The 2012 hurricane season officially begins on Friday, June 1. Two tropical storms have already formed this year; one making landfall in northern Florida. Should a tropical storm or hurricane approach any FAU campus this year, information will be available through the FAU Alert System.

The FAU Alert System consists of a number of communication tools, including:
- Blackboard Connect
--- Mass Email
--- Telephone Call-Out
--- Text Messaging
--- Social Media - Facebook, Twitter
--- RSS Feed (Real Simple Syndication)
- Outdoor Warning Sirens (Boca Raton, Jupiter)
- Hotline
- Media Advisories
- MyFAU
- Voicemail
- Web Pages (home page and web page components)

Prior to, during and in the aftermath of a hurricane or tropical storm, the appropriate FAU Alert System tools will be used to provide information about campus closings, re-openings and actions students, employees and University departments may need to take. New information will be delivered via the appropriate FAU Alert System tools as required by changing conditions. Additionally, the University will send a steady flow of news bulletins to all area television and radio stations as well as to local newspapers. The National Hurricane Center offers public advisories through its warning-and-watch system. For more information, visit www.nhc.noaa.gov.

Preparedness at home and in the workplace is of critical importance. Faculty and staff are reminded to incorporate the National Hurricane Center's information into their workplace emergency plans, which should be fully reviewed for accuracy at this time. This is also a good opportunity to incorporate these changes into personal emergency plans.

As in previous years, a hurricane guide is available to students who reside on the Boca Raton and Jupiter campuses at www.fau.edu/housing. More information on preparing for and responding to hurricanes can be accessed at www.fau.edu/facilities/ehs/Hurricane_Information.php. If you have questions, contact Environmental Health and Safety at 561-297-3129.

At this time it is important for all members of the FAU community to make sure that their emergency contact information is fully updated. Please do that now by logging into MyFAU and clicking on the "Update Your FAU Alert contact numbers..." link under "FAU Self-Service."

Faculty interested in developing eLearning courses must complete the forms with required signatures and submit them by noon TOMORROW. See full listing under CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS/APPLICATIONS/PROPOSALS section below, for detailed information.

The Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) at Florida Atlantic University is accepting manuscript submissions for the inaugural Fall 2012 issue through TODAY. To be eligible for publication, research must be done by an undergraduate student at FAU and the research must be mentored by an FAU faculty member. See full listing under CALLS FOR NOMINATIONS/APPLICATIONS/PROPOSALS section below, for detailed information.

The IT computer training schedule for June 2012 is now available online at www.fau.edu/oit/training/files/june_12.pdf. To register for classes, go to https://swise.fau.edu/training.

Summer is a great time to attend training and learn some new skills! We invite you to come to a session on Google Apps (known here at FAU as "Owl Apps"), an easy way to collaborate in a secure online environment featuring tools for word process, presentations, spreadsheets and forms. During the week of June 18-22 we will be offering a special "Lunch 'n Learn" series where you can come to a session on different topics each day at noon and we'll provide free snacks. Sign up now -- seating is limited to 10 per session!

FAU Libraries are reminding faculty members to renew or return library books before June 30. Books that are due on June 30 cannot be renewed online after that date and must be brought to the library for renewal. Some books may have holds that prevent renewal and must be returned to the library on or before June 30. Books can be returned on the Boca Raton campus to the library book drops at the Wimberly Library's entrance and at the north and south ends of the Breezeway. The library book drops on the John D. MacArthur campus are located between the parking lot and the administration building, in the library vestibule and at the Burrow. The book drops on the Treasure Coast campus are located at the library's entrance. Overdue materials will incur a fine. Contact the library's Access Services Department at 7-6911 with questions or concerns. Log into your library account and renew your books here, http://fau.catalog.fcla.edu/fa.jsp?A=2&Login=1

Adjusted summer hours for the following Boca Raton campus eateries are available at www.dineoncampus.com/fau : Quiznos, Chick 'n' Grill, Wendy's, Jow Jing, Salsarita's, Outtakes (Student Union), JuiceBlendz, Starbucks, Einstein's and Coyote Jack's.

The Outtakes in Innovation Village, the College of Business and Glades Park Towers as well as the Centre Marketplace are closed for the summer.

Phishing attacks are on the rise targeting FAU email accounts. Please don't "reply to" or click on any emails asking for your account information. Phishing attacks can be executed with malware or when a user simply responds to a fraudulent email and unknowingly gives away sensitive information.

