Taking Note
April 30, 2008
Choir and Symphony Concert May 11
The music department presents the concert choir under the direction of William
Kempster, and the symphony orchestra under the direction of Larry Veal, in
concert Sunday, May 11, at 3 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre of the Paul Creative
Arts Center.
In their final concert of this academic year, the concert choir will present
a varied program of English and American music. The English side of the program
features Sir Charles Villiers Stanford’s masterful “Three Motets,
Op. 38” and an intriguing late 20th century work, “This is the
Voice” by Stephen Oliver, a composer who died tragically young in 1990.
The American side of the ledger includes a choral selection from George Gershwin’s “Porgy
and Bess”, and two wonderful spiritual arrangements by Allen Koepke, “Wade
in the Water” and “Ezekiel Saw the Wheel.”
The orchestra will perform Richard Strauss’ “Death and Transfiguration,” “Ladle
Rat Rotten Hut,” a delightful work for orchestra and narrator composed
by UNH faculty member Christopher Kies and narrated by John Michael Albert.
The program also includes a performance of the 3rd movement of the Mozart Clarinet
Concerto by our concerto competition winner, clarinetist Nicole Reola.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call the
music department at 2-2404.
Free Hearing Screenings May 13
In recognition of May is Better Hearing and Speech Month, the communication
sciences and disorders department will offer free hearing screenings for faculty,
staff and students Tuesday, May 13, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the UNH Speech-Language
Hearing Center in Hewitt Hall.
The screenings take approximately 20 to 30 minutes. Call 2-2110 to reserve
a time slot. Walk-ins will be accommodated if time permits.
Alan Ray Farewell
A farewell reception for Alan Ray will take place May 19 from 3:30 to 5 p.m.
in the Discovery Office. Time will be available for anyone wishing to make
brief remarks. Light refreshments will be provided. Stop by to wish Alan well
in his new position in Chicago.
Grade 3-6 Students Invited for May 9 Drama Day
Workshops and demonstrations
in lighting, make up, puppetry and the famous UNH Aerial Dance Showcase are
on the agenda for students attending Drama Day
May 9, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at the Paul Creative Arts Center
Drama Day, sponsored by ArtsREACH, the education and outreach division of
the department of theatre and dance, enables area schools to take advantage
of the state-of-the-art facilities at UNH and gain practical experience with
curriculum supported workshops and demonstrations.
For educators, Drama Day offers classroom resources like multidisciplinary
themes, curriculum ties and standards based educator’s guides. Drama
Day also enables theatre and dance majors to display their craft and share
with the community the vast program UNH has to offer.
Tickets for Drama Day are $3.00 per person and can be reserved by calling
2-2150. Confirmations will be used for school groups and home-school groups.
Seating is first-come-first-serve and is guaranteed, as seats allow, with payment,
purchase order or reservation contract.
For more information about Drama Day, and how to reserve tickets, visit www.unh.edu/theatre-dance/fieldtrips.html#Drama_Day_3-6.
For more information about the department of theatre and dance 2007-2008 main
stage season, go to www.unh.edu/theatre-dance/productions.html.
GreenUp Durham
This Saturday, May 3, join friends, neighbors, UNH Greek organizations and
sports teams to clean up Durham and celebrate spring. Local residents are
encouraged to clean up their neighborhoods or bring a “green team” to
the T Hall lawn at 12:30 p.m. to collect clean-up supplies and directions
to Durham’s dirtiest spots. Then return to T-Hall for the GreenUp Durham
celebration from 1 – 3, featuring ice cream sundaes, environmental
displays, kid’s activities, green giveaways, and great raffle prizes.
For information: www.diwul.org.
Student Theatre and Dance Talent Showcased
The Student Showcase, which highlights the work of theater and dance majors,
will take place May 7 and May 12.
May 7: Students studying aerial arts will spin and twirl, showcasing their
athleticism, grace and fearlessness on fabric, trapezes, and the lyra, a circular
hoop that looks like a hula hoop.
If you have never been to a Cirque De Soleil production, this is a great way
to see this relatively new dance form in an intimate setting. UNH is the only
university in the nation offering the aerial arts as part of a liberal arts
degree program. In the Newman Dance Studio, 7 p.m.; tickets are $3.50.
