Outlook / the University of Maryland, College Park (1993)

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OUTLOOK

A WEEKLY NEWSPAPER FOR FACULTY AND STAF AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND AT COLLEGE PARK

SEPTEMBER 27. 1993
VOLUME 8, NUMBER 4

Freewing Wins 1993 DISCOVER Award for
Technological Innovation

D/scover magazine publisher IVIichael Rooney and the DISCOVER Award winner, Freewing Aircraft.

A radical new "freewing" aircraft
design lias won tlif DISCOVER
Award for Technological Innovation
from Discover magazine. The award
was presented on Monday, Sept, 20,
during a special ceremonv at the Uni-
versity of Maryland at College Park,
Beating out the likes of NASA and
McDonnell Douglas, Freewing Air-
craft Corporation is receiving the
prestigious award for its freewing
concept, a design that allows the
wing to yield to turbulent air,
improving aviation safety and perfor-
mance. The DISCOVER Awards were
created to honor the visionary scien-
tists and engineers that define and
shape our future.

Developed by Hugh Schmittle,
president and chief executive officer
of Freewing, and Odile Legeay,

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Freewing executive vice president, in
conjunction with the university's
Engineering Research Center, the
innovation is a practical freewing air-
craft which takes the torture out of air
turbulence. In tlight, the hinged
wings pivot with the wind, much like
a horizonal weather vane, to absorb
gusts from any direction, while tak-
ing off and landing. Wliat results is a
plane that resists stalling, a leading
contributor to air accidents. The
design constitutes an entirely differ-
ent class of aircraft which, though
similar to conventional aircraft in
appearance, has some remarkable
properties that fundamentally
improve aviation safety and perfor-
mance. This concept can now he
scaled up to any siT^e or type of aircraft.
"We are honored to be receiving

the DISCOVER Award and pleased
because it will help when we talk to
customers about our technology,"
said Schmittle, who holds a number
of freewing patents, "The DISCOVER
Award gives us the recognition we
need to counter the notion that
'freewing is too good to be true."

The DISCOVER Awards are fast
becoming what CBS news correspon-
dent Mike Wallace so aptly called the
"Academy Awards" of technology
and innovations — "only they have far
greater impact on our lives." For the
fourth year, Discover is celebrating the
best technological innovations of
today by spotlighting the "unsung
heroes" — the scientists, engineers and
inventors who created them.

Each year, nominations are sent in
from companies and research institu-
tions from around the world as well
as from DiscozKr readers. This year
more than 4,000 nominations were
received. Judges for the aviation and
aerospace award w^ere all astronauts,
including Biiiiz Aldrin, Scott Carpen-
ter and Walter Schirra.

All the winners will be featured in
the October issue of Discover maga-
zine, which will contain a special
introduction by Vice President Al
Gore, According to the vice presi-
dent, the DISCOVER Awards honor
"some of the most exciting and inno-
vative technologies developed by the
world's most inventive minds."

Freewing Aircraft Company has
been a member of the university's
business incubator program since
1989, The incubator is part of the uni-
versity's Engineering Research Center,
established to foster collaborations
between the university and industry.
— Gary Stephenson

Bridwell & Clark to Receive President's
Medal at Convocation

Parents Arrive t>ct.

Convocation '93

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Report rroni ihe Chair tS:
Flection Ke.su lis... ,

Health Center Director Margaret
Bridwell and Zoology Professor
Emerita Eugenie Clark will each
receive the 1993 President's Medal in
recognition of their contributions to
the university,

Bridwell and Clark will be hon-
ored during the 10th annual Faculty
and Staff Convocation on Tuesday,
Oct. 5, at 3 p,m, in Memorial Chapel,
A reception will ft>llow on the Chapel
)awn.

The award, formerly known as the
Chancellor's Medal, was created in
1985 by then-Chancellor John B,

Slaughter to honor members of the
College Park community who have
made extraordinary contributions to
the intellectual, social and cultural
life of the university.

Three associate staff and three
classified members as well as the
1993-94 Distinguished Scholar Teach-
ers also will be recognized for their
outstanding contributions to the uni-
versity

Margaret Bridwell first came to
the university in 1970 as a staff gyne-

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Travel Grant Deadline is Oct. 15

Tlic next deadline kn applications fur travel grants from the International
Travel Fund is October 1 5. Funds are available to cover travel expenses for fac-
ulty members traveling abroad to conduct research. For more information or
for an application, contact Valerie Williams at 405-4772.

