UpDate - Vol. 12, No. 8, Page 4
October 22, 1992
Up and coming
Orchestra concert in Newark Hall Nov. 4
The Artur Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Ilya
Stupel, featuring Giorgia Tomassi, Gold Medalist of the 1992 Artur
Rubinstein International Piano Master Competition, will present a
concert at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 4, in Newark Hall auditorium.
The concert is sponsored by the Student Program Association and
Perkins Student Center.
Tickets are $5 in advance and $10 at the door for full-time U.D.
students; and $10 for non-students. They are on sale from noon-3 p.m.,
Monday, Wednesday and Friday, at the Perkins Student Center Concourse,
and on Tuesday and Thursday in Room 107 Perkins Student Center.
The program Nov. 4 will include Capriccio Italien, Opus 45 by
Tchaikovsky, Piano Concerto No. 1 in e minor, Opus 11 by Chopin and
Symphony No. 5 in e minor, Opus 64 by Tchaikovsky.
After the concert, a reception for the orchestra, to which the
audience is invited, will be hosted by the Office of the Vice
President of Student Life.
The Philharmonic of Lodz, Poland, was renamed the Artur
Rubinstein Philharmonic Orchestra in honor of its most illustrious
musical citizen in April 1984. Rubinstein, who was born and grew up in
Lodz, had appeared with the orchestra on three occasions and was a
patron.
The orchestra has collaborated with well-known conductors and
soloists, including Leopold Stokowski, Claudio Arrau, Wanda Landowska
and Mstislvav Rostropovich. It has performed during 20 tours
throughout Europe. This tour marks the orchestra's North American
debut.
Under Stupel's direction, the orchestra recently began a 50-CD
recording project with the distinguished Danacord label, to include
complete symphony cycles of Mahler and Shostakovich.
Stupel has a broad range of experience, including opera, ballet,
symphonic music, recitals, musicals and jazz, as well as composing.
For further information, call 831-1296.
'Heart of the Art' to feature faculty
Selected recent works in a wide range of media will be
represented in "Heart of the Art: The Annual Department of Art Faculty
Exhibition," on view at the University Gallery from Monday, Nov. 2,
through Friday, Dec. 11.
An opening reception to honor the artists will be held from
4:30-6:30 p.m. on Nov. 2. A number of noontime lectures by faculty
members are planned in conujunction with the exhibition, and the
community is invited to bring a brown bag lunch to the University
Gallery to enjoy informal dialog with the artists. All lectures will
be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesdays, Nov. 4, Nov. 11 and Dec.
2.
Speaking on Nov. 4 will be Norman Sasowsky, professor of art, and
Fleda Brown Jackson, associate professor of English, who will discuss
their recent collaboration of images and poems inspired by the
Eleusinian Mysteries, a ritualistic ceremony of ancient Greece that
represented the last stronghold of prehistoric agrarian goddess
culture.
On Nov. 11, Rosemary Lane, professor of art, will present issues
of figurative and sensual spirituality in her recent paper works.
On Dec. 2, Stephen Tanis, professor of art, will discuss
perception and appropriation in still life painting in the '90s.
These events and the exhibition, which are co-sposnored by the
Department of Art and the University Gallery, are free and open to the
public.
The University Gallery is located on the second floor of Old
College.
Hours are 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Monday through Friday, and 1-5 p.m.,
weekends.
The gallery is wheelchair accessible. and those individuals in
need of special assistance are encouraged to call ahead at 831-8242.
Talk on diversity in African communities
Leonard Jeffries Jr. of the City College of New York will discuss
"Cultural Diversity in African Communities" at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Oct.
27, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center.
His free public talk is sponsored by the Cultural Program
Advisory Board and the Center for Black Culture.
Former national president of the African Heritage Studies
Association, Jeffries is the author of several books, including The
Urban Crisis in the U.S., Sub National Politics in the Ivory Coast
Republic, Blacks in the Revolutionary Era, Crisis in South Africa and
The African Americans.
He has traveled extensively to Africa, the Caribbean and Latin
America, including more than 40 educational study tours overseas.
Jeffries' areas of expertise include African studies, government
and law, international relations and political science.
He chaired the Department of Black Studies at California State
University at San Jose from 1969-72. He went to the City College of
New York in 1972 where he chaired the Department of Black Studies and
developed a comprehensive curriculum.
