Megan,
Penn State does not have Veteran's Day off and it is a state related
University. We also do not have Columbus Day or Martin Luther King or
President's day off either.....One of my graduate advisor's favorite
question on Monday morning was "So what did you do over the weekend?" She
wasn't inquiring about my social life!
Dianna
>I was interested in Rae's comment:
>"We also share babysitting duties when there is no school
>or childcare but we have to work ("funny" holidays like Veterans Day.)"
>>Can it be that Oregon Health Sciences University really does not give
>people a holiday for Veterans' Day? Isn't it a public institution? Here in
>Seattle, both the University of Washington (a public institution) and Fred
>Hutchinson Cancer Research Center (a private
>institution) give Veterans' Day off. Although many scientists work on
>those "funny" holidays, they certainly are not required to by their
>institutions. It bothers me that many scientific events go on "as
>usual" on these official days off. Seminars are given, lab meetings
>continue, etc. I remember one time the comment of the PI in charge of our
>weekly Signal Transduction meeting on whether to cancel the meeting due to
>a holiday or not. He said "Oh, no one takes that day off. We'll all be
>here." That statement totally dismisses all the scientists who won't be
>there because they'll be home with their kids. I guess in his mind,
>scientist-parents don't really count. You know, they're not serious about
>Science, they contributions won't be missed, etc.
>>>Megan
>>>>Megan Brown
>mbrown at fred.fhcrc.org>--------------------------------------
>Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center
>Seattle, Washington
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Dianna L. Bourke
Penn State Hazleton
