News in Brief
LEADERSHIP
 New university calendar captures memorable campus images This photo of the Memorial Union Terrace is among14 full-color images of some of the most beautiful places on campus included in a new calendar produced in a unique partnership between the university and The University Book Store. More than $10 of the $12.95 retail price goes to the Chancellor’s Undergraduate Scholarship Fund. The 14-by-20-inch wall calendars for the year 2000 are now available at all University Book Store locations. Each month’s double-page spread in the “Memories for a Lifetime 2000 calendar” captures memorable moments in photos from the UW–Madison Office of News and Public Affairs. “Thanks to the generous support of The University Book Store, the Undergraduate Scholarship Fund is growing,” says Peyton Smith, university sesquicentennial coordinator. For more information or to order by phone, call (800) 957-7052. |
Hospital chief named
Donna K. Sollenberger has been named president and chief executive officer of UW Hospital and Clinics. The first woman ever to head the hospital, she succeeds Gordon Derzon, who is retiring at the end of this year. The appointment takes effect Wednesday, Dec. 1.
“We are most impressed with the breadth and depth of Sollenberger’s experience and qualifications,” says Jack Pelisek, chair of the UW Hospital and Clinics Authority Board. “Her leadership at both City of Hope and M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, which yielded significant improvements in cost and operational efficiency, will be invaluable to the hospital.”
“To be selected to lead the University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics is a great honor,” Sollenberger says. “As an academic health care center, the UW Hospital and Clinics will be challenged with continuing to find ways to carry out its mission while facing declining revenues for its services. I look forward to working with Dr. Philip Farrell (dean of the Medical School), the physicians and staff.”
COMMUNITY
Books, records on sale during library fund-raiser
Nearly 15,000 books on a wide range of subjects and thousands of LP records will be on sale in a fund-raiser for the Friends of Libraries scheduled Oct. 21-23.
Faculty, staff, students and area residents donated the materials. The public sale helps fund an annual lecture series, special purchases for the library collections and a visiting scholar support program.
In the past two years, 14 libraries received $54,000 through a new specialized small-grant program for campus libraries supported by the book sale.
Among the subjects covered by the books to be available: American studies, architecture, art, foreign languages, history, literature and religion.
The sale will be in 124 Memorial Library, 728 State St. The sale will be 10:30 a.m.-7 p.m., Thursday and Friday, Oct. 21-22; and 10:30 a.m.-2 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 23. On Saturday, items will be sold for $2 a bag.
Washburn Observatory closed for repairs
Due to a mechanical problem, the Washburn Observatory will be closed indefinitely for repairs.
The observatory, perched on a hill overlooking Lake Mendota, is a familiar campus landmark. Although no longer used for research, the observatory is a popular campus destination two evenings a month when it is opened for public viewing.
The failure of a gear that helps control the opening and closing of the viewing slit in the observatory’s dome means that the regular public stargazing sessions, held on the first and third Wednesday of each month, will be cancelled until repairs are made.
Parallel Press releases third book
Parallel Press, created last fall as an imprint of the General Library System, has released “Apparition,” a collection of poems from award-winning Wisconsin author Max Garland.
Parallel Press specializes in soft-cover chapbooks – small-format, literary works. “Apparition” is the group’s third book. Garland’s poems discuss childhood ideas of God and love and his adult experiences of pain and passion.
Parallel Press is also publishing two more books over the next few months.
- “Sure Knowledge” by Elizabeth Oness will be released in November. Oness lives in La Crosse and is co-editor of Soundpost Press and director of marketing and development for Sutton Hoo Press.
- “Luck” by Marilyn Annucci will be available in January. Annucci, of Madison, teaches language and literature at UW-Whitewater.
Each book is $10 plus $3 shipping and handling. For more information, call 263-4929.
ON CAMPUS
Bluestones “weave harmony”
Renowned classical guitarist Robert Bluestone and weaver/tapestry artist Rebecca Bluestone want to change the way you see and hear the arts.
During a residency Oct. 24-31, the Bluestones will conduct concerts, lectures and demonstrations, including a professional development workshop for artists, school outreach activities, an advocacy speech to business groups and functions designed to build bridges between the arts and the community.
