1995 SUMMER CALENDAR OF EVENTS UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA NEWS SERVICES Following is a calendar of selected U.Va. summer programs that may be of interest to news media. Although many of them aren't open to the general public, reporters may arrange to attend and cover. For additional information or to arrange coverage, please call the listed contact or University News Services at (804) 924-7116. MAY 25-JUNE 30 THE MCINTIRE BUSINESS INSTITUTE LOCATION: McIntire School of Commerce, Monroe Hall PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 70 recent 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 Foundation CONTACTS: Neil Snyder, director of the McIntire Business Institute, (804) 924-3218 JUNE 5-JULY 14 THE EXECUTIVE BUSINESS PROGRAM LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 100 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 CONTACTS: Lou Centini, director of executive education; Sandra Feagan, (804) 924-3000 JUNE 5-9 CREATING THE FUTURE: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANFORMATIONAL LEADERSHIP LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: Senior-level business executives PURPOSE: The seminar challenges executives to think in new ways about the future of their businesses and provides fresh perspectives on leadership strategies for competing effectively in a changing world SPONSORS: Darden Executive Education CONTACTS: Lou Centini, director of executive education; Sandra Feagan, (804) 924-3000 JUNE 11-16 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 and American Institute of Certified Public Accountants CONTACTS: Robert Kemp, professor of commerce, (804) 924-3482 1995 SUMMER CALENDAR OF EVENTS -- Page 2 JUNE 11-AUG 9 SUMMER FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: About 75 business persons and others PURPOSE: Intensive, total-immersion study of French, German, Spanish, Italian and Russian; one of the few such programs on the East Coast SPONSORS: College of Arts and Sciences CONTACTS: Virginia Mosser, institute director, (804) 924-3371 JUNE 12-JULY 21 ARCHAEOLOGICAL FIELD STUDY OF MONACAN INDIAN SITE LOCATION: James River, Wingina, Nelson County PARTICIPANTS: 10-20 students living and working in camp PURPOSE: To excavate archaeological site of Monacan Indian village from about 900 A.D. possibly up to 1600; students will also learn about Native American history SPONSORS: Department of Anthropology CONTACTS: Martin Gallivan or Jeffrey Hantman, (804) 924-7044 JUNE 13-JULY 11 & JULY 13-AUG 10 ARCHAEOLOGICAL STUDY OF VENABLE LANE LOCATION: Venable Lane site, owned by U.Va., of former Foster family property, across the street from New Cabell Hall, off Jefferson Park Avenue PARTICIPANTS Up to 20 students; also open to volunteers PURPOSE: Using archaeological field methods and archival research, students will try to fill in the picture of not only three generations of a free African-American family and where descendants might have gone, but also cultural and historical issues relating to African- Americans and women in the 19th-century South SPONSORS: Department of Anthropology and Carter G. Woodson Center for African and African- American Studies CONTACTS: M. Drake Patten, (804) 971-9902, or (804) 982-2611 when course begins JUNE 15-JULY 30 EDUCATORS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: 10 K-12 teachers PURPOSE: The program will provide staff development activities to help teachers make curriculum more relevant to the business workplace SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Brenda Boyd, (804) 982-2656 JUNE 19-30 SUMMER ECONOMICS INSTITUTE LOCATION: NationsBank Room, McIntire School of Commerce PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 40 elementary and secondary teachers from across the state PURPOSE: To study economic concepts and their application in elementary and secondary schools SPONSORS: The National Academy for Economic Education, the Center for Entrepreneurial Studies at the McIntire School of Commerce, the Center for Economics Education in the Curry School of Education and the economics department in the College of Arts and Sciences CONTACTS: Jan Stennette and James Huneycutt, associate directors, or Jerry R. Moore, director, the Center for Economic Education (804) 924-0837 1995 SUMMER CALENDAR OF EVENTS -- Page 3 JUNE 19-JULY 7 SOFTWARE APPLICATIONS IN EDUCATION LOCATION: Gilmer Hall - Room 109 PARTICIPANTS: 40 upper level undergraduate education students PURPOSE: The course will delve into the uses of computers and software in education and will cover electronic communication, spreadsheets, databases, graphics, desktop publishing and computerized presentations SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Ken Potter, educational studies department, (804) 924-7471 JUNE 25-30 SCIENCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND RADIATION LOCATION: Nuclear Reactor Facility and the Grounds PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 30 middle and high school teachers PURPOSE: Teachers learn how a nuclear power plant works, what forms of radiation are present in the environment, and how radioactive waste is disposed of SPONSORS: School of Engineering and Applied Science, the Division of Continuing Education, Virginia Power