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8/24/2001
Welcome to Fall Semester 2001!
New Office Hours. The Physics main office will now be open during the lunch hour for routine delivery and pick up of material. Front desk assistance will also be available.
Please note that by State law SPA personnel are entitled to one hour lunch breaks. They should not be disturbed if their individual office doors are closed.
Fulbright Programs: Information Sessions and Campus Representative Workshop at NC State University on Friday, September 21
Representatives from CIES and IIE will conduct general information sessions regarding both faculty and student Fulbright Program opportunities, open to all potential users, and a Workshop for Fulbright Campus Representatives, open to campus representatives and their staff. Attendance at all sessions is free. Judy Pehrson will present on the CIES programs for faculty and staff, and Walter Jackson will represent the IIE programs for students.
RSVP by September 14. Space is limited. Reply by fax (515-6835) or e-mail ginger_davis@ncsu.edu
For further information, please call Tony Moyer, Director, or Ginger Davis, Administrative Secretary, Office of International Programs, NC State University: (515-3201). For more information about the contents of the program, please contact Susan Sharp, Higher Education Liaison Office, Fulbright Scholar Program, Council for International Exchange of Scholars: Phone: 202-686-6242 or e-mail, ssharp@iie.org
Working with Students with Disabilities: Statement of compliance on Course Syllabus: The University has a set of required information that must be included on a course syllabus. Part of this required information is a reference to the University Policy on Working with Students with Disabilities. This policy is available on-line at: www.ncsu.edu/provost/hat/current/appendix/appen_k.html
Faculty members should make an announcement, at the beginning of the semester, inviting students with disabilities to schedule an appointment to discuss academic accommodations. In addition, faculty should also place a statement in the syllabus informing students with disabilities to schedule an appointment. If you have not included a statement on your syllabus, please indicate in class that you intend to fully comply with the University's policy.
The entire list of requirement for syllabi is available on line at www.ncsu.edu/provost/academic_regulations/syllabus/reg.htm
Special needs students in your classes may require a separate room for tests and exams. You should have been notified in writing by DSS if this is the case. The Department office will work with you to arrange the appropriate accommodations. Contact Rebecca Savage.
Department Travel Restrictions: Due to budget constraints for the coming year, travel on Department funds will be extremely limited. Contract and grant travel is not affected, and we will continue to cover travel for visitors for the colloquium series. However effective immediately all non-essential Department travel is frozen through the end of the calendar year 2001.
New Department Web Site. We are close to bringing up a new Department webs site. Thanks to Michael Robertson, Ben Tomlinson and others who have been involved. There is still much to do, however if you would like to assist in the final stages of debugging, proofing, etc..., please contact Robert Egler or John Blondin. Roll out is set for early September.
The North Carolina section of The American Association of Physics Teachers has a new, improved web site: www.physics.ncsu.edu/ncsaapt/
Take a look!
Got a spare refrigerator? The Graduate student offices in Daniels Hall could use a refrigerator. Donation of an old but useable unit would be greatly appreciated. Contact Jenny Allen at 513-2182.
Alumni news:
Congratulations to Chris Scarfone (PhD 1998 Dale Sayers) for his recent article in "Radiations", the magazine of the Physics honor society Sigma Pi Sigma. Chris now works in the Radiation Oncology department at Vanderbilt University. His article "A Transition to Clinical Medical Physics" describes the several stages of his career path as a physicist, and his day-to-day life as a medical physicist.
New student help in the main office. Nathan McKittrick and Nikki Jefferson join Amber Wellnitz and Ben Tomlinson as staff in the Physics main office this semester. Jayne Glancy, who has been working for us for several years, will be leaving us at the end of the month to get married. 
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