The University Record, February 11, 1997
Senate Assembly to meet Feb. 17
Senate
Assembly will hold their regular meeting beginning at 3 p.m.
Mon. (Feb.
17) in the Rackham Amphitheatre. Agenda items include a
presentation on
upcoming changes in the University Record by Julie
Peterson, director of
News and Information Services; and a discussion
of Center for Research on
Learning and Teaching (CRLT) Student
Assessment Forms by CRLT Director
Constance Cook.
Lecture focuses on
feminist
organizations and management
Patricia Yancey Martin,
professor of sociology and of social work at
Florida State University,
will speak on "Gender and Working
Conflation: Women's Perceptions of Men's
Masculinity Practices"
1:30_3:30 p.m. Fri. (Feb. 14) in Room 4212, School
of Education Bldg.
The free, public event is co-sponsored by the Institute
for Research
on Women and Gender, the Interdisciplinary Program in
Feminist
Practice, the Women's Studies Program, the School of Social Work,
the
Interdisciplinary Committee on Organizational Studies, the School
of
Business Administration and the Center for the Education of Women.
Call
764-9537 for more information or to pre-register.
For
the record . . .
The title of Elise Parsigian's book is Proposal
Savvy: Creating
Successful Proposals for Media Projects.
A photo caption on page 8 of the Jan. 28 edition of the Record did not identify the presenter. She is Patricia Vereen Dixon.
Israel
Information Day
at Hillel is Feb. 12
If you are considering a
summer, term or year in Israel, Hillel
Foundation will have a
representative of the Michigan Israel
Connection on hand (by appointment)
Wed. (Feb. 12) to answer
questions and provide information about a wide
variety of programs in
Israel. Call 769-0500 for an
appointment.
Check out SPG online
for org
charts
The 1996_97 organization charts for the main departments
and offices
of the University are available now through the ONLINE SPG
(Standard
Practice Guide). Providing convenient computer access to
the
operating policies and practices of the various
departments,
facilities and services of the University, the ONLINE SPG can
be
accessed at http://www.umich.edu/~spgonlin/. Be sure and check out
the
Revisions and New Sections menu selection periodically to stay
up-to-date
with changes. Online for a little more than a year, the
SPG also contains
information on employment, staff benefits, library
and research services,
student affairs, purchasing, financial
operations, parking, retirement,
gift administration, smoking on
campus, and media
relations.
Volunteer readers needed
The Office
of Services for Students with Disabilities is looking for
people who can
volunteer a few hours to record texts and other
class-related materials
for blind students. The schedule is flexible,
and while a couple of hours
a week throughout the whole term is
useful, a few weeks of effort at the
beginning of the term is
especially helpful. Call 763-3000 for information
or to volunteer.
Dance to your heart's delight
at
U-M-Flint
Get the weekend off to a good start with a romantic
community
Valentine's Day dance, 8 p.m._midnight Fri. (Feb. 14), in the
Harding
Mott University Center Rooms at the U-M-Flint. Roel Martiniez,
1996
Bruno Valdez Arts & Entertainment Award Winner, will provide
the
music. Refreshments will be served at the free event, which is open
to
those ages 15 and older. The dance is co-sponsored by the Latino
Student
Organization and the Office of Educational Opportunity
Initiatives. Call
(810) 762-3328 for information.
Schubert showcased in
recital
Austrian lyric baritone Wolfgang Holzmair will sing
Schubert lieder
with Julius Drake, pianist, at 8 p.m. Mon. (Feb. 17) in
the Lydia
Mendelssohn Theatre. The performance is the third in a series of
song
recitals presented by the University Musical Society
(UMS)
celebrating the bicentennial of the composer's birth.
Tickets,
available at the UMS Box Office, are $30 and $15. Call 764-2538
for
information.
