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Snow and ice procedures

In preparation for the upcoming snow and ice season, Facilities Services would like to provide some helpful hints to the campus community on winter storm procedures:

• Announcements regarding state employees made on radio and television may not apply to the University. Announcements pertinent to the University and UNC Health Care System will specifically state that the information pertains to the University.
• An announcement regarding parking/ transit information may be made on local radio and television stations. Additional parking/transit information may be obtained by calling the Parking General Information line at 558-5960.
• Information also may be available on the University Travelers Information Station (TIS/ 1610 AM) when you are close to Chapel Hill.
• Chapel Hill Transit schedules may be modified or suspended due to severe snow and ice. Consult the transit guide for routes served first and listen to WCHL (1360 AM) for other route information.
• "P2P" service may be modified or suspended depending on severity of the storm.
• Section XI, pages 50-53, of the Human Resources Manual covers employee attendance during adverse weather conditions and should be reviewed.

Iris calls for submissions

Iris, the UniversityŐs journal of medicine, literature and visual art, seeks creative submissions addressing illness, health and health care from any member of the University health care community, including patients and their families, health care providers, faculty, staff, students, volunteers and researchers.

Selections will be chosen for their literary and artistic merit, their collective representation of a broad cross-section of the community and their ability to stimulate creative reflection about health, illness, healing and wellness.

The deadline for the next issue is Dec. 31. For more information on submissions, contact Michael Casey, editor, at: Iris, Department of Social Medicine, CB#7240, mcasey@med.unc.edu

Researchers to assist public schools

Researchers at the UniversityŐs Frank Porter Graham Child Development Center will provide free assistance to North CarolinaŐs public schools with disability programs in kindergarten through third grade.

Researchers will help schools develop family-centered practices, better coordinate and integrate services, and organize classrooms more efficiently.

Training is available during the 1998-99 school year to teachers, therapists, administrators and families of children with disabilities, said Robin McWilliams and Kelly Maxwell, training team leaders.

Anyone interested in knowing more should call Syndee Kraus, project coordinator at 1-888-822-8811 or go to http://www.fpg.unc.edu/ ~schoolpractices

Civil War letters, diaries to be posted on Internet

Internet surfers soon will be able to study rare images of the Confederacy, thanks to a federal grant to the Academic Affairs Library.

The libraryŐs project, "The Southern Homefront: 1861-1865," will be the first digitized and encoded Southern historical documentation of the Civil War available on the Internet. It aims to highlight aspects of the South during the Civil War that usually are not emphasized, such as propaganda, education, currency and the role of blacks in the military.

The federal Institute for Museum and Library Services awarded the library $138,938 for two years, beginning Jan. 1, to digitize and post on the World Wide Web more than 400 diaries, images and letters. Images will include early maps of the South, family photos, grammar school textbooks and pictures of currency.

Music department boasts full slate of concerts

• The UNC Jazz Band will hold a scholarship benefit concert at 8 p.m., Dec. 1. Jack Wilkins, a saxophonist, and James Ketch, director of jazz studies and trumpet professor at Carolina, will be guest artists. Scott Warner, assistant music professor, will direct. Tickets, available in 104 Hill Hall, cost $10 for the public, $5 for seniors and $2 for students.
• The Symphony Orchestra will feature works by Bach (adapted by Respighi), Haydn and Hindemith at 8 p.m., Dec. 3, in Hill Hall Auditorium. Associate music professor Tonu Kalam will conduct.
• The UNC Jazz Combos, with assistant music professor Scott Warner directing, will perform "Jazz for a Friday Afternoon" at 4 p.m., Dec. 4, in 107 Hill Hall.
• "Speculum Musicae" will be presented as part of the William S. Newman Artists series at 8 p.m., Dec. 5, in Hill Hall Auditorium. Works by Elliott Carter, Joan Tower, Jacob Druckman, Ursula Mamlok and Frederic Rzewski will be featured. Tickets, available in Hill Hall, cost $12 for the public, $10 for seniors and $5 for students.
• The UNC Concert Band and Wind Ensemble, along with the Carolina Choir and Glee Clubs, will perform at 3 p.m., Dec. 6, in Memorial Hall. Featured works will be "Grande Symphonie Funčbre et Triomphale," Op. 15 by Beriloz and HusaŐs saxophone concerto. Michael Kris, music department trombone lecturer, will be guest soloist. Jeffrey W. Fuchs, athletic bands director, and Michael J. Votta Jr., symphonic band director, will conduct.
• The UNC Consort of Viols will present "An Elizabethan Christmas Party" featuring works by Gibbons, Dowland and Holborne at 8 p.m., Dec. 6, in Person Recital Hall. Associate music professor Brent Wissick will direct.

