Unique soybean lines hold promise for those with allergies

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Unique soybean lines hold promise for those with allergies
By Jim Barlow
News Bureau Staff Writer
Researchers have isolated
two Chinese soybean lines that
grow without the primary protein
linked to soy allergies in children
and adults. The two lines already
are adapted to Illinois-like conditions and will be given away to
breeders seeking to produce new
varieties of allergy-free soybeans
without genetic engineering.
Crop scientists at the UI and
the USDA-Agricultural Research
Service’s Donald Danforth Plant
Science Center in St. Louis
screened more than 16,000 soybean lines kept in the USDA’s
National Soybean Germplasm
Collection. The findings will appear later this year in the journal
Crop Sciences.
The two soybean lines (PI
567476 and PI 603570A) contain virtually identical genetic
mutations that do not contain the
leading allergy-causing P34 protein, which consists of 379 amino
acids, said Theodore Hymowitz,
emeritus professor of plant genetics in the crop sciences department at the UI.
“We are releasing this information with no patents so that companies and breeders involved with
soybeans can incorporate these
two lines as quickly as possible,”
Hymowitz said. Companies in Japan, Canada and across the United States have been following the
research effort, he added.
The research, which was funded primarily by the Illinois-Missouri Biotechnology Alliance,
went through two stages.
First, using a specially developed
immunochemistry
approach,
Hymowitz’s
post-doctoral assistant Leina M.
Joseph examined 100 lines of
soybeans per day for nine months
from the UI-based collection.
Seeds were crushed, treated and
placed on a membrane for screening. A second screening using
stronger antibodies and protein
gels was done to confirm the absence of P34 in the two domestic
lines, Joseph said.
After the two lines were isolated, seeds were sent to the
Danforth Center for additional
molecular analysis to determine
why P34 was absent. Six identical
genetic mutations were found in
each, indicating the two lines may
be related, Hymowitz said.
“The lack of the protein was
confirmed by more-detailed twodimensional protein assays,” said
Eliot M. Herman, a lead scientist
at Danforth who probed the seeds
with post-doctoral researcher
Monica A. Schmidt. “We then isolated the gene responsible for the
lesion, and we found there was a
single significant change in the
gene’s sequence that likely produced a protein which could not
be made as a stable product.”
Herman discovered P34 in
the early 1990s and in 2003 had
successfully used a gene-silencing technique to create a soybean
line in which P34 was “knocked
out.” However, because of public
resistance to genetically modified
products researchers have been
seeking a more traditional approach. Because the newly identi-
photo by L. Brian Stauffer
Allergy-free soybeans Theodore Hymowitz, emeritus professor of plant genetics in the department
of crop sciences, and doctoral assistant Leina M. Joseph have isolated two Chinese soybean lines that
do not contain the P34 protein, the primary cause of soy allergies in children and adults. Because the
soybean lines occur naturally, they can be successfully crossed into other soybean lines without genetic
engineering.
fied lines occur naturally, they can cent of children are allergic to people can read labels before prebe successfully crossed into other soy-based products, including in- paring meals at home, avoiding
soybean lines “without any bio- fant formulas, while 2 percent of soy at restaurants isn’t as easy,
technology-derived component,” adults have had allergic reactions, Hymowitz said.
Companies interested in obthe researchers noted.
which range from harmless skin
“Soybeans are slowly but sure- reactions and gastrointestinal irri- taining the two soybean lines
ly increasingly being used in the tation to more serious facial swell- should contact Randall Nelson,
foods we eat, and with that we are ing, shortness of breath, difficulty USDA Soybean Curator, 170 National Soybean Research Center,
noticing an increase in the number swallowing and fainting.
of children and adults that have
Avoiding soy products is be- 1101 W. Peabody Drive, Urbana,
allergies to soybeans,” Hymowitz coming more difficult because of IL 61801; e-mail: rlnelson@uiuc.
said.
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Currently, 6 percent to 8 per- nents of many menu items. While
In spite of increased state funding, UI still faces tough decisions
By Sharita Forrest
Assistant Editor
In This Issue
For the first time in five years, the UI will
receive an increase in its base operating budget appropriation from the state of Illinois.
On May 4, the General Assembly approved
a fiscal year 2007 budget that gave the UI a
1.8 percent increase over its fiscal year 2006
funding, increasing the UI’s general revenue
fund by $12.5 million to $710.6 million.
Including employee pension and healthcare benefits, the state is the university’s
single largest funding source, providing
more than $1 billion of the university’s $3.6
billion annual operating budget.
UI President B. Joseph White said the
funding increase for the UI and other state
universities affirmed the importance of
higher education in Illinois.
“The University of Illinois is the state’s
most valuable asset to the people of our
state to have a prosperous future,” White
said in a May 5 news release about the state
budget. “I am grateful for the leadership of
the governor and the Legislature in helping
with the resources to achieve continued academic excellence and affordable education
for nearly 70,000 Illinois students.”
The UI’s appropriation included $2.4
million for new initiatives, such as $500,000
for the Library Digitalization Project, a
program aimed at preserving and promoting access to materials through multimedia
and network technology; $350,000 for the
Dixon Springs Agricultural Center; and
$300,000 for campus-based work force development programs. As part of the state’s
economic development grant program, IllinoisVENTURES, the UI’s technology
commercialization company, will receive
$750,000.
The Council on Food and Agricultural
Research, which is based in Urbana and
supports research and outreach projects related to the state’s food and agriculture industries, also received a $1 million increase
in its grant funding to $4.5 million.
The state’s FY07 budget also contained
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the second year of the state’s “pension holiday,” which reduced contributions to state
retirement programs by $1.1 billion for
FY07 and $1.2 billion during FY06.
For the third consecutive year, no appropriations for new capital projects were
provided statewide. University officials
had requested a capital budget of $335 million to fund repairs and renovations at all
three campuses and projects, including the
remodeling of Lincoln Hall and the relocation of the South Farms research centers at
Urbana.
Even with the additional appropriations,
UI officials will be faced with tough decisions, such as how to cover an expected
$11.14 million of cost increases for utilities, Medicare payroll taxes and information technology; an additional $3.4 million
to operate and maintain new facilities, such
as the recently opened Alumni Center, the
Institute for Genomic Biology Building,
the Micro and Nanotechnology Laboratory addition and the State Natural History
DNA dilemma
Survey Building, all at Urbana; as well as
salary and benefit increases for faculty and
staff members.
“While the increase in the university’s
appropriations is a significant step forward
… there will still be significant reallocations to achieve university priorities,” said
W. Randall Kangas, assistant vice president
in the Office for Planning and Budgeting.
Tuition and fee increases that the UI
Board of Trustees approved in April are expected to bring in $16.3 million of new revenue to the Urbana campus during FY07.
With special tuition differentials and enrollment adjustments, the Urbana campus will
receive another $9.7 million.
