PUBLICATIONS Inside Illinois Vol. 27, No. 6, Sept. 20, 2007

brief notes

WILL-TV and radio
Local war stories to be featured
More than 70 World War II veterans, their families and others involved in war service have volunteered to be a part of WILL’s “Central Illinois World War II Stories,” an effort to capture and share stories of Central Illinois during World War II. In conjunction with the broadcast of Ken Burns’ “The War” on WILL-TV, WILL reporters, producers and oral history interviewers talked to local men and women, who describe how the war altered their lives and the lives of their families.

“The War” will be broadcast on WILL over two weeks, at 7 p.m. each night, Sept. 23-26 and Sept. 30-Oct. 2. Central Illinois stories begin Sept. 26 on WILL-TV and began earlier this week on WILL-AM (580), with more stories featured on the WILL Web site at will.illinois.edu.

On WILL-TV, stories will be broadcast immediately following the 7 p.m. broadcast of “The War” on Sept. 26, Sept. 30 and Oct. 2.

The Sept. 26 segment features Yukiko Okinaga Llewellyn, a retired assistant dean of students at the UI. Llewellyn spent the war at Manzanar where she was interned with her family. She returned to Manzanar last fall for the first time since she and her mother left it in October 1945 with $25 and a pair of government-issued bus tickets.

On WILL-AM, local World War II stories will be broadcast during “Morning Edition” and “The Afternoon Magazine.” In addition, WILL-AM and WILL-FM will broadcast one- to two-minute segments of oral history interviews with Central Illinois veterans this month.

“Many generous veterans and others involved in the war have offered to record their oral histories,” said Kimberlie Kranich, WILL outreach coordinator. “They’re lined up ready to tell their stories on camera so future generations will know about the lives of ordinary men and women during the war. We still have many more to record and will add them to the Web site as we complete them so anyone can watch them.”

All of the WILL television and radio stories also will be archived on the site, along with photos of those featured. For more information and a series schedule, visit www.will.uiuc.edu.

Medallion of Honor
Moms Association seeks nominations
The public is invited to submit nominations by Nov. 2 for the bronze Medallion of Honor. Nominations are limited to women of current or past affiliation with the UI who, through example and/or service, have used their talents to enrich the lives of others.

The medallion, presented annually by the Moms Association, was created in 1966 to pay tribute to people who, by example and service, used their talents to enrich the lives of others. Since 1977, this award has been bestowed upon a woman affiliated with the UI.

Nominations must be submitted by 5 p.m. Nov. 2. A valid nomination must include the nominee’s biographical information and three letters of support. All documentation must be submitted to Moms Association, Medallion of Honor Committee, 227 Illini Union, MC-384. Contact Becki Galardy, galardy@uiuc.edu or 333-7063, with questions.

The Moms Association at the UI will honor the 2008 recipient during Moms Weekend, April 11-13.

Humanities, arts, science and technology
Madden fellows to present lectures
Three faculty members in the arts and humanities at the UI, who spent the 2006-07 academic year as Madden Fellows in Technology, Arts and Culture, will present the results of their research in a lecture series scheduled for October.

The Madden Lecture Series will feature public presentations by the following UI scholars who have undertaken research on projects investigating the intersection of humanities, arts, science and technology:

• John Toenjes, dance, “Recent Works in Interactive Movement-Based Performance,” 7 p.m. Oct. 3
  
  
• Gabriel Solis, musicology, “Our Law: Aboriginal Knowledge, Technology and the Problem of the ‘Traditional’ in Contemporary America,” 7 p.m. Oct. 1
  
  
• Lillian Hoddeson, history, “Analogy and Cognitive Style in the History of Invention: Alternative Energy Technologies,” 7 p.m. Oct. 24

All events in the series will take place in the Humanities Lecture Hall of the Illinois Program for Research in the Humanities. The lectures are free and open to the public; each lecture will be followed by a reception.

For more information on the series, contact Christine Catanzarite at catanzar@uiuc.edu.

Academy on Capitalism and Limited Government Fund
Inaugural Conference is Sept. 27
The Academy on Capitalism and Limited Government Fund will host the Inaugural Conference from 1-5 p.m. Sept. 27 in rooms A and B of the Illini Union.

The conference will feature Steve Forbes, president and CEO of Forbes Inc., and Robert D. Novak, UI alumnus and Washington columnist/commentator, with UI President B. Joseph White and Chancellor Richard Herman.

Panelists include Stephen H. Balch, president of the National Institute of Scholars; Jeffrey R. Brown, UI William G. Karnes Professor of Finance; Anne D. Neal, president of the American Council of Trustees; and John Solomon, UI Robert D. Novak Chair of Western Civilization and Culture.

