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Outlook

The University of Maryland Faculty and Staff Weekly Newspaper

Volume 13 'Number 18 • February 16, 1999

World Traveler

Dru Bagwell,

page 7

Entertaining

Western Wind,

page 4

WebCT Responds to
Campus Need for Online
Teaching Resources

Imagine a class where no
paper handouts are given,
malfunctioning video projec-
tors in lecture halls are of no
concern, and students can
work collaboratively without
worrying about a room in
which to meet.These same
students get updated class
changes instantly, engage in
interactive discussion without
leaving home, and can go
over assigned video clips at
their convenience.

Approximately 950
University of Maryland stu-
dents are currently enrolled in
classes offering all or some of
the above learning tools
through an off-the-shelf soft-
ware package called Web CT
(Web Course Tools).
Described as a "web-based
course management tool
offering an integrated online
course environment, "WebCT
is the result of the growing
need on campus for more
sophisticated and manageable
online teaching resources.As
(acuity have become increas-
ingly involved with using
online resources in their class-
room curriculum, the need for
expanded resources has
grown.

Ellen Yu Borkowski, a mem-
ber of the Teaching Techno-
logies group in Academic
Information Technology
Services (alTs), is responsible
for the training and support
given to WebCT use on cam-
pus. Borkowski says WebCT is
"die most robust package,
encompassing a large number
of tools that make it very flex-
ible." Created by a faculty
member at the University of
British Columbia, it is reason-
ably priced, and can be modi-
fled if needed. "Strenuous test-
ing and input from several
faculty focus groups" figured
in the final selection of this
particular package, says
Borkowski.

The first faculty training
workshop took place last
August with 19 faculty mem-
bers participating. An addi-
tional 48 faculty members
attended fall semester work-
shops in preparation for using
WebCT in spring classes.

Continued on page 3

Clinton Visits Campus, Rallies for AmeriCorps

When President Bill Clinton
challenged America's youth for
greater participation in the
AmeriCorps program last
Wednesday, the right people
seemed to be listening.

Apart from more than 700
members of AmeriCorps who
had turned up from all corners
of the state to hear him praise
their efforts, there were more
than 900 smdents in the audi-
ence- Some of them had gotten
up early the morning before to
get tickets to the program.

Still more students waited
hours outside Ritchie Coli-
seum, where the event was
held, to catch a glimpse of the
president on what was luckily
a warm and sunny day. They
mingled with numbers of pro-
testors carrying placards that
shouted: "Jail to the chief," and

Continued on page 3

In a packed Ritchie Coliseum last Wednesday, surrounded by 700 AmeriCorps members, President
Clinton announced his proposal to increase the AmeriCorps budget $113 million In the year 2000.

All is in Order to Form a More Perfect Union

With its blend of novel offerings — from
ballrooms and bowling alleys to a bank
and a bookstore-many view the Stamp
Student Union as the living room of the
campus community. If so, then within the
next three years the Union will have all
the comforts of a brand new home.

Nearly 10 years in planning, the $40
million Stamp Student Union renovations
are slated to start in May, says Stephen
Gnadt, associate director of the Union. By
February 2002 the totally refurbished
Union will have a fresh new look and lay-
out, plus additional retail/food choices,
office spaces and meeting areas.

Built in 1954, the Stamp Student Union
started out only half its current size of
250,000 square feet. The sixties saw the
addition of the Colony Ballroom and the
area which houses offices like Commuter
Affairs and Campus Programs. Just in time
for celluloid classics like Saturday Night
Fever and Grease, the Hoff Theater opened
its doors in the 1970s. The last major con-
struction to the Union was when a patio
walkway and elevator tower by Nyumburu
Cultural Center were added to the budd-
ing.

With daily traffic of more than 17,000
people, the Union is home to the campus
bookstore, several food establishments,
administrative and student organization
offices, a bank, coffee shop and a bowling
alley-all under one roof. One complex roof,
that is.

"rWidi die different additions] we
ended up with four buildings connected
together with stairwells that don't go any-

where and hallways you don't
know if you'll ever come out of,"
says Gnadt.

Katie Doll, a junior journalism
major says she goes to the Union
about every other day to do
banking, eat lunch and send mad.
However, as a freshman she ini-
tially found navigating her way
through the Union a confusing
task.

"It took a few wrong turns
[through the Union} to finally get
things right," she says.

Since most student unions
serve as the hub of student activ-
ities, the renovations to Stamp
follow a nationwide trend
toward expanding and improv-
ing these facilities at universities
nationwide. According to a 1997
Wall Street Journal article:
"Student unions have become
increasingly important because...
they are the buildings most stu-
dents and parents ask to see."

"The Union is so much a part
of the fabric of the campus," says
Marsha Guenzler-Stevens, associ-
ate director of Stamp Student
Union and Campus Programs. She says
the building serves as a campas commu-
nity center, providing a variety of goods
and services. Plus, the Union brings a
wealth of student activities and events
all under one roof, she says.

Continued on page 5

STAMP STUDENT UNION

AND

CAMPUS PROGRAMS

As part of a special exhibit on display in the
Stamp Student Union last January, the draw-
ings pictured above gave the campus a
chance to see what the 45-year-old union will
look like when $40 million worth of renova-
tions are complete In the year 2002.

2 Outlook February 1 6, 1999

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Former Head of IRS to Address Investors Group

Margaret Milner Richardson, commissioner of Internal Revenue from 1993 to 1997, addresses
the campus' Investors Group Wednesday, Feb. 24, at noon in Room 4137 McKeldin Library.
Richardson's address, "Tax Reform and the New Friendlier IRS- What This Means for the Individual
Taxpayer," is particularly timely as it occurs during tax preparation season and during an era
when the IRS is undergoing massive changes,
both technologically and culturally.

"She's very personable and has promised to
relate to us a few humorous anecdotes from
her time as the head of the IRS," says Gary
Kraske, founder of the Investors Group, who
notes Richardson also will be quite willing to
answer any and all questions from the group
during her address.

Richardson has an impressive set of creden-
tials. As commissioner, she worked to provide
taxpayers with better service and to make it
easier for them to obtain information, file
returns and make tax payments.

She received her J. D., with honors, from the
George Washington Law School in 1968,
clerked at the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, and then joined the office of
Chief Counsel of the IRS, becoming the first
woman promoted to executive rank in the his-
tory of that office. A graduate of Vassar College,
she is active in the District of Columbia and

Virginia law associations, and serves on a number of local boards and charity foundations.
Currently she is a member of Ernst & Young in Washington, D.C., advising clients on domestic
and global tax issues.

The Investors Group is affiliated with the Friends of the Library and meets monthly to discuss
issues related to personal finance and investing. Membership is free and open to all, whether affil-
iated with the university or not.

Margaret Milner Richardson

A Letter from the Senate

Center for Anxiety Disorders Opens

The Maryland Center for Anxiety Disorders
has opened at the University of Maryland, offer-
ing specialized behavior therapy for children and
adults suffering from various types of anxiety dis-
orders.

Among the conditions treated at the Center
are panic disorder, social phobia, obsessive-com-
pulsive disorder, post-traumatic stress syndrome,
agoraphobia and specific phobias such as the
fear of heights or insects.

"The conditions treated in the center are
those characterized by anxiety and fears that are
interfering with a person's life or causing them
significant distress," explains co-director Deborah
Beidel, who, along with her co-director Samuel
Turner, has a Ph.D. in clinical psychology. The
two psychologists have been working together
in the area of anxiety disorders for more than 1
years.

