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Outlook

The University of Maryland Faculty and Staff Weekly Newspaper

Volume 13 . Number 24* April 6, 1999

Shakespeare

in Laughs,

page 4

White

Awareness,

page 7

Geography Chair Leads Landsat-7

Science Team, Satellite Imaging

of Earthy into New Era

The department of geography and its chair Samuel
Goward are helping lead the way into a new era for remote-
ly sensed information about the earth. The era begins April
1 5, when the Landsat-7 earth science satellite launches from
Vanden berg Air Force Base in California.

"The deployment of Landsat-7 marks a significant evolu-
tion in the program's 27-year mission to monitor the Earth's
land areas," says Goward, leader of the Landsat-7 science
team. "The earth-observing instrument on Landsat-7 has all
the capabilities of the highly successful instruments on
Landsats 4 and 5, plus new features that make Landsat-7 a
more versatile and efficient instrument for global change
studies, land cover monitoring and assessment, and large
area mapping.

"In a broader context, Landsat-7 is the first of a host of
new earth-observing satellites that will be put into orbit In
the next couple
of years. These
new satellites
will tremendous-
ly increase what
we can learn
about how our
planet is chang-
ing and what
role humanity is
playing in those
changes,"
Goward says.

In addition to
Landsat-7, the
constellation of
new earth-
observing satellites will include the Terra, which when
launched will fly in formation with Landsat-7, and the
Vegetation Canopy Lidar (VCL), a satellite mission devised
and directed by university geography professor Ralph
Dubayah. Terra will provide key measurements of the physi-
cal and radiative properties of clouds; air to land and air to
sea exchange of energy, carbon and water; trace gases; and
volcanoes. The VCL mission — which will be launched in
2000— will use safe, low-power laser beams to scan and get
three-dimensional details about the earth's forests.

"Although it carries what is basically updated 1960s imag-
ing technology, Landsat 7 will still have a unique and essen-
tial role in the new realm of earth-observing satellites,"
Goward says. No other system will match Landsat 's combi-
nation of high-resolution images, spectral light discrimina-
tion and precision light measurement. In addition, the
Landsat Program is committed to providing users with
Landsat digital data in greater quantities, more quickly and at
lower cost than at any time in the history of the program,

Goward and the 1 3 other members of the Landsat-7 sci-
ence team were selected in 1 996 and a Landsat science
team office (www.inform.umd.edu/geog/landsat7/) was
established within the department of geography. Since that
time the team has overseen the research and application
issues of the program and periodically reviewed all other
aspects of the mission. Team members continue to conduct
a range of studies designed to exploit the characteristics of
Landsat-7 for global change research.

"Landsat-7 is the first time in the history of the Landsat

Continued on page 7

Landsat-7

Gender Revolutionary

Presser Praised for Women's Research

University President Dan Mote presented the Outstanding Woman of Year Award to Harriet Presser,

"Highly creative scientist, ""person of keen
insight," and "major inspiration" were among the
phrases used by President Dan Mote to describe
Harriet Presser, this year's recipient of the
Outstanding Woman of the Year award, at the
awards ceremony last week.

And indeed, there are many on campus who
can testify to Presser s pioneering work as a
demographer and sociologist. "Dr. Presser has
been involved in gender study and demograph-
ics for 25 years now, when few others were
doing this type of work " says Laura Slavin, chair
of the President's Commission on Women's
Issues, which gives the award,

"She has done so much to impact women's
lives," says Susan Bayly, general counsel on the
president's legal staff, who chaired the commit-
tee that selected Presser for the award.

Presser joined the University of Maryland in
1976, becoming the first woman full professor
appointed by the department of sociology. "It
was 1 3 years before they took in another
woman as full professor In the department," she
recalls.

In the 70s, it was "difficult to be taken seri-
ously when doing research on women as indi-
viduals in their own right— not just as wives and
mothers. Focusing research on women's well-
being was rare and not generally regarded as
good science," she says.

But in the years since she's been here, says
Presser, the university has been "a critical factor"
in helping her with her research. "It has a won-
derful environment for faculty and graduate stu-
dents."

Her interest in gender issues, says Presser, was
born in the '60s and the '70s, at the time that the
women's movement was taking hold.

"In the 60s, I was finishing my doctoral work
at the University of California in Berkeley and

was moving into the field of sociology — study-
ing the social structure of why society is orga-
nized the way it is."

The students' movement which erupted
around that time made it an exciting period for
young people across the country, including
Presser, who was bom in Florida and attended
the George Washington Ifni versify in
Washington, D.C., and the University of North
Carolina at Chapel Hill before moving to
Berkeley.

A single mother, having married and divorced
very young, Presser did not have much time on
her hands, however, to participate in these
events. So she channeled her energies into
research instead, choosing demographics as her
field. "I liked the fact that demographics had the
large, concrete, national data. It seemed like a
discipline geared to make change."

From the beginning, her research had a world
focus. In 1969, she worked on a paper titled
"The Role of Sterilization in Controlling Puerto
Rico Fertility." This was followed by another
paper in 1972 titled "Voluntary Sterilization: A
World View",

From 1969 through 1976, Presser worked as
an associate professor of sociomedical sciences
and associate chief of the demography division
at Columbia University.

"It was the time before Roe v. Wade and
Columbia was considering the abortion law.
There was a lot of consciousness about the
abortion issue," says Presser who remembers
being very involved with the movement to gain
abortion rights for women.

She has since written about abortion in sever-
al research papers and reports. Other papers
have focused on issues such as first birth and its

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2 Outlook April 6, 1999

IN MEMOR1AM

Physics Department's Ernest Jon Knouse Dies

Celebrate National Student
Employee Week

The machinery whose electronics he
supervised still combs the cosmos and teases
out its mysteries. The audiovisual system he
set up continues to give school children a
kaleidoscope of perspectives on the world of
physics. The devices he helped develop are
still to be found in Canada. Japan. Switzerland,
even the South Pole.

Ernest Jon (Ernie) Knouse, supervisory
engineering technician in the electronic
development group of the physics depart-
ment, died the evening of March 10 while
playing tennis at the campus tennis bubble.
He was 60.

Bora in Washington, DC, Knouse grew up
in Takoma Park and graduated from Blair High
School and the Capital Radio Engineering
Institute. A Navy veteran, he worked for Vitro
Corporation before joining the physics
department in 1968 as a student worker.

He began his career in physics working on
the cyclotron, eventually heading the
cyclotron electronics shop.When that shop
closed down in 1980, he moved to the
physics electronics shop.

One huge project on which he worked
was the collaboration E665, organized by the
Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory
(Fermilab) in Batavia, 111., in the 1980s. "We
had incredible numbers of circuit-boards
done in the shop," recalls Robert Bard, elec-
tronics engineer in the experimental high
energy physics group of the department.
"Many wiring harnesses had to be made.
Ernie was in charge of a large portion of that
job, [As the quality control expert] Ernie had
the quality control standards to worry about."

In 1995 Fermilab was one of the two
organizations which discovered that, contrary
to all expectations, the top quark had mass.
The other organization was the European
Centre for Nuclear Research in Geneva,

Switzerland. Here, too, Knouse was heavily
involved,

"Ernie and the electronics shop all helped
with wiring things — circuit boards, amplifiers,
trigger boards, power supplies — generally get-
ting things done," says Bard. It was a four-year
job and brought in about $ 1 million.

