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Cook Community Weekly News

February 8, 2010 | Vol. 13 | No. 15
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In This Issue

  1. Upcoming Events
  2. Announcements
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I. Upcoming Events

Want your club/organization events listed here? Please send an email with the event information to studentmail@aesop.rutgers.edu.

Now - 3/27/10 - Rutgers Recycles! Become a RecycleManiac: Toss your cans, bottles & paper waste in RECYCLING! RecycleMania 2010 Competition is January 17 to March 27 for more details please visit www.recyclemania.org.

2/8/10 - Free Rapid Result Oral HIV testing, Monday, February, 8, 2010
RHS-H.O.P.E. 8 Lafayette Street, CAC, 3-7 p.m. Stop by and take a free, rapid result oral HIV test! First come, first served!

2/8/10 - Come and hear from Frank Reda, Director of Computing Services on the Cook/Douglass Campus, at this weeks SEBS-Cook Council meeting. The meeting is at 7:30, upstairs in the Cook Campus Center. Mr. Reda will answer questions on bandwith policies, email trends/changes, computer lab operation, and any other computing-related topic. As always, EVERYONE is welcome to come and ask questions or just sit in and listen.
We'll also be discussing the upcoming RUTGERS DAY 2009 and also as always, we have funding available to help co-sponsor your club's events!
That's right, free money! For info on that, come to the meeting or contact Dan Fiumecaldo (fiumecal@eden).

2/10/10   Leadership Breakfast Meeting
We are pleased to invite you to the first Leadership breakfast meeting on Wednesday, February 10, in the Cook Campus Center (MPR, ABC).  Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a. m. with Leadership activities beginning at 8:00am and ending at 9:00am.   Please bring a friend(s) along. The Leadership Breakfast meeting provides an opportunity for diligent Cook student leaders & staff to discuss issues such as student welfare, safety matters, transportation, housing, campus center and construction projects pertinent to Cook Campus.   As usual, come with your valuable suggestions and help us maintain Cook Campus as a great place to be.    We look forward to seeing you and making the Leadership Breakfast meetings more successful this semester. 

2/10/10 - Science for the Screen
On Wednesday, Feb. 10, two internationally recognized documentary filmmakers, Peter Schnall and Kevin Bachar, will show speak and show selections from their multiple Emmy award winning documentaries at the Rutgers Student Center from 7:00-9:00 (with reception following). Both of these filmmakers do work that highlights the natural world, the human and animal environment, and human interactions with nature. This is a chance to learn about modern documentary filmmaking of the natural world by two of the best filmmakers in the world. For additional information on the filmmakers: PeterSchnall http://partisanpictures.com/. Kevin Bachar http://www.pangolinpictures.com/. For additional information on the event: Dean Rick Ludescher rdl@echo.rutgers.edu.

2/10/10 - Wednesday, February 10th, 9 p.m, Room 202C at the George H. Cook Campus Center, the Cook/Douglass Pre-med/Pre-dent club will be having their second meeting of the semester! Have you ever considered an alternative to a medical degree? Now is your chance to learn more about this popular option, osteopathic medicine. We will be having a special guest speaker come in, Paula Watkins, Director of Admission from UMDNJ School of Osteopathic Medicine, to give us more information about this unique way of practicing medicine. Come join us and get all the facts you need to succeed! ( Join our group on Facebook under SEBS pre-med/pre-dent club!).

2/11/10 - University Wide Blood Drive- ^ (all rec centers 4-11pm) Thur Feb 11.
Your chance to be a hero and save a life!

2/12/10 – Cook Undergraduate Research Mixer
Looking for research?  Then join us on Monday, February 15 at our Undergraduate Research Mixer from 5:00 – 7:00 p. m. in the Cook Campus Center, MPR, ABC  and meet with faculty and staff to make this a reality.  The Undergraduate Research Mixer provides an opportunity for undergraduate students to be introduced to research programs and specific research projects by Cook Faculty and staff.  Some of these programs require research assistants and are sometimes paid positions.   Undergraduates can be recruited for independent research projects or senior honors program for the spring or fall semesters.  During this event, faculty and department staff are invited to provide information about their projects and meet individually with students.  The event is usually held from 5:00 – 7:00 PM in the spring & fall semesters.  The Research Mixer also welcomes groups outside Cook Campus that express a willingness to work as research assistants. Refreshments will be served.  Hope to see you there!

