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A program celebrating Mayan culture will be held from 1-4 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center.
The event will include a discussion and training session on issues related to Mayan culture and family and historical information, as well as a ceremonial dance, a sampling of food and live marimba music.
Presented by the Guatemalan Support Network/International Mayan League, the event is sponsored by UD's Department of Individual and Family Studies, the College of Human Resources, Education and Public Policy, the Center for Disability Studies, the Interagency Resource Management Council and the University Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events, along with the Perinatal Association of Delaware/Wilmington Healthy Start.
To register for the free event, or for more details, call Debbie Koch at 831-0470.
The importance of mathematics education will be stressed through a series of special programs during April, which is Mathematics Awareness Month.
A series of lectures, which do not require an extensive knowledge of mathematics to enjoy, will be offered to encourage the public to get involved in promoting the study and use of math. Free and open to the public, the lectures stress this year's theme, "Mathematics and Biology."
"A Mathematician's Role in Understanding How We Hear" will open the series at 4 p.m., Wednesday, April 14, in Room 104 Gore Hall, featuring Mark Holmes, from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute's Department of Mathematical Sciences.
David Edwards, mathematical sciences, will focus on "Understanding the Body's Control Mechanism: Making the Cell Work," at 4 p.m.,Wednesday, April 21, in Room 004 Kirkbride Hall.
At 4 p.m., Thursday, April 29, Joan Ferrini-Mundy from the University of New Hampshire's Department of Mathematics will present "Mathematics Education in the 21st Century: Standards 2000" in Room 103 Gore Hall. Ferrini-Mundy also is director of the Mathematical Sciences education Board of the National Research Council. This lecture is sponsored in part by the Faculty Senate Committee of Cultural Activities.
The last lecture for Math Awareness Month will be held at 3 p.m., Friday, April 30, in Room 006 Kirkbride Hall, when Brian Sleeman of the University of Leeds' Department of Mathematics will speak on "Mathematical Modeling of Tumor Angiogenesis." This lecture will be more technical in nature and will require some knowledge of mathematics for full understanding.
Mathematics Awareness Month has grown out of the first Mathematics Awareness Week proclaimed in 1986 by then-President Ronald Reagan. Since that time, the focus has shifted to activities at the local, state and regional levels, but the general purpose has consistently been to increase the visibility of mathematics as a field of study and to communicate the power and intrigue of mathematics to a larger audience.
The lectures are sponsored by the Department of Mathematical Sciences, the Math Club and the Delaware Mathematics Coalition.
For more information, visit the MAM web page at <http://www.math.udel.edu/programs/ugrad/mam.html> or call 831-1872.
--Laura Overturf
Robert O. Paxton, one of four historians to testify at the trial of convicted Nazi collaborator Maurice Papon, will speak at 7:30 p.m., Thursday, April 15, in Room 125 of Clayton Hall. His talk, "The Papon Trial and the Legacy of Vichy France," is free and open to the public.
Paxton testified in Bordeaux, France, in 1997 against former French Cabinet Minister Maurice Papon, the most senior French official to stand trial for crimes against humanity. Papon was found guilty of signing the arrest orders that sent 1,600 French Jews to their deaths, while he served his country's pro-Nazi Vichy regime.
Paxton is Mellon Professor of Social Science Emeritus at Columbia University. He is the author of seven books, including Vichy France: Old Guard and New Order, hailed as one of the first works to suggest that the Vichy government cooperated with Nazi Germany and was not the helpless instrument of Nazi policy in a defeated France.
Other works include Parades and Politics at Vichy, Vichy France and the Jews and French Peasant Fascism.
Paxton's talk, the 1999 Bosley-Warnock Lecture, is sponsored by gifts from UD history department alumni Deidre Bosley and David Warnock, by the Jewish Studies Program and the University Senate Committee on Cultural Activities and Public Events. For more information, call 831-2371.
Joyce Hill Stoner, art conservation, will have a book signing from 2-4 p.m., Saturday, April 10, at Borders Bookstore in Newark. The author of A Closer Look at the Techniques of Howard Pyle, N.C. Wyeth, Andrew Wyeth and Jamie Wyeth, Stoner also will give a brief slide lecture about the different techniques of the Wyeths and then sign copies of her book. The book was written to accompany "Wondrous Strange," a recent exhibit featuring the works of the four artists that held in Maine and at the Delaware Art Museum.
During the month of April, Information Technologies/ User Services, University Media Services, the Center for Teaching Effectiveness (CTE) and the Division of Continuing Education are jointly sponsoring four satellite broadcasts from the Public Broadcasting System.