The center is located within the top-ranked
clinical program of the department of psycholo-
gy. Turner says the larger, more culturally diverse
population in the greater Baltimore-Washington
area opens new challenges for the center's
nationally-recognized work.

Many patients receive free treatment because
the center is a research facility that conducts
clinical research funded by the National Institute
of Mental Health and other organizations.
According to Beidel, the same type of treatment
would cost between 55,000 and $10,000 else-
where.

One of the things that makes the center

unique is it treats children as well as adults. The
center has a Childhood Shyness Program for chil-
dren 8-12 years old. According to Beidel, children
who develop social anxiety before age 1 1 are not
likely to outgrow the disorder without some
type of intervention, but they can benefit from
treatment.

Beidel and Turner take two treatment
approaches: teaching patients the skills neces-
sary for more effective interactions, and teaching
them ways to deal effectively with the over-
whelming fear and anxiety. Treatment is tailored
to each person and his or her phobia. Most treat-
ment is completed without medication, but med-
ication is used when necessary. Interventions
typically last 12 weeks.

Beidel's and Turner's social phobia treatments
are now being used across the country. Beidel
and Turner are each the authors of more than
130 journal articles, book chapters and books.
Beidel and Turner's most recent book, published
in January 1998 by the American Psychological
Association, is "Shy Children, Phobic Adults: The
Nature and Treatment of Social Phobia,"
Among Turner's other books are the "Handbook
of Clinical Behavior Therapy"; "Behavioral
Theories and Treatment of Anxiety"; "Treating
Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder"; and "Adult
Psychopathology and Diagnosis."

For more information on the Maryland Center
for Anxiety Disorders, call 405-0232.

The University of Maryland is
reputed to have one of the bet-
ter systems of shared campus
governance in the United
States. This reputation is largely
a consequence of the high qual-
ity time and effort expended
each year by a large number of
faculty, staff and students who
serve on the College Park
Senate and its 1 5 standing com-
mittees.

Much of the most important
work in providing high quality
advice to President Dan Mote
and other administrators on a
wide range of university poli-
cies and procedures is per-
formed by the standing commit-
tees. The best efforts occur
when members of the campus
community serve on commit-
tees in which they have a gen-
uine interest. Therefore, each
year, the College Park Senate
issues ;i campus-wide call for
faculty, staff and students to
express an interest in and pref-
erence for committee service.

As a member of the campus
community, faculty and staff
soon will receive information in
the campus mail about the
standing committees of the
Senate. Additional information

about the charge to each com-
mittee and its recent activities
is available on the web at
<www.inform.umd.edu/Campu
sInfo/Senate>.

Please review the informa-
tion provided in the mail then
indicate the committees on
which you would prefer to
serve. Return the forms by
March 5 to:

College Park Senate

Attention: Standing
Committee Preference

Room 1100 Marie
Mount Hall

College Park, HD
20742-7530.

Please feel free to contact
the Senate Office at 405-8470 if
you have any questions or you
do not receive the information
in the mail. Your interest and
efforts in this endeavor will be
most appreciated.

Sincerely,

Dawn Lea veil, executive secre-
tary of the Senate and
William Walters, chair-elect of
the Senate (99-00), and chair,
Committee on Committees
(yes, there is such a committee)

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Abstracts, Nominations Sought for

Graduate Research Interaction Day

The ninth annual Graduate Research Interaction Day (GRID)
conference will be held Thursday, April 22, and is one of a
series of events featured during the presidential inauguration.
GRID provides graduate students from all disciplines an oppor-
tunity to present their research via oral and poster presenta-
tions, and facilitates dissemination of knowledge throughout
the campus community.

Graduate students from all academic disciplines are encour-
aged to present their research in oral presentation panels or
poster presentation sessions. Faculty and staff are asked to iden-
tify and encourage graduate students to participate in this
event. In addition, faculty are needed to judge the presenta-
tions.

This year, the Graduate Student Government joins the gradu-
ate school in singling out the pivotal role dedicated and
focused mentorship plays in the training of outstanding schol-
ars by honoring strong faculty mentors and naming a Faculty
Mentor of the Year during the GRID conference. The Faculty
Mentor of the Year Award will be presented during the GRID
luncheon by President Dan Mote.

Once again, cash awards will be offered for outstanding grad-
uate student presentations in individual categories. The dead-
line for submitting abstracts is Monday, March 1 .

"Call for Abstracts and Nominations'* information forms are
available in the Graduate Student Government office, Room
121 1Q Stamp Student Union. For more information about being
a faculty judge or participating in GRJD, phone 314-8430, or e-
mail kdgraves@wam.umd.edu. The address for abstracts and
nominations submitted via campus mail is Graduate Student
Government Office, Box 105 Stamp Student Union.

Outlook

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Teresa Flannery, Executive Director of University Communications and Director of Marketing; George Cathcart. Executive Editor; Jennifer Hawes, Editor:
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February 16, 1999 Outlook 3

Clinton Challenges Students to Serve in AmeriCorps

continued from page 1

"Stop the war against Iraq."

But the adoration clearly out-
weighed the dissatisfaction, especially
among members of the AmeriCorps
program that Clinton launched in 1993,
from this campus. Huge cheers went
through the auditorium when he called
on potential volunteers to "celebrate
our differences" and "make America a
better place "The cheers were even
louder when he announced he was
requesting a $585 million budget
increase for AmeriCorps in the year
2000 — an increase of more than $ 1 13
million. "With this hike, he said, he
hoped high-school-age Americans could
volunteer part time during school and
full time during summer.

Members of AmeriCorps, a program
which describes itself as "the domestic
Peace Corps", work through local non-
profits and schools to tutor children,
coordinate after-school programs, build
homes, organize neighborhood watch
groups, clean rivers, recruit volunteers
and accomplish other things that
improve and strengthen American com-
munities.

This year, more than 40,000
AmeriCorps members will help with
2,200 projects around the country. In
return for their service, each member
will receive up to $4,275 to help
finance college or pay back student
loans.

The program, said Clinton, "embod-
ies a determination to draw the coun-
try closer." He pointed out that there
were parts of the world where people
were using religion to find differences

among themselves, not realizing
that humanity was the most
important thing. Helping others,
he said, was the secret behind
"finding ways to relish, celebrate
and honor our differences."

Endorsing AmeriCorps' "Call to
Service" effort that seeks to enroll
more than 50,000 members over
the next year.Clinton challenged
America's youth to devote a year
or two to helping others and to
"make this generation one of
doers and patriots."

Recalling his own commit-
ment to peace and service, he
said he treasures a 1930s Civilian
Conservation Corps cap he keeps
in a back room of the White
House to "remember the unifying
power of citizen service in one
of the most difficult times for the
United States."

The president also lauded
efforts made by MTV to encour-
age participation in AmeriCorps.
MTV host, Carson Daly, who
attended the event, spoke of the
public announcements put out
by MTV to encourage participa-
tion in AmeriCorps.

Other speakers at the event
included AmeriCorps director
Harris Wbffbrd, Gov. Parris Glendening,
Lt. Gov. Kathleen Kennedy Townsend,
Prince George's County Executive
"Wayne Curry, and university President
Dan Mote.