The Academy on Capitalism and Limited Government Fund is an endowment of private gifts established in the UI Foundation to promote and advance scholarly research and teaching at the UI about the principles of free market capitalism, limited government, individual rights, individual responsibility, enterprise and entrepreneurship.

The fund encourages and enables visionary friends of the UI to endow chairs, professorships, scholarships and fellowships, and to support lectures and symposia, curricular development in response to requests from the faculty, research activities and publication of findings.  The fund provides grants for programs, research and activities on the UI campus in response to proposals submitted by faculty members and approved by the Office of the Chancellor.

The conference is free and open to the public. A reception will follow the day’s events. For information on the academy fund and conference program, go to aclg.uif.uillinois.edu.

Krannert Art Museum
Sudden Sound Concert is Sept. 20
Krannert Art Museum will present the Sudden Sound Concert featuring the From Between Trio at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 20.

The trio is a collaboration of musicians from three continents: percussionist Tatsuya Nakatani (Japan), soprano and sopranino saxophonist Michel Doneda (France), and alto and soprano saxophonist Jack Wright (U.S.). Collectively they take their music on improvised journeys that unfold through minute sounds and explosive moments created in part by utilizing a range of extended techniques.  Since their first U.S. tour in 2005, which included the premiere concert of the Sudden Sound Series, they have toured France and Japan and released two CDs, “From Between” and “No Stranger to Air.”

CITES
Live Help Chat now available
The CITES Help Desk has announced its newest initiative: Live Help Chat. Designed to increase the reach and accessibility of its information technology services, Live Help Chat is a variant on the popular instant messaging format and enables users across campus to “chat” in real-time with a Help Desk representative. Staff members will assess each case and try to fix the problem or answer the question without the user having to take the problem to the Help Desk at the Digital Computer Lab. CITES staff members are able to take temporary control of any computer, through a secure remote connection, to assist them in diagnosing and repairing computer problems without the user having to change their location.

To take advantage of this free service, visit www.cites.uiuc.edu/help/support/ and click on the green “Live Help Chat” icon.

Proposals sought
Creating a more sustainable campus
Facilities and Services and the Environmental Council seek proposals from faculty-student teams that connect scholarship to campus sustainability. 

The challenge of creating a more sustainable campus provides opportunities to connect learning and research to campus facilities. Financial support will be provided to faculty-student team proposals that make tangible, significant improvements to campus and add value to facilities and services scheduled projects, while engaging in teaching or research activities.

Topics include, but are not limited to, carbon neutral building retrofit, prairie restoration plan, porous sidewalks, campus anti-littering campaign, green style guide, green consumer workshop and bike-lane master plan. Other projects that address sustainable solutions to campus environmental issues will be considered.

The deadline to electronically submit proposals is 4:30 p.m. Nov. 12.

For more details, visit www.environ.uiuc.edu or contact Lisa Merrifield at lmorrisn@uiuc.edu or 333-0045.

I Space
Contemporary works on paper featured
A diverse selection of works on paper by 10 artists will be on view through Oct. 13 at I space, the Chicago gallery of the UI.

“Paper Now” presents a cross-section of contemporary work by artists from throughout the Midwest and beyond. Some of the exhibiting artists typically work in the medium. Others, however, viewed the exhibition as an opportunity for experimentation.

UI alumni Julie Farstad, Robert Horvath and Paul Nudd are among those whose art is included in “Paper Now.” Other featured artists are Jill Downen, Sally French, Chris Kahler, Anna Kunz, Mark Murphy, Gina Ruggeri and Geoffry Smalley.

The gallery is located at 230 W. Superior St., Chicago. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Boardman’s Art Theatre
French film festival begins Sept. 28
The UI, in cooperation with Parkland College and Boardman’s Art Theatre, will present the third Tournées French Film Festival Sept. 28 through Oct. 4 at Boardman’s Art Theatre, 126 W. Church St., Champaign.

More than 2,200 people attended last year’s festival, also held at the theater, according to festival organizer Margaret Flinn, a professor of French and of cinema studies at the UI.

The event is open to the public. More information about the films, including titles, dates, and show times will be available at the festival’s Web site, www.filmfestival.french.uiuc.edu or Boardman’s Web site, www.boardmansarttheatre.com/. Or, contact the theater at 355-0068.

