29, 2015 2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 1-3 PM Location: New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 508.961.3072, www.newbedfordart.org Admission: Adults $5, Students/Seniors $3, Members & Children under 16 free. Free for exhibiting artists and their guests. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 PM, Thursday 12-9 PM Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
6:30 PM - 8:30 PM	In the Tradition ...Spoken Word and Song Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Contact: College of Arts and Sciences Description: In the Tradition...Spoken Word and Song featuring UMass Dartmouth Students and local spoken-word artists: Christopher 'Transit Thawt' Johnson Kal Fifth Element Phillip Aaron Commuter Cafe MacLean Campus Center Organized by Prof. Morgan Peters Contact College of Arts and Sciences 508.910.6292 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, University Community, Students, Undergraduate
3:30 AM - 4:30 AM	Graduate School Personal Essay Writing Workshop Location: > See description for location Contact: Student Transition and Achievement Resources Center Description: This workshop will be led by Sarah Kramer, Graduate Assistant at the Writing and Reading Center. Learn how to craft a personal essay that grabs the attention of graduate admissions committee members. The workshop will be held in LARTS 114 The STAR Center. This is geared towards juniors and seniors all majors. Topical Areas: General Public, Students, Students, Undergraduate, University Community
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Getting Started with Wikis & Blogs Location: Online Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This hands-on workshop explores wikis and blogs and their use as instructional tools for collaborative content creation. Wikis can be used for generated content, such as student group projects, website, research projects, writing assignments, project development, and peer review. Workshop participants will create and configure a wiki utilizing the UMassD Wiki farm hosted by Wikispaces. Then discover how blogs can be used to journal, sharing of information, and even online course sites. Participants will create and configure a UMassD blog, learn how to post and add comments, add templates, images and media. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Workshops+%26+Events Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
Friday, April 17, 2015
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM	BMEBT Seminar Presentation by Dr. David Koop, CIS Location: Textiles Building 102 Contact: BMEBT Seminar Series Description: TOPIC: Using Visualization and Provenance for Data Exploration ABSTRACT: The mountains of data being gathered and generated each day have brought about many opportunities to discover and test new ideas. Algorithms help users summarize and filter this data, but insight often requires users to explore intermediate results and modify computations during their analyses. Visualization techniques provide intuitive and interactive methods for examining data, helping to speed the time to insight. At the same time, keeping track of all of the computations and explorations places a burden on users. Automated methods that transparently capture provenance---the record of how each result was achieved---allow users greater freedom to investigate data without worrying about manually recording their progress. In this talk, I will present efficient methods to explore and visualize data, and discuss how provenance can be utilized to integrate knowledge from past investigations. Topical Areas: University Community, Biology, College of Arts and Sciences, Bioengineering, College of Engineering
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM	The business of being a professional artist: Macy Chadwick / artist's book publisher Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Macy Chadwick will present her work with artist's books and limited edition prints. She will discuss her interests in memory, personal communication and visual language systems. Location: Star Store Room 349 Contact: Prof. Marc St.Pierre mstpierre@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Lectures and Seminars
1:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation Defense by: Robert Craig Randall Location: > See description for location Cost: free Contact: ECE: Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Description: TOPIC: Velocity Control of Piezoelectric Transducers with Class D Switching Power Amplifiers Location; College of Engineering Conference Room, Textile's Building - Room 101E ABSTRACT: Velocity feedback control of underwater piezoelectric projectors in an array can mitigate the adverse effects of acoustic array interactions, improving beam patterns over a wide frequency band. This dissertation focuses on motional current monitoring as a method of velocity control based on earlier work, and is also applicable to velocity, acceleration, or displacement feedback in sensor arrays. The feedback stability and control loop outputs for motional current velocity control are constrained by the piezoelectric projector's electromechanical coupling coefficient, mechanical quality factor, and the accuracy of the estimate of the transducer's blocked electrical capacitance, which may vary due to environmental conditions. The steady state array equations dictating the array outputs for a single frequency continuous transmission is presented for velocity control systems, as are the conditions necessary for negative radiation impedance. It is shown that velocity control systems, regardless of the sensor types used, increases the risk for inducing negative radiation impedance which in some conditions can cause catastrophic amplifier failure. This