Welcoming Clinton, President Mote
said the university was proud to have
been chosen five years ago by Clinton
for the launch of the program, and was
even more proud of his return. "The

University of Maryland President Dan Mote and President Clinton snare a handshake
following Clinton's remarks. Mote noted the university's pride In hosting the event.

real value of education is measured by
service to others," he said.

Wofford hoped for the day when
youth did not wonder whether they
would do the AmeriCorps service, but
where they would do it.

Glendening said this generation had
a "responsibility to improve the world
for the next generation," while Kennedy
Townsend called AmeriCorps an "extra-

ordinary legacy" for which the citizens
of Maryland were "deeply, deeply grate-
ful" to President Clinton.

— VA1SHALI HONAWAR

WebCT Responds to Campus Need for Online Teaching Resources

continued from page 1

Reaction from faculty using the soft-
ware has been very positive overall.
Carmen Coustaut, associate professor in
the theatre department, used WebCT in
her "African Americans in Film and
Theatre" class last semester. Coustaut,
who describes herself as minimally to
moderately computer literate, likes the
student management aspect, especially
the online grading ability of the soft-
ware,

Coustaut also has used some of the
basic toots when assigning paper topics.
"I made a page with buttons linking to
the MLA format page, a link to a page
with instructions for writing the papers,
and a 'Click Here for Instructions on
Submitting the PaperTopic' button." But
while Coustaut likes all die automatic
resources available, she worries the stu-
dents are not taking advantage of them.

When Jewel Bariow, director of die
Glenn L. Martin Wind Tunnel, participated
in last summer's Web CT training work-
shop, he did so with the idea he would
be teaching a small graduate level class,
and using a lot of visual aids. Instead, he
ended up teaching an undergraduate
aeronautical engineering class with
approximately 35 sophomores. Still, he

decided to use WebCT in his class.

"I had been involved with the
Institute for Distance Learning last
year," says Barlow, "and knew the kinds
of tools I wanted to see in an online
teaching environment — especially two-
way communication — and the kind of
freedom provided when students can
hand sketches back and forth." Barlow
also likes the way he can encompass
visuals into the course. "Because I
lacked total control before, I would
never put up images on the World Wide
Web for a class," he says.

WebCT also is effective in large
classes. Biology Professor Arthur
Popper uses WebCT as a supplement in
his 350-student "Principles of Biology I"
class."! can use visuals in a way I can't
in a norma! classroom setting," says
Popper. "Once an image is made avail-
able, a student can download it and
have it as long as, or whenever, he or
she needs it." Popper also takes advan-
tage of the Bulletin Board and Chat
Room features to enhance outside dis-
cussion.

Coustaut, Barlow and Popper all
encountered some initial reluctance to
WebCT on part of their students. "They
found it hard to use, and saw it as just
one more tool they had to learn," says
Popper.

And everyone agreed the initial set-
up for a class could be time consum-
ing. Images need to be scanned, com-
mon classroom handouts, such as syl-
labi, outlines and lecture notes, need to
be put online, and training time needs
to be scheduled.

But thehlggest problem Coustaut
and Barlow found was student com-
plaints about access to computers. With
the high concentration of memory-
intensive visual and audio tools, down-
loading from a home computer with a
modem can be prohibitive, and a stroll
through any Open Workstation Lab will
show the long lines of students waiting
to use machines. Barlow also heard
from his students about the difficulty in
accessing the visuals that take up huge
amounts of memory.

One highly praised function of
WebCT is security. Members of a
WebCT class are assigned a unique ID
and password, and only they are
allowed access to the environment.The
software package is run off a University
of Maryland web server, with no out-
side access allowed. So unlike pages on
the World Wide Web, the instructors do
not have to worry about the integrity
of the information.

Coustaut, Barlow and Popper all
agree they would use WebCT again in

the future. In fact, Popper is using it for
a small upperievel class this semester
and plans to use it again for the 100
level class next fall. Coustaut is looking
forward to offering her screenwriting
class using WebCT because the environ-
ment is so conducive to group writing.

What makes WebCT work more than
anything is support, say the faculty.
"Without Ellen and the Teaching
Technologies staff, using WebCT would
not work at all," says Barlow. "Support is
crucial every step of the way."

The Teaching Technologies group is
working on integrating WebCT into the
administrative systems on campus. The
current project is to link WebCT informa-
tion with UMEG to allow for automatic
loading of class rosters at the beginning
of the semester and automatic grade sub-
missions at the end of the semester.

The home page for WebCT at the
University of Maryland is cwww.cours-
es.umd.edu>. For further Information
about using WebCT in the classroom,
contact Ellen Yu Borkowski at 405-2922
or eyu@umd5.umd.edu. Visit the
Institute for Instructional Technology
website for scheduling information and
to register for WebCT classes at
<www.inform.umd.edu/IIT/current.
html>.

—GAIL MILLER

4 Outlook February 16,1999

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tnaryland

February 16

t

12:30 p.m. School of Music: "The
Importance of Studying African-
American Art Song:A Lecture
Recital,*" Darryl Taylor, University of
Northern Iowa. Ulrich Recital Hall
Tawes Fine Arts Bldg.

&<^ 3:30 p.m. Department of
French and Italian Public Lecture:
"Tocqueville, Premier, Tfteoricicn de
la Democra-tie: Societe et Exercicc '
Intclleciuel." 3 1 20 Jimenez Hall.

&/" 4 p.m. Physics Department:

"Two-Photon Entanglement: From
'Ghost Image' to Quantum Eraser,"
Yanhua Shih, UMBC. 14 10 Physics
Bldg. 5-3401.

' Wt 8p.m. University Theatre :
"Picasso at the Lapin Agile," by Steve
Martin. One of America's favorite
comedians delivers a hilarious tale
about the meeting of some of the
great (and not-so-great minds) of
the early 20th century. Pugliese
Theatre. 5-2201.*

Your Guide to University Events
February 16-25, 1999

for Information Leaders in the 2 1st
Century," Rep, Major R, Owens (D-
NY). Multipurpose Room. Nyumhuru
Cultural Center.

February 17

t *" r 9:30-11 a.m. Department of
Environmental Safety Training.
'Monthly laboratory safety training
for all new laboratory personnel. The
orientation will be required for all
new employees who work in labora-
tory settings and with hazardous
materials. Space is limited. 0108
Engineering Classroom Bldg. 5-3900.

S6V Noon-l:30 p.m. CASL Speaking
Scholarship Series: "If You Can't
Communicate. You Can't Lead:
Communications and Presidential
Leadership," Martha Kumar, Towson
University.A brown bag lunch dis-
cussion. 1 102 Taliaferro Hall.

iSV Noon-1 p.m. Research &
Development Presentations:
"Hypnosis: Facts and Fiction."Aklra
Otani, counseling center. Counseling
Center, 01 0601 14 Shoemaker Bldg.

4k/" 4: 1 5 p.m. Women's Studies
Latina Scholars Lecture Series.
"Collective Dignity and Mutual
BetfayaLThe Complexities of
Violence for Mayan widows in Rural
Guatemala," Linda Buckley Green,
assistant professor, anthropology and
intemadonal and public affairs.
Columbia University. 2101 Woods
Hall. 5-6877.

February 18

4tz/~~ 14. p.m. Building a Civil
Society lecture series: "Social
Capital and Social Trust," Robert
Putnum. Harvard University, and EJ.
Dionne, Washington Post. Colony
Ballroom, Stamp Student Union.

