Admiral
to address China-U.S. relationship
Admiral
Dennis Blair, former commander-in-chief of the Pacific Command,
will share his experiences and speak to the question of "China
-- Ally or Adversary?" on Feb. 7.
A graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and a Rhodes Scholar, Blair
directed Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Air Force operations in
an area that spans more than 100 million square miles.
His presentation as the Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting
Professor will take place at 2 p.m. in 104 Peabody Hall.
The Frey Foundation Distinguished Visiting Professorship was established
in 1989 to bring to campus leaders from a variety of fields such
as government, diplomacy, military service and public policy.
Collaborative
proposals sought
The
Robertson Scholars Programs has announced it is accepting grant
proposals for its collaboration fund. The Robertson Scholars Collaboration
Fund has been instituted to fund projects that have the potential
to initiate or enhance collaborative projects between Duke University
and Carolina.
Faculty, staff and students from both campuses are eligible to
apply. One-year grants of up to $5,000 will be awarded. Applications
are due April 18.
For more information, see www. robertsonscholars.org or contact
Eric Mlyn at 843-7506 or mlyn@unc.edu.
July
blood drive needs theme, logo
The
University-wide blood drive committee is seeking employee ideas
for a theme and/or graphic logo for its 15th annual summer blood
drive. The winning theme and logo will be used in the blood drive
poster, T-shirt and web page.
This year's drive is scheduled for July 22 at the Dean E. Smith
Center. The contest winner(s) will receive a blood drive presentation
poster personalized by Chancellor James Moeser, a blood drive
T-shirt and design acknowledgment on the recruitment web site.
Ideas may be submitted until March 11 to Tina Hodach, Employee
Services, CB# 1045. For more information, call 962-8829.
Menstrual
study seeks volunteers
Women
between the ages of 18 and 45 are needed for a research study
on the menstrual cycle through the Stress and Health Research
Program.
Women who are healthy, are not taking any medications, including
birth control pills, have a regular cycle and do not experience
significant premenstrual symptoms can earn $500 for participating.
Call 966-2547 for more information.
Environmental
seminar scheduled for Feb. 19
Bill
Ross, secretary of the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural
Resources, will be featured at a seminar open to faculty, staff
and students at 4 p.m. on Feb. 19 in 08 Gardner Hall. The seminar,
hosted by the Carolina Environmental Student Alliance and Carolina
Environmental Program, will focus on air quality issues facing
North Carolina, the "One Carolina Naturally" initiative and audience
questions.
Ross then will give a lecture at 7 p.m. on his department's "One
North Carolina Naturally" land conservation initiative and other
environmental issues facing the state. The lecture is free and
will be held in the Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building auditorium.
Jazz
musician Valdés appears Feb. 12
Sweeter
than sugar, more satisfying than a fine cigar, Chucho Valdés
may be Cuba's most valuable export. Though visa issues forced
him to cancel his October show as part of the 2002-03 Carolina
Union Performing Arts Series, Valdés will bring his quartet
to Chapel Hill Feb. 12 at 8 p.m.
Tickets for the performance, which will be held in Hill Hall,
are $35 for the general public and $20 for Carolina students and
can be purchased from the Carolina Union Box Office at 962-1449.
Nominations
open for distinguished professorships
Nominations
are being accepted for distinguished professorships to be awarded
this year. These professorships may include Kenan Professorships,
William R. Kenan Jr. Professorships and Thomas Willis Lambeth
Professorships.
All are open to faculty members throughout the University, with
the exception of the Thomas William Lambeth Professorship in Public
Policy.
To nominate a faculty member, submit a nomination letter, a copy
of the individual's curriculum vita, a letter of support from
the individual's dean, and, in units with departments, a second
letter of support from the department chair. Nominations may be
submitted until Feb. 14.
Submit nominations by fax to 962-1593. For more information, call
962-2198.
Global
warming expert to speak Feb. 5
Ross
Gelbspan, a Pulitzer-Prize-winning journalist, former editor at
the "Boston Globe" and author of the critically acclaimed book
on global warming, "The Heat is On," will speak on Feb. 5 at 7
p.m. in the Carolina Union.
He will address the topic of global warming with a focus on green
energy campaigns that aim to promote renewable energy sources.
Blood,
platelet, plasma donors needed
The
American Red Cross Club urges everyone who is able to donate blood
to do so during the Spring 2003 semester. The December 2002 ice
storm severely affected blood drives across the region, preventing
the collection of more than 3,500 units of blood.
Less than 5 percent of the eligible population donates blood yet
about 96 percent of the U.S. population will need a blood product
at some point during their lifetime.
Remaining blood drives this spring, all in Lesser Hall in the
Student Union, are:
* Feb. 5, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Room 2518;
* Feb. 6, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Room 2518;
* March 25, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Room 1505;
* April 8, 11 a.m. - 4 p.m., Room 1505; and
* April 9, 9 a.m. - 2 p.m., Room 1505.
For more information about donating blood or to schedule an appointment,
e-mail donors@unc.edu.
Also, the UNC Hospitals Platelet and Plasma Donor Program needs
whole blood donors, previous platelet and plasma donors and first-time
donors to call 966-2370 or e-mail platelet@unch.unc.edu
for an appointment.
Artist
in residence at Ackland
From
Feb. 19 through Feb. 23, Deepak Joshi will be in residence at
the Ackland Art Museum demonstrating his intricate art-making
techniques and discussing the powerful symbolism of a tangka painting
he created for the museum's permanent collection. A tangka is
a scroll painting used for Buddhist meditation and rituals.
