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Gala to benefit
scholarships
SoirZe 2002: A Votre SantZ—Come Fly With Us, a gala to benefit
scholarships to CWRU medical school students, will take place
at 6:30 p.m. October 5 at Cleveland's Burke Lakefront Airport.
The event will begin with cocktails and hors d'oeuvres, followed
by dinner and dancing. Valet parking will be provided.
To learn more, call Barbara Nicol at 368-5515 or (800)315-4438
or e-mail bxn4.
KSLearn offers online
services
The KSLearn Teaching Initiative has a new Web-based interface
at http://kslearn.cwru.edu
that is designed to better meet scheduling and information needs
associated with the program.
In addition to information on class availability and tools to
register for a course or to cancel a registration, the new interface
features a waiting list function for classes that are filled and
an automated course evaluation process.
Book looks at 'art of caring'
In the Lost Art of Caring, published by Johns Hopkins
University Press, Robert H. Binstock and Leighton E. Cluff bring
together experts to address the importance of caring; the reasons
that it has eroded; and measures that can strengthen caring as
provided by health professionals, families, communities and society.
Binstock is a professor of aging, health and society at CWRU.
Cluff is with the Department of Veterans Affairs, VA Medical Center,
Gainesville, Fla.
Med hall of fame inducts
three
The Cleveland Medical Hall of Fame has inducted three CWRU School
of Medicine faculty members. Richard Hanson, professor of biochemistry;
Edward Mansour, professor of surgery; and the late Austin Weisberger,
formerly professor of medicine, were honored for their contributions
to medical research, education and service.
This year's and past inductees are featured in a special supplement
in Cleveland Magazine.
Speech team off to good
start
CWRU's speech team has started the year with a third-place finish
at its first competition, Ohio University's Bobcat Tournament
in Lancster, Ohio.
The team finished behind Bradley University, the current national
champion, and Akron University, which had nearly four times as
many entrants as CWRU.
Top performances included freshman Jonathan Semivan, who was
tournament champion in impromptu speaking and finished fourth
in after-dinner speaking; sophomore Matt Snyder, who finished
third in extemporaneous speaking and fifth in impromptu; and freshman
Maneesh Anand, who finished second in extemporaneous speaking.
For more information, go to http://home.cwru.edu/cwruspeech/
or contact Adam Nelson at speech@po.cwru.edu.
Event to cover aging issues
The Margaret Blenkner Research Institute is celebrating 40 years
of applied research on aging with a conference October 4 at the
Cleveland Marriott.
Sponsored by The Benjamin Rose Institute, a nonprofit health
and social service agency in Cleveland, the event is targeted
to nurses, social workers, persons interested in program evaluation,
program administrators and students. Presentations and speakers
will address a variety of important issues in providing services
to older adults and families and strategies for using research
for informed decision-making.
The conference costs $65. To learn more go to http://www.benrose.org/ConfReg/default.asp.
School violence to be
discussed
The Katan Treatment Center of the Cleveland Psychoanalytic Society
will conduct a day-long symposium, "Working Toward Peaceful Schools
and Communities." October 12 at the Eastern Campus of Cuyahoga
Community College. Continuing education credits will be offered.
The symposium is $90 or $50 for undergraduate and graduate students.
To learn more, contact Debbie Morse at 229-5959 or visit http://www.psychoanalysiscleveland.org.
Summer numbers increased
The number of undergraduates enrolled in arts and sciences, engineering
and management summer school programs was up 20 percent this year,
and the summer enrollees were taking 24 percent more credit hours
than the previous year. Undergraduate course offerings also increased
from 49 to 72 classes.
The noon-hour summer barbecues at Crawford Hall also saw increasing
participation. The program started off with as many as 300 people
at the first meal. By the end of the summer, more than 400 people
turned out on Wednesdays to participate in the weekly ethnic feasts.
Andrew Herberger from the Wood Company said the University plans
to continue the barbecues next year.
Eldercare group meets
Oct. 17
The next meeting of the Eldercare Resource Group will feature
Amy Severino from Home Instead speaking on "Service Options for
Seniors." The session is from noon to 1 p.m. October 17 in 13
Crawford Hall. Lunch will be provided to those who RSVP to Diane
Boyce at dlb22 before October
15.
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