The Academic Facilities Maintenance
Fund Assessment, which the trustees also
approved in April and will be phased in
over four years to help the university address a $617 million backlog in deferred
maintenance projects at the three campuses,
is expected to generate about $4 million for
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Trustees approve first phase of Memorial Stadium renovation
By Sabryna Cornish
UIC News Bureau
The UI Board of Trustees approved the
first phase of the $116-million renovation of
Memorial Stadium at its meeting May 11 in
Chicago.
The first phase of the project is slated to
begin after the 2006 season comes to a close
and should last about two years, said Athletic Director Ron Guenther.
The design of the new stadium will preserve the historical aspects of the architecture while modernizing the 83-year-old stadium that needs new concessions areas and
bathrooms and improved seating.
“I’m very pleased with the design,” said
Chancellor Richard Herman.
University officials have argued that
the stadium must be renovated in order
to remain competitive with other Big Ten
schools.
“This is not a luxury, it’s a necessity to
remain competitive,” said trustee David
Dorris.
The architects wanted to keep the war
memorial aspect of the stadium in place. It
has been integrated throughout each floor of
the stadium.
“I am pleased the historical integrity of
the stadium has been maintained,” Trustee
Robert Vickrey said.
Renovations will be funded through
bonds that will be repaid through the sale
of suites, club seats and a ticket surcharge
beginning in the fall.
Most of the specialty seats have already
been sold.
“Kudos to Ron Guenther for the ability
to raise private money for funding this project,” Trustee Robert Sperling said.
The first phase will add about 5,800 seats
and office space to the north end of the stadium. New concessions and bathrooms will
be added in each phase. Once the renovation is complete in 2008, the stadium will
hold about 4,000 fewer people, but the loss
was necessary for the renovations, officials
said.
The trustees also approved several projects that will be funded through a deferred
maintenance fund. The projects are ones
that are considered critical on the three campuses. On the Urbana-Champaign campus,
trustees approved $3.35 million for door
and window repair in Altgeld Hall, $3 million for safety issues at the Krannert Center
for the Performing Arts, $5.5 million to repair the roof of the Natural History Survey
achievements
agricultural, consumer and environmental
sciences
Charles Olson, assistant dean in the
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, received the first Jeffrey Moss Outstanding Leadership Coach
Award from the Illinois Leadership Center
in the Office of Student Affairs. Olson was
nominated by Adam Schwartz, a 2006 graduate in agricultural accounting who earned
his Illinois Leadership Certificate from the
center. The award recognizes exceptional
service as a Leadership Coach to a student
working toward their certificate.
campus rec
Campus Recreation Center East recently won the Outstanding Sports Facility award from the National Intramural and
Recreational Sports Association. The award
was presented April 8 at the association’s
annual conference in Louisville, Ky. CRCE
opened on March 30, 2005, to complete
Phase 1 of the Campus Recreation renovation project.
engineering
The College of Engineering recently
honored faculty and staff members with the
following awards:
Bruce A. Conway, professor of aerospace engineering, received the Everitt
Award for Teaching Excellence. Established
in 1968 to honor retiring Dean William L.
Everitt, the award annually recognizes one
or more faculty members for their outstanding undergraduate teaching. Those honored
are chosen by undergraduate students in the
college.
Dale J. Van Harlingen, professor of
physics, received the Tau Beta Pi Daniel
C. Drucker Eminent Faculty Award. The
award, considered the top award in the college, demonstrates the ideals of Daniel C.
Drucker, dean of the college from 1968 to
1984.
Youssef M. A. Hashash, professor of
civil and environmental engineering, received the Collins Award for Innovative
Teaching.
Liang Y. Liu, professor of civil and environmental engineering, received the Stanley
H. Pierce Faculty Award, which is presented
to a faculty member and student who have
“done the most to develop empathetic student-faculty cooperation.”
Leonard B. Pitt, professor of computer
science, received the College of Engineering Teaching Excellence Award.
Building, $4 million to repair the exterior
of Noyes Laboratory, $4 million to upgrade
the fire sprinkler and alarm system at the
Psychology Building and $5.5 million to
replace air handling units in Roger Adams
Laboratory.
In other business, the contract for men’s
basketball coach Bruce Weber’s was extended for another year and his salary was
increased by $100,000. Weber’s contract
now runs through the 2011-12 basketball
season.
“I consider this a good extension of his
contract for a man who has performed extraordinarily well and become a part of the
UI family,” Herman said. His contract is
funded by non-state funds, Herman said.
Sperling said Weber has had chances to
go elsewhere, but has declined. “He could
have gone out and shopped, but that’s not
his personality,” he said.
The trustees also approved several other
actions.
• An architect was approved for the first
phase of the student dining and residential
programs building. The $75.7 million project is designed to consolidate dining and
residential support spaces on campus into a
central location.
• Mary Kalantzis was approved as dean
of the College of Education. She is a professor at RMIT University in Melbourne. Herman said she was “very impressive.”
• Ilesanmi Adesida was approved as dean
of the College of Engineering. He is currently the interim dean. Herman said there
was a vigorous search. “Sometimes we find
the best person within our own midst,” he
said.
• Trustees approved merging the departments of theoretical and applied mechanics
and mechanical engineering. Herman said
the merger reflects trends in other parts of
the nation, but student trustee Nick Klitzing said the students in the program are not
happy with the merger. “They came here
for that reason,” he said, referring to the
uniqueness of the program. Herman said the
students will be receiving the same degree.
• Trustees approved a $4.6-million addition for the Irwin Academic Services Center. The addition will provide supplementary spaces and more services for students.
• Trustees approved changing the name
of the College of Applied Life Studies to the
College of Applied Health Sciences. Herman said the name Applied Life Studies has
caused confusion and is out of date. u
A report on honors, awards, appointments and other outstanding achievements of faculty and staff members
Mark A. Shannon, professor of mechanical and industrial engineering, received the
BP Award for Innovation in Undergraduate
Instruction. The award is presented to a faculty member who has introduced a successful innovation into undergraduate instruction in the areas of chemical engineering,
chemistry, mechanical engineering, civil
engineering and electrical engineering.
Stephen D. Bond, professor of computer science, and John S. Popovics, professor of civil and environmental engineering, received the Rose Award for Teaching
Excellence. Intended to foster and reward
excellence in undergraduate teaching, the
award recognizes teachers who excel at
motivating undergraduate students to learn
and appreciate engineering.
Eight faculty members were honored
with the Xerox Awards for Faculty Research. Awards are given to associate professors judged by colleagues to have conducted the best research during the past five
academic years and to assistant professors
judged by colleagues to have conducted the
best research during the last academic year.
This year’s award winners are assistant
professors Gustavo Gioia, theoretical and
applied mechanics; Farzad Kamalabadi,
electrical and computer engineering; Paul
J.A. Kenis, chemical and biomolecular engineering; and Erik Luijten, materials science and engineering. Associate professors
honored: Jennifer T. Bernhard, electrical
and computer engineering; Philippe H.
Geubelle, aerospace engineering; Barbara
S. Minsker, civil and environmental engineering; and Taher A. Saif, mechanical and
industrial engineering.
