Summer Reading Program seeks discussion leaders
‘A Hamlet Story’ premieres April 13 at Studio Six Theater
Llewellyn to speak at Woman’s Club April 13
Register now for April 20 Foard Lecture
Campus to celebrate Earth Day all week, April 14-22
Student Chancellor’s Awards ceremony to be held April 16
Music at Chapel Hill topic of April 19 lecture by Simpson
TIAA-CREF available for financial consultations
Free screenings to be held April 18 at UNC Hospitals
UMA to host May 22 conversation with William Friday
Grant to help library investigate digitizing archives

Summer Reading Program seeks discussion leaders

This year’s Summer Reading Program book discussion sessions for incoming undergraduate students will be held Aug. 20, 1 – 3 p.m. The selection, “The Death of Innocents” by Sister Helen Prejean, explores the experiences of two death-row inmates, the legal and physical machinery of capital punishment, and the possibility that innocent people have been and will be put to death.

Faculty and staff interested in serving as discussion leaders should visit www.unc.edu/srp to fill out the sign-up form. You are welcome to facilitate a group on your own or collaborate with a faculty member, staff member or student.

For more information, e-mail Belinda L. Locke, blocke@email.unc.edu, or call 962-8521.

‘A Hamlet Story’ premieres
April 13 at Studio Six Theater

Wordshed Productions will present the world premiere of “A Hamlet Story,” written and adapted by Chris Chiron and directed by Joseph Megel. In addition to being co-artistic director of Wordshed Productions, Chiron is a doctoral student in performance studies and policy administrator with Human Resources.

The play will open April 13 in Studio Six Theater in Swain Hall and run through April 29.

Tickets are $10 ($8 for seniors, faculty/staff; $5 for students). Call 843-3333 for reservations and refer to www.unc.edu/wordshed for more information.

The play tells the tale of Danny, a young man struggling to reclaim his identity and family honor after a plane crash leaves him trapped inside his own mind. The staging reveals Danny’s struggles in three very different landscapes: the paralyzed Danny in the hospital room, trying to regain his memory and purpose; the Danny inside the fantastical dreamscape of his own mind, grappling with internal and external hazards; and Danny as he lives in the memory-world of others. The script for “A Hamlet Story” began as a short story that Chiron wrote during his master’s study in English.

Llewellyn to speak at Woman’s Club April 13

The UNC Woman’s Club’s spring luncheon will be held April 13 at the Barn at Fearrington Village. Guest speakers are Grant Llewellyn, musical director of the North Carolina Symphony, and the symphony’s principal cellist, Bonnie Thron.

For more information on the event or the Woman’s Club, refer to www.unc.edu/uwc or call 932-6039 or 933-4599.

Register now for April 20 Foard Lecture

John Briscoe, country director for Brazil for the World Bank and former professor of water resources at UNC, is the 2007 Foard Lecturer in the School of Public Health. He will present “Water and Human Well-being” April 20 at Loudermilk Hall in the Rizzo Conference Center at 6:30 p.m. A reception precedes it at 5:30 p.m.

Water management is one of the great challenges facing developing countries. In the Foard Lecture, Briscoe will describe the progress that has been made and the daunting intellectual, policy and implementation challenges to be faced.

The event is free and open to the public, but registration by April 13 is required. For more information and to register, refer to tinyurl.com/2648t3.

Campus to celebrate Earth Day all week, April 14-22

April 22 is Earth Day, but Earth Day events will be held throughout the week on and around the UNC campus. Most are free and open to the public. The following are just a few of the scheduled activities:

  The week kicks off April 14 when a biodiesel bus will transport participants from UNC to the Step It Up global warming rally in Raleigh.

  Of special interest on campus will be “Our Vanishing Night” on April 17. Using the star projector at the Morehead Planetarium and Science Center, educator Amy Sayle will demonstrate how light pollution prevents the viewing of thousands of stars and other celestial bodies.

Following the presentation, a facilitator will lead a walking tour of Franklin Street and the campus as participants seek out examples of inefficient lighting. The evening will conclude with a skywatching session at the Morehead Sundial.

  The Earth Day Speaker will be Fred Krupp, president of Environmental Defense. His talk will be held April 18 at 7 p.m. in 111 Carroll Hall.

  The Earth Day Fair on April 20 rounds out the week on campus, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. on Polk Place.

To learn about the entire schedule of UNC’s Earth Day events, refer to sustainability.unc.edu and click on Calendar of Events.

Student Chancellor’s Awards ceremony to be held April 16

Each April, Chancellor James Moeser presents certificates, prizes and medals to students whose achievements in academic work as well as student activities and leadership deserve special recognition. Along with these awards he distributes the Student Undergraduate Teaching and Staff Awards, established by students to recognize outstanding undergraduate instruction. Students, staff and faculty are invited to attend this ceremony on April 16 at 3 p.m. in the Great Hall of the Frank Porter Graham Student Union.

For more information, e-mail Tammy Lambert (lambert2@email.unc.edu).

Music at Chapel Hill topic of April 19 lecture by Simpson

The North Carolina Collection in Wilson Library will host the Gladys Coates University History Lecture April 19, featuring a wide-ranging look at songs and music related to Carolina and Chapel Hill. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Bland Simpson, Bowman and Gordon Gray associate term professor of English and director of the Creative Writing Program, will present “Keeping Time: Two Centuries (and Counting) of Tar Heel Tunes and Songs from the Southern Part of Heaven” at 5:45 p.m. in the Wicker Classroom of the Knapp-Sanders Building. The talk will follow a
5 p.m. reception.

Simpson also is a member of the Red Clay Ramblers, so in addition to speaking he will include vocal and piano performances of several songs he wrote with fellow Rambler Jack Herrick for the 1994 musical “Tar Heel Voices” that commemorated UNC’s bicentennial.

For information about the lecture, call Bob Anthony (962-1172) or e-mail ranthony@email.unc.edu.