risk increases with increased inter element acoustic coupling and higher feedback loop gain. Velocity control of a piezoelectric load with a class D amplifier presents feedback stability challenges due to acquiring feedback after a high Q LC filter, which introduces a large gain and phase shift into the feedback loop. Post LC filter feedback is commonly used with Class D amplifiers when driving a voice coil load, but is rarely if ever used when driving an underwater piezoelectric load. Two different methods for stabilizing the feedback loop with a piezoelectric load are investigated, each with their own tradeoffs. A lossy damping network of a similar kind used in voice coil designs may be used, at the expense of resistive damping losses. Another approach is adding an inner feedback loop to synthetically dampen the filter resonance with current feedback, which requires multi-loop analysis to verify the stability of the inner and global feedback loop and the resulting outputs. A prototype 8-layer amplifier board was designed, fabricated, and successfully tested with a 100V bus. An equivalent electrical circuit of a transducer was built to approximate the load that a candidate transducer for velocity control would present to the amplifier. The control loop parameters were then tuned to the measured parameters of the equivalent circuit to achieve motional current control. Measured feedback loop response, stability, and output levels all matched predicted levels within good tolerance. Note: All ECE Graduate Students are ENCOURAGED to attend. All interested parties are invited to attend. Open to the public. Advisor: Dr. David A. Brown Committee Members: Dr. Yifei Li, Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering; Dr. Steven Nardone, Professor Emeritus, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Dr. Boris Aronov, Adjunct Professor, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering; Dr. Xiang Yan, Acoustic Research Engineer *For further information, please contact Dr. David Brown via email at dbrown@umassd.edu Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering
7:30 PM - 9:30 PM	International Film Series Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: International Film Series: I Am Yours, (Norway, 2014) In Norwegian,Swedish and Urdu with English subtitles. Prof. Charles White, English Department. Ext. 8274 Topical Areas: General Public
« 4/15 - 5/13 »	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. Visit the Online Teaching Guide to learn more about getting started with teaching online. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 4/11 - 5/17 »	2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm The culmination of two to three years of intensive research and preparation of UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual art. Thesis work from Artisanry, Design, and Fine Arts at UMass Dartmouth on view from Apr 11 to May 17, 2015. Exhibiting artists: Jessica Benzaquen, Mary Black, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Nick Heyl, Sarah Jenea Jones, George Manuel Karos, Amanda Kralovic, Xi Nan , Russell K. Prigodich, Alanna Schull, Anser Shaukat, Denise Sokolsky, Yishu Wang , Katie Wild, Ge Yang University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Link: umassd.edu/universityartgallery Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 4/16 - 5/1 »	Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940) Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940) Exhibition Dates: April 16 - May 1 Opening Reception: Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM with the Gallery Talk at 5 PM Printmaking workshop: Thursday, April 23, 5-7 PM Artists: Jessie Willcox Smith, Sarah Wyman Whitman, Eliza Draper Gardiner, Anna Brewster Richards, Blanche Ames, Theodosia Chase, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Emma Swan, Angela O'Leary, Allen Sisters, Mabel May Woodward, Grace Albee, Helen Watson Phelps, Alice Barbara Stephens, Ellen Dale Hale, Lena Newscastle and Mabel Dewit Eldred. The University of Massachusetts Art History Department presents an exhibition entitled, Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890 - 1940). This show, which is part of the Senior Art History Capstone class at UMass Dartmouth, will feature paintings, illustrations, book cover designs and photographs created by professional late nineteenth and early twentieth century women artists from Philadelphia to Maine. The exhibition is open between April 15 and May 1, 2015 at the CVPA Campus Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747. All are invited to the reception and gallery talk on Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM. The exhibition poses the question, "Why don't we know about these successful and prolific women artists of the Modernist period?" These women were accomplished artists, leaders within the art world and participated in many art related endeavors. They were involved in the establishment of art societies throughout North East, attended and taught students at prestigious art schools, studied aboard in Europe, and led successful and profitable business careers. For example, Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated every cover of Good Housekeeping from 1917 to April 1933, representing more than 292 illustrations; similar to Norman Rockwell's contribution to the Saturday Evening Post; yet recognition of Smith's professional accomplishments are often overlooked within traditional canon of art history. This is just one story of many that will be explored in the exhibition. The exhibition is a project of the Art History Senior Seminar class, composed of sixteen art history upperclassmen. Through this course students applied their academic and professional knowledge to a real world