Taking Note
February 13, 2008
Kidder Fund and Pink Triangle Award Nominations Requested
The President’s Commission on GLBT issues invites nominations for the
Kidder Fund Awards recognizing one staff, faculty, graduate student, and undergraduate
student who has demonstrated outstanding scholarship and/or leadership in fostering
greater understanding and community around sexual orientation on campus.
To nominate, go to http://www.nominations.unh.edu
The Pink Triangle Award honors leaders and heroes who have made outstanding
contributions to efforts for equity and visibility for the GLBTQI community.
Faculty, staff, students and community members are eligible for the award.
Help recognize a deserving member of the community by nominating them prior
to Feb. 27. For additional information, contact 2-1058 or glbt.commission@unh.edu
Awards will be presented at the annual pancake breakfast on April 1, 8–9:45
a.m. in the MUB Granite State Room.
Encourage Students to Participate in Holloway Competition
Faculty members are asked to encourage students to participate in the 20th
Annual Paul J. Holloway Prize. The university-wide competition is open to all
UNH students who have a business plan for bringing an innovative product or
service to market. The first-place prize is $10,000, with $26,500 in total
prize money available. For more information, visit http://wsbe2.unh.edu/Holloway-prize.
The Art Gallery February Calendar of Events
All of the events listed below are free and open to the public and take place
at noon the Paul Creative Arts Center.
Feb.18 – Focus on Artists Film Series: David Hockney. Hockney’s first
experiment in making “fine art” out of cinematography is presented.
(Home Vision, 1983, 55 min.) Room A219.
February 20 – ArtBreak: Slide Discussion John R. Harris, executive director of The Monadnock Institute of Nature, Place and Culture, Franklin Pierce University, discusses the anthology Where the Mountain Stands Alone: Stories of Place in the Monadnock Region, and the important role of artists to the region. Noon, free, Room A219, Paul Creative Arts Center, University of New Hampshire, Durham.
Feb. 25 – Focus on Artists Film Series: Tintoretto. Works by the Italian Renaissance
painter Tintoretto are highlighted. (Antenne 2, 1984, 65 min.) Room A219.
Feb.27 – ArtBreak: Concert. Guitarist David Newsam, instructor, department
of music, UNH, performs.
Hours: Monday.-Wednesday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.; Thursday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; and
Saturday and Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. Closed March 14-23 and Fridays. Admission
is free. Visitor parking is available in C Lot (across from the Mill Road Shopping
Center) at $1 per hour. http://www.unh.edu/art-gallery
Teatro Lirico D’Europa’s La Traviata at Johnson Theatre
The Celebrity Series welcomes Teatro Lirico D’Europa with their production
of Verdi’s “La Traviata,” March 3, at 7 p.m. in the Paul
Creative Arts Center’s Johnson Theatre.
In its 8th season of worldwide performances, the acclaimed European opera
touring company Teatro Lirico D’Europa offers a delightful evening of
opera with Verdi’s “La Traviata,” the story of the ill-fated
romance between the courtesan Violetta and a commoner, Alfredo.
Based on Alexandre Dumas' play “La Dame aux camellias,” “La
Traviata” argues that true love must triumph over all and that the highest
virtue in a human being is a good heart. The opera is sung in Italian with
English super titles and features the Sophia Symphony. Tickets, $50 general
and $20 youth (18 and under); $20 UNH students with valid ID, are available
by calling the MUB box office at 2-2290 Monday – Friday, 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. or online at www.unh.edu/celebrity.
Faculty Members: Tell Your Students About Graduate Research
Encourage your students to participate in this year’s Graduate Research
Conference on April 17. This is the perfect opportunity for your students to
gain experience presenting their work to the greater academic community. Participants
will be able to interact and collaborate with other graduate students, faculty
and staff from across campus.
All disciplines are welcome. Last year, we saw presentations on everything
from fiction readings, to inmate interviews, to auto engineering.
Tell your graduate students to register today at www.gradschool.unh.edu/grc.
Registration closes March 15th.
For more information, visit the website, or contact Jessie Knapp jessie.knapp@unh.edu.
Faculty Concert Feb. 15
The annual UNH composers’ concert will take place Friday, Feb. 15 at
8 p.m. in the Bratton Recital Hall of the Paul Creative Arts Center.
Part of the Faculty Concert Series, the concert features chamber music by
faculty members Mark Shilansky, Rob Haskins, Peter Urquhart, Michael Annicchiarico,
and Christopher Kies. Performers include department faculty members Margaret
Herlehy, Jared Sims, Michael Annicchiarico, Rob Haskins, Larry Veal, Elizabeth
Gunlogson, Christopher Kies, and David Ripley. There will be a number of premiere
performances on this stylistically varied and entertaining program.
The concert is free and open to the public. For more information, call 2-2404.
Staff Professional Development Grants Available
The next application deadline for the Staff Professional Development Grant
is March 1. The maximum award is $750.
No more than one grant will be awarded per person during a twelve-month period.
This is calculated from the date of notification of the previous grant.
