Events Bulletin
Learning
Music Classes
More than a dozen continuing education music classes are offered this semester. Class topics, starting dates: Songwriting, March 1; and Voice, March 6. Fees range $70-$90. Information: 265-5629.
Dance Classes
Continuing Education dance classes include Scottish country, swing dance, modern dance, tap, Middle Eastern dance and others. Fees range from $34-$94. Information: 263-8927.
Visual Art Classes
Continuing Education art classes include children’s book illustration, comic book art, figure drawing studio, perspective for drawing and painting, printmaking, modern gold leaf painting and watercolor. Fees: $20-$125. Information: 262-6322.
Fitness, Movement Classes
This semester, continuing education classes are offered in acupressure, Alexander Technique, Feldenkrais Method, Pilates-based conditioning, Swiss ball exercises and t’ai chi. Fees: $36-$94. Information: 263-8927.
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-$88. Information: 265-5629.
Learn Quichua This Summer
Monday, June 12-Sunday, Aug. 6, five days a week, morning and afternoons. Eight semester hours’ credit.
This special eight-week course is designed for people wishing to study beginning Quichua intensively. The instructors are Carmen Chuquín Amaguaña, University of Illinois, and Frank Salomon, UW–Madison.
Application deadline: April 3. Application forms and details: Anthropology Department, 5340 Social Science, 1180 Observatory Drive, UW–Madison, Madison, WI 53706-1393, attn. Frank Salomon. E-mail: fsalomon@facstaff.wisc.edu, Fax: 265-4216.
Human Services Administration
Web-based certificate program
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. The program includes personal learning objectives, five core courses, four elective courses and a self-designed capstone activity for 20 continuing education units.
The Summer Institute
This five-day institute, offered in June on campus, is an opportunity to meet and network with colleagues and 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.
Information: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/has.
Swing instruction
Fridays 6:30-7:30 p.m., $45 per person (partner not necessary). Remaining sessions: March 24-April 21; and April 28-May 26 (take both or join just one). Instructor: Malia Arries, certified dance instructor. Classes held at UW Sports Medicine Center, 621 Science Drive. Information: 263-7936.
Shipping Hazardous Materials: Infectious Substances and Other Biologicals
Thursday, March 2, 3-4:30 p.m., Union South.
The Office of Biological Safety will provide training and certification for shipping infectious substances and other biological materials. The focus is on safety and regulatory compliance for research laboratories with regard to shipping and receiving. Topics include: regulatory definitions of infectious substance, diagnostic specimen and biologic product; use of the Hazardous Materials Table to find the proper shipping name and packaging instructions; requirements for shipping with dry ice and liquid nitrogen; correct documentation; and additional federal permits that may be required. Reservations and information: 263-9026.
IIE Regional Conference
Thursday-Saturday, March 2-4, Monona Terrace, Union South, Engineering Hall.
Industrial engineering students and faculty from across the Midwest gather annually to exchange academic and professional knowledge. The 2000 conference will take place on the UW–Madison engineering campus. For details, visit: http://www.cae.wisc.edu/~iie/conference.
SPA Spring Conference
“Plan 2008: A Blueprint to Enhance Campus Diversity.”
Friday, March 10, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., The Pyle Center. Fees vary.
8-8:30 a.m. Registration and Continental Breakfast
8:30-8:45 a.m. SPA Welcome
8:45-9:15 a.m. The UW System’s Plan 2008, Tess Arenas
9:15-9:45 a.m. UW–Madison’s Diversity Plans: A Historical Perspective
9:45-10:30 a.m. Discussion
10:30-11:30 a.m. UW–Madison’s Plan 2008, Paul Barrows
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Lunch
12:30-1:30 p.m. Concurrent Session
1:45-2:45 p.m. Concurrent Session
2:45-4 p.m. Informal Discussion. Door prizes, snacks, cash bar.
Information: Deb Schreiner, 265-8776, DebSchreiner@badger.alumni.wisc.edu.