Family Weekend Set for October 1-3

The trolley comes up the drive, the
doorbell chimes "Maryland, My
Marvland" and Patty Kirwan opens
the door to the president's house to
greet parents and students on a beau-
tiful fall day in October. This is
^...-"^—^-—-^^ t* picture of what will be
^^* _ ^^~~>., happening on Sunday,
Oct. 3, when Family
\ Weekend 1993 co'n-
^ '. eludes with the
^\ annual brunch at
the home of Presi-
dent and Mrs.
Kirwan.
The purpose of
/ Family Weekend is
to bring parents and
familv members to
campus to meet and inter-
act with faculty and staff, learn
about the many programs and ser-
vices available to students, and devel-
op an enthusiasm about their son or
daughter's education at Maryland.

A record number of parents have
already registered for this year's fes-
tivities, which will begin on Friday,
Oct, 1, at noon, and include the Penn
State football game on Saturday.

The Family Weekend Planning
Committee of faculty, staff, students,
and parents has been meeting since
January to determine what activities
to include and to plan the details of
each event. However, as the weekend
draws nearer, more faculty and staff
involvement will be required in order
for Family Weekend to be a success.
A survey of parents revealed that the
primary reason most parents attend
Family Weekend is the opportunity
to meet faculty and staff. As a result,
organizers hope that faculty and staff

will make an extra effort in welcom-
ing the many visitors who will be on
campus on Friday, Oct. 1, and
throughout the weekend.

Faculty and staff who have partici-
pated in the past have positive things
to say about the experience. Madv
Segal, professor of sociology and cur-
rently associate dean in Undergradu-
ate Studies believes that "the
opportunity to meet and talk with
faculty that care about their son or
daughter's education can have an
enormous impact on parents' impres-
sions of the university." She also
thinks that "if parents care enough to
come and spend a weekend here on
our campus, we should care enough
to come ou t and respond to their
questions."

Spencer Benson, a faculty member
in the Microbiology Department, so
enjoyed interacting with parents and
students at the bnmch at the presi-
dent's house in 1992, that he agreed
to serve as a member of the 1993
Family Weekend Planning Commit-
tee, He believes it is important for
faculty and staff to support Family
Weekend because "it allows for com-
munication between facultv and par-
ents and de-puipitizes the faculty in
the eyes of students."

After Fainily Weekend 1991, one
mother said College Park's event was
nuich better than the parent's week-
end of a small, private northeastern
school her older son attends,

"What 1 experienced at this small-
er institution was what I expected to
encounter at a large school like Marv-
land. However, the exact opposite
was true! Your faculty and staff went
out of their way to introduce them-

selves to me and answer any ques-
tions that 1 had. 1 was extremely
pleased to be able to meet Dr, Kir-
wan and be invited to his house for
brunch. Thank you!"

Faculty and staff are specifically
needed to serve as "table hosts" at
the brunch on Saturday, Oct. 2, from
12:30-2:00 p.m. in the Grand Ball-
room of the Stamp Student Union.
College and department displays are
also needed for the Campus Informa-
tion Fair in the Atrium during regis-
tration on Friday, Oct, 1, from noon-
4 p.m. and Saturday from 10-12:30
p.m. If YOU would like more informa-
tion about these opportunities or
would like to volunteer, please call
314-8429,

— Cretcheu Van der Veer, chair

Ftmiily Weekend Planning Commiftee

Vrtilek Awarded Visiting
Professorship

Saeqa Vrtilek of the Smithsonian
Astrophysical Observatory has been
awarded a National Science Founda-
tion Visiting Professorship for
Women to conduct research here in
the astronomy department,

Vrtilek was chosen on the scientif-
ic merit of her proposal and her
potential for serving as a mentor and
counselor on campus.

In fiscal year 1993, the Visiting
Professorships for Women program
made 25 awards to 22 universities,
totaling $2.94 million.

Computer Science Faculty Win NSF's Young
Investigator Award

Three Computer Science assistant
professors, Bonnie Dorr, Richard Cer-
berand V,S, Subrahmanian, have
been selected to receive the National
Science Foundation's Young Investi-
gator Award for 1993,

All three faculty members hold
joint appointments with the Universi-
ty of Maryland Institute for
Advanced Computer Studies; Sub-
rahmanian also has a joint appoint-
ment with the Institute for Systems
Research.

Designed to support the research
programs of promising young scien-
tists, the Young Investigator Awards
are given for a five-year period and
include a $25,000 stipend each year.
In addition, recipients are eligible to
receive up to $37,500 in matching
funds during each of the five years.

Dorr will conduct computerized
language studies that allow ^

researchers to make incremental
changes to test long-standing
hypotheses about computerized
translation,

Gerber will work on several pro-
jects dealing with the analysis,
methodology, performance and pre-
dictability of reai-time programs.

Subrahmanian will continue his
ongoing research on developing both
the mathematical foundations and
software implementations of theories
that integrate multiple modes of rea-
soning and knowledge representation
schemes.

Editor's note:The National Science
Foundation reports award recipients by
discipline, not institution, so a cumula-
tive listing of College Park's recipients is
not known at this time. Should other
recipients be nimounced, OUTLOOK
will report on them in fnhtre issues.

