Events Bulletin
Learning
Visions and Values Conference
Faculty and instructional staff are invited to “Teaching and Learning: Visions and Values,” a symposium highlighting the proliferation of technology and promoting dialogue topics that include the problems technology can solve or create, access to technology and technology’s influence on the educational community. Faculty and staff will present how and why they are integrating technology into their courses. The symposium will be held Wednesday and Thursday, May 23-24, and is the third in a series sponsored by the Provost’s Office, the Division of Information Technology, the Teaching Academy, Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education and General Library System. For the complete symposium schedule, pre-symposium workshops and hands-on sessions, see http://www.wisc.edu/symposium01.
Supervisory Leadership Series
Supervision is a key factor to the success of any business that has employees. Often, people have not learned how to supervise and lead in an effective manner because they just learned from experience versus having training and skill development in supervision. This series offers core supervisory leadership skills development in a concise, efficient format. The sessions, dates, times and costs are:
- Leadership Essentials and Performance Coaching, Thursday, June 7, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $179
- Communication and Delegation Skills, Thursday, June 14, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $199
- Managing Conflict, Thursday, June 21, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., $179
Take the entire series for $475 (save 15 percent).
For information or brochure, call the Small Business Access Line: 263-7680; visit http://www.uwsbdc.org. To register call: 262-3909.
Youth Entrepreneur Camp
The UW–Madison Small Business Development Center Youth Entrepreneurship Camp will utilize a 40-hour entrepreneur program curriculum that incorporates educational training techniques including classroom instruction, interactive activities, computer lab and field trips to local businesses.
Through interactive lessons and exercises, participants will learn real world-business skills: team building, leadership development, financial management, verbal communication and business etiquette.
The camp is Monday-Friday, June 18-22, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., and costs $200.
Participants must have completed seventh or eighth grade by June to participate.
For information or brochure, call the Small Business Access Line: 263-7680; visit www.uwsbdc.org. To register call: 262-3909.
Quickbooks Accounting for Small Business
Accounting has never been easier for small business. Using the power of a computer and Quickbooks software, business owners can efficiently manage all financial data and produce reports to help make good business decisions. In this seminar, participants learn how to apply software to business accounting. For information or brochure, call the Small Business Access Line: 263-7680; visit www.uwsbdc.org. To register call: 262-3909.
- Accounting With Quickbooks Basics, Tuesday, July 17, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Grainger, $179.
Morning session explains and reviews basic accounting principles and language, including how to set up a chart of accounts and keep track of information to make good financial decisions. The afternoon session will be a hands-on workshop in a computer lab. Participants can enter their own data between sessions so they can work with real information in the optional second session.
- Using Quickbooks Effectively, Tuesday, July 31, 8:30 a.m.-noon, Grainger, $99.
This hands-on workshop in a computer lab teaches how to most effectively use the Quickbooks software for business accounting. Participants learn expert tips, shortcuts and optimized practices that will save time, reduce errors and produce reports easily and efficiently.
International Language Classes:
Faculty, staff and others with an interest can learn to speak French, German or Spanish by enrolling in Continuing Studies on-campus classes this summer. Beginning French I, Beginning German I and II, and beginning, intermediate and advanced Spanish are scheduled in the classroom. These classes, taught in an informal atmosphere, include conversation about social and cultural situations such as work, leisure and daily life. Most classes start in June.
Reading knowledge courses in French and German, as well as preparation for the reading knowledge exam, start in June. The Spanish reading knowledge exam also is set.
Directed reading and translation in Polish and Russian is available by arrangement with the instructor. Business French Levels I and II and Advanced Business Spanish for Professionals are offered online. Children’s classes are offered in Spanish and German.
Similar classes are scheduled for the fall semester.
Information: French, 262-4873; German, 262-2075; Spanish, 262-3428; Polish and Russian, 262-7318.
Summer Continuing Education Course Catalog
The Summer Continuing Education catalog is available. It includes course descriptions for dozens of classes in art, communication, dance, developmental disabilities, fitness and movement, health education, languages, literature, music, publication design, study skills, theater and drama, video, writing and editing, and travel/study. There are courses for adults and children. Catalogs are available in the lobby of 905 University Ave.; public libraries throughout Dane County; and by calling 262-1156. The catalog can be viewed at www.dcs.wisc.edu/mactoc.htm.
School of the Arts at Rhinelander
July 23-27, all day.
Rhinelander. Fees: $120-$335.
If you would like to try your hand at writing, painting, drawing, photography, theatre, dance, movement, music or the folk arts, you can choose from more than 60 workshops at this Continuing Studies program. More than 300 adults come to this one-week program each summer for intensive learning and creative activity, regardless of experience. Instructors include featured artist Pat Dobrinska, featured writer Susan Murphy, Wisconsin poet laureate Ellen Kort and the Celtic music ensemble Keltori. Department of Public Instruction clock hours are available. 263-3494, www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/soa.htm.
Voice Power
Thursday, May 17, 2001, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
$249, includeing lunch.
