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Supervisory/Leadership
● GAB’s Workmans’ Compensation Overview for Supervisors, October 27, 10 to 11 a.m., Severance Meeting Room
● Briggs & Morgan FLSA for Supervisors, November 02, 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Sayles-Hill 251
● Skillpath Lifescripts Seminar, December 08, 8:30 to noon and 1 to 4:30 p.m.
● EAP Performance Management and Progressive Discipline (1.5 hrs), February 6, 2005, 10 to 11:30 a.m.
● SST The Measure of Swords—Conflict Management, February 24, 2005, 9 to 10 a.m., Concert Hall
● EAP Coaching and Mentoring (1 hr), March 02, 2005, 10 to 11 a.m.
● Networking and Building Business Relationships—both internal and external (date & time to be set)

Financial
● EAP Basic Money Management (1 hr), September 23, 2 to 3 p.m., Sayles-Hill 251
● TIAA-CREF Five Habits of Highly Successful Investors, October 13, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Severance Meeting Room
● TIAA-CREF Online Services from TIAA-CREF, October 13, 2 to 3 p.m., CMC 032 (computer lab room)
● TIAA-CREF Choosing your TIAA-CREF Income Options, November 10, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m., Severance Meeting Room
● TIAA-CREF Systematic Withdrawal and Life Annuity, January 19, 2005, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.
● TIAA-CREF Foundations of Estate Planning, February 10, 2005, 10 to 11 a.m.
● Waddell & Reed Tax Laws and How They Affect You, March 30, 2005, 10 to 11 a.m.
● TIAA-CREF 529 Plan, April 13, 2005, 10 to 11 a.m.
● Waddell & Reed Charitable Giving, April 27, 2005, 10 to 11 a.m.

TIAA-CREF Individual Counseling sessions
● October 12, 9 to 5 p.m., Sayles-Hill 254
● October 14, 9 to 5 p.m., Sayles-Hill 254
● November 10, 1 to 5 p.m., Sayles-Hill 254
● November 11, 9 to 5 p.m., Sayles-Hill 254
● April 13, 2005, 1 to 5 p.m.
● April 14, 2005, 9 to 5 p.m.
● April 15, 2005 9 to 5 p.m.

Personal/Professional Development
● EAP Staying Alive, October 06, 10 to 11 a.m., Severance Meeting Room
● SST Better than our Best—Customer Service on Campus, October 20, 9 to 10 a.m., Concert Hall
● Lighthouse Group ADA and Accessibility Awareness, October 19, 2 to 4 p.m., Sayles-Hill 251
● Briggs & Morgan FLSA for Non-Supervisory Employees, November 02, 1:30 to 3:30 p.m., Sayles-Hill 251
● CSMR Ergonomics in the Workplace for Material Handlers, December 01, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m.
● EAP Personal Safety (1 hr), January 18, 2005, 2 to 3 p.m.

CSMR Ergonomics in the Workplace for office staff
● February 15, 2005, 2 to 3 p.m.
● February 16, 2005, 2 to 3 p.m.
● February 17, 2005, 2 to 3 p.m.
● February 22, 2005, 2 to 3 p.m.
● February 23, 2005, 9 to 10 a.m.

● CSMR Ergonomics for Material Handlers, December 01, 8:30 to 9:30 a.m. and 2 to 3 p.m.
● Writing Consultants―Writing Effective, E-mails April 06, 2005, 1 to 5 p.m.
● EAP Caring for Your Aging Parents (1.5 hrs), April 19, 2005, 2 to 3:30 p.m.
● EAP Time Management (1 hr), May 19, 2005, 2 to 3 p.m.

Mandatory
David Leake MERTKA Monthly Training
● September 15, 10 to noon (Right to Know/Blood Borne Pathogens) Severance Meeting Room
● October 7, 10 to noon (Right to Know/Asbestos Awareness) Severance Meeting Room
● November 4, 1:30 to 3:30 (Right to Know/Blood Borne Pathogens) Sayles-Hill 251
● December 9, 1:30 to 3:30 (Right to Know/Asbestos Awareness)
● January 5, 2005, 10 to noon (Right to Know/Blood Borne Pathogens)
● February 3, 2005, 10 to noon (Right to Know/Asbestos Awareness)
● February 9, 2005, 1:30 to 2:30 (Update for Right to Know)
● March 3, 2005, 1:30 to 3:30 (Right to Know/Blood Borne Pathogens)
● April 6, 2005, 10 to noon (Right to Know/Asbestos Awareness)
● May 4, 2005, 1:30 to 3:30 (Right to Know/Blood Borne Pathogens)

Joanne Mullen Harassment Prevention Quarterly Training
● October 13, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. Alumni Guest House
● January 20, 2005, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.
● April 14, 2005, 8:30 to 11:30 a.m.

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Carleton's Office of Media Relations works diligently to spread the news of Carleton by placing stories about the College's people and programs in the media. As a result, Carleton is often featured in newspapers and magazines and on radio and television. Here we highlight a few recent examples.

