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THE UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND FACULTY AND STAFF WEEKLY NEWSPAPER Volitmt i6 • Number z • September 4, 2001

Big Ten Coach Of the
Year Joins Terrapins

Martin NoYak has
been named
women's tennis
coach at the Uni-
versity of Maryland. Novak
recently guided the University
of Minnesota women's tennis
team to six consecutive win-
ning sea5ons. He joins current
Terrapins temiis coach Jim
Laitta who will now concen-
trate his efforts on guiding the
Maryland men's team.

NovaJt took over the Min-
nesota program in 1990, after
five years as head coach at the
University of Arkansas. He led
the Gophers to four appear-
ances in the NCAA Champi-
onships, and from 1996-2000
lifted Minnesota to distinction
as the only women's tennis
team to boast a winning Big
Ten record in each of those
five seasons. He was named
the Big Ten Coach of the Year
following a 7-3 conference fin-
ish during the 2000 season,
and a trip to the league's
championship finals.

"We are fortutiate to have
hired such an accomplished
collegiate coach in Martin
Novak," said athletics director

Deborah A. Yow. "Martin
achieved an outstanding
record at two major Division I
institutions, and his success at
this elite level can lift our pro-
gram to contention in the
Adantic Coast Conference.
Our search committee, chaired
by Jane Mullens, did an out-
standing job."

In 1 1 years at Minnesota,
Novak compiled a 1 26- 118
record against a number of the
toughest opponents in the
coimtry. His 1999 team fin-
ished the Big Ten schedule
with an &-2 record, the best in
school history, and its best
league finish in school history,
a second-place tie with Wis-
consin. One year later, Novak's
team earned its first berth in
the Big Ten tournament's
championship match, falling to
Northwestern, 4-3, in a match
that took five-and-a-half hours
to complete, Novak was hon-
ored as the league's coach of
the year. In 1997, he guided
the Gophers to their highest
national ranking in school his-
tory, No. 28. The team matched

See NOVAK, page 7

Julia Rader, associate director of student services, and Gertrude Eaton, executive director of the Shady Grove
Center, stand outside one of the two buildings now hosting new daytime programs.

Offering Students the Best of Many Worlds

New Initiative Combines Universities' Strengths

In two beautiful buildings
just off of 1-270 in northern
Montgomery County, Uni-
versity System of Maryland insti-
tutions work together to bring
their signature programs imder
one, student-centered roof

The Shady Grove Center is
more than a satellite, and yet

not a full campus.The facility
strives to offer both traditional
and nontraditional upper divi-
sion undergraduates and post-
baccalaurate students a colle-
gial, professional setting. Center
programs are marketed as The
Universities at Shady Grove.
This past July, the Umversity

of Maryland, College Park began
a three-year role as the coordi-
nating institution for the center
in Rockville, In this new role,
Maryland wiH collaborate with
other institutions to ensime
their programs are successful

See SHADY GROVE, page 6

Research Center Will Seek to Encourage
Civic Learning and Engagement

After a generation of near-neglect among
social scientists and other scholars, the question
of how yoimg people acquire civic attitudes
and habits is back on the research agenda.

The University of Maryland atmoimced
recently that it has been awarded a $4.57 mil-
lion grant from The Pew Charitable Trusts to
create a new research center that will
explore the causes of civic disengagement
among young people between the ages of 15
and 25 as well as fectors and initiatives that
encourage their civic engagement. The Cen-
ter for Information and Research on Civic
Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE) wiU
serve as a key source of rigorous, impartial

information and research for scholars, practi-
tioners, and policy makers.

Reflecting on civic engagement among
young Americans today, William A. Galston, a
professor in the university's School of Public
Affairs and director of CIRCLE, says he is
drawn to Dickens's femous characterization
of the French Revolution, "It was the best of
times, it was the worst of times."

"On the one hand, young people arc volun-
teering their services in record numbers,"
Galston said, "On the other hand, young peo-
ple are disengaging from the institutions

See CIRCLE, page 5

Off-Campus Adventures Create Campus Bonds

Since the day he started hik-
ing through Dolly Sods,W.Va.,
Ed Kenny has been hooked on
the University of Maryland's
TE.N.TS. program. He was
overwhelmed with the natural
giandeur of the place. Only
one thing drew him in more
than the environment — the
ability to help students. A
transplant from Chicago,
Kenny had a rough initiation
to college life and saw the pro-

gram as a way to help others
have a better experience.

"This worics," says Kenny,
When he saw his fellow back-
packers on campus in the fall,
he says "they were so confi-
dent and so involved." Today, as
TE.N.TS student coordinator,
Kenny nms the program.

InT.E.N.T.S,or Terrapm
Expeditions for New and
Transfer Students, staff and fac-
ulty meet incoming students in

the context of an outdoor
adventure. Participants take
advantage of the sunmier
months to explore the natural
splendor of the area. This
year's outings included l^ck-
packing, canoeing, kayaking,
rock climbing and camping.

Although many of the staff
who participate in the trips
come to lend a helping hand.

Set TE.N.TS., page 5

University of Maryland Gene
Study Helps Volunteers Get Fit

Volunteers for one University
of Maryland study are not only
helping researchers study the
genetic cormection to the
effects of exercise. They're get-
ting in shape while they do it
with six months of fitness and
dietary training.

The Gene Exercise Research
Study, conducted at the univer-
sity's Department of Kinesiolo-
gy by Idnesiology professor
James Hagbci^, uses volunteers
to help study how genetic
make-up affects the benefits of
exercise on lowering choles-
terol and blood pressure levels.

The volunteers are not
marathon nmners when they
begin. In fact, Hagberg wanLs
older adults who have been
couch potatoes for a while.
Hagbci^'s study, part of a five-
year project funded by the
National Institutes of Health,
looks at a population that is at
increased risk for cardiovascu-
lar disease, which is affected
by cholesterol and blood pres-
sure levels. Study participants
include men and post-
menopausal women between
the ages of 50 and 75 who have
been sedentary for at least the
past year. They also must not be
smokers or diabetics.

Volunteers exercise at the
imiversity for six months, tliree
times a week, supervised by
exercise physiology graduate
students. Study participants also
meet with a nutritionist twice a
week, and they are asked to fol-
low a low fiat diet during the
study.

Alvin Thompson, a university
employee and volunteer in the
study that's now imdcrway, says
joining the program has put
him into the exercise routine
for the first time in years."! had-
n't been able to force myself to
exercise regularly," ^ys the 54-
year-old assistant director of
operations and maintenance in
the Office of Facilifies Manage-
ment. "But in this program the
people who nm the program
arc involved with you. There's a
real connection.

"It's like having a personal
trainer," he adds. "When 1 ask
them a question, they give me
the answer or go research it."