All four can be seen live in one of the television studios onthe third floor of Pearson Hall; however, since space is limited, those interested must register in advance by sending e-mail to <cte-reg@udel.edu>.
The scheduled programs include:
In addition, the April 16 and April 22 broadcasts will be aired live on UDTV Channel 52.
For more information, visit the CTE's list of upcoming events at <http://www.udel.edu/cte/spring99.htm>.
If you are a UD employee who feels stressed out, the Employee Wellness Center and the Faculty and Staff Assistance Program want to help you "de-stress." With the offical "Stress-Buster Bingo" card.
Participants simply place an "X" on each day that they are able to do the stress management tip provided. When users have accumulated an "X" all the way across, up and down or diagonally, they win. Game sheets--returned with a "de-stress bingo"--will be entered into a drawing for prizes. These include a free massage from Deep Muscle Therapy School of Delaware, a $25 gift certificate from Ron Eastburn's Flower Shop or a one-year family membership to the Brandywine Zoo. The program runs from April 12-May 14. Game cards must be requested by April 9. There is no charge to participate.
For additional information or to request a Stress-Buster Bingo card, call the Employee Wellness Center at 831-8388
April 16 is the deadline to register for "Project Search: Careers for Teachers," an annual UD job fair. Open to the public by preregistration only, the fair will feature representatives of more than 125 school districts, who will be on campus April 29-30 to interview prospective teachers, counselors, administrators and more for fall 1999 job openings.
Cost is $15 for UD alumni and $25 for those with no UD affiliation. There is no charge for current UD students. Specific times and locations will be mailed to those who preregister.
Job candidates can schedule interviews with representatives of public schools and districts in the mid-Atlantic states and some from as far away as California, Nevada, Texas and Georgia. Individual interviews for both days will be scheduled on the first morning of the fair, Thursday, April 29.
The event is sponsored by the University Council on Teacher Education and the Career Services Center. To register or for more information, call 831-8570 or send e-mail to <Kathlyn.Suiter@mvs.udel.edu> or<cih@udel.edu>. A complete list of participating school districts can be found at <http://www.udel.edu/CSC.proisearch.html>.
Free T-shirts will be given to the first 150 students in attendance as the nationally ranked Delaware men's lacrosse team hosts Towson University this weekend. The game begins at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, April 10, in Fred Rullo Stadium. The T-shirt giveaway is sponsored by Grand Slam, Pike Creek Fitness Center and Schweizer's Therapy and Rehabilitation.
The University of Delaware's 1999 Black Arts Festival will feature films, speakers and special events, all planned for the month of April.
At 7:30 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, author E. Lynn Harris, a successful African-American novelist, will present "This Too Will Pass--A Day of Remembrance" in Multipurpose Rooms A and B of the Trabant University Center.
His books have won numerous prizes and have been included on many bestseller lists. Just As I Am won the 1996 Novel of the Year award from the American Booksellers Association Blackboard List, and If This World Were Mine received the James Baldwin Award for Literary Excellence and the Todd Spring Literary Award. It also was nominated to the 1997 NAACP Image Awards.
"Harris is an exceptional storyteller. He handles a multiplicity of information and a complex plot with ease. He paints stunning portraits of people and friendships," a reviewer wrote in the St.Louis Post Dispatch.
On Saturday, April 17, the annual Richard Wilson Step Show will be held at 7 p.m. in the Bob Carpenter Center. Sponsored by the National Pan-Hellenic Council, the show will be followed by a party. Advance tickets for the show and party are $16 for the general public and $13 for students. Tickets for the show only are $15 for the general public and $11 for students. Tickets to the party only are $7 for the general public and $6 for students. A Black Alumni Step Show Reception is planned from 7-10 p.m. that evening in the Bob Carpenter Club in the Bob Carpenter Center.
Part of the show's proceeds will go toward funding the Richard "Dick" Wilson Scholarship, which honors the late alumnus and longtime UD employee. For information, call Constance Green, dean of students office, at 831-2117.
At 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 21, the film Sankofa will be shown in the Bacchus Theatre of the Perkins Student Center.
On Thursday, April 22, the Black Arts Outdoor Festival and the grand opening of the Black Culture Park will be held from noon to dusk at the Center for Black Culture. Highlights of the event include music by a steel band, food, vendors and a performance by the Dontoh Cultural Dance and Drama Troupe from Ghana.
The annual Gospelrama by the University of Delaware Gospel Choir is scheduled for 5 p.m., Sunday, April 25, in Mitchell Hall. Guests include Danny Eason and the Abundant Life Choir and Jeni Varnadeau. Cost is $7 for the general public and $5 for students.
Tickets for all events in the festival may be purchased at all UD box offices and through Ticketmaster, where a service charge may apply. For more information, call UD1-HENS or the Center for Black Culture at 831-2991.
