Friday, December 7, 2007
Friday, December 7, 2007
Quote
of the Day
"The superfluous, a very necessary thing."
-Voltaire
Hot Topic
01. Drexel Basketball at the DAC This Weekend
Topics of the Day
02.
Counseling Center Offers Help with Holiday Blues
03.
Robert Venturi and Anne d’Harnoncourt on The Drexel InterView Today
04.
String Ensemble to Perform Tonight
05.
University Procurement to Host "Procurement 101"
06.
Save the Date: Student Conference on Global Challenges
07.
Dr. Zillmer to Lecture: "Destination Guantanamo Bay"
08.
Center City Campus FREE Movie Night: SUPERBAD
09.
Late Night Study at Ross Commons
10. University Crossings Stair Run
11. Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program
12. Hellenic American Educational Foundation Fellowship
13. What Are We Thinking? About the Election? About Iraq?
14. Philadelphia Chamber Music Society to Present Monica Groop
15. Drexel News Media Watch
Drexel Basketball at the DAC This Weekend
The Drexel women's basketball team will face Dayton University, on Saturday, December 8, 2007, at 1 p.m. at the Daskalakis Athletic Center (33rd and Market Streets). For more information, visit http://www.drexeldragons.com.
Drexel Army ROTC sponsors Webcasts of all home men's and women's basketball games. For more information: http://www.drexeldragons.com/Sports/gen/2006/Live%20Audio.asp
A live audio broadcast of the men’s and women’s basketball games is available by going to the Game Day Multimedia page at http://www.DREXELDRAGONS.com: http://www.drexeldragons.com/Sports/gen/2006/Live%20Audio.asp
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Counseling Center Offers Help with Holiday Blues
The Drexel University Student Counseling Center on the Center City Hahnemann Campus will present a "Holiday Mental Health Screening Day" on December 11, 2007, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Klahr Lobby of the New College Building (245 N. 15th Street).
The counseling center will provide tips for dealing with holiday stress, eating healthfully over the holidays, learning relaxation strategies, and more.
For more information regarding the screening day or about additional services provided by the Student Counseling Center, call (215) 762-7625.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Robert Venturi and Anne d'Harnoncourt on The Drexel InterView Today
Robert Venturi (above left) , architect and Denise Scott Brown (above center), architect and urban planner, will be Dr. Paula Marantz Cohen's guests at 2:30 p.m.; part-one of a two-part interview on WPVI-TV's digital channel (Comcast Channel 245).
Anne d'Harnoncourt (above right), George D. Widener Director and CEO of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, will be Dr. Cohen's guest at 8:30 p.m. on WPVI-TV's digital channel (Comcast Channel 245).
The Drexel InterView hosted by Dr. Paula Marantz-Cohen, distinguished professor of English, is broadcast on Drexel University Television (DUTV) throughout Philadelphia on Comcast Cable and Urban Cableworks (Channel 54 and Channel 48 in Center City and South Philadelphia, Channel 62 in West Philadelphia and Channel 99 in Northeast Philadelphia ), WYBE-TV (Channel 35), and WPVI-TV's digital channel (Comcast Channel 245).
Saturday, December 8, 2007
Charles Fuller, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, will be Dr. Cohen's guest at 10 a.m. on DUTV.
Sunday, December 9, 2007
Elaine Terranova, award-winning poet, will be Dr. Cohen's guest at 5 p.m. on WYBE-TV.
Charles Fuller, Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, will be Dr. Cohen's guest at 10 a.m. on DUTV.
For further details on The Drexel InterView, visit http://www.drexel.edu/univrel/events/drexel_interview.html . Visit The Drexel InterView archives at http://www.drexel.edu/provost/dva/drexel_interview.asp to view free streaming video of previous shows.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
String Ensemble to Perform Tonight
The Antoinette Westphal College of Media Arts & Design and the Department of Performing Art will present a concert by the String Ensemble today, December 7, 2007 at 7:30 p.m. in the Mandell Theater (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
This concert is free and open to the public. For more information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/westphal or call 215-895-ARTS.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
University Procurement to Host "Procurement 101"
"Procurement 101" sessions are for faculty and staff with procurement responsibilities for their department or division. Information will be provided about new services and programs that are designed to save departments money.
Strategic partners at the sessions will speak about their new products and services, how to properly process University purchases, how to request estimates from vendors and who to call to get purchasing questions answered.
Sessions are being offered in various locales and timeframes to ease scheduling:Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Save the Date: Student Conference on Global Challenges
The new Office of International Programs will sponsor a Student Conference on Global Challenges on February 29, 2008, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Edmund D. Bossone Research Enterprise Center (Market Street between 31st and 32nd Streets).
The conference will be organized into concurrent student panels with faculty experts as moderators. The panels will fall under the following broadly defined categories:For more information about this conference, contact: Anuja Mehra, am638@drexel.edu; ext.1204.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
Dr. Eric Zillmer to Lecture: "Destination Guantanamo Bay"
International Area Studies and the International Café will present a talk by Dr. Eric Zillmer, Pacifico Professor of Psychology, "Destination Guantanamo Bay, the Legitimacy of GTMO: An Eyewitness Report", on December 12, 2007, from noon to 1:30 p.m. in room 2020 of MacAlister Hall (33rd and Chestnut Streets).
