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1999
Summer Calendar Of Events
June
10, 1999 -- Following is a calendar of selected U.Va.
summer programs that may be of interest to the news media.
Although
many of the programs aren't open to the general public, reporters
may arrange to attend and cover them. For additional information
or to arrange coverage, please call the listed contacts or University
News Services at (804) 924-7116.
MAY
27-JULY 2 - THE MCINTIRE BUSINESS INSTITUTE
LOCATION:
McIntire School of Commerce, Minor Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Approximately 100 graduates of liberal arts programs
PURPOSE:
The institute provides non-business graduates with a broad understanding
of management principles and practices to prepare them for careers
in business.
SPONSORS:
McIntire School of Commerce
CONTACT:
Neil Snyder, director of the McIntire Business Institute, (804)
924-3218
MAY
30-AUG. 7 - RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN CHEMISTRY FOR UNDERGRADUATES
LOCATION:
Chemistry Building
PARTICIPANTS:
15 students (12 undergraduates from universities around the U.S.
plus three U.Va. undergraduates)
PURPOSE:
To introduce undergraduates to research in a sophisticated research
environment
SPONSORS:
National Science Foundation and U.Va. chemistry department
CONTACT:
Susan Collins, (804) 924-3623
JUNE
1-JULY 9 - THE EXECUTIVE PROGRAM '99
LOCATION:
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
PARTICIPANTS:
Approximately 75 business executives from the U.S. and abroad
PURPOSE:
To provide senior managers with a broad understanding of management
principles that prepares them for assuming additional responsibility
SPONSORS:
Darden Executive Education
CONTACT:
Lou Centini, director of executive education; Elizabeth Hupert,
LaDonna Baker, (804) 924-3000
JUNE
2-AUG. 11 - REACT PROGRAM
LOCATION:
Speech-Language-Hearing Center, 2205 Fontaine Avenue, suite 202
PARTICIPANTS:
Adults experiencing hearing loss and their family members
PURPOSE:
A family-oriented rehabilitation program will teach adults how
to minimize problems associated with hearing loss. Participants
in the Rehabilitating Auditory Communication
Techniques program will learn new communication skills, explore
the social and emotional issues associated with hearing loss and
gain information about hearing aids and assistive devices.
SPONSORS:
Speech-Language-Hearing Center
CONTACT:
Robert E. Novak, center director, (804) 924-7107, Susan Thompson,
(804) 924-6354
JUNE
6-10 - DEMOCRACY: AMERICA, THE WORLD, THE FUTURE: 19th ANNUAL SUMMER
ON THE LAWN PROGRAM
LOCATION:
Around Grounds
PARTICIPANTS:
Alumni and friends of the University who have a broad interest
in contemporary issues and want to be part of the ongoing public
conversations about them
PURPOSE:
The program will explore the global drive toward democracy, freedom
and peace. Issues to be considered include the democratic expectations
for America and the world in the next decades, and the responsibilities
of citizens, and of the nation, in this arena.
SPONSORS:
Continuing Education, College of Arts and Sciences, the Alumni Association
CONTACT:
Lawrence Adams, (804) 243-3501
JUNE
6-JULY 8 - THE RALPH BUNCHE SUMMER INSTITUTE
LOCATION:
Cabell Hall, Department of Government and Foreign Affairs
PARTICIPANTS:
15 African-American college juniors from around the country
PURPOSE:
To offer an introduction to advanced study and careers in political
science
SPONSORS:
National Science Foundation, American Political Science Association,
U.Va.
Office of the Provost, and U.Va. Arts & Sciences
CONTACT:
Paula McClain, director (804) 924-3614; Michael Cairo, assistant
director (804) 924-3681
JUNE
6-JULY 9 - THOMAS JEFFERSON'S POPLAR FOREST ARCHAEOLOGY
LOCATION:
Poplar Forest, Forest, Va.
PARTICIPANTS:
Students in history, anthropology, archaeology, or historic preservation,
museum volunteers and staff, individuals interested in pursuing
archaeology as a career, school teachers in social studies and related
subjects.
PURPOSE:
Participants will divide their time between the excavation site
and the archaeology laboratory with day trips to sites where historical
archaeology is under way.
