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Space Management Updating Space Drawings Homecoming 2006 - Bring Your Family Farewell Reception for Reid Herlihy Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble STTR & SBIR Strategies and University/Small Business Collaboration Session Recent Advances in Cancer Biology - BioMan Distinguished Speaker Series Business Ethics Discussion: How Should Firms Invest In Social Issues? Finance Seminar Series: Endowment and Entrepreneurial Holding of Private Equity Instructional Resource Center Open House
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| Space Management Updating Space Drawings Starting Monday, February 6, the Office of Space Management will be on the Fairfax Campus and at remote leased locations updating the space drawings for the University. The project will take approximately four to six weeks. The representatives from Space Management will need full access to all space on campus. Contact Cathy Wolfe, Director, Space Management, at 993-2610, with any questions. | ||
| 0% APR Balance Transfer-Rate. Get out from under the cloud of credit card debt and sing a new tune in 2006. Stop paying hefty finance charges and juggling multiple credit accounts, and start saving with a special 0% APR Balance Transfer-Rate on an already low-rate Apple Visa Platinum card. Offer cannot be used to consolidate or pay off existing Apple loans/credit cards, and is only good on transfers made between January 1 and February 28 (to a new or existing accounts), so apply today. Skip Your February or March Loan Payment. For a limited time, free up some funds when you skip a payment on your Auto Loan, Signature Loan, Second Trust Loan, Home Equity Line of Credit or an Overdraft Line of Credit. Offer excludes Visa Credit Cards and First Trust Mortgage Products. A $25 processing fee will apply per loan. · Need some tax relief? Arrange for your 2005 tax refund to be directly deposited into your Apple FCU account and you will automatically be entered into a drawing to have your 2005 refund matched, up to $2,000. Apple FCU continues to sow the seeds of success as it prepares for conversion to a new primary computer system. The project will be implemented March 31 (after 5 pm) through April 2. Information and updates on the transition are currently available on www.applefcu.org. For information on these and additional Apple FCU promotional offers, visit www.applefcu.org. Apple FCU members can apply for a credit card or loan online 24/7. Not a member yet? Download a New Account Application online and start enjoying the benefits of membership (subject to membership eligibility). | ||
| Did you know that if everyone in the U.S. recycled just 1/10 of their newsprint, we would save the estimated equivalent of about 25 million trees a year? Please recycle. For questions or info, call Mason Recycling and Waste Management at 993-2547 or email rlim2@gmu.edu. | ||
| In the event of a regional terrorist attack or severe weather event, you need the ability to receive emergency information – not only for your safety, but also for others in your office or family. How can you get such emergency information? The answer is the Community Emergency Alert Network, or CEAN, a service of the Fairfax County Office of Emergency Management. Members of the Mason community registered on CEAN will be provided a personal connection to real-time updates, instructions on where to go, protective actions that need to be taken, and other important information such as National Weather Service watches and warnings. CEAN alerts may include information about major accidents involving utilities or roadways and notices related to terrorist attacks. Messages will be delivered to e-mail accounts, cell phones, text pagers, satellite phones and wireless PDAs that are registered in the system. To register for the Community Emergency Alert Network, visit the Fairfax County Web page, www.fairfaxcounty.gov/cean. Be sure to join the George Mason Group found on the second page of the sign up site. For additional information on CEAN, contact the Safety Office at 993-2473. If you have any safety concerns or questions about this article, contact the Safety Office, 993-2479. | ||
| Daffodil Days. Spring is on its way, despite what the weather would have us believe. And here at George Mason University, along with spring comes Daffodil Days. Daffodil Days is an opportunity for faculty and staff to support the American Cancer Society by purchasing a bunch (10) of daffodils or a pot of 3-4 mini bulbs for $10.00 each. The deadline for Daffodil Days ordering is Friday, February 17. Daffodils will be distributed on Tuesday, March 14. The Daffodil Days Coordinator in your office or department has order forms and will take care of both your order and the pick up of your flowers. Contact Amath Gomis at bgomis@gmu.edu if you have any questions. We look forward to another year of daffodils in spring in support of the American Cancer Society. Thank you for your help in making Daffodil Days a success. | ||
