Outlook / the University of Maryland, College Park (2001)

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Outlook

The University of Maryland Faculty and Staff Weekly Newspaper

Volume 15 • Number 30 'June 19, 2001

University Administration
Repositions Key Staff

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y realigning
the "constella-
tion of report-
ing lines" for
various units within the
university's upper level
administration, Presi-
dent Dan Mote hopes
to advance the univer-
sity's goals of excel-
lence.

"These very talented
and widely respected
members of the univer-
sity community have all
demonstrated outstand-
ing administrative skills
in a variety of posi-
tions." he wrote in a let-
ter announcing the
new appointments.

Effective July l,the
changes are as follows:

Chuan Sheng Liu,
physics professor and
director of the Institute
for Global Chinese
Affairs, will serve as
interim vice president
for research and dean
of the Graduate School,
It is the position
William Desder will
leave to become senior
vice president for aca-
demic affairs and
provost, A search for a
permanent dean will
begin in the fall. Liu
will continue as direc-
tor of the institute.

Robert E. Waters, the presi-
dent's chief of staff, will
assume the title of associate
vice president for academic
affairs in the provost's office
and special assistant to the
president.

Ann G. Wylie, geology pro-

Robert E. Waters

Ann G. Wylie

Andrea Levy

fessor and associate provost of
academic affairs, will become
assistant president and chief of
staff.

Andrea Levy, currently assis-
tant vice president for policy
and planning in the Graduate
School, will move to the senior
vice president for academic

Chuan Sheng Liu

affairs and provost's office to
serve as an associate vice pres-
ident for academic affairs.
Joanna F. Schmeissner,
assistant to the senior vice
president for academic affairs
and provost, will assume the
position of assistant to the
president.

Volunteer Honored for Valuable Efforts

After spending her professional life-
time in academia, Ruth Kurtz, a 1933
University of Wisconsin graduate,
wasn't about to quit working just because
she and her husband, UM education profes-
sor emeritus John J. Kurtz, were retired.

So she went to work as a volunteer,
spending one day a week documenting and
classifying photographic slides for the
School of Architecture's Elizabeth Alley Visual
Resources Collection, named for the collec-
tion's first curator and the friend who
recruited Kurtz as a volunteer.

"I like to keep connected with the univer-
sity, with something usable," she said.

Each Tuesday, Kurtz arranges the slides on
a light box, and decides where they fit into

the collection of more than 300,000 exam-
ples of architecture from around die world,
and then affixes tiny labels to each slide,

"I'm pretty elderly to be working around
here," said Kurtz, who has three children, five
grandchildren and one great-grandchild. "But
I like being around young people, I'm not
being paid, so I don't have to worry about
time. I do have to feel I'm accomplishing
something.And I do."

She's been doing this exacting work since
1976, which makes her the longest-tenured
member of the university's Retired Volunteer
Service Corps. In fact, says program coordi-
nator Jed Collard, she predates the establish-

continued on page 6

University Athletics
First to Receive
Re-certification

The NCAA Division I
Committee on Athletics
Certification announced that
the university is one of two
member institutions to be
first in completing the certi-
fication process.

A designation of certified
means that an institution
operates its athletics pro-
gram in substantial conform-
ity with operating principles
adopted by the Division I
membership. West Virginia
University was certified with
conditions.

The second round of ath-
letic certifications is being
completed on a 10-year
cycle rather than the five-
year cycle utilized in during
the initial certification

process. All active 318
Division I members partici-
pate in the certification
process.

The program's purpose is
to ensure integrity in the
institution's athletics opera-
tions and to assist athletics
departments in improving
their programs. Legislation
mandating atiiletics certifica-
tion was adopted in 1993.

Certification involves a
self-study process led by a
school's chief executive offi-
cer, includes a review of
these primary components:
governance and commit-
ment to rules compliance,
academic integrity, fiscal

continued on page 7

Staff Innovation
Recognized

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Jerome Thomas (r) receives his plaque from Provost
Greg Geoffroy.

When David Falk, chair
of the Teaching
Facilities Committee,
walked into a classroom
and saw not only a piece of
chalk available for his cur-
rent classroom needs, but a
whole wall dispenser full,
he decided the responsible
party deserved an award.

Jerome Thomas, a manag-
er with housekeeping serv-

ices, received the first
Teaching Facilities
Improvement award last
month for bis innovation in
creating chalk reservoirs
that will be installed all over
the university. He eased the
frustration of many faculty
and students who never
seemed to have a piece of
chalk for classroom instruc-
tion when they needed it.

June 19,2001

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T'u e s da y

june

6-8 p.m., Dance Class:
"Beginner I American Style —
Fox Trot, Tango, Swing" begins
(continues Tuesdays through
Aug. 14). With instructor Karen
Trimble. 2111 Stamp Student
Union. Fees are $45 for UM
students, $55 for faculty and
staff and $65 for the general
public. For more information,
contact Alicia Simon at 4-ARTS
or asimon@union.umd.edu, or
visit www.union.umd.edu:

8-10 p.m.. Dance Class:
"Beginner II American Style —
Fox Trot, Tango, Swing" begins
(continues Tuesdays through
Aug. 14). With instructor Karen
Trimble. 21 1 1 Stamp Student
Union. Fees are $45 for UM
students, $55 for faculty and
staff and $65 for the general
public.For more information,
contact Alicia Simon at 4-ARTS
or asimon@union.umd.edu, or
visit www.union.umd.edu.

June

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9 a.m.-4 p.m., OIT Workshop:
"Tools of Digital Design for
the Web" begins (first of 2
days). 4404 Computer & Space
Science. (Details in For Your
Interest, page 8.)

6-8 p.m., Dance Class:
"Beginner I American Style —
Waltz, Rumba, Cha-Cha" begins
(continues Thursdays through
Aug. 16). With instructor Karen
Trimble. 2111 Stamp Student
Union. Fees are $45 for UM
students, $55 for faculty and
staff and $65 for the general
public.For more information,
contact Alicia Simon at 4-ARTS
or asimon@union.umd.edu, or
visit www.union.umd.edu.

8-10 p.m., Dance Class:
"Beginner II American Style —
Waltz, Rumba, Cha-Cha" begins
(continues Thursdays through
Aug. 16). With instructor Karen
Trimble. 2111 Stamp Student
Union. Fees are $45 for UM
students, $55 for faculty and
staff and $65 for the general
public.For more information,
contact Alicia Simon at 4-ARTS
or asimon@union.umd.edu, or
visit www.union.umd.edu.