Oratorio Voices of Light gives new look
at Joan of Arc
A new opera/oratorio, Voices of Light, accompanies
Carl Dreyer's 1927
silent film masterpiece, The Passion of Joan of Arc,
with live music
composed by Richard Einhorn at 7 p.m. Sun. (Feb. 16) in
the Michigan
Theater. Voices features Anonymous 4 as Joan of Arc, the Los
Angeles
Mozart Orchestra, and vocal soloists Norman Goss, Daniel Ebbers
and
Camille King, under the direction of I Cantori conductor
Lucinda
Carver. The event is one of the Univesity Musical Society's (UMS)
New
Interpretations Series, a showcase for artists on the "cutting-edge
of
contemporary musical expression." Tickets, $24_$36, may be
purchased at
the UMS Box Office, 764-2538.
Learn to access
electronic
info sources
The Health Sciences Libraries will
offer two workshops on accessing
and searching electronic information
sources 10 a.m._noon and 11:30
a.m._1 p.m. Feb. 20. The first workshop,
U-M Medline, provides access
to the MEDLINE, HealthStar, AIDSLINE, CINALH,
and CENCERLIT
databases. It will take place in Room G 442, Public Health
II Bldg.
The second workshop, Introduction to Netscape, will
explain
Netscape's basic features with a focus on medical resources on
the
WorldWide Web. It will be held in Room LRC 3950, Taubman
Medical
Library. Both workshops are open to faculty, students and staff.
For
more information, call 936-1391 for the Med-Line workshop, or
763-2037
for the Netscape workshop.
Learn about Museum of Art's
`New Acquisition'
Annette Dixon, curator of Western Art at the
Museum of Art, will
discuss the just-unveiled new acquisition, a print of
"Adam and Eve
Lamenting over the Corpse of Abel," by 17th-century Dutch
engraver
Jan Saenredam, at 7:30 p.m. Thurs. (Feb. 13) in the Museum's AV
Room.
The print is a plate from a series of six engravings executed by
the
artist in 1604. Call 764-0395 for information.
Haydn
symphony tops
Philharmonia program
Annunziata Tomaro, a senior
majoring in music, will conduct the
University Philharmonia Orchestra in a
performance of Haydn's
Symphony No. 80 at 8 p.m. tonight (Feb. 11) in Hill
Auditorium. Also
on the program: Brahm's Alto Rhapsody, featuring
Catherine McKeever,
contralto, and the Men's Glee Club, conducted by Jerry
Blackstone.
The free, public concert will conclude with Pier Calabria,
assistant
professor of music, leading the orchestra in a performance
of
Schubert's Symphony No. 9, "The Great." Call 764-0583
for
information.
Two special exhibitions opening at the
Museum of Art
An exhibition of works by Ellen Driscoll, a
Boston-based multimedia
artist concerned with feminist and psychological
themes,will be on
display at the Museum of Art through March 16. The
Museum Collects:
20th Century Works on Paper, a selection of recent
acquisitions by
the Museum of Art, is displayed through May 4. Both
exhibitions
opened last week.
The Driscoll exhibition has been organized in collaboration with the Institute for the Humanities. The Museum Collects includes nearly 20 American and European prints, drawings and photographs spanning the 20th-century. Among the artists featured in the show are Max Pechstein, Alfred Stieglitz, Louise Nevelson, Kara Walker and Robert Motherwell. Call 764-0395 for more information.
Puccini's La Boheme comes to Power
Center
The University Musical Society (UMS) presents the New York
City Opera
National Company in Puccini's opera La Boheme in performances
at 8
p.m. Feb. 19_22 in the Power Center. A family show is scheduled at
2
p.m. Feb. 22. Tickets, available at the UMS Box Office, are
$22_$44;
tickets for the family matinee performance are $5 for children
and
$15 for adults. Call 764-2538 for
information.
Lecture will explore Islamic resistance to
Russian
conquest
Alexander Knysh, assistant professor of Islamic
studies, will speak
on "Islam and Shamil's Resistance to the Russian
Conquest of the
Caucasus (1829_1859)" at noon Wed. (Feb. 12) in the
Commons Room,
Lane Hall. The brown bag lecture is sponsored by the Center
for
Russian and East European Studies (CREES). Call 764-0351
for
information.
