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The University of Maryland Faculty and Staff 'Weekly Newspaper

Volume 14 'Number 23 • March 28, 2000

Now Hear This,
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Modern Mommies
Make Time,

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Distinguished Alumni Honored at First Annual Awards Gala

A black-tie gala is the backdrop as the University of
Maryland Alumni Association honors 12 individuals
who have earned distinction through excellence in
their professional fields or through substantial contri-
butions of service to the university. The April 8 event,
which for the first time combines all of the alumni
association awards presentations, is being held at
University College Inn and Conference Center. A limit-
ed number of tickets are still available. Contact Lori
Hill at 405^672 for more information.

Officiated by radio announcer Johnny Holliday, the
"voice of the Terrapins," the event also features local
"celebrity" alumni to present the awards.
Included among the presenters are such
well known faces as Chick Hernandez,
sports anchor for WTTG-TV 5; Jess
Atkinson, sports anchor for WUSA-TV 9; Eun
Yang, a TV 9 reporter; Jane Henson, co-cre-
ator of the

Dru Bagwell

Muppets; and
Odonna
Mathews,
vice presi-
dent of con-
sumer affairs
for Giant
Food.

Three
awards will honor
those who have

achieved professional

success.

Rich Sparks

Carly Fiorina, a 1980 MBA graduate, is receiving
the President's Distinguished Alumnus Award, which
honors an alumnus who has achieved national recog-
nition in his or her professional field. Fiorina ranks
first on Fortune magazine's list of "The 50 Most
Powerful Women in American Business." She heads
Hewlett Packard and was formerly
the group president of Lucent
Technology's Global Service
Business Provider.

Ranjit Dhindsa, who earned
three degrees from the university
in 1991,1992
and 1995, is
receiving the
Distinguished
Young Alumnus
Award. This
award honors a
recent alumnus
who has

achieved both professional and per-
sonal distinction. Dhindsa, a mem-
ber of the Washington, D.C, law
firm Arnold & Porter, works on
prominent product liability litiga-
tion. As president of the Maryland
Leadership Workshops, Inc., a not-
for-profit corporation, he also spends many hours
each year conducting leadership-training programs for
high school and middle school students throughout
Maryland.

Charles Wellford

Carly Fiorina

The International
Alumnus Award, recog-
nizing an alum who
has achieved interna-
tional recognition for
excellence in his or her

field, is being

presented to

the 1999

winner

Sooyoung

Chang who

earned mas-
ter's and

doctorate

engineering

degrees at Maryland in 1968 and 1971.

Chang has been president of South Korea's
Pohang University of Science and

Technology since 1994.
Four recipients will be honored for their
outstanding service to the university.

Stanford Berman, a 1950 graduate, is receiving
the Ralph J.Tyser Medallion, presented to an alumnus
who has provided unique and significant service to
the university. A patent attorney, Berman has actively
contributed to the university for many years. He pro-
posed the establishment of the Engineering
Innovation Hall of Fame, funded an endowment to

Continued on page 7

Team Releases Engaged Campus Report

As a land grant institution, the University of
Maryland has always been active in the com-
munity. According to a team of experts, the
next step is to become an engaged campus.

With the support of a grant from Campus
Compact, the team of 21 university and com-
munity partners and representatives from the
Office of Commuter Affairs and Community
Service met last semester to discuss the con-
cept of the engaged campus.Their final report
proposed nine benchmarks to increase the
visibility of work in the community as 'well as
collaboration and communication between
campus groups.

"The university is doing a significant
amount of partnership work with local com-
munities, but we need to make those projects
more visible, link them wherever possible, and
document the lessons learned from each of
them. If we mine that knowledge, each part-
nership can build on the next," says Marie
Troppe, coordinator of service learning in the
Office of Commuter Affairs and Community
Service.

The Office of Commuter Affairs, headed by
Barbara Jacoby, added its community service
component in 1992. The goal was not only to
initiate bonds with the community, since
many already existed, but also to coordinate

Continued on page 6

Nine Benchmarks of
an Engaged Campus

1. Institutional Mission

2. Internal & External Points of Access

3. Co-Curricular Opportunities

4. Curriculum Infusion

5. Authentic Community Partnerships

6. Faculty: Teaching, Research, & Service
in the Balance

7. Identifying, Collaborating, Capitalizing
on Engagement

6. Assessment & Generation of Knowledge
Related to Engagement

9. Administration & Resource Allocation

Researchers Find Ways to
Clear the Air

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As spring approaches, it may
be more than just pollen mak-
ing you sneeze, cough and
wheeze. It could be the air pol-
lutants you breathe.

Led by the University of
Maryland, a team of scientists
will study the relationship
between fine particles in the
air and public health.The
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) Supersite
Project, as it is known, will
take place in Baltimore.

"Baltimore is an excellent
site for the project because It
is surrounded by heavy indus-
trial and urban air pollution
sources common to major
northeastern port cities and
these kinds of cities are home
to a large part of the popula-
tion " says chemistry professor
and lead investigator John
Ondov.The university will team
with University of Maryland,
Baltimore; University of
Delaware; and Johns Hopkins,
Florida International and
Clarkson universities, under a
four-year $3-5 million grant

awarded by the EPA.

The primary collection site
is planned for South Baltimore,
where the team will test the
effects of industrial influence
on air quality. They will work
together to evaluate particles
and determine their sources,
such as vehicle emissions and
industrial plants. Scientists will
also analyze concentration lev-
els in the particles and identify
any potentially toxic organic
elements that might contribute
to cardiopulmonary health
problems like chronic bronchi-
tis.

Since some epidemiological
studies cited by the EPA have
shown a relationship between
particulate matter levels and a
variety of human health prob-
lems, public health concerns
have increased. The goal of the
EPA Particulate Matter
Supersites Program is to
address health and environ-
mental issues related to air
quality.

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"'Without it, I would be missing a lot of focused time with my
children. This takes the pressure off and helps me say, I can be
home with my kids and not trying to edit a manuscript at the
same time.'* — Elizabeth Boyle-Roden. assistant professor in
nutrition and food science, who took advantage of a Sloan
Foundation grant designed to provide junior professors
time witb tbeir young children. According to the Chronicle
of Higher Education, the foundation 'hasn't been able to
find many professors interested in taking the money."
(March 24)

"Being an integral part of an Olympics could be wonderful
culturally and economically. But it could also be a nightmare
for area residents, especially if an event of such magnitude is
foisted on them without their input. We see several areas of
particular concern. One is College Park, where some residents
are already upset at the University of Maryland for plans to
expand student housing and build a new sports arena with, in
their view, little concern about how city residents will be
affected. What would the impact be on the city and campus if
the university becomes the Olympic Village?* — The Prince
George's Journal editorializing about plans specific to the
county regarding a Washington/Baltimore bid for the
Olympic Games. (March 16)

