Botanical Gardens offers Conservatory tours
Matthaei Botanical Gardens’ October Conservatory tours will focus on “Plants of the World.” Tour dates and times are 10:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Sat. (Oct. 9), Oct. 16, Oct. 23 and Oct. 30 and 2 p.m. and 3 p.m. Oct. 10, Oct. 17, Oct. 24 and Oct. 31. Participants should sign in at the front lobby reception desk prior to the tour. Admission is $1.
‘Converting Our Economy’
A conference titled “Converting Our Economy” will be held 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m. Oct. 16 at Hale Auditorium, School of Business Administration. Participants will discuss how to shift priorities from defense to domestic; how to help defense-dependent industries, workers and communities make the transition; and how to plan for an economy that is equitable and sustainable.
Keynote speakers are Ann Markusen, co-author of Dismantling the Cold War Economy, and Susan Schweppe, executive director of the Economic Conversion Project for the state of Maine. Markusen will speak at 9:15 a.m. and Schweppe will speak at 10:40 a.m.
The program is sponsored by the Guild House Campus Ministry, a number of Ann Arbor churches, Interfaith Council for Peace and Justice, and the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce.
Step into walking program at Briarwood Mall
A walkers’ health education program at 9 a.m. Thurs. (Oct. 14) in the Grand Court, Briarwood Mall, will focus on the value and risks associated with walking. Sue Potter of MedSport will discuss the biomechanics of walking, gait, conditioning and flexibility.
The U-M Health Centers and Briarwood Mall present health education programs 9–10 a.m. the second Thursday of the month in October, December, February and April in the Grand Court.
The mall opens early daily for walkers. The entrance doors between Sears and Jacobson’s open at 7 a.m. Monday–Saturday and at 9 a.m. Sunday. New program participants need to register in the Briarwood Management Office located in the Sears corridor.
The Division of Kinesiology offers a low impact aerobic session 9–10 a.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. For information, call 769-9610.
Turner offers flu shots
Turner Geriatric Clinic is offering eight walk-in flu shot clinics for Turner patients. The cost of flu shots is covered this year by Medicare. Patients do not need an appointment. The clinic will be open 2–4 p.m. Oct. 19, Oct. 21, Oct. 26, Oct. 28, Nov. 2, Nov. 4, Nov. 9 and Nov. 11.
Individuals of all ages who are not Turner patients can get flu shots 1–5 p.m. Nov. 18 when the Washtenaw County Health Department will provide them at Turner for $7. Nov. 18 is also the day for Turner’s Health and Housing Fair, co-sponsored by the Housing Bureau for Seniors and the Kellogg Eye Center. Hearing and eye screening, cholesterol and other health screenings will be offered. For information, call 764-2556.
For the record …
A headline in the Sept. 27 issue of the Record should have read: Revolutionary treatment benefits non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma patients.
Regents will meet Oct. 21–22
The Regents will meet Oct. 21 in Ann Arbor and Oct. 22 at U-M-Flint. Individuals with disabilities who wish to attend the meeting and need assistance should contact the Regents’ Office two weeks in advance. Call 764-3883 or write to the Regents’ Office, Fleming Administration Bldg., U-M, Ann Arbor, MI 48109. For TDD services, call 747-1388.
State deans sponsoring grad school recruitment fair
The Michigan Council of Graduate Deans will sponsor a statewide graduate school recruitment fair 1:30–5 p.m. Oct. 22 at Eastern Michigan University’s McKenny Union Ballroom. More than 15 Michigan public and private colleges and universities are expected to participate.
Information will be available about financial aid; applying to master’s degree, professional and Ph.D. programs; and special programs for minority students. For information, call 487-0042.
Former Ice Capades skater will teach at Yost
Former Ice Capades skater Jaimi Tarnow, along with a staff of University skaters, will teach the Yost Arena Learn-to-Skate Program that begins Oct. 17. Classes will be divided into three groups based on age and ability levels. The classes, scheduled to meet Sundays for eight weeks, will combine 30 minutes of instruction and 20 minutes of practice time. Registration deadline is Thurs. (Oct. 14). The cost for all eight lessons is $30. For information, call 764-4600.
