Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Quote
of the Day
"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on."
- John F. Kennedy
Hot Topic
01. Baiada Center To Present Business Plan Development Workshop
Topics of the Day
02.
Tickets Available for Olympic & National Team Trials at the DAC
03. University City Winter Resource Fair
04.
Great Works Symposium Presents First Lecture
05.
Center for Civic Engagement Seeking Volunteer Mentors
06.
The Philadelphia Flyers Present Drexel Appreciation Nights
07.
Drexel Fellowships Office Announces Summer Research Opportunities
08.
New Mileage Reimbursement Rates for Drexel and DUCOM Employees
09.
President Papadakis Invites Students to Send Suggestions
10.
Office of International Programs Accepting Applications for Student Conference
11. DUCOM to Host Sex and Gender Research Forum
12. Drexel News Media Watch
Baiada Center to Present Business Plan Development Workshop
The Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology will host a workshop on Saturday, January 12, 2008, on the ground floor of the Baiada Center (3225 Arch Street).
The session will focus on establishing the revenue model for a prospective business and preparing the financial documents necessary for an effective business plan. The workshop will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a continental breakfast. The presentation will begin promptly at 10 a.m.
To register, visit http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/Centers/Baiada/BusinessPlan/Workshops.php.
The Baiada Center will host three distinct business plan competitions in 2008. Details for each competition can be found at http://www.lebow.drexel.edu/baiadacenter. Students who are interested in competing are strongly encouraged to attend this workshop.
For more information, contact Terri McIlhenney at terrim@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Tickets Available for Olympic & National Team Trials at the DAC
The 2008 U.S. Olympic & National Team Trials in table tennis will be held at the Daskalakis Athletic Center Thursday, January 10 to Saturday, January 13, 2008. The trials are expected to draw the top 24 table tennis athletes from across the country with 12 competing in men’s singles and 12 competing in women’s singles in a round-robin format to help determine who will represent the United States at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.
Tickets are limited and are available on a first-come, first-served basis. They can be purchased by calling 1-866-4-DREXEL. For more information and a complete schedule of events, go to http://www.drexeldragons.com.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
University City Winter Resource Fair
Representatives from the Office of Student Accounts, the Student Resource Center/Financial Aid Office and the University Registrar will be available to answer all questions regarding accounts during the University City Winter Resource Fair which runs today, January 8 through Thursday, January 10, 2008, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and on Friday, January 11, from 10 a.m to 5 p.m in the Great Court of the Main Building (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
For additional information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/src/resourcefair/. This Web site provides helpful information for students who cannot make it to campus.
Approved under the authority of Joan McDonald, Vice President for Enrollment Management
Great Works Symposium Presents First Lecture
The Great Works Symposium (UNIV 241) will present, "Making the Body Mechanical: Changing Medical and Scientific Understandings of Health and Disease in Europe and America 1600-1900," a lecture by Lloyd Ackert, instructor of history and politics and James Schafer, visiting assistant professor, Great Works Symposia, on Thursday, January 10, 2008, from 3:30 to 4:50 p.m. in room 340 of Curtis Hall (31st and Chestnut Streets).
This is the first in a series of lectures, "The Mechanical Body: Building Humans, Challenging Humanity," to be offered during the winter term. Lectures are free and open to the public.
Contact Scott Knowles at sgk23@drexel.edu for more information.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
Center for Civic Engagement Seeking Volunteer Mentors
The Center for Civic Engagement is seeking volunteers for a college and career mentoring program that pairs a university student with a Philadelphia high school junior or senior for one hour per week.
The Guiding Youth to Careers program focuses on assisting Philadelphia public high school students with the college admissions process. Most of these students will be the first in their family to attend college. Mentors can have a profound positive impact on the lives of young men and women.
For more information or to become a mentor, contact Seth Jacobson, AmeriCorps*VISTA, at the Center for Civic Engagement at amvista@drexel.edu or (215) 895-0582.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
The Philadelphia Flyers Present Drexel Appreciation Nights
Between now and Thursday, February 14, 2008, selected seats for Philadelphia Flyers games are available to Drexel employees in the mezzanine level of the Wachovia Center (3601 South Broad Street) for $25. The price of these tickets without the discount is $42.
Discounted tickets are available for the following games:For more information, call Warren Avart at 215-218-7538 or email wavart@comcast-spectacor.com
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Drexel Fellowships Office Announces Summer Research Opportunities
The Drexel Fellowships Office announces summer research opportunities for graduate students in biology, chemistry, computer science, engineering, environmental science, and mathematics with the Central Europe Summer Research Institute, (CESRI).
Funded by the National Science Foundation, CESRI provides graduate students from the United States with a high-quality international summer research experience in Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland or Slovakia. Students receive relevant laboratory experience for a term of eight weeks.
The deadline for applications is Monday, February 4, 2008.
For more information, visit the Web site, http://www.iie.org/cesri or contact Heather Ryan, fellowships coordinator, at hryan@drexel.edu
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
New Mileage Reimbursement Rates for Drexel and DUCOM Employees
The Internal Revenue Service has announced that the new business mileage reimbursement rate for business travel, effective Tuesday, January 1, 2008, will be 50.5 cents per mile, up from 48.5 cents per mile in 2007.
