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Case Western Reserve University's Staff Advisory Council will continue its series of open forums with university vice presidents. Anthony Kinslow, vice president for human resources, and Hossein Sadid, chief financial and administrative officer, will be available for discussion from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. November 13 in the 1914 Lounge of Thwing Center. For details, go to http://www.cwru.edu/president/sac/sac.html.
Case Western Reserve University's annual Benefits Fair is from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. November 18 and 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. November 19 in rooms 13 and 14 of Crawford Hall. During the fair, employees will be able to enroll for their 2004 benefits, speak with health plan representatives and receive information about employee services and special discounts. Free flu vaccinations will be available in room 209 of Crawford Hall throughout the event, while 150 people each day can receive a free cholesterol test and diabetes screening (no fasting necessary) from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. November 18 and from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. November 19 in 14 Crawford Hall. Bone density tests also will be available for $15 from 2–4 p.m. November 18 in 14 Crawford. For more information, go to http://www.case.edu/finadmin/humres/benefits/fair.html.
The deadline for Case Western Reserve University's 2003 Charity Choice Campaign has been extended to November 14, and employees may still make contributions through the end of the year. The deadline extension also applies to the early donor raffle. Case employees who pledge a minimum of $52, or a dollar a week over the coming year, by November 14 will be eligible to win prizes. Donations may be made to Greater Cleveland Community Shares, Earth Share of Ohio and United Way Services; individual agencies affiliated with these umbrella organizations; or other independent organizations that have been certified with 501(c)3 tax status. For more information on these organizations, visit the Charity Choice Web site at http://www.cwru.edu/president/cir/charitychoice/ccopeningpg.htm. For details on the campaign, call Lynice Willis at 368-5886.
Members of the Case Western Reserve University community will be shacking up to raise money for Case's Habitat for Humanity chapter and to raise awareness about poverty housing and homelessness. Students, faculty and staff will be sleeping in boxes outside the north residence halls from 8 p.m. November 7 to 6 a.m. November 8. All participants are asked to raise $50 in sponsorship before arriving and to bring non-perishable food items to be donated to the Cleveland Food Bank. All those interested in taking part in the Case Habitat for Humanity "Let's Shack Up" event also must attend mandatory cold weather training during an informational meeting at 6:30 p.m. November 5 at Wade Fireside. E-mail Sapna Shah at sxs205@case.edu for details.
The next workshop in a free KSL series highlighting Case Western Reserve University resources, called Thursday Topics, will provide tips on searching the historical "New York Times" database. The session is from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. today in KSL 215. Barbara Brazis-Lang, database expert from ProQuest, will offer instruction on effective searching for reviews, classified ads, photos and more. The historical file delivers cover-to-cover issues exactly as they appeared to readers at the time. A person can search war news from Confederate victories, read 1880s or 1970s political scandals or check the stock market or editorial cartoons from specific years or events. Reservations are not required for the workshop. Call 368-5291 with questions.
The Case Western Reserve University department of music continues its 18th season of Chapel, Court & Countryside: Early Music at Harkness with harpsichordist Mitzi Meyerson. Meyerson will perform a program of "Keyboard Music from the Golden Age in France" at 7:30 p.m. November 15 in Harkness Chapel. She also will conduct an informal question-and-answer period. In addition, Meyerson will give a free, public master class for students in the Case/Cleveland Institute of Music (CIM) joint program at 12:30 p.m. November 14, also in Harkness Chapel. Tickets for the performance are $20 for the general public, $18 for seniors and members of Early Music America, $10 for non-Case/CIM students and free for Case/CIM students. Call 368-2402, e-mail chapel@case.edu or visit http://music.case.edu/ccc for more information.
The Case Western Reserve University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education is offering Learning Fellowships for faculty members who want to explore in depth concepts of how people learn and how those concepts can be applied in the classroom. For information on the fellowships and how to apply, contact UCITE at ucite@case.edu or 368-1224. Information also is available at http://www.cwru.edu/provost/UCITE. Case Western Reserve University's Research ShowCASE 2004, which will be April 2, 2004, in the Veale Center, is calling for proposals. Case faculty, professional/graduate students, post-doctoral fellows and undergraduate students as well as researchers from The Cleveland Clinic Foundation, the Louis Stokes Veterans Affairs Medical Center, MetroHealth Medical Center and University Hospitals of Cleveland must complete an online abstract submission form—available at http://ora.ra.cwru.edu/showcase/posters.htm—by 5 p.m. January 9. For more information about the event, go to http://ora.ra.cwru.edu/showcase/index.htm. To register to attend, visit http://ora.ra.cwru.edu/showcase/registration.htm. Contact Eric Cottington (368-4515 or eric.cottington@case.edu) or Annette Ballou (368-5963 or annette.ballou@case.edu) with questions.
Tau Beta Pi, Case Western Reserve University's undergraduate engineering society, will conduct its first-ever Firesale-during which numerous textbooks will be available to faculty, staff and students for $5 each. The sale is from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 20 and 21 in Bingham 102. Tau Beta Pi runs a book swap at the beginning of each semester, during which the group collects textbooks from students and sells them at reduced prices to other students. Over the years, Tau Beta Pi has collected about 2,000 books that are no longer used for classes but are good for reference or personal reading. For more information on the sale or book swap, go to http://bookswap.case.edu. Computer cluster grants available To promote parallel computing among Ohio faculty, the Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC), its Statewide Users Group and the Ohio Board of Regents are soliciting a third round of Cluster Ohio faculty research proposals. OSC will distribute Athlon AMD computer system clusters-complete with hardware, software programming environment and maintenance-to this year's Cluster Ohio awardees. Faculty members of Ohio higher education academic institutions (four-year and graduate programs) are eligible to apply for the Cluster Ohio grants. Proposals are due December 3. Faculty members are expected to make a commitment in the form of space, power and basic system administration. They also are expected to make idle cycles available to the Ohio research community and to participate in a statewide Globus or similar environment. More information is available at http://oscinfo.osc.edu/clusterohio/rfp. Historical society to sell books The Western Reserve Historical Society (WRHS) Library is hosting its eighth biennial book sale November 14-16 in the library's Norton Gallery. The book sale begins with a members' preview from 5-8 p.m. November 14. Public book sale hours are from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. November 15 and from noon to 3 p.m. All books are half price on November 16. Admission to the book sale is free. All proceeds benefit the library's Acquisition Fund. WRHS is located at 10825 East Boulevard. Memberships may be purchased at the door. For more information call 216-721-5722, ext. 252 or visit http://www.wrhs.org.
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