The free bus (leaving from the horseshoe at the Rensselaer Union) will be available on Saturday, December 14 from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m: Tuesday, December 17 from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m.: and Wednesday, December 18 from 2 p.m. - 8 p.m. On even hours it will go to Albany International Airport and on odd hours to the Amtrak and Greyhound terminals. The final trip at 8 p.m. will go to all three stops.

The free bus returns to campus on Sunday, January 12, 2003 between noon and 9 p.m. It will leave every hour on the hour. Even hours it will leave from Albany International Airport and odd hours it will leave from the Amtrak and Greyhound terminals with the last trip at 9 p.m. going to all three stops.

There is no need to sign up just show up with proper ID. Contact parking@rpi.edu or call 276-6616. 12/9/02

Transitions

Peter Pritchard has joined Rensselaer as program manager with a focus on nanoelectronics in the Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC). He comes to Rensselaer with more than 14 years of product management, sales, market analysis and business development experience, working for advanced technology and Fortune 500 operations. Pritchard has a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from Brown University.

"Under The Rensselaer Plan, intellectual property and technology commercialization are important elements under the Scientific and Technological Entrepreneurship initiatives," said Chuck Rancourt, director of the Office of Technology Commercialization. "The addition of Peter is another significant step forward for OTC and the Office of the President as we work to achieve these initiatives."

Tom Korrie has been named head men's lacrosse coach. Korrie was an attackman for the Syracuse Orangemen from 1983-86. During his collegiate career, the team played in four NCAA Division I Final Fours, including in 1983 when they won the National Championship. Korrie graduated from Syracuse with a bachelor's degree in health and physical education. After a brief professional career, he earned a master's degree in physical education from SUNY Cortland. Korrie taught and coached at the high school level in central New York for nine years, including stints at Homer High School and Cicero North Syracuse High School. In 2001, he was named head men's lacrosse coach at Marymount University in Arlington, Va. He spent one season at Marymount, a Division III program that plays in the Capital Athletic Conference, before being hired at Rensselaer.

David Decker has been hired as the assistant women's basketball coach. Decker, a long-time coach in the Capital Region, joins the staff of second-year head coach John Greene. Decker comes to Rensselaer from Burnt Hills-Ballston Lake High School, where he coached at various levels over the past 10 years. One of his most successful campaigns came during the 1999-2000 season, in which he led the Lady Spartans varsity team to the Sectional and Regional Championships en route to the program's first appearance in the New York State Public High School Class B Final Four in over eight years. 12/9/02

Search Committee Formed for Vice Provost for Institute Diversity

President Shirley Ann Jackson has formed a committee to conduct a nationwide search for a vice provost for Institute Diversity. In keeping with the initiatives of The Rensselaer Plan, the new head of Institute Diversity will work to build a campus community that welcomes all people, regardless of race or gender and a student body and faculty that better represent the global makeup of society.

"This individual will be responsible for leading Rensselaer's efforts to accomplish ethnic, gender, geographic and intellectual diversity among students, faculty and staff," said President Jackson.

Search committee members include: Tom Apple (chair), dean of graduate education; Alan Balfour, dean of architecture, Luciano Castillo, assistant professor, mechanical, aerospace, and nuclear engineering, Teresa Duffy, dean of enrollment management, Isom Herron, professor of mathematical sciences, Cynthia McIntyre, chief of staff and assistant secretary of the institute, Sandra Nierzwicki-Bauer, professor of biology, Rita Richardson Salley, interim assistant vice president of human resources, and Lisa Trahan, dean of the first-year experience.

"While this committee will have the principal responsibility for the identification of outstanding candidates for this position, attracting the highest quality individual for this position will require the effort of the entire university community, and I enlist your assistance in this most important process," Jackson said. Send suggestions to one of the committee members. 12/2/02

Hold the Date: Molecularium Opening Dec. 11

The Junior Museum in Troy will unveil its new Molecularium at a press event at the Museum on Wednesday, Dec. 11 at 10 a.m. The public is invited to attend. Housed in the Lally Digistar II Planetarium at the Junior Museum, the Molecularium is an animated trip designed to introduce children to the different states of matter-molecules, atoms, and even polymers. The Molecularium is a joint project of Rensselaer and the Junior Museum and is funded by the National Science Foundation. 12/2/02