Important Benefits Reminders

Trouble-free employee benefit plan administration requires a strong partnership between employees and Human Resources.  The Human Resources Dept. works diligently each year-end to accurately process the thousands of required or requested benefit record changes, and then we check and double-check our work.  However, in the end, we also must rely on you, the employee, to…Continue Reading Important Benefits Reminders

Barbara Hofer receives funding for study in Denmark

Barbara Hofer (Psychology) has received funding for her 2013-14 leave from the Danish Institute for Study Abroad. She will be teaching one course, Virtual Selves: Psychology and Emerging Technology, and conducting research on digital connections and the study-abroad experience. The award covers a stipend and expenses for two study trips in Denmark, as well as housing and…Continue Reading Barbara Hofer receives funding for study in Denmark

Erick Gong Gets Funding for Kenya Research

Erick Gong (Economics) and a colleague from the International Food Policy Institute have received funding from IFPRI and a program for alumni of the Hewlett Dissertation Fellowships program for a two-year research project in Kenya titled Can Savings Accounts Save Lives? Financial products for improving sexual and reproductive health. The goal of this project is to…Continue Reading Erick Gong Gets Funding for Kenya Research

Seeing the Unseen

Seeing the Unseen In honor of Professor Frank Winkler on his retirement Professor, friend, our class’s true astronomer, whom a blackboard can’t erase. Who’s taken us beyond the seen, and unseen stars. Where space is anybody’s second guess. Where, it seems, we’re more and less and everything that matters. Who uses up three boards to…Continue Reading Seeing the Unseen

Refresh Your Mind: Guided and Drop-In Meditation, Dec 10-15

Mitchell Green Lounge in McCullough will be open and set up for meditation from 6 AM to 11 PM during finals week–all are welcome!  Simple printed meditation instructions are available, so drop in anytime. Guided meditations will also be offered at 9:00 AM, 12:30 PM, 4:30 PM, and 8:00 PM each day. These will be…Continue Reading Refresh Your Mind: Guided and Drop-In Meditation, Dec 10-15