"I Ye got a report from 10 years ago that says some of the labs
here arc the worst ever seen at any school in the country. You
can imagine what they're like today." — Philip DeShong chair-
man of the chemistry department, commenting on the
news Gov. Partis Glendening had $94.2 million in his bud-
get earmarked for construction on campus, including $23-4
million to renovate the chemistry building. (Baltimore Sun,
March 22)

"It was real hard.. .but it felt great (to win). I want to go shop-
ping." — Beltsville Academic Center student Kant
Klingenstein, 11, who helped her school to its third consecu-
tive victory in the Black Saga competition hosted annually
by the university. (College Park Gazette, March 23)

"We do hare some support to create a national competition.''
— Charles Christian, associate professor of geography, on
expansion plans for the Black Saga competition which be
initiated. This year 30 elementary and middle schools com-
peted for a title which is becoming increasingly popular
and competitive. (College Park Gazette, March 23)

"After Kent State, all hell broke out, They were stressful times
and Margie always had to walk this delicate line between the
reporters and the university administration.., She could molli-
fy the press and at the same tune maintain her credibility
with reporters, the administration and students. And even
though she was a flack, she considered herself a journalist
and that's the way she ran the news bureau." —fobn PurneU,
who worked under Marforie Huxley Silver in the university
news bureau during the tumultuous student riots over
Vietnam and the Kent State massacre. From an obituary on
Silver in the Baltimore Sua (March 21)

"It's fust like everything in (athletics) compliance.... We can
do everything we can to make sure students and coaches are
educated, but if someone Is going to break the rules, they are
going to break the rules and there is very little you can do."
—fane Mullens, director of compliance in the department
of athletics, speaking to the Washington Post about the prob-
lem of basketball players using illegal funds under NCAA
rules to attend prep school (March 16)

Donald Spero Appointed
Dingman Center for

In a University of Maryland physics laborato-
ry in the late '60s, Donald Spero began work on
what would become the core technology of his
first entrepreneurial venture. Now, more than 30
years later, he has returned to the university as
director of the Dingman Center for
Entrepreneur-ship at the Robert H. Smith School
of Business.

Spero, a successful entrepreneur and private
venture investor, joined the Smith School as
Dingman Center director March 13- The
Bethesda resident also is slated to be
named professor of practice of entrepre-
neurshlp in the school.

Before joining the Smith School, Spero
was principal of Spero Quality Strategies
(SQS), a Bethesda company that provides
seed capital and mentoring for entrepre-
neurs. Prior to starting SQS in 1 992,
Spero served for 21 years as president
and CEO of Fusion Systems Corporation,
a Rockville company he founded in
1971.

Fusion Systems is a high-technology
firm that designs, manufactures and sells
industrial curing and processing systems.
The company was named "Maryland
Manufacturer of the Year" in 1991 and
Montgomery County "High Technology
Company of the Year' in 1992. In 1997,
Eaton Corporation acquired Fusion
Systems for $300 million.

"Don Spero's blend of Intellectual
vision and real-world success meshes
well with the Dingman Center's activi-
ties and its position as an outstanding
focal point for entrepreneurs in the mid-
Atlantic region," says Howard Frank, dean
of the Smith School of Business. "His
leadership will take the center to an
even higher level of prominence."

As director, Spero will lead the Dingman
Center's outreach, academic and research pro-
grams.The Dingman Center has earned recogni-
tion as a leading supporter of entrepreneurial
ventures in the Washington/Baltimore/Northern
Virginia area.

of

Last fall, the Smith School hired scholar Scott
Shane from MIT as director of research in the
Dingman Center to launch a vigorous academic
research program in entrepreneurship.This step
is part of a recent Smith School decision to
establish an entrepreneurship faculty of nation-
ally recognized scholars in this rapidly expand-
ing discipline.

Spero earned his doctoral degree in physics
from Columbia University and his bachelor's

Donald Spero

degree In engineering physics from Cornell
University. He did post-doctoral work at the
University of Maryland, where his research led
to the development of the core technology for
Fusion Systems.

Spero succeeds Charles O. Heller, who direct-
ed the Dingman Center for 10 years.

Ariel Dorfman Gives Distinguished Lecture

■

Ariel Dorfman, Walter Hines Research Professor of Literature and Latin American Studies at Duke
University, gives the last lecture in this year's Graduate School Distinguished Lecturer Series Friday,
April 14 at 2 p.m. in room 200 Skinner Building. He discusses "Can the Margins Take over the Center?
A Journey from Santiago to Broadway to Hollywood."

The talk will examine two of his plays, "Death and the Maiden" and "Widows'" and how their pro-
duction and reception test the limits that subversive and "remote" material faces in the global market-
place.

Dorfman was born In Argentina, emigrated to New York as a child, fled to Chile during the
McCarthy era, and now teaches at Duke University. He has taught at the Universidad de Chile, the
Sorbonne (Paris IV) and the University of Amsterdam. His major publications Include essays on litera-
ture and politics, collections of poetry and short stories (Last Waltz in Santiago and Other Poems of
Exile and Disappearance, 1988, My House is on Fire, 1990). His novels include Widows (1983),The
Last Song of Manuel Sendero (1986), Mascara (1988), Hard Rain (1990), Kbnfidenz (1995), and Nanny
and the Iceberg (1999).

His non-fiction books include The Empire's Old Clothes (1983) and Heading South, Looking
North: A bilingual Journey (1998). His plays have won many awards; Death and the Maiden was
made into a Roman Polanski film. His newest film is Dead Line, written with his son, Rodrigo
Dorfman, and based on Ariel's poems from Last Waltz in Santiago.

Salmon Rushdie has called him "one of the most important voices coming out of Latin America"
and JacoboTimmerman "one of the six greatest living Latin American novelists."

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Campus Echo Spots Let You Hear Yourself in Surround Sound

Something many students already know about is a
mystery to experts across campus. They're called
"echo spots," locations around campus that reflect
your voice back to you, making it sound like you're
speaking into a microphone.

Echo spots are everywhere. There are several
along the mall. If you've ever heard an echo walking
by the alcoves that line each side, you're not crazy.
The sound of your voice is reflecting off the curved
wall that lines the space.

A similar effect occurs when standing in front of
Holzapfel, Symons, Marie Mount, Woods, Tydings and
HJ. Patterson halls facing the mall

According to Assistant Director of Orientation
Grant Kollet, summer tours regularly take new stu-
dents by Montgomery Hall, where the most promi-
nent echo spot is located.

There is a circular wall there, about four feet high.
To activate the echo effect, stand in the center of the
platform facing the dorms. Don't be too embarrassed
standing alone on this pedestal for all to see.

After mustering the courage, begin reciting the
Gettysburg Address, or anything really. You're voice
will sound amplified. Don't get too excited, though.
You're the only one who can hear it. The curved
shape of the walls focuses the sound directly back at
you.

"Any architectural shape that has chunks of ellip-
soids or paraboloids on it will deflect sound in such a

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"I'll have to come over here and do a concert," says Angie Bass,
business manager in human relations programs, after singing a
little gospel in front of Holzapfel Hall.

way that you get a focus-
ing of sound from one

point to another," says

physics professor Richard

Berg.

