PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 22, No. 14, Feb. 20, 2003

brief notes

UI New Music Ensemble
Composers Festival, Feb. 24-28
The UI New Music Ensemble, with co-directors Zack Browning and Steve Taylor, will present the fourth annual UI Composers Festival, Feb. 24-28.

The festival features 60 performers from the UI New Music Ensemble performing 24 new compositions in unexpected and unpredictable combinations.

Highlights of the festival are the Student Composers Concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 24 in Smith Recital Hall, the 21st Century Piano Commission Award Concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 26 in the Foellinger Great Hall, and the UI Faculty Composers Concert at 8 p.m. Feb. 27 in Foellinger Great Hall. The final concert features guest pianist Ian Pace at Smith Recital Hall at 8 p.m., Feb. 28. Admission fees will be charged for the Feb. 26 and 27 concerts. Tickets are available through Krannert Center for the Performing Arts.

WILL-FM’s ‘Classically Black’
French composer profiled
WILL-FM host Roger Cooper’s newest "Classically Black" program looks at the life and music of 18th century composer Joseph Boulogne, a gifted violinist who was music director for Marie Antoinette, fought in the French Revolution, and gained international stature for his swordsmanship.

WILL-FM will broadcast the program at 4:06 p.m. Feb. 23 and at 3 p.m. Feb. 28. "Classically Black: Joseph Boulogne, Chevalier Des Saint-Georges" examines the composer’s colorful life. The son of a black slave and her white plantation owner on the Caribbean island of Guadeloupe, he was allowed to take his father’s name and became known from a young age as Chevalier, or knight, of Saint-Georges.

Cooper’s "Classically Black" series showcases outstanding classical musicians of African descent. Public Radio International will distribute the program to public radio stations around the country.

Leighton Lecture
Former CEO to speak on ethics
Steven L. Miller, retired chairman, president and CEO of Shell Oil Co., will deliver the 2003 Leighton Lecture on "Ethics, Values and Business in the 21st Century" on Feb. 24. The talk, free and open to the public, will begin at 5:15 p.m. in 114 David Kinley Hall.

After retiring last year from Shell, Miller formed SLM Discovery Ventures Inc., a Houston-based company pursuing commercial ventures in support of volunteerism, social outreach and academic achievement in higher education.

A graduate of Illinois, with a bachelor’s degree in chemical engineering, Miller began his career with Shell in 1967. He is a director of the UI Foundation and last year won its alumni achievement award.

Civil Service employees and dependents
Scholarship application deadline
Applications for Civil Service Employees and Dependent Scholarships are available on the Personnel Services Office home page. Hard copies are available at the Personnel Services Office, Division of Operation and Maintenance and the Benefits Center. Applications also may be obtained from Civil Service representatives Barney Bryson, Gary Fry, Bob Schweighart or Tim Wood.

Application deadline is April 7. Recipients are usually selected the second week in May with an awards ceremony held in mid-June. The committee tries to award about eight scholarships each year.

‘Office Professional of the Year’
Secretariat seeks nominations
The Secretariat is seeking nominations of Secretariat members for its 11th annual Office Professional of the Year award. Nominations are due March 19.

To be eligible, each nominee must have been a dues-paying member of The Secretariat by Jan. 1, 2003, and must have attended two luncheon meetings of The Secretariat between July 2002 and March 2003. Nomination forms and guidelines are available on the Secretariat’s Web site.

Completed nominations should be submitted to Kathy Schilson, 4080 Foreign Languages Building, MC-176.

The winner and nominees will be honored at a luncheon April 16. All nominees must be present.

5-7 p.m., March 4
Celebrate Fat Tuesday at Levis
Faculty and staff members are invited to celebrate Fat Tuesday at Levis Faculty Center from 5 to 7 p.m. March 4 on the third floor of Levis Faculty Center.

