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Six Sigma Forum on Cost Cutting Processes 

NC State employees and alumni qualify for registration discounts to the seventh annual Six Sigma Forum, June 25-26, in Research Triangle Park. Six Sigma, a quality standardization process based on numerical data, evolved from other quality initiatives, such as ISO and Baldrige.

This year’s forum, “Supply Chain Management and Cost Competitiveness in a Global Economy,” will focus on processes to cut costs and improve quality. Participants will learn tools to add value to their supply chains and businesses. Speakers are experts in lean Six Sigma and supply chain management. Workshop tracks focus on manufacturing, service and health care. Registration is $50 for faculty and staff or $149 for alumni. All other registrants pay $249. For forum information, visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/sixsigma/forum2009/. For more on Six Sigma at NC State, visit http://www.tx.ncsu.edu/sixsigma/index.htm.

Hillsborough Street will remain open during the construction project, which is scheduled to be completed in September 2010.

Hillsborough Street Roundabout Project

This week, construction crews are working on the following:

• installing water lines, sewer lines, and the duct bank for underground utilities on the south side of Hillsborough Street between Gardner and Pogue Streets;
• installing water lines between the south side of Hillsborough Street and the Court of the Carolinas near Tompkins Hall;
• installing water lines, sewer lines, and the utility duct bank on the south side of Hillsborough Street between Tompkins Hall and Oberlin Road;
• and grading and preparing various sites for future construction activities.

Hillsborough Street will remain open throughout the project. The project's estimated completion date is September 2010. Although Hillsborough Street will remain open, you may want to explore alternate routes. Wolfline buses will continue to service Hillsborough Street, but may encounter detours and delays during utility work.

For more information visit http://www.hillsboroughstreet.org/ or http://www.raleigh-nc.org (search Hillsborough Roundabout). This is a city of Raleigh project; NC State's construction liaison is Cameron Smith, cameron_smith@ncsu.edu.

Transportation-related questions? Contact Ryan Givens, ryan_givens@ncsu.edu.

Curiously Strong Need for Altoids Tins

Your breath mint habit can help industrial design campers at NC State this summer. Camp instructor Matthew Gilbride needs 200 Altoids tins that campers can use to make three-string guitars this summer. Empty, regular sized Altoids tins can be mailed or dropped off in a donation box on the windowsill in the Brooks Hall mailroom. Questions? Contact Nicole Welch, education coordinator, at nicole_welch@ncsu.edu or 513-2164.

Parking Updates

The Dan Allen Deck, which closed Monday, June 8 for construction on the first level, will reopen Monday, July 20. Paid parking in the Coliseum Deck will be available during the project. For more info, contact Gary Bridges, transportation facilities manager, at gary_bridges@ncsu.edu.

Now through Friday, Aug. 7, B, C and U permit-holders may flow into student parking areas (DE, DW zones). Sign changes will be taking place in late July or early August renaming student parking zones RE/RW. Note: DW parking in the Bragaw lot and DE parking in the North Hall lot will not be available due to the Hillsborough Street Roundabout project.

A limited number of summer B permits are available for sale to full-time, permanent current C/DC permit-holders for $25. Come to the transportation office, 2721 Sullivan Drive, to purchase a summer B permit. No gate cards will be issued; access via the Stinson Road visitor information booth. 

Depending on space availability after the final SAS Hall move-in, some B permits may be offered from the B waiting list. Permanent B permits are not likely to be offered until fall parking trends are established in mid-September. Contact David Gregory, parking services manager, david_gregory@ncsu.edu to have your name placed on the B waiting list.

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