SPONSORS:
Poplar Forest and Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Barbara Heath, director of archaeology, (804) 525-1806
JUNE
7-11 - THE ART AND SCIENCE OF SPORTS MEDICINE
LOCATION:
Ruffner Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Coaches, physical therapists, trainers and physicians
PURPOSE:
Prevention and treatment of athletic injuries, rehabilitation and
training methods and factors affecting human performance. Taught
by faculty, physicians, scientists and educators.
SPONSORS:
Departments of orthopedic surgery, athletics, and health and physical
education
CONTACT:
Joe Gieck, (804) 982-5450
JUNE
9-JUNE 13 - INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTERS IN HUMANITIES
LOCATION:
Around Grounds
PARTICIPANTS:
Academicians from throughout North America and Europe
PURPOSE:
The joint annual conference of the Association for Computers in
the Humanities and the Association for Literary and Linguistic Computing
will discuss latest developments in using technology in the humanities,
including on-line publishing, text analysis, and innovative World
Wide Web uses.
SPONSORS:
U.Va.'s Electronic Text Center and Institute for Advanced Technology
in the Humanities
CONTACT:
John Unsworth, (804) 924-4527
JUNE
10-12 - PUBLIC POLICY INSTITUTE: CIVIC LEARNING, PUBLIC DELIBERATION
AND EXPERIENTIAL EDUCATION
LOCATION:
Around Grounds, with participants staying in rooms on the Lawn
PARTICIPANTS:
About 40 educators and local government officials
PURPOSE:
To focus on the theory and practice of public deliberation, focusing
on the difference between deliberation and debate, understanding
the importance of the connection of values to positions on issues
and developing skills in moderating forums.
SPONSORS:
National Society for Experiential Education, Weldon Cooper Center
for Public Service
CONTACT:
Jennifer Riley, (804) 982-5754
JUNE
12-15 - VIRGINIA ARCHITECTURE OF THE 17TH AND 18TH CENTURIES
LOCATION:
College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, Va.
PARTICIPANTS:
Adult learners reflecting a wide range of ages and educational backgrounds
PURPOSE:
To examine early American architecture, architectural history and
historical preservation.
SPONSORS:
Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Tom Dowd, senior program director, (804) 982-5252
JUNE
12-17 - SOCIETY FOR DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY 58TH INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
LOCATION:
Old Cabell Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
150 society member
PURPOSE:
to bring together members for presentations of new research in the
field.
SPONSORS:
Biology department
CONTACT:
Robert Grainger, (804) 924-5449
JUNE
13-19 - THE FUTURE OF HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTE AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF EDINBURGH
LOCATION:
Edinburgh, Scotland
PARTICIPANTS:
College and university leaders
PURPOSE:
To examine the competing intellectual and vocational aims of higher
education, to define the scope of student and program outcomes assessment,
and to address issues of internationalization and diversity.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Martha Ann Toms, (804) 582-5107; Nancy Iverson, Institute Director,
(804) 582-5110
JUNE
13-JUNE 25 - THE HISTORIC LANDSCAPE INSTITUTE
LOCATION:
Around Grounds and Monticello
PARTICIPANTS:
Amateurs and professionals interested in horticulture, history and
landscape architecture
PURPOSE:
Participants experience the theory and practice of landscape preservation
with an introduction to the fields of landscape history, garden
restoration and historical horticulture by using the landscapes
designed by Thomas Jefferson at Monticello and the University of
Virginia.
SPONSORS:
The University of Virginia, Monticello
CONTACT:
Mary Hughes, (804) 924-6015
JUNE
14-19 - AICPA NATIONAL BANKING SCHOOL
LOCATION:
McIntire School of Commerce
PARTICIPANTS:
About 50 accountants, bank executives and bank regulators
PURPOSE:
To bring together accountants, managers of financial institutions
and regulators of banking in a seminar on problems financial institutions
face in today's changing environment.