After the circuit-boards were made and
assembled he would carry out the quality
control work. "Ernie always did an incredibly
good job of making sure everything was done
according to specifications,'' says Bard.

The projects Knouse supervised extended
to other units in the College of Computer,
Mathematical and Physical Sciences, and
beyond. His team worked closely with
Professor Theodore Rosenberg in the Institute
for Physical Science and Technology to build
the ground-support equipment used to test
the X-ray imager on board NASA's POLAR
satellite And they had begun working with
Alice Mignerey, professor of chemistry and
biochemistry, on the electronics for an experi-
ment, which is part of the relativistic heavy
ion collider at Brookhaven National
Laboratory.

But Knouse was not simply a pedantic per-
fectionist. He made friends with everyone he
came into contact. He would have thought it
fitting he ended his days at his "home away
from home," the University of Maryland.

His survivors include his widow, Kari, a
coordinator in the physics department, and
their daughter, Melanie, 8, as well as three
stepsons:Alexander, currently a freshman in
the College Park Scholars Program, Erik and
Kirk Boyd, all of Berwyn Heights.

A trust fund has been set up for Melanie.
Those wishing to contribute may make
checks payable to Kari Knouse in Trust for
Melanie Knouse and send them to Joan
Hamilton in the physics department.

This week, the University of
Maryland is celebrating National
Student Employment Week. Its
purpose is to enhance aware-
ness of student employment
and its important role in the
higher education experience,
recognize students who work
while attending the university,
and thank the employers who
hire students for part-time,
internship and cooperative edu-
cation positions. This annual
event has taken place since the
Career Center first began spon-
soring it in 1995.

Student employees play a sig-
nificant role in the life — and
work — of the university. More
than 7,000 students are current-
ly employed here.

As early as freshman year, 25
percent of campus residents and
50 percent of commuter students
work while attending the univer-
sity. Also, the Career Center cur-
rently lists more than 1,500
employers who actively recruit
University of Maryland students
for part-time, internship and coop-
erative education positions.

On Thursday, April 8, an
Outstanding Student Employee
of the Year and an Outstanding
Employer of the Year will be
honored at an awards ceremo-
ny. Last year, 45 student employ-
ees and 19 employers were
nominated for this special

recognition.

Further information on
NSEW can be accessed from the
Career Center's web site at
<www. CareerCenter. umd. edu> .

The following is a list of
NSEW events.

Student Employee Workshop:
Wednesday, April 7
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Prince George's Room
Stamp Student Union
•Customer Service Training
•Enhancing Employment Skills
•All University of Maryland stu-
dent employees are welcome
free of charge.

Recognition Ceremony and
Reception

Thursday.April 8
2- 3:30 p.m.
Colony Ballroom
Stamp Student Union
•Honor nominees and their
employers/employee s
• 1999 Outstanding Employee
and Employer awards presented
•Alt student employee and
employer nominees are invited
to attend

•The winning student employ-
ee will receive a plaque and a
scholarship. Four additional
scholarships will be awarded to
student employees.

Presser Named Woman of the Year

Ernie and Kad Knouse

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consequences for women, black
fertility, working women and
child care, and contraceptive
sterilization.

Presser has also written two
books, one on "Female
Empowerment and
Demographic Processes: Moving
Beyond Cairo," which she co-
authored, and another titled
"Sterilization and Fertility
Decline in Puerto Rico." Right
now, she's working on her third
book with a grant from the
Russell Sage Foundation in New
York where she is based during
this academic year.

"The book is about the
movement toward the 24-hour
economy — where one spouse
works in the day and the other
at night — and its impact on fam-
ilies and children r says Presser.
She is examining die trend and
why it has come about, as well
as its consequences. "Gender
differences arc relevant here as
what is good for men may not

be good for women," she says.

In 1988, Presser founded the
Center on Population, Gender
and Social Inequality at the uni-
versity, and has since been serv-
ing as its director. It is, she says,
the only center in the world to
focus on the issue of gender
and social inequality. The center,
supported by external funding,
has gained significant interna-
tional recognition.

Over the years, Presser has
received several honors. In the
past, she has been named
President of the Population
Association of America, the
highest honor given to an
American demographer.

She is also an honorary mem-
ber of the Sociological Research
Association, and was named dis-
tinguished alumni scholar for
1992-93 by the George Washing-
ton University.

— VA1SHALI HONAWAR

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April 6, 1999 Outlook 3

Claudia DeMonte's Worldly View of Women

Globetrotting Professor Captures Women's Issues in Artwork

■ * «

t would be quite fair to call Claudia DeMonte's
newest art project "worldly." For an upcoming
exhibit, the art professor is collecting one piece
of art created by a woman in every country of
the world.

DeMonte has contacts and leads in more than 150
countries, but is 29 countries short of collecting all
185 works by the end of the year. The exhibit, tenta-
tively titled the "Global Women's Project" will debut
June 2000 in New York City, then travel nationwide,

A constant globetrotter, DeMonte has traveled to
more than 70 countries in the past 20 years. From
Saudi Arabia to Thailand, she has worked hand-in-hand
with fellow female artists to create art.

While working with female artists on a trip to
Tibet, she asked the women to help her sew
appliques of items like toasters and high-heeled
shoes. However, the Tibetans were unfamiliar with
those everyday trinkets that are all too common with-
in the western world. "Those things didn't mean the
same thing to them," she says.

The role of women in contemporary society has
always been an interest of DeMonte's research and
exhibitions, thus igniting inspiration for the upcoming
"Global Women's Project."

DeMonte says her interest in capmring the
women's issues in her artwork naturally evolved from
childhood memories of growing up as a tall, lanky kid
in New York City." I would say I was the tallest girl in
Queens," recalls DeMonte, who stands an admirable
six feet tall with an olive-colored complexion and a
long mane of flowing black hair to match. "You were
supposed to look like Marilyn Monroe, so you see
how close I came."

But when DeMonte turned 20, she was asked to
model and suddenly the features that made her the
brunt of teasing and ridicule were now acceptable in
society's fickle eyes. "It was all superficial because
who I was on the inside was exactly the same," she
says. It was around the same time she became inter-
ested in exploring the world's perceptions of women
and their appearance.

DeMonte says it's her parents who gave her the
opportunity to follow her dreams. When she was
eight, her parents told her she could be the first
woman president if she wanted to. "I remember
deciding I didn't want to be [president] ," she recalls.
"But they told me I could." DeMonte hopes to trans-
late the same type of unconditional support given by
her parents to the art students enrolled in her classes.

A faculty member at the university since 1972,
DeMonte currently teaches "Introduction to 3-D
Design" and "Art Making in the Global

Claudia DeMonte, shown above working with students in her "Three-Dimensional Art Fundamentals" class.

Village." In 1997 DeMonte was selected as a distin-
guished scholar-teacher and she still keeps in touch
with many of the art students she's instructed over
the years.