CONTACTS: W. Reed Johnson, (804) 982-5440 JUNE 25-JULY 14 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 UVa. and on the Monticello grounds PARTICIPANTS: 30 elementary and secondary history and social studies teachers from across the United States and from Department of Defense Dependent Schools abroad PURPOSE: The seminar will study Virginia's political leadership in the era of the American Revolution and will 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 CONTACTS: Douglas L. Wilson at Monticello (804) 984-9863 JUNE 26-30 MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS I, Section 1 JULY 10-14 MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS I, Section 2 JULY 17-21 MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE FOR TEACHERS II LOCATION: Thornton Hall PARTICIPANTS: 115 elementary and secondary school teachers and adminstrators PURPOSE: The institute is designed to address critical questions and issues related to multicultural education such as: How can teachers analyze the curriculum to determine its multicultural content? How can teachers and administrators develop skills in incorporating multicultural content in their daily activities? SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Vincent C. Cibbarelli, associate professor of education, (804) 924-0862 JUNE 25-JULY 23 LEADERSHIP EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Adminstration PARTICIPANTS: 30 minority gifted students PURPOSE: To encourage business careers SPONSORS: More than 100 companies, including Philip Morris in Virginia, sponsor the national LEAD program CONTACTS: Barbara Millar, director of student affairs, (804) 924-4822, or Elaine Ruggieri, director of public relations, (804) 924-3220 1995 SUMMER CALENDAR OF EVENTS -- Page 4 JUNE 25-JULY 7 YOUNG WRITERS I JULY 9-JULY 28 YOUNG WRITERS II LOCATION: Classes held in Cabell Hall, students live in Watson dormitory PARTICIPANTS: 200 students from across the U.S. PURPOSE: To provide an intensive writing seminar where school-age writers from across the country can come together and share ideas SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Margo Figgins (804) 924-0744 JULY 3-7 LEARNING STYLES: INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES FOR DIVERSE LEARNERS LOCATIONS: Richmond Center, Roanoke Center of Division of Continuing Education PARTICIPANTS: Classroom teachers of all age groups PURPOSE: This program will help teachers identify various learning styles and develop strategiesto assist students SPONSORS: Richmond Center, Roanoke Center CONTACTS: U.Va. Roanoke Center (800) 792-3683 JULY 7-8, 14-15, 21-22 AUDIOMETRY AND HEARING CONSERVATION LOCATION: TBA PARTICIPANTS: 20 public school personnel invovled in performing hearing-screening and follow-up procedures for school personnel. The course is for non-audiologists and non-speech pathologists (nurses, teachers, etc.) who are assuming responsibility for school hearing- screening, follow-up, and hearing-conservation programs. SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Robert E. Novak, (804) 924-7107 JULY 10-14 COOPERATIVE LEARNING INSTITUTE LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Monticello I-64 & 5th Street PARTICIPANTS: 30 K-12 teachers and administrators PURPOSE: The institute emphasizes strategies that can be used to improve relations with all students and to motivate "at-risk" students. SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: R. Lynn Canady, professor of education, (804) 924-0861 JULY 10-14 COMPUTER INSTRUCTION FOR MATH, SCIENCE AND STATISTICS LOCATION: Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon PARTICIPANTS: Classroom teachers for K-12 PURPOSE: This course will update participants on recent advancements in computer technology as they relate to math, science and technology SPONSORS: U.Va. Southwest Center CONTACTS: U.Va. Southwest Center (800) 792-3683 JULY 10-14, 17-21 VOICE DISORDERS -- IN-SERVICE INSTITUTE LOCATION: TBA PARTICIPANTS: 10 K-12 educators PURPOSE: The institute will provide discussion and clinical study of voice disorders: their pathology, evaluation and treatment SPONSORS: Curry School of Education in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Education CONTACTS: Randall Robey, assistant professor of education, (804) 924-6351 1995 SUMMER CALENDAR OF EVENTS -- Page 5 JULY 10-14, 24-28 THE LEADER WITHIN: DEVELOPING NEW LEADERSHIP PARADIGMS IN THE ERA OF SCHOOL RESTRUCTURING LOCATION: Zehmer Hall, Charlottesville; Hampton Roads Center, Virginia Beach PARTICIPANTS: Principals, assistant principals and others interested in taking a leadership role in the schools PURPOSE: To assist school personnel in becoming better managers of the educational process SPONSORS: Charlottesville Regional Programs, Hampton Roads Center CONTACTS: Charlottesville Regional Programs, (804) 982-5313 Hampton Roads Center, (804) 552-1890 JULY 10-AUG 12 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 collection, including a look at the electronic future SPONSORS: Book Arts Press, Alderman Library CONTACTS: Terry Belanger, (804) 924-8851 JULY 11-14 PROGRAM FOR EMERGING POLITICAL LEADERS LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: 30 state legislators, just beginning their careers in public service, who