Tri da

june 22

8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Colloquium:
"The Sisterhood ofWork: A
Collaborative Symposium on
the Meanings and Representa-
tions of Work in the Lives of
Women of Color." 0226 HJ
Patterson. Late registration fee

Your Guide to University Events
June 19-July 20

is $20; for graduate students
(w/lunch), $12. Free for under-
graduate students (w/o lunch).
(Details in For Your
Interest, page 8.)*

9 a.m.-4 p.m., OIT Workshop:
"Tools of Digital Design for
the Web" (second of 2 days).
4404 Computer & Space
Science. (Details in For Your
Interest, page 8.)

11:30 a. m.-l p.m., Special
Event: The Black Women's
Council welcomes Queen
Mmemolo Semane Molotlegi
from the Bafokeng Nation of
South Africa. 0101 Taliaferro
Hall. RSVP requested. For
more information, contact
Brenda Cox at 5-8481 or
bell 7@umail umd.edu.

6 p.m., Event:"BBQ and
Bluegrass." With Annapolis
Bluegrass Coalition. Golf
Course. (Details in For Your
Interest, page 8.)*

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june 2<

8 p.m., Performance: "National
Orchestral Institute." Clarice
Smith Performing Arts Center.
(Details in For Your
Interest, page 8.)*

june

*Mo n day

Workshop :"Dalcroze Institute"
begins (through July 6).
Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center. (Details in For Your
Interest, page 8.)'

9 a.m. -4 p.m., OIT Shortcourse
Training: "Intermediate MS
Access." Learn to: normalize
sample tables by identifying
design problems; establish
relationships between tables
by analyzing table relation-
ships and enforcing referential
integrity; customize table
designs; design select queries
by using multiple tables to cal-
culate, group, average and con-
catenate values and to show
top values; customize form
designs by creating calculated
fields, combo boxes, and
unbound controls; customize
report designs by grouping,
sorting and summarizing data.
4404 Computer & Space
Science. Fee is $80.00. To reg-
ister, visit www.oit.umd.edu/

sc. For more information, con-
tact the OIT Training Services
Coordinator at 5.0443 or oit-
t raining @ umail.umd.edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/sc.

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june 28

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6-8 p. m. , Workshop; " Seated
Massage Workshop." 0232
Stamp Student Union (Tortuga
Room A). (Details in For
Your Interest, page 8.)*

July 1

Sun da y

8-9 p.m., Broadcast: "Gordon
W Prange Collection segment
rebroadcast." (Details in For
Your Interest, page 8.)

July 3

T^u e 5 day

6:30 p.m., "Web Development
Training" begins (through July
3D. 0229 LeFrak Hall. (Details
in For Your Interest, p 8,)*

T'/i u r s day
July 5

6-8 p.m., Workshop: "Seated
Massage Workshop." 0232
Stamp Student Union (Tortuga
Room A). (Details in For
Your Interest, page 8.)*

T'u es day
July 10

9 a.m.-4 p.m., Workshop:
"Introduction to Macromedia
Flash 5." 3332 Computer &
Space Science. (Details in For
Your Interest, page 8.)*

Mon da

July 16

9 a.m.-4 p.m., Workshop:
"Instructional Design Prin-
ciples for Online Instruction"
begins (first of two days; con-
tinues July 17 from 9 a.m.- 12
noon). Discuss basic instruc-
tional design principles that
faculty can use to rethink their
course materials for the Web.
Principles will be described
with an analysis of their appli-
cations for on-line environ-
ments. The role of interface
design (e.g., navigation and
orientation), multimedia
design and pedagogical strate-
gies will be explored within
each of the approaches. 4404

calendar guide:

Calendar phone numbers listed as 4-xxxx or 5-xxxx stand for the prefix 314 or 405.

Calendar information for Outlook is compiled from a combination of inforM's

master calendar and submissions to the Outlook office.

Submissions are due two weeks prior to the date of publication.

To reach the calendar editor, call 405-7615 or e-mail outlock@accmail.umd.edu.
'Events are free and open to the public unless noted by an asterisk (*).

Rossborough Inn
Summer Availability

The Rossborough Inn will be open Monday through
Friday for lunch through July 25. For reservations, call
(301) 314-8013.

Also, the Inn has the following dates available to
book afternoon receptions or evening dinners: June
19, 20, 26, 27 and 28. For more information or to
book a private catered affair, call (301) 314-8012.

For more information, contact Christopher Cantore
at (301) 314-8012 or ccantore@dining.umd.edu, or
visit www.inform.umd.edu/muc.

Library Reminder

Faculty, staff and students planning trips or extend-
ed vacations this summer should remember that
library materials in circulation may be recalled with 14
days' notice. If you are going to be away for more
than two weeks, you may wish to return any library
materials you have borrowed or make arrangements
for your mail to be monitored in your absence by
someone who has access to these items. This way,
others won't be denied the use of library materials
needed for their research (and you won't risk a fine!).

For more information, contact David Wilt at (301)
405-9140 or dw45@umail.umd.edu.

Computer & Space Science.
Free to College Park faculty
and teaching assistants; but
registration is required at
www.oit . urn d , e du/iit/regis-
ter.html. Interested instruc-
tional technology support per-
sonnel will be waidisted until
all faculty are accommodated.
Please see www.oit.umd.edu/
iit/current.html for a complete
course description and the
schedule for all ITT classes. For
more information, contact
Deborah Mateik at 5-2945 or
dm 1 6@umail . umd.edu.

ing of integral hardware and
software. Cost is $995 for UM
alumni, staff, faculty, students
and immediate family; $1500
for general public. Prices
include book. For more infor-
mation contact the Training
Coordinator at 5-1670 or
IearnIT@oacs.umd.edu, or visit
www. LearnlT. umd.edu.'

Tri da

V July 20

6-9 p.m.. Event: "Summer Crab
Feast." Rossborough Inn.
(Details in For Your
Interest, page 8.)*

July 23

*M o n da y

6:30-10 p.m., Workshop: "A+
Certification Training" begins
(continues Mon. & Wed. eves,
through Oct. 1).0221 LeFrak
Hall. Prepare yourself for a job
as a computer technician.
Learn to assemble and repair
computer systems; become
familiar with computer com-
ponents and their functions;
perform installation and test-

Correction

In the May 8 issue of
Outlook, in the piece
"Passing the Bow," Harpur
College was misspelled.

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Recognizing Excellence All Over Campus

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Dottie Bass

Gia Harewood

Delecia Stewart

Danielle McGugins

Robert Yuan

Yuan addresses those gathered for the Exempt Minority Service Awards at the Ross bo rough Inn.