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Women's Studies Program Sponsors *'Assembly-of'the-Whole"

"Assembly-Dt-tlio- Whole" is an event sponsored at the begin nin;; of every dca-
demic year. It gives the Women's Studies Program an opportunity to catch up
with colleagues, students, and friends, as well as introduce and meet new
members of the College Park community. This year, it will be held from 3-5
p.m. on Friday, Oct. 8, in the Maryland Room, Marie Mount Hall. For further
information, please call the Women's Studies Program at 405-6877.

CONVOCATION

Convocation

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cologist to establish the Women's
Health Clinic within the Health Cen-
ter, Now — two decades and a host of
accomplishments later — she has
steered the Health Center toward its
current position as one of the best
and most respected college health
care clinics in the nation.

Appointed as the director of the
Health Center in 1975, Bridwell has
pioneered programs and services that
have become models for college
health practitioners around the coun-
try. A new pharmacy, dental clinic,
occupational health unit, faculty and
staff assistance program, sports
medicine and physical therapy unit,
and men's clinic, have been added to
the center during Bridwell's tenure.

Under her leadership, the Health
Center was the second health service
in the country to successfully under-
go national accreditation by the
Accreditation Association for Ambu-
latory Health Care (AAAHC).

Bridwell, who earned her B.S. at
Tulanc University in Louisiana and
her M.D. at Louisiana State Universi-
ty Medical Center, is currently trea-
surer and board member of the Boost
Alcohol Consciousness Concerning
the Health of University Students
(BACCHUS), a board member of the
AAAHC, and chair of the university's
AIDS Task Force. Recently, Bridwell
was selected as a Woman of Distinc-
tion by the National Association for
Women in Education.

Known as an excellent teacher,
world -renown scholar, accomplished
scientist, outstanding commimicator
and even "Shark Lady," Eugenie
Clark is a li\'ing legend at the univer-
sity and around the world.

Clark, who became an associate
professor of zoology at the university
in I%8 and a full professor in 1973,
has inspired many young people to
enter the field of biology because
they studied with her, read her books
or learned about her life in elemen-
tary school. During her career at the
university, Clark has taken numerous
students on field trips all over the
world, often paying their expenses
with her own funds.

Clark's 1953 book. Lad}/ irilli a
Spear, was a national best seller and a
springboard for the field of marine
biology. SImrk Latiy, Clark's biogra-
phy, is the most popular book ever
published by Scholastic Press. Clark
has written a record 13 articles for
Nntioiw! Geographic magaz.ine and
appears in a recent IMAX film about
sharks.

Clark, who earned a B.A. from
Hunter College in New York, and an
M.A. and doctorate degree in zoology
at New York University, has brought
great attention to the University of
Maryland. In her films, writing and
lectures, Clark proudly talks of her

role as a faculty member at the uni-
versity.

Though technically retired from
teaching, Oark continues to teach
both an Honors class and a zoology
class in marine biology each fall,
maintaining an active agenda.

The associate staff honorees are:

James Christensen, associate
director, Office of Undergraduate
Admissions. During Christensen's
many years at Undergraduate
Admissions he has developed the
office's enrollment management
model, which allows for the system-
atic monitoring of admission trends
and projections. He helped to estab-
lish an electronic transcript system on
campus, easing workloads in credit
evaluation and advising. He also
envisioned and developed the com-
puterized application that will allow
future applicants to apply to the uni-
versity from their home computers.

Marsha A. Guenzler, associate
director of Stamp Student Union and
Campus Programs. Training a staff of
200 full-time and part-time employ-
ees while managing a marketing cam-
paign for the Stamp Union, which
serves over 20,000 people per day, is
an enormous task, but Marsha Guen-
zler does that and more. Guenzler
also serves on campus committees
involved with research on student
development issues, women's affairs,
improvement of customer service on
campus, and program coordination
among departments. She is a much
sought after presenter for education
and business groups at both the
regional and national level,

Gerry Strumpf, director, Office of
Orientation. Strumpf has always
embraced the philosophy that orien-
tation to collegiate life is a process,
not just a program. With this in mind,
she has developed an orientation pro-
gram that is recognized nationally for
its innovation and high quality.
Strumpf has worked to establish a
number of ongoing orientation activi-
ties such as "Discover UMCP" and
the "First Look Fair." She designed
an education counseling and person-
nel services (EDCP) course titled
"The Student in the University" with
the goal of making a smooth transi-
tion for first-year students. She has
gained national respect for her work
and for the university by presenting
the research and model for the EDCP
course at the National Orientation
Directors Association's national con-
ference.