3-5 p.m. CLIS' Celebration of
African Americans in the Informa-
tion Professions. "A Political Guide

?^ 8 p.m. University Theatre:
"Picasso at the Lapin Agile," hy Steve
Martin. Pugliese Theatre, 5-2201 .*

February 19

&/" Noon to 1 p.m. Department of
Communication Co lloqui um : " B i II
Clinton and the Novelization of
Political Community." John Murphy,
University of Georgia.0104 Skinner
Building. 5-6527 or
sp 1 7 2@umail . umd . edu.

&f 1 p.m. Materials and Nuclear
Engineering Distinguished Speaker
Colloquium Series. "Influence of
Dopants and Defects on the
Properties of CMR Manganites," S,
Ogale. 2)10 Chemical and Nuclear
Engineering Building. 5-5207.

/i 8 p.m. Concert Society:"The
Western Wind ." Pre-concert seminar
at 6:30 p.m. Inn & Conference
Center, University College. 403-4240.'

m

8 p.m. University Theatre:
"Picasso at the Lapin Agile," by Steve
Martin, One of America's favorite
comedians delivers a hilarious tale
about the meeting of some of the
great (and not-so-great minds) of the
early 20th century Pugliese Theatre.
5-2201."

February 20

W 8 p.m. University Theatre:
"Picasso at the Lapin Agile," by Steve
Martin . One of America 's favorite
comedians delivers a hilarious tale
about the meeting of some of the
great (and not-so-great minds) of the
early 20lh century Pugliese Theatre.
5-2201.'

February 21

W 2 p.m. University Theatre:
"Picxsso at the I,apin Agile," by Steve
Martin. One of America's favorite
comedians delivers a hilarious talc
about the meeting of some of the
great (and not-so-great minds) of the
early 20th century. Pugliese Theatre.
5-2201*

The Concert Society of Maryland presents Western Wind, a six-member vocal ensemble, Friday,
Feb. 19, at 8 p.m. at University College's Inn and Conference Center, The group's repertoire ranges
from Renaissance motets and fifties rock to Shaker tunes and Jewish music,

Friday's program will include early American music, Renaissance madrigals and psalms, Spanish
and Latin selections, poetry, American jazz and popular songs like "My Funny Valentine." The perfor-
mance also feamres a pre-concert seminar at 6:30 p.m. where WFTA's Robert Aubry Davis will mod-
erate.

Tickets are $23, $20.50 for seniors and $950 for students. The pre-concert seminar is $3. For
more information call 405-7847.

February 22

*"** 2-3 p.m. Workshop: "How to
Access Terp Online." Career Center
Multi-Purpose Room, Holzapfcl Hall.
4-7225.

i£y" M:30 p.m. Center for Teaching
Excellence Teaching and Learning
Conversation: "What's Going on
across the Hall? Innovations in
Curricula and Teaching Practices
from University Faculty." Andrew
Wblvin, Mary Sies and Maynard
Mack Jr. Maryland Room, Marie
Mount Hall. 5-9980 or
Is 209® umai 1 . umd. edu .

6W 4 p.m. Committee on the
History and Philosophy of Science:
"Complexity Theory," William
Gasarch, professor of computer sci-
ence. 1 11 1 Plant Sciences Bldg.
Hvel ©physics . umd . edu .

&S" 7:30-9:30 p.m."Boyond 2(H)! :
Challenges in Space for the 2 1 st
Century," a thought-provoking dis-
cussion of the opportunities and
challenges for space exploration in
the new millennium, and the result-
ing impact on science, technology,
intemadonal relations and society.
Former NASA astronauts Andrew
Allen and William Lenoir, NASA assff-
ciatc administrator Joseph
Rolhenherg and Roald Sagdeev, dis-
tinguished professor of physics and
former science adviser to Soviet
President Gorbachev. 5-8393 or
jmurphy@d eans.umd.edu.

February 23

<£/* 4 p.m. Physics Department:
"How Things Break." Michael
M aider, I Ini versify of Texas, Austin.
1410 Physics Bldg. 5-3401.

^^ 8 p.m. Department of Dance:
The B-Sides.A program of duets and
solos by John Dixon and Lionel
Pop kin, Dorothy Madden
Theater/Dance Bldg. 5-3198.*

February 24

&S' 9:30 a.m. Seminar: "Numerical
Simulation of the Modon of Particles
in a Viscous Fluid." 3206 Math Bldg.
5-5117.

&/*" 11 a.m.-noon. Workshop: "How
to Access Terp Online." Career Center
Multi-Purpose Room, Hoizapfel Hall.
4-7225.

^t/ 1 Noon-1 p.m. Research &
Development Presentations:
"Situational Characteristics of
Positive and Negative Experience of
Same Race and D liferent Race
Students," Velma Cotton, Warren
Kellcy and William Sedlacek. 0106
0114 Shoemaker Bldg.

&/" 67 p.m. Department of Resident
Life Summer Conference Positions
Interest Sessions. Interest sessions for
hospitality and service Assistant jobs
with the summer conference pro-

gram, which handles the housing
needs of conference groups residing
on campus during the summer.
Multi-Purpose Room, Annapolis Hall.
4-4255.

8 p,m, Department of Dance:
The R-Sides.A program of duets and
solos by John Dixon and Lionel
Popkin. Dorothy Madden
Theater/Dance Bldg. 5-3198.*

&=T 4:15 p.m. Women's Studies
Latina Scholars Lecture Series.
"Locating La Virgen and La
Malinche: Latinas, Sexuality and
Everyday Life," Jane Juffer, Ph.D. in
Latin a/o literature, department of
English, University of Illinois at
Llrbana-Champaign. 2101 Woods
Hall. 5-6877.

February 25

A/ 1 Noon. Institute for Global
Chinese Affairs: "Cross-Strait Issues."
C.K. Liu.TECRO. Brown bag lunch
talk, reservations requested.
Conference Room, 1 122 Holzapfel
Hall. 5-0213.

4 p.m. Spring 1999 COTS
Colloquium Miniseries in History
and Philosophy of Biology.
"Modeling Development: The
Essen tialTurn of the Worm Project,"
Rachel Ankcny. department of phi-
losophy. Connecticut College, 1117
Frances Scott Key Building.

J-

8 p.m. School of Music:
Symphonic Wind Ensemble. John
Wakefield will conduct a program of
Wind Music hy Women
Composers", featuring Patsy Mote
(wife of the president of the univer-
sity) as narrator and faculty artist
Dale Underwood on saxophone.
Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student
Union. 5-5542.

Calendar Guide

Calendar phone numbers listed as 4-xxxx or 5-xxxx stand for the
prefix 314- or 405, Events are free and open to the public unless
noted by an asterisk (*). Calendar information for Outlook is com-
piled from a combination of inforM's master calendar and submis-
sions to the Outlook office. To reach the calendar editor, call 405-7615
or e-mail Outlook@accmaii. umd.edu.

February 16, 1999 Outlook S

Stamp to Undergo Four-Phase Renovation

continued from page 1

"A student union plays a central role in a stu-
dent's life outside of the classroom," says Gnadt.

Three Major Goats

With Stamp Student Union's upcoming
makeover from the basement through the top
floor, there are tlirce major goals to be accom-
plished. Because the Union still operates under
its original heating, air conditioning and electri-
cal units from 1954, Gnadt says one of the main
goals of the project is to replace the antiquated
infrastructure of Stamp.