Last month, several members of the
campus community received
recognition for their work.

At a ceremony held on the patio of
the Rossborough Inn, the President's
Commission on Ethnic Minority Issues
recognized faculty, staff and students for
their contributions to the campus.
President Dan Mote presented each
award. The awardees were as follows:

Robert Yuan, a professor of cell biolo-
gy and molecular genetics, received the
faculty award for his work in bringing
diversity to undergraduate science edu-
cation, specifically honors seminars.

Dottie Bass, coordinator of outreach
and programming with the Office of
Multi-Ethnic Student Education,
received the exempt staff award for her
efforts on several fronts. She's worked
with the Retention 2000 program, the
Black Graduating Seniors Banquet and
the fall Unity Welcome. She originated
the idea of formally recognizing disabled
students and their accomplishments.

Delecia Stewart, office clerk with the
Office of Human Relations Programs,
was nominated by her coworkers for
her professional representation of and
valuable insights to that office. She is
working on a degree at UMUC, and is
also learning to facilitate story circles
and intergroup dialogues through the
office's Student Intercultural Learning
Center's Intergroup Dialogue Program.

Danielle McGugins, a special educa-
tion major who is a Gates Millennium
Scholar, has earned a B only once in her
university career. She has earned the
College Park Scholars International
Studies Program citation and has been
inducted into national honor societies
such as Phi Beta Kappa and Phi Kappa
Phi. She is an undergraduate teaching

Outstanding Service to the Schools award recipients Shirley Morman, Allan Wigfield, Ann Battle and James R. McGinnis.

assistant for the College of Education's
EDSP 41 5 : Assessment in Special
Education.

Gia Harewood, a graduate student
studying English language and literature,
served as the graduate assistant for
diversity training with the Office of
Human Relations Programs. She handles
all requests for diversity training. She is
also the coordinator for the Diversity
Training Circle and liaison to the After
School Homework Club, a pre-college
initiative coordinated by the campus'
Education Talent Search Program. She
uses her artistic talents as a writer and
actor to demonstrate her dedication to
social activism.

t another ceremony held the
same day at the Golf Course, four
.more university employees

received Outstanding Service to the
Schools awards.

Shirley Morman, director of Educa-
tional Talent Search for Undergraduate
Studies, works to identify, recruit and
guide middle and secondary school pop-
ulations from traditional disadvantaged,
low-income and potential first genera-
tion college student backgrounds. She
initiated Project LINKS to narrow the
digital divide. Through chat rooms,
email and mailing lists, university stu-
dents tutor younger students and show
them how to access the resources pro-
vided by the Web.

James Randy McGinnis, an associate
professor of science education, was rec-
ognized for his efforts to organize facul-
ty into teams and become involved in
the in-school work of preservice teach-
ers. Working with Prince George's

County Schools, he helped create a
Professional Development School. His
primary focus as a researcher has been
to fulfill the science education reform
movement's goal of a scientifically liter-
ate populace.

Allan Wigfield and Ann Battle, of
the College of Education's Human
Development department, shared an
award for their work to evaluate
whether or not approximately 50
educational programs used in Mont-
gomery and Prince George's County
Public Schools featured the expertise
of the department. Through focus
meetings, they learned what teachers
saw as the primary challenges in the
classroom. This data served as a base
for a 30-credit outreach master's of
education degree being offered by the
department.

June 19,2001

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"The team from the University of Maryland
started creating their sub/Terpedo,' in fall
1998. Students' grades in the mechanical
engineering design class depended on the
efforts they put into the project. Catherine
Nolan and Stephen Martin, University of
Maryland seniors, said they learned from
their mistakes. Over the past week, Mr.
Martin said, he was busy fixing wheels and
patching holes in the sub's shell, 'Nails,
duct tape and lag screws can be your
friend,' said Mr. Martin." — Tbe sixth Inter-
national Human-Powered Submarine
Races were staged at the Naval Surface
Warfare Center Carderock Division in
Betbesda the week of June 10. Seventeen
teams from the area, around the country
and Canada competed. (Washington
Times, June 13)

"Basically, Internet users are saying, 'Let the
communists have their book in a public
library. Let the atheists teach in the
school,' more than nonusers."— ■; John
Robinson, professor of sociology,
announces puzzling research results
regarding Internet users. In a joint
Maryland-Princeton University study,
Internet users prove hard to label;
Robinson says tbe results defy classifica-
tion by labels like "liberal" or "conserva-
tive" He coined the phrase, "diversity
divide," to describe how Internet users are
more tolerant, trusting, optimistic and lit-
erate than nonusers, but not always more
liberal in personal beliefs. (Baltimore
Sun, June 14)

"The fundamental concern is that we are
accountable. If we're accountable but we
don't have any control over it, we get wor-
ried." —Richard Jantz, associate dean for
teacher education in the College of Edu-
cation, reacts to tbe Maryland Higher
Education proposal to guarantee credits
transferred from state junior colleges to
Maryland's four-year schools of educa-
tion. Tbe move is meant to help alleviate
the critical shortage of teachers in tbe
state public school system. (Baltimore
Sun, June 8)

" we'll just have to wait to see what hap-
pens." — Roald Sagdeev, distinguished pro-
fessor of physics and director of the East
West Space Science Center, comments on
restrictive mles placed on scientists by the
Russian government. The Russian Aca-
demy of Sciences ordered its researchers
to report alt publications, contact with
foreign researchers and trips overseas.
Sagdeev thinks tbe new rules may protect
scientists from accusations of espionage.
(New Scientist, June 9)

"But through my years — my 30 years of
working with children — I made a complete
about face because I was one of those peo-
ple who loved dodgeball, I mean, 1 thought
I was the dodgeball queen, and I want to
tell you something. When I watched chil-
dren and listened and read research, I real-
ized that I was really a part of that tradi-
tional thing that we need to really move on
from." —Susan Kogut, a lecturer in kinesi-
ology, decries tbe sport of dodgeball in a
television debate with the director of the
National A mateur Dodgeball Association.
The object of dodgeball is perceived by
many now to be about using human
beings as targets and it advocates that
the strong pick on the weak. (Fox News,
June 9)

"Men tend to embody diis trait (sensation
seeking) more than women.You have to
wonder if this is a result of (social factors)
or something deeper." — Stephen McDaniet,
assistant professor of kinesiology, enters
tbe delicate world of explaining why
women may not be as interested in sports
as men. McDaniel's research leads htm to
believe women are not interested in
being hard core fans tbe way men are.
(Washington Post, June 7)

