If you’re in Storrs this Thursday 4/1, please stop by! The regional campus UConn Co-op locations will be celebrating with discounts on Thursday as well. Details will be sent out on Wednesday.
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UConn Center for Globalization and Commerce Program, 2/26 still being held
Despite the weather conditions this program is still being held on campus today, 2/26 at 10am. Please be advise, other UConn Stamford campus departments are closed.
UConn Global Citizenship Curriculum Committee and UConn Center for Globalization and Commerce Present
“CEO Roundtable of Multinational Corporations: What It Means to be a Global Citizen” & Visits to one of the three corporations in Stamford
Friday, February 26, 2010
10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.
UConn Stamford Campus – Gen Re Auditorium
CEO Panel
John Stewart – President and CEO, Purdue Pharma LP
Teresa Ressel – CEO, UBS Securities
Murray Martin – Chairman, President and CEO, Pitney Bowes
Invited are all students, faculty and staff of all UConn campuses, including the Law School and Health Center.
Free bus transportation from each of the UConn campuses to the Stamford Campus.
Lunch will be provided to all attendees. —- you must register to participate.——
Visits to one of the three corporations in Stamford after lunch, that are open to all UConn students, faculty and staff. Each site will provide tours of their facilities and a chance to meet HR staff and corporate managers.
– Purdue Pharma (www.purduepharma.com): pharmaceuticals – majors of particular interest to company: pharmacy, liberal arts and sciences, business, engineering, health center, law, agriculture and natural resources
– UBS Securities (www.ubs.com): financial services/capital markets – majors of particular interest to company: business, engineering, liberal arts and science, agriculture and natural resources, fine arts, education, law, pharmacy, health center, nursing
– Pitney Bowes (www.pb.com): software/hardware and mailstream services – majors of particular interest to company: engineering, business, liberal arts and sciences, law
Campus Closure Today and Global Conference, 2/26
Got Tech questons? Try HuskyTech
Serving UConn Students’ technology needs.
huskytech website
Student Affairs Information Technology incorporates a student tech support entity by the name of HuskyTech. HuskyTech is run by a professional staff member, but is fully staffed by students with the desire to help their fellow students. Like SAIT, HuskyTech techs strive to fulfill the technical needs of the UConn campus. HuskyTech student workers support UConn students both on and off campus.
• Get connected to the UConn network
• Set up your mobile phone for email and internet
• Configure UConn-Secure wireless
UConn Libraries -Film on Demand (FMG)
The UConn Libraries now has available 50 documentary films in the humanities from FMG. http://rdl.lib.uconn.edu/databases/1612
Faculty can access the FMG title directly or choose to have the links put in the Library Resources tool (HuskyCT) so students will see all library resources in one place.
UConn Libraries Black History Month Guide
This guide provides an overview of library and archival resources for Black History Month at the University of Connecticut Libraries. http://classguides.lib.uconn.edu/blackhistory
Black History Month Resources @ UConn Libraries
Got a Question for the library? Text it to (203) 807-TEXT
You can now text your questions for the library from anywhere. Want to know the hours, what software is available, what books are available, where the copy machine is located? Text 203-807-8398. Runs from January 22, 2010 to February 5, 2010 at the Jeremy Richard Library, UConn Stamford.
The Homer Babbidge Library -Storrs is texting too! (860) 515-TEXT
Runs from January 22, 2010 to February 5, 2010
Community Outreach -Haiti Earthquake 2010
The Office of Community Outreach has provided a link to receive more information on what you can do to help the relief efforts in Haiti. Should you have additional resources or supports that you may find useful please send them to Gina DeVivo Brassaw at gina.devivo.brassaw@uconn.edu this website will be updated as more information becomes available.
On January 12th, a fierce 7.0 Earthquake hit right outside the Capitol City (Port-au-Prince) of Haiti. Port-au-Prince has been devastated by this catastrophe and the extent of the damages, injuries and casualties is not yet known but thousands have been affected by the quake. For more information:
http://www.studentactivities.uconn.edu/co_haiti.html
Also, check out Haiti Earthquake 2010, from the University of Buffalo’s MCEER Information Services. This page is a clearinghouse of information and resources updated daily by a team of librarians/information specialists addressing:
earthquake facts, statistics and reports, aerial imagery, maps, remote sensing and GIS, news sources and photos, health care and medical information, disaster and emergency management and background of Haiti.
WorldCat Local Catalog – BETA
The library is experimenting with a new catalog that includes not only the holdings of the UConn Libraries, but also those of the OCLC WorldCat and select article databases. The Beta Catalog is offered in two versions: a single search box option (like Google) and an advanced search option that allows for customization of the search.
Watch a video of the WorldCat Local Features
Beta Catalog - UCONN WorldCat Local
New Database: Business Source Premier
The library now gets Business Source Premier (BSP)through EBSCOhost.
http://rdl.lib.uconn.edu/databases/1607
This collection of popular business magazines, scholarly journals, and trade publications will help you to stay abreast of the latest global business developments.
Contains:
- Fulltext for more than 2150 journals- Search by Publications. (i.e. Harvard Business Review, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Accounting Auditing and Finance and much more!!)
- Company Reports.
- Country Reports,
- Industry Reports,
- Market Research Reports
- Searchable cited reference dating back to 1998.