The classified staff honorees are:

Richard Doran, captain, Police
Department. Doran's dedicated ser-
vice to the campus is exemplified not

only in his responsibilities as a pro-
tector, but in his role as an educator,
Doran's commitment to the universi-
ty dates back to 1974 when he
worked as a student police aide while
attending the university as a full-time
student and working as a part-time
high school teacher. He was hired as
a police officer during the summer of
1974 and has since been promoteti to
a variety of positions. In 1978, Doran
was awarded the Meritorious Service
Medal for his efforts in community
security programs. Doran headed the
investigation of university basketball
star Len Bias' death and from 1988 to
1989 he was appointed as the acting
chief of police for the department
when the chief was unable to return
to service due to illness.

Carol Frier, executive administra-
tive aide to the dean and associate
dean, College of Engineering. Prier
has exhibited untiring devotion to
classified issues and to the campus
community as a whole. She has
served the campus with distinction
since beginning her career here in
1975. Currently, Prier is responsible
for providing administrative and
clerical support to the dean and asso-
ciate dean of the College of Engineer-
ing. In addition to her work
responsibilities, Prier still makes time
to attend school part time at the uni-
versity and participate in campus
organizations, including the College
Park Senate and the President's Com-
mission on Women's Affairs. One of
Frier's greatest contributions to the
university has been her determined
efforts to enhance the status of cam-
pus clerical and secretarial profes-
sionals,

Marie Smith, cook 11, Department
of Dining Services. Smith cooks for
an entire campus with the ease of
feeding a family of four. More than
20 years ago, Smith began working at
the serving line and as a general
helper in the Department of Dining
Services. Within a short time, howev-
er, she found her niche and talent in
cooking. Over the years, Smith has
come to know the taste buds of the
students and often advises the man-
agement staff on which foods to
sen'e. Because of her positive atti-
tude, she has helped create an envi-
ronment where employees feel like
part of a large, extended family.
Smith, who currently works at South
Campus Dining Hall, received an
Employee of the Year Award in 1988
and helped the department to receive
the 1991 Silver Plate Award as the ,
best college and university dining
service in the country.

— Jennifer Christ man

Margaret Bridwell

Eugenie Clark

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Report from the Senate Chair

—Hank Dohin

Hank Oobln

In my report to the College Park
Senate on Mondciy, September 1 3, 1
offered an appeal and a plan for
improved communication between
senators and thL'ir constituents, and
with campus and system administra-
tion. As one step toward that goal, 1
will be writing monthly columns in
OUTLOOK to report on senate busi-
ness, to present important issues, and
to solicit voiir views and advice as
the senate seeks to represent you.

At our first meeting on September
13, President Kirwan delivered his
annua! "State of the Campus"
address; his somber prognosis for the
next few years, allayed bv his charac-
teristic optimism, was reported in
OUTLOOK last week. The senate
pleclges our cooperation to invent
solutions to the challenges before us.
Also on September 1 3, the senate
elected the 1993-94 executive commit-

tee and chair-elect. My congratula-
tions to Professor Chris Da\is and the
members of the now executive com-
mittee, and mv thanks to all those
who agreed to be candidates.

In the space remaining, let me
update you on senate-related activity
this past siunmer and outline tour
key items on the senate agenda for
this coming year.

0\'er the summer:

• The new Appointment, Pwiiu'tion
iiud Teinire policy was approved by
the attorney general and chancellor,
and became effective July 1,

• There has been no news from
the attorney general or system
administration on the status of the
Termiiintioii of Appoiuhiteiits During ii
FiiHiminl F.iucri^eiiC}/ policv amended
and re-approved by the senate last
spring.

• The system administration pro-
posed a new tuition policy and new
family leave policy, and produced a
report on the tuition remission bene-
fit for university employees. The sen-
ate will review these documents.

■ Resident Life has responded to
the senate's call for flexible pricing
and innovative ideas to solve the
problems of on-campus housing with
several new initiatives this fall,
including the new singles dorm in
Centreville Hail.

• In response to the senate request
for additional resources for the Stu-
dent Honor Council, the Office of
Judicial Programs will hire an assistant
director to assist council operations.

• The executive committee

enhanced student leadership in the
senate by appointing, for the first
time, student and faculty co-chairs
for the student affairs committee.

This vear, the senate intends to set
our own agenda rather than (or, more
probably, in addition to) reacting to
each new campus crisis. Four of our
goals will be:

1 ) To complete the revision of the
senate governing documents by
amending our bvlaws to make the
senate more effective and efficient.

2) To establish university councils
as authorized in the new Pliin of Orga-
itizathn — beginning with a library
council and council on capital plan-
ning. These councils, jointly apptiint-
ed bv the senate and administration,
will have genuine oversight autluirity.

3) To make necessary revisions to
the general education CORE program
that will simultaneously relieve some
o f t h e p res s u re f o r d e pa r t m e n ts to
produce seats and refocus attention
on the pedagogical gctals of the CORE
program; and

4) To arrive at a fair policy govern-
ing pa rk i n g f ees , a n d t(i he I p d e v el o p
a plan to provide adequate parking
while controlling costs.

