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The University of Maryland Faculty and Staff 'Weekly Newspaper

Volume 14 'Number 31 'June 20, 2000

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Networking with China
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University CIO Don Riley and Bill Chang of the National Sci-
ence Foundation at the Great Wall of China.

Building on established
educational and
research relationships
with China, the university's
Office of Information Tech-
nology is collaborating with
leading research and educa-
tion networking organiza-
tions in China to strengthen
its Internet and networking
capabilities.

China, the world's most
populous country with one-
fourth of the world's popu-
lation, has 8.9 million Inter-
net users. Internet use is
soaring as political and eco-
nomic reforms bring China
into the world economy
"Our goal is to build a
partnership to encourage
collaboration and scientific
exchange," says Don Riley,
associate vice president and
chief information officer.
Riley recently returned
from the second annual Chi-

nese American Networking
Symposium, held May 26-28
In Beijing, China, and attend-
ed by more than 300 partici-
pants. Riley served as U.S.
co-chair of the 12-member
symposium committee.

The first such networking
symposium, known as
CANS, was held last year at
the University of Maryland
and was a landmark event.
Conference sessions this
year focused on advanced
network Initiatives and net-
work development In the
U.S. and China, high-speed
network management, net-
work security and the future
of network development.

Also attending from the
University of Maryland were
Shulgen Xiao, network man-
ager in the department of
mathematics, and Jonathan

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Former Sen. Joseph Tydings, second from left, and his sister Eleanor Tyd-
ings Schapiro were joined by university and state officials at the recent dedi-
cation of the newly renovated lobby of Tydings Hall. See story, page 3.

Summer Construction Projects
Bring Plenty of Ouches to Campus

Recent construction pro-
jects have forced the closing
of some campus roads and
displacement of parking, but
university officials say they
are working to minimize the
inconvenience to faculty,
staff and students.

Work on the Comcast
Center, a multi-million dollar
indoor sports arena located
in North Campus, began in
May, and construction is just
under way on a more than
100,000-square-foot addition
to Van Munching Hall and
new student dormitories in
South Campus.

Since construction began
on Comcast Center, sched-
uled to open in 2003,
Regents Drive has been
closed beginning just north
of Parking Garage II, cutting
off access to the tennis
courts and playing fields
behind the Health and
Human Performance build-
ing. Paint Branch Drive, the
main road connecting Uni-

versity Boulevard with the
center of campus, will
remain open throughout
the construction
process.

Students parking in
Lot 4b near the arena
site will be most
affected by the pro-
ject, according to
David Allen, director of
campus parking. That 825-
space lot is located on the
current construction site.
Most of the parking lost will
affect more than 500 fresh-
man resident students, who
will not be allowed to park
on campus next year.

Parking in Lots lc and I f,
located behind Van Munch
ing Hall, also will be limited
by work on the addition to
the building, which will
house 16 new classrooms
and several business school
offices, and construction of
the J. William Fulbright Inter-
national Center. Roughly 500
spaces will be eliminated by

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that project, Allen says.
Colonnade Drive, which
connects Mowatt Drive with
Preinkert Drive, is closed
permane ntly. Van Mu n ching
Hall and the International
Center are scheduled for
completion in 2003.

All parking located
between South Campus Din-
ing Hall and Susquehanna
Hall, mostly reserved for
staff and faculty, will be

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In Memoriam

George Weber, Former Physical Plant Director

"My guess, none of the fish are going to give a hoot
about it. It would be no different than a kid playing a
loud radio, and you might shift out of the way, but it
won't stop you from where you are going." — Arthur
Popper, professor of biology and director, neuro-
science and cognitive science program, commenting
on the effects of high frequency sonar tests in the
Delaware Bay, which some suggest could disrupt
breeding and feeding patterns of dolphin and fish.
(Atlantic City Press, May 27)

"It remains to be seen if this will work. It hasn't even
been agreed whether the author maintains the site or
the publisher does." — Stephen Brush, distinguished
university professor of history and member of the
Institute for Physical Science and Technology, discuss-
es the brave new world of text book publishing,
where bibliographies are maintained on the Internet
to cut back on costs. /New York Times, May 29)

"The lab has some really nasty stuff." —Department of
physics chair Jordan Goodman was asked what the
Los Alamos National Laboratory housed as forest
fires ringed it in May. Goodman was talking about a
fenced-in plutonium plant and 50 to 60 fenced-in
tech areas. (Philadelphia Inquirer, May 12)

"How much they learn from each other, how they can
work together and how they can prepare to work and
prosper in our society is, of course, what this universi-
ty is all about." — President Dan Mote underlining the
campus mission to encourage interaction between
students of all races as part of the university mis-
sion. The comment came during a feature on de
facto social segregation across the country by stu-
dents in their social lives. (CNN, May 30)

"I don't hand out packs of cigarettes and encourage
people to smoke. I work with the growers... It's still a
legal product." — The expert in tobacco farming in the
state is David Conrad, senior agent at the Central
Maryland Research and Education Center. He was
profiled in depth by the Baltimore Sun, May 31.

"Using our kind of insight into what humans are all
about to sell (something like) Pepto-Bismol, that is not
what I was trained to do, and it is not what I should be
doing. ...What I have been trained to do should not in
any way be connected to capitalistic enterprise." —
Aubrey Williams, professor of anthropology, blunuy
assesses the idea of advertising agencies hiring
anthropologists to conduct scientific studies. (Balti-
more Sun, May 28)

"Desder said the office soon will be renamed the
Office of Technology CommercializaUon 'In part
because we wanted to take a much broader approach
to commercializing technology' that includes offering
more resources for startup and budding entrepre
neurs." — William Destler, vice president for research
and dean of graduate studies, commenting on the
name change of the Office of Technology Liaison to
reflect university efforts to be more attuned to the
needs of the marketplace in the revolutionary infor-
mation technology age. (Washington Post, May 25)

George Oswald Weber, who supervised a
dynamic period of the university's expan-
sion, helped immortalize a diamondback ter-
rapin as the campus mascot and as president
of the class of 1933 made sure his most
enduring friends reunited regularly, died May
22 at Prince George's Hospital Center. He
was 88.

Weber had cancer, and died after a heart
attack. He lived in College Park and Sarasota,
Fla.

