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March 20, 2003 Vol. 13, No. 34
The "8 1/2 x 11 News" is published each week by the Department of Public
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NEW STUDENT HEALTH POLICIES APPROVED FOR FALL 2003 The President's Council has approved two policies that will impact students, effective fall 2003. All full-time students will be required to carry medical insurance and will be assessed a charge for the individual basic mandatory plan offered through the university student health insurance program. Students who are insured by other carriers can apply for a waiver from the university program. Full text of the policy and requirements for waiver are available online at www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/StudentInsurance.htm. —A pre-matriculation immunization policy was also passed. The policy requires students to be vaccinated for certain contagious diseases. Student Health Service will administer both policies. The policy text is available at www.cmu.edu/policies/documents/Immunize.htm HEINZ SCHOOL BLACK ALUMNI TO ASSIST IN RECRUITING MINORITIES At a recent gathering of Heinz School Black Alumni, organized by alumnus Stanley Tucker (MS'79), 50 Heinz alumni, staff and students met in Washington, D.C. with Congressman Elijah E. Cummings of Maryland's 7th District. As the incoming chair of the Congressional Black Caucus, Cummings is leading the effort on Capitol Hill to support educational institutions in the practice of affirmative action. —Cummings said opportunities are still lagging for many young African-Americans. Inner-city students cannot compete on a level playing field on standardized tests like SAT's when equipment, text books and technology in their schools is lacking or out of date, he said. —As a result of the meeting, Heinz School Black Alumni are organizing to assist the school with fundraising for diversity scholarships, recruiting minority candidates and creating a formal network of Heinz School Black Alumni. APRIL 10 IS DEADLINE FOR GRADUATE STUDENT RESEARCH FUNDING Applications for GradUate Small project Help (GUSH) funding are due April 10. The $500 awards are to be used for costs incurred in the completion of projects required for thesis and dissertation work and are intended to be utilized by students whose personal or departmental resources have been exhausted. Approximately 25-30 awards are given each academic year. The application for these funds is at www.cmu.edu/adm/apaa/gpo. — GUSH funding has been developed and financed by the Graduate Student Association, in collaboration with the Graduate Programs Office and the Provost's Office, to help graduate students reach their full potential. SPRING CARNIVAL PARKING GUIDELINES, APRIL 4 - 13 The upper portion of the Morewood parking lot will be reserved for Spring Carnival 2003 and unavailable for parking from 5:30 p.m., Friday, April 4, through 6 p.m., Sunday, April 13. During that time, parking in the Doherty Apartments lot will also be affected. To accommodate permit holders, Jay Becker Valet Service has been contracted to direct traffic and valet park vehicles as needed from Monday, April 7, through Friday, April 11. Further information: official.cmu-news, March 18. NEWS BRIEFS —March 21 is the deadline to register for the Student Employee Appreciation Lunch on April 2. The cost is $5 per person. All student employees and their supervisors are invited to attend. Students in the School of Drama will provide live entertainment. Information about the lunch and the registration form is at www.cmu.edu/career/ (Scroll down to the Campus Employment section of the Web site.) Send the completed registration form to Pati Kravetz, Career Center, Warner Hall 19. PERSONAL MENTION —Christian W. Hallstein, senior lecturer in German, recently conducted two workshops for foreign language teachers in Warsaw, Poland. One workshop, at the Perspektywy Forum on International Education, was for teachers of English as a second language and the other, at the University of Warsaw, was for teachers of German. Both workshops dealt with the theoretical and practical aspects of incorporating works of visual art into foreign language instruction. —Alan W. Cramb, the Posco Professor and head of Materials Science and Engineering, has been selected to receive the 2003 "Andrew Carnegie Lecture Award" on April 17 from the Pittsburgh Chapter of ASM International. The Pittsburgh Chapter instituted the award in 1948 to honor a nationally prominent metallurgist or materials engineer. —Ericka Anderson, a biological sciences major in the Mellon College of Science, has received a prestigious 2003 United Negro College Fund/Merck Undergraduate Science Research Scholarship in recognition of her outstanding work in biomedical research and her future potential. The award, one of only 15 given nationwide, includes a $25,000 scholarship and two summer stipends totaling $10,000. Information: www.cmu.edu/PR/press_releases/index.html —Andrew Gellman, head of Chemical Engineering, and David Sholl, assistant professor of chemical engineering, are developing new solid surfaces that will help drug makers separate "left-handed" and "right-handed" molecules. They are scheduled to speak about their research on March 26 at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in New Orleans, La. Information www.cmu.edu/PR/releases03/030317_drugind.html —Tuomas Sandholm, associate professor, computer science, and Alison Barth, assistant professor, biological sciences, are among 117 outstanding young scientists and economists throughout the U.S. and Canada who have been selected to receive research fellowships from the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Each Fellow's institution administers grants of $40,000 for a two-year period. Once chosen, Fellows are free to pursue whatever lines of inquiry are of most interest to them. —G. Richard Tucker, head of the Department of Modern Languages and an internationally recognized expert in language education, will receive the 2002 Award for Distinguished Scholarship and Service from the American Association of Applied Linguistics (AAAL) on March 22 at the organization's annual conference in Arlington, Va. With this award, Tucker will become the only person to have been honored by all four of the major North American language education associations: the AAAL, the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages, the National Association for Bilingual Education and Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages. Further information: www.cmu.edu/PR/releases03/030312_uniquehonor.html —At the recent College of Humanities and Social Sciences annual Staff Recognition and Awards Ceremony, Rose Krakovsky, the receptionist for the Department of Statistics, received the Outstanding Service Award. She has worked for the university since 1981, and for the Department of Statistics since 1995. She received $500. The college's Newcomer Award went to Karen McCracken, laboratory manager at the Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition (CNBC) who has been at the CNBC since July 2001. She received a $100 prize. —Carnegie Mellon divers Mindi Finnegan and Julie Pavia earned honorable mention All-America honors last weekend at the 2003 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga. Finnegan, a sophomore who was named the University Athletic Association (UAA) Diver of the Year last month, finished 16th off the one-meter board with 306.30 points. Pavia placed 11th off the three-meter board with 365.70. CALENDAR HIGHLIGHTS —Wednesday, March 26: Credit Union Annual Meeting. Noon, Rangos 1, University Center. Open to all Credit Union members. Door prizes. Light refreshments will be served. —Tuesday, April 1: Lecture. Peter Krass, author of the new book, "Carnegie," offers a fresh look at the life and mind of Andrew Carnegie, a complex man whose contradictions divided America during the Gilded Age. 4:30 p.m., Wean Hall 7500. Krass will be available to meet with visitors and to autograph copies of his book. —Wednesday, April 2: Fourth Annual "Different Color Hair Day." Noon, Hamerschlag Hall front stairs. Bleach, color, dye, spray or streak your hair (or just wear a wig) then come to the stairs in front of Hamerschlag for a head count. You can also become a sponsor by pledging a specific dollar amount per dyed head. Proceeds benefit Children's Hospital. Further information: www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/Different-Color-Hair-Day/ Further news about the university is available on the Web at www.cmu.edu/PR/press_releases/index.html |
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