The Materials Research Society announced its Top 5 Hot Talks/Cool Papers
from its spring meeting last month in San
Francisco for research that translates to general public interest or application. Research
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fine and applied arts
Kyong Mee Choi, visiting lecturer in
composition-theory in the School of Music,
was honored with the American Society
for Composers, Authors and Publishers/
Society for Electro-Acoustic Music in the
United States Student Composition Commission First Prize Award at SEAMUS’ recent national conference at the University
of Oregon. Choi, who received a doctorate
from the UI in 2005, was recognized for
work submitted while she was a student.
The commissioning program is intended to
stimulate student participation in SEAMUS
activities, and to encourage young composers to pursue creative endeavors in electroacoustic music. Choi’s piece will be performed at the 2007 SEAMUS conference
and recorded for inclusion on the SEAMUS
Compact Disc Series.
research safety
The Web site of the Division of Research Safety (www.drs.uiuc.edu) recently won second place in the national Home
Page Competition sponsored by the Campus
Safety, Health and Environmental Management Association, a division of the National
Safety Council. The site was redesigned last
year by Mike Kammin, visiting database interface specialist. Web sites were judged on
editorial content, ease of navigation, consistency with the school’s image and goals.
Winners will be recognized at the awards
luncheon during the International Conference on Campus Safety at the Disneyland
Hotel in Anaheim, Calif., in July.
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Elizabeth Jockusch, a math teacher at
the University of Illinois Laboratory High
School was selected to receive the 2006
Edyth May Sliffe Award for Distinguished
High School Mathematics Teaching from
the Mathematical Association of America.
Jockusch, who is retiring this year after 26
years of teaching at the school, is one of 24
winners.
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BUDGET, CONTINUED FROM PAGE repairs and renovations at the Urbana
campus during FY07, Kangas said.
State lawmakers approved an additional $7.6 million in appropriations for
the Monetary Award Program, the state’s
need-based financial aid program, and
added $26.8 million to the MAP from a
special state fund. The MAP was expanded by establishing the Monetary Award
Plus, a $34.4 million program that will
give grants of up to $500 to sophomores,
juniors and seniors whose families earn
too much to qualify for need-based MAP
grants but less than $200,000 a year.
The special MAP state fund and MAP
Plus probably will be funded by selling
the Illinois Student Assistance Commission’s loan portfolio, a move supported
by public university officials but criticized by Illinois Student Government,
state Rep. Naomi Jakobsson and others
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Gregor Vacketta
photo by L. Brian Stauffer
Gregor Vacketta, a systems administrator, is known in the Division of Public
Safety for his willingness to help his co-workers, a quality that earned him
the division’s Carol Bailey Civilian Employee Award in 2005. Vacketta so
enjoys helping others that he and his brother took a mission trip to Lake
Charles, La., during March to aid Hurricane Rita victims. Vacketta plans
to make a second trip to the New Orleans area in June to help Hurricane
Katrina victims. Not one to turn down a challenge, Vacketta, who is a selftaught “computer guru,” upgraded the division’s e-mail system and the
mobile data computers in its squad cars. Vacketta joined the division’s
staff in April 2004 as an extra-help telecommunicator and became its
systems administrator the following October.
What does your job entail?
I maintain all the computers and all the specialized items we have, such
as voice recorders and computers in the squad cars. We’re going to update
some of our security measures soon. We’ve already installed some security
cameras, the new lock system should be installed soon, and we’re updating
our Web page.
What’s your educational background?
I graduated from Parkland College in 1984 with an associate’s degree in
construction technology and worked for my family’s construction business
– Ore W. Vacketta and Sons – for about 16 years. I set up the computer
network, installed the software for the accounting system and trained
everyone how to use it, and was a construction project manager. We did a
lot of remodeling and built quite a few buildings at the university, including
the Ubben basketball facility, the Irwin football center and Wohlers Hall.
When the owners retired and the business closed, I applied for the
telecommunicator job. It seemed like it would be a real challenge.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
The people. I love coming in to work. Everybody here’s so pleasant. There’s
always a challenge, every day. A lot of the problems are pretty simple or
people aren’t sure how to handle something, and my job’s to help them as
fast as I can so they can get their work done. I find I learn something every
day. Also working with the officers, they care about making sure the campus
community is safe. If I can help them in the smallest way I feel I have done
my job.
What’s the biggest challenge?
Keeping everything running. The computers in the cars go through a lot
because they’re out in the elements and used 24/7.
What kinds of things do you like to do in your free time?
I do woodworking. Working with your hands and finishing a project is a
great feeling and is very relaxing. I’ve made hope chests, picture frames
and display cases. I have a few computers at home that I play with. I still
do some Autocad drawings. I like spending time with my family and my
dog Mandy; she’s a Dalmatian mix. I also enjoy camping, fishing, cruising
around on my motorcycle; basically any time in the outdoors is great.
Tell me about your mission trip.
My brother sent me an e-mail saying “here’s your big opportunity” and
talked me into going. It was through my church, Central Christian Church
(Disciples of Christ), to work on various projects in Lake Charles, La. We
started out working with Habitat for Humanity. They were getting ready to
build four homes, and we prepared for that. They told us that maybe we’d
feel like we hadn’t done much because we didn’t build a house, but by
doing the prep work we were helping out just as much. We also split up
into groups, and one group helped a gentleman repair his barn roof, and
the other group put storm doors on elderly people’s homes and repaired
fences. There were more than 20 people in the group, and it took two ninehour days for us to drive down. Being with friends, making new ones and
helping people made it all worthwhile.
Dealing with the damage day after day, people can lose hope. By doing
small projects we may give them back some hope that everything will work
out. One lesson I learned on this trip is that helping others can be the
most fulfilling experience you can have, whether it be a mission trip or just
helping out a neighbor.
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Assistant Editor
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artists, musicians, shamans
photo by L. Brian Stauffer
May 18, 2006 By Andrea Lynn
News Bureau Staff Writer
In his new volume of poetry, Laurence
Lieberman again beckons readers to explore the islands that have bewitched him
for more than 40 years.
“Carib’s Leap: Selected and New Poems
of the Caribbean” (Peepal Tree Press) is the
poet’s third retrospective homage to the Caribbean – from its sea floor to its mountain
tops and eventually to its core, the people.
Lieberman, a UI English professor since
1968, has published 14 collections of poetry
and three volumes of literary essays. His poetry has appeared in every major venue for
poetry in America, and since 1971, he has
served as the poetry editor of the UI Press.
His love affair with the Caribbean began
in the 1960s when he was hired to create the
English department at the University of the
Virgin Islands in St. Thomas. Since his first
stay there (1964-1968), he has visited each
of the islands that produced and nurtured his
UVI students, and written about his adopted
world – so far literally and metaphysically
from his youth in Detroit.
Organized geographically, the poems in
the new collection sail from island to island,
finally mooring on tiny Carriacou, north of
Grenada, where Lieberman celebrates with
10 new poems the isles’ musicians, dancers and artists, philosophers, historians and
shamans.