SPONSORS:
McIntire School of Commerce Foundation, American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants
CONTACT:
Robert Kemp, professor of commerce, (804) 924-3482
JUNE
14-JULY 2 - 1999 CHESAPEAKE REGIONAL SCHOLARS SUMMER SEMINAR IN
AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES
LOCATION:
Cauthen House
PARTICIPANTS:
12 full-time teaching college and university faculty from the Chesapeake
region
PURPOSE:
To discuss new teaching and research methodologies in African-American
studies. The theme is "Rethinking African-American Studies: Archival
Research in the Digital Age."
SPONSORS:
Ford Foundation
CONTACT:
Scot French, assistant director, Carter Woodson Institute, (804)
924-8889
JUNE
14-JULY 23 - ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD SCHOOL AT MONTICELLO
LOCATION:
Monticello
PARTICIPANTS:
15 graduate or undergraduate students
PURPOSE:
Students learn the fundamentals of modern, multi-disciplinary excavation
techniques of historical archaeology, their methodological motivation,
and the substantive issues in early Virginia social history by archaeological
evidence.
SPONSORS:
Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Derry Voysey, (804) 984-9864
JUNE
14-AUG. 13 - SUMMER FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE
LOCATION:
Around Grounds
PARTICIPANTS:
About 140 business representatives, students and others
PURPOSE:
Intensive, total-immersion study of French, German, Spanish, Italian,
Russian, Latin, and Tibetan
SPONSORS:
Summer Session
CONTACT:
Barbro Kelley, director of Summer Foreign Language Institute,
(804) 924-3371
JUNE
19-22 - THE 1999 JEFFERSON SYMPOSIUM
LOCATION:
Around Grounds
PARTICIPANTS:
General public, teachers, historians
PURPOSE:
To explore in-depth Jefferson's profoundly influential period in
France and its lasting effects on his views, his life, and America
itself. Faculty will include noted experts from U.Va. and Monticello
as well as Annette Gordon-Reed, author of "Thomas Jefferson and
Sally Hemings: An American Controversy."
SPONSORS:
Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Tom Dowd, (804) 982-5252
JUNE
20-25 - SCIENCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND RADIATION
LOCATION:
Nuclear reactor facility
PARTICIPANTS:
Secondary school teachers
PURPOSE:
To learn about various forms of radiation present in the environment,
the nuclear fuel cycle, and the handling and decay of radioactive
materials generated from the use of nuclear energy.
SPONSORS:
Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, School of Engineering
and Applied Sciences, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
W. Reed Johnson, (804) 982-5440
JUNE
20-JULY 9 - MONTICELLO-STRATFORD HALL SUMMER SEMINAR FOR TEACHERS
LOCATION:
Seminar sessions will be held in the Jessie Ball duPont Memorial
Library at Stratford Hall, in the Rotunda at U.Va. and on the Monticello
grounds.
PARTICIPANTS:
30 elementary and secondary history and social studies teachers
from across the U.S. and from Department of Defense Dependent Schools
abroad
PURPOSE:
To study Virginia's political leadership during the American
Revolution and explore sites associated with the men who constituted
what historian Dumas Malone has called "the Great Generation."
SPONSORS:
Robert E. Lee Memorial Association, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation
and the University of Virginia
CONTACT:
Patsy Childs, Stratford Hall Plantation (804) 493-8572
JUNE
20-JULY 2 - YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP, FIRST SESSION FOR BEGINNING
WRITERS
JULY
4-23 - YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP, SECOND SESSION FOR MORE ADVANCED
WRITERS
LOCATION:
Classes held at different locations around Grounds
PARTICIPANTS:
200 students from across the U.S.
