CALENDAR
Events
Thursday, 23
Take Our Daughters to Work Day, 11:30 a.m., Donaldson Brown Hotel and
Conference Center. Call 1-7806.
Art Gallery Opening, noon, Armory Gallery: Student art exhibition.
Through 5-9.
Dean of Students Office Brown Bag Lunch, noon-1 p.m., Squires
Multicultural Center: "Enhancing Our Environment," by Monte Boison.
Science/Technology Studies Lunch Discussion, 12:30 p.m., 132 Lane:
"Science and Technology in the Media."
TAUT Production, 8 p.m., Squires Studio Theatre: "The Love of the
Nightingale."
Friday, 24
Service-Learning Expo, 11 a.m.-5 p.m., Squires Student Center:
Featuring outstanding projects from the 1997/98 academic year.
International Club Meeting, 5 p.m., Cranwell Center: Pizza and movie
"Tampopo" (Japanese comedy).
Earth Day Activity, 5:30-10 p.m., Henderson Lawn: Earthstock (free live
concert).
VTU Film, 7 p.m., Squires Haymarket: "Good Will Hunting" (second show
at 9:30 p.m.).
Music Department Concert, 8 p.m., Squires Haymarket Theatre: The New
Virginians.
Saturday, 25
VTMNH Activity, Natural History Museum: "Fossil Finders." Call
1-3001.
VTU Film, 7 p.m., Squires Haymarket: "Good Will Hunting" (second show
at 9:30 p.m.).
Music Department Concert, 8 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Early Music
Ensemble.
Sunday, 26
YMCA Hike, 1:30 p.m., meet at Y parking lot: Falls Ridge (moderate).
Student Recital, 8 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Noelle Mooney,
voice.
Tuesday, 28
Faculty Senate Meeting, 7 p.m., 32 Pamplin.
Music Department Concert, 8 p.m., Squires Recital Salon: Low Brass
Ensemble.
Wednesday, 29
Classes End.
Copyright Coursepack Material Due for Summer II `98.
Organization of Women Faculty Lunch, noon-1 p.m., Donaldson Brown Hotel
and Conference Center. Call 1-8163.
"With Good Reason," 7 p.m., WVTF: Douglas Gordon, CNU, and Donald
McCaig, NPR, discuss "man's best friend"; Heather Servaty, Radford, talks about
coping with pet loss.
Music Department Concert, Squires Haymarket Theatre: University Jazz
Ensemble.
Thursday, 30
Reading Day.
Seminars
Thursday, 23
Statistics, 3:45 p.m., 409 Hutcheson: "Optimal Experimental Designs for
the Poisson Exponential Model," by Jennifer W. Huffman.
Chemical Engineering, 4 p.m., 331 Randolph: "Extensional Rheometry and
the Fluid Dynamics of Filament Stretching Rheometers," by Gareth H. McKinley,
MIT.
Entomology, 4 p.m., 220 Price: Grayson Award winners' presentations.
Geological Sciences, 4 p.m., 2044 Derring: "Measuring Hydraulic
Conductivity in Multiple-Scale Geologic Media," by Susan Colarullo,
SUNY-Buffalo.
Friday, 24
VISC, noon, 654 Whittemore: "Traffic Models for Integrated Services
Networks," by Carl Minton.
MCBB, noon, Fralin auditorium: "Regulation of Transcription," by
Richard Ebright, Rutgers.
Geological Sciences, noon, 2044 Derring: "It's the Little Things that
Matter: Upscaling of Small-Scale Geologic Variation," by Susan Colarullo,
SUNY-Buffalo.
Communication Studies, 3:30-4:30 p.m., Hillcrest honors conference
room: "When is Publication of a Copyrighted Image Both Necessary and `Fair'?:
The `Video History of Television Talk' Project," by Buddy Timberg, Radford.
Economics, 3:30-5 p.m., 3008 Pamplin: "Estimating the Bias Due to
Measurement Error in the Economic Returns to Schooling: Evidence from the 1990
February Current Population Survey," by William Rodgers, William and Mary.