Whenever students rub Testudo's nose for
good luck, they are linking themselves with
Weber. His class raised the money to take a
live diamondback terrapin on the train to a
sculptor's studio In Providence, R.I.. where it
modeled for the bronze mascot statue per-
manendy ensconced in front of McKeldin
Library.

And every time members of the university
community are in classrooms, dorms,
libraries, the Student Union, Byrd Stadium,
Cole Field House, the golf course or just use
the roads and parking lots in between, they
are partaking in Weber's campus legacy.

"If you want to see a monument to
George Weber," says Harry Hasslinger, fellow
class of '33 alumnus, "look at the University
of Maryland."

When Weber in 1946 assumed his post as
the university's director of physical plant,
there were but 14 buildings on campus. By
the dme he retired 26 years later, there were
44 buiidings.Two-hundred-thousand square
feet of floor space had grown to more than 2
million square feet. Weber supervised the
construction of Byrd Stadium, Cole Field
House, nearly all the high-rise dorms, two
libraries, additions to the student union, the
golf course and a system of peripheral roads
and parking lots to divert traffic from the
center of campus.

Many of the policies and procedures
Weber established at College Park became
standard at other Maryland academic facili-
Ues. He also supervised construction of the
Eastern Shore campus in Princess Anne.

Weber was born Jan. 29, 1912, in Oswego,
N.Y His family moved to Washington, D.C., a

year later.A 1929 graduate of McKinley Tech-
nical High School, he entered the University
of Maryland at the height of the nation's
Great Depression.

At the time, the university had no official
mascot, but Weber and his classmates decid-
ed the diamondback terrapin was an apt
symbol. "The terrapin is a steady individual,
a unique individual," says Hasslinger. "It's
slow, but it's slow and sure."

While in college, Weber was a member of
the Sigma Chi fraternity and the Reserve
Officer Training Corps. He served in the
Army in Italy during World War II and com-
manded a police battalion of the D.C. Nation-
al Guard's 29th Infantry Division, which
served in the Korean War. He retired as a
colonel in the Army Reserve in 1963. His mil-
itary decorations included the Silver Star, two
Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart. He was
burled June 1 at Arlington National Ceme-
tery,

Weber's first wife, Grace Coddington
Weber, died In 1981. His second wife, Martha
Welch Weber, died in 1 995, Sons from
Weber's first marriage. Robert Weber of
Hyattsville and Jeffrey Weber of Annapolis,
survive him, as do four grandchildren.

Weber was active with the National Asso-
ciation of Physical Plant Administrators and
the Maryland Classified Employees Associa-
tion. He headed the building committee for
the Hyattsville chapter of the American Red
Cross, volunteered with the Boy Scouts and
was a member of the Kiwanis Club of Prince
George's County, the Military Order of the
World Wars and the Terrapin and M clubs. He
attended Riverdale Presbyterian Church.

And he was the glue that kept the class of
1933 together. Every five years since their
graduation, the classmates held a reunion.
"No other class went on that long, and a lot
of it was due to George Weber," says Has-
slinger.

The class held Its 65th reunion in 1998. It
would be their last, because, says Hasslinger,
"there aren't enough of us left to have
another."

Faculty IT Training

Learn to create classroom presentations, build webpages, use collaborative technolo-
gies, develop multimedia teaching tools, as well as understand Instructional design prin-
ciples as they relate to online environments at the Summer Institute for Instructional

Technology. In addition, training in WebCT 3.0, the
supported campus web-based course management
tool will be provided.

One- to three-day modules sponsored by the
Center for Teaching Excellence and the Office of
Information Technology are scheduled throughout
the summer.

The training is free to campus faculty, teaching
assistants and instructional technology support per-
sonnel. Scaring is limited and web-based preregistra-
tion is required at www.Enform.umd. edu/ITT/cur-
i -ent. html. Questions about course content can be
directed to olt-traJnlng@umail. umd.edu.

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University Relations; Teresa Flannery, Executive Director of University Communications and Director of Marketing; George Cathcart. Executive Editor;
Jennifer Hawes. Editor: Londa Scott Forte, Assistant Editor; David Abrams. Graduate Assistant. Letters to the editor, story suggestions and cam-
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Tydings Memorial Lobby Dedicated

The College of Behavioral and Social Sci-
ences has honored Millard Tydings and his
son Joseph Tydings, both former U.S. Sena-
tors, with memorials in the newly renovated
lobby of Tydings Hall.

The Tydings Memorial Lobby, dedicated
May 17, is part of a campus-wide lobby beau-
tification program. The renovations were
paid for by the College of Behavioral and
Social Sciences, Facilities Management and
the Tydings family. The lobby features a per-
manent exhibit of portraits, photos, historical
documents, cartoons and other materials
highlighting the contributions of the Tydings
family.

Millard Tydings served in World War I,
spent 24 years in the Senate and was regard-
ed as one of the most powerful and outspo-
ken leaders of the first half of the 20th cen-
tury. He was the first chairman of the Senate
Armed Services Committee and in 1950,
chaired the committee that investigated —

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Joining siblings Eleanor Tydings Schapiro and
Joseph Tydings, above center, at the dedica-
tion were their spouses John Schapiro and
Kate Clark Tydings

Pictured left, are Pres. Dan Mote and
Sen. Paul Sarbanes.

and exposed as baseless — Sen. Joseph
McCarthy's infamous red-baiting.Tydings'
boldness cost him his re-election later that
year as McCarthy clandestinely directed the
Senate campaign of Tydings' Republican
opponent.

Tydings died in 1961 at age 70.

Like his father, Joseph Tydings served in
the military, the Maryland General Assembly
and the U.S. Senate. He was a member of the
Board of Regents from 1975 to 1984, and for
the pasfhine years has served on the univer-
sity's Board of Visitors. Gov. Parrls Glenden-
ing has again named him to the Board of
Regents.

tote Named to Washingtom
Baltimore Regional 2012 Coalition

President Dan Mote has joined the group of Washing
ton/Baltimore civic leaders, businesspeopie and athletes
who will oversee the region's bid to host the 2012 Olympic
Games.

Mote joins former Baltimore Mayor Kurt Schmoke, for-
mer Olympian and current Orioles star B. J. Surhoff and 1 1
others on the Washing-
ton/Baltimore Regional
2012 Coalition.

Also elected to the
board:

• C.E.Andrews, man
aging partner, mid-
Atlantic region, Arthur
Anderson.

