1996 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 contacts or University News Services at (804) 924-7116. MAY 23-JUNE 28 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 2-AUG. 9 RESEARCH EXPERIENCE IN CHEMISTRY FOR UNDERGRADUATES LOCATION: Chemistry Building PARTICIPANTS: 15 students (12 undergraduates from other 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 CONTACTS: Shirley Fuller, (804) 924-6842 JUNE 3-JULY 12 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 3-6 THOMAS JEFFERSON & JAMES MADISON: A CORDIAL AND AFFECTIONATE FRIENDSHIP LOCATION: U.Va.'s Rotunda, Monticello, Montpelier and Kenwood PARTICIPANTS: 45 adult learners reflecting a wide range of ages and educational backgrounds PURPOSE: The symposium is designed to examine the relationship between Thomas Jefferson and James Madison and the impact their friendship had on friends, families, rivals and the development of a new nation. SPONSORS: Division of Continuing Education CONTACTS: Tom Dowd, (804) 982-5394 JUNE 3-7 CREATING THE FUTURE: THE CHALLENGE OF TRANSFORMATIONAL 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 3-21 ReACT PROGRAM LOCATION: Speech-Language-Hearing Center, 2205 Fontaine Ave., 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 other assistive devices. SPONSORS: Speech-Language-Hearing Center CONTACTS: Robert E. Novak, center director, (804) 924-7107 JUNE 8-11 VIRGINIA ARCHITECTURE OF THE 18TH AND 19TH CENTURIES LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: 35 adult learners reflecting a wide range of ages and educational backgrounds PURPOSE: To examine the history and traditions of American architecture in Virginia's public and private buildings SPONSORS: Division of Continuing Education CONTACTS: Janice Morris, program director, (804) 982-5252 JUNE 9-JULY 10 THE RALPH BUNCHE SUMMER INSTITUTE LOCATION: Cabell Hall and Pavilion V PARTICIPANTS: 10 African-American college juniors from around the country PURPOSE: To persuade bright African-American political science students to consider earning doctorates in the field, rather than seeing political science merely as a prelude to law school SPONSORS: American Political Science Association, National Science Foundation, William S. Paley Foundation, U.Va. President's office, Government department CONTACTS: Steven Finkel, director, (804) 924-6994; Veronica Jarek-Prinz, (804) 924-3500 JUNE 16-20 EARTH, WIND, RAIN AND FIRE: THE CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT (16TH SUMMER ON THE LAWN) LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: 60 adult learners reflecting a wide range of ages and educational backgrounds PURPOSE: The program will focus on a wide range of issues, including environmental conflict resolution, the effects of global atmospheric change, the impact of the American frontier on attitudes toward nature and the quest for a sustainable environmental future. SPONSORS: Division of Continuing Education, College of Arts & Sciences and the Alumni Association CONTACTS: John Redick, program specialist, (804) 982-5252 JUNE 16-21 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 JUNE 16-28 "MAKING HISTORY" WEB WORKSHOP LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: About 30 high school and college teachers from around the country PURPOSE: To learn to build an electronic history site on the World Wide Web, using U.Va.'s model resources and expertise SPONSORS: History department, Electronic Text Center and Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities CONTACT: Anne Rubin, (804) 924-7834 JUNE 17-18 SOCRATIC QUESTIONING: THE SEMINAR APPROACH LOCATION: Courtyard by Marriott, Rt. 29 North PARTICIPANTS: Teachers PURPOSE: Designed to implement a strategy of teachers raising probing and penetrating questions that prompt student reflection, thought and discussion of views which must be supported with textual proof SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: R. Lynn Canady, professor of education, (804) 924-0861 JUNE 9-AUG 7 SUMMER FOREIGN LANGUAGE INSTITUTE LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: About 75 business persons, students 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: Summer Session CONTACTS: Virginia R. Mosser, institute director, (804) 924-3371 JUNE 10-JULY 11 ARCHAEOLOGY FIELD METHODS COURSE LOCATION: Louisa County PARTICIPANTS: 10-20 students living and working in camp PURPOSE: To learn about 18th-century history SPONSORS: Department of Anthropology CONTACTS: Alison Bell or Jeffrey Hantman, (804) 924-7044 JUNE 17-AUG. 2 SPLASH PROGRAM LOCATION: Speech-Language-Hearing Center, 2205 Fontaine Ave., Suite 202 PARTICIPANTS: Children who need intensive help in speech therapy PURPOSE: The Summer Program Language and Speech Help 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 CONTACTS: Pat Ledbetter, clinical supervisor, clinical disorders program, (804) 924-7107 JUNE 19-28 SUMMER ECONOMICS INSTITUTE LOCATION: Clark Hall, Room 137 PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 40 elementary and secondary teachers from Virginia and other states 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: Alicia Diaz Matthews or Jerry R. Moore, director, the Center for Economic Education (804) 924-3738 JUNE 23-25 FIRST VIRGINIA MINORITY HEALTH CONFERENCE LOCATION: Omni Hotel, U.Va. School of Nursing PARTICIPANTS: Statewide healthcare professionals, community volunteers who work to improve minority health and interested citizens PURPOSE: To address