UM’S TEMARES NAMED ONE OF BUSINESS WORLD’S TOP 100 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY LEADERS
M. Lewis Temares, Ph.D., vice president for information technology at the University of Miami, has been named by Computerworld Magazine one of the business world’s Premier 100 IT Leaders. The award honors individuals who have had a positive impact on their organizations through technology.
Now in its third year, the Premier 100 IT Leaders award is recognizing Temares for exceptional technology leadership, innovative approaches to business challenges, and effective execution of comprehensive IT strategies. He will be honored at a March conference in California.
Temares was selected from hundreds of nominees who most closely matched Computerworld’s Leadership Index, a set of characteristics that describes those executives who guide the effective use of IT in their organizations. Honorees include executives from The Bank of New York, Hewlett Packard, Staples, and FedEx Corporation. Only three other award winners are from Florida: IT leaders at Office Depot, Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, and Walt Disney World. Only one other IT leader in U.S. higher education made the list.
The professor has worked at the University of Miami since 1980 and has been vice president for information technology for 10 years. He also has been dean of the College of Engineering for eight years and has served the University in a variety of leadership roles. Prior to joining UM, Temares was at Hunter College and Baruch College of the City University of New York. Throughout his career, he has received numerous honors for his leadership in information technology.

UM Students get award
We are very pleased and proud to announce that three UM Honors students received recognition in the recent Florida Collegiate Honors Council writing contest. They are Ms. Asma Uddin, 1st place in the Junior/Senior Documented Research or Critical Thinking; her entry is entitled “Dismantling Boundaries: A Defense of Max Black’s ‘Metaphor'”. Ms. Rossana Arteaga, 4th place in the Junior/Senior Documented Research or Critical Thinking; her entry is entitled “Nancy Prince: An Odyssey through Institutional Oppression”. Ms. Christine Alvarez, 3rd place in the Freshman/Sophomore Critical Thinking; her entry is entitled “The Real Hedda Gabler”. In addition, Ms Uddin has been asked to present her paper at the FCHC conference at New College next month.

Today
The Sports and Recreational Interest Club Federation, made-up of 30 clubs, hosts an Open House from 5-7pm, where sports club officers staff information tables to promote their club’s activities.

The School of Education Center for Research hosts psychologist Dr. Jerome Bruner for a lecture entitled The Culture of Education, from 5-6 p.m. today at the Storer Auditorium in the School of Business Administration. Dr. Bruner and Dr. Carol Feldman, also a psychologist at New York University, will be leading a series of guided discussions for faculty, students and interested participants January 22-25.
Questions? Contact the School of Education Center for Research at 305-284-5756, or mailto:Research.SOE@miami.edu.

CAC Movie- Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back

Wednesday 23 January
Last day to add a course.

The UM School of Law Office of International and Foreign Programs and the Civil and Comparative Law Society present a discussion by Ambassador John O’Leary (U.S. Ambassador to Chile from 1998-2001) at 12:30pm-2pm in the School of Law room 109. Chilean food will be served. RSVP is required. Questions? Call 284-5402.

Renown fashion photographer and filmmaker Bruce Weber and associate producer Nan Bush will hold a question and answer session following a screening of their 2001 film Chop Suey at 7:30 p.m. tonight at The Bill Cosford cinema.

Entries for Intramural Basketball, Wallyball, and Racquetball are due today. Forfit deposits are $20 per team. Play in all three sports. Games begin January28. All UM students and faculty are welcome to play.

Games night at Rathskeller from 7-9pm.

Thursday 24 January
Greek Life: Fraternity Forum.

Friday 25 January
The 2001 University of Miami National Football Champions will be honored in downtown Miami with a tickertape parade and courthouse rally today. The parade will begin at Bayfront Park and stretch west
on Flagler Street where it will end on the steps of the Miami-Dade County Courthouse, 73 W. Flagler Street, in downtown Miami.

At 7 p.m. this evening a campus celebration will be held on the University’s Campus Green featuring the entire UM team and coaching staff. Alumnus Roy Firestone, one of the nation’s best known
sportscasters and ESPN show host, will act as Master of Ceremonies along with former player Don Bailey and “Voice of the Hurricanes” Marc Vandermeer.

Friday Grove on UC Patio from 11:30am-1pm- Shufly

Happy Hour at the Rathskeller from 4:30-8pm-Rhumboogie

Monday 28 January
Seeking Volunteers. Get Involved in the Community in 2002. Come speak one-on-one with 75 local non-profit agencies from 11 a.m. -1:30 p.m.today. Find out what they do and about possible volunteer opportunities at their agencies. For more information contact the Butler Volunteer Services Center at
305-284-GIVE.

