Talking Points

Phallacies wins video contest

Phallacies, the Center for Health Promotion’s men’s health theater and dialogue program, is a winner in this year’s White Ribbon Campaign video contest, sponsored by the Northwestern District Attorney’s Office.
 
High school and college students were invited to submit videos in support of the campaign to end violence against women and girls.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Hotel and Conference Center awarded One-Stop Shop certification

The UMass Hotel and Conference Center has achieved One-Stop Shop Certification through the Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors-International (ACCED-I).
 
One-Stop Shop Certification recognizes collegiate operations that deliver one contact, one contract and one bill to meeting planners. This streamlining of conferencing and events coordination is intended to more closely match the practices of convention facilities and finer hotels.
 
The Association of Collegiate Conference and Events Directors-International was founded in 1980 and currently has a membership of over

Campus sends messages to students emphasizing importance of responsible behavior this spring

As part of a campaign to improve public safety in the community this spring, the campus administration on March 28 sent messages to all undergraduates as well as their parents emphasizing the importance of responsible behavior and the consequences for violating the law or the Code of Student Conduct.
 
Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy said the messaging is part of a multi-faceted campaign that reflects his commitment to address unacceptable behavior by some students. “I and my leadership team will redouble our efforts to find solutions to this problem by working closely with leaders in Amherst.

Subbaswamy invites comments on strategic planning document

The campus community is being asked by Chancellor Kumble Subbaswamy to review and comment on a planning document developed by the Joint Task Force on Strategic Oversight (JTFSO) that “sets an agenda for the campus, and will guide subsequent institutional-level and departmental implementation plans.”
 
In a March 27 broadcast e-mail Subbaswamy said the draft document, titled “Innovation and Impact: Renewing the Promise of the Public Research University,” is intended to promote discussion across campus with the objective of presenting a final version to the Faculty Senate and other groups by

Efforts accelerate to educate campus about tobacco-free policy

Just three months before the campus joins more than 750 other colleges and universities that have become tobacco-free, a public awareness campaign is being launched to inform students, employees and visitors about the new policy.
 
At the heart of the “Let’s Clear the Air” appeal is a new website, which is being augmented by banners, ads on buses and campus delivery trucks and other highly visible venues—all aimed at reminding readers about the impending July 1 implementation date.
 
Starting in February, members of the Tobacco-Free Policy Implementation Committee began a series of open

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