MARY SEMANS TRIBUTE

The Archives has posted an online exhibit from our collection of photographs of Mary Semans on the Library website at the following link:     http://library.uncsa.edu/home/

Slideshow available at   http://library.uncsa.edu/home/archives

Submitted by Patrice Slattery, University Archivist

 

BLACK HISTORY MONTH

The Governor of North Carolina has proclaimed February 2012 as Black History Month.  The proclamation may be viewed by accessing the following link:  http://news.uncsa.edu/files/BlackHistoryMonth2012

Submitted by Susan Porter, Interim Director of Human Resources

AFRICAN AMERICAN CULTURAL CELEBRATION

The North Carolina Department of Cultural Resources and North Carolina Museum of History are hosting the 11^th Annual African American Cultural Celebration beginning January 27^th.  Additional information about celebration can be found by accessing the links below.  

11^th Annual African American Cultural Celebration

http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/AACC2012/schedule.html

Related Programs

http://www.ncmuseumofhistory.org/AACC2012/programs.html

Submitted by Susan Porter, Interim Director of Human Resources

  

SUMMER RESIDENT COUNSELOR AND EVENT STAFF APPLICATIONS!

Attention all College Students and High School Seniors!

We are looking for some dynamic individuals to join the summer Resident Counselor and Event Staff teams.

Applications are available to pick up outside the Office of Residence Life Programs and Housing across from the Pickle Jar or the links to the applications are below: 

Summer RC: http://www.uncsa.edu/students/studentlife/Resident%20Counselor%20Application%20Packet.pdf

Summer Events Staff: http://www.uncsa.edu/studentlife/forms/SummerEventStaffApplication.pdf

The Residence Counselor Application and Summer Events Application deadline is Friday, February 24, 2012 at 5 p.m.

If you have any questions please feel free to contact Edwin Martinat for the Events Staff position (martinate@uncsa.edu) or Melissa Brown for the Resident Counselor position (brownme@uncsa.edu )

Submitted by Melissa Brown, Residence Hall Director for Moore Hall & Edwin Martinat, High School Events Coordinator

FORMER CHANCELLOR TO BE FEATURED AT SCREENING OF JOFFREY FILM

Hanesbrands Theatre will present a special screening of JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30. The film features an appearance by UNCSA Chancellor Emeritus Alex C. Ewing, Winston-Salem resident and former Joffrey General Director. Mr. Ewing will be present for the screening and will give a short pre-screening introduction to the film. He will also answer any questions and address any comments viewers might have after the screening. UNCSA faculty, staff, and students are being offered a special discounted ticket of $8; regular ticket price is $10. Tickets can be purchased online at www.hanesbrandstheatre.org, by calling the Hanesbrands Theatre box office at 336-747-1414, or by visiting the Hanesbrands Theatre box office in person. The Hanesbrands Theatre is located at 209 North Spruce Street in downtown Winston-Salem. Box Office hours are Noon-6 PM Monday-Friday and one hour prior to show time.

Submitted by Jim DeCristo, Director of Economic Development and External Affairs

PILATES WITH PIPER

Saturday Mornings @ 9am in dance studio 606

ALL ART STUDENTS WELCOME!

~No experience needed~

STRENGTHEN YOUR CORE!

(Class is one hour)

FREE, FREE, FREE, FREE!!!

Submitted by Susan Mecum on behalf of Piper Hayes

STUDENT TRANSPORTATION CHANGES, SCHEDULES, AND PTI SHUTTLES

Joffrey: Mavericks of American Dance

Bus run to Hanesbrands Theatre will depart from Campus at 6:50 pm.

Bus return after movie will start at 9:30 pm.

  Froze Arts Ice Skating at the W-S Coliseum Annex

Saturday 28 January

Buses lv. PPC at 10 pm

Lvs. Annex at 12:30 am

 Friday 3 February

Gallery Hop

Bus lvs. PPC at 7pm

Leaves Millennium Center at 9 pm

 Fletcher Opera Institute at the Stevens Center

Student Transportation will have an audience bus all 3 nights

Friday 3  February

Audience Bus lvs. PPC at 7 pm

Sunday 5 February

Audience Bus lvs. PPC at 1:30 pm

Tuesday 7 February

Audience Bus lvs. PPC at 7 pm

 Wind Ensemble at the Stevens Center

Saturday 11 February

Audience Bus lvs. PPC at 7 pm

 Winter Dance at the Stevens Center

Thursday 23, Friday 24, & Saturday 25 February

Audience bus will leave PPC at 7 pm

Sunday 26 February

Audience bus lvs. PPC at 1:30 pm

 NC Festival of Dance

Sunday 26 February

Audience bus lvs. PPC at 6 pm

 Due to popular demand:

Starting, Saturday January 21, Student Transportation will no longer be doing the Saturday Hanes Mall run, but instead will be replacing it with the K*Vegas Shopping Center run.  Therefore this Saturday 14 January will be the last Saturday Hanes Mall trip.

We have also added to our Thruway trip:  Cloverdale Shopping Center with Dollar Tree, Harris Teeter, Panera Bread, CVS, Mario Pizza, ACE Hardware, a Chinese Restaurant AND MORE.

Student Transportation Weekly Bus Schedule

All trips leave from  Performance Place/Watson Circle

Sundays: Thruway Center & Whole Foods

Harris Teeter grocery store, Rite Aid Pharmacy, Talbots,   Steinmart, CHICO’s, Juice Shop, McDonald’s, Fed-Ex Office,  Ichiban, Moe’s Southwest Grill and more…Whole Foods is an organic supermarket.

we also now go to Cloverdale Shopping Center, with Dollar Tree, Harris Teeter, Panera Bread, CVS, Mario Pizza, ACE Hardware, a Chinese Restaurant AND MORE.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 2 p.m.

Leaves Thruway at 4 p.m.

Leaves Whole Foods at 4:10 p.m.

 Tuesdays: K’Vegas Shopping Center

Kernersville is the home of Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Staples, Food Lion, Cato’s, Rue 21, Maurice, Rugged Warehouse, Hallmark, Sally’s, Super cuts, Great Clips, NY Nails, Dollar General,  shoe show, Rackroom Shoes, Payless Shoes, Starbucks, Terry’s Deli (Home of the Fried Pickle), Panera Bread, Chic-Fila, The Loop, Cookout’s (Dine In) and more.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 pm

Leaves Food Lion at 8:20 pm

Leaves Target at 8:25 pm

Leaves Wal-Mart 8:30 pm

 Wednesdays: Hanes Mall

Sears, JC Penney, Belk, Hecht’s, Dillard’s Old Navy, the Gap, Abercrombie, … and more,

Food Court, TGI Friday’s, Ruby Tuesday, & Olive Garden.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 (one trip)

Leaves the mall at 8:30 pm

 Fridays: Carmike Wynnsong 12 – Cinemas

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 pm

Leaves Carmike Wynnsong at 9:40 pm

 Saturdays: K*VEGAS SHOPPING CENTER

Same great places as Tuesday

Bus leaves UNCSA at 12:30 pm

Leaves Food Lion at 2:30 pm

Leaves Target at 2:35 pm

Leaves Wal-Mart 2:40 pm

NOTE: BUSES WILL LEAVE ON TIME! 

If you are not at the designated point when the bus is scheduled to leave, you will have to call a cab and pay for your own ride back to campus. 

Return times may be adjusted to accommodate other transportations.

Passengers will be consulted and informed as needed. 

For more information, contact Sherri Campbell or Lisa Lambert at 770-1476 or email to campbells@uncsa.edu or lambertl@uncsa.edu 

 SPRING BREAK PTI AIRPORT SHUTTLE

Bus leaves Performance Place Circle at Watson Hall

Friday 2 March 2012 noon, 3 and 6 pm

Saturday 3 March 2012 8:00 am, 10 am and noon

 Pick up FROM GSO PTI AIRPORT

DOWNSTAIRS BAGGAGE CLAIM

Sunday 11 March 2012 noon, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 pm

There will not be any Scheduled PTI Shuttles for the end of the year. If you need assistance, please call our office one week in advance and we can discuss options.