• Barbara Bozzuto,
event consultant

• Lillian Greene-Chamberlain, international physical fit
ness and sports consultant

• John Hendricks, founder, chairman and CEO of Discov-
ery Communications, Inc.

• Freeman Hrabowski, president, University of Maryland,
Baltimore County

■ Bob Linowes, Linowes & Blocher

• Alan Merton, president, George Mason University

• Meredith Rainey Valmon, Olympic athlete and co-
founder. Avenue Program

• John Richardson, Crispin & Bronner and chairman of
DC Sports and Entertainment Commission

• Ken Rietz, COO of Worldwide, Burson-Marsteller

• Bennett Zier, executive vice president, AMFM, Inc.

The board, known as WBRC 2012, will prepare a bid pro-
posal to be submitted to the United States Olympic Com
tnittee by Dec. 15. Other U.S. cities in the running are
Cincinnati, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, New York, San Fran
Cisco and Tampa, Fla,

After studying each bid and sending representatives to
visit each city, USOC will make its selection. That city will
represent the United States in the pool of International can-
didates.The International Olympic Committee will choose
the official 2012 host city in 2005.

Washington/Baltimore organizers hope to concentrate
the Summer Games events In downtown Washington, D,C.
Annapolis, Prince George's County and northern Virginia,
Athletes would be housed at the University of Maryland.
College Park.

First-of-its-Kind Data Analysis Offers Insight into Homosexual Demographics

While homosexuals in the United
States tend to be more highly edu-
cated then heterosexuals, lesbians
are more likely to see their scholas-
tic achievements translated into dol-
lar signs.

A report by top economic and
public policy scholars from the Uni-
versity of Maryland and the H.John
Heinz School of Public Policy and
Management at Carnegie Mellon Uni-
versity shows that gay men earn sub-
stantially less than their straight
counterparts.

Lesbians, however, earn substan-
tially more than married women, sin-
gle women and heterosexually part-
nered women, says University of
Maryland economist Seth Sanders,
who with his colleagues Dan Black
from Syracuse University and Gary
Gates and Lowell Taylor of Carnegie
Mellon, published the findings in the
May issue of Demography, the jour-
nal of the Population Association of
America.

"These women have the freedom
to pursue their careers without the
constraints of traditional marriages.

They can improve their position in
the labor market, and they probably
do this with the understanding that
they will not be marrying into tradi-
tional households so they will need
higher-paying occupations," says
Sanders.

Sanders and his colleagues stud-
ied data from several national sur-
veys, including the 1990 U.S. Census,
the General Social Survey and the
National Health and Social Life Sur-
vey.

"Demographically, this is a hard
population to target and analyze.
Data on sexual orientation is not as
easily available as information on
race, gender and age," says Sanders.
"By cross-referencing huge amounts
of data, we compiled a comprehen-
sive set of statistics for this popula-
tion that were consistent across sur-
vey data collected in very different
ways,"

The study shows that partnered
gays and lesbians are particularly
well-educated, holding a greater
number of post-graduate degrees
than heterosexuals.

The researchers attribute the
income differences between gay and
straight men to anti-gay sentiments
in a workplace dominated by men in
power positions. Another factor is
that gay men appear to be less
focused on gaining marketable skills
than straight males, possibly because
they acknowledge they won't have
to support a household.

The study data also shows that
gay men historically have served in
the military at about the same rate
as other men; however, since World
War II, the fraction of gays in the
military has decreased. In addition,
gay men tend to spend fewer years
in the service.

Conversely, military service is
much more common for women in
same-sex partnerships than hetero-
sexual women.The researchers spec-
ulate that historically lesbians were
not constrained by rules that prohib-
ited married women from enlisting
and discharged pregnant women.

According to the research, 22 per-
cent of partnered lesbians and five
percent of partnered gays have chil-

dren at home, approximately 70 per-
cent of whom are under the age of
17. A significant percentage of those
children are from previous mar-
riages. In fact, nearly 20 percent of
men in gay partnerships and 30 per-
cent of women in lesbian partner-
ships have previously been married
or are currently married.

"The idea that people in same sex
partnerships do not have the child-
rearing responsibilities of other cou-
ples is just not true of lesbian cou-
ples," Sanders says.

When researchers looked at geog-
raphy, they determined the concen-
tration of homosexuals was highest
in Ft. Lauderdale, Seattle, Los Ange-
les, San Diego, Washington, D.C., and
Atlanta. San Francisco has a much
higher concentration of gays than
any other U.S. city.

Sanders states that continuing
analysis of new data sets, including
the 2000 Census, will present an
even clearer demographic picture of
homosexuals.

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Your Guide to University Events for June

June 20

4:30-7:30 p.m.OITWorkshop :
"Introduction to HTML," intro-
duces the Hypertext Markup
Language used to create web
pages on the World Wide Web.
Concepts covered include how
to format text, create lists, links
and anchors, and adding inline
images. Prerequisite: Introduc-
tion to Unix or three months
equivalent experience, FTP, and
a WAM account. Registration
required. 4404 Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg. 405-2938,
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu or
www.inform . umd.edu/PT. *

June 27

4:30-7:30 p.m. OIT Workshop:
"Intermediate HTML," introduces
more features of HTML, Concepts
covered include tag attributes,
tables, interna] document links,
custom backgrounds, and text col-
ors. Some new tags will be intro-
duced from the HTML 3.2 stan-
dards will also be discussed. Pre-
requisite: Introduction to HTML
and a WAM account. Registration
required. 4404 Computer & Space
Sciences Bldg. 405-2938,
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu or
www. Inform, umd .edu/PT*

June 21

6-8 p.m. OIT Workshop:
"Netscape Page Composer,"
introduces Netscape's page edit-
ing and development tool. Learn
to create simple page elements
such as hyperlinks, colors, font
Styles, bullets and tables — with-
out typing a single line of HTML
code. Prerequisite: simple web
browsing skills. Registration
required. 4404 Computer &
Space Sciences Bldg. 405-2938.
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu or
www.inform .umd.edu/PT*

June 26

6-9 p.m. OFT Workshop: "Intro-
duction to Adobe Photoshop,"
introduces the industry bench-
mark graphic manipulation
package for creating profession-
al quality graphics. Concepts
covered: layers, image vs screen
resolution, color correction,
image Miters, and the Tools
palette. Prerequisite: Introduc-
tion to HTML and Introduction
to Windows 95 or equivalent
experience in a windows envi-
ronment. Registration required.
4404 Computer & Space Sci-
ences Bldg. 405-2938,
cwpost@umd5.umd.edu or
www. inform. umd.edu/PT.*

