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Finance, Operations VP Search Committee Named Finance, Operations VP Search Committee Named ...... 1 President Charles Kupchella has announced the formation of a 19- Steam Heat Line Construction Updated ...... 2 person search committee to conduct a national search for a permanent Please Return Inauguration Response Cards ...... 2 Vice President for Finance and Operations. Oct. 15 Inauguration Ceremonies Planned For President Kupchella . 2 The committee will be chaired by Robert Boyd, Vice President for Student and Outreach Services. Kupchella has asked the group, which EVENTS TO NOTE includes individuals from on and off the campus, to search for and James McKenzie To Speak On Vietnam In English Lecture Series ...... 2 screen potential candidates both internally and nationally, and to Regional Sports Medicine Meeting Will Be Held Here ...... 3 provide him with the names of three to five unranked, acceptable International Centre Lists Events ...... 3 candidates. He said he expects the committee to complete its work in Speaker Will Discuss Medicinal Relevance Of Peroxide Products ...... 3 time for him to select an individual for the job no later than July 1, Graduate Committee Meets Monday ...... 3 2000. Anatomy And Cell Biology Will Hold Seminar ...... 3 Named to the committee besides Boyd were: Ralph Koprince, Counseling Plans Topics Seminar ...... 3 Associate Professor of Languages; Dee Ann Ellingson, Assistant “Dealing With Controversial Topics” Will Be Faculty Lunch Professor of Accounting and Finance; John Vitton, Associate Professor Discussion ...... 3 of Management; Alice Brekke, Director of Budget and Grants German America Day Program Set For Oct. 6 ...... 3 Administration and Assistant to the President; Gerald Groenewold, University Senate Meets Oct. 7...... 4 Director, Energy and Environmental Research Center; Patricia Reduced Rate Available For Stephen Gower Symposium ...... 4 Hanson, Director of Payroll and Risk Management; Odella Fuqua, Biomedical Science Seminar Open To All ...... 4 Director of Financial Management, Division of Continuing Education; Chilean Mathematician To Visit Campus ...... 4 James Uhlir, Director of Auxiliary Services; Judy Sargent, Interim Workshop Will Discuss Helping Rural Families In Crisis ...... 4 Director of Residence Services; Wanda Sporbert, Business Office Postgraduate Review Course Is Open To All Health Professionals .... 4 Manger; Terri Clark, Fiscal Affairs Director, Odegard School of Aerospace Sciences; Randy Eken, Associate Dean for Finance and Newman Center Will Dedicate New Chapel Oct. 17 ...... 5 Administration, School of Medicine and Health Sciences; Patrick Hurley, Student, Student Body Treasurer; Truman Bratteli, Comptrol- OF ACADEMIC INTEREST ler, UND Alumni Association and Foundation; Merlin Dewing, Tom Wiggen Elected To Graduate Committee ...... 5 Excelsior, Minn., alumnus; Randy Newman, Grand Forks, President, Technology Fee Proposals Due Oct. 28 ...... 5 First National Bank; Cathy McDonald, Bismarck, Finance Director, Unsatisfactory Progress Forms Due Oct. 15 ...... 5 University System Office; and Celeste Kubasta, Bismarck, Budget Program Available To Help Faculty Improve Teaching ...... 6 Analyst, Office of Management and Budget. The vice president is the chief fiscal and administrative officer of the ANNOUNCEMENTS University. Other responsibilities include oversight of the planning, Nominations Sought For Harvard Management Program ...... 6 maintenance and construction related to the physical plant and the Counseling Center Offers Free Depression Screening ...... 6 management of a variety of service units and auxiliary enterprises, Studio One Produces 200th Live Show ...... 6 including extensive student residence hall and family housing Native Media Center Welcomes All ...... 6 facilities. Current, Former PBK Members Sought ...... 6 Discover The You In YouND Seminar Planned ...... 7 (next page) PERC Lists Classes ...... 7 Benefits Fair Door Prize Winners Listed...... 7 Oktoberfest Scheduled For October 9th At The Empire ...... 7 Did You Know? The first three presidents of the University — William GRANTS AND FELLOWSHIPS Blackburn, Homer Sprague and Webster Merrifield — were Proposals Sought For New Faculty Start-Up Program ...... 8 all graduates of Yale University. Science, Math, Engineering Proposals Sought ...... 8 Research, Grant Opportunities Listed ...... 8 University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 2

Finance, Operations VP Search Committee Named, continued plan to march in the Inauguration processional, please return your response cards now. Please call Sherri Korynta at 777-2725 if you In early 1998, the University eliminated a separate vice president for have any questions. -- Robert Boyd (Student and Outreach Services), the operations area. Peggy Lucke, formerly the University’s comptrol- Co-Chair, Inauguration Committee. ler and Associate Vice President for Finance and Operations, became interim vice president of the merged divisions when Al Hoffarth retired later that year. Oct. 15 Inauguration Ceremonies Departments reporting to the vice president include Budget (shared Planned For President Kupchella with the President), Controller (Accounting Services, Purchasing and Inauguration ceremonies will be conducted Friday, Oct. 15, to Central Receiving), Payroll and Risk Management, Personnel officially install Charles E. Kupchella as the tenth president of the Services, Facilities, Auxiliary Services (Chester Fritz Auditorium, University of North Dakota. They will highlight this year’s UND Golf Course, Transportation, University Police, Parking & Traffic) Homecoming weekend. Events are being planned by a committee of Residence Services (Residence Halls, Apartment Housing, Dining campus and community members co-chaired by Robert Boyd, vice Services, University Children’s Center), Telecommunications, president of student and outreach services, and Earl Strinden, Environmental and Health Safety, Radiation Safety, University executive vice president of the UND Alumni Association and Bookstore, Printing Center, and Mailing and Duplicating Services. Foundation. -- Charles Kupchella, President. The main ceremony will take place at 2 p.m. in the Chester Fritz Auditorium. Official participants representing various constituencies of the University and other invited guests will march to the site from Steam Heat Line Construction Updated Wilkerson Hall, across the street, in a processional beginning at 1:30 At about 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 29, Facilities personnel will p.m. The inauguration and a reception following it in Wilkerson Hall connect five buildings which have been without steam heat, according are open to the public. The inaugural events highlight Homecoming to Facilities Director Larry Zitzow. The buildings to be connected festivities as a welcome to the new president and his wife, Adele. include: Also among events will be the President’s Luncheon at noon Saturday, * Education Building Oct. 16, in the Memorial Union Ballroom, and the UND Homecoming * Gillette Hall and Inaugural Party at 8 p.m. Oct. 16 in the Grand Forks Civic * Harrington Hall Auditorium. * Montgomery Hall President Kupchella assumed the highest office of the largest * O’Kelly Hall educational institution in the region July 1, being named in a search Zitzow said it would “take a few days (for the buildings) to heat up,” that began last fall. President Kupchella had been provost at but said all five buildings