Volume 3, No. 41 October 24, 2003
Working Class Studio internship available Working Class Studio is seeking interns for winter and spring quarters. Energetic and ambitious students are needed to intern within this multidisciplinary environment, which explores new and experimental techniques in textiles, surface design, installation and product development. Interview and portfolio review required; all majors and levels welcome to apply. Strong work ethic, high energy and Friday availability required. The deadline to apply is Nov. 15. Call Cory Mahler at 525-6421 or e-mail cmahler@scad.edu. Rosters available online Fall quarter faculty and staff rosters are now available to be downloaded from http://myscad.scad.edu. They are located in the “Employee Resources” section under the “Employee” tab. Please review the information in the rosters and submit any changes to Amy Wood at acwood@scad.edu. College council meetings to be held Oct. 24 The academic services department will hold college council meetings Oct. 24 at the following times and locations: 9-10:30 a.m. Academic Program Assessment Room 104, Pepe Hall, 212 W. Taylor St. Athletics Room 101, Habersham Hall, 235 Habersham St. Institutional Advancement and Community Service Room 106, Pepe Hall, 212 W. Taylor St. 11 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. E-learning Room 205, Pepe Hall, 212 W. Taylor St. Learning Resources Room 204, Pepe Hall, 212 W. Taylor St. 1-2:30 p.m. Multicultural/International Room 106, Pepe Hall, 212 W. Taylor St. Graduate Studies Room 104, Pepe Hall, 212 W. Taylor St. Student Advisement Room 206, Pepe Hall, 212 W. Taylor St. The student career development council, previously scheduled for Oct. 24, will now be held Nov. 7, 10-11:30 a.m., in Corbin Hall, 600 E. Broughton St. For more information, call academic services at 525-5800. Midterm grades due Fall quarter mid-term grades are due Oct. 27 at 5 p.m. For more information, contact Donna Thissen at 525-6174, Melissa Hunter at 525-6137 or Linda Cowart at 525-6134. College security updates publications The college security department has recently reprinted all of its published material, which now contains the department’s new name as well as revised information for 2003-04. Departments that stock these publications are asked to contact Gene Friedman, director of college security, at 525-4500 or gfriedma@scad.edu, to obtain job numbers for the new publications so that they may be ordered from campus printing. Please discontinue using the prior editions that are out of date and have incorrect information. Artistic employment Web site launched Students seeking employment can search www.artsopportunities.org, an arts community classifieds launched in April by the Southern Arts Federation in partnership with the Carnegie Mellon Center for Arts Management and Technology. The site offers free access to arts organizations and individual artists alike. Opportunities are grouped according to location, time commitment, pay preference and artistic discipline. Follicles for Funds challenge issued In the competitive spirit of the 2003-2004 Faculty/Staff Campaign, Eichberg Hall has been issued a challenge: Follicles for Funds. If 100 percent of the building’s faculty and staff make gifts to the faculty/staff campaign by Oct. 24, the building captain, Tray Crow, and the dean of the School of Building Arts, Crystal Weaver, will shave their heads. Architecture department chair Hse-Jen Huang and faculty/staff campaign chair Ron Rayman have agreed to shave their heads as well in a display of moral support. In addition, each Friday at 5:30 p.m., all donors to the 2003-2004 Faculty/Staff Campaign are included in a weekly drawing. The last two winners have been Vice President for Admission and Communications Pamela Poetter, who won a complimentary massage from Club SCAD, and architecture professor Timothy Woods, who will receive two complimentary passes to the Savannah Film Festival. New benefits card mailed Employees who participated in the health insurance open enrollment should have received a new medical/pharmacy card by this time. The card is all-inclusive and covers medical, dental (if elected) and pharmacy. Please review the card carefully to make sure the information is correct. Check name, dependent’s name/names, social security number and network (Georgia Healthcare Partnership or PMCO). Please destroy the previous health insurance card. For more information, please