June 30

1-4 p.m.OITWorkshop ^Intro-
duction to Microsoft Excel," intro-
duces spreadsheet basics and
maneuvering around MSE. Con-
cepts covered include how to
enter values and text, create for-
mulas, autosave, cell addressing in
absolute and relative modes, use
fin ic i ic ins. links between data, cus-
tomizing printing and more. Pre-
requisite: Introduction to Win-
dows 95 or equivalent experi-
ence. Registration required. 4404
Computer & Space Sciences Bldg.
405-2938, cwpost@umd5.umd.edu
or www.inform.umd.edu/PT.*

Calendar Guide

Calendar phone numbers listed
as 4-aoot 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 compiled from a combination
of infortvTs master calendar and
submissions to the Outlook
office. To reach the calendar edi-
tor, call 405-7615 or e-mail to
outlook@accma 1 1 ,umd .edu .

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Student Unveils Healing Herbal
Plant Mystery

Class of 2000 graduate Brian Higgins helped uncover the microbiology mystery
behind the heating power of an herbal plant used for centuries in traditional Chinese
medicine,

Higgins, a cell biology and molecular genetics major, spent most of his college
career testing the six antibacterial compounds of the root extract, known as
Rubricine, from the herbal plant Arnebia euchroma. He found the compounds of the
plant have developed a combination strategy, or synergy, in fighting antibiotic resistant
bacteria.

The strategy of the plant is much Uke that of a traditional Chinese medicine herbal
ist who combines various herbs to enhance the activity of a principle active ingredi
ent in treating a condition.

"Some herbalists mixed this root with a
sort of 'Vaseline' to treat cuts and noticed an
infection would not follow, but they did not
understand the chemistry behind it," Higgins
says. "We're one of the first to look at it on a
more microscopic scale."

As a Howard Hughes Medical Institute fel-
low, Higgins worked closely with Spencer
Benson, associate professor of cell biology and
molecular genetics and Yuan Lin, president of
Marco Polo Technologies, a "green pharmaceu-
ticals" company.

Traditional Western medicine is unlike the
combined strategy of Eastern medicine
because it identifies single "magic bullet"
drugs used only for a specific disease or symp-
tom, Benson says.

"A combined strategy is better than two dif-
ferent drugs " he adds, "This research is a fold
ing of Eastern medicine and Western technolo-
gy. It can possibly create a different strategy
for pharmaceutical companies to use a combi-
natorial approach."

Root extracts of the herbal plant, traced
back in use for more than 3,000 years, have
been used as a topical wound agent in Asia
and Europe to treat cuts, bums, bruises and
other skjn-related conditions.

While testing the plant in its natural environment, Higgins noticed the plant pro-
duced a combination of compounds, rather than an increased amount of a single com
pound. Each of the compounds individually possess antimicrobial activity, but not all
are equally effective as single agents. The added advantage of this kind of synergy
among the compounds is what makes it successful In combating microbes.

"I fell in love with this project, working many hours on getting results no one has
ever seen before. Its definite synergy shows a possible new way to attack bacteria,
especially since our compound worked well against known antibiotic-resistant bacte-
ria," says Higgins.

Higgins' research earned him the P.Arne Hansen Award for the most outstanding
graduating senior thesis in the cell biology and molecular genetics department.

As one of the leading student researchers on this project, Higgins is continuing his
work this summer until he leaves for graduate school at the University of Georgia and
further study In microbiology.

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"I fell in love with this
project, working many
hours on getting results
no one has ever seen
before. Its definite
synergy shows a possible
new way to attack
bacteria, especially since
our compound worked
well against known antibi-
otic resistant bacteria."

— Brian Higgins

Shuttle-UM Announces Expanded Commuter Service for Summer 2000

Shuttle-UM, the university's student-operated transit system, has
increased commuter service for the summer 2000
sessions.

The Shuttle-UM routes Adelphi South,
Greenbelt and Park and Ride have been
added to the existing summer routes Adel-
phi North, Rhode Island Avenue, Springhlll
Lake and Queens Chapel. These routes
operate each weekday during the summer
sessions except July 4.

Shuttle-UM also is providing evening
security service seven nights a week during the
summer sessions with the Summer Circuit route and
Call-A-Ride, an on-demand service provided in the evenings to supplement
the Summer Circuit route. Service to the College Park Metro Station is pro-
vided every weekday the university Is open by the College Park Metro Sta-

tion route, and seven nights a week by the Summer Circuit route when
summer classes are in session.

In addition, Shutde-UM will provide para-
transit service for students, faculty and staff
with special mobility needs. Shuttle-UM
paratransit service operates each weekday
during the summer sessions except July 4.
Shuttle-UM commuter routes require a
current University of Maryland ID to board.

Schedules are available at
www.umd.edu/shuttle and print versions
are available at selected sites throughout
campus. The Office of Summer Programs
provides funding for Shuttie-UM summer commuter ser-
vice. For more information, call Shuttle -UM at 314 2255 or 314-7269.

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University Offers Lifelong Learning, Activities and Events

Heading for the beach may be the
ideal career move for retiring faculty
and staff, but staying connected to
campus life is still important for
many Maryland retirees. University
of Maryland Senior University helps
retirees like Virginia Beauchamp,
professor emerita of English, remain
an active member in the Maryland
family.

"Upon retirement, a retiree may
initially feel disconnected, but Senior
University helps bridge the gap and
offers the very same kind of intellec-
tual interests that hooked us in the
beginning of our careers," says
Beauchamp.

As part of the peer-led learning
community, Beauchamp is one of the
members who often leads discus-
sions related to literature and
women's studies. Beyond education-
al pursuits, cultural events and
health classes are among the many
activities offered.

Susan Nippes, who retired a year
ago as an administrative assistant,
has found Senior University to offer
more than just academics,
"It's like meeting with a group of
friends, yet I'm continuously learn-
ing and getting challenged from our
discussions," says Nippes.

According to Laura Wilson, chair
of health education and director of
Center on Aging, productive and
meaningful activity for older Ameri-
cans is becoming increasingly
important.

"Although there is still much to
learn about the long-term impact of
these activities on mental and health
status, it is evident that continued
formal and informal learning and
interaction have a positive impact
on older persons," says Wilson.