Additionally, the mileage rate for computing deductible medical and moving expenses will be 19 cents per mile, effective January 1, 2008, reduced from 20 cents in 2007.
The rate for providing services to charitable organizations is set by statute, not the IRS, and remains at 14 cents per mile.
All Drexel University and Drexel University College of Medicine employees should use the business mileage rate of 50.5 cents a mile when a personal vehicle is used for business travel, beginning January 1, 2008.
Business mileage does not include the normal commute to and from work. When business travel originates from home, employees are to subtract the mileage of the normal commute from the total miles associated with the trip.
All employees will be allowed 19 cents a mile for the use of a personal car during a move approved by the University, beginning January 1, 2008.
Approved under the authority of Thomas Elzey, Senior Vice President for Finance
President Papadakis Invites Students to Send Suggestions
President Papadakis (above) has increased the award amount for the best undergraduate and graduate student suggestions for improving the University. The undergraduate and graduate students who email the best suggestions to Dr. Papadakis, that are implemented by the University, will each receive $1,000 cash awards at commencement on Saturday, June 14, 2008. Suggestions must be emailed to papadakis@drexel.edu.
Dr. Papadakis will review all of the emails. Over the years, Drexel has implemented students' recommendations, such as senior exit surveys, teaming up with the City of Philadelphia to help keep the University City community clean, incorporating customer service training in new employee orientation and offering credit counseling and other financial management services to students.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Office of International Programs Accepting Applications for Student Conference
The Office of International Programs seeks applications for panelists for the Student Conference on Global Challenges to be held on Friday, February 29, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center (Market Street between 31st and 32nd).
As future leaders and global citizens students are confronted by enormous global challenges, from global warming, human trafficking, hunger and disease, and financial security risks to culture wars in cyberspace and the virtual world of blogs. These challenges offer new opportunities for innovation, creative problem solving, and global cooperation. How do students see these challenges and opportunities? What are their responsibilities as global citizens and how can they empower themselves as future leaders? This conference will present six panels to explore these questions:For applications and more information visit http://www.drexel.edu/oip/studentconference2008.html
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
DUCOM to Host Sex and Gender Research Forum
The Drexel University College of Medicine's Institute for Women's Health and Leadership will host the annual Helen I. Moorehead-Laurencin M.D. Sex and Gender Research Forum on Thursday, January 10, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. at the Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center (Market Street between 31st and 32nd Streets).
The forum will address research in women’s health, with special emphasis given to the specific vulnerability of women to alcohol and drug related problems. Guest speakers include Dr. Loretta Sweet Jemott, University of Pennsylvania; Dr. Emmanuel S. Onaivi, William Paterson University; and Dr. Dace Svikis, Virginia Commonwealth University.
The forum will also include panel discussions on the current status of women’s health research, as well as gender and ethnic diversity in academic research. A detailed program agenda is available at http://www.drexelmed.edu/iwhl.
The event is free and open to the public. Pre-registration is encouraged. For more information and to register call 215-255-7373 or visit iwhl@drexelmed.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Drexel is noted in The Baltimore Sun and on USOlympicTeam.com on January 7, 2008, and on WPEN-AM (950) on January 4 as the host of the 2008 Olympic Games trials in table tennis.
StoryLink - The Baltimore Sun
Dr. Richardson Dilworth, associate professor of history and politics, is quoted in Philadelphia Inquirer story published on January 7, 2008, about Chester’s plans to build a soccer stadium.
StoryLink - The Philadelphia Inquirer
An op-ed piece co-written by Edwin Bronstein, adjunct professor of architecture, was published in The Philadelphia Inquirer on January 7, 2008. The piece is on the preservation of two buildings at the site of the Pennsylvania Convention Center.
StoryLink - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Drexel continues to be noted as the host of the October 30, 2007, Democratic presidential candidates debate. A story published on the Web site of the Australian Broadcasting Company on January 7, 2008, cites the University. Advance for Nurses featured the debate in a December 10, 2007, story in which Dr. Marcia Gardner, clinical associate professor and assistant dean of the MSN, RN-BSN, BSN co-op and dual-degree programs, and Dr. Mary Ellen Smith Glasgow, associate professor and associate dean for undergraduate programs in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, are quoted.
StoryLink - Australian Broadcasting Company
The Philadelphia Inquirer on January 6, 2008, published a book review by Scott Stein, acting director of the certificate program in writing and publishing in the Department of English and philosophy. The review is on David Harsanyi’s “Nanny State.”
StoryLink - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Drexel was noted on WPHL-TV (17) as the host of the Miss Philadelphia Pageant in March.
Dr. William Rosenberg, professor of political science, commented on the presidential primary elections on CN8 on January 2 and 3, 2008.
Dr. Stephen F. Gambescia, assistant dean in the College of Nursing and Health Professions, was featured in a story published in Distance Education Report’s January 2008 issue about administrative structures used for online degree programs.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
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