UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 3, Page 5
September 19, 1991
Up and coming
Friday night dance party to kick off Homecoming fete
This year at Homecoming, alumni will be gathering two by two-
on the dance floor, that is, at an Alumni Dance featuring the
Fabulous Greaseband.
In addition to dancing, you can yell, walk, run, watch a
parade and even see some football as part of the special Homecoming
events scheduled Friday and Saturday, Oct. 4-5, on the campus.
Alumni anxious to cut a rug will gather at 9 p.m., Oct. 4, at
the Carpenter Sports Building. The dance, which will run until 1
a.m., is open to alumni and their guests who are 21 years of age or
older. A cash bar will be available.
The seven-member Fabulous Greaseband will present its rock 'n'
roll revue featuring the best of the '50s, '60s and '70s.
Tickets are $8 by phone or mail and $12 at the door. To order
tickets, contact the Office of Alumni Relations at 451-2341.
School spirit and lung power are requirements for Homecoming's
opening activity on Friday-a pep rally and "Yell Like Hell" contest
on the steps of Old College at 6 p.m.
Saturday activities will begin with a Campus Run-Around 5K,
starting at 8:30 a.m. at Hullihen Hall. Students, alumni and Newark
community members are expected to participate in this fun run and
walk around campus. The 3.1-mile course will finish on the
University Mall.
Sponsored by the College of Physical Education, Athletics and
Recreation and the Office of Alumni Relations, in cooperation with
Marathon Sports, the event will feature several age divisions. All
participants will receive a race T-shirt. Overall male and female
run finishers will receive awards, and the top three male and
female walk finishers will receive awards.
In addition, the top three male and female run finishers in
each age division will receive awards, and the first male and
female U.D. alumni walk and run finishers will receive awards.
Additional prizes will be selected by random drawing.
Preregistration must be completed by Oct. 2, and fees are $8
for community members and U.D. alumni, faculty and staff and $6 for
U.D. students. Registration fees on the race day will be an $2
additional for each group. Checks-payable to University of
Delaware-should be sent to: Campus Run-Around 5K, Intramural
Office, Carpenter Sports Building.
At 10 a.m., Saturday, the popular Homecoming Parade will wend
its way across the campus. The theme of this year's parade is
"Around the World," and it will travel west on Delaware Avenue,
south on South College Avenue, ending at the parking lot south of
the Morris Library.
This year, a new service is being provided for parents. The
University of Delaware Undergraduate Student Alumni Association and
Newark Day Nursery are presenting Blue Hen Family Child Care. While
parents attend the Homecoming game, children can be left with
child-care professionals at the Newark Day Nursery, located at 921
Barksdale Rd., just five minutes from Delaware Stadium.
The service will be available from 11 a.m-5 p.m. exclusively
to parents attending the Homecoming game. Cost is $25 per child,
ages 6 months to 12 years, and parents must provide lunch and
diapers.
Members of the Undergraduate Student Alumni Association will
organize games for the older children. Registration deadline for
this service is Friday, Sept. 27. For more information about Blue
Hen Family Child Care, contact Bill Clark in the alumni relations
office, telephone 451-2341.
Highlight of the day will be the football game between
Delaware and New Hampshire at 1 p.m. in Delaware Stadium. Halftime
will feature a performance of the popular Alumni Marching Band. For
ticket information, contact Barbara Fleming in the Delaware Field
House, telephone 451-2257.
For information on Homecoming activities, contact the Office
of Alumni Relations at 451-2341.
Effective teaching proposals due
The Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE) is accepting
proposals from faculty for improvement of instruction summer grants
for 1992.
The CTE Faculty Advisory Board is interested in creative
proposals that are innovative, imaginative and meaningful and that
demonstrate how the projects fulfill department, college and
University goals.
Deadline for proposals is Nov. 8. Awards will be announced
Dec. 20.
For more information, call 451-2027.
Teaching center offering two series
The Center for Teaching Effectiveness will offer two series
this fall.
"Changing Times, Difficult Classroom Dialogs" is designed to
help faculty incorporate sensitive and controversial topics in
courses.
This series will be held from 12:20 to 1:30 p.m., Mondays, in
the Collins Room of the Perkins Student Center. Participants
should bring lunch, and beverages will be provided.
"Teaching About Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues" is scheduled
for Sept. 30. The presentation will be made by Suzanne Cherrin,
women's studies; and Mark Amsler, English.
On Oct. 14, Linda Matocha, nursing, will talk about "Teaching
About AIDS, Abortion and Birth Control."
"Teaching About Death, Loss and Grief," will be discussed Nov.
4 by Madeline Lambrecht, nursing.
Running concurrently, a Teaching Techniques Program will be
conducted from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m., on four Fridays. Participants must
be able to attend all four sessions, and registration is required.
Topics and dates are "Successful Lectures," Oct. 4; "Student
Involvement," Oct. 11;. "Instructional Design," Oct. 18; and
"Feedback on Videotaped Class," Nov. 15.
All programs are in the Collins room of the Perkins Student
Center. Registration deadline is Oct. 3.
For additional information, call 451-2027.
Lunch/learn talks on noon Wednesdays
Several Lunch-and-Learn programs, sponsored by the Employee
Assistance and Wellness Program (EAWP), will be held at 12:10 p.m.,
Wednesdays, this fall.
Scheduled for Oct. 2 is "Managing Stress," designed to allow
participants to learn more about their individual stress levels and
how to respond to stressful situations.
Facilitators are Anne Lomax and Joyce Walters of Student
Health Services.
"Balancing Work and Family" will be the topic of the Nov. 6
presentation. Donna Tuites, Office of Women's Affairs, and Cecily
Sawyer-Harmon, EAWP, will conduct the session.
"Women and Healthy Lifestyles," also conducted by Tuites and
Sawyer-Harmon, will be presented Dec. 4.
For additional information, call 451-2414.
PTTP season opens with 'Our Town'
The University of Delaware's Professional Theatre Training
Program (PTTP) will open its 1991-92 season with revivals of two
productions that drew raves from the critics last spring: Thornton
Wilder's Our Town and Oliver Goldsmith's She Stoops to Conquer.
Our Town will play at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 21, and
Thursday, Sept. 26, and at 12:30 p.m. on Sundays, Sept. 22 and 29.
She Stoops to Conquer, an uproarious comedy of mistaken
identities and misadventures, will be presented at 7:30 p.m.,
Wednesday, Sept. 25, Friday, Sept. 27, and Saturday, Sept. 28, and
also at 12:30 p.m. on Sept. 28.
This the third year of training for the PTTP's first cycle of
students. Unlike previous years, each cast will have one actor
playing one role, as opposed to double and triple casting.
All performances will be held at the Hartshorn Gym, located on
the corner of Academy Street and East Park Place on the Newark
campus. Ticket prices vary by performance, and reduced rate tickets
are available for students and senior citizens.
For tickets and reservations, call the Mitchell Hall box
office, telephone 451-2204.
Painting exhibition on public display
The Cape Artists and the Southern Delaware Academy of Lifelong
Learning (SDALL) are co-sponsoring a free public art exhibit during
September at the University of Delaware Milford Center, located at
15 Southwest Front St.
The University's Milford Center is open from 8 a.m.-5 p.m.,
weekdays, and most evenings.
For more information, call 424-5000.