DeMonte also presides over an "artists survival"
seminar where she teaches business basics to graduat-
ing art majors. "No one taught me in school the busi-
ness of being an artist," she says, noting that her class
includes topics like how to get your art seen and how
to afford a place to work.
In addition to teaching,
DeMonte has had more
than 50 one-person and 200
group exhibitions in gal-
leries and museums around
the world. Her work is in
more than 40 museum col-
lections, including the
Corcoran Gallery of Art and
the Indianapolis Art

Museum. Last month,
DeMonte spent time
in the Netherlands
attending the open-
ing of her "Female
Fetishes" exhibit in
Gallery Liesbeth
Lips.

It's
through her

world travels that she's gained many of her
contacts for the "Global Women's Project."
DeMonte started collecting artwork
through personal contacts with people
she would met on her travels and has
expanded her search for an by calling
embassies, working with the United
Nations and Peach Corps, plus utilizing
the Internet.
Although she has contacts in more
than 1 50 countries, she says there are

some countries where she's having difficulty reaching
contacts because the area might have hardships, rang-
ing from governmental dilemmas to environmental
obstacles. Despite Uiose obstacles, DeMonte says she
will continue to press on until she's collected the art-
work from all 1 85 countries.

DeMonte doesn't just spend time traveling from
one exotic country to the next. Her commute to the
University of Maryland each week involves a three-
hour Amtrak ride. In
1976, after spending
four years living in
Washington, D.C.,
DeMonte and her hus-
band moved back to
New York City — a place
she considers the cen-
ter of the art world.
Her husband, Ed
McGowin, is the chair
of the an department at
the State University of
New York, Westbury,
and recently the couple
started creating public
sculptures together,
including one for the
Queens Supreme Court
and the state of New
Mexico.
"My life is very crowded," DeMonte says, but con-
tends she would not have it any other way.

"I know that if I never sold another piece of art in
my life, I'd still make art," she says. "It's like eating or
breathing. It's an automatic thing to do and I'm
blessed to have that."

DeMonte is currently trying to find contacts in sev-
eral countries. For more information, call 405-1464 or
e-mail her at cd8@umail.umd.edu.

— LONDA SCOTT FORTTi

"I know that if I never sold
another piece of art in my life,
I'd still make art. It's like eating
or breathing. It's an automatic
thing to do and I'm blessed to
have that."

—Claudia DeMonte

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April 6

Your Guide to University Events

April 6-15

Petersen. 115"? Stamp Student
Union. RSVT to CQI@umail.umd.eciu
or 5-2866.

&y" 4 p.m. Physics Colloquium:
"Why Do We Think Neutrinos
Have Mass? And Who Cares?" Boris
Kayser, National Science Founda-
tion. 1410 Physics Bldg. 5-3401.

H 6-9 p.m. Peer Training: "Intro-
duction to Microsoft PowerPoint."
This class provides an introduc-
tion to the elements involved in
designing effective and profession-
al looking presentations. 4404
Computer & Space Sciences Bldg.
5-2940.*

April 7

A/^ Noon. Counseling Center's
Research and Development
Meeting: "My Life with a Theory,"
John Holland, Johns Hopkins
University. 01064)1 14 Shoemaker
Bldg.

&<f 4 p.m. Astronomy Colloquium
with guest speakers Patrick
Sbopbell and Neal Turner. 2400
Computer & Space Sciences Bldg.

B 6-9 p.m. Peer Training: "Intro-
duction to UNtX.This class intro-
duces the Unix operating system.
4404 Computer & Space Sciences

Bldg. 5-2940.'

j£j 7-9 p.m. Creative Writing at the
University of Maryland; Writers
Here and Now Spring Readings:
Julie Agoos. author of "Above the
Land." Melanie RaeThon, author of
"First, Body." Graduate Reserves
Room, McKeldin library. 5-3820.

&b^ 7:30 p.m. Africa and the
Americas Lecture: "Tracing Back
the Ancestors: The Novels of Toni
Morrison and Mariama," Sylvia
Washington, University of Cheikh
Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal. 2309
Art/Sociology Bldg. 5-6835 or
5-7856.

April 8

Noon. Libraries" User Education
Services:"Web of Science: Science
Citation Index." explores how to
use the Web-based Science Citation
Index (SCI) database. ISI's Journal
Citation Report is also featured.
4135 McKeldin library. < www. iib.
umd.edu/UMCP/UES/seminar-f
html>. 5-9070.

Noon libraries* User Education
Services:"A Universe to Explore:
Lexis-Nexis on the Web." A work-
shop introducing Lexis-Nexis' new
database "Academic Universe" to
find legal and news information.
4135 McKeldin Library. 5-9070.

&=r Noon-l:30 p.m.,CAWG
Interactive Forum: "Legal, Ethical
and Policy Issues of Data," Susan
Bayly, Robert Dooling and Rodney

<&/'■ 3 :30 p.m. Meteorology
Seminar: "A Vision for Glohal and
Mesoscale Weather and Climate
Forecasting in 2025," Richard Anthes,
University Corporation for Atmo-
spheric Research. 2400 Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg. 5-5392.

&/^ 4 p.m. Physics Colloquia:*'Brane
World: Low Scale Gravity and Large
Extra Space Dimensions," Henry Tye,
Cornell University. 14 10 Physics Bldg.
53401.

&^P 4 p.m. CHPS Colloquium
Series: "Eugenics, Popular Culture
and American Education: Race
Betterment Moves from the State
Fair to the Public School Classroom,"
Steve Selden, College of Education.
1 1 17 Francis Scott Key Hall,

4-7 p.m. "Meeting the Changes and
Challenges of the Chemical
Indus try." The Chemical Society of
Washington hosts an interactive ses-
sion by Janis McFariand. She will
speak about the experiences/skills
needed for working in industry.
1325 Chemistry Bldg. 5-0337.

H 69 p.m. Peer Training:
"Intermediate Microsoft Excel. "This
class moves beyond the
"Introduction to Excel's" basics.
4404 Computer & Space Sciences
Bldg. 5-2940.*

6-8 p.m. Libraries' User Education
Services: "Introduction to CIS Using
Arc View-Advanced." is a workshop
on the popular ArcView GIS
(Geographic Information Systems)
software. 4133 McKeldin Library,
Registration required. 5-9070.

j.

8 p.m. School of Music Concert:
University of Maryland Symphony
Orchestra showcases the winners
from its annua] Concerto Compe-
tition. Sylvia Alimena of the Eclipse
Chamber Orchestra is the guest con-
ductor. Tawes Theatre. 5-1 150.'

April 9

&f I p.m. Materials and Nuclear
Engineering Speaker Series:"The
Wacky World of PeroYskites," David
Singh. 21 10 Chemical & Nuclear
Engineering Bldg.

<SV 2:30 p.m. Mechanical
Engineering Lecture Series: "CAD for
Microetectromechanieal Systems,"
Stephen Senturia, MIT, 1202
Engineering Classroom Bldg. 5-5309
or 5-5297.

In Love with Shakespeare's Comedy

National Players Present Twelfth Night

The National Players present
Shakespeare's laugh-out-loud com-
edy "Twelfth Night, "April 15-17.

