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TO: UNH Women Faculty and UNH PAT Women

FROM: The HERS Scholarship Recommendation Committee

You are invited to apply for a scholarship to attend the 2006-2007 HERS Management Institute for Women in Higher Education at Wellesley College. Please see the URL: http://www.wellesley.edu/WCW/Hers/Frm_MIFWIHE.htm for a description of the program. (Note: the program is for all of the dates listed during the year). It is anticipated that UNH will fund two scholarships this year. This support includes the cost of tuition/fees, hotel/meals, and transportation.

You may apply for this scholarship by submitting a letter of interest stating how you would gain from the experience, the name and phone number of a campus colleague to serve as a reference in support of your application, and a current CV or resume. Please submit these by September 9, 2006 either by campus mail or email, to:

Nancy Hamer
AABSC
14e Stoke Hall/Campus
Phone: 862-1934
Email: nancy.hamer@unh.edu

If you have alternative funding to pay for the program, you may also apply directly to Susan Knowles, HERS Institute, Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA 02181.

The HERS Scholarship Recommendation Committee, comprised of UNH HERS alumna, will make their recommendations to the Provost for submission to the HERS Program at Wellesley. The HERS-Wellesley Institute will make the final selection based on balancing their 2006-2007 incoming class between faculty and professional staff, and the various backgrounds of the applicant pool. Awarded
recipients will be notified by the Provost's Office of the final outcome by September 22.

If you have any questions about the program please contact Nancy Hamer at the above phone number or by email.

Thank you.

HERS Scholarship Recommendation Committee

I would like to express my disappointment that the Campus Journal no longer covers news from the staff councils. Over the past year or more I have been increasingly frustrated getting timely, independent information about these meetings.

When there was a print Journal I felt I was able to keep up with campus developments – not just staff issues but all the news of campus-wide interest. Now I find myself clicking between tiny headlines to articles that I can read in the newspaper or on the Media Services website.

When I think to look at the PAT Council site the minutes are already stale and sometimes incoherent. And, while I used to read the OS Council articles with interest, now I hardly ever take the time to look at their website.

In addition, I miss the portability and legibility of the print version, although I understand the financial imperatives. You could read the print Journal on the bus or waiting for a meeting to begin. Now, I have to view the online version at my desk.

I really miss relatively objective, timely news about staff concerns such as appeared in the print Journal. Please, start covering the meetings of the staff councils again. Don’t ignore two-thirds of the employee community.

Don Gordon
PAT staff