January 31, 2006
Staff performance appraisals that are normally completed in the spring of each year will be postponed until fall. This change is being made in an effort to more closely link appraisal completion with annual salary and wage increases. Human Resources will be conducting orientation and training sessions later this fall. Please call ext. 2134 if you have any questions.
January 31, 2006
Diskin Clay, a faculty member at Duke University, will give this year’s Rembert W. Patrick Memorial Lecture Mon., Feb. 6. His talk, titled “The Art of Hell,” will be held at 7:30 p.m. in the Leak Room of Duke Memorial Hall. Admission is free and the event is part of the college’s Year of Spirit and Spirituality.
Clay is the director of undergraduate studies and RJR Nabisco professor of classical studies at Duke. In addition to his work at Duke, Clay has taught at Johns Hopkins University, Haverford College, Reed College and the City University of New York. He holds degrees from Reed and the University of Washington.
The lecture was established in memory of REMBERT PATRICK ’30, who taught Florida history and Reconstruction history for many years at the University of Florida and later served as a research professor at the University of Georgia. In 1961, Patrick was president of the Southern Historical Association. His wife, ELEANOR PATRICK ’32, established the lecture series in his memory in 1970. Past lecturers have included John Hope Franklin and Douglas Helms.
For more information on the lecture, contact TIM KIRCHER, associate professor of history, at 336-316-2348 or tkircher@guilford.edu. For more on the Year of Spirit and Spirituality, visit www.guilford.edu/yearspirit.
January 30, 2006
ROY NYDORF, professor of art, has two mixed-media paintings in the 15th Annual Founding Members Invitational Exhibition at the African-American Atelier in Greensboro, curated by Dr. Alma S. Adams of Bennett College. The paintings, from the “Felicia Series,” represent two guises of African-American women. The exhibition opened Jan. 15 and will continue through Feb. 24 at the African-American Atelier Gallery at the Greensboro Cultural Arts Center at 200 North Davie Street.
For more information, visit www.africanamericanatelier.org.
January 30, 2006
ALEX STOESEN, professor of history emeritus, leaves Sat., Feb. 4, for his 20th mission with Habitat for Humanity in Chile. The team will gather in Atlanta and fly from there to Santiago and then on to the work site in Casablanca, Chile. He asks for prayers for the team.
January 27, 2006
Dana Professor of Chemistry and History of Science Emeritus TED BENFEY’s “The Conceptual Structure of the Sciences: Reemergence of the Human Dimension” was published as Chapter 5 of “Philosophy of Chemistry: Synthesis of a New Discipline”, the most recent volume of Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science. Benfey commented that he has been working on it for 50 years.
January 27, 2006
The Community Life Committee announces that information for the Dana, Alden and Hoyle Scholarship Awards has been sent to eligible students. More information can be found by clicking here. The deadline to apply is Mon., Feb. 27.
If you believe a student is eligible who did not receive the materials, contact JON HATCH at jhatch@guilford.edu.
January 27, 2006
Students receiving need based financial aid are reminded that the time is now to renew the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The Department of Education is now accepting the 2006-07 FAFSA and the 2006-07 renewal FAFSA.
If you have not yet filled out the FAFSA, visit www.fafsa.ed.gov. Guilford’s mandatory FAFSA deadline for returning students is Mon., May 1. Any FAFSA with a processing date after May 1 will be subject to a reduction in institutional aid. Contact the Office of Financial Aid at ext. 2354 with any questions.
January 26, 2006
The campus mailroom and print shop located in King Hall will move to the Environmental Services Building (located within the Physical Plant Complex) during spring break.
During master-planning meetings and discussions, a general consensus was reached that King Hall should be used as an academic building because of its central location and the growing space needs of the academic program. In addition, the King location provides inadequate service access for the mailroom. The need to move has been discussed for some time, and meetings and discussions have affirmed both the need for the move and widespread support for it. Overall, the hope is that the move will both ease the space needs of the academic program and provide adequate mailroom access for all. The student mailroom in Founders Hall will not be affected by the move.
After the mail room is moved, offices in 10 buildings on campus will have mail delivered to a drop point in each building, while offices in six buildings will continue to pick up mail in King. Deliveries will begin daily at 11 a.m., subject to mail volume, UPS, FedEx and other delivery times. Outgoing mail will be collected when incoming mail is delivered. Details on the delivery process will follow.
Facilities & Campus Services will hold an open forum to discuss the changes Wed., Feb. 1, from 1:15-2:15 p.m. in Boren Lounge. Information related to the move will be shared. Please attend the meeting if you have any questions or suggestions.
January 26, 2006
A townhome in Keswick Place (located off Horse Pen Creek Road and New Garden Road) is for sale by SANTES BEATTY and his wife, Nicole. The townhome was built in 2001 and has two bedrooms, a loft that can be used as a third bedroom or office, two full baths with double sinks, kitchen, dining and living rooms, refrigerator, range oven and dishwasher, gas log fireplace, plenty of storage and a neighborhood pool. The townhome is an end unit. A washer and dryer are negotiable.
The Beattys are motivated sellers, and are holding an open house Sun., Jan. 29, from 2-4 p.m. (MLS # G381331). Call 336-215-6703 for more information.
January 25, 2006
As part of the Year of Spirit and Spirituality, Jay Friedel, Catholic priest and campus minister, will open the Series on Sexuality and Spirituality. His talks will focus on celibacy.
Friedel will speak at the following times and locations: Jan. 30, 7 p.m. Boren Lounge, Jan. 31, 7 p.m. Founders Gallery
and Feb. 1, 7 p.m. Founders Gallery.