Qualified applicants are
given a physical exam, choles-
terol, blood pressure and dia-
betes tests, DNA screening,
body composition analysis,
bone density measurement, car-

See GENE STUDY, page 3

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CORRECTIONS

YOUR GUIDE TO UNIVERSITY EVENTS:SEPTEMBER 4-U

September 4

S-9 p.m.. Learn to Create a
Basic Web Page with HTML

4404 Computer & Space Sci-
ence. Introduces the Hyper-
text Markup Language used to
create Web pages. Concepts
covered include how to format
text; create lists, links and
anchors; upload pages; and add
Inline images. Prerequisite: a
WAM account, Unix and Basic
Computing Technologies at
Maryland. For more informa-
tion, contact Carol Warrington
at 5-2938 or cwpost@umd5.
umd.edu. Register online at
www.oit.umd.edu/pt or pay at
the door (student/GA $ 10; £ic-
ulty/staff $20; alumni $25).*

WEDMESDAV

September 5

9 a.m.-4 p.m.. Love 'em or
Lose 'em: A Workshop on
Retention 1 tOlU Chesapeake.
Designed to give managers the
tools and strategics to retain
staff. Based on the book "Love
cm or Lose 'em," of which
each participant will receive a
copy. $139. For more informa-
tion, visit wv^fw.personnel.
umd.edu or call 5-5651.*

6-9 p.m.. Introduction to
IMathematica 4404 Computer
& Space Science. Introduces
the basic principles of mathe-
matical tools that can perform
complex mathematical opera-
tions such as integration and
differentiation in symbolic
mathematical notation. Also
included are rendering data in
2-D or 3-D plots. Prerequisite: a
WAM account. For more infor-
mation, contact Carol Warring-
ton at 5-2938 or cwpost®
umd5.umd.edu. Register online
at www.oit.umd.edu/pt or pay
at the door Cstudent/GA $10;
feculty/staff $20; alumni $25).*

6:30-8:30 p.m., Jamil Al-
Amin: America's Next Politi-
cal Prisoner? 01 30 Nyumburu
Cultural Center. Video presen-
tation and case update on the
impending trial of Imam Jamil
Al-Amin (formally H. Rap
Brown). This month Al-Amin,
former Chairman of the Stu-
dent NonA^iolcnt Coordinating
Committee and current spirim-
al leader of a Mu.slim commu-
nity in Adanta, will be tried for
the March 16, 2000 shooting of
two Adanta police officers. For
more information, contact Jen-

dayi Nyabingi at (301) 4196116
or jendayilO@netzero.net.

THURSDAV

September 6

8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., OIT Short-
course Training: Intermedi-
ate MS Access 4404 Comput-
er & Space Science. Learn how
to normalize sample tables by

OIT FALL COMPUrrER
TRAINING SCHEDULE

The Office of Information
Technoiogy announces its
fall schedule of computer
short courses for UM
staff. Visit the Short
Course Web site,
www.oit.umd.edu/sc, for
a schedule of classes,
course descriptions, reg-
istration policies and pro-
cedures, and to register
for classes.

For more information,
contact the OIT Staff
Training Coordinator at
(301J405-0443oroit-
training@umaii.umd.edu.

identifying design problems;
establish relationships between
tables; customize table designs
by setting field properties to
maintain data integrity and cre-
ating indexes; design select
queries using multiple tables;
ciLStomize form designs by cre-
ating calculated flelds, combo
boxes, and unbound controls;
and customize report designs
by grouping, sorting, and sum-
marizing data and by adding
subreports. The fee is $90. To
register, visit www.oit.umd.
edu/sc. For more information,
contact the OIT Training Ser-
vices Coordinator, 5-0443 or
oit-training®umail , umd.edu.*

4 p.m.. Gallery Talk: David
Depuydt, Recent Printing

Parents Association Gallery,
Stamp Student Union. Recep-
tion to follow. The show rims
throu^ Sept. 21 , Gallery hours
are 9 a.m. -5 p.m., Mon.-Fri.

4:30-7:30 p.m.. Introduction
to MatLab 3330 Computer &
Space Science. Introduces the
basic principles of mathemati-
cal tools that can perform
complex mathematical opera-
tions such as integration and
differentiation in symbolic
mathematical notation. Also
included are rendering data in
2-D or 3-D plots. Prerequisite: a

WAM account. For more infor-
mation, contact Carol Warring-
ton at 5-2938 or cwpost®
umd5.umd.edu. Register online
at www.oit.umd.edu/pt or pay
at the door (student/GA $10;
faculty/staff $20; alumni $25).*

5-7 p.m.. Gallery Reception:
Stories, Spirits, Souls:
Selections from the Art
Gallery's Permanent Collec-
tion The Art GaLery, Art-Soci-
ology Building. Including 1 9th-
20th-C. African objects, 20th<:.
American art (books, paintings,
photography and prints), 17th-
20th-C. European art (books
and prints) and 20th-C. Japan-
ese prints. Curated by Dorit
Yaton. Show runs through Oct.
5. Gallery hours are Mon.-Fri.
1 1 a.m.-4 p.m. andThurs. 1 1
a.m. -7 p.m. For more informa-
tion, call 5-2763.

5:30-8:30 p.m., Jazz at the
Golf Course "Cheek to
Cheek" plays cool jazz for a hot
afternoon every Thursday in
the Golf Course Clubhouse.
Thursday night specials include
Mulligan's cheesestcaks, muchos
nachos and specials in the bar
for feculty and staff. For more
information, contact Nancy
Loomis at (301) 403-4240 or
nloomis® dining, umd.edu.

5 ATUn D A V

September B

0:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m.. Adult
Health and Development
Program Training Stamp Stu-
dent Union, room 2111, First of
two Saturday sessions. Details
in For Your Interest, page 8.

MONDAY

September 10

9 a.m.-4 p.m.. New Employ-
ee Orientation 1 lOlU Chesa-
peake. For more information,
visit www.personnel.umd.edu
or caU 5-5651.

12 noon. An American Ism:
Joe McCarthy Film (Glerm Sil-
ber; 1978; 84 min.) at the Nation-
al Archives, College Pailc. Exam-
ines the making of America's
most notorious demagogue,
Joseph R, McCarthy. His lift:
story and unlikely rise to power
Is told by friends, victims and
politicians. For more informa-
tion, caU (202) 501-5000.

4:16 p.m.. Massage Therapy

Class 01 40 Campus Recre-
ation Center. First session of a

Prism Brass Quintet

The Prism Brass Quintet's performance will take
place Friday, Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. in the Gildenhorn Recital
Hall of the Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center.

The contact person for the First Look Fair (Sept. 12-
13) is Meg Cooperman, (301) 405-0741.

12-week health training class
that meets Mondays. Learn to
relieve stress, back pain, neck
pain, exam stress, headaches
and muscle pain, and how to
prevent injuries. The fee is $95.
Register at the first class or at
UHC 2107. For more informa-
tion, contact Geoff Gilbert,
CMT,at (301) 881-3434 or 314-
8128, or jsksvggg@aoI.com.*

6-9 p.m.. Massage Therapy
Class 0140 Campus Recre-
ation Center. See 4:15 p.m.
(above) for details.