On Carriacou live masters of the “big
drums,” Winston Fleury and Sugar Adams,
whom folk music scholar Alan Lomax fieldrecorded in 1962, and legendary dancers
Matilda and Aunt Collie – just a few of the
larger-than-life characters who have shared
their days and nights, food and drink, stories and personal mythologies with Lieberman, who well into his tenure at Illinois,
felt compelled to study a second discipline,
anthropology. He has been fusing the two
fields ever since.
“Carib’s Leap” – published in England in
December – is now available in the United
States.
Lieberman described “Carib’s Leap” as a
“profoundly important poem” to him, dealing, as it does, with his coming to grips with
his mother’s death. However, the poem’s
birth was unlike anything he had ever attempted – unmanageable, contrary and obstinate.
In fact, “how tricky and how difficult
and how strange it was to write that poem
because it was not behaving right at all. It
was doing all the wrong things,” Lieberman
said. “But it was so important to me that I
had to keep pushing along even though I
knew it was not going to work.”
It was as if he was writing two different
poems, he said.
“It felt as though they should remain separate, but they kept insisting on intercepting
each other, crisscrossing, and I didn’t know
Laurence Lieberman
why.”
At some point, he made a discovery:
“whatever it was that I was struggling to
do in the poem, or trying to find, couldn’t
happen, because the poem ended before I
got there. Luckily, I decided to let the poem
decide for itself where it wanted to go and
where it wanted to end, instead of pushing
it with my will toward the goal I had originally set for it. It was as if the images in
the poem finally created the meaning that I
couldn’t find in an intellectual way.”
In addition to starring in this volume,
“Carib’s Leap” also is included in the
just-published “The Hopwood Awards: 75
Year of Prized Writing,” an anthology of
work by former Hopwood Award-winning
students at the University of Michigan. The
poem also will appear in a second anthology – “Deep Travel: Contemporary American Poets Abroad” – to be published by the
new Ninebark Press early next year.
Lieberman continues to write poetry because he’s “in love with the process,” he
said. His work as an artist, he conceded, “is
a search for my soul.”
“I think that any artist becomes committed to discovering his or her mythology, and
often I have felt like I’m cheating a little
bit because I’m trespassing on the mythology, if you will, of cultures that are not mine
– the cultures of various Caribbean nations
that I’ve been visiting one after another.
And yet, in some secret indefensible way, I
feel that I’m connecting with my compatriots in spirit.”
Lieberman said he will continue writing
about aspects of the Caribbean. He is working on a series of poems based on his many
conversations about myths and legends with
former chiefs at the Carib Indian Reserve
on Dominica. u
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Intensive English Institute teaches more than English
By Sharita Forrest
Assistant Editor
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ucked away in a house on west Nevada Street in Urbana, the Intensive
English Institute holds the key to the
future for those who want to improve their
English skills.
Begun in 1967, the institute provides
instructional programs for students who
want to improve their English for personal
or professional reasons or before they apply
to U.S. universities. The institute also offers
Special Contract Programs, customized programs for educational institutions or agencies or in cooperation with UI academic
units for groups of students or professionals
with specific learning goals. For example,
short-term language and cultural programs
that often take place during the summer session and programs like the Legal English
Program, a preparatory course for people
who plan to enroll in the UI’s master’s law
program, and the joint program with Seoul
National University and the department of
urban and regional Planning.
The Intensive English Institute and the
Office of Institutional and Faculty International Collaboration also have a partnership
with the Chinese Scholarship Commission
that brings junior faculty from Chinese
universities to the Urbana campus for a
one-semester intensive course that helps
them teach the core subject matter of their
disciplines in English. Participating faculty
members had a disciplinary home in a cooperating school or department at the UI.
During the three-year contract of the
program, which recently ended, “we have
worked with more than 150 faculty members from China who have gone back to their
home institutions to continue their teaching
and research, hopefully having established
strong ties with UI faculty members,” said
Susan Gonzo, IEI’s director.
Students get 20 hours of in-class instruction weekly in two 15-week sessions, be-
ginning in August or January, or during an
eight-week summer session. The programs
comprise five proficiency levels with instruction in reading, writing, listening and
speaking skills.
Class sizes average 12 to 15 students.
Although the institute is on the UI’s Urbana
campus, its students are not university students, unless they seek admission to degree
programs at the UI.
Shih-chuan Lin, who has studied at the
institute since June 2005 and plans to return
to Taiwan soon, said he had two reasons
for attending IEI. “One was to improve my
English skills and apply to graduate schools
in the U.S. The other was to go abroad to
study; that was my dream.”
Of the institute’s 14 full-time faculty
members, all of whom hold at least a master’s degree in teaching English as a second
language, many speak at least one other language and have lived abroad.
Lin’s experience has been rewarding.
“(When I first arrived,) I was in basic level.
It means I had poor English. I couldn’t do
anything here,” Lin said. “(But by the end
of the spring 2006 semester,) I’d improved
my English a lot. Right now I can do anything by myself such as booking hotels and
flights, traveling and so on.”
With his improved English skills, Lin
plans to earn a master’s in business administration or finance at a U.S. university.
The institute also sponsors leisure activities that help students learn about American
culture and allow them to practice their
English in social settings, such as trips to
Chicago and Turkey Run State Park in Indiana, picnics and other outings.
The institute’s Conversation Partners
program pairs a UI student with two IEI
students to help them practice speaking
English.
“The conversation partners commit to
meeting an hour a week with their IEI students, but some of them go way beyond
photo by L. Brian Stauffer
Bridging the linguistic divide Susan Gonzo (left), director of the Intensive
English Institute, talks with Juan Feng (center), an associate professor of engineering at Tsinghua University, Beijing, and Isabel Wong, director of the Office of
Institutional and Faculty International Collaboration, at a May 10 reception at the
Foreign Languages Building. Feng and scholars from other Chinese universities were
honored for completing a teaching development program sponsored by IEI, IFIC and
the Chinese Scholarship Commission that instructs scholars how to teach the subject
matter of their disciplines in English.
that,” Gonzo said. “Some of them end up
taking students home to meet their families.
In some cases, they get to be really good
friends.”
Six hundred students have studied at the
institute so far this year. They have come
from Argentina, Colombia, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Spain,
Thailand, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates
and Venezuela.
“Our population changes a lot depending
on the economies of different countries and
changes in U.S. immigration regulations,”
Gonzo said. “After 9/11, the Middle Eastern
population dropped, but it’s coming back,
partly because there’s a big Saudi scholarship program. However, South American
countries have financial problems, and
many students can’t afford to come. Some
of the Japanese students have been afraid to
come to the U.S. because they read so much
in the newspapers about crime.”
Like Lin, about one-third were preparing themselves for graduate or professional
study at U.S. universities, but many simply
wanted the cross-cultural experience of living in another country.
IEI students can choose to live in the UI
residence halls, in apartments or with host
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May 18, 2006 InsideIllinois
PAGE Instructor uses powerlifting to reach students
By Sharita Forrest
Assistant Editor
John Hudson understands the culture
shock and isolation of being a visitor in a
foreign country. Shortly after Hudson began teaching at Korea University in 1993,
he found himself alone when his colleagues
and students dispersed to celebrate a national holiday.
