Weekly Bulletin

MWPHE Professional Development Awards available

Massachusetts Women in Public Higher Education (MWPHE), a non-profit organization, is offering a Professional Development Award in the amount of $1,000.

Eligible applicants must be UMass Amherst woman employees and members of MWPHE, which is committed to strengthening the status of women as professionals. The organization will award a total of three Professional Development Awards in the amount of $1,000 each. Winners will be selected from the women employee applicants of each sector: university, sate university and community college.

Download the guidelines and an application at

NERCOMP workshop, 'Mobile unSIG: Roam If You Want To,' set for Feb. 11

The NorthEast Regional Computing Program (NERCOMP) workshop, "Mobile unSIG: Roam If You Want To," will be held Monday, Feb. 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Campus Center.
 
This unSIG brings together all members of the higher education community interested in the impacts and evolution of mobile technology on campus. A rapidly evolving sector, mobile technology is challenging all members of the university community and the unSIG format allows for a day of discussion, collaboration, learning, exchange of ideas and best practices.

Local production of 'Fiddler on the Roof' coming to Bowker stage

Amherst Leisure Services is staging "Fiddler on the Roof" at Bowker Auditorium on Jan. 17-20 and 24-27.
 
Tickets are available at http://www.alsct.org/.

Showtimes are as follows:

Thursday, Jan. 17, 7:30 p.m. (general admission)
Friday, Jan. 18, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 19, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 20, 1 p.m.
Thursday, Jan. 24, 7:30 p.m. (general admission)
Friday, Jan. 25, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26, 1 p.m.
Saturday, Jan. 26, 7:30 p.m.
Sunday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m.

Poster: fiddler_flyer.jpg

 

Doctoral oral exams for Jan. 22-25

The graduate dean invites all graduate faculty to attend the final oral examinations for the doctoral candidates scheduled as follows:
 
Jaime Hutchison, Ph.D., Physics. Thursday, Jan. 24, 1 p.m., 409 Hasbrouck. Dissertation: “The Effect of Vesicle Shape, Line Tension, and Lateral Tension on Membrane-Binding Proteins.” Anthony Dinsmore, chr.

James Carroll, Ph.D., Afro-American Studies. Friday, Jan. 25, 10 a.m., 601 Herter Hall. Dissertation: “Composing the African Atlantic: Sun Ra, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, and the Poetics of African Diasporic Composition.” Steve Tracy, chr.

Adam Kolek, Ph.D.,

Nominations sought for Chancellor's Citation Awards

The campus community is invited to submit nominations for the Chancellor's Citation Award, which recognizes outstanding work performance by University staff.

Members of the campus community may nominate any benefited exempt or non-exempt staff member who has demonstrated outstanding performance in helping the University achieve its goals and objectives.

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