should be comfortably heated by Friday. Southeast Missouri State University, Cape Girardeau. Once the new pipe is in place, the new line will be tied into the Hundreds of representatives from campuses, communities, the state, existing systems in each building. Zitzow said there will be little if region, and across the nation will receive invitations to the inaugural any interruption in providing steam heat during the tie-in process. ceremony in the next few weeks. On the UND campus, various faculty, staff, and student groups are also being invited to send The contractor, Lunseth, is currently laying pipe behind the Greek participants and representatives for the official inauguration ceremony houses east of Columbia Road. Next on the agenda are the areas processional group. The October ceremonies are the beginning of around Corwin-Larimore Hall, Robertson-Sayre Hall, and the Nursing what will be an inaugural academic year of a “celebration of the Building. The area around the Newman Center, 314 Cambridge, and University” through a series of events, culminating in the spring and three other sorority and fraternity houses may not be completed before including an inaugural tour of the state by President Kupchella. winter sets in. The contractor is concentrating on finishing the project Spotlighted during the year’s activities will be UND’s people, before more digging will take place. academics, and research. -- Robert Boyd, Vice President Division of The rumor mill has been spinning concerning a problem in the way Student and Outreach Services, and Earl Strinden, Executive Vice pipes were laid in the steam heat project. Zitzow said project President of the UND Alumni Association and Foundation, Co- managers have found two instances in which the new pipes have Chairs, Inauguration Committee. sagged, creating a water trap within the pipe. Zitzow said these pipes will have to be “lifted” to allow the water to flow into a retrieval system. He said the faulty pipes won’t affect the operation of the steam heat line, but that they will be lifted, nonetheless. Zitzow said the contractor is responsible for fixing the pipes and said Events to Note it will cost much less to fix the problem than the figure which has been circulating around campus. -- Jan Orvik, Editor, University James McKenzie To Speak On Vietnam Letter. In English Lecture Series James McKenzie (English Department and Peace Studies) will give the first presentation in this year’s English Lecture Series at 4 p.m. Please Return Inauguration Response Cards Thursday, Sept. 30, in 116 Merrifield Hall. His topic will be “A Response cards that were sent out with invitations to President Taste of Vietnam: meditation with Slides,” reflecting on his trip to Kupchella’s Inauguration ceremony which will take place Friday, Vietnam during the summer of 1998. The presentation is free; all Oct. 15, need to be returned to the Office of the Vice President for faculty and students are invited to attend. -- Martha Meek, Coordina- Student and Outreach Services (Box 7140) by Friday, Oct. 1. If you tor, English Lecture Series. University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 3

Regional Sports Medicine Meeting Will Be Held Here Counseling Plans Topics Seminar The Department of Physical Education and Exercise Science is The Department of Counseling will hold a Topics Seminar in hosting the 23rd Regional Meeting of the Northland Chapter of the Counseling Psychology Research and Practice, in which Sue Jacobs, American College of Sports Medicine (NACSM) Thursday, Sept. 30, Greg Tierney, Greg Gibson, Kurt Hammre and Team will discuss and Friday, Oct. 1. This year’s theme is “Physical Activity and “Effectiveness of Exposure to Anger Recall” from 12:30 to 1:45 p.m. Aging: Improving Quality of Life.” All lectures will be conducted in Tuesday, Oct. 5, in 316 Montgomery Hall. Everyone is welcome. -- the Memorial Union Lecture Bowl starting on Thursday, Sept. 30, at Jane Hall, Coun 565N and Sue Jacobs, Supervising Professor, 1:30 p.m. Registration starts at 12:30 p.m. Cost of the conference for Counseling. both days is $95 for non-NACSM members. The American College of Sports Medicine will also offer seven continuing education credits (CEC) for those who may need to keep their certification and/or “Dealing With Controversial Topics” licensure current. Will Be Faculty Lunch Discussion The relative percentage of older adults in America is rapidly increas- The 1999-2000 On Teaching faculty lunch discussion series continues ing. It is estimated the percentage of persons over 65 will increase Tuesday, Oct. 5, with a session on “Dealing with Controversial from 12 percent today to nearly 20 percent by the year 2020 and, by Topics in Class Discussion.” Leading the discussion will be Sharon the year 2030 over eight million Americans will be 85 years of age or Carson (English) and Birgit Hans (Indian Studies). older. The 23rd annual meeting of the Northland Chapter of the The session will be held from noon to 1 p.m. in the Memorial Room American College of Sports Medicine: Physical Activity and Aging: of the Memorial Union. To register and reserve a box lunch, call Improving Quality of Life will feature a distinguished group of Office of Instructional Development/Writing Across the Curriculum scholars who will review current research finding related to aging and (OID/WAC) secretary Jana Hollands (7-4998) by noon Friday, Oct. 1. epidemiology, nutrition, type II diabetes, exercise prescription, as well as cardiopulmonary, neuromuscular, and endocrine function. For more Dates and topics for future lunch discussions in this series — co- information please contact me. -- Serge von Duvillard (Physical sponsored by the Office of Instructional Development and Writing Education and Exercise Science), 777-4351 or Across the Curriculum are listed below. All sessions take place in the [email protected]. Memorial Room unless otherwise noted. Wednesday, Oct. 20, Teaching With Writing, “Getting Students to International Centre Lists Events Take Writing Seriously,” (Sioux Room); The International Centre, 2908 University Ave., will hold Holland Tuesday, Nov. 9, “Reshaping Undergraduate Science Education,” Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 30. The Centre will also hold Evguenii Kozliak (Chemistry) and Biology Department faculty; Sweden Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 7, and Japan Night at 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 14. All are welcome to attend. -- Chad Thomas, Thursday, Nov. 18, Teaching With Writing, “Assignment Sheets: Marketing Coordinator, International Programs. Theory and Practice”; Wednesday, Dec. 1, “The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Speaker Will Discuss Medicinal Approach,” Lynda Kenney (Communication), Doug Munski (Geogra- Relevance Of Peroxide Products phy), and Becky Rude (Dietetics and Nutrition). Patrick Dussault from the University of Nebraska will give a seminar -- Libby Rankin, Director, Office of Instructional Development. Friday, Oct. 1, at noon in 138 Abbott Hall. He will present “Peroxide Natural Products: Medicinal Relevance and Recent Synthetic Advances.” German America Day Program Set For Oct. 6 Professor Dussault received his B.S. degree from the University of Wednesday, Oct. 6, is the annual, national date to celebrate our California-Irvine in 1982, and his Ph.D. from the California Institute German heritage in the United States. The Greater Grand Forks area’s of Technology in 1987. He was a National Cancer Institute German America