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9/14/2001
Congratulations to Yuriy Mishchenko, recently was selected for the travel award to the IV Latin American Symposium in Mexico City, Mexico, on Nuclear Physics by the student sponsorship program. Yuriy and Cheung Ji recently worked together on a paper on "Nonperturbative Vacuum Effect in the Quantum Field Theory of Meson Mixing" which is to appear in Physical Review D.
Norton Anti-Virus Software is available to NC State faculty, staff, and students, staff FREE, for use on campus or at home, from the Computing Resources web site at www.ncs.ncsu.edu.
Office of Legal Affairs: Law Modules. Beginning this fall the Office of Legal Affairs will offer a series of Law Modules for the faculty and administrators. The law modules will cover Civil Rights, Business Transactions, Employment, Risk Management and Research issues relevant to higher education.
The following programs are illustrative of some of the presentations to be provided:
"Americans with Disabilities Act and Harassment in the Classroom"
"Umstead Act, Debt Collection,
Contracts and Delegation of Authority"
"Buyer Beware: University Real Estate Transactions from Contract to Closing"
"Centennial Campus: A Primer"
"Leave: FMLA, Workers Compensation and ADA Requirements"
"Investigating Employee Misconduct"
"Managing Difficult Personnel Situations"
"Public Records and Privacy"
"Tort and Insurance"
"Intellectual Property: A Primer"
"Conflict of Interest and Outside Activities"
"Legal Issues Related to Research"
For more information on workshop schedules, location and registration, visit the website: www.fis.ncsu.edu/ncsulegal/Workshops.html or send an email to Legal_Workshops@ncsu.edu
Demo Room Requests. Please remember that due to limited staffing, requests for in-class demos need to be submitted 24 hours in advance.
Authorized State Contract Vendors. A partial list of the most commonly used State contract vendors is below.
Best Buys
Corporate Express (formerly Raleigh Office Supply)
Ferguson's Hardware
K Mart
Hewlett-Packard
Kinkos
Lowe's Home Improvement Warehouse
NC State University Bookstore
Office Depot
Sam's
Sears
Staples
Please request a PO number from Leslie Moon before each purchase from these vendors.
A database of State Contract vendors listed by item is available on-line at:www.doa.state.nc.us/PandC/keyword.htm
Unfortunately, there is no complete list available sorted by vendor name, however a longer list of vendors used by the Nemanich and Hallen groups is available in the main office. (See Leslie Moon.)
Certification of faculty and graduate student effort: TEARS Effort reports need to be filled in by 9/30/01. If you received a pink effort form, please log on to the computer as per the instructions, and complete the questionnaire. It takes very little time. It is essential for complying with federal audit requirements. If you have any questions about the process, please contact Rebecca Savage.
Conflict of Interest and External Professional Activity Reports for Faculty. No proposals can be processed for you if these annual reports are not completed by September 28. All faculty must complete these forms. Additionally, you must declare AHEAD OF TIME any intention to consult outside for pay. Please return the forms promptly to Rebecca Savage. If you have any questions, see Chris Gould
Institute of Physics Publishing announces the launch of IoP Select, a new FREE journals service for physicists worldwide.
Online at select.iop.org, IoP Select is a special collection of IoP journal articles, chosen by IoP Editors based on one or more of the following criteria:
* Substantial advances or significant breakthroughs
* A high degree of novelty
* Significant impact on future research
Updated on a weekly basis, IoP Select covers all areas of physics from the most fundamental to the most applied. Qualifying articles are published first in the IoP source journal and then become free for 365 days from the date they enter the Select service.
Faculty committee assignments and charges are attached. If you are interested in serving on different or additional committees, please see Chris Gould. As always, undergraduates and graduates are welcome to serve on any committees. Contact Chris Gould, Department Head.
Happy Autumnal Equinox!
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