“A lot of international students here have
that experience when their first Thanksgiving or Christmas break comes along. They
don’t have any plans and all the Americans
disappear – they go home. And that’s lonely,” Hudson said. “When I was in Korea,
one of the things that was most important
to me, especially in the early years, was
people going out of their way to get me involved in their activities.”
Now a visiting lecturer and head of academic reading and writing at the Intensive
English Institute and finishing his doctorate
in writing studies, Hudson reaches out to international students by encouraging them to
take up a sport that he enjoys: powerlifting.
Powerlifting is a strength sport consisting of three events: the squat, the bench
press and the deadlift, where athletes raise
the barbell until their legs and backs are
straight, unlike regular weightlifting, where
they must raise the bars above their heads.
The maximum weights each participant
lifts for each event are totaled to arrive at
his or her final score.
Calling himself a “nerd” whose only sport
was band, Hudson said he began wrestling
his sophomore year of high school, eventually winning a scholarship to the University
of North Dakota, where he wrestled for one
season but stayed on to earn a bachelor’s
degree in American studies and a master’s
degree in English before heading to Illinois
for doctoral work.
Hudson, who competed in his first powerlifting meet in 1985, did not participate
photo by L. Brian Stauffer
Pumping neurons too John Hudson, left, a visiting lecturer at the Intensive
English Institute and doctoral candidate, and Haeryong Chung, an IEI student from
South Korea, prepare to work out at the Intramural Physical Education Building.
Hudson – who holds state records in the deadlift and the benchpress at 727 and 606
pounds, respectively – recruits international students to take up powerlifting as a
means of learning English and experiencing American culture.
for much of the 1990s while in Korea for
six years. When he returned to Illinois to
resume his doctoral work, he was eager to
return to powerlifting, but was surprised
that Illinois did not have a team, which led
him to co-found Illini Powerlifting, a group
that became a registered student organization, with three fellow enthusiasts who were
undergraduate students.
Illinois co-chairman of the World Association of Bench Pressers and Dead Lifters,
Hudson said he “recruits shamelessly,” and
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during the 2005-2006 academic year had
10 IEI students among Illini Powerlifting’s
30 or so members.
Like many of Hudson’s recruits, Jun-soo
Kim and Daniel Cheng-feng Chen, students
at the institute, had never tried lifting before they accepted Hudson’s invitations
to participate in the group’s twice-a-week
training sessions at the Intramural-Physical Education Building. Kim and Chen said
that the sport is not popular in their home
countries of Korea and Taiwan, respective-
ly, but Kim was enticed by the challenge
it posed, and Chen wanted to get in shape
and try something new. Both men found it a
great way to meet other people and practice
their English.
“As an exchange student, it’s very important to learn about American life, culture
and language,” Kim said.
For Hudson, the mental focus the sport
requires is a stress reliever and he enjoys
that it brings him into contact with “people
from all walks of life.”
And while Hudson, after approximately
two decades of lifting, has massive upper
arms, physical size isn’t critical, he said.
“It’s been my experience that some of
the most unlikely lifters turn out to be the
best lifters. Their egos don’t get in the way,
and they’re willing to listen,” Hudson said.
Case in point: Shih-chuan Lin, an IEI
student from Taiwan who broke the junior
world record for the 105-pound weight
class by deadlifting 236.7 pounds at a meet
on April 1.
“It was unbelievable, but I did it,” Lin
said. “When John wanted me to participate
in this competition, I was surprised because
my body was weak, not strong, and my
weight was only 108 pounds.” Lin, who
said he was so nervous that his feet were
trembling and he had to visit the restroom
several times while waiting his turn, credited his teammates’ encouragement with
helping him break the record.
“To give somebody an experience like
that and see their face light up, it’s something you never forget,” Hudson said. “I’ve
gotten a lot of hugs and some tears when
people had to say goodbye, and they thank
me for giving them a chance to experience
something they never thought they could
do. Recruiting international students is a
way for me to return the favor for those
who did the same for me when I was in their
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Dynamics of drying DNA drops could affect hybridization studies
By James E. Kloeppel
News Bureau Staff Writer
Coffee drinkers are familiar
with the ring-shaped stains that
result from spilled drops that have
dried, in which the brown stain is
not evenly distributed, but instead
concentrated at the edge. Now, a
team led by Gerard Wong, a UI
professor of materials science and
engineering, physics, and bioengineering, has found the same
“coffee-ring” formation in drying
drops of DNA.
To gain insights into the physics behind the ring phenomenon,
Wong’s team experimentally studied the dynamics of drying DNA
droplets on glass surfaces. They
report their findings in a paper accepted for publication in the journal Physical Review Letters, and
posted on its Web site.
“As the droplet evaporated,
DNA chains were transported outward by water flow to the drop’s
perimeter,” Wong said. “At the
droplet edge, the DNA became
increasingly concentrated and
formed a liquid crystal with concentric chain orientations. (Liquid
crystals are materials that flow
like a liquid, but can align in a
preferred direction like a crystalline solid.) During the final stages
of drying, stresses propagated
from the rim inward through the
liquid crystal, creating cracks that
formed a periodic zigzag pattern.”
UI photo
Deciphering DNA droplets Using a new imaging technique developed at Kent State University,
Gerard Wong and his research team studied the drying properties of DNA droplets and found that the
DNA chains were transported outward and concentrated at the edges, similar to “coffee ring” stains.
Wong is a professor of materials science and engineering, physics and bioengineering.
To examine the structure and
behavior of the DNA liquid crystal,
the researchers used a relatively
new imaging technique developed
at Kent State University. Called
fluorescence confocal polarizing
microscopy, the technique imaged
the DNA in the drying droplet in
three dimensions.
“The DNA alignment parallel
to the droplet’s edge was counterintuitive,” Wong said. “We had
expected the DNA to extend along
the direction of flow, which was
mainly in the radial direction. But,
instead of resembling the spokes
of a bicycle wheel, the transported
DNA resembled the rim of a bicycle wheel.”
Since nearly all the DNA is
concentrated in a narrow ring with
almost no DNA in the rest of the
stain, these effects should be accounted for in the design of arrays
in which DNA droplets are sequentially deposited onto a glass
surface for hybridization studies,
the researchers report.
“Without optimization of the
wetting conditions, it is possible
to miss all the DNA in the ring
stain of a dried droplet, resulting
in false negatives,” Wong said.
“We need to think of strategies to
minimize this effect.”
The co-authors of the paper are
postdoctoral research associate
Ivan Smalyukh, graduate students
Olena Zribi and John Butler, and
professor Oleg D. Lavrentovich at
Kent State.
The work was funded by the
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deaths
Maralyn L. Chew, 81, worked
at the UI from 1966 to 1976.
She was a clerk III for Air
Force Aerospace, Office of
the Chancellor and the department of plant pathology. Memorials: Alzheimer’s Association, 307 W. University Ave.,
Champaign, IL 61820.
Thomas Daniel Hinesly, 80,
died May 11 at Carle Foundation Hospital, Urbana. Hinesly
was a professor of soil ecology for 35 years, retiring as
professor emeritus. Memorials: St. Matthew Catholic
Church, 1303 Lincolnshire
Drive, Champaign, IL 61821;
or Mills Cancer Center.