Submitted by Sherri Campbell, Transportation Scheduling Coordinator

FOOD DRIVE INTEREST MEETING!!

In preparation for the Most AMAZING Food Drive Ever,  we are going to have an Interest Meeting where anyone and everyone is welcome.  A special thank you to the people that have signed up to volunteer already, we ask that you attend as well.   EVERYONE IS WELCOME!! 

 **FOOD DRIVE INTEREST MEETING**

When:  SUNDAY, JANUARY 29th  6:30pm

Where:  Eisenberg!!

Come be a part of our Food Drive as we change the lives of Thousands in our community!!

 If you have questions or need anything please email FOODDRIVE@UNCSA.EDU

Submitted by Leah Dula Brown, High School Residence Life

UNCSA FOOD DRIVE –HELP NEEDED

Residence Life is beginning to organize the most AMAZING Food Drop Ever!  A Food Drop is where we will have a big event for one particular day and collect as many pounds of food as possible to donate to a local food bank!  The Date of our Food Drop is going to be Saturday, March 24, 2012.   Winston-Salem, NC was on the Dr. Oz Show back in late November as the Number 1 City in the United States that has the most hungry children and families!!   This is what they call The New Face of Hunger (Please note that Greensboro, NC made that list at Number 17).   So as you can see, there is an IMMEDIATE NEED for food for children and families in our community (done by the US Government).    We need as many volunteers as possible!!  The Food Drive Committee will help us with various aspects so if you are interested please email FOODDRIVE@UNCSA.EDU!!!  Here’s to an amazing Food Drive!!   ***Please contact Leah Dula Brown as soon as possible***

Thank you and have a fantastic day!

Submitted by Leah Dula Brown, High School Residence Life

UNCSA FOOD DRIVE TALENT SHOWCASE AUDITIONS

In conjunction with the UNCSA Food Drive, Residence Life and Student Success will be hosting a Talent Showcase on Friday, March 23.  Attendance will be open to all of Forsyth County.  We need performers!  All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are welcome to audition to be in the Talent Showcase.  Auditions will be held Sunday, February 19, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in Eisenberg.  Acts should be family-friendly, and be no longer than 6-8 minutes.  To sign up for an audition time, please e-mail Ashley Weets at weetsa@uncsa.edu by February 15, 2012. 

Submitted by Ashley Weets, College Residence Life

SUSTAINABILITY INTEREST MEETING

Are you interested in the environment? Ready to get involved on our campus? Got green ideas?

Come by the UNCSA Students for Sustainability Interest Meeting!

When: Sunday, Jan. 29 at 1:00pm

Where: The What? Café

UNCSA Students for Sustainability is an exciting new student organization that will focus on education and awareness, as well as campus and community action, with field trips, guest speakers, screenings, work days, and more. Bring ideas!

http://www.facebook.com/groups/uncsasustainability/

Submitted by Susan Mecum  on behalf of Tyler Harmon-Townsend
 

SCHOOL OF MUSIC NEWS & EVENTS

Piano Weekend will be held this Saturday, January 28 in the School of Music and will feature master classes, collaborative demonstrations, and a student recital.  The workshop will be followed by the annual Mozart Birthday Concert in Watson Chamber Music Hall (see below).  For more information and instructions on how to register see http://www.uncsa.edu/music/Workshops/Piano%20Weekend%20Flyer%202012.pdf.

Faculty News

On February 3 Taimur Sullivan will perform at Carnegie Hall in the Weill Recital Hall, in a joint concert of the PRISM Quartet and the New York-based ensemble Music from China. The collaboration of saxophones and ancient Chinese instruments will feature world premieres by Huang Ruo, Fang Man, Rome Prize-winner Lei Liang, and MacArthur Fellow Bright Sheng. The concert will be repeated on February 4 in Philadelphia, and recorded the following week for an upcoming compact disc.

Student News

High School senior Colin Laursen won the senior division of the Peter Perret Youth Talent Search.  In addition to a cash prize, he will perform the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the Winston-Salem Symphony on March 17.  Colin is a composition major studying with Lawrence Dillon.

Upcoming Performances

music@watson: Mozart Birthday Concert

(Sat) January 28, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Since 1978, the Annual Mozart Birthday Concert has been among the most popular events of UNCSA’s offerings. School of Music Artist Faculty come together in a program of chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in celebration of his 256th birthday. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

music@watson: January 31: Fire Pink Trio

(Tue) January 31, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Classical Voice of North Carolina hailed Fire Pink Trio with their recent Raleigh, NC concert as being “filled with life’s experiences communicated musically with extraordinary skill and sensitivity.”  Jacquelyn Bartlett, harp, Sheila Browne, viola, and Debra Reuter-Pivetta, flute, provide an evening of exuberant, lush, sensuous music by Villa-Lobos, Brahms and Roussel, assisted by Joseph Genualdi, violin and Evan Richie, cello. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 FEBRUARY

Fletcher Opera Institute: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sung In English

(Fri) February 3, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

(Sun) February 5, 2:00 pm, Stevens Center

(Tue) February 7, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

Music by Otto von Nicolai, Libretto by Hermann Soloman Mosenthal based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, sung in English. Join the Fletcher Opera Institute as they take on Sir John Falstaff and those “original Housewives” of Windsor. James Allbritten, music director; Steven LaCosse, stage director. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 Organ and Trumpet Recital – Dance, Windows and BACH

(Sat) February 4, 7:30 pm, Crawford Hall

Following up on the success of their initial duo recital in 2011, Professors Olsen and Saxton again combine forces to explore the role of dance in music from the Baroque to the 20th century. Also featured will be Czech composer Petr Eben’s monumental work for trumpet and organ, Okna (Windows) based on the stained-glass windows designed by Marc Chagall. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 emerging artist concert: Wind Ensemble Concert

(Sat) February 11, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

The UNCSA Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Michael Dodds presents masterpieces of the wind ensemble repertory. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 music@watson: Clarinet Romantic Masterpieces for Valentine’s Day

(Tue) February 14, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

New clarinet faculty artist Oskar Espina-Ruiz, with guests Benjamin Hochman, piano, and Elizabeth Pacheco Rose, soprano, performs Romantic masterpieces by Schumann, Schubert and Brahms; Saint-Saëns’ Romance; a late Romantic Clarinet Sonata by Argentinean Composer Carlos Guastavino; and a world première for clarinet solo by a UNCSA composition student. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 music@watson: Student Chamber Music Festival Concert

(Wed) February 15, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Student ensembles perform traditional and contemporary chamber works in Watson Chamber Music Hall on the UNCSA campus. The program will feature trios, quartets and will celebrate the student talent of the UNCSA School of Music. Free admission

 Guest Artist Concert: Benjamin Hochman, piano

(Thu) February 16, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Guest pianist Benjamin Hochman explores a variety of character pieces from four centuries. This unique program includes solo piano works by Beethoven, Gyorgy Kurtag, Bartok, Peter Lieberson, and Schumann’s beloved Carnaval. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 emerging artist concert: Young Composer Concert

(Sat) February 18, 2:00 pm, Crawford Hall

The UNCSA Symphony performs a short program of new works by composition students of Lawrence Dillon, Kenneth Frazelle and Michael Rothkopf. The performance will include insights into the creative process, as students describe their compositional decisions and aspirations. James Allbritten will conduct. Admission free

 music@watson: Robin Driscoll Oboe Recital

(Sat) February 18, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Oboe Faculty Robin Driscoll will perform in a recital of oboe favorites.  You will hear the beautifully bold yet introspective Poulenc Oboe Sonata along with many other goodies. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 Submitted by Martha Urbanik, School of Music

AHA! PHYSICAL THEATRE

Aha! Physical Theatre
Presented by Thomas Rowell and Ryan Pater

Sunday Jan 29th 2pm
Catawba Theatre Performance Place UNCSA campus

 Submitted by Susan Mecum on behalf of Thomas Rowell

BANNER FINANCE TRAINING UPDATE

Banner Finance training will be held in the Financial Services conference room on the second Tuesday of every month.  The following topics will be covered:

Morning session:                                             Afternoon session:

  8:00 – 10:00    Budget                                    1:30 – 3:00        Accounting policies & procedures

10:00 – 12:00    Purchasing                              3:00 – 4:00        ePrint 

New users must attend all sessions before getting access to Banner Finance, but existing users may attend any of the sessions as desired.  Class size is limited to six participants with priority given to new users.  Please contact Gary Penrod at 770-3263 or penrodg@uncsa.edu if you have any questions or would like to attend the training.  Thank you.