Day program for 1999 commences at 7 p.m. next Postdoctoral Fellow at Duke University from 1987-1988. Everyone is Wednesday at the International Centre, 2908 University Ave. It will welcome to attend. -- Department of Chemistry. note the Federal Republic of Germany’s first 50 years with a panel discussion on “German Heritage and the New Germany: 1949-1999.” The panelists will be Playford Thorson, Professor Emeritus of History; Graduate Committee Meets Monday Janet Ahler, Professor of Educational Foundations and Research; and Karen Retzlaff, Aneta, N.D., Past President of the Germans from The Graduate Committee will meet Monday, Oct. 4, at 3:05 p.m. in Russia Heritage Society. Proclamations and anthems, a short video 305 Twamley Hall. The agenda will include consideration of nomina- from the German Information Center, and choice refreshments are tions to Graduate Faculty and matters arising. -- Harvey Knull, Dean, also planned. Sponsors are the UND International Centre, the Greater Graduate School. Grand Forks Germans from Russia Chapter, and the UND German Club. The UND community is invited and welcome to join in. For Anatomy And Cell Biology Will Hold Seminar inquiries call me at 775-4739 or the International Centre at 777-3301. The Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology fall seminar series -- Herbert Boswau (Associate Professor Emeritus of German) for the continues. Garl Rieke, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology, will sponsors. present “An Inside Job: Intracellular Localization to Organelles and Neurotoxicity of Amyloid Ab42 Fragment in Alzheimer’s Disease” at noon Monday, Oct. 4, in B710, Edwin C. James Medical Research Facility, School of Medicine and Health Sciences. -- Jon Jackson, Series Coordinator, Anatomy and Cell Biology. University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 4

University Senate Meets Oct. 7 Workshop Will Discuss Helping The University Senate will meet Thursday, Oct. 7, 1999 at 4:05 p.m. Rural Families In Crisis in Room 7, Gamble Hall. The Department of Social Work will present a workshop, “Helping AGENDA Rural Families in Crisis” from 8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Friday, Oct. 15, at 1) Announcements the Best Western Townhouse Hotel, Grand Forks. Providing support and crisis assistance for rural families and communities during times 2) Minutes of the previous meeting and business arising from the of major transition is a challenge to human service providers. minutes. “Helping Rural Families in Crisis” will focus on the massive 3) Question Period. restructuring of rural and agricultural communities and the response CONSENT CALENDAR: required from our social services. Throughout the day, the workshop 4) Annual Report of the Faculty Instructional Development Commit- will discuss the impact of the farm crisis on the mental health and tee. Sonia Zimmerman, Chair. (See Attachment No. 1.) social needs of families; models for providing assistance; sharing of activities and networking of professional knowledge within the area; BUSINESS CALENDAR: and the impact of the crisis on ourselves and the way we work within No items submitted. our community. -- Carmen Williams (Interim Registrar), Secretary of the Senate. Charlie Griffin is a rural mental health specialist in the School of Family Studies and Human Services at Kansas State University, Reduced Rate Available Manhattan, Kan. He has an M.S. degree as a marriage and family For Stephen Gower Symposium therapist and worked for 10 years for KSU Cooperative Extension in the state’s farm crisis hotline. He has worked extensively with farm Stephen M. Gower, a nationally known human resource expert who families, agricultural businesses, and communities throughout the has written more then 15 books and spoken to audiences worldwide Midwest and has conducted hundreds of local workshops with farm will be address an employee and customer retention topic, communi- and ranch families during the 1980s. His work has focused on family cating encouragement. The underlying theme of Gower’s book, “The communication and stress management and crisis response as people Art of Killing Kudzu, Management by Encouragement,” will help you adapt to change in their lives. In 1993-94 he provided coordination lead more effectively, communicate with more clarity and sincerity, and training for the mental health component of Kansas Flood and build relationships with customers and within your workgroup. Recovery. Recently, he has been increasingly involved in organiza- The Office of Workforce Development and the Grand Forks Chamber tional development and dispute resolution. of Commerce invite you to attend a workforce symposium Thursday, Oct. 7, from 8:30 a.m. to noon at 211 Rural Technology Center. UND The workshop schedule follows: 8 to 8:30 a.m., Registration; faculty and staff can attend for a reduced rate of $59, and students 8:30 a.m., Welcome and Introductions; 9 a.m., “Helping Rural with ID can attend for $25. The rate for the general public is $69. Families in Crisis” with Professor Charlie Griffin, Kansas State Please register by calling Staci at 777-2128 or by e-mail at University; 10:15, Break; 10:30 a.m., “Helping Rural Families in [email protected]. -- Judy Streifel Reller, Project Crisis” (continued); 11:30 a.m., Lunch: “The Addiction Technology Planner, Continuing Education. Transfer Center: A New Resource” presented by Thomasine Heitkamp, Director, followed by the Distinguished Alumni Awards Ceremony; 1 p.m., “Helping Rural Families in Crisis” (continued); Biomedical Science Seminar Open To All 1:50 p.m., Afternoon Break; 2 to 3 p.m., “Helping Rural Families in Faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a seminar series for Crisis” (conclusion). BIMD 512: Foundations of Biomedical Science from 1 to 2 p.m. The fee is $50 per person (includes lunch), or $10 for students. Fridays in 5510 School of Medicine and Health Sciences. The course Pre-registration by Friday, Oct. 8, is required to is an interdisciplinary seminar series for first-year medical school [email protected], or 777-3770, or by fax to 777-4257. department graduate students in basic sciences. The goal of the series This workshop is approved for a total of 5.25 contact hours for North is to showcase research. Dakota Licensed Social Workers. -- Department of Social Work. The Friday, Oct. 8, seminar is “Dorsalizing Factors and the Estab- lishment of Body Plan” presented by Al Candia, Department of Developmental Biology, Stanford University. Everyone is welcome to Postgraduate Review Course Is Open attend. -- Jon Jackson, Anatomy and Cell Biology. To All Health Professionals Physicians and other health care professionals are invited to attend the Postgraduate Review Course Saturday, Oct. 16, at the School of Chilean Mathematician To Visit Campus Medicine and Health Sciences. The event, open to everyone, is part of Jose Aguayo, a Chilean mathematician, will visit the Mathematics the school’s Homecoming ‘99 celebration. Continuing Medical Department starting Tuesday, Oct. 12, for about three weeks. He will Education (CME) units are available. collaborate with some departmental members on research on Non- The course is set for 8:30 a.m. to noon at the Karl Christian Wold, Archimedean functional analysis. M.D., Bio-Information Learning Resources Center at Fifth and North Dr. Aguayo is a professor at the University of Cóncepción in Columbia Road. Registration, $35, includes a 7:30 a.m. continental Cóncepción, Chile. Among other activities, he is currently working as breakfast and CME credits for the course. a dean in the College of Physical Sciences and Mathematics at his Among the presenters is special guest, Dr. Rod Rohrich, a nationally university. He will be giving one or more presentations on p-adic renowned plastic surgeon and head of the department of plastic and functional analysis during his stay. For more information, contact Tom reconstructive surgery at the University of Texas, Southwestern Gilsdorf at 777-4603, or [email protected]. -- Thomas Medical Center in Dallas. An alumnus of the UND medical school Gilsdorf, Professor of Mathematics. (next page) University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 5

