Tours
After-Dinner Speaker
Field Trip
Wednesday Morning Tours
Led by Kimberly Christopher, Dean of the College of Nursing & Health Sciences
Utilizing state-of-the-art technology, UMass Dartmouth's College of Nursing & Health Sciences is preparing nursing students for 21st-century health care in our Simulation, Assessment, and Clinical Therapeutics Skills labs. In addition to simulators, mannequins, and diagnostic equipment, our labs include a faculty command center, debriefing suites with conference-style rooms, and simulated rooms for therapeutic care, medicine and supplies, and a home setting. View our video tour and see where our students learn critical thinking, clinical decision making, teamwork, and communication, as well as interview and assessment skills, while preparing to succeed in professional clinical practice.
Led by Bruce Barnes, Librarian
[Excerpted from Bruce's "Paul Rudolph & His Architecture - UMass Dartmouth Projects" site.]
Paul Rudolph began the design of the UMass Dartmouth campus in 1963. At the time it was called Southeastern Massachusetts Technological Institute or SMTI.
In addition to the unique character of the buildings on the UMass Dartmouth campus, one of Rudolph’s major achievements was the master plan. On over 600 acres of undeveloped land, he had the opportunity to incorporate his longstanding theories and ideas about large scale construction and human habitation. All of the elements of the campus design had a particular interest and meaning to him, whether it be the function of Ring Road to the relationship of classrooms and stairways. No detail escaped his consideration. That much of his work at UMass Dartmouth and his other similar projects are enigmatic at best to those who encounter them is the great paradox of his legacy. Critics acknowledge him as a great designer whose buildings are often difficult to appreciate or understand but are permeated with an extraordinary creative skill.
If you can't make it in person Wednesday morning, enjoy this Virtual Tour!
Thursday After-Dinner Speaker
"Collaborations within Astronomy: Students, Community, and Professionals"
Mark Munkacsy
Board Member, American Association of Variable Star Observers
President, Astronomical Society of Southern New England (ASSNE)
Member, Skyscrapers, Inc. (Amateur Astronomical Society of Rhode Island)
Club Leader & Founder, Astronomy Club at the Woonsocket Harris Public Library
Astronomy is perhaps the only remaining science where amateurs can contribute meaningful research data using equipment affordable on a family budget. This talk will explore why astronomy is different, what remarkable successes can happen when "real astronomers" reach into the local community for help, and how a handful of high school student astronomers have succeeded with stunning results built upon nothing more than high school math.
Mark Munkacsy's career included several years as a submarine officer in the US Navy. That evolved into several decades as an engineer with the government contractor Raytheon, where he helped design diverse systems, including one that monitored the Amazon jungle for unauthorized development, another that collected highway tolls for the State of Massachusetts, and a third that protects Naval ships from cyber attack. After retiring several years ago, Mark pivoted to astronomy, mentoring local high school students, enabling collaboration between professional and amateur astronomers, and supporting the astronomy programs at UMass Dartmouth, including a renovation of the university telescope observatory.
Friday Afternoon Field Trip
Details TBA before registration closes. (We're investigating a guided tour of the science behind the ships!)