● Carleton's wind turbine blew into state headlines.
● Carleton's off-campus study program in California was featured in an August 10 Los Angeles Times. The story was reprinted on August 24 in the Star Tribune.
● Steven Schier (political science) was recently quoted in USA Today and Le Monde.
● A '98 alumna award-winning romance novelist was featured in the Saint Paul Pioneer Press.
● Philip Dunn '93 is competing in the 2004 Athens Olympics.
● Tricia A. Ferrett (chemistry) published an excerpt she wrote for the Carleton faculty publication "Reflections on Learning as Teachers."
● Katie Graves '95 was featured in the Chicago Tribune for her work in founding a charter school.
● Legal Times featured an article an alumna's work as U.S. Supreme Court librarian.
● Phil Camill (biology) was featured in a Science magazine article.

Many other "In The News" items are available at the Office of Media Relations Web site http://apps.carleton.edu/news/. If you have information about articles or interviews that mention Carleton, please contact the Office of Media Relations by phone (x4184) or e-mail media@acs.carleton.edu.

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The Program in Ethical Reflection at Carleton (PERC) is pleased to announce that Reverand Doug Mork '87 accepted the position of our new director and is off to a great start! At Carleton, Doug was a physics-turned-religion major, active in South African divestment issues and music. After college, he became a union organizer in Florida for six years before returning to Minnesota to attend Luther Seminary. For another six years, Doug served as pastor of a Lutheran church in St Paul, helping it become fully integrated with a Latino congregation. In addition to his part-time PERC work, Doug is working now as the associate pastor and director of social justice ministries of an Episcopal church in Burnsville and as lead organizer with the Twin Cities Religion and Labor Network which he helped to found. We are very pleased to have someone of Doug’s caliber leading PERC and hope you can join us in welcoming him back.

PERC is beginning its third year of donor-funded work on campus, helping to expand and deepen ethical reflection both within and outside of the classroom. PERC coordinates a speaker series on ethical issues, offers curriculum development grants and seminars to faculty, and facilitates the "Ask the Ethicist" columns in the Carletonian. This year, the PERC advisory committee will also be assessing PERC’s direction for the future and welcomes faculty, staff, and student input.

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Northfield Reads!
Check your calendars to be sure you have reserved Thursday evening, September 2, for the community-wide book group, Northfield Reads! Northfield native Siri Hustvedt will be discussing her most recent book What I Loved at 7 p.m. in the Northfield High School Auditorium. The book is available at the Bookstore, along with her previous titles, at a 20% discount. Bring your questions and your ideas and join us for a great book conversation.

Back to School
The beginning of school is just around the corner. We are happy to help you get the Fall Quarter off to a smooth start. The store is full of supplies and we encourage you to look over what is available. If there is something that you don’t find, let us know and we will order it for you. We can also order books for your book clubs and reading groups, as well as individual special orders. If you are bringing an author to campus we will be glad to assist with a booksigning. The fall selection of Carleton clothing and gift items will give you much to choose from.

Our goal is to provide you with what you need to start the year off well. The Bookstore staff is ready to help.

Category of the Month
All titles in our Nature section are 20% off during the month of September. Take this opportunity to look at Sue Leaf’s Potato City: Nature, History, and Community in the Age of Sprawl or Kathleen Dean Moore’s The Pine Island Paradox.

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Read on if you are interested in learning about the plans for an updated printed directory of faculty and staff for the 2004-05 academic year.

A printed directory of faculty and staff will be compiled in early September. When the directory is available, a notice will be included in Currently@Carleton with directions on how to obtain a copy. Please do not request a copy in advance.

The directory will lead off with improved Quick Reference pages which merge academic and administrative offices in alphabetical order, with phone extensions and building locations listed for these main offices. Brief faculty and staff listings with name, phone extension, and title will follow after each department/office listing.

The rest of the directory will be more detailed with faculty and staff in alphabetical order with title, office, mail stop, home address, and home telephone number.

Please keep in mind that using the on-line campus Web directory will provide you the best and most current information throughout the year. It can be accessed at: http://www.carleton.edu/campus/directory/index.php

Make it a bookmark on your browser or add it as an icon on your desktop for quick access whenever you need it.

If you need help setting this up, contact your Administrative or Academic Computing Coordinator.

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You may recall that back in April of this year we announced the decision to out source the administration of our flexible spending account benefits. We chose Administration Resources Corporation (ARC) as our administrator.

If you haven’t yet filed a reimbursement with ARC the process is simple. You just need to complete a claim form, attach the appropriate receipts, and mail it in. Or you can fax in your claim, or go on-line and file your claim. If you need additional claim forms they are available in the Human Resources Office or in the Payroll Office. Or go to ARC’s Web site at www.ARCadministration.com and either print a claim form or file your claim on-line. You can receive your reimbursement in the form of a check or have your reimbursement directly deposited in an account you designate.

Remember that the plan year for our health spending accounts and our dependent care accounts ends on December 31, 2004. If you have any questions on your flexible spending account balances, please contact ARC at 800-588-2020.