"Twelfth Night' is a masquer-
ade, a play whose tide recalls one
of those festivals which were so
dear to Elizabethan England," says
co-director Jim Petosa. "This festi-
val was the day when in every
family a king for a day was cho-
sen. Sometimes it fell to a child to
be ruler over the whole family. A
servant might be chosen to be
crowned master. It was the world
turned upside down, a topsy-turvy
world created by chance, and the
more outlandish the surprise, the
merrier the festival."

William Graham also co-directs
the play. Both have directed other
Shakespeare plays in the past.The
scenic designer for the produc-
tion is Daniel Conway, costume
design is by Helen Huang and
lighting is by Adam Magazine.

Performances will be held in
Tawes Theatre April 15-17 at 8
p.m. and April 18 at 2 p.m.Tickets
are $10 standard admission, $7 for

senior citizens, students and standard groups, and $•=> for senior citizen and students groups. Tickets
are available beginning April 8.

Audio description is available April 18 at 2 p.m.. sign interpretation is available April 17 at 8 p.m.
and an infrared lighting system is available at all performances. Tawes Theatre is accessible to people
with physical disabilities.

For reservation or additional information, call the University Theatre box office at 405-2201 week-
days from 1 1 a.m. to 4 p.m.

April 12

April 13

&z^ 4p.m. Committee on the
History and Philosophy of
Science/Physics Department
Lecture : " Qua n t um Teleportation ,"
Gilics Brassard, University of
Montreal. 1 140 Plant Sciences
Bldg, fivel@physics.umd.edu.

&/^ 4 p.m. Mini-Center for
Teaching Interdisciplinary Studies
of Culture and Society Workshop:
"The Wired Professor: Distance
Learning "Anne Keating and
Charles Kisner. 3 1 40 Engineering
Bldg. veghs@otai.umd.edu.

H 6-9 p.m. Peer Training:
"Introduction to Microsoft Exel,"
introduces spreadsheet basics.
4404 Computer & Space Sciences
Bldg. <www.inform.umd.edu/PT>
5-2940.*

^8 p.m. School of Music: "20th
Century Ensemhle," presents a con-
cert of new music. Ulrich Recital
Hall ,Tawes Fine Arts Bldg. 5-11 50.

^ 8 p.m. "Maryland Dance
Ensemble." a program of student
choreography and performance
featuring a new work created by
Li Chiao-Ping. Dorothy Madden
Theater. Dance Bldg, 5-3 198."

** Noon. "Maryland/Metropolitan
Area Teacher Interviewing
Consortium, "An opportunity for indi-
viduals to interview with school dis-
tricts around the country tor full-time
positions during the 1999-2000
school year. Open to all majors.
Candidates must pre-registcr. Grand
Ballroom, Stamp Student Union.

Noon. Libraries' User Education
Services:" Web of Science: Science
Citation Index," explores how to use
the Web-hased Science Citation Index
(SCI) database. ISI's Journal Citation
Report is also featured. 4135
McKeldin Library. <www.lib.
umd.edu/UMCP/UES/seminar-f.
html> 5-9070.

^b 2 p.m. "Web Clinic.'' Computer &
Space Science Bldg. www.inform,
umd.edu/ WebClinics .

&s^ 4 p.m. Physics Colloquia: "State
of the Universe Report," Joel Primack,
University of California, Santa Cruz.
1410 Physics Bldg. 5-3401.

jP 5 p.m. School of Music: "20th
Century Ensemble," presents a con-
cert of new music. Ulrich Recital
Hall.Tawes Fine Arts Bldg. 5-1 150.

*" 5:50-8 p.m. Dingman Center for
Entreprencurship:"How to Retain
and Incentivize your Key Employ-
ees," will review the different meth-
ods entrepreneurs can use to moti-
vate and incentivize their employees,
Hilton McLean Tysons Comer.
5-2144.'

H 6-9 p.m. Peer Training Seminar:
"Advance HTML," takes a more
advanced look at HTML coding.
4404 Computer & .Space Sciences
Bldg. <www.inform.umd.edu/PT>
5-2940.*

*" 8 p.m. "Mary land Dance
Ensemble," a program of student
choreography and performance fea-
turing a new work created by Li
Chiao-Ping. Dorothy Madden
Theater, Dance Bldg. 5-3198.*

April 14

&/^ Noon. Counseling Center's
Research and Development
Meetings: "Accutration, Clinical Self-
efficacy and the Role Between
International and U.S. Graduate
Psychology Students," Johanna
Nilsson, Counseling Center. 0106-
0114 Shoemaker Bldg.

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 calendars and submissions
to the Outlook office. To reach the
calendar editor, call 405-7615 or e-
mail oiulook@accmail. umd.edu.

■

April (v I >)W Outlook S

@<f 4 p.m. Astronomy Colloquium
with guest speakers Alexander
N in (Jos and Friedrich Wyrowski.
2400 Computer & Space Sciences
Bldg.

H 6-9 p.m. Peer Training: "Internet
Technologies." introduces technolo-
gy such as FTP. newsgroup, attach-
ments, etc. 4404 Computer & Space
Sciences Bldg. 5-2940.*

^7:30 p.m. School of Music: "Third
Annual Invitational Jazz Showcase,"
featuring the hig band sounds of the
Jazz Ensembles. Colony Ballroom,
Stamp Student Union. 5-5519,

<w ' 8 p.m. "Maryland Dance
Ensemble," a program of student
choreography and performance fea-
turing a new work created by li
Chiao-Ping. Dorothy Madden
Theater, Dance Bldg. 5-3 1 98.*

April 15

*" 9:45 a.m. University Theatre:
"Cyrano de Bergerac."by EdmomI
Rostand.The timeless romance of
the eloquent and witty Cyrano and
his undying devotion to the beauti-
ful Roxanne.Tawes Fine An s Bldg.
5-2201.*

6VNoon. Libraries' User Education
Services: "Web of Science: Science
Citation Index." explores how to use
the Web-based Science Citation
Index (SCI) database. IS Is Journal
Citation Report is also featured.
0312 Engineering Bldg, 5-9070.

A/" 3:30 p.m. Meteorology
Se mi n ar: " Co nstel latio n Ob serving
System for Meteorology. Ionosphere
and Climate — Cosmic: an Overview,"
Ying-Hwa Kuo, director of COSMIC
Project. 2400 Computer & Space
Sciences Bldg. 5-5392.

So^ 4 p.m. The Mary Shorb Lecture
Series/ Graduate Program in
N utri ti o n : * Com p liment ar)' Medicine
and Nutrition: weighing the
Options," Judith S. Stern of
University of California, Davis. 0408
Lecture Hal I. Animal Sciences &Ag
Engineering Bldg.

£*" 4 p.m. CHPS Colloquium
Series: "The Baltimore Affair and Its
Implications for the Governance of
Science," Horace Freeland Judson,
George Washington University. 1117
Francis Scott Key Hall.