Finding international internships
Finding internships with an international focus will be the topic of a presentation 7–8:30 p.m. today (Oct. 11) in Room 9, International Center. Presenters will give reports on possibilities for undergraduate and graduate students in government, business and other fields. For information, call 764-9310.
Pay days come early in November and December
Due to the Thanksgiving holiday falling on Nov. 25–26, the Nov. 26 biweekly payroll will be paid Nov. 24. The November monthly payroll will be paid on Nov. 30, as scheduled.
The December monthly payroll and the Dec. 24 biweekly payroll will both be paid on Dec. 23.
Amnesty International will meet Oct. 12
The Ann Arbor chapter of Amnesty International will hold its monthly meeting at 7:30 p.m. Tues. (Oct. 12) in the Welker Room, Michigan Union. The group is participating in a six-month project called “The Lives behind the Lies,” which focuses on prisoners of conscience who have disappeared while in the custody of their governments. For information, call 668-0660.
Workshop will look at immigration basics
The International Center will offer workshops on “Introduction to Immigration Basics” for faculty and staff who work with international students and scholars 9 a.m–noon Thurs. (Oct. 14), Nov. 5 and Dec. 6 at the International Center. The $10 fee includes materials. Workshops are not open to students or scholars on non-immigrant visas. Each workshop is limited to 10 persons. For reservations, call 764-9310.
Travel updates available in GOpherBLUE
Travel Services has recently completed updates to travel information accessible in GOpherBLUE, the University’s online computer bulletin board. Topics of interest include: discount airfare programs for international and domestic travel, hotel and car rental discounts, tips for quicker reimbursement of travel expenses, safety issues for overseas travelers, information about the Corporate Charge Card Program, a list of U-M Designated Travel Agencies, and information and applications for Walt Disney’s Magic Kingdom Club. For information about accessing data in GOpherBLUE, call 764-HELP.
Health Services Research focus of lecture series
Nicole Lurie, associate professor of medicine at the Hennepin County Medical Center, University of Minnesota, will give the inaugural lecture in the “Lectureship in Health Services Research” series 4–5 p.m. Wed. (Oct. 13) in the Maternal and Child Health Center Auditorium. Lurie’s topic is “Health Services Research: The Transition From Data to Public Policy.” Lurie is also an associate professor of public health and director of Clinical Epidemiology Effectiveness and Policy at the University of Minnesota.
Recycle phone books in November
Telephone books and directories will be collected for recycling only during November. The Recycling Office asks that individuals keep their books until then. The new Ameritech Business to Business directory appeared on campus last week. Network Systems reports that the city directory will be delivered in early November. The University faculty and staff directory is scheduled to arrive soon after the city’s. For recycling information, call 763-5539.
Fitness over 50 offers warm-ups, aerobic exercise
The Adult Lifestyle Program’s Fitness over 50 class meets at 10 a.m. Wednesdays and Fridays through Dec. 17 in Room 3275, Central Campus Recreation Bldg. (CCRB). Warm-ups and aerobic movements are designed to promote the best flexibility and aerobic fitness attainable for each participant. Register 7:30 a.m.–4 p.m. weekdays in Room 3050, CCRB. The fee is $55. For information, call 764-1342.
Dean of Students Office open 2 nights a week
The Division of Student Affairs’ Dean of Students Office is open 8 a.m.–9 p.m. Tuesday and Thursday and 8 a.m.–5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
Benefit Reimbursement Account cutoff
To guarantee reimbursement in their October paycheck, Flexible Spending Account participants should submit claims to the Benefits Office, 2030 Administrative Services Bldg., by Oct. 19 for biweekly and monthly pay periods.
Lecturer examines illegitimacy of nationalism
Ashis Nandy from the Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi, India, will discuss “The Illegitimacy of Nationalism: Rabindranath Tagore and the Politics of Self” noon–1:30 p.m. Fri. (Oct. 15) in the Lane Hall Commons Room. The brown-bag lunch is sponsored by the Center for South and Southeast Asian Studies.
Playing flag football?
The Department of Recreational Sports’ Intramural Sports Program will take entries for flag football 11 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Tues. (Oct. 12) at the Intramural Sports Bldg. (IMSB). A mandatory managers’ meeting will be conducted 6–9 p.m. that day in the IMSB’s main gym. The entry fee is $57. Games will be played 5:30–11:30 p.m. Sunday through Friday at Mitchell Field on Fuller Road, beginning Oct. 17. For information, call 763-3562.