Postgraduate Review Course, continued and native of Zeeland, N.D., he will receive the Sioux Award, the Of Academic Interest highest honor bestowed by the UND Alumni Association, during UND Homecoming activities. Tom Wiggen Elected To Graduate Committee Scheduled guest speakers and their presentations are: The Graduate Faculty has now concluded its election for a new “Evidence-Based Medicine,” presented by William Mann, Associate member-at-large on the Graduate Committee. Tom Wiggen (Com- Professor and Chair of Family Medicine, School of Medicine and puter Science) was elected to succeed Tom Owens (Chemical Health Sciences; “Suicide During Childhood and Adolescence,” Engineering) for the 1999-2002 term. With the completion of this presented by Abe Fosson, Professor of Pediatrics, Infant-Toddler election, the Graduate Faculty in Human Resources, Business, and Evaluation Center, University of Kentucky College of Medicine in Health Sciences will elect their representatives to the Committee. -- Lexington; “Carotid Endarterectomy,” presented by Wayne Swenson, Harvey Knull, Dean, Graduate School. Professor of Surgery, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Bismarck, N.D.; “The Life of a Plastic Surgeon: Importance of North Dakota Roots,” given by Rod Rohrich; and “Therapeutic Management Technology Fee Proposals Due Oct. 28 of Parkinson’s Disease,” given by Manuchair “Mike” Ebadi, Professor The Student Technology Fee Committee is soliciting proposals to be and Chair of Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Medicine and funded from the spring student technology fee dollars. Proposal forms Health Sciences. are available on-line (www.und.edu/org/stf/) or electronically via GroupWise upon request to [email protected]. Everyone is invited to attend the School of Medicine and Health Interested faculty and staff members who are not on GroupWise can Sciences’ All-Alumni Banquet that evening at the Ramada Inn. get the forms on a floppy disk. To register for the Postgraduate Review Course, obtain banquet The deadline to submit proposals to the Office of the Vice President reservations or other information, please contact the Office of the for Academic Affairs will be Thursday, Oct. 28. Please note the Dean at 777-2514 or, via e-mail, [email protected]. -- correct date. Deans and other division administrators may have an H. David Wilson, Dean, School of Medicine and Health Sciences. earlier deadline. Please check with your appropriate administrator regarding these deadlines. Newman Center Will Dedicate New Chapel Oct. 17 -- Stacie Varnson, Office of the Vice President for Academic Affairs, The St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center, 410 Cambridge St., will for the Student Technology Fee Committee. dedicate its remodeled and expanded facilities Sunday, Oct. 17, with a special “Welcome Home” celebration and dedication ceremony. Unsatisfactory Progress Forms Due Oct. 15 The event will mark the successful conclusion of the Newman “Unsatisfactory Progress Report” forms are due in the Office of the Center’s “Phoenix” campaign to rebuild from the destruction caused Registrar by noon Friday, Oct. 15. Please adhere to the following by a fire in January 1997 and the effects of the Red River flood in procedures to assure that accurate and adequate information is April 1997. transmitted to students. Founded in 1925 to serve University students, faculty, and staff and 1. The departmental office picks up forms at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, their families, the Center will mark the occasion with a Mass and and transmits them to teaching faculty through routine proce- dedication celebrated by Most Reverend Bishop James Sullivan at 11 dures. a.m., followed by special exhibits and tours of the facility during the afternoon. A second Mass will be celebrated at 4:45 p.m. The events 2. Faculty complete a form for each class section. are open to the public. NOTE: Forms for ALL sections are to be completed and returned. The project is being funded through years of parishioner fund-raising, If no students are deficient, the blank sheet MUST be signed and private gifts, insurance proceeds and diocesan support. The center’s returned. It is considered verification that the instructor considers badly damaged chapel, kitchen, recreation area, study areas, library, no students to be deficient at this time. and meeting rooms were remodeled and expanded. The building has 3. If the form includes names of students who have never attended also been made completely accessible for people with disabilities. class, MARK THEM AS FAILING. This information should During the two years the Center’s Chapel was unavailable, services initiate action by the student to correct any error in registration were conducted at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences during prior to the last day to drop Friday, Nov. 12). the school year and at the nearby Christus Rex Lutheran Student 4. If a student is attending a class and the name is not listed on the Chapel during holidays, and summers. deficiency form, it is an indication that the student’s registration The Newman Center puts its main focus on serving Catholic students is in error. The student should not be allowed to continue attending UND, although it offers worship and a full religious attending the class, but should be directed to the office of education program year round for regular parishioners who reside in Admissions and Records to correct the problem. Grand Forks. 5. The “Unsatisfactory Progress Report” forms are to be completed Persons seeking more information may call me at 777-6850. If you are by all faculty members and returned to the Office of the Registrar planning to attend the dinner following the Dedication Mass, please no later than noon Friday, Oct. 15. Adherence to this schedule is call 777-6850 no later than Thursday, Oct. 7. -- Father Raymond essential since computer processing is done over the weekend. Courtright, Pastor, St. Thomas Aquinas Newman Center. “Unsatisfactory progress reports” will be mailed to students Oct. 18. (next page) University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 6