2/15/10 - What's on YOUR mind this semester? Bring all your concerns (complaints
too) to your student government and we can help! The SEBS-Cook Council has meetings every Monday at the 7:30 pm in the Cook Campus Center, and anyone can come and bring up new or continuing topics. Also consider us if your club is holding an event--we can provide that extra funding you might need! Interested students should go to sebscookcouncil.rutgers.edu.

2/16/10 - 'Bee My Honey' - Pollen Nation Film Showing, Special Guest Speakers and Free Food/ Giveaways! Join Rutgers Students for Environmental Awareness for a screening of 'Pollen Nation'- a film that shines light on the importance of pollination in agriculture, the recent phenomenon of colony collapse disorder and how it ultimately affects us, the consumer. For more information: http://www.pollennationthemovie.com and join the facebook group, "Rutgers- Students for Environmental Awareness"

3/05/10   Responsible Drinking Happy Hour
Join us for another relaxing Responsible Drinking Happy Hour event which will take place on Friday, March 5 in the Cook Campus Center Cafe & Merle V. Adams room. As usual, we will start at 4:00pm and end at 7:00pm. Responsible Drinking Happy Hour seeks to build and strengthen the faculty, staff and student relationship outside the classroom as well as build a foundation for the learning community.   It also seeks to increase student involvement in an innovative activity in a comfortable and familiar atmosphere. You’re invited join us for a refreshing time.  Come and enjoy an evening of always good, free food, music, fun and company.  Come meet old friends and make new ones.  As usual, don’t’ forget to bring a friend(s) along and your IDs.  Hope to see U there!

3/10/10   Leadership Breakfast Meeting
We are pleased to invite you to another Leadership breakfast meeting on Wednesday, March10, in the Cook Campus Center (202, ABC).  Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a. m. with Leadership activities beginning at 8:00am and ending at 9:00am.   Please bring a friend(s) along. The Leadership Breakfast meeting provides an opportunity for diligent Cook student leaders & staff to discuss issues such as student welfare, safety matters, transportation, housing, campus center and construction projects pertinent to Cook Campus.   As usual, come with your valuable suggestions and help us maintain Cook Campus as a great place to be.    We look forward to seeing you and making a change to Cook Campus this semester. 

4/02/10   Responsible Drinking Happy Hour
Yes, it’s our last Responsible Drinking Happy Hour for the semester.  Care to join us?  The event will take place on Friday, April 2 in the Cook Campus Center Cafe & Merle V. Adams room. As usual, we will start at 4:00pm and end at 7:00pm. Responsible Drinking Happy Hour seeks to build and strengthen the faculty, staff and student relationship outside the classroom as well as build a foundation for the learning community.   It also seeks to increase student involvement in an innovative activity in a comfortable and familiar atmosphere. Do feel free to join us for a wonderful time.  Come and enjoy an evening of always good, free food, music, fun and company.  Come meet old friends and make new ones.  As usual, don’t’ forget to bring a friend(s) along and your IDs.  Hope to see U there!

4/07/10   Leadership Breakfast Meeting
It’s our last meeting for the semester!  You are more than welcome to join us on Wednesday, April 7, in the Cook Campus Center (MPR, ABC).  Breakfast will begin at 7:30 a. m. with Leadership activities beginning at 8:00am and ending at 9:00am.   Please bring a friend(s) along. The Leadership Breakfast meeting provides an opportunity for diligent Cook student leaders & staff to discuss issues such as student welfare, safety matters, transportation, housing, campus center and construction projects pertinent to Cook Campus.   As usual, come with your valuable suggestions and help us maintain Cook Campus as a great place to be.    We look forward to seeing you. 

