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Spring foreign and independent film series
Student Life is sponsoring an Independent and
Foreign Film Series on Friday nights this spring. All films will
begin at 7 p.m. in Brookens Auditorium. Admission is free and the
public is welcome to attend. The next showing will be April 16 –
Dirty Pretty Things.
For more information or a schedule, contact the UIS Office of
Student Life at 206-6665.
UIS Theatre Production
HAY FEVER by Noel Coward and
directed by Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, will continue showing April
15th, April 16th, April 17th, and April 18th. All Show
Times are at 8:00pm; except the final performance on Sunday, which
will be at 2:00pm. Tickets are $10 General Admission; $6 UIS
Faculty/Staff; and $4 Current UIS Students w/I card. Purchase
tickets by calling the UIS Bursar's Office at 206-6738 or at the
studio theatre door, 1 hour prior to curtain time. All
performances will occur in the Studio Theatre. For more
information, contact Eric Thibodeaux-Thompson, Assistant Professor
and Director of Theatre, at 206-6613
UIS Women’s Center to
present “Images of Women in
Iran”
The Women’s Center will present the photographic exhibit
“Images of Women in
Iran” by Azita Ziaei
through Friday, April 16, in the MacDonald Lounge, located in
Brookens Library. For more information, call the center at
206-7173.
UIS participates in Earth Week
The Department of Environmental
Studies will host 2 events in observance of Earth Week that focus
on the theme “The Greening of Public Institutions.” At 7 p.m.
April 20, Kevin Greene, program manager of the Office of Pollution
Prevention, Illinois EPA, will speak on “Greening Public
Facilities.” At 7 p.m. April 21, Jack Barnette, environmental
scientist/indoor air specialist with the U.S. EPA Region 5, will
present “Indoor Air Quality in Green and Sustainable Buildings:
What You Need to Know to Get Started.” All events are free and
open to the public and will be held in Brookens Auditorium. For
more information contact Darlene Powell, Environmental Studies
graduate assistant, at 206-7874.
Fourth
Annual UIS Science Research Symposium to feature evolutionary
geneticist
Dr. Rob DeSalle, curator at the
American Museum of Natural History, New York, will present “The
Utility of Evolutionary Thinking in Making Sense of Biomolecules
and Biomaterials,” is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Fourth Annual
UIS Science Research Symposium, to be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Friday, April 23, in Brookens Auditorium. Undergraduate, graduate
students, and faculty in science programs at UIS and colleges will
give presentations on the 2nd floor of HSB. Awards
will be given for best student presentations. The entire
symposium is free and open to the public. For more information,
contact Nada Chang, associate professor of Biology, by phone at
206-7338 or by e-mail at
chang.nada@uis.edu.
Seminar
examines “Women in Islam”
The Muslim Student Association
will host a seminar on “Women in Islam” from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday,
April 17, in the LRH Great Room. The program is free and open to
the public. Speakers will be Layla Assem, whose topic will be
“Why Western Women are Choosing Islam,” and Aisha Sobh, who will
address “The Strength of the Feminine in Islam.” Following the
presentations and a question-and-answer session, dinner featuring
authentic Middle Eastern dishes will be served to all
participants. For more information, contact MSA president Fareed
Ismail at 206-1012.
UIS/LLCC event will observe
National Volunteer Week 2004
The Office of Student Volunteers
and Service Learning at UIS and the Community Volunteer Center at
LLCC will co-sponsor a Volunteer Recognition program from 4 to 6
p.m. Thursday, April 22, in the Atrium Lounge of UIS’ PAC. The
program is free; registration is requested but not required. For
more information, call Betty McLean at LLCC at 786-2289 or Karin
Cotterman at UIS at 206-7716. For more information about National
Volunteer Week (April18-24), go to
www.pointsoflight.org/NVW/nvw.cfm.
Dean Candidate Presentations
Two remaining candidates for Dean,
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences will make presentations at
open campus sessions as follow: Margot Duley - Monday, April
19 2:30 - 3:30 pm. in PAC Conference Room G
and Phyllis Baker -
Thursday, April 22 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in PAC Conference Room G.
Copies of their resumes will
be available at the open sessions.
For further information contact
Patti Brown
at Office of the Provost -
PAC 528,
206-6614
<dgill1@uis.edu>.
Ethics in the Workplace
Workshop
“Ethics in the Workplace” is a new
workshop that has been scheduled for June 14, from 1:00 p.m. to
3:00 p.m. in Conference Room C/D of PAC. This session will begin
with a discussion of a few typical ethical questions and continue
with an overview of the Ethics Program at the University of
Illinois. To sign up for the workshop, go to the Office
of Business and Management training website at
http://training.obfs.uillinois.edu.
If you would like additional information, please call or e-mail
Richard Traver, University Ethics Officer, 333-0903,
rtraver@uillinois.edu,
or Gloria Ring, University Ethics Administrator, 333-0902,
gring1@uillinois.edu.
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