Have you been to Turner Place
yet? Last week it was very busy and crazy, but things seem to be settling down
now. Maybe now that things are calmer you can take a faculty member out to lunch?
Dining with faculty is built into Major Meal Plans… and the faculty eats for
free and your dining plan is charged for your meal. Just be sure to tell the
cashier that you are dining with faculty. You and a faculty member can do this
once a month.
We have been working on the
MSE email list. If you know someone who is not receiving emails sent to the
lists please ask them to contact me. Thank you.
Important
Dates
Today Gobblerfest (http://www.dsa.vt.edu/gobblerfest/)
Sunday, 9/16 MSE Cook-out - look for the evite &
respond by 9/13.
MEPS
(Materials Engineering Professional Society)
MEPS will host a tailgate on
Saturday from 10:30 am – 12:30 in front of Holden. Please stop by and enjoy
burgers, hot dogs, vegetarian options, and friendship. As always, there is no
charge for food or beverages and this is a family friendly event.
If you would like to help set
up please arrive at 10am.
Helpful Tools
Don’t be limited by the
charts and graphs forced upon you by Excel. Try the tools, colors, diagrams,
and symbols available at http://my.lovelycharts.com/.
Yes, you do have to create an account, but you can export your creations as jpg
or png files.
Ut Prosim
How Helping Others Can Reduce Stress and Increase
Happiness
Helping others brings good feelings to the giver and the receiver
of the good deeds. Using your special gifts to help others can be a gift to
yourself as you enjoy a self-esteem boost for making others’ lives better, and
make the world a better place. You feel more worthy of good deeds yourself,
your trust in the decency of people is reinforced, and you feel more connected
to yourself and to others. In fact, research
shows that those who demonstrate more altruistic social interest tend to enjoy
higher levels of mental health, above and beyond the practical benefits of
receiving help and other known psychospiritual, stress, and demographic factors
that you would expect.
Creating a balanced lifestyle that includes service to others can
help you feel less stress as well, as you feel more connected to your spirit,
more grateful for what you have, and less invested in the ‘rat race’ that
causes stress for so many of us. Focusing on the positive in life, and creating
more positive things in the world, can help you to maintain greater feelings of
happiness and fulfillment as well.
Sandbox
Did you know that rubber bands
last longer when refrigerated? You do now! Another tidbit, William H. Spencer
invented rubber bands on March 7, 1923 when he took rejected innertubes from
the Goodyear Company and cut them into bands.
Billiards and Bowling leagues
are not forming in the BreakZone. Draft your team and submit your paperwork to
the Zone by Monday, September 17th.
Team members get discounts, open play, free tee-shirts. First and second
place prizes are awarded at the end of the season. First place team qualifies
for ACUI Region 5 Tournament.
My
Schedule
Next week I anticipate being
available for appointments during the following times:
Monday, 9/10 10
am – 3 pm
Tuesday, 9/11 1
pm – 3:30 pm
Wednesday, 9/12 I
will not hold office hours as I will be at the 2012 Majors Fair.
Thursday, 9/13 10
am – 3:30 pm
Friday, 9/14 10
am – 4 pm
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