6-9 p.m., Basic Computing
Technologies at Maryland

4404 Computer & Space Sci-
ence. Introduces network tech-
nologies such as using FTP,
reading and posting on Usenet
newsgroups, subscribing to
public newsgroups, and send-
ing attactunents using an e-mail
program such as Netscape. Pre-
requisite: a WAM account. For
more information, contact
Carol Warrington at 5-2938 or
cwpost® umd5.iund.edu. Reg-
ister online at www.oit.umd.
edu/pt or pay at the door (stu-
dent/GA $ 10; ftculty/staff $20;
alumni $25).'

WEDNESDAY

September 12

10 a.m.-4 p.m.. First Look
Fair McKeldin Mall. First of
two days. Thirty to 40 volun-
teer and commimity service
oiganizations in the College
Park-Washington, D.C. area will
assemble on campus to pro-
vide information about fating
hunger and homelessness,
mtoring children in the area,
improving the environment,
serving special communities
and more. A list of agencies
that will be present can be
obtained by calling 4-CARE.
For more information, contact
Meg Cooperman at 5-0741.

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H UR S DAY

September 13

10 a.m.-2 p.m., Hrst Look
Fair McKeldin Mall. Second of
rtvo days. See Sept. 12 for
details.

1 1 :30 a.m.. Art Department
Lecture West Gallery, An -.Soci-
ology Building. Details in For
Your Interest, page 8.

4:15-5:30 p.m.. Talk About
Teaching: The Greeks 0135
Taliaferro Hall. Details in For
Your Interest, page 8.

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Program ICONS Puts the World in the Hands of Students

International diplomacy
takes place at the univer-
sity every semester.
High-level advisors rep-
resenting countries from
around the world attempt to
negotiate and compromise
proposals dealing with global
issues. The catch is that the
biggest thing on the line is
possibly a class grade — not
world peace.

It's not a game. It's a simu-
lation with Program ICONS.

Program ICONS, or Interna-
tional Communication and
Negotiation Simulations,
operates out of the Depart-
ment of Government and Pol-
itics and offers educational
simulations of International
relations. There are two lev-
els of the program- imiversity
and high school.

ICONS provides the sce-
nario, platform and facilita-
tion for the simulation. The
student teams must prepare
themselves with knowledge
on the participating coun-

tries and the issue at hand.
Negotiations from partici-
pants around the world take
place on the Internet.

The simulation is not a
competition against other
teams. There are no points to
be gained, however teams
can judge their success on
whether or not an accepted
proposal is beneficial to their
country's best interest.

Alex Jonas, simulation
director of ICONS said that
the learning takes place in
the preparation, simulation
and debriefmg.

"We see changes in the stu-
dents knowledge and skills. In
the attitudes they report a
lessening of their perception
of the world being us and
them or we or they," Jonas
said. "As people you have to
understand there are other
points of view to understand."

The program is has operat-
ed in 60 colleges in 20 differ-
ent countries and 100 high
schools from Israel, Japan and

Canada. University programs
such as political science and
international relations are the
most common to participate
and several high school social
studies classes participate as
well. This semester the pro-
gram has about 22 high
school teams and 1 2 universi-
ty teams.

John Wilkenseld, chairman
of the Department of Govern-
ment and Politics, and
Richard Brecht, the director
of the National Foreign Lan-
guage Center, brought ICONS
to the university in the early
1980s when the first simula-
tion was held between Mary-
land students and students at
the University of California,
Santa Barbara. An all-text pro-
gram on the early Internet
was used for the teams to
communicate with each
other. In the late 1990s
ICONS became entirely Web-
based.

Betsy Kielman, managing
director of ICONS, said that

the simulations are usually
inserted into curriculum
about halfway through a
semester — after the tradition-
al textbook learning has been
done and students can actual-
ly test out theories,

"Tlie sense in which 1 think
it is always successful, it never
fails in teaching students that
issues are intercormected,"
Kielman said. "It teaches stu-
dents tliat you can't solve
environmental problems with-
out tmderstanding their eco-
nomic impact. What they real-
ize, this is a web that you can't
fix one piece without the
other."

Jonas said ICONS is inter-
ested in expanding the pro-
gram outside of the universi-
ty and high school audi-
ences — and even political
audiences. He said they've
been approached to simulate
disaster preparedness and
journalistic situations and
even a domestic political
focus.

4-H "Can" Make a Difference with Campaign to Feed tlie Hungry

With help fix)m younger 4-H'ers,
Heather Brundage, vice president
of the Maryland 4-H Teen
Council, helps "Roscoe the Can"
cut the ribbon at the "4-H CAN
Make a Difference" House at the
recent Maryland State Fair in
Tinionium.The food collection
effort marked the continuation of a
"Feed the Hungry" Campaign
kicked off last April at Maryland
Day. According to Kendra Wells,
Extension 4-H youth development
specialist with the College of
Agriculture and Natural
Resources, 4-H'ers collected nearly
1,000 pounds of food for distribu-
tion by the Maryland Food Bank
and the Capital Aiea Food Bank to
more than 900 food pantries, soup
kitchens and eniei^ency shelters,
Fairgoers also donated enough
money for the food banks to pur-
chase approximately $2,000 wortli
of food.

Gene Study: Study Tracks Cholesterol Levels

Continued Jrom page 1

diovascular assessment and aerobic
capacity test.

There is no cost to participate In the
study, and volunteers who complete the
program are given a $200 stipend. How-
ever, volunteers must provide their own
transportation.

"We start them out eas7, exercising for
20 minutes and working up to 40-minute
sessions," Hagberg says. "We realize our
volunteers have been sedentary fbr some
time, and we work very hard to avoid
their overdoing it at first."

"In the begirming 1 was concerned
about keeping up," says Thompson. "But
the program builds you up."

One purpose of the study Is to deter-

mine the effects of exercise on choles-
terol levels in people with variations of
the APO E gene, which processes choles-
terol. The study also is trying to deter-
mine the effects of other common genet-
ic variations on blood pressure changes
with exercise training.

"Our results so far show that people
with a relatively conmion variation of the
APO E gene are likely to improve tlieir
cholesterol levels with regular exercise
and a diet of no more than 30 percent
fat," says Hagberg,

"But people who have different ver-
sions of the APO E gene may show linle
or no improvement in their cholesterol
levels doing the same amount of exercise

and following the same dietary guidelines.

"The good news though," says Hagberg,
"is that if you are being treated fbr cardio-
vascular disease, the doctor can look at
your genetic information and know right
away if you should use exercise or med-
icaUon to improve your cholesterol or
blood pressure."

ForThompson, the benefits of the
study will be long term. "I've really gotten
into the habit of exercising three times a
week. It vras a hard habit to start, so I
think I will continue. I'm also eating bet-
ter now. I will truly watch what I eat."

For more information about the pro-
gram, contact the Gene Exercise Research
Study, jhl03@umail.umd.edu.

Notable

An interdisciplinary team of
researchers led by Michael
Fuhrer of the Department of
Physics, with Ellen WWams and
Igor Lyublnetsky (Physics),
larry Sita (Chemistry) and Chris
■ Lobb (Center for Superconductivi-
ty Research), have received a $ 1 .2
million grant from the National
Science Foundation to study "Dy-
namics of Structure and Charge at
the Molecular Scale." This research
will explore the fundamental lim-
its which govern the operation of
electronic devices as device sizes
shrink to the molecular scale. The
funding comes as a part of the
new National Nanotechnology Ini-
tiative, and will help advance the
study of nanoscale science and
technology at Maryland.