Submitted by Gary Penrod, Financial Services

FINANCIAL SERVICES NEWS

TIPS FROM AP:  You can reduce the time it takes to get your direct pay processed by adding vendor numbers whenever handy.

JANUARY 2012

 

 Attention:  Accounts Payable is down to one person so we ask for your patience.  Also we will be enforcing the AP Policy (section 3) it states that 7 days be given to process direct pay request, travel reimbursements, petty cash request etc!  Purchase Orders are Net 30 and will be processed accordingly. Finally, please use accountpayable@uncsa.edu for all invoices.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Submitted by Stephen Cochran, Financial Services

 

FORMER CHANCELLOR TO BE FEATURED AT SCREENING OF JOFFREY FILM

Hanesbrands Theatre will present a special screening of JOFFREY: MAVERICKS OF AMERICAN DANCE, at 7:30 p.m. Monday, Jan. 30. The film features an appearance by UNCSA Chancellor Emeritus Alex C. Ewing, Winston-Salem resident and former Joffrey General Director. Mr. Ewing will be present for the screening and will give a short pre-screening introduction to the film. He will also answer any questions and address any comments viewers might have after the screening. UNCSA faculty, staff, and students are being offered a special discounted ticket of $8; regular ticket price is $10. Tickets can be purchased online at www.hanesbrandstheatre.org, by calling the Hanesbrands Theatre box office at 336-747-1414, or by visiting the Hanesbrands Theatre box office in person. The Hanesbrands Theatre is located at 209 North Spruce Street in downtown Winston-Salem. Box Office hours are Noon-6 PM Monday-Friday and one hour prior to show time.

 Submitted by Jim DeCristo, Director of Economic Development and External Affairs

ROOM CHANGE INFORMATION

All students requesting a change of their current room assignment must complete the Room Change Request Form available on the UNCSA website under “Student Information & Forms” (http://www.uncsa.edu/students/forms.htm).  There will be no room changes for the first two weeks of the semester. 

Requests will be processed in order they are received.  Residence Life Programs & Housing will start accepting room change requests on January 16, 2012, but will not assign room changes until the third week of classes.  Students will have the option to accept or decline offers for assignment changes.

Room Change Request Forms will only be accepted from January 16, 2012 to January 20, 2012

 If you have questions, please contact Thomas DiStefano at (336) 734-2910 or distefanot@uncsa.edu.

 Submitted by Thomas DiStefano, College Life Housing Coordinator

   

RESIDENT ASSISTANT/MANAGER APPLICATIONS

Are you ready to be an RA? Applications are now available in the Residence Life Programs and Housing Office located on the third floor of the Hanes Student Commons building near the Pickle Jar. Applications are due by January 20^th at 3:00 pm.

RA information tables will be in front of the Dining Hall on January 13^th, 16^th, and 18^th from noon-2pm.

RA question and answer sessions in the Fishbowl (Room 301 in the Hanes Student Commons) on January 15^th and January 18^th from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm.

If you have questions, please contact Thomas DiStefano at (336) 734-2910 or distefanot@uncsa.edu.

Submitted by Thomas DiStefano, College Life Housing Coordinator

SAVE THE DATE SAT. JAN. 21 DRAMA CABARET

SAVE THE DATE!!!!

Sat. Jan. 21, 2012 @ 8 PM

The Thrust Theatre, Performance Place

UNCSA

 The School of Drama college graduating class of 2012 presents

“A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, A CABARET OF SONGS FROM SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES!”

Reservations are not necessary. Tickets sold at the door prior to performance.

View flier at: http://news.uncsa.edu/files/NIGHTATTHEMOVIES.jpg

Submitted by Mary Jane Degnan, School of Drama

STUDENT TRANSPORTATION CHANGES, SCHEDULES, AND PTI SHUTTLES

Due to popular demand:

Starting, Saturday January 21, Student Transportation will no longer be doing the Saturday Hanes Mall run, but instead will be replacing it with the K*Vegas Shopping Center run.  Therefore this Saturday 14 January will be the last Saturday Hanes Mall trip.

We have also added to our Thruway trip:  Cloverdale Shopping Center with Dollar Tree, Harris Teeter, Panera Bread, CVS, Mario Pizza, ACE Hardware, a Chinese Restaurant AND MORE.

Student Transportation Weekly Bus Schedule

All trips leave from  Performance Place/Watson Circle

Sundays: Thruway Center & Whole Foods

Harris Teeter grocery store, Rite Aid Pharmacy, Talbots,   Steinmart, CHICO’s, Juice Shop, McDonald’s, Fed-Ex Office,  Ichiban, Moe’s Southwest Grill and more…Whole Foods is an organic supermarket.

we also now go to Cloverdale Shopping Center, with Dollar Tree, Harris Teeter, Panera Bread, CVS, Mario Pizza, ACE Hardware, a Chinese Restaurant AND MORE.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 2 p.m.

Leaves Thruway at 4 p.m.

Leaves Whole Foods at 4:10 p.m.

 Tuesdays: K’Vegas Shopping Center

Kernersville is the home of Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Staples, Food Lion, Cato’s, Rue 21, Maurice, Rugged Warehouse, Hallmark, Sally’s, Super cuts, Great Clips, NY Nails, Dollar General,  shoe show, Rackroom Shoes, Payless Shoes, Starbucks, Terry’s Deli (Home of the Fried Pickle), Panera Bread, Chic-Fila, The Loop, Cookout’s (Dine In) and more.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 pm

Leaves Food Lion at 8:20 pm

Leaves Target at 8:25 pm

Leaves Wal-Mart 8:30 pm

 Wednesdays: Hanes Mall

Sears, JC Penney, Belk, Hecht’s, Dillard’s Old Navy, the Gap, Abercrombie, … and more,

Food Court, TGI Friday’s, Ruby Tuesday, & Olive Garden.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 (one trip)

Leaves the mall at 8:30 pm

 Fridays: Carmike Wynnsong 12 – Cinemas

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 pm

Leaves Carmike Wynnsong at 9:40 pm

 Saturdays: K*VEGAS SHOPPING CENTER

Same great places as Tuesday

Bus leaves UNCSA at 12:30 pm

Leaves Food Lion at 2:30 pm

Leaves Target at 2:35 pm

Leaves Wal-Mart 2:40 pm

NOTE: BUSES WILL LEAVE ON TIME!

If you are not at the designated point when the bus is scheduled to leave, you will have to call a cab and pay for your own ride back to campus.

Return times may be adjusted to accommodate other transportations.

Passengers will be consulted and informed as needed.

For more information, contact Sherri Campbell or Lisa Lambert at 770-1476 or email to campbells@uncsa.edu or lambertl@uncsa.edu

 SPRING BREAK PTI AIRPORT SHUTTLE

Bus leaves Performance Place Circle at Watson Hall

Friday 2 March 2012 noon, 3 and 6 pm

Saturday 3 March 2012 8:00 am, 10 am and noon

 Pick up FROM GSO PTI AIRPORT

DOWNSTAIRS BAGGAGE CLAIM

Sunday 11 March 2012 noon, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 pm

There will not be any Scheduled PTI Shuttles for the end of the year. If you need assistance, please call our office one week in advance and we can discuss options.

