Events Bulletin
Learning
Public Management Workshops
Continuing Studies offers one-day workshops this fall on various aspects of management in the public sector. Topics include managing conflict, acquiring funding, measuring performance, enhancing productivity, improving quality, and dealing with discrimination and harassment. All take place at the Pyle Center, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Fee: $90/class. Information: Robbi Dreifuerst, 262-3830.
Public Speaking Workshops
Continuing Studies offers full-day and half-day workshops on public speaking and presentations this fall at Lowell Center. Practice overcoming stage fright, relating to the media, speaking on the spot, using visual support for oral presentations and many other aspects of speaking in public. Fees: $110 to $135 for full-day classes, $55 for half-day. Information: Larry Larmer, 262-1176.
Web Development Workshops
Eight Continuing Studies workshops this fall cover aspects of web-site development. One-day classes focus on web graphics, JavaScript, e-commerce, project management on the Web, demystifying HTML, and tables, frames and forms. Information: Kate Reilly, 262-8612.
Business Writing/Editing
Ten Continuing Studies workshops this fall cover business writing and editing. These one-day or two-day classes focus on writing user documentation, policy/procedures manuals, and business and professional letters, as well as more general topics such as proofreading and copy editing, mastering grammar and punctuation, and constructing clear sentences. Information: Cheri Carbon, 262-3032.
Opera, Irish Tunes and Other Music
More than a dozen continuing education music classes are scheduled by Liberal Studies and the Arts. Topics include basic music for novices, folk and bluegrass, voice, guitar, jazz, a sample of styles, learning music by ear, piano, opera, string ensemble and the great composers. Several courses focus on Irish music instruments such as the guitar and harp, the Irish bodhran, fiddle, mandolin/bouzouki, tenor banjo and tin whistle. Fees: $57 to $88. Information: 265-5629.
Visual Arts Classes
Continuing education art classes include beginning drawing, introductory painting, bookmaking, watercolor and fabric design. Fees: $30 to $150. Information: 263-6322.
Dance Classes
Continuing education dance classes include jazz, ballet, ballroom, classical Spanish and Middle Eastern. Fees: $32 to $80. Information: 263-8927.
Fitness, Movement Classes
Continuing Studies fitness classes include acupressure, the Feldenkrais Method, Alexander Technique, Chinese meditation, Ch’i kung and yoga. All classes meet on or near campus. Times and dates: 263-8927.
Reading Knowledge of Languages
Gain a reading knowledge of French, German or Spanish in classes taught by Continuing Studies faculty and staff. Participants review grammar and vocabulary and do sufficient translation practice to begin reading independently. The course prepares students for the Reading Knowledge Examinations. Classes start in September and run through November. Fee: About $95. Information: French, 262-4873; German, 262-2075; and Spanish, 262-3428.
Marketing/Media Relations Workshops
Continuing Studies offers several one-day workshops this fall on marketing and media relations. Topics include print advertising, direct mail, trade show strategies and fundraising for special events. All take place at the Pyle Center. Fees: $195-245. Information: Cheri Carbon, 262-3032.
Small Business: Fundamentals
Tuesdays and Thursdays, Oct. 26-Nov.18, 6:30-9 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $175.
Attend this eight-session course to develop your management skills. Experts in law, accounting, banking, insurance, management, and marketing cover the fundamentals of small-business management. Gain knowledge about growth stages and problems, marketing, promotion and advertising, legal issues and requirements, record-keeping and accounting, financial management, financing, insurance and risk management, and business plans. Register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Marketing Management Series
Tuesdays, Oct. 26-Nov. 16, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Fee: $79 each session or $285 series.
Marketing: Foundations for Success
Knowing the basics of marketing can help make your business more profitable.
Develop a Winning Marketing Plan
Make the most of your marketing dollar and enhance your business’ short- and long-term profitability by developing a solid marketing plan.
Low-Cost Promotion Techniques
Learn how to implement the best methods of communicating with your specific customers; estimate costs of promotion; how to choose the best promotional techniques for your audience; be creative with your promotion strategies, maximize your promotional dollar.
Getting Publicity for your Business
Explore how small businesses can use free publicity to promote products or services. Register: 262-3909; Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Irish Musical Instruments
Irish Tin Whistle
Tuesdays, Oct. 26-Nov. 23, 6:30-7:45 p.m., Neighborhood House, 29 S. Mills St. Fee: $57.