"I don't know that I would be overly con-
cerned if kids arc out running around and
playing baU on the grass. I would not want
to grow crops on it, though." — Charles
Mutcbi, professor of agronomy in the Col-
lege of Agriculture and Natural
Resources, gives his opinion on young-
sters playing on playgrounds under-
pinned by sludge dumps. In tbe article,
Mulcbi says 80 percent of sludge pro-
duced in Maryland goes to agricultural
land. (Bowie Star, May 24)

"People will take amazing risks to get these
parrots. Some of them throw lassoes up
the trees to the nests and climb up. Others
are more organised, and they wear spurs,
like the ones telephone linemen use, and
scamper up the tree. They themselves
might make only 10 or 20 dollars for each
bird, but that's worth a day's wages for a
field hand in Costa Rica." — The research of
Timothy Wright, assistant professor of psy-
chology who is an auditory bird expert,
leads him to believe wild parrots are in
danger. He says poaching is threatening
46 of tbe 145 species in the neotropics
where between 400,000 and 800,000
chicks are taken from the wild each year
(Tbe Independent, London, June 7)

"If you're going to teach leaders and teach-
ers, you need someone who is absolutely at
the top of their game and that's Carol
Parham, This gives her a statewide reach
with her talents. It's a different way to
contribute to the state." — Edna Szyman-
ski, dean of the College of Education,
touts the hiring of Anne Arundel County
school superintendent Carol Parham to a
professorship in the college as a coup.
Many offered Parham the chance to
broaden her scope of education influ-
ence, but she accepted Maryland's offer
(Baltimore Sun, June 6, 2001).

"Russell Dickerson pulls out a U.S. map in
his office: it's speckled with brighdy col-
ored dots that are bigger and more con-
centrated along the coasts and in urban
area. Upwind from us are all the power
plants in the world, it seems like.. . The
Ohio River Valley is just chock-a-block
with them.' " — Dickerson, professor of
meteorology, comments on one reason
behind summertime ozone and "Code
Red" days in the region. (Baltimore mag-
azine, June 2001)

"Last year we had 100 kids come in... .Our
typical yield is 35 to 40 percent. This year
we have 1 53 confirmed out of about 250
admitted-a 60 percent yield, it's unbeliev-
able. It's great on one level, but it's unnerv-
ing on another." —Journalism dean Tom
Kunkel joins other campus administra-
tors in wondering at the admissions yield
numbers for the Class of 200%. Interim
undergraduate director of admissions
Jim Christensen labels the yield number
"unprecedented." (Baltimore Sun, June 2)

Regents Form Search
Committee for New
USM Chancellor

The Board of Regents of
the University System
of Maryland (USM)
announced the forma-
tion of a search and screening
committee to consider candi-
dates for chancellor of the sys-
tem. The new chancellor suc-
ceeds Donald N. Langenberg,
who retired on April 30.

"The committee intends to
search far and wide to identify
the very best candidates for one
of the very best jobs in higher
education," said Board of Regents
Chairman Nathan A. Chapman
Jr., who will chair the 17-mem-
ber search committee.

"The selection of chancellor
is the most important decision
the board makes," Chapman said.
"The position is not only critical
to the system, it is critical to the
state. The foundation of
Maryland's success in the new
economy will be its system of
higher education. The USM has
grown in size and stature during
Don Langenberg 's tenure. USM
institutions are entering the top
ranks of academia. we will iden-
tify a leader whose experience,
energy, and vision will accelerate
and build on the progress of the
past decade."

The search committee
includes five members of the
USM Board of Regents, three
presidents of USM institutions,
four representatives of USM fac-
ulty and staff and five members
of the public. The committee
will review nominations and
applications for the position,
conduct interviews with candi-
dates it determines are most
qualified, and forward three to
five candidates to the full Board

of Regents, which will make the
final selection. The search com-
mittee will be assisted by an
executive search firm, which has
yet to be selected.

Following is a list of the
Chancellor Search and Screening
Committee:

USM Regentsi Nathan A.
Chapman Jr., Committee Chair;
Admiral Charles R. Larson, USN
(Ret.), Committee Vice Chair;
Nina Rodale Houghton; Thomas
B. Finan Jr. and Saleem Rasheed
(incoming student regent), Chair,
USM System wide Student
Council

USM Presidents: Calvin W.
Burnett, Coppin State College;
Catherine R. Gira, Frost burg State
Universit and David J. Ramsay,
University of Maryland,
Baltimore

Faculty, Staff Administra-
tors: Jennifer Berkman,
Administrative Director, Student
Health Services, Salisbury State
University, former chair, Council
of University System Staff;
Arthur T Johnson, Provost,
UMBQEucharia Nnadi, Provost,
University of Maryland Eastern
Shore and Ronald W.Walters, pro-
fessor, Afro-American Studies,
University of Maryland, College
Park

Community Representa-
tives: John M . Brophy, president
& CEO, Lockheed Martin IMS;
Hon. Benjamin R. Civile tti,
Partner, Venable, Baetjer and
Howard, LLP; A.James Clark,
chairman & CEO, Clark
Enterprises, Inc.; Eleanor Merrill,
Associate Publisher, Capital
Gazette Newspapers, Inc. and
Wayne T Hockmeyer, Chairman
of the Board, Medlmmune, Inc.

Faculty to Share Dean's Responsibilities

Two faculty members from
the College of Information
Studies will temporarily fill the
shoes of retired CL1S Dean Ann
E. Prentice until her replace-
ment is hired.

Associate Dean Diane L.
Barlow, whose research inter-
ests include communication *
and information transfer and |
technology for libraries, will i
serve as interim dean from <
July 1 through Aug. 22. She |
has been with the college for J
nearly 11 years. 5

Bruce Dearstyne, a profes- I
sor who focuses on archive a
administration and records
managament, is not in resi-
dence this summer. He will
return to take over the position
beginning Aug. 23, until May 23,
2002 or until a new dean is
appointed.

Both members arc honored to
assist, but are comfortable in
their current positions. With the
main branch of die National
Archives sitting on university
soil a few miles away, Dearstyne
says the college is "a great place

Diane L. Barlow

to teach,"

Next month, the college's
new name will be a year old.
Formerly the College of Library
and Information Studies, hence
the still-used acronym, its new
name is a reflection of the field's
growth.

"I feel that it's the best
name for us," says Barlow, "It
encompasses the breadth of
what we do."

