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"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.
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
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.
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/
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.
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.
From 4–8 p.m. everyone is welcome to the September 6 (date changed to the first Friday of the month for this program only) 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 a gallery talk with Steve Waksman, Smith College Professor of Music and American Studies. The Museum Shop will be open 10–8 p.m. Light refreshments provided by Tryon Common 4–6 p.m. All activities are free and open to all.
On Tuesday, July 30, Facilities Management will shut down power in several campus buildings, beginning at 5 a.m. for up to five hours, in order to replace a transformer to support Cutter-Ziskind renovations. Power will be shut down in: Tilly Hall, Friedman Apartments, Sessions, Sessions Annex, Parsons Annex, Davis Center, 10 Prospect St., Capen House, Capen boiler room, Capen garage, Capen Annex, Helen Hills Hills Chapel, and Cutter-Ziskind houses. Phone service will not be disrupted. Life safety generators and battery systems will activate to maintain emergency lighting in the buildings during the early hours of the shutdown. Please shut down personal computers prior to the outage to protect against lost work and power irregularities. This power interruption is rescheduled from July 23 due to heavy rains and dangerous conditions for high-voltage electrical work that day.
"Women in the Military: Rewards and Challenges," by Kathryn Basham, professor of social work. Research and clinical literature address aspects of resilience as well as unique issues facing servicewomen. They include: health and mental health outcomes; caregiving of children and elders; moral integrity/moral injury; military sexual trauma; and negotiating a masculinized culture. A synthesis of feminist, attachment and trauma theories, bolstered by neurobiology, informs a clinical social work practice approach with these servicewomen and their families. Clinical case material will be used to illustrate the rewards and challenges facing these women in the military. For more information, visit the Summer Lecture Series webpage:
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_lectures_summer.php#basham
The lane in front of the President's House will be closed to pedestrian traffic from July 3 to August 31, during construction of an accessibility ramp on the house. Pedestrians will be detoured to the sidewalk on Elm Street.
In addition to the ramp project, a steam line replacement project will also create a pedestrian detour to Elm Street. The road in front of the admission building to the president's house will be closed from July 3 to July 26.
To avoid the fall crush, hire returning student employees into JobX during the summer. Edit your job to reflect the new academic year, 9/3/13 through 5/9/14, etc., then click Hire A Student. Your returning students do not need to reapply yearly. If they fail Validation because they do not have Work-Study yet, try again in 2 weeks as students are receiving financial aid awards all summer in the order in which they completed their applications. Non-work-study and graduate students are not eligible to continue summer jobs into fall. Please advertise jobs for work-study students.
Mail Services will be closed all day on Friday, July 26, for the move to the newly renovated student, faculty/staff post office in the Campus Center. Counter service will not be available all day on Friday, July 26.
Tibetan lama Tulku Lobsang, the 8th incarnation of Buddhist Master Nyentse Tulku and founder of the Nangten Menlang Buddhist Medical Organization in Vienna, teaches methods for achieving physical health, mental happiness and development of the mind. He will discuss "The Power of Love" today, Tuesday, July 23, at 7 p.m. in Weinstein Auditorium, Wright Hall. Register to attend online, tulkulobsang-northampton.eventbrite.com . Born and trained in Amdo, Tibet, he is deeply rooted in Tibetan medicine and astrology, Buddhist Tantrayana and Bon. Tulku Lobsang will also offer a workshop, "Tibetan Movement and Breathwork Practices," on Wednesday, July 24, at Sun Studio, Florence, Mass.
On Tuesday, July 23, Facilities Management will shut down power in several campus buildings, beginning at 5 a.m. for up to five hours, in order to replace a transformer to support Cutter-Ziskind renovations. Power will be shut down in: Tilly Hall, Friedman Apartments, Sessions, Sessions Annex, Parsons Annex, Davis Center, 10 Prospect St., Capen House, Capen boiler room, Capen garage, Capen Annex, Helen Hills Hills Chapel, and Cutter-Ziskind houses. Phone service will not be disrupted. Life safety generators and battery systems will activate to maintain emergency lighting in the buildings during the early hours of the shutdown. Please shut down personal computers prior to the outage to protect against lost work and power irregularities.
"Sex and Gender in the Olympics and the Real World." Annual Conference and E. Diane Davis Memorial Lecture, by J. Michael Bostwick, M.D. Individuals with intersex conditions challenge binary definitions of sex and gender. Through two cases—one an international celebrity, the other a patient who presented in routine clinical practice—Dr. Bostwick will explore challenges facing individuals who fail to fit neatly into either male or female categories, and suggest that such neat delineations are ultimately specious. For more information, please visit the Summer Lecture Series webpage:
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_lectures_summer.php#bostwick
WordPress users, note that on Monday, July 22, Smith WordPress will be unavailable from 10 a.m. to noon, while the college upgrades to version 3.5.2, so please plan accordingly. The upgrade includes enhancements to theme customization and media galleries, but will not substantially affect the user interface.
