Tracking the shuttles
When the Red Hawk Shuttles resume service this fall, riders should be able to track the location of the shuttles online. The idea was one of the many discussed by Grand Marshal Max Yates ’06 in his Agenda for Rensselaer when he ran for the office.
According to Yates, the Board of Trustees has agreed to fund the project. Plans call for the ability to track five of the shuttles via an online system to be hosted on the Parking and Transportation website that will also be linked to from the Senate’s website.
The actual technology to be used is still under consideration. Yates said he has been discussing the project with several individuals researching related topics such as DSES Professor Alan Wallace.
Gilda’s Club opens
In June, Gilda’s Club Capital Region New York opened its doors in Latham. The local club is part of a national network that seeks to give free support to those touched by cancer and their friends and family.
The non-residential clubhouse will offer programs ranging from lectures to social events. The first Gilda’s Club opened in New York City in 1995 and the new Latham site is one of the more than 25 local clubhouses across the nation.
Membership in the club is free. More information on the local club can be found at their website, http://www.gccrny.org/.
Regent appointment
In May, President Shirley Ann Jackson was named to the Smithsonian Board of Regents. The board is composed of 17 members and governs the Smithsonian Institution.
The board is composed of nine citizen positions, three members from the House of Representatives, three members of the U.S. Senate, and two ex-oficio voting members, the chief justice of the Supreme Court and the vice president. The first meeting of the board in which she participated was May 9.
Jackson’s six year term as a citizen regent began on May 5, when U.S. President George W. Bush signed the appointment resolution. In addition to being on the Smithsonian Board, Jackson also serves on several boards of directors.
