Inside Oregon for August 15, 2005
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inside oregon for august 15, 2005 the uo's newsletter for faculty, staff, and graduate teaching fellows august 15, 2005 Diversity Group Continues Plan Kyr Composes Symphony for Review Through Summer Nagasaki Anniversary The diversity executive working group appointed at the end of the spring term continues to meet to review and refine the university’s draft five-year diversity plan. The score of a symphony composed by Robert Kyr, Full Story... professor of music composition and theory, was presented Wednesday, Aug. 10, at ceremonies in Nagasaki, Japan marking the 60th anniversary of the dropping of the atomic In Memory of an Enlightened bomb in the city. Leader: President Emeritus Full Story... Robert D. Clark < Clark is greeted April 5, 2005 by President Dave Frohnmayer at the McMorran House Scene on Campus for a celebration of his 95th birthday. Photo FIREWORKshop at Oregon by Jack Liu Bach Festival By Suzanne Clark and David Frank Full Story... Convocation - Save the Date: University of Oregon sophomore, Luke Carlson, foreground, 3 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 25, looks at the sheet music of his composition, Intermezzo, at McArthur Court and discusses how it should be performed with members of < Convocation keynote speaker S. James "Jim" the acclaimed new music ensemble, FIREWORKS. Gates Jr. Full Story... Scene on Campus The university has merged student and faculty convocation Oregon Expands "Pipeline" ceremonies, traditionally held in early October, into one event that will take place at 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 25, at McArthur Court. This year’s featured speaker is renowned physicist S. James “Jim” Gates Jr., John S. Toll professor of physics and director of the Center for Particle and String Theory at the University of Maryland. The university is developing pre-college programs to Full Story... expand the "pipeline" of students of color interested in Oregon. To help accomplish that, Carla Gary, assistant vice provost of institutional equity and diversity, (center) has Oregon Receives $26.65 Million created an Oregon Young Scholars Program. for Capital Investment Full Story... The Oregon Legislature approved on Aug. 4 $26.65 million in general obligation bonds for University of Oregon capital construction projects, the largest state-funded general Scene on Campus obligation bond investment for University Of Oregon capital construction in 30 years. Full Story... http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io/issue.php?date=2005-08-15 (1 of 3)9/2/2005 6:01:17 AM inside oregon for august 15, 2005 International Confluence Music Building Named for MarAbel Frohnmayer < The current entrance to Beall Hall at the School of Music and Dance For the third consecutive year, the university's American English Institute hosted participants in the Hubert H. Humphrey Fellowship Academic Preparation Program. Full Story... The building housing the University of Oregon School of Music and Dance will be named for the late MarAbel Frohnmayer, a 1931 Oregon music graduate, longtime arts Guidebooks Help Promote supporter, and mother of University of Oregon President Full Immersion Dave Frohnmayer. Full Story... < Students Emily Casey and Daniel Keller Clark Honors College students Emily Casey and Daniel Gift Helps Establish Portland Keller want to get new students arriving for the fall term Communications Program involved in the community and aware of the many nearby outdoor activities available. < The university's Portland Center at night Full Story... In addition to his generosity for Oregon’s music facilities, Summer Reading: Life in 1920s Bandon Business Wire CEO Lorry Lokey has given $4.5 million for Highlights New Novel the university’s Portland communications program. Full Story... Law School Welcomes Students, New Program and Director < Law school registration Retired university public safety officer Joe Blakely has just self-published his third book, The Heirloom (CraneDance Communications Publishers, 2005). The novel was inspired by a 1920 photograph of the Nestlé building he discovered at the Bandon Society Museum in Bandon, Ore. For law school students, fall begins Wednesday, Aug. 17, when 187 first-year students finish a week of orientation Full Story... activities and join 340 “2Ls” and “3Ls” for the 2005-6 academic year. Creative Publishing to Charge Full Story... One Flat Fee Per Project In an effort to simplify fees charged for projects at Creative Publishing, the department has moved to a flat fee of $35 $3.7-Million Grant Creates New for all jobs beginning today. This includes digital copying, Partnership With Three printed jobs, and designs for electronic media. Native American Tribes Full Story... < Alison Ball, principal investigator of the grant and research associate at the Child and Family Center Northwest Academic Computing A new partnership between three West Coast Native Consortium Awards Reflect American tribes and University of Oregon researchers is University Accomplishments designed to slow the rate of adolescent substance abuse by helping families in