This year, seven movies will be screened, including Chris Marker’s classic, “La Jetée” (1962).  Other scheduled films include “Indigènes” (“Days of Glory”), 2005; “Fauteuils d’orchestre” (“Avenue Montaigne”), 2006; “Le Temps qui reste” (“Time to Leave”), 2005; “Coeurs” (Public Fears in Private Places), 2006; “Chats Perchés” (“The Case of the Grinning Cat”), 2005, to be shown with “La Jetée” and “Paris, je t’aime” (2006). All films will be shown in French, with English subtitles.

Center for Teaching Excellence
Opportunities to learn about teaching
The Center for Teaching Excellence has a newly expanded array of programs and workshops for faculty members, instructors and graduate students who wish to explore new ways to enhance teaching and learning.

The center’s teaching certificate program has several additions: the Certificate in Foundations of Teaching, the Teacher Scholar Certificate, the Certificate in Technology-Enhanced Teaching, and the Citizen Scholar Certificate. The center is offering several workshops throughout the semester on a variety of topics, such as “The Teaching Philosophy Statement,” “Supervising and Mentoring Teaching Assistants,” “Creating Effective Team Assignments” and “ICES Online.”

In addition, the center has two reading groups: the “Undergraduates Engaging in Inquiry” project and the “Service-Learning and the Scholarship of Engagement” group. Although the reading groups have begun, newcomers are welcome to join. 

Information about the certificates, the fall series of programs and events, and other services provided by CTE are available at www.cte.uiuc.edu.  To register for workshops and programs, click on the Event Calendar on the CTE homepage.

Library and LIS library
Film features work, lives of librarians
The “Hollywood Librarian: A Look at Librarians Through Film” is the first full-length documentary film to focus on the work and lives of librarians. The Library and the Information Science Library will screen the new film at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 2 and 5 in Room 126 LIS Building. A portion of the proceeds from ticket sales will benefit the LIS library. Tickets, available at the door, are $8 for adults and $5 for children and seniors. Admission is free for librarians, library employees, and LIS students.

Using the context of American movies, the film will hold some surprises for people who may think they know what librarians do. American film contains hundreds of examples of librarians and libraries on screen – some positive, some negative, some laughable and some dead wrong. Dozens of interviews of real librarians will be interwoven with movie clips of cinematic librarians and serve as transitions between the themes of censorship, intellectual freedom, children and librarians, pay equity and funding issues, and the value of reading. “The Hollywood Librarian” is being released nationwide during Banned Books Week as a fundraiser for libraries. It is an independent film, written and directed by Ann M. Seidl and produced by her company, Overdue Productions.

For background on the film and early reviews, visit the film’s Web site: www.hollywoodlibrarian.com.

For more information, contact Sue Searing at 333-4456 or searing@uiuc.edu.

2007 Solar Decathlon
Solar-powered house on view Sept. 22
An open house will celebrate the completion of “elementhouse,” the solar-powered house built by UI students for the 2007 Solar Decathlon contest.

Before the house is moved to Washington, D.C., for the competition in October, the public is invited to tour the home during an open house. The open house is from 1 to 4 p.m. Sept. 22. The house is located north of the UI Veterinary Medicine Building, just off the corner of Lincoln Avenue and St. Mary’s Road in Urbana. For more information, visit www.solardecathlon.uiuc.edu.

‘Using the Future to Create the Present’
Leadership and future of organizations
The 2007 Windsor Lecture, “Using the Future to Create the Present,” will be presented by Betty Sue Flowers, director of the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum in Austin, Texas. The lecture is from noon to 1 p.m. Sept. 26 in Room 126 of the LIS Building. It is free and open to the public.

Following the talk a reception will be held the in the east lobby of the LIS Building.

This presentation will consist of three interwoven topics related to leadership and the future of organizations and professions. The first, how the future is created, discusses the implications arising from our experience of the future as a kind of story. The second, the use of scenario planning to create the future in specific ways, draws on experiences in multinational corporations and NGOs. The third, a discussion of the ways our stories of past and future create the present, explores our power to change these stories to create different outcomes for the institutions and projects that engage us.

The Phineas L. Windsor Lectureship honors the career of Windsor who was director of the UI Library and the Library School from 1909 to 1940.

CITES
UI Public Wireless service expands
After months of testing, Campus Information Technologies and Educational Services is ready to offer its UI Public Wireless service to all units associated with the Urbana campus for a monthly fee of $100 per building.

UI Public Wireless is a supplemental, low-volume wireless access network for units to provide as a convenience to non-university visitors who are on campus for a short period.

“This is an optional networking service created by CITES to allow campus visitors who have no affiliation with the university to be able to check their e-mail or surf the Web,” said Mike Smeltzer, director of network communications for CITES.