health concerns of Blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and Asian/Pacific Islanders in Virginia. The participants will be presented model programs which they can replicate in their communities. SPONSORS: U.Va. Health Sciences Center and Virginia Office of Minority Health in cooperation with the Office of Continuing Education CONTACTS: Mary Miller, (804) 924-8394 JUNE 23-28 SCIENCE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY AND RADIATION LOCATION: Nuclear Reactor Facility and the Grounds PARTICIPANTS: Approximately 34 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, Newport News Shipbuilding Co., TRW, Framatome Technologies and the American Nuclear Society CONTACTS: W. Reed Johnson, (804) 982-5440 JUNE 23-JULY 12 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 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 24-AUG. 2 GRADUATE PROGRAM FOR JUDGES LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: About 31 federal and state court judges from throughout the country PURPOSE: Graduate legal education for judges SPONSORS: School of Law CONTACTS: Joyce Holt, (804) 924-4787 JUNE 23-JULY 20 LEADERSHIP EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: 30 gifted minority students PURPOSE: To encourage business careers SPONSORS: More than 100 companies, including Philip Morris U.S.A., 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 JUNE 23-JULY 5 YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP, First Session for Beginning Writers JULY 7-JULY 26 YOUNG WRITERS WORKSHOP, Second Session for More Advanced Writers LOCATION: Classes held in Cabell Hall 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 song writing, poetry, playwriting, fiction and magazine journalism in a supportive environment that encourages creativity. SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Margo Figgins, (804) 924-0836 or 924-0766 JUNE 26-28 23RD ANNUAL ARTS AND SCIENCES SPORTS MEDICINE CONFERENCE LOCATION: Days Hotel, 1901 Emmet St., Charlottesville PARTICIPANTS: Coaches, physical therapists, trainers and physicians PURPOSE: Prevention and treatment of athletic injuries, rehabilitation and training methods and factors affecting human performance with distinguished faculty, physicians, scientists and educators SPONSORS: Departments of orthopedic surgery, cell biology, athletics and health and physical education CONTACTS: Joe Gieck, (804) 982-5450 JUNE 28-JULY 2 U.S. HISTORY, CULTURE AND POLITICS, 1945-2000 LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: Historians PURPOSE: To discuss major events, movements and policies that have shaped United States history for the past 50 years and will influence the nation in the 21st century. Among topics to be discussed: the Civil Rights Movement, the Women's Movement, the Cold War and the Vietnam War. SPONSORS: Division of Continuing Education CONTACTS: Marilyn Maughan, global studies program, (804) 982-5276 JUNE 29 INTERFAITH VISION OF PEACE PROGRAM LOCATION: Cabell Hall Auditorium PARTICIPANTS: Public PURPOSE: Part of three-day Integral Yoga-sponsored program in honor of spiritual leader Sri Swami Satchidananda SPONSORS: U.Va. Naturopathic Society and Yogaville CONTACTS: Satchidananda Ashram, Yogaville, (804) 969-3121 JULY 7-13 MITE PROGRAM (MINORITY INTRODUCTION TO ENGINEERING PROGRAM) LOCATION: Thornton Hall PARTICIPANTS: High school juniors and seniors from around the U.S. PURPOSE: To introduce minority students in what engineering is and occupations in the various fields of engineering. The students will take classes as well as tours of U.Va. and local engineering companies. SPONSORS: Engineering school, Office of Minority Programs CONTACTS: Ron Price, (804) 924-0604 JULY 8-12 COOPERATIVE LEARNING INSTITUTE LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Monticello, 5th Street Exit off I-64 PARTICIPANTS: Teachers PURPOSE: The institute will teach cooperative learning strategies for all types of students. Instructors will present a strategy and then model it by using the participants as students. SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Melissa Salva, (804) 924-3335, or R. Lynn Canady, (804) 924-0861 JULY 8-12 SUPERINTENDENTS LEADERSHIP SEMINAR LOCATION: Sponsors Hall, Darden School PARTICIPANTS: 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 8-12 MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE, PART I JULY 15-19 MULTICULTURAL INSTITUTE, PART II LOCATION: Thornton Hall PARTICIPANTS: Elementary and secondary school teachers and administrators PURPOSE: This institute is designed to address critical questions and issues related to multicultural education and will include presentations by the staff facilitators, panel discussions and small group activities. SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Melissa Salva, (804) 924-3335 JULY 15-AUG 9 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 14-19 ADVANCED COMMERCIAL LENDING LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: 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 14-19 SALES MANAGEMENT AND MARKETING STRATEGY LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: Line and staff managers with direct responsibility for a firm's selling efforts and support services PURPOSE: To improve the performance of sales in their role of marketing strategy and influencing the behavior of sales people SPONSORS: Darden Executive Education CONTACTS: Lou Centini, director of executive education, Sandra Feagan, (804) 