Weekly Bulletin

Nominations for the Student Employee of the Year Awards

As part of the campus's continuing effort to encourage and reward exemplary performance by all of its employees, the Gerald F. Scanlon Student Employee of the Year Awards are again being held in conjunction with the Chancellor's Citation Awards.

To be eligible a student must be a matriculated undergraduate student who is a junior or senior in good academic standing; employed by the University for at least six months, and on payroll during the 2001-2002 academic year.

The nomination deadline is April 5. To receive a nomination form and additional information, contact the Student Employment Office at 5-3798 or by e-mail (seo@finaid.umass.edu), or visit its Web site (www.umass.edu/umfa).

MSBDC offers workshop on 'Your First Business Plan'

Dianne Fuller Doherty, regional director of the Massachusetts Small Business Development Center, will present a workshop entitled "Your First Business Plan" on Wednesday, March 20, 2-5 p.m., at the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce, 99 Pleasant St., Northampton.

This workshop, recommended for start-up businesses, will focus on business management fundamentals, from start-up considerations to business plan development. Topics will include pre-venture considerations, financing, strategic marketing, and business planning.

The session is sponsored by the Greater Northampton Chamber of Commerce and MSBDC.

The registration fee is $25 and reservations are required. To register, call 737-6712.

Retirement reception for Joyce Abel

The campus community is invited to a retirement reception for Joyce Abel, director of Academic Budget in the Provost's Office, on Friday, March 15, from 3-5 p.m. in Memorial Hall.

To contribute to a gift, send a check payable to "UMass Abel Retirement Fund" to: Jaclyn Bowdren, Provost's Office, 362 Whitmore. For more information, contact Jaclyn at 5-2554.

Faculty Senate meeting

The Faculty Senate meets Thursday, March 14 at 3:30 p.m. in 227 Herter Hall.

Nursing faculty candidate gives presentation

Cynthia Dakin, R.N. , Ph.D., a candidate for a faculty position in the School of Nursing, presents her research on "Predictive Validity of Emergency Department Patients' Self-Efficacy and Outcome Beliefs Regarding Wound Care" on Monday, March 11, 9-10 a.m. in 321 Arnold House.

Dakin is an assistant clinical specialist at the Northeastern University School of Nursing.

Want to start an exercise program?

The Department of Exercise Science is conducting a short-term exercise training study. Non-smoking women between the ages of 18-45 are eligible to participate.

Participants will receive a bone density scan, body fat analysis, a blood-sugar profile, fitness assessment, a customized long-term exercise program and compensation up to $75.

More information is available by e-mail (csharoff@excsci.umass.edu).

'DR' deadline

The last day for graduate students to drop courses with a record of "DR" is Monday, March 11.

Nominations for Feller Award

Nominations for the Siegfried Feller Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service to the campus libraries are due Friday, March 15.

Established in 1998, the award honors an individual who has made outstanding volunteer contributions to create awareness and build support for the libraries. The award is named for the retired chief bibliographer who guided the creation of the Friends of the Library and served as the group's secretary-treasurer and president for more than 25 years.

Nominations should be sent to Friends of the Library, Du Bois Library, 154 Hicks Way.

Retired Professional Staff schedule meeting

The Retired Professional Staff's next meeting is Wednesday, March 20 at 10 a.m. in 805-09 Lincoln Campus Center. The speaker will be John Clobridge, executive director of the Amherst Senior Center.

Dixon, Heinel and Stone to speak at Sports Luncheon

Tennis coach Judy Dixon, women's water polo coach Donna Heinel and baseball coach Mike Stone will be the featured speakers at the Weekly Sports Luncheon on Wednesday, March 13 at noon in 1009 Lincoln Campus Center.

The buffet lunch is $6.50 per person. Call 5-4289 for reservations.

General Education course proposals

General Education course proposals should be submitted to the Provost's Office by Friday, March 8 to ensure consideration by the General Education Council during the spring semester.

Employees needed for nutrition study

Professional and classified employees are needed for a study about how people learn and respond to different nutrition-related cancer prevention messages. The research is under the direction of Elena Carbone, assistant professor of Nutrition. Data collected will only be used for academic research purposes.

Participants will find out what kind of learning style works best for them, learn about nutrition and cancer prevention, and receive a $20 gift certificate to Atkins Farm and two learner-tailored nutrition education messages to keep at the end of the study.

Participants will be asked to complete two telephone and one in-person interviews. The total time commitment is approximately 1 hour and 40 minutes. Participants must be full-time, professional or classified UMass Amherst employees who do not work for the School of Public Health and Health Sciences or any food service facility; be over 18 years old; have no personal history of cancer (staff with a family history of cancer are still eligible to participate); and be able to read and write English.

Sign up by e-mail (lmquinti@nutrition.umass.edu) and indicate the best method and time to be contacted.

Bracey speaks to Retired Faculty Association

Professor John H. Bracey, Jr. of the Afro-American Studies Department discusses "The Influence of African Americans in American History" at the next meeting of the Retired Faculty Association on Wednesday, March 13 in 165-169 Lincoln Campus Center.

Bracey will speak following a coffee hour and short business meeting starting at 10 a.m.

All retired faculty and librarians are invited to attend.