Instructor: Turner Collins. Learn intermediate skills for playing Irish music on the tin whistle in this five-week course. Music reading skills are not necessary. Participants should bring their own D whistles.
Irish Bodhran
Thursdays, Nov. 4-Dec. 9, 5:45-6:45 p.m., Wil-Mar Center, 953 Jenifer St. Fee: $60.
Instructor: Tracy Dietzel. Learn intermediate skills for playing the bodhran (Irish drum). Participants bring their own instruments. Music reading skills are not necessary. Information: 265-5629.
Business Writing Workshops
Punctuation and Grammar
Wednesday-Thursday, Nov. 10-11, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $205.
Instructor: Greg Galica. Information: Cheri Carbon, 262-3032.
Financial Management Series
Wednesdays, Oct. 27-Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m.-noon. Fee: $79 for each session or $285 for the series.
Learn to be a skilled financial manager no matter what your background. Learn how to manage profits, working capital, assets and liabilities to build business. Choose any individual program or the series of four. Basics of financial management, Using financial statements, budgeting, managing cash flow. Register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680.
The Medieval World: Ireland
Thursdays, Oct. 28-Nov. 18, 7:30-8:45 p.m., Elvehjem Museum. Fee: $29.
Instructor: Jane Schulenburg, professor of history, Liberal Studies and the Arts. This four-part slide/lecture series explores the fascinating history, legends and art history of medieval Ireland. Topics include early Irish saints, monasteries and churches, round towers, high crosses, beehive huts, crannogs, Norman castles and tower houses, and early illuminated manuscripts. Information: 262-3731.
European Witchcraft
Tuesdays, Nov. 2-23, 7-8:15 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $29.
Instructor: Mary Peckham Magray, lecturer, Liberal Studies and the Arts. Examine the beliefs and practices of women and men accused of the crime of witchcraft in the 16th and 17th centuries. The group discusses witch hunts and prosecutions, and explores the complex interpretations of this strange phenomenon. Information: 262-3731.
Business Management Solutions: Successful Selling
Tuesdays, Nov. 9 and 16, 1-4:30 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $235.
Instructor: Ken Kochersperger. Improve your selling productivity and learn how you can become a professional problem-solver for your customers. Learn how to sell benefits, especially those that customers are interested in buying. Identify the skills to handle skepticism, overcome objections and close the sale. This workshop consists of three half-day sessions. Register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680.
Developing a Business Plan
Wednesdays, Nov. 3-Dec. 8, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $195.
Discover how to target the market, analyze competitors, and examine strengths and weaknesses as a business owner. Learn how to set goals and develop financial projections. At the end of the five sessions, have a draft plan. Includes a comprehensive business planning guide. Register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Supervisory Leadership Series
Thursday, Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fee: $159.
This series is designed to offer core supervisory leadership skills development in a concise, efficient format. To register: 262-3909. Information: 263-7680, or visit: http://www.uwsbdc.org.
Speaking on the Spot
Thursday, Nov. 4, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $110.
Instructor: Larry Larmer. Learn principles of responding to or initiating unanticipated oral communication. Information: Larry Larmer, 262-1176, or visit: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/pubsspeak.htm.
How to be Interviewed by the Media
Tuesday, Nov 9, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $135.
Instructors: Marshall Cook and Larry Larmer. Information: Larry Larmer, 262-1176, or visit: http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/pda/pubspeak.htm.
Art and Archaeology of Ancient Mexico
Thursdays, Nov. 4-Dec. 9, 7:15-9:15 p.m., Lowell Center. Fee: $90.
Instructor: Tony Rajer, a professional conservator and art historian. This slide-illustrated journey to ancient Mexico explores the lost and living cultures of Meso-America, including the Olmecs, Mayans, Aztecs and many more. The course culminates in a field trip to Chicago to see pre-Columbian art collections. Information: 263-6322.
Women’s Health: Alternative Medicine and Phytoestrogens
Friday, Nov. 5, 8:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $50.
Covers key issues related to alternative medicine and phytoestrogens for women’s health. Instructor: Adriane Fugh-Berman. Information: Nancy Worcester, 262-3635.
Web-Development Workshops
Web Tools on the Cutting Edge
Friday, Nov. 5, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $295.
Instructor: Mark McFadden. Lecture/demonstration, not hands-on.
Project Management for the Web
Thursday, Nov. 11, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $295.
Instructor: Sandra Bradley.
Information: Kate Reilly, 262-8612.
Online Educators’ Forum
Monday, Nov. 8, 8 a.m.-4 p.m., Pyle Center.