PURPOSE:
A residential program designed to develop the writing potential
of adolescents, the workshop allows participants to explore poetry,
playwriting, fiction and magazine journalism in a supportive environment
that encourages creativity.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education
CONTACT:
Margo Figgins, director, (804) 924-0766
JUNE
21-25 - 3rd ANNUAL SUMMER LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS
LOCATION:
Darden School
PARTICIPANTS:
Assistant principals
PURPOSE:
To develop the leadership skills of participants and
provide them with a series of specific activities and experiences
that address the unique needs and interests of assistant principals
and those who seek to become assistant principals.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education
CONTACT:
Hal Burbach, (804) 924-0737
JUNE
21-25 - SPORT PSYCHOLOGY FOR HIGH SCHOOL COACHES: PRACTICAL STRATEGIES
FOR ENHANCING ATHLETES' MOTIVATION AND PERFORMANCE
LOCATION:
Ruffner Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Coaches
PURPOSE:
Topics will include: understanding motivational goals and helping
athletes achieve them, enhancing self-esteem and self-confidence,
and preventing burnout in coaches and athletes. Sessions will include
presentations by U.Va. athletic coaches.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Maureen Weiss, (804) 924-7860
JUNE
21-JULY 16 - GUNSTON HALL FIELD SCHOOL IN HISTORICAL ARCHAEOLOGY
LOCATION:
Gunston Hall, southeastern Fairfax County
PARTICIPANTS:
Students in history, anthropology, archaeology, historic preservation,
landscaping, museum volunteers and staff, individuals interested
in pursuing archaeology as a career, school teachers in social students
and related subjects.
PURPOSE:
Participants will learn the basics of field survey, site excavation,
data recording, and artifact analysis and will be exposed to the
challenges of analysis of primary documents.
SPONSORS:
Gunston Hall Plantation, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Andrew Veech, field school director, (703) 550-9220; Roseann Parks,
director, Charlottesville Regional Center, (804) 982-5313
JUNE
21-AUG. 1 - GRADUATE JUDGES
LOCATION:
Law School
PARTICIPANTS:
Judges from around the U.S.
PURPOSE:
Designed to keep judges current on new issues in the law. A three-year
program, it leads to a Master of Laws in the Judicial Process.
SPONSORS:
State Justice Institute
CONTACT:
George Rutherglen, (804) 924-7015
JUNE
21-AUG 21 - SPLASH PROGRAM
LOCATION:
Speech-Language-Hearing Center, 2205 Fontaine Avenue, Suite 202
PARTICIPANTS:
Children who need intensive help in speech therapy
PURPOSE:
Provides individual and group therapy sessions to pre-schoolers
and children in early primary grades. Sessions are held from 9 to
11 a.m. on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.
SPONSORS:
Speech-Language-Hearing Center
CONTACT:
Pat Ledbetter, clinical supervisor, Clinical Disorders Programs,
(804) 924-7107
JUNE
24-26 - WORDS YOUR WAY: A STATE AND NATIONAL LOOK AT WORD STUDY
LOCATION:
Zehmer Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Teachers interested in word knowledge development
PURPOSE:
A joint effort with the University of Nevada at Reno. Both universities
will have local activities and share speakers across the country
via interactive technology. Authors of "Words Their Way" will share
their current perspectives on word study as a means to the study
of phonology, phonemic awareness and explicit phonics.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Mary Abouzeid, (804) 924-0750
JUNE
25-JUNE 29 - RETHINKING U.S. HISTORY 1880-1999
LOCATION:
Around Grounds
PARTICIPANTS:
Teachers of U.S. history and related disciplines.
PURPOSE:
Rethinking of recent American history as a result of new research
and information on a wide range of subjects, including the cold
war, civil rights, multiculturealism and labor.
SPONSORS:
Continuing Education, Corcoran Department of History
CONTACT:
Marilyn Roselius, (804) 982-5276
JUNE
26-JULY 17 - LEADERSHIP EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM
LOCATION:
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
PARTICIPANTS:
30 gifted minority high school students
PURPOSE:
To encourage business careers
SPONSORS:
More than 100 companies, including Philip Morris U.S.A.
