Events Bulletin

Learning

Music Classes
More than a dozen continuing education music classes are offered this semester. Class topics, starting dates: Irish Repertoire, Feb. 2; Guitar, Feb. 7; Piano for Adults, Feb. 8; String Skills and Ensemble, Feb. 9; Mandolin for Beginners, Feb. 10; Great Composer Series, Feb. 14; Jazz Survey, Feb. 17; Opera: No Fear, Feb. 17; Basic Music, Feb. 17; History of Harp, Feb. 22; Basic Music II, Feb. 24; 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.

International Language Courses
The Department of Liberal Studies and the Arts offers beginning and intermediate classes in French, German, Norwegian, Italian, Spanish, Russian and Polish. These continuing education classes are held at West High School, 30 Ash St., or on campus, starting in January and February. Continuing Education Units and DPI clock hours are available. Information on German, call 262-2075; Spanish, 262-3428; for other languages, 262-4873.

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/hsa.

Tuesday Book Talks
Tuesdays, Jan. 25, Feb. 1, 8, 9:30-11 a.m., Madison Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St., $12 each or $31 for three.

Instructors: Laurel Yourke and Marshall Cook. This section of book discussions focuses on “A matter of conscience.” Books to be discussed and dates of class are: “Before and After” by Rosellen Brown, Jan. 25; “The Heart of the Matter” by Graham Greene, Feb. 1; “Father Melancholy’s Daughter” by Gail Godwin, Feb. 8. Information: 265-3972.

Intellectual Property Issues
Monday, Jan. 31, 3-4 p.m., 1610 Engineering Hall.

Sponsored research agreements often include provisions relating to intellectual property created during a research program. This seminar will cover the most salient laws and regulations governing intellectual property. Seminar presenters will discuss:

The Bayh-Dole Act, its purpose, its impact on technology transfer, the obligations it places on investigators and the timing of required disclosures.
Co-mingling of private and public research funding and the impact of the university’s “presumption of co-mingling” policy on projects that implicate federal research dollars.
Royalty distribution for intellectual property created at the University and managed by WARF.
Issues in sponsored research agreements, Material Transfer Agreements and consulting agreements, including potential conflicts with laws, responsibilities to the university and disclosure requirements.

Presenters: Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director, Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation; and Kathleen Irwin, senior university legal counsel, Administrative Legal Services. Register: 263-2840.

University-Industry Relations Funding
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 12-1 p.m., 1610 Engineering Hall.

University-Industry Relations awards grants to support programs that are technically innovative, of interest to a broad economic sector, have high potential to benefit industrial and economic development in the near term, and/or support the Wisconsin Alumni Research Foundation’s licensing program. This seminar will describe UIR’s two grant programs, Industrial & Economic Development Research (I&EDR) and Robert Draper Technology Innovation Fund (TIF), that together provide more than $1.3 million funding annually to support UW–Madison research. Topics include: how and when to apply for UIR funding; types of activities supported and examples of successful applications; minimal requirements for each funding program; proposal evaluation; and size of typical awards and length of the award period. Presenter: Steven Price, director, University-Industry Relations. Register: 263-2840.

Community of Science Tools
Wednesday, Feb. 2, 9:30-10:30 a.m., 1610 Engineering Hall.

Thursday, Feb. 3, 1-2 p.m., 209 Pyle Center.

Community of Science (COS) links researchers worldwide through a system of databases available on the World Wide Web. Currently, more than 200 educational institutions throughout the United States and Canada, including UW–Madison, are COS members. Individuals can find information about topics such as research expertise, funding opportunities, United States patents and federally funded research at specific institutions. In addition to giving a general overview of all COS databases, the seminar will provide information on performing successful database searches and new features available through COS. Presenter: Kevin Check, information processing consultant. Register: 263-2840.

Community of Science Training
Thursday, Feb. 3, 2:30-4 p.m., 209 Pyle Center.

Wednesday, Feb. 9, 9:30-11 a.m., 1240 Genetics/Biotechnology Center.

UW–Madison’s COS liaison will answer questions, assist in updating your COS expertise profile, and offer tips and techniques for searching COS databases. Bring a copy of your updated CV. The presenter will also demonstrate other available COS services including: COS Workbench; Funding Opportunities Database; Funding Alert; and US Patent Citation Database. Presenter: Kevin Check, information processing consultant. Register: 263-2840.

Material Transfer Agreements
Friday, Feb. 4, 12-1 p.m., 1610 Engineering Hall.

Discussion: Issues relating to receipt of research materials. Often these materials are necessary to research and available from a single source, most often an industry. Because the provider and universities have different missions and goals, material transfer agreements must often be negotiated to accommodate the needs of both groups. The speakers will discuss areas of MTAs that may conflict with law or university policies, the process for entering into an MTA, and statistics compiled by the Office of Research and Sponsored Programs.

Presenters: Kathleen Irwin, senior university legal counsel; and Suzanne Samuelsen, university grant and contract specialist, Research and Sponsored Programs. Register: 263-2840.

Days for Realist Painting
Saturdays, Feb. 5, Mar. 4, April 1, May 6, 9 a.m.-3 p.m., 7121 Humanities, $115.

Instructor: Mary Diman. Intermediate and advanced realist painters consider technique, composition, drawing, color, paint application and content. Participants should bring supplies and a work in progress.