"We jokingly say that we hold it together with
duct tape and a prayer," lie says. "In some areas it
unexpectedly seems like July in December."

Because replacing the heating, air and electri-
cal systems in the Union entails tearing out die
walls and ceilings, student union administrators
felt traffic issues needed to be addressed as
well, it's a difficult building to navigate
through," says Gnadt, noting the Stamp Student
Union's maze-like building flow.

The planned renovations will bring a better
sense of cohesiveness to the Union, says Gnadt.
Dining choices like McDonald's andTaco Bell,
plus additional restaurants will be grouped
together in a food court-style area with expand-
ing seating space. The University Book Center
will be grouped with other business operations
to form a "retail row." Meeting rooms will be
housed on the second level and will accommo-
date conferences of up to 600 people.

Each of the student organizations will have
its individual office and all student groups will
be placed together in the same area. The place-
ment will further enhance students' sense of
community, says Gnadt.

"There will be more options, increased effi-
ciency, more lounge seating and, aesthetically,
the Union will be a much more pleasing experi-
ence," says Guenzler-Stevens.

Stamp Stands Alone

With its anticipated new look and layout,
there are several distinct features that will set
the renovated Union apart from other student

unions nationwide. Standout features include a
three-story glass atrium that will showcase the
north side of campus.

With the atrium, "there will be an increased
amount of natural light coming into the build-
ing," says James Osteen, director of Stamp
Student Union and Campus Programs. Although
she's looking forward to a number of new
aspects of the Union, Guenzler-Stevens consid-
ers the restaurant with the wall of windows
overlooking the athletic fields as one of the
standout features of the renovated Union. "It'll
be a wonderful place for lunch or programs,"
she says, while adding she is also enthusiastic
about the planned terrace at the front of the
Union which will feature elegant French doors.

Making A BUMP

"B.U.M.P Ahead in '99" is the motto of Stamp
Student Union administrators and employees for
this year and the years ahead until renovation is
compIete.The acronym B.U.M.P means "Better
Union for More People" and it is emblazoned on
orange diamond-shaped pins being distrib-
uted to Union staff.

The renovations will be completed
in four phases (see sidebar). One
portion of the Union will be
closed down, renovated and
reopened.Then the process will
start over again until each section
of the Union is complete.

"We understand this is going to
be an imposition on the campus. There
will be times where we don't have the
services that are usually available," says Gnadt.
"The key is to provide the highest level of cus-
tomer service we can."

Gnadt says keeping the campus community
aware of what's going on during the renova-
tions is a top priority, He says there will be regu-
lar updates, plus a newsletter and a renovation
website to keep faculty, staff and students
informed throughout the renovation process.

it'll be a three-year process," says Osteen.
"We ask for the patience of faculty, staff and stu-
dents."

— LONDA SCOTT FORTE

Stamp Student Union Renovation Schedule

Phase 1 - Orange
Approximately May 1999 until July 2000

• Consists mainly of new construction on the north side of the huilding.
Includes the construction of a new loading dock and new formal entrance
to the building into the new North Atrium (a three-story open space with
open balconies).

* During this phase the Hoff Theater and Grand Ballroom will be closed for
renovation .

■ The Orientation Office will Ik- temporarily housed in Holvsapfel Hall
while their new offices are under construction.

■ The Food Co-op and Media Express will be moved to the Eateries Buffet
Court while their new spaces are under construction.

•A new "one-stop shopping" Campus Reservations Office will be construct-
ed and includes reservations, catering sales, police services and program
marketing.

Phase 2 - Red
Approximately June 2000 until December 2000

* Involves renovation of spaces located on the west side of the building
near the parking garage.

• Construction of new office spaces for Office of Campus Programs,
Orientation Office and Office of Commuter Affairs and Community Service.

• Construction of all new meeting rooms on the second level of the huild-
ing and the renovation of the Colony Ballroom.

• Construction of the new food court seating area and the west half of the
ftx>d vendors' area, including some new food vendor options.

* Renovation of the Recreation Center that will include a reduction to
eight howling lanes, a new billiards room area, a television lounge and a
new video game space (plus snack bar).

* The renovation of the University Book Center to make it a two-story
bookstore with space in the basement level. It will connect to a new

space currently occupied by the Union Shop.

* The Ticket Office will move to a new location in front of the Hoff
Theater.

• Chevy Chase Bank will move to a new location currently occu-
pied by MailBoxes, Etc.

Phase 3 - Blue
Approximately January 2001 until August 2001
Involves construction and renovation to spaces along the south side
of the building facing Campus Drive.

• Finish construction of the east side of the food court vendor spaces.

* Construction of a new Parents Association Gallery,

* Construction of a new convenience store.

• Renovation of the mall entry lobby and construction of a new informa-
tion desk.

* Construction of additional meeting and conference rooms on the second
level.

- Construction of the Stamp administrative offices on the third level.

Phase 4 - Green
Approximately August 2001 until February 2002

■ Construction of the new Student Government Offices and additional
Student Organization Offices in the area now occupied by the McDonald's
seating.

• Construction of a new catering and production kitchen in die hasement
level.

Stamp Student Union: In Retrospect

6 Outlook February 16, 1999

NOTABLE

The department of American Studies
received two outstanding awards this academic
year: the 1998 Annual Award for Departmental
Excellence and Innovation in Undergraduate
Education, and the 1998-99 Instructional
Improvement Grant.

In a campus-wide competition American
Studies won the departmental excellence and
innovation award based on a submission by
Professor Wary Corbin Sies and doctoral stu-
dent David Silver for its "creative use of new
information technologies to foster
collaboration and critical thinking
in undergraduate instruction "The
award includes a certificate, a
plaque and a monetary award of
$5,000.

The instructional improvement
grant was for a proposal from Sics
and Professor Myron Lounsbury
for the Mini-Center for Teaching
Interdisciplinary Studies of Culture
and Society. The award carried a
monetary prize of approximately
$14,000. Charles Heller

The School of Architecture joined with the
United States Department of Housing and
Urban Development and the Congress for the
New Urbanism to host the "Rebuilding
Communities: Hope VI and the New Urbanism"
conference held in Baltimore last month. Hope
VI is a HUD-sponsored initiative designed to
rebuild and reassemble public housing into
attractive, intelligentiy designed mixed-income
communities of choice.

The HOPE VI program integrates public
rental housing with ownership
housing and has been cited as one
of the most important develop-
ments in urban design and public
policy to emerge in recent years.

Eighteen cities from across the
United States, including Los
Angeles, New York and
Philadelphia, presented HOPE VI
projects to a panel of reviewers,
including School of Architecture
faculty Matthew Bell, Miriam
Cusevich and Ralph Bennett. The
review teams, composed of leading
urban design professionals from
across the country, commented on each of the
proposals, from urban design strategies to hous-
ing initiatives and suggested ways in which
each could be improved.

A project designed by Bennett Frank
McCarthy Architects, Inc., was selected to
receive a First Design Award from the Masonry
Institute's 1998 Awards Program. The building
selected for the award is Bartholomew House
on River Road in Bethesda, a 30-room assisted
living facility owned and managed by Victory
Housing, Inc., of Rockville.