contact Jennifer Kunkel at 525-5538 or jkunkel@scad.edu, or Brenda Hayner at 525-5539 or bhayner@scad.edu. Flu shots offered Memorial Health UrgentOne, 14089 Abercorn St., is offering flu shots. Hours of operation are Monday-Sunday, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. The cost is $15 cost for SCAD employees, dependents of an employee or students. For more information, call UrgentOne at 350-2121. SCAD signs up new SCAD Card merchants The College SCAD Card center announces the addition of Parker’s Market Urban Gourmet, 622 Drayton St., to the SCAD Card program. The card center also welcomes Smith’s Full Service Texaco Station, 236 Drayton St., which offers complete car services, including collision repair, automotive painting, and auto-detailing. In addition, Logan’s Full Service Amoco, 1210 Drayton St., has closed. Residency program accepting applicants The Savannah College of Art and Design offers a studio residency program during the winter quarter at the college’s campus in Provence, France. This residency at SCAD-Lacoste is designed for those prepared to work independently in a focused, multidisciplinary setting, including graduate students, upper level undergraduate students, SCAD and SCAD-Lacoste alumni. The program provides a forum for self-reflection and critical analysis in the company of peers and resident faculty. Students from all majors are encouraged to participate. An interest meeting will be held Oct. 17, noon in Alexander Hall, 668 Indian St. Please visit http://www.scad.edu/lacoste/lacoste_about/lacosteresidency.pdf, or contact the office of off-campus programs at 525-5803 or lacoste@scad.edu for more information and application packets. Training sessions planned Technology training sessions are now forming for fall quarter. Sessions about MySCAD, shared calendars, merging with Word and Excel, laptop management and more will be offered. E-mail training@scad.edu for more information. Submit print jobs more easily Faculty and staff can now submit print jobs to campus printing from your desktop computer. The Docutech services are Web-based and make job submission easier than ever. For more information, please e-mail training@scad.edu. Off-campus programs planned Off-campus programs will be offered during the winter break to Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The Los Angles program, Nov. 29 - Dec. 6, will offer a professionally focused digital media seminar. Interest meetings for the Los Angeles program will be held Oct. 22 at 6 p.m. and Oct. 24 at 2 p.m. in Montgomery Hall. The Washington, D.C. program will be offered Nov. 29 - Dec. 12 and will offer an art history class and a graphic design course. Interest meetings for the Washington, D.C. program will be held Oct. 21 at 5:30 p.m. in Poetter Hall and Oct. 27 at 8:30 p.m. in Pepe Hall. For more information, please contact the off-campus programs office at 525-5803 or rjones@scad.edu. New employee recognition program begins As part of the celebration of the college’s 25th anniversary, SCAD has started a new employee recognition program for all employees who have achieved five, 10, 15, 20, 25 years of service with the college. These employees will be presented with a pin for that particular year and a bonus deposited on their SCAD ID card. With the implementation of this new program, the college has discontinued the birthday cards from the president’s office with the $25 gift certificate. For more information, please contact human resources at 525-5532. ‘Jazz’ up this exhibition Red Gallery is seeking work for an exhibition titled “Jazz” to be held Jan. 30 - March 1, 2004. The exhibition will feature work that illustrates jazz and its influence on artists. The entry deadline is Nov. 15. For a list of submission guidelines, call 525-4950. SCAD anniversary exhibition seeks entries The Savannah College of Art and Design invites students, alumni, faculty and staff members to submit work for “Faces of SCAD,” a juried exhibition celebrating the college’s 25th anniversary. All work must be executed on 10-by-10-inch canvases that are exclusively available for purchase from the exhibitions department. The canvases cost $10 and will be available at the following galleries: Red Gallery, Pinnacle Gallery, Exhibit A Gallery and Pei Ling Chan Gallery. The entry deadline is Dec. 1. For more information, visit www.scad.edu or call 525-6992.
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