00. IT News and Alerts
Amputee Support Group
Second Tuesday of every month 4:00 pm to 6:00 pm
Stony Brook University Hospital
Hospital Lobby Conference Room, Level 5
101 Nicolls Road, Stony Brook
Parking validation will be provided (Not Valet)
For more information, (631) 444-7985
Learn How To Take Screenshots and Screen Videos on Mac: Online Training
A picture is worth a thousand words – with screenshots and videos, you can record what’s on your computer screen rather than trying to describe it with text. This workshop will show you how to take videos and screenshots (pictures) of your computer screen using tools you already have on your Mac! We’ll also look at how to share these by pasting into an email, post, or help ticket or uploading to YouTube.
Friday, August 10, 2018, 11:00-11:30am, online
This Morning (Mon. 8/6 @11): Learn New Gmail Features In Quick Online Training
Have you tried new Gmail yet? If not (or even if you have) come to learn about and try the new features including these:
Access Calendar in Mail: Responding to an email with suggested meeting times? Now view your calendar in the sidebar directly from your inbox.
Snooze emails: Set aside emails and be reminded of them later.
Access tools easier: Archive, Delete, Read/Unread, and view Attachments from inbox
Reply quickly: Use a Smart Reply to get a quick start on your reply (on web and mobile)
This morning, Monday, August 6, 2018, 11:00-11:30am online.
TurningPoint Workshops hosted by Turning Technologies and CELT: Aug 15th 10:00-11:30am and 11:30am-12:30pm, Melville Library 1640B
Session I, 10-11:30
Join us for a fun, interactive session to learn all of the basics of TurningPoint’s PowerPoint Polling. If you have interest in implementing Turning Technologies’ student response solutions in your classroom, or if you would like a review session, this is the place to get started! We will be covering the following:
Creating a PowerPoint polling presentation
Running presentation from start to finish
Hardware/mobile responding setup
Saving data collected from students
Generating reports
Direct Integration with Blackboard
Session II, 11:30-12:30
If you have been using TurningPoint, and would like to learn about some of the advanced features within our PowerPoint Polling environment, please join us to review how to use TurningPoint for the following:
Gamification
Peer instruction
Convert answer choice into pictures
Demographic comparisons
Word Cloud
Our new Results Slide!
Register here! https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6xlr0OgRP70Hc69
TurningPoint Workshops hosted by Turning Technologies and CELT: Aug 15th 1:30-3:00pm HST-CR160
Aug 15th 1:30-3:00pm HST-CR160
Join us for a fun, interactive session to learn all of the basics of TurningPoint’s PowerPoint Polling. If you have interest in implementing Turning Technologies’ student response solutions in your classroom, or if you would like a review session, this is the place to get started! We will be covering the following:
Creating a PowerPoint Polling presentation
Running presentation from start to finish
Hardware/mobile responding setup
Saving data collected from students
Generating reports
Creating a course/inviting students to the course
Register here! https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8Byk2htMIXkgC33
Register here! https://stonybrookuniversity.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8Byk2htMIXkgC33
Target Fitness – Fall Series!
Join Target Fitness!
A professional nutrition therapy program!
This 10-week* nutrition education, wellness and lifestyle program is led by
Registered Dietitians who will help you reach your target weight for only $190.
Our team of nutrition experts provide you with:
• A body composition analysis (measure of body fat and muscle)
• Intensive education on research-based strategies for permanent weight loss
• Personalized short and long-term weight goals
• An introduction to stress reduction, mindful eating and behavioral change techniques
• Training on innovative tools that will change your relationship with food
• Guidelines on reading food labels and a supermarket tour!
The Program is being offered at different times for flexibility to the participants. The Evening Session starts Tuesday, September 11th, 2018 from 5:45pm -6:45pm and the afternoon session starts Thursday, September 13th 2018 from 12:30pm-1:30pm (Stony Brook Medicine/University location TBD).
Please contact Health Connect to register at 631-444-4000.
04. East Campus/Hosp/HSC Workshops/TrainingYour Trade Show Booth – Tips from a Panel of Experts – Tuesday, August 21st
Join moderator, Brian Cohen, DTM-Author, Speaker, Communications Coach & VP Brookhaven Business Advisory Council with panel experts: Darren Cioffi, Leadership & Operational Expert; Arthur Germain, Brand Strategist, Corporate Communications; and Tim Healy, Business Sales Coach, Business Radio Show Host to learn ‘How to Drive People to your Booth’.
Tuesday, August 21, 2018
8:30am – 11:00am
This is a free event but registration is required.
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=im9wpleab&oeidk=a07efkra6swb2fdbe6a
The Art of Negotiation – Wednesday, August 22, 2018 – Calverton Business Incubator
The Art of Negotiation – 8/22/18 at Calverton Incubator
Join the SBDC at the Calverton Business Incubator to hear LI Speaker’s Bureau award-winning motivational speaker and writer, Rosemarie Kluepfel. Learn effective negotiation skills to accomplish “win-win” outcome and how body language and human emotion plays a role in negotiations. This is a FREE workshop but Registration is Required.
