Weekly Bulletin

Support groups offered by Center for Women & Community

The Center for Women & Community this semester is offering three support groups for female-identified people to gain empowering skills.

"Mindfulness and Mood: Empowerment Skills for Women," a five-week support group in a safe and supportive place on Tuesday nights, is being offered with the Graduate Women's Network. Participants will gain skills that to help reduce anxiety, improve mood and relationships, relax one's body, quiet the mind and gain greater emotional balance. Contact Mary at 545-0883.

"Support, Connect, Heal," explore healing with other survivors in a safe, supportive, and

Adobe Day features training, information sessions on March 6

Representatives from Adobe Systems are coming to campus on Wednesday, March 6 to provide free training and information sessions on Adobe products. Students, faculty and staff are invited to attend.
 
All sessions will be held in the Cape Cod Lounge of the Student Union:
 
  • Overview: What’s New in CS6? (9–9:50 a.m.)
  • Photoshop for the Absolute Beginner: It’s Easier Than You Think (10–10:50 a.m.)
  • InDesign and Publishing in the Digital Age (11–11:50 a.m.)
  • Dreamweaver, Mobile, and the Web (1–1:50 p.m.)
  • Acrobat and the Digital Document: Go Beyond Paper, Go Digital (2–2:50 p.m.)
  • Accessibility in

Speaker discusses black studies and higher education

Martha Biondi, associate professor of African American studies and history at Northwestern University, will speak on “The Black Revolution on Campus: Student Activism and the Transformation of Higher Education” on Thursday, Feb. 28 at 4:30 p.m. in 904-08 Campus Center.
 
According to Biondi, the incorporation of black studies in American higher education was a major goal of the black student movement, but the promise to implement it was typically followed by another period of struggle.

Clear state vehicles of snow, advises Transportation Services

Campus department have the responsibility to remove snow and ice from official vehicles parked in campus lots, according to Transportation Services. Those vehicles need to be moved after a snow fall to allow for complete snow removal in the parking lots.

Before driving state vehicles, snow should be thoroughly removed before driving to ensure the safety of others. Massachusetts law dictates that the driver of a vehicle must remove all the snow from the roof, hoods, trunks, windows and windshields of all vehicles before they are driven. This includes trucks, vans and box trucks.

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Library invites submissions for student awards

The Libraries invite submissions for two student awards: the Emily Silverman Book Collecting Contest for undergraduates and graduate students, and the Friends of the Library Undergraduate Research Award. 

The deadline for both contests is March 1. Winners will be announced in early April and first place recipients will receive their awards at the Library’s Dinner with Friends on April 6. Submission guidelines and evaluation criteria for both awards are available at http://bit.ly/contest_award.  
 
The fourth annual Emily Silverman Book Collecting Contest celebrates reading and the pleasure

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