Saturdays, Feb. 12, March 11, April 8, May 13, 9 a.m.- 3 p.m., 7121 Humanities, $110.

Instructor: Kathleen Heinen. Discussions focus on materials, techniques, color, composition, drawing and content. Sessions feature individual instruction and critique.

Information: 263-6322.

Wisconsin History: The First 12,000 Years
Wednesdays, Feb. 9-23, 7-8:15 p.m., Elvehjem Museum, $23.

Instructor: Robert Birmingham, State Historical Society archaeologist. This slide/lecture series traces the development of Native American and early Euroamerican societies, 10,000 BCE-1900 CE, with attention to many of the state’s spectacular archaeological sites. Information: 262-3731.

Dance for the Camera Symposium
Wednesday, Feb. 9-Sunday, Feb. 13, Lathrop Hall.

Fees: $50 for each two-day session or $100 for both sessions. (Students and faculty are free.)

In addition to generating dialogue on the history and theory of Dance for the Camera, the symposium includes roundtable discussions, lectures and curated screenings of selected dance film and video works from around the world. Symposium proceedings will also be simultaneously webcast at: http://www.education.wisc.edu/dance/new/camera.html.

Information: Douglas Rosenberg, 262-2871, rosend@education.wisc.edu, or the UW Dance Program, 262-1691.

Cathedrals, Monasteries and Chateaux of France
Thursdays, Feb. 10-March 2, 7:30-8:45 p.m., Elvehjem Museum, $30.

Instructor: Jane Schulenburg. This slide/lecture series surveys the history, art and architecture of a number of major medieval monuments found mainly in the regions of Burgundy and the Loire Valley. The group will look at the magnificent gothic cathedrals of Bourges and Chartres, the churches and monasteries of Vezelay, Autun, Cluny, Tournus, Fontenay, Fontevraud, the hospital at Beaune, the Palais de Jacques Coeur (Bourges), and the chateaux of Saumur, Chinon, Amboise and Angers. Information: 262-3731.

Advanced Topics in Patent Law
Tuesday, Feb. 15, 12-1 p.m., 1360 Genetics/Biotechnology Center.

A basic understanding of the arcane practice of “claiming” an invention is useful to anyone interested in patenting his or her research. This seminar will cover the essentials of claim practice and interpretation including parts of the patent document; legal and practical importance of patent claims; and basics of drafting and understanding claims accompanied by specific examples. Additionally, the essentials of inventorship determinations covered in this program include legal and practical importance of proper inventorship; rules concerning inventorship; and basics of properly determining inventorship illustrated by specific examples. Presenter: Carl Gulbrandsen, managing director. Register: 263-2840.

Post-Award Issues in Sponsored Research
Friday, Feb. 18, 10-11:30 a.m., 1610 Engineering Hall.

This seminar will address grant award management “best practices” and how to implement them. It will cover the on-campus administrative processes for accepting a grant or contract award, spending awards, documenting cost sharing and project close out. In addition, attendees will be introduced to areas of “best practices” in the administration of research grants and contracts including allowable and unallowable direct costs. A brief overview of indirect costs will also be included. One-hour presentation, followed by discussion. Presenters: Mareda Weiss, associate dean, Graduate School; and William Vance, assistant dean, Research and Sponsored Programs. Register: 263-2840.

Conflict of Interest Seminar
Tuesday, Feb. 22, 12-1 p.m., 1610 Engineering Hall.

Federal grant-funding agencies and the state of Wisconsin address conflicts of interest between the public and private activities of faculty and academic staff. This seminar will cover aspects of these policies such as applicable laws, regulations and requirements; procedures used by the university to assess potential conflicts of interest; ways in which actual conflicts can be eliminated, minimized or managed; examples of common conflicts of interest. Presenters: R. Timothy Mulcahy, professor and associate dean, Graduate School; and Kathleen Irwin, senior university legal counsel, Administrative Legal Services. Register: 263-2840.

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UW Teaching Academy
The UW Teaching Academy carries a Teaching Ideas Network on its site at: http://www.wisc.edu/teaching-academy/teaching_ideas_network.html.

Members listed at this site are interested in working with faculty and staff who are searching for assistance with any aspect of their teaching, such as tips on effective teaching with 200-plus students, cultivating interest and commitment in non-major courses, tailoring reading and assignment loads, effective use of instructional technologies, and how to make the most of small group work. The network is an outgrowth of recommendations included in a task force report, “Perspectives on Being New and Teacher-Scholar Preparation,” recently presented to the Faculty Senate.

PLATO Seeks Members
For $50 per person per year, enjoy exciting lectures, friendly discussions (10 weeks and over 15 topics) and a host of activities with this group of intellectually curious retirees or soon-to-be-retired participants. Interested folks are invited to attend the Spring Preview and Social, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 1:30 p.m. at the downtown Madison Senior Center. For a membership application, call 262-3309.

Single-Parent Student Scholarships
Application forms are available now for UW–Madison Single-Parent Scholarships. The application deadline is March 1. Forms are available at the Adult Career and Educational Counseling Center (ACECC), 905 University Ave. in Madison: 263-6960. Scholarships include several for $1,000 each and the $2,000 Nancy W. Denney Scholarship.

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.

Volunteers for Weight-Lifting Study
Learn how to start a proper weight-lifting 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 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.

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.