Outlook

Faculty Receive Awards
to Further Work

The Division of Research and Graduate Studies
granted more than a dozen faculty General
Research Board awards for the 2001-2002 aca-
demic year. The research support award allows
recipients to purchase research materials and
minor equipment essential to research and schol-
arly projects. The faculty research fellowships
allow recipients to spend an academic year on
research or a scholarly project. Fellows partici-
pate in a lecture series hosted by the graduate
school. All award recipients are expected to dis-
seminate their work through publications and
other scholarly 'works.

Research Support Awards

COLLEGE OF
AGRICULTURE AND
NATURAL RESOURCES

Biological Resources
Engineering

Jennifer Becker
Organic Acids as a
Bioremediation
Monitoring Tool

COLLEGE OF ARTS &
HUMANTTrES

Classics

Hugh Lee
The Schedule and
Program of the Ancient
Olympic Games

Communication

Trevor Parry-Giles

The Rhetorical Presidency

of Bill Clinton

English

David Norbrook

The Life and Writings of

Lucy Hutchinson

Germanic Studies
Peter Beicken
Anna Seghers: Stories
[Erzahlungen], Textcriticat,

Commented Edition

Theatre

Carmen Coustaut
"folie"

COLLEGE OF BEHAVIORAL
AND SOCIAL SCIENCES

Afro-American Studies

Clyde Woods

American Communities in
Southern California, 1846
to 2000

Anthropology

Paul Shackel

A Survey of Historic African-
American Churches in
Frederick County

Psychology

Michael Dougherty
Intuitive Hypothesis
Generation

COLLEGE OF EDUCATION

Counseling and
Personnel Services

Ellen Fabian
Toward Understanding
Career-Related Behavior of
Special Education Students

Faculty Research Fellowships

COLLEGE OF LIFE
SCIENCES

Entomology

Michael Ma

The Lnsect Neurohormone
Bursicon.A Move Towards
Genomics Studies

DISTINGUISHED
FACULTY RESEARCH
FELLOWSHIPS

History

Brigitte Bedos-Rezak

Image and Resemblance,
The Earliest Signs of
Personal Identity in
Western Europe

COLLEGE OF COMPUTER,
MATHEMATICAL AND
PHYSICAL SCIENCES

Physics

Abolhassan Jawahery
Study of Violation ofCP
Symmetry in Decays of
Particles Containing the
Bottom Quark

Negotiator Believes with Patience,
Peace is Possible

Former U.S. Senator
George Mitchell
spoke last week of
his experience as a peace
mediator in two of the
world's most troubled
regions, Ireland and the
Middle East, as part of the
activities of the Sadat
Chair for Peace and
Development In
the College of
Behavioral and
Social Sciences.
The event was
held in the Kay
Theatre of the
Clarice Smith
Performing Arts
Center.

Below is an excerpt
from his speech.To read
the full text, go to
www.coUegepublisher.
com/oudook. Click on the
appropriate headline.

"...there are certain prin-
ciples that I believe are uni-
versal. First, I believe
there's no such thing as a
conflict that can't be
ended. They're created and

sustained by human
beings. They can be ended
by human beings. No mat-
ter how ancient the con-
flict, no matter how hurt-
ful, peace can prevail.

restaurant. They always
began with kind words:
"Thank you Senator." "God
bless you." "We appreciate
what you're trying to do."
But they always ended in
despair: "You're wasting
your dme." "This conflict
can't be ended."
"We've been killing
each other for
centuries and
we're doomed
to go on killing
each other for-

"When I arrived in
Northern Ireland I found,
to my dismay, a widespread
feeling of pessimism
among the public and the
political leaders. It's a small
well-informed society
where I quickly became
known. Every day, people
would stop me on the
street, in the airport, in a

ever.

As best I
could, I worked to
reverse such atti-
tudes. This is the special
responsibility of political
leaders, from whom many
in the public take their
cue. Leaders must lead.
And one way is to create
an attitude of success, the
belief that problems can
be solved, that things can
be better. Not in a foolish
or unrealistic way, but in a
way that creates hope and
confidence among the
people."

Vice President of Research and Dean of the Graduate School William Destler, far
right, welcomed members of the United States Olympic Committee (USOC) Site
Evaluation team and the Chesapeake Region 2013 Coalition to College Park recently.
The university Is a proposed site for the Olympic Village, volleyball and team handball
competitions.

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June 19,2001

f NOTABl!

Robert Ployhart, assistant professor of psychology,
received the S. Rains Wallace Dissertation Research
award this spring during the Society for Industrial
and Organizational Psychology's annual meeting in
San Diego.

His dissertation, "A Co nstruct-Oriented Approach
for Developing Situational Judgment Tests in a
Service Context" helped him earn his doctorate
from Michigan State University before coming to
the University of Maryland.

The National Historical Publications and Records
Commission announced grants totaling almost
$3milIion. Two university documentary editing
projects were named as recipeints. "The Samuel
Gompers Papers" will receive up to $80,000 and
another $94,917 Is granted to "Freedom: A
Documentary History of Emancipation, 1861-1867"
Samuel Gompers was president of the American
Federation of Labor for almost 40 years, between
1886 and 1924, and the nation's leading trade
unionist and labor spokesman. Faculty members
Peter Albert and Grace Palladino are co-editors
of the papers. Leslie S, Rowland, director of the
Freedmen & Southern Society Project, worked on
"Freedom."

Scott Koerwer is the new associate dean and
director of the Center for Executive Education at
the Robert H. Smith School of Business. He is the
former director of corporate management develop-
ment at the Wharton School, University of
Pennsylvania, where he spent nine years in a vari-
ety of positions within the executive education
division.

Clark School of Engineering faculty are involved in
Five teams who received contracts through the
Army Research Laboratory (ARL) Collaborative
Technology Alliances (CTA) Program. No other uni-
versity in the country has been involved with all
five winning projects. MIT and Georgia Tech are
each in three projects.

The program is the follow-up to the successful
ARL Federated Laboratory (FedLab) program, which
has been running for five years. These programs
involve teams of researchers from industry and uni-
versities, led by industry, working very closely with
ARL personnel.

Each winning project consists of an eight-year
contract with the ARL with project values ranging
from $49 million to $76 million over the contract
period. The full results can be found at
www. a rl . army, mii/ailiances/awardann. htm.