Larry Warren, Virginia Beauchamp, Susan Nippes and Martha Pattern are all retired faculty and staff mem-
bers of the university who participate In Senior University.

Senior University classes foster
building relationships among fellow
seniors. A few computer classes also
have enabled Larry Warren, profes-
sor emeritus of dance, to stay in
touch with his nieces and nephews.

"I don't want to miss out on
what's going on with my family on
the West Coast, With the advent of
computers, I think they forgot how
to use the postage stamp," says War-
ren.

Senior University does not admin-
ister exams, term papers or require
any formal degrees. It has operated
since 1998 under Maryland's Center

on Aging and the Office of Continu-
ing and Extended Education. For a
nominal membership fee, retired
persons age 50 and over can join
Senior University and engage in
many volunteer activities. The pro-
gram plans to institute a Senior Lead-
ership Maryland program that will
provide leadership training and
opportunities to volunteer with
Maryland legislative, government
and community agency offices, and
will offer an international senior vol-
unteer exchange program.

"As the percentage of the popula
tion over the age of 55 continues to

grow, there is an important role for
our campus to meet the needs of
Marylanders throughout their life
span. It is Important to engage our
excellent faculty and staff as they
retire so the considerable talents and
energies of these individuals will not
be lost to the university," says Wil
son.

For more information about Uni-
versity of Maryland Senior University,
go to: www.inform.umd.edu/
HLHP/AGING/SRU or call 403-4467.
—HA MASON

Chesapeake Bay Watershed to Benefit From New
LandSat 7 Land Cover Maps

Smarter land use planning and
better estimates of polluted water
runoff across the 64,000-square-mile
Chesapeake Bay watershed are now
possible thanks to new land cover
maps being produced at the Univer-
sity of Maryland.

These maps, generated by overlay-
ing images from NASA's Landsat 7,
will provide a more precise assess-
ment of the presence and amount of
different land cover types including
residential development, wetlands,
forests and crop lands.

Scott Goetz and Stephen Prince
of the department of geography are
manager and director, respectively, of
the Mid Atlantic Regional Earth Sci-
ence Applications Center. Their map-
generating system uses RESAC field
data, classification software and mul-
tiple Landsat 7 images taken during
different seasons of a year.

"This type of precise land cover

classification has not been done
before for such an extensive region,"
says Goetz. "The new maps can dis-
tinguish low-density from high-densi-
ty residential development and crop
land from pasture land, as well as
wetlands and different types of for-
est.

The Mid-Atlantic RESAC at Mary-
land Is one of seven such regional
centers created by NASA in February
1999.The Mid-Atlantic center pro-
vides improved land cover mapping
and ecological modeling capabilities
for a diverse consortium of partners
in government, academia, industry
and community and environmental
organizations.

Local and regional planning agen-
cies in the Washington, DC, area are
currently working with RESAC on
the first Landsat 7 maps, which are
centered on the nation's capital and
the surrounding counties in Mary-

land and Virginia. The Maryland
Office of Planning has said it will
use the maps In the state's new
"smart growth" initiative, while the
parks commission in Montgomery
County plans to assess its park
forests.

The new land-cover classifications
also will help improve estimates of
polluted water runoff flowing into
the Chesapeake Bay by precisely
identifying pasture land and differ-
ent types of crops. This will allow
more accurate estimates of the total
amount of crop land around the Bay
and the acreage in various crops.

Scientists calculate the total
amount of nutrient pollution enter-
ing the Bay by measuring the
acreage of a certain type of land
cover and estimating the average
water quality of runoff from that
type of land. Heavily fertilized agri-
cultural fields, for example, produce

higher levels of nutrients in runoff
than the same acreage of pasture
land.

Instead of producing one general
land cover set of classifications,
RESAC develops customized land
cover products from a database of
remote-sensing observations. Maps
of the entire Chesapeake Bay water-
shed which require 16 different
Landsat 7 scenes acquired up to six
different times In a year should be
completed by early next year.

Other innovative products the
Mid-Atlantic RESAC is producing
include maps of roads, parking lots
and other impervious surfaces using
new high-resolution satellite imagery
and improved features of the Land
sat 7 instrument. Mapping the extent
of these surfaces can be used to esti-
mate damage to stream banks from
storm runoff.

6 Outlook June 20, 2000

General Research Board 2000-2001
Research Support Awards

COLLEGE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES
Art History& Archaeology
Jason Kuo, "Visual Culture in
Shanghai, 1850s-1930s."

English

David Norbrook. u The Life
and Works of Lucy Hutchin-
son"

French and Italian
Pierre Verdaguer." La Seduc-
tion policiere: Signes de
croissance d un genre
repute mineur (Detective
Fiction and its Attraction:
Signs of Maturity in a Genre
of Ill-repute)."

History

Daryle Williams, "Culture
Wars in BraziLThe First Var-
gas Regime, 1930-1945."

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE AND
NATURAL RESOURCES
Natural Resource Sciences
and Landscape Architecture
Robert Kratochvil, "Seeding
Rate Studies for Agronomic
Crops Produced in Mary-

land: A New Look for Preci-
sion Farming,"

COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES

Psychology

Robert Ployhart, "Under-
standing the Determinants,
Correlates, and Conse-
quences of Subgroup
Differences in Test Percep-
tions"

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION
Human Development
Melanie Killen "Children's
and Adolescents' Judgements
about Exclusion and Rights
in Different Contexts."

A. JAMES CLARK SCHOOL OF
ENGINEERING

Chemical Engineering
Sheryl Ehrman,"A Gas Phase
Process for Production of
Porous Films."

HEALTH & HUMAN PERFORMANCE

Family Studies

Bonnie Braun, "Tracking the

Weil-Being of Rural Low

Income Families in the Con-
text of Welfare Reform."

GRB Distinguished Faculty

Research Fellowship

2000-2001

COLLECE OF ARTS & HUMANITIES

History

James Gilbert, "Men In the

Middle"

COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL AND
SOCIAL SCIENCES

Economics

William Evans, "Quasi Exper-
iments in Health and Envi-
ronmental Economics."

COLLEGE OF LIFE SCIENCES

Cell Biology & Molecular
Genetics

Stephen Wolniak," Develop-
ment of the Blepharoplast
and the de novo Formation
of Basal Bodies during Sper-
migenesis in Marsilea."