The Staff Professional Development Grant program provides the opportunity
for EE, OS, and PAT staff to attain new skills or knowledge in a manner that
will enhance a staff member's performance or eligibility for promotion and
be of specific benefit to the department, college, university and/or university
system.
Such opportunities might include:
Conferences, workshops and seminars, both on and off campus
Academic courses not offered within the university system
Travel and accommodations for off campus courses, workshops, etc.
Special projects, including but not limited to research and publication
For an application go to: http://www.unh.edu/hr/pod/pdfs/Staff-Prof-Dev-Grant.pdf.
February Concerts at the Paul Creative Arts Center
The Faculty Concert Series continues this month with two performances in the
Johnson Theatre of the Paul Creative Arts Center.
On Tuesday, Feb.26, at 8 p.m., jazz keyboardist Mark Shilansky will present
a program of original jazz and popular music featuring disparate influences
and exotic instrumentation. Shilansky’s offerings include his own work
ranging from chamber music to Celtic-inspired to Brazilian Jazz, as well as
music by the Beatles.
The program features Shilansky’s band members Eric Byers, guitars, Martin
Ballou, bass and Les Harris, Jr., drums and special guests Andrea Passanisi
and Cara Frankowicz, violins, Nathaniel Barrett, cello, Ellen Rondina, flute,
Rane Moore, clarinet and Doug Holzapfel, guitar, keyboards and vocal.
Wednesday, Feb.27, at 8 p.m., the well-known team of bass-baritone David Ripley
and pianist Arlene Kies will present a recital featuring 20th century composers
and three composers actively contributing to works of the 21st century.
Included will be the final songs of Gabriel Fauré, “L’Horizon
Chimerique”; “Trois Ballades de Francois Villon” of Claude
Debussy; “Israfel” based on the poems of Edgar Allan Poe by New
Hampshire resident composer and author John Warthen Struble; three songs of
Charles Ives; “I Have Given Myself to the Hills” poetry by David
Ripley set by UNH composer Lori Dobbins; “Bleak Light” a short
song cycle by MIT composer Peter Child and songs by Gustav Mahler, ending with
the powerful “Um Mitternacht”.
Both concerts are free and open to the public. For more information, call
the music department at 2-2404.
Vacation Fitness Camps for Kids
Chris Ward, an intern with the department of campus recreation, is running two, one-week fitness camps for kids during the February and April school breaks.
Kool 2B Fit Recess Day Camp (ages 6-12)
Feb. 25-29
April 21-25
Day Schedule:
Drop-off: 8:00-8:30 am
Camp Day: 8:30-12:00pm
Pick-up: 12:00-12:15
Fees:
$60 for one week
$55 for each additional child in immediate family
$10 processing fee if you withdraw after registration
$2 per day/per child for early drop off
Fees include snacks, entrance to the indoor pool and ice skating
at the Whittemore Center.
For more information, contact the department of campus recreation at 2-2031.
New Moms Wanted
The UNH exercise science department is conducting a study on the acute effect of circuit weight training during the postpartum period. They are looking for volunteers who are 2-4 month postpartum, or soon to be, and are breastfeeding.
The research will be conducted in the field house during five sessions. For more information or to volunteer, contact Tim Quinn at 2-1830 or tjq@unh.edu or Jay Hydren at jrm7@unh.edu or (508) 954 9153.
Meditate Your Way to Wellness
Health Services is offering a 6-week meditation series on Tuesdays from
12:45 p.m.–1:45 p.m. in the MUB, room 334. Open to the UNH community.
Led by Peter Welch, wellness educator/counselor, Health Services
Feb.19: Walking/Sitting Meditation
Loosely structured and easy to practice anywhere, any time. It offers a way for you to get to know yourself better and gain understanding about what is going on in your life.
Led by Amala Maeve Matthews, teacher and member of the Western Buddhist Order from the Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket.
Feb. 26: Loving Kindness Meditation
Tap into your natural ability to be kind and compassionate with yourself and others.
Led by Amala Maeve Matthews, teacher and member of the Western Buddhist Order from the Aryaloka Buddhist Center in Newmarket.
March 4: Eating Meditation
This meditation will guide you to a greater appreciation of and for the foods you eat. Useful for anyone who would like to become more conscious of their relationship with food.
Led by Kathleen Grace-Bishop, director of education and promotion, Health Services
March 11: Tai Chi
This session will guide you through the moving mediation of Tai Chi, an ancient Chinese martial art to improve fitness, health and longevity. Its smooth, slow and fluid movements promote calmness, serenity and focus to the mind.
Led by Lin Lin Choy, a teacher of Tai Chi and Qigong in London and the US for the past 12 years
March 25: Writing Meditation
Writing has been long used as a way to quiet the mind so the body and spirit can engage on a journey of self-discovery and healing. This session will guide you through a reflective writing meditation. No grammar or writing skills required, wanted or needed.
Led by Dawn Zitney, graduate counseling intern, Health Services
For more information on other Health Services events:
http://www.unh.edu/health-services or call 2-3823.
