Aug. 18, 2003

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Welcome to New Faculty!
Welcome to new faculty at ASU!  The group is participating in orientation activities today and Tuesday.  For a complete list of new faculty, see the New Faculty list on the Academic Affairs orientation web site. 

Faculty Conference is Wednesday
Reminder: The annual ASU Faculty Conference will begin with a breakfast buffet at 8 a.m. Wednesday at Fowler Center. College and department meetings will be held Thursday, and new student orientation will be Friday, Aug. 22.

 United Way – A Day of Caring
The 10th annual United Way Day of Caring is an upcoming opportunity for faculty and staff to get "hands on" involvement with our community.  Click to access the details and an online registration form.

 Parking: Lots of improvement for fall
With thousands of students, faculty, and staff arriving on the campus, Monday, Aug. 25, there will be a few new parking spaces to ease the load. A new lot (referred to as lot D, behind University and Kays Hall) will add 45 spaces.
     Formerly, the grass lot was used by students as they made their own spaces, often times being issued parking citations. Originally this was going to be a gravel surface lot. However, it was recently decided to pave and stripe the lot. This new parking area will be general student parking – open to anyone.
     In addition, the gravel lot east of the ABI building under construction will be paved and striped student parking (accommodating 300 vehicles). And, the lot behind the College of Business was upgraded this summer to alleviate flooding and drainage issues.
     The planned "Kays Field" lot by the College of Communications has been delayed. This project is going to be initiated in the spring, and will be completed next summer to be ready by fall 2004. It will be a combination of reserved and open student parking. (The present parking areas beside the library will become reserved parking, and Kays field will become open parking with around 300 spaces.)
     Did you know that there are currently 7,606 parking spaces – reserved, open and deck spaces –- on the campus of ASU?

Welcome Week starts Saturday
As the 94th year for ASU gets underway, activities for Welcome Week have been announced for Aug. 23-27.  Student leaders are to be commended for their involvement. Let's help make incoming students feel welcome by helping support Welcome Week activities, such as:
* The fifth annual Watering Hole project, sponsored by the ASU Craighead County Alumni Chapter, is on student move-in day --  members will distribute free water to students and their families from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Operation Move-In is sponsored by SAB and SGA.
* On Sunday, Aug. 24, Operation Move-In continues, 1-3 p.m., with a scavenger hunt at 5 p.m. on the library lawn. Residence Life will sponsor a luau at Twin Towers, beginning at 8 p.m.
* During the first day of classes, the Back-to-School Bash will be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the lawn of the library, sponsored by the SAB.  In addition, the SAB will feature a hypnotist at the Fowler Center at 8:30 p.m.
* A free cook-out for students will be held from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m. on the library lawn, Tuesday, Aug. 26, sponsored by the SAB and Sodexo.
* The week concludes on Wednesday, Aug. 27, with the Community and Organizational Fair, where ASU and community businesses, vendors and organizations display their wares and products to students. The fair, sponsored by SAB, will be held on the library lawn from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m.

New foundation seeks director at Piggott
The Matilda and Karl Pfeiffer Foundation, in Piggott, is seeking an administrator to manage the Foundation’s facilities and to develop educational program utilizing a historic home and gardens, a major mineral collection and an important Native American artifact collection.  The Foundation will work closely with ASU’s Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum and Educational Center, which focuses on the period of time that Ernest Hemingway was associated with the Pfeiffer family.  For details about qualifications and the foundation, contact Rosemary Janes, 870-598-8113, or write to ed@pfeifferfoundation.org for application procedure and address.
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