Friday, January 7, 2005
Quote
of the Day
"Like a welcome summer rain, humor may suddenly
cleanse and cool the earth, the air and you."
- Langston Hughes
Topics of the Day
1. Register
Online for Family Weekend
2. University
Kicks Off South Asia Relief Effort
3. Freshmen
Design Students Exhibit Work in Nesbitt Hall
4. Computer-Aided
Tissue Engineering to Be Reviewed at MSE Seminar
5. Psychiatry
Grand Rounds on Alcohol and Intimate Partner Violence
6. Winter Resource Fair Continues
7. Drexel
News Media Watch
Register Online for Family Weekend
The Division of Student Life invites students and their families to join us for Family Weekend 2005! Spend the weekend with your family in Philadelphia, attend social and cultural events on campus, cheer on the men’s basketball team, tour the historic sites of Old City, or visit the National Constitution Center. For the full schedule of events, visit http://www.drexel.edu/studentlife/familyweekend.
There is a $25 registration fee for the first family member to attend Family Weekend 2005 and $5 for each additional family member. (Drexel students do not pay a registration fee.) This fee includes registration processing, a Welcome Brunch, a parking pass for the Drexel garage, afternoon activities, evening entertainment, use of the Daskalakis Athletic Center and Independence Blue Cross Wellness Center and admittance to the men’s basketball game.
Registration is available online at http://deptapp1.drexel.edu/studentlife/familyweekend/. If you register online you can pay by credit card or you may use US Mail by making checks payable to Drexel University and sending the registration fee and the completed registration form available on the Family Weekend Web site to Family Weekend 2005, Office of the Dean of Students, 215 Creese Student Center, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104
Please register by January
10, 2005.
Approved under the authority of Anthony T. Caneris, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
University Kicks Off for South Asia Relief Effort
The University is coordinating a campus effort to raise funds for victims of the South Asia earthquake and tsunami. Donations will be channeled to UNICEF, the American Red Cross and CARE.
Collection jars will be
available at the locations listed below. Donations contributed through the jars
will be divided equally among the three organizations.
University City Main Campus
• Hagerty Library
• Creese Student Union Center Information Desk
• Bookstore
• Office of International Students and Scholars Services (Creese 210)
• Office of the Dean of Students (Creese 215)
• Daskalakis Athletic Center (during basketball games)
Center City Hahnemann Campus
• Office of International Student Services (New College Building, Suite
1602)
• Office of University Student Life (New College Building, Suite 1106)
Queen Lane Medical Campus
• Office of Student Affairs (first floor, room 114E)
For more information on the collection jars and locations on the University
City Main and Center City Hahnemann campuses, contact Kathleen Trayte, executive
director of international students and scholars services, at 215-895-2502 or
trayte@drexel.edu. On the Queen Lane
Medical Campus, contact Marie Hartman, director of student affairs, at 215-991-8219
or mhartman@drexel.edu. Students can
address questions to Justin Halteman, Undergraduate Student Government Association
vice president for institutional advancement, at jgh26@drexel.edu.
Personal checks are also being accepted by Human Resources. Checks should be made payable to Drexel University with “UNICEF,” “American Red Cross” or “CARE” written in the memo section. Checks should be sent to the attention of Ellen Posner, director of benefits, at 3201 Arch Street. Questions on sending donations by check should be sent to Posner at 215-895-2582 or eposner@drexel.edu.
Donations will be collected
through February 1, 2005. For more information on the South Asia relief effort,
visit http://www.drexel.edu/tsunami.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Freshman Design Students Exhibit Work in Nesbitt Hall
The work of College of Media
Arts & Design freshmen Design I students will be exhibited in the Nesbitt
Hall lobby (33rd and Market Streets) through the first week of February.
The exhibition's opening reception will be held on Thursday, January 13, 2005 from 6 - 8 p.m. in the Nesbitt Lobby. The event is open to students, faculty and staff and includes complimentary refreshments. The reception will also celebrate CoMAD Professor Bruce Pollock's Painting I and II student work exhibition currently on display in the Hagerty Library (33rd and Market Streets).
For more information on the exhibition and reception, contact Sarah Steinwachs, instructor of visual studies, at sjs38@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering
to Be Reviewed at MSE Seminar
Dr. Wei Sun (above), assistant professor of mechanical engineering
and mechanics, will speak on "Computer-Aided Tissue Engineering: A Recent
Review" at 1:45 p.m. Tuesday, January 11, 2005, in the Hill Seminar Room,
LeBow Engineering Center room 240 (Market Street between 31st and 32nd). This
lecture is part of the Materials Science and Engineering seminar series for
Winter term.
For additional information, visit http://www.materials.drexel.edu or call Dr. Richard Knight at 215-895-1844.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Ali Houshmand, Interim Provost
Psychiatry Grand Rounds on Alcohol and Intimate Partner Violence
The Drexel University College of Medicine's department of psychiatry will hold
the grand rounds session "Meprobamate: Tranquilizer or Anxiolytic? A Historical
Perspective" on Thursday, January 13, 2005 from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in Friends
Hospital's Scattergood Auditorium (4641 Roosevelt Boulevard). Dr. Dilip
Ramchandani, professor of psychiatry, will be the guest speaker.
The free session is open to students, faculty and staff. Lunch will be provided. For more information, contact Angela Eberhardt, program coordinator, at 215-831-4053 or angela.eberhardt@drexelmed.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Winter Resource Fair Continues
To meet the billing and financial aid needs of new and returning students, the
University is hosting the Winter Drexel Resource Fair, where students' questions
can be addressed directly by representatives from the Financial Aid Office,
Student Resource Center and Bursar's Office.
The Winter Resource Fair will be held on the University City Main Campus (for quarter-based programs) in the Main Building Great Court (32nd and Chestnut Streets) today, January 7, 2005 from 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
The Winter Resource Fair will be held on the Center City Hahnemann Campus (for semester-based programs) in the New College Building Geary Auditorium (15th and Vine Streets) on Monday, January 10 from 2-7 p.m., and Tuesday, January 11 through Wednesday, January 12 from 11 a.m.-7 p.m.
For directions and additional information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/src/resourcefair.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
Drexel was noted in the December 31, 2004 print edition of Philadelphia
Business Journal in an article about Friends Hospital and its agreement
with the Drexel University College of Medicine.
StoryLink
- Philadelphia Business Journal
The University was noted
in an article published in the December 31, 2004 print edition of Philadelphia
Business Journal as being part of one of Pennsylvania's 10 Keystone Innovation
Zones. The program will create opportunities for entrepreneurs to develop companies
near college campuses.
StoryLink
- Philadelphia Business Journal
Drexel was noted in the
Pittsburgh Business Times on December 31, 2004 as one of 270 universities
in the U.S. to offer benefits to domestic couples.
StoryLink
- Pittsburgh Business Times
The January 6, 2005 edition
of The Philadelphia Inquirer reported on the Drexel Dragons men's basketball
team's game against Old Dominion on January 5.
StoryLink - The
Philadelphia Inquirer
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University
Relations
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