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User Support Services will sponsor a series of technology workshops for members of the Salve Regina community throughout the month of November. Unless noted otherwise, all workshops will be held in the McKillop Library, Room 005.

Participants may attend any or all of the sessions. For more information on any of the offerings listed below, contact Dan Titus at (401) 341-2451 or titusd@salve.edu.

Cybersecurity Awareness Workshops

• 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 6
• 1 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 8
• 2 p.m. Friday, Nov. 10
• 1 p.m. Monday, Nov. 13
• 10 a.m. Wednesday, Nov. 15
• 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 17

Are you familiar with spam? Phishing scams? Have you seen them in your email? Now what? Explore proper email practices, password security and cyber protection during this workshop.

Tech Series

• Microsoft Publisher – 11 a.m. Friday, Nov. 10. Office 2016 includes the entry-level desktop publishing application Publisher. Learn more about this easy-to-learn design program.
• iMovie – 11 a.m. Friday, Dec. 1, Antone Academic Center, Room 122. Learn how to import different media into iMovie; set timings, transitions and titles; and export to different services.

Office365 Thursdays

Workshops will be held at 11 a.m. on the following Thursdays: Nov. 9, 16 and 30.

Become acquainted with Salve Regina’s cloud-based Office suite. Look at some familiar programs like mail, Word and Excel and see what’s new, including Sway, Yammer, Delve and OneDrive. Harness the power of the cloud to collaborate with others and extend your reach.

Self-Study Office Certification

Advance your skills with the new Microsoft Office Specialist certification from the comfort and convenience of your desk or couch. This offering will use the new Microsoft Office learning management system. As always, the instructor is available for reviewing any questions you might have.

Individual and Department-Based Training

User Support Services offers individual or department-based training on a wide variety of programs, including Colleague, WebAdvisor and portal, Office 2016, Office 365, video teleconferencing, Windows 10, iOS and OSX, video and audio editing. They can also scan pictures, slides, negatives/positive and video transfer from older formats.

Members of the Salve Regina community are invited to get their first passport or renew their old one during the Office of International Programs’ passport day, which will be held from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14 in Drexel Hall.

Those who are interested are encouraged to RSVP to studyabroad@salve.edu, but drop-ins are also welcome. All Salve Regina students who RSVP will be entered into a raffle to have their passport paid for by the Office of International Programs (up to $150).

All required forms will be available during the session, and a representative from the U.S. Postal Service will be on hand to make the process as quick and easy as possible. 

Requirements for new passports

• Proof of U.S. citizenship, which includes one of the following: Previously issued, undamaged and fully valid U.S. passport; certified birth certificate issued by the city, county or state; consular report of birth abroad or certification of birth; naturalization certificate; or certificate of citizenship.
• Proof of identification, which includes one of the following: Previously issued, undamaged U.S. passport; naturalization certificate; valid driver’s license; current government ID (city, state or federal); or current military ID (military and dependents). Photocopies (front and back) are necessary.
• Form DS11. Copies will also be available at the event.
• Two personal checks or money orders (cash and credit cards are not accepted). One $110 check should be made payable to “U.S. Department of State” and one $25 check should be made payable to “U.S. Postal Service.” Anyone needing expedited processing will need to pay additional fees.
• A photographer will be available for an additional $15 fee (paid to U.S. Postal Service via check), or you may take your own photo using these guidelines.

Requirements for renewal passports

• First, make sure you are eligible to renew by mail. Check the guidelines.
• Don’t forget to bring in your old passport. It will be mailed back to you once your new passport has been processed.
• Form DS82. Copies will also be available at the event.
• A personal check or money order (cash and credit cards are not accepted). The $110 check should be made payable to “U.S. Department of State.”
• A photographer will be available for an additional $15 fee (paid to U.S. Postal Service via check), or you may take your own photo using these guidelines.
• Passport renewals will be mailed to the processing center. The Office of International Programs will provide envelopes and cover the cost of shipping for those who participate in the passport day.

In the interest of safety, and to provide exclusive accommodations to the University community, Salve Regina has enhanced the physical security and access to the Rodgers Recreation Center.

“In an effort to allow increased access as well as a more secure experience in Rodgers, Salve Regina has instituted a card swipe system,” said Jody Mooradian, director of athletics. “This system has allowed longer hours in the fitness room, as well as opening up late evening ‘open gym’ time. This was in response to a request for more hours through SGA and an attempt to ensure safety and security for all.”

The new procedures for accessing Rodgers are:

• From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday, the front doors will be unlocked and accessible to the University community and guests. All other non-business hours, including weekends and holidays, will require Salve IDs to access the front left door (south door) of the building.
• A Salve ID is required to gain entry to fitness rooms and locker rooms at all times.

Extended hours of operation are listed below. Students, faculty and staff are reminded that Salve IDs are needed to access the building outside of normal operating hours.

Building hours:

• 5 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday
• 5 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday
• 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday

The basketball courts are available to students during extended hours in the evenings. Open gym hours are posted in the Rodgers lobby.

Fitness room hours:

• 6 a.m. to midnight Monday through Friday
• 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday
• 11 a.m. to midnight Sunday

Weight room hours:

• 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday
• 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. Friday
• 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday
• 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday

Andrew Light, a distinguished senior fellow in the climate program at the World Resources Institute in Washington, D.C., will discuss responsible geoengineering when he presents the keynote address at the 39th Humanities and Technology Association (HTA) conference, hosted by Salve Regina.

His talk, “What Would Responsible Geoengineering Look Like,” will be presented at 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 3 in the DiStefano Lecture Hall.

Light is professor of philosophy, public policy and atmospheric sciences at George Mason University, where he directs the Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy. He has served as senior adviser and India counselor to the U.S. special envoy on climate change, and as a staff climate adviser in the secretary of state’s Office of Policy Planning in the U.S. Department of State. In this capacity, he was co-chair of the U.S.-India joint working group on combating climate change, chair of the interagency climate working group on the sustainable development goals, and served on the senior strategy team for the UN climate negotiations.

Scheduled for Nov. 2-4, the HTA conference will continue last year’s theme of morality and creativity in a technological age. Though the pursuit of the good and the beautiful is in some ways timeless, the impact which technology has come to have on contemporary society forces us to confront new moral challenges while presenting us with the opportunity to create works of art that alternately augment and contrast with the world of our machines.

The traditional fields of ethics and aesthetics are thus cast in a new light, one which the conference will continue to explore. Running alongside ethical challenges is the potentially redemptive power of art. How might art humanize the often-times dehumanizing world of modern technology? What role might it play in a world of machines and devices? How can the pursuit of the beautiful today inspire or otherwise clarify the pursuit of the good?

The Humanities and Technology Association is an interdisciplinary scholarly society that explores the impact of technology on human life from a broad range of perspectives.

For more information, including the conference schedule, visit the conference website.