Weekly Bulletin

Nominations open for Outstanding Academic Advisor Awards

Each year, the University recognizes Outstanding Academic Advisors on campus. This year, two individuals will be honored with the prize. One of the two awards is reserved for a faculty advisor; the second may be given to a faculty member or a staff member.

The Nominating Committee for the 2002-2003 Outstanding Academic Advisor Award invites all students, faculty, staff and alumni to nominate academic advisors whose practices distinguish them from other advisors. The characteristics of an outstanding advisor include but are not limited to:
Building strong relationships with students; monitoring students' progress toward academic and career goals; making appropriate referrals; knowing and understanding institutional regulations, policies and procedures.

The winners of the Outstanding Academic Advisor Awards will receive $3,000. The winners will be announced and the awards presented in May.

Nominations of faculty and staff who advise undergraduate students should be submitted to Outstanding Academic Advisor Award Committee, Office of the Provost, 362 Whitmore Administration Building.

Nominations may be made in writing, by phone (5-2554), or by e-mail (gjones@ provost.umass.edu) by Friday, Nov. 15.

When a nomination is received, the nominee's department head will be notified. If the department head supports the nomination, a package of materials will be requested for submission to the committee. Supporting materials are due on or before Dec. 20.

MSBDC workshops

The Western Massachusetts Regional Office of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center Network (MSBDC) is presenting workshops in Springfield and Greenfield next week.

Attorney Brian Shea of Caruso, Brown, Landers, Khanbabai & Murphy, will present "Shaking The Money Tree -- Collecting on Stale Accounts Receivables" on Wednesday, Nov. 20, 2002, 8:30-10:30 a.m., Peter Pan Room, Springfield Enterprise Center, 1 Federal St., Springfield.

This workshop will focus on concerns facing business owners when engaged in the collection of money. It will look at the Fair Debt Collections Practices Act, the law in Massachusetts regulating debt collection procedures and how it is applicable to in-house collectors.

Allen Kronick, a senior management counselor with the MSBDC, will lead "Your First Business Plan" on Thursday, Nov. 21, 9-11 a.m. at the Franklin County Chamber of Commerce, 395 Main St., Greenfield.

This workshop is recommended for startup businesses and will focus on business fundamentals, from start up considerations to the elements of a business plan/financial plan.

There is a $25 registration fee for each workshop and reservations are required. To register, call 737-6712.

Franklin County Publications Archives indexers lead workshop

Librarian Barbara Stewart and Web application developer Michael Muller will present a workshop entitled "Indexing the Franklin County Publications Archive Index: or How to Combine a Love of Old Newspapers, Local History, Full-Text Indexing and the World Wide Web" on Tuesday, Nov. 26 from 3-4:30 p.m. in the Calipari Room of the Du Bois Library.

A humorous look at the process of creating a full-text index of the Greenfield Gazette and Courier, starting in 1870, the workshop will include an actual indexing session led by Stewart, who will explain the selection of index terms, the use of a text editor and the submission of the selected terms to the archive.

Muller will then demonstrate the search capabilities of the database, as well as other features of the site, including the interactive possibilities between site visitors.

Historians and genealogists may be especially interested in this presentation.
RSVP to Barbara Stewart (stew@library.umass.edu) or 7-2634 by Nov. 15.

Breast-feeding and 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).

Reserve listings

Reserve listings for wintersession and spring semester should be submitted to the Library by Wednesday, Dec. 4.

Retired Professional Staff meet Nov. 20

The next meeting of the Retired Professional Staff will be Wednesday, Nov. 20, 10-11:45 a.m. in 805 Lincoln Campus Center. Representatives from the Polus Center for Social Economic Development will describe projects dealing with prosthetic outreach.

The retired staff group will hold its holiday luncheon on Tuesday, Dec. 10 at the University Club. The cost is $15 per person. Call Dorothy Bridges at 549-5095 for more details.

Prior to the luncheon at 9:45 a.m., there will be a meeting with Chancellor John Lombardi, who will share his vision for the campus.

34th Great UMass Ski Sale

The UMass Ski 'N' Board Club's 34th annual Great UMass Ski Sale will be held Nov. 21-23 in the Student Union Ballroom. Four local ski and snowboard shops will be selling more than $3 million worth of equipment and apparel at 50-70 percent off regular prices.

There will be a raffle running throughout the sale with a drawing on Saturday for lift tickets and other prizes. With the UMass Ski 'N' Board Club receiving a percentage of the sales, the event is the group's major fund-raiser for the year.
Sale hours are 11 a.m.-8 p.m. on Nov. 21-22 and 11 a.m.-6 p.m. on Nov. 23. For more information, refer to the club's Web site (www.umass.edu/rso/skiclub).

Blood drive

The Hampshire County Chapter of the American Red Cross will conduct blood drives on Monday, Nov. 18 and Tuesday, Nov. 19 from 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in 174 Lincoln Campus Center.