Weekly Bulletin

New session of Weight Watchers program

A new 13-week session of Weight Watchers 1,2,3 Success Program will begin on Monday, Sept. 25 in the Boyden Conference Room from noon-12:30 p.m. This is open to all members of the Amherst community.

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

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology seminars

The Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology at the Medical School in Worcester is hosting the following seminars:

Bonnie B. Blomberg of the University of Miami School of Medicine will speak on "Regulation of B lymphopoeisis and VH repertoire in aged mice" on Friday, Sept. 22.

On Friday, Sept. 29, Leo Statmatatos of Rockefeller University will discuss "Can modified HIV envelope immunogens elicit potent cross-reactive neutralizing antibodies?"

Both seminars take place at 12:15 p.m. in the MGM Seminar Room, S5-310.

Rosh Hashana, Yom Kippur services announced

Rosh Hashana services will be held in the Student Union Ballroom as follows:

Friday, Sept. 29, 6 p.m., followed by Kiddush. Dinner at Hillel House follows at 7:15.

Saturday, Sept. 30, 10 a.m. and 7 p.m., both services followed by Kiddush.

Sunday, Oct. 1, 10 a.m., followed by Taschlich.

The schedule for Yom Kippur services in the Student Union Ballroom is:

Sunday, Oct. 8, 7 p.m.

Monday, Oct. 9, 10 a.m., with the Book of Jonah at 3 p.m.; T'shuvah exercises at 4 p.m.; and Mincha and Ne'ilah at 5:30 p.m.

For meal sign-up, call 549-1710 by Sept. 28.

University Without Walls information sessions

The University Without Walls Program is hosting information sessions on campus prior to the Oct. 15 application deadline for spring semester.

The sessions are scheduled for Saturday, Sept. 30 at 10 a.m., and Thursdays, Oct. 5 and 12, both at 5:30 p.m. The information sessions are free and open to the public and usually last for about one hour. Anyone interested in attending may reserve a seat by calling the UWW office at 5-1378. If the scheduled dates and times are inconvenient, arrangements for an individual session may be made by calling the UWW office.

UWW offers solid academic advising services to all students and provides three foundation courses for students to design individualized degree plans and earn college credit for life experience. Courses required by the program are generally offered on weekday evenings, and during weekday hours to accommodate working adults. There is also a weekends program offered each fall semester which enables new students to complete the first two required courses by attending classes one weekend a month and using the internet to communicate and do research in between class meetings.

Department offers free Canon photocopier

The Department of Landscape Architecture and Regional Planning is offering a Canon NP4080 photocopier free to any campus department.

The machine needs approximately $500 in repairs to become fully functional. The copier has color cartridges to do color highlight copying (not color images), a 20-bin automatic sorter and a stapler. The copier can also reduce and enlarge and perform double-side copying.

For more information, call Sheila at 5-6622.

Directory update cards going out with Sept. 22 paychecks

Telephone Directory Update Cards will be distributed to employees with the paychecks on Sept. 22. The cards are collected and used by Telecommunications to publish the 2000/2001 Faculty & Staff Telephone Directory. Anyone who does not receive a card should call 5-2171. All cards should be signed, updated if necessary, and returned to Phil Pelletier, Telecommunications Services, Trailer #2 by Oct. 6.

The information shown on the Directory Cards comes from 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, 5-6111, for procedures on changing employee name or working title.

E-mail addresses ending with "umass.edu" are pre-printed on the cards. Employees who do not want their e-mail address published in the telephone directory may simply cross it out on their card. Keep in mind that these e-mail addresses are accessible through an Internet Directory Search on the University's homepage.

Directory cards 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 online (www.umass.edu/humres/fipa1.htm) and should be submitted by Oct. 6 to the Human Resources Information Center, 3rd floor, Whitmore Administration Building in order to have the request reflected in the forthcoming telephone directory.

Questions about the phone directory and directory cards should be directed to Phil Pelletier, Telecommunications Services, 5-2171.

TIAA-CREF retirement counseling sessions

TIAA-CREF is offering retirement counseling sessions on Wednesday, Oct. 11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. and Thursday, Oct. 12, 9 a.m.-3:15 p.m. in 901 Lincoln Campus Center.

Employees with questions about the Optional Retirement Program, tax-deferred annuities or retirement savings are welcome to attend.

Space is limited. Reserve a space by calling Kathleen Maida at (800) 842-2004 or through the TIAA-CREF Web site (www.tiaa-cref.org/moc).

Training and Development offers workshop on UWW

The Employee Training Program is presenting a workshop about University Without Walls (UWW), the non-traditional undergraduate degree program, on Wednesday, Sept. 25, noon-1 p.m. in 802 Lincoln Campus Center.

UWW may be an option for employees whose work, family obligations or other life circumstances make full-time class attendance difficult. Workshop facilitator Ava Medina will discuss how employees can design their own areas of study and earn credits for life experience.

The session is free and open to all campus and student employees and their spouses or domestic partners.

Call 5-5428 or register online (www.umass.edu/td).

Physiology seminar

Robert Stickgold of Harvard Medical School speaks on "Sleep, Memory and Dreams" at a Physiology Department seminar on Monday, Sept. 25 at noon in the Physiology Seminar Room, S4-308 of the Medical School.

Alumni directories available

Copies of the 1998 Alumni Directory are available free of charge on a first-come, first-served basis at the Alumni Relations Office in Memorial Hall. The directories will be on hand until Oct. 1.