Unsatisfactory Progress Forms Due Oct. 15, continued Please help bring this event to the attention of students. For more information, please call the University Counseling Center at 777- 6. Do not send through the mail. Please return forms directly to the 2127. -- Dick Grosz, Director, Counseling Center. Office of the Registrar, 201 Twamley Hall. Thank you very much for your cooperation. If you have any questions, please call 777-2711. -- Veriena Garver, Admissions and Records Studio One Produces 200th Live Show Officer, Office of the Registrar. Thursday, Sept. 30, marks the 200th live production of Studio One. Two-hundred shows is a milestone , representing 11 years of work, more than three-hundred 300 graduates, 148 awards, and a continued Program Available To Help Faculty Improve Teaching commitment to provide viewers with the best collegiate program A midterm student feedback process (usually called SGID) is offered possible. A special segment that captures the best of Studio One will through the Office of Instructional Development, with the assistance be part of the theme, “Celebrate 200.” of faculty from across campus. The process allows faculty to get The program also features associate Leola Furman (Social Work), who student feedback at the midpoint in the term, while there’s time to use will discuss spirituality and religion in social work. She is the co- that feedback to continue improving a specific class and/or their author of the book, “Spiritual Diversity in Social Work Practice: The teaching in general. Heart of Helping,” which focuses on helping social workers and Faculty who are interested in scheduling an SGID for midterm student students integrate spirituality and religion into social work. feedback should call Jana Hollands (Office of Instructional Develop- Studio One will also explore one individual’s passion for collecting ment/Writing Across the Curriculum secretary) at 777-4998. celebrity autographs. The report introduces viewers to Jonathon A workshop for training additional faculty in this process will be held O’Keefe, who has collected two 215 famous signatures. Friday, Nov. 5. More detailed information will be available soon; in Studio One airs live on UND Channel 3 on Thursdays. Rebroadcasts the meantime, interested faculty may want to leave their names with can be seen Thursdays and Fridays at 7 p.m., Saturdays at 10 a.m. and Jana. -- Joan Hawthorne, WAC/WC Coordinator. noon, as well as Monday through Wednesday at 7 p.m. Prairie Public Television airs “Studio One” on Saturday at 6:00 a.m. The program can also be seen in Fargo, Bismarck/Mandan, Minot, and Minneapo- lis. -- Wilson Olsrud, UND Studio One Marketing Team. Announcements Native Media Center Welcomes All Nominations Sought For Harvard The School of Communication Native Media Center hours of Management Program operation during the Spring 1999 semester are Monday through Nominations for the Harvard Management Development Program are Thursday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Friday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. sought for the summer 2000 program, which will run from June 18- Everyone is welcome at the Native Media Center. We work toward 30. The last day to apply is Feb. 1, 2000, and the nomination process improving media coverage standards of Native people and issues. is competitive. This program focuses on leadership and management Since American Indians make up only a small portion of all media, it issues facing higher education and is designed for deans, assistant is crucial to produce and manage information to protect and advance deans, directors, department chairs and heads, etc. For more minority rights and culture. It’s a great place to hang out, do your information, contact me. -- Jerry Bulisco, Assistant Dean of Students, homework, or just relax. We have three new computers for student 777-2664. use. Native Directions, the campus Native American publication is Counseling Center Offers Free Depression Screening produced by UND students majoring in a variety of disciplines. The Society of Professional Journalists presented the staff of Native The staff of the University Counseling Center will offer UND students Directions with the Best Student Magazine in region 6 (Including the opportunity to learn about the signs and symptoms of depression Minnesota, Wisconsin, North and South Dakota). Lachlan OFaolain and participate in a free screening as part of National Depression and Holly Annis were presented with Best Non-Fiction Article Screening Day, Thursday, Oct. 7. This free program will be held awards. -- Holly Annis, Native Media Center. between noon and 3:30 p.m. in 200 McCannel Hall. Participants in the screening will view a video on the causes, symptoms and the treatment available for depression. They will also Current, Former PBK Members Sought complete an anonymous screening test for depression and have an Members of the UND faculty and staff who, while students here or opportunity to discuss the results with a Counseling Center staff elsewhere, were elected to membership in and were initiated into Phi person. Beta Kappa are asked to identify themselves to the UND chapter so Depression affects more than 17 million Americans each year, they may participate in its affairs. Please inform me by phone at 777- 4381 or by e-mail at [email protected]. The UND according to figures from the National Institute of Mental Health. Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa soon will begin its activities for the year. Fewer than half of those affected seek treatment even though treatment can help 80 percent of those who suffer from depression. Initiations will occur in early December and April. -- Ellen Erickson, (Arts and Sciences and Academic Affairs), Secretary-Treasurer, UND Common symptoms of depression include feelings of hopelessness, Chapter of Phi Beta Kappa. worthlessness, restlessness and irritability, changes in eating and sleeping habits, loss of energy, and thoughts of suicide. University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 7

Discover The You In YouND Seminar Planned Six-Week Study Group featuring Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish’s The University is committed to providing an efficient, safe, comfort- book, “How to Talk So Kids Will Listen and Listen So Kids Will able, and professional atmosphere for its students. University staff, no Talk,” begins Tuesday, Oct. 26, through Tuesday, Nov. 30, from 7 to matter how they are involved with the campus environment, do have 9 p.m. an impact on students. This seminar will show staff how their job can Lunch Box Special, “Understanding A.D.H.D.: What It Is ... What It make a difference in every student’s experience at UND. Staff will Isn’t,” presented by Jean Gullicks, ADHD and Developmental learn effective ways in which to interact with students to improve Specialist at Altru, Thursday, Oct. 28, from 12:10 to 12:50 p.m. student retention. Dennis Elbert (Dean, College of Business and Public Administration) will be the presenter. Drawings for door prizes -- Jan Orvik, Editor, for the Parent Education Resource Center. will be held at each seminar and refreshments will be served at the beginning of each session. So come early! Preregistration is required. Call Stacy Matheny from University Within the University at 777- Benefits Fair Door Prize Winners Listed 2128 to register. We would like to thank you for attending the Annual Benefits Fair and congratulate the winners of the door prizes. They are as follows: Oct. 26. 