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| Homecoming 2006 - Bring Your Family Show your Mason love. Bring your family to the Mason Family Friendly Area at the 8th Annual Homecoming Block Party on Saturday, February 11. This year, the Office of Orientation and Family Programs and Services, Alumni Affairs, and Student Activities are collaborating together to sponsor the 2nd Annual Mason Family Friendly Area during the Homecoming Block Party. The Mason Family Friendly Area will include: interactive games, a giant moonbounce, arts and crafts, face painting, carnival games, spirit tattoos, the best dressed Lil' Patriot contest, a kids spirit poster competition, a spectacular fireworks display after the basketball game, and much, much, more. Saturday, February 11: Block Party, 12:30 - 4:00 pm, Parking Lot L. Homecoming Game, 4:30 pm, Patriot Center. Fireworks take place immediately following the game. You can top your evening off by purchasing tickets to the Homecoming basketball game, in which our Mason Patriots will take on the Towson Tigers. For more information about purchasing tickets, call 993-3270 or visit gmusports.com. We invite you to bring your entire family along to enjoy the festivities at Homecoming 2006 and show your Mason love. For more information about the Mason Family Friendly Area, contact Lisa Snyder, Assistant Director for Family Programs and Services at lsnyder2@gmu.edu or Katie Mirick Thomasson, Assistant Director of Alumni Affairs at smirick@gmu.edu, or visit http://masonfamily.gmu.edu/. For our alumni families, check out the host of alumni activities scheduled throughout homecoming at www.gmu.edu/homecoming. | ||
| Farewell Reception for Reid Herlihy Reid Herlihy, Vice President for Facilities, will be resigning February 20, after serving George Mason University since 1987. Reid has accepted a position with the Catholic Diocese of Arlington to provide design, construction and facilities management of their capital improvement program. Reid will also provide oversight of the procurement activities within the Diocese. There will be a farewell party for Reid on Wednesday, February 8, from 3:00 – 5:00 pm in the Mason Hall Atrium. All are invited to attend. | ||
| Meredith Monk and Vocal Ensemble Meredith Monk – seminal music maker, and unequaled 21st century creative force – makes her Center for the Arts debut with an emotional, groundbreaking and inspiring piece, The Impermanence Project on Saturday, February 25 at 8:00 pm. A pre-performance discussion takes place 45-minutes prior to the curtain on the Hall’s Grand Tier. Tickets are $40, $32 and $20. Charge by phone at 888-945-2468 or visit www.tickets.com. | ||
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The University Libraries Copyright Office will present What Are My Options: Copyright & Fair Use on Thursday, February 9 from 1:00 - 2:30 pm in the Johnson Center Conference Room 311. The workshop is geared toward faculty, staff & students and will cover distance education, digital transmission, multimedia, recent and pending legislation and file sharing. To register, go to: http://www.irc.gmu.edu/wems/workshops/default.cfm or email copyright@gmu.edu, or call 993-2544. | ||
| STTR & SBIR Strategies and University/Small Business Collaboration Session Who should attend: Faculty interested in partnering with small business on federal grant proposals When: February 13, 8:00 am - 4:00 pm Where: Mason Hall D3 A&B Sign Up: Robert Brooke 703-689-3080 or Email: rbrooke@cit.org Mason is proud to partner with DARPA and the Center for Innovative Technology to host the STTR/SBIR Strategies and Collaboration session. This event is designed to aid Virginia's firms and universities in their effort to take advantage of federal Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) R&D funding programs. The STTR program requires collaboration between universities and small business. Attendees will learn collaborative proposal strategies, keys to collaborative research and successful technology transfer. Breakfast and lunch will be served. Seating is limited and free to faculty. | ||
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The Global Humanitarian Action Program (GHAP) of the Center for Global Education at George Mason University is organizing a series of activities to create awareness about the issue of child soldiers. The sessions are open to the public and free of charge. Wednesday February 8, Arlington Campus, Original Building, Room 256. 10:00 am - Invisible Children documentary, followed by discussions led by Pauline Ginsberg, Professor Emerita of Social Psychology, Utica College, and Senior Fellow with Mason's Center for Global Studies. 2:00 pm - Speaker: Charles Bongomin on Inside Rebel Captivity: A Child Soldier Experience. Mr. Charles Bongomin is a former child soldier from Uganda and currently Peace Fellow at American University. | ||
| Recent Advances in Cancer Biology - BioMan Distinguished Speaker Series You are cordially invited to George Mason University’s Distinguished Speaker Series sponsored by the School of Management’s Bioscience Management Program. Guest speaker is Dr. Shiv Srivastava, Co-Director and Scientific Director of the Center for Prostate Disease Research and Professor of the Department of Surgery at Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences. He will be speaking on Recent Advances in Cancer Biology and discussing the state-of-the-art technologies used to define prostate cancer. The event will be held Thursday evening, February 23, in the Mason Hall Board Room located in Mason Hall. A short reception will begin at 6:30 pm with the speaker starting at 7:15 pm. The George Mason community, colleagues, and guests are all welcome at this free event. RSVP to Michele Hanson at mhanson1@gmu.edu or 993-1974 by February 20, 2006. | ||
