PCA, CITE begin 2005 with day of events

Partnerships for Community Action and the Center for Innovative and Transformative Education will present the 2005 grant launch, symposium and artist’s residency with the theme of “Reclaiming and Revitalizing Public Education: Threats, Rights and Responsibilities” from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Feb. 9 in the Bowen-Thompson Student Union.

The day will be full of activities bringing the campus and community together to celebrate partnerships, reflect on critical issues facing public education and explore strategies to revitalize the understanding of educational rights and responsibilities in society.

A number of guests and speakers, including Chicago school reformers Susan and Michael Klonsky and civil rights activist Grace Lee Boggs, have been invited to discuss their experiences and knowledge related to the day’s theme.

Michael Rohd, founding artistic director of Sojourn Theatre in Portland, Ore., and members of his theatre company will present pieces from their ongoing collaborative project, “Witness Our Schools.”

Announcement of the 2005 winners of PCA and CITE grants will take place at noon.

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Spam filtering and your BGNet account

In October 2003, Intelligent Inbox technology was introduced to BGNet users, allowing the filtering of email messages such as spam messages on an opt-in basis. Since its implementation, some BGNet account holders have activated this technology to assist in monitoring their incoming email. However, spam messages continue to be a large part of the BGNet email received each day.

Currently, all incoming BGNet messages that do not originate from a BGNet sender are scanned and evaluated for spam characteristics and assigned a confidence score. Users may then use this confidence score to filter the email messages they receive. Testing has shown that the messages marked with a 100 percent confidence score can account for as much as 60 percent of inbound mail. The product used to generate the confidence score has grown in sophistication and has allowed confidence in the decision to filter spam by blocking email messages that have been assigned a 100 percent confidence score beginning Wednesday (Jan. 19).

Details about your BGNet email account and spam, about how messages are marked with a confidence score, examples of messages marked with a 100 percent confidence score, and information on how to further filter your incoming email may be found at www.bgsu.edu/offices/cio/page7677.html.

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PeopleSoft software install to begin for BG@100

A software installer from PeopleSoft will be on site this month to install the software for financials and student administration. This installation was purposely delayed until now so it would be possible to take advantage of the most recent upgrades to the Student Administration software release 8.9.

BG@100 HCM Phase 1 is scheduled to "go live" on June 27, and the financial area will be the next focus for implementation, followed by student administration. Project information is available at www.bgsu.edu/BGat100.