these tribal communities rebuild traditional family structures. Full Story... Jim Tice’s digital rendering of Giambattista Nolli’s 1748 map of Rome captured the Outstanding Project Award, and the Orbis Cascade Alliance was given the Joanne R. Hugi Excellence Award for Regional Leadership at the annual conference of the NorthWest Academic Computing Consortium (NWACC) in Portland June 23-24. Thirty http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io/issue.php?date=2005-08-15 (2 of 3)9/2/2005 6:01:17 AM inside oregon for august 15, 2005 Museums Offer Special Summer colleges, universities, and other nonprofit organizations in Family Deals Oregon, Washington, Alaska, Idaho, Montana, and North Dakota make up the consortium. < The world's oldest running shoes are back Full Story... on display at the Museum of Natural and Cultural History. August is Family Fun Month at the Museum of Natural and New Members Sought for Classified Staff Training Cultural History and the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. and Development Committee Each museum offers a $1 per person discount when visitors Classified staff members who wish to advise university present an admissions receipt from the other museum. administration on technological training and personal development needs are invited to join the Classified Staff Full Story... Training and Development Committee (CSTDAC). Full Story... Each issue of Inside Oregon is archived on the web at http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/inside/archive.php . Inside Oregon is the official newsletter for employees of the University of Oregon and is published biweekly during the academic year and monthly in June, July and August. Inside Oregon Staff: Editor: Paul Omundson | Web Developer: Taper Wickel Published by Public and Media Relations, Johnson Hall, 1098 E. 13th Ave. Senior Director of Public and Media Relations: Mary Stanik Mailing Address: Inside Oregon, Public and Media Relations, 1281 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403- 1281 Telephone (541) 346-3247; FAX (541) 346-3117 Email: [email protected] Call for contributions and schedule The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io/issue.php?date=2005-08-15 (3 of 3)9/2/2005 6:01:17 AM inside oregon the uo's newsletter for faculty, staff, and graduate teaching fellows Diversity Group Continues Plan Review Through Summer The diversity executive working group appointed at the end of the spring term continues to meet to review and refine the university’s draft five-year diversity plan. Charles Martinez, interim vice provost for institutional equity and diversity, said the group is preparing a “next draft” to have ready for discussion in the fall when a full complement of faculty members, staff and students are on campus. Martinez is also an associate professor of educational leadership for the College of Education. Members of the diversity executive working group are: ● Suzanne Clark, professor of English ● Matthew Dennis, professor of history ● Nilendra Deshpande, professor of physics ● Susan Gary, associate professor of law ● Warren Ginsberg, professor of English ● Tim Gleason, professor of journalism and communication and dean of the school ● Gordon Hall, professor of psychology ● Robin Holmes, director of the Counseling and Testing Center ● Richard Koch, professor of mathematics ● Andrew Marcus, professor of geography and immediate past president of the University Senate ● Charles Martinez, interim vice provost for institutional equity and diversity ● Mia Tuan, associate professor of sociology http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io/article.php?id=357 (1 of 2)9/2/2005 6:01:18 AM inside oregon ● Adam Walsh, undergraduate student (history). Gary and Hall serve as the group’s co-chairs. For questions and more information, contact the Office of Institutional Equity and Diversity at (541) 346-3186. Back to Inside Oregon Each issue of Inside Oregon is archived on the web at http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/inside/archive.php . Inside Oregon is the official newsletter for employees of the University of Oregon and is published biweekly during the academic year and monthly in June, July and August. Inside Oregon Staff: Editor: Paul Omundson | Web Developer: Taper Wickel Published by Public and Media Relations, Johnson Hall, 1098 E. 13th Ave. Senior Director of Public and Media Relations: Mary Stanik Mailing Address: Inside Oregon, Public and Media Relations, 1281 University of Oregon, Eugene, OR 97403- 1281 Telephone (541) 346-3247; FAX (541) 346-3117 Email: [email protected] Call for contributions and schedule The University of Oregon is an equal-opportunity, affirmative-action institution committed to cultural diversity and compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. http://duckhenge.uoregon.edu/io/article.php?id=357 (2 of 2)9/2/2005 6:01:18 AM inside oregon the uo's newsletter for faculty, staff, and graduate teaching fellows In Memory of an Enlightened Leader: President Emeritus Robert D. Clark < Clark is greeted April 5, 2005 by President Dave Frohnmayer at the McMorran House for a celebration of his 95th birthday.