PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 22, No. , Sept. 19, 2002

brief notes

Intensive English Institute
Host families needed
The Intensive English Institute is recruiting local residents who would like to host visiting Japanese and Korean college students in Champaign-Urbana this summer.

Students from Korea Maritime University (Pusan) will be on campus for three weeks in July, and Japanese students from Konan (Kobe), Senshu and Dokkyo (Tokyo) universities will be in residence for four weeks in August while they study the English language and American culture at the institute.

Amnesty International
Human rights lecture is Sept. 19
William F. Schulz, the executive director of Amnesty International, will give a free public lecture Sept. 19 beginning at 7 p.m. at the Channing-Murray Foundation, 1209 W. Oregon St., Urbana.

The talk, co-sponsored by the foundation and the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities, is titled "In Our Own Best Interest: How Defending Human Rights Benefits Us All."

Schulz, a Unitarian minister and former president of the Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations, has been involved in many international and social justice causes.

His most recent book, with the same title as his lecture, makes the case that human rights ought to be worthy of support not just because they are morally compelling but also because they are in the nation’s best interests from the point of view of national security, economic growth, and environmental protection and public health.

Formerly World Heritage Museum
Spurlock Museum opens Sept. 26
The Spurlock Museum of World Cultures opens Sept. 26 at its new location at 600 S. Gregory St., Urbana, just east of Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. A ribbon-cutting and dedication ceremony will be at 1 p.m. in front of the museum. If it rains, the ceremony will be in Illini Union Rooms, A, B and C and the South Lounge.

The museum will be open to the public immediately after the ceremony. Admission is free. Museum hours will be: noon - 8 p.m., Tuesdays; 9 a.m. - 5 p.m., Wednesdays, Thursdays and Fridays; and 10 a.m. - 4 p.m., Saturdays.

The museum offers five permanent galleries covering Africa, East Asia and Oceania, Europe, the Americas and the Ancient Mediterranean, as well as a temporary gallery with new exhibits opening every six months. For more information, contact Kim Sheahan, special events coordinator/assistant educator, at 244-3355.

Training sessions offered in September
Volunteers needed at Allerton
Allerton Park and Conference Center needs volunteers and has announced training sessions during September. All training sessions will be from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m.

• Sept. 22: "Nature Tour Training," Visitor Center.
• Sept. 29: "Garden and Sculpture Tour Training," Visitor Center.
• Sept. 30: "Conference Center Tour Training," Conference Center.
To register, call 762-2721 or 244-1035 or e-mail allertonpark@illinois.edu at least three days before the event.

Campus Rec
Fitness screening offered Sept. 23
The SportWell Center, Room 100 IMPE Building, is offering fitness screening from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 23. The screening is free to all UI Campus Recreation members and students. Faculty and staff members may purchase a one-day IMPE pass for $5. For more information, e-mail Jennifer Hess at jhess@mhc.uiuc.edu or call 244-0261.

Allerton Park and Conference Center
Events scheduled for Sept. 28
Allerton Park and Conference Center will host several events at the park Sept. 28.

• 10 a.m. to noon, "Prairie Prowl," Environmental Learning Center at the south side of the park. Illinois Natural History Survey scientist Jamie Ellis will discuss the history and importance of prairies.
• 1 to 2:30 p.m., "Science of Nature," Environmental Learning Center. Children ages 6 to 10 can explore nature through hands-on experiments.
• 7 to 9 p.m., "Seeing Stars," Visitor Center at the north park entrance. All ages (3 and younger are free) will enjoy an evening of searching the heavens led by the Champaign-Urbana Astronomical Society.

There is a $5 per person fee for each event. Registration at least three days prior to the event is requested at 762-2721 or 244-1035 or allertonpark@uiuc.edu.

Items flagged for future move
Library prepares for shelving facility
Users of the Main Library’s book stacks will notice streamers inserted in many of the books. These streamers mark Phase 1 of preparations for the library’s new high-density shelving facility, to be constructed on Oak Street. The goal is to identify some 700,000 items for the initial move into the facility, slated to be open by this time next year.

The streamers identify pre-selections only. Subject specialists in the library soon will review materials based on other criteria, such as accessibility for browsing and on-site reference. The needs of faculty members, students and scholars will be strongly considered as the selection process continues.

Anyone with questions or concerns about selections for Oak Street may contact their subject librarian. Patrons also can follow the progress online at www.library.uiuc.edu/library/circ/August2002.htm#topAug02.

‘Women’s Rituals’
Classics hosts conference Oct. 4-5
The department of the classics is hosting the conference "Women’s Rituals in Context" Oct. 4 and 5 in the Lucy Ellis Lounge, Foreign Languages Building.

The conference will explore the impact of ritual in shaping women’s lives, a complex of issues that stands at the intersection of the disciplines of classics, women’s studies, anthropology, art history and the study of ancient religion.

The conference program is available at www.classics.uiuc.edu. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Maryline Parca at m-parca@illinois.edu.