Ralph Bennett is professor of architecture
in the School of Architecture and president of
Bennett Frank McCarthy Architects. His part-
ners in the firm, Larry Frank and Brian
McCarthy, are graduates of the School of
Architecture

Assistant Professor of Astronomy Douglas
Hamilton recently won the Urey Prize given
each year by the Division of Planetary Science

Robert Kolker

of the American Astronomical Society to the
best planetary researcher in the world under
the age of 36. Hamilton's research is centered
around the study of the motion of dust parti-
cles in the solar system such as the rings
around planetary bodies.

The magazine digitalsouth has named
Charles Heller one of "The 50 Most Influential
People in Southern Technology." Heller is direc-
tor of the Dingman Center for Entrepreneur-
ship at the Robert H. Smith
School of Business.

The magazine covers technol-
ogy business and venture capital
in the 13-state region from
Maryland to Florida. In compiling
its top-50 list, digitalsouth
"scoured the region and accepted
nominations to find out who
moves and who shakes this
industry." Others who made the
list include Steve Case, CEO of
America Online; Michael Dell,
CEO of Dell Computers; Vint Cerf,
senior vice president of Internet
architecture and technology, MCI WorldCom;
and Mario Morino, founder of Legem and head
of the Morino Institute.

Robert Kolker, professor of English, recently
published a film studies textbook and CD-ROM
titled "Film, Form and Culture" (McGraw-Hill).
Kolker says this is the first film studies CD and
contains clips from real films, annotated, inter-
active and animated. To learn more about the
new publication, see the website:

<www. mhhe . com/socsc ience/art-

film/kolker/.

Arthur Popper, professor of
biology, recently published the
1 lth book in a series he writes
with a colleague called "The
Springer Handbook of Auditory
Research". "This is the definitive
series on hearing for the late 20th
century, and it has come to the
point that it is cited in probably
every single article on hearing
that is published today," says
Popper. Tn other words, this has
become a formidable driver in the field of hear-
ing sciences." Popper and his colleague have
"perhaps 10 more books in various stages of
production," he says.

The National Association of Student
Personnel Administrators (NASPA), the leading
voice for student affairs administration, policy
and practice, has selected its 1 999 national
award winners who have shown excellence
and leadership in higher education and student
affairs. William L. (Bud) Thomas, vice presi-
dent for student affairs, has been presented the
Fred Turner Award for outstanding service to
NASPA. The award honors NASPA members
who have demonstrated continuous NASPA
membership for 1 or more years and who
have served in a leadership role at the state,
regional or national level of NASPA.

NEH Grants Establishes
MITH in Arts, Humanities

The College of Arts and
Humanities has been awarded
a grant totaling $410,000 by
the National Endowment for
the Humanities (NEH) to estab-
lish the Maryland Institute for
Technology in the Humanities
(MITH). The university must
raise $1.6 million matching the
federal funds by a 4-to-l ratio.

"NEH challenge grants are
essential to the healdi of the
humanities in America," says
NEH Chair William Ferris.
"They have a multiplier effect
by enabling organizations to
raise many times the amount
of die grant for humanities
projects of national signifi-
cance. Using the challenge
grant as seed money, the uni-
versity can offer private
donors the incentive of having
the impact of their contribu-
tions enhanced by federal
funds."

"The award shows strong
confidence by the NEH in our
college's commitment to the
use of technology in the ser-
vice of humanities research
and teaching," says James
Harris, dean of the College of
Arts and Humanities.

Currently, the college's fac-
ulty includes a number of indi-
viduals who have pioneered
the use and application of
technology to the study of the
humanities. To date, digital
archives, teaching applications
and other research tools have
been developed in the fields of
American studies, art and art
history, archaeology, compara-
tive literature, English, foreign
language, gay and lesbian stud-
ies, cinema studies, history, his-
tory and philosophy of sci-
ence, linguistics, music, philos-

ophy and women's studies.

Additionally, some recent
innovations include The
Dickinson Electronic Archives,
a hypermedia edition of the
poet's corpus; the Romantic
Circles Project, a NEH award-
winning Website devoted to
the study of Romantic-period
literature; and the Freedman
and Southern Society Project,
which captures the essence of
slavery through the recorded
oral histories from slaves. Ail
have been conceptualized and
offered as part of the universi-
ty's curriculum.

The NEH grant enables the
university to establish MITH as
an educational center for the
university, public school sys-
tem and broader educational
community with an emphasis
on teaching, research and peer
faculty training for teachers in
K-16. "MITH is envisioned as a
center where educators can
build upon their collective
experiences and achievements
and use technology to expand
die teaching of humanities
into new territories," says Adelc
Seeff, director of the Center for
Renaissance and Baroque
Studies and co-chair of the
committee that developed the
inidative.

Grants made by the NEH
Challenge Grants Program,
requiring $2, $3, or $4 in
matching funds for each feder-
al dollar, have generated more
than $1.2 billion in private-sec-
tor support for America's
libraries, colleges, museums,
historic sites and other eligible
institutions since the program
began in 1977.

Physics Team Celebrates
Successful Space Test

Physics Professor Douglas
Hamilton and members of the
Space Physics Group breathed
a sigh of relief recently after
the first turn-on and check-out
of their instrument, the Charge-
Energy-Mass-Spectrometer
(CHEMS), on the Cassini space-
craft. Cassini was launched on
Oct. 15, 1997, but the scientific
instruments had not been
switched on until the space-
craft was far enough from the
Sun to allow the high gain
antenna to be pointed toward
the Earth instead of being used
as a sunshade.

On Jan. 3, with Cassini at
about 1 .5 AU from the Sun, the
CHEMS' power was turned on,
and over the next two days var-
ious high voltages were gradu-

ally increased. All parts of the
instrument are working fine,
and energetic charged particles
were detected and identified as
expected.

On Jan. 22, with this first
instrument checkout period
completed, CHEMS was again
turned off. It will be turned on
again in June to take data for
several hours during the sec-
ond flyby of Venus, and again
in August for several days dur-
ing the Earth flyby. After that
Cassini will head on toward
Saturn with a final gravity
assist during a December 2002
flyby of Jupiter and insertion
into Saturn orbit in 2004.

February 16, 1999 Outlook 7

Student Affairs Leader Dru Bagwell Finds
Perfect Balance to Work in World Travel

Two weekends ago,
Dru Bagwell flew to
London and had dinner
with a friend. Some
Fridays he takes the train
to New York to see a play
each weekend afternoon
and evening. And in 1989,
knowing Beijing's
Tiananmen Square over-
flowed with students, he
boarded a plane and wit-
nessed history in the
making.

His eyes twinkling, this
55 year-old, white-beard-
ed administrator
describes how travel bal-
ances the 10-hour work
days he puts in as assis-
tant vice president for
Student Affairs. "Travel
sets a different tenor for
your life, makes you
appreciate diversity, and
is a wonderful escape and
education," he says. "It
keeps me refreshed when
I come back to work."

With a philosophy of
making each moment count, he savors his
work as much as his leisure time. Even the
committee meetings.

Bagwell has put in almost 30 years of
administrative service, 24 of them at the
University of Maryland. In his current
roles as Student Affairs budget officer, rep-
resentative of the vice president and
ombudsman for student issues, he goes to
countless committee meetings. Even the
committees that are supposed to be tem-
porary never seem to disband, he jokes,
noting, "I think the Bicentennial
Committee is still meeting."