Dan Mote, president of the Utii-
versity of Maryland, was presented
with an honorary doctoral degree
in engineering from the Ohio
State University on Aug. 30 at the
Summer Commencement Ceremo-
ny at the Schottenstein Center.

Robert Parker, Assoc. Professor
of Mechanical Engineering and a
former doctoral student of Mote's,
recommended the president for
the degree.

The University of Maryland Qrde
of Omicron Delta Kappa
(DDK) was the only one out of
276 schools to receive the Circle
of Distinction Award for the 200O-
01 academic year. The award is
given to the drcle that proves it is
in full compliance with all of the
national standards of ODK. UM
had to show completed paper-
work on all members and docu-
ment that all had paid their dues.
Receiving the honor was as sim-
ple, or as tedious, as taking the
time to fill out even more paper-
work to nominate oneself.

"I am very proud of the Sigma
Circle of Omicron Delta Kappa °
James Osteen said. "They have done
an outstanding job in the past year
and we look to having a promising
year In the upcoming year."

The chapter will be recognized
at the 2002 ODK national conven-
tion to be held in February In Lex-
ington, Ky.

Judith Tofney-Purta, professor
in the Department of Human
Development, received the 2(X)1
Nevitt Sanford Award from the
International Society for Political
Psychology. The award, which hon-
ors exemplary achievement in cre-
ating knowledge that can be
applied to solve social or poUticlal
problems, recognized Purta's
research published in "Citizenship
and Education in Twenty-eight
Countries: Civic Knowledge and
Engagement at Age Fourteen." Data
from the study, to be released next
July, will offer psychologists and
potiticial scientists opportimities
for further research.

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PHUrp gy CrMTHIA MITCHEU

Maryland Congressman Steny Hoyer (center), along with Maggie Bridwell (r),
director of the Health Center, and Georges Benjamin (I), Secretary of the State
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, hosted an immunization awareness
event last week to remind students of the life-saving importance of receiving
immunizations before starting the new school year. "In all the back-to-school
commotion, it is easy to forget to get all your shots," said Hoyer. "Vaccines are one
of public health s greatest triumphs. With the exception of safe water, no other
health strategy has had such a tremendous effect on reducing disease and improv-
ing health,"

Hoyer emphasized the socioeconomic consequences of immunizations: for
every doUar spent on vaccines, up to $24 in medical and societal costs is saved.
Benjamin echoed Hoyer's concerns, noting the increased risk for college-aged stu-
dents of contracting meningococcal meningitis, the incidence of which has
increased substanriaUy through the past decade in 15- to 24-year-olds. "Not only is
the Health Center a source of medical care for students, but we also are concerned
about public health issues and one important facet of that is to be sure that com-
municable diseases are under control," said BridweU. Vaccines are available not only
for measles, mumps, rubella and meningococcal meningitis, but also for chicken
pox and hepatitis A and B,

Start Your Football Season Off with a Good Breakfast

PHOTQ ^ MDtttnt AUSTIH SAIUV

Maryland Football Coach Ralph Friedgen signs a T-shirt for a fan who attended die
first "Breakfast with Fridge" event Friday morning at the Hampton Inn. Free T-shirts
were given to the first 300 attendees. Friedgen will speak to fans and answer questions
every Friday morning before home games fix>m 7:30-8:30 a.m. The event is fi^e and
doors open at 7:15 a.m. The Inn is located at 9670 Baltimore Ave., at the corner of
Cherry Hill Road and Baltimore Ave. (Route 1).

University Collaborates with
Feds to Provide Rapid
Information on Wildfires

s;

A collaboration between the
University of Maryland, NASA,
NOAA and the USDA Forest Ser-
vice is allowing U.S. firefighters
and land managers to view
wildfires and their aftermath
more quickly and with better
detail than ever before.

The university and its federal
partners arc using NASA's Terra
satellite and new streamlined
processing methods they have
developed to detect active fire
locations and to provide images
and maps of wildfires .This new
information is helping the For-
est Service and other fire fight-
ing agencies to strategically
manage the nation's fire fight-
ing resources. Maryland also is
developing software that will
allow the Forest Service to use
Terra data for faster assessment
of the severity of bum damage.

"The collaborative effort,
which is known as the Rapid
Response Project, was created
in response to the
2000 fire season,
with its extensive
wildfires in Idaho
and Montana," said
Rob Sohlbeig, a
researcher in the
university's Depart-
ment of Geography.
"The MODIS (Mod-
erate Resolution
Imaging .Spectrora-
dioraeterl instru-
ment on the Terra
satellite can pro-
vide views of wild-
fires with a fre-
quency and level of
detail unmatched
by any other cur-
rent satellite." said
Sohlbeig, who leads
the Rapid Response
project with
Jacques Descloitres
at NASA's Goddard
Space Flight Center
inGreenbelt,Md.

"Our project's
task has been to
take the satellite's
spectral and ther-
mal data and turn
them into images
and maps useful to
the Forest Service
and to provide
them to the agency
in near-real time."

According to
Keith Lmnom.the
Operations Pro-
gram Leader at the
Forest Service's
Remote Sensing
Applications Center
(RSAO in Salt Lake City, Utah,
the University of Maryland
sends MODIS images and active
fire location information daily
to RSAC staff They then deter-
mine where fires are occurring.

The university and NASA
have developed all of the need-
ed software, which will be
installed at the Forest Service
direct broadcast stations. The
RSAC has developed correspon-
ding software that creates the

maps from the Terra data using
standard Forest Service map-
ping tecliniques.

The university also is working
collaboratively with the RSAC
on development of products
that use Terra data to provide
faster, more accurate assessment
of the severity of biu-n damage.
These will be used by Burned-
Area Emergency Rehabilitation
(BAER) teams.They use burn
severity maps to take immedi-
ate steps that will prevent fur-
ther erosion and adverse
impacts to water quality.

"Maryland is part of this col-
laboration because we are a
leader in the development of
land cover products," Sohlberg
said. "For example, the active
fire detections produced by the
Rapid Response system are
derived using algorithms devel-
oped by Chris Justice at the uni-
versity. Our work on the bum
severity maps builds on the ear-

LINKS AND BACK-
GROUND INFORMATION

dentists and staff from several
units of the university are involved
in the Rapid Response project. In

addition to geography (vwvw.geog.umd.

edu), these include the Global Land Cover

FacMitv (GLCF) and the Institute for

Advanced Computer Studies.

• The Global Land Cover Facility
(http://glcf.unniacs.umd.edu) makes avail-
able to the science community and public
a variety of free science data products
including satellite imagery of the Earth.
The major emphasis of GLCF research has
been addressing critical global and region-
al scale terrestrial Earth Systems Science
issues that are central to NASA's Earth Sci-
ence Enterprise. The GIGF is part of the
Earth Science Information Partnership
(ESIP) program.