Marjorie Larson, 80, died
May 13 at Clark-Lindsey Village’s Meadowbrook Health
Care, Urbana. Larson worked
for the UI in the 1950s as a
computer programmer, working with the early Illiac computers. Years later, she worked
in the College of Education,
department of political science and later in speech and
hearing science. Memorials:
St. Matthew Lutheran Church
of Urbana to support the
World Sustainable Agriculture
Ministry.
Ann Perkins, 91, died May 7
at Meadowbrook Health Care
Center, Urbana. Perkins was a
professor of art in the School
of Art and Design for 13
years, retiring in 1978 as professor emerita of art. Memorials: Champaign County Humane Society, 1911 E. Main,
Urbana, IL 61802. u
InsideIllinois
May 18, 2006 brief notes
UI Chicago gallery
Art exhibitions features scholars, alumni
Billie Jean Theide, chair of the metals program in the
UI School of Art and Design, is the common element connecting two shows on view through June 3 at I space, the
university’s Chicago gallery.
n “Object Lessons” features art by Theide; Kent State
University art professors Kathleen Brown and Stephen Litchfield; and Oklahoma State University art
professor Chris Ramsay. Their work is presented
along with objects from their personal collections.
The featured artists are interested foremost in the
function, meaning and cultural implication of the
objects they collect and create.
n “Body: Internalized/Externalized,” curated by
Theide, focuses on issues of sensuality, intimacy,
sex, touch and thought, as represented through the
work of UI alumni artists Yevgeniya Kaganovich,
Yeonmi Kang, Natalya Pinchuk and Gary Schott.
The exhibitions coincide with the annual meeting and
conference of the Society of North American Goldsmiths,
May 24-27 in Chicago. A reception planned in conjunction
with the conference is scheduled from 5-9 p.m. May 26.
The I space gallery is located at 230 W. Superior St.,
Chicago. Hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 11 a.m. to
5 p.m.
University YMCA garage sale
You can ‘Dump & Run’ through May 26
PAGE benefits brief
Health, dental and vision benefits available for same-sex domestic partners
T
he UI will participate in the state of Illinois Domestic Partner Group Insurance Benefits program
to provide health, vision and dental insurance
coverage to same-sex domestic partners of university
employees. Full details of the program are available
on the CMS Web site at www.state.il.us/cms/3_servicese_ben_choice/DependentCoverage.htm. Select the
“enrollment and information packet” link under the Domestic Partner section.
Interested employees should read the information
packet carefully to understand the tax implications associated with enrolling a domestic partner as a dependent.
There may be increased tax liability for an employee
whose domestic partner does not meet the IRS tax dependent qualifications. Employees should consult with
a tax adviser regarding tax consequences.
Employees who wish to enroll their same-sex domestic partner in the State Group Insurance Benefits
program effective July 1 must do so during the current
Benefit Choice open enrollment period now in progress.
The Benefit Choice period will not be extended, so employees must apply for dependent coverage for their domestic partners by May 31.
If coverage is not elected by May 31, 2006, a domestic partner may be added to an employee’s coverage
either during a future annual Benefit Choice period or
upon experiencing a qualifying change in status.
To enroll, employees must complete the two forms
included in the State Group Insurance Program Enrollment and Information Packet and submit the forms
The University YMCA is now collecting used items
for its annual Dump & Run garage sale to be held in late
August. The YMCA will be open for collections weekdays
through May 26 from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The basic philosophy behind the sale is the collection
and recycling of reusable items that students and people in
the community would normally throw out.
Donations may include clothing in nearly new condition,
furniture, working electronics, backpacks, bicycles, school
supplies, jewelry, shoes, kitchen items, CDs and records,
books, computers, artwork, toys, sports equipment, nonperishable food items, soap and other household goods.
The YMCA cannot accept donations of sleeper sofas,
sinks, tires, large appliances (stoves, washers, dryers), nonworking electronics, non-working computers or computer
parts, large exercise equipment and mattresses.
Call Rachael at 337-1500 for questions about the program or to schedule a pick-up.
The theme is intended to reinforce how one person can
make a difference.
Secretariat’s roots begin in 1948 when Kathryn G. Hansen organized a group of non-academic women employees
in supervisory positions at the UI. The group met on a regular basis so they could meet others with similar positions,
exchange ideas and hear guest speakers and panel discussion relevant to their careers.
For more information on membership, visit the Secretariat Web site at www.uiuc.edu/ro/Secretariat.
New members welcome
Central Stores
Secretariat promotes ‘The Power of One’ New hours to serve campus better
The Secretariat, an organization composed of employees
in civil service classifications with qualifications that meet
or exceed those of Secretary III, is inviting new members to
join and explore its 2006-07 theme: “The Power of One.”
In response to a recent survey, Central Stores has changed
its hours of operation in order to operate more efficiently
and serve its customers better.
Central Stores sales counter at 1609 S. Oak is now open
along with supporting documentation to the campus
Benefits office.
The required forms are the State of Illinois Group Insurance Program Domestic Partnership Affidavit and the
Domestic Partner Enrollment Form. Even if you already
have a UI Affidavit of Domestic Partnership form on file
with the university’s Benefits Service Center, you must
complete the State Group Insurance Program’s affidavit in order to apply for this benefit. The university will
continue to offer the current Domestic Partner Health
Insurance Premium Reimbursement Plan. The decision
to continue to offer the University Health Insurance Reimbursement Plan will be reviewed and evaluated on
a year-to-year basis prior to the annual Benefit Choice
open enrollment period. Information on the University’s
Reimbursement Plan is available in NESSIE at https://
nessie.uihr.uillinois.edu/cf/benefits/index.cfm?Item_
ID=1654.
At this time, an employee with a same-sex domestic
partner will have the option of participating in either the
State Group Insurance Program or the university’s Reimbursement Plan, but not both.
For more information about the state of Illinois Domestic Partner Group Insurance Benefits, call CMS at
800-442-1300.
For information about Benefit Choice or the university’s Domestic Partner Health Insurance Premium Reimbursement Plan, or to meet with a Benefits Counselor, call
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8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. In order to accomodate personal purchases, hours will extend until 6 p.m. during the first two
weeks of fall and spring semester and during final exams.
For the Academic Year 2006-07, extended hours (8 a.m. - 6
p.m.) will be:
n Aug. 23-Sept. 6
n Dec. 11- 15
n Jan. 16-30
n May 7-11
Central Stores offers free delivery and will now deliver
items purchased by faculty and staff members and students
that are pre-paid personal purchases.
The Computer Center at the Illini Union will remain
open from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and orders can specify the
Computer Center as a pick-up location. Beginning in the
fall, the Computer Center will extend its hours to 8 a.m. to
6 p.m. on a trial basis. u
Krannert Center announces
2006-2007 performance season
Krannert Center kicks off its season
with an opening night party in its
lobby Sept. 9 with the Latin rhythms of
one of the country’s top timba groups,
Tiempo Libre.