Wednesday, August 22, 2018 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Stony Brook Univ. Calverton Business Incubator
4603 Middle Country Road
Calverton, NY 11933
http://events.constantcontact.com/register/event?llr=im9wpleab&oeidk=a07efkr86hwd65017f0
CEWIT 2018 Conference on AI, Machine Learning, Data Analytics & Personalized Medicine
October 16, 2018 | The Center of Excellence in Wireless and Information Technology (CEWIT) | Stony Brook Research & Development Park | Stony Brook, NY
CEWIT2018 will center on technologies and innovations in Artificial Intelligence , Machine Learning , Data Analytics and Personalized Medicine . Continuing the tradition since the inception of our conference in 2003, CEWIT2018 will be a premier forum for presentations of cutting-edge research as well as the exchange and transfer of emerging technologies and innovative applications. We are expecting renowned speakers, presenters and panelists from industry, academia and government, in a series of plenary presentations and discussions – all for a national and international audience ready to network!
Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine Hosts Give Kids A Smile Event
Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine’s Give Kids A Smile event will be held on Tuesday, August 28th, 2018 from 2 PM – 6 PM in its Dental Care Center. Free dental screenings, cleanings, fluoride treatments, and sealants will be provided to children ages 1-17.
To schedule an appointment, please call (631) 632-8889 or (631) 632-8967 between the hours of 9 AM and 5 PM, Monday – Friday.
A parent or legal guardian must be present. Walk-ins will be accepted if time permits.
https://dentistry.stonybrookmedicine.edu/news/August-2018-GKAS
Looking for a Rockin’ Good Time?
There will be many docs in the house at the ‘Docs Who Rock’ Battle of the Bands event to raise awareness and funds for the services provided by the Stony Brook Bone Marrow Treatment Unit. Join us on Sunday, September 23, 12 – 7 pm, to watch local doctors & healthcare professionals from 5 Suffolk County Hospitals, including Good Samaritan Hospital, Northport VA, Eastern LI Hospital, Mather Hospital and Stony Brook Medicine – battle it out, competing for the title of ‘Docs who Rock.’ Starting at 12 pm, WBAB host, ‘Fingers’, will kick off the event at Stereo Garden Patchogue, NY. Tickets: $20 pp/ $ $25 pp at the door, includes: rockin’ good food by Stereo Garden and desserts by Whole Food Market, cash bar.
Together we can help to provide comfort, care, and hope to those touched by cancer on Long Island. To register go to: www.cancer.stonybrookmedicine.edu/band2018
http://www.cancer.stonybrookmedicine.edu/band2018
Three Village Kids Lemonade Stand to Support Stony Brook Children’s Child Life
Please join the students of the Three Village Kids Lemonade Stand on Wednesday, August 8th, 3pm to 7pm at Robert C. Murphy JHS, 351 Oxhead Road, Stony Brook, NY for an afternoon of games, dj, live performances, lemonade, treats and lots more fun! All proceeds to support the Stony Brook Children’s Child Life program.
www.threevillagekidslemonadestand.com
07. Charitable/Fundraisers (Habitat, Blood drives, Cats, etc…)Concert Under the Stars & Laser Light Show featuring the West Point Concert Band – Thursday, August 16th, 2018 from 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
The Long Island State Veterans Home presents a Concert Under the Stars featuring the West Point Concert Band and Laser Light Show
Date: Thursday, August 16th, 2018
Time: 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM
Location: Outdoors at the Long Island State Veterans Home
100 Patriots Road, Stony Brook, NY 11790-3300
Schedule of Events:
6:30 PM Opening Performer – Tommy Sullivan from Johnny Maestro and the Brooklyn Bridge
7:30 – 9 PM The West Point Concert Band
9:15 PM Laser Light Show
Arrive early! This is a free, outdoor concert. Rain or Shine.
Bring your blankets, chairs and the whole family. Food vendors will be on-site.
Special Concert Parking available in Staff parking lot A at Pellegrino Drive after 5 PM.
Shuttle buses will provide transportation to the concert site throughout the evening.
For More Information, Call 631-444-8606
STALLER CENTER – DISCOUNTS AND MORE!
Staller Center Performances will be here before you know it! Choose your own seats to any show you want! Check out our discounts that we offer year round!
Faulty, staff, students and alumni receive a $3 discount off the regular low single ticket price to all Staller Center performances (proper ID required). You may purchase up to two tickets per performance at the discounted rate. Please request discount prior to purchase.
Seniors receive a $3 discount off the regular single ticket price to all Staller Center performances. Note: Seniors of age 62+ qualify for discount.
