Inside Iowa State
November 17, 2000
Announcements
Additional flu vaccine to be given to high-risk
employees
Occupational Medicine has received 100 more doses of flu
vaccine and will immunize high-risk employees Nov. 16-17,
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the office at G11 TASF. High-risk
patients are those who are 65 years old or older, anyone with
chronic pulmonary or cardiac disorders, people with immune-
compromising disorders, pregnant women who will be in the
second trimester during flu season or health-care workers.
Regular flu shot clinics for other employees are planned
later this fall, if the vaccine is available.
Tuition grant applications due Dec. 8
Tuition grant applications for spring semester for
eligible Merit and P&S employees are due by 5 p.m., Friday,
Dec. 8, in the department of human resource services (HRS),
125 Beardshear. The current fees are $122 for one
undergraduate credit and $192 for one graduate credit; use
these figures in the application. Applications and
eligibility information are available in 125 Beardshear, or
call Jill Pretzer at 4-6458. The application form was revised
in 1999; use the updated form. The forms also are available
online at the HRS forms Web page,
http://www.adp.iastate.edu/forms/humnform.html.
Volunteers needed for Ames Lab/ISU Science Bowl
Volunteers from a variety of scientific and engineering
disciplines are needed to serve as moderators and judges for
the annual Ames Laboratory/Iowa State University High School
Science Bowl Saturday, Jan. 27, in the Memorial Union. About
50 teams will compete in the quiz-bowl style test of their
knowledge in science, math and engineering. Science Bowl
volunteers receive an event T-shirt, lunch and parking in the
Union ramp on the day of the event. To volunteer or for more
information, contact Saren Johnston, Ames Lab public affairs,
4-3474,
sarenj@ameslab.gov.
It's a Fact is in
Copies of the 2000-01 It's a Fact brochure are
available from News Service. The brochure contains updated
facts and statistics about Iowa State. To order copies, call
4-4777.
New software for introductory statistics
Iowa State has adopted new software for its use in
introductory statistics courses. JMP will replace Minitab at
the end of fall semester. JMP is available via Scout, FTP
and CD-ROMS that can be checked out from the Solutions Center
in Durham. A short course on JMP also will be offered from
3:10 to 4 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28, in 206 Durham. For more
information, see:
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~wmd/jmp/.
Faculty travel grant application deadline
Faculty applications for foreign travel grants, for
travel beginning between Jan. 16 and Aug. 15, 2001, are due
in the Faculty Senate office, 101 Lab of Mechanics, by Jan.
29, 2001. Those requesting grants should check with their
dean's office for the college deadline. Applications should
be submitted no more than two semesters before travel is
planned.
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