Submitted by Sherri Campbell, Transportation Scheduling Coordinator

UNCSA FOOD DRIVE –HELP NEEDED

Residence Life is beginning to organize the most AMAZING Food Drop Ever!  A Food Drop is where we will have a big event for one particular day and collect as many pounds of food as possible to donate to a local food bank!  The Date of our Food Drop is going to be Saturday, March 24, 2012.   Winston-Salem, NC was on the Dr. Oz Show back in late November as the Number 1 City in the United States that has the most hungry children and families!!   This is what they call The New Face of Hunger (Please note that Greensboro, NC made that list at Number 17).   So as you can see, there is an IMMEDIATE NEED for food for children and families in our community (done by the US Government).    We need as many volunteers as possible!!  The Food Drive Committee will help us with various aspects so if you are interested please email FOODDRIVE@UNCSA.EDU!!!  Here’s to an amazing Food Drive!!   ***Please contact Leah Dula Brown as soon as possible.****

Thank you and have a fantastic day!

Submitted by Leah Dula Brown, High School Residence Life

UNCSA FOOD DRIVE TALENT SHOWCASE AUDITIONS

In conjunction with the UNCSA Food Drive, Residence Life and Student Success will be hosting a Talent Showcase on Friday, March 23.  Attendance will be open to all of Forsyth County.  We need performers!  All faculty, staff, students, and alumni are welcome to audition to be in the Talent Showcase.  Auditions will be held Sunday, February 19, from 2:00-5:00 p.m. in Eisenberg.  Acts should be family-friendly, and be no longer than 6-8 minutes.  To sign up for an audition time, please e-mail Ashley Weets at weetsa@uncsa.edu by February 15, 2012. 

Submitted by Ashley Weets, College Residence Life

DAVID MCCULLOUGH DISCOUNT

To UNCSA Faculty, Staff and Students

 Guilford College and the Bryan Series present David McCullough, Tuesday, February 28^th at 7:30 PM at Reynolds Auditorium. David McCullough is an American author, narrator, historian, and lecturer. He is a two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award and a recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States’ highest civilian award.

 Tickets in the $30 zone are available for $15 to the UNCSA community; faculty, staff and students.  Please call the UNCSA Box Office at 721-1945 to purchase tickets.

 Submitted by Kay Bosworth, Stevens Center

SAM’S CLUB MEMBERSHIP PROMOTION FOR ALL STAFF

A Sam’s Club representative will be at the Hanes Commons Building on Friday, January 31st, 2012 from 12:30PM to 2:00PM issuing free gift cards up to $25.00 depending on which level of membership is chosen. The gift cards may be used for future purchases at Wal-Mart or Sam’s Club locations. We will be serving light refreshments at the membership drive.

Flier available for viewing at: http://news.uncsa.edu/files/UniversityofNorthCarolinaSchoolofTheArts43012.pdf

Submitted by Keyona McNeill, Human Resources

SCREENING THROUGH THE FORSYTH COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENT

The Forsyth County Health Department and Student Health Services are collaboratively offering free STD screenings for students, faculty and staff. These screenings are free and completely confidential.  Screenings are available on a walk-in basis from noon to 1pm the 1^st and 3^rd Thursdays of the month in Student Health.  Screenings are currently scheduled for 2/2/12, 2/16/12, 3/1/12, and 3/15/12. 

Questions? Call 770-3288.

Submitted by Ann Potter, Director of Student Health Services

UNCSA PLANSMART INVITATION

retirewise^® E-mail Invitation to seminar

Subject: Register now for a new retirement education workshop

As you look forward to retirement, you may have questions about your financial security:

• Am I saving enough?
• How will I pay for retirement healthcare expenses?
• How will I generate enough income during retirement?
• What options are available if my retirement income falls short?

 Introducing the retirewise^â workshop series!  Register today:   Click Here To Register *

Building the retirement you’ve always dreamed of shouldn’t be a mystery—retirewise^® can help.  As a part of the MetLife PlanSmart^SM Financial Education Series, these workshops — and an optional one-on-one consultation—will present a holistic view of key retirement issues. You can:

• Attend a four-part complimentary workshop series
• Receive a comprehensive resource guide
• Schedule an optional one-on-one consultation with a local MetLife retirewise representative

To learn more about these workshops, view an interactive presentation.

Simply choose from the following options to get information or to enroll

•  Click Here To Register *
• Call 866-801-3547
• Download, print and fax registration info to: 877-267-5582

 [ATTACH FLYER WITH REGISTRATION FOR FAXING]

*If you are prompted to enter your employer’s name, please enter it as shown here:  UNCSA

Flier available for viewing at: http://news.uncsa.edu/files/UNCSAPlanSmart.pdf 

Submitted by Keyona McNeill, Human Resources

COMMUNITY MUSIC SPRING SEMESTER

The Community Music School is now registering students for the Spring 2012 Semester, which will begin on January 30.

 Conveniently located downtown in the Stevens Center, Community Music offers lessons and classes for people of all ages. The Musikgarten curriculum is available for young children, and we offer private lessons in all orchestral instruments (string, brass, woodwind, percussion) as well as voice, piano, organ, keyboard, guitar (classical, acoustic, electric) and Latin drumming.

 Discounts available for seniors 60 and over, and registration and administrative fees are waived for UNCSA families.

 Please call us at 734-2950 or visit our website for more information on how to register: www.uncsa.edu/communitymusic

Please “like” us on Facebook (Community Music School of UNC School of the Arts) and follow us on Twitter (UNCSA Comm Music).

Submitted by Jennifer Alexandra Johnston, Director, Community Music School of UNCSA

FROZEARTS 2012

Friday January 27:  “The Incredibles” Eisenberg

Doors open at 8am, Showtime 8:30pm

Dessert Buffet

 Friday January 27: Midnight Madness Eisenberg

12am-4am

Games, PS3, Movies, Arts and Crafts, and a Taco Bar

College Only

 Saturday January 28: UNCSA Skate Night

10:30pm-12:30am

LJVM Coliseum

Buses leaving at 10pm from PPlace

 Submitted by Abby Coleman, Student Success Coordinator

SCHOOL OF MUSIC NEWS & EVENTS

Faculty News

Piano faculty Dmitri Shteinberg will perform at the UNC Charlotte Chamber Music Festival January 20-22.

 Student News

The Phoenix Chamber Players toured in Ohio in mid-January. The touring group included Shane Barker (G1 viola student of Sheila Browne), Michael King (G1 cello student of Brooks Whitehouse), and Katrina Gingerich (G1 piano student of Allison Gagnon). Their touring program included sonatas by Brahms and Prokofiev, Beethoven’s Eyeglasses Duo, and Brahms Trio op. 114. Performance venues included Cedarville University (Katrina’s alma mater), Rosedale Bible College, and the Emeritus and Brookside retirement facilities. The Chamber Players will add violinist Bennett Astrove (G1) this spring, as they prepare a new program focusing on Fauré’s  C-minor Piano Quartet.

 Julian Rose won 1st Prize at the Flute Society of Kentucky’s Young Artist Competition January 13.  This is a national competition open to young adults up to age 30.  He is a student of Dr. Tadeu Coelho.