If the senate is to function proper-
ly as a representative body, commu-
nication must flow in both directions.
The senate promises to keep you
informed of key issues and actions;
we invite you to keep us apprised of
your concerns and opinions bv con-
tacting your senator or the executive
committee.

College Park Senate Election Results

CoiuiuittLV dec How? for the 7993-94
College Park Semite were held nt its first
meeting ort Sept. 13. Results nre as
follows:

Chair Elect;

Christopher Davis (Department
of Electrical Engineering, College of
Engineering).

Executive Committee:

Jewel Barlow (Department of
Aerospace Engineering, College of
Engineering); Robert Gaines
(Department of Speech Communica-
tion, College of Arts and Humani-
ties); Robert Hudson (Department of
Meteorology, College of Computer,
Mathematical and Physical Sci-
ences); Rose- Marie Qster (Germanic
and Slavic Languages and Litera-
ture, College of Arts and Humani-
ties); Don Piper (Department of
Government and Politics, College of
Beh^rvioral and Social Sciences); Ellin
Sc hoi nick (Department of Psycholo-

gy, College of Behavioral and Social
Sciences}; Peter Wolfe (Department
of Mathematics, College of Comput-
er, Mathematical and Physical Sci-
ences); Martha Best (Classified/
Department of Economics);
Lawrence Lauer (Academic Admin-
istrator/Office of Graduate Studies
and Research and Office of Under-
graduate Studies); Lisa Colby (Grad-
uate/Department of English,
College of Arts and Humanities);
Charlie Scott (Undergraduate/
Department of Natural Resources
Management, College of Agriculhire).

Representative to the University of
Maryland System Faculty Council:

Andre Tits (Department of Elec-
trical Engineering, College of Engi-
neering); Mark Turner (Department
of English, College of Arts and
Humanities). Alternate Member^ — Ira
Block (Department of Material and
Nuclear Engineering, College of
Engineering).

Representatives to the UMCP Ath-
letic Council:

Robert Hardy (Department of
Human Development and Institute
for Child Study, College of Educa-
tion); William Walters (Department
of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Col-
lege of Life Sciences); Cartel Prier
(Office of the Dean, College of Engi-
neering).

Representatives to the UMCP Cam-
pus Parking Advisory Committee:

Richard Cross (Department of
English, College of Arts and Human-
ities); Earlean McCarrick (Depart-
ment of Govertiment and Politics,
College of Behavioral and Social Sci-
ences); Georgia Sorenson (Center for
Pcvlitical Leadership and Participa-
tion); Nancy Moore (Department of
English); Craig Newman (Grounds
Maintenance); Jennie Springer
(Counseling Center); Paul Healey
(Undergraduate, College of Health
and Human Perft)rmance).

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High School Students Take Literature "From Page to Stage"

The University of Maryland at
College Park and Baltimore County
schools are teaming up to interest
and immerse high school students in
literature and learning through a pro-
gram that uses a dramatic approach,

"We are encouraging learning
through drama, not learning drama,"
says Sam McC ready, a professor in
the University of Maryland at Balti-
more County's theatre department,
who along with wife )oan McCready,
chair of performing arts at the Fark
School, will teach From Page to Stage.

From Page to Stage, a Center
Alliance for Secondary School Teach-
ers and Texts (CAST) program of
UMCP's Center for Renaissance and
Baroque Studies, proved to be suc-
cessful last year in Baltimore County
when 24 10th and 11th grade stu-
dents read three plays, attended pre-
sentations of two, met with actors
and actresses, participated in acting
workshops, and engaged in lively
discussions. The program is funded
by a grant from the National Endow-
ment for the Humanities.

"The things you learn, and the
friends you make, are enough to
make me want to come back," said
one 1 0th grade Baltimore County stu-
dent after attending last year's From
Page to Stage program.

Sam McCready wants From Page
to Stage students to learn about their
lives and the lives of those around
them as well as to gain an apprecia-
tion of dramatic literature.

"Following last year's examination

of Ml/ Children! My Afriai!, there was
a remarkable discussion about the
issues surrounding discrimination,"
says McCreadv-

He hopes this year's program
brings about a similar awareness of
power and manipulation.

This year's participants, who uiU
be drawn from high schools includ-
ing Owings Mills, Catonsville, Mercy,
Cardinal Gibbons, Randailstown and
others, will read and attend presenta-
tions of The Merry Wives of Windsor,
The Triumph of Love, and The Picture of
Dorinii Gray. They also will read and
see a video presentation of A Rnisiu in
tlu'Suu.