Volunteers needed for study on obsessive-compulsive disorder

The Anxiety Treatment Center of the Department of Psychology will provide free treatment for obsessive-compulsive disorder for those who qualify for a study on the benefits of cognitive therapy for this problem.

Potential participants will receive a free evaluation and 12-18 sessions of outpatient treatment. For information, call Kim Wilson at 2-2507 or see http://www.unc.edu/depts/clinpsy/anx1.html

Carolina Minority Scholars Program offers postdoctoral grants

Thomas J. Meyer, vice provost for graduate studies and research, has announced the availability of at least five postdoctoral research appointments for the Carolina Minority Postdoctoral Scholars Program during 1999-2000. The stipend will be $34,000 per year.

Schools and departments interested in participating can help by advertising the program in their disciplines and identifying possible candidates.

Candidates should submit an application to the Office of the Vice Provost for Graduate Studies and Research by Feb. 1, 1999. Successful candidates will be notified in early March 1999.

Department of Dramatic Art to perform The Fire Raisers in December

Studio 1, a program of the UniversityŐs Department of Dramatic Art, will present The Fire Raisers, a translation by Michael Bullock of the German play Biedermann and the Fire Bugs by Max Frisch, on Dec. 4-8 at Old Playmakers Theatre on Cameron Avenue.

Performances are at 8 p.m., Dec. 4-7, with additional performances at 4 p.m. on Dec. 5 and 7 and a 5 p.m. performance on Dec. 8. Tickets are $3 for the general public and free to PlayMakers Repertory Company subscribers and University students with DDA privilege cards. Tickets can be purchased at the door before each performance.

Henderson Lecture to focus on peopleŐs interactions with visual information

Ben Shneiderman of the University of Maryland will present the 9th Annual Lucile Kelling Henderson Lecture, sponsored by the School of Information and Library Science. "The Eyes Have It: User Interfaces for Information Visualization," will be held Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. in 209 Manning Hall. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Shneiderman will discuss the way in which human perceptual skills are currently underutilized by human-computer graphical user interfaces and what the future holds for this area. He then will present his thoughts on proposed methods information providers are exploring for relaying computerized information to recipients.

At Maryland, Shneiderman is a professor in the Department of Computer Science, head of the Human-Computer Interaction Laboratory and a member of the Institutes for Advanced Computer Studies and for Systems Research. He has been at Maryland since 1976.

Jingle Bell Jog will be held Dec. 11

DonŐt forget to register for the H.E.E.L.S. for Health Jingle Bell Jog, which will be held Dec. 11. Details:

• Three-mile "fun run" and 1.5-mile walk.
• Starting line in brick courtyard between Fetzer and Woollen gyms.
• On-site registration and check-in, 11:30 a.m. - Noon.
• Start, 12:15 p.m., rain, shine or snow.
• Prize drawings and free refreshments for participants (those making a non-perishable food drive donation for local food bank will be eligible for a special drawing).
• Plaque for team with most members.
• Prizes for best group and individual costumes.

Call H.E.E.L.S. for Health at 2-2348 for more information.

Attention UWC members and guests

University WomanŐs Club members are invited to go on a club-sponsored trip to England this summer.

Scheduled for June 3-13, this tour will include homes, gardens, inns, pubs and literary sites in Sussex, Kent, Dorset and Sommerset.

For more information and reservation forms, contact Mary Howes at (919) 942-3688.

Holiday schedule for staff

The University will be closed for Thanksgiving Thursday and Friday, Nov. 26-27. Winter break will be obesrved Wednesday through Friday, Dec. 23 -25.

New YearŐs Day, Friday, Jan. 1, also is a University holiday. Martin Luther KingŐs birthday will be observed on Monday, Jan. 18, 1999.

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