Berg equates the archi-
tectural anomaly to the

parabolic microphones

broadcasters use to cover

football games. The shape

of the plastic shield

around the microphone

focuses sound from the

field without capturing

background noise in the

stadium.

In the rotunda of the

Capital building — where

the Senate originally

met — you can whisper at

the floor and someone

can hear you across the

room. That's because of

the circular shape of the

room.

Similarly, the foci of an elliptically shaped sports

dome are close to the endzones, where the sound of

the crowd noise can be deafening to opposing foot-
ball teams.

Several people asked about the echo
spots say they've never heard of them.
Brian Kelly, an expert on the historical
architecture of campus, certainly hasn't.
"Oh, wow. Isn't that curious?" he says.

"I think students have discovered
something almost akin to flying saucers,"
says Kelly. "Nobody thought about that
when they were doing it. That's just purely
a serendipitous byproduct of the design."

John Hilley, manager of landscape
architecture in facilities management, was
on campus when the structures were built
in the mid-'SOs, and he confirmed Kelly's
suspicions. The circular wall in front of
Montgomery hall, built in 1986, was origi-
nally intended to support a statue of
Charles Calvert, the wealthy planter from
Riverdale who established the school in

"That is Just a wild thing," says Fuller Ming Jr., of Dining Services, hearing his voice
echo as he preaches to the choir, so to speak. The podium In front of Montgomery
Hall was originally Intended to hold a statue of Charles Calvert.

1859. The statue was never built, however, and the
confusion began.

Hilley says the structures on the mall were meant
mainly to keep people off of the grass. Before the
landscapes bulk the sidewalks and alcoves, people
basically walked any which way across the mall. The
traffic made it difficult for grass to grow. In creating
an obstacle to grass trampling, the landscapes pro-
duced the echo spots.

The mall was also a depression with very poor
drainage. The fountain was added to correct the
problem as part of a renovation that ran from 1988 to
1989.

Berg echoes Kelly's statement about the sound
being a coincidence rather than something intention-
al, "You don't worry too much about it if it's outside,
because you may care less," he says. "If it's in an audi-
torium, you care a whole lot." Intentional or not,
echo spots are fun. "I think perhaps I'll go out there
sometime and give a shout and see what happens,"
laughs Kelly. Hopefully no one will think he's crazy.

— DAVID ABRAMS

Researchers Find Ways to Clear the Air with $3.5 Million EPA Grant

continued from page 1

Michael Jones, EPA Supersite pro-
gram coordinator, emphasizes that the
major objectives of the Supersites
Program are to better characterize fine
particulate matter, support health
effects and exposure research and eval-
uate different methods for measuring
particulate matter.

The Baltimore Supersite team will
use a highly timed (hourly and sub-
hourly) process to collect aerosol parti-
cles from the air that will enable them
to measure and analyze air samples
more efficiently. The rapid collection
and analysis process will help scientists
more accurately determine and mea-
sure the concentration levels in the
particles and their sources. Once the
team can determine any potential toxi-
city in the elements, they will possibly
be able to provide a link between the
health effect and the source.

According to Ondov, Baltimore is
along an intense traffic corridor where
its air quality is influenced by emis-

sions from source regions at a variety
of distances that extend beyond the
city limits. In addition, the city has com
plex wind fields influenced by the
Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay.

Despite the complicated influences
and various sources of pollu-
tants like industrial plants and
interstate traffic, the team hopes
to effectively evaluate and deter-
mine the sources of particulate
matter using three new major
instruments contributed by the
scientists.

Researchers Will use
Maryland's new semi-continu-
ous air monitoring system
which enables scientists to col-
lect, analyze and measure air
samples that contain aerosol
metals and trace elements in
less than an hour. This near-real-
time monitoring system reduces
the sample collection time and
helps scientists more accurately deter-
mine the sources of the pollutants dur-
ing any time of the day.

Although influences from the
Patapsco River and Chesapeake Bay
make it difficult for scientists to map
the source of air pollutants, they will
be able to visually document the move-
ment of the particles from the source

"We hope to develop a toolkit
of information and technology
which could be used to solve
air pollution problems almost
anywhere."

— John Ondov, chemistry professor

using Johns Hopkins' advanced three
color lidar device.

The team will also use University of

Delaware's third generation single-parti-
cle mass spectrometer system which
provides continuous size and semi-
quantitative determination of elements
in individual aerosol particles from 10
nanometers to 2.5 micrometers.

"A great group has been assem-
bled. We hope to develop a toolkit
of information and technology
which could be used to solve air
pollution problems almost any-
where," said Ondov.

The findings of the consortium
will support the development of
National Ambient Air Quality
Standards and Maryland's state
Implementation plans.

Baltimore is one of six major
cities in the United States selected
as a site under the EPA's
Particulate Matter Supersites
Program. New York, St. Louis,
Houston, Los Angeles and
Pittsburgh are also sites.

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Your Guide to University Events
March 28 - April 6

March 28

4 p.m. Physics Lecture: 'Breaking

Sp.it: ci in ii' Symmetries," V Alan
Kosfelecky, University of Indiana.
14 10 Physics BIdg.

5 p.m. Discussion: "Learning, Living
and Leading: An Evening of South
African Stories," Find out how the
parents of Amy Biehl, a murdered
Fu I bright scholar, channel pain into
action, helping improving living con-
ditions in some of South Africa's
poorest townships. Tyser
Auditorium, Van Munching Hall.
Mary Henn-Lecordier, 5-8282.

8 p.m. Arts Event: "Women of
Oceania: Weaving the Sails of Vaka in
Poetry and Film," Ulrich Recital Hall,
Tawes BIdg.

8-9:30 p.m. Film Preview: "Long
Night's Journey Into Day," winner of
the Grand Jury Prize for Best
Documentary at the Sundance Film

Festival 2000, Tyser Auditorium. Van
Munching Hal], Mary Henn-
Lecordier, 405-8282.

March 29

2 p.m. Meteorology Seminar
"Investigations of Surface and
Subsurface Variability in the Tropical
Pacific Using Cyclostationary EOF
Analysis," Kwang-Yul Kim, associate
professor, Florida State University.
3425 Computer & Space Sciences
BIdg.

4 p.m. Astronomy Colloquia by

Richard Mushotzky, Goddard Space
Flight Center. 2400 Computer and
Space Sciences BIdg.

4-7 p.m. Institute for Global Chinese
Affairs Lecture: "Written on Bamboo
and Silk: Ancient Chinese Writing
and its Influence on Later
Calligraphers," Marilyn Wong-
Gleysteen.The second Wang Fangyu
Lecture on Chinese Calligraphy.
2309 Art-Sociology BIdg, 50213.

March 30

3:30 p.m. Meteorology Seminar:
"Convection and Radiation in Toga
Coare: Implications for Tropical
Atmospheric Circulations," Richard
Johnson, Colorado State University.
2400 Computer & Space Sciences
BIdg.