May 12: Dance majors select their own music, costuming and dance partners
in an evening of jazz, tap, ballet and theatre dance. Solos, trios, ensembles,
and a couple of large cast numbers will be featured, as dancers perform material
that has special meaning to each of them. In the Johnson Theatre at 7 p.m.;
tickets are $5.
Transgender Health Talk May 2
Joelle Ruby Ryan, transgender activist and scholar, will present “Beyond
the Gender Binary: Promoting Transgender Health,” Friday, May 2, from
9:30 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Health Services conference room.
A former UNH student and staff member, Ryan graduated from UNH with degrees
in women’s studies and English literature, and is currently a Ph.D. candidate
in American culture studies at Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green,
Ohio.
Ryan is the founder of NH TREE, Transgender Resources for Education and Empowerment,
a grassroots transgender group dedicated to social support, education, and
political advocacy. She also co-produced two autobiographical videos; 1995’s “A
Transgender Path,” and 2003’s “Transamazon: A Gender Queer
Journey.”
The event is sponsored by the Office of Health Education and Promotion, Health
Services. For more information call 2-3823 or visit www.unh.edu/health-services.
Afternoon Concert May 4
The New Hampshire Youth Band, under the direction of Mark DeTurk and Casey
Goodwin, and the UNH Wind Symphony, under the direction of Andrew Boysen,
will appear in concert Sunday, May 4, at 3 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre
of the Paul
Creative Arts Center.
The Youth Band is performing “The Battle Pavane” by Tielman Susato,
arranged by Bob Margolis; “Alligator Alley” by Michael Daugherty; “Cowboys” by
Daniel Bukvich; and liturgical music by Martin Mailman.
The Wind Symphony features the music of David Maslanka, including “Mother
Earth”; “Procession of the Academics”; “Give us this
Day—Short Symphony for Wind Ensemble”; “Golden Light”;
and “Symphony No. 7”. Maslanka will be in residence for the weekend,
as the Wind Symphony records a new CD of his music.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call the
music department at 2-2404.
Don’t Miss May 5 Screening of “Including Samuel”
The Institute on Disabilities will present the documentary “Including
Samuel,” the story of photojournalist Dan Habib’s son, Samuel,
who has cerebral palsy, Monday, May 5, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. in MUB Theater
I. The free screening is open to all faculty, staff and students.
Before his son was diagnosed with cerebral palsy, Habib rarely thought about
the inclusion of people with disabilities. Now he thinks about inclusion every
day. Shot and produced over four years, Habib's award-winning film chronicles
the Habib family's efforts to include Samuel in every facet of their lives.
The film honestly portrays his family's hopes and struggles as well as the
experiences of four other individuals with disabilities and their families. “Including
Samuel” is a highly personal, passionately photographed film that captures
the cultural and systemic barriers to inclusion.
For more information, visit www.includingsamuel.com. Presented in collaboration
with the UNH Foundation and the College of Health and Human Services.
Celebration of Life for UNH Employees’ Navy SEAL Son
A celebration of the life of Nate Hardy, a Navy SEAL who was killed in action
in Iraq in early February, will be held Saturday May 10, at 3:30 p.m. in the
Lundholm Gymnasium.
Hardy was the son of Donna and Stephen Hardy, both long-time employees at
UNH.
He entered the Navy after graduating from Oyster River High School in 1997.
In his short career, he achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer, served in
four SEAL team deployments, and earned numerous medals including two Bronze
Stars and a Purple Heart. He was the brother to Ben and Josh (who died in 1993),
husband to Mindi, and father to Parker.
For more information, contact Stephen Hardy, stephen.hardy@unh.edu
Faculty and Staff: Tell Students About Watershed Watch Summer Program
Faculty and staff are asked to tell students about the opportunity to participate
in the National Science Foundation’s Watershed Watch program, June 2
to June 13, in a study of the Merrimack and Pasquotank River watersheds.
In this hands-on, inquiry-based program, students will spend two weeks exploring
New Hampshire’s Merrimack River where an initial study began in the summer
of 2006. Last summer, students explored the far reaches of the Pasquotank River
watershed, whose headwaters are in the Great Dismal Swamp on the Virginia/North
Carolina border.
