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 start in September and run through November. Fee: About $95. Information: French, 262-4873; German, 262-2075; and Spanish, 262-3428.
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.
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.
Human Resource Legal Series
Tuesdays, through Nov. 2, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Fee: $79 each session.
Writing Your Employee Handbook, Oct. 26
Effective personnel policies lead to the consistent treatment of employees, reduce discrimination and enhance productivity and morale. Avoid common pitfalls and learn how to understand the legal status of employee handbooks, write your handbook, perform a policy analysis for your business, review your handbook and introduce it to your employees.
Top 10 Most Common HR Mistakes and Hot Topics Nov. 2
Learn about the most common legal mistakes that are made regarding human resource management. Awareness of these issues can reduce your risk of legal action and avoid unnecessary costs. Also, this session will review the most current changes in human resource law and in the workplace.
To register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Diversity Issues Workshops
Honoring our Common Differences
Thursday-Friday Nov. 11-12, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $85.
Celebrate Differences
Monday Dec. 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $85.
Information: Raymond Kessel, 263-6557.
Supervisory Leadership Series
This series is designed to offer core supervisory leadership skills development in a concise, efficient format.
Leadership Essentials and Performance Coaching
Thursday, Oct. 21, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fee: $159.
Communication and Delegation Skills
Thursday, Oct. 28, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fee: $159.
Negotiating and Managing Conflict
Thursday, Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fee: $159.
Take the entire series for $449.
To register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Breaking Into Sitcom Writing
Saturday, Oct. 23, 9:30 a.m.-4 p.m. workshop, Pyle Center. Fee: $145.
Instructor: Mindy Glazer, experienced Hollywood screenwriter. Learn how to write humor. Borrow techniques of fast writing from sitcom writers. Go behind the scenes of situation comedies. Information: 262-3447, or http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa.
Small Business: Fundamentals
Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 26-Nov.18, 6:30-9 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $175.
Attend this eight-session course to develop your management skills. Experts in law, accounting, banking, insurance, management, and marketing cover the fundamentals of small-business management. Gain knowledge about growth stages and problems, marketing, promotion and advertising, legal issues and requirements, record-keeping and accounting, financial management, financing, insurance and risk management, and business plans. Register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Marketing Management Series
Tuesdays, Oct. 26-Nov. 16, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Fee: $79 each session or $285 series.
Marketing: Foundations for Success
Knowing the basics of marketing can help make your business more profitable.
Develop a Winning Marketing Plan
Make the most of your marketing dollar and enhance your business’ short- and long-term profitability by developing a solid marketing plan.
Low-Cost Promotion Techniques
Learn the best methods of communicating with your specific customers; estimate costs of promotion; how to choose the best promotional techniques for your audience; be creative with your promotion strategies; and maximize your promotional dollar.
Getting Publicity for Your Business
Explore how small businesses can use free publicity to promote products or services. Register: 262-3909: Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Irish Musical Instruments
Irish Tin Whistle
Tuesdays, Oct. 26-Nov. 23, 6:30-7:45 p.m., Neighborhood House, 29 S. Mills St. Fee: $57.
Instructor: Turner Collins. Learn intermediate skills for playing Irish music on the tin whistle in this five-week course. Music reading skills are not necessary. Participants should being their own D whistles.
Irish Bodhran
Thursdays, Nov. 4-Dec. 9, 5:45-6:45 p.m., Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St. Fee: $60.
Instructor: Tracy Dietzel. Learn intermediate skills for playing the bodhran (Irish drum). Participants bring their own instruments. Music reading skills are not necessary. Information: 265-5629.
Business Writing Workshops
Proofreading and Copy Editing
Wednesday, Oct. 27, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $135.
Instructor: Mary Conroy.
Writing Effective Letters: Making Business Correspondence Work
Wednesday, Nov. 3, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $135.
Instructor: Mary Barnard Ray.
Punctuation and Grammar
Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 10-11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $205.
Instructor: Greg Galica. Information: Cheri Carbon, 262-3032.
Financial Management Series
Wednesdays, Oct. 27-Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Fee: $79 for each session or $285 for the series.
Learn to be a skilled financial manager no matter what your background. Learn how to manage profits, working capital, assets and liabilities to build business. Choose any individual program or the series of four: Basics of Financial Management, Using Financial Statements, Budgeting, Managing Cash Flow. Register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680.
The Medieval World: Ireland
Thursdays, Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 7:30-8:45 p.m., Elvehjem Museum. Fee: $29.
Instructor: Jane Schulenburg, professor of history, liberal studies and the arts. This four-part slide/lecture series explores the fascinating history, legends and art history of medieval Ireland. Topics include early Irish saints, monasteries and churches, round towers, high crosses, beehive huts, crannogs, Norman castles and tower houses, and early illuminated manuscripts. Information: 262-3731.
