Dialog, UA Faculty and Staff News

Benefits Office Presents Pre-Retirement Seminar
Celebrity Series to Present Pianist Olga Kern Nov. 18
Center for Mental Health and Aging to Host Speaker Nov. 17
Research Advisory Committee Seeks Applications for Grants
CWN Membership Available to UA Women
Indian Dancers to Perform During International Education Week
Fulbright Workshop Scheduled for Nov. 19
WRC to Show Film at Brown Bag Lunch
Bama Dining Offers "Thank You" Packages
Students to be Instructed to Use Campus ID
Cards Help Students Thank Professors
Ask Before You Act

Benefits Office Presents Pre-Retirement Seminar

The UA Benefits Office will present its 29th annual pre-retirement seminar Nov. 17 and 18 beginning at 6 p.m. each evening in the Moot Court Room at the School of Law. Speakers will include Don Yancey, executive director of the Retirement Systems of Alabama; Alan Cole, institutional consultant for TIAA/CREF, and Billy White, field representative for the Social Security Administration. The Benefits Office staff will also be available for a "Question and Answer" session. To register, contact the HR Development office by calling 348-9700, sending a fax to 348-2072 or emailing dharbin@bama.ua.edu. The registration deadline is Nov. 12. In addition to the seminar, representatives from TIAA-CREF will be available for individual retirement counseling sessions Nov. 19-20 in room 151 Rose Administration building. Call 1-800-842-2003 to make an appointment. For more information, contact the HR Service Center.

Celebrity Series to Present Pianist Olga Kern Nov. 18

The School of Music's Celebrity Series will present pianist Olga Kern in concert on Tuesday, Nov. 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Moody Music Concert Hall. The concert is sponsored by the Gloria Narramore Moody Foundation. Kern has been captivating fans and critics alike with her passionately confident musicianship and vivid stage presence for years. She has performed in many of the world's most important venues, including the Great Hall of the Moscow Conservatory, Symphony Hall in Osaka, La Scala in Milan and the Salle Cortot in Paris. Her final round Van Cliburn International Piano Competition performances with the Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra and Maestro James Conlon are showcased in the new PBS series "Concerto." Tickets are $22 and $15 for general audiences and $7 for students. For information or to purchase tickets, call the Moody Music box office at 348-7111.

Center for Mental Health and Aging to Host Speaker Nov. 17

Dr. Alan B. Stevens, director of the Dementia Care Research Program at UAB, will speak on "Exploring the Impact of Teamwork on Patient Outcomes in Health Care Settings" as part of the Center for Mental Health and Aging Scientific Seminar series. Stevens' lecture will be Nov. 17 at noon in 104 Little Hall. Lunch will be provided.

Research Advisory Committee Seeks Applications for Grants

The Research Advisory Committee (RAC), through the Office for Sponsored Programs, is currently accepting applications for research grant funding for full-time permanent UA faculty and staff. Applicants may request funding of up to $5,000 for grant-inaid (salary for all or part of the summer), assistants, supplies, equipment, books and travel. The deadline for applications is Jan. 30, 2004. The RAC manual may be obtained from the Office for Sponsored Programs web site at http://osp.ua.edu/RAC.html.

For further assistance, contact Melissa Hinton at 348-4137 or mhinton@aalan.ua.edu.

CWN Membership Available to UA Women

The Capstone Women's Network (CWN) seeks to enrich the life experiences of women at The University of Alabama by providing networking opportunities to its members, sponsoring informative presentations and discussions, and giving scholarship support to adult undergraduate women studying at UA. Membership is open to all UA women employees, graduate students and retirees. Dues are $25 annually for faculty, staff and retirees and $10 for graduate students. CWN's next monthly luncheon meeting will be Nov. 18 with speaker John Dew, director of UA's Leadership Academy. For more information, contact Barbara Nicol at 348-3928 or bnicol@ sw.ua.edu or Kelly Brennan at 348-6327 or kbrennan@cba.ua.edu.

Indian Dancers to Perform During International Education Week

Dancers and musicians from Bangalore, India will perform Nov. 17 from 7-9 p.m. in the Ferguson Theatre. The program will feature live music and the expressive dance form of Bharatanatyam. The theme is "Sadbhavana" which means "Message for Peace in the World." The program, a part of UA's recognition of International Education Week Nov. 17-21, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Mangala Krishnamurthy at 348-2109 or mkrishna@bama.ua.edu.

Fulbright Workshop Scheduled for Nov. 19

Susan Sharpe, CIES Fulbright campus liaison from Washington, D.C., will present a workshop for faculty and staff Wednesday, Nov. 19 from 1-3 p.m. in the Ferguson Center Forum. Fulbright positions are available in 140 countries around the world for periods from two weeks to a full year. Interested faculty and staff are encouraged to attend the workshop to learn about lecturing and research opportunities, obtain advice on which country to apply to and making contacts abroad, learn how to prepare the Fulbright application, and explore how UA can host visiting foreign Fulbright scholars. More information is available from UA Fulbright representative Dr. Marilyn Emplaincourt, memplain@aalan.ua.edu, 348-5312.

WRC to Show Film at Brown Bag Lunch

The Women's Resource Center continues its Brown Bag Lunch Fridays in the Ferguson Forum from noon-1:15 p.m. On Friday, Nov. 21, the film, "Mothers and Daughters: The Tie that Bonds" will be shown. The film explores the mother-daughter relationship across ethnic and generational lines; it is filled with candid, emotional interviews with daughters, mothers and grandmothers. The public is invited and encouraged to bring a lunch. For more information, contact Stephanie Chalifoux at the UA Women's Resource Center, 348-5040, e-mail schalifoux@sa.ua.edu.

Bama Dining Offers "Thank You" Packages

UA faculty and staff can order "Thank You" packages filled with gourmet chocolates, crackers, and peanuts from Bama Dining. For more information, or to order, call 348-6816, or go online to www.bamadining.com.

Students to be Instructed to Use Campus ID

UA faculty are asked to instruct students to use Campus-Wide ID, not Social Security numbers, as their identification number on multiple-choice exams that will be scored by the Testing and Data Management Services Office. The CWID goes on the form beginning in block A. If students fail to enter their CWIDs properly, they will not have access to their exam grades on Testing and Data Management Service's Information Repository. For more information, call the Testing and Data Management Services Office at 348-6760.

Cards Help Students Thank Professors

Graduating students now have an easy way to express their gratitude to a favorite professor. Students who expect to graduate in December received a postcard in their graduation packets giving them the opportunity to write "A Note of Thanks to a Favorite Professor." Students have been instructed to turn these cards in to any University office and ask that they be put in with campus mail. Cards are pre-addressed to the Supply Store, where staff will redirect them to the appropriate department. Please be aware of this program and assist any students who wish to turn in cards.

Ask Before You Act

Compliance with National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and Southeastern Conference (SEC) rules is of utmost importance to The University of Alabama and its athletics department. As a member of the NCAA, The University of Alabama is responsible for the actions of its coaches, student-athletes, faculty and staff, alumni, donors, boosters and friends. The University continues to stress the motto "Ask Before You Act." One of the athletics department's newest projects is a comprehensive compliance website, www.rolltide.com/Compliance. Faculty and staff can visit this site on line to become familiar with the NCAA and SEC rules.

The vision of the Athletics Compliance Office is to be recognized as one of the most comprehensive and proactive compliance programs in the areas of institutional control, education, and rules violation prevention. Read more about the Vision statement on the website.