Looking for More Events on Campus and at Rutgers?
SEBS Calendar | G. H. Cook Campus Calendar | Rutgers Calendar

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II. Announcements


  1. What's on YOUR mind this semester? Bring all your concerns (complaints
    too) to your student government and we can help! The SEBS-Cook Council has meetings every Monday at the 7:30 pm in the Cook Campus Center, and anyone can come and bring up new or continuing topics. Also consider us if your club is holding an event--we can provide that extra funding you might need! Interested students should go to sebscookcouncil.rutgers.edu.
  2. Hi everyone,

    Over the next week, there will be several special events going on within Rutgers Recreation:

    * University Wide Blood Drive- ^ (all rec centers 4-11pm) Thur Feb 11.
    Your chance to be a hero and save a life!

    * Totally 4 Troops Cards Party ^ CAC Gym.
    You design cards for the troops to send to loved ones!

    * Feud for Food- Wed, Feb 17 ^ CAC Gym.
    Like Family Feud? Put your knowledge to the test- teams of 2 -4 play for prizes!

    * Rutgers vs Seton Hall Bball Road Trip.
    See us play at the Newark Prudential Center Tues Feb 23 **. Tix on sale Feb 4!

    * Hunter Mountain Ski Trip Sat, Feb 27 **.
    It's cold, might as well be skiing/snowboarding! Tix on sale Feb 9.


    ^^ Event part of RU HAS HEART WEEK- ie do something good for someone else!

    ** Please note for our trips space is limited and seats go on sale early!


    For more info click:
    http://www1.recreation.rutgers.edu/Content/Special_Events.asp

    Any questions, pls let me know
    Thanks
    Mr. Fischbach
    Associate Director
    Rutgers Recreation
  3. International Summer Programs and Scholarship Opportunity

    2010 International Summer Scholarships
    APPLY before February 15, 2010!

    SEBS students are encouraged to apply for the 2010 SEBS International Summer Scholarship. Scholarships will be provided to help defray the program cost of an international summer program or internship up to $5000.00 per student. We want you to study/intern/do research abroad this summer. Find a program that complements your academic studies and apply for the scholarship before February 15, 2010. You can attend courses like The Microbiology & Culture of Wine and Cheese in France. The intensive two-week course combines applied microbiology with socioeconomic and cultural history, on site in southern Burgundy, one of the most pastoral and physically beautiful regions in all of France. For more information please visit http://studyabroad.rutgers.edu/program_fr_burgundy.html. Other courses by SEBS faculty are currently being finalized and information will be available soon.

    Individual awards will depend on the specific program costs.

    To learn more about this opportunity for funding please visit http://sebs.rutgers.edu/international/summer-scholarships.asp. For a list of potential summer programs please visit our Student Resources page at http://sebs.rutgers.edu/international/student-resources.asp.

    If you have any questions, please contact:
    Lily Young

    Dean of International Programs

    School of Environmental and Biological Sciences

    Foran Hall, Room 308
    lyoung@sebs.rutgers.edu

    732-932-8165, ext. 312

  4. SUMMER JOBS AVAILABLE

    The Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension
    Vegetable Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program has:

    FIELD TECHNICIAN
    Positions available statewide

    Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Field Technicians are trained and supervised by Rutgers Cooperative Research and Extension IPM personnel to monitor vegetable crop pest and disease levels on farms.  Technicians work directly with vegetable growers, enabling growers to develop management strategies for crop pests. 
    Additionally, technicians participate in research projects designed to further environmentally sound pest management strategies.  Field technicians will gain excellent field experience for careers in agriculture, entomology, plant pathology, environmental science, and other science related disciplines.  Hours may be full or part time, wages are based on education and relevant experience (starting at $9.00/hr), and mileage is reimbursed ($0.31/mi).  Use of your own vehicle is required.  Cook students and others may be eligible for college credit for this work experience through the Cooperative Education Program or related program at their college.  A biology, entomology, plant pathology, weed science, or agriculture background is highly desirable but not essential.  This job requires physical activity in all kinds of weather conditions.  Current positions are available in the following areas:
    South Jersey:
    1 part-time (approx. 25 hours/week): Burlington, Camden and Gloucester Counties
    1 part-time (approx. 12 hours/week): Cape May County
    North Jersey:
    1 full time: Morris, Sussex, and Warren Counties
    1 full time:  Hunterdon, Mercer and Somerset Counties
    To receive an application or to set up an interview contact:

    For South Jersey Positions:
    Joe Ingerson-Mahar, Senior Project Coordinator
    Mahar@aesop.rutgers.edu

    For North Jersey Positions:
    Kris Holmstrom, Research Project Coordinator II
    Holmstrom@aesop.rutgers.edu
     
    To phone, or visit:
    Pest Management Office
    Blake Hall, Room 243
    93 Lipman Drive
    New Brunswick, NJ  08901-8524
    (732) 932-9802
    (732) 932-9751 fax

  5. Gendered Agency: Aliza Augustine and Ashley Watson
    January 19 – March 7, 2010
    Mabel Smith Douglass Library Galleries, Rutgers University
    Gallery Hours: M-F 9am - 4:30pm; Weekends by Appointment
    8 Chapel Drive, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
    Directions: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/libs/douglass_lib/douglass_lib.shtml

    Special Event: February 4, 2010 at Noon
    Gallery Talk by Aliza Augustine at Douglass Library

    This Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series exhibit brings to the galleries two artists selected by a panel of visual arts professionals. Aliza Augustine and Ashley Watson create photographic narratives drawn from personal histories, social/political commentaries, and contradictions between what has been deemed as “good and evil.” Their work provides a visual component to the Institute for Research on Women’s 2009 -10 interdisciplinary seminar, “Gendered Agency”, that is exploring how women and men respond to conditions such as impoverishment and globalization in ways that are gendered and/or resistant.

    Exhibitions and events have been organized by the Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series, a program of the Institute for Women and Art (IWA) in partnership with the Rutgers University Libraries. The IWA operates as a center of the Office of the Associate Vice President for Academic & Public Partnerships in the Arts & Humanities. Series co-sponsors include: Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, Brodsky Center for Innovative Editions, Institute for Research on Women, Office of the Dean of Douglass Residential College and Douglass Campus, The Feminist Art Project, Women and Gender Studies Department, and the Women Artists Archives National Directory. These events are made possible in part by funds from the National Endowment for the Arts and the New Jersey State Council on the Arts/Department of State, a Partner Agency of the National Endowment for the Arts.

    For additional information contact: Nicole Ianuzelli: nik12a@rci.rutgers.edu
    Or visit: http://www.libraries.rutgers.edu/rul/exhibits/dana_womens.shtml
    Free download of exhibition catalogue will be available on the above website by March 7th, 2010.

    For more information on the artists:
    http://www.alizaaugustine.com/
    http://www.iamashleywatson.com/

  6. SUMMER EMPLOYMENT

    Looking for motivated individuals to assist in conducting
    field research to better understand control strategies for
    turfgrass diseases.

    Gain experience:

    • Establishing and evaluating scientific field experiments
    • Maintaining high quality turfgrass surfaces

    No previous experience required.
    Salary:  $10.00 per hour, or more DOE
    Full-time summer employment.

    If interested contact:
    Pradip Majumdar (majumdar@aesop.rutgers.edu)
    James Hempfling (jameshempfling@gmail.com)
    or, call us at 732.932.9711, ext 347

  7. Tues/Thurs 9-11pm - RU Martial Arts. Tues/Thurs 9-11pm - Do you want to learn to discipline yourself to train your body? Do you want to learn how to defend yourself when you are walking alone on the streets? Come to the Rutgers University Martial Arts Club. We teach an integrated style of Muay-thai, Karate, and Jujitsu under the jeet kune do philosophy. Both beginners and advanced students are welcomed. Martial arts is that it can help anyone and everyone. It will have a profound effect regardless, as long as it is taught, learned and practiced honestly. Membership due $15 only for entire semester. RU. Martial Arts classes meet every Tuesday and Thursday from 9-11PM in the Loree Gym C/D campus. For more information, please contact: rumaccc@yahoo.com.
  8. RU Healthy Dining team is looking to hire creative and enthusiastic dietetic students.  The RU Healthy Dining Team Is a Joint Program of Rutgers Dining Services and the Department of Nutritional Sciences.  Get paid to write nutrition newsletters, gain experience in the field and meet other nutrition professionals.  Top apply you must be a freshman or sophomore Dietetics student that has or is currently taking Intro to Foods and Nutrition and Health. If interested, contact Nicole Hallissey at nikkih529@gmail.com.