experience. Students expanded their skill-sets within the fields of art history, art, design and museum studies, through their exhibition research, writing, interpretation, exhibition and graphic design, collection care, and visitor relations. Students also learned to work collaboratively, writing and editing the catalog, developing the exhibition design, installing the exhibition and developing public programming. We would like to thank those individuals who generously loaned works from their private collections and to those institutions including Providence Art Club, Bert Gallery, Providence Athenaeum, Boston Public Library, Smith College, UMass Amherst and New Bedford Public Library who agreed to contribution to the exhibition, "Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940)" Please visit also our Sister Exhibition at Gallery X, titled "Providence to Provincetown: Contemporary Women" (April 15 - May 3, 2015, Opening Reception: April 18, 7-10 PM. For additional information, visit www.galleryx.org. Contacts: Anna Dempsey (adempsey@umassd.edu) or Allison J. Cywin (acywin@umassd.edu) Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Visual Arts, Exhibits
« 4/9 - 4/29 »	2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: April 9-29, 2015 2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 1-3 PM Location: New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 508.961.3072, www.newbedfordart.org Admission: Adults $5, Students/Seniors $3, Members & Children under 16 free. Free for exhibiting artists and their guests. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 PM, Thursday 12-9 PM Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
6:00 PM - 4/19 »	Startup Weekend UMass Dartmouth Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: 20-25 (Use student discount code in description) Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: UMass Dartmouth has decided to bring Startup Weekend to campus! Startup Weekend is a non-profit, community-building event that brings together entrepreneurs of different backgrounds, including software developers, marketers, designers, and other enthusiasts. Startup Weekends are a weekend-long of hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs can find out if their startup ideas are viable. Students will gather to pitch ideas, form teams and start companies in just 54 hours! The participants that attend have 60 seconds to make a pitch (optional), the pitches are whittled down to the top ideas, and then form teams around the ideas to come out with several developed companies or projects. It takes a great amount people to build a startup company in just 54 hours! The weekend culminates with demonstrations in front of an audience of judges and potential investors. Step outside of your comfort zone. With a whole weekend dedicated to letting your creative juices flow, Startup Weekends are perfect opportunities to work on a new platform, learn a new programming language, or just try something different. As a student it is important to build a network. This isn't just a happy-hour. Startup Weekend attracts your community's best makers and do-ers. By spending a weekend working to build scalable companies that solve real-world problems, you will build long-lasting relationships and possibly walk away with a job or even an investor. If you have any questions please email: umassdartmouth@startupweekend.org If you are a student please use discount code: SWUMD2015 to pay a fee of $20 if you are the first 25 students to register and $25 for the remainder! ID's will be checked at the door of the event Link: http://www.up.co/communities/usa/semass/startup-weekend/5915 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Economics
Saturday, April 18, 2015
« 4/15 - 5/13 »	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. Visit the Online Teaching Guide to learn more about getting started with teaching online. Link: http://instructionaldev.umassd.wikispaces.net/Online+Teaching+Guide Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development
« 4/11 - 5/17 »	2015 MFA Thesis Exhibition Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 3-5 pm The culmination of two to three years of intensive research and preparation of UMass Dartmouth MFA degree candidates in the visual art. Thesis work from Artisanry, Design, and Fine Arts at UMass Dartmouth on view from Apr 11 to May 17, 2015. Exhibiting artists: Jessica Benzaquen, Mary Black, Andrea Abarca Coutts, Nick Heyl, Sarah Jenea Jones, George Manuel Karos, Amanda Kralovic, Xi Nan , Russell K. Prigodich, Alanna Schull, Anser Shaukat, Denise Sokolsky, Yishu Wang , Katie Wild, Ge Yang University Art Gallery, Star Store Campus, College of Visual and Performing Arts, UMass Dartmouth, 715 Purchase Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Gallery exhibitions are open daily from 9:00 am to 6:00 pm and until 9:00 pm during AHA! Nights (every second Thursday each month). Link: umassd.edu/universityartgallery Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 4/16 - 5/1 »	Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940) Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: University Art Gallery Description: Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940) Exhibition Dates: April 16 - May 1 Opening Reception: Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM with the Gallery Talk at 5 PM Printmaking workshop: Thursday, April 23, 5-7 PM Artists: Jessie Willcox Smith, Sarah Wyman Whitman, Eliza Draper Gardiner, Anna Brewster Richards, Blanche Ames, Theodosia Chase, Elizabeth Shippen Green, Emma Swan, Angela O'Leary, Allen Sisters, Mabel May Woodward, Grace Albee, Helen Watson Phelps, Alice Barbara Stephens, Ellen Dale Hale, Lena Newscastle and Mabel Dewit Eldred. The University of Massachusetts Art History