"All four plays touch personal and
social issues which are very close to
ourselves and to our time," says
McCready. "They will allow us to
examine the kinds of power we see in
our society and how and why people
manipulate each other, from which
can follow a discussion of how the
use of such power and manipulation
affects the students' own lives and
the lives of those around them."

Classes are held Friday afternoons
from 3:30-5:30 p.m. in UMBC's Col-
lege Theatre, beginning Oct. 1 and
continuing through Nov. 5. In addi-
tion to Friday afternoons, Saturday
excursions to performances are
scheduled for Oct. 2, Oct. 16, and
Nov. 6, and an acting workshop is
scheduled for Saturday, Oct, 23.

Students don't mind giving up
their Friday afternoons and Satur-
days. "I would add to the length of

the seminar," said one participant. "I
hope to do this again," said another.
— Beth Workman

Beasley to Receive
Outstanding Woman
Award on Oct. 1

Maurlne Beasley

Maurine Beasley, professor of
journalism, will receive the 1993 Out-
standing Woman Award from the
President's Commission on Women's
Affairs during a reception on Friday,
October 1 , from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. in
Marie Mount Hall.

The award ceremony will take
place at 3:30 p.m. in Room 1400, ^vith
the reception to follow in the Mary-
land Room at 4:30 p.m. For more
information, call 403-5806.

Libraries' Electronic Access to Information Expands Greatly

Since Feb. 4, 1991, when VICTOR
first went online, users have found
that they can easily access individual
catalogs of other UMS libraries, a
combined UMS catalog, and a great
number of distant library catalogs
such as the University of California's
MELVYL system. VICTOR also
affords searching and fax delivery of
over 4 million journal articles in over
14,000 periodicals through the
UnCover database.

But there's much more to VIC-
TOR, as reflected in the following list
of new electronic resources that have
been added.

• U.S. government publications,
August 1991-present. More than
70,000 bibliographic records of U.S.
government documents received by
the Documents/ Maps collection in
McKeldin Library now appear in
VICTOR.

• Center for Research Libraries.
The machine-readable records for the
holdings of the Center for Research

Libraries in Chicago have been added
as a database to VICTOR. The center
is a membership organization whose
purpose is to make available research
materials that are rarely held in
North American libraries. UMCP
researchers may request materials
from the center through Interlibrary
Loan in McKeldin,

• Microform collections. The
libraries are now adding to VICTOR
the records for large microform col-
lections housed in McKeldin Periodi-
cals/Microforms. The collections
include: &jWi/ English Books {over
44,000 items); Early American Imprints,
2nd series (over 36,000 items); Coid-
smiths'-Kress Uhrnri/ of Eco)hvnic Liter-
ature (over 28,000 items); and
[jindmarks of Science {over 9,000
items).

• VICTOR databases. Four
databases which had been on CD-
ROM in Hornbake and McKeldin
Libraries are now in VICTOR:

Expanded Academic Index

Business Index & ASAP

National Newspaper Index

Company Profiles

In addition to VICTOR, there are
now over 70 CD-ROM automated ref-
erence sources in the libraries, a CD-
ROM index to the U.S. Patent
collection in the Engineering and
Physical Sciences Library, and hun-
dreds of databases available through
the Computer- Assisted Research Ser-
vice (CARS).

Recent additions to the libraries'
databases include the F&S Index (U.S.
and international business); Music
Index; Ethnic NewsWatch; ICONDA
(Architecture); ArcView; Census Data
Systems '90; Supermap, which por-
trays statistical data sets in map form;
and OCLC FirstSearch, which offers a
wealth of information in more than
36 databases through one search
interface.

For further information, contact a
reference librarian at any of the
UMCP libraries.

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Career Week Scheduled For Oct. 4-8

Career Week '43, sponsored by the Career Center, will be held October 4-8.
Activities inelude a series of panel discussions designed to help students learn
about career options, trends in certain fields, and what employers art looking
for in candidates. Some discussion tupics include: "Investigative Careers with
the Federal Government"; "Small Business: America's Largest Employer"; and
"Careers in Health Care and Research." A resume clinic will be held, and the
Career Center will host an open house on October 8. The highlight of the week
is a Career Fair on October 6. For more information, contact the Career Center
at 314-7225.

AH

Exhibit: "Crosscurrents 93,' featuring
Linda Bills and Kristin Aono, through
Oct, 17, THe Art Gallery, A/t,/Socrolo&
Buifding. Call 5-2763 for infa.

ExhttJt: 'Inspirations: Watercolors and
Drawings by Greg Man.' Ihrougfi Dec. 5,
UMUC Arts Program Gallery. Call (3011
985-7154 fonnlo.

Recital: Tue., Sept. 28, Schubert's 'Die
Schone Mullehn," Michael Johnson and
Donald Reinhoid, 8 p.m., Tawes Recital
Hall. Call ^540 tot mfo.