4:30 -7:30 p.m. Software Workshop:
"Intermediate Adobe Photoshop,"
this class uses graphic manipulation
utilizing paths and channels. Web
site design issues are explored
cumulating in a Web site project.
4404 Computer & Space Sciences
BIdg. Registration required. 5-2938,
cwposl@umd5. umd.edu or
www.inform.umd.edu/PT. *

8 p.m. Concert: Delorcs Ziegler.
Ulrich Recital Hali.Tawes BIdg. 5-
5556 or concerts@deans.umd.edu.*

March 31

1 p.m. Concert: Delores Ziegler.
Ulrich Recital Hall, Tawes BIdg.
5-5556 or concerts@deans.umd.
edu.*

1 p.m. Department of Communica-
tion Lecrure:"Ross Perot: Tinkering
with Voter Cynicism " Marl Boor
'It inn. University of New Hampshire.
0200 Skinner BIdg. 56528

April 1

8 p.m-"Sint^tala:ATale of A Young
Woman's Coming of Age." Colony
Ballroom, Stamp Student Union, jsum-
bill@wam.umd.edu.

April 3

69 p.m. Software Workshop:"
Introduction to Microsoft Excel,"
introduces spreadsheet basics of how
to: enter values and text, create for-
mulas, understand cetl addressing in
absolute and relative modes, use pre-
built functions, link between data,
autosave work, customize printing,
and more.. 4404 Computer & Space
Sciences BIdg. Registration required.
5-2938. cwpost® umd5.umd.edu or
www. inform . u n id .edu/PT. "

April 4

4 p.m. Physics Lecture: "Bose-Einstein
Condensation :The Ultimate in Cold,"
William Phillips, University of
Maryland," V.Alan Kostelecky,
University of Indiana. 1410 Physics
BIdg.

April 5

4 p.m. Astronomy Colloquia by Vicky
Kalogera of the Harvard-Smithsonian
Center for Astrophysics. 2400
Computer and Space Sciences BIdg.

69 p.m. Software Workshop:
"Introduction to Adobe Photoshop,"
introduces the industry benchmark
graphic manipulation package for cre-
ating professional quality graphics.
Concepts

covered include: basic toolbar,
palettes, layers, image filters, and
screen/Image resolution. Digital
image concepts with emphasis on
Web based graphics are also covered.
4404 Computer & Space Sciences
BIdg. Registration required. 5-2938,
cwpost@ umd5.umd.edu or
www.inform.umd.edu/PT*

April 6

4 p.m. Physics Lecture:"High Energy
Gamma Ray Astronomy from the
Earth," Gaurang Yodh, University of
California, Irvine. University of
Indiana. 1410 Physics BIdg.

8-10 p.m. University Theatre "The
Good Person of Setzuan," a play by
Bertoit Brecht-, Tawes BIdg. 5-2201 or
www. inforM , umd .edu/THET/plays ,*

The Concert Society at
Maryland presents
"America's first lady of
piano," Ruth Laredo, April
7, 8 p.m. at University
College's Inn and
Conference Center.

Laredo, distinguished
worldwide as a leading
soloist, recitalist and
recording artist, uses bio-
graphical sketches and
musical insights to create
living portraits of leg-
endary artists. For more
than a decade, she has
played to sold out audi-
ences for her series at the
Metropolitan Museum of
Art, where she has
offered masterful playing
and insightful discussions
about composers such as
Brahms, Chopin,
Mendelssohn, Mozart and
Beethoven.

"I talk about each com-
poser in the most person-
al way I know how" says
Laredo."! want the peo-
ple In the audience to
feel close to the compos-
er as a human being, and
if I find some sort of
anecdote that helps, I
share it."

Laredo has appeared at Carnegie Hall, Alice
Fully Hall, the Kennedy Center and the White
House. Noted for her strong commitment to
chamber music, she frequendy collaborates with
the Tokyo String Quartet and was a founding
member of the Music from Marlboro concerts.

A three-time Grammy award nominee, Laredo
has been lauded for her numerous recording
projects. She is widely known for her work as
the first pianist to record Rachmaninoff's com-
plete solo works, a five-year undertaking for CBS
Masterworks.

Ruth Laredo

In great demand as a commentator on arts
and piano literature, Laredo is a regular colum-
nist for Piano Today magazine, a frequent guest
onWQXR's "First Hearing" program and a spe-
cial arts correspondent for National Public
Radio's "Morning Edition."

The performance by Laredo marks the third
in a series of performances designed to cele-
brate the 300th anniversary of the piano.

Tickets for the event are $18 regular, $ 1 5.50
seniors, $5 full-time students with l.D. For tick-
ets call 405-7847.

The Eternal Struggle

University Theatre presents "The Good
Person of Setzuan "April 6-15 in Tawes Theatre
The performances take place April 68 and 1 3-
15 at 8 p.m. and April 9 at 2 p.m.

"The Good Person of Setzuan" is the story of
the eternal struggle between selfishness and
charity from one of the original voices of theatre,
Bertoit Brecht. As Jessica Kaahwa, a doctoral stu-
dent in theatre history explains, "'The Good
Person of Setzuan," examines the social issues of
the impact of capitalism on human relationships
and the social response to idealistic altruism."

For reservations or additional information, call
the University Theatre box office at 405-7847 or visit
their Web site at www.Uiform.umd.edu/THET/plays.

March 28, 2000 Outlook 5

Increase Your Seedlings' Flower Power

Many home gardeners enjoy
growing their own flower and veg-
etable transplants from seed. There
are advantages in doing this because
you can obtain plant varieties not
readily available in garden centers,
you will get a fester start on the sea-
son and you can even save some
money But too often there are prob-
lems. You can avoid some of the
common problems by following
these tips:

• Don't start too early.

Plants that are started too early
often become tall and weak before
they can be planted outdoors. Most
types of flowers and vegetables do
not need to be started indoors any
sooner than 5 to 6 weeks before their recommended
planting date. For frost sensitive plants this means 5 to
6 weeks before the 'frost-free' date. The frost -free date
for most regions of Maryland is May 10.
■ Provide quality lighting.

Growing seedlings under florescent light
gives better results than growing them on a
windowsill. For best results use ordinary 'cool
white' florescent lights. A very economical
and effective set up is to use a 48-inch double
tube shop light supported by small chains.
Hang the light 2 to 3 inches above the flats
and raise it, as the seedlings grow taller. Leave
the lights on for 16 hours each day. A symp-
tom of insufficient light is weak spindly
growth. For best seed germination tempera-
tures need to be in the 70-80 degrees F range.

• Use clean containers and a sterile artifi-
cial potting mix.

An artificial mix is composed of peat moss,

perlite or vermiculite.
Never use garden soil
because it has weed seeds
and will not drain well
which may result in a dis-
ease called damping-off.
• Avoid over watering.
Seeds and young
seedlings are very prone to
rot. It is best to moisten the
soil mix at the time of sow-
ing the seed and cover the
container with plastic wrap
or other clear cover until
germination. After germina-
tion, remove the cover and
gently water the seedlings
as needed.
• Fertilize the seedlings.

