UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 20, Page 10
February 18, 1993
Up and coming

Hospitality career fair in Clayton Hall
     The University's Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management
Program's Career Fair is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday, Feb. 22-23, in
Clayton Hall. The event will feature employment agencies from five states
and representatives of 40 corporations, all of which will advertise jobs
available in the hospitality industry. The state employment agencies will
have listings from smaller companies that are not able to attend the fair
individually.
     Persons visiting the career fair also will have access to a National
Job Bank data base, and there will be kiosks available advertising job
opportunities in all 50 states. Hours are 9:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. on Feb. 22
and from 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. on Feb. 23.
     For information, call 831-6077.

Shakespeare lecture in Memorial Hall
     Michael Neill, associate professor of English at the University of
Auckland in New Zealand, will discuss "Shakespeare and the Designs of
Empire" at 4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 24, in 110 Memorial Hall. His free
public talk is part of the University's series on "Shakespeare from an
International Perspective."
     Neill is the co-editor of The Selected Plays of John Marston and is
editor of John Ford: Critical Re-visions.
     His talk is sponsored by the Department of English and the Delaware
Humanities Forum. For more information, call 831-2361.

Women's health topic of meeting
     Women's health is the theme of the 15th annual meeting of the American
College of Sports Medicine's Mid-Atlantic Regional Chapter, to be held
Friday and Saturday, Feb. l9 and 20, in Clayton Hall.
     Designed to present a comprehensive appraisal of the health risks
common to women, as well as lifestyle modifications associated with risk
reduction, the program will also provide information on the prevalence and
health implications of eating disorders and provide clinical "hands on"
experience in cardiopulmonary exercise testing.
     Meeting topics include megatrends in women's health and eating
disorders and athletes, among others. A special symposium on "The Science
of Ice Figure Skating," will highlight physiological, biomechanical and
sport science research in ice figure skating, as well as address coaching
issues and concerns of the athlete.
     Serving as hosts for the meeting are the College of Physical
Education, Athletics and Recreation and the Pulmonary Diagnostic Laboratory
at the Medical Center of Delaware,
     For more information, call Janice Holton at 831-8649.

U.D. actors to read professor's play
     Student actors in the University's Professional Theatre Training
Program (PTTP) will give a dramatic reading of Stories From The National
Enquirer at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Feb. 23, in Hartshorn Gym. The play was
written by Jeanne Murray Walker, professor of English at the University,
and the reading is being directed by Sanford Robbins, PTTP director and
chairperson of the Department of Theatre.
     Stories From The National Enquirer is an endearing tale about Leonard,
a middle-aged man recently fired from a big-city, big-pressure job. He
returns to his small hometown in Minnesota to write wild and wacky stories
for the National Enquirer.
     The event is sponsored by the University of Delaware Women's Club. For
more information, call Midge Vinson at (215) 667-4715.

Hagley fellows set March conference
     The Hagley Fellows of the Hagley Museum and Library and the University
of Delaware will hold a one-day conference from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.,
Friday, March 12, at the Hagley Museum and Library's Soda House auditorium.
     This interdisciplinary conference will address a wide range of human
issues in the history of industrialization, including: how humans were
"typed" for their job assignments, changes in medical practice and ways of
thinking as a result of industrialization, studies relating human motions
to machine motions in the workplace, the perceptions of the body and
technology in war and the relationship between robots and humans in
literature.
     Keynote speaker will be Anson Rabinbach, professor of history at the
Coopers Union. The conference will feature three panels of speakers,
exploring the topics of "Health and Industry" and "Humans and Machines."
     General registration prior to March 5 is $20, and $10 for students and
senior citizens. Late registrations are welcomed at the door at an
additional cost of $5. For more information, call Carol Lockman at
658-2400, extension 243.