Thursday 24
Take Our Daughters & Sons To Work DayFor more information, please contact Denise McNair at 617-287-5176 or email [email protected].
TIAA-CREFF financial services counseling for faculty and staffAdministration, 3rd floor. To schedule an appointment, call Ms. Sarah Sutherland at 1-800-842-2004 or visit http://www.tiaa-creff.org/moc/
Beacons Athletics Lacrosse vs. Salve Regina University 3pm, athletic field.
Graduate Student Assembly Meeting4-5:15pm, Wheatley, 4th floor, Student Lounge. The Graduate Student Assembly, the voice of graduate students at the UMASS Boston campus, is dedicated to enhancing the academic and professional development of graduate students. This includes support for graduate research and skill development. Our intention is to reach the whole of the graduate student body with the various programs we offer. Please see our website www.gsa.umb.edu for more information or call 617-287-7975.
Friday 25
5th Annual Good Neighbor DayIf you live, learn or work out here on the point, join us for a day of community service projects and fun! (two-hour service shifts, food, fun, live radio broadcast) Sponsored by The Office of Service Learning and Community Outreach and the Columbia Point Community Partnership. Contact the OSLCO at 617-287-7955 for more information.
Saturday 26
Annual UMass Boston Welcome Day9am-1pm Students who have received an offer of undergraduate admission for Fall 2003 are invited to visit the campus. For more information, call 617-287-6000.
CD and Record Sale9am-3pm, McCormack, 3rd floor, Cafeteria. Donate your unwanted CDs and DVDs to the sale. Bring to the WUMB Radio station before the sale or drop off at the sale itself. Used CDs, DVD,s LPs, collectibles, and videos of all musical genres will be sold during the sale. For more information, call 617-287-6911 or email [email protected]. Additional dates: Sunday April 27, Monday April 28.
Beacons Athletics Baseball vs. Western Connecticut State University Noon, baseball diamond.Beacons Athletics Lacrosse vs. Keene State College 1pm, athletic field. Beacons Athletics Softball vs. Plymouth State College4:30pm, softball diamond. For more information, call UMB Athletics at 617-287-7801.
Sunday 27
WUMB 91.9 FM Commonwealth Journal7:30am and 7pm Listen to interviews with scholars, writers, and public officials, examining current issues of interest to the people of Massachusetts. For more information, call 617-287-6900.
Monday 28
Beacon’s Breast Cancer Awareness CampaignNoon-7pm, McCormack, 3rd floor, Ryan Lounge. We will have information and entertertainment at the Plaza from 12:30-3:30pm, and panel discussion will be held at the Ryan Lounge from 5-7pm. For more information, call 617-308-9560 or email [email protected].
Beacons Athletics Softball vs. Johnson & Wales University 4:30pm, softball diamond.
Tuesday 29
Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return, a lecture with Dr. Naseer Aruri1-3pm, Administration, 3rd floor, Chancellor’s Conference Room. Dr. Naseer Aruri is a Retired Chancellor Professor Emeritus of Political Science from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Born in Jerusalem, he has written extensively on the Middle East and the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict including the award winning Occupation: Israel Over Palestine (1983), The Obstruction of Peace: The U.S., Israel and the Palestinians (1995), and edited Palestinian Refugees: The Right of Return, published in 2001. Dr. Aruri formerly served as a member of the Palestinian National Council and the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) Central Committee as well as serving several terms as a board member of Amnesty International. For more information, email [email protected].
Gastón Institute Speakers Series: Workforce Development in Boston: Recent Transitions1-2:30pm, Healey Library, 11th floor, Library Staff Lounge. Featuring Edwin Meléndez. For more information, call 617-287-5791 or email [email protected].
Beacons Athletics Men’s Tennis vs. Newbury College 3pm, tennis courts
Wednesday 30
Professional Development for Employment Specialists9am-4pm, UMB’s Institute for Community Inclusion, 20 Park Plaza, Boston, April 2, 3, 30, May 1. This four-day workshop is designed for direct service staff who want hands-on skill development in enabling people with significant disabilities to succeed in community employment. Topics include the values behind community employment, person-centered planning, job development, support strategies, fading support out, problem-solving, and working with all involved parties. Registration is required three weeks in advance ($150). ICI provides letters of attendance for CEU or CRC credit. For more information or questions about accommodations, call 617-287-4337 or email [email protected].
College of Nursing and Health Sciences Career Fair11am-4:30pm, Clark Athletic Center Hockey Rink. We invite you to participate in our Career Fair to meet representatives from area hospitals, agencies, and UMass Boston programs. Employers will be here to recruit qualified candidates from our nursing, exercise science and physical education programs. Check our website at www.nursing.umb.edu for an updated listing of participants or for more information, call 617-287-7546.
ECOS Seminar: Operational Oceanography: What Is It and Why Do We Do It?2:30-3:45pm`, Science Building, 1st floor, room 006. Featuring Dr. Thomas C. Malone, Professor, Horn Point Laboratory, University of Maryland. For more information, call 617-287-7440.
Critical and Creative Thinking Graduate Program Open House4.30-8pm, Science Building, 4th floor, room 64. View student presentations of final synthesis projects at http://omega.cc.umb.edu/~cct/openhouse03.html. For more information, call 617-287-6520 or email [email protected].