Events Bulletin
Learning
TV5 Network Now Available
The Department of French and Italian is pleased to announce that TV5, the International French-language television network, is now available in all campus dorms, on channel 73, 24 hours a day. Students, visitors and professionals will be able to watch TV5 at Union South, Memorial Union, Lowell Hall, the Friedrick Center and the Fluno Center for Executive Education.
Human Services Administration
Web-based certificate program
This program, based on current theory and management strategies, is designed for the busy professional who wants to develop or improve management and leadership skills. The program includes personal learning objectives, five core courses, four elective courses and a self-designed capstone activity for 20 continuing education units.
The Summer Institute
This five-day institute, offered in June on campus, is an opportunity to meet and network with colleagues and hear speakers share their ideas on leadership, delivery system issues and cultural competence. Select a different workshop each day and learn more about changing roles from practitioner to administrator, team building and conflict resolution, budgeting and personnel management, the human service legal environment, outcome measurement and program evaluation, and other topics. The institute offers 3.0 CEUs and can be taken independently or in place of the elective courses in the Certificate Program.
Information: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/hsa.
Southeast Asian Linguistics Conference
Southeast Asian Linguistic Society, May 4-7, co-sponsors conference sessions at the Pyle Center. Keynote speakers: Jackson Gandour of Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana; Theraphan L.-Thongkum of Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok; James Matisoff of the University of California, Berkeley, Calif. A workshop on Hmong Language, Communities and Culture will be in Tripp Commons, Memorial Union. A workshop on the Teaching of Southeast Asian Languages will be Thursday, May 4, in the Pyle Center. Information: Marlys Macken Department of Linguistics, 262-7800; macken@facstaff.wisc.edu.
Frontiers of Genomics
Thursday, May 18, 125 Biochemistry Building, 420 Henry Mall
Opening session, 1-4 p.m.: “Comparative Genetics,” Walter Gilbert, Department of Chemistry, Harvard University; “Cereal Genomics,” Jeff Bennetzen, professor, Department of Biological Sciences, Purdue University; “Genomic Studies of Endosymbiotic Bacteria-Infer Their Functional Roles in Insect Hosts,” Nana Moran; “Assembly of Fruit Fly Genome,” Gene Myers, Informatics Research, Celera Genomics Corporation.
Friday, May 19, Genetics/Biotechnology Center Building
Morning session, 8:30-11:30 a.m. “Massively Parallel 2 Hybrid Analysis,” Roger Brent, Molecular Sciences Institute; “Human and Bacterial Genomes,” George Weinstock, professor, microbiology, University of Texas-Houston Medical School; “Environmental Geomicrobiology” Jillian Banfield, geology and geophysics, UW–Madison; “Human Genomic Databases,” Edward Uberbacher, director, Computational Biosciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
Afternoon session, 1:30-4:30: “DNA Forensics,” Jennifer Smith, forensics unit chief, Federal Bureau of Investigation; “HIV Protease Inhibitors,” John Abelson, professor, California Technical Institute.
E-Commerce Workshop
Executives from W.W. Grainger, GE Medical Systems, Harley-Davidson, Brady Corporation, Deere & Co., Bexcom.com, Berbee Information Networks and other leading companies will talk about succeeding in the fastest growing sector of e-commerce at the UW Consortium for Global E-Commerce BreakOut Series Workshop, “Business-to-Business E-Commerce Strategies and Technologies,” June 13 in Madison. To view the workshop brochure, visit: http://www.cgec.engr.wisc.edu, or call Cheryl Gain, 265-0645; cgain@engr.wisc.edu.
Staff Leadership Conference
The Academic Staff Leadership Conference, “Challenging Issues for Academic Staff,” is scheduled July 20-21 at the Pyle Center, UW–Madison. Topics include building effective teams in a diverse workplace; using a data warehouse; participation in governance by instructional academic staff; academic staff mentoring programs; how academic staff can get involved in governance; a planning process that enhances leadership skills; retirement issues; forum on domestic partner health insurance and other benefits; and becoming the architect of your career: planning for professional development. Registration fee: $65. Deadline: July 7. Mail or fax registration to: CALS Outreach Services 620 Babcock Drive, Madison, WI 53706 Phone: 263-1672 FAX: 262-5088
Details, registration form: http://wiscinfo.doit.wisc.edu/acstaff/aslc.html#app.
Curatorial Courses
These two noncredit classes provide the opportunity for students to examine and discuss art works in an interactive setting with an expert. Preregistration is required and each class is limited to 15 people. The cost is $60 for each course ($50 for Elvehjem members). Members of the Elvehjem Print Portfolio group may register for the print course for $45. To request a registration form, call 263-4421. For information about Elvehjem membership or Print Portfolio membership, call 263-2495.