924-3000 JULY 15-19 IMPLEMENTING THE STANDARDS OF LEARNING IN YOUR SCHOOL SETTING LOCATION: U.Va.'s Chemical Engineering Research Building PARTICIPANTS: School administrators PURPOSE: This institute is designed to help school leaders plan for successful implementation of the Virginia Standards of Learning in English, history, mathematics, science and technology. SPONSORS: U.Va. Division of Continuing Education CONTACTS: Nancy Iverson, director, Lynchburg center, 1-800-871-8265 JULY 21-26 SOAR (Stretch Out and Reach for a New Career in Education) LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: 120 teachers from across the state of Virginia currently teaching children with disabilities as well as teachers in the Virginia Department of Corrections Education PURPOSE: Part of a two-year project to retrain teachers to work with children with disabilities SPONSORS: Division of Continuing Education in cooperation with the Virginia Department of Education CONTACTS: Rachel Fowlkes, (540) 628-6327 JULY 21-27 JEFFERSON STUDIES LOCATION: The Lawn and Monticello PARTICIPANTS: 30 secondary school teachers from New York and Milwaukee PURPOSE: To stimulate secondary school teachers and provide ideas they can implement to bring alive history in the classroom SPONSORS: Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and the International Center for Jefferson Studies at Monticello CONTACTS: Douglas Wilson, Monticello, (804) 984-9863; Lesley Herrmann, Gilder Lehrman Institute, (212) 289-2337 JULY 21-28 WORKING EFFECTIVELY WITH ACADEMIC DIVERSITY IN THE HETEROGENEOUS CLASSROOM LOCATION: Curry School of Education PARTICIPANTS: Teachers PURPOSE: This course is designed to help teachers develop a basic understanding of principles and strategies for differentiating content, process and products of mixed-ability classrooms in order to address the varied readiness, interest and learning needs of a variety of learners SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Melissa Salva, (804) 924-3335 JULY 21-AUG. 2 SENIOR EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE LOCATION: Sponsors Hall, Darden School PARTICIPANTS: About 50 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 JULY 22-25 EASTERN CHEERLEADERS SUMMER CAMP, Session I AUG. 8-11 EASTERN CHEERLEADERS SUMMER CAMP, Session II LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: Junior high and high school cheerleaders PURPOSE: Instruction in cheers, sidelines, chants, dances and band dances. Instruction in partner stunts and pyramids, jumps and various cheer-related workshops. Safety is stressed. SPONSORS: Eastern Cheerleaders Association CONTACTS: Kim Wall, (804) 636-2000 JULY 22-25 EASTERN DANCE ASSOCIATION SUMMER CAMP, Session I AUG. 8-11 EASTERN DANCE ASSOCIATION SUMMER CAMP, Session II LOCATION: Around Grounds PARTICIPANTS: Junior high and high school students PURPOSE: To learn various dance routines: jazz/funk, pom, prop/novelty, high kick, squad routines, techniques and various dance-related workshops. SPONSORS: Eastern Dance Association CONTACTS: Kim Wall, (804) 636-2000 JULY 22-26 TEACHING STRATEGIES THAT PROMOTE STUDENT ENGAGEMENT AND PARTICIPATION LOCATION: Holiday Inn, Monticello, I-64 and 5th Street PARTICIPANTS: Teachers PURPOSE: To assist teachers, especially those who are working in schools with block schedules resulting in long class periods, with interactive strategies requiring a high level of student participation, involvement and research SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: R. Lynn Canady, professor of education, (804) 924-0861 JULY 22-AUG. 2 MANAGING CRITICAL RESOURCES LOCATION: Darden Graduate School of Business Administration PARTICIPANTS: Business executives PURPOSE: To provide supervisors with techniques to manage human, financial, physical market resources SPONSORS: Darden Executive Education CONTACTS: Lou Centini, director of executive education; Sandra Feagan, (804) 924-3000 JULY 29-AUG. 2 PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS FOR THE CONTEMPORARY COACH: SCIENTIFIC ADVANCES LOCATION: Memorial Gymnasium, Ruffner Hall, McCue Center PARTICIPANTS: High school coaches PURPOSE: Designed to build effective coach-athlete communication, the sessions will explore such topics as training for optimal strength and endurance and preventing athletic injuries. SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACT: Roberta Lamb, (804) 924-6207 JULY 31-AUG. 2 SUMMER EXECUTIVE INSTITUTE ALUMNI PROGRAM LOCATION: Boar's Head Inn PARTICIPANTS: About 50 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 AUG. 5-10 INTRODUCTION TO ATHLETIC TRAINING LOCATION: Memorial Gymnasium PARTICIPANTS: 16 Japanese students PURPOSE: Held in English, with translation for the Japanese students, the conference will explore the role of athletic trainer within a sports medicine team. Topics will include conditioning of athletes and prevention and care of athletic injuries. SPONSORS: Curry School of Education CONTACTS: Roberta Lamb, (804) 924-6207 AUG 11-13 LOCAL GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS CONFERENCE -- 45TH 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 Va., Treasurers' Association of Va., Va. Court Clerk's Association, Va. State Sheriffs' Association, Va. Association of Counties, and Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service, Voter Registrar's Association of Va., Va. Planning District Commissions and the Va. Municipal League CONTACTS: Al Spengler, (804) 982-5518