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July 31, 2002
There will be no Headline News next week. Look for Headline News again on August 14. A new course on collaborative computing Great Harvest munchies at SRP—yum yum Change of address reporting rule for all non-U.S. citizens Employee profile: Luke Wroblewski
A new course on collaborative computing The course title is LIS 450CW Computer Supported Cooperative Work. It will meet Friday afternoons from 1 to 3 in Room 109 LIS Building. The class will look at various aspects of designing technology to fit into the workplace. Students will work in multidisciplinary design teams. Go to http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/~twidale/cscw/ for a complete course description. Even if you don't want to register, please pass on information about this new course to any graduate student who might be interested. New book by NCSA designer Unlike most books about Web usability, Luke's book emphasizes the contributions of visual communication technique, including visual organization principles and creating a unified look-and-feel for a website. The book also addresses technical issues that affect website usability. "All these considerations require preliminary planning and most of all, a knowledge of your audience," explained Luke. "The entire book stresses the importance of knowing who you are creating your website for and why." Luke began working on the book after Wiley, Inc. editors approached professors in the U of I School of Art and Design with the idea. Luke earned a master's degree in interface design from the school and has taught courses on sequential design in Web technologies and new media. For NCSA he has redesigned Kellogg Corporation's intranet, co-developed the NCSA Open Portal Interface Environment (OPIE), and designed and developed numerous Web interfaces. He also runs LukeW.com, a Web and interface design and development company. For more information on Site-seeing and LukeW.com, see http://www.lukew.com/folio/writings/site_seeing.html. Also take a look at today's employee profile. Great Harvest munchies at SRP—yum yum Fox/Atkins Development invited Great Harvest, currently located in The Shoppes of Knollwood, to provide a vending service in the atrium of the Z Building of South Research Park (that's the SRP building housing NCSA offices). The Great Harvest table is inconspicuously set up on the west side of the elevator. NCSA folks at home Change of address reporting rule for all non-U.S. citizens The Department of Justice: Immigration and Naturalization Service is reviewing its policy on address change reporting and has reemphasized the current rule that all non-US citizens are required to report a change of address to INS within 10 days of making the change. According to INS, serious punishments (including fines, jail time, or even removal proceedings) will be implemented to individuals found to be not complying with this requirement. In light of the INS review of this policy, NCSA Human Resources would like to ensure that all affected NCSA employees are aware of this requirement. This rule applies to all J-1, H-1, F-1 Visa Holders as well as Permanent Residents. Please use the AR-11 form when reporting address changes. This form can be found on the bulletin board outside of room 311 in the International Studies Building or at the following Web address: http://www.ins.usdoj.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/index.htm. It is the employee's responsibility to file this form.
If you have any questions, please contact: Employee profile: Luke Wroblewski
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What other interests do you have? What are your favorite nonwork activites? All my other doodads and what-nots are at http://www.lukew.com/.
Any other info/fun facts/oddities/clean jokes you want to share with NCSAers? U of I tidbits Campus Recreation's 2002-2003 memberships go on sale tomorrow. All-year memberships for faculty/staff and their spouses or partners are $225—with a $10 discount if purchased by August 27. Fall semester memberships are $90. To purchase or renew your membership, visit the Member Services office at 140 IMPE during building hours. For more Campus Rec info, go to http://www.campusrec.uiuc.edu/. Thomas Hardy begins work tomorrow, August 1, as the new executive director of the Office of University Relations. This office (formerly the University Office of Public Affairs) works with the university's president, board of trustees, and other senior officers to address issues at all three campuses. In addition to overseeing this office from his base in Chicago, Hardy will lead a communications management committee of communications professionals from the three campuses, the Alumni Association, and the University Foundation. Hardy comes to the U of I from the Chicago office of Burson-Marsteller public relations, where he was a managing director of public affairs. He previously served as press secretary to Governor Jim Edgar and worked for two decades at the Chicago Tribune as a reporter, columnist, editor, and (for half of his tenure there) the paper's chief Chicago political writer. Fall workshops are planned by the Office of Business and Financial Services. These workshops on using electronic systems or Web-enabled applications offer information about new and revised systems and procedures. Register for the workshops at http://www.oba.uiuc.edu/training/. Open positions If you know people who are qualified to apply, please ask them to do so. The center will accept applications via hard copy, email, or fax. The application should include the search number (if one has been indicated), resume and 3 letters of reference. Unless otherwise noted, send resumes and direct questions to:
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Name: Luke Wroblewski