Tickets for Stony Brook Students with valid SBID are always Half Price. Month of the performance, shows with available tickets are discounted for Stony Brook students to $10 each. Freshman and transfers receive a voucher at orientation to attend.
Gather a group of 20 or more adults, order together and save $4 off the regular priced tickets.
For more information on our season check out our website below.
09. For-Pay Workshops/Courses (SPD, Weight Watchers, Craft Center, etc…)Access Funding for your Business – Wednesday, August 29th, 2018
Access Funding for your Business – Wednesday, August 29, 2018
Are you interested in exploring funding options for your business? Join the SBDC for the opportunity to meet bankers, alternative lenders and representatives from the Small Business Administration to discuss your financing needs. Wednesday, August 29, 2018 9:30 am – 12:00 pm (Registration begins at 9:30 am)
Wednesday, August 29, 2018 from 9:30 AM to 12:00 PM EDT
Stony Brook Small Business Development Center
1512 Development Drive #17
RSS Building, Room 146
Research and Development Park, Stony Brook Univers
Stony Brook, NY 11794-6016
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07efj17xzwd7602278&oseq=&c=&ch=
QuickBooks Basics – Mondays, September 10th, September 17th, September 24th
QuickBooks Basics – 3pm – 5pm Three Consecutive Mondays: 9/10, 17 and 24
Certified QuickBooks ProAdvisor will teach basic features including: setting up, working with QuickBooks lists and bank accounts, entering sales, invoices and receiving payments, creating reports, graphs and analyzing financial data in a computer lab setting. This is for Windows based computers – not MAC. REGISTRATION AND PREPAYMENT IS REQUIRED.
Monday, September 10, 2018 at 3:00 PM EDT
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Monday, September 24, 2018 at 5:00 PM EDT
Stony Brook Small Business Development Center
Research and Development Park
Stony Brook University
RSS Building, Room 146
Stony Brook, NY 11794-6016
https://events.r20.constantcontact.com/register/eventReg?oeidk=a07efi4la3t355f9da6&oseq=&c=&ch=
10. Food Related (strawberry fest, etc…)Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) Volunteers Needed for Stony Brook University Study on Non-Invasive Spinal Stimulation
Spinal Cord Injured (SCI) Volunteers Needed for Stony Brook University Study on Non-Invasive Spinal Stimulation
The connections between the brain and spinal cord and muscles enable us to activate our leg muscles for functions such as walking. We are studying these connections in Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) people to understand how to help people who have walking problems due to connections damaged by injury or disease.
The study involves visits to Stony Brook University three to five times and will include spinal stimulation. The SCI participants must be 21 years of age or older, has incomplete thoracic injury, and motor/movement below the level of injury. Other eligibility requirements exist and will be discussed during the phone screening. A $100 will be compensated for travel expenses and time provided at completion of third sessions.
For further information, contact Dr. Sue Ann Sisto at 631-444-1698 or sue.sisto@stonybrook.edu
11. Children’s ProgramPlan Your Next Catering Event with the Simons Center Café!
The Simons Center Café provides catering for private events of up to 200 guests right on campus! Contact Executive Chef Eric Werner at (631) 632-2881 or at SimonsCenter@Lessings.com for more information.
11. Summer Camps and Children’s ProgramAre you a Jewish member of the Stony Brook campus community?
Stony Brook Hillel is the home for everything Jewish on campus! We serve our graduate and undergraduate students and are looking for members of the larger campus community that are interested in learning more about our work and/or getting involved with our programming. To stay up-to-date and to get involved, please complete this short form. Feel free to share this with colleagues directly as well.
https://goo.gl/forms/DL6MZlu42azN0ar22
Call for Nominations:2018-2019 Chancellor’s Awards for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching
The 2018-2019 nominations for the Chancellor’s Award for Excellence in Adjunct Teaching are being accepted. The nomination form and complete guidelines for preparing the nomination files are located at: https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/provost/resources/nomination_forms.php
Deadlines:
1. The nomination form only must be submitted electronically no later than Thursday, September 6, 2018.
2. The completed nomination file must be received in the Provost’s Office no later than Thursday, October 4, 2018.
3. Nomination files received by the Provost’s Office either in person or by mail after the October 4, 2018 deadline will not be accepted.
Note to Students:
If you submit a nomination form, it will then be necessary to coordinate with the nominee’s department in order to prepare the nomination file.
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/provost/resources/nomination_forms.php
New offer on Brookology Steals & Deals!
Brookology is a curated website of Long Island featuring leisure-time activities, special shopping deals, information on social groups and a digital bulletin board. The STEALS & DEALS section features discounts available for campus employees and students at local merchants just for showing a valid Stony Brook ID.
The new deal this week is 20% off sleeping rooms at Stony Brook Holiday Inn Express. For more information and to view other deals, visit: http://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/brookology/deals.php
https://www.stonybrook.edu/commcms/brookology/index.php
13. Children’s Program