The topics, Clark School faculty involved and
lead organization are:

Communications and Networks Alliance: John
Baras (Maryland principle investigator), Tony
Ephremides, Evaggelos Geraniotis, Ray Iiu,
Bah is Papadopoulos, Arniand Makowski, Virgil
Gllgor, Carlos Bernstein (Math and Institute for
Systems Research), Nick Roussopoulos
(Computer Science and ISR affiliate); led by
Telcordia

Advance Sensors Alliance: Rama Chellappa
(Maryland principle investigator), Shuvra
Bhattcharyya, Mario Dagenais, Ray Iiu, Shihab
S ham ma : led by BAE Systems

Power and Energy Alliance: Reza Ghodssl
(Maryland principle investigator); led by Honeywell
International

Advance Decision Architectures Alliance: Rama
Chellappa (Maryland principle investigator),
Venkatramana Subrahmanian (CS and ISR), led
by Micro Analysis and Design

Robotics Alliance: Rama Chellappa, Larry
Davis (CS/University of Maryland Institute for
Advanced Computer Studies, Maryland principle
investigator) and Venkatramana Subrahmanian;
led by General Dynamics Robotics Systems.

Jane Henson and Rudolph Pugliese reminisce about the late Jim Henson, her husband and
Pugliese's student at the University of Maryland In the 1950s. Jane Henson has commissioned
a documentary video about the creation of a statue of Henson and his most famous and
beloved puppet creation, Kermit the Frog. The statue, a gift from the class of 1998, is being
built by Maryland sculptor Jay Hall Carpenter. It will be installed near the Stamp Student Union
next spring. Henson was on campus to watch interviews for the documentary last month. In
addition to Pugliese, the filmmakers Interviewed President Dan Mote, Campus Programs
Director Jim Osteen and a number of current students.

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ment of the Corps, which came into official exis-
tence in 1977.

"She's the first to reach the 25-year mile-
stone," says Collard.

The university has a long liistory of placing
student volunteers into the community, but

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Ruth Kurtz Is In good company with the Retired Volunteer
Service Corps, among so many who, like her, have dedicated
Invaluable volunteer hours and years to the university.

before 1 976 there was not coordinated effort to
attract community volunteers to campus.

Individual departments had received help
from the federal Retired Senior Volunteer
Program, and some individuals had offered their
services independently.

Taking note of the volunteers' service,
Undergraduate Studies administrators and the
Center on Aging approached the Edna
McConnell Clark Foundation to fund a project
that would engage the retirement community's
resources. In August 1977, the foundation agreed
to support a three-year effort to develop the pro-
gram that after 24 years continues to thrive.

There are 80 to 85 RVSC members now work-
ing in 30 campus departments. The RVSC volun-
teers, all at least 60 years old, have contributed
over 15,000 hours in this past year, with a value
of over $230,000 to the university."lt*s like the
university getting an endowment," said Collard.
"The value of a volunteer's time is worth more
than $15 an hour."

At the annual spring reception honoring the
volunteers' work, President Dan
Mote thanked the volunteers for
their "gift." He added that while
giving their time, the workers give
in another way

"You're also transmitting your
experience, your sense of history
to those you work with," he said.

In the Visual Resources
Collection, Kurtz has worked on
the 10,000 slides left to the
School of Architecture by
Baltimore architect Alexander
Cochran. Another collection of
1 7,000 slides came her way when
a faculty member died and his
wife donated his collection.

"Mrs. Kurtz labeled a good por-
tion of them," said Cynthia Frank,
her supervisor and co-director of
the collection.

Though Elizabeth AUey retired
around 10 years ago, Kurtz has
inspired her to come back as a
volunteer. Kurtz also recruited her
friend Jeanne O'Connell to the vol-
unteer program.

"The great thing is, they come
in here and everyone gets along," Frank said. "The
students and the volunteers work well together."

Collard noted that the RVSC has plenty of
room for new members. "The Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center needs additional volun-
teers for ushering duties," he said, "We have
seven volunteers over there, but we could
always use a larger pool. We also need some
retired engineers who would help us revive the
Engineering Learning Center"

Those interested in joining the Retired
Volunteer Service Corps should call Collard at
(301) 226-4750,or e-mail
jcoliard @accmail . umd . edu .

Outlook

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Helping Kids be Kids

University Psychologists Receive $2.5 Million
to Continue Research

The young boy desperately wanted
to go to school but was too scared.
"I'd like to go," he said, "but I just
can't quit throwing up long enough
to get dressed." He'd come to psy-
chologists Deborah C. Bcidel and Samuel M.
Turner seeking help.

After some tests, Beidel and Turner — co-direc-
tors of the university's Maryland Center for
Anxiety Disorders — diagnosed him as having
social phobia, sometimes called social anxiety
disorder.

This fear of social encounters leaves children
struggling to answer questions in class or even
speak to classmates. Eating in public, going to a
public restroom or talking to an authority figure
can create panic. Ahout five percent of all chil-
dren have the condition, the researchers say.

"They live behind a wall, shunning social con-
tact. Yet inside they long for companionship,"
says Turner. "The insidious thing about this con-
dition is that it only gets worse. As their peers
develop, they just fall farther and farther
behind." In this case, Beidel and Turner enrolled
the young boy in an experiment. They treated
him with a comprehensive behavioral program
called SET-C, Social Effectiveness Therapy for
Children. They taught him skills and created set-
tings where he could gendy face his fears.

In this first controlled trial of a behavioral
treatment on preadolescents, Beidel and Turner
randomly assigned 67 children diagnosed with
the condition to either a control or treatment
group. They reported in a recent paper in the
Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
that by the end of the treatments 67 percent of
the SET-C children had improved and were no
longer considered social phobics, compared
with only five percent of the control group.

"Most of these children do not possess even
basic social skills," Beidel says. "So we teach
them things other children have been learning
all along, like talking on the telephone, greeting
people and joining groups."

But the researchers know that simply teach-
ing skills isn't enough. "So right after each train-
ing session we create a safe environment where

they can practice," Turner says. The group ses-
sions involve specially trained children. One
week they might all go to a bowling alley.
Another time they might go skating or have a
pizza party.

Finally, the children confront their personal
fears directly. For about an hour each week, they
are put in a situation they fear, such as reading
in front of a group or playing a game with
peers. With support, the child repeats the activi-
ty until the anxiety disappears. "If you engineer
the situation right," Beidel says, "they can work
through their terror."

That's what happened to the frightened little
boy who came to their office. After several
months of treatment, he went back to school,
Beidel says. "He may never win popularity con-
tests, but he now has friends and has joined the
basket ball team."

With a new $2,3 million grant from the
National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH),
Beidel and Turner will try to expand their suc-
cess treating children social phobia. They have
reported a nearly 70 percent success rate using
a comprehensive behavioral program on young
children.

Phase two of the research will test whether
this behavioral treatment works in adolescents.
It will also compare the effectiveness of the
therapy to Prozac — a drug commonly pre-
scribed in these cases. So far only one study has
tested whether drug treatments help children
with tliis condition, and no study has compared
the relative effectiveness of drug and behavioral
therapies.