CONTACT:
Barbara Millar, co-director of LEAD, (804) 924-4822, Elaine Ruggieri,
director of public relations, (804) 924-3220, or Elizabeth Powell,
co-director of LEAD (804) 982-2730
JUNE
27-JULY 9 - SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM - SESSION I
JULY
11-23 - SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM - SESSION II
JULY
25-AUG. 6 - SUMMER ENRICHMENT PROGRAM - SESSION III
LOCATION:
Classes at St. Anne's Middle School
PARTICIPANTS:
Gifted students rising in grades 5-11
PURPOSE:
Enrichment classes for gifted and talented students in grades
5-11
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education
CONTACT:
Darci Lieb, director, (804) 924-3182
JUNE
27-29 - SOCIETY FOR BEHAVIORAL NEUROENDOCRINOLOGY ANNUAL MEETING
LOCATION:
McLeod Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
300 society members
PURPOSE:
To bring together members for presentations of new research in the
field
SPONSORS:
Biology department
CONTACT:
Emilie Rissman, (804) 982-5611
JULY
5-9 - MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS - SESSION I
JULY
12-16 - MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS - SESSION II
LOCATION:
Olsson Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Teachers
PURPOSE:
Prepare teachers to deal with the increasingly multicultural
educational milieu by increasing their knowledge of cultural differences,
enhancing multicultural classroom effectiveness, and modifying existing
curricula to include different cultural perspectives.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Bob Covert, (804) 924-0833
JULY
5-9 - ANNUAL SUMMER SESSION SEMINAR FOR DIVISION SUPERINTENDENTS
LOCATION:
Ruffner Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
School superintendents
PURPOSE:
To develop an understanding of the complex role of superintendents
in leading and managing school divisions. The course will focus
on policy issues, the superintendent and school board relationship,
school design, finance, law and the politics of education.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Al Butler, (804) 924-0862
JULY
6-7 - THIRD ANNUAL POLICY INSTITUTE ON EDUCATION IN THE COMMONWEALTH
IN THE NEW MILLENNIUM
LOCATION:
Newcomb Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Pre-through-post-secondary teachers, members of the General Assembly,
community leaders, parents, technology leaders and business leaders
PURPOSE:
To reflect on what has been accomplished in meeting the goals of
the education summit convened by George Bush at U.Va. in 1989.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Carol Camp Yeakey, (804) 924-3264
JULY
6-AUG. 9 - UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA VISITING MEDICAL STUDENTS
LOCATION:
Health Sciences Center and around Grounds
PARTICIPANTS:
About 20 advanced medical students from the University of Valencia,
Spain
PURPOSE:
An annual program to enable Spanish medical students to learn about
U.S.-style medicine and medical education and to learn medical English.
Visiting students take classes and work with U.Va. doctors and medical
students.
SPONSORS:
U.Va. Hispanic Studies Program, Dept. of Surgery
CONTACT:
Renee Gutierrez-Parker, (804) 924-7155, Cliff Roberson, (804) 924-7155
JULY
8-9 - DESIGNING THE NEXT GENERATION OF AMERICA'S SCHOOLS: CASE STUDIES
IN CREATIVITY
LOCATION:
Boar's Head Inn, Charlottesville, Va.
PARTICIPANTS:
Designers, educators
PURPOSE:
To reflect on critical design, finance and renovation issues concerning
schools for the 21st century.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Dan Duke, (804) 982-2866
JULY
12-16 - LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE FOR PRINCIPALS
LOCATION:
Darden School
PARTICIPANTS:
School principals
PURPOSE:
To develop methods and strategies for dealing with the complex issues
found in today's school environment.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Brenda Tanner, (804) 942-0965
JULY
12-29 - BEST PRACTICES FOR HIGH-RISK KIDS
LOCATION:
Ruffner Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Preschool and primary-grade teachers in regular and special education
and program or school administrators interested in instruction and
socialization issues for high-risk children
PURPOSE:
To emphasize practical classroom applications for addressing the
special needs of 4-7 year-olds likely to experience social and academic
failure.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Winx Lawrence, (804) 924-7034
JULY
12-AUG 6 - RARE BOOKS SCHOOL
LOCATION:
Around Grounds
PARTICIPANTS:
Librarians, book collectors, book historians, book lovers
PURPOSE:
In-depth courses by experts on all aspects of books and book history,
from book production to book collecting, including a look at the
electronic future. Includes early evening public lectures on related
topics.
SPONSORS:
Book Arts Press, Alderman Library
CONTACT:
Terry Belanger, (804) 924-8851
JULY
14-16 - TECHNOLOGY IN THE SOCIAL STUDIES CLASSROOM
LOCATION:
Wilson Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Thirty high school teachers and college faculty from around the
U.S. PURPOSE: To demonstrate academic uses for technology
in social studies classes.