His honors include two Carnegie Corp. grants and serving as
national secretary of the Association for the Study of Classical
African Civilizations and as Alex Haley's research associate on the
Kinte Library Project Black Family History.
A graduate of Lafayette College, Jeffries received his master's
and doctoral degrees from Columbia University.
Sexual harassment teleconference topic
A National Association of Student Personnel Administrators
teleconference, "Confronting Sexual Harassment on Campus," will be
presented from 1:15-4 p.m., Thursday, Nov. 14, in Studio B, Newark
Hall.
The program will examine various forms of sexual harassment,
including student-to-teacher, supervisor-to-employee and
colleague-to-colleague. In addition, the session will address myths
and facts surrounding the issue and deal with the development of a
campus action plan.
Student affairs administrators, faculty and human resource
personnel are encouraged to attend. Students- including organization
leaders, resident assistants, peer counselors and orientation
assistants-also will benefit from the session.
Phone-in questions also will be accepted during the broadcast,
which is sponsored locally by the Commission on the Status of Women.
To register send an e-mail message by Nov. 5, to Nancy
Soccorso@MVS. UDEL.EDU, or call the Office of Women's Affairs at
831-8063. Registrations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served
basis.
Photographer at Janvier Gallery
An exhibition of the photographic compositions of Rick Barrick is
on display through Nov. 3 at the University 's Janvier Gallery, 56
West Delaware Ave.
Barrick has photographed functional objects that have been
discarded or abandoned and are becoming abstract through decay and
deterioration. To achieve his compositions, Barrick uses Polaroid
images he alters through computer image process and fixes on
watercolor papers.
A graduate of the University of Georgia, with further training at
the Rochester Institute of Technology and an MFA in photography from
the School of Visual Arts, Barrick has a commercial studio in New York
City and is a photographic instructor for the School of Visual Arts.
In addition, he is a photographic computer instructor for the Art
Institute of Philadelphia, teaching courses that combine computer
enhancement with traditional visual art training.
His exhibit is sponsored by the photography sequence in the
University's Department of Art. For gallery hours, call 831-1196.
Career symposium for recent grads
A career symposium geared toward college graduates of the last 10
years who are seeking career or job changes will be held from 9:30
a.m. -12:30 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 14, in Clayton Hall.
The symposium is open to the public, but seating is limited.
Advance registration is recommended.
The program will feature a panel of human resource managers and
outplacement experts discussing the innovative job search.
Panelists are Charlotte Brown, a 1981 Delaware graduate who is
former manager of executive recruitment/ placement for Strawbridge &
Clothier; Michele Dorrell, a 1986 Delaware alumna who is vice
president of human resources at American Express Centurion Bank; Susan
Highfield, a 1973 U.D. graduate who is vice president of human
resources at Wilmington Savings Fund Society; Gerald L. Robinson,
senior vice president and general manager, Manchester; and Domenic L.
Vacca, managing partner, Romac & Associates.
Concurrent sessions will be offered on resume writing and
interviewing skills.
Discussing job trends in the mid-Atlantic region will be James K.
McFadden, who received his doctorate at Delaware in 1976. He is chief
of the state of Delaware's Office of Occupational and Labor Market
Information.
The career symposium is co-sponsored by the University's Career
Planning and Placement Office, the Office of Alumni Relations and the
Alumni Association Career Planning Advisory Committee, through the
generosity of American Express Centurion Bank.
Cost of the symposium is $15 in advance and $20 at the door.
Advance registrations must be received by 5 p.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11.
To register, send a check made payable to the University of
Delaware to: November Symposium, Office of Alumni Relations,
University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Please include your name,
address and daytime phone number. Alumni are asked to include class
year.
For information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at 831-2341.
Settlement School players on campus
The first concert in the 1992-93 Contemporary Music series,
sponsored by the Department of Music, will feature the Settlement
Music School Contemporary Players, directed by Harvey Price and Robert
Capanna.
The concert, which is free and open to the public, will be held
at 8 p.m., Wednesday, Oct. 28, in the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy
E. du Pont Music Building.
The program will include Old City Suite, a piano composition by
Philip Maneval; Spirals by Chinery Ung for cello, percussion and
piano; Trio by Nick Rissman for cello, percussion and piano; and
Sonata by Richard Wernick for cello and piano.
Price is instructor in percussion at the University. The
performers of the group are faculty members of the Settlement Music
School in Philadelphia and perform widely throughout the Delaware
Valley.