• The Institute for Advanced Computer
Studies twww.umiacs.umd.edu) is a
research unit whose mission is to foster
interdisciplinary research and education in
computing. Major sponsored research
programs address fundamental issues at
the interface between Computer Science
and other disciplines.

• The University of Maryland web site
for the Rapid Response project Is
http://rapidresponse.umd.edu

• The MODIS Land Rapid Response sys-
tem web site can be found at http://rapld-
fire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov

• The Forest Service fire maps produced
from MODIS Land Rapid Response data
can be accessed via the National Inter-
agency Fire Center (click on RSAC Fire
Maps link) at www.nifc.gov/firemaps.html

-^^1

Uer work by John Townshend
and otlier Maryland scientists
who have used data from
MODIS and earlier instruments
to create better measures of
land cover and the way it
changes through time."

"The joint Maryland and For-
est Service approach to this
project has been to provide
useful management informa-
tion, not just data or images,"
Solilberg said.

OUTLOOK

T.E.N.T.S.: Conquering the Outdoors Makes Campus Experience Easier

Continued from page 1 ,.

they arc often surprised to find
how much the program bene-
fits them, "It's been phenome-

nal," says Gabby Bamhart, an
administrative assistant with
Instructional Television system.

Recently returning from her
third T.E.N.T.S outing, Bamhart
feels that in addition to gaining

A student citmbs st Annapolis Rocks off the
Appalachian Trail in Maryland during a June trip.

During Multispprt Expedition #2 in July, a kayaker takes on
the Savage River in Maryland The Olympic kayaking trials
were held in this river a few years ago.

PHOTO? BY HQMUHa KEMP^Y

a healthy physical challenge
through her participation, she
has been inspired by watching
the students' zeal for life.

Gene Fcrrick, assistant to the
dean in the College of life Sci-
ences and UNFV 101 teacher,
shared an example of how one
student drew his entire team
together during this year's
multi-sport trip. When the
group encountered a rocky
wall that appeared impenetra-
ble because it lacked ftx)t or
hand holds, two students
attempted the daunting feat of
smearing their way to the top.
Smearing, a foot technique
climbers use to scale flat sur-
faces, means climbers connect
themselves with rope to a
teanunate already at the top,
then inch their way up step by
step.

Though daring, their
attempts were unsuccesshil.
Not to be intimidated, a third
student, Abe Jacobs, sought to
conquer the rock. He slipped
and was cauglit with the rope
numerous times, but kept
going. "He was so absolutely
determined to get up. It vras
amazing to watch," says Ferrick.
With much exertion, Jacobs
was successftd, and the previ-
ously quiet group became
ecstatic. Once Jacobs made it,
says Ferrick, "all started going
up one after another slipping
and sliding," but resolved to
reach the top.

"It's about connecting stu-
dents in a positive way to our
faculty, staff and to other stu-
dents," says Gerry Strumpf,
director of orientation for the
university and a UMV 100
teacher. Now in its second year,
T.EN.TS.is the brainchild of
Strumpf and Jon McLaren,
director of the Outdoor Recre-
ation Center. McLaren's initial
interest w^s inspired in part by

the discovery that universities
offering outdoor wilderness
programs report a higher reten-
tion rate among students. Stu-
dents come to campus know-
ing "they have people to turn
to in need," explains McLaren.

Past participants say the ben-
efits are plentiful but not with-
out cost. "It was a lot of fun, it
was a lot of work too," says Fer-
rick, who has participated in an
outing each summer. The work
included having his kayak flip
on him three times during this
year's multi-sport adventure.

Ferrick is not the only staff
member to encounter a bel-
ligerent kayak. Anika Simmiers,
resident director in the schol-
ars community, feccd a chal-
lenge on a trip this year that
tested her courage. "I'm not a
kayaker, I was fighting my boat
most of the time," says Sum-
mers, who ended up wounding
a finger as a result. During the
next day's rock climbing. Sum-
mers grabbed rocks and
crevices with her bandaged fin-
ger, grappling her way up
amidst cheers and encourage-
ment from the students on her
team.

Later, she discovered her fin-
ger had been broken. The inci-
dent taught her something
about herself, "Wow, 1 had some
chutzpah there," she says with a
laugh. Despite her injury, Sum-
mers remains an enthusiastic
supporter of the program. She
sums up the rock climbing
episode saying that it gave her
a feeling of tenacity and thank-
fulness that slie was with an
incredibly supportive group of
students.

Ferrick, who participated in
the same trip as Summers says,
"It's not always perfect. It's not
always going to be the way we
want it to, just like school, but
there are people there to help."

CIRCLE: Involving Americans in Public Service

Continued jhm page 1

through which binding public deci-
sions are made,"

CIRCLE will address this issue by
assessing the current state of knowl-
edge about youth civic engagement, by
funding research to fill the gaps in that
knowledge, and by disseminating infor-
mation and research fmdings to practi-
tioners and policy makers as well as
Interested scholars in disciplines such
as political science, sociology and edu-
cation.

"It is the Maryland School of Public
Affairs' mission to have a fundamental
impact on the nation through research
and training of individuals engaged in
public service," said Dean Susan C.
Schwab. "This generous grant from The
Pew Charitable Trusts helps us to fulAU
that mission."

An advisory board comprised of
leading scholars and practitioners from
around the coimtry will help shape
CIRCLE'S research agenda and guide its

William A. Galston

grant-making decisions.

CIRCLE is a key building-block of
The Pew Charitable Trust's ambitious
Youth Engagement Initiative, which is
designed to increase the amoimt and
quality of young Americans' involve-
ment in public life.

Former domestic policy advisor in
the Clinton administration, Galston is
currently director of the Institute for
Philosophy and Public Policy at Mary-
land, He served as executive director
of the bipartisan Nadonal Conmiission
on Civic Renewal, also funded byTlie
Pew Charitable Trusts, established in
1996 to examine the civic condition of
the United States and offer recommen-
dations for reform. Tlie Commission's
final report,"A Nation of Spectators:
How Civic Disengagement Weakens
America and What We Can Do About
It," was released in 1998. Among many
reconmiendations,the report urged
renewed attention to civic education

for young people as a key means of
boosting their knowledge, understand-
ing, and engagement.

The Maryland School of PubUc
Affairs, www.puaf.umd.edu, is a gradit
ate school of public policy, manage-
ment and international affiiirs that is
nationally recognized for its excellent
faculty, innovative curriculum, and
leadership in the education of public
policy professionals.

The Pew Charitable Trusts,
www.pewtrusts.com, support nonprof-
it activities in the areas of culture, ed»^
ca don, the environment, health and
human services, public policy and reli-
gion. Based in Philadelphia, the Trusts
make strategic investments to help
organizations and citizens develop
practical solutions to difficult prob-
lems. In 2000, with approxinmtely $4.8
billion in assets, the Trusts committed
more than $235 mllUon to 302 non-
profit organizations.

SEPTEMBER 4, 2001

Shady Groves Universities Unite to Bring the Best Programs Together

Coiitiitui'd JTom page 1

PHOTO? er CTNTHIA MITCHEL

Indoors, plentv of natural lighting — and outdoors, free parking — can be found at Shady
Grove.