UI Public Wireless is not intended to replace the end-user’s regular Internet connection.  Rather, it is intended as a convenience for members of the general public who happen to be on campus and wish to check their e-mail, Web browse or instant message during their visit. Other than these services, UI Public Wireless supports no other applications. UI Public Wireless is positioned outside the campus firewall, and therefore doesn’t allow users to access protected campus resources, such as the Library’s restricted online collections or the campus e-mail relays.

Smeltzer stressed that buildings should not feel pressured to add the service, noting that standard UIUCnet Wireless coverage is sufficient for most buildings.

“UI Public Wireless is niche networking developed specifically for buildings that receive a steady stream of non-university visitors,” he said.

So far, UI Public Wireless is only available at four test locations: Alice Campbell Alumni Center, Krannert Center for the Performing Arts, the Veterinary Medicine Teaching Hospital and Willard Airport. Since moving from a testing to a production phase, all four test locations have elected to retain the service.

Although free to use for the end-user, CITES does levy a $100 per building monthly charge to the sponsoring unit, adding it to their monthly phone bill.  The monthly recurring charge must be paid from non-state appropriated funds.

For more information about UI Public Wireless installation requirements, visit: www.cites.uiuc.edu/publicwireless/.

College of Education
Lecture series begins Oct. 5
The commercialization of higher education will be the topic for a noon talk Oct. 5 at the College of Education, part of an annual series organized by the Higher Education Collaborative, based in the college.

Other topics to follow this fall will include the assessment of learning outcomes in college, postsecondary education policies, and the first-year experiences of African American students at predominantly white institutions.

All talks will be held at noon in Room 242 of the Education Building. The talks are free and open to the public, but seating may be limited.

The Oct. 5 lecture, “Commercialization of American Higher Education: Implications and Prospects,” will be given by Art Padilla, a professor in the department of management, innovation and entrepreneurship at North Carolina State University. Padilla will discuss what is meant by commercialization, what are its impacts and effects, and what it means for  the future of higher education in the U.S.

Subsequent lectures:

• Oct. 24, “Collegiate Learning Outcomes,” by Marc Chun, research scientist at the Council for Aid to Education, working with its Collegiate Learning Assessment Project. Chun will discuss factors involved in assessing the quality of undergraduate education, which is emerging as a significant issue for public universities and colleges.
  
  
• Nov. 14, “Research on Postsecondary Education Policies,” by Tom Bailey, a professor in the Teachers College at Columbia University and director of its Community College Research Center. Bailey will discuss current research on policies that affect postsecondary education.
  
  
• Dec. 5, “First-year Experiences for African American Students at Predominantly White Institutions,” by Lorenzo Baber, visiting professor in the department of educational organization and leadership at Illinois. Baber will discuss how ethnic identity development and socioeconomic background help shape the first-year experiences of these students.

For additional information or updates, check the Higher Education Collaborative Web site at www.ed.uiuc.edu/hedcollaborative.

James Newton Matthews
Poetry of UI’s first student released
The poetry of James Newton Matthews, UI’s first student, has been reprinted as an e-book, “Tempe Vale and Other Poems.” This second edition contains a biographical forward and is an exact, scanned reprint of the 1888 first edition in PDF format, which also can be printed. Matthews, the 15-year-old son of a country doctor from Mason, was welcomed to the UI in March 1969 by three of the original 10 faculty members. For more information, contact SarahJamesPublisher@msn.com or call 847-400-7472.

International forum
Diabetes epidemic to be discussed
An international forum on the diabetes epidemic, including cultural, educational and medical perspectives on building synergies for the Mexican and United States peoples, will be the focus of a three-day conference, Sept. 24-26, at the UI.

The 2007 William and Flora Hewlett International Conference will address a variety of topics related to diabetes education, prevention and treatment and will feature speakers from both the U.S. and Mexico.

Drs. Michael Jakoby IV and Enrique Caballero will present public lectures on at 6 p.m. Sept. 24, in the Pollard Auditorium of the UI College of Medicine. The auditorium is located in the Forum at Carle, located behind Carle Foundation Hospital at 611 W. Park St. in Urbana.

Caballero is the director of the Latino Diabetes Initiative and of professional education at the Joslin Diabetes Center at Harvard Medical School.

Jakoby is a clinical associate professor in the department of internal medicine and the academic section head of the Division of Endocrinology at the UI College of Medicine in Urbana-Champaign.

The public is invited to attend these lectures. A full program schedule and additional information is available at www.ifde.uiuc.edu.

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