6:00-8:00 A.M., Clifford Hall Oct. 28, 9:30-11:30 A.M., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl $25 Red Lobster Gift Certificate (Benefits For Success): Karen Nov. 1, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl Harrie (Social Work), Ron Brinkert (Physical Education and Nov. 3, 9:30-11:30 p.m., Chester Fritz Auditorium Exercise Science), Roxanne Miller (UND Family Practice Center), Nov. 8, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl Paul Denton (Microbiology and Immunology); Nov. 10, 6:00-8:00 A.M., Clifford Hall (Please note that this is 6 a.m., NOT 6 p.m.) $25 Columbia Mall Gift Certificate (NDPEA): Vicki Link (Biomedi- cal Communications); Nov. 16, 1:30-3:30 p.m., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl Nov. 18, 9:30-11:30 A.M., Memorial Union Lecture Bowl $25 Gift Certificate (American Express): Kathy McIntyre (Grand -- Kathy Spencer (Geology), Public Relations Committee, UND Staff Forks Human Nutrition Research Center); Senate. AFLAC, scarf: Kevin Curley (Sports Medicine); candy dish: Tina Huderle (Student Financial Aid) and Ann Doble (Accounting Services); two football tickets: Richard Anderson (Facilities) and PERC Lists Classes Kurtis Papenfuss; cookbook: Janet Spaeth (Chester Fritz Library), The Parent Education Resource Center (PERC), 500 Stanford Rd., Tessa Varnson (Biology), Bev Uhlenberg (Teaching and Learning); offers the following programs. Call 795-2765 to register or for more “Take Care of Yourself” book: Bryan Ford (Network Services), information. Child care is offered for all daytime programs; all classes Heidi Kippenhan (Admissions); stress cow: Dorothy Olson (Student are held at PERC unless otherwise noted. Financial Aid) and Cindy Stromme (Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center). Five-Week Series, “Positive Discipline for Blended Families,” begins Monday, Oct. 4, through Monday, Nov. 1, from 7 to 9 p.m. -- Pat Hanson, Director of Payroll. Four-Week Series, “Good Discipline ... Good Kids,” begins Monday, Oct. 4, through Monday, Oct. 25, from 7 to 9 p.m. Oktoberfest Scheduled For October 9th At The Empire Five-Week Series, “Parents of Young Children,” begins Tuesday, Oct. 5, through Tuesday, Nov. 2, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The Greater Grand Forks Symphony’s Oktoberfest will take place at 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 9, at the Empire Arts Center. The opening event Family Story Hour “Pajama Party” featuring Judy Hager, media for the Symphony’s 91st season is a gala celebration of Viennese specialist at Viking and at Community High Schools, Wednes- music and food. Maestro Timm Rolek begins his fifth year in Grand day, Oct. 6, 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. (also Oct. 13, 20 and 27). Forks with the music of Waltz King Johann Strauss in honor of the “Successful Parenting” begins Wednesday, Oct. 6, through Wednes- hundredth anniversary of Strauss’ death. day, Oct. 27, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. The first half of the program will be devoted to some of Strauss’ best “Think of Me,” a special presentation by Tom Brockway, Wednesday, known and best loved works including The Emperor Waltz, Roses Oct. 6, 12:10 to 12:50 p.m.; Kevin Brockway died in a car from the South, Tales from the Vienna Woods and the Blue Danube. accident 12 days before his 17th birthday. He was drinking. The second half will be a performance of Act II of the quintessential Kevin’s father, Tom Brockway, presents an inspirational Viennese operetta and Strauss’s comic masterpiece, Die Fledermaus message. (The Bat). Before, between and following the concert, fine Austrian desserts, coffees and German beers and wines will be served in the Gary Smalley Series, Part I, “Hidden Keys to Loving Relationships,” Empire Gallery. begins Wednesday, Oct. 6, through Wednesday, Nov. 10, from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. In addition to the orchestra, this year’s performance brings a number of familiar vocalists to the stage of the Empire. Maria Williams will “Parents on Board” begins Thursday, Oct. 7, through Thursday, be singing the role of Rosalinda. Ms. Williams has recently returned Oct. 28, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. to the city to open her own voice studio after teaching in Indiana. She “Positive Discipline” offered Thursday, Oct. 7, and Thursday, will be joined on stage by Kathryn Ring, a graduate of East Grand Oct. 14, from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Forks Senior High and UND. Appearing with Ms. Williams and Ms. Ring will be Todd Queen, a Fargo tenor who has performed with the Four-Week Study Group featuring Barbara Coloroso’s book, “Kids Eastman Opera Theater and Portland Opera Repertory. Also included Are Worth It!” begins Monday, Oct. 18, through Monday, (next page) Nov. 8, from 9:30 to 11 a.m. University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 8

Oktoberfest Scheduled For October 9th At The Empire, continued project to NSF in order to continue receiving support from ND EPSCoR. Funds will be available May 1, 2000. in the performance are choral singers from the Grand Forks Central Concert Choir under the direction of Charles McCauley. Researchers must follow the guidelines in the most recent NSF Grant Proposal Guide, with the following exceptions: 1)the page limit is 8 Tickets for the 1999 Oktoberfest are available from the Symphony double-spaced pages for the project description with margins > 1" and office, Hughes Fine Arts Center Room 162 (777-3359) or from the font size 10 or larger; 2)salary for Principal Investigators cannot Empire Box Office at 746-5500 (9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tuesday through exceed one (1) summer month per year (fringes must be listed on the Saturday and until 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday). -- Jenny Ettling, budget); 3)travel expenses cannot exceed 10 percent of the budget or Greater Grand Forks Symphony Orchestra. $1,000/year, whichever is less; 4)proposals must receive the appropri- ate institutional signatures prior to submission to the EPSCoR office. The current NSF Grant Proposal Guide can be obtained from the National Science Foundation¹s web address at: http://www.nsf.gov/ cgi-bin/getpub?nsf002 For information on ND EPSCoR and other Grants and Fellowships funding opportunities, visit our web side at http:// www.ndsu.nodak.edu/epscor. -- David Givers, ND EPSCoR, NDSU, Proposals Sought For New Faculty Start-up Program Fargo. ND EPSCoR invites proposals from department chair persons requesting start-up funds for faculty to be hired during Fiscal Year 2001. The major goal of this program is to staff our research universi- Research, Grant Opportunities Listed ties with new faculty who will be very competitive for National Following are research and grant opportunities. For more information, Science Foundation CAREER awards. contact the Office of Research and Program Development at 777- Chairpersons intending to apply should submit an abstract including a 4278. brief description of the desired qualifications of a successful candidate by noon, Friday, Oct. 1. These abstracts will be used to assist in the AMERICAN WATER WORKS ASSOCIATION (AWWA) selection of a review panel for the full proposals. These abstracts are The Abel Wolman Fellowship Award provides $20,000/year for up to not a requirement and will not be part of the evaluation. 