Law School Open House
Friday, Oct. 29, 11 a.m., reception, 5 p.m.
Registration and information: http://www.law.wisc.edu.
The open house will feature presentations on the admissions process, financial aid, career services and student life. Participants may also sit in on a class and have a guided tour of the Law School and Law Library.
Refreshments will be served in the Law School Atrium on the second floor and culminate with the 11th annual Thomas E. Fairchild Lecture featuring Professor Marc Galanter, who will speak on “The Demographic Transformation of the Legal Profession and Its Implications for the Delivery of Legal Services.”
Space is limited for both events and early registration is encouraged through the web site or with registration cards available in the Office of Admissions, University of Wisconsin Law School, Room 4314, 975 Bascom Mall, Madison, WI 53706. To have a registration card mailed: 262-5914, or e-mail rosseter@facstaff.wisc.edu.
Global Diasporas: Communities of Exile and Migration
Friday-Sunday, Oct. 29-31, Pyle Center.
The Border and Transcultural Studies Research Circle is sponsoring an interdisciplinary conference. Featured outside speakers include: Etel Adnan (author and artist), Moustafa Bayoumi (CUNY), Rosa Linda Fregoso (UC-Davis), Himadeep Muppidi (University of Minnesota), Christine Ogan (Indiana University), Aihwa Ong (UC-Berkeley), and Christopher Taylor (University of Alabama). Speakers from UW–Madison: Henry Drewal, Dionne Espinoza Toma Longinovic, Kirin Narayan, Rob Nixon, and Rhacel Parrenas. Friday and Saturday, 8:45 a.m.-5 p.m. Sunday, 9:30-11:30 a.m. Friday reception 5-6 p.m., and a Saturday evening potluck are open to the public. Information: ssfriedm@facstaff.wisc.edu, or 263-3240/258-8080.
Personal Financial Management
Fridays, Oct. 29 and Nov. 5, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Fee: $159.
Personal Financial Planning
This session will provide an overview of financial planning and how to deal with the special challenges of financial planning for small business owners. Learn the common pitfalls many business owners face and how to prevent these mistakes.
Estate Planning
This session will provide an overview of estate planning for all business owners. It is never too early or too late to plan for your personal estate. Learn to avoid making the IRS your main benefactor. Understand the pros and cons of trusts, partnerships and foundations. Register: 262-3909.
Information: 263-7680.
Design and Teach a Successful Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 30, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $85.
Instructor: Kathy Germann. Information: Ann Whitaker, 262-4509.
Poetry Workshop
Saturday, Oct. 30, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $95 plus $25 for an optional critique.
Instructor: Laurel Yourke. Handouts, discussion and analysis stimulate experimentation with traditional forms and suggest ways to determine optimal line breaks. This intensive workshop also provides publication tips and optional group critique. Information: 265-3972.
European Witchcraft
Tuesdays, Nov. 2-23, 7-8:15 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $29.
Instructor: Mary Peckham Magray, lecturer, liberal studies and the arts. Examine the beliefs and practices of women and men accused of the crime of witchcraft in the 16th and 17th centuries. The group discusses witch hunts and prosecutions, and explores the complex interpretations of this strange phenomenon. Information: 262-3731.
Business Management Solutions: Successful Selling
Tuesdays, Nov. 2, 9 and 16, 1-4:30 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $235.
Instructor: Ken Kochersperger. Improve your selling productivity and learn how you can become a professional problem-solver for your customers. Learn how to sell benefits, especially those that customers are interested in buying. Identify the skills to handle skepticism, overcome objections and close the sale. This workshop consists of three half-day sessions. Register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680.
Developing a Business Plan
Wednesdays, Nov. 3-Dec. 8, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $195.
Discover how to target the market, analyze competitors, and examine strengths and weaknesses as a business owner. Learn how to set goals and develop financial projections. At the end of the five sessions, have a draft plan. Includes a comprehensive business planning guide. Register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Speaking on the Spot
Thursday, Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $110.
Instructor: Larry Larmer. Learn principles of responding to or initiating unanticipated oral communication.
How to be Interviewed by the Media
Instructors: Marshall Cook and Larry Larmer. Tuesday, Nov. 9, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $135.
Information: Larry Larmer, 262-1176, or visit: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/pubspeak.htm.
Art and Archaeology of Ancient Mexico
Thursdays, Nov. 4-Dec. 9, 7:15-9:15 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $90.
Instructor: Tony Rajer, a professional conservator and art historian. This slide-illustrated journey to ancient Mexico explores the lost and living cultures of Meso-America, including the Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs and many more. The course culminates in a field trip to Chicago to see pre-Columbian art collections. Information: 263-6322.
