Holiday Safety Tips for the Workplace

1. Watch Out for Obstructed Paths and other Mobility Hazards Walkways are often a little narrower during the holiday season than at other times. Extra stock in warehouses, special displays on retail sales floors, decorations in offices – these potential obstructions all increase the chances that someone might trip and fall. The key to slip, trip…

Open Pedagogy: Examples from the Classroom

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Date: Friday, November 17, 2023 Location: Guerrieri Academic Commons, 221 Time: 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Interested in learning about open pedagogy? Join us and hear from your colleagues who are using it in their courses. Brief presentations on what they do with open pedagogy in their courses and what they love about it will be given by…

LAMBDA HOSTS QUEER & ALLY UGLY SWEATER HAPPY HOUR 

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Join Lambda Society, SU’s Queer Faculty and Staff Association for an Ugly Sweater Party on Thursday, December 7, 4:30-?? at Hopper’s Taphouse (Dogwood and Route 13).  Queer folk, their families, and allies are welcome to share in the holiday cheer. For more information, contact Dr. Diana Wagner, dmwagner@salisbury.edu…

Visualization of Sound

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Hi, my name is Luke Zolenski and I am conducting a survey to assess the emotional responses between listening-to and looking-at a song. In this study, we are analyzing the philosophical concept of representing a song visually. Using the abstraction capabilities of Python, a program reads song data and stores given frequencies as objects, which…

“Be a Santa to a Senior” this Winter Season

SU’s Student Affairs and Administration and Finance divisions invite the campus community to “Be a Santa to a Senior” through Home Instead’s annual holiday campaign. Now through Wednesday, December 6, participants may stop by one of many campus locations for an ornament inscribed with the name and wish list for an area senior citizen who…

Faculty Spring Travel Grants

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The Faculty Development Committee (FDC) is calling for applications for Travel Grants, in support of faculty travel to be completed between January 1-May 31, 2024.  Deadline for Application: 11:59 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2023. No applications will be accepted after this deadline. The maximum amount of each grant is $400. A faculty member may…

Delayed 24-25 FAFSA Availability

The 2024-2025 FAFSA, originally slated to open in October, will not be available until December 2023 due to the FAFSA Simplification Act that was passed by Congress. To learn more, and keep up on any new announcements regarding the 24-25 FAFSA, check out 24-25 Major FAFSA Changes on the SU Office of Financial Aid &…

Transgender Day Of Remembrance

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What is Transgender Day of Remembrance? Transgender Day of Remembrance (TDOR) was started in 1999 by transgender advocate Gwendolyn Ann Smith as a vigil to honor the memory of Rita Hester, a transgender woman who was killed in 1998. The vigil commemorated all the transgender people lost to violence since Rita Hester’s death, and began…

ODI Faculty Social

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The Office of Diversity & Inclusion is inviting faculty members to attend the ODI Faculty Social. Our hope is to engage with our faculty colleagues and have everyone get to know our ODI Team! There will be refreshments as well as beer and wine. Please RSVP so that we can get a count for food….

Gender-Affirming Clothing Donations

Clothing drive in preparation for a gender affirming closet at the end of November.

The LGBTQ+ Alliance and SU Libraries are collaborating on our annual clothing drive and Walk-in Closet event in honor of Transgender Awareness Month. Through November 21, we will collect new or gently used clothing in the following locations across campus: The Walk-In Closet event will be on Monday-Tuesday, November 27-28 from 12-4 pm in the…