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- (Dec. 4) FW: Phone Rally for Community Celebration on Dec. 7
- (Dec. 6 & 7) FW: Hear ideas on Salem neighborhood & Gem City Market Celebration
- (Dec. 7) FW: IFGD Winter Social
- (Dec. 16) FW: [WSU-FAC-L] MVSO holiday concert
- FW: Ombudsman Office Weekly Update 11-30-2017
- FW: WSU LEAP Intensive English Program Pronunciation Improvement Course
- FW: From the WSU President's Desk
- FW: Your role as WSU faculty in securing a fair contract
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From: Kenya Baker Books
Subject: Phone Rally for Community Celebration
Hi, Village! Top of Friday to you!
On Monday at the Innerwest Priority Board Office located at 1024 W. Third St. @ 5:30, we are planning a phone rally to reach out to the massive community who has shown as interest in GEM CITY MARKET, the movement to change the cooperative nutritional health of Dayton! We need all to show up and help us make calls. Scripts and refreshments will be provided! Hope to see each of you or at very least receive a response of support in this effort! Thank you all for everything you have done up until this point! Rather it was Aimee getting us booked at Neighborhood Association Meetings or Annie and Zontaye hosting Informational Meetings, every one of you have pushed for the Gem City Market to develop from concept to manifestation and for that I thank you!
On Nov 30, 2017 2:59 PM, "Kenya Baker" <kenyabakerbooks@gmail.com> wrote:
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday! Just wanted to send out a friendly reminder to register for our upcoming Gem City Market Community Celebration next Thursday evening at NW Recreation Center.
We do so much work together and next week will be an awesome opportunity to celebrate the HUGE year we just had! Please join us (all details are listed below) and help spread the word. This year would not have been possible without the tremendous support of the community and we want to celebrate with as many folks as possible.
Looking forward to seeing you all there,
- Etana
As many of you know, 2017 has been a HUGE year for the Gem City Market and we want to celebrate with everyone who has made our success possible! Please join us for a potluck dinner on December 7th from 6:00pm – 8:00pm at the Northwest Recreation Center to break bread, dance, and build with one another. UD's Hanley Sustainability Institute and Fitz Center will be sponsoring a Dayton Cooks prepared main course of vegetable lasagna and pasta, and we are inviting community members to bring a side, appetizer, or dessert to share. We are also asking that folks register on eventbrite, so we can get an accurate headcount for catering purposes. Please consider bringing your family and spreading the word! #gemcityturnup
I am bringing Banana Pudding (My grandmother's recipe) and Macaroni/ Cheese (my sister in law's recipe)!
Here is a link to RSVP:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gem-city-market-community-celebration-tickets-39412768652?aff=erelexpmlt
From: David K. Greer
Subject: FW: Hear ideas on Salem neighborhood, corridor & Gem City Market Celebration
Hear ideas for Salem neighborhood
5:15 pm, Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2017
Grace United Methodist Church
Salem and Dartmouth, Dayton
University of Dayton graduate students have been studying the University Row neighborhood, along Salem Avenue, for the past three months. They have listened to University Row neighbors' ideas on how to improve the neighborhood, which includes improving Salem Avenue.
Salem Avenue Business Association friends are invited to see and hear the students' final presentation and recommendations at 5:15 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 6 at Grace United Methodist Church, Salem and Dartmouth. Pizza will be provided.
Please join in this final SABA meeting of 2017.
Gem City Market grocery food co-op
celebration on Thursday, Dec. 7
The Gem City Market will celebrate a year of successful development with a potluck dinner, Thursday, Dec. 7, 6 pm, Northwest Recreation Center. The University of Dayton Hanley Sustainability Institute and Fitz Center will sponsor a Dayton Cooks prepared main course of vegetable lasagna and pasta. Community members are invited to bring a side, appetizer, or dessert to share. Please register on eventbrite, to provide a headcount for catering purposes.