Expecting a baby?
Expectant couples needed for study
The Family Development Project is looking for couples expecting a baby and interested in participating in a study of family transitions. Couples will be interviewed and observed in their homes once during the third trimester of pregnancy and once approximately three months after the baby is born. Couples should be married or cohabiting for at least two years.

For more information, call 244-0716, e-mail familydevelopmentproject@yahoo.com or go to www.psych.uiuc.edu/~sschoppe. This project is being conducted through the UI psychology department.

Survey Research Lab
Award applications due Nov. 12
The Survey Research Laboratory is accepting nominations for two awards honoring excellence in survey research as part of a doctoral dissertation.

Doctoral candidates on the Urbana campus who have successfully defended their proposals prior to Nov. 1 are eligible for the second annual Robert Ferber Dissertation Award and the Seymour Sudman Dissertation Award. Applications are due Nov. 12.

For more information, visit www.srl.uic.edu.

University Press
Book Show winners on display
The 2002 Book Show of the Association of American University Presses will be on view at the University of Illinois Press weekdays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. through Sept. 27. A reception will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sept. 26.

On view will be the 50 winning books, 20 jackets and one journal showing this year’s best in typography and design from university presses across the country. UI has two winning books: "Stupidity," by Avital Ronell, designed by Richard Eckersley; and "Dicta and Contradicta," by Karl Kraus, designed by Erin New.

For information, call 333-9227.

Women’s experiences with infertility
Participants needed for study
Volunteers for a study on women’s experiences with infertility are needed. Participation involves an in-depth interview (probably one to two hours in length).

If you or someone you know has experienced infertility problems and would be willing to share those experiences to help others, contact Diana at 333-4410 or parry@illinois.edu. This study is being conducted through the UI department of leisure studies.

ACES lecture series
Food security featured
Food safety and security is the theme of a series of free public lectures to be presented at the UI this fall. William Masters, professor of agricultural economics at Purdue University, will be the featured speaker from 4 to 5 p.m. Oct. 3 in the ACES Library, Information and Alumni Center. The title of his talk will be "Institutions and Technology for Food Security: Peril and Progress."

The final lecture in the series will feature Werner Kiene, representative of the United Nations World Food Programme to the Bretton Woods Institutions, and will be held from 4 to 5 p.m. Nov. 7.

For more information, visit www.aces.uiuc.edu/global/seminar.

Annual Martirano Memorial Award concert
Winning compositions featured
The UI New Music Ensemble, with co-directors Zack Browning and Stephen Taylor, will perform winning compositions of the Salvatore Martirano Memorial Composition Award and other works at 8 p.m. Sept. 25 at the Colwell Playhouse Theater at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

The performance includes the first- and second-place winning compositions as well as other works. William Heiles, UI professor of music, will perform Martirano’s "Stuck on Stella" for solo piano.

The award is an international composition competition held in memory of Martirano, a UI professor of composition from 1963 until 1995.

Cozad Lecture
Turning passion to success
Michael Krasny, chairman emeritus of CDW Computer Centers Inc., will give the V. Dale Cozad Lecture on Entrepreneurship at the Levis Faculty Center at 4 p.m. Sept. 26.

"Success Means Never Being Satisfied: Follow Your Passion" is the title of his talk. Krasny is a 1975 graduate of the College of Commerce and Business Administration. CDW, which he founded in 1982 and served as chairman until his retirement last year, offers technology products and solutions to educational institutions, government and such companies as Computer Associates, Cisco and Hewlett-Packard. The Cozad Lecture series, established in memory of Dale Cozad, is free and open to the public.

Oct. 3-5 conference
'Rethinking Terrorism'
The conference, "Rethinking Terrorism," will take place Oct. 3-5 at the UI’s Urbana campus. Organized by the university’s European Union Center and Russian and East European Center and co-sponsored by numerous other campus units, it is free and open to the public.

"The focus of the conference is on understanding the origins and motivations for terrorism – the nature of terrorism as a social and political phenomenon – as well as for exploring the possibilities and the implications of different responses," said REEC director Mark Steinberg.

Bruce Hoffman, director of the Washington, D.C., office of the RAND Corp. and author of the book "Inside Terrorist," will open the conference with a keynote address at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 3 in 180 Bevier Hall. His talk is titled "Rethinking Terrorism and Counter-terrorism After 9/11."

The conference continues the following day, with registration taking place from 8-9 a.m. in Room 149, National Soybean Research Center. Conference sessions begin at the same location at 9 a.m.

Also planned in conjunction with the conference is a curriculum workshop geared toward pre-collegiate instructors, "Teaching About Terrorism."

More information on the conference and teaching workshop is available on the Web at www.ips.uiuc.edu/terrorism/index.html.

Planning for your financial future
Credit union workshops
The UI Employees Credit Union is offering free financial services workshops to UI employees (credit-union members and non-members): Oct. 8, Long-term Care; Oct. 29, Mutual Funds; and Nov. 13, Estate Planning.

Workshops begin at 7 p.m. and will be at the Credit Union, 2201 S. First St., Champaign. Reservations are required. Call 278-7768 or e-mail membfinsrv@uiecu.org.

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