Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
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"My friends are my estate."
-Emily Dickinson
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01. CAB to Host Free Back Massages During Finals
Topics of the Day
02. POPPED! Music Festival Coming to Campus
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Graphics Senior Show Opening Today
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Wimba Showcase at Drexel
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Retirement Plan Individual Conferences
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Retirement Plan Workshop
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Drexel News Media Watch
CAB to Host Free Back Massages During Finals
The Campus Activities Board (CAB) will sponsor free back massages to relieve the stress from taking finals today, June 10, and Thursday, June 12, 2008, from noon to 2 p.m. in the Creese Student Center (32nd and Chestnut Streets).
CAB will also continue to host events throughout the summer term.
To learn more about CAB's events and what the student organizion does, visit http://www.drexel.edu/CAB, call 215-895-2575, email CAB@drexel.edu, or search on Facebook.com for "Campus Activities Board (CAB)."Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
POPPED! Music Festival Coming to Campus
POPPED!, an outdoor music festival, will come to campus on Saturday, June 21, 2008, from noon to 10 p.m., onstage at 33rd Street, between Market and Arch Streets.
Headliners include: Vampire Weekend, Gogol Bordello and Mates of State. Also featured: The Ting Tings, Crystal Castles, Mr. Lif and MAD Dragon recording artists Hoots and Hellmouth.
The POPPED! Festival is a three-day annual Philadelphia event. This year, POPPED! will use Drexel University, Trocadero and World Cafe Live as its venues over three days, June 20, 21, and 22, 2008. POPPED! will host globally recognized artists as well as breakthrough local artists, creating lineups each night with unique performances in a boutique setting.
The Festival will have a focus on being "green" and will educate concert-goers on the importance of a sustainable lifestyle.
Student volunteers will ensure that the festival maintains its green initiatives. POPPED! is dedicated to ridding the festival of water bottles and to using recycled paper for everything from tickets to sheet music. Vendors with interactive displays will educate concert-goers about sustainability issues.
Tickets can be purchased at The Trocadero box office, World Café Live, A.K.A Music and all Ticketmaster locations.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Graphics Senior Show Opening Today
The Graphic Design Program in the Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design will present an opening reception and senior show today, June 10, 2008 from 6 to 9 p.m. in the Leonard Pearlstein Gallery, Nesbitt Hall (32nd and Market Streets).
Students will exhibit more than ten works each in publications, Web and environmental design, packaging, corporate identity, paper sculpture and motion graphics, showcasing their talent and versatility.
The show and reception are free and open to the public.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Drexel will host a Wimba Showcase, "Trends in Education and Technology Best Practices in Online Instruction," on Tuesday, June 17, 2008, beginning at 9 a.m. in Patten Auditorium, Matheson Hall (32nd and Market Streets).
Wimba is a fully-featured, live virtual classroom that supports audio, video, application sharing and content display, enabling instructors to add vitally important elements of interaction. Instructors can customize online courses by holding live classes, office hours, guest lectures, webcasts and meetings online. Wimba is available through Bb Vista.
A breakfast brunch will be available during arrival and sign-in at 9 a.m. Wimba will also offer light lunch fare until noon. Both meals represent a great networking opportunity.
The event is free and open to individuals from Drexel as well as institutions in the Greater Philadelphia region interested in learning about Wimba usage and in networking with Wimba representatives and other practitioners.
The sessions are demonstrations of unique uses of Wimba Classroom and the suite of Wimba Voice Tools.
Registration is required at http://www.wimba.com/eventreg/participant/registration.php?eventid=1157.
Approved under the authority of John A. Bielec, Vice President for Information Resources and Technology
Retirement Plan Individual Conferences
Human Resources will host individual investment education conferences with TIAA-CREF at the Center City Hahnemann Campus today, June 10, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Human Resources Department, 1st floor, Bellet Building (1505 Race Street).