Amplified string quartet,
keyboard, drum kit,
and vocalists join with
DJs and laptops in DBR
& THE MISSION, an
innovative, nine-member
ensemble that blends
modern classical music,
jazz, and hip-hop into a
musical mosaic.
“Diverse” summarizes the 2006-2007
performance season at Krannert Center for
the Performing Arts.
Whether it’s the global perspective of artists drawn from around the world or a single
performance that blends the styles of a dozen
different genres, boundaries are blurred and
borders are crossed in a celebration of the
human experience in all its varied forms.
African drums, Russian ballet and Canadian folk music are all part of the eclectic
mix, along with standout performances from
well-known artists. Season highlights include
an evening with American jazz legend Sonny
Rollins, the spectacular
pairing of Dame Kiri Te
Kanawa and Fredrica
von Stade, and Liz Lerman’s groundbreaking exploration of human genetic research
through the art of dance, “Ferocious Beauty:
Genome.” In the classical world, Krannert
Center’s programming breadth moves from
the fierce free-flow style of pianist Ivo Pogorelich to Alfred Brendel’s exacting interpretations of master composers, and from
the spirited interpretive breadth of Andrew
Manze with The English Concert to the celebrated artistry of Lorin Maazel with the Arturo Toscanini Philharmonic Orchestra.
Season brochures are now available. Single-event and series ticket orders will be accepted by phone, mail and direct purchases at
the ticket office as well as online at KrannertCenter.com. Information for the new season
also is at KrannertCenter.com. u
The Bill T. Jones/Arnie
Zane Dance Company
returns to Krannert
Center on Jan. 27 with
“Blind Date,” which offers
provocative ruminations
on the state of our society
within a highly troubled
context.
Enjoy the lighhearted lunacy of
guitarist/playwright Ralph Covert in
“Ralph’s World” on Dec. 2 (for children
ages 2 to 8) .
The Drummers of Burundi channel
the energy and creative spirit of a
nation through their drums and the
rituals that surround them Oct. 28.
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of events
colloquia
18 Thursday
Pathobiology Faculty Candidate Seminar. Gee Lau, University of Cincinnati. 9 a.m.
2506 Veterinary Medicine Basic Sciences Building. Pathobiology.
19 Friday
Biochemistry
Seminar.
Tamara Hendrickson, Johns
Hopkins University. Noon.
B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Building. Biochemistry.
25 Thursday
Pathobiology Faculty Candidate Seminar. Ravinder Sehgal, San Francisco State University. 7 p.m. 2506 Veterinary
Medicine Basic Science Building. Pathobiology.
et cetera
20 Saturday
Nature ABCs & 123s. “R is for
Rainbow.” 10-11 a.m. Visitor
Center, Allerton Park. Children
ages 2 to 5 and their parents
come play while learning about
nature at Allerton. For registration and more info: 244-1035
or visit www.allerton.uiuc.edu.
$ Allerton Park and Conference Center.
Campfire and Night Hike.
7-8:30 p.m. Visitor’s Center,
Allerton Park. For registration
and more info: 244-1035 or
visit www.allerton.uiuc.edu. $
Allerton Park and Conference
Center.
21 Sunday
Family Fun Day. 1-5 p.m. Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park. Nature Hikes: 1 and 4 p.m.; Nature Stories: 2 p.m. with Kim
Petzing; Garden and Sculpture
Tour: 2:30 p.m.; Quick Craft
Sessions: 1, 2, 3 and 4 p.m.;
Ongoing: 1-5 p.m. Bake Sale
and Children’s Activity Area.
More info: 244-1035 or visit
www.allerton.uiuc.edu.
Allerton Park and Conference
Center.
30 Tuesday
“Avian Flu: What Can You
Do?” 7 p.m. 2251 Veterinary
Medicine Basic Sciences Building. Veterinary Medicine.
31 Wednesday
“School’s Out! Natural Disasters.” K-2nd grade, 9 a.m.noon; 3rd-5th grade, 1-4 p.m.
Visitor’s Center, Allerton Park.
Dress for messy fun. More
info: 244-1035 or www.allerton.uiuc.edu. $ Allerton Park
and Visitor’s Center.
Symposium: “Frontiers of
Theoretical
Chemistry.”
9 a.m. B102 Chemical and Life
Sciences Lab. Peter Wolynes,
University of California, San
Diego, and John C. Tully, Yale
University will give the ple-
nary lectures. Center for Advanced Theory and Molecular
Simulations.
exhibits
“Would the Real Chief Illiniwek Please Stand Up?”
Through May 19.
“Portraying American Femininity Through Melody
and Art”
“The Long Good-Bye”
Ongoing.
Sousa Archives and Center for
American Music, 236 Harding
Band Building, 1103 S. Sixth
St., Champaign.
n
“Fit for a Queen: British and
Canadian Treasures”
Government Documents. Main
hall wall display cases, Library.
“School of Social Work: Celebrating 60 Years of Excellence”
Main hall display cases, Library.
“Cinco de Mayo ‘Batalla de
Puebla, 1862’ ”
Latin American and Caribbean
Library.
“Modern Korean Literature in
Translation”
Modern Languages and Linguistics Library.
Through May 31.
n
“Rain Forest Visions”
Through July 30.
Five galleries featuring the
cultures of the world.
Spurlock Museum, 600 S.
Gregory St., Urbana. Noon-5
p.m. Tuesday; 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
Wednesday-Friday; 10 a.m.-4
p.m. Saturday; Noon-4 p.m.
Sunday.
n
“Project 66: An Exploration of
Utopia”
“Pour la Victoire: French
Posters and Photographs
of the Great War”
“Designing Experiences: How
Graphic and Industrial Design Shape Daily Life”
Through July 30.
“Sacra Imago: Devotional Art
of the Middle Ages”
“Canvas: An Electronic Gallery”
Ongoing.
Krannert Art Museum and
Kinkead Pavilion. 9 a.m.-5
p.m. Tuesday–Saturday, until
9 p.m. Thursday; 2-5 p.m. Sunday. Free admission; $3 donation suggested.
n
@art gallery. Online exhibit of
the UI School of Art and Design. www.art.uiuc.edu/@art.
n
ongoing
Altgeld Chime-Tower Tours
12:30-1 p.m. Monday-Friday.
Enter through 323 Altgeld Hall.
To arrange a concert or Bell
Tower visit, e-mail chimes@
uiuc.edu or call 333-6068.
Arboretum Tours
To arrange a tour, 333-7579.
Beckman Institute Café
Open to the public. 8 a.m.-3
p.m. Monday-Friday. Lunch
served 11 a.m.-2 p.m. For
monthly menu, www.beckman.uiuc.edu/café/.
Bevier Café
8:30-11 a.m. coffee, juice and
baked goods; and 11:30 a.m. to
1 p.m. lunch.
Campus Recreation
IMPE, 201 E. Peabody Drive,
Champaign.
CRCE, 1102 W. Gregory,
Urbana.
See www.campusrec.uiuc.edu
for complete schedule.
