The new school year should be an exciting one for students wanting to study abroad!

In addition to our ongoing programs we now have two MORE programs to add to the list.

The first is the reinstatement of one of our programs that was temporarily cancelled last year. We are now back on track for the Florence Honors Program! MCAD is hosting 3 Florentine exchange students this fall and wants to send 3 juniors to Italy spring semester. MCAD provides Italian language tutoring, a free language class upon arrival, free housing and a $500 travel stipend. Find out more in the College Center on Thursday, September 16 from 12 - 1 pm.

We are thrilled to announce that we have also added a BRAND NEW program for Graphic Design juniors at the Royal Academy of Art (KaBK) in The Hague, Netherlands. Students will receive free housing, free Dutch language class upon arrival, and a $500 travel stipend. Design Department Chair Bernard Canniffe will present information and images about KaBK on Tuesday, September 14 in the College Center form 12 - 1 pm. Bernard visited the school this summer so will have the real scoop on the place!

For more information, please email Alexis Akagawa, the International Student Advisor, at aakagawa@mcad.edu

And in case you feel like doing a little research on your own:

Netherlands
http://www.kabk.nl/

Florence:
http://www.isa.firenze.it/
http://www.accademia.firenze.it/
http://www.isiadesign.fi.it/index.php
http://www.scuolaleonardo.com/Italian-language-school-Florence.html

The deadline to declare your major for Fall Advising Day is Tuesday, September 7. If you declare by the deadline you will be assigned a faculty advisor and will meet with that advisor during Advising Day. If you do not declare by Sept 7, you will be advised as an undeclared students during Advising Week (Oct 25-29).

To declare your major:

• Stop by Student Affairs for the form. Or, go the the Student Affairs page on the intranet, under "Departments and Services" to print the form.
• Meet with the chair of the department you wish to declare for discussion and signature.
• Return the completed form to Student Affairs (can be slid under the door, too)

It is strongly recommended students complete foundation courses prior to declaring. As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

FYI, the Student Affairs office will be closed Friday Sept 3 thru Monday Sept 6.

At approximately 6:00 pm on Tuesday, August 31st, 2010, MCAD Public Safety was notified of a domestic assault and stabbing that took place at 5:42 pm off the intersection of 27th Street and Stevens Avenue. No MCAD students or staff was involved in the incident. The Minneapolis Police Department was already aware of the incident and is conducting a thorough investigation of the scene. The suspect was described as a Hispanic or Cuban male, 30-40 years old, who was balding, wearing jeans and a sweater. The suspect fled and the police were searching the area, including around MCAD for the suspect's whereabouts.

Please contact the Minneapolis Police at 911 if you have any information.

Heads up!

The Student Affairs Office will be closed this Friday (September 3) in preparation for the BLACK AND WHITE BALL on Friday night. Two words about that.....LAZER CAVE!!!!!

Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. We will be around all day Thursday and back at it after Labor Day weekend!

It's declaration of major time!!

The deadline to declare your major for Fall Advising Day is Monday, September 7. If you declare by the deadline you will be assigned a faculty advisor and will meet with that advisor during Advising Day. If you do not declare by Sept 7, you will be advised as an undeclared students during Advising Week (Oct 25-29).

To declare your major:
- Stop by Student Affairs for the form.
- Meet with the chair of the department you wish to declare for discussion and signature.
- Return the completed form to Student Affairs.

It is strongly recommended students complete foundation courses prior to declaring. As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you!

Jen Zuccola
Academic Advising Coordinator

Are you interested in studying off campus?

Tuesday	September 7	University of Brighton, England Graphic Design and Illustration majors
Thursday	September 9	New York Studio Residency Program All BFA majors
Friday	September 10	Burren College of Art, Ireland All BFA majors
Tuesday	September 14	Royal Academy of Art, The Netherlands Graphic Design majors
Thursday	September 16	Florence Honors Program, Italy All BFA majors
Tuesday	September 21	Bauhaus Universitat, Germany All BFA majors
Thursday	September 23	Fachhochshule Vorarlberg, Austria and AICAD Mobility (U.S., Canada and Japan including Osaka University of Arts) Austria - WME majors and BS: VIS AICAD - All majors

Alexis Akagawa, International Student Advisor/Program Coordinator, will present information about Off Campus Study opportunities. Meet in the College Center from 12 - 1 pm on the days listed above. Former MCAD Off Campus Study participants and exchange students from our partner schools will also be there to share their experiences.

All students are welcome to attend these informational meetings. Deadline for applications Wednesday September 29 at 5 pm, Morrison Building Office 104. Juniors encouraged to apply, email alexis_akagawa@mcad.edu look on the MCAD intranet for details.

Welcome (and welcome back) to school!

I wanted to let you know that we have a new Counseling Psychologist at MCAD this year. Beth Stockinger (MS, Licensed Psychologist, Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist) started earlier this month and is now available for appointments!

Beth has over 20 years of experience offering mental health services and consultation in her St. Paul private practice. She has provided counseling to students from a number of area colleges and high schools and has worked extensively with young adults, parents, couples and families. Her background also includes working in diverse settings such as private practice, hospital inpatient and outpatient adolescent/young adult crisis units.

Beth's services are FREE to students, and are totally confidential. She in on campus and available for appointments Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. To schedule an appointment you can email her directly at beth_stockinger@mcad.edu, call her at 612-874-3776, or stop by the Student Affairs Office.

No problem is too big or too small to talk to Beth about! She is looking forward to meeting students and becoming a part of the MCAD community. (And rumor has it that she is looking for some nice, calming art for her office walls!!)