Alpha Kappa Psi. Attention all business majors and minors Alpha Kappa Psi, The Professional Business Fraternity, will be having its spring recruiting from today to February 7. If you are interested in networking with Business professionals nationwide, please contact Valerie at 305-323-9230 or at Valeri004@hotmail.com.

Intramural Basketball, wallyball and racquetball begins. All UM students and faculty are welcome to play. For more information contact Jason Carroll at 305-284-8518.

Tuesday 29 January
CAC movie- Moulin Rouge

Wednesday 30 January
Last day to drop a class without a “W”.

The next Smoking Cessation Program. Free to all UM insurance holders, will begin today. Call Jennifer Pinto at 305-243-3209 for more information.

“Once in a blue moon” at the Rathskeller from 9-12pm.

Friday 1 February
Friday Grove on UC Patio from 11:30am-1pm.

Happy Hour at the Rathskeller from 4:30-8pm- Erica Summers.

Monday 4 February
Guns N Violence Awareness Campaign

Tuesday 5 February
Asian Music Students Concert (various artists) today at 8pm-10:30pm at Victor E. Clarke Recital Hall in the L. Austin Weeks Center. Admission is free.

CAC sneak peek at the Cosford Cinema from 9-11pm: Collateral Damage.

Wednesday 6 February
Open mic/ poetry night with BAM at the Rathskeller from 7-9pm.

Friday 8 February
Friday Grove on UC Patio from 11:30am-1pm.

Happy Hour at the Rathskeller from 4:30-8pm- Erica Summers.

The Ford Commitment to Kids Award was recently awarded to UM student, Jenna Edwards, Founder and President of Queen For a Day, a program that hosts tea parties and donates tiaras to terminally ill children throughout the United States.
Edwards, who has 13 years of pageant experience, is a Communication Studies and English major at UM.
The Queen For a Day program began in June 2000 after Edwards’ mother, Debbie, suggested the idea in her hometown of Jackson, Mississippi.
Since then, Queen For a Day has become a nationally recognized non-profit organization with chapters in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Jackson, and Miami. Each chapter is run by area directors who work in close contact with Edwards.
There are approximately 50 chapters in Jackson, Mississippi, and 25 in Miami-that is, a total of 75 terminally ill children have received a tiara and a tea party.
“I believe this program has the potential to be a huge philanthropic endeavor that encompasses many cities and communities throughout the nation,” said Edwards.
Edwards has received a large response from pageant winners throughout the country who have donated their tiaras via Internet postings and word of mouth.
“It was a great idea to post announcements on the web,’ said Edwards. “The response has been incredible”.

The rededication of the newly renovated Intramural field last Thursday was organized to honor UM alumni Dr. Michael Yaron for his gracious contribution of $1.5M to the University of Miami.
“It was my way of saying thank you,” said Dr. Yaron.
Yaron said the university and the Coral Gables community took him in as a poor Israeli immigrant and he reiterated his gratitude in his speech saying:
“UM was to me the ultimate university before I joined and it still is to this day.”
The event was attended by various UM groups, Mayor Sleiznick of Coral Gables, the UM vice presidents, former UM President Foote, Sebastian the Ibis and President Shalala along with Yaron and his family.
Students and other interested guests witnessed the groundbreaking on the new fieldhouse, which will house an equipment checkout window and bathrooms to the over forty thousand students expected to use the field every semester.
Yaron graduated from UM in 1971 and now lives with his wife and children in Pennsylvania. He met with the UM rugby team in which he has a special interest as he played rugby while studying for his PhD at Oxford.
“I asked [the team] their opinion on the new field and one member said it best-simply ‘its better’,” Coach Williams said. “It’s a great thing he’s done for the school and the students appreciate it.”
Later on after the groundbreaking the rugby team gave both Dr. Yaron and President Shalala UM rugby shirts as a token of their appreciation.
“Thanks to Dr. Yaron this dream has been achieved today,” said Wellness Center director and UM alumni Norm Parsons.
“I am always asked what is my encore as president after in less than a year on the job. UM has won national championships in both football and baseball,” President Shalala said. Pointing at the field she went on to say, “This is the encore.”

This semester’ Spring Involvement Fair last Thursday took place under an unseasonably hot sun and attracted a large number of inquiring students despite the fact that it was not heavily promoted.