The most important communication tool you have is not the telephone, computer, e-mail or the Internet — it is your voice. A voice of authority will command attention and help you get the results you want.
Whether you want to be a better salesperson, telephone service representative, group presenter, manager or leader, the quality of your voice makes a tremendous difference. Your vocal presentation in one-on-one conversations or group meetings can make or break your ability to deliver your message and get results.
June Johnson will show you how to speak with confidence, power and authority. Learn how others hear you and how to train your voice to meet your communication goals. You will experience Johnson’s hands-on style that involves the participants and makes learning fun and effective.
For information, contact www.uwsbdc.org or Small Business Access Line: 263-7680. To register call: 262-3909.
Cultural Responses to the Holocaust
What does it mean to “represent” an event that eludes full comprehension? How does representation relate to the interminable task of mourning? These and other questions are the focal points for a new interdisciplinary course offered this summer. “The Writing of the Disaster: Cultural Representations of the Holocaust in Germany and the United States” will take place during the three-week early session, May 29-June 15.
Taught by Professor Gerhard Richter of the Department of German, the class allows students to examine cultural responses to the Holocaust trauma through poetry, painting, philosophy, film, photography, architecture and a comic book.
Represented artists and writers include Maurice Blanchot, Paul Celan, Anselm Kiefer, Claude Lanzmann, Dirk Reinartz, Art Spiegelman and Steven Spielberg.
Information: 262-2192, grichter@facstaff.wisc.edu, fax 262-7949.
Spiritually Centered Leadership
Tuesday, May 29, 5-9 p.m.; Friday, June 1, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, June 2, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, June 3, 8 a.m.-noon, Friday, June 8, 4-9 p.m.; Saturday, June 9, 8 a.m.-8 p.m.; Sunday, June 10, 8 a.m.-noon.
St. Benedict Center, Middleton.
Instructor: Colleen Capper. Enrollment is limited.
This seminar is an opportunity to explore intertwining of personal spirituality, epistemology, life work and leadership. It is inclusive of all religions, faiths, beliefs and the lack thereof. Content will be based in part on the experiences and suggestions of students in the class, and will include practical ideas for using spirituality as a way to lead consciously. Particular emphasis will be placed on three aspects of spiritually centered leadership: our personal spiritual beliefs and practices, spirituality with work colleagues, and spirituality with those our organization serves.
Capper is a professor in the Department of Educational Administration. As a missionary for the United Methodist Church, she served as a special education teacher and administrator in Appalachia. Her line of inquiry over the past decade has focused on the intersection of school leadership and issues of equity and diversity. Her most recent work examines the role that spirituality plays in the lives of leaders who lead for justice. She consults with administrators in school districts across the country on the ways spirituality can inform their leadership practice.
Registration: Students enrolled in a UW–Madison course touch-tone through the regular process. Other students should contact Kathy Hillmer, hillmer@ education.wisc.edu for registration information.
Tour to Celtic Festival in Brittany
Faculty and staff may join a Division of Continuing Studies 10-day international study program to the 33rd Festival Interceltique de Lorient from Aug. 2-13. Held on the coast of Brittany and known for its spectacular panceltic music and dance performances, the festival features writers, filmmakers and other artists. Chelcy Bowles, associate professor of music, and Robert Newton, Celtic music scholar and performer, will lead the program. Contact Bowles, 265-5629, for information.
Dealing With Discrimination and Harassment
Thursday, May 24, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Pyle Center. Fee: $90.
Instructor: Marian Walluks.
Learn the legal criteria that characterize discriminatory or harassing situations, and appropriate management responses to prevent or respond to these situations. Information: 262-3830, rdreifuerst@dcs.wisc.edu.
Productivity and Quality Improvement
Wednesday, June 6, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m.
Lowell Center. Fee: $90.
Instructor: Guy VanRensselaer.
Explore all aspects of public sector quality improvement, including the manager’s role in total quality improvement, ways to establish and measure product, and success stories in other public agencies. Information: 262-3830, rdreifuerst@dcs.wisc.edu.
Alumni University is for Everyone
Monday-Friday, June 25-29, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m.
Madison campus. Fee: $360.
Faculty, staff and community members may enjoy spending a week this summer sharing the college experience. Participants listen to faculty lectures on women’s studies, American history, health care, environmental impacts and the arts. Speakers include: Virginia Sapiro, political science; George Mejicano, medicine; John Cooper, history; Harvey Jacobs, urban and regional planning; Claudia Melrose, education; and others. Special sessions will cover “The University Research Park” by Mark Bugher, and “Close Counts in Presidential Elections” by Kenneth Mayer. Fee includes lectures, tours, special activities, parking and partial meal plan. Sponsored by the Division of Continuing Studies in cooperation with the Wisconsin Alumni Association. Information: Associate Dean Roger Maclean, 265-8457, rmaclean@dcs.wisc.edu.
