PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 20, No. 15, March 1, 2001

Brief notes

Viennese pianist to perform
Twenty-one-year-old Viennese pianist Gottlieb Wallisch, who won the Stravinsky Awards grand prize at age 16, will perform for WILL-FM’s March 11 Second Sunday Concert.

The free concert begins at 2 p.m. at the Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, and will be broadcast live on WILL-FM (90.9/101.1 in Champaign/Urbana).

Wallisch, noted for his musicianship and highly polished technique, will perform three Scarlatti sonatas; Beethoven’s "Eroica – Variations," Op. 35, and Sonata in A major, Op. 101; and Brahms’ "Three Intermezzi," Op. 117.
Wallisch recently made his concerto debut with the Vienna Philharmonic Orchestra in the Golden Hall of the Vienna Musikverein. His father is a violinist in the Vienna Philharmonic and his mother a piano teacher. A student at the University of Music in Vienna, Wallisch has performed extensively since the age of 14.

Meeting to focus on transgender issues
Ally Network to host meeting
The Ally Network will hold a meeting March 2 to discuss "Transgender Issues" in a series titled "Increasing Understanding on Issues of Sexual Orientation Within the University Community." The meeting will begin at noon in Room 210 Illini Union, and will run until 2 p.m., with a break at 12:55 p.m. for those who need to leave early. The group plans to continue the series with meetings on the first Friday of each month. For more information, contact the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Office at 244-3277.

Department of speech and hearing science
What’s your favorite family story?
The department of speech and hearing science is conducting research on how mothers’ language influences their children’s language development.

African-American mothers and their 4-, 5-, 6- and 7-year-old children are needed to participate in a storytelling study. Participation involves three visits totaling approximately 2 hours and 45 minutes. Visits one and three will take place at the UI Children’s Research Center while the second visit will take place at the participants’ homes.

For participating in this study, the child will get a book per visit, and the parent will get a transportation reimbursement of $5 for visits one and three. For more information, call Terrilynn Jenkins at 244-7125.

American College Dance Festival
Dance festival to be March 9-12
The UI department of dance, in conjunction with the College of Fine and Applied Arts, will host the American College Dance Festival Association Great Lakes Regional Festival on March 9-12 at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts. About 650 dance majors and faculty members will meet to share their work and participate in more than 75 festival events.

A highlight of the festival that is open to the public is the opening concert by Doug Varone and Dancers at 8 p.m. March 9 in the Tryon Festival Theater.

Adjudicators for the festival include Donald McKayle, Elizabeth Streb and Doug Varone. The closing gala concert on March 12 features works from participating institutions throughout the Midwest, selected through the adjudication process. Tickets for this concert may be available; contact the Krannert Center ticket office for more information.

For more information about the ACDFA, visit the festival Web site, www.dance.uiuc.edu/dance.

Free Community Medical School
Classes teach medicine, science
Area residents can enhance their knowledge of medicine and science by attending the Community Medical School, a new program of the UI College of Medicine. The free, four-evening course begins March 20 at the Carle Forum, located one block north of Carle Foundation Hospital, 611 W. Park St., Urbana, and continues each Tuesday through April 10. Medical experts will conduct the sessions.

Participants will receive free class materials and free parking. The Carle Development Foundation and Pfizer Inc. are funding the program.

Each session will feature lectures and demonstrations, beginning with basic scientific principles and advancing to material more clinical in nature. The weekly topics:

• March 20, 6:30-9 p.m. – "It's Got a Good Beat, But Can You Dance to It?" Dr. Abraham Kocheril, a cardiologist with the Carle Heart Center, will discuss the human heart, including the benefits of wine. An optional social hour with wine tasting and music will follow.
  
  
• March 27, 7-9 p.m. – "Food or Pharmacy?" Dr. Terry Hatch, a pediatrician with the Carle Clinic Association, and a panel of experts tackle the nuances of nutrition – including the food pyramid, fad diets, nutraceuticals and herbal supplements. Following the program, a sampling of nutraceuticals and healthy snacks will be offered.
  
  
• April 3, 7-9 p.m. – "When Good Cells Go Bad." Dr. Bradford Schwartz, a physician and also a professor of biochemistry and medicine at the UI, will discuss cancer on a cellular level and provide an overview of current treatments and promising therapies of the future. An array of antioxidant-rich refreshments will be served at a reception after the session.
  
  
• April 10, 7-9 p.m. – "The Robot Will See You Now." New technologies looming on the horizon of medicine, including robotic surgery, virtual reality and nanotechnology, will be discussed by Dr. Rick Satava, a professor of surgery at the Yale University School of Medicine.

Call 383-6087 to enroll or for additional information.

Illini Center in Chicago
International lecture series begins A new luncheon-lecture series is being launched at the Illini Center, 200 S. Wacker Drive, Chicago.

The Distinguished Faculty International Lecture Series, sponsored by the university's Office of Continuing Education and the UI Alumni Association, features presentations by UI faculty members whose research and teaching focus on international topics.

A different program is offered each month. Sign-in, seating and opening remarks begin at 11:30 a.m. in the center’s Orange and Blue Room; lunch will be served at 11:45 p.m. Lectures begin at 12:15 p.m., followed by a question-and-answer session at 1:10 p.m. The cost per session is $30.

Upcoming programs include:

• March 21, "The Wild, Wild East: Contract Enforcement in Transition Economies," Hamish Gow, professor of international agribusiness management.
  
  
• April 25, "Nicholas II and the Death of the Monarchy in Russia," Mark Steinberg, professor of history.
  

