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Wednesday, October 28, 2015
8:00 PM - 10:00 PM	Jam Jazz Series-Jim Robitaille Trio Location: CVPA Room 104 Contact: Music Department Description: Jazz Jam Series Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts
« 9/18 - 11/15 »	Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: The Exhibition "Counterpoints: Colors, Layers, Lines" at UMass Dartmouth University Art Gallery in New Bedford presents three very different, yet highly compatible women artists. While each of them uses strong, intense colors and the layering of various elements and lines, each artist's work is best described by one of the three words in the exhibition title. However, the almost psychedelic interpretation of colors in Friese's landscapes, the inclusion of photography or other unusual materials in Mandle's critical narratives and the underlying geometry and references to female imagery in Thorton's flowers all share an affinity towards abstraction while inspiring visitors to look closer to discover their inner logic. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Concerts, Exhibits, Films, Literature, Poetry, Theater, Visual Arts
12:15 PM - 1:00 PM	Faculty/Staff Mindfulness Meditation Location: MacLean Campus Center, Reflection Room, Room 233 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Weekly meeting for faculty and staff to practice mindfulness meditation. Contact: Aminda O'Hare 508.999.8761 aohare@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Psychology, College of Arts and Sciences
11:00 AM - 1:00 PM	MetLife Representative on Campus Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: A MetLife representative will be located outside of the University Club Campus Center to discuss discounted auto and home insurance options. These plan payments are available through a direct payroll deduction for UMD employees. For more information, please contact Rafael Guimaraes at rguimaraes@metlife.com or 508-823-1234 Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Human Resources
4:00 PM - 6:00 PM	Graduate School Fair Location: Woodland Commons Contact: Career Development Center Description: Connect with representatives from a variety of graduate schools to learn about their programs, their admissions requirements, and what you can do to become a more competitive candidate when you apply to their programs. Topical Areas: Faculty, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Law, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Career Development Center
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM	The Role of Public Higher Education in the Commonwealth's Knowledge-Based Economy Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Stoico/FIRST FED Charitable Foundation Grand Reading Room Cost: no cost Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Chancellor Divina Grossman will host a public forum on: The Role of Public Higher Education in the Commonwealth's Knowledge-Based Economy -- with Carlos E. Santiago, Commissioner of Higher Education Working with the Massachusetts Board of Higher Education, Dr. Santiago plays a leadership role in shaping state-level policies that maximize the benefits of higher education for the Commonwealth and its citizens. Dr. Santiago joined the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education in April 2013 as the Senior Deputy Commissioner for Academic Affairs, and was appointed Commissioner by Governor Charlie Baker. Dr. Santiago previously served as Chancellor of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee (Wisconsin's second largest research university); Provost and Chief Operating Officer at the University at Albany. He was a professor of Economics at UWM and SUNY-Albany and holds a PhD in Economics from Cornell University. He is also the author or co-author of six books and has published dozens of articles and book reviews, of which many focus on economic development and the changing socio-economic status of Latinos in the United States. On two separate occasions, in 1996 and 2011, Dr. Santiago has been named one of the 100 most influential Hispanics in the United States by Hispanic Business magazine. To attend, please RSVP to Amy Mangold: amangold@umassd.edu Topical Areas: University Community, General Public
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM	BuyWays Requisition Approver/Peoplesoft Travel Approver Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: Kirk Hellmuth Description: How does BuyWays work? What needs approval? Review BuyWays Approver Workflow process. Learn how to approve requisitions two ways; via email or within BuyWays. Also, a quick review of the Peoplesoft Travel and Expense Approver process. How to approve Travel Authorizations and Expense Reports. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff
7:00 PM - 9:00 PM	Arts Night 2016 Location: > See description for location Cost: Free to all! Contact: Foreign Literature & Languages Department Description: Please join us for our 5th annual Arts Night. The evening will include student talent of music, dance, poetry, literature and more, all with a connection to foreign languages. Spooky acts are encouraged this year and a dessert reception will follow. Come and cheer on your peers! Location: CVPA-153 Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Foreign Literature and Languages, Portuguese
12:30 PM - 1:30 PM	Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences Seminar 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 Observations of Dye Dispersion in the Seasonal Pycnocline Miles A. Sundermeyer Department of Estuarine and Ocean Sciences School for Marine Science and Technology UMass Dartmouth Wednesday, October 28, 2015 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm SMAST I, Room 204 706 S. Rodney French Blvd., New Bedford, MA Abstract: Dye release experiments conducted in the seasonal pycnocline of the Sargasso Sea were used to estimate diapycnal and isopycnal diffusivities on time scales of many days, and spatial scales of 0.1 to 10 km. Analysis of dye distributions using a shear-strain-diffusion model suggests vertical shear dispersion by low frequency shears and internal waves explain a fraction of the observed lateral spreading. However, higher resolution observations in both time and space are needed to better understand what other processes are driving the observed dispersion. A series of shorter (~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. These results suggest that significant insight can be gained using airborne remote sensing techniques in concert with traditional ship-based methods. Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST II, Room 325. You can view the seminar live by clicking here: "live event" . Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1st), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. For additional information, please contact Sue Silva at s1silva@umassd.edu. Topical Areas: University Community