I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form Training
Thursday, March 16, 1-3 p.m., 220 Ingraham Hall.
International Faculty and Staff Services offers a workshop on completing the I-9 Employment Eligibility Verification Form. This workshop covers verification requirements, how to properly complete the form and which documents are acceptable. Special attention is given to the immigration documents that one is likely to encounter in a university setting. Register by e-mail: Deborah Ahlstedt, dahlstedt@bascom.wisc.edu.
Academic Staff Town Meetings
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 21-22, 4:30-6 p.m., 5120 Grainger Hall.
MASA and ASEC are co-sponsoring a town meeting for all academic staff (to be held twice). Representatives from LASA, SPA and ASPRO will also be present. A panel of academic staff leaders will lead a similar discussion at both meetings on ways to improve communication on this campus among the academic staff, which now number over 6,000. This topic was the top concern of academic staff surveyed by the Ad Hoc Committee on Academic Staff Issues, described in their report, “Connection through Communication.” Soda and cookies will be available. Come participate. Information: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/doc.html.
Spring Writing Workshop
Session I: Planning and Organizing
Tuesday, March 21, 9 a.m.-noon, Writing Center.
Session II: Effective Sentences: Revising for Readability
Tuesday, March 28, 9 a.m.-noon, Writing Center.
Workshops for staff and faculty who do a significant amount of administrative/managerial writing. Participants are encouraged to take both sessions, but may register for only one. Information: www.ohrd.wisc.edu/writingworkshop.htm; or 263-1016; fax, 265-5824. Registration deadline: Tuesday, March 7.
Drawing with Style and Theme
Fridays, March 24-May 5, 9 a.m.-noon, 6421 Humanities. Fee: $84.
Instructor: Katherine Rosing, MFA.
Participants explore inventive approaches to composition and learn to develop consistent style and theme in their work. They choose media and subjects to create sketches and finished artworks inspired by the unique characteristics of major contemporary and historic artists. Students of all levels are welcome to this supportive environment that incorporates lecture and critique. Information: 263-6322, or: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa.
Modern Gold Leaf Painting
Mondays, March 20-April 17. 7:15-9:15 p.m., 7621 Humanities. Fee: $48.
Instructor: Fujiko Isomuara, MFA.
An introductory course, lessons will focus on applying gold leaf on a painting surface using a hassle-free technique. The instructor demonstrates Japanese and Western gold leaf painting. Course also includes videos and tours of the Elvehjem Museum. Information: 263-6322, http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa.
A Century of Detection by Women
Wednesdays, March 8-29, 7-8:15 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $30.
Instructors: Diane Worzala, Liberal Studies and the Arts; and Helene Androski, Memorial Library. This Continuing Studies course focuses on the development of the woman detective in 20th century fiction. The group starts with Nancy Drew in “The Secret of the Old Clock” and moves through Maude Silver in Patricia Wentworth’s “The Clock Strikes Twelve,” to Marcia Mullen’s “Edwin of the Iron Shoes,” and finally to a typical late 20th century example, Nevada Barr’s “A Superior Death.” Information: 262-3731, or visit: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa.
The Medieval World: The Vikings
Thursday, March 9-23, 7:30-8:45 p.m., Elvehjem Museum. Fee: $23.
Instructors: Richard Ringler, English and Scandinavian Studies; and Jane Schulenberg, Liberal Studies and the Arts.
This three-part slide/lecture series explores the Vikings’ amazing journeys from Scandinavia to the outermost bounds of their world; the lives and roles of Viking women; and the important imprint of the Vikings in England, Scotland and Ireland. Information: 262-3731, http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa.
The National Black Graduate Student Conference
Wednesday-Sunday, March 29-April 2.
Conference Scholarships are available to attend the National Black Graduate Student Conference. Scholarships include a Wednesday welcome reception, Thursday-Saturday breakfasts, lunches and dinners, closing banquet, conference T-shirt, materials and dues. Applicants must be UW–Madison students. In order to receive a scholarship, you must volunteer two to six hours of your time on a NBGSC Committee. Priority will also be given to students who are presenting a poster/paper at the conference. Information: Paula Pfannes, UW–Madison Graduate School, 231 Bascom Hall, Madison, WI 53706.