Watershed Watch is designed around a partnership between UNH and North Carolina’s
Elizabeth City State University, and local two-year institutions New Hampshire
Community Technical College and the College of the Albemarle in North Carolina.
Interested students should be Steve Hale at the Leitzel Center, 2-4758 or
email steve.hale@unh.edu.
For more information, go to http://leitzelcenter.unh.edu/watershedwatch/index.html.
Spring Greening
Free “Green Your Office” workshops are being offered by environmental
education graduate student Tessa Bensew, who brings a holistic approach to
saving energy in your office.
Bensew is offering 1-hour, 90-minute, or 2-hour workshops tailored to each
office's or department's needs, and will come to you. For more information
email the Office of Sustainability at sustainability.info@unh.edu or
call 2-8564.
Percussion, Concert Band and Symphonic Band to Perform
The winter percussion ensemble, under the direction of Mark Adams and Ron
Goodwin, and the UNH concert band, under the direction of Casey Goodwin, and
the UNH symphonic band, under the direction of Nicholas Orovich, will appear
in concert Thursday, May 8, at 8 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre of the Paul Creative
Arts Center.
The winter percussion ensemble will perform works for marching and concert
percussion. The concert band will perform “Procession of the Academics” by
David Maslanka, “Sleep” by Eric Whitacre, “City Rain” by
Judith Zaimont and “Chorale and Alleluia” by Howard Hanson. The
symphonic band will perform the Introduction to Act Three of “Lohengrin” written
by Richard Wagner, “Conversations with the Night” by our own Andrew
Boysen, and “Symphony No. 1” by Jack Stamp.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 2-2404.
Massage Away End-of-Semester Stress
Health Services offers 50-minute massages with licensed massage therapists.
Treat yourself or give someone a gift certificate. (Gift certificates may only
be purchased for and used by current UNH students, faculty and staff).
Traditional massage: $35 student; $45 faculty and staff. Hot stone: $45 student;
$55 faculty and staff. Cash, credit card, check and Cats Cache accepted. To
make an appointment or purchase a gift certificate, call 2-3823 or go to www.unh.edu/health-services.
Retirement Celebration
A retirement celebration for Jeanie Taylor, who has worked at UNH for more
than 30 years, will be held Friday, May 16, in the Housing Office from 11:30
to 2 p.m.. Everyone is welcome.
Staff Recognition Celebration May 2
The 2008 staff recognition celebration, open to all UNH community members,
will be held Friday, May 2, in the Granite State Room of the MUB from 9:30
a.m. to 11:45 a.m.
President Mark Huddleston and the OS, PAT and EE council chairs will host
the event that this year honors 211 longtime employees for service ranging
(in increments of five) from 10 to 40 years, for a combined total of 4,025
years.
A list of the individuals being recognized can be found at http://www.unh.edu/hr/pod/.
One list is sorted by years of service; the second list is sorted by department.
Check to see if a colleague is being recognized and plan on attending this
special annual event.
Farming For the Future COLSA Spring Seminar Series
Wednesdays, 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., Cole Hall, room 219
April 30: Sustainability and Profitability of Organic Dairy Farming
Francis Thicke, Ph.D.; Radiance Dairy, Iowa
Ed Maltby, executive director; Northeast Organic Dairy Producers Alliance
May 7: What Do Studies Comparing Organic and Conventional Farming Tell Us?
John Reganold, Ph.D.; Washington State University
The Spring Seminar Series is supported by the Class of ’54 Academic
Enrichment fund and the New Hampshire Agricultural Experiment Station, College
of Life Sciences and Agriculture.
Think Summer – New Classes begin May 26
Register for summer classes now. Summer Session 2008 begins May 26. Tuition
waivers now being accepted. For online catalogue visit www.learn2.unh.edu/summer.
To register go to http://www.learn2.unh.edu/registration/how.html.
Lactation Room Available
Dimond Library and the UNH President’s Commission on the Status of
Women would like to call attention to a lactation room that is available
in Dimond Library. This private room contains a hospital-grade Medela breast
pump, a gliding rocker, a refrigerator, and soft music. The room is designed
for nursing and milk expression. A key can be checked out at the main circulation
desk of the library. Please contact Pam Lehman at 2-1512 or the commission
office at 2-1058 for more information.
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