This should be done after the first set of true
leaves (not the thick green cotyledons) have devel-
oped. Any houseplant fertilizer works well if you fol
low the label directions.

• Hardenoff the seedlings.

Young transplants can burn or be killed when
moved directly outdoors. A week beibre actually plant-
ing the seedlings outdoors you should acclimate them
to the sun and outdoor temperatures. Do this by plac-
ing the flats outdoors each day first in the shade, then
after a few days move them to a more sunny place
and finally to the full sun.Young plants can be pro-
tected from harsh wind or chilly temperatures by cov-
ering them with empty plastic milk jugs with the bot-
toms cut out or a lightweight floating row cover such
as Remay.

For more information on starting seeds, or any
other gardening topic contact the Cooperative
Extension's Home and Garden Information Center at
1-800-342-2507. Horticultural experts are available to
answer your questions weekdays, from 8:00 a.m. to
1:00 p.m. Extension publications are also available by
calling this same number or via the website, www.
agnr. umd . edu/u sers/hgic

—RAY BOSMANS, REGIONAL EXTENSION SPECIALIST

-

Modern Maternal Employment Not a Drain on Time Spent with Kids

Employed modern mommies can relax and nix the
quality time guilt... June Cleaver and Mrs. Arnold from
"The Wonder Years" don't have anything on them.
Research by a University of Maryland demographer
shows employment of mothers outside the home has
not decreased the time they spend with their chil-
dren.

Data compiled by Suzanne Bianchi, sociology pro-
fessor and president of the Population Association of
America (PAA), finds mothers' employment has few
negative effects on time with children.

This runs contrary to the common worry that chil-
dren have been shortchanged by the hours mothers
spend out of the home in the workforce. In a presi-
dential address delivered at the annual PAA meeting
on March 24 tided "Maternal Employment and Time
with Children: Dramatic Change or Surprising
Continuity?," Bianchi offered four explanations for this
phenomenon.

First, the time mothers spent with their children in
the past often is overestimated. Second, as mothers
move into the paid labor force, they make other
adjustments such as doing less housework, getting less
sleep, enjoying fewer hours of leisure. Third, children's
lives change; they are spending more time away from
home at earlier ages (involved in p re-school, camps
and other activities). Last, the data suggests women's
increased role as bread-winners is altering men's
domestic roles, causing them to spend more time
with their children than fathers of previous genera-
tions.

"Our culture almost demands that we look back to
the '50s and '60s as those halcyon days when moms
were at home and basically a constant, loving pres-
ence in their children's lives," says Bianchi. "This
research shows that today's employed moms are just

as committed. They value family and time with their
children just as much as moms from 25 and 50 years
ago; therefore, they make other adjustments in their
lives to maintain that necessary level of quality inter-
action with their children."

Bianchi's data shows that mothers spent an average
of 5.6 waking hours per day with their children in
1965 and 5.8 hours in 1998. She attributed this to two
factors:

• mothers today are better educated than their pre-
decessors, and more highly educated women tend to
spend more time interacting with their children, and

■ today there are fewer children per (amity so
mothers are probably spending more personal time
with each child than in the '60s.

The following statistics support Bianchi's asser-
tions:

• Employed mothers compared with non-employed
mothers do less housework (six fewer hours per
week); report 5-6 fewer hours of sleep per week; and
have 12 fewer hours of free time.

• Only one-third of married mothers with
preschoolers worked full-time, year-round in 1998.
Trends over time suggest that mothers of young chil-
dren continue to limit their hours at jobs.

• The enrollment rate in some type of educational
setting for children ages 3 to 5 whose mothers work
increased from eight to 52 percent between 1 967 and
1998.The enrollment rate of children of non-working
mothers also leaped, from five to 44 percent.

• In 1965, married fathers reported spending 2.7
waking hours per day with their children compared
with almost four hours a day in 1998.

Bianchi is a faculty associate in the Center on
Population, Gender and Social Inequality. She special-
izes in family demography and researches the chang-

ing roles of American women, children's well-being,
the economic consequences of divorce, and time use
patterns in American families.

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Farmers, Environmentalists Hold

Similar Values Regarding

Pollution, Pfiesteria

Environmentalists may have a surprising ally in the fight
to prevent pollution in the lower Eastern Shore's water-
ways: farmers. Results from an ongoing study conducted by
a team of University of Maryland anthropologists show that
the same farmers who routinely have been accused of being
the source of water pollution, specifically the toxic algae
bloom Pfiesteria, consider themselves true environmental-
ists. It also suggests environmentalists might be better
served by tapping into farmers' expertise as a credible
resource in their efforts to protect the area's natural
resources.

Since summer 1998, anthropoIogistsMichael Paolisso,
Erve Chambers and Shawn Maloney have been using in-
depth interviews and questionnaires to understand cultural
beliefs and values regarding the environment and pollution
among farmers and environmentalists. The researchers
found both groups share similar values toward preserving
and conserving the environment although they differ on the
effectiveness of voluntary self-regulation among farmers as a
strategy to protect the environment.

"These farmers and environmentalists talk the same talk.
They are equally passionate about protecting the environ-
ment," says Paolisso. "Neither one wants to see the water or
the land polluted. Based on their values, they are natural
allies."

The study also identified a clear "farmer environmental-
ist'' point of view among the Delmarva peninsula's poultry
and grain farmers that is consistent in scope with views
commonly held by environmentalists. Many of the farmers,
who run the area's 5,800 broiler bouses that produce 606
million birds annually, consider themselves "real environ-
mentalists," whose livelihoods are dependent on the quality
of their land and environment.

Fanners also expressed deep feelings of disenfranchise-
ment following the Pfiesteria scare in the late '90s, when
they were branded as polluters, putting to question their
integrity. Resentment and bitterness built up when outside
groups began calling for tougher regulation of farmers.

Farm owners and operators say they have used best man-
agement practices to regulate themselves for years. In fact
Delmarva farms had one of the most successful voluntary
nutrient management programs in the nation. However,
according to the study, when farmers felt they were being
accused of knowingly — and unknowingly — polluting the
Bay and its tributaries, they dug their heels in and assumed
an adversarial stance against environmentalists. Farmers
believed they were viewed as part of the problem, instead
of part of the solution.

In interviews, farmers expressed beliefs environmental-
ists saw an opportunity In the "Pfiesteria hysteria' to push
long-standing water quality issues by unfairly and unscientif-
ically targeting poultry and grain fanners on the lower
Eastern Shore as the Pfiesteria culprits.The farmers felt
alienated and ignored, and rallied against nutrient manage-
ment regulations.

"By not tapping into the expertise that these farmers can
provide, we are losing resources to Improve water quality.
Our study shows an adversarial relationship between farm-
ers and environmentalist groups is not inevitable," says
Maloney. "Bather, these groups have much more in common
than it would appear on the surface.The health of the water
and land on the lower Eastern Shore depends on highlight-
ing these similarities in points of view, respecting the differ-
ences in core values and beliefs and realizing consensus
building by environmentalists and government agencies
among farmers can provide new insight for environmental
health solutions."