FAU's Office of Information Technology (OIT) and legitimate banks, credit card companies and other email providers will NEVER send you an email asking to verify your account credentials or to reset your account.

"Be Cyber Wiser" and never respond to phishing attacks. Please contact the OIT Help Desk at 561-297-3999 or http://helpdesk.fau.edu if you receive phishing emails. Current phishing attacks with examples of bogus emails from the latest phishing attacks are posted at www.fau.edu/security.

FAU has installed a lightning prediction system manufactured by Thor Guard, Inc., at its Boca Raton campus in order to warn athletes, participants and spectators at outdoor athletic and campus recreation facilities when a danger of a lightning strike exists. Unlike lightning detection systems, which require the occurrence of an actual lightning strike before issuing a warning, the Thor Guard system is able to predict so-called "bolts out of the blue," which are strikes that seem to come from nowhere and cause a high percentage of lightning fatalities. The system is set to operate from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. daily.

The Thor Guard system is designed to predict a lightning strike within a defined area and provide a "RED ALERT" consisting of audible and visual warnings approximately 8 to 20 minutes before lightning strikes are experienced within that region. When pre-established detection limits are reached, the system activates a number of horns and strobe lights located on campus near outdoor athletic fields, campus recreation fields and swimming pools, warning those who are outside to seek shelter.

When conditions for a lightning strike exist, the system will give a 15-second blast on the horn cluster and a yellow strobe will activate and stay on until the danger has passed. Once the potential for a lightning strike has passed, the system will activate the horns for an all-clear signal -- three short (5-second) blasts -- and the strobe light will stop blinking.

If the Thor Guard lightning prediction system activates or a lightning strike danger is otherwise indicated, seek shelter inside a nearby building or a fully enclosed metal vehicle. Do not seek shelter under towers, trees or tall objects that could attract a lightning strike. Once inside a vehicle do not touch any metal that could be part of the vehicle frame. If you are working with an outdoor group, suspend activities and guide your participants inside.

For more information on lightning safety and the Thor Guard lightning prediction system, visit www.fau.edu/facilities/ehs/safety/lightning-safety.php or contact Tom Bradley at tbradley@fau.edu or 561-297-3106.

The QEP Committee is seeking faculty members to serve as reviewers for the inaugural issue of the Florida Atlantic University Undergraduate Research Journal (FAURJ).

The FAURJ is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal established by the Council for Scholarship and Inquiry (CSI) in collaboration with the University's Quality Enhancement Plan (QEP) and the Dean of Undergraduate Studies. The FAURJ will afford undergraduate students the opportunity to convert research and creative projects into publishable, scholarly papers. The goals of the FAURJ are to showcase high-quality undergraduate research, provide students a better understanding of research and publishing standards, and promote inquiry-based activities at FAU.

We are pleased to announce that we have received a wide variety of manuscript submissions for the inaugural fall 2012 issue. We are seeking reviewers from across all departments and campuses to evaluate the quality of the research and to make recommendations to improve the work. As part of the peer-review process, each manuscript submission will be reviewed by one faculty member and one student in the same or closely related field as the author's research.

If you would like to volunteer your services as a reviewer for the FAURJ, please contact us no later than June 15 at faucsi@gmail.com.

The Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) at Florida Atlantic University is an interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal that is to be published annually. Its mission is to showcase high-quality undergraduate research in all fields, supply younger students with an idea of the standard of research, and promote inquiry-based activities at FAU. To be eligible for publication, research must be done by an undergraduate student at Florida Atlantic University and the research must be mentored by an FAU faculty member.

The URJ at FAU is accepting manuscript submissions for the inaugural Fall 2012 issue. The deadline for submission has been extended to Thursday, May 31, 2012. Instructions for submissions:
-Submit three separate documents (Cover Letter, Short Bio, and Manuscript including Abstract) in .doc format as attachments to fauurj@gmail.com.
- Complete the online Supervisor Release Form and the Student Release Form; print, sign, and seal in an envelope (labeled URJ and your name). Please bring the sealed envelope to Alena Rodriguez in the Science & Engineering building, SE bldg. #43 on the Boca Raton campus, room 135, or to Josh Scholl in the Sanson Science building, SC bldg. #1, on the Boca Raton campus, room 287. If no one is available to receive your envelope, please slide it under the door.

