Campus Community Can Network, Indulge
in Food and Fun at Party on the Quad
Calling all karaoke lovers and trivia buffs: You have a few days to brush up on your singing skills and game strategies for Party on the Quad. The annual event will take place from 3 to 6 p.m., Friday, July 24.
The event is designed to bring faculty, staff, and students together.
Trivia games, corn hole tournaments, and karaoke contests are just a few of the activities open to the campus community. Bon Appétit will once again provide picnic fare to those with a Case Western Reserve ID.
The event is sponsored by the Department of Human Resources and the Staff Advisory Council.
Online registration is now open for the contests.
Campus News
Case Western Reserve Police and Security Services is offering a free self defense course for women. The course is a 12-hour, four-week course. Classes will be held at Veale Center and take place on four consecutive Wednesdays beginning July 22. Class size is limited, and participants are being asked to commit to the first three weeks of classes (Week #4 is optional); those who are unable to attend all of the sessions are invited to wait for the fall session. To register, contact Karen Gregor by e-mail or by phone at 368-6811. Leave a name and contact number.
Applications are being accepted for the international travel/study courses sponsored by the Mandel School of Applied Social Sciences. The program is open to all undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, alumni, and interested professionals for fall 2009 and spring 2010. Most courses have been approved for global and cultural diversity. The group will travel to Bangladesh and El Salvador in December; Guatemala, Israel, and the Netherlands during the spring; and Ecuador during the summer. Contact Deborah Jacobson for more information.
For Faculty and Staff
James E. Zull, professor of biology and author of The Art of Changing the Brain, continues his series on the human brain on Tuesday, July 21, with "The Essential Role of Emotion in Learning and Reasoning." The series focuses on the fact that the mind is the creation of the physical brain and hence any changes in our ways of thinking must correspond, in some way, to actual physical changes in the brain. The sessions meet each Tuesday at noon in the Herrick Room, located in the Allen Memorial Library Building, through August 4. The series is sponsored by the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE). Pizza and sodas will be provided. RSVP to UCITE by e-mail at ucite@case.edu.
For Students
Researchers in the Case Western Reserve University Department of Cognitive Sciences are looking for Case undergraduates to participate in an IRB approved study. Participants will perform a series of primarily computer-based tasks that will require two sessions in the laboratory and a number of online questionnaires in your own time. Participants must be 18 years or older. Participants will be compensated. Learn more. E-mail bmclab@gmail.com or call 368-4996 for more information.
Events
Refer to the University Circle Inc. calendar for a list of events and activities taking place in the community.
The views and opinions of those invited to speak on campus do not necessarily reflect the views of the university administration or any other segment of the university community.
