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Alumni to offer students career guidance
UB seniors, juniors and sophomores are invited to learn about life after graduation at "Reality Check," a program sponsored by the University Student Alumni Board (USAB) to be held on Saturday on the North Campus.
The day-long seminar will provide students with a variety of workshops intended to help them make the transition after graduation. Whether entering a profession or going to graduate school, students will find numerous workshops led by UB alumni to fit their needs.
Check-in for participants will be held from 10-10:30 a.m. in the first-floor lounge area in Norton Hall. The program will open with a welcome at 10:30 a.m. in Woldman Theater, 112 Norton Hall, and conclude at 3:30 p.m.
More than 20 UB alumni will volunteer at the event. Some will review student resumes one-on-one, while others will deliver seminars on such topics as networking, financial planning, entrepreneurship, graduate school and job hunting. All student attendees will receive a copy of "Life After Graduation, Explained," published by Cap and Compass, a step-by-step guide for a successful transition into the "real world."
"USAB is really excited to be hosting such a great event for students. Our mission is to bring students and alumni together, and through 'Reality Check' we also are able to bring alumni back to the school to be a help to students," says Jill Edinger, USAB president.
Registration, which includes lunch, is $10 for students who register by today. After today, the cost is $15.
Registration forms may be obtained at http://www.alumni.buffalo.edu/usab/reality.php or by calling USAB at 829-2608.
CFA to present Limón Dance Company
The Center for the Arts will conclude its 2002-03 KeyBank Dance Series with a performance by the Limón Dance Company at 8 p.m. April 11 in the Mainstage theater of the CFA on the North Campus.
Media sponsors for The KeyBank Dance Series are WGRZ-TV Channel 2 and soft rock favorites-96.1, WJYE-FM.
Limón Dance Company is in residence at UB from Monday through April 11. The dancers are scheduled to offer lecture-demonstrations, workshops for UB dance students, master classes for dancers from UB and the community, and performances for school children. The company will perform in several area high schools, as well as present the public dance concert on April 11. For more information regarding the residency, call Rob Falgiano at 645-6921.
Now in its 57th year, the company is the living legacy of the movement technique and philosophy of theater developed by creator/founder José Limón and his mentors, Doris Humphrey and Charles Weidman. Their innovative works have been recognized as great masterworks of American dance. Since Limón's death, the company has produced more than 50 works by more than 30 choreographers.
Limón Dance Company was the first group to tour under the auspices of the American Cultural Exchange Program (1954), the first dance troupe to perform at Lincoln Center (1963), and it has had the honor of appearing twice at The White House (1967 and 1995). The Limón Dance Company pioneered the idea that it was possible to survive the death of its founder, setting an example for the entire dance field. The company is one of two components of the José Limón Dance Foundation, which also conducts educational programs and disseminates the Limón repertory through the Limón Institute.
Limón Dance Company is funded in part by the National Dance Project of the New England Foundation for the Arts, with lead funding from National Endowment for the Arts and Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. Additional funding is provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation and Philip Morris Companies Inc.
Tickets for Limón Dance Company are $20, $16 and $12 for the general public and $10 for UB students. Discount coupons are available at all Buffalo area KeyBank locations. Tickets are available at the CFA box office from noon to 6 p.m. weekdays and at all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information call 645-ARTS.
Faculty, staff send anti-war letter to delegation
Two hundred forty faculty and staff members have signed an open letter opposing the war in Iraq and have sent the letter to members of the Western New York congressional delegation, as well as the White House and U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan.
"It is important for the Western New York community to know that a substantial number of faculty members and staff at UB have chosen to stand together in opposition to the war," said Hank Bromley, associate professor in the Graduate School of Education and a spokesperson for UB Faculty and Staff for Peace, the group that circulated the letter.
The letter can be read and signed online at http://www.BuffaloPeacePeople.org/ubfacstaff/letsnpets.
Several objections to the war are cited in the letter. The first is that U.S. bombs and missiles will cause "the death of numerous innocent Iraqi men, women and children, and will destroy what remains of the social fabric and physical infrastructure of that country."
Signatories also predict that the war will "produce extensive casualties among the men and women of the U.S. armed forces."
The letter calls preemptive U.S. military action against Iraq, including enforcement of no-fly zones, without a congressional declaration of war and U.N. Security Council authorization "unconstitutional" and "contrary to international law."
"It undermines the legitimacy of even worthy American goals in international affairs and sets back the cause of the rule of law in the world," the letter says.