The Center for Religious and Spiritual Life and the School for Social Work “Spirituality in Action” Program will sponsor a Vigil for Restorative Justice in the wake of the Trayvon Martin verdict on Tuesday, July 16, at 7 p.m., Chapin Lawn (Campus Center steps). All are welcome. Please feel free to bring short readings and musical offerings to mourn the absence of social and racial justice manifested in the Trayvon Martin case, and look forward to a renewed commitment to ending racial, cultural and ethnoreligious profiling of all kinds, and demanding changes to the U.S. justice system. Questions: contact mcantwel@smith.edu.
Registration for the Opt-Out Parking Program runs July 1- September 15 and must be done in person at the Campus Police Office. The program pays eligible employees $150/400 per year to travel to and from work without driving a single-occupant (SOV) vehicle, an initiative to help ease the parking demand on campus. The Opt-Out Program is a voluntary program to encourage faculty and staff to find alternate ways to commute, such as car-pooling, ride sharing, bicycling, walking and public transit. Click here for more details: http://www.smith.edu/campuspolice/parking_optout.php
You may download a registration form at http://www.smith.edu/campuspolice/parking_forms.php and bring it to Campus Police to obtain your decal and parking passes. Sign-up hours: Monday - Friday, 9:00 a.m. - Noon and 12:30 - 3:00 p.m. Register online http://www.commute.com/sign_up with MassRIDES for the Emergency Ride Home Program if you haven’t done so already. Questions? Contact us at parking@smith.edu
"DBT Principles in Action: Psychotherapy of Disorders of Severe Emotional Dysregulation," by Charles Swenson, M.D. With 18 successful randomized controlled trials, Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) is an evidence-based treatment for disorders of severe emotional dysregulation, including borderline personality disorder, substance use disorders, eating disorders, and complex post-traumatic stress disorders. It is effective with adults, adolescents, and families. This lecture will provide a detailed discussion of the three paradigms of DBT, their associated principles, and how they inform the therapist in sessions. Several case examples will be used to illustrate the teaching. For more information, please visit the Summer Lecture Series webpage:
http://www.smith.edu/ssw/acad_cont_lectures_summer.php#swenson
The all-employee picnic is on Tuesday, July 9, 11:30 a.m.–1:30 p.m. A highlight of the event happens at 12:30p.m., when President McCartney will say a few words. Food will be served from inside the Campus Center, but as in the past, folks are encouraged to sit on Chapin Lawn with their colleagues. (In case of rain, indoor seating will be available in the Campus Center.) We’ll once again collect personal care items (travel sizes included) and non-perishable food for the residents of Jessie’s House in Amherst. To join the Facebook picnic "group," e-mail ksananto@smith.edu. Download the flyer at http://www.smith.edu/news/2012-13/PicnicFlyer2013.pdf
Mail Services will be closed on Tuesday, July 9, 11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
The Grécourt Bookshop in the Campus Center will be closed July 9-14 in order to change over inventory and transition to a new management company. A committee of faculty, staff and students selected Follett Higher Education Group, which sells college apparel, gifts, and books, to operate the bookshop for the next 5 years. Follett currently operates approximately 1,000 college bookstores nationwide. The contact information for the store will remain unchanged: Campus extension 4140; Website address http://www.grecourtbookshop.com. Faculty members should submit textbook information to bookorders@smith.edu.
Everyone is welcome to the July 12 Second Friday at the Museum of Art, 4–8 p.m. From 4–6 p.m. is Hands On! Art making for ages 4+ (while supplies last). At 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 Staff Council Diversity Committee and New Century Theatre are offering reduced ticket prices for this coming weekend's performances of "Good People," in Theatre 14, Mendenhall Center (must show your Smith College ID at the door). Admission will be $15 per person; PLUS, for the Sunday, July 14, 2 p.m. matinee only: the first 20 attendees who show their Smith College ID for the discount will get an additional $5 off. Following the Sunday, July 14, 2 p.m. matinee there will be a potluck dinner with the Diversity Committee. Anyone interested in joining the discussion should respond to ccc@smith.edu by Friday, July 12. Read about the production at http://www.newcenturytheatre.org/2013/goodpeople.html Return to the eDigest |
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