Does a member of your family dress as Santa for the grandchildren? Do members of your family take turns lighting the Menorah? Is there a special way you celebrate Kwaanza? INSIGHT Online is looking for faculty and staff to share their favorite holiday traditions or memories. Whatever holiday(s) your family celebrates, let us know what makes this time of year special in your household. Submissions will be printed in the Dec. 6 INSIGHT Online. Send an e-mail with the subject "Holidays" to Jennifer Fusco at fuscoj@mail.montclair.edu by Nov. 26.
The Communications Office is seeking volunteers to participate in a focus group that will examine the services of Insight Online. Staff members are seeking your opinions, suggestions and comments to ensure that INSIGHT best serves the needs of the campus community. Those interested should contact Jennifer Fusco at 973-655-5465 or e-mail her at fuscoj@mail.montclair.edu by Dec. 3.
Transportation and Parking Services now offers an online Shuttle Bus Tracking System. By going to www.montclair.edu/parking/transportation_info.htm and clicking on GPS Shuttle Bus Tracking, the location of all shuttle buses can be tracked by route. This real-time bus location information is provided 24 hours a day, seven days a week using Global Positioning System (GPS) technology. The system operates on Windows-based operating systems. A version compatible with Mac operating systems will be available soon. For more information about the system, e-mail the shuttle bus coordinator at transervices@mail.montclair.edu.
For security reasons, the University ID Card Office, located in the Student Center, now requires employees and their family members who want an MSU ID Card to show proof of identification in the form of a Picture ID (driver's license or passport), Social Secuthe rity card and birth certificate. Photocopies are acceptable. For more information, call Human Resources at 973-655-7136 or the University ID Card Office at 973-655-4147.
Campus Recreation and Wellness Education are sponsoring a Walking Group on Mondays at noon and 7 p.m., and Wednesdays at 7:30 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The group meets at the north entrance of College Hall, except for Monday at 7 p.m. when it meets at the Student Center Information Desk. For more information, call Marie Cascarano at 973-655-7397.
"Celestial Boundaries," the fall exhibition in the Art Gallery, will be featured in an art review on New Jersey Network (NJN) on Nov. 12 at 8:30 p.m. and 11 p.m. Check your local listings for your NJN station.
The AFT Local 1904 office has been temporarily relocated to College Hall, Room 308, across from the third-floor elevator. Construction in the immediate area of Room 318C made this temporary move necessary. The Local will announce when it moves to its permanent location in College Hall.
An updated version of the AY2004/2005 Faculty Handbook is available
online at www.montclair.edu/facultyhandbook.
"Special Topics in Broadcasting: How to Watch Television" is open to non-majors in the spring semester. This is the only broadcasting course is open to non-majors. The course is offered Mondays and Wednesdays 1-2:15 p.m. in Mallory Hall, Room 154. (The registration call number is 10408.) The course offers an approach that combines media education/media literacy with media criticism.
Due to the increased cost of printing from computers in Sprague Library,
there is now a charge for printing at a rate of seven cents per
page. There is a one-time 50-cent charge to purchase a reusable vending
card. Instructions on the new print management system are available at
the various stations that support printing. Many library databases support
e-mailing of the full text of articles. Librarians at the Reference Desk
can help users determine if an article can be e-mailed.