Pleasant spaces, such as this courtyard between buildings I and I), offer students places to
relax and study.

and their students enjoy a rich
educational experience. The
center was the responsibility of
University College, but as its
focus shifted mofe to distance
educadon, it was felt that Shady
Grove needed a backing institu-
tion that served a more tradi-
tional student population. Peo-
ple involved are excited about
the collaboration.

"It's a very personal place, a
different kind of campus," says
Judith Bfoida, director of the
university's Office of Continu-
ing and Extended Education.
"It's an innovative approach to
higher education."

Indeed, nine of the system's
1 1 degree granting institutions
offer programs at the center.

Other areas
where UM is
providing
service:

Libraries— Lori Goetsch,
director of University
Libraries' Public Ser-
vices Division, manages the
small Shady Grove library,
which houses mainly texts
for the center's popular
nursing and business pro-
grams. A new library/media
center will be in Building 111,

Facilities — Carlo Co I el la.
Facilities Management
Chief of Staff, manages
the university's responsibili-
ties in this area.

Information Technology-
Willie Brown, associate
director for user services
with the Office of informa-
tion Technology, manages
the center's

Marketing— Theone
Relos manages the
university's imple-
mentation of the "Develop-
ing a Sustained Marketing
Program for the Universities
at Shady Grove" plan.

Since 1992, the majority of stu-
dents have been part time, con-
tinuing education adults taking
classes evenings and weekends.
In Fall 2000, USM institutions
added a new roster of under-
graduate programs.

Faculty, program directors,
academic advisors and support
staff come from all the partici-
pating institutions, sharing
space and resources. More than
500 students are in the new
day program; that number
swells substantially when
adding evening and weekend
students.

"We call it a leamii^ commu-
nity," says Gertrude Eaton, exec-
utive director of the Shady
Grove Center. Getting all of the
institutions to collaborate on
this initiative took some work
on Eaton's part. However, with
more than 20 years in the Uni-
versity System, she understood
what it took and believed in
the potential success of the
center.

"The institutions have invest-
ed their own resources and are
following through with their
commitments. It is wotking"

In 1997, Building n was com-
pleted, allowing the facility to
offer conference and institute
spaces. The daytime initiative
that began in Fall 2000 now
brings the number of undergra-
duate degree programs offered
to 15. By 2005, a 195,00-square
foot Building m will double the
size of the center.

Much of the excitement,
though, is generated not
by the structures but by the
imiversity's role within those
buildings. Before it became the
coordinating institution, UM
came aboard and created a Stu-
dent Services division for the
new day upper division under-
graduate program. Robyn Dinl-
cola-Wagle, direaor of student
services, and Julia Rader, associ-
ate director, came from UM's
financial aid office last winter
to head the office.

•And what a fabulous job
they have done," says Eaton.

It is a "one stop shop ' for
services, says Rader "So imder-

Executiva Director Gartnide Eaton

graduate day students (an
come in and go to one Dffice
for everything from fi incial
aid to fmding a place live,
except for academic a. TSing,"
which is provided by ti : home
institutions' staff on site. "It
should be a seamless transfer."

Most of Shady Grove's day
Students come from nearby
Montgomery CoUegc, tiiough
students may transfer from any
school. Once enrolled, students
can enjoy still-new facilities;
laboratories with state-of-the-art
equipment, a library that offers
access to must of the system's
texts, study rooms, distance
learning facilities, comfortable
lounges and attractive court-
yards. Rader and Eaton say they
make improvements regularly
so that the center feels more
like a traditional campus,
though both acknowledge that
Shady Grove serves a different
kind of student

"Many of our students woric,
many have families," says Eaton.
"We have a large international
population and many students
are low-income. These students
want a collegial life, but they
work. They want to get in, get
the degree and get out.To
quote Chancellor (Donald] Lan-
genberg, 'This is taking the uni-
versity to the people.'"

Many of their program offer-
ings were shaped by the stu-
dent population. "We started
with programs aligned to work

In a mock hospital room, a dummy occupies one of the beds. The room, a
lab for nursing students, simulates several areas in order to provide real-
world training.

A bank of television monitors in the Video Distance Lssming classroom
allows students to participate in courses from a number of locations.

force needs," says Eaton. She
named University of Maryland,
Baltimore's nursing and
UMUC's business administra-
tion programs as examples.
The relationship between
the people, specifically those in
Montgomery County, and the
University System is mutually
beneficial. Nearly a quarter of
the students enrolled at UM
come from Montgomery Coun-
ty. The area's booming science
and technology corridor, wliich
happens to run near Shady
Grove, can provide real-world
training — and then pluck quali-
fied employees from tlie gradu-
ates. The county showed some
of its gratitude by providing
$175,000 to die center to build

the new initiative.

According to demographic
predictions. Shady Grove will
also help the county liandlc the
expected 40 percent increase
in high school graduates pour-
ing out of its high schools
between now and 2007. Broida
describes it as a "complementa-
ry" relationship.

Because of its uniqueness,
the center's potential has yet to
be fully determined, and stafi'
members still work to explain
the concept. It soimds like The
Universities at Shady Grove,
thougli, are off to a good start.

"I don't know if students quite
know what we are yet," says
Eaton. "But the feedback from
students is consistently good."

OUTLOOK

Vegging Out

New Diner Section Caters to the Strict Vegetarian

Vegetarians and vegans
no longer have to rely on
minimal options for
lunch and dinner
when eating on cam-
pus. Dining Services
has opened
Sprouts, a new
section in The
Diner at EUicott
Dining Hall.

Sister Maureen Schrimpe,
quality cootdiiiator and dieti-
cian for Dining Services, has
been meeting with a vegetarian
student advisory board com-
prised for about a year and a
half to improve the dining halls'
vegetarian entree offerings. The
group helped develop the con-
cept of Sprouts.

"We made the conunitment
we were going to take die next
step," Schrimpe said.

Sprouts opened the weekend
before classes began and serves
iimch and diimer

"Wc created this to be a one-

stop desti-
nation for
our vegetari-
ans and veg-
ans," Schrimpe
said. "They
weren't
now limit-
ed to just a
salad bar and
hot entree."
In the past, there was little
for vegetarian and vegan diners
to chose from while eating on
campus. Now at sprouts there
are daily burger, bean, and rice
specials. Food can be made to
order as well. Sprouts does not
cook or serve either meat or
dairy.

"The students were always
concerned that a spatula used
for a hamburger, -which was
turned around and used for a
veggie burger," Schrimpe said.
She said Sprouts is strict
about its vegan and vegetarian
policies.

