Briefs for February 17, 2003

CSC award, scholarship nominations due
Classified Staff Council is accepting nominations for the following awards and scholarships:
• Outstanding Classified Staff Award.
• Team Award —For for two or more classified staff members who work together on a daily basis (please include all members of the team) Requires a completed nomination form from any University employee, and three current recommendation letters. Mail to: Dorothy Grassley, 120 McFall Center, or Nancy Shrider, 110 Adm. Bldg.
• Scholarship Awards—Full-time/part-time, undergraduate/graduate student. Must be at least a second-semester freshman with a 2.5 GPA or better. -- Requires a completed nomination form from any University employee, and 3 current recommendation letters. Mail to: Karen Donaldson, 231 Administration Building, or Kathy McBride, 332 Business Administration Building.
Nomination forms and specific criteria are available on the Web at: www.bgsu.edu/organizations/csc/ or from committee chairs. Please forward nominations and completed applications to appropriate chairs as listed above.
The absolute deadline for nominations to be received is March 5. Only completed nominations will be accepted.
The classified staff awards ceremony will be held on April 3 from 9-11 a.m. in the Bowen- Thompson Student Union Lenhart Grand Ballroom.

Nominate your top student employees
The Student Employment unit of the Career Center is accepting nominations for awards that recognize the outstanding student employees of the 2002-2003 academic year. Students will be honored through four separate award categories:

· On-Campus Student Employee of the Year
· On-Campus Student Employee Team of the Year
· Off-Campus Student Employee of the Year
· BGSU Coop or Intern of the Year

Nominations are open to undergraduate students and will be accepted during the weeks of Feb. 17-March 21. Nomination forms are available at the Career Center, 360 Saddlemire Building or by contacting Christine Celestino-Boes, 2-2239, or Peg Bucksky, 2-9294, or via email at celesti@bgnet.bgsu.edu or pbucksk@bgnet.bgsu.edu.
All nominees will be invited to attend the Student Employee Appreciation Reception on Thursday, April 10, in 101 Olscamp Hall to recognize their contributions and for the presentation of awards.

Get organized with Meetingmaker
Meetingmaker is a group-scheduling tool that makes it easy to schedule meetings, plan activities, and coordinate a calendar with other Meetingmaker users. ITS has secured an appropriate number of licenses for faculty and staff to use Meetingmaker on currently supported desktop systems. Faculty and staff who would like to obtain Meetingmaker may now request an account at: www.bgsu.edu/offices/its/meetingmaker/.
Information regarding Meetingmaker account policies and documentation on how to use the program may also be obtained at the Meetingmaker Web page listed above. Questions may be directed to the Technology Support Center, 129 Hayes Hall, phone 2-0999, or by email to tsc@bgnet.bgsu.edu.

Macintosh keyserver testing planned
The University's keyserver system will be tested from 3-4 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 21 in preparation for a keyserver migration scheduled for March 2.
If you are a Macintosh user and experience any loss of keyserver connectivity during this testing period, please contact the Technology Support Center (TSC) at 2-0999 as soon as possible to resolve this issue. We apologize for any inconvenience this testing may cause and appreciate your cooperation and assistance.

Reception planned for United Way
President Sidney Ribeau invites all United Way contributors and volunteers to a reception in appreciation of their support. Join him from 3:30-4:45 p.m. Wednesday, Feb. 26, in 207 Bowen-Thompson Student Union. Please RSVP to 2-8588 or to Brian Castro at bcastro@bgnet.bgsu.edu by Feb. 24 if you plan to attend.