Faculty recital in Loudis Oct. 27
D. Jay Hildebrandt, professor of music at the University, will
perform on the trombone and euphonium, accompanied on the piano by
Julie Nishimura, in a faculty recital, at 8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, in
the Loudis Recital Hall of the Amy E. du Pont Music Building.
The recital is free and open to the public.
The program will include Fantasia by Gordon Jacob, Concerto by
Henri Tomasi; Animus I (for trombone and tape) by pioneering composer
Jacob Druckman, and works by Sulek, Krzywicki and Barat.
A member of the Delaware Symphony, and the Delaware Brass Quintet
and director of the U.D. jazz ensembles, Hildebrandt performed
recently at the Sapporo Music Festival in Japan and at the New York
Brass Conference with the Colonial Tuba Quartet, of which he is a
founding member. Hildebrandt teaches low brass and jazz at the
University.
International fest in Rodney Room
The popular, annual Festival of Nations, sponsored by the
Cosmopolitan Club, will be held from 1-5 p.m. , Sunday, Oct. 25, in
the Rodney Room of the Perkins Student Center.
Featuring displays, performances and food from around the world,
the event showcases the many nationalities and cultures on the
University campus.
The event is free and open to the public.
Recent Grads Day at Towson game
Recent graduates of the University of Delaware are invited to
participate in special activities at the Delaware-Towson State
football game at Delaware Stadium on Saturday, Nov. 21.
Sponsored by the Office of Alumni Relations, the eighth annual
Recent Graduates Day-this year for the classes of 1990, '91 and
'92-includes special reduced admission to the game, parking and a
chance to win a VIP weekend at the Christiana Hilton.
Tickets are available from the Office of Alumni Relations. With
the purchase of one ticket at $15, alumni in those classes will
receive one free ticket, or with the purchase of two or more tickets,
they will receive two free. Another benefit is a special parking
permit, which allows cars into the Recent Grads Day section adjacent
to the baseball field. Parking permits are $6 per car.
Deadline for tickets is Monday, Nov. 9. Those whose ticket orders
are received by the deadline will be eligible for the drawing of a
Blue Hen VIP Weekend, courtesy of the Christiana Hilton. One lucky
grad and a guest will spend Friday night in the hotel and, after a
complimentary breakfast, will be taken to the game in a limo, courtesy
of Lorraine Lanouette and DND Limousine Service. The winner will be
notified Nov. 11.
Those planning to attend should send name, address, class year
and daytime phone number to: Recent Graduates Day, Office of Alumni
Relations, University of Delaware, Newark, DE 19716. Visa, MasterCard
and checks, made payable to the University of Delaware, will be
accepted. There is a $3 handling and postage fee for each order.
To sit with friends in section F of the west (home) stands, send
the orders in one envelope. Ticket orders received after Nov. 9 will
be held on game day at the will-call window in front of the west
stands.
For information, call the Office of Alumni Relations at 831-2341.
English prof talks about latest book
Joan DelFattore, professor of English and author of What Johnny
Shouldn't Read, will speak on textbook censorship in America at a free
public lecture from 7-8 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, in 206 Kirkbride
Lecture Hall.
The free public presentation is sponsored by Sigma Tau Delta, the
English Honor Society.
Education alumnus to speak tonight
"What's Better than the Good Old Days?" will be the topic of a
talk by Cornelius (Neal) V. Robbins, professor of educational
administration at State University of New York at Albany.
One of a series of programs sponsored by the Education Alumni
Association, the free public event is scheduled at 7 tonight in 100
Kirkbride Lecture Hall.
Robbins will share anecdotes from his career related to his
education at the University of Delaware and illustrating his
optimistic view of American education.
With bachelor's and master's degrees from Delaware and a
doctorate in education and administration from the University of
Pennsylvania, Robbins has had a varied career in education.
He taught in the Marshallton and Mt. Pleasant districts in
Delaware for several years. Becoming interested in two-year colleges,
he helped found Ocean County College in Toms River, N.J., and to start
up a community college in Media, Pa.
Joining an educational consulting firm, he worked with two-year
colleges in Michigan, Delaware, Virginia and South Carolina and became
president of Genesee Community College in New York. He later was
appointed associate chancellor for 30 community colleges in New York,
serving in this position for 10 years.
He retired as president of Cobleskill College of Agriculture and
Technology before assuming his current position.
For further information, call 831-6205.