Ultimately, the research shows that incorporating farmers
into key decision-making processes is essential in garnering
farmer support.

Academy Presents Public Leadership Award to
Family of Young Woman Killed in South Africa

In 1992, Amy Biehl won a Fulbright scholar-
ship and headed to South Africa to develop
voter education programs and study gender
rights in the new constitutional democracy. But
on the evening of August 25, 1993, after drop-
ping off friends in the Guguletu township, Amy,
26, was attacked in her car and killed.

Since then, her parents Peter and Linda Biehl
have created the Amy Biehl Trust to educate citi-
zens, improve conditions and create jobs in
some of the most impoverished areas of South
Africa.

To honor the Biehl family's remarkable work,
Nance Lucas, director of the James MacGregor
Bums Academy of Leadership, is presenting
Peter and Linda Biehl with the Distinguished
Public Leadership Award on March 28.

To date, the trust has raised and distributed
more than $ 1 million. In addition, the Biehls
have participated in South Africa's Truth and
Reconciliation Commission, accepting amnesty
for their daughter's killers and even helping two
of them learn trades and get jobs.

"The trust has become a symbol of our rec-
onciliation with the country and the community
in which our daughter died," says Peter Biehl.
"Our dialogue reflects the simple journey of an
American family on the way to forgiveness and
reconciliation in a remarkable democracy.
Moreover, it draws deeply upon die lessons we-
as parents and siblings — have learned from Amy
and from the choices she made in living her
life."

"It takes tremendous courage and commit-
ment to build bridges to peace and democracy
on the foundation of broken hearts," Lucas says.
"The Biehls have demonstrated the kind of prin-
cipled leadership the Academy stands for."

The Biehl's will talk about their daughter and
her legacy from 5 to 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 28 in
Tyser Auditorium, Van Munching Hall. The
Committee for Africa and the Americas will
cosponsor the event.

At 8 p.m. that evening in the same auditori-
um, the Biehls will present a sneak preview of
"Long Night's Journey Into Day," winner of the
Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the
Sundance Film Festival 2000.

This film, which opens in New York City
March 29, captures four dramatically different
cases — including Amy Biehl's — that have come
before South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation
Commission.

Shari Frilot, writing in Film Guide Sundance
2000, says the film "contains some of the most
powerful testimonial footage about apartheid to
date." Frilot also calls it a "particularly inspiring
portrait of a wounded society attempting to
humanize itself by taking seriously the impor-
tance of heart and conscience and reaping the
astonishing and redemptive benefits of telling
the truth."

Both the film and the Biehls' talk are free and
open to the public.

Team Releases Engaged Campus Report

continued from page 1

and enhance the quality and organization of
those outreach efforts while helping establish
future relationships.

In 1997 Jacoby hired Troppe as the first full-
time staff member dedicated to service learning
The primary function of service learning is to
help students find community service opportu-
nities and assist faculty in molding a curriculum
that benefits both
the community
and the students.

Troppe says
there are already
partnerships in
place that can
serve as models
for future relation-
ships with the sur-
rounding commu-
nity. The College
of Health and
Human
Performance
recently submitted
a grant proposal

with Troppe to perform outreach in the city of
Seat Pleasant.The program will allow students
to interact with the community while giving the
city free health education services. She says her
office can help others find funding for future
projects. The university has hundreds of other
projects going on where Individual colleges are
working In the community.

OR MORE INFORMATION

The service learning homepage, at www. inform,

umd . edu / Ctmpuslnfo / Departments/commute /Servic

es/csp/ has links to che Engaged Campus report, service
opportunities and listservs that provide updated information
regarding ongoing projects.

The University Cooperative Programs homepage, at
www.lnforni.uind.edu/EDUC/ SUCP/Beyond_
Campus, html has information on university-sponsored
events with local schools.

Having an engaged campus also means hiring
local businesses as contractors and hiring local
residents as university employees. Scholarship,
says Troppe, will increase the university's under-
standing of the community's needs.

The report is the first step in organizing the
engaged campus, says Troppe, "The idea was to
start conversation. The team got to know each
other better and developed a shared language
for discussing these issues and that was very
useful in moving forward. We would like to

extend that to the
rest of the campus
community."

Some faculty
and staff say they
don't know-how to
find the partnerships
that could benefit
from their assistance.
At the same time,
people in the com-
munity don't know
whom to call to
determine what uni-
versity groups could
benefit them.

"I think if peo-
ple read the report, they'll find out about a lot
of programs they may not know about," says
Troppe. She encourages faculty and staff to con-
tact her by phone or e-mail and set up meetings
between her office and their individual units to
learn more.

-DAM D ABRAMS

■

March 28, 2000 Outlook 7

Distinguished Alumni Honored at First Annual Awards Gala

continued from page 1

support the ongoing exhibition, and
has chaired the selection committee
since its inception. Among other activi-
ties, Berman created and taught the
"Patent Law for Engineers" course at
the university for nine years.

The Abram Z. Gottwals Memorial
Award, honoring an alumnus who has
provided service and promoted the
welfare of the university and the
Alumni Association over a period of
years, is being given to Philip Rever .
A 1964 graduate, Rever has served in
many roles at the university including
chair of the Alumni Center Campaign
Cabinet and representative on the Bold
Vision-Bright Future Campaign Cabinet;
member, Board of Visitors; member,
Terrapin Club Managing Board; mem-
ber, Presidential Search Committee; and
Board of Governors member and past-
president. He is past-president and an
active member of the Alumni
Association as well.

The Honorary Alumnus Award, pre-
sented to a non-graduate who has pro-
vided outstanding service to the univer-
sity and the Alumni Association, is being
presented to two long-time Mends of
the association. Drury Bagwell, assis-
tant vice president for student affairs,
will be recognized for his contributions
to the university since he began his

career at the Maryland in 1974. Bagwell
has been a key resource to the Alumni
Association, helping found the Young
Alumni Club, and working as a consul-
tant and adviser on student program-
ming. L. Richmond Sparks, the second
recipient, is the associate director of
bands for the university. He directs the
Marching Band, Concert Band and
Basketball Pep Band. Sparks has also led
all-American collegiate marching bands
for such events as the 1984
Olympiad in Los Angeles,
the 50th Presidential

Inauguration, the Sun
Bowl and Special
Olympics. A con-
tinuous supporter
of the Alumni
Association, he
has provided
assistance with
homecoming and
athletic pre-game
parties across the
country. He serves on the
board of the Council of
Higher Education in Music for the state
of Maryland and is president of the
Atlantic Coast Conference Band
Directors Association .
Five individual schools/departments
will honor a distinguished alumnus:

The Robert H. Smith School of
Business honors B. Gary Dando, a
1964 graduate who is a partner with

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the accounting firm of Ernst & Young
LLP. Dando is very active on several uni-
versity committees, and helped to initi-
ate and organize Ernst & Young's 20-
plus years of continuous support for
the business school. This support pro-
vides over $500,000 funding for two
Ernst & Young Professorships and con-
tributions totaling $250,000 which
have established a classroom in Van
Munching Hall. The recent Ernst &
Young Excellence Fund is an

endowment to support under-
graduate and graduate

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Broida Lauds SPOC Team Effort

Judi Broida, associate provost and dean of the Office of
Continuing and Extended Education (OCEE), wishes to recog-
nize the universitywide effort in developing SPOC, the cam-
pus' new Single Point of Contact and one-stop shop for stu-
dents seeking information or wishing to enroll in Summer
Sessions 2000.