Organizers are planning to build a 15,000 square foot grocery co-op, to be located on the 100 block of Salem Avenue, with a mix of conventional grocery items and organic and specialty food. See this Dayton Daily News article for more details of the plans. For updates and information on how to get involved and have an opportunity to provide input, contact: https://goo.gl/nUyjh5.
From: Interfaith Forum of Greater Dayton
Subject: IFGD Winter Social
A reminder that Thursday, December 7, is the Annual Winter Social!
Socials are a wonderful occasion for people to get to know each other better over a meal. We are excited that a youth group is offering a lively performance during the evening. We start with a pot luck supper at 6:30 in Foster Hall, Christ United Methodist Church, 3440 Shroyer Road in Kettering.
All are welcome. Please, no pork or shellfish in the dishes you prepare and bringing an ingredient list for homemade dishes helps those with dietary needs choose wisely.
From: owner-fac-l@wright.edu On Behalf Of Mel Goldfinger
Subject: [FAC-L] MVSO holiday concert
Season's Greetings to all
Ring in the Holidays with the Miami Valley Symphony Orchestra's Annual Holiday Concert.
It's free...and the show is repeated twice (2 & 7 PM).at the elegant Dayton Masonic Center on Saturday 16 Dec.'17 . Kids are happily welcomed!! The Masonic Center is across the street from the Dayton art museum
From: David K. Greer
Subject: FW: Ombudsman Office Weekly Update 11-30-2017
This week your Ombudsman Office opened 27 cases on City of Dayton Water, Children's Services, Child Support, Day Care, Food Stamps, Medicaid, the Social Security Administration, Community Action Partnership, and Greater Dayton Premier Management. The households being assisted are in Centerville, Clayton, Dayton, Huber Heights, Kettering, Moraine, Oakwood and Trotwood.
A single dad called the Ombudsman's office to get help to resolve a problem with Job and Family Services. He has legal custody of his two daughters, but has not been successful adding the girls to his Medicaid case because they are listed as having medical benefits under their mother's case. He has been trying for over a year to straighten it out, but he is more determined now because his daughter needs asthma medication. His ex-wife will not cooperate in any way to resolve the matter. We intervened with JFS. His caseworker called him and has begun the process to add the two girls to his case. He was so relieved to know that now he can take his daughter to the doctor and get her prescriptions filled.
We also provided brief assistance or referrals for households in Dayton, Englewood, Huber Heights, Kettering, Miamisburg, Moraine and Riverside on matters pertaining to the County Engineer's Office, the IRS, the Department of Labor, housing issues, legal issues, municipalities, school systems, the Attorney General's office and the Ohio Department of Insurance.
Our Long-Term Care Ombudsmen opened investigations in 9 nursing facilities on unresponsive staff; inadequate care plans; right to choice; unwanted discharges; accidental injury; personal hygiene; and access to one's own records. Staff participated in one discharge hearing; attended three resident council meetings; and assisted one resident to relocate into the community. We participated in seven surveys with the Ohio Department of Health.
Please find copied here is our weekly columns:
Facebook Weekly Update: November 20, 2017-November 30, 2017
"Uh-oh, the names on record don't match"
Several months ago a young woman visited the Ombudsman Office seeking help in resolving a problem completing her Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). The woman had been adopted in 2002, and her name was changed to that of her adoptive parents. She presented her Ohio State ID, on which the name was her adopted name. She also presented her Social Security card, which still had her birth name. The young woman is having problems filing the FAFSA because her current name does not match the name on file with the Social Security Administration. The young woman needed the FAFSA completed in order to enroll in college. The young woman's adoption was handled through the Children's Services Division of the Montgomery County Job and Family Services. The young woman was born in Georgia. The Ombudsman provided instructions on the procedure to fix the problem by obtaining a Social Security card with her adopted name on it. First she needed to obtain a certified copy of the order for her name change from Probate Court. In order to obtain the order she would need two pieces of identification and a notarized statement. The Ombudsman also verified that the woman's birth certificate with her adopted name was on file with the Georgia Bureau of Vital Statistics.