Women’s Health: Alternative Medicine and Phytoestrogens
Friday, Nov. 5, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $50.
Covers key issues related to alternative medicine and phytoestrogens for women’s health. Instructor: Adriane Fugh-Berman. Information: Nancy Worcester, 262-3635.
Web-Development Workshops
Web Tools on the Cutting Edge
Friday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $295.
Instructor: Mark McFadden. Lecture/demonstration, not hands-on.
Project Management for the Web
Thursday, Nov. 11, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $295.
Instructor: Sandra Bradley.
Information: Kate Reilly, 262-8612.
Tuesday Book Talk: Southern Women
Tuesdays, Nov. 9-23, 9:30-11 a.m. Madison Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St. Fee: $11 per class; $30 for three.
Instructor: Emily Auerbach. Join other book lovers to discuss great literature written by southern women. To be discussed: “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” by Carson McCullers, Nov. 9; “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” by Flannery O’Connor, Nov. 16; and “The Optimist’s Daughter,” by Eudora Welty, Nov. 23. Information: 262-3733.
Emerging Issues in Mediation
Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 10-12, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Inn on the Park, 22 S. Carroll St. Fee based on days attending.
This conference benefits people in social work, education, government, law and business, as well as anyone else interested in mediation. Information: Jim Campbell, 262-2352.
Honoring Our Common Differences
Thursday-Friday, Nov. 11-12, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $85.
Instructor: Kathy Germann. Learn how to create healthy, inclusive organizations where all people feel respected and welcome to contribute their best work. Information: Raymond Kessel, 263-6557.
Drawing: The Beginner’s Guide
Fridays, Nov. 12-Dec. 17, 9 a.m.-noon, 7621 Humanities. Fee: $75.
Instructor: Katherine Rosing. Start with simple forms, learn to see and draw accurately using line and shadow. Work in a supportive studio environment for five weeks, gain confidence by learning good technique and accurate seeing methods such as foreground/background relationships. Work will include still life, perspective and portraits. Information: 263-6322.
Art in Society
Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 6411 Humanities. Fee: $40.
Sponsored by Continuing Studies and the Feminist Art Institute, this session is the third in the series addressing “Expanding Our Thinking on Arts and Society.” This workshop examines how art fits into our lives. Participants and speakers expand notions of the places art can hold in society through discussion, readings and art. Register by Nov. 5. Information: 263-6322.
Celtic Holiday Cards
Saturday, Nov. 13, 1-4 p.m., 6261 Humanities. Fee: $20.
Design your own unique holiday cards using decorative Celtic knotwork and calligraphy. You learn the basics of how to construct knotwork borders, practice and incorporate Celtic lettering, prepare for reproduction and hand-color the final product. Information: 263-6322.
Kids and Adults: Make a Pinata
Sundays, Nov. 14 and 21, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 6411 Humanities. Fee: $30.
You can enjoy this fun, traditional craft from Mexico just in time to fill (and break!) for the holidays. The first week you make the papier-mache animal or other shape of your choice; the next week you decorate and finish it to take home. Information: 263-6322.
School of Business
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 2120 Grainger Hall
The School of Business offers three options for graduate business study. Join us to learn how we can help you meet your educational goals. Information will be provided on the full-time MBA program, the part-time Evening MBA Program and the Executive MBA Program. Space is limited; please RSVP: 263-1169.
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.
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 department. A description and the required approval forms may be obtained at room 623 in Lowell Center. Registration deadline: Nov. 19. Information: 262-4873.
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Inter-D Mail/Campus Services
Campus Services seeks interdepartmental envelopes. Please send them via campus mail to: Jim Rose, Campus Services, 630 W. Mifflin St. For a large amount, please call for pickup.
Continuing Education Catalog
The Fall 1999 Catalog of Continuing Education Programs, listing courses for personal enrichment and professional development, is now available. The catalog describes dozens of courses offered in the areas of art, small-business management, dance, desktop publishing, education, fitness/movement, foreign languages, health and human issues, history, improving group effectiveness, library and information studies, literature, marketing and media relations, music, nonprofit development, nursing, photography, public management, public speaking, publication design, study skills, test preparation, travel/study, web development, women’s studies, and writing and editing. Pick up a catalog at any Dane County public library or in the Continuing Studies lobby, 905 University Ave.
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.
Wisconsin Public Radio Volunteers
Conference Greeter
Do you like to discuss music? Enjoy meeting people from all over? Like to talk about Wisconsin Public Radio? If so, consider representing WPR at an upcoming music conference Oct. 27-30 in Madison. Contact: Susannah or Lori, 263-3970, or 263-2564.
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/.