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As of Friday, July 26, imaged documentation is viewable via Nolij, a new web-based solution. Users from within Banner Finance can still use the magnifying glass icon to open up imaged documentation, but note that you'll be required to sign into the new server with your Smith Portal information. An overview document can be found at the Controller's Office website.
http://www.smith.edu/controller/PDF_files/Nolij_Viewer.pdf . ITS plans to have all documents available in the new Nolij server within a week. If you have trouble accessing or logging into Nolij call ITS, x4487. Beginning July 29, all students will obtain their campus and U.S. postal mail from a small number of automated lockers located on the garden level of the Campus Center. Distribution to faculty and staff offices will remain unchanged. Because the number of mailboxes has been significantly reduced to accommodate the locker system, mass mailings that are not individually addressed to students will no longer be distributed. Those mass mailings that are individually addressed may take several weeks to be distributed. Some departments may already have mailings scheduled for fall distribution. Should your department need to send a mailing to entire classes or the entire student body, please contact Laura Smiarowski at lsmiarow@smith.edu or ext. 2200. A transition team will assist with a method to reach your constituents this semester and help develop a sustainable and effective communications strategy for spring 2014 and beyond. As always, the college encourages communication through eDigest, which is distributed twice a week during the academic year. On Friday, August 9, the Office of Admission will hold Summer Preview, a day-long program that introduces visiting high school students and their parents to academic and student life at Smith. All faculty and staff are invited to join the high school guests for lunch, at noon in Scott Gym. Contact with a member of the Smith community is often cited as the reason a prospective student chooses Smith. To participate, contact Makani Freitas, mfreitas@smith.edu, by Friday, August 2. Staff Council hosts the annual All-Employees' Ice Cream Social on Wednesday, August 7. Ice cream will be served from 2-4 p.m. on the Campus Center steps (rain location: Campus Center main level). There will be a variety of ice cream flavors, as well as a non-dairy option. Smith employees are encouraged to attend, grab a scoop, and mingle with coworkers as the summer draws to a close. Questions or comments can be directed to Sara Kirk, skirk@smith.edu. The Parking Office will be closed Thursday, Aug. 1, Monday, Aug. 5, and Thursday, Aug. 8. If assistance is urgently needed on those days, dial x2490. Beginning Monday, July 29, Mail Services will be located in the garden level of the Campus Center. Mail Services will have two counters: one to pick-up mail/packages and the other to drop off mail/packages. Counter hours are 11 a.m.–1 p.m. and 2–4 p.m. Students will receive an email from the electronic mailbox system when they receive mail and/or packages. The email will contain a pin number to be used to open the electronic mailbox locker. The pin number will be valid for 36 hours and can be used any time, day, night or weekends, when the Campus Center is open. If there is an overflow of mail, the student will receive an email to pick up mail at the pick-up counter during the counter hours. Staff will be available to assist the students with the electronic mailboxes. For additional information please click on the link for the Mail Services website, http://smith.edu/mailservices/students.php "Promoting Representative Leadership Structures in Social Justice and Social Service Agencies." Panelists Stanley A. Holbrook, Arlenis Morel and Dora Robinson will address the ways in which their organizational leadership structures address institutional, cultural and individual racism, classism, able-ism, heterosexism, linguicism, and citizenship status. The lecture will be followed by an interactive workshop offering students the opportunity to reflect on both how to influence agency context upon graduation, and implications for the organizational structure of SSW student groups. For more information, visit the Summer Lecture Series webpage:
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_lectures_summer.php#panel-presentation
From 4–8 p.m. everyone is welcome to the August 9 Free Second Friday at the Museum of Art. From 4–6 p.m. is Hands On! Art making for ages 4+ (while supplies last). 6 p.m. is Open Eyes: An informal, guided conversation about an art object (no experience required). The Museum Shop will be open 10 a.m.–8 p.m. All activities are free and open to all. The Botanic Garden of Smith College has been awarded a Level III Accreditation through the ArbNet program. By achieving particular standards of professional practices deemed important for arboreta and botanic gardens, they are now recognized among other professional public gardens in the Morton Register of Arboreta. More information: http://arbnet.org/
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