PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 21, No. 10, Nov. 15, 2001

brief notes

Office of Business and Financial Services
Business workshops announced
The Office of Business and Financial Services (OBFS) is offering spring workshops on UI financial and administrative systems. These sessions, which promote continuous improvement of campus financial management, are offered to department heads, as well as departmental business office staff members. Selected refresher training every other year is appropriate and recommended. Workshop locations will vary.

Class descriptions and the most current class workshops are on the OBFS Web site at www.oba.uiuc.edu/training. Reservations can be made electronically at the OBFS Web site.

UI-Leuven Faculty Exchange Program
Application deadline is Nov. 25
The UI and the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (KUL) in Belgium have a faculty exchange program that provides funding to UI faculty members to visit KUL for one to two months.

The application deadline is Nov. 26 for spring/summer 2002 appointments and March 25 for fall 2002 appointments. Faculty member applications will be evaluated by a UI committee and nominations will be forwarded to KUL for approval by its faculty committee. Preference will be given to applicants whose projects demonstrate the greatest potential for ongoing research and collaboration with KUL colleagues. Applicants are encouraged to approach their academic counterparts in Leuven before completing the application. If help is needed in contacting KUL, contact Isabel Wong at i-wong@illinois.edu.

Information on KUL programs and faculty is available on the KUL homepage at www.kuleuven.ac.be/studeng or at International Programs and Studies.

For additional information application forms and guidelines, contact Tim Barnes at 333-1990 or tebarnes@illinois.edu or at Institutional and Faculty International Collaborations, Room 328 International Studies Bldg., MC-480.

Mothers Association
Award nominations sought
The Mothers Association is seeking nominations for its bronze Medallion of Honor. The award was created in 1966 to pay tribute to people who, by example and service, used their talents to enrich the lives of others. Since 1977, this award has gone to a woman affiliated in some way with the UI.

Nominations, which are limited to women of current or past association with the UI, must be submitted by Dec. 7 and must include biographical information and three letters of support. Nominations should be submitted to Mothers Association, Medallion of Honor Committee, 300 Student Services Building, MC-306.

The award will be presented to the nominee whose contributions most reflect the standards honored by the Mothers Association. The Mothers Association wishes not only to spotlight the woman, but also draw attention to the prominence of UI graduates in many fields.

The Mothers Association at the UI will present its 2002 Medallion of Honor award at a banquet held during Moms Day Weekend, April 12-14.
Any questions may be directed to Nancy B. Rotzoll, executive director of the Mothers Association, at 333-7063 or rotzoll@illinois.edu.

Illini Union carry-outs offered
Order baked goods for holidays
The cooks at the Illini Union once again will offer baked goods for Thanksgiving. The carry-out menu includes 9-inch pies (apple for $6.45; pumpkin for $6.20 and pecan for $8.65), carrot layer cake ($12.90), Swedish Limpa bread ($3.95), coffee cake (12 servings/$10.35), poppyseed cloverleaf rolls ($3.95 a dozen), dinner rolls ($3.25 a dozen) and pecan rolls ($11.05 a dozen).

Orders must be placed by noon Nov. 19, and may be made by calling 333-1140 or returning an order form to Illini Union Food Service, MC-384. Orders will be available for pickup between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. Nov. 21 in the Colonial Room of the Illini Union. Free parking will be provided that day in lot D-10, just east of the Union.

Summer 2002 programs
‘Guide to Summer’ seeks input
The Guide to Summer is an information guide to summer programs and activities for current and prospective UI Summer 2002 students. The Division of Summer Session and Special Programs, in seeking campuswide input to make the guide as comprehensive as possible. Even if your department will not have any summer programs, it is requested that department representatives complete the form before Dec. 7.

Question forms are available through e-mail at summersession@illinois.edu, or through the Web at www.conted.uiuc.edu/ss/specProg/form.html. If you already have the question form, mail it to Summer Session, Office of Continuing Education, 1406 Presidential Tower, MC-433 or fax it to 333-9561.

Past guides have included information on short courses and conferences of general interest, youth programs, college and special audience, Elderhostel, programs for teachers, study abroad programs and programs in Chicago.