The lecture is free and open to the public. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information contact Melissa A. Field, International Area Studies at (215) 895-1863 or maf83@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Center City Campus FREE Movie Night: SUPERBAD
The Office of University Student Life will show the movie Superbad today, December 7, 2007, at 7 p.m. in Geary B Auditorium on the first floor of the New College Building (245 N. 15th Street). This movie screening is FREE for all students and their guests.
Superbad is about two socially inept teenage boys who are about to graduate from high school. Since they have been accepted to different colleges, they have to now contemplate life apart. Evan and Seth decide to join forces one last time and reverse a lifelong losing streak with the ladies in one panic-driven night.
For more information, visit http://www.drexel.edu/cchc/studentlife/Campus_Life/Free_Movie_Series.html. If you have any questions about the film screenings, call 215-762-1410 or email studentlife.cchc@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Late Night Study at Ross Commons
Student Union Operations is offering students an opportunity to take a break from studying and go to Late Night Study at Ross Commons starting at 8 p.m. in The 2nd Floor lounge. Complimentary snacks will be available to help students energized to study for exams.
For more information, contact Ross Commons at 215-895-1000.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
University Crossings Stair Run
Beta Beta Beta and the Office of Residential Living will sponsor a stair run Saturday, December 8, 2007, from 9 a.m. to noon at University Crossings (101 N. 32nd Street).
Registration is $3 per person, $5 if two people sign up together. Sign-up in the lobby of University Crossings.
All the proceeds generated from the event will purchase mosquito netting to be placed over beds at an African village. Each net costs $10, and can potentially save three people, as children in the villages typically share beds.
For more information about this initiative, visit http://malarianomore.org.
Approved under the authority of James Tucker, Senior Vice President for Student Life and Administrative Services
Department of Homeland Security Scholarship and Fellowship Program
The Drexel Fellowships Office announces that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Scholarship and Fellowship Program is now accepting applications for the 2008-09 academic year.
The DHS program is open to sophomores, pre-juniors and students who will be starting graduate school in the fall. The program is intended for students interested in pursuing the basic science and technology innovations that can be applied to the DHS mission. The deadline for applications is January 7, 2008.
For more information, visit http://www.orau.gov/dhsed/index.html or contact Heather Ryan, fellowships coordinator at hryan@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
Hellenic American Educational Foundation Fellowship
The Drexel Fellowships Office has announced a new fellowship opportunity for graduating seniors and graduate students interested in careers in education. The Hellenic American Educational Foundation offers fellowships to work at an elementary and secondary school outside Athens.
The fellows are chosen to act as young ambassadors to the schools, strengthening the ties between the foundation and the United States, and providing a cross-cultural educational experience. The role of the fellows includes sharing their culture, enthusiasm, ideas, language and knowledge with the school community.
For more information, contact the Fellowships Office at fellowships@drexel.edu.
Approved under the authority of Dr. Stephen W. Director, Provost
What Are We Thinking? About the Election? About Iraq?
The Friday, December 7, 2007, edition of “What Are We Thinking” on WHYY 91FM (90.9), features a discussion about the latest Gallup numbers, in response to the questions:
“What are We Thinking” is produced by WHYY and the Gallup Organization. It airs every Friday on WHYY 91FM in Philadelphia at 1:30 p.m. and again at 6:20 p.m. The program is made possible, in part, by Drexel University.
For more information about the program, “What Are We thinking” visit http://whyy.org.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society to Present Monica Groop
The Philadelphia Chamber Music Society will present Finnish mezzo-soprano Monica Groop (above), accompanied by pianist Rudolf Jansen, on Monday, December 12, 2007, at 8 p.m. in the Perelman Theater of the Kimmel Center for the Performing Arts in Philadelphia (Broad and Spruce Streets).
Groop appeared on the Philadelphia scene with PCMS in 2006 as a last-minute substitute for tenor Matthew Polenzani, who had suffered a death in his family. Although few audience members knew of Groop at the time, the response to her performance was extremely positive.
Groop’s rich and diverse program on Monday evening includes songs by Schubert, Clara Schumann, Bartok, Grieg, Mahler, and Schoenberg.
For FREE tickets to this concert, call the Philadelphia Chamber Music Society at 215-569-8080.
For more information, visit http://www.pcmsconcerts.org.
Approved under the authority of Philip Terranova, Vice President for University Relations
President Papadakis was featured on CN8's live broadcast from the Main Building Auditorium of "Money Matters Today" on December 5, 2007. The rebroadcast of the "How to Get a Job" episode also featured Dr. George P. Tsetsekos, dean of LeBow College of Business; Dr. Donna M DeCarolis, head of the management department in LeBow College of Business and academic director of the Laurence A. Baiada Center for Entrepreneurship in Technology; and Nicole Gay, auxiliary instructor for Co-op 101 in the Steinbright Career Development Center.
Noah Cohen, a senior majoring in communications, and Stephanie Takach, a freshman majoring in communications, shared a byline with two other reporters in a New York Post story published on December 6, 2007. The story focuses on a Drexel undergraduate and Penn graduate who face charges of identity theft and related offenses.
StoryLink - New York Post
Dr. Scot Silverstein, assistant professor of healthcare informatics and information technology and director of the Institute for Healthcare Informatics, is quoted in story published on the Web site of Government Health IT on December 6, 2007, about electronic medical records.
Dr. Joseph Mason, associate professor of finance, is quoted in a Sun-Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale, Fla.) story published on December 6, 2007, about a Florida investment pool.
StoryLink - Sun-Sentinel
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