Construction Projects Bring Ouches to Campus

continued from page 1

unavailable during construc-
tion of new South Campus
dormitories. Student parking
in Lot 1 also will also be lim-
ited, as faculty and staff dis-
placed by the construction
are relocated there.

According to Allen, every
one will find a place to park
who needs it. "Freshman,
sophomore, junior and
senior commuters will have
the space they need, and we
will make our assignments
on the same
types of
ratios," he
says. "We're
not going to
try to cram
more people
into the same
number of
spaces."

Maintain-
ing staff and

faculty parking, however, is
the number one priority.
"Whenever there are losses,
it's a loss In student parking
rather than faculty and staff
parking," Allen says.

Facilities management Is
asking for patience from stu
dents, faculty and staff as
these projects go forward,

"The next several years,

without question, are going
to be difficult as all the con-
struction that is scheduled
to take place starts to break
ground," says Jack Baker,
director of operations and
maintenance in facilities
management. "We meet regu-
larly with the police, with
campus parking— with all of
the organizations on campus
that provide services to stu-
dents and staff — to ensure
that impact is minimized."
The univer-
sity will
spend

oucw

All of the latest information on

campus parking and road closings can be

accessed via the campus Web site, at

www.inform.umd.edu/0uch.

$100 million this year alone
on capital improvements.
Due to the heavy volume of
construction, Sverdrup Cor-
poration, a private manage-
ment company that provides
construction and technical
services, has been hired to
assist in the coordination of
campus projects. Other
upcoming projects Include a

new engineering building
and an addition to the chem-
istry building, as well as con-
tinued remodeling of Stamp
Student Union.

There are also plans to
replace parking spaces
removed to accommodate
the new facilities. The uni-
versity will add two new
parking garages: "PG4'and
"PG5."PG4 will be added to
North Campus in 2001, pro-
viding 1,000 spaces for com-
muters and resident stu
dents displaced from exist-
ing parking lots. PG5, or

South Campus Park-
ing Garage, will be
located on Mowatt
Lane, adjacent to
Van Munching Hall,
and will house 700
parking spaces. PG5
Is scheduled to
open in 2003.

■ University

officials acknowl
edge the inconve-
nience of the construction,
but Baker says the work will
pay off. "Certainly In the
long-term, yes, it will be
worth It," Baker said. "The
amount of new facilities will
pay huge dividends for the
campus and for those peo-
ple who will be using It."

— DAVID ABRAMS

66-

John Howard, English professor and former head
coach of the men's lacrosse team, recently said goodbye
to the school he's been a part of for more than four
decades. Howard, who studied, taught and coached at
the university most of his life, retired at the end of the
2000 spring semester.

As head coach of the men's lacrosse team from 196
69, he led the Terps to a co-national championship in
1 968 (with Johns Hopkins) , as well as three ACC cham-
pionships (1967-69). In addition, he amassed a 32-7-1
record, and lost only one ACC game in his four seasons
as head coach.

Howard attended Washington College for his under-
graduate studies before earning his master's degree in
1 962 and his doctorate in 1 967, both from the Universi-
ty of Maryland. While working toward his Ph.D., Howard
began his teaching career in the English department,
serving as an Instructor from 1964-67. He became assis-
tant professor in 1967, associate professor in 1971, and
ultimately a professor In 1987.

Howard coached 25 players to All- America status, 14
of them during his four-year stint as head coach. He also
coached four of Maryland's top- 10 all-time leading scor-
ers: Ray Altman (2nd, 1961^3), Roger Gross (6th, 1958
60),JackKaestner (9th, 1969-72) and Jack Heim (10th,
1965-67).

Howard has the all-time best winning percentage
(.813) of any Maryland lacrosse head coach with at least
30 victories, and the second best ACC winning percent-
age (.889) among such coaches,

' At the conclusion of the 1 969 season, Howard turned
his attention toward his teaching career. He assumed the
rote of associate chairman of the English Department
from 1969-72, then again from 1977-79. He also served
as (he director of graduate studies from 1987-90, and
was acting chairman of the English department from
1979-80. Recently, Howard has lectured on poetry and
romanticism for the College Park Scholars program.

"John Howard is a Terrapin for life," says current
Maryland men's lacrosse head coach Dick Edell. "He did
many great things for the program and continued to
have the team play at a high level of lacrosse established
under coaches Faber and Heagy."

—DAN ROSSO

James MacGregor Burns (right), Pulitzer Prize-winning
historian and senior scholar at the Academy of Leadership,
met recently with Lee Hamilton, director of the Woodrow
Wilson International Center for Scholars, prior to giving a
major address for the Wilson Center's Director's Forum. For
a summary of Bums's remarks, also published by the Wash-
ington Post, go to www.academy.umd.edu/AboutUs/news/
articles/5- 14-OO.htm.

June 20. 2000 Outlook 7

Lisa Aspinwall, associate pro-
fessor of psychology, was chosen as
one of four recipients of the John
Marks Tempi eton Positive Psycholo-
gy Prize, one of the largest mone-
tary prizes ever awarded In the
field of psychology. Her $50,000,
second-place award recognizes her
research which builds on earlier
findings that optimists tend to he
resilient, successful people, and
explains why optimists tend to do
well.

Her findings show optimists dif-
fer from others in the way they
process information about them-
selves. Contrary to popular belief,
optimists do not ignore negative
Information but use it to change
their strategy or Improve their per-
formance, thus increasing their like-
lihood for success,

Aspinwall's research also has
shown that as the situational risk
increases, optimists seem to recall
better and pay more attention to
risk-relevant Information. As a
result, optimfsts tend to persist
when perseverance is likely to pay
off, but also know when to quit
when the outcome is out of their
control or inevitable.

Computer science professor Vic-
tor Basil! is the recipient of the
2000 SIGSOFT Outstanding
Research Award. The award is pre-
sented to an individual who has
made significant and lasting
research contributions to the theo-
ry or practice of software engineer-
ing.

NOTABLE

Fred Feinstein, former general
counsel of the National Labor Rela-
tions Board (NLRB) has joined the
faculty of the School of Public
Affairs as a senior fellow and visit-
ing professor in the Office of Exec-
utive Programs. He will conduct
research, write on labor issues and
develop executive education pro
grams on such subjects as the chal-
lenge of adapting labor policy to
new work environments.

