September 14, 2006 Volume 28, No. 4
Managing your work life workshops planned
The Professional Development
committee, in partnership
with Human Resources, the
Center for Quality, Continuing
Education and Outreach,
Employee Assistance Program,
Technology Training Center
and the University Ombudsman,
will offer a fall program
around the theme of “Managing
Your Work Life, One Challenge
at a Time.”
Campus experts in different
areas of professional development
have joined together to
offer workshops on topics that
range from managing your email
to creative problem-solving,
along with other aspects of
time and stress management.
Workshops have been designed
to fit into the workday, and supervisors
are asked to support
staff members who wish to enroll.
There is no charge to leave
credits for staff to attend.
For more details, and to
enroll, visit the workforce development
area of the Human
Resources Web site, http://
humanresources.binghamton.
edu. Call Alison Gierlach at
777-6625 with questions.
‘Dr. Quantum’ will address Harpur Forum
Fred Alan Wolf, also known
as “Dr. Quantum,” will give the
first talk in this year’s Harpur
Forum breakfast series.
The program begins with
breakfast at 7:30 a.m. and
continues with Wolf’s talk at 8
a.m. on Friday, Sept. 29, at the
Binghamton Club.
Wolf, whose talk is titled
“How Quantum Physics Can
Change Your Life,” is the author
of 11 books.
For more details or to reserve
a seat, call the Harpur Forum
office at 777-4390.
International Student Festival continues
The sixth-annual International
Student Festival continues
this weekend with championship
athletic games and the
Cultural Showcase.
The championship table
tennis match begins at 7 p.m.
Friday, Sept. 15. The soccer final
will start at 11 a.m. Saturday,
Sept. 16, on Field 9. The
championship volleyball game
gets under way at 6 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 17, in the East Gym,
while the basketball final tips
off at 7:30 p.m. Sunday in the
East Gym.
The Cultural Showcase begins
at 7:30 p.m. Saturday in
the UU-Mandela Room.
Admission is free. For
more details, visit http://isss.
binghamton.edu.
Special Olympics seek volunteers
Volunteers are needed to fill
key roles in support of Special
Olympics New York’s 2006 Fall
Games, to be held Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 6 and 7, at the
Events Center and other venues.
Volunteers will register athletes,
present medals, distribute
medals, staff athletic venues
and more. The deadline for
volunteer registration is Thursday,
Sept. 28.
For more information, visit
www.specialolympicsNY.org
and click on Fall Games, e-mail
volunteer@nyso.org or call 1-
800-836-6976.