| Business Ethics Discussion: How Should Firms Invest In Social Issues? The School of Management will host Tom Dunfee, the Joseph Kolodny Professor of Social Responsibility and Professor of Legal Studies and Business Ethics at The Wharton School, on Friday, February 10, as he gives a talk entitled How Should Firms Invest in Social Issues? The Case of Corporate Responsibility and the AIDS Catastrophe in Sub-Saharan Africa from 1:30 to 2:30 pm in Mason Hall D3 A&B. A reception will be held in Mason Hall immediately following the presentation. | ||
| Finance Seminar Series: Endowment and Entrepreneurial Holding of Private Equity As part of the School of Management’s Finance Seminar Series, Hai Huang from Duke University will present Endowment and Entrepreneurial Holding of Private Equity on Monday, February 6 from 11:00 am - 12:30 pm in Enterprise, Room 204. Join us as we discuss how an entrepreneur's endowment portfolio affects the proportion of his personal wealth in the equity of his firm. For more information or to register call 993-3725 or click on the following link: http://som.gmu.edu/ | ||
| Instructional Resource Center Open House DoIT’s Instructional Resource Center invites faculty and staff members to attend its Open House on Wednesday, February 8 from 11:00 am - 2:00 pm in Innovation Hall, Room 427. Refreshments will be served and door prizes will be drawn. This event will showcase some of the new learning technologies available to Mason faculty and staff, such as blogging at Mason, tablet PC technology, and cable-free projection. We will also provide information regarding podcasting, which storage device is right for you, and Turnitin, the new plagiarism software. For more information regarding the IRC Open House, contact James Ouellette, IRC Lab Manager at 993-4766, jouellet@gmu.edu or visit our website at www.irc.gmu.edu. | ||
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| Wednesday, February 15, 9:30 am to 12:00 noon in Innovation Hall, Room 215-G. This hands-on training provides an overview of Virginia's electronic purchasing system, eVA, for individuals who purchase goods and services costing less than $2,000. A state-issued eVA user name and password are required. The eVA log-in request form available on the Fiscal Services web site may be used to request an eVA user name and password. Additional eVA training scheduled for Tuesday, March 14 from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon in Innovation Hall, Room 215-G. Those interested may register at http://ittraining.gmu.edu. | ||
| Thursday, March 2 10:00 am to 12:00 noon in Innovation Hall, Room 215-G. This training provides an overview of fiscal services at George Mason University including an introduction to purchasing and travel procedures, equipment management and Banner financial reports. Those interested may register at: http://ittraining.gmu.edu/ | ||
| Banner Finance Self Service Training. Thursday, February 23, 9:00 am to 12:00 noon in Innovation Hall, Room 215G. This hands-on training provides an overview of the University's Banner Finance system, chart of accounts and reports produced by the system for individuals who work with budget and financial activity. Banner Finance Faculty Self Service Training. Tuesday Thursday, February 23, 1:00 pm to 2:30 pm in Innovation Hall, Room 215G. This hands-on training focuses on managing grant transactions and budgets for faculty. Those interested may register at http://www.doiiit.gmu.edu/client/wems/workshops/default.cfm | ||
| Weight Watchers at Work. It's not too late to join Weight Watchers at Work. Meetings are held every Friday through April 7 in the Johnson Center, Room C from 12:00 pm - 12:45 pm (Bring your lunch if you'd like). Note: There will be a weigh-in at each meeting. You do not have to attend the entire meeting, but can come at the beginning or the end to weigh-in. New Location for Classified Staff Orientation. Beginning Tuesday, February 7, classified staff orientation will be held from 9:00 am - 4:00 pm every other Tuesday at the Mason Enterprise Center, 4031 University Drive, Room 100 (enter the building on the University Drive side). The new location has ample free parking available adjacent to the building. A complimentary lunch will still be provided for orientation attendees at Ciao Hall. Participants will be driven to and from SUB II via a Mason van. Lunch & Learn - Feel the Heat. Gain confidence using a fire extinguisher. Keith Cunningham, Emergency Plans Officer, will conduct this presentation on the use of a fire extinguisher on Thursday, February 9 from 12:00 noon - 1:00 pm in the Facilities Administration Building, Room 208. Training includes watching a video on fire extinguisher safety and actually putting out a real fire using a fire extinguisher. Note: a safety fire device will be used to create the fires and be strictly monitored by our Fire Safety Officer. If there is inclement weather, device will not be used. Don't forget to bring your lunch. Class size is limited to 15 people. Call Human Resources Training & Development at 993-4180 to reserve your spot. | ||
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