Here's to a great school year!
Susan

Reminder: Add/ Drop Period

That the last day to add/drop any class for Fall 2010 is Friday, August 27th by 5:00pm

If for any reason you would miss us on Friday please just slip your signed form under the door and we will process as Friday's business.

Please stop by if you have any questions

J Chestnut
Registrar

Public Safety would like to inform the MCAD campus that through the rest of this week and up to Sunday evening at midnight, parking in lot C will be free and open to non-resident students, staff, and faculty.

Beginning Monday morning August 30th at 12:01 a.m. the gate arms will be returned to the normal position and people wishing to park in lot C will need to purchase a stored value card (SVC) in the Art Cellar. They will be available in $5, 10, 20 and 40 amounts. See the Campus Parking & Transportation Guide for more information.

Parking in lots B, D, and E is assigned parking only. All parking rules will be enforced on Monday August 30th.

Thank you,
Public Safety

Students -

Please be aware that all leftover work in Morrison (including M109) from Spring Semester 2010 will be disposed of on September 7th.

Pamela Valfer
Drawing Coordinator

Thursday morning August 19 beginning at 6 a.m. in the Morrison and LA wing, our fire system vendor, Egan Inc., will be completing the audible horn portion of the testing. Along with Egan, Olson Fire Inc. will be here testing the fires sprinkler system in both buildings as well. If fire alarm horns sound later in the morning, Public Safety will advise if there is an

Later in the morning, or early afternoon, Egan will be going through each resident building testing the fire system including sounding the horns.

This weekend, August 14 and 15th, the north entrance parking lot A (turn around) and south parking lot B (loading dock areas), will be seal-coated and paint striped (weather permitting).

Friday evening, at midnight, these parking areas will be coned off and closed until the paint has dried Sunday afternoon. Please plan on using lot C- entrance off 26th and 2nd Ave. if you need to visit the college.

Thank you for your cooperation,

Public Safety / Facilities

New Pricing in the SB
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Konica prints are now ONLY $0.50!! new SB Cards are divided up into $0.50 punches and all prices are now reflected in real US Dollar amounts. almost all but a few prices were reduced.

PaperCut
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we've implemented a Print Management System called PaperCut that allows us to track printing at the user level. the print server will tell us who is printing, how much and where. this all operates behind the scenes. the server also allows us to monitor the health of the printers (paper jams, errors, if toner or paper is needed) and collect automated counts.

THIS CHANGE WILL AFFECT ONLY RETURNING STUDENTS AND ANYONE WHO DOES NOT GET THEIR COMPUTER UPDATED OR THOSE WITH NON-MCAD LAPTOPS. in order to initiate use of the new system, we had to set up new printers on the server which means you will have to update your printers as well. we have a brief window in which to do this. we will be 'throwing the switch' this next week, August 9-13. we do not have a precise date yet as we have to do a few more final tests.

but when it does happen, we will turn off the old print queues and you will need to update. we are making this easy for you. in order to update, you'll need to go into your System Preferences, then Print/Fax and delete all of the old printers. then visit the SB's Intranet page (http://serviceb.mcad.edu ) and download the MCAD Printer Setup Utility. double-click on the application that downloads to your computer and you will be presented with a list of printers. check whichever printers you'd like to install and voila you are all set.

if you have any questions or need help with updating your printers, please stop by the SB or Help Desk for assistance.

Limited Free Public Printing
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printing is expensive. most schools now charge for BW printing in some way or enforce a quota of some kind. we are beginning by setting a limitation of 25 pages per BW print job for free. documents over 25 pages will cost $0.50/25 pages after the initial 25 for students or personal printing of faculty/staff. for printing or copying of documents over 25 pages you will have to send your file to either the Canon BW Copier or the Manual Feed printer and ask to have them released at the counter in the SB.

the page count limitation is enforced by the PaperCut server. if you send a file with more than 25 pages total, your file will be denied.

Student BW Print/Copy prices
0-25 pages = free
25-50 pagess = $0.50
51-100 pages = $1.00
101-150 pages = $1.50
151-200 pages = $2.00
201-250 pages = $2.50
251-300 pages = $3.00
301-350 pages = $3.50
351-400 pages = $4.00
401-450 pages = $4.50
451-500 pages = $5.00
Etc.


New BW Printers and Release Queues
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-there will now be 5 BW print queues in the SB
-SB_BW_Letter - will only print letter-size documents
-SB_BW_11x17 - will only print 11x17 size documents
-SB_BW_Manual_Feed - for all custom papers and sizes
-SB-Xante-Film - for Xante prints (screenprinting)
-SB-Canon-BW-Copier - for high volume printing/student copying

-there are separate release queues for each printer
-Letter queue
-11x17 queue
-SB Counter Release - for Manual Feed, Canon BW, and Xante prints


Public vs Manual Release
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public release queues are for general printing needs that you can release yourself and are limited to 25 pages. the managed release queues are for specialty printing needs such as color printing, high- volume, custom paper/sizes and anything else that requires some special attention.

Public Release Printers
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-Lib-hp-2300
-SrDesign-HP8150 (added through MCAD Printer Setup Utility for students in the Sr Design studio space)
-SB-BW-Letter
-SB-BW-11x17


Managed Release Printers
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-SB-Konica-Color
-SB-Canon-BW
-SB-HP-Manual-Feed
-SB-Xante-Film


Upgraded Self-Serve Copier
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the self-serve copier in the SB will now staple and collate copies.