"We've been able to help children gradually
free themselves from the grip of this social isola-
tion," said Beidel. "We teach them skills and give
them a chance to face their fears. We suspect
this same approach could be applied more
widely, and that's the thrust of our new
research."

For phase two, Beidel and Turner are accept-
ing referrals of children between the ages of
eight and 15. They can be reached at the
Maryland Center for Anxiety Disorder at (301)
405-0232.

Competition Yields Global Solutions

Worried about rising
utility prices? Stu-
dents from Hawaii
who examined correspon-
dence from David Kalakaua,
the last Hawaiian King, and
from Thomas Edison, have dis-
covered that volcanoes might
be the answer to America's
electricity crises.

Through an exploration of
frontiers in history, our nation's
brightest young scholars have
come up with some intriguing
answers to America's energy
crises, race relations and repa-
rations to slaves. From June 1 1
to 1 4 more than 2,000 students
from across America gathered
at the University of Maryland
for the National History Day
competition. During the event
students presented their
research and discoveries.

National History Day is a
year-long education program
that encourages young people
to explore an historical subject
related to the annual theme.
The quest to be among

America's top historians began
earlier this year for more than
700,000 students. The remain-
ing students, who won local
district and state competitions,
will vie for top honors over the
four-day event.

Participating students chose
their topics of study and pre-
sented museum-type exhibits,
multimedia documentaries,
original performances or tradi-
tional research papers.

"It is truly the Olympics for
academics," said USA Today
First Team Teacher of the Year,
Norm Conard of Kansas.
"Thousands of kids cheer and
get excited about learning.
National History Day is not just
a day, but an experience that
truly lasts a lifetime,"

The student and teacher
finalists competed for
$200,000 in prizes. Top student
winners received scholarships
to Case Western Reserve
University in Cleveland, Ohio,
Chaminade University in
Hawaii and the University of

Maryland.

The impact of National
History Day is felt not only by
students, but also by teachers.
The program provides teachers
with a unique alternative to
what can be accomplished in
the traditional classroom.
During the competition,
teacher workshops will be
held at the Library of Congress.

The NHD projects and
research presented at the con-
test range widely in scope. This
year, projects include such var-
ied research as Jackie Robin-
son's impact on civil rights and
baseball; examining the fron-
tiers that astronaut Sally Ride
explored for women and
humankind; frontiers in sci-
ence and microprocessors and
the frontier of goodwill told in
the story of Chiune Sugihara, a
Japanese vice-consul to
Lithuania, who risked every-
thing to save the lives of thou-
sands of Jews in World War n.
For more information, visit
www. N atio nalHistory Day. org .

Mote's a Hit!

UM President Among Top 40 Most
Influential People in Washington

According to an article in the July issue of
Washington Business Forward magazine,
President Dan Mote is one of the 40 most impor-
tant people in Washington business.

The magazine's "Forward Forty" is an annual list that
looks at "agenda setters, market movers, the people
everyone wants to get close to." Those who made the
list have influenced business in this region and will help
shape its economic future.

He received high marks for political pull, and for rais-
ing money, awareness and expectations at the university.
The magazine should be available at news stands.

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integrity and commitment
to equity.

The Athletics
Certification Committee
preliminarily reviews an
institution's certification
materials, then provides a
list of issues identified dur-
ing the evaluation.The uni-
versity then has a period
of up to one year to
respond in writing to the
issues before a final certifi-
cation decision is ren-
dered. An institution's fail-
ure to satisfactorily
respond to die committee
can negatively impact cer-
tification status.

The certification
process is separate from
the NCAA's enforcement
program, which investi-
gates allegations that mem-
ber institutions have violat-
ed NCAA rules. A decision
of certified does not
exempt an institution from
concurrent or subsequent
enforcement proceedings.
The NCAA Committee on
Infractions can ask the
Committee on Athletics
Certification to review an
institution's certification

status as a result of the
completed infractions
case.

The members of the
Committee on Athletics
Certification are:

Otis Chambers,
University of Wisconsin,
Green Bay; Robert A.
Chernak, George
Washington University;
Tom Davis, Sam Houston
State University; Paul Dee,
University of Miami
(Florida); Kathleen
Hallock, Colonial Athletic
Association; John Hardt,
Bucknell University; Susan
Hofacre, Robert Morris
College; Jerry Kingston,
Arizona State University;
Chris Monasch, America
East Conference; Paul
Risser, Oregon State
University; Alfonso
Scandrett, North Carolina
A&T State University;
Andrea Seger, Ball State
University; Irene Shea, Cali-
fornia State University,
Sacramento; James E.
Walker (chair), Southern
Illinois University at
Carbondale; Richard L.
Wallace, University of
Missouri, Columbia; and
Brenda Weare, Conference
USA.

June 19, 2001

Dalcroze Dancing

The Clarice Smith Performing Arts
Center is the location for a series of
summer credit courses and workshops,
among them the "Dalcroze Institute"
(MUED 499B/698B) from June 25-July
6. Instructors Monica Dale and John
Stevenson will lead this workshop on
the method of learning music devel-
oped by Emil-Jacques Dalcroze.
Eurythmics, the most widely recog-
nized aspect of Dalcroze s approach,
increases rhythmic sensitivity through
physical movement. The method also
incorporates solfege (singing with syl-
lables) and improvisation.

Teachers will experience and learn
all aspects of Dalcroze training and be
able to incorporate these concepts
into the classroom. This will be the
first summer of two that will lead to a
certificate. To register, or to leant
more about summer course offerings,
call SPOC (Single Point of Contact) at
(301) 314-3572 or visit
www. umd . e du/summer.

Web Development Training Magnolia blossom season brightens campus.

The Office of Academic Computing
Services has created a four-week, evening Web Design
and Development course that will be offered twice
this summer 0ufy 3-31 and Aug. 2-30). Classes meet
Tuesday and Thursday evenings from 6:30-10 p.m.,
and are open to all.

Participants will plan and create Web pages using
standard HTML, edit them with FrontPage, design and
produce custom graphics using Adobe PhotoShop,
and "code" interactive effects using JavaScript.

The class fee is $295, which includes books.
Classes meet in 0229 LeFrak Hall. To register or to
find out more, please visit our Web site at
www. LearnIT.umd.edu or send an e-mail to
LearnIT@oacs.umd.edu, Please sign up early, as seats
are filling quickly.

For more information, contact LearnlT at (301)
405-1670 or LearruT@oacs.umd.edu, or visit
www. LeamlT. umd . edu .