Hours will be 12 - 2 p.m., Feb. 19-21, and 1 - 4:30 p.m., Feb.
22 and Feb. 23. He also will give a gallery talk on Feb. 23 at
3 p.m. and Feb. 26 at 12:15 p.m. All events are free and open
to the public.
For information, call 966-5736 or 962-0837 (TTY) or see the web
site at www.ackland.org.
'Share
Your Love with a Child' drive seeks donations
Carolina's
School of Social Work is among the locations accepting donations
on behalf of a non-profit agency that provides emergency and respite
care.
Volunteer Families for Children of North Carolina serves the state's
children by giving them safe, short-term care in times of family
crisis, and the organization also provides planned respite services
in other circumstances.
Through the "Share Your Love with a Child" campaign, the following
items are requested: new laundry items; toiletries; first aid
items; toys; children's sweat clothes; non-violent books and games;
baby items, including bottles, diapers, wipes and bibs; and wash
cloths, towels, combs, hand mirrors and backpacks.
Donations may be left through Feb. 28 at the following locations:
* School of Social Work, Tate-Turner-Kuralt Building, floors 1
and 5;
* Hillsborough Presbyterian Church, 102 W. Tryon St., Hillsborough;
and
* Cedar Ridge High School, 1125 New Grady Brown School Rd., Hillsborough.
PlayMakers
seeks volunteers
PlayMakers
Repertory Company is looking for volunteers to help fulfill their
mission to engage, investigate and nurture through the theatrical
experience. They need ushers, office rescue, catering helpers,
sundown supper cooks and opening night gala helpers throughout
the year.
Working with PlayMakers is a way to become involved with a professional
regional theater and support the arts of your community. For more
information, contact Herb Garman at herb.garman@unc.edu
or call 962-2491. Refer to the web site at www.playmakersrep.org.
'Tar
Heel Lane' to showcase Carolina talents at Apple Chill
Arts
Carolina, along with the Town of Chapel Hill Parks and Recreation,
invites anyone affiliated with the University to participate in
this year's "Tar Heel Lane" at the Apple Chill Street Fair.
Apple Chill will take place April 27 from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m. Tar
Heel Lane is open to departments, student organizations and individual
artists who would like to participate either as exhibitors or
performers. Exhibiting fees are $25 for visual artists and student
organizations and $50 for Carolina-affiliated organizations and
schools and departments. Performers pay no fee.
More information and applications information are available at
www.artscarolina.org.
All applications must be received in the Arts Carolina office
by 5 p.m., Feb. 28. at 5 p.m. For additional information, contact
Laura Fine at 843-2787 or e-mail artsunc@email.unc.edu.
Carolina
units to participate in Carnegie initiative
The
Carnegie Initiative on the Doctorate has selected two University
units to participate in a five-year research and action project
aimed at improving doctoral education at U.S. universities.
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching has selected
54 units from the disciplines of chemistry, education, English
and mathematics for the project.
The School of Education is one of 10 education units nationwide
chosen to serve as a "partner department." Thirty-two partner
departments have been selected nationwide to analyze all aspects
of their doctoral programs and link specific activities to desired
outcomes. They will commit to creating "design experiments" in
doctoral education to meet their identified goals.
The Department of Mathematics is one of four math departments
nationwide chosen to serve as an "allied department." Twenty-two
allied departments have been selected nationwide, and they will
help form a network in their respective disciplines to help collect
and disseminate information about the study.
Funding for the project is provided by the Atlantic Philanthropies
and the Carnegie Foundation. For more information on the study
and other participants, see www.carnegie
foundation.org.
Phi
Beta Kappa event set for Feb. 5
The
Carolina chapter of Phi Beta Chapter holds its annual public symposium
at 7:30 p.m. on Feb. 5 in 039 Graham Memorial Hall. Executive
Vice Chancellor and Provost Robert Shelton and N.C. Rep. Ellie
Kinnaird will present their perspectives on the topic: what it
means to be a "University of the people," as stated in the University's
charter.
Students, faculty, staff and community members are invited to
attend and participate. Panel members will answer questions from
the audience. Michael Smith, dean of the School of Government,
will moderate.
For more information, e-mail Kit Leckerling at kleck@email.unc.edu
or call 928-9348; or e-mail Derek Van der Pool at dvander@email.unc.edu
or call 933-1883.
Nominations
open for IT awards
March
3 is the deadline to submit nominations for a 2003 Information
Technology (IT) Award.
The awards honor any type of IT support on campus.
The nomination should include the nominee's name, department,
telephone number, e-mail address and an explanation of why this
individual or team deserves to be recognized.
In addition, the nomination should include the nominator's name,
the relationship to the nominee, campus address, phone number,
e-mail address and an indication of whether the information can
be shared with the nominee.
Submit nominations by March 3 through the IT awards web site,
itawards.unc.edu, or by
campus mail: Tim Rath, CB# 8120. Last year's winners are not eligible;
their names are posted on the web site.
For more information, e-mail itawards@unc.edu.
Winners will be announced at the awards banquet on April 10 at
the Carolina Club.
International
program seeks hosts
The
International Friendship Program seeks hosts to assist new international
students and scholars in their adjustment to the University and
Chapel Hill. A host does not provide housing, just friendship
and hospitality.
For more information on participating, call the International
Center at 962-5661 or see internationalcenter.unc.edu/get_involved/friendship.html.