2 years to encourage students to pursue advanced training and research in water supply and treatment. Eligible applicants must Proposals (an original and 10 copies, double-sided if possible) in anticipate completion of Ph.D. requirements within 2 years of award response to this RFP are due in one of the ND EPSCoR offices by and must be citizens or permanent residents of the U.S., Canada, or noon, Friday, Nov. 5. Following an external panel review process that Mexico. will include an interview with the chair submitting the proposal, awards will be announced on or about Dec. 15. ND EPSCoR antici- The Holly A. Cornell Scholarship provides $5,000 to encourage pates making five to 10 awards. Funds will be available Aug. 16, outstanding female and/or minority students to pursue advanced 2000. training in the field of water supply and treatment. Eligible appli- DISCUSSIONS OF THIS PROGRAM WITH THE PROJECT cants are engineering master’s degree candidates who anticipate DIRECTOR ARE ENCOURAGED. NOTIFYING THE STEERING completion of the degree after 12/1/00. Students who have been COMMITTEE OF INTENT TO SUBMIT VIA THE REQUESTED accepted for, but not yet begun, graduate school are encouraged to ABSTRACT IMPROVES OUR CHANCES OF SELECTING AN apply. APPROPRIATE PANEL. Contact: 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235; 303/347-6206; For information on ND EPSCoR and its funding opportunities, please fax 303/794-6303. Deadline: 1/15/00. visit the web site at http://www.ndsu.nodak.edu/epscor/. -- David ------Givers, ND EPSCoR, NDSU, Fargo. NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION (NASA) Science, Math, Engineering Proposals Sought Research proposals are being sought for Science Investigations to Be ND EPSCoR invites proposals from interested researchers in the Initiated for the U.S. Component of the International Science Team for sciences, engineering, and mathematics for the Infrastructure the Ozone Monitoring Instrument (OMI) which is to fly aboard the Improvement Program - Seed Grants (IIP-SG). This RFP is for CHEM mission of NASA’s Earth Observing System (EOS) currently individual, tenure track faculty members who plan to initiate a scheduled for launch in late 2002 (Solicitation Number NRA-99-OES- research program in one or more areas supported by the National 05). Proposals may be submitted for U.S. team leader (TL) or U.S. Science Foundation. This RFP is made in anticipation of continued team member (TM). OMI is an ultraviolet-visible nadir viewing funding of ND EPSCoR from the national Science Foundation (NSF) instrument designed to make measurements of distributions of ozone and the State of North Dakota. and other trace constituents in the Earth’s atmosphere. Investigators Proposals (an original and 10 copies) in response to this RFP are due comprising the U.S. component of the OMI science team will be in one of the ND EPSCoR Offices by noon Friday, Jan. 7, 2000. responsible for all OMI-related work carried out in the U.S., including Following the review process, awards are announced on or about development of algorithms, processing of data, and validation of data April 1, 2000. Awards can be made for $10,000 to $40,000 (indirect from OMI, as well as development of combined data products using costs are waived) for up to 24 months. ND EPSCoR anticipates data from OMI and other sensors planned for flight aboard EOS making 15-30 awards. Award recipients will be funded in installments CHEM. The U.S. Team Leader will have responsibility to coordinate and will be required to submit proposals on the ND EPSCoR funded U.S. members of the OMI Science Team, ensure that algorithms (next page) University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 9

Research, Grant Opportunities Listed, continued institution. Three levels of appointment are available: Summer Faculty Fellow, Senior Summer Faculty Fellow or distinguished developed by U.S. Team Members are coordinated and implemented Summer Faculty Fellow. Participants must be U.S. citizens holding in an optimal way, and ensure that data products are produced and teaching or research appointments at a U.S. college/university. archived consistent with appropriate guidelines for the EOS project. Duration is 10 weeks; stipends range from $1,250-$1,750/week. A copy of the solicitation will be available via the Office of Earth Deadline: 1/14/2000. Contact: 202/331-3525; [email protected]; Science Home Page at http://www.earth.nasa.gov under MTPE www.asee.org/summer Research Announcements. Paper copies will be available by calling ------202/358-3552 and leaving a voice mail message. This announcement will be open 9/29/99-12/9/99. Deadline: 10/22/99 (Letter of Intent, WOODROW WILSON NATIONAL requested but not required); 12/9/1999 (Proposal). Contact: Jack A. FELLOWSHIP FOUNDATION Kaye, 202/358-0757; fax 202/358-2770; [email protected]. ------Eighty-five one-year Andrew W. Mellon Fellowships in the Humanis- tic Studies will be awarded to students entering a Ph.D. program in FOLGER INSTITUTE the humanistic disciplines. Eligible fields are the traditional humanities disciplines, including art history, classics, comparative Folger/Mellon/National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Long- literature, critical theory, cultural anthropology, cultural studies, Term Fellowships provide support for in-residence research projects including all area studies, English literature, ethnic studies, appropriate to the Institute’s collections. Eligible applicants are ethnomusicology, foreign language and literature, history, history and advanced scholars who have made substantial contributions in their philosophy of mathematics, history and philosophy of science, fields of research. There are no citizenship restrictions for Mellon humanities, interdisciplinary studies, linguistics, music history and fellowships; however, NEH fellowships are restricted to U.S. citizens theory, philosophy, political philosophy, political theory, religious or foreign nationals. Awards of $30,000 or $45,000 will be made. studies, rhetoric, and women’s studies. Eligible applicants are college Duration is from 6-9 months. Deadline: 11/1/99. seniors and recent graduates who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents. Awards provide a stipend of $14,750, plus tuition and Short-Term Fellowships provide $1,800/month for 1-3 months for mandated fees. Deadline: 12/21/99. Contact: 800/899-9963; fax postdoctoral in-residence research projects appropriate to the 609/452-0066; [email protected]; http://www.woodrow.org/ Institute’s collections. There are no citizenship restrictions. Dead- mellon. line: 3/1/00. Dissertation Grants in Women’s Studies are intended to encourage The Institute holds a Shakespeare collection, as well as British and original and significant research about women that crosses disciplin- European literary, cultural, political, religious, and social history for ary, regional, or cultural boundaries. Johnson & Johnson Dissertation the 15th-18th centuries. Contact: Carol Brobeck, 202/544-4600; fax Grants in Women’s Health provide $2,000 to encourage original and 202/544-4623; [email protected]; http://www.folger.edu/academic/ significant research on issues related to women’s health. This grant is fellows.htm. interested in the implications of research for the understanding of ------women’s lives and its significance for public policy or treatment. OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH (ONR) Eligible applicants are students in doctoral programs at U.S. graduate Eligible applicants for the Postdoctoral Fellowship Program are schools who have completed all pre-dissertation requirements in any scientists who are U.S. citizens, have received a Ph.D., Sc.D., or other field of study by 10/29/99 and expect to complete their dissertations earned research doctoral degree recognized in U.S. academic circles by the summer of 2001. Deadline: 11/8/99. Contact: 609/452-7007; as equivalent to a Ph.D., and who submit a 5-10 page research fax 609/452-0066; [email protected]; http://www.woodrow.org. proposal relating to a specific research opportunity. The goal is to ------significantly increase involvement of highly trained scientists and engineers from academia and industry in scientific and technical areas WILBUR FOUNDATION of interest/relevance to the Navy. Some