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Cook Community Weekly News

April 30, 2012 | Vol. 15 | No. 30 - Final Issue of Semester
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In This Issue

  1. Upcoming Events
  2. Announcements
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I. Upcoming Events

Want your club/organization events listed here? Please send an email with the event information to studentmail@aesop.rutgers.edu.

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4/30/12 - Final Day of Classes for Spring 2012 Semester - Best of Luck on Finals!

4/30/12 - Dodgeball- Play in our pre-exam Dodgeball Bonanza 8-11pm CAC Gym

5/2/12 - Rutgers Energy Institute -  Annual Energy Symposium on May 2, 2012
You are invited to join the Rutgers Energy Institute at its Seventh Annual Energy Symposium. This annual event enables faculty, students, staff, government officials, and community members to learn about the latest methods, processes, and initiatives being developed by energy thinkers at Rutgers and across the country. Admission is free, but Registration is required due to limited space. Register now by clicking on title above or visit http://www.rei.rutgers.edu. More questions? Please contact REI Program Coordinator Beatrice Birrer at bea@marine.rutgers.edu. Time: 8:45 AM (registration and refreshments) - 2:00 PM, Location: Fiber Optics Auditorium, Busch Campus

5/2/12 - The Zimmerli Art Museum and the Department of Art History at Rutgers invite the university community and general public to attend De-Facing the Portrait, Four Roundtable Discussions, on Wednesday, May 2, from 10:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. These discussions examine the elastic boundaries of portraiture as a genre in art history. Respondents from the science, medical, and art fields provide a cross-disciplinary approach that appeals to audiences with art, as well as non-art, backgrounds. Sylvia Yount, Chief Curator and Louise B. and J. Harwood Cochrane Curator of American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond, is the keynote speaker. All panels take place in the museum’s Lower Dodge Gallery and include lunch and a closing reception. Attendees can sign up for the morning or afternoon session, or the entire day. The program is free, but reservations are required by e-mailing rsvp@zimmerli.rutgers.edu by April 27. Space is limited.

5/2/12 - Celebrate the new exhibition Aspects of Architecture: The Prints of John Taylor Arms with a reception during Art After Hours on Wednesday, May 2, from 5 to 9 p.m., at the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University. Admission is $6 for adults; $5 for 65 and over; and free for museum members, children under 18, and Rutgers students, faculty, and staff (with ID). Art After Hours is the popular eclectic evening series held on the first Wednesday of the month at the Zimmerli. The May program begins with a 5:30 p.m. exhibition tour, led by Marilyn Symmes, Zimmerli’s Director of the Morse Research Center for Graphic Arts and Curator of Prints and Drawings. A performance of medieval music complements the inspiring prints of Gothic architecture, beginning at 6:30 p.m. An informal perspective drawing class for aspiring artists of all ages and levels takes place from 7:45 to 8:45 p.m. Artist Patricia Brace explores how Arms employed linear perspective and instructs participants in drawing buildings, applying the principles of two-point perspective. The Museum Store features 20% off all purchases and a drawing to win a $25 gift certificate redeemable during the Red Dot Sales Event throughout June.

5/6/12 - FREE FIRST SUNDAYS at the Zimmerli Art Museum
Time: 12-5pm, Cost: Free. Admission is free to all the first Sunday of every month at the Zimmerli. Scavenger hunts are offered between 12:30 and 4pm and tours for children and adults are available at 1pm and 2 pm. Visit Studio Z throughout the day for self-guided learning and creativity.

5/10/12 - You’re invited to attend the Baccalaureate Ceremony on May 10 at 6:00pm in the Cook Campus Center, MPRs to honor and celebrate SEBS graduating seniors. There will be a reception before the ceremony. SEBS academic programs will recognize their senior award winners, Dr. Peter Gillis will give the baccalaureate address and we will walk around Passion Puddle with our seniors one last time before they become our alumni, and share a champagne toast. We look forward to seeing you.

6/3/12 - FREE FIRST SUNDAYS at the Zimmerli Art Museum
Time: 12-5pm, Cost: Free. Admission is free to all the first Sunday of every month at the Zimmerli. Scavenger hunts are offered between 12:30 and 4pm and tours for children and adults are available at 1pm and 2 pm. Visit Studio Z throughout the day for self-guided learning and creativity.

Looking for More Events on Campus and at Rutgers?
SEBS Calendar | G. H. Cook Campus Calendar | Rutgers Calendar

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II. Announcements


  1. Join PROJECT MOVE-OUT:

    Free bulk waste recycling initiative for RU students living in New Brunswick

    REGISTER until MAY 24th (noon) at http://ruoffcampus.rutgers.edu/projectmoveout

    Rutgers University and the City of New Brunswick are partnering in Project Move Out, a pilot program to recover discarded furniture, appliances, electronics and textiles in order to keep these items out of landfills and reduce our carbon footprint. Off-campus students in New Brunswick can register online for FREE curbside pickup of their bulk waste.  Project Move Out provides for the collection of bulk items ONLY between Tuesday, May 29 and Friday, June 1.

    OR 

    Drop-off bulk waste items Tuesday, May 29 - Friday, June 1, 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m (no registration required) at the following locations:

    • College Avenue Campus, Lot 30, behind the College Avenue Gym

    • Cook Campus, Lot 99D, off of Biel Road

    Be part of the solution and register!  Collected items will be recycled.  Freon will be recovered from appliances to prevent leakage into the environment.  Individuals (landlords and tenants) will avoid municipal fines for violations of New Brunswick trash ordinance.

    Additional resources and information about disposal of bulk waste is also available at  http://ruoffcampus.rutgers.edu/projectmoveout

  2. Rutgers Bike Rental Pilot Program–New Brunswick
    This program allows faculty and staff to rent one of 150 Jamis three-speed bikes through an online reservation system from multiple sites throughout the New Brunswick Campus. Rentals range from $10 for the month to $25 for the semester. Due to high interest, bikes may or may not be available at any given time.  Please check the website often for availability and more information. Go to the web site, bikes.rutgers.edu , and reserve your bike now!

  3. Mindfulness is the art of becoming a compassionate observer of your own experience. Meditation practice helps us to achieve mindfulness and reduce stress. All are welcome, whether you are a beginner or have been practicing meditation for years. Several techniques will be introduced. Participants are encouraged to find their preferred method. No previous experience required. Sponsored by CAPS (Counseling, ADAP & Psychiatry Services). No registration necessary OPEN to students, staff and faculty. Every Thurs 12.00-1.00 Douglass Campus Center Room C. For further information contact Siobhán Gibbons @ siobhang@echo.rutgers.edu
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