Weekly Bulletin

Faculty Senate changes meeting schedule

The Faculty Senate meeting scheduled for Thursday, Nov. 16 has been canceled, but an additional meeting has been set for Thursday, Dec. 7 at
3:30 p.m. in 227 Herter Hall.

TIAA-CREF retirement counseling sessions

TIAA-CREF is offering individual retirement counseling sessions on Thursday, Nov. 16, 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).

Blood drives

The Hampshire County Chapter of the American Red Cross is conducting blood drives on Wednesday, Nov. 15, 10:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. in the Student Union and Thursday, Nov. 16, 1-7 p.m. in John Adams Tower, Southwest.

Copier to trade

The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has a CANON NP2120 copier to trade for 20 reams of paper. The copier's top loading feature does not work, but the trade includes extra toner cartridges.
The machine must be picked up in 214 Marston Hall.

For information, contact Sue Lee at 5-5403 or by e-mail (suelee@ecs. umass.edu).

MBA Professional Program hosts open house

The Isenberg School of Management's MBA Professional Program is holding an open house on Monday, Nov. 13, 5:30-7 p.m., at the Chestnut Building Conference Center at Baystate Medical Center in Springfield.

For information, call 5-5608.

Veterans' Day holiday

Veterans' Day will be observed as a state holiday on Saturday, Nov. 11.
According to the Division of Human Resources, Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 4, Section 7, Clause Eighteen, state that legal holidays that fall on a Saturday shall be observed on that day. The campus must remain open on the Friday preceding any Saturday holiday. However, as many employees as possible should be given that Friday off. Employees assigned to work shall be given an additional day off as law and applicable collective bargaining agreements allow. Whenever possible the following Monday should be used as the alternative day off.

For Time and Attendance reporting, any employee who is given the Friday as their day off for the Veterans' Day holiday does not need to report the absence. Employees who work on Friday, Nov. 10, should be reported as Holiday Time Worked (HTW) on the Time and Attendance report for the number of hours they worked that day.

Undergraduate Catalog Deadline is Dec. 1

Contributors to the 2001-02 Undergraduate Catalog should submit their
revisions no later than Friday, Dec. 1 to: University Editor, University
Publications, Munson Hall, 5-0123.

Digital service and wide-format printing available

Photographic Services offers a variety of digital imaging services for all research, academic, marketing, Web and publication needs. Services include 35mm slides and negatives, scans to disc, large format printing (posters/banners), CD burning, image restoration, UMass stock images and photographic prints.

PowerPoint slides, PDF and EPS files can be e-mailed directly to the office ([email protected]).

For more information or to speak with an imaging specialist about individual needs, call 5-2298, stop by the Photo Center, or visit its Web site (www.umass.edu/photo).

Molecular Genetics and Microbiology seminar

Amrie Grammer will discuss "CD40 Engagement on Human B Lymphocytes Includes NF-KB Activation by TRAF-Dependent and Independent Signal Pathways" on Friday, Nov. 10 at 12:15 p.m. in the MGM Seminar Room, S5-310 of the Medical School in Worcester.

Grammer is on the staff of the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases at the National Institutes of Health.