A number of events are planned to celebrate Medical Technology Week during the week of April 12. Originated in 1975, the week is designed to publicize and educate the public about the work of approximately 300,000 practitioners of clinical laboratory science in the U.S. These professionals are key members of the nation's health care systems.
At UD, an open house of McKinly Laboratory is planned for parents of medical technology students from 1-3 p.m., Saturday, April 10. At this time, there will be displays and demonstrations to highlight this clinical laboratory science. A large National Medical Laboratory Week (NMLW) banner will hang outside the building during the special week.
Web users are invited to check out the department web site at <http://www.udel.edu/medtech/index.html> to take the Great Med Tech Trivia Challenge. Prizes will be awarded.
A kiosk in the Trabant University Center will provide information about medical technology from 10 a.m.-2 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday, April 13 and 15.
From 2-5 p.m., Tuesday, April 13, the department will hold an open house in McKinly Laboratory for students interested in switching majors to medical technology.
In addition, there will be cholesterol screenings from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. in one of the kiosks of the Trabant University Center on Tuesday, April 13, and Thursday, April 15. Cost is $10 Wellness Dollars plus a $5 copay. The test takes 10 minutes and provides immediate results on total cholesterol and HDL (the good cholesterol) levels. Call the Employee Wellness Center at 831-8388 to schedule a 10-minute appointment.
At 1:30 p.m., April 13, Delaware Gov. Thomas Carper will sign a proclamation officially recognizing NMLW in Delaware.
Throughout the week, medical technology faculty will conduct mini-presentations to faculty and staff of other departments in the College of Health and Nursing Sciences to share information about NMLW.
The celebration concludes with a presentation at 11:15 a.m., Friday, April 16, in Room 205 Wolf Hall. Kenneth L. Sisco, medical director of clinical laboratories at Christiana Care Health System, will speak to students and faculty on "Recent Trends in Laboratory Medicine."
For additional information, call 831-2849.
Energy and environmental policy experts will speak at UD during April and May forecasting the future of energy use and environmental policy in the U.S.
Speakers from the Worldwatch Institute, the U.S. state department and other scholars will predict what the nation's energy supplies will be in the 21st century, how energy options will change in a world more aware of the dangers of global warming and how economic growth can lead to un-economic choices.
The series includes:
The series is sponsored by the Center for Energy and Environmental Policy and the School of Urban Affairs and Public Policy. For more information, call 831-8405.
--Barbara Garrison
Bonnie Thornton Dill, professor of women's studies at the University of Maryland, College Park, will present a free, public talk on "Reforming Welfare Mothers: Whose Families? Whose Values?" at 4:30 p.m., today, in the Trabant University Center Theatre.
Dill, director of the UM Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity, coordinated a faculty research seminar on meanings and representations of black women's work, and she is currently editing a book from that project.
She also is a coeditor of Women of Color in U.S. Society and author of many articles in SIGNS: Journal of Women and Culture in Society and Feminist Studies. A sociologist, she was the founding director of the Center for Research on Women at the University of Memphis and did pioneering work on the intersection of race and gender.
Her appearance is cosponsored by Black American Studies Program, the departments of Sociology and Criminal Justice and Individual and Family Studies and the Center for Community Development and Family Policy.
For more information, call 831-2897.
Major Mania will be held from 2-4 p.m., today, in the Multipurpose Room of the Trabant University Center. Students will be able to speak with representatives from UD academic departments, as well as representatives from the Career Services Center, the counseling center, study abroad and the Academic Services Center.
Information will be available on how to add/change a major or minor, what programs are available in the departments, how to explore career and internship opportunities, how to find a tutor and how to study abroad.
Refreshments and door prizes will be provided.
An estate planning workshop will be presented from 7-9 p.m., Monday, April 19, at the Blue & Gold Club for all UD faculty, professional staff, employees and friends and family members. The 90-minute audiovisual presentation is a comprehensive workshop to help participants prepare for the future and will cover wills, probate, powers of attorney and estate taxes, with special attention on how to minimize estate tax and how to balance TIAA/CREF and Fidelity portfolios.
The program is presented by Diamond State Financial Group. Call John E.T. Taylor for additional information at 366-0366.
The Latin American Studies Program will host a forum at 7:30 p.m., Wednesday, April 21, in Clayton Hall on "The Delaware Latino Agenda '99: The Community-Academy Connection."
Jaime Rivera, chairperson of the Governor's Advisory Council on Hispanic Affairs, will unveil the council's new agenda during this free, public talk. Rivera is the chief medical officer and chief medical director of Principal Health Care of Delaware.
