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2/8/2001 12:01:00 AM Beauty, function
focus of Continuing Studies class at MFA Houston “Narrow Paparadelle Chair” is part of a decorative arts exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, that is the subject of a Continuing Studies course, “Beauty and Function: Design in Our Time.” Speakers in the course, which starts Feb. 22 and goes through April 5, include architecture professors Keith Krumwiede and Mark Wamble, and Luke Bulman and Kimberly Shoemake, co-directors of publications, events and exhibitions for the School of Architecture. Only a few days remain to register for more than 50 noncredit courses offered in history, philosophy, psychology, literature, religion, the arts, music, science and more. Rice students, faculty and staff and immediate family members receive a discount of 50 percent off the published fee for most lecture courses and 25 percent off most limited enrollment courses. Register online at <scs.rice.edu> or call (713) 348-4803, ext. 231.
EMS armed
with new life-saving devices Information from the American Heart Association and other independent research groups states that the survival rate for heart attack victims is extremely dependent on how quickly the patient receives electrical therapy through defibrillation. New equipment purchased by the Rice University Emergency Medical Service puts the volunteer team in good position to save potential cardiac patients on campus. Two cardiac monitors were purchased last semester. One, a Medtronic Physio Control LifePak 12, was put into service in October. The machine incorporates functions such as automated external defibrillation, manual defibrillation, noninvasive cardiac pacing and electrocardiogram acquisition. The device enables Rice EMS personnel to provide vital electrical therapy for patients with potentially lethal cardiac dysrhythmias. The second cardiac monitor was put into service in November and is carried by a Rice University police officer in a patrol vehicle. All officers have been trained in the operation of the monitor, and one officer per shift will carry the device. “Having a potentially life-saving device available for use by a patrol officer will greatly help strengthen the chain of survival in the Rice community,” according to Noah Reiter, coordinator of the Rice EMS. “It is also a further example of how the Rice University Police Department strives to be a highly community-oriented public safety agency.”
Upcoming brown-bag
lunches spotlight time management, child care The Staff Advisory Committee is sponsoring two upcoming events that address important issues: managing time and summer child-care options. “Concepts on Planning and Prioritizing” will be held Feb. 20 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 3092 of Anne and Charles Duncan Hall. The program will be presented by Pat Hogan ’62, and topics will include: • identifying
time-management strengths and weaknesses and the link between
values and time use; Hogan is in private practice after working at the Texas Institute of Family Psychiatry and in the psychology services departments at Texas Children’s Hospital and Baylor College of Medicine. She is a past president of both the Professional Group Educational Foundation of the Women’s Business Support Network and CanCare. The program examining summer child-care options will be presented March 21 from noon to 1 p.m. in Room 3092 of Anne and Charles Duncan Hall. It will help participants assess their children’s interests and explore options for summer activities. The session will offer a review of day camps, overnight camps, parks-and-recreation programs, examine program options for school-age children and review how to gather more information about particular programs and options. Both programs are brown-bag lunches, and faculty and staff are encouraged to attend. No R.S.V.P. is required. For more information contact Sherry Ziegner at (713) 348-4026 or <szieg@rice.edu>. The Staff Advisory Committee is a campus group that provides an ongoing structure for communication between the university’s administration and staff.
Campus festivities
ring in the Lunar New Year Rice’s seventh annual Lunar New Year Festival will be held Feb. 9 from noon to 4 p.m. in the Grand Hall of the Rice Memorial Center. Festivities will include free authentic Asian food, live performances, prize drawings and various information booths. This year’s performances will include dragon and lion dances, traditional Chinese and Korean dances, vocal and instrumental performances, a fashion show and modern and pop dances. Sponsored by the Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Vietnamese and Taiwanese student associations and the South Asian Society, the event will welcome in the year of the snake.
'Loveline'
discussion invites open talk about issues of sexuality The Rice Counseling Center and the College Assistance Peer Program will sponsor “Loveline” in conjunction with Sexual Responsibility Week, Feb. 12-16. Loveline, scheduled for Feb. 15 from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. in Grand Hall of the Rice Memorial Center, will be an entertaining and informative two-hour discussion on sexuality issues. The event is aimed at providing a mature discussion about issues that often are difficult for students to talk about. It is designed to be an educational experience for students who struggle with concerns regarding sex and sexuality. The objectives of the Rice Counseling Center and the College Assistance Peer Program are to provide education, encourage a healthy sense of sexuality, offer practical information and promote better mental health. Faculty and staff, particularly college resident associates and masters, are urged to encourage students to attend. Students will have the opportunity to ask questions of a panel anonymously or openly. The panel will include Mark Lewis, a Will Rice College senior; Mark Jenkins, director of Student Health Services; and Salimah Adam, coordinator of outreach at the Rice Counseling Center. For more information contact the Rice Counseling Center at (713) 348-4867.
Professor
of French and history earns honors for recent book Daniel J. Sherman, professor of French and history, has received several high honors for his book “The Construction of Memory in Interwar France.” He earned the J. Russell Major Prize for the best work in English on any aspect of French history. In addition, the book was named to the Choice magazine list of Outstanding Academic Books for 2000 and was named a “winner” in the 2000 Professional/Scholarly Publishing Division annual awards competition, a highly regarded publishing industry prize. Sherman received the J. Russell Major award at the annual convention of the American Historical Association, held in Boston Jan. 4-7. The prize was established in memory of J. Russell Major, a distinguished scholar of French history who served on the history faculty at Emory University from 1949 until his retirement in 1990. While previous scholars have studied public monuments in France to argue that they evoked community and social ties, a summary of Sherman’s work states that he demonstrates convincingly through close study of local practice that monuments and other commemorative practices were successful not because they found common ground, but because they embodied the tensions of their historical context. “Thus, this book is a very significant revision of French nationalist narratives of commemoration, and it also has much to offer anyone interested in how commemorative practices work more generally,” the summary states. |
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