Individual conferences with TIAA-CREF will be held on Wednesday, June 11, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in seminar room A02 at the Queen Lane Medical Campus (3200 Queen Lane).
Reservations are required for individual conferences.
Scheduling information and dates are available on the Drexel University and DUCoM Web sites in calendar format. Click on one of the links below:
Drexel University: Retirement Plan at http://www.drexel.edu/hr/benefits/IE-IndividualConf.html
DUCOM: Retirement Plan at http://www.drexel.edu/admin/hr_hs/benefits/InvestEducation.html
Approved under the authority of Adele T. Barbato, Senior Vice President for Human Resources
TIAA-CREF will present "Getting Ready for Retirement" on Wednesday, June 11, 2008, from noon to 1 p.m. in seminar room A02 at the Queen Lane Medical Campus (3200 Queen Lane).
Reservations are recommended but not required.
Scheduling information and dates for workshops are available on the Drexel University and DUCoM Web sites in calendar format. Click on one of the links below:
Drexel University: Retirement Plan at http://www.drexel.edu/hr/benefits/InvestEducation.html
DUCOM: Retirement Plan at http://www.drexel.edu/admin/hr_hs/benefits/InvestEducation.html
Approved under the authority of Adele T. Barbato, Senior Vice President for Human Resources
Drexel’s dragon mascot, Mario the Magnificent, is noted in a Sacramento Bee (Calif.) column published June 7, 2008. Mario attended the launch of a new nonstop US Airways flight from Sacramento International Airport to Philadelphia International Airport. Joan McDonald, vice president for enrollment management, is quoted in the column.
Storylink - Sacramento Bee
The Stockton Record (Calif.), Rocklin & Roseville Today (Calif.) and Davis Enterprise (Calif.) on June 9, 2008, note workshops for Drexel’s Center for Graduate Studies in Sacramento, Calif.
Storylink - The Stockton Record
Storylink - Rocklin & Roseville Today
Tulsie Patel, an undergraduate majoring in biological sciences, is featured in a Sun-Sentinel (Deerfield Beach, Calif.) story published June 9, 2008, about her upcoming trip to build homes and classrooms in Namibia and South Africa on behalf of HERO, a campaign of the United Nations Association of the USA.
Storylink - Sun-Sentinel
Drexel’s partnership with five area community colleges in the Collegiate Consortium for Workforce & Economic Development is noted in a PhillyBurbs.com story published June 9, 2008.
Storylink - PhillyBurbs.com
The Philadelphia Inquirer on June 8, 2008, notes that Team Builders Plus of Cherry Hill, N.J., is this year’s recipient of Drexel’s Entrepreneurs of the Year Award.
Storylink - The Philadelphia Inquirer
The Philadelphia Inquirer published on June 8, 2008, a commentary piece by Dr. Paula Marantz Cohen, distinguished professor of English and host of The Drexel Interview, on a link between the reaction of women to the film Sex and the City and Sen. Hillary Clinton’s campaign.
Storylink - The Philadelphia Inquirer
Dr. Charles N. Haas, L.D. Betz Chair Professor of environmental engineering and head of the Department of Civil, Architectural and Environmental Engineering, is noted in an Associated Press story published in The Philadelphia Inquirer, Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, York Daily Record (Pa.), Republican Herald (Pottsville, Pa.) and Evening Sun (Hanover, Pa.) on June 7, 2008, about a potential court ruling on the use of human sewage as fertilizer.
Storylink - The Philadelphia Inquirer
A Computerworld story that notes LinkEdu and Drexel’s partnerships with Google and Microsoft for expanded e-mail and Web services continues to be syndicated. The story was published on NetworkWorld.com on June 7, 2008. Dr. John A. Bielec, vice president for Information Resources and Technology, is noted in the story.
Storylink - NetworkWorld.com
An interview with Drexel alumnus and trustee Nicholas DeBenedictis, ’68, ’69, Hon. ’87, was published in The Bulletin on June 6, 2008.
Storylink - The Bulletin
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
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