 

Upcoming Performances

 music@watson: Paul Sharpe Bass Recital

(Sat) January 21, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Paul Sharpe will be joined by Allison Gagnon in a recital that includes the exceptional Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by Frantisek Hertl; a work written recently for Mr. Sharpe by North Carolinian composer John Allemeier called Night Music; John Deak’s dramatic and hilarious theatre piece, B.B. Wolf; and Evan Chambers’ Fisherstreet Duo with violist Sheila Browne. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 emerging artist concert: Nine Premieres

(Tue) January 24, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall
New music by composers Michael Anderson, Noah Ferguson, Kenneth Florence, Lucas Grant, Colin Laursen, Ted Oliver, Zachary Polozune, Bruce Tippette and  Alicia Willard, performed by their  peers.  Free admission

 music@watson: Mozart Birthday Concert

(Sat) January 28, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Since 1978, the Annual Mozart Birthday Concert has been among the most popular events of UNCSA’s offerings. School of Music Artist Faculty come together in a program of chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in celebration of his 256th birthday. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 music@watson: January 31: Fire Pink Trio

(Tue) January 31, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Classical Voice of North Carolina hailed Fire Pink Trio with their recent Raleigh, NC concert as being “filled with life’s experiences communicated musically with extraordinary skill and sensitivity.”  Jacquelyn Bartlett, harp, Sheila Browne, viola, and Debra Reuter-Pivetta, flute, provide an evening of exuberant, lush, sensuous music by Villa-Lobos, Brahms and Roussel, assisted by Joseph Genualdi, violin and Evan Richie, cello. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 FEBRUARY

 FleTcher Opera Institute: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sung In English

(Fri) February 3, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

(Sun) February 5, 2:00 pm, Stevens Center

(Tue) February 7, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

Music by Otto von Nicolai, Libretto by Hermann Soloman Mosenthal based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, sung in English. Join the Fletcher Opera Institute as they take on Sir John Falstaff and those “original Housewives” of Windsor. James Allbritten, music director; Steven LaCosse, stage director. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 Organ and Trumpet Recital – Dance, Windows and BACH

(Sat) February 4, 7:30 pm, Crawford Hall

Following up on the success of their initial duo recital in 2011, Professors Olsen and Saxton again combine forces to explore the role of dance in music from the Baroque to the 20th century. Also featured will be Czech composer Petr Eben’s monumental work for trumpet and organ, Okna (Windows) based on the stained-glass windows designed by Marc Chagall. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 emerging artist concert: Wind Ensemble Concert

(Sat) February 11, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

The UNCSA Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Michael Dodds presents masterpieces of the wind ensemble repertory. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 music@watson: Clarinet Romantic Masterpieces for Valentine’s Day

(Tue) February 14, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

New clarinet faculty artist Oskar Espina-Ruiz, with guests Benjamin Hochman, piano, and Elizabeth Pacheco Rose, soprano, performs Romantic masterpieces by Schumann, Schubert and Brahms; Saint-Saëns’ Romance; a late Romantic Clarinet Sonata by Argentinean Composer Carlos Guastavino; and a world première for clarinet solo by a UNCSA composition student. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 music@watson: Student Chamber Music Festival Concert

(Wed) February 15, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Student ensembles perform traditional and contemporary chamber works in Watson Chamber Music Hall on the UNCSA campus. The program will feature trios, quartets and will celebrate the student talent of the UNCSA School of Music. Free admission

 Guest Artist Concert: Benjamin Hochman, piano

(Thu) February 16, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Guest pianist Benjamin Hochman explores a variety of character pieces from four centuries. This unique program includes solo piano works by Beethoven, Gyorgy Kurtag, Bartok, Peter Lieberson, and Schumann’s beloved Carnaval. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 Submitted by Martha Urbanik, School of Music

ZUMBA ON THURSDAYS!

Dance yourself into shape!

 By popular demand ZUMBA will also be offered on Thursday afternoons at 5:15pm – 6:00pm, starting on Thursday, January 26. This class is in addition to the Tuesday and Friday classes from 12:30pm – 1:15pm in the UNCSA Fitness Center.

 Non members of the UNCSA Fitness Center are welcome to join the class and the class is FREE of charge! Zumba is the Latin-inspired, easy to follow, calorie-burning, dance fitness party! Instructed by Edwin Martinat.

 Please contact Edwin Martinat (336) 734-2941 or martinate@uncsa.edu for more details.

 Submitted by Edwin H. Martinat III, High School Events Coordinator

U.S. POSTAL SERVICE PRICE CHANGES SET FOR JANUARY 22, 2012

Price changes for retail customers include the following:

• First-Class Mail letters (1 oz.) increases to 45 cents.
• First-Class Mail letters (2 oz.) is also 45 cents.
• First-Class Mail additional ounces remain unchanged to 20 cents.
• Postcards postage will increase to 32 cents.
• Letters to Canada or Mexico (1 oz.) increase to 85 cents.
• Letters (1 oz.) to all other international destinations will increase to $1.05

Prices will also change for other mailing services, including Express Mail, Priority, all First Class services, Package services and Extra services such as Parcel Post, Media Mail, Library Rates, Certified and Insured, etc. Detailed pricing information is available online at https://www.usps.com/new-prices.htm

The Postal Service will be introducing new packaging products to help lower costs. A New Flat Rate Express Box for $39.95 with a 20 lb. limit will be available soon. In addition to 2 new products introduced last year, Region A box and Region B box, the Postal Service will be offering a Region C box. Please ask about these new products when you visit the Mail Center.

Submitted by Elizabeth Spruill, Mail Center Manager

BANNER FINANCE TRAINING UPDATE

Banner Finance training will be held in the Financial Services conference room on the second Tuesday of every month.  The following topics will be covered:

Morning session:                                             Afternoon session:

  8:00 – 10:00    Budget                                    1:30 – 3:00        Accounting policies & procedures

10:00 – 12:00    Purchasing                              3:00 – 4:00        ePrint

New users must attend all sessions before getting access to Banner Finance, but existing users may attend any of the sessions as desired.  Class size is limited to six participants with priority given to new users.  Please contact Gary Penrod at 770-3263 or penrodg@uncsa.edu if you have any questions or would like to attend the training.  Thank you.

Submitted by Gary Penrod, Financial Services

FINANCIAL SERVICES NEWS

TIPS FROM AP:  You can reduce the time it takes to get your direct pay processed by adding vendor numbers whenever handy.

JANUARY 2012

Attention:  Accounts Payable is down to one person so we ask for your patience.  Also we will be enforcing the AP Policy (section 3) it states that 7 days be given to process direct pay request, travel reimbursements, petty cash request etc!  Purchase Orders are Net 30 and will be processed accordingly. Finally, please use accountpayable@uncsa.edu for all invoices.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

 Submitted by Stephen Cochran, Financial Services

FROM HUMAN RESOURCES:  DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. PROCLAMATION

The Governor of North Carolina has proclaimed January 16, 2012, as “Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day” in North Carolina and urges all citizens to commend its observance by remembering and celebrating the life of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., whose noble pursuit of equality and civil rights for all Americans helped shaped the nation. 

The proclamation may be viewed by accessing the following link: http://news.uncsa.edu/files/MLKJrDayProclamation2012.pdf 

Submitted by Susan Porter, Interim Director of Human Resources

   

ROOM CHANGE INFORMATION

All students requesting a change of their current room assignment must complete the Room Change Request Form available on the UNCSA website under “Student Information & Forms” (http://www.uncsa.edu/students/forms.htm).  There will be no room changes for the first two weeks of the semester. 

Requests will be processed in order they are received.  Residence Life Programs & Housing will start accepting room change requests on January 16, 2012, but will not assign room changes until the third week of classes.  Students will have the option to accept or decline offers for assignment changes.

Room Change Request Forms will only be accepted from January 16, 2012 to January 20, 2012

 If you have questions, please contact Thomas DiStefano at (336) 734-2910 or distefanot@uncsa.edu.

 Submitted by Thomas DiStefano, College Life Housing Coordinator

  

RESIDENT ASSISTANT/MANAGER APPLICATIONS

Are you ready to be an RA? Applications are now available in the Residence Life Programs and Housing Office located on the third floor of the Hanes Student Commons building near the Pickle Jar. Applications are due by January 20^th at 3:00 pm.

RA information tables will be in front of the Dining Hall on January 13^th, 16^th, and 18^th from noon-2pm.

RA question and answer sessions in the Fishbowl (Room 301 in the Hanes Student Commons) on January 15^th and January 18^th from 6:30 pm – 7:30 pm.

If you have questions, please contact Thomas DiStefano at (336) 734-2910 or distefanot@uncsa.edu.

Submitted by Thomas DiStefano, College Life Housing Coordinator

MLK, JR. CELEBRATION

Monday, Jan. 16^th students of the School of Drama invite you to attend a Martin Luther King, Jr.

celebration performance.  2 pm in the Catawba Theatre, Performance Place.