The young woman visited the Ombudsman Office a second time, during which the statement required by Probate Court was prepared and notarized. The young woman was also given the information about how to order a copy of her birth certificate from Georgia. A few weeks later the young woman presented all the information to the Social Security Administration, and the young woman's record was updated with the SSA. She could now complete the FASFA application.
The Ombudsman Column, a production of the Joint Office of Citizens' Complaints, summarizes selected problems that citizens have had with government services, schools and nursing homes in the Dayton area. Contact the Ombudsman by writing to the Beerman Building, 11 W. Monument Avenue, Suite 606, Dayton 45402, or telephone (937) 223-4613, or by electronic mail at ombudsman@dayton-ombudsman.org or like us on Facebook at "Dayton Ombudsman Office."
From: Jeannette Horwitz; Director, LEAP Intensive English Program, WSU
Subject: LEAP Intensive English Program Pronunciation Improvement Course
We are offering a new course in LEAP, "LEP 0550 Pronunciation Improvement." It's a 6-week evening course that we started offering this fall semester. Our two sessions filled up, primarily by international members of the Dayton community wishing to further improve their spoken English for work purposes. We're excited to offer the course again in the spring.
From: Wright State Communications on behalf of Cheryl B. Schrader, Ph.D., President, WSU
Subject: [OFFICIAL-L] From the President's Desk
Dear Campus Community,
Earlier this month we took the first steps toward creating a comprehensive strategic plan that will shape Wright State University's future and position it to thrive in the dynamic and challenging environment facing higher education and Wright State. We have received excellent nominations for the Strategic Planning Steering Committee. Our university will soon begin the conversations needed to enact meaningful change for our students and our region.
Higher education is at a crossroads. A confluence of factors is driving academe and our university to do things differently. Changes are required not just in how we engage students in the classroom or conduct meaningful research in the laboratory, but also in how we do business. These influences require much more from all of us than in the past. They require us to adapt faster when we encounter challenges and to be resilient as we formulate solutions. They require us to be more nimble than ever before.
Some of the factors impinging on higher education's status quo are well known. Doug Fecher, chair of the Wright State University Board of Trustees, detailed them well at the board's last public meeting in October:
- Enrollment at public universities is under pressure and shows no signs of abating. The number of high school students in Ohio is falling, and competition among our peers for this declining population of graduates is increasing.
- Four-year universities face stiff competition from lower-cost community colleges, including some that now are approved to offer bachelor's degrees.
- The cost of higher education, as it should be, is under strict scrutiny.
- Though the value of a college degree is still one of the best investments any individual or family can make, national conversations have diminished a full understanding of its benefits to both individuals and society as a whole.
- The pressures facing our students have never been higher. Student demographics and needs are changing. A full-time student may often work full-time, juggling more than classwork and research.
- State budgets are stretched thinner than ever before as lawmakers are forced to make tough choices about state support for higher education.
These influencers may be out of our control in many respects, but that does not mean we cannot more effectively plan for them. We also have many strengths—especially our people—that we can rely on to position ourselves for a brighter future.
Our new comprehensive strategic plan will help achieve financial sustainability for Wright State and foster a campus atmosphere that provides our graduates with opportunities to excel in fields that define the future and our region. To achieve our goals we must stay firm at our roots but bend with our branches. Better flexibility is required if we are to survive the environment's high winds.
The Wright State Board of Trustees rightly understands the importance of global conversations among our various stakeholders that frame higher education's challenging environment and Wright State's vision for the future. Such conversations, although difficult, are critical as we begin our strategic planning.
While the university is committed to maintaining the confidentiality of the negotiation process, it is not lost on me that the conversation negotiators are having at one bargaining table is a microcosm of the reality facing Wright State and higher education. Simply put, we will all grapple with the challenges facing higher education regardless of whether we wish to acknowledge that our world has changed.