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Introduction to Excel Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 226 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: Free! Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: This workshop provides a practical introduction to Microsoft Excel. Hands-on practice with Excel allows participants to learn the skills needed to set up a spreadsheet, make keyboard entries, and perform calculations. Participants learn to produce worksheets such as budgets and payrolls. Formatting, using formulas and simple functions are introduced. No previous Excel 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, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, audience: Students
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	CANCELLED: Getting Started in myCourses Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 225 , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: This face-to-face workshop provides a hands-on introduction to the teaching and learning features of (myCourses) Blackboard Learn. You will learn about the roles an instructor plays in the online environment and identify key attributes for success. From there, you will learn how to set up the Course Menu, your students' access point to tools and content, and how to create Content Areas that contain materials, tools, and resources. You will have the opportunity to add a course structure to your development course, allowing you to learn about Blackboard Learn tools and features as you experience them in the course environment. You will become familiar with some common start-up tasks, such as creating announcements, adding a syllabus, adding calendar entries, and setting up assignments Finally, you will view the course as a student to become familiar with how the course environment appears to your own students. As a student, you will learn how to access and navigate through tools and content. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, audience: Staff, topic: Faculty Development
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Department of Fisheries Oceanography Seminar Series Location: > See description for location Contact: > See Description for contact information Description: Measuring capacity utilization in the New England groundfish fishery: How has it changed and what does it mean? John Walden NEFSC Wednesday, October 28 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm SMAST II, Room 157 200 Mill Road, Fairhaven, MA Note: Seminar will be simulcast to SMAST I, Room 204. You can view the seminar live by logging into https://echosystem.umassd.edu:8443/ess/portal/section/9f732442-8871-46c1-a9c1-d11db930bb39 Please note: the earliest you will be able to log in is 15 minutes before the regularly scheduled time. To view a video of an SMAST seminar (post-October 1, 2014), go to http://www.umassd.edu/smast/newsandevents/seminarseries/ and click on a highlighted title. for more information, please contact cfox@umassd.edu Topical Areas: University Community
4:00 PM - 5:30 PM	Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Seminar - Dr. Tracy Mincer, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 206 Cost: FREE Contact: Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Description: TITLE: "Microbial Efflux Pump Inhibitors From Natural Sources: Pharmacologically Important Molecules With Potential Ecological Relevance In Microbial Interactions For further information, please contact Dr. Sivappa Rasapalli, VIOL. 216, X-8276, email: srasapalli@umassd.edu Topical Areas: Faculty, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Biology, Chemistry and Biochemistry, College of Arts and Sciences, Medical Lab Science
« 10/6 - 11/4 »	Advising Tools: COIN Advising Report and Tracking Sheets Location: Liberal Arts Building 114 Contact: Student Transition and Achievement Resources Center Description: All College of Arts and Sciences majors are invited to the STAR Center to meet with a STAR Center advisor to go over COIN Advising Report. Its important to know all of your requirements so know what you will need to do to graduate. This will be great information to help you structure a plan for next semester when you go to meet with your major advisor. Topical Areas: Students, Undergraduate, College of Arts and Sciences, Academic Resource Center, Center for Women, Gender, and Sexuality, Fredrick Douglass Unity House, Leduc Center for Civic Engagement, Writing and Reading Center
« 10/8 - 10/29 »	A Journey Through the Thread / Viaje Al Hilo Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission Contact: University Art Gallery Description: An exhibition of contemporary designed handmade Mexican rugs Traveling exhibition presented in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston. Viaje Al Hilo is a traveling exhibition, presented in collaboration with the Consulate General of Mexico in Boston, at UMass Dartmouth Star Store Campus (Crapo Gallery & Lecture Hall). Designed by young Mexican textile designer Marisol Centeno for her Bi Yuu brand, these rugs tell many stories, weaving together the traditional and the contemporary, expressing the inspiration and emotion through a careful combination of color, texture and form. Bi Yuu works with extraordinary artisans from Teotitlan del Valle, designing and implementing a collaborative working method. Additionally, the company contributes to the artisan's local economy, utilizing local working methods and raw material from the area with the long and proud Oaxacan textile. Marisol Centeno (Mexico City, 1985) studied textile design at the Universidad Iberoamericana. Her work blends artisan craft and principles of contemporary design. In 2012, she founded Bi Yuu, a brand specializing in rugs and woven goods with a strong ethic of social responsibility and an aesthetic vision that combines quality with cutting edge design. Currently, Bi Yuu offers six collections and collaborates with 20 artisans. Marisol participated in the Social Design Roundtable as well as the Second Conference of Collaborative Design Practices, organized by Ana Elena Mallet at CaSa in Oaxaca. She has exhibited widely at venues including: Zona Maco Contemporary Art Fair, the Rufino Tamayo Museum, CENART, and the Franz Mayer Museum in Mexico City. In 2013, she was recognized as the "Best Designer" in the "Hand Made" category by the magazine CASAVIVA. Her work has been published in Folio, Wallpaper, Elle Decor, Architectural Digest and CÃ³digo. She is a current member of Comex's new Trend Forecast ColorLife 16. Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, Art History, Artisanry, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Music, Visual Design, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 10/27 - 11/13 »	PaperPaper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education Location: CVPA: College of Visual and Performing Arts , 285 Old Westport Road, Dartmouth, MA Cost: free Contact: University Art Gallery Description: http://files.ctctcdn.com/bfdd8918101/c37cabec-a34b-45e1-a878-57e2cba54e89.png Participating Artists: Megan Abajian, Sarah Arcotta, Melanie Atherton, Joseph Barros, Marissa Bolton, Diana Carns, Danielle Enos, Natasha Feliciano, Jacob Ginga, Andrew Laverty, Eric Lintala, Regina Macomber, Kayla McKenna, Anthony Miraglia, Claire Munley, Barbara Pagh, Elena Peteva, Lauren Savoia, Suzanne Schireson, Cathy Smilan, Deb Smook, Caroline Stjarnborg, John Trainor and UMass Dartmouth Art Education and Fine Arts students (collaborative work) The CVPA Art Education Department is pleased to present Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education, an exhibition featuring over 30 works created by art education students, art education alumni, art teachers, artists, and CVPA faculty, who work with paper as a medium. The gallery is located at the College of Visual and Performing Arts of the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth in North Dartmouth, Massachusetts. The exhibition Paper Unleashed: Materials in Art Education celebrates the most basic of materials that can be used in almost any context, educational or creative setting. This exhibition endeavors to explore the many ways in which paper can be used to create a variety of art forms while supporting corresponding teaching methodologies. The exhibition will feature an artist talk by Barbara Pagh, who has been working with handmade paper since the 1970s. She enjoys being able to control the size, color and texture of the paper, explorations that led to the creation of three-dimensional forms to be assembled into installation pieces. Ms. Pagh will discuss her inspiration for the works in paper, with an emphasis on the results of sabbatical projects where she worked to interpret megalithic sites in Scotland, Ireland and Brittany. A selection of elements from the Ireland exhibition, Passages will be on view. The artist talk will take place during the reception on Thursday October 29, 2015 at 5 pm. The Art Education Program at the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth challenges students to be critical thinkers, while developing visual, verbal and written skills, which serve them professionally and personally as discerning individuals living in a community with others. The Art Education program is dedicated to increasing the capacity of its graduates to question issues related to teaching, thinking, learning, and producing in and through the visual arts. This program offers a sequence of practical, theoretical, and studio-based experiences through which students build on their knowledge, skills, and confidence as art educators. The Art Education program is approved by the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to offer initial and professional licensure. The program emphasizes professional development and lifelong learning for teachers who already hold teaching licenses in the arts or related fields. CVPA Campus Gallery UMass Dartmouth, College of Visual and Performing Arts (CVPA) Link: http://www.umassd.edu/cvpa Topical Areas: Faculty, General Public, Staff and Administrators, Students, Students, Graduate, Students, Undergraduate, University Community, Art Education, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
« 9/10 - 11/12 »	Formidable: Site Specific Installation by Kat Knutsen Location: Star Store, New Bedford , Purchase Street, New Bedford Cost: Free admission. Contact: University Art Gallery Description: College of Visual & Performing Arts (CVPA) presents a new site-specific installation by recent MFA graduate Kat Knutsen, entitled "Formidable" through November 12, 2015. After receiving her MFA in painting at UMass Dartmouth in 2014, Kat Knutsen (born 1984) began an artist residency at CVPA's Star Store Campus focusing on combining fiber arts and painting in her animations. Her work has since evolved towards installations that combine fiber art, painting, sculpture and music. As she says, "I keep an open mind with the materials I work with and explore the relationships between them. At the moment, my work is a conversation between the two-dimensional, three-dimensional and sound. 'Formidable' is a culmination of my experiences since I arrived in New Bedford in 2012. For me, the object of the jellyfish symbolizes the need to quickly adapt in the changing art world. The challenge of creating a dialogue between the textile objects, painting and music in this site-specific installation parallels my journey in building a career as a young artist today." Link: https://www.facebook.com/UMassDartmouthGalleries Topical Areas: General Public, University Community, College of Visual and Performing Arts, Fine Arts, Exhibits, Visual Arts
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM	Online Discussion Do's and Don'ts Location: Claire T. Carney Library, Room 314 Contact: CITS Instructional Development Description: As an online instructor, you already know online course discussions are a cornerstone of interactivity in online courses. How do you create an effective online discussion? We invite you to join this session presented by Rachel and Andrew to explore new and creative ideas to engage learners through this type of online interaction. Topical Areas: Training, Workshop, audience: Faculty, topic: Faculty Development

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