WE ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF 1984. MOST HUMANS ARE NOT AWARE OF
IT.
TING IS MY CHAIR.
TRUTH AND COMPASSION ARE CONSIDERED CHARACTERISTICS OF
SICK MINDS. GREED AND FALSEHOOD ARE PRAISED AS VIRTUES.
POWER BLINDS. NOTICE THAT THE DECISION OF A HANDFULL
PEOPLE WHO KEEP THEIR NAMES INVISIBLE BEHIND THE TITLE "DIVISION" USE
THE WORD "CAMPUS". THEY ARE DRUNK WITH POWER. THESE ARE MY
COLLEAGUES. CAMPUS IS 36, 000 thousands just counting students. A handful number
of invisible people are making decisions to remove a teacher claiming
that the campus is doing it.
WE WILL SEE VERY DIFFICULT DAYS COMING UP
FOR HUMANITY.
LOOK WITHIN. THERE IS NO OTHER WAY TO KEEP YOUR
SANITY.
Andreas
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ting <tguo@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Subject: First call: First Year Seminar Program offerings in Fall quarter, 2017
To: Andreas Toupadakis <atoupadakis@ucdavis.edu>
---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Ting <tguo@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tuesday, May 30, 2017
Subject: First call: First Year Seminar Program offerings in Fall quarter, 2017
To: Andreas Toupadakis <atoupadakis@ucdavis.edu>
Hi Andreas
The division and campus discussed your case, so it's a
concerted effort from all of us to help you going in the right direction within
the shortest time. You will be able to teach frs after this correction period.
So this stoppage, of it occurs, is temporary.
Regarding the letters, we cannot do anything with them right
now yet because the normal procedure is to submit your packet according to the
given protocol. If your merit is denied then other supporting documents can be
submitted. So we have to follow the protocol. I know. The university has a lot
of rules.
Please let me know if you have more questions.
Best,
Ting
Sent from my iPhone
Dear Ting,
While you are waiting to
hear from the MPS Dean's office regarding my merit (who knows when), please
forward to these people who make decisions the following recent letter from one
of my students.
There is a multitude of
students over 11 years now that have greatly benefited from these seminars I
teach in regard to their mental health and well being. Their parents know
about it and thousands of students know about it. My seminars have been
praised in parents magazine UCDavis.
In my humble opinion it is a
big mistake the department to withhold approval of my first-years seminars who
have been so successful bringing solace and success to hundreds of
students. Students will react to that.
I appreciate your efforts to see these seminars to continue helping the students on our campus.
I appreciate your efforts to see these seminars to continue helping the students on our campus.
Yours
Andreas
|
Thank you.
|
Jimmy Nguyen <jimnguy@ucdavis.edu>Fri,
May 19, 2017 at 8:30 PM
To Professor Toupadakis,
My
name is Jimmy Nguyen and my student ID is 914082800. I'm in section C-10 in
your Chem 2B class and I want to say thank you. For
most of my childhood, I was depressed. Thinking and telling myself that I was a
mistake and my family would be happier without me. I never told anyone in my
family what I was truly feeling as I didn't want them to worry about me. So I
just kept acting like a normal kid, while hiding the emotions and pain inside.
Unable to withstand the emotions and pain, I decided that it would be better if
I disappeared. So during the summer break of sixth grade, I made the decision
to end my life. However, I was saved by my brother and through his support, I
was able to fight through my depression.
However,
I became depressed again during fall quarter. The transition to Davis was a
very hard time for me because of me failing to meet the expectations I had
for myself and being away from my family. Every time I saw people be happy
or do well in a class made me feel that I was worthless and I would never be
happy. However, your speeches about student health and depression gave me
the courage to actually seek help. I went to student health got diagnosed with
depression and they helped me through my depression. And for the most part of
it worked, I wasn't depressed for the rest of fall quarter and spring.
