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Sample to discuss book at UB
Former UB President Steven B. Sample will return to campus on Sept. 23 to discuss his book, "The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership."
Sample, now president of the University of Southern California, will speak at 1 p.m. in the Drama Theatre in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. Sample's commentary will be followed by a question-and-answer session. He will sign copies of his book from 1:30-2 p.m. at the south end of the CFA Atrium.
The event will be free of charge and open to the public. Since seating is limited in the Drama Theatre, tickets will be required and may be obtained from the CFA box office. To secure a block of tickets, contact Joel Thompson, assistant box office manager, at jpt@acsu.buffalo.edu.
Nazi destruction of libraries to be subject of lecture
"The Nazi Destruction of Jewish Archives and Libraries in Cracow During World War II" will be the title of a talk by Marek Sroka, to be presented at 7:30 p.m. Sept. 17 in the UB Archives, 420 Capen Hall, North Campus.
The lecture is free and open to the public.
Stroka's original historical research into this neglected subject won him the 2002 Justin Winsor Prize presented by the American Library Association (ALA) Library History Round Table (LHRT). His winning paper will be published in the forthcoming issue of the journal Libraries and Culture.
His lecture is sponsored by the UB Department of Library and Information Studies in the School of Informatics, the Polish Room of Lockwood Memorial Library, the University Archives and the George and Mary Bobinski Fund, which sponsors lectures in the humanities and library science.
Lorna Peterson, professor of information and library science at UB, chaired the LHRT award committee and says Sroka used the primary and secondary literature of Poland to tell the story of a neglected part of library history.
"His use of multiple language sources is evidence of the careful and deliberate research that went into his paper. He filled a significant gap in library history by documenting the destruction of a people's culture, intellectual capital and memory.
"Very little has been written in English on the topic of Jewish libraries and archives in Poland and their destruction," she says, "and his work will encourage additional needed research on this subject."
Hornsby to perform in CFA
Grammy Award-winning artist Bruce Hornsby and his band, featuring Steve Kimock, with special guest The Slip on Sunday, will perform at 8 p.m. Sept. 22 in the Mainstage theater in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. The show is being presented by the Center for the Arts and UB Athletics Special Events, and is sponsored by WGRZ-TV and WJYE-FM.
Since he emerged in 1986 with his triple-platinum debut album, "The Way it Is"—which earned him a Grammy Award for Best New Artist—Hornsby had delighted in stretching his own creative boundaries and challenging the parameters of the mainstream music world. During the course of his career, the Williamsburg, Va., native has turned jagged, Keith Jarrett-style piano solos into Top 10 hits and has pursued everything from polished, swinging pop to rootsy Southern paeans and gritty juke joint soul.
Tickets are $33, $29 and $25 for the general public, and $31, $27 and $23 for UB students. They are available in the CFA box office from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, and at all Ticketmaster locations. For more information call 645-ARTS.
Auditions for play set
Auditions for children's roles in the Missoula Children's Theatre production of "Red Riding Hood" will be held on from 3:30-5:30 p.m. Sept. 30 in the Center for the Arts, North Campus.
The production will be part of the TOPS Family Adventure Series sponsored TOPS Family Markets and WGRZ-TV and WJYE-FM.
There are roles for approximately 50-60 students in grades K-12 in the show, which will be performed at 7 p.m. Oct. 5 in the CFA. There is no guarantee that everyone who auditions will be cast in the play. Students wishing to audition should arrive by the scheduled starting time and plan to stay for the entire two-hour session. The first rehearsal will begin approximately 30 minutes after the auditions.
The audition will be a group audition, so no advance preparation is necessary.
Rehearsals will be conducted every day from 3:30-8 p.m. Although not all cast members will be needed at every session, those auditioning must have a clear schedule for the entire week and if selected, be able to attend all rehearsals required for their role.
For more information call 645-6921.
Professional development available online
The SUNY Teaching, Learning and Technology Cooperative, in partnership with the SUNY Training Center, has added several new, eight-week courses to its list of online professional development offerings, starting Oct. 8.
New topics include "Detecting and Preventing Technology-Enhanced Plagiarism and Cheating," "An Introduction to Multimedia for Educators," "Teaching Science Online Effectively," "Career Centers Without Walls: Developing Career Services for Online Learners," "MERLOT for Faculty Development Professionals" and "Online Surveys: The Complete Workshop."
The complete list of TLT Cooperative online courses is available at the SUNY Training Center Web site at www.tc.suny.edu.
For further information, contact Peter Shea, director of the Teaching, Learning and Technology Project at (518) 443-5640 or pshea@sln.suny.edu.
Performance scheduled
The Center for the Arts, the Department of Modern Languages and Literatures and the International Artistic & Cultural Exchange Program (IACE) of the Department of Theatre and Dance will present "La mujer que cayo del cielo" (The Woman Who Fell from the Sky) at 7 p.m. Sept. 26 in the Drama Theatre in the CFA, North Campus.
The performance, which will be free and open to the public, is being presented as part of UB's Gender Week celebration and National Hispanic Month. It also part of the continuing international exchange program between UB and the Universidad de Costa Rica.
The Teatro Nacional de Costa Rica's company consists of faculty and professional actors. The company will be in residence in Western New York from Sept. 24-28, giving master classes and lectures for UB students and faculty.
It will give a free performance of the play to local high schools at 10 a.m. Sept. 27.
"La mujer que cayo del cielo," by Victor Hugo Rascón Banda, is based on the true life story of a Mexican Tarahumara woman who strayed across the United States border, was arrested in Kansas City, incarcerated and hospitalized in a psychiatric facility for 12 years. The show will be presented in three languages: Spanish, English and Tarahumara.
Although attendance for the production is free, seating is limited and tickets are required. They may be obtained at the CFA box office from noon to 6 p.m. Tuesday through Friday, or one hour before the performance.