Submitted by Mary Jane Degnan, School of Drama

SAVE THE DATE SAT. JAN. 21 DRAMA CABARET

SAVE THE DATE!!!!

Sat. Jan. 21, 2012 @ 8 PM

The Thrust Theatre, Performance Place

UNCSA 

 The School of Drama college graduating class of 2012 presents

“A NIGHT AT THE MOVIES, A CABARET OF SONGS FROM SOME OF YOUR FAVORITE MOVIES!”

Reservations are not necessary. Tickets sold at the door prior to performance.

View flier at: http://news.uncsa.edu/files/NIGHTATTHEMOVIES.jpg

Submitted by Mary Jane Degnan, School of Drama

CAREER DEVELOPMENT GRANT APPLICATION NOW AVAILABLE

Dear Students,

If you are interested in applying for funding for a career enhancing project, UNCSA offers funding through the Career Development Grant Program. The Career Development Grant Application for Spring 2012, Round 1 is available online. Applications and guideline are available at:http://www.uncsa.edu/careerservices/Career%20Development%20Grant%202012%20Application.pdf

If you have questions about the eligibility of your project, consult the faculty advisor in your school. Advisors are listed on the application.

Submitted by Joe Mount, Director of Outreach

STUDENT TRANSPORTATION CHANGES, SCHEDULES, AND PTI SHUTTLES

Due to popular demand:

Starting, Saturday January 21, Student Transportation will no longer be doing the Saturday Hanes Mall run, but instead will be replacing it with the K*Vegas Shopping Center run.  Therefore this Saturday 14 January will be the last Saturday Hanes Mall trip.

We have also added to our Thruway trip:  Cloverdale Shopping Center with Dollar Tree, Harris Teeter, Panera Bread, CVS, Mario Pizza, ACE Hardware, a Chinese Restaurant AND MORE.

Student Transportation Weekly Bus Schedule

All trips leave from  Performance Place/Watson Circle

Sundays: Thruway Center & Whole Foods

Harris Teeter grocery store, Rite Aid Pharmacy, Talbots,   Steinmart, CHICO’s, Juice Shop, McDonald’s, Fed-Ex Office,  Ichiban, Moe’s Southwest Grill and more…Whole Foods is an organic supermarket.

we also now go to Cloverdale Shopping Center, with Dollar Tree, Harris Teeter, Panera Bread, CVS, Mario Pizza, ACE Hardware, a Chinese Restaurant AND MORE.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 2 p.m.

Leaves Thruway at 4 p.m.

Leaves Whole Foods at 4:10 p.m.

 Tuesdays: K’Vegas Shopping Center

Kernersville is the home of Wal-Mart, Target, Kohl’s, Lowe’s Home Improvement, Staples, Food Lion, Cato’s, Rue 21, Maurice, Rugged Warehouse, Hallmark, Sally’s, Super cuts, Great Clips, NY Nails, Dollar General,  shoe show, Rackroom Shoes, Payless Shoes, Starbucks, Terry’s Deli (Home of the Fried Pickle), Panera Bread, Chic-Fila, The Loop, Cookout’s (Dine In) and more.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 pm

Leaves Food Lion at 8:20 pm

Leaves Target at 8:25 pm

Leaves Wal-Mart 8:30 pm

 Wednesdays: Hanes Mall

Sears, JC Penney, Belk, Hecht’s, Dillard’s Old Navy, the Gap, Abercrombie, … and more,

Food Court, TGI Friday’s, Ruby Tuesday, & Olive Garden.

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 (one trip)

Leaves the mall at 8:30 pm

 Fridays: Carmike Wynnsong 12 – Cinemas

Bus leaves UNCSA at 6:30 pm

Leaves Carmike Wynnsong at 9:40 pm

 Saturdays: K*VEGAS SHOPPING CENTER

Same great places as Tuesday

Bus leaves UNCSA at 12:30 pm

Leaves Food Lion at 2:30 pm

Leaves Target at 2:35 pm

Leaves Wal-Mart 2:40 pm

NOTE: BUSES WILL LEAVE ON TIME!

If you are not at the designated point when the bus is scheduled to leave, you will have to call a cab and pay for your own ride back to campus. 

Return times may be adjusted to accommodate other transportations.

Passengers will be consulted and informed as needed. 

For more information, contact Sherri Campbell or Lisa Lambert at 770-1476 or email to campbells@uncsa.edu or lambertl@uncsa.edu 

 SPRING BREAK PTI AIRPORT SHUTTLE

Bus leaves Performance Place Circle at Watson Hall

Friday 2 March 2012 noon, 3 and 6 pm

Saturday 3 March 2012 8:00 am, 10 am and noon

 Pick up FROM GSO PTI AIRPORT

DOWNSTAIRS BAGGAGE CLAIM

Sunday 11 March 2012 noon, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 pm

There will not be any Scheduled PTI Shuttles for the end of the year. If you need assistance, please call our office one week in advance and we can discuss options.

Submitted by Sherri Campbell, Transportation Scheduling Coordinator

UPDATES FROM HUMAN RESOURCES

A Good Start to the New Year

Make sure you…

• Check Your Pay Stub. Review the deductions on your January paystub OR through your online enrollment system to ensure your 2011 elections are correct. Your FSA deduction is based on your annual election.

• Visit our website at www.ncflex.org – View the list of eligible and ineligible over-the-counter (OTC) items for FSA.

• Ask your doctor for a prescription for any OTC drugs you may need throughout the year. Many over-the-counter (OTC) medications, vitamins and supplements now require a prescription to be eligible for reimbursement. For those OTCs that require a prescription, you must pay out-of-pocket and submit the prescription and receipt for reimbursement.

o Note: Convenience Cards can no longer be used to purchase OTC drugs, which require a prescription, effective January 1, 2011.

Reminders…

• Submit 2011 FSA expenses by April 30, 2012… for reimbursement of eligible expenses.

Expenses must be incurred by March 15, 2012

• Print Your Dental and Vision ID Cards Online. If you participate in NCFlex Dental and/or Vision Plans, you may print your ID cards directly from the vendors’ websites. (www.unitedconcordia.com and www.superiorvision.com)

• Request Your NCFlex Convenience Cards. If you need additional cards for family members, call 1-866-916-3475

o Note: Convenience Cards can no longer be used for Dependent Day Care expenses.

Submitted by Keyona McNeill, Human Resources

UNCSA STAFF COUNCIL MEETING

NEXT THURSDAY, January 19, 2012 11:00am – 12:00pm in the Eisenberg Social Hall, Hanes Commons

All staff employees (SPA and EPA-NT) are welcome to attend.

If you have business, concerns or ideas for Staff Council, please direct them to your District Representative or Alternate prior to the next meeting to be placed on the agenda.

The mission of the Staff Council is to foster a positive and respectful working environment by advocating for the interests and concerns of each staff member.

For general information, please visit the Staff Council web page at http://www.uncsa.edu/administration/staffcouncil.htm

Submitted by Erik J. Salzwedel, Secretary, Staff Council

TRAFFIC SAFETY INITIATIVE

UNCSA Police have received numerous complaints about traffic problems on and around campus. We had a traffic study conducted on Sunnyside Avenue which verified the speeding problems reported to us by UNCSA faculty and staff. The traffic study indicated that vehicles are traveling as fast as 70 MPH on that roadway. Additionally, we observed major problems with vehicles coming to a complete stop at the intersection of Haled St. and Sunnyside Ave., as well as, the intersection of Chapel St. and Ehle Dr.  Drivers that exceed the speed limit and/or fail to stop at these and other intersections endanger the safety of the UNCSA community.    

 We have already worked with the City to add marked crosswalks at locations identified as heavily traveled pedestrian pathways. Next our officers will engage in a targeted traffic enforcement effort to reduce identified problems. They will be focused on vehicular speeding, disregarding stop signs, driving in an unsafe manner, distracted driving, and any other violations that put that driver, other drivers or pedestrians “at risk.”    

