UpDate - Vol. 16, No. 3
September 19, 1996
Up and Coming


Job, law school programs set

     The Career Services Center has scheduled a number of
programs during September as part of "Career Campaign '96." The
programs are designed to help students and alumni have contact
with working professionals and employment representatives.
     A "Job Jamboree" will be held from 1-4 p.m., Tuesday, Sept.
24, in Clayton Hall, where representatives from more than 120
companies will participate. All students and alumni are invited
to attend.
     A special Job Jamboree bus will loop around campus from
12:45 to 4:15 p.m. for the convenience of those attending the
event. For additional information, call 831-2391.
     A program entitled "So You Want to go to Law School" will be
presented from 3:30-5 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 26, in Room 219 of
the Trabant University Center.
     Representatives from 17 law schools-including Rutgers,
Villanova, Dickinson, George Washington and Catholic
universities-will share information about admissions procedures
and requirements.
     At 3:30 p.m., Leslie Goldstein, Unidel Professor of
Political Science and International Relations and chairperson of
the UD Pre-Law Advisory Committee, will present information and
suggestions to those attending.
     Information on Law School Admissions Test preparation
courses, and books and videotapes to help in the law school
planning process also will be available.
     For additional information, call Marianne Green at 831-1232. 
     

     U.N. conference 'One Year Later'

     "The UN Women's Conference One Year Later" will be held from
8:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 28, at Delaware Technical High
School, west of Wilmington.
     The Delaware conference is part of a number of community
conferences being held across the country to report on progress
since the Fourth United Nations Women's Conference in Beijing, to
share what is working in communities, to look ahead to develop a
national action agenda to improve the lives of American women and
their families and to develop a global perspective on women's
issues around the world.
     Del. Gov. Thomas R. Carper, Delaware '75 MBA, will open the
conference.
     "What is Working in Delaware: Where We've Come Since U.N.
'95" is a segment that will focus on grassroots, community-based
programs in the First State that are affecting women's lives in a
meaningful way.
     A two-hour, live, satellite broadcast from Washington will
focus on the President's Interagency Council on Women.
     Featured speakers at the Delaware conference will be
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky, who was the director of the U.S.
delegation to the 1995 conference in Beijing; and Virginia Ofosu-
Amaah of Ghana, who is chief of the Gender, Population and
Development Branch of the U.N. Population Fund.
     Tickets are $20 per person, and the cost includes conference
and lunch.
     For information and additional details, call 764-6654.
     The conference is sponsored by People to People
International, Delaware chapter, the News Journal and the U.S.
Department of Labor Women's Bureau.
     The UD Women's Studies Interdisciplinary Program is a
conference partner. 
     

     Gettysburg study tour in October

     "Delaware at Gettysburg," a comprehensive historic
studytrip, is being offered this fall by the Division of
Continuing Education.
     The program will include a two-hour lecture on Thursday,
Oct. 3, from 7-9 p.m. in 202 Old College, and an all-day
excursion to Gettysburg on Saturday, Oct. 5, from 6:30 a.m. to
10:30 p.m.
     This specially designed trip will follow the footsteps of
the First and Second Regiments of Delaware during the momentous
fighting at Gettysburg during the Civil War.
     At the lecture, participants will learn the three days'
actions and the general background of the Delaware units who
fought in Gettysburg. The units will then be studied on the
battlefield itself as they moved through the Wheatfield to the
summit of Rose House Hill, and along the fields of fire on
Cemetery Ridge.
     Primary and secondary sources will merge to place
participants as close to the action as the present will allow.
     "Delaware at Gettysburg" will be led by Thomas L. Schaefer,
assistant director of special programs at Penn State's York
campus. Schaefer, formerly a licensed battlefield guide, has
developed and taught more than 25 Gettysburg studies.
     The studytrip is open to the public and costs $130.
     For more information, contact Susan Matsen at 831-3063. 