During his nearly six-year tenure
as NLRB general counsel, Feinstein
was recognized for efforts to
improve the administration of the
National Labor Relations Act. He
instituted a system for case prioriti-
zation and made significant
progress in assuring consistency in
the timely conduct of elections for
union representation. He received
three "Hammer Awards" for these
and other innovations In the opera-
tions of the Office of General Coun-
sel.

Before his appointment by Presi-
dent Clinton in 1994, Feinstein
served for 17 years as chief labor
counsel and staff director of the
U.S. House of Representatives
Labor-Management Relations Sub-
committee, He was lead staff on the
Family and Medical Leave Act, the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining
Notification Act and several efforts
to amend the NLRA.

Wendell Hill, professor in the
Institute for Physical Science and
Technology, has been elected a fel-
low of the American Physical Soci-
ety for significant experimental

contributions to understanding of
multiphoton dissociation and ion-
ization of small molecules.

Glenn Mason, professor of
physics, received a Professional
Achievement Citation at the Univer-
sity of Chicago's graduation cere-
monies on June 3.The citation hon-
ors those alumni whose achieve-
ments in their vocational fields
have brought distinction to them-
selves, credit to the university and
real benefit to their communities.

Charles M isner , professor of
physics, and John Weeks, profes-
sor in the Institute for physical Sci-
ence and Technology, have been
elected fellows of the American
Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Rablndra Mohapatra, professor
of physics, is this year's recipient of
the American Chapter of Indian
Physics Association's Distinguished
Scientist Award. The award is in
recognition of Mohapatra 's out-
standing contributions to particle
physics, particularly on neutrino
masses and left-right symmetric
models with spontaneous violation
parity.

Following Manouchehr
Mokhtari's recent successful expe-
rience helping with fiscal reform in
the Russian Federation, he has been
invited to serve as the senior advis-
er to the Parliament of Kazakhstan
that intends to reform its tax code
shortly. During the 1998 1999 acad
emlc year, economist Mokhtari,

associate professor of family stud
ies, served as the team leader for
the USAID Fiscal Reform Project in
the Russian Federation— a $20 mil-
lion project aimed at overhauling
the Russian tax system and helping
Its economy toward a sustainable
growth path. During the same peri
od, Mokhtari also was senior
research associate in the Andrew
Young School of Policy Studies at
Georgia State University, which was
actively involved In reforming the
Russian tax system.

As the team leader for the Eco-
nomic Analysis Group, Mokhtari
worked with key members of the
Russian government and the Duma
to conduct relevant policy analysis
and reform the Russian Federation's
tax code. As part of the U.S. Govern-
ment Technical Assistant (USGTA)
team, Mokhtari successfully provid-
ed the much-needed fiscal reform
assistance to the Russian govern-
ment.

Ed Schmahl, professor of
astronomy, received a Group
Achievement Award for Outstand-
ing Teamwork as part of the High
Energy Solar Spectroscopic Imager
(HESSI) Imaging Hardware Team at
Goddard Spaceflight Center,

Marvin Zelkowitz, computer
science professor, is the recipient of
the 2000 SIGSOFT Distinguished
Service Award, presented to an indi-
vidual who has contributed dedicat-
ed and important service to the
software engineering community.

*

Networking with China for the 21st Century

continued from page 1

Wilkenfeld, professor and chair, government and
politics department.

"It was a wonderful opportunity to share our
expertise in networking and infrastructure," says
Riley. "Maryland was an early leader in networking
and infrastructure, and we are playing a leading
role today in several national and regional net ini-
tiatives."

These include the Internet2, Mid-Atlantic Cross-
roads and the Next Generation Internet Exchange
for the east coast. "While I think our Chinese col-
leagues are now playing catch-up, I think it won't
be long before they are beyond that phase." By
2010, some experts predict Internet usage in
China will be greater than in the United States,

As a result of a memorandum of understanding
signed during the meeting, China became an
Intemet2 international partner, joining 31 others
in the international research and education com-
munity. The agreement that was signed between
the University Corporation for Advanced Internet

Development and three China research networks
— CERNet, CSTNet, and NSFCnet— will help
strengthen China's network infrastructure. The
National Science Foundation provides partial
funding to assist in providing improved network-
ing connections between international research
networks and the United States.

As a founding member of Internet2, Maryland
is pleased to welcome China as a new partner and
will work closely with that country to improve its
Infrastructure, Internet2 is a consortium of more
than 170 universities working in partnership with
industry and government to develop and deploy
advanced network applications and technologies,
accelerating the creation of tomorrow's Internet.

The University Corporation for Advanced Inter-
net Development is a not-for-profit corporation
created as part of the Internet 2 initiative and is
engaged in advancing networking technology
applications for the research and education com-
munity. For more information on UCAID and
Internet2, see www.internet2.edu,

"China's infrastructure now rests largely on sev-
eral low bandwidth lines across the ocean," says

Riley. "While Internet2 started out primarily as a
U.S. research university initiative, one goal was to
somehow promote and stimulate the develop-
ment of similar high-speed research network
capacity in other countries. This agreement just
signed will help China do that."

Signing the memorandum of understanding
with UCATD were Baoping Yan of CSTNet, Jian
Ping Wu of CERNet, and Zhlyong Liu of National
Science Foundation of China on behalf of NSFC-
Net. Yan was also co-chair with Riley of the CANS
2000 symposium committee. The Chinese Acade-
my of Sciences hosted the event.

Since 1979, more than 400 Chinese students
and visiting scholars each year have studied and
conducted research at Maryland. "From my per
spective, CANS Is another dimension of the uni-
versity's strong relationship with China," says
RUey, "We're trying to create an environment
where there are no barriers to collaboration and
exchange of research information.

— DENISE ELIZABETH LEE

8 Outlook June 20. 2000

College Park to Celebrate the 4th with a Bang

The University of Maryland and
the City of College Park will joindy
host a Fourth of July celebration for
area residents.The celebration takes
place in Lot 1 A on Jury 4 and
includes a concert and fireworks dis-
play. The concert, featuring the band
Redstone playing oldies, classic rock,
country and big band, formally
begins the festivities at 7 p.m. Con-
cessions open at 5 p.m. offering
hamburgers, hot dogs, funnel cakes,
soda and bottled water.

The fireworks, which wlU be set
off from the front lawn of the uni-
versity president's house, will follow
the concert after dark around 9:15
p.m. Over 35,000 people are expect-
ed to attend the event this year, so
University Police make the following
recommendations:

* Use either the Campus Drive
entrance from U.S. Route 1 , or the
Stadium Drive entrance from Route
193. Follow police directions to
parking.