Botany, 4 p.m., 1084 Derring: "Analysis of Substrate Specificity
Catalytically Active Recombinant Plant [Monocot] ß-glucosidases in E.
coli," by Muzaffer Cicek.
Monday, 27
Horticulture, 4 p.m., 409 Saunders: "Derivation and Comparison of
Androgenic and Gynogenic Monoplaid Potato Families," by Rebecca Cutright.
Wednesday, 29
Science/Technology Studies Choices/Challenges, 7:30 p.m., Blacksburg
Public Library: "Selling Our Cells," by Jonathan Zackey.
Bulletins
Russian study tour for faculty and staff members
A 15-day Russian Study Tour for faculty and staff members is scheduled for
June 27-July 12. The program will be based at Moscow State University and
provides an opportunity to faculty and staff members to increase their
knowledge of inter-cultural communications and to enrich their course materials
by experiencing the new Russia. The tour includes visits to Russia's three
largest cities: the capital city of Moscow, the old capital of St.Petersburg,
and Niznij Novgorod, the oldest trade city.
The cost for the tour is $2,600 (includes roundtrip airfare Washington
D.C.-Moscow, lodging, excursions, and visa fee). An informational meeting will
be held in 327 Major Williams 327 today at 5:30 p.m.
For more information, contact imakovee@vt.edu (Irina E. Makoveeva).
Jessen to speak on urban planning in Europe
Johann Jessen, professor of urban and regional planning, University of
Stuttgart, will make a presentation titled "Large-scale Urban Developments: The
European Perspective" on Tuesday, April 28 from 3:30-5 p.m. in 154 Squires.
This is an opportunity for students and faculty and staff members to learn
about urban-planning strategies in France, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden,
and Germany. Jessen's visit is sponsored by the College of Architecture and
Urban Studies and the Department of Urban Affairs and Planning's speaker
series. For more information, call Ted Koebel at 1-3993.
Registration still open for summer sessions
It is still possible to register for summer sessions, including Maymester and
on-line summer courses. Students can submit course request forms (form B) to
the registrar through April 24. After that, students can use drop/add to
register beginning April 27. Registration is permitted through the start of
classes each session. Visiting (non-degree) students as well as continuing
Virginia Tech students may attend summer sessions.
The university will offer about 700 courses in two six-week sessions on
campus, plus several 12-week courses, 16 Maymester courses (May 11-June 5), and
20 on-line summer courses. Several math and computer science courses for
undergraduates will be taught at the Northern Virginia (Graduate) Center in
Falls Church.
Detailed information, links, and forms are available on the web at
http://www.summer.vt.edu.
Pasteur Institute scientist to speak at VMRCVM
Moncef Zouali, director of research at the Pasteur Institute in Paris, France
will speak on human auto-immune disorders at the Virginia-Maryland Regional
College of Veterinary Medicine on April 27 from noon until 1 p.m.
Zouali will present a seminar entitled "Molecular events that shape human
B-cell development--Role of Microbial Superantigens" in the college's Heritage
Room. The seminar is sponsored by the college's Office of Research and Graduate
studies and is open to members of the university community.
"Fossil Finders" program offered at VTMNH
On the fourth Saturday of each month, the Virginia Tech Museum of Natural
History hosts a Saturday Science program for children and their parents. Museum
volunteers direct fun-filled activities involving science and nature.
The next program is "Fossil Finders" and will be held on April 25 from 11
a.m.-noon. The museum is located at 428 N. Main Street in Blacksburg.
Enrollment is limited to 20. Pre-registration is required by 5 p.m. the
Thursday preceding the program. Admission is free. Call 1-3001.
Employees eligible for free medical screening
This summer and fall our employees and their adult family members are eligible
to participate in the CommonHealth medical screening. The purpose of the
medical screening is to identify potential lifestyle-related health risks
before they become a problem. All information is confidential to the
participant.
All employees (including part-time and wage) are encouraged to participate.