Department presents an exhibition entitled, Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890 - 1940). This show, which is part of the Senior Art History Capstone class at UMass Dartmouth, will feature paintings, illustrations, book cover designs and photographs created by professional late nineteenth and early twentieth century women artists from Philadelphia to Maine. The exhibition is open between April 15 and May 1, 2015 at the CVPA Campus Gallery, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth, 285 Old Westport Road, North Dartmouth, MA 02747. All are invited to the reception and gallery talk on Thursday, Apr 16, 4 - 6 PM. The exhibition poses the question, "Why don't we know about these successful and prolific women artists of the Modernist period?" These women were accomplished artists, leaders within the art world and participated in many art related endeavors. They were involved in the establishment of art societies throughout North East, attended and taught students at prestigious art schools, studied aboard in Europe, and led successful and profitable business careers. For example, Jessie Willcox Smith illustrated every cover of Good Housekeeping from 1917 to April 1933, representing more than 292 illustrations; similar to Norman Rockwell's contribution to the Saturday Evening Post; yet recognition of Smith's professional accomplishments are often overlooked within traditional canon of art history. This is just one story of many that will be explored in the exhibition. The exhibition is a project of the Art History Senior Seminar class, composed of sixteen art history upperclassmen. Through this course students applied their academic and professional knowledge to a real world experience. Students expanded their skill-sets within the fields of art history, art, design and museum studies, through their exhibition research, writing, interpretation, exhibition and graphic design, collection care, and visitor relations. Students also learned to work collaboratively, writing and editing the catalog, developing the exhibition design, installing the exhibition and developing public programming. We would like to thank those individuals who generously loaned works from their private collections and to those institutions including Providence Art Club, Bert Gallery, Providence Athenaeum, Boston Public Library, Smith College, UMass Amherst and New Bedford Public Library who agreed to contribution to the exhibition, "Women Artists: The Untold Story (1890-1940)" Please visit also our Sister Exhibition at Gallery X, titled "Providence to Provincetown: Contemporary Women" (April 15 - May 3, 2015, Opening Reception: April 18, 7-10 PM. For additional information, visit www.galleryx.org. Contacts: Anna Dempsey (adempsey@umassd.edu) or Allison J. Cywin (acywin@umassd.edu) Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Visual Arts, Exhibits
« 4/9 - 4/29 »	2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: April 9-29, 2015 2015 BFA Senior Exhibition at New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! Opening Reception: Saturday, April 11, 1-3 PM Location: New Bedford Art Museum/ArtWorks! 608 Pleasant Street, New Bedford, MA 02740 508.961.3072, www.newbedfordart.org Admission: Adults $5, Students/Seniors $3, Members & Children under 16 free. Free for exhibiting artists and their guests. Hours: Wednesday-Sunday 12-5 PM, Thursday 12-9 PM 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
« 4/17 - 4/19 »	Startup Weekend UMass Dartmouth Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: 20-25 (Use student discount code in description) Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: UMass Dartmouth has decided to bring Startup Weekend to campus! Startup Weekend is a non-profit, community-building event that brings together entrepreneurs of different backgrounds, including software developers, marketers, designers, and other enthusiasts. Startup Weekends are a weekend-long of hands-on experiences where entrepreneurs can find out if their startup ideas are viable. Students will gather to pitch ideas, form teams and start companies in just 54 hours! The participants that attend have 60 seconds to make a pitch (optional), the pitches are whittled down to the top ideas, and then form teams around the ideas to come out with several developed companies or projects. It takes a great amount people to build a startup company in just 54 hours! The weekend culminates with demonstrations in front of an audience of judges and potential investors. Step outside of your comfort zone. With a whole weekend dedicated to letting your creative juices flow, Startup Weekends are perfect opportunities to work on a new platform, learn a new programming language, or just try something different. As a student it is important to build a network. This isn't just a happy-hour. Startup Weekend attracts your community's best makers and do-ers. By spending a weekend working to build scalable companies that solve real-world problems, you will build long-lasting relationships and possibly walk away with a job or even an investor. If you have any questions please email: umassdartmouth@startupweekend.org If you are a student please use discount code: SWUMD2015 to pay a fee of $20 if you are the first 25 students to register and $25 for the remainder! ID's will be checked at the door of the event Link: http://www.up.co/communities/usa/semass/startup-weekend/5915 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Economics
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM	UMASS Dartmouth Department of Music Composition Concert Location: CVPA Auditorium , CVPA-153 Contact: Music Department Description: Composition Concert Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts

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