PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 22, No. 21, June 4, 2003

brief notes

Office of Publications and Marketing
F/S Directory updates wanted
In preparing for the new Student/Staff Directory to be distributed in the fall, the Office of Publications and Marketing offers the following suggestions to ensure that information is correct.

Campus units will receive a request for updates to the units section of the directory by e-mail in late July. Units will have approximately four weeks to return their updated entries.

Faculty and staff members should check their listings in the faculty/staff section (pages 369-636) of the current directory to make sure listings are correct. Listings are based on payroll records. Therefore, any faculty/staff member who wants to change a listing must do so by updating his/her payroll file well before Sept. 16. See page 3 of the current directory for instructions. Information on how to update incorrect e-mail address listings can be found on page 10 of the directory, or by contacting the CITES Resource Center at 1420 Digital Computer Laboratory.

Do not contact the Office of Publications and Marketing to change an individual listing.

For all of the following, forms are now available. Completed forms must be received by Publications and Marketing by Sept. 1 and all changes to payroll records must be made well before Sept. 16 in order to appear in the printed directory.

Listings for non-salaried employees and for personnel at allied agencies are derived from forms available from your departmental business office and the Office of Publications and Marketing (333-9200). A new form must be submitted each year.

Those holding joint appointments are encouraged to list their titles in the preferred order in their payroll file instead of submitting paper forms. However, paper forms are available from departmental business offices or the Office of Publications and Marketing. Note that a paper form filed in the past can override the payroll file.

University employees who will be retiring or going on permanent disability between June 1 and Sept. 20, 2003, should request a Retired/Disability form from the Office of Publications and Marketing to ensure that their listings will be included in the next directory. Those who retired or were on permanent disability prior to June 1 will automatically receive a form in the mail after June 1; the form will be sent to the address on file with the Annuitants Association. Call 333-9200 if you have not received a form by June 30. Participation is voluntary and you must file a new form every year to be listed in the directory.

Classical music and Irish music featured
WILL-FM Concert in the Park is June 7
WILL-FM’s annual free Concert in the Park will begin at 5 p.m. June 7 at Robert Allerton Park in Monticello. This year's concert features an afternoon of classical music from the Prairie Ensemble and Irish music from Chicago’s Academy of Irish Music.

Concertgoers should enter Allerton Park using the north entrance off I-72. The park entrance off Allerton Road is closed because the bridge is out.

Performing on the Gate House Lawn at the park, The Prairie Ensemble under the direction of Kevin Kelly will play John Harbison’s "Remembering Gatsby," Jacques Ibert’s "Divertissement" and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 2.

The Academy of Irish Music, featuring talented musicians from 6-19 years of age, has performed with the Chieftains, and has just released its first compact disc recording, "Cruinn." Academy founder Noel Rice has been teaching Irish music and culture to students in Chicago for 25 years.

In the event of rain on June 7, the concert will be held at 2 p.m. June 8, at the same location in the park. WILL-AM and -FM will provide weather updates on the day of the concert. For more information about the concert, call WILL at 333-0850 or visit the WILL Web site, www.will.uiuc.edu.

Nutrition and neuroscience to be discussed
Conference on aging is June 17-18
Nutrition and neuroscience are the major themes that will be examined at a UI conference on aging June 17 and 18.

The conference is being organized by the university’s Initiative on Aging, a multidisciplinary program that encourages scholarly collaboration among faculty researchers and students whose work focuses on increasing knowledge about the aging process. Conference sessions will take place at the Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology.

A complete program, including scheduled speakers and registration information, is available on the Web at http://aging.als.uiuc.edu/uiucagingseminar.htm.

Krannert Center for the Performing Arts
Renovation will increase accessibility
Throughout the summer and into September, visitors to Krannert Center for the Performing Arts will notice ongoing renovations that will make it more accessible. These improvements include the addition of accessible men's and women's restrooms, ticket counters, office space and meeting areas. During the construction period, all Krannert Center offices, the ticket office, the Promenade gift shop, and Intermezzo Cafe will remain open. Signs will direct visitors around construction areas and to usable rest rooms.

The project began more than five years ago when Krannert Center received funds for an Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA) compliancy study of the building. The second phase of the project involved the construction planning process, and this summer's construction is the third phase of the project. Additional accessibility compliance issues – ranging from door handles to building ramps – will be addressed when more funding is available.

Krannert Center has received national praise as a model for its attention to accessibility needs. All four theaters have accessible seating and are equipped with Sennheiser Infrared Hearing Systems. Large-print programs are available upon request, and both sign language interpreters and braille programs are available with advance request. Each elevator lobby is equipped with a phone direct to the patron services office that will assist patrons with wheelchairs or other special needs.

Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe
Lab has helped researchers for 30 years
When Ralph Fisher organized the first Summer Research Laboratory on Russia and Eastern Europe at the UI in 1973, communist rule in the region made it difficult for Western scholars to travel there to conduct research and exchange ideas with colleagues.

Three decades later, as the university’s Russian and Eastern European Center is preparing to host the 30th annual lab, June 16 through Aug. 8, much has changed. The world is smaller, and the number of visitors to the Lab has grown – from 44 in 1973, to nearly 200 this year.

Highlights of this summer’s program include an anniversary celebration and panel discussion on June 18, and the inaugural Ralph and Ruth Fisher Forum which this year will be an international conference on Vasilii Rozanov, June 19-23, organized by Harriet Murav, professor of Slavic languages and literature at Illinois.

Other notable events this year include a seminar in Balkan studies, July 8-12, led by Stephen Batalden, professor of history at Arizona State University; the annual symposium, on June 28, which this year focuses on "The Young and the Restless: Youth in Russia, Eurasia and Eastern Europe"; and a major conference on contemporary Ukraine, June 16-21, which will draw leading Ukrainian scholars, among them presidents of several universities.

A complete list of events and activities, including locations, is available on the Web at www.reec.uiuc.edu/srl.htm.

Intensive English Institute
Hosts wanted for visiting students
The Intensive English Institute would like to recruit dozens of people willing to host visiting Japanese and Korean college students in Champaign-Urbana this summer.

Hosts – either families, couples or individuals – are needed to spend a few hours a week with one or more students. This enables the students to meet people outside the classroom and practice their English while sharing common everyday activities such as meals, shopping, sports and movies.

Students from Korea Maritime University will be on campus for three weeks in July, and Japanese students from two universities (Konan and Senshu) will be on campus for four weeks in August. Students will study English and American culture at the UI institute.

If interested in being a host, contact Anna Kasten at the Intensive English Institute, 333-6598 or a-kasten@illinois.edu.

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