In addition to his administrative respon-
sibilities, Bagwell also is adviser to the
Omicron Delta Kappa national leadership
honor fraternity. He is proud to have been
on the committee that put The Maryland
Plan into place, establishing new standards
for fraternities, which, Bagwell says,
"returns these organizations to the rea-
sons they exist - to help students with
academic achievement and character
development." He also teaches a leader-
ship class and doctoral seminar for the
Counseling & Personnel Services
Department.

But his greatest love is working with
students as adviser and mentor. "As far as
my job goes," he says, "I could manage the
budget and write the letters and do the
committees, talk on the phone, answer the
e-mails, and never see a student. But that's
not why I'm in this business."

Over the years, he has helped students
with personal problems, including sub-
stance abuse, poor grades and unclear
plans for the future. This year he has met
with five students on a semi-regular basis.
He feels students think, "Dru will help
you. He will treat you fairly, but hell be
tough."

"I worried once that I was a worka-
holic until I read diat it's good to love
your work," he says. When a student inter-
viewer asked him a few years ago if there

Alpharma
Fellowship
Established at
UMBI

Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Dru Bagwell, seen here In his office, has worked at the uni-
versity for 24 years, and says he wouldn't change a thing about the work he does.

was anything he would do to change his
job, he was surprised to realize he could
not come up widi an answer, "1 thought,
Isn't it wonderful to be 55 years old, to
have worked at a job for 25 years, and not
think of anything I'd want to change."

And there is always travel. Bagwell, who
has been to 5 1 countries, claims he caught
the travel bug when he was a high school
exchange student in Denmark. "It was one
of my biggest curses," he laughs, "because
it established in me this love of travel that
is insatiable."

The most memorable trip? Being in
Beijing for three days before and three
days after the Tiananmen Square massacre.
Although most people think of the mas-
sacre as being the defining event, Bagwell
says, the students actually were there for
about a month.

At first, he recalls, "It was like Wood-
stock. The students were living in little
pup tents in Tiananmen Square, and they
would sit around and sing songs. One stu-
dent wrote me a poem about freedom and
how precious it is. They thought they had
brought the government to its knees, so it
was a celebration."

Late on a Saturday night, everything
changed. "Thousands were killed," he
recalls. "I didn't see any of the killing, but I
did see the bodies on Sunday after it hap-
pened. It only took a couple of hours."

Despite the tragedy, that trip stands out
as being wonderful because of the spirit
of the people he met. In fact, Bagwell
often advises students to take time off to
travel or at least to explore different life
options. "I tell students, you don't have to
rush to decide what you want to be when
you grow up. When you're 20 to 30, you
don't have anywhere near the constraints
you do later."

So Bagwell, whose own career path
changed after he received a law degree,
urges students to see their 20's as a time
to explore, before they have "a mortgage

and a spouse and credit card payments
and car payments and a career. Travel. Do
those wild and crazy things. Roll the dice
and see."

Bagwell has not stopped doing these
"wild and crazy things." During the winter
break, he traveled to Japan, Cambodia and
the Thai island of Phuket. When he eventu-
ally retires from administration, his dream
is to have a second career traveling
around the world teaching English, contin-
uing to work with all kinds of people.

Asked to recall some of the more mem-
orable people he has met in his life,
Bagwell remembers that when he was
about 12 years old, he sat on the bus next
to presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson
on his trip through Tennessee. At Carter's
inaugural ball, he recalls having spent the
night dancing with Ruth Warrick who
plays Phoebe on 'All My Children'. And at
Clinton's first inauguration, he had the
honor of meeting Nelson Mandela.

But the person he most remembers
meeting is the young man in Tiananmen
Square who wrote him a poem. "I don't
know if I've ever seen anyone as passion-
ate. Passionate for democracy, for thought,
for expression, for life."

That fits in with Bagwell's own philoso-
phy of life. "I worked my way through col-
lege working at a mortuary," he says, "and
because of that, I have all my funeral
arrangements made. I even have my head-
stone picked out."

And the words Dru Bagwell wants on
liis headstone? "He lived his life to the
fullest."

— STACIE MARINELLI

Training outstanding
young researchers in
biotechnology is the goal of
the new Alpharma Fellows
Program established at tl
University of Maryland
Biotechnology Inst i t u t e
through a grant from the
international pharmaccut
cal company.

Peter McCann, interim
president of UMBI, says the
program has been created
with a pledge of $ 135,000
for graduate research fel-
lowships, to be paid over a
five-year period. Funding
may be renewed at the end
of five years.

"Our close ties with indus-
try influence the direction of
research at UMBI * says
McCann. "The Alpharma fel-
lowship is the kind of educa-
tional collaboration critical
to attracting the most out-
standing students."

The Alpharma Fellows
Program begins in July, with
one student selected every
two years who will perform
scientific research at the
UMBI in a field reflecting
the interests and focus of
Alpharma. The program will
provide a two-year graduate
fellowship and summer
employment to an entering
student. In addition, the
company will underwrite
annual travel by the
Alpharma Fellow to the
Alpharma Aquatic Animal
Health research and devel-
opment unit in Oslo,
Norway, to facilitate on-site
research interaction as weU
as to participate in semi-
nars and meetings.

Alpharma Inc (NYSE-
ALO) is a multinational
pharmaceutical company
that develops, manufactures
and markets specialty
human pharmaceutical and
animal health products. Its
Aquatic Animal Health
Division, with facilities in
Oslo and Overhalla,
Norway, and Bellevue,
Washington, is the world's
leading manufacturer and
supplier of vaccines to
immunize farmed fish
against disease.

8 Outlook February 16, 1999

for your

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r d s • c t .

Repairing the Breach

Bobby William Austin, presi-
dent and CEO of The Village
Foundation, will discuss
"Repairing the Breach: African
American Leadership and
Public/Private Partnerships,'"
Tuesday, March 9, from noon
to 1:30 p.m. in Room 1102
Taliaferro Hall. A former pro-
gram director at the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation, Austin
founded the "Urban League
Review" and has served as a
college administrator, editor
and policy consultant in edu-
cation and the humanities.
The Village Foundation's mis-
sion is to develop and support
programs to connect African-
American men and boys —
first, to their ethnic communi-
ty; then, to the larger civic
society.

This event is sponsored by
the Center for the Advanced
Study of Leadership, a pro-
gram of The James MacGregor
Bums Academy of Leadership,
For more information, contact
Scott Webster at 405-7920 or
swebster@academy. umd . edu .

Space Challenges for the
21st Century

In celebration of National
Engineers' Week, the A. James
Clarke School of Engineering
presents "Beyond 2001:
Challenges in Space for the
2 1st Century, " Monday, Feb.
22, from 7:30-9:30 p.m. in the
Grand Ballroom of the Stamp
Student Union. "Beyond 2001"
is a thought-provoking discus-
sion of the opportunities and
challenges for space explo-
ration in the new millennium,
and the resulting impact on
science, technology, interna-
tional relations and society.

The distinguished panel of
experts includes former NASA
astronauts Andrew Allen, now
director of shuttle develop-
ment for the United Space
Alliance, and William Lenoir,
vice president at Booz-Allen &
Hamilton; Joseph Rothenberg,
associate administrator, NASA;
and Roald Sagdeev, distin-
guished professor of physics at
the university and former sci-
ence adviser to Soviet Presi-
dent Gorbachev. Maryland
Public Television's award-win-
ning broadcast journalist Bob
Althagc will mode rale and lead
the question-and-answer ses-
sion following the presenta-

tions.