Literature Reading: Wed.. Sect. 29.
Wayne Kadin and Peler Sacks. 7:30
p.m.. Maryland Room. Mane Mount Hall,
Call 5-3820 for info.

University Ttieaire: flomeo 3nd Met.

Thur.. Sept. 30 -Sat,. Oct. 2. 8 p.m..
Sun., Oct. 3. 2 p.m.. Tawes Theatre.
$10, students and seniors S7, Call 5-
2201 for into.*

Cwcert Society at Maryland: 'Women
and Music m the islamic World,' Omi
Mint Abba. Fri.. Oct. 1. 8:30 p.m.. UMUC
Auditonum. $16. Students 18, Call 403-
4240 for info."

Cfeatlve OatKe Ub: Sat.. Oct. 2, 10
a.m,-2 p.m.. Dance Building. Call 5-7038

for info.

Literatuie Reading: Tue.. Oct. 5. 'Share

Our Strength: Writers Reading Against
Hunger." faculty authors, 3:30 p.m..
Maryland Room, Mane Mount Hall. Can
S3820 for info.

Concert; Wet),. Oct. 6, 20th Century
Ensemble, 8 p.m., Tawes Recital Hall.
Call S5548 for mfo.

Lectures

Space Sciente Seminar: Mon., Sept.
27. -Global MHD Simulation of the
Magnetosphere for the ISTP Program:
Recent Results." Charles Goodrich, 4:30
p.m.. 1113 Computer and Space
Sciences. Call 5-6199 for mfo.

Symposium: Wed., Sept. 29.
"Explofations of the Earth and Other
Planets." 9 a.m. -5: 15 p.m.. University
College. Registration 8:30 a.m. or by
phone. Call 5-3210 for info.

Counseling Center Seminar Wed.. Sept.
29. 'The Case ol Transfer Students,"
William Spann. noon-l p.m.. 0106
Shoemaker. Call 4-7690 tor info.

Meteorologjr Seminar: Thur.. Sept. 30.
"Thermal Wmd Adjustment and
Frontogenesis.' RongshengWu. Nanjing
University. China. 11 a.m., 2114
Computer and Space Sciences. Call 5-
5392 for info.

Meteorology Seminar: Thur. Sept, 30.
'Mumerical Studies of the Great Plains

Low-Level Jet.' H. Mart( Heffand.
fWSA/Godaard Space Flight Center,
3:30 p.m.. 2114 Computer and Space
Sciences. Call 5-5392 for info.

Material Nuclear Engineering Seminar:
Thur., Sept, 30, 'lonijing Radiation in
Materials Manufacturing," j. Silvemiar.
4 p.m.. 2110 Chemical and Nuclear
Engineering. Call S5208 for info.

Contemporary Voices of Our Latino
Community Lecture Series: Thur.. Sept.

30. "Race Relations Among Minorities.'
Pedrti Aviles. 4:30 p.m.. St. Mary's Hall
Multi-Purpose Room, Call 56441 for
info.

Engineering fiesearctt Center Semlnan

Fn„Oct. 1, ■ Explaining High
Performance Automotive Manufacluririg:
Ttie International Assembly Plant Study,"
John Paul MacDuffte, Wharton School of
Business. 10:45 a.m. -noon, Resnick
Lecture Hall, 1302 Engineering. Call 5-
3886 for Into.

Geology Seminar: Fri., Oct. 1, "Tracing
Groundwater Evolution in the Pleistocene
Limestone Aquifer of BartjadOS. W,l..
Using Sr Isotopes." Jay Banner.
Unlvereity of Tetas at Austin. 11 a.m.,
0103 Hombake. Call 5-4089 tor into.

Botany Seminar; Fri., Oct, 1. 'Structure.

Function and Expression of Genes
Encoding Subunits Of the Vacuolar
ATPase of Arabidopsis.' tmara Perera.
noon, 2242 H.J. Patterson. Call 5-1597
for info.

Bfst Friday Colloquium Series: Fri , Oct

1. 'Orations of the Dead. Silences of the
Living: Postmodernism and the
Holocaust." Gabrielie Spiegel. Johns
Hopkins University, 12:15 pm., 1102
Francis Scott Key. Call 5-2853 tor info.

Mental Health Service Lunch 'H learn
Seminar; Fn.. Oct. 1. "Satanic Ritual
Abuse: An Introduction," E. Anne Riley,
1-2 p.m„ 3100E University Health
Center. Call 4-8106 for into.

Computer Science Lecture; Mon,. Oct.

4. 'Teaching Digital Circuit Design Using
a Field Programmable Gate Array,'
Niklaus Wirth, Svuss Federal Institute of
Technology. 4 p,m,. 0111 Computer and
Space Sciences, Call 5-2661 tor info.