Book Signings — Searching for Joy
Professor Tim Barretto will read from his new novel “Searching for Joy” at
several locations during the next two months.
The schedule includes:
Feb. 19, 7 p.m. - Reading and discussion at Parrott Avenue Place, Parrott
Ave, Portsmouth, sponsored by Seacoast Hospice Hyder Family Hospice House.
March 6, 11 a.m. - Reading, discussion, and signing at the Tuftonboro Free
Library, Turftonboro.
March 10, 12:45 pm: Reading and discussion at the Salem Senior Center.
“Searching for Joy” is the story of a man whose life turns reflective
when he learns he has prostate cancer. Barretto teaches writing, speaking,
and literature at the Thompson School.
His creative work includes short stories published in literary journals and
a one-act play about bullying that was performed at several schools in New
Hampshire’s Strafford County.
Faculty Members: Tell Your Students About Undergraduate Research Funding
Please share this information with your students and encourage them to apply.
UROP funds research, scholarly, and creative projects in all fields of study.
Undergraduate Research Awards: for semester, academic year or summer (research
time commitment is flexible)
Application Deadlines: March 4 (spring, summer, fall 2008 research period), Oct.8, (fall 2008 and/or spring 2009 research period)
Stipend Award: $1,000 (non-credit may be combined with work-study)
Expense Award: $600 maximum (whether or not you are conducting research for
credit)
Eligibility: 2.0 cumulative g.p.a.
Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (Surf):
10 weeks of full-time research at UNH or another research site within the
USA
Application Deadline: March 4 for summer 2008
Fellowship: $3,500
Expense Award: $600 maximum
Faculty Mentor Stipend: $600
SURF Eligibility: 3.0 cumulative g.p.a.; at least sophomore status
Spring 2008 Proposal Writing Workshops
Monday Feb.18 - 12:30 – 2 p.m. MUB, 233, all disciplines
Wednesday Feb. 20 - 4 - 5:30 p.m., Rudman 381, science /engineering
Monday Feb. 25 – 4-5:30 p.m., Rudman 381, science / engineering
Wednesday Feb.27- 4:30 – 5:45 p.m., MUB 302, all disciplines
INCO 590: Student Research Experience (1-4 cr.)
A student may assist a faculty member in his/her teaching or research-related
responsibilities. Student/faculty teams may receive support for research expenses
up to $200. Students may take a maximum of 8 credits of INCO 590 as undergraduates.
For more information go to www.unh.edu/undergrad-research, Hamel Center for
Undergraduate Research, Hood House 209, 2-4323 or Donna.Brown@unh.edu
Financial Aid Deadline
Professors, have your students applied for financial aid yet? If they want
to be considered for all types of aid they need to file the Free Application
for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) by March 1. The form needs to be received by
the federal processor by the deadline. File online at www.fafsa.ed.gov.
If necessary, use estimated 2007 federal tax data in order to complete the
form on time. Questions? Call the Financial Aid Office at 2-3600 or online
at http://financialaid.unh.edu/.
Interim Director of the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research Sought
The Office of the Provost is seeking applications from UNH tenure track and
non-tenure track faculty and professional administrative staff for a part-time
interim director of the Hamel Center for Undergraduate Research to fill in
for Dr. Donna Brown, who will be on leave from Jan. 1, 2009 to Aug. 31, 2009.
For a description of the position’s responsibilities and requirements
go to
http://www.unh.edu/undergrad-research/center_employment.html.
To learn more about the Hamel Center, go to: http://www.unh.edu/undergrad-research.
Applications are being accepted through January 31, 2008.
Winter Parking Ban at UNH
The winter parking ban continues nightly through March
31, 2008. During this time most campus parking lots will be closed from midnight
to 6 a.m. Parking during these hours is limited to designated “exempt” lots,
and conditionally available in “weather-conditional” lots. Violators
are subject to ticketing and towing. For a full description of the winter parking
ban policy and after-midnight parking options, visit www.unh.edu/transportation/parking/wpb/,
or call the Transportation Services office at 2-1010.
UNH Celebrity Series
The 2007-2008 Celebrity Series continues the tradition of offering world-class
artistic variety for the Seacoast area. This season all events will begin
at 7 p.m. in the Johnson Theatre of the Paul Creative Arts Center.
Season tickets are available now by contacting the MUB box office, 10
.am. to 4 p.m., at 2-2290 or visit www.unh.edu/celebrity to download an
order form.
Monday, March 3, 2008, Teatro Lirico D’Europa –“La Traviata”
“La Traviata” is Verdi's beloved story of the ill-fated romance
between the courtesan Violetta and a commoner, Alfredo. Based on Alexandre
Dumas' play “La Dame aux camélias,” “La Traviata” argues
that true love must triumph over all, and that the highest virtue in a
human being is a good heart. Sung in Italian with English super titles,
this production features the Sofia Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, as well
as outstanding professional vocal soloists from the major opera houses
of Europe and the USA.
The Johnson Theatre is handicapped accessible. Tickets can be purchase
online at www.unhmub.com/ticket, in the theatre lobby one hour prior to
curtain or at the MUB.
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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