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I suspect the IT Labor Day picnic has been disrupted

sitedad — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:59:08 +0000

September 6 Update: The latest sent around by Walter Kraft on this:

As we reported yesterday, an investigation is underway into a breach of security in an EMU server that controls my.emich passwords and Banner Self-Service PIN codes for students and employees. The area that was compromised did not contain social security numbers or [...]

my.emich: Does it work for you? And which browser?

sitedad — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 12:41:23 +0000

In the spirit of doing a little usability trouble-shooting for DoIT! today: how is my.emich working for you?

This morning, I commented that my.emich was still not working for me, which is something that I chalked up to the system update still not being completed. Then I got an email from one of the [...]

Is “Social Media’s Compelling Pull!!!” an opportunity or spam?

sitedad — Wed, 14 Jul 2010 11:53:43 +0000

The other day, I received an email (along with pretty much every other staff and faculty member) that frankly looked a lot like spam, but which is apparently a real thing. The subject line was “Fwd: “Hello! A new exciting program you don’t want to miss!” which in my mind suggests a message from [...]

Hot! Hot! Hot!

sitedad — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 14:44:45 +0000

Just how hot is it? Well, I just received this email via Walter Kraft and from the Provost:

The National Weather Service has issued a heat advisory that remains in effect through 11 p.m. tonight. Faculty and staff working in buildings on campus that are not air conditioned (Hoyt and King, for example) should [...]

Pray-Harrold in Exile: Maybe not so bad…

sitedad — Thu, 06 May 2010 01:52:05 +0000

A couple weeks ago, I posted about my (and many others’) anxieties in moving out of Pray-Harrold and into the unknown that is Hoyt Hall, which is part of a dorm complex built around the same time as Pray-Harrold itself. Well, I and many of my colleagues have moved in, and the verdict so [...]

“One down, two to go” (about AFT bargaining in Michigan)

sitedad — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 10:23:44 +0000

I stumbled across this the other day: from AFT FACE (which is the web site for the organizing body that represents the lecturers at EMU), a story called “One Down, Two to Go: Great Lakes Bargaining Update.” Here are the opening paragraphs:

Last week we updated you on all of the ongoing contingent faculty [...]

Adjunct lecturers organizing committee rally, Tuesday 1 pm at the Student Center

sitedad — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 14:20:51 +0000

This was passed along by EMU-AAUP president Susan Moeller and I thought I’d give the group some publicity here too:

The EMU-AAUP supports the organizing of the adjunct lecturers and I am sending you the following information about their organizing efforts and a rally they will have this Tuesday, March 16th starting at 1 [...]

For those of you wrapping up Friday meetings/anticipating Monday meetings

sitedad — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:01:37 +0000

Myself, I will be away next week at my field’s major conference, which means I will be checking in on things here only off and on. In the mean-time, let me leave you with the very amusing “view” from David Galef in Inside Higher Ed, “Translation of the Last Department Meeting.” Perhaps being frighteningly [...]

Wow, this sounds unpleasant

sitedad — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 15:54:36 +0000

This notice just sent around from Edward Mullens:

From the Physical Plant:

Construction on the new science complex during winter break (March 1-5) will impact cooling units in Halle Library. Temperatures inside the library may become warmer than normal, possibly as high as 85 degrees. People using the building may want to dress in [...]

No snow day today; however…

sitedad — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 11:51:15 +0000

… I’m a little surprised. I mean, I tend to think that the schools around here get closed a little too easily– I have accused Southeast Michiganders of being “weather babies” in the past. But EMU was closed on February 10, I believe with less snow on the ground (though that’s just a guess [...]