Distinguished Lectuter Series: Wed.,
Oct. 6. 'Race at the End of the Century,"
Ron Takaki, University of California at
Berkeley. 3:30 p.m., 1400 Mane Mount
Hall. Lecture will be followed by a recep
lion in the Maryland Room, Marie Mount
Hall. Call 5-1482 for into.

Sports

University of Maryland Women's
Soccer: Wed.. Sept. 29. vs. James
Madison, 4 p.m.. Denton Reld, Call 4-
7034 tor info.

University of Marylartd field Heckey:

Thur., Sept. 30. vs. Georgetown. 7:30
p.m., Astroturf Field. 4-7006 for Info.

M Club Social Tennis Toumamerrt; Fri,,
Oct. 1, 12:30 p.m., Cole Field House
Tennis Courts. SlOO donation to the M

Club Scholarship required. Call 4.7020
for into."

The Concert Society at Maryland presents Mauritanian singer Dimi Mint Abba on OctolKr 1

Unlversrty of Maryland Volleyball: Fn..

Oct, 1, vs, ^lorth Carolina. 7 p.m.. Cole
Reld House. Call 4-7009 tor info.

Unlversfty of Maryland Field Hockey:

Sat,, Oct. 2. vs. Duke. 1 p.m., Astfoturf
Reld, Call 4-7005 tor into.

University of Maryland Volleyball: Sal.,
Oct. 2. us. Duke, 2 p.m.. Cole Field
House. 4-7009 for info.

Unlversrty of Maryland Football: Sat..
Oct. 2. vs. Penn State, 7 p.m., Byrd

Stadium. Call 4-7070 tor into.

University of Marylartd Men's Soccen

Sun.. Del. 3, vs. Wake Forest. 2 p.m.,
Denton Field. Call 4-7005 tor into.

Miscellaneous

Employee Development Training
Program: Sept. 27. 29 and Oct. 1,

'Speaking Confidently: Introduction to
Effective Speech Technioues," 9 a.m.
noon, liOlU Administrative Services.
Call 5-5651 for info or to register."

Leadership Week, begins Mon., Sept,
27 through Fn,, Oct, 1. Call 5-5751 for
info.

Peer Computet Tralnlr^: Mon., Sept.
27. 'intermediate WordPerfect,' 69
p,m.. 3330 Computer and Soace
Sciences. Cost: $5. Call 52941 tor
info.'

Employee Development Training
Pr<^r8m: Tue.. Sepi. 28, "The ADA and
Working With People Who Have a
Disability." 9 a.m.-noon, llOlU
Administrative Services. Call 55651 for
info or to register.

Overeateis Anonymous: Wed.. Sept. 29
S. Wed., Oct. 6. 4:3a6:30 p.m., 2107
Health Center. Call (301) 776- 1076 tor
into.

Peer Computer Training: Wed.. Sept.
29, 'Networked Resources. Part 2," 6-9
p,m„ 4352 Computer and Space

Sciences, Cost: $5, Call 52941 tor
mfo.*

Employee Development Training
Program; Thur.. Sept. 30, 'Rnancial
Success In a Recovering Economy
Investing In Tax Free's,' noon-l p.m..
1101 Administrative Services. Call 5-
5651 for mfo or to register.

Peer Computer Training; Thur., Sept.
30, "WordPerfect," 6-9 p,m.. 3330
Computer and Soace Sciences. Cost:
$5. Call 5-2941 for mto.*

Peer Computer Training; Sun.. Oct. 3.
'Kemilt/Modem Workshop." 1-4 p.m..
3330 Computer and Space Sciences.
Call 5-2941 tor into.

Career Week '93, Mon., Oct. 4 througfi
Fn. Oct. 8. sponsored by the Career
Center, Call 4.7225 for into.

Peer Computer Training; Mon., Oct. 4,
"Intro to IBM PC." 6-9 P.m., 3330
Computer and Space Sciences, Cost:
S5. Call 52941 tor into.

Tenth Annual Faculty and Staff
Convocation: Tue., Oct. 5. 3 p.m..
Memorial Cliapel. Call 5-4621 for mfo.

Employee Development Training
Program: Wed.. Oct. 6. 'Peisonnel
Policies, Procedures and Forms," 9 a.m.-
4 p.m., llOlU Administrative Services.
Call 55651 for info or to register.

Counseling Center Research and
Development Meeting; Wed,. Oct, 6.
"Hassle Hindered Learning: Assessing

and Addressing the Problem,' William
Sedlacek. Kathenne Beard siey, and
Alice Mitchell, noon-l p.m., 0106
Shoemaker. Call 4-7690 for into.

Calendar Guide

Calendar phone numbers listed as i-xyixx or 5-i(xxx stand for the prefix 314- or 405-
respectively. Events are free and open to the public unless noted tv an asterisk (*).
For more mformation. call 405-4628.

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