For more information on FAU's Undergraduate Research Journal (URJ) and/or the Council of Scholarship and Inquiry (CSI), please visit us at http://faucsi.wordpress.com. Students who are interested in holding an executive position on the Council of Scholarship & Inquiry and/or joining the URJ editing team (several positions available), can email CSI at fauurj@fau.edu.

In order to support faculty and increase access to and enrollment in eLearning, the Center for eLearning requests faculty proposals for eLearning course development and delivery. Faculty selected in this process will receive a stipend of $3,000 to:
- Complete a training program and develop an online course during the fall of 2012
- Teach the newly developed course as an overload at least once by the end of fall 2013. The overload instruction rate will be $6,000 for full-time faculty and $4,500 for part-time faculty.

The fall program consists of 6 units delivered over 11 weeks during fall 2012 and includes 3 face-to-face meetings scheduled on Fridays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The remaining coursework will be completed online. To be successful in this course, we estimate that you will need to commit to 12 hours of work per week. Faculty can also receive up to 6 hours of individual assistance from instructional designers. Open lab hours with instructional designers will also be available.

Participants will need to confirm their working knowledge of Blackboard via two assessments prior to beginning the program. Instructions for these assessments and information on how to prepare for them will be forwarded to the selected candidates.

Proposals will be reviewed and priority given to:
1. High demand courses with consistent enrollment demand over the last three years including summers
2. Courses that are deemed strategic in planning eLearning degree programs
3. Courses that are part of an existing eLearning plan within your College/School/Department.
Faculty interested in developing courses via distance must complete the form located at http://www.fau.edu/cel/cel1001.html and submit it to: Dr. Monica Orozco, Assistant Provost for eLearning, morozco@fau.edu, fax: 5671-297-4851.

The deadline for proposals complete with required signatures is Friday, June 1, at noon.

Join the Executive Education program on Saturday, June 2, at 9 a.m. to learn about the Professional and Executive MBA degree programs offered in the College of Business. Our Executive Education staff will provide information regarding curriculum and specializations, AACSB accreditation, admission requirements, program format, tuition/financial aid and complimentary GMAT prep course and waiver eligibility. To register for an information session, visit REGISTER. For program information, visit www.business.fau.edu/emba or www.business.fau.edu/pmba. Contact Jane with questions at jherbert@fau.edu or 561-297-1086.

A memorial service for Dr. John M. DeGrove, a professor and chair of the Political Science Department at FAU from 1968-72, provost of FAU Broward from 1980-83 and director of the joint FAU-FIU Center for Environmental and Urban Problems, will be held June 3, at 2 p.m. in the Graham Center, Pugh Hall, University of Florida in Gainesville. Dr. DeGrove passed away on April 11.

On Tuesday, June 5, an Eco-Boat Trip from FAU Harbor Branch's Johnson Ed Center. Take a trip aboard the pontoon boat "Gator" to see birds, dolphins, turtles, manatees and more. The boat departs at 10:30 a.m. with lunch on the water from FAU Harbor Branch's Link Port Cafe and will return by 1 p.m. $40 for members of the Friends; $50 for nonmembers. Reservations required. Call 772-242-2559 for information and reservations..

FAU's Astronomical Observatory will hold an "on-campus expedition" to observe the very rare Transit of Venus across the face of the Sun on Tuesday, June 5, from 6 p.m. until after sundown. All are invited to come to this free event to witness it for themselves. The transit will not occur again for another 105 years, so no one alive today will see it again! Astronomers have used these events to figure out the distance from the Earth to the Sun, and this information told us the distances to the stars. The expedition's location will take place on the top deck of Parking Garage I (PK81) near the main library on the Boca Raton campus. Details at 561-297-STAR or www.physics.fau.edu/observatory/observatory.html.

POP: An Exploration of Paper, Form and Light: Instructor Colette Fu
Saturday and Sunday, June 9 and 10
This is an introductory course for all levels on constructing pop-ups and adding lights to them with paper based electronics.