have demonstrated the skills and aptitude to attain positions of greater responsibility PURPOSE: Darden Executive Education CONTACTS: Lou Centini, director of executive education; Sandra Feagan, (804) 924-3000 JULY 14-15 PUTTING CREATIVITY BACK IN EDUCATION LOCATION: UVa. Ruffner Hall Auditorium PARTICIPANTS: 150 K-12 educators PURPOSE: The institute will focus on how to overcome inhibitions to ask questions that unleash creativity in everyday problem-solving and in education. SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Charles "Chic" Thompson, (804) 982-2656 JULY 16-21 ADVANCED COMMERCIAL LENDING LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: 25 bank officers with at least five years banking experience PURPOSE: To increase understanding of complex, long-term lending decisions, leveraged buy-outs and inflation problems SPONSORS: Darden Executive Education CONTACTS: Lou Centini, director of executive education, Sandra Feagan, (804) 924-3000 JULY 16-28 SENIOR EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE LOCATION: Wintergreen Resort PARTICIPANTS: About 45 senior local government managers PURPOSE: An intensive executive development program for senior local government managers from across the country SPONSORS: Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service CONTACTS: Melanie Gillies, (804) 982-5512 1995 SUMMER CALENDAR OF EVENTS -- Page 6 JULY 17-21 SUPERINTENDENTS LEADERSHIP SEMINAR LOCATION: Sponsors Hall, Darden School PARTICIPANTS: 25 school superintendents PURPOSE: Provides the opportunity for superintendents to delve into critical issues organized around the theme "Leading Change" SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Vincent C. Cibbarelli, associate professor of education, (804) 924-0862 JULY 17-21 TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE STUDENTS' ENGAGEMENT LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Monticello 1-64 & 5th Street PARTICIPANTS: 30 K-12 teachers and administrators PURPOSE: This is a workshop for teachers working in schools with block schedules. Sessions will demonstrate such strategies as cooperative learning, inquiry and inductive learning SPONSORS: Curry School of Education in conjunction with the Virginia Department of Education CONTACTS: Randall Tobey, assistant professor of education, (804) 924-6351 JULY 17-28 MANAGING CRITICAL RESOURCES LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 30 business executives PURPOSE: To provide supervisors with techniques to manage human, financial, physical and market resources SPONSORS: Darden Executive Education CONTACTS: Lou Centini, director of executive education; Sandra Feagan, (804) 924-3000 JULY 18-19 INTEGRATING AFRICAN-AMERICAN PERSPECTIVES INTO THE TEACHING OF U.S. HISTORY AND CULTURE LOCATION: Zehmer Hall PARTICIPANTS: Teachers PURPOSE: This program is designed to present the African-American experience as it relates to the teaching of U.S. history and culture SPONSORS: Charlottesville Regional Programs CONTACTS: Marilyn Maughan, global studies program for teachers, at (804) 982-5276; or Charlottesville Regional Programs at (804) 982-5313 JULY 31-AUG 4 RESTRUCTURING SCHOOLS: ASSESMENT AND ITS AUDIENCES AUG 1-5 LOCATION: Lynchburg Center; Roanoke Center, Division of Continuing Education PARTICIPANTS: Education teams PURPOSE: This program is designed to assist teams of faculty and administrators in developing new learning assessment techniques in light of changing state and national standards SPONSORS: Lynchburg Center and Roanoke Center CONTACTS: Lynchburg Center, (804) 947-6699, Roanoke Center, (703) 857-7922 AUG 3-7 DIVERSITY AND AMERICAN HUMOR LOCATION: Classes held in McIntire School of Commerce PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 50 college and secondary school educators PURPOSE: Participants will examine history and humor to shed light on the uniquely American experience through the decades SPONSORS: Division of Continuing Education CONTACTS: Marilyn Maughan, director, (804) 982-5252 1995 SUMMER CALENDAR OF EVENTS -- Page 7 AUG 2-5, 11-12 ARTICULATION DISORDERS, PHONETICS AND PHONOLOGY 18-19, 25-26 LOCATION: Southside Community College in Keysville PARTICPANTS: 8 instructor-selected applicants PURPOSE: The in-service institute will provide a lecture-discussion and clinical study of disorders of articulation and phonology SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Patricia Ledbetter, (804) 924-7107 AUG 7-9 TELECOMPUTING WITH VIRGINIA PEN LOCATION: Virginia Higher Education Center, Abingdon PARTICIPANTS: K-12 teachers PURPOSE: To help teachers become familiar with, and use the Virginia Public Education Network and the Internet SPONSORS: U.Va. Southwest Center and Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center CONTACTS: U.Va. Southwest Center, (800) 792-3683 AUG 13-15 LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CONFERENCE -- 43RD ANNUAL 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 SPONSORS: Commissioners of the Revenue Association of Virginia, Treasurers' Association of Virginia, Virginia Cour Clerk's Association, Virginia State Sheriffs' Association, Virginia Association of Counties, and Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service CONTACTS: Al Spengler, (804) 982-5518