UpDate - Vol. 11, No. 39, Page 12
August 20, 1992
Calendar
FRIDAY, AUG. 28
Student orientation: For African-American freshmen and transfer
students. Opening session, 120 Smith Hall, 10 a.m. Keynote
address, with Edwin J. Nichols, Clayton Hall, 7:30 p.m.
SUNDAY, AUG. 30
Residence halls open: Delaware and Maryland residents living
within a two-hour radius more in from 8 a.m.-noon. All other new
students move in from noon-4 p.m.
Meeting: For parents of students living on campus. Locations to
be announced, 11 a.m.
Commuter/parents orientation: For students and parents of
students living off campus. Rodney Room, Perkins Student Center,
1:30 p.m.
Meeting: For parents of students living on campus. Locations to
be announced,
President's Reception: For new students, and their parents. 47
Kent Way, 3 p.m. (Rain location: Perkins Student Center)
Picnic: For resident students, 5 p.m.
Trans-Laird Express: Social event for new and National Student
Exchange students living on Laird Campus. Christiana Commons, 7
p.m.
MONDAY, AUG. 31
Deadline for admission to Ph.D. candidacy for December 1992
degree conferral.
New Student Convocation: On the Mall, 11 a.m.
New Student Orientation: New Student Olympics. Carpenter Sports
Complex and Frazer Field, 2 p.m.
Welcome dance: Bacchus, Perkins Student Center, 9 p.m. Admission
$3.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 1
New Student Orientation: Workshops, 10:45 a.m.
Residence hall check-in for returning students, 2-9 p.m.
Late registration and free drop/add begin.
Student Activities Nnight: Perkins Student Center, 7 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 2
Fall 1992 classes begin at 8 a.m.
Lecture: "Portrait of a Lady: The Image of Women in Contemporary
Textbooks," with Joan Del Fattore, English, U.D. Ewing Room,
Perkins Student Center, 12:20 p.m.. Bring a lunch.
Applications for full- or half-year sabbaticals due to department
chairperson. Due 12 months before leave period.
MONDAY, SEPT. 7
Labor Day. University offices closed; no classes meet.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 8
Meeting: Committee on Resource Planning and Management (CIRPM).
Collins Room, 1:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 9
Fall semester final exam scheduling requests due
Lecture: "Women in Mathematics and Science," with Georgia Pyrros,
mathematical sciences, U.D. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center,
12:20 p.m. Bring a lunch.
Concert: Gala Opening Concert. Featuring the Delaware Brass;
Taggart-Grycky Duo; Mendelssohn String Quartet; Faculty Jazz
Ensemble; Marie Robinson, soprano; Jay Hildebrandt, trombone;
Alan Hamant, trumpet; duo harpsichordists David Herman and Karen
Flint; pianists Christine Delbeau, Julie Nishimura and Michael
Steinbert; Marcy Rosen, cello. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy du Pont
Music Building, 8 p.m.
THURSDAY, SEPT. 10
Recital: Faculty recital. Melanie DeMent, soprano; Vincent
Marinelli, clarinet; Julie Nishimura, piano. Loudis Recital Hall,
Amy du Pont Music Building, 8 p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 11
Deadline for Unidel requests to deans' offices
SATURDAY, SEPT. 12
Plant sale: Longwood Gardens overflow parking lot, Kennett
Square, Pa., 8 a.m.- 4 p.m. For directions, call 831-2517.
SUNDAY, SEPT. 13
Recital: Faculty recital Marie Robinson, soprano; Julie
Nishimura, piano. Loudis Recital Hall, Amy du Pont Music
Building, 3 p.m.
MONDAY, SEPT. 14
Meeting: Faculty Senate. 110 Memorial Hall, 4 p.m.
TUESDAY, SEPT. 15
Deadline for filing application for graduate degrees to be
conferred in December 1992
Workshop series: Environmentally Sound Lawn Care. Wilcastle
Building, Wilmington Campus, 7 p.m. For registration fee and
information, call 831-2506.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 16
Last day of late registration and free drop/add for fall 1992;
tuition and a $15 fee charged, and a grade of "W" recorded for
course withdrawal after this date, including withdrawals offset
by a simultaneous add
Deadline for completion of deferred examinations and incomplete
work from spring 1992 and summer 1992 for undergraduates
Meeting: President's Council. Board Room, 132 Hullihen Hall, 3:30
p.m.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 18
Lecture: by Igor Kipnis, Newark Hall Auditorium, 2:30 p.m. Call
831-2204.
Student recital: Loudis Recital Hall, Amy du Pont Music Building,
2:30 p.m.
Special program: Calliope, a Renaissance band, with Igor Kipnis,
harpsichordist including theatre piece by Peter Schickele, "The
Bestiary," narrated by Mr. Kipnis. Newark Hall Auditorium, 8 p.m.
For ticket information, call 831-2204.
MONDAY, SEPT. 21
Spring 1993 schedules due to scheduling office
TUESDAY, SEPT. 22
Fall 1992 second installment payment deadline
Workshop series: "Easy-Care Perennials." Wilcastle Building,
Wilmington Campus. 7 p.m. For registration fee and information,
call 831-2506.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 23
Lecture: "Women Writers of Spain," with Joan Brown, foreign
languages and literatures, U.D. Ewing Room, Perkins Student
Center, 12:20 p.m. Bring a lunch.
FRIDAY, SEPT. 25
Deadline for Winter Session 1993 textbook requests
UDRF block grant proposals due
Oktubafest Concert: On the Mall, 3 p.m.
MONDAY, SEPT. 28
Rosh Hashanah begins.
Career Week
TUESDAY, SEPT. 29
Job Jamboree: Clayton Hall, 1 p.m.
Lecture series: "Introduction: Culture and Sexuality." Kirkwood
Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:30 pm.
Lecture: "The Time of the Bear," with Calvin Martin, Rutgers
University. Clayton Hall, 7 p.m.
Workshop: "Practical Pruning and Lancape Maintenance." Wilcastle
Wilcastle Building, Wilmington Campus. 7 p.m. For registration
fee and information, call 831-2506.
WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 30
Promotion dossiers due to individual departments
Lecture: "The Beauty Myth and the Media," with Valerie Helmbreck,
News Journal columnist. Ewing Room, Perkins Student Center, 12:20
p.m. Bring a lunch.