See details for this workshop and more at JCBA's WORKSHOPS page at www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/workshops/index.php

On Wednesday, June 13, visit the Gilbert's Bar House of Refuge in Stuart, Florida, from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. Meet at FAU Harbor Branch's Ocean Discovery Center to carpool to Hutchinson Island and the only house of refuge remaining of the 10 built along the Treasure Coast at a time when sailing ships dominated world commerce. Enjoy a VIP tour of the original building and stories of historic shipwrecks by the keeper, Jim McCormick, and picnic lunch (included) on the porch overlooking the Atlantic Ocean and the Underwater Archaeological Preserve. Return after lunch. $20 for members; $25 for nonmembers. Reservations required. Call 772-242-2559 for information and reservations.

Search Engine Optimization Tech Forum
Date: June 15
Time: 8:30 to 10:30 a.m.
FAU College of Business, Room BU120

Ever wondered how search engines interact with your website? Join FAU College of Business and the Greater Boca Raton Chamber for a cutting-edge presentation from leading search engine marketing (SEM) and search engine optimization (SEO) experts and educators. Learn best practices and ask your most burning questions to the tech panel.

Moderator:
Jay Berkowitz, Founder & CEO, Ten Golden Rules
Panel:
Jeff Klien, Webmaster, NCCI
Kathryn Parsons, Internet Marketing Director, DamagedCars.com
Joe Laratro, President, Tandem Interactive

The event is free and open to the public. Space is limited. For more information or to register, email spearson@bocaratonchamber.com

FAU's Center for Environmental Studies within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science will host a "Risk and Response: Sea Level Rise Summit" on Wednesday, June 20 from 1:30 to 5 p.m., as well as on Thursday, June 21 and Friday, June 22 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the Boca Raton Marriott. The purpose of the summit is to share the ongoing responses and adaptation planning of agencies, institutions and civic society to sea level rise and compare the Florida situation and response with other vulnerable localities in the U.S. and worldwide.

South Florida is one of the world's most vulnerable areas to climate change, especially sea level rise. The potential adaptation to sea level rise is complicated by the porous limestone geology of the region, permitting salt water intrusion into important aquifers. The low-level terrain in many areas makes even a relatively small sea level rise problematic.

For more information or to register, contact Mary Beth Hartman at 561-799-8553 or mhartman@fau.edu, or visit www.ces.fau.edu/SLR2012.

Tickets are now on sale for the department of theater's Festival Repertory Theatre performances of "Showtune," a musical revue of works by Jerry Herman, the Shakespeare play "Love's Labour's Lost," and a Big Band concert. The plays will run Friday, June 22 through Saturday, July 21 and the concert is on Saturday, July 28. All shows are in the University Theatre and Studio One Theatre on the Boca Raton campus. For a full schedule, visit www.fau.edu/festivalrep. Tickets are $20, group tickets are $14, all students are $12, and FAU faculty, staff and alumni are $16. Package prices are available. To purchase tickets, call 800-564-9539 or visit www.fauevents.com.

On Saturday, June 23, join FAU Harbor Branch for a Hot Dog Party and Book Signing at the Ocean Discovery Center from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. "Professor Clark, The Science Shark" is a new children's book inspired by Harbor Branch's own scientist and explorer Dr. Brian Lapointe. The authors will be on hand, along with Harbor Branch scientists and representatives from Shark Savers and COAST (Coastal Ocean Association of Science & Technology) to sign books and answer questions. $5 donation includes hot dog, soda and chips. Proceeds to "Feed the Fish." Call 772-242-2559 for information.

Registration is open for "Book Arts 101: Midsummer Night's Dream," a popular 3.5-hour introduction immersion book arts course offered by book artist John Cutrone at the Arthur and Mata Jaffe Center for Book Arts at the Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus, on Wednesday, June 20, from 5:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. or Saturday, June 23, from 1 to 4:30 p.m. Cutrone, the center's director, will open the course with a 25-minute video about the center's amazing collection of artists' books, most of which are one of a kind or limited editions and made by hand. An in-depth viewing of artists' books, including some related to summer, will follow the video. Participants will print sheets of paper from historic wood type set by hand and learn how to bind books using the single signature pamphlet stitch. During the course, Cutrone will share summertime stories from his cache of Convivio Dispatches. St. John's Day is June 24, and Midsummer Night falls the evening before, so there will be plenty of mischief and magic in the air as participants are transformed into book artists. Cutrone graduated from the MFA in the Book Arts Program at the University of Alabama. Tuition for the course is by donation to the center's education fund. Contact Cutrone at 561-297-0455 or jcutrone@fau.edu or go to www.jaffecollection.org and click WORKSHOPS to register.