The National Orchestral Institute CNOI), comprising
students from the country's finest music schools and
conservatories, presents three weekend concerts this
June in the grand Concert Hall of the Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center. Described as "the stars of
tomorrow™ by the Washington Post, the NOI Phil-
harmonic performs on Saturday, June 23 at 8 p.m.

Tickets are now on sale through the Clarice Smith
Performing Arts Center Ticket Office. For repertoire
and other information, please visit the website listed
below. Charges: 515 adult $12 senior $5 student. For
more information, contact the Clarice Smith Perform-
ing Arts Center at (301) 405-7847 or seigenbr@deans.
umd.edu, or visit www.claricesmithcenter.umd.edu/
units/noip.html.

cookout buffet featuring BBQ chicken, burgers, hot
dogs, Italian sausage and more. It all happens at the
Golf Course on Friday, June 22 starting at 6 p.m. The
cost is $9.95 for adults and $4 for kids 1 2 and under.
Draft beer and house wines will be available for $1 .25
and Pepsi for 50<r.

For reservations or more information, contact
Nancy Loomis at (301) 403-4240 or
nl oomis @d ining . umd . edu ,

Massage Mania

Mi

Come join us for one or all of our traditional Mary-
land Crab Feasts in the courtyard of the Rossborough
Inn, featuring all-you-care-to-eat Maryland steamed
crabs. The dates are July 20, Aug. 3 1 and Sept. 21 .

All Crab Feasts are held from 6-9 p.m. To view the
entire menu, visit www.infonn.umd.edu/muc, or e-
mail your reservation request to ccantore@dining.
umd.edu to be put on our fax list. Cost is $50 per per-
son (includes tax and gratuity).

For more information, contact Chris Cantore at
(301) 314-8012 or ccantore@dining. umd.edu.

BBQ and Bkiegrass

Gather your friends for an evening of Bluegrass
performed by the Annapolis Bluegrass Coalition and a

Anyone can learn to share the benefits of massage.
The massage routine is taught with the participants
fully clothed and comfortably seated. You will learn
techniques to reduce pain from accumulated muscle
tension and stress. The class also gives instruction on
how to avoid getting tired while performing massage.
Please bring a pillow and towel to class.

Instructors Denise Wist and Miranda Roberson will
lead this health training session in 0232 Stamp
Student Union (Tortuga Room A) on Thursday, June
28 and Thursday, July 5 from 6-8 p.m. The cost is $50
for students, $60 for faculty and staff, and $70 for the
general public.

For more information, contact Alicia Simon at
(301) 314-8492 or asimon@union.umd.edu.

Web of Science Database Access

The UM Libraries are pleased to announce the
availability of the entire backfile of Science Citation
Index Expanded via the Web of Science. Coverage is
now 1945 to the present. To access the Web of
Science from on campus, visit http://wos.isiglobal-
net2.com/.

For more information, contact Alesia McManus at
(301) 405-9285 or am245@umail. umd.edu.

Tools of Digital Design for the Web

This faculty enrichment class in the Institute for
Instructional Technology summer program will pro-
vide training in the digitization and editing of graph-
ics. In addition to learning to use Adobe Photoshop
to prepare images for the Web, the two-day class will
discuss scanning techniques, survey compression
schemes and image formats.

The course is free for faculty and teaching assis-
tants, and takes place June 21-22 from 9 a.m. -4 p.m.
in 4404 Computer & Space Science. Registration is
required online at www.oit.umd.edu/UT/
register.html.

Interested departmental instructional technology
support personnel can apply; however, they will be

placed on a waiting list. In the event
that a module does not fully sub-
scribe with faculty participants,
those on the waiting list will then
be seated.

For more information, con-
tact Deborah Mateik at (301) 405-
2945 or dml6@umail.umd.edu, or
visit www.oit.umd.edu/IlT/ cur-
rent.html.

Prange Rebroadcast

A rebroadcast of a segment
on the Gordon W Prange Collection,
originally aired June 7 on the
Maryland State of Mind program (on
Maryland Public TV), has been
scheduled for July 1 from 8-9 p.m.

For more information, con-
tact DesiderVikor at (301) 405-9112
, or dvikor@deans.umd.edu.

Fun with Flash 5

Participants in the course
Introduction to Macromedia Flash 5
will gain experience with Flash
tools and methods for working in
Flash. They will build on this knowl-
edge by using Flash to create anima-
tions that can be published on the Web or as stand-
alone files. While the course is taught in the
Macintosh environment, principles learned will seam-
lessly convey to Flash on the Windows platform.

The course will take place on July 1 from 9 a.m.-4
p.m. in room 3332 Computer & Space Science. The
cost for faculty and staff is $225; for USM Affiliates,
$275. Training is provided by Gateway Technical Ser-
vices. Registration is required at www.oit.umdedu/se.
For more information, contact the Training Coordina-
tor at (301) 405-0443 or oit-training@umail.umd.edu.

Step Up to the Challenge

Come to the Challenge 2001 Minority Business
Enterprises (MBE) Business Forum being held July 12
from 8:30-1 1:30 a.m. in the Inn and Conference
Center ballroom. The forum's purpose is to develop
business relationships and help with the state's goal
of increasing minority procurement from 14 to 25
percent. The event is sponsored by the Vice President
for Administrative Affairs, the Department of Facilities
Management and the Department of Procurement
and Supply.

We have invited 1 ,300 MBEs and 40 exhibitors.
Participants will meet representatives from general
contractors, architecture and engineering firms,
construction management, the Department of
Transportation MBE Office, e-Maryland Marketplace
and university officials.

In addition, a continental breakfast will be provid-
ed and a chance to win a computer with a printer
and a Palm Pilot. For more information, contact Gloria
Aparicio at (301) 405-5643.

Sisterhood SymposiuqhMHHB^HM

The Afro-American Studies Program and the Ford
Foundation are pleased to announce "The Sisterhood
of Work: A Collaborative Symposium on the Meanings
& Representations of Work in the Lives of Women of
Color" on Friday, June 22 from 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m. This
multi-ethnic interdisciplinary symposium seeks to
explore the impact of public policy, cultural represen-
tation, and methodology on our understandings of the
work lives of women in communities of color.

Current research and thinking will be presented
through a variety of media including papers, panels,
performance and dialogue. The cost of breakfast and
lunch arc included in the registration fee. The sympo-
sium will take place in the H.J. Patterson Building. See
the Web site for a full description: wwwbsos.umd.
edu/aasp/symposium.htm or contact Heather Z. Lyons
at (301) 405-8938 or womenofcolorwork@yahoo.com
for more details.