Advanced Placement Institute for High School Teachers
Applications are now being accepted for the eighth annual Advanced Placement Institute June 19-23 for new and experienced high school teachers of advanced placement and upper-level courses. The program will include courses in biology, economics, environmental science, French language, U.S. history and political science, English, calculus and statistics. Courses may be taken for one to three university credits. To request an information brochure and application, contact the Division of Continuing Studies, 262-2256; fax 265-4555; or visit: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu.
Ancient Historians Conference
All events take place in the Pyle Center.
May 4: 3:30 p.m., inaugural lecture, Roger Bagnall, Columbia University, “Excavations on the Red Sea – New Light on Roman Trade with India,” Vandeberg Auditorium. 6-9 p.m., reception and registration, Alumni Lounge.
May 5: 9-11:30 a.m., Session 1: Slaves, Tenants, and Clients, Lakeshore Room. Nino Luraghi, Harvard University, “The Origins of Helotic Slavery;” Edward Harris, Brooklyn College, “Did Solon Abolish Debt-Bondage?;” Eric Huntsman, Brigham Young University, “The Republican Roots of Livia’s Patronage;” Thomas Wiedemann, University of Nottingham, “Ancient Slavery and the Germans.”
1:30-4:30 p.m., Session 2: William Linn Westermann – the Making of an Ancient Historian, Lakeshore Room. Alexander Demandt, Freie Universitat Berlin, “Ancient History at Berlin, c. 1900;” E. David Cronon, UW–Madison, “The Making of a History Department: Frederick Jackson Turner’s Wisconsin Years”; John Cooper, UW–Madison, “Academics on the Fringes of the Woodrow Wilson Administration;” Glen Bowersock, Princeton, “Westermann’s Role in the Development of Ancient History in America.”
May 6: 9-11:30 a.m. Session 3: Greek Rhetoric and Law, Lakeshore Room. Michael Gagarin, University of Texas, Austin, “Rhetoric and Rationality in Early Greek Law”; Ellen Millender, University of Iowa, “Slaves to the Law? Spartan Obedience Reconsidered;” Robert Wallace, Northwestern University, “The Limits of Law Court Gossip in Ancient Athens;” Susan Lape, University of Washington, “The Constraints of Status: Law and Sexual Control in Democratic Athens;” Joseph Roisman, Colby College, “What Men Fear? Anxieties and their Manipulation in the Attic Orators.”
1:30-4 p.m. Session 4: Roman Rhetoric and Law, Lakeshore Room.
Jugy Gaughan, University of California, Berkeley, “Sullan Judicial Legislation as Post-Proscription Political Rhetoric;” Stefan Chrissanthos, California State University, Fullerton, “Roman Law and the Events at the Arsanias River, 65 B.C.;” Patrick Miller, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, “The Evolution of the Roman Legal Language;” Hagith Sivan, University of Kansas, “Canonization of Law in Late Antiquity.”
May 7: 9-11 a.m. Session 5: Periodization, Lakeshore Room. Nancy Demand, Indiana University, “Geographical Pigeonholing in Ancient History;” Ian Morris, Stanford University, “Periodization and Perspective;” Matt Waters, UW-Eau Claire, “Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid Periodization;” David Stone, UW–Madison, “Periodizing the Roman Empire.”
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UW Teaching Academy
The UW Teaching Academy carries a Teaching Ideas Network on its site at: http://www.wisc.edu/teaching-academy/teaching_ideas_network.html.
Members listed at this site are interested in working with faculty and staff who are searching for assistance with any aspect of their teaching, such as tips on effective teaching with 200-plus students, cultivating interest and commitment in non-major courses, tailoring reading and assignment loads, effective use of instructional technologies, and how to make the most of small group work. The network is an outgrowth of recommendations included in a task force report, “Perspectives on Being New and Teacher Scholar Preparation” recently presented to the Faculty Senate.
Volunteers for Weightlifting
Learn how to start a proper weightlifting exercise program of your own as part of a research project. The Department of Kinesiology at UW–Madison is conducting a study on the effects of weightlifting on blood sugar responses. Volunteers are needed to participate; there is no cost and all results are confidential. Volunteers must be postmenopausal women who are not currently engaging in a regular exercise program. Information: 263-6308.
Eyeglass Recycling at the Morgridge Center
May is Eyeglass Recycling Month. The Morgridge Center for Public Service is collecting all types of used eyeglasses, as well as sunglasses, hearing aids and hearing aid batteries. The Morgridge Center is located on the first floor of the Red Gym. Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday; 263-2432. Information: Susan Dibbell, 263-4009, smvandeh@facstaff.wisc.edu.
UW Summer Program Directory for Teachers is Available
The UW Summer Program Directory lists more than 150 credit and noncredit classes for pre-kindergarten through 12th-grade teachers who seek professional growth or need to meet Wisconsin public instruction requirements. Classes are available in the arts and humanities, science and mathematics, social science, general education and independent learning. For a copy of the Summer Program Directory for Teachers, contact the Division of Continuing Studies at 262-1156; fax 265-4555; or visit http://www.dcs.wisc.edu.