For more information, or to register to attend, contact Allison Walter at 333-1993; or send e-mail to a-ramsey@illinois.edu.

Mid-semester rates now available
Get fit for less at Campus Rec
Beginning March 10, Campus Recreation memberships, valid through June 11, will be available at a mid-semester rate of $50 for faculty and staff members as well as spouses and partners. Children’s memberships are available for $25 with some restrictions.

To purchase a membership, visit Member Services, 140 IMPE. For more information or to download a membership form, go to www.campusrec.uiuc.edu.

UI College of Law
Myths of Social Security, Medicare
Mark Weisbrot will be the featured speaker at the annual Elder Law Journal Lecture at 1 p.m. March 1 in the Max Rowe Auditorium of the UI College of Law. The title of his lecture is "Demographic Tidal Waves and Other Myths: Social Security and Medicare."

Weisbrot is co-director of the Center for Economic and Policy Research in Washington, D.C., and a co-author of "Social Security: The Phony Crisis" (1999). He writes a syndicated column for Knight-Ridder/Tribune Media Services. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Partnership Illinois seed grants available
Grant-writing workshop is March 8
Grants of up to $15,000 each are available on a competitive basis to faculty members and other academic staff members from a Partnership Illinois seed-grant pool of $100,000. The grants are to stimulate new strategic partnerships that use the knowledge base of the university to meet the critical needs of external partners.

Full proposals are due April 9. A one-page letter of inquiry may be submitted by March 14 to receive feedback prior to preparing a full proposal.

Anyone interested in submitting a proposal is encouraged to attend a pre-grant workshop at 1:30 p.m. March 8 on the third floor of the Levis Faculty Center. The coordinators of the committees reviewing the proposals will provide information and guidance on the preparation of proposals. Advanced registration is encouraged, but not required. If you plan to attend, call Ellen Foran at 333-6394 or e-mail c-foran@illinois.edu.

Application guidelines are available from the Office of the Chancellor at 333-6394 or on the Web at www.oc.uiuc.edu/oc/pi. Partnership Illinois is a campuswide strategic initiative to promote, renew and expand the public service mission of the Urbana campus.

Civil Service Employees and Dependent Scholarship
Scholarship deadline is April 9
Applications for Civil Service Employees and Dependent Scholarship are available electronically on the Web at www.pso.uiuc.edu/. Hard copies are available at the Personnel Services Office, Operation and Maintenance Division, and the Benefits Center. They also may be obtained from Civil Service representatives Gary Fry, Bernard Hettinger, Bob Schweighart or Tim Wood.

Application deadline is April 9. Typically eight recipients are selected the second week in May with an award ceremony held in mid-June.

WILL-AM (580) radio series
Teacher shortages examined
In a series of reports during March and April, WILL-AM 580’s Dave Dickey will take an in-depth look at issues surrounding teacher and administrator shortages in Illinois.

Each Thursday at 7:20 a.m. on "Morning Edition," with repeats at 9:20 a.m. and at 2:40 p.m. on "The Afternoon Magazine," Dickey will deal with a different aspect of the personnel shortages facing education.

Programs for the series include:

March 1: One downstate district’s recent attempts to hire teachers.
March 8: Why Illinois suddenly finds itself facing a teacher shortage that state superintendent Glenn McGee calls "a potential impending crisis."
March 15: A new state plan to retain first- and second-year teachers.
March 22: How difficult is it to find administrators?
March 29: How do some teachers view the process of developing plans to retain teaching certificates?
April 5: Some potential solutions under discussion by state and local school officials to deal with the shortages

Society of Women Engineers
Youth invited to campus April 26
The Society of Women Engineers (SWE) invites students to learn more about science-based and engineering careers available at UI by participating in this year’s "Take Our Daughters to Work Day" April 26.

Participants – who need not be related to a UI employee, but should have an interest in math and science – can join members of the SWE for part of the day. Tour and lab demonstrations are scheduled between 1 and 4 p.m. to educate and generate discussion. Planned activities are targeted for participants between the ages of 7 to 12.

Registration is due by March 19 and is available on the Web at www.uiuc.edu/ro/swe/todtwd.html. Adults are welcome to attend. Children 10 years old and younger must be accompanied by an adult. SWE also will be selling T-shirts that can be ordered when registering. Questions about the event should be directed to the SWE office at 244-8867 or swe@illinois.edu.

Office of Continuing Education
Noncredit courses offered
Vietnam movies, Russian museums … and seafood, architecture, opera, writing, Lincoln and the Amish.

These are among the subjects being explored this spring semester through personal and professional enrichment programs offered by the Office of Continuing Education.

The programs, open to the general public in Champaign-Urbana and the surrounding community, are offered in three categories: general noncredit courses, open to all adults ages 18 and over; and Elderhostel and Senior Scholars programs, intended for those over 55.

All of the courses and programs are presented in a noncompetitive, informal atmosphere, with no exams or grades. Instructors are selected primarily from the university faculty. Classes meet at locations on the UI campus or in the Central Illinois area.

Prospective students are encouraged to enroll at the earliest opportunity since some classes may fill quickly. Fees range between $35 and $150. For more information, or to sign up for a course or program, contact the Continuing Education office, either by phone, at 333-7369, or e-mail, at c-barber@illinois.edu. Additional information on general noncredit programs can be found on the Web at www.conted.uiuc.edu/noncredit/index.html. Information on Elderhostel and Senior Scholars programs can be found on the Web at www.conted.uiuc.edu/50plus/index.html.