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Chancellor Greenwood testifies before House Science Committee
Wellness web site offers wealth of information
Financial Aid Office hours change
CfAO to host workshop for NSF research center educators
New Administrative Responsibilities Handbook now available
October 28, 2002
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Chancellor Greenwood testifies before House Science Committee
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| Testifying at the hearing were (l-r): Ronald Atlas, president of the American Society for Microbiology, John Marburger, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, Chancellor Greenwood, and Sheila Widnall, professor of aeronautics at MIT. |
Recognized as a national expert in science and education policy, Chancellor
Greenwood testified before the U.S. Congress House Science Committee earlier
this month on the challenges facing research universities during the war
on terrorism.
Greenwood delivered her remarks, titled "Conducting Research During
the War on Terrorism: Balancing Openness and Security," during an
October 10 hearing.
The chancellor stressed that universities must continue to play a critical
role in understanding and preventing terrorism in the next generation.
In order to do so, she added, it is essential to balance requirements
for increased security with the freedoms of American academia that have
resulted in enormous benefits to our society. Full
text of Chancellor Greenwood's remarks
The full presentation can be read and/or a webcast viewed in the "Full
Committee Hearings" section of the Science
Committee web site.
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Wellness web site offers wealth
of information
Wondering what steps you can take to keep from getting a nasty cold this
winter? Want to find out if your eating habits are protecting you from
cancer? Feel like anger may be affecting your health? The new OPERS Online
Wellness Center (http://owcucsc.wellsource.com)
has articles on these topics and a wide variety of other physical and
emotional health issues. Interactive quizzes allow you to do a quick personal
assessment in areas such as nutrition and social health. The site is updated
monthly, with major articles focusing on a few topical issues.
The site also provides a link to a personal wellness profile, which
will assess your risk in a variety of areas and give feedback on ways
to reduce risk and improve health.
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Financial Aid Office hours change
Staff of the Financial
Aid Office will now be available Monday through Thursday from 9 a.m.
to 4 p.m. and Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Phone support hours remain the same: Monday through Friday 8 a.m. to 5
p.m. except on Tuesdays when office hours begin at 9 a.m.
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CfAO to host workshop
for NSF research center educators
The Center for Adaptive Optics (CfAO) will host the National Science Foundation
Research Center Educators Network Workshop October 26 to 28. This annual
workshop brings together education leaders from NSF-funded research centers
to discuss challenges and strategies for the integration of research and
education. Judith Ramaley, NSF assistant director for education and human
resources, will give the keynote address on Sunday, October 27, at 8:30
a.m. at the West Coast Santa Cruz Hotel. The title of her talk is "What
Does It Mean to Integrate Research and Education, and Why Is It so Important?"
The workshop also includes a CfAO Education Open House on Saturday, October
26, starting with a panel presentation on how CfAO graduate students use
inquiry to teach science, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Room 221, Interdisciplinary
Sciences Building. From 5 to 6 p.m. there will be poster presentations
and a reception at the Center for Adaptive Optics. More information about
the workshop and open house is available at http://cfao.ucolick.org/meetings/hunterconference/.
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New Administrative Responsibilities Handbook now available
The Campus Controller’s Office has prepared a new Administrative
Responsibilities Handbook. The handbook provides a concise reference
for anyone on campus with administrative responsibilities, which can range
from complying with sponsored research administrative requirements to
having the authority to approve the acquisition of goods and services.
It is not meant to be a detailed compendium of procedures, but rather
it serves as a guide to where additional assistance and guidance in addressing
administrative matters can be obtained.
The handbook is modeled after a similar handbook produced by the UC San Diego campus and has been in development for more than two years. Assistant Controller Vicki Gutzwiller played a key role in coordinating this effort.
The handbook is being distributed to all individuals on the campus with
administrative management responsibilities. For more information, call
Vicki Gutzwiller at (831) 459-3206.
Chancellor's statement
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Currents provides regular updates on construction projects that have an impact on campus transportation and parking. Construction update story
For more information, visit the Transportation
and Parking Services web site and the Physical
Planning and Construction web site.
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