September 8, 2009
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UM Through the Eyes of Leaders Past and Present

Tuesday, September 29

Fort Lauderdale, Florida

The University of Miami has come a long way since its humble roots as the Cardboard College. UM Through the Eyes of Leaders Past and Present brings you up to speed on progress from two UM visionaries past and present. Thomas J. LeBlanc, Executive Vice President and Provost, outlines his strategic plan for continued enrichment of the student experience and academic curriculum—an endeavor that earned the University a place this year on U.S.News and World Report’s top 50 list of “America’s Best Colleges.” William R. Butler, vice president for student affairs from 1965 to 1997 and author of Embracing the World: The University of Miami—From Cardboard College to International and Global Acclaim, shares memories from his 30-plus years at UM, a period of pivotal growth.

The University of Miami Alumni Association and the Alumni Club of Broward County cordially invite you to this reception featuring Thomas J. LeBlanc and William R. Butler, on Tuesday, September 29 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the Riverside Hotel, located at 620 East Las Olas Boulevard, Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

Cocktails and hors d’oeuvres will be available. Business attire is requested for this event.

To RSVP or for more information, please contact the UM Alumni Association at 1-866-UMALUMS (862-5867) or via e-mail at alumni@miami.edu. Please include “Broward Reception” in the e-mail subject line.

Evenings with Jon Secada

September 15 – 19

Fall Career Expo Join the University of Miami Alumni Association and the Greater New York Alumni Club for an unforgettable evening with

Frost School of Music Alumnus
and
Two-Time Grammy Winner
Jon Secada, B.M. ’83, M.M. ’86

Tuesday, September 15 to Saturday, September 19
Tuesday, September 15th is Alumni Night!

Feinstein’s at Loews Regency Hotel
540 Park Avenue at 61st Street
New York, NY

UM alumni will receive special pricing of $60 (plus tax) for premium seating. A food and beverage minimum of $40 also applies.

Seating begins at 6:00 p.m., and dinner guests should arrive between 6:00 p.m. and 7:00 p.m. The show begins at 8:30 p.m.

Tickets can be purchased at 212-339-4095. Please mention our code JC-ALUMNI for special pricing. For more information, please contact the UM Alumni Association at 1-866-UMALUMS (862-5867) or 305-284-2872 or via e-mail at alumni@miami.edu.

Picture Yourself At UMX!

It’s All About LIFELONG LEARNING

Friday, November 6

UM ExperienceRemember your favorite classes at the University? Do you miss having stimulating discussions with interesting faculty members? Return to those days by enrolling in this year’s Audrey R. Finkelstein UM Experience. The curriculum allows you to share the experience of today’s University of Miami students through an interactive educational series featuring UM’s most fascinating faculty and lecture topics, all specially designed for our returning alumni and guests. Fee is $20 per person (lunch session included).

Maximizing the Impact of the Stimulus Plan
Hear from Jacqueline Dixon, noted scientist and interim dean for the College of Arts and Sciences, and Rudy Fernandez, vice president for government affairs and chair of UM’s Stimulus Working Group, how the stimulus funding stands to impact our community, our nation, and our world.

Using Your Brain: Studies of Successful Aging in the Nervous System
The ability to define – and achieve – what we call successful aging is a major focus of the neurosciences. Deborah Mash, Ph.D. ’84, professor of neurology, will present current thought on what it takes to age well and prosper into our eighth, ninth, and tenth decade.

New Frontiers for Stem Cell Research
The goal of the Interdisciplinary Stem Cell Institute (ISCI) is to capitalize on pioneering work in the use of stem cells to find new treatments for chronic or debilitating diseases that to this point have defied conventional therapies. Dr. Joshua Hare, director of the ISCI, presents an overview of the institute and its role in defining the new frontiers for stem cell research.

Weather and Human Health: Present Realities and Future Possibilities
Weather is responsible for thousands of deaths in the United States each year. Learn about the work Laurence Kalkstein, research professor in the Department of Geography and Regional Studies, has been doing with the National Weather Service to develop sophisticated systems that can offer alerts for impending negative health outcomes from extreme weather.

Flying High: New Dean, New Direction with Dean Roni Avissar
After nearly 15 years the University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science has new leadership. Dean Roni Avissar, a dynamic atmospheric scientist and award-winning hydroclimatologist, reveals his plans to take the school to new heights in research, education, and outreach.

Tour of the Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center
The Robert and Judi Prokop Newman Alumni Center is scheduled to open in September 2010, but this is your opportunity to tour your new “home away from home” while it’s in the finishing stages of construction.

