Volume 2, No. 39 October 11, 2002
Carnival interest meeting to be held Oct. 11 An interest meeting will be held for residence life and Service Opportunities for Students’ annual Halloween carnival Oct. 11, 4-5:30 p.m., in Oglethorpe House, 201 W. Oglethorpe Ave. Each year, residence life and SOS sponsor this night of trick-or-treating and fun for area children in need. For more information, call Carol Miller at 525-7000 or e-mail cdmiller@scad.edu. Carnival organizers are also looking for candy donations for the carnival, which can be dropped off in the residence life office in Oglethorpe House. Tailgating for the home team Come out and enjoy the last home women’s soccer match of the season with a free tailgate party Oct. 13 at noon in the parking lot of the Chatham County Soccer Complex on Sallie Mood Drive. Match time is 1 p.m., and the Bees will play Elmhurst College. All fans will receive a hot dog, chips and soda in a SCAD cup. Alias|Wavefront users group meeting planned An Alias|Wavefront Users Group meeting will be held Oct. 14, 7-9 p.m. at Trustees Theater, 216 E. Broughton St. The featured speaker is Kirt Witte, a professor in the computer art department, who will speak on the topic "QuickTime Virtual Reality: Production Tips and Techniques and the Future of Virtual Reality." This meeting is free and open to the public. Basketball season kicks off with Midnight Madness The athletics department is sponsoring Midnight Madness, an evening of basketball, food and prizes. The event will be held Oct. 14 at 11:30 p.m. at the Savannah Civic Center and is the official kick-off of basketball season. Midnight Madness features men’s and women’s scrimmage games, a residence hall game rivalry, free pizza for all students, a grand prize for the residence hall with the most attendees, as well as other prizes. For more information, call athletics director Jud Damon at 525-4811. Graduating students should attend Oct. 18 meeting A meeting for all graduating students will be held Oct. 18 at 1 p.m. in the Oglethorpe House ballroom. Students who will complete all degree requirements between fall 2002 and summer 2003 are eligible to participate in the May 2003 commencement ceremony. Topics to be discussed include graduation requirements, caps and gowns, career planning and placement, alumni services, events, dates, and times surrounding graduation. New graduate-level elective offered The metals and jewelry department is offering a new graduate-level elective. Applied Jewelry Techniques (MTJW 601; CRN 23495) serves as an introduction to a variety of metalworking and jewelry processes such as piercing, soldering, cold connections, mechanisms and casting. This course is limited to graduate students and provides an exploration of metals and jewelry processes and techniques applied to a body of objects reflecting individual research. These new techniques will lead to unexpected solutions that will contribute to the development of their personal vision. Lectures and critiques are designed to facilitate the application and integration of jewelry technique into another area of study. The elective is offered winter 2003, Mondays and Wednesdays at noon. For more information, call Lanelle Keyes at 525-6611 or e-mail professor Taweesak Molsawat at tmolsawa@scad.edu. Come dancing The media and performing arts department is offering introduction to ballet and intermediate ballet classes. For more information, call professor Qianping Guo at 525- 6942 or e-mall qguo@scad.edu. Parking decals required for SCAD lots The college transportation and parking services office encourages students, faculty and staff using SCAD parking lots to make sure they have their parking decal and it is properly displayed. The pass should be adhered at the bottom of the driver’s side windshield. Vehicles parked in college lots without a valid parking decal or visitor parking pass may be towed at the owner’s expense. Parking space is limited and several cars have been removed from the Weston, Dyson, Oglethorpe, Habersham, Montgomery and other SCAD lots. Students should have purchased a parking decal at orientation. Students, faculty and staff who do not have a parking decal can go to the Turner Express office in Turner House, 302 W. Boundary St., the campus safety office at 210 Barnard St., or fourth floor, Propes Hall, 15 Drayton St. When requesting a decal in person, please bring a valid SCAD Card and proof of automobile insurance and registration. Competition open to international students In partnership with the Chatham County Tobacco Use Prevention Program, the health and wellness department is sponsoring an image competition focusing on preventing tobacco use. The competition is open to international students only. The winning entry will be awarded a cash prize of $150 and will be presented at the fall quarter Taste of the World food festival. In addition, the winning image will be added to lapel buttons and distributed free at the festival. The image must have an anti-smoking message or theme that appeals to international students. The deadline for submission(s) is Oct. 18. For complete details, e-mail Jamie Scholten at jscholte@scad.edu or wow@scad.edu or call 525-6971. Foundation studies moves announced Maureen Garvin, chair of foundation studies, has relocated her office to Wallin Hall, 312 E. 37th St. Her office number is 525-6708. Gloria Pace, the departmental assistant to foundation studies, has also relocated to Wallin Hall, and her phone number is 525-6713. The fax number for foundation studies is 525-6715. Registrar needs attendance record Faculty members are asked to e-mail the names of any students on their rosters who have not attended class to Margo McLeod, registrar, at mmcleod@scad.edu. Please include the student’s full name, ID number, class CRN and course name. Also, if students attend a class but are not on the roster, they are not registered. Please send these students to see Margo McLeod or Linda Cowart, assistant registrar, immediately. Applications now accepted for Lacoste residency program The off-campus programs office is accepting applications for the Graduate Residency Program at the Lacoste School of the Arts. This program provides graduate-level students a unique forum for self-directed study and artistic engagement. Residents work independently in studios, convene regularly with resident faculty and meet with distinguished guest artists. The residency program is based in the small village of Lacoste, a beautifully preserved medieval village located in the south of France. Applications and additional information can be obtained from the off-campus programs office, Harris Hall, 26 W. Harris St. Also for more information, call 525-5803 or e-mail rjones@scad.edu. Come and get it! All student artwork at campus photography is ready to be retrieved. Professors should stop by as soon as possible to collect any artwork dropped off during the spring and summer quarters. Campus photography is open 8:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, and is located in Keys Hall, 516 Abercorn St. For more information, call Courtney Willinger, director of campus photography, at 525-5672. Work needed for upcoming exhibitions The galleries department invites all new faculty to participate in the second annual New Faculty Exhibition to be held in the college’s Pinnacle Gallery in December. The deadline for submissions is Oct. 25. Read the official call for entries at http://www.scad.edu/callforentries/. The winter 2003 call for entries is now available for "Sidelines: The Student Athlete Exhibition." This exhibition is open to students currently playing an athletic sport at SCAD. The deadline for submissions is Nov. 1. Read the official call for entries at http://www.scad.edu/callforentries/. Pitch in to help U.S. soldiers abroad Through Dec. 15, a group of volunteers will be packaging and sending care packages to soldiers abroad who are supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. The group is seeking donations of dried foods, small canned food items, granola bars/meal bars, instant coffee/coffee singles, toiletries(bar soap, lotion, disposable razors, etc.), unsigned holiday cards(for the soldiers to send), holiday cards or letters of support, and other relevant items. If you wish to participate, please bring items to American Hall, office 508. The support is appreciated.
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