The work of these artists is based upon a common ground: guitar and loom are both handmade, tightly strung wooden instruments requiring a shared love of form and texture, tone and timbre, honed by hours of solitary practice. Robert and Rebecca are each fascinated by the interplay of the subtle variations of sonic and visual tints in their work.
Highlights of the residency include a Robert Bluestone concert starting at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 31, at the Elvehjem Museum of Art. Rebecca Bluestone’s weavings will be displayed Oct. 16-Nov. 6 at Memorial Union Galleries.
NOTABLE
Elvehjem Museum receives grants
The Elvehjem Museum of Art has received grants to produce a publication on its ancient coin collection and conduct a conservation survey of some of its paintings.
 Just hummin’ along Students from Acacia, Evans Scholars and Kappa Alpha Theta organizations blow bubbles, cheer and throw candy to the crowd while riding a Humvee-type vehicle during the Homecoming parade. The parade around the Capitol square was one of a host of activities for students and alumni during the week of Oct. 10-16. Photo: Jeff Miller |
The National Endowment for the Arts award of $15,000 will be used to produce a publication of the Elvehjem’s collection of Greco-Roman coins dating from 600 B.C. to A.D. 400, as well as a catalogue of the museum’s impressive collection of Greek vases.
The Institute of Museum and Library Services grant of $16,426 will support a detailed conservation survey of about 200 Old Master and Soviet Realist paintings from the Elvehjem Museum’s permanent collection.
Ward takes tough stance on sweatshop monitoring
In its continuing effort to end sweatshop labor, UW–Madison is adopting some of the toughest standards in the nation for licensed manufacturers, Chancellor David Ward says.
As of Jan. 1, 2000, the university’s nearly 500 manufacturers of apparel and merchandise must disclose the locations of their factories and ensure the protection of female workers from discrimination and harassment, Ward says. These guidelines are outlined in the February 1999 agreement reached between Ward and concerned students.
UW–Madison’s licensees must also follow the standards of the draft code of conduct from the Collegiate Licensing Company. The new guidelines will be included in current, pending and renewed UW–Madison licensing agreements.
“It is repugnant to have the university’s logos and marks appear on articles possibly produced under hostile and abusive working conditions, and safeguards against such practices must be instituted and enforced,” Ward wrote in an Oct. 12 letter announcing the changes to the CLC, which manages trademark licensing for UW–Madison.
Only a select number of universities – Arizona, Duke, Georgetown, Michigan and North Carolina – have imposed or will impose such strict requirements for its licensees.
Enrollment exceeds 40,600
The university has enrolled 40,610 students this fall, a 1.2 percent increase from the 40,109 students enrolled in fall 1998.
The total includes 28,351 undergraduates, a 2 percent increase over last year, and 8,523 graduate students, up 29 students from last fall. The undergraduate total includes 5,675 new first-year students, up from 5,596 last year.
Among the university’s four professional schools, there are 2,122 students: 859 in the Law School, 583 in the Medical School, 317 in the School of Veterinary Medicine and 363 in the School of Pharmacy. There were 2,069 professional students last fall.
Minority students total 3,776, compared to 3,748 last fall. Of that group, African Americans account for 856 (570 of them undergrads); Hispanic/Latino students, 1,002 (662 undergrads); targeted Asian Americans, 256 (185 undergrads); and American Indians, 224 (142 undergrads)
University officials believe these totals are incomplete because an all-time high of 951 students, about 2.4 percent of all enrollees, did not provide any ethnic designation on their registration materials.
Work to reroute traffic
The next phase of the water main replacement project along Babcock and Observatory drives is scheduled to begin Monday, Oct. 25, weather permitting. The project will affect traffic patterns and bus service in that area for several weeks.
On Monday, Babcock Drive between Linden and Observatory will be closed to traffic, and by mid- to late next week, work on Observatory Drive from Babcock Drive to Liz Waters should be under way. At that point, there will be no thru traffic on Observatory Drive between Charter Street and Babcock Drive until the project is completed. Access to parking lots along Observatory Drive will be allowed from one direction or the other for as much of the construction period as possible. Permit holders will be notified about alternative lots in the event they are unable to park in their assigned ones.
Buses will be rerouted along Linden Drive to Elm and Observatory drives.