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Counseling services are available on campus for employees and students through the CWRU Employee Assistance Program (EASE) and University Counseling Services. For faculty, staff and their families, EASE offers counseling related to child care needs, legal difficulties, personal issues and more. It is a confidential and voluntary program and provided free of charge to CWRU employees and their families. Call 241-EASE(3273) or 1-800-521-3273. Services for students are available through University Counseling Services, 201 Sears Library, 844-8892. Walk-in hours are 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Twenty-four hour access to general counseling also is available by calling CWRU's Protective Services at 368-3333. Anti-virus client must be updated Beginning August 1, CWRU's Software Center will no longer use the campus LiveUpdate server for Symantec Anti-Virus. It will instead employ servers at Symantec. Prior to the change, compuer users must update their anti-virus client with the version now available on the Software Center at http://www.cwru.edu/softwarecenter. This version will automatically configure LiveUpdate to point to the Symantec server.
The Undergraduate Alumni Associate is sponsoring a performance by the Second City Comedy Show as part of Alumni Weekend. The improv comedy group will offer a special medley of class scenes, songs and special humor about CWRU at 7:30 p.m. June 21 in the Thwing Center Ballroom, followed by a dessert reception with the cast at 9:15 p.m. on the Case Quad. Tickets are $20 in advance, $10 for students or $25 at the door. For more information call 368-2416. To register online, go to https://alumdir.cwru.edu/Events/EventDetails.asp?id=182.
A limited number of copies of a new 2003-2004 University Circle walking tour map and guide are available at no charge from the Office of University Communication. In addition to University Circle institutions, the 30-page color booklet includes sculpture and additional points of interest north of Euclid Avenue. While supplies last, copies of the walking tour map and guide may be requested for campus visitors. To learn more, contact Maria Wolf at 368-4440 or mew15.
The Women's Center Book Club has selected "My Antonia" by Willa Carter to discuss July 9 and "A Good Enough Daughter" by Aliz Kates Shulman to discuss August 6. The club has been registered at Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Shaker Square, so members can purchase the book selection of the month there at a 10 percent discount. All meetings are noon to 1 p.m. in 720 Crawford Hall. Anyone is welcome to attend the discussion, even if they have not read the book. To learn more, e-mail Rosemary Alexander at rka2.
Wednesday barbecues on the Crawford deck are back by popular demand. The lunch and live music from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. continue on Wednesdays through July 23. In case of rain, the festivities move to the Tomlinson Hall gallery. The Faculty Dining Room is closed on days the picnics are scheduled. The buffet, including the beverage of the day, is $6.95. Themes include Caribbean barbecue, June 25; international, July 2; classic American, July 9; Texas, July 16; and Caribbean again July 23.
The Walter Nord Program of grants for teaching and education will be renewed for the 2003-2004 academic year. Awards of $10,000 are available to support development of new courses that meet specific criteria set forth by the Nord family. Check the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education Web site at http://www.cwru.edu/provost/ucite/grants.html for specific criteria and instructions. Deadline for submission of proposals is June 30. Call 368-1224 or e-mail ucite for additional information.
Summer hours for the University Library are 9 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday through July 28. Reference desk hours will vary slightly Monday through Thursday. The library is closed on Sundays during the summer semester and will not be open on Independence Day, July 4. Summer interim hours at the University Library are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday from July 29 through August 24.
The University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE) will offer 20 faculty Learning Fellowships for both fall 2003 and spring 2004. The fellowships are for faculty who want to explore in depth concepts of how people learn and how those concepts can be applied in the classroom. The program is similar to a semester-long, seminar course in which fellows discuss research literature on learning and how that knowledge can be translated into practical strategies to enhance student learning. Upon successfully completing the program, each faculty member will receive a stipend of $4,000. In the fall, fellowship meetings will be 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays from August 27 through December 3. The spring schedule is forthcoming. Faculty members from all schools and colleges are invited to apply by sending one-page bio-sketches and cover letters indicating why they are interested in the fellowships to the UCITE office before June 16. No electronic submissions will be accepted. For more information, contact UCITE at 368-1224 or ucite or go to http://www.cwru.edu/provost/UCITE.
Wade Oval will be closed to activities through September for construction. The first phase of the Wade Oval project, which began earlier this month, includes new pathways, a new irrigation system, pedestrian lighting and benches, new turf and additional electricity provisions. In order to for new grass to become firmly established, the area will remained fenced off until the beginning of October, when an opening ceremony is expected to take place. Contact Benjamin Limmer at University Circle Inc. at 791-3900 or blimmer@universitycircle.org with questions.
The next Video on Wheels, "FISH," a popular customer service video, will be from noon to 1 p.m. June 30 in Crawford Hall room 209. The date is incorrectly listed as June 19 in the recent issue of Human Resources Quarterly. The next Staff Development Seminar, "Managing Your Career," will be presented by Heidi MCCormick, interim director of career services, from noon to 1 p.m. June 19 in Strosacker Auditorium.
The CWRU Weight Watchers At Work program for faculty, staff, students and friends of the University begins its next session with a information and registration meeting from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. August 28 in Thwing Center. The 14-week program will begin September 4. All meetings are from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in Thwing Center, except for the August 14 meeting, which is in the Cleveland Room. The program cost—14 weeks for the price of 12—is $138, which can be paid by cash, check or charge. The payment can be split into three payments of $46 when paying by check. Contact Sara McIntyre at 368-3924 or sym2 for details or to register.
The 2003 Thursdays in the Park summer concert schedule has been set. The lineup of local bands with a range of musical influences begins with Carlos Jones and the PLUS Band at 5:30 p.m. June 19. Other performers are Slap, June 26; Anne E. DeChant, July 10; Kiddo, July 17; Hillbilly Idol, July 24; and Roberto Ocasio, July 31. All concerts, which are free and open to the public, are from 5:30-7:30 p.m. in Turning Point Park. Food and beverages will be available. For more information, go to the Thursdays in the Park Web site at http://www.cwru.edu/events/thursdays.
A couple of institutions in University Circle are changing their names. The Fairmount Theatre for the Deaf is now called the Signstage Theatre. Its address remains 8500 Euclid Avenue. The Cleveland Center for Contemporary Art is now called the Museum of Contemporary Art Cleveland. Its address is 8501 Carnegie Avenue.
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