SPONSORS:
National Council of Social Studies
CONTACT:
Cliff Bennett, (804) 924-0841
JULY
15-18 - INSTITUTE ON HEARING CONSERVATION AND AUDIOMETRY
LOCATION:
Speech and Hearing Center, 2205 Fontaine Ave.
PARTICIPANTS:
School health personnel, classroom teachers, special education administrators
PURPOSE:
Identification and intervention services for school children with
hearing loss are mandated by state and federal law. The goal of
effective implementation of these services is to minimize the educational
effects of hearing loss in school children.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Robert Novak, institute director, (804) 982-2323
JULY
19-30 - MANAGING CRITICAL RESOURCES
LOCATION:
Darden Graduate School of Business Administration
PARTICIPANTS:
Business executives
PURPOSE:
To provide supervisors with techniques to manage human, financial,
physical and market resources
SPONSORS:
Darden Executive Education
CONTACT:
Lou Centini, director of executive education; Stephanie Marshall,
(804) 924-3000
JULY
20-21 - 1999 INSTITUTE FOR SCHOOL LEADERS, INTERVENTION, PREVENTION,
AND REMEDIATION: ALTERNATIVES TO SCHOOL FAILURE
LOCATION:
Omni Hotel, Charlottesville, Va.
PARTICIPANTS:
School leaders
PURPOSE:
To explore strategies to help students master higher standards to
reduce failure rates. National experts will present research updates,
successful program models and interactive planning workshops.
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Martha Ann Toms, Institute Assistant (804) 582-5107; Nancy Iverson,
Institute Director, (804) 582-5110
JULY
26-31 - 4TH ANNUAL SUMMER INSTITUTE FOR EDUCATORS ON DEALING EFFECTIVELY
WITH ACADEMIC DIVERSITY IN HETEROGENEOUS CLASSROOMS
LOCATION:
Ruffner Hall
PARTICIPANTS:
Classroom teachers and administrators
PURPOSE:
Prepare classroom teachers and administrators to establish classrooms
responsive to the readiness levels, interests and learning profiles
of students in heterogeneous settings
SPONSORS:
Curry School of Education, Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Betty Brown (804) 924-7161
JULY
28 - 30 - WORKSHOP ON ATOMIC SCALE MANUFACTURING
LOCATION:
Omni Hotel, Charlottesville
PARTICIPANTS:
Approximately 75 faculty and industrial leaders with particular
interest in thick and thin film manufacturing via physical vapor
deposition, electrochemical deposition, and chemical vapor deposition
PURPOSE:
To lay out a roadmap for research which will enable the creation
of enhanced engineering materials built from the atomic scale on
up. This meeting supports the University of Virginia's application
to the National Science Foundation for an Engineering Research Center
SPONSORS:
School of Engineering and Applied Science & The Virginia Center
for Innovative Technology
CONTACT:
James Groves, (804) 924-6140
AUG.
8-11 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CONFERENCE
LOCATION:
University of Virginia (various locations)
PARTICIPANTS:
800 local officials from throughout Virginia
PURPOSE:
To improve the knowledge and skills of locally elected constitutional
officers and members of local governing bodies. Lt. Gov. John Hager
will speak on Sunday at the Culbreth Theater.
SPONSORS:
Commissioners of the Revenue Association of Virginia, Treasurers'
Association of Virginia, Virginia Court Clerk's Association, Virginia
State Sheriffs' Association, Virginia Association of Counties, Weldon
Cooper Center for Public Service, Voter Registrar's Association
of Virginia, Virginia Planning District Commissions and the Virginia
Municipal League
CONTACT:
Al Spengler, (804) 982-5518; Jennifer Riley, (804) 924-5754
AUG.
15-21 - NEW PERSPECTIVES ON THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR
LOCATION:
Trinity College, Oxford, England
PARTICIPANTS:
Adult learners reflecting a wide range of ages and educational
backgrounds
PURPOSE:
Leading American and British military and social historians will
share insights on strategy, military leadership, the home front,
the black experience during the war, and England's role in the conflict.
SPONSORS:
Continuing Education
CONTACT:
Tom Dowd, (804) 982-5252
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