because since the holidays I have been totally confused about what day is what.
Here's my schedule for the next couple of weeks:
Monday, Friday: Pleasantville
Tuesday: Grad Center
Wednesday: AM, Midtown, then fly to Chicago with Sotirious to visit with Dean Miller of DePaul's College of Digital Media, home on Thursday
The week of May 4th I'm in Pleasantville on Monday, Downtown NY on Tuesday and Thursday and at the Graduate Center on Wednesday and Friday-Friday of that week is Michael Gargano Research Day. Please plan to join us.
The week of May 11th I'm at the Grad Center on Monday and on the Pace Plaza campus for the rest of the week attending the Faculty Institute on Wednesday and Thursday and facilitating the tenure and promotion workshop on Friday.
And then there's Commencement Week-see you all at one of the various commencements.
The faculty restructuring group finished its fifth meeting and we all feel as though we are making significant progress. Please feel free to discuss our meetings with any of the members: Paul Benjamin, Linda Jo Calloway, Dan Farkas, Jim Gabberty, Richard Kline, Frank Marchese.
Susan Downey and I have been working on the School's budget, and the University Budget Committee has been working on the University's budget. This will be a very challenging budget year, and we are working very hard to find financial aid for students who need it.
Speaking of scholarship aid, mark your calendars now for this year's Leadership and Service in Technology event which will be held on Tuesday June 9 at 6 PM at Bank of New York Mellon on Barclay Street. We will be honoring Viacom's CIO Joe Simon. Steve Cooper, former CIO of the American Red Cross and the Department of Homeland Security, will be our keynote speaker, on the theme Transformation Through Technology. This event raises money that is used for scholarship aid-even more important in these challenging times.
We are exploring some interesting opportunities with a few universities in China, thanks to Lixin Tao. When these are approved, students will complete the first year of a graduate degree in China and spend their second year on campus and graduate from the Seidenberg School.
Please make sure to read the University Strategic Plan, and attend one of the town meetings and/or one of our Seidenberg meetings-I'll be presenting the plan next Tuesday at the Graduate Center and on May 5 at 163 William Street.
Enjoy this wonderful weather-I'm spending the next two days in the garden, building and filling raised beds.
Friday, April 24, 2009
Monday, April 13, 2009
The Hol(y)days are over, the Strategic Plan is here
For those of us celebrating Passover and/or Easter the hol(y)days are over. And for that I'm grateful. Between the chocolate covered matzoh and the marzipan Easter eggs I am in big trouble, foodwise. I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays.
I love these two holidays because they remind me each year that Spring does come, that renewal is possible and in fact, often inevitable. As small groups of us are meeting to decide if/how/when to restructure our school reminders of renewal and new growth are welcome.
We are coming to the end of open houses and preview weekends. Our undergraduate enrollment numbers are not as strong as we need them to be; we need everyone to do all that they can to support our recruitment efforts as we move through this next critical period.
Please make sure to attend an open meeting about the current draft of the University's Strategic Plan. There will be a meeting April 14, from 3:30-4:25 in Butcher Suite on the Pleasantville campus, another on April 20 from 12:20-1:15 in the Student Union on the NY campus, and the last one on April 24 from 12:20-1:15 in the VIP Room in the Goldstein Fitness Center on the Pleasantville campus.
I will also be holding Seidenberg School discussions as follows: on April 23, in Goldstein 100 on the Pleasantville campus, from 12:20-1:20, on April 28 at the Graduate Center in Room 204 from 3:30-4:30, and on May 5 at 163 William Street from 3:30-4:30.
I also encourage you to discuss the plan among yourselves. You can find the contents of the plan by logging on to your Pace portal.
This week I'm in NY on Monday and Thursday, at the Graduate Center on Tuesday morning and Friday, and on the Pleasantville campus Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday.
Mostly I'm working on the budget for fiscal year 2009-2010 and continuing to focus on restructuring meetings with faculty and staff.
We are now at the point in the semester where the time flies by. Faculty, you will be meeting with your department chairs (if you haven't already) to discuss your self-evaluations and your plans for next academic year. I thought I would have time to meet with each of you before the end of the semester but instead I'll schedule more leisurely meetings throughout the next academic year. Staff, you will be meeting with your supervisors shortly using the new performance form that was developed this year.
See you round campus or in cyberspace!
I love these two holidays because they remind me each year that Spring does come, that renewal is possible and in fact, often inevitable. As small groups of us are meeting to decide if/how/when to restructure our school reminders of renewal and new growth are welcome.
We are coming to the end of open houses and preview weekends. Our undergraduate enrollment numbers are not as strong as we need them to be; we need everyone to do all that they can to support our recruitment efforts as we move through this next critical period.
Please make sure to attend an open meeting about the current draft of the University's Strategic Plan. There will be a meeting April 14, from 3:30-4:25 in Butcher Suite on the Pleasantville campus, another on April 20 from 12:20-1:15 in the Student Union on the NY campus, and the last one on April 24 from 12:20-1:15 in the VIP Room in the Goldstein Fitness Center on the Pleasantville campus.
I will also be holding Seidenberg School discussions as follows: on April 23, in Goldstein 100 on the Pleasantville campus, from 12:20-1:20, on April 28 at the Graduate Center in Room 204 from 3:30-4:30, and on May 5 at 163 William Street from 3:30-4:30.
I also encourage you to discuss the plan among yourselves. You can find the contents of the plan by logging on to your Pace portal.
This week I'm in NY on Monday and Thursday, at the Graduate Center on Tuesday morning and Friday, and on the Pleasantville campus Tuesday afternoon and Wednesday.
Mostly I'm working on the budget for fiscal year 2009-2010 and continuing to focus on restructuring meetings with faculty and staff.
We are now at the point in the semester where the time flies by. Faculty, you will be meeting with your department chairs (if you haven't already) to discuss your self-evaluations and your plans for next academic year. I thought I would have time to meet with each of you before the end of the semester but instead I'll schedule more leisurely meetings throughout the next academic year. Staff, you will be meeting with your supervisors shortly using the new performance form that was developed this year.
See you round campus or in cyberspace!
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