We have already shown a great amount of resilience and flexibility. The campus community, including many of our dedicated employees, has already given much. It is my understanding that the Board of Trustees is asking AAUP-WSU for some flexibility with the faculty membership it represents. The board is unanimous in its belief that the current negotiation is not as much about granular changes as it is about the flexibility the board believes is required for our university to succeed in this challenging and evolving landscape.
We cannot ignore what is required of us. We must be willing and able to change. We must learn how to bend and be nimble. We must work together to face our shared reality or we risk losing our opportunity to help students realize their dreams. It is our collective calling. It is worth sacrificing for and protecting. I trust you feel the same.
Our shared strategic planning process will help us examine where we are today and what we must become. This effort will also help Wright State redefine itself and its value proposition, while remaining focused on the high ideals of our mission. This will involve contributions from all of our constituents.
We must better learn to bend, but we will not break if we work together. It will be challenging, but I promise you it will be worth it.
From: AAUP-WSU
Subject: Your role as faculty in securing a fair contract
My colleagues,
Yesterday (Nov. 30, 2017), the new President sent her first shot at messaging the Contract Campaign of the administration. Today, we launch ours.
I am the Campaign Manager for our Contract Campaign. Part One takes us from right now until the presentations to the Fact-finder at the end of January. Our job between now and then is to deliver the message to as many audiences as possible in as many ways as possible. The messages are:
A fight for a fair contract is a fight for students. Fewer faculty = a lesser education.
Only 17% of tuition and fee dollars go to full time faculty base salaries and benefits.
I have mentioned before that we need everyone to play a role. Here is how that is going to play out. A subcommittee will concentrate on the student outreach. What we need departments to do is to find a way to help them, or to reach out to the Dayton community or to the Board itself.
I hereby announce an exciting challenge/competition. Find your dept. below. By Friday of each week, each dept specified for that week must submit their messaging effort(s) to the Campaign. You may submit a meme, a button or sticker design, a "Fast Facts" flyer, a video, a letter to editor, an Op-Ed; you might organize an event, a petition drive, or something else. Stay on message. Your department may submit as many entries as they want. These entries form the content for the Campaign the following week. Submit everything to me; I have a media committee to help sort and distribute the messages to an appropriate venue. We will bear the cost of producing fabulous buttons and stickers or any other product you think can deliver the message(s). Help will be available by early next week in the form of a Research Committee to gather data, and some guidelines on design. (Watch for more emails from me or your liaison.)
There may well be exciting prizes, such as sweet treats and/or a packet of printer paper to keep your Chair off your back. But more importantly, there will be the tremendous glory of earning the superlative —
Best Department of the Week.
Week 1: Econ / Art/ SPIA/ CoNH/ Neuroscience Deadline Dec 8
Week 2: Finance/ Comp Sci/ Comm. / RPC/ Math/ Psych Deadline Dec 15
Week 3: ISSCM/ Accounting/ Human S/ English/ Soc. Work/EES Deadline Jan 12
Week 4: Management/ TEd/ Elec Eng/ Hist/ TheatreDMP/ Chem Deadline Jan 19
Week 5: Marketing/ KNH/ Mech Eng/ Mod Lang/ SOC-Anth/ Bio Deadline Jan 26
Week 6: LDS/ BIH Eng/ Music/ BMB/ Physics. Deadline Feb 2
Obviously, I understand that those Depts whose deadlines loom already cannot be expected to produce the extraordinary things I anticipate emerging from the collective brilliance of those departments mentioned in Week 6. Nonetheless, I remain confident that you can pull something together that will make your college proud.
If I could do this alone, you know I would. But I cannot. Nor can the dozen members of the EC, although please know they are committing a lot of time and energy to the organization of the next two months and beyond.
Don't kick yourself a couple of years from now when you find yourself teaching two extra classes and both of them full of 100 students (that's what the word "flexibility" means in the President's letter!) and say "golly I wish I had helped that one week my department was supposed to contribute."
Hope to see you for a free beer and the official launch of the Campaign at 4pm today (Friday, Dec. 1, 2017), 113 Med Sci.
Yours in solidarity,
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