Apply now for Alumnae Council scholarships
Current and former U-M undergraduate and graduate women students who will be enrolled in degree-granting programs at the U-M during the 1994–95 academic year are invited to apply for Alumnae Council and club scholarships. Approximately 100 scholarships, ranging from $500 to $4,500, will be awarded.
Selection criteria include academic achievement, documented involvement in the Univer-sity community and financial need.
Applications are available at the Alumni Center. The application deadline is Dec. 3.
Gifts of Art sponsors benefit jewelry sale
A jewelry sale to benefit Gifts of Art and Mott Hospital Twigs will be held 7 a.m.–7 p.m. Fri. (Oct. 15) in the first floor lobby, University Hospital. Gifts of Art presents weekly performances in music, theater and dance as well as artist demonstrations, exhibit galleries featuring work by Michigan artists, and a lending library of framed prints.
Twigs is an organization of community volunteers who support Mott Children’s Hospital.
The sale is presented by Ginger Penfil and Fine Jewelry Inc.
Solidarity Forum focuses on Nicaragua and Cuba
Solidarity begins its fall forum series with a discussion titled “The Latin American Left at a Crossroads: Reports from Nicaragua and Cuba” at 7:30 p.m. Thurs. (Oct. 14) in Room D, Michigan League. John Vandermeer, professor of biology, and Ivette Perfecto, lecturer in the School of Natural Resources, will lead the discussion. Both Vandermeer and Perfecto were in Nicaragua and Cuba this summer and both have traveled and worked extensively in the region. For information, call 662-1041.
Welcome to‘Kaffeestunde’
The Department of Germanic Languages and Literatures invites students and faculty to the German “Kaffeestunde” for coffee, cookies and informal conversations 4:30–6 p.m. Tuesdays in the department’s conference room, third floor, Modern Languages Bldg. For information, call 764-8018.
Talk topic: ‘The Arab Christians’
John Joseph, professor emeritus of history at Franklin and Marshall University, will discuss “The Arab Christians” 7–9 p.m. today (Oct. 11) in Auditorium B, Angell Hall. The free lecture is part of the “Palestine and Israel in History” series sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies. Joseph will discuss the origins and varieties of Arab Christians as well as their situation today.
Health Center at Brighton offers premarital health exam
Couples applying for a marriage license in Michigan are required to have counseling on transmission and prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and to have testing offered to them. The requirement can be fulfilled by attending a class 6:30–7:30 p.m. Oct. 21 at the U-M Health Center, 8685 W. Grand River, Brighton. Course fees are $20 per person or $35 per couple. To register, call 227-9510, or 998-7305 from Ann Arbor.
Kellogg sponsors free lectures
The W.K. Kellogg Eye Center is sponsoring a series of free public lectures at 7 p.m. Mondays beginning Oct. 18 in the Oliphant-Marshall Auditorium, Kellogg Eye Center, 1000 Wall St. Department of Ophthalmology faculty members will lecture. Topics to be discussed include:
Oct. 18, “Vision and Driving: Doctor, Please Let Me Drive”; Oct. 25, “Cosmetic and Medical Eyelid Surgery: What We Can Do”; Nov. 1, “RK: Is It OK?”; and Nov. 8, “The Aging Eye: What to Expect.”
Turner sponsors ‘Take Heart’ workshop Oct. 19
“Take Heart,” a free workshop on prevention and treatment of heart disease as people grow older, will be held 1–3 p.m. Oct. 19 at the Kellogg Eye Center Auditorium, 990 Wall St.
John Santinga, associate professor of internal medicine, will present an update on prevention and treatment strategies for aging. Carol Burkhardt, senior exercise physiologist, and Lisa Bookstein, dietician, both from MedSport, will discuss the role of exercise in heart disease and prevention and antioxidants. People of all ages are welcome to attend the workshop, sponsored by Turner Geriatric Clinic’s peer counselors. For information, call 764-2556.