SNRE seminar series
student
colloquium is Feb. 12
The School of Natural Resources
and Environment (SNRE) presents a
student colloquium 3:15_5 p.m. Wed.
(Feb. 12) in Room 2046, Dana
Bldg. The event will include four talks by
SNRE graduate students.
The colloquium is one of several upcoming events
in the SNRE Seminar
Series, which will include lectures on natural systems
agriculture
(Feb. 26); environmental justice (March 12); and the
implications of
water scarcity for food security, ecosystem health and
regional
politics (April 9). The series is sponsored by the Pew
Fellows
Program and SNRE. Call 764-6453 for
information.
Lecture examines Middle
Eastern money
and inflation
Sevket Pamuk, visiting professor of history and
professor of
economics at Bogazici University, Istanbul, Turkey, will
speak on
"Four Centuries of Money and Inflation in the Middle East,
1500_1914"
at 4 p.m. today (Feb. 11) in the East Conference Room, Rackham
Bldg.
The event is the Center for Middle Eastern and North African
Studies'
annual Business and the Middle East Lecture, part of its Middle
East
Distinguished Lecturer Series. Call 764-0350 for
information.
Assistance program helps
unsnarl
Medicare
Turner Geriatric Center and the Washtenaw County Council on
Aging are
co-sponsoring a Medicare Assistance program. The free, public
program
is held 9:30_11:30 a.m. Tuesdays at the Turner Geriatric Clinic,
1010
Wall St. Medical Center staff join volunteers from the Council
on
Aging to provide individual assistance to those with questions
on
doctor and hospital bills, Medicare, health insurance, Medicaid
and
long-term care insurance. The program also will offer assistance
on
simple income taxes. To make an appointment for any Tuesday
session,
call 764-2556.
Binge on chocolate lore
at
Exhibit Museum
If you're big on chocolate (and who isn't?) the
Exhibit Museum of
Natural History has planned a treat for you. Discover
"The Natural
History of Chocolate" 9 a.m._5 p.m. Sat. (Feb. 15). Museum
visitors
will receive a "passport" to the day's events, which will focus
on
the botany, culture, anthropology and modern history of chocolate.
The
fun will include educational videos; a display illustrating the
production
of chocolate from cacao bean to finished product; a
"tasting table"
provided by Zingerman's Delicatessen; a presentation
by Paul Cousins, of
Cousins Heritage Inn, on chocolate desserts, a
"hands-on" discussion for
children relating basic concepts about
chocolate and nutrition and more.
Door prizes will be offered and
chocolates will be available for purchase
to benefit the museum.
Admission is free. Call 764-0478 for
information.
Lecture examines race
and gender
equality
Christopher Edely, professor of law, Harvard University,
will discuss
"Challenges for the 21st Century: A review of the
national
conversation on race and gender equality: at 7 p.m. tonight (Feb.
11)
in Rackham Auditorium. The lecture is one of numerous events
sponsored
by the Office of Minority Affairs during February, African
American
Heritage Month. The free, public lecture is co-sponsored by
the Black Law
Student Alliance and the Black Undergraduate
Law
Association.
When someone you love is
gay
The Lesbian Gay Bisexual Programs Office will present a
panel
discussion 3_5 p.m. Mon. (Feb. 17) in the Koessler Room,
Michigan
League for anyone who has someone important in their life who
is
lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. Learn how to be a
supportive
ally of your loved one and find support for yourself. Call
763-4186
for more information.
Learn exotic orchid
culture
Connie Bailie, senior horticultural assistant in charge of
the orchid
collection at Matthaei Botanical Gardens and president of the
Ann
Arbor Orchid Society, will discuss orchid growing 2_4 p.m. Feb. 15,
22
and March 1 at the Gardens. A slide presentation of "easy to grow"
orchids
and a potting demonstration will be helpful for both beginner
and more
experienced growers. The cost of the class is $45. Call
998-7061 for
information.