"SPOC has been nearly a year in the making and we are
proud to acknowledge the collaborative efforts of the many
units across campus that have combined their expertise to
provide this streamlined service to prospective students,"
emphasizes Broida. "It never could have happened without
the cooperation and commitment of countless individuals in
the Office of Undergraduate Admissions, Graduate
Admissions, Records and Registration, the Bursar and Student
Application Services."

SPOC is envisioned as a first step to providing services
offered by these same offices to other nontraditional students
who attend the uni versify. This includes distance learners, stu-
dents in designated outreach programs, those involved in
study abroad programs and visiting students participating in
summer sessions. According to Broida, the goal for SPOC is
that it become the most student-centered, user-friendly admis-
sion and registration process in higher education.

"SPOC has removed some of the impediments that many
of our visiting summer part-time students face, and clearly it
will be helpful to our full-time students. This is a step in our
evolution toward becoming a more student-centered cam-
pus," says Robert Hampton, associate provost for academic
affairs and dean for undergraduate studies.

SPOC, under the leadership of Bill Clutter, associate dean
and director of summer and special programs and distributed
learning, is malting its debut this month. It allows students to
be admitted, register for classes, pay their bills and get person-
al responses to their inquiries by the simple click of a mouse.
Students can access SPOC via a toll-free number, by visiting a
centralized office located in the Mitchell building or by click-
ing on an interactive link on the new summer 2000 Web site
(www. mnd.edu/summer).

scholarships as well as
faculty and technology
needs.

The A. James
Clark School of
Engineering pre-
sents its distin-
guished alumnus
award to Michael
Griffin, a graduate of
1977, executive vice
president and chief techni-
cal officer of Orbital Sciences
Corporation in Dulles, Va. Prior to join-
ing Orbital in 1995, Griffin was the
senior vice president for program
development at Space Industries
International, and general manager of
the Space Industries Division in
Houston. He has previously served as
both the chief engineer and the associ-
ate administrator for exploration at
NASA, and as the deputy director for
technology for the Strategic Defense
Initiative Organization. Griffin earned a
doctorate in aerospace engineering at
Maryland in 1977.

The College of Education presents
its Distinguished Alumnus Award to the
Honorable William Goodling, a 1953
graduate who is currently serving his
I3th term as Pennsylvania's 19th
District Congressman, the longest

tenure of any representative from this
district in the last 100 years. Goodling
is chairman of the House Committee
on Education and the Workforce, where
he has reexamined the proper federal
role in both education and the work-
place.

Charles Wellford is being honored
by the department of criminology and
criminal justice. Wellford, who earned
bachelor's and master's degrees from
the department in 1961 and 1963, is
currently serving as its acting chair. He
has also held many other positions at
the university and is now director of
the University of Maryland Center for
Applied Policy Studies. He was recently
appointed to a five-year term as the fac-
ulty athletic representative to the
NCAA and chair of the campus Athletic
Council. Wellford is also the chair of the
National Academy of Science Commit-
tee on Law and Justice and recently
chaired the NAS panel on pathological
gambling.

The department of physics presents
its Distinguished Alumnus Award to
Robert Fischell, a 1953 master's
degree graduate. Fischell, who won the
Inventor of the Year Award for the
United States in 1984, holds about 200
U.S. apdjnternational patents for such
inventions as the first rechargeable car-
diac pacemaker and the first
implantable insulin pump. Fischell is
currently president and chairman of the
board of directors for MedlnTec, Inc., in
addition to serving as chairman of the
board for several other companies that
manufacture and market his devices.
He sponsors the College of Computer,
Mathematical and Physical Sciences'
Robert Fischell Lecture Series at the
university.

Libraries Add Two New Resources on Jewish
History and Culture

The University of Maryland Libraries have
recendy added to their Jewish studies collec-
tions the microfiche editions of Yiddish Books
from the Harvard College Library and the Jewish
Biographical Archive. Funding for these collec-
tions was provided by the Meyerhoff Center for
Jewish Studies.

In 1998 the Libraries received the microfiche
collection of Hebrew Books from the Harvard
College Library containing some 5,000 titles,
also through funding from the Meyerhoff
Center.The Harvard College Library's collection
of Judaica is one of the most comprehensive in
the world.

Yiddish Books provides the modem history
of Central and Eastern European Jews, as written
in their own vernacular. The collection of
approximately 2,500 titles includes materials In
many areas of Jewish studies such as the Bible,
liturgy, ethics, Jewish history and philology. The
largest section-Yiddish Literature-encompasses
poetry, drama, fiction, humor and satire, miscella-
neous prose, dozens of otherwise inaccessible
19th century popular novels, confiscated Soviet
publications of the 1930s and long since out-of-
print literary anthologies and scholarly studies

of the interwar period in Poland.

The Jewish Biographical Archive makes avail-
able, in full text to the original typography, and
to a stogie alphabetical sequence, an extensive
cumulation of biographical articles from the
most varied sources — lexica, handbooks, year-
books, biographies, bio-bibliographical listings,
who's whos and other similar compilations.

The period of biographical reporting spans
the years from biblical times through to the mld-
20th century. Users will find In the archive the
biblical patriarchs and matriarchs, Abraham,
Isaac, Jacob, Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah, In
addition, the archives contain biographies of
Fanny Lewald, one of the champions of the femi-
nist movement in the second half of the 19th
century, and Pearl Adler, a South African dance
teacher, born In Johannesburg In 1896. Modern
figures, such as David Ben Gurlon, Israel's first
prime minister also can be found. Non-Jews have
been included where they have exerted a signifi-
cant influence on Jewry, either positive or nega-
tive.

Both Yiddish Books from the Harvard library
and the Jewish Biographical Archive can be
found in McKeldin Library Periodicals.

8 Outlook March 28, 2000

for your

event*

lectures

seminars

award*

etc

Student Employee Supervisors

Do you supervise student employ-
ees in your campus department?
Would you like to develop, improve or
enhance your student employment
program? Then the free workshop
"Enhance your Student Employment
Program" is for you.This session will
address the basic elements of an effec-
tive, structured student employment
program, Monday.April 3 from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. in room 1137 Stamp Student
Union,

Lunch is provided at no cost to
you. Registration is suggested, but not
necessary. If you are interested in
attending, contact Marirose Moran,
program director, Career Center at
mmoran® ds9umd.edu or call 314-
7225.

