Rood will oversee the central administrative computing group, which includes centralized student, human resources, financial aid, and finance applications. He will also oversee Web development, Internet and e-mail systems, equipment repair, the telephone system, computer operations and the student, staff, and faculty help desks. Rood has spent his entire 30-year professional career in information technology at the University of Maryland. From 1993 to 1998, he was director of the Department of Communication and Business Services. In addition to his formal positions, he has been a project leader for technology assessment, an academic advisor with the College of Letters and Sciences.
Classes are open to female faculty, staff and students.
Each class will consist of 12 hours of instruction that includes training in defensive skills and actual simulations. March 4 and March 11 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. in Gym 106. All participants will receive a student manual. For more information, call Jennifer Schwartz at EXT 8-1173. Behar, a faculty member at the University of Michigan, will discuss her work on Jewish, Cuban and Hispanic-American identity.