Picture yourself back on campus and make Alumni Weekend and Homecoming your destination for great fun! Contact the UM Alumni Association at 1-866-UMALUMS (862-5867), 305-284-2872, or via e-mail at alumni@miami.edu. Join our Facebook group, and be sure to bookmark www.miami.edu/alumniweekend and check back often for a listing of events, information, and highlights!

FALL CAREER EXPO 2009

Wednesday, September 16

BankUnited Center

Fall Career Expo Looking for a job? Need to make a career change? Then don’t miss the Fall Career Expo on Wednesday, September 16, 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. in the BankUnited Center on the Coral Gables campus. This is a great opportunity to network with hundreds of recruiters representing almost every industry! View the list of companies (updated daily) at www.miami.edu/careerexpo. Be sure to bring your ID and plenty of resumes. Professional dress is required to enter. Career Expo is free to all alumni, and you don’t have to pre-register. Please park in the Ponce Garage. See you there!

Cooking & Meditation Wellness Style!

Patti and Allan Herbert Wellness Center

Herbert Wellness Center UMiami Spice
Chef Lori is dishing it up once again at the Herbert Wellness Center. The next class in the fall semester cooking series is a vegetarian class titled “Delightful Vegan Desserts.” Yes, you read right! The menu includes twinkies, chocolate chai spice cupcakes, and dark chocolate acai berry sorbet. The class is Wednesday, September 23, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The cost is only $25 for students, $30 for members, and $35 for non-members. Register for three classes in the six-class series and receive a 10 percent discount. Price includes recipes, cooking demonstration, and food tasting. What a deal! Class size is limited, so call 305-284-5433 now to register!

Meditation Workshops
Our daily life revolves around activity, achievement, and the pressure to always do more. So who has time to meditate? Research has shown that taking a few minutes to quiet our mind and focus on the present moment actually makes us more productive and effective decision makers. Learn how to meditate or take a meditation break at the Herbert Wellness Center. The next class in the meditation series is Monday, September 14, from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m. in the wellness suite conference room. The class is free and open to everybody. Space is limited so please RSVP by calling 305-284-LIFE (5433) or send an e-mail to Angie Ramos.


Upcoming Events at the University of Miami

September 11 - 13 BEACHES OF AGNES – Part of the Bill Cosford Cinema’s French New Wave series from The Tournées Festival. Series runs through October 15. Agnès Varda’s poetic memoir of a life at the movies. An early member of the French New Wave, Varda has worked with Chris Marker, Alain Resnais, Jean-Luc Godard, Jane Birkin, Michel Piccoli, Catherine Deneuve and Philippe Noiret. Stories of her childhood in Brussels and adolescence in occupied Paris, of Los Angeles in the ‘60s, and of life in her Paris neighborhood are melded with clips from both documentary and fiction work. She is a mother and wife, a feminist, nature-lover and urban-dwelling artist. Above all, she is a woman in love with the cinema whose new movie perfectly expresses her sentiment. French with English subtitles. Admission is $6 for all University of Miami alumni, faculty, and staff, and free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, September 11 at 7:00 p.m., Saturday, September 12 at 6:10 p.m., and Sunday, September 13 at 3:45 p.m. For more information about the French New Wave series, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

September 11 - 13 CAMILA JAM – CAMILA JAM tells the story of Camila, a young woman engaged in becoming a writer. Her life is her narrative. Camila is intense and brave. She wants her literature to be an act of revelation. CAMILA JAM is a movie about Camila’s passion and her effort to support it. It’s about a female character who faces the abyss and gets from it her strength to exist. Featuring a tour de force performance by Leandra Leal (winning her the Grande Premio Brasil for Best Actress, Brazil’s equivalent to the Academy Award), this is an intense film not to be missed. This exclusive Cosford Cinema engagement made its Miami debut earlier this year at the Brazilian Film Festival of Miami. Portuguese with English subtitles. Admission is $6 for all University of Miami alumni, faculty, and staff, and free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Friday, September 11 at 9:15 p.m., Saturday, September 12 at 3:45 p.m. and 8:15 p.m. and Sunday, September 13 at 6:00 p.m. For more information visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

September 11 - 13 WOLVERINE – X-MEN ORIGINS — WOLVERINE, the first chapter in the X-Men Saga, unites Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) with several other legends of the X-Men universe in an epic revolution that pits the mutants against powerful forces determined to eliminate them. Admission is $6 for all University of Miami alumni, faculty, and staff, and free for students. General admission is $8. The film screens on Saturday, September 12 at 10:30 p.m. and Sunday, September 13 at 8:30 p.m. For more information visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

UM Presents

Miami Dolphins Ticket Offer to Benefit Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center

Participate in a special Miami Dolphins promotional offer for staff, family and friends of Sylvester, and join us as the Miami Dolphins take on the Houston Texans on Sunday, December 27, at 1:00 p.m. at Land Shark Stadium.

