- APRIL
2004
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Upcoming
Events
The Department of
Agriculture will hold its Annual Spring
Plant
Sale
April 16 and 17 from
8:00 a.m.
to
5:00 p.m.
at
3903 Bon Aire Drive
. They will have annual bedding plants, hanging baskets, herbs, and much
more. For more information call 342-1766.
The spring
football clinic for high school and junior high students is scheduled
for April 2 from
6:00 p.m.
to
10:30 p.m.
and April 3 from
7 a.m.
to
3 p.m.
at the football office complex.
- Football
Summer Camps 2004:
- July 18-21 Overnight Camp for middle
school and high school players
- July 23 Youth Camp (ages 10 and younger)
- July 24 Team 7 on 7 passing camp –
Lineman included
- July 31 Senior Day – One day
evaluation
The Louisiana Endowment
for the Humanities Teacher Institute for Advanced Study “America:
Its Dream and Its Drama”will take place June 7-July 1. For more
information contact Dr. Janet Haedicke, English, at 1494.
Dance
Presentation: On April 30 at
12:00
noon
students enrolled in dance classes will perform jazz, tap, modern, fold,
and social dance in front of the library. Free admission and open to all.
For more infornation contact Sara Sanders, Dance, at 1312.
- ULM
Season of Performances
- April 19: Recorder Consort –
7:30
, Recital Hall
- April 20: Seiler/White 2-pian Concert
–
7:30
, Recital Hall
- April 21: Flute Choir– 7:30, Recital
Hall
- April 27:
ULM
Percussion Ensembles –
7:30
, Recital Hall
- April 29:
ULM
Jazz Ensembles –
7:30
, Recital Hall
- May 2: Honors Recital –
3:00
Recital Hall, Reception
- May 3:
ULM
Wind Ensembles –
7:30
, Recital Hall
- May 4:
ULM
Symphonic Band –
7:30
, Recital Hall
- May 5:
ULM
Orchestra –
7:30
, Recital Hall
- May 6: Russian Pianist, Vladimir Zaitzev
–
7:30
, Recital Hall
- Gerontology Travel Course:
Summer 2004
- Dr. Chris Johnson will lead a group of
students and interested professionals to
Scotland
from July 15-28 for a study titled “New Approaches to Dementia
Care.” The course will
be offered in conjunction with the Dementia Services Development
Centre of the
University
of
Stirling
.
Stirling
is the city where the William Wallace castle resides, a landmark seen
in the movie Braveheart.
Professor Mary Marshall,
an international expert on dementia, will lead the innovative summer
school at the
Iris
Murdoch
Building
, a facility designed to be dementia-friendly. The course will involve a
series of lectures, visits and feedback/review sessions by leading
practitioners in the field of gerontology and dementia. One of the
practitioners will be Roxann Johnson of Aging Consultants Inc. Johnson is
a nationally known gerontologist and expert on dementia who lives in
Monroe
. There will be an international dimension with contributors and
participants from the
United States
,
Scotland
,
Germany
and other countries. The course will offer 3 hours of either undergraduate
or graduate credit. If taken for credit, the class will involve online
assignments prior to the actual trip. The course can be taken for
non-credit.
The cost of the trip is
$2450. This amount includes airfare to/from Scotland, fees and supplies at
the University of Stirling, lodging at dorms during the course (lodging at
a bed-and-breakfast or a hotel can be arranged for an extra fee), and noon
meals during the course. This amount does NOT include
ULM
tuition, evening meals,
noon
meals when the course is not in session or lodging after the completion of
the session. (A few days after the course will allow for personal travel
throughout
Scotland
.) Participants will be required to put down a $100 non-refundable deposit
for the airline by April 9. For more information on what is included in
the cost of the trip, please contact Dr. Chris Johnson at 318-342-1467.
The following topics will be covered:
- New
Ways of Thinking About Dementia
- Home
Based Models of Day and Respite Care
- Spirituality
and Intimacy
- Mobility
and Walking
- Staff
Support and Training
- Care
Planning
- Design
and Dementia
- Re-Thinking
Alzheimer’s
- New
Clinical Thinking
For further information
about participating in the study abroad, contact Dr. Chris Johnson at
318-342-1467 or e-mail inquiries as to costs of the trip and course
assignments to cjohnson@ulm.edu.
A copy of the program content and the brochure will be posted on
the ULM Gerontology Website: www.ulm.edu/gerontology.
For more information on
upcoming events check out the
ULM
calendar at www.ulm.edu/calendar
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