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JASON sets out to sea,
shore
The University's Center for Science and Mathematics Education
invites the CWRU community to venture with JASON XIV: From Shore
to Sea and JASON explorer Robert Ballard, founder of the R.M.S.
Titanic wreckage, to the Channel Islands region of California.
With reservations, faculty, staff, students and the public can
view the JASON live-action adventure on three large screens at
4 p.m. weekdays from January 27 through February 7 in Ford Auditorium
of the Allen Memorial Library.
Contact Kathy Kwiatkowski at 368-5075 to learn more.
Phys ed wellness series
to start
The physical education department's 2003 wellness series will
feature classes in cardio-kickboxing, dance aerobics, yoga and
tai chi.
The kickboxing class is on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 6:30-7:30
p.m., while dance aerobics will be Tuesdays and Thursdays from
12:15-1:15 p.m. Both run January 28 though April 24. Yoga will
be conducted on Wednesdays from 5:45-7:15 p.m. January 29 through
April 9, and the tai chi class is from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.
February 4 through May 1.
All classes are in the aerobics room of the Veale Center. The
cost is $45 for kickboxing, aerobics and tai chi and $30 for yoga.
To register, go to http://www.cwru.edu/orgs/intramural/WellnessInfoPage.html.
Registrations forms also are available in the athletic office,
346 Veale Center.
For more information, contact Mina Moore at 368-2192 or mjm9.
Professor to discuss African
art
Constantine Petridis, CWRU's new assistant professor of art history
and assistant curator of African art at the Cleveland Museum of
Art, will talk about changes at the museum as it prepares to reopen
its gallery of African art to the public.
His talk, "Uniting Text and Context: On Exhibiting African Art,"
begins at 4:30 p.m. January 23 in 206 Clark Hall. Refreshments
start at 4 p.m.
Petridis' free talk is part of the ongoing Work-in-Progress Series,
sponsored by the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities.
For information, call 368-0528.
CWRUcards get vending discount
CWRUcardholders who use their CWRUcard at campus vending machines
through January 31 will receive an automatic 10 percent discount.
The vending machines are located in the law school; Peter B.
Lewis Building; outside the cafZ in the Biomedical Research Building;
at the Sears Grab'n'Go; Thwing Center; Clark Tower; and Kusch,
Michelson and Glaser houses.
An active CWRUcharge, CWRUcash or CWRUcash dining account is
required for CWRUcard purchases at these vending machines.
To activate a CWRUcard account, go to http://www.cwrucard.com.
Address change must be reported
All J-1 research scholars, students and their dependents must
report any change of U.S. address to the Office of Foreign Faculty
and Scholars or International Student Services within 10 days
of such change. For details, call 368-4289 or 368-2517.
African-American exhibit opens
The Mather Gallery will feature the paintings of Marc L. Burnett
from Tennessee Tech University and Joe Dowell of Placitas, N.
M., during "Content of Character," the gallery's annual African-American
Heritage Celebration.
The free exhibit begins at 5 p.m. January 24, with an artists'
reception and continues through February 28. Hours for the gallery,
located in Thwing Center, are noon to 5 p.m. weekdays.
For information, call 368-2679.
Self-defense courses to begin
CWRU's Protective Services will be offering Rape Aggression Defense
(RAD) classes for basic self-defense February 3, 10, 17 and 24
in the lower level of Leutner Commons.
The classes are free of charge to any female.
An advanced RAD course, which has the basic RAD class as a prerequisite,
will be offered in April. Dates are forthcoming.
Those interested in either course can contact Karen Gregor at
kag4.
Glennan nominations needed
The University Center for Innovation in Teaching Education (UCITE)
invites faculty members to nominate their untenured, tenure-tracked
peers, who demonstrate excellent teaching and scholarly abilities,
for the Glennan Fellows Program.
The deadline for nominations is January 21, with proposals for
Glennan projects from the candidates due by February 17.
For details and directions for submitting nominations, visit
UCITE's Web site http://www.cwru.edu/provost/UCITE/index.html.
Former student to perform
Kelly Chapman, a former member of the CWRU Gospel Ensemble, will
perform at 7 p.m. January 19 at Nighttown, 12383 Cedar Road.
Chapman has performed with Grover Washington Jr., Bobby Womack
and Yolanda Adams and other recording artists.
Tickets are $12 and reservations are recommended. Call Nighttown
at 795-0550 for more information.
Seminar to connect portfolio
and health care management
John F.P. Bridges, recently appointed assistant professor in
the Division of Health Services Research in the Department of
Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the School of Medicine at CWRU,
will present a research seminar titled "Portfolio management and
the three E's (epidemiology, economics and ethics)."
The seminar will be from noon until 1 p.m. January 28 in the
medical school's Robbins Lecture Hall, E501. Lunch will be provided,
beginning at noon, and it is open to the CWRU community.
A health economist, Bridges applies portfolio management concepts
to various aspects of health care management and research. He
holds his Ph.D. from the City University of New York where he
studied health economics and finance theory. Prior to joining
the medical school, he lectured at Weatherhead School of Management.
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