Discounted upper-level corner and end-zone seats are only $25, and $10 from each ticket will help fund research at Sylvester.

Tickets make a great holiday gift for your favorite Dolphins fan. To purchase, fill out the form found at http://sylvester.org/images/DolphinsTicketForm.pdf and drop it off with your payment to the development office located in the Fox Building, suite 200A, or mail it to: Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center, Office of Advancement, P.O. Box 016960 (M867), Miami, FL 33101. Tickets may be purchased with cash or check only. Checks should be made payable to "Miami Dolphins, LTD." The last day to purchase tickets is Wednesday, September 30.

For more information, please contact Amanda Grabloski at agrabloski@med.miami.edu or 305-243-8759.

  

Verdi’s La Traviata

Saturday, September 12

The Bill Cosford Cinema at the University of Miami Kicks Off Its Second Annual Opera Series with Verdi’s La Traviata.

In an exclusive collaboration with Emerging Pictures, the University of Miami School of Communication brings Italian opera to digital cinema, with the presentation of eight operas filmed in crystal-clear high definition. The limited engagement series kicks off with Giuseppe Verdi’s La Traviata on September 12.

In La Traviata, filmed at the famed La Scala opera house in Milan, Verdi tells the story of courtesan Violetta Valéry, who falls in love and is forced to renounce her affair and retreat to Paris. This presentation is Angela Gheorghiu’s La Scala debut as Violetta.

The opera series, which runs through December 20, includes La Boheme, Das Rheingold, Walkure, Don Giovanni, Cosi fan Tutte, Don Carlo and L’Orfeo. All screenings are held at the Bill Cosford Cinema in the Memorial Building on the University of Miami’s Coral Gables campus. For showtimes and more information about particular presentations, visit www.cosfordcinema.com.

Ticket information: General admission is $20, and seniors, students and University of Miami faculty and staff pay $18. Florida Grand Opera members pay a special discounted rate of $18.

The CookieBandit

2009 Faculty Alumni Reception

Tuesday, September 22

The UM Alumni Association will host the first-ever Faculty Alumni Reception honoring our special faculty members who are UM alumni. The reception will be held on Tuesday, September 22 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. in the Hurricane 100 room at the BankUnited Center. For information, please call 305-284-2872 or e-mail: sgerundo@miami.edu.

Festival Miami 2009

TRIBAL ARTS SOCIETY LECTURE

Wednesday, September 23

This presentation will use the Oricha series of drawings by Cuban-born artist Alberto del Pozo (1945-1992) to explore the aesthetics of Afro-Cuban deities and beliefs.This presentation will take place at the Cuban Heritage Collection, second floor, Richter Library on the University of Miami Coral Gables campus. There will be refreshments from 7:30 to 8:00 p.m., and the presentation runs from 8:00 to 9:00 p.m., with questions afterward.

Presented by Michelle Gonzalez Maldonado, UM assistant professor of religious studies, and Esperanza B. De Varona, chair of the Cuban Heritage Collection, UM Richter Library.

Rosenstiel School Lecture

Monday, September 28

University of Miami Herbert Wellness Center

The University of Miami’s Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science and The Explorers Club, South Florida have joined to present a lecture by Bruce Purser, author, researcher and emeritus professor of the University of Paris. A self-described ‘geologist by profession, and entomologist by passion,’ his lecture, titled “The Remarkable Diversity of Andean Butterflies” will take place Monday, September 28, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. in the Rosenstiel School Auditorium, located at 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway, Virginia Key, (next to the Miami Seaquarium).

Purser will discuss his journeys in search of exotic butterflies throughout the northern Andean countries of Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Colombia and Venezuela. From the peaks to the low-lying rainforests, Purser travels by canoe and jeep through the lush flora recording images of these insects in their natural habitat. His goal is to gain an understanding of why the foothills of the Andes have the highest biodiversity in the world – aside from coral reefs — and whether that diversity might somehow relate to the geomorphology of the region.

A reception with light refreshments will take place beginning at 6:30 p.m. The lecture is open to the public, at no charge.

For more information, please visit www.rsmas.miami.edu.

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