Class Computer Training
The Student Peer Training program offers free computer training for registered UW–Madison students. SPT also accepts requests from teaching faculty and staff who are using technology in their courses. Through this service, SPT will schedule a class to provide students with software instruction that is specific to a degree-credit course. Instructors may have SPT teach a standard class or customize the topics covered according to class needs. There is no charge for this service, as long as registered UW–Madison students are the primary learners. The program is funded through the student information technology fee, a portion of students’ tuition. For information, contact 265-4615, 265-6699, peertrng@doit.wisc.edu, http://www.wisc.edu/spt/.
UW-Madison Programs for Youth
Nearly 100 classes, camps, workshops and other activities for children and teens are featured in UW–Madison’s new Programs for Youth directory. The publication includes programs for everyone from preschoolers through high school students. Programs focus on academics, the arts and athletics. Some are for students who are traditionally underrepresented in particular academic areas such as science, math and/or computer technology. The majority of programs are in the summer, but many take place at other times of year. For a copy of the Programs for Youth directory, contact the Division of Continuing Studies: phone 262-1156, fax 265-4555. Visit: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pre/programs/index.html.
Graduate School Seminar Series
The Graduate School announces training opportunities on topics related to the research mission of the UW–Madison. Campus researchers, administrators, educators and support staff can attend free seminars on subjects related to intellectual property, research program management and research funding opportunities. New presentations focusing on finding research funding, and administering and managing research awards have been added to the series:
- Administering the Wisconsin Graduate Fellowship Program
- Locating Funding Sources Using the Web
- Legal Issues in Sponsored Research Agreements
- Proposal Preparation Tips
- Preparing Grant Budgets
The seminars will be presented by representatives of the Graduate School offices of University-Industry Relations and Research and Sponsored Programs in collaboration with the Office of Administrative Legal Services, the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation and the Business School. Registration requested. Jane Sherwood, 263-2840; http://www.wisc.edu/uir/.
Retention Action Project
The Retention Action Project listens to concerns and facilitates dialogue on subjects to educate everyone about differences and multicultural experiences to take action in making the campus community climate more comfortable. In collaboration with the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and the Equity and Diversity Resource Center, RAP can bring a meeting to your department or community. 263-4536.
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Teaching, Student Learning and Technology Education
Learning Technology and Distance Education is working on a project for the UW–Madison campus and UW Extension. The focus is to gather information on what faculty and staff are doing in terms of teaching, student learning and technology. The goal is to have a “one-stop place” on the Web where instructors learn what their peers and colleagues are doing with technology.
LTDE is seeking people who are willing describe their use of the technology in the classroom. This will not be a time-consuming effort. An “interview” with LTDE staff will only take a few minutes.
Think about those you know who might be using technology for teaching and learning. Please send an e-mail with suggestions to one of the people listed below. LTDE will do the rest.
Renee Schuh, Learning Technology and Distance Education, 265-9849, rmschuh@facstaff.wisc.edu.
Sandee Seiberlich, DoIT Technology Consulting Services, 263-2127, seiber@doit.wisc.edu.
Hildy Feen, Library Instructional Retrieval Applications, 263-6402, hildy.feen@doit.wisc.edu.
Campus Tours
Prospective student visits: Information session followed by tour, Monday-Friday. Reservations and schedule: 262-3318. Walking tour for visitors: Monday-Friday, 3 p.m., and Saturday-Sunday, noon, no reservations necessary. All tours leave from the Red Gym. 263-2400, visitor@redgym.wisc.edu.
GUTS Free Tutoring
Stop in if interested in tutoring or if assistance is needed in academic subject or conversational English. 302A Union South. Information: 263-5666.
Jobs at the Union
Dozens of part-time jobs are available for students and nonstudents. Students have flexibility in planning schedules. To see openings, stop by human resources offices, weekdays, 408 Memorial Union, 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; or 231 Union South, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Campus Women’s Center
Fourth floor, Memorial Union. 262-8093.
Memorial Library Tours
Conducted on request. Information: 265-2505.
Outdoor Rentals
Boat house, Memorial Union, Monday-Friday until sunset.
Union South Games Room
Pool, bowling, table tennis, air hockey, video games and more. Radioactive bowling. Thursdays-Saturdays. Games Room, Union South. 263-5181 or 263-2614.
Wisconsin Union Travel Center
On-campus guide to work, study and travel abroad. Memorial Union, Monday-Friday, 9:30 a.m.-5 p.m. 262-6200; travlcnt@vms2.macc.wisc.edu.
Campus Libraries
Volunteers needed to repair books and sheet music, organize photo archives, assist library users and give tours. Information: 265-2505.
GUTS Seeks Volunteer Tutors
GUTS Tutorial seeks volunteers for conversational English tutoring that matches native English-speaking tutors with international students who want to improve their English skills and learn about American culture. 302A Union South, Monday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. Information: 263-5666.
Higher Ground
Volunteers needed for live radio variety show. Information: 263-2564; engle@wpr.org.
Morgridge Center
Find a volunteer opportunity suiting schedule and interests. Red Gym, 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Information: 263-2432.
Wisconsin Public Radio
“Whad ‘Ya Know with Michael Feldman.” Volunteers needed. 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. 263-2564, engle@wpr.org.