Newsletter 1998-11-13

THE NEWSLETTER THE NEWSLETTER is the Faculty/Staff newsletter of Stetson University, DeLand, Florida 32720, and is published each Friday. All items for THE NEWSLETTER should be sent to Magie Dobson, Office of Academic Affairs, Unit 8358, not later than 4 p.m. on Wednesday of each week. https://beret.stetson.edu (visit us on the Intranet) Friday, November 13 NOVEMBER 13, 1998 IMPORTANT EVENTS Noon - l:00 p.m. ANNOUNCEMENTS University Faculty Meeting~SR UNIVERSITY FACULTY MEETING-today, Friday November 13, in the Stetson Room, noon -1:00 p.m. The topic of the meeting is "Effective use of technology in a University setting." Shahram Amiri will be available to enter into a dialog with us. This meeting will not be a presentation by Dr. Amiri, rather a conversation involving everyone present. A light lunch will be served and available beginning 11:45 a.m. From: Jim Woodward NEWS FROM THE RUSSIAN STUDIES CENTER. On Monday, November 16, 6:00 - 8:00 p.m., in the Russian Studies Center, a reception and exhibition of the work of Russian artist Aleksandr Kalugin, will be held. Along with his wife Tamara, a journalist, Kalugin will be in attendance at the Russian Studies Center for the month of November. Please see last week's edition of The Newsletter for more detailed information. From: Hilde Hoogenboom. From November 18-20, the Russian Studies Center will host Boris Topornin, Director of the Institute of State and Law of the Russian Academy of Sciences. He will speak Thursday afternoon, November 19, at 4:00 p.m. in the John E. Johns Room of Elizabeth Hall on "The Struggle for Constitutionalism in Russia." The talk is particularly timely given the recent formation by President Yeltsin of a ten-person commission to revise the Russian Constitution. From: Gene Huskey Live in Elizabeth Hall, Friday, November 13, 7:30 p.m.—The Stetson Chamber Orchestra, conducted by Alvaro Gomez. See last week's edition of The Newsletter for details. Live in Elizabeth Hall, Saturday, November 14, 7:30 p.m. —Florida State clarinetist Frank Kowalsky, and pianist Carolyn Bridger will perform here in exchange for a recital our clarinetist and pianist (Lynn Cholka and Michael Rickman) performed at FSU last spring. They will play two Brahms sonatas. Three Intermezzi by Sir Charles Villier Stanford, and Three Etudes on Gershwin arranged by Paul Harvey. Dr. Bridger directs the accompanying program at Florida State, and Dr. Kowalsky is professor of clarinet. Dr. Kowalsky will spend the spring semester teaching and doing research in London. Live in Elizabeth Hall, Sunday, November 15, 4:00 p.m. —In the ninth year of the Florida Bandmasters Association Hall of Fame, the FBA will honor Fred Humphries, former band director at Palm Beach Gardens High School, Deerfield Beach High School, and Nova High School; and Joseph A. Lusk (posthumously) of Lake Worth High School. The Hall of Fame concert features Stetson's Symphonic Wind Ensemble with director Bobby Adams and five guest conductors. Two of the conductors are sons of the honorees, John Lusk and Mark Humphries. The SWE will perform works by Vincent Persichetti, Armand Russell, Percy Grainger, Giuseppe Verdi, and Camille Saint- Saens, in addition to a few marches. This event, which annually honors Florida high school band directors with banquet, ceremony, concert, and reception, attracts around 70 Florida high school band directors to our campus each year. From: Jan Kindred OPEN ENROLLMENT SEMINARS FOR 1999. The seminars will be hosted by the Office of Human Resources with presentations provided by the Insurance Provider Representatives. In order to provide the campus community the opportunity to attend each seminar, the Office of Human Resources has created a repetitive and rotating schedule. A schedule of times and dates is attached elsewhere to The Newsletter. From: Ronald E. Brownie