Hors d’oeuvres, prepared by Classic Events, will be served for a cover charge of $4. Beverage and cocktail service also is available. The event is hosted by Levis Faculty Center Sponsors Inc.

Student Affairs
Student leader nominations sought
The Student Leadership Awards sponsored by Student Affairs provide a unique opportunity to give campuswide recognition to remarkable student leaders or student organizations.

Nomination forms must be received by 5 p.m. March 5. Award information, descriptions and nomination forms can be found on the Web .

Recipients will be honored at a May 3 luncheon.

Questions should be directed to Willard Broom, associate dean of students, at 333-0055.

University Library
Spring workshops announced
The University Library is again offering spring workshops for faculty and staff members and students who want to know more about using the library’s print and electronic resources to enhance research. The topics and schedule are available online. Fliers also are available at the Information Desk in the Main Library or the Reference Desk in the Undergraduate Library.

All workshops are held on a walk-in basis in Room 289 of the Undergraduate Library. No registration is necessary.

Japan House
Tours to include tea ceremony
During March, April and May, Japan House will offer drop-in tea ceremonies as part of its tours scheduled from 2 to 4 p.m. on the second and fourth Thursday of each month. The dates: March 13 and 27; April 10 and 24; and May 8 and 22.

There will be a fee of $5 per person. Visitors may pay at the door. Tours of Japan House are free. For more information, contact Japan House at 244-9934.

Guidelines promote safety
New parking guidelines announced
The Division of Campus Parking and Transportation (DCPT) has implemented the following new enforcement policy to assist those who commute to campus facilities in the darker evening hours of winter.

Beginning on the last day of daylight-saving time each year, all university rental lots posted for enforcement from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m. will be open for general public parking at 4 p.m. Monday through Friday.

Beginning March 1 each year, the hours of enforcement will return to 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., and general parking will be available at 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.

All parking meters will continue to be enforced at all times as posted, and general parking is not allowed at signed 24-hour rental spaces.

More information about this policy or any DCPT policy is available at 333-3530.

Honoring excellence in public engagement
Nominations due March 3
Nominations are invited for the Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement. The award recognizes faculty members, academic professionals, staff employees and students who fulfill in exemplary ways the university’s commitment to public engagement.

Award guidelines and application materials can be found online. Nominations are due March 3. Questions about the award should be directed to Steve Schomberg, 333-8846 or sschombg@illinois.edu.

Intersession program
Foreign language classes available
Each year, during the three weeks immediately following the close of the spring semester, International Programs and Studies, through the office of Institutional and Faculty International Collaboration, provides language instruction for current or retired UI employees, their spouses or adult children.

The Intensive Foreign Language Intersession Program 2003 will be from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday through Friday from May 19 to June 6. Classes will not meet on Memorial Day, May 26.

These classes are not open to undergraduate students and children under the age of 18. Graduate assistants and their dependents are eligible to participate.

No academic credit is given for these classes. Cost for instruction is $50 for UI employees and retirees and $75 for dependents of UI employees. For additional information or to register online or call 333-1990. Each class is limited to 25 participants.

Center for Democracy in a Multiracial Society
Sports and democracy featured
A UI conference exploring the links between sports and democracy in America will be Feb. 28 to March 2 .

It is the inaugural event of the university’s new Center on Democracy in a Multiracial Society and is free and open to the public.

Scholars from across the United States will examine a variety of topics, including "Tiger Woods at the Center of History," "Arthur Ashe and the Burden of Race," "Michael Chang and the Model Minority Myth" and "Making Sport of Tonya."

Grant Farred, a professor of literature at Duke University, will give the first keynote talk on "Sport Isn’t Everyday: Sport as the Ambivalent Language of Democracy." Henry Yu, a professor of history at the University of California, Los Angeles, will give the second keynote talk, on Woods.

All sessions will be in the Levis Faculty Center or in 213 Gregory Hall.

A complete schedule is posted on the center Web site.For more information, contact Aprel Orwick at aprel@illinois.edu or 244-0188.

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