Jaguar Alert System
ASU now has three methods to communicate emergency information to campus: Calling Post, Jaguar Alert, and a new system called Alertus. In the event of a campus emergency, official instructions will be sent from the university police department directly to campus computers using Alertus. When an Alertus message goes out, campus computers display a full-screen emergency message. You can click on the screen to acknowledge the alert, which will provide an acknowledgement to our emergency operations staff. An “alert duration” is configured for each message, so unacknowledged notifications will automatically go away after this period has expired.
Jaguar Alert is an opt-in emergency notification system whereby participants receive voice, email, or text messages containing official instructions. Faculty, staff, and students may choose to opt in at the Jaguar Alert icon on the university’s homepage.
Parking Decals
Faculty and staff must obtain a parking decal for their vehicles. The $10 decal is available at the office of Public Safety and may be paid for by check, cash, or payroll deduction. Remember to take along the vehicle’s tag number. For information, call parking services at ext. 2090 or email parking_services@aug.edu\.
PDS Meeting
ASU’s Department of Teacher Education will conduct a workshop with 50 teachers from the local area on Friday, Sept. 3, from 8 a.m.–noon. The teachers are a part of the Professional Development School Network sponsored by the department.
Presentation to discuss human happiness
What is the secret to human happiness? What is the place of humans in the world? And how does this all relate to God? These questions are at the core of Baruch Spinoza’s work, Ethics. Aubrey Bryant will discuss these questions in her presentation Demystifying God, the Universe, and Humanity on Tuesday, Sept. 7, at 2:30 p.m. in 170 University Hall. Admission is free.
ASU remembers 9/11
On Friday, Sept. 10, at 11 a.m., a ceremony will be held next to the flagpole in front of Payne Hall to commemorate the anniversary of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon on 9/11. The flag will be lowered to half-staff by ROTC cadets, and TAPS will be played to honor the victims who died. For more information, call ASU’s Department of Military Science at 706-737-1644.
Stop Hunger Now
Alumni Relations and Student Activities are helping the Rotary Clubs in a Stop Hunger Now event to be held Sept. 11, 2010, at the Christenberry Field House! It will be an event for packing food to send to Haiti as well as donations for our local Golden Harvest Food Bank. Contact plightsey@aug.edu for more info.
Construction update
On Sept. 13, construction work will begin on the gravel lot along Arsenal Avenue near Allgood Hall. The construction activity is to install an underground storm water detention system and pave the lot. Also, a sidewalk will be added from the Chateau to the Public Safety Building along Arsenal Avenue. Work will begin along the outskirts of the lot, and the lot will continue to be open for parking. Rains Road (which runs from west to east from Arsenal Avenue, and between the gravel parking lot and the detention pond) will be closed beginning the week of Sept. 13 and will reopen the week of Sept. 27 so that the storm sewer line can be connected. On Oct. 1, the gravel lot will be closed for the remainder of the semester. The new and improved paved lot will be reopened for use by Jan. 1. Thank you for your patience during this time of construction.
Brown Bag Luncheons begin
The semester’s first Undergraduate Research and Scholarship luncheon will be held Friday, Sept. 17, at 1 p.m. in the JSAC. Attendees are invited to bring their lunches as they learn more about the research being done by ASU students. For more information, call the Department of Psychology at 706-667-4620.
Softball rematch
Faculty and staff will again take on the Lady Jaguars in a fall softball game. The rematch will be held Friday, Sept. 24, at 2 p.m. on the athletic field near the Christenberry Field House. For more information, call Kathleen Trigg at 706-729-2185.
Art exhibition
Alan MacTaggart will present A Retrospective in his solo exhibition Sept. 30-Oct. 28 in the Mary S. Byrd Art Gallery in Washington Hall. A reception on Thursday, Sept. 30, from 5-6:30 p.m., in the art gallery, will open the exhibition. For more information, call 706-667-4888.
Briefs
Campus Communicators
A new initiative was kicked off this summer to keep campus and public relations more informed and connected. This not only will result in faculty and staff receiving the recognition they deserve for presentations, publications, awards, and honors, it falls in line with the summer PAC’s strategy for more “connectedness.” If your department does not have a liaison listed, please call Tunisia Williams, 706-737-1877, with the name of the department representative.
The following individuals and departments are members of Campus Communications: Crystal Junod, art; Paula Dohoney, teacher education; Sekethia Ford, educational leadership; James Tanner, student services; Jody Wilson, admissions; Matthew Whittington, Reese Library; Rick Pukis, communications and professional writing; Karen Wish, kinesiology and health science; Trinanjan Datta, chemistry and physics; Wes Zamzow, development and alumni relations; Ettie Westjohn, business office; Charlotte Price, nursing; Crystal Vincent, Hull College of Business; Laura Nichols, political science; Brenda Brunk, biology; April Beckworth, psychology; Margie Russ, music; Norma Combs, military science; and Jane Millward, English & foreign languages.
Alumnus speaks with PBS
ASU alumnus Robert Crout was interviewed by the Public Broadcasting System (PBS) for the station’s upcoming special Lafayette: The Lost Hero, a one-hour documentary that chronicles the life and legend of Marie-Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, the Marquis de Lafayette. Crout is known for his extensive research on the Marquis. He is co-editor of the Lafayette Papers Project at Cornell University.
Alumni receive grant
Two Augusta State alumni received the Georgia Power New Teacher Induction Grant. Crystal Gaines, teacher at Davidson Fine Arts School, and Rachel Zabala, teacher at Freedom Park Elementary School, each received $1000 to spend on classroom supplies.
Aug 31, 2010
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