newcomers committee


Welcome New CWRU Faculty

The New Faculty Family Picnic is Held in August Each Year

NEXT EVENT

A WINE TASTING PARTY

on FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 2010
from 7 PM to 10 PM
at the elegant and warmly welcoming Alumni House, in University Circle, at 11310 Juniper Road.

This year our resident expert, Phil Taylor, will be joined by Jim Triner, an experienced connoisseur. They will present wines under the theme "A tour of France, Italy and Spain, from East to West and North to South." We will sample a selection of nine wines, mostly in the moderate price range, but with some special bottles that we might not be able to afford on an everyday basis.
These will be accompanied by a meal of hearty hors d'oeuvres, followed by dessert and coffee.
Cost is $15 per person

Please call Sarah Taylor at (216) 321 7465 for further details.


The Newcomers Committee
is a group of volunteers (faculty spouses and faculty) who greet new members of the faculty and administration, and their families, to the Case Western Reserve University community. We look forward to answering any questions you have (or at least guiding you in the right direction!) regarding your joining our campus, enjoying the immediate University Circle cultural institutions, or becoming familiar with the wider Cleveland metropolitan area and the facilities in the various suburbs.

We hold a number of events during the year to which we would like to invite you. These include a couple of Potluck Dinners during the fall semester for new faculty and their companions, and a Campus Walking Tour in September. Our first event in the academic year is the Family Picnic, following New Faculty Orientation, in August. Morning Coffees for new faculty spouses, to which young children are welcome, are also held during the year.

We look forward to meeting you and hope you will be able to attend one or more of our events. Please contact us, at the number or by the e-mail below, if you would like further information on our program during the year.

Wishing you a smooth and enjoyable transition to our diverse and stimulating campus and city,

Sarah Taylor (Chair), Newcomers Committee
Phone (216) 321-7465,
E-mail:
taylor@case.edu

Committee members: Lin Emmons, Roberta Farrell, Anne Poirson, Beverly Saylor, Audrey Solow, Aaron Starr, Patrick Volz, Donna Walsh. Committee Advisors: Christine Cano, Gary Chottiner, Bill Fickinger, Philippa Pearson, Mano Singham.

These University web sites are recommended for general interest, as well as for specific information:

The following links and organizations might be of interest to you, if you are new to Cleveland.

  • MUSIC, THEATER AND VISUAL ARTS venues abound in the Cleveland area. Click here for a listing of just a few of these.

  • FACULTY HOUSES for sale. The purpose of this link is to provide a service to faculty who are leaving CWRU, and who would like to sell their Cleveland home. It may also be useful to incoming faculty, interested in buying a home, who might like to look at houses that were chosen and lived in by those in similar positions to themselves. This site is not intended as a real estate service, and only the individual home, owned and occupied by a departing faculty member, will be included. No claim to quality is implied by being listed here. Please make all enquiries to the home owner. Homes will be removed from the site after a month, unless the seller requests us (at taylor@cwru.edu) to continue the listing.

  • HOUSING conveniently close to CWRU, and to the University Circle cultural institutions: For Cleveland Heights, phone Heights Housing Service. If you are interested in buying, call (216) 291-5959; for rentals, call (216) 291-5784. For information about Shaker Heights, phone the Shaker Heights Communications and Outreach Department, at (216) 491-1337.

  • For CHILD CARE AND PRESCHOOL INFORMATION, phone The Center for Families and Children, at (216) 861-0492.

  • For BABY-SITTING services, phone John Carroll University's Career Center, at (216) 397-4237, or (216) 397 1795.

  • Heights Parent Center (www.heightsparentcenter.org) offers programs and services for families with young children. The Center is a particularly useful resource for those living in the Heights area.

  • For HIKING AND BIKING in the Cleveland metropolitan area, phone the Cleveland Metroparks, at (216) 635-3253, for maps and information. They also have a web site: www.clevelandmetroparks.com. Also try the Ohio and Erie Canal Towpath http://www.ohioanderiecanalway.com/. The ambitious can consider The Buckeye Trail. Check out: www.buckeyetrail.org/index.html. For additional information on anything related to bicycling in our area, contact Gary Chottiner: gsc2@case.edu

  • For information about GOLF, phone Lois Ritchken at (216) 292 4848

  • For information about SAILING, check out this web site: www.ensignfleet29.net

  • COOL CLEVELAND -- For current information on the enormous amount of interesting, entertaining, musical, artistic, and other lively events taking place in Cleveland, try the web site for Cool Cleveland

  • For information about Northeast Ohio's ENVIRONMENTAL news, organizations, and activities, check out http://www.gcbl.org/

  • An environmentally focused company, CITY WHEELS, offers its members affordable rental of efficient vehicles for short-term, round-trip use in order to supplement the public transit network. It has two convenient access points in University Circle: http://www.MyCityWheels.com/


If you live in the Heights area, and would like suggestions for the following services and shops:

    Please call Laura Smith, at (216) 320 1548, if you are interested in recommendations for:

  • A pediatrician,
  • A dentist who is good with children,
  • A realtor.



    Please call Sarah Taylor at (216) 321 7465 for advice about:
  • Dry cleaning and shoe repair,
  • Hardware store (one that provides advice as well as products!),
  • Car repair.

    Please call Roberta Farrell at (216) 321 3152 to learn about:

  • Supermarkets,
  • Catering,
  • Garden/plant items.



    Please call Audrey Solow at (216) 371 8697 for suggestions about:
  • Supermarkets,
  • Car repair,
  • Dry cleaning.



    Please call Donna Walsh at (216) 752 9545 for general information about:
  • Shops and services in Shaker Heights and Mayfield Heights