The forum is free and open
to the general public.To RSVP,
call 405-8393 or send e-mail to
j murphy @d eans . umd . edu .

AAUW Meets

The College Park Branch of
the American Association of
University Women will hold its
monthly meeting at the
College Park Municipal Center,
4500 Knox Rd. , Saturday. Feb.
27, at 11:30 a.m. Elaine Eff and
Janice Marshall will talk about

is now administered through
the Office of Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual and Transgcnder
Equity. To request a panel for
classes, residence halls or
other campus venues, you may
use the form on the web site
of the Office of LGBT Equity
<www.umd.edu/lgbt/>, or
contact Luke Jensen
(ljensen@deans.umd.edu or
405^8721).

Please submit requests
three weeks prior to the
desired date.

Brown Bag

Communications

The Center for the
Advanced Study of Leadership
presents Martha Joym Kumar
in a discussion of communica-
tion and presidential leader-
ship, Wednesday, Feb. 17, from
noon to 1:30 p.m. in Room
1 102 Taliaferro Hall. Kumar,
senior fellow at the James

spl72@umail.umd.edu.
ID Card Open Houses

All faculty and staff who do
not have the new photo ID
card are encouraged to attend
open houses scheduled for
Feb. 18, 23 and 24, 10 a.m. to 3
p.m. in Room 1 130 of the
Mitchell Building, or come to
the Public Information
Counter in the first floor lobby
of the Mitchell Building
Monday-Friday, 8:30 a.m.-4:30
p.m. before March l.Any facul-
ty or staff members who are
new to the university must
bring a request for a photo ID
letter from their payroll coor-
dinator.

Any questions can be
addressed to Meridith Harvey
at 314-7932 or mharvey®
deans.umd.edu.

Staff Training

The Office of Information
Technology is sponsoring a

Show Your Terrapin Pride

The third annual Terrapin Pride Day takes place Monday, March 8, in Annapolis, and the university
hopes you'll be there. Join other faculty and staff, students, parents and alumni as they celebrate with
each other, the General Assembly and other elected officials the university's bold vision for a bright
future.

This year participants will meet at 5 p.m. at the Annapolis Marriott Waterfront Hotel for an hour-
long, information-packed pep rally. Those who don't want to drive to Annapolis can catch a bus
from campus. Buses board in front of Cole Field House at 3:30 p.m. and leave promptly at 4 p.m.

After the rally, visit legislators in their offices. Then celebrate during a reception from 6:30-8 p.m.
in the Governor's Reception Room in the State House.

Make plans now to be a part of Terrapin Pride Day. Get more information, register to attend and
make shuttle bus reservations at www.inform.umd.edu/SupportUM or by calling 314-7884.

"Community and Women's
Work on Smith Island, Md."
This meeting is sponsored by
the Maryland Humanities
Council and is free to the pub-
lic. For questions or directions
contact es 1 07@umail .umd.edu

China Seminar

The Institute for Global
Chinese Affairs (IGCA) invites
you to a China Seminar, "20
Years After Normalization with
China and the Taiwan
Relations Act," Thursday March
4, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Room
0101 Taliaferro Hall. The pre-
senters will be Ambassador
James Lilley of the IGCA and
the American Enterprise
Institute, and Ambassador
Harvey Feldman of the Asian
Studies Center at the Heritage
Foundation. A reception will
follow.

Rebecca McGinnis can be
contacted for reservations at
405-0213; fax: 405-0219; or e-
mail: rml65@umail.umd.edu.
There is no charge for this
event. All are welcome.

LGBT Speakers Bureau

The Speakers Bureau of the
undergraduate Lesbian Gay
Bisexual Transgcnder Alliance

MacGregor Burns Academy of
Leadership and professor of
political science at Towson
University, is the featured
speaker for the brown bag
lunch discussion titled "If you
Can't Communicate, You Can't
Lead."

Kumar is the former presi-
dent of the Presidency
Research Group of the
American Political Science
Association and has served on
the editorial boards of Presi-
dential Studies Quarterly and
the American Journal of
Political Science.

For more information, con-
tact Scott Webster at 405-7920
or swebster@academy.umd.
edu.

Novel Politics

"Bill Clinton and the
Novelization of Political
Community" is the subject of a
colloquium featuring John
Murphy of the University of
Georgia. His noon to 1 p.m.
talk, sponsored by the depart-
ment of communication, takes
place Friday, Feb. 1 9, in Room
0104 Skinner Building.

For more information,
please contact Shawn Parry-
Giles at 405-6527 or

Staff IT Training, "Intro to
Windows 98, T 'Tiiesday, Feb. 23
from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the
new Staff Development
Training Lab, Patapsco
Building, This workshop is
designed for new Windows
users or novice Windows 95
users upgrading to Windows
98. You will learn to use the
mouse, explore the desktop
and Start menu, use the
Taskbar, manipulate windows
and get help. In addition, you
will learn how to modify the
Windows environment, experi-
ence Windows multi-tasking
capabilities and explore file
management techniques.
There is a $1 10 fee for
training and course materials.
Seating is limited and web-
based pre registration at
<www. inform .umd.edu/Short
Course s> is required.
Questions about course con-
tent can be directed to oit-
training@umail.umd.edu; ques-
tions about registration can be
directed to the alTs Library at
4054261 .

China Issues Talk

Faculty and staff are invited
to a brown bag lunch
Thursday, Feb. 25 at noon, at

die Institute for Global
Chinese Affairs (IGCA) in 1 122
Holzapfel Hall. C.K. Liu, one of
the division directors at
TECRO (Taipei Economic and
Cultural Representative Office)
will share current TECRO poli-
cy on cross-strait relations and
discuss up-to-date issues.

For more information, or to
RSVP, call Rebecca McGinnis at
405-4312.

Horn bake Library
Materials Storage

Due to collection space lim-
itations in the Art Library and
Engineering and Physical
Sciences Library, a storage col-
lection was begun in the
ground floor of Hornbake
Library some time ago. The
stored items are low-use mate-
rials and, until recently, have
been open and available to
library users.

The storage collection is
now expanding and that, cou-
pled with the beginning < if
renovation activities in the
Hornbake Library, has led to a
decision to secure this collec-
tion by restricting access.
Materials in storage can be
requested from the circulation
desks of the "home" library for
the items, either EPSL or the
Art Library.

if you have questions about
retrieval of materials from stor-
age or concerns about materi-
als that have been moved to
storage, please contact the
appropriate branch head: Neal
Kaske, EPSL, 5-9144
(nk20@umail) or Lynne
Woodruffe.Art Library, 5-9065
(1w64@umail).

Public French

The department of French
and Italian invites you to a
public lecture (in French) by
Professor Jean-Michel
Heimonet (Catholic University
of America) "Tocqueville,
Premier, Theoricien de la
Democratic: Societe et
Exe rcice Intellect uel ," Tu esday,
Feb. 16 at 3:30 p.m. in Room
3 120 Jimenez Hall.

Building a Civil Society

"Social Capital and Social
Trust," the third lecture in the
College of Behavioral and
Social Sciences' "Building a
Civil Society" lecture series, Is
offered Thursday, Feb. 18, from
2 to 4 p.m. in the Colony
Ballroom of the Stamp Student
Union. Featured speakers are
Robert Putnam, Stanfield
Professor of International
Peace at Harvard University,
and E.J. Dionnc, Washington
Post columnist.

For more information, call
405-1679.