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| Vol. 18, No. 8 | Oct. 22, 1998 |
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| Vol. 18, No. 8 | Oct. 22, 1998 |
Michael T. Vitez, a Pulitzer Prize-winning feature writer who covers the "aging" beat for The Philadelphia Inquirer, will present a free public lecture at 2 p.m., Tuesday, Oct. 27, in Room 130 Sharp Laboratory.
Vitez won the 1997 Pulitzer Prize for explanatory journalism for a series of stories about efforts to improve care at the end of life. The series, "Final Choices," chronicled the lives of five people and vividly portrayed the choices they and their families and doctors made as they approached death. The series also examined the many changes going on in America regarding withdrawal of medical care, assisted suicide, caring for frail parents at home and hospice care.
Vitez, who has covered the aging beat for three years, has been a staff writer at the Philadelphia Inquirer since 1985.
He previously worked as a reporter at Hartford Courant, Washington Star and Virginian-Pilot. In 1994-95, he was a Michigan Journalism Fellow at the University of Michigan, where he studied storytelling. Vitez graduated in 1979 from the University of Virginia, where he was editor of the Cavalier Daily.
Margaret Becker to perform Nov. 8
Contemporary Christian recording artist Margaret Becker will perform at 7:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 8, in Mitchell Hall.Tickets are $9 for students, $14 for reserved seating and $24 for gold circle seats.
Tickets may be purchased at St. Thomas Episcopal Church and the Salty Fisherman Bookstore, Churchman's Road, Newark; the Sonshine House Bookstore in Peoples Plaza, Glasgow; and the Thomas More Oratory, Newark.
Becker is a four-time Grammy nominee and has won numerous songwriting awards. The concert is part of the UD Concert Series sponsored by the Episcopal Campus Ministry and is presented in cooperation with the Baptist, Lutheran, Methodist, Presbyterian and Roman Catholic campus ministries at UD.
For information, call 368-4644.
'Anything Goes' in Pearson Hall
The Harrington Theatre Arts Company, a student performing group, will present Cole Porter's Anything Goes at 8 p.m., Friday and Saturday, Oct. 23-24, and Thursday through Saturday, Oct. 29-31. A 2 p.m. matinee is planned for Sunday, Oct. 25.All performances will be held in the auditorium of Pearson Hall.
Tickets, available at the door, are $5 for UD students, faculty and staff and $7 for the general public.
For more information, call 266-7056.
Tim Targett, marine studies, will present a free, public program, entitled "Are We Overfishing Our Marine Fishery Stocks?... Hope for the Future," at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, in Room 104 Cannon Laboratory, at the Hugh R. Sharp Campus in Lewes.The hourlong talk will be followed by refreshments and is the final presentation of the 1998 Ocean Currents Lecture Series, initiated by the College of Marine Studies in honor of the International Year of the Ocean.
Targett will begin with a global look at overfishing and then focus on the status and management of North American fisheries, with particular emphasis on several species common to Delaware waters- including weakfish, flounder and striped bass.
Seating is limited and reservations are required. To reserve a seat, call the college at 645-4279.
For more information about the college, visit the web site at <www.ocean. udel.edu>.
The first annual Space Science Symposium will take place on Saturday, Nov. 7, in the Perkins Student Center. Registration will begin at 8:30 a.m. with guest speakers starting at 9 a.m.Symposium sessions will focus on the following topics: "ACE (Advanced Composition Explorer)," "Astrophysics from Antarctica," "Chesapeake Bay Watershed Initiative," "Earth Science Education: Satellite Activity and Product Review," "Eclipse 99," "Galileo Education Program Update," "International Space Station," "Investigating Plants in Space," "Investigating a Suspected Crater in Bolivia," "Mars Exploration: LEGO Rover," "Meteorology On-Air," "Mission Math," "Return to Mars After 20 Years," "Rockets for Schools/ Loki Launch," "SOHO (The Solar and Heliospheric Observatory)," "Star Lab Tutorial" and "Water Vapor/Satellite Imagery."
Invited speakers and presenters are educators from Delaware, experts from the Bartol Research Institute, NASA-Goddard Space Flight Center and Delaware Technical and Community College.
The symposium is open to the education community. Workshop materials are available to classroom teachers only.
Registration forms are available at <www.dasef.darkorb.net> or by calling 454-2432 or 831-1094.
The Graphic Communications Center is holding its eighth annual open house, from noon-2 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 29, at the General Services Building, 222 South Chapel St. Light refreshments will be served.The open house will showcase the latest additions in equipment and technology and include a product show sponsored by Corporate Express. In addition, approximately a dozen vendors will be situated throughout the building displaying office products and offering free samples.
Campus delivery, publications, mail services, purchasing and supporting services also will participate.
To attend, telephone 831-2153, fax 831-6633, or send e-mail to <Sandra.Margerison@mvs.udel.edu> by Friday, Oct. 23.
A lunch and learn series focusing on eldercare will be held from noon-1:30 p.m., Fridays, Oct. 30-Dec. 11, in the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center.The first session, on Oct. 30, will provide an introduction to the series and offer details on options and services available for older individuals. Various types of housing for the elderly also will be covered.
The other sessions will deal with: financial issues, Nov. 6; health issues, Nov. 13; legal issues, Nov. 20; death and dying concerns, Dec. 4; and care for the caregiver, Dec. 11.
Enrollment is limited to the first 50 registrants.
To enroll, send an e-mail message-with name, department and telephone extension-to <Employee.Training@ mvs.udel.edu>, listing the sessions you want to attend.
For addition information, contact Richie Holland, at 831-2059, or Darlene Sharp, at 831-2414.