The School of Library and Information Studies, together with the Dialog Corporation, will host a forum for online educators Nov. 6-8. They will discuss partnerships within the university setting, as well as with other institutions. Various tours and receptions. Information: Lynne Chase, 287-0474, or e-mail: lcchase@students.wisc.edu.
Tuesday Book Talk: Southern Women
Tuesdays, Nov. 9-23, 9:30-11a.m. Madison Public Library, 201 W. Mifflin St. Fee: $11 per class; $30 for three.
Instructor: Emily Auerbach. Join other book lovers to discuss great literature written by southern women. To be discussed: “The Heart is a Lonely Hunter,” by Carson McCullers, Nov. 9; “A Good Man is Hard to Find,” by Flannery O’Connor, Nov. 16; and “The Optimist’s Daughter,” by Eudora Welty, Nov. 23. Information: 262-3733.
Emerging Issues in Mediation
Wednesday-Friday, Nov. 10-12, 8:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Inn on the Park, 22 S. Carroll St. Fee based on days attending.
This conference benefits people in social work, education, government, law and business, as well as anyone else interested in mediation. Information: Jim Campbell, 262-2352.
Retirement Association
Thursday, Nov. 11, 4 p.m., UW Credit Union, 3500 University Ave.
Patricia Lipton, executive director of the State Investment Board, will explain board workings at the fall general meeting of the UW–Madison Retirement Association.
Organized last May, the association is open to all retired and about-to-be retired faculty and staff. The association aims to provide a forum for study and discussion of topics of interest and concern to retirees. Standing committees include: financial matters in retirement; volunteering; travel (including retirement living elsewhere); healthy living in retirement and computers.
Diversity Issues Workshops
Honoring our Common Differences
Thursday-Friday, Nov. 11-12, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $85.
Instructor: Kathy Germann. Learn how to create healthy, inclusive organizations where all people feel respected and welcome to contribute their best work. Information: Raymond Kessel, 263-6557.
Celebrate Differences
Monday Dec. 6, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., Pyle Center. Fee: $85.
Information: Raymond Kessel, 263-6557.
Drawing: The Beginner’s Guide
Fridays, Nov. 12-Dec. 17, 9 a.m.-noon, 7621 Humanities. Fee: $75.
Instructor: Katherine Rosing. Start with simple forms, learn to see and draw accurately using line and shadow. Work in a supportive studio environment for five weeks, gain confidence by learning good technique and accurate seeing methods such as foreground/background relationships. Work will include still life, perspective and portraits. Information: 263-6322.
Art in Society
Saturday, Nov. 13, 9 a.m.-4 p.m., 6411 Humanities. Fee: $40.
Sponsored by Continuing Studies and the Feminist Art Institute, this session is a third in the series addressing “Expanding Our Thinking on Arts and Society.” This workshop examines how art fits into our lives. Participants and speakers expand notions of the places art can hold in society through discussion, readings and art. Register by Nov. 5. Information: 263-6322.
Celtic Holiday Cards
Saturday, Nov. 13, 1-4 p.m., 6261 Humanities. Fee: $20.
Design your own unique holiday cards using decorative Celtic knotwork and calligraphy. You learn the basics of how to construct knotwork borders, practice and incorporate Celtic lettering, prepare for reproduction and hand color the final product. Information: 263-6322.
Kids and Adults: Make a Pinata
Sundays, Nov. 14 and 21, 10:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m., 6411 Humanities. Fee: $30.
You can enjoy this fun, traditional craft from Mexico just in time to fill (and break!) for the holidays. The first week you make the papier-mache animal or other shape of your choice; the next week you decorate and finish it to take home. Information: 263-6322.
Mobile Doppler Radar
During the week of Nov. 15, the Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences will host a mobile Doppler radar that is owned and operated by the University of Oklahoma. The “Doppler on Wheels” truck will be driven to Madison for use by students in the Atmospheric Science 401 (radar meteorology) course. Josh Wurman, University of Oklahoma, will give a seminar Monday, Nov. 15, 1:20 p.m. The DOW was designed to be driven close to severe storms and tornadoes to observe those environments. However, it can be used for other weather research problems. Information: Shane Mayor (TA for aos401), 263-6847, or e-mail: shane@lidar.ssec.wisc.edu; or Greg Tripoli, 262-3700, or e-mail: tripoli@meteor.wisc.edu.