Maestro Aaron Kula conducts the 60-piece Klezmer Company Orchestra on Sunday, June 24, at 3 p.m. in the Carole and Barry Kaye Center for the Performing Arts. The concert offers beloved American classics including music from Copland's popular ballet Rodeo and Tchaikovsky's rousing 1812 Overture. Guest vocalist Daniel Cochran will sing Copland's Old American Songs and Singin' in the Rain from the original film score. This year marks the seventh KCO Spirit of America concert celebrating FAU Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection. Tickets on sale now at 1-800-564-9539 or www.fauevents.com.

On Sunday, Aug. 19, 2012, from 1 to 1:45 p.m., FAU will host its sixth annual Freshman Convocation in the Carole and Barry Kaye Performing Arts Auditorium on the Boca Raton campus. The keynote speaker will be FAU's 2012 Distinguished Teacher of the Year, Dr. Deborah Louda. This is an especially important occasion, because research shows that first-time-in-college students who are formally welcomed to the university community have an increased likelihood of staying on track in their studies and graduating on time. The opening processional establishes the serious tone of the Convocation as faculty in academic regalia and staff in academic regalia or business attire march into the auditorium. The Convocation will begin promptly at 1 p.m. For more information please contact Diane Aragon at daragon@fau.edu or visit www.fau.edu/deanugstudies/freshmanconvocation/index.php.

The four digital Living Room Theaters are located in the Culture and Society Building on the Boca Raton campus. Patrons can enjoy the European style cafe after 5 p.m. Show dates, times and ticket information can be found at http://fau.livingroomtheaters.com.

FAU will offer a variety of youth summer camp options for students from kindergarten through 12th grade. Areas of focus include:
Arts and Enrichment: Teaching Outstanding Performers (TOPS), 'Expedition Florida' Henderson Enrichment Program and 2012 Summer Art Series at the FAU Pine Jog Environmental Center
Athletics: Mike Jarvis Team Basketball Camp, West Boca Basketball Summer Academy, FAU Owl Baseball Academy Camps, FAU Run Fast Camps, FAU Owl Football School, Goal 2 Goal Soccer Academy Summer Soccer Day Camp, Goal 2 Goal Soccer Academy Summer 2012 Training Series, Goal 2 Goal Soccer Academy Residential/Commuter Advanced Training Camp, FAU Elite Soccer Training Day and Residential Camps, FAU Volleyball All Skills Camp and FAU Volleyball Academy
Engineering: FAU Summer Engineering Technology Program
Environmental/Science: Everglades Youth Conservation Camp, Pine Jog Summer Day Camp, Camp Invention, Summer Science Institute.

Click here for details and contact information for all FAU camps this summer.

The Charles E. Schmidt College of Science's Summer Science Institute is offering a special discounted rate of $500 to all FAU employees who would like to enroll their children in the program. The standard rate is $800. There two four-week sessions to choose from. Session 1 runs from June 19 to July 12 and Session 2 runs from July 17 to August 9. The institute runs Monday through Friday from 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Visit www.science.fau.edu/oce for more information.

Get healthy with FAU yoga! First class is FREE. Join any time. Summer classes start May 1 and are ongoing through June 28. Yoga exercises every muscle, nerve and gland in the body and releases stress and tension. Benefits include strength, flexibility and balance. The class is appropriate for every body type and fitness level. Classes are by the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing.

Classes are held Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12:10 to 1 p.m. in the Christine E. Lynn College of Nursing Building, Room 115. Cost for faculty and staff is $70 for 8 classes, or $10 for 1 class. Cost for students is $40 for 8 classes, or $5 for 1 class. Cost for community members is $80 for 8 classes, or $12 for 1 class. Contact Kristine Lee at 561-297-0159 or klee26@fau.edu for additional information.

The IT computer training schedule for June 2012 is now available online at www.fau.edu/oit/training/files/june_12.pdf. To register for classes, go to https://swise.fau.edu/training.

A number of science and healthcare classes are being offered this spring and summer through the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science's Office of Continuing Education, including:
- History of Science from Antiquity to 1750
- History of Science from 1750 to Present
- CPR
- EKG (12 lead) Certification
- Pre-Health Skills 101
- Medical School 101
- Introduction to Dentistry and Lab
- Interview Boot Camp

Find out more about the classes and how to register at www.science.fau.edu/oce.