 If you see our officers engaged in these enforcement activities, please remember we are taking these measures based on specific complaints, the traffic study data, and our own extended observations.  Officers will still be available to respond to calls for service in a timely manner and conduct safety checks throughout the campus.  

Submitted by Chief Cheesebro, Police and Public Safety

WONDERFUL WEDNESDAY BUFFET

Happy New Year!  Don’t miss the first Wednesday Buffet of 2012

Jan 18th:  Wonderful Wednesday Buffet

 When:  Wednesday Jan 18th  11:30am to 1:30pm

Where:  Pickle Jar Dining area

What:  Caesar Salad
Fresh cut fruit
Spinach Dip with Pita Chips

Grilled Salmon
Steamed asparagus
Rolls and Butter

New York Cheesecake other
upscale desserts

$8.50 plus tax we take cash,credit card, pickle dollars, bonus bucks
Come sample an upscale menu in a different environment.  We look forward to seeing you!

Submitted by Heather Pinks Director of Dining Services

COMMUNITY MUSIC SPRING SEMESTER

The Community Music School is now registering students for the Spring 2012 Semester, which will begin on January 30.

Conveniently located downtown in the Stevens Center, Community Music offers lessons and classes for people of all ages. The Musikgarten curriculum is available for young children, and we offer private lessons in all orchestral instruments (string, brass, woodwind, percussion) as well as voice, piano, organ, keyboard, guitar (classical, acoustic, electric) and Latin drumming.

Discounts available for seniors 60 and over, and registration and administrative fees are waived for UNCSA families.

Please call us at 734-2950 or visit our website for more information on how to register: www.uncsa.edu/communitymusic

Please “like” us on Facebook (Community Music School of UNC School of the Arts) and follow us on Twitter (UNCSA Comm Music).

Submitted by Jennifer Alexandra Johnston, Director, Community Music School of UNCSA

UNCSA FOOD DRIVE –HELP NEEDED

Residence Life is beginning to organize the most AMAZING Food Drop Ever!  A Food Drop is where we will have a big event for one particular day and collect as many pounds of food as possible to donate to a local food bank!  The Date of our Food Drop is going to be Saturday, March 24, 2012.   Winston-Salem, NC was on the Dr. Oz Show back in late November as the Number 1 City in the United States that has the most hungry children and families!!   This is what they call The New Face of Hunger (Please note that Greensboro, NC made that list at Number 17).   So as you can see, there is an IMMEDIATE NEED for food for children and families in our community (done by the US Government).    We need as many volunteers as possible!!  The Food Drive Committee will help us with various aspects so fi you are interested please email BROWNL@UNCSA.EDU!!!  Here’s to an amazing Food Drive!!   ***Please contact Leah Dula Brown as soon as possible.****

Thank you and have a fantastic day!

Submitted by Leah Dula Brown, High School Residence Life

SCHOOL OF MUSIC NEWS & EVENTS

On Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7:30 PM, UNCSA will present “A Violin Celebration,” a production of 10 violinists in solo and collaborative performances of contemporary works. Violinist Carolyn Stuart joins her current and former students, including two now at UNCSA, Bennett Astrove and Kaitlin Moreno, as well as those now studying at the University of South Florida and Boston University. The group will perform “Gran Turismo” for 8 violins by Andrew Norman, and a premiere transcription of “Radiance” for 6 violins by Robert Helps. Also featured are solo works by Augusta Read Thomas, Grażyna Bacewicz, and Marin Goleminov as well as works for singing violinists by Nick Williams and Louis Andriessen. The concert will be held in Watson Hall and admission is free.

A guest artist clarinet and piano recital will be held on Saturday, January 14 at 7:30 p.m. in Watson Hall.  Michael Rowlett, clarinet, and Amanda Johnston, pianist, will present an eclectic program of music for clarinet and piano, including Kenins (Divertimento), Penderecki (Three Miniatures), Friedman (world premiere of his clarinet sonata), Reich (New York Counterpoint for clarinet solo and recording), Singer (Nocturne) and Poulenc (Sonata).  Both artists are currently faculty members at the University of Mississippi; Ms. Johnston has just had published by Scarecrow Press her comparative guide to English and German Diction for singers.  Admission to the recital is free.

 For more information on the master class to be given by Prof. Rowlett this weekend, please contact Oskar Espina-Ruiz at espina-ruizo@uncsa.edu. For more information on Prof. Johnston’s visit, please contact Allison Gagnon at gagnona@uncsa.edu.

Please join the brass faculty for the 2012 UNCSA ITG Clifford Lillya Brass Symposium this Sunday and Monday, January 15-16 for two days of  Brass events at the School of Music that are free and open to the public.  For the last 10 years, the brass faculty – Judith Saxton, David Jolley, John Ilika and Matt Ransom – have offered a brass symposium as a signature recruiting event; this year, they have combined with the Piedmont area chapter of the International Trumpet Guild to bring in 19 guest artists to celebrate all things  brass and honor Clifford Lillya, the longtime University of Michigan trumpet professor who has donated his trumpet  library for Judith Saxton’s use with her students.  

Guest artists will include the US Army Old Guard Fife and Drum Corps Bugle section for a 3:00 p.m. concert on Sunday in Watson Hall, and the Southeast Chamber Brass Quintet for a 10:00 a.m. concert and clinic on Monday in Crawford Hall.  The UNCSA Brass Quintet will offer a concert Sunday evening at 7:30 p.m. in Watson Hall, and the final gala concert on Monday, January 16 will occur at 4:00 p.m. in Crawford Hall featuring UNCSA Professor of Organ Dr. Timothy Olsen on a number of pieces for brass and organ, as well as all participants in trumpet and brass ensembles. Come and bring your instruments!  Conn Selmer, Separk, Jacksons Music, and Waterton Music will be exhibitors these two days.  Please go to uncsabrass.com for all information and register at music@uncsa.edu. Onsite registration will also be available.

Faculty News

NPR’s “Classical Lost and Found” named Lawrence Dillon’s Insects and Paper Airplanes, a recording released on the Bridge label, “Audiophile Best Find of 2011.”  The Italian journal Pecorsi Musicali wrote, “Among the best string quartets of the new generation of American composers are surely those of Lawrence Dillon…His particular strength resides in evoking, all together, those most disparate sensations of humanity, from melancholy to yearning, from diversion to an ecstatic serenity, from the mysterious to fear.”

 Student News

Colin Laursen (HS12) won the 2012 Durham Symphony Concerto Competition and will play the first movement of Tchaikovsky’s Violin Concerto with the orchestra in March.

UNCSA students have been selected as finalists for the Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra Youth Concerto Competition. Maura Shawn Scanlin (HS12), a violin student of Sarah Johnson, and Ross Roberts (HS11), a bassoon student of Saxton Rose, will compete with six other young instrumentalists in the finals February 4.

The UNCSA Saxophone Quartet – Nick Statzer (G2), Shawna Pennock (G1), Chris Cline (G2), and Shane Rathburn (C3) travels to Clinton, Mississippi this weekend, where they will participate in the Southern divisional round of the MTNA Chamber Music Competition. This past Sunday the quartet performed on the Shallowford Presbyterian Church concert series in Clemmons.