School of Business
Tuesday, Nov. 16, 6:30-8:30 p.m., 2120 Grainger Hall
The School of Business offers three options for graduate business study. Join us to learn how we can help you meet your educational goals. Information will be provided on the full-time MBA program, the part-time Evening MBA Program, and the Executive MBA Program. Space is limited; please RSVP: 263-1169.
Women in Business Conference: Catch the Wave!
Wednesday, Nov. 17, 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Fee: $135. Group discount, two or more from same organization registering together $120. Luncheon $55.
Refresh your skills, get new ideas and network with other successful women. Choose from 15 workshops to develop career, business and personal skills, broaden your networks and energize you for success. In addition, you will hear presentations from two nationally recognized keynote speakers. Information: 263-7680. Register: 262-3909.
In Search of St. Nicholas
Thursdays, Dec. 2 & 9, 7:30-8:45 p.m., Elvehjem Museum. Fee: $15.
Instructor: John Barker, professor emeritus in the Department of History.
This slide/lecture series, offered by Continuing Studies, draws on literature, art and music to survey the constant redefinition of a figure of benevolence through the ages. The first lecture focuses on the emergence of a holy man of major importance in Eastern Orthodox religious traditions, as it was then elaborated in medieval Western Europe. The second lecture traces the more recent evolution of the figure eventually familiar as Santa Claus. Information: 262-3731.
French Reading Knowledge Exam
Friday, Dec. 3, 1-3 p.m., Fee: $27.
Designed for graduate students needing to fulfill the French reading knowledge requirement in their department. A description and the required approval forms may be obtained at room 623 in Lowell Center. Registration deadline: Nov. 19. Information: 262-4873.
Start-Up Business: The First Step
Section 7002: Thursday, Dec. 2, 6:30-9 p.m., Grainger Hall. Fee: $35.
Assess your own strengths and weaknesses as a business owner. Learn how to analyze the potential for your business. Discover what information you need and where to find it. Find out about the business planning process. To register: 262-3909, or information: 263-7680.
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UW Fall Arts/Crafts Fair
Friday, Nov. 12, 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m., G5/1 Clinical Science Center, adjacent to cafeteria.
Funds raised are used to promote health and education of UW Hospital patients and their families; sponsored by the School of Nursing and the Friends of the UWHC, Inc.
Thanksgiving Dinner
Thursday, Nov. 25.
Madison Friends of International Students invites all international students to share Thanksgiving with a Madison family and would like to invite all Madison families to consider hosting a student or two. Call Sue Thieben, 238-7557 to make arrangements.
New Hat, Mitten and Scarf Drive; Canned Food Drive
Nov. 15-Dec. 17, Morgridge Center
Information: 263-2432, or e-mail: morgridge@macc.wisc.edu.
Leadership Center
The College of Engineering opened a new Student Leadership Center with a mission “to inspire and empower students to develop, reach and exceed their goals thus creating better citizens and leaders for tomorrow.” Contact: tongue@engr.wisc.edu, 265-6369.
GUTS Looking for Tutors
Greater University Tutoring Service (GUTS) is currently recruiting volunteer tutors for a wide variety of subjects. GUTS’ free tutoring services, open to all UW students, fall into three main categories: conversational English, academic and drop-in programs. Those interested in tutoring can stop by the GUTS office, 302A Union South. Office hours: Monday-Thursday, 1-5 p.m., or visit online: http://guts.studentorg.wisc.edu.
Writing Center at the Multicultural Student Center
The Writing Center and the Multicultural Student Center have teamed up to provide convenient writing instruction. Faculty and staff are encouraged to refer students who use the MSC (located in the Red Gym) to make use of this free writing instruction. Instructors are available Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays, 2-5 p.m. Students do not need an appointment. Writing Center instructors work with students writing many types of papers in a range of disciplines, from literature to engineering, biology to women’s studies, as well as graduate research proposals, application essays, cover letters, honors theses and dissertations. They can help at any stage in the writing process, from brainstorming and outlining to revising and rewriting. For information on how the Writing Center can help students at the MSC, simply drop in, contact the Writing Center, 263-1992, or visit: http://www.wisc.edu/writing/.
Four Steps to Financial Planning in Retirement
Wednesday, Nov. 10, 10 a.m.-noon, UW Health, 1111 UW Research Park, 621 Science Drive.
The Committee on Financial Matters of the Retirement Association is sponsoring the first of a series of programs on planning for long range financial security in retirement. Presenters: Thomas Buresh and Daniel Gibson. Information: 262-5823.