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Walk-in TB testing clinics University Health Services (UHS) will be holding walk-in TB testing clinics for new students and employees in the Lincoln Campus Center. The clinics will be held from 9 a.m.- noon and 1-4 p.m. On the dates listed below, appointments for TB tests to be performed or read will not be available at the Health Center. The dates and locations are as follows: Sept. 6, 8, 11, 13, 15, 18, 20, 25, 27 and 29 - Room 168C; Sept. 22 - Room 811-815. Call UHS Patient Services' representatives (7-5101) for more information. Campus hosts Community Breakfast Aug. 31 The annual Community Breakfast, hosted by the University in cooperation with the Amherst Area Chamber of Commerce, is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 31, 7:45-9 a.m. at Franklin Dining Hall. Open to the public, the event marks the opening of the new academic term and affords local government officials, business leaders and members of the academic community to discuss the year ahead. The cost is $4.50 per person, payable at the door. Call 5-4200 by Aug. 24 to make reservations. Limited parking is available in Lot 62 and carpooling is advised. Judicial hearing officers needed The Dean of Students Office is looking for faculty and staff to serve as judicial hearing officers during the 2000-01 academic year. In preparation for becoming a hearing officer, each person must take part in a two-and-one-half hour training session that includes an explanation and review of the hearing process, a discussion of the Code of Student Conduct, a "walk-through" of an actual hearing, and rape and sexual assault awareness. After completing the training, hearing officers are contacted on an as-needed basis. Working in three- to five-member teams, usually including faculty, staff and student representatives, hearing boards review cases and forward recommendations to the dean of students, who is responsible for notifying students and imposing any disciplinary sanctions. A training session will be held in the Chancellor's Board Room on Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2:30-5 p.m. Volunteers must sign up by Sept. 22. For information or to register for training, contact Paul Vasconcellos, assistant dean of students, 5-2684. Continuing Education registration Registration for Continuing Education students taking University courses begins Thursday, Aug. 31. Sorters needed for 'Vintage Vinyl' WFCR-FM is seeking volunteers to help sort records and compact discs donated for "Vintage Vinyl," the station's annual used record sale. To volunteer, call 5-1684. TIAA-CREF retirement counseling TIAA-CREF is offering retirement counseling sessions on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Thursday, Sept. 14, 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. in 901 Lincoln Campus Center. Employees with questions about the Optional Retirement Program, tax-deferred annuities or retirement savings are welcome to attend. Space is limited. Reserve a space by calling Kathleen Maida at
(800) 842-2004 through the TIAA-CREF Web site Whipple previews season at Sports Luncheon Football coach Mark Whipple, members of his coaching staff and team members will be the featured guests at the first Weekly Sports Luncheon of the year on Wednesday, Aug. 30 at noon in 1009 Lincoln Campus Center. The cost is $6.50 per person. Call 5-4289 for reservations. Used records and CDs sought for 'Vintage Vinyl' WFCR-FM is collecting donations of used records and compact discs for the 10th and final edition of "Vintage Vinyl: The Used Record Sale," the public radio station's annual fund-raiser. The sale is set for the weekend of Oct. 7-8, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on the Amherst Town Common. Records are priced at $2 each while CDs are $4 apiece. Recordings may be dropped at the following local sites: Frost Library, Amherst College; Bangs Community Center, Book Marks Book Store, Food for Thought Books and For the Record in Amherst; Clapp Memorial Library, Belchertown; Emily Williston Memorial Library, Easthampton; Lilly Library, Florence; Greenfield Community College Library and World Eye Bookshop, Greenfield; Broadside Bookshop, Center for the Arts, Kinko's Copies, People's Institute and Pleasant Street Video, Northampton; Mount Holyoke College Library, Odyssey Bookshop and the public library, South Hadley. Donated items may be dropped off through Sept. 25. No 78 RPMs will be accepted. Summer session grades due All summer session grades are due in the Summer Session Registrar's Office by noon on Tuesday, Aug. 29. |
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