 Upcoming Performances

music@watson: Paul Sharpe Bass Recital

(Sat) January 21, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Paul Sharpe will be joined by Allison Gagnon in a recital that includes the exceptional Sonata for Double Bass and Piano by Frantisek Hertl; a work written recently for Mr. Sharpe by North Carolinian composer John Allemeier called Night Music; John Deak’s dramatic and hilarious theatre piece, B.B. Wolf; and Evan Chambers’ Fisherstreet Duo with violist Sheila Browne. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 emerging artist concert: Student Composers Concert

(Tue) January 24, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

New music by students of Lawrence Dillon, Kenneth Frazelle, and Michael Rothkopf, performed by their peers. Free admission

 music@watson: Mozart Birthday Concert

(Sat) January 28, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Since 1978, the Annual Mozart Birthday Concert has been among the most popular events of UNCSA’s offerings. School of Music Artist Faculty come together in a program of chamber music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart in celebration of his 256th birthday. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 music@watson: January 31: Fire Pink Trio

(Tue) January 31, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Classical Voice of North Carolina hailed Fire Pink Trio with their recent Raleigh, NC concert as being “filled with life’s experiences communicated musically with extraordinary skill and sensitivity.”  Jacquelyn Bartlett, harp, Sheila Browne, viola, and Debra Reuter-Pivetta, flute, provide an evening of exuberant, lush, sensuous music by Villa-Lobos, Brahms and Roussel, assisted by Joseph Genualdi, violin and Evan Richie, cello. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

Fletcher Opera Institute: The Merry Wives of Windsor, Sung In English

(Fri) February 3, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

(Sun) February 5, 2:00 pm, Stevens Center

(Tue) February 7, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

Music by Otto von Nicolai, Libretto by Hermann Soloman Mosenthal based on Shakespeare’s The Merry Wives of Windsor, sung in English. Join the Fletcher Opera Institute as they take on Sir John Falstaff and those “original Housewives” of Windsor. James Allbritten, music director; Steven LaCosse, stage director. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 Organ and Trumpet Recital – Dance, Windows and BACH

(Sat) February 4, 7:30 pm, Crawford Hall

Following up on the success of their initial duo recital in 2011, Professors Olsen and Saxton again combine forces to explore the role of dance in music from the Baroque to the 20th century. Also featured will be Czech composer Petr Eben’s monumental work for trumpet and organ, Okna (Windows) based on the stained-glass windows designed by Marc Chagall. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 emerging artist concert: Wind Ensemble Concert

(Sat) February 11, 7:30 pm, Stevens Center

The UNCSA Wind Ensemble under the direction of Dr. Michael Dodds presents masterpieces of the wind ensemble repertory. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 music@watson: Clarinet Romantic Masterpieces for Valentine’s Day

(Tue) February 14, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

New clarinet faculty artist Oskar Espina-Ruiz, with guests Benjamin Hochman, piano, and Elizabeth Pacheco Rose, soprano, performs Romantic masterpieces by Schumann, Schubert and Brahms; Saint-Saëns’ Romance; a late Romantic Clarinet Sonata by Argentinean Composer Carlos Guastavino; and a world première for clarinet solo by a UNCSA composition student. $15 adults / $13 seniors and students

 music@watson: Student Chamber Music Festival Concert

(Wed) February 15, 7:30 pm, Watson Chamber Music Hall

Student ensembles perform traditional and contemporary chamber works in Watson Chamber Music Hall on the UNCSA campus. The program will feature trios, quartets and will celebrate the student talent of the UNCSA School of Music. Free admission

 Submitted by Martha Urbanik, School of Music

ADVERSE WEATHER NOTICES

If adverse weather poses a significant safety concern for the campus community, UNCSA officials may decide to close campus, to delay the start of classes and/or the opening of offices, or to cancel productions or events. 

In the case of overnight weather situations, such decisions normally will be made before 6 a.m. and will be posted on the UNCSA home page (www.uncsa.edu), on the recorded greeting at the main phone line (336-770-3399) and sent to CUKES (Campus Updates on Key Emergencies System) subscribers.

You may also find notices of school closings, cancellations or delays at the following local media outlets:

Television: WXII (channel 12/cable 11); WFMY (channel 2/cable 9); WGHP (channel 8/cable 10); WXLV (channel 45/cable 7); and NEWS14 (cable 14).

FM Radio: WFDD (88.5); WMQX (93.1); WGBT (94.5); WQMG (97.1); WOZN (98.7); WMAG (99.5); WVBZ (100.3); WZTK (101.1); WJMH (102.1); WTQR (104.1); WFMX (105.7); WKZL (1

AM Radio: WSJS (600); WPCM (920); WMFR (1230).

Please be aware that notifications are submitted to all of the media outlets mentioned above, but there is no guarantee that they will be posted, or how frequently the postings will be updated. You are encouraged to check frequently for updates.

Students, faculty and staff are encouraged to subscribe to CUKES by visiting https://services.uncsa.edu

Faculty and staff can find the campus policy on adverse weather at http://policy.uncsa.edu/2011/05/23/adverse-weather-policy-101/

Submitted by the Office of Communications & Marketing and the UNCSA Police Department

12:40 YOGA SCHEDULE

The 12:40 yoga class meets every Monday and Thursday from 12:40-1:20 in the Fitness Center. This is a gentle yoga class open to students, faculty, and staff. All levels are invited to come. Mats are provided. Classes are taught by Paige Greason, who is a registered yoga teacher with the Yoga Alliance.

NOTE, we will not meet on MLK day or the following Monday, Jan. 23.  The schedule will resume as normal after the 23.

Submitted by Paige Greason, Counseling & Testing Services

ZUMBA AT UNCSA

Dance yourself into shape!

Zumba is now being offered at the Fitness Center!

Tuesdays and Fridays 12:30pm – 1:15pm. Starting Tuesday, January 17, 2012

Zumba is the Latin-inspired, easy to follow, calorie-burning, dance fitness party! Instructed by Edwin Martinat.

*Non members of the UNCSA Fitness Center are welcome to join the class*

Please contact Edwin Martinat (336) 734-2941 or martinate@uncsa.edu for more details.

Submitted by Edwin Martinat, Residence Life Programs and Housing

SCHOOL OF FILMMAKING FILM TO SCREEN AT SLAMDANCE FILM FESTIVAL

THE SEVERE PSYCHOSIS OF A MUSICLESS MAN, a 2011 third year film, a PGA certified GREEN film production, has been invited to screen at the 2012 Slamdance Film Festival in Park City, Utah , Jan. 20-26. The film will anchor the Anarchy Shorts block which is screening twice during festival at the following times: Sunday, January 22, 2012 @ 9:00pm and Thursday, January 26, 2012 @ 2:30pm.This the second time a current student film has been screened at the Slamdance Film Festival. Tom O’Keefe’s short doc – B FOR BEEKEEPER screened in 2008. SEVERE PSYCHOSIS OF A MUSICLESS MAN was directed by Ian McClerin, written by  Matt Gomez, produced by Dylan Gravley with cinematography by Daniel Satinoff, production design by Taylor Sommers; the film was edited by Matthew Gorbachov, with an original score composed by Daniel Anderegg. For more information on the Slamdance Film Festival please see: www.slamdance.com; http://www.uncsa.edu/pressreleases/releases2012/Jan2012/SundanceSlamdance.htm

Submitted by Kate Miller, School of Filmmaking

BANNER FINANCE TRAINING UPDATE

Banner Finance training will be held in the Financial Services conference room on the second Tuesday of every month.  The following topics will be covered:

Morning session:                                             Afternoon session:

  8:00 – 10:00    Budget                                    1:30 – 3:00        Accounting policies & procedures

10:00 – 12:00    Purchasing                              3:00 – 4:00        ePrint

New users must attend all sessions before getting access to Banner Finance, but existing users may attend any of the sessions as desired.  Class size is limited to six participants with priority given to new users.  Please contact Gary Penrod at 770-3263 or penrodg@uncsa.edu if you have any questions or would like to attend the training.  Thank you.

Submitted by Gary Penrod, Financial Services

FINANCIAL SERVICES NEWS

TIPS FROM AP:  You can reduce the time it takes to get your direct pay processed by adding vendor numbers whenever handy.

JANUARY 2012

 Attention:  Accounts Payable is down to one person so we ask for your patience.  Also we will be enforcing the AP Policy (section 3) it states that 7 days be given to process direct pay request, travel reimbursements, petty cash request etc!  Purchase Orders are Net 30 and will be processed accordingly. Finally, please use accountpayable@uncsa.edu for all invoices.  Thank you in advance for your cooperation.

Submitted by Stephen Cochran, Financial Services