Intellectual Property Management Copyright Seminar
Thursday, April 6, 1-4 p.m., 1610 Engineering Hall.
Basic principles of copyright law apply to the university community. Topics include: assemblage and use of published materials for instruction and research; what types of intellectual property copyright protects; who owns papers, software and graphics produced at UW–Madison; protection of copyright materials; rights of copyright owners and copyright infringement; “fair use” and obtaining permission to use copyrighted materials; research and publication issues; and Internet and distance learning issues. Presenters: Michael Skindrud, La Follette and Sinykin, Madison; and Kathleen Irwin, Administrative Legal Services.
Research and Grant Management
Thursday, April 13, 10-11:30 a.m., 350 Bascom Hall.
Seminar topics include: applying for Graduate School grants and the types of research activities supported; policies and procedures for administering Graduate School research grants and extramural awards, including unique policies that apply to Graduate School awards; and new policies and procedures that will assist in the processing of payrolls and requisitions. Intended audience: department administrators, secretaries, and other administrative support staff. Faculty and research staff who manage research grants are also welcome to attend. Presenter: Jim Knickmeyer, assistant dean, Graduate School.
Research and Grant Management: Consulting Agreements
Thursday, April 27, 3-4 p.m., 1610 Engineering Hall.
Consulting agreements can potentially impact faculty duties and responsibilities and even research conducted at the university. The purpose of this seminar is to discuss problematic areas and wording in consulting agreements that faculty and staff should be aware of when engaging in consulting activities. A practical example form consulting activities will be presented. Intended audience: faculty and staff performing or interested in outside consulting. Presenters: Kathleen Irwin, Administrative Legal Services; and Mark Cook, Animal Science.
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Volunteer Stewards Program
Training dates: Tuesday, March 7, 6:30-9 p.m.; Saturday, March 11, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Sunday March 19, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; Saturday, March 25, 12:30-4:30 p.m.; and Tuesday March 28, 6-9 p.m.
Get involved in the protection of the Arboretum by teaching visitors appropriate ways to use it. Stewards are liaisons between staff and the public, informing visitors about trail and facility use. They also observe changing conditions and communicate this information to appropriate staff. Volunteers must complete the entire 18-hour training program before becoming a steward. Information: 262-1491.
Ruben Blades to Perform
Saturday, April 8, 9 p.m.,Orpheum Theater, 216 State St.
The Performing Arts Network of the Americas and UW–Madison announce that world-class musician Ruben Blades will apperar for the first time ever in Madison as part of his U.S. College Tour. Blades’ visit will include a campus music clinic and keynote lecture and a live performance. This performance will cap Madison’s first Latin American, Caribbean and Latino Week Celebration, April 1-8. General admission tickets in advance: $15 balcony, $25 main floor; $17 and $27 the day of concert. Information: pana@danenet.org.
Volunteers for Weightlifting
Learn how to start a proper weightlifting exercise program of your own as part of a research project. The Department of Kinesiology at UW–Madison is conducting a study on the effects of weightlifting 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 the Biodynamics Lab, Department of Kinesiology, 263-6308.
Continuing Education Catalog
The UW–Madison Winter/Spring 2000 Continuing Education Catalog is now available. It describes personal enrichment and professional development courses in art, aging and long-term care, business, clergy programs, dance, desktop publishing, developmental disabilities, diversity issues, education, fitness and movement, health and human issues, history, workplace communication, international languages, literature, marketing and media relations, mediation, mental health assessment and treatment, music, nonprofit development and nursing. Other topics include photography, public management, public speaking and presentation, publication design and production, study skills, theatre and drama, travel/study, web site development, women’s studies, and writing and editing. For a free copy, call 262-1156 or pick one up at Division of Continuing Studies, 905 University Ave.; Peterson Building Information Desk; or at any Dane County public library.