areas of interest are: The Grants Program provides funding for projects calculated to acoustics, hydro-dynamics, aerodynamics, astrophysics, electronic enhance or preserve the “permanent things” of society. Eligible devices, biotechnology, oceanography, communications, command applicants are tax exempt organizations which reflect a concern for control and intelligence, computer hardware and software, materials, historical continuity and studies of a traditional nature. target detection, weaponry, signal processing, simulation, biomedi- cine, training, manufacturing, construction, and logistics. Women and The Fellows Program provides one-year resident fellowships for minorities are strongly encouraged to apply. It is ONR’s hope that the writers of promise to live, work, and write at the Russell Kirk Center new Women’s Initiative will increase representation of women at the in Mecosta, Michigan. Applicants should provide a resume which laboratories. Duration is one year, with the possibility for extension includes educational attainment, awards, prior works, field of interest, for 2-3 years. Deadlines: 1/1/00, 4/1/00, 7/1/00, 10/1/00. Contact: and two references. 202/331-3509; [email protected]; www.asee.org/postdoc. Funding is provided in the humanities, especially history, literature, The 2000 U.S. Navy-ASEE Summer Faculty Research Program and religion, and philosophy. Applications are accepted between 9/1 and Sabbatical Leave Program provides science and engineering faculty 12/31 of each year. They must consist of a single typewritten letter members the opportunity to participate in research at Navy laborato- addressed to the person listed below. Guidelines are available. ries for a 10-week period during the summer. Participants work with Deadline:12/31/99. Contact: Gary R. Ricks, Chief Executive Officer professional peers in Navy laboratories on research tasks of mutual , P.O. Box 3370, Santa Barbara, CA 93130-3370. interest. They have an opportunity to establish continuing research ------relations with R&D personnel of the host laboratories, which may result in sponsorship of the participants’ research at their home (next page) University Letter / October 1, 1999 / Page 10

Research, Grant Opportunities Listed, continued nerve metabolism; human genetics; mammalian (non-human) genetics; and non-mammalian genetics. Eligible applicants must: be SPENCER FOUNDATION professionals or faculty members at appropriate educational, medical, or research institutions, be qualified to conduct and supervise a Research Grants provide support for a wide range of disciplines and program of original research; have access to institutional resources fields. There are no funding priorities for subjects of research. necessary to conduct the research project; and hold a Doctor of Support is given to research projects requiring more than $35,000. Medicine, Doctor of Philosophy, Doctor of Science, or equivalent Projects are widely-varied, from medium-sized studies that can be degree. Duration may be 1-3 years. Amounts are not limited. completed in a year by an individual researcher to extensive collabo- Deadlines: 12/15/99, 6/15/00 (Preproposals); 1/15/00, 7/15/00 rative studies that last several years. Interested applicants should (Applications). Contact: Karen Mashburn, Grants Manager, 520/ send a brief preliminary proposal. Principal investigators must have 529-2000; fax 520/529-5300; [email protected]; http:// an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or professional field. www.mdausa.org/research/guidelines.html. Contact: John B. Williams, Vice President, [email protected]. ------Small Grants Program awards range from $1,000-$35,000 each and STREISAND FOUNDATION cannot exceed one year in duration. The program is appropriate for modest-sized research projects, exploratory studies, specific phases of The Grants Program provides support for organizations that promote larger investigations, and projects which arise in response to unusual and support civil liberties and democratic values; women’s issues, opportunities. The program encourages researchers with diverse including choice and health-related concerns; civil rights and race perspectives to develop ideas and approaches which extend the relations; AIDS research, advocacy, service, and litigation; children’s conventional boundaries of a research question, area, or method. and youth-related issues, with a focus on the economically disadvan- They must also have an earned doctorate in an academic discipline or taged; and environmental issues. Awards have ranged from $1,000- professional field and/or experience in the teaching profession. $50,000; however, most awards are in the range of $10,000-$20,000 Contact: [email protected] or contact points listed below. for one year. Deadline: 12/1/99 (Letter of Inquiry). Contact: Christina Legg, 310/535-3767; fax 310/395-9676. Researchers must be currently affiliated with a school, school district, ------college, university, research facility, or cultural institution. Grants support research that promises to yield new knowledge about U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY (EPA) education, in one or other of its forms, in the U.S. and abroad. The Environmental Education Grants Program supports projects Deadline: None. Contact: 312/337-7000; fax 312/337-0282; http:// which design, demonstrate, or disseminate environmental education www.spencer.org/proginfo.htm#small. practices, methods, or techniques, including assessing environmental ------and ecological conditions or specific environmental issues or problems. Proposals that simply disseminate “information” will not MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY ASSOCIATION (MDA) be funded. Projects must serve to increase public awareness and Research Grants support research aimed at developing treatments for knowledge about environmental issues and provide the skills to make the muscular dystrophies and related diseases of the neuromuscular informed decisions and take responsible system. These are the muscular dystrophies (among which are actions. Projects over $25,000 in Federal environmental education Duchene and Becker); motor neuron diseases (including ALS and grant funds will be supported by EPA Headquarters in Washington, SMA); the peripheral nerve disorders (CMT and Friedreich’s ataxia): DC; proposals requesting $25,000 or less must be mailed to the EPA inflammatory myopathies; disorders of the neuromuscular junction; Regional Office where the project takes place. EPA anticipates and metabolic diseases of muscle as well as other myopathies. funding of less than $3 million for this annual grant cycle. More Eligible applicants must be professional or faculty members. Funding information is available at http://www.epa.gov/enviroed/. Deadline: varies from program to program. Subject areas include pathogenesis, 11/22/99. Contact: Diane Berger and Sheri Jojokian, U.S. EPA, treatment, natural history/epidemiology, and diagnosis of neuromuscu- Washington D.C., 202/260-8619; Cece Forget, U.S. EPA, Region VIII, lar diseases; endocrinology/trophic factors; transmitters/receptors; 303/312-6605. regulation of contraction; contractile and associated regulatory proteins; neuromuscular junction; structural proteins/cytoskeleton; -- Sally Eckert-Tilotta, Assistant to the Director of Research and nerve or muscle membrane structure/function; neurogenesis/regenera- Program Development. tion; myogenesis/regeneration; immunology; muscle metabolism;

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