H 6-9 p.m. Peer Training:
"Introduction to Adobe PageMaker."
This class provides an introduction
to the elements involved in design-
ing effective and professional look-
ing presentations, 4404 Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg. <www.inform.
umd,edu/PT> 5-2940.*

*" 8 p.m. "Maryland Dance
Ensemble," a program of student
choreography and performance fea-
turing a new work created by Li
Chiao-Ping. Dorothy Madden
Theater, Dance Bldg. 5-3198.*

The World ofKahlil Gibran on Exhibit

An exhibition of pictures and rare documents
relating to the life and works of the poet Kahlil
Gibran will be on display in the Honors
Living/Learning Center in Anne Arundel Hall, from
2 to 5:30 p.m., Monday.ApriJ 12. Edited and assem-
bled with biographical notes by Professor Suheil
Bushrui, "The World of Kahlil Gibran; A Pictorial
Record of His Life and Work," is an exhibition orga-
nized by the Kahlil Gibran Research and Studies
Project at the Center for International
Development and Conflict Management.

The exhibition is being mounted in connection
with Professors Bushrui and Bradbury's Honors
seminar tided, "Kahlil Gibran and the Immigrant
Traditions of America: The Reconciliation of
Cultures." Consisting of more than 1 50 pho-
tographs, commentary, reproductions of Gibran 's
paintings, drawings and sketches, this unique col-
lection has not been displayed before in this coun-
try.

The selection of passages from Gibran s writings and pho-
tographs illustrate comprehensively both the range of Gibran's
work and, for the English reader, its peculiar quality, at once
exotic and familiar. The exhibition sets the poet in the context
of his life; his native land, Lebanon; his adopted country,

SbJ

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rir, o+U

Two self portraits of Kahili Gibran, Paris, 1910.

America; and the travels (spirimal as well as geographical)
which shaped his genius.

The exhibition will be on view in both the basement lounge
and the first floor lobby of Anne Arundel Hall.

Concert Society Rounds Out Season with Anonymous 4, Lionheart

Two of the world's most renowned a cappella early music
ensembles — Anonymous 4 and Lionheart — join forces to cele-
brate 15th century Flemish masterworks April 16 at 8 p.m.
Sponsored by the Concert Society and the Washington National
Cathedral, the concert takes place at the Cathedral, located on
Wisconsin and Massachusetts Avenues.

Anonymous 4 originally formed in 1986 to experiment with
the sound of medieval
chant and polyphony as
sung by higher voices.
The group has become
renowned for its aston-
ishing vocal blend and
technical virtuosity. In
addition to presenting
its own series at St.
Michael's Church in
New York City, the
ensemble has performed
to critical acclaim on
music series throughout
North America. The
group's recordings of
medieval music for har-
monia mundi have risen

J^^^MP* b

Anonymous 4

to the top of Billboard's
classical chart.

The men of Lionheart
have established them-
selves as leading expo-
nents in the field of a
cappella singing.
Gregorian chant is the
keystone of the group's
repertoire and their per-
formances have been
called "sublime" and "mes-
merizing." In the group's
four short years,
Lionheart has performed Lionheart
at Lincoln Center, Carnegie
Hall, the Cloisters and on NPRs 'Performance Today."

The New Yorfe Times has praised the pure sound of these com-
bined ensembles as "mystical "Washington National Cathedral is
sure to provide the ultimate setting for the program of sacred
music. A pre-concert discussion, moderated by WETAs Robert
Aubry Davis, takes place at 6 p.m.

Tickets are $25, $20 and $15 with discounts available for
seniors and students. For ticket information call 405-7847.

Spring into Community Service

Community Service Programs has sev-
eral opportunities this month for faculty,
staff and students to get involved in ser-
vice to others.

National Youth Service Day April 16-17
National Volunteer Week April 19-23

April 7 10:30 a.m.-2:30 p.m. Visit the
Community Service Programs' information
tables. Stamp Student Union.

April 8 Noon-1 p.m. "Careers in Service*
Representatives from the Peace Corps,
AmeriCorps and Teach for America will
discuss their perspective programs and
answer questions, 1143 Stamp Student
Union.

April 10 10:30 am -2; 30 p.m.

MARYPERG's 15di annual "Hunger Clean-
up." Participants will be divided into
groups to do various service projects
throughout the community. Fund-raising
event. 4-8353-

April 16 4:55 p.m. DC Outfitters trip to
the city to give clothing to tlie homeless.
Participants should bring money for
Metro fare and dinner. Lot HH.
gmlazzar@wam.umd.edu .

April 20 7-9 p.m. "Snack Pack Attack m,"a
sandwich-making party for the homeless.
Sponsored by the Jewish Social Action
Committee. 4-5605 or 5-0864.

April 24 8 a.m. -6 p.m. "Maryland Day
1999-Explore Our World," an open house

event. Faculty, staff and students who are
knowledgeable about the campus layout
are needed to staff locator booths and an
information center for two-hour shifts.

To volunteer, contact Sapienza Barone
in the President's Office at 405-5790 or
e-mail sbarone@deans.umd.edu.

I

April 25 1-3 p.m. Folk-style talent show at
Langlcy Park Community Center. Volun-
teer performers are needed from Latin
America,Afrlca and other regions of the
world.The coalition Is looking for any stu-
dents, faculty or staff members who are
interested in participating and volunteer-
ing. For more information, call Bill Ha una
at 405-4005 or e-mail him at;
bhanna@bss2.umd.edu.

6 Outlook April 6, 1999

Diversity: It's Your Future

April Focus on Diversity

AH Month

Sexual Harassment Awareness Month.
The Sexual Harassment Prevention
Program is offering the "But I Thought I
Was Flirting" workshop to all classes,
student organizations, fraternities and
sororities throughout April. For a
request form contact Paula Domenici-
Lakc, 5-7563 or domelake@wam.
umdedu.

dent organization's poster for the
Diversity Showcase poster contest. The
deadline is April 9- Room 1 143, Stamp
Student Union. Contact Mark Brimhall-
Vargas at 5-2840 or mb333@umail.
umd.edu.

April 20

AprilS

April 6

4 p.m. "Reconstructing Confucianism in

Korea: A Report from the Fie Id "A talk

and discussion by Chaibong Hahm of

Yonsei University. Hahm, senior editor

of Cbontong Kwa Hyondai (Tradition

and Modernity) and visiting scholar at

the Democratic Institute in Washington,

DC, is the leading

exponent in Korea of

what has come to be

called Confucian

Democracy. Sponsored

by the Inter-College

Committee on East

Asian Studies and the

Korea Council.This

event is free and open

to the public. Room

0102 Francis Scott Key

Hall. Contact Fred

Alford, 54169.

2-5 p.m. Diversity Research Forum on
Race, Gender and Identity. The focus of
the forum is the examination of race,
gender and identity within a wide spec-
trum of literary, sociological, ecological,
geographical, artistic approaches to
immigration, migration and displaced
people, as occurring on the eve of the
Third Millennium. Language House.
Contact Gabriele Strauch, 5-5646 or
gs42@umail.umd.edu.

us on Diversi

7-10 p.m. Poster Night.
Create and eat the
night away with the
Diversity Initiative
working on your stu-

you know that the topic of this year's Diversity
Showcase is white awareness? The Diversity Initiative
chose this topic in order to broaden perceptions
about this important topic and begin to explore
strategies for engaging more white members of the
university community in a proactive approach to end-
ing practices of individual and institutional inequity
and discrimination both on campus in the larger soci-

ety.

For more information contact Mark Brimhall-Vargas
at 5-2840 or mb333@umail.umd.edu.