     Orchestra, opera trips scheduled

     The Division of Continuing Education is presenting two
series of trips this fall for those who enjoy beautiful music.
     A set of trips to see the Philadelphia Orchestra in
Philadelphia will be presented on Tuesday evenings, and trips to
the Metropolitan Opera in New York City will be held on Saturday
afternoons. All trips are open to the public.
     The Philadelphia Orchestra series promises a rich and
diverse array of performances. Trips are scheduled for concerts
on Oct. 22, Nov. 12 and Dec. 10. Each will feature a UD escort,
round-trip transportation and tickets in either the amphitheatre
or family circle of the Academy of Music.
     Family circle seats are $50 for an individual concert and
$240 for the series; amphitheatre seats are $40 individually and
$180 for the series. Motorcoach transportation is an additional
$20 per concert or $100 for the series. The series will continue
in 1977 with performances on Feb. 4, April 8 and May 6.
     Buses will depart from Clayton Hall in Newark at 6 p.m. and
from the Wilcastle Center in Wilmington at 6:30 p.m. for the 8
p.m. concert. Return to Delaware will be at approximately 11 p.m.
     The Oct. 22 trip will feature conductor Wolfgang Sawallisch
and Andre Watts playing piano, in a program including Haydn's
Symphony No. 55, "Schoolmaster," Liszt's Les Preludes and Brahms'
Piano Concerto No. 2.
     On Nov. 12, the trip will showcase conductor Andre Raphel
Smith, gospel singer Jevetta Steele, Hannibal Lokumbe playing
trumpet and the Morgan State University Choir.
     This concert will feature Bernstein's Chicester Psalms and
the first performance of Lokumbe's African Portraits by the
Philadelphia Orchestra.
     The trip on Dec. 10 will feature conductor Myung Whun Chung
and baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky. Mahler's Songs of a Wayfarer
and Symphony No. 5 will be performed.
     A limited number of seats are still available for opera
trips to New York City, including faculty leadership, advance
studynotes and round-trip transportation.
     Buses leave from Clayton Hall in Newark at 7 a.m. and from
the Wilcastle Center in Wilmington at 7:30 a.m. Buses will leave
from New York City to return to Delaware at approximately 5 p.m.,
and participants will have free time for dining, sightseeing or
shopping before each performance.
     Each performance will include orchestra seats at the
internationally acclaimed Metropolitan Opera in Lincoln Center.
     Tickets are $140 for each opera, and an additional $40 for
transportation. Space is still available on fall trips to see
Rigoletto on Nov. 16 and L'Elisir d'Amore on Dec. 14. Next year,
the series will include performances on Jan. 18, Feb. 8, March 15
and May 3.
     For more information, call 831-2746. 


     Special seminar for restaurateurs

     "Running a Restaurant From Front to Back," a special one-day
seminar for restaurant owners, managers and prospective
restaurateurs, will be held from 8 a.m.. to 4 p.m., Tuesday, Oct.
1, at the Dover Sheraton Conference Center.
     Sponsored by the Small Business Development Center and the
Delaware Restaurant Association, the day is designed to give
those in or contemplating the restaurant business the information
they need to make better decisions.
     Rules and regulations of the industry that can make a
restaurant a success also will be discussed. A room of displays
and exhibitions will be available during breaks.
     Cost is $79.95. For more information or to register, call
571-1555. 
     

     Refresher program for MBAs in Oct.

     "MBA Plus: Targeting Excellence," a new, two-day refresher
program for individuals who hold MBAs, will be offered Tuesday
and Wednesday, Oct. 8 and 9.
     Designed to add a continuous learning component to graduate
business education, the program will bring participants up to
date with the latest in business education and practices. For
professionals with graduate business degrees who have significant
responsibilities in marketing, finance, management, budgeting or
strategic planning, the October program will focus on discussions
of the best practices in the countries' most successful
corporations.
     Topics will include analysis of current strategic-level
business cases, updating of specific business skills, interactive
leadership and ethics sessions and exposure to the business
applications of the World Wide Web. The program also will offer
networking opportunities for experienced professionals.
     Faculty from the College of Business and Economics will
present the sessions, which will be held in Clayton Hall.
     Registration for "MBA Plus: Targeting Excellence" is
encouraged by Sept. 25, although late registrations will be
accepted.
     For further information or a brochure or to register, call
831-2221.