Kenney Gym and pool will be
open to all faculty/staff at no
charge during scheduled hours
with valid ID card.
English as a Second
Language Course
7-8:30 p.m. LDS Institute
Building, 402 S. Lincoln
Ave., Urbana. Weekly on
Thursdays.
Faculty/Staff Assistance
Program
8 a.m.-5 p.m. 1011 W. University Ave., Urbana. Phone 2445312.
Ice Arena
Open skate: 11:20 a.m.-12:40
p.m. Monday-Friday (while
university is in session); 7-9
p.m. Wednesday and Friday;
1:30-4 p.m. Sunday.
Cheap Skates: 7-9 p.m. First
Wednesday of each month.
Adult Rat Hockey: Fridays,
3:15-4:45 p.m. (must be over
18).
See Web site for complete
schedule.
Illini Union Ballroom
11:30 a.m.-1:30 p.m. Monday-Friday. Second floor, NE
corner. For reservations, 3330690; walk-ins welcome.
Japan House
For a group tour, 244-9934.
Tea Ceremony: secnd and
fourth Thursday of the month.
$5/person.
Krannert Art Museum and
Kinkead Pavilion
Tours: By appointment; call
333-8218.
Hours: 9 a.m.-5 p.m. TuesdaySaturday, until 9 p.m. Thursday,
2-5 p.m. Sunday
The Fred and Donna Giertz
Education Center: 10 a.m.noon and 1-5 p.m. TuesdayFriday, until 7 p.m. Thursday,
10 a.m.-2 p.m. Saturday.
Palette Cafe: 8 a.m.-4:30 p.m.
Monday-Saturday.
Office hours: 8:30 a.m.-5 p.m.
Monday-Friday.
Krannert Center for the
Performing Arts
Interlude: Open one hour
May 18, 2006
Entries for the calendar should be sent 15 days before the desired publication date to
Inside Illinois Calendar, News Bureau, 807 S. Wright St., Suite 520 East, Champaign, MC-314,
or to [email protected]. More information is available from Marty Yeakel at 333-1085.
The online UIUC Events Calendar is at www.uiuc.edu/uicalendar.
Note: $ indicates Admission Charge
before until after events on
performance nights.
Krannert Uncorked: Wine
tastings at 5 p.m. most
Thursdays.
Intermezzo
Cafe:
Open
7:30 a.m.-3:30 p.m. on nonperformance
weekdays;
7:30 a.m. through weekday
performances; weekends from
90 minutes before until after
performances.
Promenade gift shop: 10 a.m.6 p.m. Monday-Saturday; one
hour before until 30 minutes
after performances.
Ticket Office: 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
daily, and 10 a.m. through first
intermission on performance
days.
Tours: 3 p.m. daily; meet in
main lobby.
Law Café
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave.
8 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Thursday; 8 a.m.-2 p.m. Friday.
Serving full breakfast, hot and
cold lunch entrees, salads and
desserts, and coffee. More info:
244-6017.
Library Tours
Self-guided of main and undergraduate libraries: go to Information Desk (second floor,
main library) or Media Center
(undergrad library).
Meat Salesroom
102 Meat Sciences Lab. 1-5:30
p.m. Tuesday and Thursday; 8
a.m.-1 p.m. Friday. For price
list and specials, 333-3404.
Robert Allerton Park
Open 8 a.m. to dusk daily.
“Allerton Legacy” exhibit at
Visitors Center, 9 a.m.-5 p.m.
daily; 244-1035. Garden tours,
333-2127.
organizations
Association of Academic
Professionals
Happy hour, third Friday each
month. 5 p.m. Bread Company,
706 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana.
http://www.shout.net/~aap.
Book Collectors’ Club – The
No. 44 Society.
4 p.m. First Wednesday of
each month. Rare Book and
Manuscript Library, 346 Main
Library. More info: 333-3777
or www.library.uiuc.edu/rbx/
no44.htm.
Council of Academic
Professionals Meeting
1:30 p.m. First Thursday
monthly. www.cap.uiuc.edu or
[email protected].
Classified Employees
Association
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. first Thursday
monthly. More info: 244-2466
or [email protected].
UIUC Falun Dafa Practice
Group
4:10-6:10 p.m. each Sunday.
405 Illini Union. More info:
244-2571.
May 18 to June 4
Lost& Found
In an effort to provide information in a more timely manner, the
Lost&Found listing is being maintained online. If you’ve lost or
found something on campus, send a description of the item,
where and when it was found or lost and an e-mail address and
phone number to [email protected]. E-mail addresses will be
posted. To see if someone else has found your lost item, consult
our online listings:
www.news.uiuc.edu/ii/05/lostandfound.html
French Department: Pause
Café
5-6 p.m. Thursdays, Espresso
Royale, 1117 W. Oregon,
Urbana.
Illini Folk Dance Society
8-10 p.m. Tuesday and
Saturday,
Illini
Union.
Beginners welcome, 398-6686.
Italian Table
Italian conversation Mondays
at noon, Intermezzo Cafe,
KCPA.
Lifetime Fitness Program
6-8:50 a.m. Monday-Friday.
Kinesiology, 244-3983.
Normal Person’s Book
Discussion Group
7 p.m. 317 Illini Union. Read
“Seven Types of Ambiguity.”
by William Empson for June
15; “The Ha-Ha,” by Dave
King for July 13. More info:
355-3167 or www.uiuc.edu/
~beuoy.
PC User Group
For schedule, call Mark
Zinzow, 244-1289, or David
Harley, 244-1843.
Scandinavian Coffee Hour
4-6 p.m. W. The Bread Company, 706 S. Goodwin Ave.,
Urbana.
Secretariat
11:45 a.m.-1 p.m. third
Wednesday monthly. Illini
Union. More info: 333-1374,
[email protected] or www.
uiuc.edu/ro/secretariat.
The Deutsche
Konversationsgruppe
1-3 p.m. W. The Bread Company, 706 S. Goodwin Ave.,
Urbana.
VOICE
Poetry and fiction reading, 7:45
p.m. Second Thursday of each
month. The Bread Company,
706 S. Goodwin Ave., Urbana.
Women’s Club
Open to male and female faculty and staff members and
spouses. 398-5967, [email protected] or http://
wc-uiuc.prairienet.org. u
job market
Academic Human Resources
Suite 420, 807 S. Wright St., MC-310 333-6747
Listings of academic professional and faculty
member positions can be reviewed during regular
business hours or online.
For faculty/teaching positions: www.ahr.uiuc.edu/
jobs/faculty/ahrjobrg1.htm
For acpro employment opportunites:
https://hrnet.uihr.uillinois.edu/panda-cf/application/
SearchForm.cfm
Current UI employees and students can receive email notification of open positions by subscribing
to the academic jobs listserve (under Career Info) :
www.ahr.uiuc.edu/#acjob
Personnel Services Office
52 E. Gregory Drive, MC-562
333-3101
Information about staff employment is online at
www.pso.uiuc.edu. Paper employment applications
or paper civil service exam requests are no
longer accepted by PSO. To complete an online
employment application and to submit an exam
request, visit the online Employment Center:
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