3-4:30 p.m. Diversity Showcase. The
Diversity Initiative hosts this event to
honor the Diversity Initiadve Award
winners, student essay contest award
winners, student organization poster
contest winners, and die active mem-
bers of the Diversity Initiative. This
years featured speaker Judith Katz,
author of 'White Awareness: A Hand-
book for Anti-Racism Training,' will
address the topic of White Awareness.
Contact Office of Human Relations
Programs,
5-2838 or diversity@umail.umd.edu.

4-6 p.m. Do Asian-Americans Have Class
or Clout in Popular Culture? Guest
speaker John Cheng will discuss this
topic in celebration of Asian-Pacific
American Heritage Month. Maryland
Room, Marie Mount Hall. Contact
OMSE, 5-5616.

4:15-5:30 p.m.Women.War, and
Okinawa: Excerpts from an
Ethnography. A lecture by Linda lsako
Angst, a Ph.D. graduate of Yale
University who presently works at the
Sackler Gallery in Washington, D.C., will
explain the position in Okinawa for
women in the postwar era. As an exam-
ple of fieldwork, she will also discuss
the process of how and why Okinawa
is the subject of her research.
Sponsored by the Inter-College
Committee on East Asian Studies and
the Department of Women's Studies,
4th floor, Nonprint Media Services,
Hornbake Library. Contact Marlene

Mayo, mm32@umail.umd.edu.

April 21

2A p.m." Civil and Uncivil Language."
Speakers Kathleen Jamieson of
University of Pennsylvania and Steven
Case of AOL will discuss this topic.
Colony Ballroom, Stamp Student Union.
Contact BSOS Dean's Office,
51679.

April 22

7:30-10 p.m. Cinema & Conversations
on Equity in the Justice System, the
fifth in a series using dialogue to spark
conversation about the issues that
divide our communities. Room 4205,
Nonprint Media Services, Hornbake
Library. Contact Bridget Turner, 5-2580
or bt38@umail.umd.edu.

* To see the full version of the April
"Focus on Diversity" Calendar go
to our new "Link to the Diversity
Initiative" at http://www.inform.umd.
edu/Diversity/Initiative.

To place your event in May's "Focus on
Diversity" calendar, e-mail informa-
tion to Jamie Feehery-Simmons at
jfl56@umatl.umd.edu or fax 314-
9992 no later than April 19. If you
have any questions, please call 405-
2562.

Nippon Foundation Awards
$477,000 for Prange Preservation

The Nippon Foundation of
Japan has awarded the
University Libraries $477,000
to support the preservation of
the Gordon W. Prange
Collection. Funds will be ear-
marked for the newspaper
niicrofilming project, which
has been in progress for sever-
al years.

don, particularly newsprint, are
extremely fragile owing to the
high acid content of the paper
on which the materials were
printed at that time.They are
consequently deteriorating
rapidly.

The goal of the newspaper
project is to preserve the intel-
lectual con-

The Prange
Newspaper
Collection
includes
16,000 news-
paper and
newsletter
ddes pub-
lished in
Japan during
the years
immediately
following
World Warn,

1945-49- Like other materials
comprising the Prange
Collection, many of the news-
papers do not exist elsewhere,
including Japan.

Many items in the collec-

The Prange Newspaper
Collection includes
16,000 newspaper and
newsletter titles pub-
lished in Japan during
the years immediately
following World War II,
1945-49.

tent of this
historically
invaluable
body of
material on
preservation
quality
microfilm
and to pro-
duce an
index to the
newspaper
collection.
Funding of
this effort has also been sup-
ported by the Japan
Foundation Center for Global
Partnership and the U.S.
National Endowment for the
Humanities.

Smith School's Seminar Series Addresses

Leveraging Corporate Knowledge

infrastructure to effectively

Learn how to create and

Thursday, April 15

capitalize on new business

manage a knowledge-based

3-4 p.m.

opportunities.

business at a seminar series

"Data Analysis for the New

at the Robert H. Smith School

Millennium"

Monday, May 3

of Business. Tided "Leveraging

Bruce Golden, holder of the

11 a.m.-Noon

Corporate Knowledge," the

France-Merrick Chair in

"Managing in the New

series is co-sponsored by

Management Sciences at the

Millennium: Knowledge

Information Management

Smith School of Business, dis-

Creation in Virtual

Consultants, Inc. (IMC) and

cusses how timely and mean-

Organizations"

the Smith School of Business.

ingful data mining and data

Karlene Roberts of the Walter

IMC is an internationally rec-

visualization can become

A. Haas School of Business,

ognized information technol-

strategic assets of your orga-

University of California,

ogy and management consult-

nization.

Berkeley, discusses how orga-

ing firm based in McLean,

nizations are using virtual sys-

Virginia.

Thursday, April 22

tems to manage emerging

The series features

4:30-5:30 p.m.

social and political contingen-

acknowledged researchers

"Structuring the Information

cies.

and executives sharing lead-

Age Organization"

To register for attending

ing knowledge management

Robert Zmud, the Michael E

the seminars, please contact

strategies to exploit today's

Price Professor of

Marie Flowers at

dynamic business opportuni-

Management of Information

mflowers@rhsmith. umd.edu

ties. Attendance is free (regis-

Systems at the Michael F.

or 405-2308, Seating is limit-

tration required). All seminars

Price College of Business,

ed. Refreshments will be

will be in Van Munching Hall.

University of Oklahoma, dis-

served prior to each seminar.

Following is a list of the

cusses how to configure your

upcoming seminars.

organization's processes and

■—

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April 6, 1999 Outlook 7

Upcoming Diversity Showcase Highlights 'White Awareness'

This year the Diversity Showcase,
sponsored by the Diversity Initiative,
focuses on the role of whites in issues
of inequity and discrimination — white
awareness.

"The purpose of the Diversity
Showcase is three-fold:
to recognize the contri-
butions of the Diversity
Initiative steering com-
mittee members, 'show-
case' Diversity Initiative
accomplishments, and
in accordance with a
tradition that began
three years ago, we
choose a topic and fea-
ture a speaker to
explore and discuss that
topic with the Diversity
Showcase attendees,"
says Gloria Bouis, asso-
ciate director of the
Office of Human
Relations Programs.

This year's featured speaker is Judith
Katz, author of "White Awareness: A
Handbook for Anti-Racism Training" and

Judith Katz

executive vice president of The Kaleel
Jamison Consulting Group, Inc. Katz
will address the topic of white aware-
ness with her discussion titled "Being
White: Our Role As Agents for Change."
Katz offers the Diversity Showcase
more than 25 years of
international experience
in developing strategic
change processes to
address systematic
oppression and help
organizations become
high performing and
more culturally inclu-
sive. Currently, Katz is
focusing on helping
organizations integrate
strategic initiatives such
as quality, leadership,
empowerment and
teamwork with diversi-
ty to create sustainable
change.
"I focus on seeing your role and
responsibility as a white person as
working for change, feeling positive and
empowered, and being partners in the

change process. I also
focus on the role and
responsibility of whites as
change agents to address
racism and the other
forms of oppressions — all
the -isms," says Katz.

(In addition to the
Diversity Showcase at the
university, Katz is present-
ing a workshop tided
"What White People Can
Do about Racism" in May
atTowson University.)