Equity in April

The 12th annual equity conference
takes place Tuesday, April 4, from 8:30
a.m. until 2 p.m. in the Stamp Student
Union. The theme for this year's con-
ference is "Diversity: Embracing the
Changing Demographics,"

Julian Bond, chairman of the board
of directors of the NAACP is the morn-
ing speaker. Bond has served the caus-
es of dignity, peace and freedom for
more than four decades. The luncheon
speaker, G. Pritchy Smith, is professor
of curriculum and instruction at the
University of North Florida (UNF),
Jacksonville, where he teaches courses
in sociology of education and 'multi-
cultural education.

Customer Service Training for
Student Employees

In conjunction with National
Student Employment Week (April 2-8),
the Career Center is offering a free
workshop for on-campus student
employees Wednesday, April 5, from 9
a.m. to 1 p.m. in room 1 137 Stamp
Student Union.This session will cover
various customer service related
issues such as time management, tele-
phone tips and handling difficult situa-
tions in the workplace. Lunch also will
be provided at no cost to students.

Pre-registration of your student
employees is suggested, but not
mandatory. If you are interested in
sending your student employees to
this informative, interactive workshop
contact Marirose Moran, program
director at the Career Center at
moran@ds9.umd.edu or call 314-7225.

Published Works Display

The Rossborough Inn is now
accepting donations from current

Maryland faculty and staff club mem-
bers ■will be accepted.

Please forward your book(s) to:
Vonnie Franda, University of Maryland
Rossborough Inn, Route 1 , College
Park, MD 20742. Call 314*015 for
more details.

Get in the Swim

Session n of Learn to Swim, offered
through Campus Recreation Services,

sion Wednesday, March 29, from noon
to 1:30 p.m. in Anne Arundel Lounge
at the University Honors Center for
Learning lunch discussion. Panelists
include Lucy McFadden, astronomy,
and Charles Sternheim, psychology.

The ongoing discussion will focus
on "What should be going on in
undergraduate research". All interested
faculty, staff and graduate assistants are
invited. A light lunch will be served.

Contact Kathy Staudt at 5-1102 or
kstaudt@wam to register.

Poetry Reading

Carolina Sinavainana-Gabbard, of
the University of Hawaii, Manoa, pre-
sents a reading of her own poetry,
Wednesday, March 29 at 3:30 p.m. in
room 0154 Tawes Fine Arts Building.
Her poems arc highly published and
are rooted in Samoan
themes.

Tennis Lessons

Campus Recreation Services is offering tennis lessons through the non-
credit instructional program. Classes will be held on Tuesdays and Thursdays
from 5-6:30 p.m.
for three weeks.
Classes, which
begin April 11, are
held at the Cole
tennis courts. The
fee is $40 per par-
ticipant.

Registration is at
the Member
Services Desk in
the Campus
Recreation Center.
Sign ups end April
7. For questions,
call 405-PLAY.

begins April 3- Classes are offered
twice a week for four weeks, and each
session is 30-40 minutes in length. The
fee b $50 per course.

Registration for all courses must be
done in person at the Member
Services Desk in the Campus
Recreation Center. Registration ends
on March 27.

For more information, call 405-
PLAY

Commuter Appreciation Day

Wednesday, April 12 is Commuter
Appreciation Day, You can help cele-
brate and honor our commuter stu-
dents by passing this information on to
students and by distributing "Proud to
be a Commuter" buttons in your office.
Call 314-2579 to request a supply.

Commuter Appreciation Day is an
ail-day event that featuring a range of
activities for commuters, including
free parking on the top level of PG 1
for students, free food, a stress-free
zone, off-campus housing fair, Shuttle-
UM forum and University Commuters
Association elections.

For more information contact Haley
Whitiock at 314-7250.

For information, contact Ken
Schweitzer at 405-1850, or
kschwei@wam.umd.edu.

"The Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People"

The Personnel Services Department
still has spaces available in Stephen
Covey's "The Seven Habits of Highly
Effective People" class beginning April
5.This three-day class is offered on
April 5, 12 and 19, from 9 a.m. to 4
p.m., in the Marriott Room of Van
Munching HalLThe cost is $395.

This intensive workshop, based on
the international best-selling book by
Stephen R. Covey, focuses on the
implementation and application of the
seven habits at personal and interper-
sonal levels. It will help you take a
more responsible, empathic, creative
and proactive approach to work and
life.

For more information, contact
Natalie Torres at 405-5651, or register
on the Web at www.personnel.
umd.edu.

Honoring Ralph Bunche

Film producer William Greaves will

p.m. in room 0200 Skinner Building.
The event is sponsored by the James
MacGregor Burns Academy of
Leadership and its African American
Leadership Institute.

On April 6, from 9 a.m. to noon, the
Academy of Leadership and the
African American Leadership Institute
will sponsor a symposium on Bunche,
former undersecretary of the United
Nations, in the multipurpose room of
the Nyumburu Cultural Center. Ronald
Walters, the Academy's Distinguished
Leadership Scholar, will moderate the
discussion, which focuses on the inter-
national dimensions of Bundle's life —
from his work at the U.N. to his per-
spective on culture.

The following scholars will join
Walters in the discussion:
Charles Henry, African American
Studies, University of California-
Berkeley; Bob Edgar, African Studies,
Howard University; Benjamin Rivlin,
Ralph Bunche Institute on the United
Nations, CUNY Graduate Center; and
Ernest Wilson, Government and
Politics, University of Maryland.

Thursday Social Hours

The Rossborough Inn presents its
University of Maryland Faculty/Staff
Club Social Hour, Thursdays, from 4 to
7 p.m. Come join your colleagues for
an afternoon discussion on your latest
book, course load or overseas adven-
ture while enjoying some of the finest
wines California has to offer.

The Rossborough Inn offers a light
fare menu every Thursday afternoon
along with your favorite cocktails.
Cocktail service is available both in
the tap room and the courtyard.

LGBT People in the Workplace

The Career Center and the Lambda
Pride Alumni Association are sponsor-
ing "LGBT People in the Workplace," a
panel discussion, Wednesday, March 29
from 7-8:30 p.m. in room 3134
Hornbake Library, South Wing. Come
hear friends and alumnae as they
share their experiences and insights
into how to assess workplace climate.

Companies represented include
Freddie Mac, Marriott Corporation,
Lucent Technologies and the
Department of Defense, For more
information, visit "What's Happening
Now" at www.CareerCenter.umd.edu
or call the Career Center at 314-7225
or the Office of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual,
Transgender Equity at 405-8721.

Scholarship for Public
Leadership

The Senator JohnA. Cade
Scholarship for Public Leadership is
now avaUable.This $2000 scholarship
is open to current Maryland residents
with a 3-0 GPA or higher with an
interest in public service, government
involvement or public leadership.

Applications are available at the
James MacGregor Burns Academy of
Leadership in room 1 107Taliaferro
Hall. Applications are due Friday, April
14.