Arts & Culture

Ongoing
The School of History, Technology and Society presents the Robert C. Williams Paper Museum exhibit “How Do They Spend It?” from April 23 to Sept. 2. Formed by Professor Gus Giebelhaus and students from HTS 4001, the exhibit examines money and images on money from 10 countries. For more information, visit www.ipst.gatech.edu.

The Spruill Gallery presents “Breaking New Ground: Intersections at the Frontier of Art and Technology,” from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays. Works by Tristan Al-Haddad, Carla Diana, Jason Freeman and Gil Weinberg will be featured.

Conferences & Lectures

May 6
The Brook Byers Institute for Sustainable Systems presents the Georgia Climate Summit, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Ferst Center for the Arts.

May 7
The School of Aerospace Engineering hosts a town hall meeting on space exploration, presented by the Planetary Society and Tech’s Center for Space Systems. Bill Nye “The Science Guy” will host the meeting, held at 7 p.m. in the College of Management’s LeCraw Auditorium. For more information, contact Cindy Pendley at 894-3251.

May 13
Michael Fonseca of CardioMEMS presents “Development of Implantable Wireless Pressure Sensors for Chronic Disease Management,” part off the Nano@Tech lecture series, from noon to 1 p.m. in room 102A of the Microelectronics Research Center. For more information, visit www.mirc.gatech.edu.

Penn State Professor Christopher Siedlecki presents “Biomaterial-Induced Thrombosis: New Approaches to a Classic Problem,” from 3 to 4 p.m., in room 1128 of the Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience building. For more information, visit www.ibb.gatech.edu.

May 15
The Advanced Technology Development Center presents the 2008 Entrepreneur’s Showcase, which attracts leading entrepreneurs, investors and business authorities, from 2 to 5 p.m. at the Biltmore Hotel.

Faculty/Staff Development

Ongoing
The Office of Organizational Development offers a Web-based tutorial on the basics of using a state purchasing card (p-card).

Techmasters—— Tech's chapter of Toastmasters International—— meets every Thursday at 7:30 a.m. in room 102 of the MRC.

The Office of Organizational Development is offering the Emergency Preparedness Certificate, which consists of several smaller courses, including “"Fire Safety," “"Facilities Hazard Training," and “"Basic First Aid/Adult CPR/AED".”

The “"Defining Customer Service" certificate program provides campus groups and employees with the foundation for offering exemplary service, to those both on and off the campus. Four required courses and two electives are offered.

Miscellaneous

Ongoing
Online registration for 2008-2009 parking permits begins April 15, and continues through June 30. To register, visit www.applyparking.gatech.edu. For more information, visit
www.applyparking.gatech.edu.

May 12
Journalist Cokie Roberts will read from and sign copies of her newest book, “Ladies of Liberty: The Women Who Shaped our Nation,” from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Georgia Tech Bookstore.

May 13
The Silver Jackets, Tech’s faculty and staff retirees organization, meets at 11 a.m. in room 343 of the Student Center. Scheduled guest speakers are Howard Wertheimer, director of Capital Planning and Space Management, and Jody Lloyd Thompson, department head of the Library Archives and Records Management Department.

May 16-17
The 2008 USA Olympic Weightlifting Trials will be held at the Ferst Center for the Arts from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 5:30 to 9:30 p.m. on Friday and noon to 4 p.m. on Saturday. Undergraduate student Chandler Alford and Tech alumna Gwendolyn Sisto will compete. Tickets are $11.25. For more information, visit www.olympictrials2008.com.

May 16
GTMAG (Georgia Tech Military Affinity Group) presents a panel session with several Medal of Honor recipients, from 8 to 10 a.m. in the Wardlaw Center, in recognition of Armed Forces Day (May 17).

May 20
The Faculty/Staff Retirement Dinner will be held in the Gordy Room of the Wardlaw Building, from 6 to 9 p.m. Tickets are $18. RSVP by May 9; contact events@comm.gatech.edu. Visit here for a list of this year’s retirees.

May 22
A faculty and staff farewell reception will be held for President G. Wayne and Anne Clough from 2 to 5 p.m. in the ballrooom of the Georgia Tech Hotel and Conference Center in Technology Square.