The medical screening process has been streamlined for 1998 with some of the
highlights including: registration through the mail; lifestyle questionnaire
cut in half; one 30-minute appointment with instant cholesterol results; and
screenings held in 15 buildings across campus.
Employees are allowed to complete the lifestyle questionnaire and attend the
30-minute appointment without the use of any type of leave. There will be a
variety of days and times scheduled for participation to prevent disruption of
departmental operations.
All faculty and staff members will receive a promotional brochure with
instructions on how to participate. Employees are encouraged to complete this
valuable part of the wellness program.
Statistical Consulting Center announces availability
The Statistical Consulting Center's last day to accept new clients for spring
semester is Friday, April 24. The first day to accept new clients for first
summer session will be on Monday, May 18.
Hebrew language and culture class added for fall
This fall, the Department of Foreign Languages and Literatures is offering a
new three-credit foreign language culture course, "Introduction to Hebrew
Language and Culture," FL 2984 (#9229). Classes will be held from 7-8:20 p.m.
on Mondays and Wednesdays in 532 Major Williams.
The course is designed for learners interested in the development of basic
language proficiency and cultural knowledge. It is intended for novice learners
with little or no previous experience in the language.
Besides class meetings, the course involves a supplementary self-instructional
component, possibly including the use of e-mail and the Internet. The goal of
the course is to enable learners to reach the level of novice-mid proficiency
in listening, speaking, reading, and writing. (Does not meet the
foreign-language requirement.)
Kingston to appear on the Discovery Channel
ABC Discovery News will air a news report on the Discovery Channel Friday,
April 24, at 9 p.m., in connection with Earth Day (April 22). The report will
be on bio-diversity loss and will feature an interview with David Kingston,
professor of chemistry, by ABC staff reporter Lynn Harris.
Reinholtz to give engineering lecture
"Engineering Education and Applied Scholarship," a distinguished professorship
lecture, will be offered on Thursday, April 30, at 4:30 p.m. in Hancock
auditorium.
Mechanical engineering professor Charles Reinholtz, who holds the W.S. White
chair for innovation in engineering education, will deliver the lecture. The
chair was endowed by American Electric Power in honor of W.S. "Pete" White, a
Tech alumnus and former chief executive officer of the company.
Giovanni class to present poetry `recital'
In the spirit of hands-on learning that characterizes her classes, Nikki
Giovanni has scheduled a year-end poetry reading by the students in her
Advanced Poetry class Tuesday, April 28, 5-6 p.m. in the Music Room of the
University Club.
"A reading for poets is like a recital for musical students," Giovanni said.
"You need to hear yourself to see how the poetry flows."
Each of the 26 students from her class will read one poem of his or her
choice. "All poetry lovers and friends of young poets are welcome to join us,"
Giovanni said.
Also, the students in the class pooled their money to plant four trees in the
Dr. Seuss Lorax Forest in honor of their love of Dr. Seuss and the joy his
books brought. Each student contributed 40 cents to purchase the four trees in
the name of the class.
The Dr. Seuss Lorax Forest is located in South Carolina and is part of
American Forests's GLOBAL ReLEAF 2000 program, which replants forest lands that
have been damaged by natural and human causes.
English Language Institute offers classes
The English Language Institute, a unit of the Division of Continuing Education
at Virginia Tech, will offer a full schedule of English-language classes
beginning May 19, for international students, scholars, and members of the
community. Classes will include pronunciation, conversation, composition and
grammar as well as TOEFL preparation. Classes cover all levels of proficiency.
Placement and registration will be held Monday, May 18, beginning at 9 a.m. at
620 North Main Street, Room 303 in Blacksburg. Registrants should bring their
passport, I-20 form, and health-insurance card.
Most classes meet weekdays through June 26 with a holiday May 23-25.
For more information, contact Judith Snoke, director of the Virginia Tech
Language Institute, at 1-6963 or e-mail her at eslsnoke@vt.edu.
Application forms for F-1 student visas can be obtained by contacting Snoke or
by visiting the institute's homepage at
http://www.vt.edu:10021/E/eslsnoke/homepage.html.