However,
it came back today. Before your chem midterm, I had a Bis 2A midterm. I studied
really hard for it. Taking notes on the lectures and pre-readings before class
and reviewing for an hour. I thought I was going to do very well. However,
after taking the test I knew that I failed it. I was devastated as all my hard
work in studying and taking notes counted for nothing. I began to think that I
was worthless again. In order to not think about I went to sleep before your
test. When I woke up, I found out that I had slept over your midterm. During
that moment, I forgot everything I learned from therapy and assumed the
absolute worst possibility. I thought that my life was over that I had failed
my family and thought about committing suicide. However, I remember what
you said and that the grade doesn't matter. I shouldn't end my life or be
depression over a letter that doesn't define me. I should be happy about myself
and for what I learned. The main thing is I want to say thank you. You gave me
the courage to actually get help with depression. And when I was at my lowest,
your words of wisdom help out of it. I'm sorry if there are grammatical or
punctuation errors in this email, I was typing in the heat of the moment
thinking you should know this since people are complaining that you shouldn't
talk about student health and more about chemistry. I want you to know that you
saved my life.
Your
student, Jimmy Nguyen
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 10:07 AM, Ting Guo <tguo@ucdavis.edu>
wrote:
Andreas
I have been waiting for another action from the MPS Dean's
office regarding your merit. That action is connected to the departmental
recommendation. So there is a chance that the department will approve your
request to teach FRS this next year. I will let you know as soon as I hear the
news from the MPS Dean's office.
Sorry for the delay. Please let me know if you have any
questions.
Best,
Ting
On Tue, May 30, 2017 at 9:55 AM, Andreas Toupadakis <atoupadakis@ucdavis.edu>
wrote:
Dear
Ting,
Please
see message below from Janet Chambers.
We
are a week before the deadline and she says that you have not approved my
seminars yet. I was of the impression that you already had done that.
Please
let me know if you did.
Thanks
a lot
Andreas
----------
Forwarded message ----------
From: Janet Chambers <jachambers@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:53 AM
Subject: First call: First Year Seminar Program offerings in Fall quarter, 2017
To: Andreas I Toupadakis <atoupadakis@ucdavis.edu>
From: Janet Chambers <jachambers@ucdavis.edu>
Date: Tue, May 30, 2017 at 8:53 AM
Subject: First call: First Year Seminar Program offerings in Fall quarter, 2017
To: Andreas I Toupadakis <atoupadakis@ucdavis.edu>
Hi
Andreas,
Here
is a copy of the Call for Proposals for First-Year Seminars.
I
have received all of your proposals for the coming year, but your department
chair has not approved any of them. I will resend the messages to him for
Fall quarter asking for his approval. Please talk to him and ask him to
look out for my e-mails and to respond to them so that we can get your seminars
scheduled and advertised during summer orientation.
The
deadlines for this year are:
Early
Fall: Friday,
June 9th
Late
Fall:
Friday, July 21st
Winter:
Friday, October 6th
Spring:
Friday, January 5th
Janet
From: "J. David
Furlow"
Date: Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 6:13 PM
To: "academic-senate@ucdavis.edu", "academic-fed@ucdavis.edu"
Cc: Eddy A Ruiz
Subject: First call: First Year Seminar Program offerings in Fall quarter, 2017
Date: Saturday, May 13, 2017 at 6:13 PM
To: "academic-senate@ucdavis.edu", "academic-fed@ucdavis.edu"
Cc: Eddy A Ruiz
Subject: First call: First Year Seminar Program offerings in Fall quarter, 2017
UC DAVIS: OFFICE OF UNDERGRADUATE
EDUCATION
13 May 2017
Fall 2017 Call for Proposals: First-Year
Seminar Program
Dear Colleagues,
I write to inform you that the Fall
2017 initial deadline for First-Year Seminar proposals is Friday
June 9, 2017 in order to have the seminars listed in time for
first-year orientation and registration, maximizing enrollment in these
important opportunities for our incoming students. We appreciate the tremendous
response we received this current academic year, when we offered approximately
300 for-credit seminars to over 4,000 undergraduates. We look forward to
expanding these educational opportunities even further for our incoming and
continuing students. You may submit your proposal online here: http://fys.ucdavis.edu/faculty/index.html.
We encourage members of our campus
community with instructional appointments to offer a variety of unique seminars
that develop critical thinking and communication skills, as well as develop
deeper connections with the campus community. Particular areas of
interest are:
? Enduring and Contemporary Issues (ECI) seminars examine complex topics that cannot be solved easily or rapidly. The goals of this style of seminar are to help students make sense of complicated issues, and engage critical thinking and sustained dialogue through teamwork, advocacy, reflective writings and presentations.
? Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) bring scalable research into the classroom. Crowd-source a project from your lab or program, where data generation and analysis can benefit from the work of many hands and minds. You may co-teach these courses with a graduate student or other member of your research team. The goal is to increase the reach of traditional, faculty-mentored, undergraduate research opportunities across disciplines. As with all First Year Seminars, you might also consider offering a CURE specifically with transfer students in mind. Email Ashley Vater (awvater@ucdavis.edu) for more information regarding next steps and logistical questions you may have for this particular style of seminar.
? Transitional First-Year Seminars facilitate freshman or transfer student adjustment to the research university, in order to enhance incoming student success. This style of seminar highlights campus history, mission, resources, and programs that foster academic and personal development, a sense of community, campus engagement, and student empowerment to make informed decisions over the course of their undergraduate careers at UCD.
First-Year Seminars are always accepted
that explore a wide range of topics, led by instructors who may not otherwise
be able to develop new pedagogy or incorporate new subject areas of interest in
their regular teaching assignments.
First-Year Seminars can be offered for
one- or two-units, and use either letter or pass/no pass grading. To
encourage interaction between students and instructor, enrollment is strictly
limited to nineteen students. We offer academic enrichment fund
supplements of $3,000 for 2-unit seminars and $2,500 for 1-unit seminars.
Instructors may also apply for up to $500 in course support (mini-grant) to
defray verified expenses related to a seminar.
Please note that if you have an approved departmental space
available to hold the seminar, this will greatly facilitate securing your
proposed seminar day and time. Courses that have five or more students
enrolled by the end of second week of the quarter will not be canceled, and are
eligible for academic enrichment funds (and mini-grant funds if submitted with
your approved proposal).
Questions should be directed to Janet
Chambers, Program Coordinator (Phone 752-1772; email jachambers@ucdavis.edu) or Dr. Eddy Ruiz, First Year Seminar
Program Associate Director (Phone 752-4986; email ruiz@ucdavis.edu). Thank you for your support of this
important program for our incoming students.
Sincerely,
J.
David Furlow
Associate
Dean for Undergraduate Education & Director, University Honors and First
Year Seminar Programs; Professor of Neurobiology, Physiology, and Behavior
UE office: 1375 The Grove (SURGEIII)
NPB office: 274 Briggs Hall
University of California, Davis
Davis,
CA 95616-8519
--
Andreas
May All Beings be Happy and in Peace
~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~
Andreas Toupadakis, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
One Shields Ave
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Office: Science Lab Building, Room 1033A
Work: 530-754-5126
Cell: 530-848-9216
atoupadakis@ucdavis.edu
http://chemistry.ucdavis.edu/faculty/department_faculty/andreas_toupadakis.html
http://www.thelifecurve.com
--
Ting Guo, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 754-5283 (Tel)
(530) 752-8995 (Fax)
http://nanofast.ucdavis.edu
Ting Guo's Uncertainty Principle: If you are flexible, you may
not get exactly what you want. If adamant, you may only get what
you want.
Professor and Chair
Department of Chemistry
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
(530) 754-5283 (Tel)
(530) 752-8995 (Fax)
http://nanofast.ucdavis.edu
Ting Guo's Uncertainty Principle: If you are flexible, you may
not get exactly what you want. If adamant, you may only get what
you want.
--
Andreas
May All Beings be Happy and in Peace
~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~
Andreas Toupadakis, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
One Shields Ave
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Office: Science Lab Building, Room 1033A
Work: 530-754-5126
Cell: 530-848-9216
atoupadakis@ucdavis.edu
http://chemistry.ucdavis.edu/faculty/department_faculty/andreas_toupadakis.html
http://www.thelifecurve.com
--
Andreas
May All Beings be Happy and in Peace
~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~**~*~
Andreas Toupadakis, Ph.D.
Department of Chemistry
One Shields Ave
University of California
Davis, CA 95616
Office: Science Lab Building, Room 1033A
Work: 530-754-5126
Cell: 530-848-9216
atoupadakis@ucdavis.edu
http://chemistry.ucdavis.edu/faculty/department_faculty/andreas_toupadakis.html
http://www.thelifecurve.com
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