ANNOUNCEMENTS
Network Unavailable on 6/26
Baruch College Hosts NYC Alumni Career Fair on June 4th
EVENTS
Conferences and Seminars
June 5: Kilowatts to Cash
Arts and Culture
Ending June 20: Night Sky: A Play by Susan Yankowitz
Baruch on CUNY TV
SPA's Event on Mayoral Control of NYC Schools
OFFERINGS
MetLife Tax Deferred Annuity (TDA) Program Representative on Campus
Discounts from CAPS for Teen Summer Programs
Professional Development Courses in June
Network Unavailable on 6/26
Due to essential work on the fire alarm system in the College's main
computer room, the campus network and all local Baruch College systems
will be unavailable on Friday, June 26. That day is the first summer
Friday on which the campus is closed, which will reduce the impact of
the down time. On that day there will be no access to faculty/staff
e-mail, Baruch College web pages, Degreeworks from on site or off site.
Anyone who is on campus that day will not have access to any computing
services. However, from off campus there will be access to systems that
are hosted outside our campus such as Blackboard, eSIMS, BOSS, and
student e-mail. If you need to know the scheduled availability of any
system on June 26, please contact the help desk (x1010) in advance.
Baruch College Hosts NYC Alumni Career Fair on June 4th
The NYC Alumni Career Fair sponsored by MyWorkster, will be held in the Newman Vertical Campus, Athletic & Recreation Center on June 4th at Baruch College. Nearly eighty companies will be present, offering jobs in finance, government, retail, and more! Baruch College will be one out of twenty-five colleges participating in the fair, so alumni must register ASAP as reservations are limited. Cost of entry is $10 for an hour and forty-five minute session. (1:00 - 2:45pm or 3:15 - 5pm)
Register at http://www.myworkster.com/jobfair/ to participate!
Friday, June 5th, 8:30am | Steven L. Newman Real Estate Institute
Kilowatts to Cash
“Kilowatts to Cash,” is a free, half-day seminar for NYC property owners who want to cut energy costs. Speakers from state and city government, NGOs, the private sector, and ConEd will take a hardheaded, “green-eyeshades” look at looming compliance issues, the financial resources that NYC property owners can tap for energy efficiency projects, and the benefits they can reap.
More info
Ending June 20 | Baruch Performing Arts Center
Night Sky: A Play by Susan Yankowitz
Night Sky is a new play is about a brilliant astronomer Anna who is struck by a car and loses her ability to speak. In place of conventional speech, she expresses herself in a in a rich new language – a little-known condition called ‘aphasia.’ A drama of the resilience of the human spirit in crisis, as a woman and her life's work are put to a powerful test. For tickets, please see or call the box office in the NVC lobby at 646.312.4085. $25 tickets for Baruch I.D. holders. More info
SPA's Event on Mayoral Control of NYC Schools
Missed the panel discussion on the the re-authorization of mayoral control of New York City public schools? Watch it on CUNY TV, broadcast throughout the five boroughs on cable channel 75. The event will air on CUNY-TV on the following schedule:
Saturday, June 6 at 5 pm.
MetLife Tax Deferred Annuity (TDA) Program Representative on Campus
To: All Full and Part Time Classified Staff Members
From: Donna Katz, SPHR DK
Associate Director of Human Resources
Rosa Morales, the representative for MetLife Tax Deferred Annuities will be on campus Thursday June 4 from 11:00-4:00 in the Office of Human Resources, 135 East 22nd Street Room 200.
For appointments, please call Ms. Morales at 917-217-8533.
Discounts from CAPS for Teen Summer Programs
Continuing and Professional Studies offers a 15% discount to Baruch faculty and staff members who enroll their children in our Teen Summer Programs. Your teen will have a fun and challenging experience! We offer Teen Language Intensives in English, French, Italian, Mandarin, Russian or Spanish. Or help your child prepare to score high on an upcoming New York City Specialized High School Exam or the ACT, SATI or SATII needed to get into college. Find out more here. Or call Patti Juza at x5114.
Professional Development Courses in June
June is Technology Month!
From: Leah Schanke
Training and Development Specialist
Office of Human Resources
Course Application can be found at this link: http://web.cuny.edu/administration/ohrm/training-development/PDLMAPPLICATION5.doc
Send completed course applications to HR.Learning@baruch.cuny.edu or fax to Fanny Zou at 646-660-6591.
Below is a listing of Technology courses for June 2009 from the Office of Professional Development and Learning Management (CUNY University Training). To register for one or more courses, please complete the application located at the above link and fax the completed application to Fanny Zou in the Office of Human Resources at 646-660-6591 or e-mail application to HR.Learning@baruch.cuny.edu. University Training likes to receive applications at least 10 days before the start of a course, and popular courses do fill up quickly.
For further information on professional development programs from CUNY University Training, please visit the CUNY web site: http://www.cuny.edu/training.
For questions regarding registering for any of the courses, please contact Leah Schanke, our Training and Development Specialist, at Leah.Schanke@baruch.cuny.edu or at 646-660-6618.
Excel 2003/2007 Basics
Participants will learn basic skills for creating, editing, formatting and printing worksheets. An introduction to formulas, functions and using the chart wizard also will be covered, as well as a brief introduction to Excel 2007.
Date: 6/8/2009
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: ERP Training Facility, 10th Floor
555 West 57th Street
Course No.: WTT 141
Cost: $25 per person
Excel 2003/2007 Intermediate
Expanding on the basic skills, this workshop will give participants the ability to rotate chart text, plot data, work with objects, and sort and protect data. Participants will work intensively with formulas and functions (such as “If” functions) and create headers and footers. (For employees seeking more thorough knowledge of Excel. Equivalent working knowledge of the basic level course required.)
Date: 6/10/2009
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: ERP Training Facility, 10th Floor
555 West 57th Street
Course No.: WTT 241
Cost: $25 per person
PowerPoint 2003/2007 Basics
Participants will learn PowerPoint fundamentals for creating, modifying, and presenting basic presentations. A brief introduction to PowerPoint 2007 also will be presented.
Date: 6/12/2009
Time: 9:30 AM – 4:30 PM
Location: ERP Training Facility, 10th Floor
555 West 57th Street
Course No.: WTT 151
Cost: $25 per person
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