Events Bulletin
Learning
Public Management Workshops
Continuing Studies offers one-day workshops this fall on various aspects of management in the public sector. Topics include managing conflict, acquiring funding, measuring performance, enhancing productivity, improving quality, and dealing with discrimination and harassment. All take place at the Pyle Center, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fee: $90/class. Information: Robbi Dreifuerst, 262-3830.
Public Speaking Workshops
Continuing Studies offers full-day and half-day workshops on public speaking and presentations this fall at Lowell Center. Practice overcoming stage fright, relating to the media, speaking on the spot, using visual support for oral presentations, and many other aspects of speaking in public. Fees: $110 to $135 for full-day classes, $55 for half-day. Information: Larry Larmer, 262-1176.
Web Development Workshops
Eight Continuing Studies workshops this fall cover aspects of web-site development. One-day classes focus on web graphics, JavaScript, e-commerce, project management on the web, demystifying HTML, and tables, frames and forms. Information: Kate Reilly, 262-8612.
Business Writing/Editing
Ten Continuing Studies workshops this fall cover business writing and editing. These one-day or two-day classes focus on writing user documentation, policy/procedures manuals, and business and professional letters, as well as more general topics such as proofreading and copy editing, mastering grammar and punctuation, and constructing clear sentences. Information: Cheri Carbon, 262-3032.
Opera, Irish Tunes and Other Music
More than a dozen continuing education music classes are scheduled by Liberal Studies and the Arts. Topics include basic music for novices, folk and bluegrass, voice, guitar, jazz, a sample of styles, learning music by ear, piano, opera, string ensemble, and the great composers. Several courses focus on Irish music instruments such as the guitar and harp, the Irish bodhran, fiddle, mandolin/bouzouki, tenor banjo and tin whistle. Fees: $57 to $88. Information: 265-5629.
Visual Arts Classes
Continuing education art classes include beginning drawing, introductory painting, bookmaking, watercolor and fabric design. Fees: $30 to $150. Information: 263-6322.
Dance Classes
Continuing education dance classes include jazz, ballet, ballroom, classical Spanish and Middle Eastern. Fees: $32 to $80. Information: 263-8927.
Fitness, Movement Classes
Continuing Studies fitness classes include acupressure, the Feldenkrais Method, Alexander Technique, Chinese meditation, Ch’i kung and yoga. All classes meet on or near campus. Times and dates: 263-8927.
Reading Knowledge of Languages
Gain a reading knowledge of French, German or Spanish in classes taught by Continuing Studies faculty and staff. Participants review grammar and vocabulary and do sufficient translation practice to begin reading independently. The course prepares students for the Reading Knowledge Examinations. Classes run through November. Fee: About $95. Information: French, 262-4873; German, 262-2075; and Spanish, 262-3428.
Marketing/Media Relations Workshops
Continuing Studies offers several one-day workshops this fall on marketing and media relations. Topics include print advertising, direct mail, trade show strategies and fund-raising for special events. All take place at the Pyle Center. Fees: $195-245. Information: Cheri Carbon, 262-3032.
Two Human Services Administration Programs
Web-based Certificate Program on the Internet
Are you moving from practitioner to administrator without administrative preparation? This program, based on current theory and management strategies, is designed for the busy professional who wants to develop or improve management and leadership skills. It is offered entirely on the Internet or can be taken with the Summer Institute option (see below). Join colleagues from around the country in a learning community in cyberspace. Complete the web-site personal learning objectives, complete five core courses and four of eight elective courses, and complete a self-designed capstone activity for 20 continuing education units. Participate at home or in the office. If you are motivated to learn and have good time-management skills, you’ll find this interactive program challenging and exciting.
The Summer Institute
This outstanding five-day institute is offered annually in June on the UW–Madison campus. The institute will appeal to you if you enjoy a face-to-face learning experience in a beautiful setting that past participants say really enhances learning. It offers you an opportunity to meet and network with colleagues from around the country. Hear speakers share their ideas on leadership, delivery system issues and cultural competence. Select a different workshop each day and learn more about changing roles from practitioner to administrator, team building and conflict resolution, budgeting and personnel management, the human service legal environment, outcome measurement and program evaluation, and other topics. The institute offers 3.0 CEUs and can be taken independently or in place of the elective courses in the certificate program.
For information on both programs, visit: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/hsa.
Fall 1999 Records Management Workshops
UW Records Management Services will be offering two workshops this semester:
“What to Keep and What to Throw Away – Making Determinations About Our Records.”
ABCs of records management. Tuesday, Nov. 30, 1-3 p.m., Memorial Union.
“E-Mail Management – An Introduction.”
Wednesday, Dec. 8, 10 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Memorial Union.
Each workshop offers an overview of the records management process as practiced by the UW and how it relates to your office and everyday work. This includes information about current policies and practical information on how to get control of your information environment.
Information and registration: http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Archives/rm/train/current.htm.
Records Management office: Nancy Kunde, 262-3284, or Kirstin Dougan, 265-9287.