Novak: New Tennis Coach

Contittued from page 1

PHOTO BV MONETTE AUSTIN BAILEY

Martin Novak brings award-winnfng experience to the universitY's
women's tennis program.

that ranking diu-mg the 2000
campaign. He also was suc-
cessful in coaching three dif-
ferent singles players to indi-
vidual contention in the
NCAA Championships: Naura
Sauskain 1997, Dana Peterson
in 1996 andTlffiny Gates in
1995. Sauska also became Min-
nesota's first four-time All-Big
Ten performer

At Arkansas, he compiled a
record of 71-45 w^hile leading
the Razorbacks to the South-
west Confcience semifinals
twice. His 1990 squad finished
second. A native of Czechoslo-
vakia, Novak moved with his
family to Sweden when he
was six years old. He earned
an engineering degree from a
college in Sweden. From there
he moved to the United States
to attend Central Florida Com-
munity College for two years.

Novak then attended Texas
Christian University, where in
1984 he earned a bachelor's
degree in education with a
concentration in kinesiology.
He attended the University of
Arkansas and received a mas-
ter's degree in physical educa-
tion in 1988 with a concentra-
tion in sports management.
No'rak played collegiate tenuis
at Central Florida Cotnmimity
College, where he reached the
jtinior college national semifi-
nals at the No, 2 singles spot
in 1981 . He was a member of
the InTJCAA champion team in
1981 and went on to play two
seasons with Texas Christian's
program as a co-captain. In
1 980 he reached the quarterfi-
nals of the Swedish School
National Championships and
also played on the Swiss cir-
cuit in the simimer of 1983.

^/ferbatim

"I accepted it on the spot." — Smith School
of Business Dean Howard Frank didn't
need much time to think over things when
the university offered him a raise and a
contract extension through 2007. (Wash-
ington Techway, Aug. 20)

"You can view Condit from two perspec-
tives. From one, here is a deer caught in
headlights, that can generate sympathy for
him. Here is someone coming to terms with
this situation. It's human. On the otJier hand,
this was clearly not someone who was fortlv
coming. A bit of artificiality comes through
from repeating the same message over again.
He probably didn't seem fully sincere and
open." —James Klumpp, associate profes-
sor of communication, was a well-quoted
^ert immediately following Congressman
• Condifs interview with alumna Con-
ng. (ahcnetvs.com, Aug. 24)

"To escape blame, Secretary of State Colin
I Powell ai^cd that the decision was not
new: The Clinton administration 'probably
would have come to the same conclusion.'
But this and other statements seriously mis-
represent the Clinton administration posi-
tion and the value of the agreement itself." —
Elisa Harris, research Jellow at the Center
for International and Security Stiuiies at
Maryland, decries the abandonment by the
Bush Administration of negotiations to
add enforcement provisions to the 1972
treaty outlawing biological weapons. Har-
ris was Director for Nonproliferation and
Export Controls on the National Security
Council daring the Clinton Administration.
(Christian Science Monitor, Aug. 24)

"It's almost like the war on drugs, and about
as expensive." —Robert Nelson, professor in
the School of Public Affairs thinks it's time
Jbr a change in bow we fight forest fires. He
sees fire as a natural occurrence in U.S.
forests, while opponents bum money to
battle the blazes. The fight between the two
sides of this political/environmental issue
are engaged in "trench warfare." (Baltimore
Sun, Aug. 26)

" 'The Forest Service doesn't have time to
wait for that (slow satellite analysis of fires),'
said Sohlberg, who helped create the system
that gets fresli readings to firefighters every
24 hours. 'Data that's more than a day old is
basically useless.' " — While policy makers
decide the best way to curtail fires in our
national forests, Rob Soblberg of the
Department of Geograpl:ry is making the
on-tbe-ground figbt motv effective.
Sohlberg uses NASA's Terra satellite to help
firefighters in the west battle blazes witb
immediate, sophisticated technology. (Balti-
more Sun, Aug. 27)

"Farr miist be a dec^on-maker and, at the
same time, the servant of many masters-fac-
ulty, guest performers, the miiversity com-
mimity, and the broader community. . .
'Women manage &t)m a web,' Farr believes.
It's a process that autlior Sally He^esen
describes in The Female Advantage: 'Women,
when describing their roles in their organi-
zation, usually referred to themselves as
being in the middle of things. Not at tlie top,
but in the center; not reaching down, but
reaching out.' " ^Susan Farr, executive

director of the Clarice Smith Performing
Arts Center is one of three campus figures
named to the 100 Most Fou>etful Women in
Washington list. Farr's managetnent style
was noted in her selection as she oversees
the forrtial dedication of the $1$0 million
Center. Susan Schwab, dean of the School of
Public Affair^, and Donna Brazile, adjunct
professor at the Bums Academy of Leader-
ship, were the other Marylarul selections.
(Washingtonian, Sept 2001)

"There have been tremendotis absolute
improvements and some comparative
improvements. But racism is a given factor
in the U.S., everybody knows it," —Ron Wal-
ters, professor of government and politics
and director of the African American Lead-
ership Institute, comments on liomestic
racism in an article corweming repara-
tions for descendants of slaves. (Agence
France-Presse, Aug. 26)

"Reticent philosophers, stolid intellectual
aesthetes, professorial ascetics vied with one
another like shoppers at a Macys white sale
to stock up on bargains. I hesitated for a very
brief moment and then managed, in less
than two minutes, to secure four coffee
mugs, two FrLsbees, a pen, and what 1 think
were the last cuff links with a presidential
seal affixed. ... It was a first and foolish taste
of what proximity to povi^cr can do to
mature scholars otherwise devoted to the
life of the mind." — Ben Barber, Kekst Profes-
sor of Civil Society, describes a weekend
when intellectuals were invited to Camp
David to meet with President Clinton. His
shopping spree at the Camp David gift
shop is a metaphor Jbr the visit (Chronicle
of Higber Education, Aug. 10)

"Could Laura Bush be the next Eleanor Roo-
sevelt? So fer the press has portrayed her as
anything but the woman who eventually
became known as a major social reformer
and first lady of the world.' But Laura Bush is
flj^ng under die media radar, successfully
appearing as die dutiful, stand-by-your-man,
1950s hostess-wife, where her actions indi-
cate she is much more." — Robin Gerber, sen-
ior fellow at the Burns Academy of Leader-
ship, writes of the potential of the first lady to
promote the social good. (Newsday, Aug. 10)

"He has a quite clear and passionate commit-
ment to hi^er education as the future of liis
country." — President Dan Mote speaks of
Uziiek president Islam Karimov, who
entered his country into an agreement to
create a Virtual Unit>ersity of Maryland in
Uzbekistan. The online university would
make existing University of Maryland
courses available through distance learn-
ing and tvotild create new courses especial-
ly for students in this former Soviet Repub-
lic. (Chronicle of Higher Education, Aug. 29)

"We've show in our work that parents mat- ;
tcr. They can niake things worse or make
things better." — Kenneth Rubin, director of
the Center for Children. Relationships and
Ctdture advises parents that research
sf^iws kids whose fear of shyness fades
with age have parents who set up play-
dates, encourage independence atui have
the courage to leave their children briefly.
(Buffalo News, Aug. IS)

SEPTEMBER 4, 2001

Members Sought

If you arc a member of the
campus community and inter-
ested in becoming more
involved in campus life, consid-
er serving on one of the four
President's Commissions:
Women's Issues; Lesbian, Gay,
Bisexual andTransgcnder
Issues; Ethnic and Minority
Issues and Disability Issues.
These commissions meet once
a month and serve in an advi-
sory capacity to President t>an
Mote.