Expert on Aegean studies to visit UB
One of the world's leading experts on ancient Aegean scripts and prehistory will be in residence as a senior visiting scholar in the Department of Classics April 14-16.
He is award-winning archaeologist Thomas Palaima, Raymond F. Dickerson Centennial Professor of Classics and director of the program in Aegean scripts and prehistory at the University of Texas, Austin, home of the largest classics department in the country.
A MacArthur fellow and scholar of international distinction, Palaima's research and publications comprise such areas as Mycenaean and Minoan societies, the development and spread of Aegean writing, the Greek alphabet and orality, and war and violence in ancient and modern societies.
His visit is presented by the University Seminars Program of the Alexander S. Onassis Public Benefit Foundation (USA), Inc.
Palaima will deliver a public lecture entitled "War and Society In Ancient Greece and Modern Times" at 7 p.m. April 15 in the Screening Room of the Center for the Arts, North Campus, in which he will address correspondences between the home front and war front in ancient Greece and those we are experiencing today.
His two seminars, "New Discoveries of Linear B from Thebes: Demeter and Other Conundra" and "Inside the Minds of Mycenaean Scribes" will not be open to the public because of space considerations.
The field of Aegean studies comprises thousands of years of Greek, Minoan, Cycladic and Anatolian history from the Paleolithic Age (25,000 to 10,500 b.c.e.) to the 12th century b.c.e.
Toward the end of this era, known as the Greek Bronze Age, the Linear B code was developed. Discovered in 1900, it remained for 50 years "the Mount Everest of undeciphered scripts of the ancient world." An archaic dialect of Greek and more than 500 years older than the Greek of Homer, Linear B is the earliest European script that we can read. Palaima's areas of expertise include the decipherment and application of Linear B and the analysis of new examples in the Aegean area.
Palaima is the author of more than 60 journal articles and several books, including "The Scribes of Pylos" (Rome 1988) and, with E. Pope and F. Kent Reilly, "Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Writing: The Parallel Lives of Michael Ventris and Linda Schele and the Decipherment of Mycenaean and Mayan Writing" (Exhibition Catalogue, Austin, TX, 2000). Ventris was an architect and amateur linguist who, 50 years ago, deciphered Linear B.
Palaima is former chair of the Committee on Publications at the American School of Classical Studies at Athens and co-editor of the Aegaeum monograph series. He has developed, moderated and/or presented at dozens of national and international conferences, colloquia, symposiums and exhibitions, and holds an honorary doctorate from the University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Emeritus Center schedules meeting
Laurie L. Menzies of the Erie County Bar Association will speak on "Significant Issues in Estate Planning and Elder Law" during the monthly meeting of the Emeritus Center, to be held at 2 p.m. on Tuesday in 102 Goodyear Hall, South Campus.
The talk is free and open to the public.
For further information, contact the Emeritus Center at 829-2271.
Student Fulbright information session set
An information session for students interested in traveling abroad with the Fulbright Student Program will be held from noon to 1 p.m. on Wednesday and April 23 in 930 Clemens Hall, North Campus.
Graduating seniors (currently enrolled juniors) and graduate students are eligible for the grants, which aim to increase mutual understanding among nations through educational and cultural exchange while serving as a catalyst for long-term leadership development. The program currently operates in more than 140 countries.
Students who are interested in attending one of the information sessions should e-mail Mark Ashwill, Fulbright Program adviser, at ub-fulbright@buffalo.edu prior to the session.
Further information on the program is available at http://wings.buffalo.edu/fulbright.
Béla Fleck and the Flecktones to perform
The Center for the Arts will present the Grammy Award-winning musical group, Béla Fleck and the Flecktones at 8 p.m. April 13 in the Mainstage Theatre in the CFA, North Campus.
The concert is sponsored by the undergraduate Student Association
With his group the Flecktones, pioneering banjo player Béla Fleck has honed a startlingly original and genre-bending mix of bluegrass, jazz and pop influences into a sound that has garnered acclaim, awards and audiences.
Since the group's formation in 1989, the Flecktones' relentless touring has garnered major attention, highlighting the interplay of true virtuoso musicians: Fleck, bassist Victor Wooten, percussionist Future Man and—joining the group in 1997—saxophonist Jeff Coffin. Famed for routinely playing more than 200 concert dates a year, the Flecktones reach more than 500,000 audience members annually.
Tickets for Béla Fleck and the Flecktones are $27.50 advance and $30 day of show for the general public, and $24.50 advance and $27 day of show for UB students. Tickets are available at the CFA box office from noon to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations.
For more information, call 645-ARTS.