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Alumni Web site wins Gold award
The Office of Alumni Relations has won a Gold award for its new Web site from CASE, the Council for Advancement and Support of Education, which represents more than 3,000 colleges and universities in the United States, Canada, Mexico and 42 other countries.
The site is the only alumni-driven Web site of the three to receive gold in the trade association's international awards program known as the Circle of Excellence. There were 153 entries in the competition's Web site category.
The site is located at www.alumni.buffalo.edu.
UB's alumni site was redesigned over several months and launched in late February. The strategy for the new site was not only to improve its design, but for it to align with and support the alumni association's strategic plan to most effectively engage alumni in the university and the association.
"We're already seeing an overwhelmingly positive response to our new site, particularly in the number of hits we're seeing, which have virtually doubled," said Robert O. Davies, associate vice president for alumni relations. "The Web site is a key component in our strategy to communicate and involve alumni, especially our more recent graduates and our international alumni.
"We are very proud of the site and to have been honored with the CASE award. This is a very prestigious award, as many universities and alumni associations compete for this honor and recognition."
UB's alumni Web site, according to the judges' report, "…is excellent in every respect. It organizes a huge amount of information well, making navigation effortless. The site looks good, integrates university and alumni content on its many pages and features nice attention to detail...And the designers managed to provide a large amount of information in one screen and still offer links to university news and content."
According to CASE, the Circle of Excellence awards are for model programs and projects that encourage sound strategies, concrete planning and innovative ideas. Winners are recognized by the advancement profession as models of excellence and used to inspire and motivate others.
Anderson Gallery to hold collage workshop with artist Terri Katz Kasimov
Terri Katz Kasimov, renowned Western New York collage artist and arts educator, will be at the UB Anderson Gallery for a three-session collage workshop on May 29, June 5 and June 12, 2003.
Each session will run from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and will cost $20 per session or $55 for all three sessions. Reservations and a supply purchase are required. For more information to reserve a space, Call Ginny Lohr at 829-3754.
This workshop will focus on Katz Kasimov's unique collage-making technique and give each participant an opportunity to create his or her own masterpiece. She will provide an assortment of papers, scraps and supplies for use in the collages, but participants are encouraged to bring personal materials, such as color copies of photographs and any art supplies they already own, including brushes, watercolors, acrylics and drawing pens and pencils. Participants must purchase one 8-oz. jar of Liquitex gel, medium, and any size 140 lb. cold press paper before the workshop.
Katz Kasimov's work is in many local collections, including the Anderson Gallery, Burchfield-Penney Art Center and Castellani Art Museum.
Summer dance classes to be offered
The Department of Theatre & Dance is offering summer dance programs at the beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.
The Day Program will take place on July 7, 9, 11 and July 14, 16 and 18. Morning classes are available at the beginner/intermediate and intermediate/advanced levels. The morning technique classes, which will be held from 9 a.m. to noon, include ballet, modern and jazz. The afternoon intensive study class, which will take place from 1-3 p.m., includes concentrated study in tap, Broadway dance styles, repertoire and jazz techniques, from classic to hip-hop
Cost ranges from $30-$150, depending upon the program. Pre-registration is encouraged; participants must be at least freshmen in high school.
The Evening Program, which will take place from June 16 through July 24, includes two evenings of ballet, one evening of modern dance and one of jazz. These ntermediate/advanced level master classes will be held from 6-7:30 p.m.
Cost ranges from $7 for a single class to $72 for 16 classes.
Registration will be accepted at the door. Participants must be at least 16 years of age.
All classes will take place in the Dance Studios (Rooms B82 and B84) in the Center for the Arts, North Campus. Faculty and staff from the Department of Theatre & Dance, as well as guest artists, will teach.
Classes are open to all dancers, studio members, UB students and community members.
For more program information contact Tressa Gorman Crehan at 645-6898, ext. 1326, or at tjcrehan@acsu.buffalo.edu, or visit the CFA Web site at http://wings.buffalo.edu/arts.
Western New York to celebrate "Bloomsday" on June 16
Western New Yorkers once again will follow a day in the life of Leopold Bloom and his fellow Dubliners—the protagonists of James Joyce's literary masterpiece "Ulysses"—with a celebration of readings, performances, music, food and drink as "Bloomsday" Buffalo celebrates its sixth year on June 16.
Activities will include readings and performances from 5-10 p.m. in the Irish Classical Theatre, 625 Main St., Buffalo, as well as a special lunch session, to be held from noon to 1:30 p.m. inside and outside the theatre, featuring musicians and members of the Amherst Museum Victorian Dance Society.
"We've been fortunate enough to see our Bloomsday celebration continue to grow and attract new participants over the past five years," says event organizer Luca Crispi, James Joyce Scholar in Residence in the UB Poetry/Rare Books Collection in the University Libraries.
The Poetry/Rare Books Collection is home to one of the most distinguished James Joyce collections in the world. The Joyce collection includes the largest and most comprehensive collection of "Ulysses" manuscripts, as well as a complete set of first editions of every book published by Joyce, Joyce's own collection of newspaper clippings, thousands of letters, personal memorabilia and an extensive Joyce research library.
"This year, we expect more than 500 people to join us throughout the day as we delve into James Joyce's Dublin for an exploration of perhaps the richest, most complex novel of the 20th century," Crispi says.
Vincent O'Neill, co-founder and artistic director of the Irish Classical Theatre Company (ICTC) and associate professor and chair of the Department of Theatre and Dance at UB, describes the Bloomsday celebration as "…the best way to bring Dublin with you. The magical language of Joyce captures the very essence of the city of atmospheres: Dublin, the city of glamour and squalor, our 'Dear Dirty Dumpling.'"
Bloomsday activities are free and open to the public. For more information, call ICTC at 853-4282 or visit http://www.bloomsdaybuffalo.com.