Colloquium planned
The Second Annual Rensselaer Colloquium on Teaching and Learning will focus on connecting the latest research on assessing student learning with classroom practice; up-to-date summaries of cutting-edge research on assessment, practical experience, and examples of best practices among Rensselaer faculty; talks and workshops from Peggy Maki, American Association of Higher Education, “Assessing for Deep Learning”; James Pellegrino, Distinguished College Professor in Psychology and Education, UIC; Thomas Angelo, Associate Provost for Teaching; “Doing Assessment as if Learning Matters Most: Seven Transformative Guidelines from Research and Best Practice.” For more information call Liliana Ortiz-Bermudez at 276-4831.
Frisbee launching trials
On May 1 the 280 students taking the Introduction to Engineering Design class this semester will be participating in a team frisbee throwing competition from 4-7 pm in the Armory. The top eight teams will compete in the final target contest from 7-8:30 pm, also in the Armory.
Each team was given the task of creating a frisbee throwing machine. The frisbees to be thrown will be donated by Wham-O and aimed at three different targets to earn points. Winners of this competition plan to compete at the American Society of Engineering Education annual meeting in Montreal this June.
Water main break
Late Sunday evening while students were in the Union studying, someone returning the Union van ran over a pipe in the basement garage causing a burst in a water main.
As it was announced that occupants should cease all operations and exit the building emergency service providers, including the fire department and public safety, were immediately dispatched to the scene.
The Union was then temporarily shut down in order to allow the emergency workers to fully investigate and determine whether or not it was safe to have students fill the Union halls once again. Normal procedures resumed after less than an hour had passed.
Woman abducted, raped
Late Friday night at 2:30 am, a woman walking on the Russell Sage College campus, on Congress between First and River streets, was abducted by knifepoint and taken to South Troy where she was then raped.
The assailant was described as a white male in his early to mid-20s and drove a small silver or gray four-door car. Police said that the victim was not a Sage student and was taken to the hospital, treated, and released. The police have not been able to relate this rape with those that had occurred in Albany earlier this year.
Honorary degrees
On Friday, May 17, President Shirley Ann Jackson cordially invites you to attend a reception in honor of the 2002 honorary degree recipients.
The recipients include: film director-producer Robert T. Farrelly ’81; president of the Institute for Genomic Research, Dr. Claire Fraser ’77; president of Brown University Dr. Ruth J. Simmons; and entrepreneur, founder of the Wilshire Associates, and civilian space traveler, Dennis A. Tito ’64.
The event will take place at a tent behind the Heffner Alumni House and will last 5 - 6 pm.