Reflecting on the River – 10 Years of Lower Wisconsin Riverway Protection
Wednesday, Dec. 1, noon-1:30 p.m., TITU, Memorial Union.
Join five experts for a panel discussion on the history and future of the Lower Wisconsin Scenic Riverway. Thanks to the Riverway protection, this undammed stretch of river remains largely undeveloped and is used heavily by wildlife and numerous recreational canoeists and campers.
Ten years ago, many local citizens, as well as faculty and staff at the UW, succeeded in winning legal protection for this 90-mile-long stretch of the Wisconsin River to preserve its ecologic, hydrologic and scenic value.
Each speaker is involved in the protection effort and will speak briefly on the political, environmental, sociological or legal aspects of this ongoing project. Questions and discussion of future research needs and opportunities for student involvement will follow. Cookies and coffee will be served.
Moderator: Diane Schwartz, UW Institute for Environmental Studies. Graduate Panelists: Spencer Black, Wisconsin State Legislature representative (D); Mark Cupp, executive director, Lower Wisconsin Riverway Commission; and Bud Jordahl, professor emeritus, Urban and Regional Planning.
In Search of St. Nicholas
Thursdays, Dec. 2 & 9, 7:30-8:45 p.m., Elvehjem Museum. Fee: $15.
Instructor: John Barker, professor emeritus in the Department of History.
This slide/lecture series, offered by Continuing Studies, draws on literature, art and music to survey the constant redefinition of a figure of benevolence through the ages. The first lecture focuses on the emergence of a holy man of major importance in Eastern Orthodox religious traditions, as it was then elaborated in medieval Western Europe. The second lecture traces the more recent evolution of the figure eventually familiar as Santa Claus. Information: 262-3731.
Start-up Business: The First Step
Section 7002: Thursday, Dec. 2, 6:30-9 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $35.
Assess your own strengths and weaknesses as a business owner. Learn how to analyze the potential for your business. Discover what information you need and where to find it. Find out about the business- planning process. To register: 262-3909, or information: 263-7680.
Special Business Solutions – Voice Power
Thursday, Dec. 2, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $225 includes lunch.
Do you speak with power, authority and confidence? Does your voice make a positive impression on others? Would you like to be more influential and convincing in discussions or presentations? June Johnson has been teaching thousands of people to communicate more effectively for the last seven years. To register: 262-3909, or information: 263-7680.
French Reading Knowledge Exam
Friday, Dec. 3, 1-3 p.m. Fee: $27.
Designed for graduate students needing to fulfill the French reading knowledge requirement in their departments. A description and the required approval forms may be obtained at room 623 in Lowell Center. Registration deadline: Nov. 19. Information: 262-4873.
Etc.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, Nov. 25.
Madison Friends of International Students invites all international students to share Thanksgiving with a Madison family and invites all Madison families to consider hosting a student or two. Call Sue Thieben, 238-7557, to make arrangements.
New Hat, Mitten & Scarf Drive and Canned Food Drive
Nov. 15-Dec. 17, Morgridge Center
Information: 263-2432, or e-mail: morgridge@macc.wisc.edu.
Leadership Center
The College of Engineering has opened a new Student Leadership Center. With a mission “to inspire and empower students to develop, reach and exceed their goals thus creating better citizens and leaders for tomorrow.” Contact: tongue@engr.wisc.edu, 265-6369.
GUTS Looking for Tutors
Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS) is currently recruiting volunteer tutors for a wide variety of subjects. GUTS’ free tutoring services, open to all UW students, fall into three main categories: conversational English, academic and drop-in programs. Those interested in tutoring can stop by the GUTS office located in 302A Union South. Office hours: Monday-Thursday 1-5 p.m., or online: http://guts.studentorg.wisc.edu.
Writing Center at the Multicultural Student Center
The Writing Center and the Multicultural Student Center have teamed up to provide convenient writing instruction. Faculty and staff are encouraged to refer students who use the MSC (located in the Red Gym) to make use of this free writing instruction. Instructors are available Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 2-5 p.m. Students do not need an appointment. Writing Center instructors work with students writing many types of papers in a range of disciplines from literature to engineering, biology to women’s studies, as well as graduate research proposals, application essays, cover letters, honors theses and dissertations. They can help at any stage in the writing process, from brainstorming and outlining to revising and rewriting. For information on how the Writing Center can help students at the MSC, simply drop in, contact the Writing Center, 263-1992, or visit: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/.
Volunteers for Postmenopausal Program
Help us learn more about the health benefits of weight training, and we’ll teach you how to start a proper weight-lifting exercise program of your own.
The Department of Kinesiology at UW–Madison is conducting a study on the effects of weight lifting on blood sugar responses. Volunteers are needed to participate; there is no cost and all results are confidential.
Volunteers must be postmenopausal women who are not currently engaging in a regular exercise program.
If interested, contact Joel in the Biodynamics Lab, Department of Kinesiology, 263-6308.