Please specify which of the
commisstons interest you, your
name, department, and the
number of years you have
been associated with the uni-
versity and send to snanan®
deans.umd.edu, or for more
information, contact Shanti
Nanan at (301) 405-5801 or
snanan@deans.umd.edu.

MIPS Matching Funds
Available to Maryland
Faculty

The Maryland Industrial Part-
nerships (MIPS) Program,
which offers matching funding
for faculty engaging in collabo-
rative research with Maryland
companies, is accepting appli-
cations for its Fall 2001 round
of contracts. Deadline for pro-
posals is Oct. 15.

MIPS has supported more
than 645 university-Industry
contracts, for a total value of
$101.5 million since 1987.

MIPS will contribute up to
$ 1 00,000 per year for a pro-
ject, while total project fund-
ing can exceed $800,000.

Faculty from any of the Uni-
versity System of Maryland's
1 3 Institutions may apply.

For more information, con-
tact the MIPS Office at (301)
405-3891 or mips@umd.edu,
or visit www.erc.umd.edu/
MIPS.

'falk About Teaching

The Center Alliance for School
Teachers (CAST) is an aca-
demic professional develop-
ment pro^^m for teachers of
the humanities. Recognized
for the high-quality programs
it provides for teachers and
students, CAST meets the
expanding needs of teachers
in the humanities and fme arts
with programs that focus on
interdisciplinary studies,
multicultural education, sys-
tem-mandated learning goals
and the use of electronic
resources in the humanities
classroom. CAST helps teach-
ers explore iimovative class-
room techniques that engage
students more intensely in the
hiunanltics.

This M, CAST presents "Talk
About Teachbig," a series of
informal conversations sharing
ideas and materials about com-
mon texts and topics. Partici-
pants include dynamic class-
room teachers, supervisors and
administrators from all levels

within the secondary school
systems and commimity col-
leges across die state of Mary-
land, as well as from the uni-
versity community.

The topics and dates of the
fall semester sessions are as fol-
lows:

• Sept. 13; "The Greeks" with
Lillian Doheity, Department of
Classics, University of Mary-
land

• Oct, 25: "Censorship" with
Patricia Gaffbrd.Acting Pro-
gram Supervisor, Pre-K-1 2 Eng-
Lsh/Language Arts, Mont-
gomery Coimty Public Schools

• Nov. 29: "Shakespeare"
with Jackson Barry, Depart-
ment of English, University of
Maryland.

check our Web site for a full
description of the call for pro-
posals. For more information,
contact Carolina Rojas Bahr at
(301) 405-8817 or
crbahr@deans.iund.edu.

Art Dopartment Klclis
Off Fall 2001 Lecture
Series

The first lecture in this Pall's
Art Department Lecture Series
will be presented by Stephen
Ellis, an internationally recog-
nized abstract painter and crit-
ic. His works have been shown
in the major galleries of New
York, Berlin and Mimich. His
paintings have been included

Harry Bridges Chair of Labor
Studies at the University of
Washington and professor of
African American and Labor
Studies and American History
at the University of Washing-
ton, Tacoma.

The lecture will take place
Sept. 5 from 3-4:30 p.m. in
room 0105 St. Mary's Hall (The
Language House), For more
information contact Caitlin
Phelps at (301) 405-1 163 or
mp hel ps @aasp . umd . edu .

Faculty and Staff
Convocation Anwards

Nominations are being sought
for the President's Medal and

rJlOTP Cr CrJTHIA MJTCHEL

University President Dan Mote watches from behind mirror shades as the gonfalon bearers approach the stage
at the New Student Welcome last week. Mote was one of several university ambassadors to greet the gathered
students, along wKh Robert Hampton, associate provost for Academic Affairs and dean of Undergraduate
Studies; Marsha Guenzler-Stevens, director of Activities and associate director of Stamp Student Union; Angela
Lagdameo, Student Government Association president; and Maryland Football Coach Ralph "Fridge" Frtedgen.

Each discussion will take
place from 4:15-5:30 p.m. in
the conference room at the
Center for Renaissance and
Baroque Studies, 01 35 Taliafer-
ro Hall. Light refreshments will
be served.

For more information or to
RSVR please contact Nancy
Traubitz at nt32@umail.umd.
edu or call (301) 405-6830 or
visit www.inform.umd.edu/
c rbs/programs/cast .

Call for Proposals for
Success 2000 (formerly
known as Retention
2000) Confetwico

The Office of Multi-Ethnic Stu-
dent Educajton (OMSE) invites
interested faculty and staff
members to submit proposals
to this year's conference: "Seri-
ous Issues for Serious Tunes:
Educating a Diverse Popula-
tion." Priority deadline for pro-
posal submission is Sept, 7.

The conference will be held
Nov. 14 (8 a.m.-4 p.m.) at the
Stamp Student Union. Keynote
speakers are Fratik H.Wu,
Howard University School of
Law, and David Schoem, Uni-
versity of Michigan. Please

in numerous international sur-
veys of abstract painting.

The lecture will take place
on Thursday Sept. 13 at 1 1 :30
a.m. (Upcoming lectures in the
series take place on Oct. 10
and 23 and Nov 8.) All lec-
tures arc held in the West
Gallery, Art-Sociology BuUding.
For more information, contact
Claudia McMonte at
McMonte2@aol. com.

i^rmm

Black Workers, Black
Women and the
Freedom Struggle: The
View From Memphis

The Afro-American Studies
Program andAASP's Center for
African-American Women's
Labor Studies project present
Michael Honey, who v/Hl give
a talk entitled "Black Workers,
Black Women and the Free-
dom Struggle: The 'View From
Memphis." Honey is the author
of two award-winning vol-
umes,''BIack Workers Remem-
ber: An Oral History of Segre-
gation, Unionism, and the Free-
dom Struggle" (1999), and
"Southern Labor and Black
Civil Rights: Organizing Mem-
phis Workers" (1993). He is the

the President's Distinguished
Service Awards to be present-
ed at the Annual Faculty and
Staff Convocation onlYiesday,
Oct. 16. Please send nomina-
tions to Professor Gerald R.
Miller, Chair, Awards Advisory
Committee, c/o President's
Office, 1115 Main Administra-
tion Building.

For more information, con-
tact Sapienza Barone at 5-5790
or sbarone@deans.uind.edu.

Steak and Salmon
Ibesdays at the
Unhrersity Golf Course

Every Tuesday night this fiill
from 4-8 p.m., Mulligan's Grill
at the Golf Course will be fea-
turing your choice of a flame-
broiled steak or salmon filet
dinner for only $9.99 for UM
feculty and staff Other'Hjes-
day night specials include $1
off all appetizers and specials
in the bar including a pound
of steamed shrimp and a
pitcher of beer for $14.95. No
reservations are required.

For more information, con-
tact Chris Cantore at (301)
403-4 182 or ccantore@dining.
umd edu.