The guide is available in March to students at a variety of campus locations and is distributed to campus, college and departmental offices, as well as area high schools, Illinois community colleges and four-year institutions.
The information also will be reprinted in a section of the Summer 2002 timetable.

Environment Horizons 2002
Call for research posters
Environmental Horizons 2002, an annual universitywide conference sponsored by the Environmental Council, will be held April 1 and 2 at the Illini Union. The Environmental Council is soliciting research posters of environmentally related scientific research and outreach. Poster exhibitors will be provided with 55 inches of poster-board space on which to display their materials.

Go to www.environ.uiuc.edu/Horizons2002 for more details and application forms. Applications must be received by Feb.1 for full consideration

Focusing on the built environment
Two new exhibitions at I space
The built environment will be the focus of two new exhibitions on view Nov. 16 through Dec. 22 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the UI’s Urbana campus.

• "Architectural Scenes: Photography, Buildings and Culture in the 19th and 20th Centuries" features a diverse selection of images by anonymous photographers as well as noted artists such as Adolphe Braun, Harry Callahan, Walker Evans, Robert Macpherson, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston. Also included are vintage and contemporary editions of illustrated books and magazines. The exhibition, which focuses on the attention to light, structure and time shared by architecture and photography, is drawn from the photography collection of Krannert Art Museum and is curated by UI art history professor Jordana Mendelson, with assistance from graduate students Guisela Latorre and Patty Plummer.
• "Giving Form to Values: R.M. Kliment and Frances Halsband Architects, NY" highlights recent work – under construction or just completed – by the New York firm. Projects include the Yale University Divinity School and the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Presidential Library and Visitors Center in Hyde Park, N.Y. The exhibition will include models, construction documents, drawings, diagrams and photographs of the work. Halsband is a visiting Plym Professor this fall at the School of Architecture on the Urbana campus.

An opening reception for "Architectural Scenes" is scheduled from 5 to 7 p.m. Nov. 16 at the gallery, 230 W. Superior St., Chicago. A reception for "Giving Form to Values" will be held from 5-7 p.m. Dec. 7.

I space gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center
Holiday Showcase is Nov. 24-26
Robert Allerton Park and Conference Center will host its seventh annual Holiday Showcase Nov. 24-26 – from
10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday and Monday, and from 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. on Sunday.

The showcase will feature the work of designers who will create distinct holiday décor for rooms throughout the Robert Allerton House, the century-old, 40-room manor that now serves as the conference center. Visitors also can take horse-drawn carriage rides between the house and the park’s visitor center and will be able to shop for unique gifts at a variety of designer exhibits.

Beverages, including a selection of wines, will be served.
Tickets for the event are $10, and proceeds will go to benefit ongoing preservation projects for the manor and its expansive grounds.

Tickets can be obtained at the park’s visitor center or by calling 762-2721. Directions to the park, along with a map, can be found at the park’s Web site, www.conted.uiuc.edu/allerton/.

Visitors should note that as a result of work on a bridge inside the park, the Conference Center can only be reached by way of the north and west entrances.

Krannert Center
Salzburg Marionette Theater to present signature productions
The master puppeteers of the Salzburg Marionette Theater present two of their signature productions at Krannert Center for the Performing Arts in November. Mozart’s "The Magic Flute," (pictured) considered the most successful production in the history of this ensemble, will be presented in the Colwell Playhouse at 7 p.m. Nov. 29. At 7 p.m. Nov. 30, family audiences will enjoy a presentation of "The Nutcracker" with music by Tchaikovsky. Following each performance, the theater members invite the audience onstage to glimpse the backstage workings of the marionette theater.

Anton Aicher created his marionette theater as home entertainment in 1913, and the family tradition is now carried on by his granddaughter, Gretl Aicher. The Salzburg Marionette Theater has travelled all over the world, performing on six continents, with entrancing performances of fairy tales, ballets, and above all else, Mozart operas. The theater’s production of "The Magic Flute" was created in 1952 for the theater company’s first appearances in the United States. Their "Nutcracker" was created in 1954.