The Diversity Initiative
chose white awareness as
this year's topic in order
to broaden perceptions
about this important issue
and begin to explore
strategies for engaging
more white members of
the university communi-
ty in a proactive
approach to ending prac-
tices of individual and
institutional inequity and discrimination
both on-campus and in the larger soci-

WEftfllY
AT l/MCP

MO VI NO
TOWARP

(OMMUMITY

mb333@umail

ety.

The following will be
recognized at the
Diversity Showcase: the
Diversity Initiative
Award recipients, the
recipient of the faculty
support award, active
members of the
Diversity Initiative com-
mittees, and the student
essay contest and stu-
dent organization poster
contest winners.

Mark your calendars to
attend the Diversity
Showcase on Tuesday,
April 20, 3-4:30 p.m. in
the Multipurpose Room
of the Nyumburu
Cultural Center. A recep-
tion will follow this
event. For more informa-
tion, contact Mark
Brimhall-Vargas at 405-
2840 or
umd.edu.
—JAMIE FEEHERY-SIMMONS

Geography Chair Leads Land sat- 7 Science Team, and Satellite
Imaging of the Earth. Into New Era

continued from page 1

program that there has been such a
focused interchange between NASA
managers and the scientific communi-
ty," Go ward says. "NASA's dedication to
this process is a reflection of the
agency's commitment to making
Land sat a fundamental component of
its earth science goals."

The Landsat-7 science team also has
been working with NASA's New
Millennium program to develop the
next generation Landsat instrument and
spacecraft technologies that will enable
Landsat to continue as a central pillar
of U.S. remote-sensing capability.

A small technology demonstration
satellite known as EO-1 has been devel-
oped through this program and is
scheduled to be launched later this
year. This prototype satellite will fly in
formation with Landsat-7 and will be
used to test advanced instruments that
have the potential to significantly
improve Landsat-type imaging. The
new instruments to be tested include a
hyper-spectral imager, a sensor to mea-
sure atmospheric turbidity, and a solid-
state replacement for the Enhanced
Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+),
Landsat-7 s upgraded version of the
Thematic Mapper instrument that has
flown on all Landsat satellites.

The ETM+ is a passive sensor that
measures solar radiation (visible light
and infrared radiation) that is reflected
from, or absorbed and re-emitted by, the
Earth's surface. However, the basic
optical-mechanical technology of die
ETM+ is outdated, having been devel-
oped prior to the revolution in elec-

tronics over the past 20 years.

At its heart, the mission of Landsat-7
is to unravel connections between fac-
tors governing the distribution of the
Earth's land cover (forests, farmlands,
cities, icecaps, etc.) and how the land
cover varies over time in different
regions of the world.

Landsat-7 will, for the first time in

acquisition plan is designed to optimize
Landsat-7 s use in creating an archive of
data about processes on the planet's
land surfaces. The automated plan will,
for example, attempt to avoid cloud-
contaminated conditions and concen-
trate observations where seasonal vege-
tation dynamics are important. The
resulting comprehensive data set will

ETM+

thermal

radiation

door

ESA tripod
ESA

GXA1 tripod

gimbaled X-band antennas

Landsat mission history, provide a sea-
sonally repeated global view of the
Earth's land surfaces each year. The
mission will be directed by an automat-
ed Long Term Acquisition Plan, devel-
oped by the University of Maryland's
geography department.

, The Landsat's imaging instrument
does not operate continuously, so the

allow comparison of seasonal and year-
ly changes in land cover.

Applications for Landsat-7 imagery
will include studies of growth patterns
of urban sprawl, agricultural crop plan-
ning, timber issues in the Northwest,
and information about population
change and water quality. 'Hie geogra-
phy department's leadership in the sci-

ence and applications of Landsat-7 is an
integral part of its extensive participa-
tion in NASA's Earth System Enterprise
and the centerpiece of that enterprise,
the Earth Observing System (EOS).

The department is currently a NASA
Center of Excellence, a NASA Earth
Science Information Partner, and a key
participant in a NASA-sponsored Earth
System Science Interdisciplinary
Center. The department also heads
a consortium of institutions and
businesses that form one of NASA's
seven new Regional Earth Science
Application Centers.

In addition to Landsat-7 and
VCL, department members have key
roles in several other NASAEarth, ^ flJ
System Enterprise activities includ-
ing serving as members of the EOS
MODIS mission team and of inter-
disciplinary teams for ecology and
hydrology and calibration/validation
activities. Department researchers
also play integral roles in the
Landsat Tropical Deforestation
Pathfinder study and in develop-
ment of the Land Pathfinder for the
18-year record of the National
Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration's Advanced Very High
Resolution Radiometer.

More information on land
cover and remote sensing research pro-
jects in which the university is involved
can be found at <wwwinform.umd.
edu/ geog/landcover/>.

8 Outlook April 6, 1999

Nutritional Options

The Mary Shorb Lecture Series and
the Graduate Program in Nutrition pre-
sents, "Complimentary Medicine and
Nutrition: Weighing the Options," April
15 at 4 p.m. in 0408 Lecture Hall of the
Animal Sciences & Ag Engineering
Building. The guest speaker for the
event is Judith Stern of the University
of California. Davis.

Cyber Tools in Education

Education researchers are invited to
discover the latest techniques for gain-
ing access to electronic resources in
education via the University Libraries"
home page, obtaining research materi-
als using document delivery services,
and mastering the technicalities of PDF
and e-mail attachments at the "Cyber
Tools in Education" seminar Friday,
April 16, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. in
Room 4135 McKeldin Library.

Sponsored by the University
Libraries and the alTs' campus comput-
ing associates, the seminar is free, how-
ever advance registradon is required.
Register by completing the form at
<www.hb.umd.edu/LlMCP/UES/
seminar-f.html> or by sending e-mail to
mcl98@umail.umd.edu. Include your
name, department, status (faculty or
graduate student), phone number and
e-mail address.

A complete list of Spring '99
"Electronic Information Resources for
Research and Teaching" seminars is
posted at <www.lib.umd.edu/UMCP/
UK/seminar.html>

Spring Proposals

Proposals for use of the Teaching
Theaters, both full-semester and partial-
semester, for the Spring 2000 semester
are currently being accepted. Proposals
are due by midnight, May 2.

For more information, contact Ellen
Yu Borkowski at 405-2922 or
ey9@umail.umd.edu or visit the web
page at <www.inform.umd.edu/TT>.

Excel-lent Training

The Office of Information
Technology is sponsoring faculty/staff
computer training in "Introduction to
MS Excel (Office 97),"Wednesday,April
7, from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. There is a fee of
$1 10 for training and course materials
and seating is limited. Course descrip-
tion and web-based pre registration are
available at: <www.inform.umd.edu/
ShortCourses>.

Questions about course content can
be directed to oit-training@umail.
umd.edu. Questions about registration
can be directed to the alTs Library at
405-4261.

Library Annual Report

The University Libraries have just
published their first annual report in
many years and have a limited supply

available to the campus community on
a first-come/first-served basis. If you
would like a copy, please e-mail your
request to Barbara Brown at:
bb!59@umail. umd .edu . A fuller version
of the report will appear shortly on the
Libraries' web page.

