Dialog Extra for June 28, 2012

June 28th, 2012 - Filed under: Dialog Extra

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ANNOUNCEMENTS

FACULTY AND STAFF PARKING REGISTRATION — Registration for parking permits for 2012-13 will begin Aug. 1. Information will be sent to employees’ UA email accounts and will be available in the Auxiliary Services box on the myBama home page.

DEMOLITION OF ROSE TOWERS — UA’s Rose Towers will be demolished July 4 to make way for a new residence hall to be built near the same site. The building will be imploded at approximately 8 a.m. Jack Warner Parkway, Hackberry Lane and Old Hackberry Lane will be closed in the vicinity of Rose Towers beginning at 6:30 a.m. and are expected to reopen one to two hours after the implosion. Walking trails in the Park at Manderson Landing will also be closed in areas close to the demolition site as will campus-pedestrian traffic. The Black Warrior River will also be closed to boat traffic around the time of the demolition.

A public viewing area will be available in the Riverside East parking lot. Parking will be available in the parking lots around Shelby Hall and at the Campus Drive parking deck. Visitors should take Hackberry Lane from University Boulevard to reach the parking areas.

Visitors should be aware that the implosion will demolish the building in a matter of seconds; however, the atmosphere will be very dusty for 10 to 15 minutes following the implosion. Those with respiratory ailments should take precautions. Click here for complete information.

CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE CLOSURES — Click here to view a map.
Devotie Drive — Devotie Drive from University Boulevard to Fourth Street (between the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house and Russell Hall) is closed to pedestrian and vehicular traffic through July 2. Contact Ed Sawyer at esawyer@fa.ua.edu with specific concerns about this closure.

Arts Construction Building’s Parking Area — The parking area for the Arts Construction Building (old plumbing shop) is closed through July 13 for demolition of the Arts Construction Building located at 340 Stadium Drive behind Rowand-Johnson Hall.

HOLIDAY SCHEDULE — The University’s normal business operations will be closed on July 4 in observance of Independence Day. Normal business operations will resume on July 5. For guidelines on how to compensate employees who are required to work during the period when normal operations are ceased, employees should refer to HR Policy 601 or call the Department of Human Resources at 348-6690 or the Payroll Office at 348-7732.

SEAT-BELT USE — UA’s Office of Risk Management reminds operators of vehicles owned or leased by the University that Chapter 32-5B of the Code of Alabama 1975, as amended, and UA policy require occupants of vehicles to wear seat belts.

FACULTY-STAFF LUNCH SPECIAL — Bama Dining is offering $5 lunches at Fresh Food Co. for all UA faculty and staff every Tuesday and Thursday, 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., through Aug. 2. Fresh Food Co. is located in the Ferguson Center.

TOBACCO-FREE CHALLENGE – The Office of Health Promotion and Wellness announces the 2012 Summer Tobacco-Free Challenge, designed to help faculty and staff give up tobacco. Beginning July 11, group sessions will be held from 12:15 p.m. to 1 p.m. each week through the month of July at the University Medical Center. This program provides participants with helpful tools and resources, including supportive educational sessions and tobacco-cessation-medication options available through health-care providers. For more information, visit http://wellness.ua.edu or call 348-0077.

VETERAN AND MILITARY AFFAIRS — For questions on the survey and Honor Walk, contact Alex Karagas at karag001@sa.ua.edu or 348-2836.
Survey – UA’s Center for Veteran and Military Affairs is asking faculty and staff who are currently involved or previously involved in the military to complete a quick survey. Click here to access the survey.

Honor Walk — The VMA Honor Walk is a way for individuals to support scholarships at the University for active-duty military, veterans, dependents of military personnel and spouses of military personnel. Brick pavers for the Honor Walk will be located in front of the Center for Veteran and Military Affairs in B.B. Comer Hall and engraved in the fall of 2012. More information, including how to order a paver, is found at the lower right side of the CVMA website at http://vets.ua.edu.

SUBMISSIONS SOUGHT FOR BROWN BAG LECTURE SERIES — The Women’s Resource Center and the women’s studies program within the department of gender and race studies are offering their first-ever call for proposals for the Feminism Spoken Here Brown Bag Lecture Series that will begin in the fall of 2012. The lecture committee seeks submissions that focus on gender-related scholarship and praxis with a feminist focus. All members of the campus and community are eligible to submit. Click here for complete information and to access the online-submission form. People with questions can contact Jessi Hitchins, jlhitchins@sa.ua.edu, or Jennifer Purvis, jpurvis@ua.edu, Brown Bag Series coordinators.

CONTEST FOR AMERICA’S FAVORITE PARK — UA’s Moundville Archaeological Park is among the current vote getters in a national contest to determine America’s favorite park. The winner will receive a $100,000 grant. Click here for more information. To vote, go to http://www.livepositively.com. Voting ends July 15.

EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES

THURSDAY, JUNE 28
Homegrown Alabama Farmers Market, 3-6 p.m., Canterbury Episcopal Chapel lawn
Couponing workshop, 5:30-7 p.m., 301 Morgan Hall
“Twelfth Night,” 7:30-9 p.m., The Park at Manderson Landing
“Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” 8-10 p.m., George C. Meyer Performing Arts Center, Gulf Shores, Ala.

FRIDAY, JUNE 29
VALIC individual retirement counseling, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment, 312 Rose Administration Building
AED and CPR orientation, 9:30-10:30 a.m., Rose Administration Building
Purchasing card refresher training: common mistakes and frequently asked questions, 10-11 a.m., Gorgas Library
AED and CPR orientation, 11 a.m.-noon, Rose Administration Building
AED and CPR orientation, 1:30-2:30 p.m., Rose Administration Building
“Twelfth Night,” 7:30-9 p.m., The Park at Manderson Landing
“Smokey Joe’s Cafe,” 8-10 p.m., George C. Meyer Performing Arts Center, Gulf Shores, Ala.

SATURDAY, JUNE 30
“Twelfth Night,” 7:30-9 p.m., The Park at Manderson Landing

MONDAY, JULY 2
Orientation for new employees, 8:30 a.m.-noon, G-54 Rose Administration Building
VALIC individual retirement counseling, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment, 312 Rose Administration Building
“Hell: Paradise Found” off-Broadway preview, 7:30-10 p.m., Allen Bales Theatre

UPCOMING

Benefits orientation for new employees, July 3, 8:30 a.m.-noon, G-54 Rose Administration Building
“Hell: Paradise Found” off-Broadway preview, July 3, 7:30-10 p.m., and July 4, 5:30 p.m., Allen Bales Theatre
VALIC individual retirement counseling, July 6, 9 a.m.-5 p.m. by appointment, 312 Rose Administration Building
“Local Journeys” opening reception, July 6, 5-7 p.m., 103 Garland Hall; exhibit runs through Aug. 3

WORTH QUOTING — “To get good quality information is not cheap. What you are seeing is people trying to figure out a business model that works in a digital age.” Dr. Jennifer Greer, chair of the UA’s journalism department, as quoted in philly.com regarding the announcements that the New Orleans Times-Picayune and three major Alabama daily newspapers owned by Advance Publications will switch to publishing three days a week as part of a new focus on online news.

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