  9. Calling Young Adults!

    Do you have one of these conditions?

    • Type 1 Diabetes
    • Celiac Disease
    • Cystic Fibrosis
    • Irritable Bowel Syndrome
    • Crohn’s Disease
    • Ulcerative Colitis

     

    IF YES, please help researchers by completing a brief online eating behavior survey.

     

    You could win 1 of 10 $25 prizes!

     

    To learn more, go to

    http://nutrisci.rutgers.edu/eating

     

    Got Questions?

    Email foodstudy@aesop.rutgers.edu

  10. 2010 Science Poster Awards
    (Graduate and Undergraduate)
    March 23 through April 1, 2010
    Cook Campus Center

    Criteria

    • The poster should illustrate research undertaken as an undergraduate or graduate student at the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, as well as demonstrate the written communication skills of the student.

     

    • The poster MUST contain an abstract that explains the significance of the research in LAYMAN's or NON-TECHNICAL language. 
    • Posters will be judged on organization, clarity (including abstract), and scientific content. 

     

    Poster Specifics

    • Posters should be no larger than 4’x 4’, and must be either “taped” to a wall/window or free standing (you will need to provide your own stand) in the 2nd floor student lounge at the Cook Campus Center.

     

    • Posters should be printed on a single sheet from a single PowerPoint file.  The PowerPoint file should be e-mailed to Carol Harvey (harvey@aesop.rutgers.edu) by March 12, 2010.  Please submit via the Post-It website by going to http://postit.rutgers.edu/ and following the instructions.  Note that a Rutgers NetID is required to use this site.
    • All contributing authors should be listed on the poster, with the student entrant’s name listed first. 
    • You will need to ask the building manager at the Cook Campus Center for assistance in hanging your poster.  Do not hang your poster without their help.

       

      Entry Procedure

      • Anyone wishing to submit a poster must submit an entry form no later than Friday, March 12, 2010.  Submit your signed (by the student and the student’s faculty advisor) and scanned entry form via email (no paper, please) to Dr. Carol Harvey, Office of Cooperative Research, NJAES,  harvey@aesop.rutgers.edu 

       

      • Posters will be displayed in the 2nd floor student lounge area of the Cook Campus Center.  Each contestant is responsible for hanging and removing their own poster.  Posters may be hung anytime on Monday,  March 22.    Posters that made available for judging after that date may not be judged. 
      • Posters should be removed on April 2th, by 5pm.  We are not responsible for the loss of posters that are not removed by the requested time.

       

      Award Information

      • There are four award categories: 

       

      • Undergraduate (basic or laboratory-based research)
      • Undergraduate (applied or field-based research)
      • Graduate (basic or laboratory-based research)
      • Graduate (applied or field-based research)

      The four categories will be judged separately. 

      • Each category winner will be awarded $200. Winners will be notified and asked to provide their SSN for the distribution of the award money.

       

      • Winners will be invited to attend the Celebration of Excellence Awards Dinner on Wednesday, April 14th. 

       

      Poster Presentation

      • We have scheduled an open public review from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Tuesday, March 30.  We will host a reception and will invite the contest judges and the SEBS community to attend.  We hope that you will be able to attend and be prepared to deliver a brief (5 minute) talk about your poster to attendees.  While your attendance is not mandatory at this event, it is a nice opportunity to talk about your work with contest judges and guests.  Attendance at this event will not be considered in judging the posters.
      • Interested applicants should complete an application form and e-mail a scanned form with signatures to Carol Harvey (harvey@aesop.rutgers.edu) by March 12, 2010.
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