Weekly Bulletin

Final exam schedules

The final examination schedule for December is being sent to academic departments for distribution to the faculty on Oct. 9, according to acting registrar Pamela Marsh-Williams.

Copies will be available to on-campus students in their residence halls and to off-campus students in the Registrar's Office, 213 Whitmore, beginning Friday, Oct. 11.

The final exam schedule will also be available on the Web (www.umass.edu/registrar) no later than Oct. 1. The information on the Web will be updated with any changes, said Marsh-Williams.

Healthy women wanted for Nutrition study

Healthy postmenopausal women are needed to participate in a Nutrition Department study on the effects of dietary flaxseed consumption on hormone levels in blood and urine.

Participants must have undergone a natural menopause, and not have taken any hormones, including estrogen replacement therapy, for the past six months. Subjects should also be nonsmokers with no prior medical history of cancer, diabetes or bowel disease.

Qualified individuals need to plan on participating in the study for four months. Financial compensation will be provided.

To volunteer for the study, contact Sara Sabelawski, project manager, at 218-6604.

Faculty Research Grant application deadline

Faculty Research Grant applications are due in the Office of Research Affairs, 517 Goodell, by Friday, Oct. 4.

The grants are awarded for encouraging scholarly research and creative activities. Grants are reviewed and recommended by a committee of the Research Council and outside technical reviewers.

Notice of proposed changes in undergraduate programs due

Notice of all proposed changes in academic undergraduate programs (majors, minors, concentrations and certificates) to be published in the 2003-04 Undergraduate Catalog should be submitted to the Provost's Office by Tuesday, Oct. 1.

Proposals must first be approved by school or college curriculum committees and the respective deans.

Everywoman's Center sponsors groups

Everywoman's Center Counseling Services is offering two groups to women in the Five Colleges and surrounding communities. Both are free and registration is required.

"Finding Your Voice Through Writing: A Women's Self-Discovery Group" is a six- session for women who would like to use writing to increase their understanding of self. The group meets Thursday evenings during the fall semester.

"Managing Anxiety" is a group for women who struggle daily with anxiety. The group will focus on understanding the causes of anxiety and learning skills to reduce and manage it. The group will meet on four Wednesday evenings beginning Oct. 9.

For more information and to register, call 7-0077.

Faculty Senate meeting

The Faculty Senate will meet Thursday, Oct. 3 at 3:30 p.m. in the 227 Herter Hall.

Weight Watchers Winning Points

A new 12-week session of Weight Watchers Winning Points Program will begin on Monday, Sept. 30. The meetings are held in the Conference Room of Boyden Gym from noon-12:30 p.m. The meetings are open to anyone in the Amherst community.

For information, contact Cheryl (548-9404) or Jill (5-3321).

Breast-feeding, bone density study

A research project is recruiting women for a study on breast-feeding and bone density. If you are breast-feeding or pregnant and planning to breast-feed, and want to know more about your bone density, contact Karen Pearce at 374-3091 (days), 367-9742 (evenings), or via e-mail (klp@anthro.umass.edu).

Whipple, Rudy to speak at Sports Luncheon

Football coach Mark Whipple and women's soccer coach Jim Rudy will be the featured speakers at the Weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, Oct. 2 at noon under the tent at McGuirk Alumni Stadium.

The buffet lunch costs $6.50. Call 5-4289 for reservations.

Telephone directory forms going out with Sept. 27 paychecks

Telephone Directory Update Forms (yellow cards) will be distributed to employees with paychecks on Sept. 27. The forms will be collected and used by Telecommunication Services to publish the 2003 Faculty and Staff Telephone Directory. Anyone who does not receive a form should call
5-2171. All forms should be signed, updated if necessary, and returned to Jason Vosu, Telecommunication Services, Trailer #2, by Oct. 11.

The information shown on the directory forms comes from the Human Resources employee system. Employees are asked to verify the accuracy of this information and correct the following items directly on the card: work location, work phone number, home address and home phone number. Contact the Human Resources Information Center, 5-6110, for procedures on changing employee name or working title.

E-mail addresses ending with "umass.edu" are pre-printed on the forms. Employees who do not want their e-mail addresses published in the telephone directory may simply cross them out on the forms. Employees should note that the e-mail addresses are accessible through an Internet directory search on the University's homepage.

Directory forms also include a notation that alerts employees as to whether they have restricted their home address/phone number from being disclosed or published. Employees who have not restricted this information and wish to do so, must file a directive form with Human Resources. The form is available in PDF format online (www.umass.edu/humres/fipaform.pdf) and should be submitted by Oct. 4 to the Human Resources Information Center, 3rd floor, Whitmore Administration Building, in order to have the request reflected in the forthcoming directory.

Questions about the phone directory and directory cards should be directed to Jason Vosu, Telecommunication Services, 7-3188.

Sabbatical leave reports

Faculty members who were on sabbatical leaves during the 2001-2002 academic year should submit their sabbatical leave reports to their department heads by Friday, Oct. 4.

Application deadlines for scholarships to Germany

The application deadlines for two scholarship programs for study in Germany are approaching, according to the International Programs Office.
The German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) offers edu.de Undergraduate Awards to highly qualified undergraduate students for study abroad, university language or summer courses, senior thesis research and/or internships in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Two types of awards are available:
Short-term awards for stays of two or three months in conjunction with German university language or summer courses, independent senior thesis research, or an internship at a German institution or firm.

Long-term awards for a semester or year abroad for between four and ten months, either as part of an organized study abroad program, or as part of an individual, student-designed study abroad semester or year.

The deadline for long-term scholarships is Nov. 15; for short-term scholarships, Feb.1.

The Graduate Scholarship for Study and/or Research in Germany provides funds for study and/or research in Germany for one to 10 months between Aug. 1, 2003 and July 31, 2004. The scholarship is open to graduate students pursuing their master's or doctorate for study and/or research prior to completing their degree. Recent Ph.D. recipients (up to two years after the completion of the degree) may also apply to pursue post-doctoral research at libraries, archives, institutes or laboratories.

The scholarship is open to all fields except medicine. Applicants must possess knowledge of the German language commensurate with the demands of their project. Especially in the arts, humanities and social sciences, students should have a good command of German.

The deadline for performing musicians and fine artists is Oct. 1; Oct. 15 for all other disciplines.

Contact Regine S. John, director of German Programs at the International Programs Office (5-2710, reginejohn@ipo.umass.edu) for more information on DAAD grants and scholarships. Application forms are available online (www.daad.org/frg_all.htm).