Personnel Training Opportunities

The Personnel Services Department
is pleased to offer the following
staff development courses to university
employees:

Creativity and Problem Solving at
Work, Identify practical ways to be cre-
ative, take risks and add innovation to
your job. April 23, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Cost: $35

Facilitating Workgroups, Teams and
Committees. A comprehensive two-day
session for managers and supervisors
who need to develop and practice the
techniques necessary to become a
skilled facilitator. April 14 and 21, 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. Cost: $70.

To register for any of these courses,
get more information about the ses-
sions, or to see about any of the other
exciting opportunities available to you,
go to the Organizational Development
and Training web page at
<www. umdac c . umd . ed u/tniinde v> . Or
call the Personnel Services Department
organizational development & t raining
office at 405-5651.

Tenure Review Seminar

A Tenure Review Process Seminar is
being offered Wednesday, May 1 2, from
4 to 5 p. m .in Room 3101 Symons Hall.

The tenure process raises many pro-
cedural questions about the contents of
dossiers, the process by which dossiers
are evaluated and the procedural steps
involved in the review. Hence, the
Provost and the Associate Provost for
Faculty Affairs are offering this informal
seminar for faculty on this process.

The seminar is intended to provide a
description of the promotion review
process, some tips on developing an
effective curriculum vitae and candi-
date dossier, and an opportunity to ask
questions about the process.

Spaces are limited. If you plan to
attend, please R.5.YP Linda Grahne at
405-6803.

Concerto Concert Program

Wednesday. April 7, the School of
Music presents the University of
Maryland Symphony Orchestra in its
annual concert showcasing the win-
ners of its Concerto Competition.The
concert will be held in Tawes Theatre
at 8 p.m.

Sylvia Alimena, music director of the
Eclipse Chamber Orchestra, will guest
conduct. This year's winners, Christina
Nassif, soprano; Carlos Castrillon, horn;
Chiara Kingsley, viola; and J at: mi Kim,
piano, will perform music by Gounod,

Rodrigo, R. Strauss.Walton, Delius,
Rossini and Mendelssohn.

All faculty, staff and students of the
University of Maryland, College Park
campus are entided to one free ticket
per ID to this event. Additional tickets
may be purchased at the box office for
$ 12 (regular adult), $ 10 (seniors and
alumni), and $7 (students).

For tickets and information, call 405-
1 150 or send e-mail to concerts5@
deans.umd.edu.

HTML Basics

The Office of Information Technology
is sponsoring a faculty/staff computer
training, "Introduction to HTML,"
Tuesday, April 13,9 a.m.-noon in Room
4404 Computer and Space Sciences
Building. There is a $30 fee for training
and course materials. Course descrip-
don and web-based preregistration are
available at <www. inform, umd edu/
ShortCoursesx

This course is particularly useful for
staff intending to enroll in the upcom-
ing Web Designer and Developer
Program or faculty intending to enroll
in institute for Instructional Technology
WebCT training. Qucsdons about
course content can be directed to oit-
training@umail.umd.edu. Questions
about registration can be directed to
the alTs Library at 4054261 .

International Politics Issues

You are cordially invited to attend
the third annual GVPT Spring
Symposium on Friday, April 9. from 9
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Room 4105Tydings
Hall. The theme of this year's sympo-
sium is "Issues of International Polidcs,"
a day-long exploration of topical ques-
tions and problems in the field of inter-
national re la dons.

Panels in the morning will feature
papers on global security and conflict
resolution in the Middle East. In the
afternoon, distinguished guest speaker
James Goldgeier will present his lec-
ture, "Why the U.S. Wanted to Expand
NATO." Goldgeier is a visiting fellow at
the Brookings Institution and associate
professor of political science at George
Washington University.

At the end of the day, there will be a
roundtable discussion on successes and
failures of integration in light of U.S.
and foreign immigration policies. The
roundtable will feature participants
from the Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace, the Center for
Immigration Studies and the American-
Arab And-Discrimination Committee in
Washington D.C.

The symposium is sponsored by the
department of government and poli-
tics, the Anwar Sadat Chair for Peace
and Development, Pi Sigma Alpha
National Political Science Honor
Society, GVPT Graduate Students
Association and the Earhart Lecture
Series.

For more information, contact Rima
Pavalkoat 405-4162.

Open House Volunteers

Saturday, April 24, from 9 a.m. until 5
p.m., the uni versify will throw open its
doors for Maryland Day 1 999 — Explore
Our World. The day will be filled with
interesting activities, lectures, music,
food and fun for the entire family.

The Open House Committee,
chaired by Vice President William
Thomas plans to have 13 locator
booths around the campus, as well as
an "Information Central" near the Mall.
Each booth will be staffed by two peo-
ple responsible for welcoming the pub-
lic, giving out maps, programs and
directions.

Volunteer staff, faculty and students
who can help for a two-hour period at
one of the welcome booths are greatly
needed. If you are interested in volun-
teering, please call or e-mail Sapienza
Barone in the President's Office, 405-
5790, sbarone@deans.umd.edu.

Archival Challenges

The College of Library and
Information Services is hosting public
lectures on "The Archival Challenge;
Responsibilities, Strategies and
Prospects for the Twenty-First
Century," April 19-22. Terry Cook, an
internationally recognized expert on
archival issues, will present four public
lectures on archival issues, analyzing
current issues and discussing model
practices for the future as follows:

April 19,3:30-5 p.m., Room 0109
Horn bake Library:

"The Archival Profession: Can it Meet
the Challenges of the Twenty First
Century?"

April 20,4-5 p.m., Room 0109
Hornbake Library:

"Model Approaches to Electronic
Records: Effective Strategies and
Approaches"

April 21, 10:30 a.m.-noon, National
Archives and Records Administration,
8601 Adelphi Road, College Park;

"Archival Appraisal and Collection:
Issues, Challenges, New Approaches"

April 22,4-5 p.m., Special Events
Room, McKeldin Library:

"Arcjiives, Heritage and History; The
Mission of Archives"

The lectures are open to the uni ver-
sify community. Those planning to
attend should RSVP Mariana Long,
mlong@ warn. umd, edu, or Bruce
Dearstyne, 405-2001 , so the college can
plan for space.

Get Out of Debt

Join the Black Alumni Club as it
hosts "How to Get out of Debt and
Invest in Your Future," Thursday, April 8,
from 6:30-8:30 p.m., in the Nyumburu
Cultural Center's Multipurpose Room.
This program can help you get on the
road to financial stability. Speakers
include John Girouard '81, president of
AGI Financial Services, Inc. and a rcpre
sentative of Consumer Credit
Counseling Services.

The cost is $7 for Alumni Association
members, $ 1 for nonmembers. For
more information and to RSVP, contact
Llatetra Brown at 405-8061 or
Ibl66@umail.umd.edu.

Careers in Service

Thursday, April 8, Community Service
Programs and the Career Center is
sponsoring a brown-bag lunch/informa-
don session on Careers in Service, from
noon to 1 p.m. in Room 1 143 Stamp
Student Union. Representatives from
the Peace Corps, AmeriCorps and Teach
for America will discuss their programs
and answer questions.