• Arrive early. Heavy traffic Is
expected to begin around 7:30 p.m.
Late cars will be directed to park in
outlying lots, which will offer free
parking, but shuttle services will not

be available.

• Disabled visitors are encour-
aged to arrive early as disabled park-
ing is limited in Lot AA.

• The best routes to exit campus
will be the main Campus Drive
gate onto Route 1 , or Stadium
Drive to Route 193.

• Alcohol and personal fireworks
are prohibited on campus. Univer-
sity Police advise residents to bring
some food and water, despite avail-
able concessions.

In the event of rain, the fireworks
display will be held on July 5 at the
same time, but there will not be a
concert. If the weather Is question-
able, residents can call 405 3555.
The decision to postpone will be
made by 5:30 p.m. In the past, fire-
works have been held in the rain.

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Humphrey Hosts Expected

The Hubert H. Humphrey Fel-
lowship Program, housed in the
College of Journalism and funded
by the U.S. Department of State, is
looking for hosts for 12 Interna-
tional fellows who will be spend-
ing the next academic year at the
university.

Hosts are expected to pick up
the fellows from the airport on Sat-
urday, Aug. 1 2 and to accompany
them until the evening of Sunday,
Aug. 13. The idea is to give them
some exposure to American fami-
lies and communities.

This year's group consists of
seven women and five men who
are mid-career journalists or profes
sionals in public policy and admin-
istration. They are from Con go. Tan
zanla, Nigeria, Israel, Malawi,
Colombia, El Salvador, Nepal,
Liberia, Slovenia, Morocco and
Albania.

Those interested in hosting a fel-
low please contact Kalyani Chadha
at 405 2513 or kchadha@jmail.
umd. edu; Bill Eaton at 405-2415 or
beaton@jmail. umd.edu.

Modem Pool Changes

OIT Networking and Telecom-
munications Services has replaced
the 28.8 Kbps campus-only
modem pool with a new 56Kbps
pool. The campus only service is
intended for those users who need
to access campus network
resources, but do not require
access to the Internet.The new
telephone number is (301) 209

1751. The old number, (301) 403
4333 has been taken out of ser-
vice. More information can be
found at http://noc.umd.edu/
Dialup.

Maryland Room Closed

The Maryland Room in Marie
Mount Hall is closed for re nova-
tions. It is scheduled to reopen the
second week of October. For more
information, call Mary Giles at 405
6814.

Summer Hours for OIT User
Services

Office of Information Technolo-
gy service hours are 8 a.m. to 5
p.m., through Friday, August 25, for
the OIT Help Desk (walk-in. dial-in
and consult-by-mail services) , Infor-
mation Technology Library and
Laser Print Cost Recovery service,
all located in room 1 400 Computer
and Space Sciences Building.

Normal hours (8 a.m. to 6 p.m.)
will resume with the start of the
Fall semester on Monday, Aug. 28.
Questions should be directed to
the OIT Help Desk at 405-1500 or
by electronic mail to
helpdesk@umall.umd .edu.

Deduct Your Fitness

Faculty and staff now have the
option to obtain a Campus Recre-
ation Services membership
through the use of payroll deduc-
tion. When you use payroll deduc-
tion you are purchasing a continu-
ous right to use the award-winning
Campus Recreation Center and

Ritchie Coliseum. Your member-
ship lasts as long as you remain a
university employee or decide to
cancel. Once you sign up, you will
never have to renew.

For 26-pay employees, the cost
is $6 per pay period. For 21 pay
employees, the cost is $7.43 per
pay period.

To enroll, bring your most
recent pays tub as well as your fac-
ulty/staff ID card to the Member
Services Desk located In the main
lobby of the Campus Recreation
Center. The desk is open Monday-
Friday from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m., Satur-
day, 8 a. m to 8 p.m., and Sunday 10
a.m. to 8 p.m.

Contact Laura Sutter at 405-
7529 for more information.

Faculty/StaffWalk-in
Computer Tutoring

The Division of Administrative
Affairs sponsors faculty/staff walk-
in tutoring designed to help faculty
and staff learn and practice com-
puter skills related to the Internet,
Windows operating system and
Microsoft Office software. Bring
specific questions related to these
products or use the CD ROM-based
training available during this time.

Walk-in tutoring is held every
Wednesday, 8:30 a.m. to noon, in
room 0121, Main Administration
Building. To schedule an appoint-
ment call 405 4603.

IT Information and Ice Cream

The Office of Continuing and
Extended Education is sponsoring
an informal information session
highlighting two new Information
Technology certification courses
Wednesday, June 21, from noon to
1 p.m. in the Visitor Center Audito
rium (Turner Building/Dairy). The
courses — Windows NT 4.0 MCSE
Certification and A+ Certification —
will be held evenings and Satur-
days on campus.

The information session is limit-

ed to 50 participants, all of whom
will receive free ice cream from
the dairy (any flavor) .There is no
charge to attend.

For more information, contact
Ken Carter at kjcarter@deans.umd.
edu or 405 6296.

Electronic Workplace Readi-
ness Training

The Division of Administrative
Affairs is offering classes designed to
prepare campus staff for the Elec-
tronic Workplace. These three-and-
one-half-hour classes are led by
industry professionals and will focus
on developing the basic Windows
and Netscape browsing skills that
are essentia] for the Electronic Work
place.

The cost is $50, payable to the
Office of Information Technology via
an ISR, which can be brought to the
class. All classes are held at the Patap
sco Computer Training Facility. The
next classes are being offered on
Thursday, June 22, from 8:30 a.m. -
noon.and 1-4:30 p.m.

For more information contact
Laura Davison at 40S4603, or regis-
ter on the web at www.bpr.umd.
edu.

Put Back Your Lazy Days

Are you having trouble finding
the time to enjoy the warmth and
fun of summer? On Wednesday,
June 2 1 , a Wellness Brown Bag
Lunch session titled "Putting Lazy
Days Back Into Your Summer" will
discuss time management and how
to fit in all your summer activities.
This program will take place at the
Center for Health and Well being,
room 0121 of the Campus Recre-
ation Center from noon to 1 p.m.
You do not have to be a member
of the CRC to attend.

This program is free. For more
information, e-mail
treger@health.umd.edu or call 314-
1493.