The Financial and Estate Planning in Retirement Program, offered by the College of Business Executive Education has the answers you need to actively take control of your financial future. A three-day educational seminar, the Financial and Estate Planning in Retirement Program will not only educate you in all areas of personal finance but also provide you with a personalized financial plan to organize your resources and help you understand the decisions you need to make to meet your financial objectives. You will also have the opportunity to invite a guest or your spouse, FREE of charge, to attend with you!

Sessions are offered through November on the Boca Raton and Jupiter campuses. Learn more and register at www.business.fau.edu/retirementplan.

Domestic Duality, a free exhibition of self-portraits by Patricia Gutierrez runs Friday, May 25, through Friday, Aug. 10, at the FAU Jupiter Library Gallery. The exhibition is a series of computer manipulated, staged self-portraits that show a woman hiding behind a facade that does not really exist. Patricia Schnall Gutierrez, the artist, has dedicated her work to examining women's roles throughout her career. The exhibition can be viewed during library hours, which are Monday through Thursday from 8:30 a.m. to 10 p.m., Fridays from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturdays from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Sundays from 12:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.

For more information, call 561-799-8530 or visit www.library.fau.edu/npb/npb.htm.

Whether you call them pop-up books or moveable books, there's no doubt that books with elements that pop up, slide, twirl and change before your eyes are just plain fun. And fun is the general idea behind this great collection of books recently given to FAU Libraries by Arthur J. Williams. The Arthur J. Williams Pop-Up Collection is comprised of 425 pop-up and moveable books, and the collection has found a perfect home at FAU Libraries' Jaffe Center for Book Arts, where it is permanently housed, enabling students and researchers an opportunity to study the mechanics of pop-ups. The exhibition is displayed in the Jaffe Center for Book Arts and throughout the rest of the Wimberly Library on the Boca Raton campus.

For more information, including additional events and workshops, visit www.library.fau.edu/depts/spc/JaffeCenter/workshops/index.php.

Clinical Research Studies at FAU's College of Medicine is conducting a clinical research trial to evaluate the effectiveness of an investigational medication for mild to moderate Alzheimer's disease. There is no cost to participate and eligible participants will receive payment for time and travel. If you or someone you know is suffering from Alzheimer's, call 561-297-0164 to learn more.

The Language Development Lab, under the direction of Professor Erika Hoff, is conducting a federally funded study of early monolingual and bilingual development. We are looking for 24- to 30-month-old children who are learning Spanish at home and at least one parent was born in a Spanish-speaking country. For participating, you will receive $150 in gift cards and your child will get a gift and a t-shirt. With your permission, we will contact you again every 6 months until your child is 5 years old. We will pay for your time at each visit. If you complete this study through the age of 5 years, you will receive a total of $1,000 in gift cards.

We are also looking for 24- to 30-month-old children who are learning only English at home. For participating, you will receive $50 in gift cards and your child will get a gift and a t-shirt. With your permission, we will contact you again every 6 months until your child is 5 years old. We will pay you for your time at each visit. If you complete the study through the age of 5 years you will receive a total of $400 in gift cards. We plan to study children's language development from 2 years and 6 months to 5 years.

The purpose of these studies is to gain a better understanding of how language develops during this period. We will come to your home or you can come to our playroom on the Davie campus of Florida Atlantic University or to our office on the Boca Raton campus -- whichever is easier for you. If you are interested in this study, email langdevlab@fau.edu. You may also call 954-236-1142 or check out psy.fau.edu/~hoff/LangDevLab/index.htm for more information.

The Communication Disorders Clinic is located on the 4th floor of the College of Education building on the Boca Raton campus and provides speech, language and hearing diagnostic and therapy services -- including accent reduction therapy -- to children and adults. Services are available Monday through Friday during every semester on a space-available basis. Appointments for diagnostic or treatment services may be made by calling Maria at 561-297-2258. Payment can now be made by VISA or MasterCard.

The clinic offers Stroke Support and a Stuttering Support groups, each meeting once a month. Interested parties should contact the clinic for details. FAU faculty and staff members and their families receive a 50 percent discount for all services. Full-time FAU students receive a 50 percent discount for evaluations and then are charged $10 per treatment session.

The Communication Disorders Clinic is operated by FAU's Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders. For more information on clinic services, visit www.coe.fau.edu/csd/clinic.htm.