Lecturer will discuss political economy of peace
Alan Richards, professor of economics at the University of California, Santa Cruz, will discuss “The Political Economy of Peace” at noon today (Oct. 11) in the Lane Hall Commons Room as part of the annual Mellon Global Issues series sponsored by the Center for Middle Eastern and North African Studies.
Richards has served as a consultant to the International Labor Organization, the World Bank’s Population and Human Resource Division, the U.S. Department of Defense and the United Nations Development Program.
The Population Studies Center is co-sponsoring the lecture.
CEW, Women in Science sponsor career programs
“Careers in Biology, Biomedical Science and the Natural Sciences” will be discussed 4–5:30 p.m. Tues. (Oct. 12) in the Henderson Room, Michigan League.
“Careers in Engineering and the Physical Sciences” will be the topic of a program 4–5:30 p.m. Thurs. (Oct. 14) in the Kalamazoo Room, Michigan League.
The programs, sponsored by the Center for the Education of Women and the Women in Science Program, are opportunities to hear women scientists and engineers talk about their studies, research and career plans. For information, call 998-7225.
Opportunities opening up for Americans of color
New opportunities for study and work abroad, as well as international careers, are opening up for Americans of color. Hear about some of them from students with overseas experience at a program 7–8:30 p.m. Thurs. (Oct. 14) at the International Center. The program is sponsored by the center, Trotter House and the Office of Minority Student Services. For information, call 764-9310.
Astronomer will present film
Margaret J. Geller, professor of astronomy at Harvard University and senior scientist at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, will present her film So Many Galaxies … So Little Time at 8 p.m. Wed. (Oct. 13) in Rackham Auditorium. The maps she has been working on with her research group are the most extensive pictures we have of the nearby universe. The film chronicles this work.
Turner sponsors lecture series about Post-World War II Europe
“Europe—Post-World War II” is the subject of a new lecture series offered by Turner Geriatric Clinic’s Learning in Retirement Program. The series begins Thurs. (Oct. 14) with a lecture by Geoffrey Eley titled “Post- Colonialism—An Overview.” All of the lectures begin at 10 a.m. in the Kellogg Eye Center auditorium.
Also scheduled:
—Oct. 21, Harold Jacobson, “Europe and the New World Order”;
—Oct. 28, Eva Darvas, “Ideology vs. Reality: The ‘Liberation’ of Women in Eastern and East Central Europe, 1945–93″;
—Nov. 4, to be announced;
—Nov. 10, Marilyn Rosenthal, “What Hillary Needs to Know: Health Policy Lessons from Britain and Sweden”;
Nov. 17. Joe Stroud, “Relations between Europe and the United States.”
To register, $20, call 764-2556. An infra-red hearing system is available for people with hearing problems.
Alumni Association sponsors Go Blue Brunch Oct. 23
The 17th Annual Go Blue Brunch will be held at 12:30 p.m. Oct. 23 at the Track and Tennis Bldg. before the U-M vs. Illinois homecoming football game.
This year’s brunch, sponsored by the Alumni Association, will be the U-M’s largest official pep rally. The program will feature a salute to U-M scholar athletes, the national champion solar-powered car Maize & Blue, and members of U-M Big Ten championship teams. Current and alumni cheerleading squads will lead the pep rally. Former cheerleader and gymnastics coach Newt Loken will be the master of ceremonies.
Tickets, $12, include a hot buffet lunch, and must be purchased by Fri. (Oct. 15.) Reserved block seating is available for groups of 15 or more. For information, call the Alumni Association, 763-9738.
Music School expands Halloween concert to include matinee
The School of Music’s annual Halloween concert will be performed at 5 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Oct. 31 in Hill Auditorium. Traditionally, the Halloween concert is a blend of tricks and treats—outrageous costumes, invisible conductors, long-dead orchestra members and beautiful, atmospheric music.
Tickets, $6 for seats on main floor and first balcony and $4 for seats in the second balcony, will be handled first by mail and later by walk-up sales, depending on availability. Mail order forms are available at the Michigan League Ticket Office and the Michigan Union and North Campus Commons Information Desks and the Information Office at the School of Music. Mail orders must be received by Oct. 15. Any remaining tickets will be available for walk-up sales beginning Oct. 18 at the Michigan League Ticket Office.