In fact, except for the students in charge of running their clubs’ booths, few students knew that the fair was taking place, and even less planned on attending the event. However, although not well publicized around campus, the Hip-Hop Club was more than willing to inform any passers-by that something big was going on.

Student DJs, Chaos, Dick Dickerson, and DJ Nebulous made musical contributions on the turntables. Their heart-pounding sounds could be heard from the far side of campus. In between musical sets, club founder, Lenny “White Russian” Kagan, took control of the microphone, free-styling and promoting the club’s independently produced CD.

“Despite a few minor problems, the fair went very well,” said Leslie Brown, coordinator of the event.

Brown spearheaded the fair for the Committee on Student Organizations (COSO), and has been organizing “pretty much since last semester’s involvement fair.”

“My biggest challenge was making sure everyone showed up,” Brown said. “The only real complaint by any of the present clubs regarded the absence of what they thought was enough campus-wide promotion.”

Only a few of the student organizations failed to show up, but everyone who did had a good time, feasting on free popcorn, snow cones, cotton candy, and pizza.

The Big Cheese, a sponsor of the event, was savvy enough to donate hundreds of slices of its pizza to ensure that everyone was well fed, while promoting the fun.

Once the music and the promise of free food drew students to the patio, the clubs were now under the gun to do their parts in attracting potential members to their tables, and to their causes.

Groups such as Bacchus, Golden Key, the Equestrian Club, ROTC, and the Hillel Student Organization offered everything from condoms to smoothies.

New single-focused (specialized) clubs, such as the Paraguay Student Association (PSA), had their first opportunity at the fair to present themselves.

The PSA is one of a handful of new clubs, looking for students to get involved in university life this semester.

Club leaders reported excellent recruitment numbers and expressed excitement in a promising semester ahead.

With the exception of a few minor glitches, the Spring Involvement Fair was a huge success.

Has it ever crossed your mind that maybe $34,000 is a little overpriced for what you’re getting out of school?

Well, if you took advantage of last weekend’s opportunity offered at UM, the Beaux Arts Festival, you might feel that $34,000 is a more reasonable price.

The festival took place on the greens surrounding the Lowe Art Museum on January 19 and 20, and featured beautiful works selling for as much as $16,000 a piece.

With over 250 artists displaying work in 12 mediums, including beadwork, bent wood, and blown glass, in addition to the more traditional oils, watercolors, and photography, the festival was a dazzling blur of colors and shapes.

The festival, in its 51st year, is an annual fund-raiser for UM’s Lowe Art Museum.

“It was called the ‘Clothesline Art Festival,” remembered artist Victor Edwards, returning for his 20th consecutive year to display work at the festival. “They hung paintings from a clothesline outside the museum to sell.”

Edwards now displays his paintings and hand-made hammock chairs in a comfy booth at the festival. The hammock chairs, by the way, were extremely comfortable, but unfortunately wouldn’t fit in a dorm room.

Artists came from all over the United States, including Alaska, to sell work and be judged for the contest.

This year’s judge was Diane Kamber, head of the Bass Art Museum in Miami.

From art deco sculptures to oil painted landscapes, all styles and genres of art were represented, including hand-cut painted glass wall hangings priced from $3500 – $16,000 a piece.

Ed Heiple, creator of these wall hangings, says, “If I make one sale per show, I’ve been successful.”

For those students just looking for something to cover the cinder-block dorm walls, UM art students sold their equally skillful work at more affordable prices.

Some excellent sketches were priced as low as 10 dollars. Many UM students donated the entire profit of their sales to the Lowe Museum.

“It’s an important fundraiser,” said chairwoman of the Beaux Arts Organization, Chriss Wood. “We hope to make approximately $100,000 to support the Museum this year, for new art acquisitions and programs for students.”

Also attractive about the festival were the entertainers and the food. Story-tellers, folk singers, and guitarists filled the air with their music as guests and students browsed the booths.

Although there were no free samples, the food booths offered a variety of choices, from Thai to down-home Southern to funnel cakes and sweets.

The Beaux Arts Organization, with the help of the Coral Gables Cultural Arts Council and the Miami-Dade County Cultural Affairs Council, runs the festival every year. Amazingly, they manage to run the huge project with only 15 staff members and 100 volunteers.

If you are a UM student, part-time or full-time, and would like to volunteer for next year’s festival, or if you have artwork you’d like to submit for sale, contact Tracy Helenbrook, Advancement Officer for the Arts and Sciences, at 305-284-5735.

The Lowe Museum invites students to a special lecture by Einar and Jamex de la Torre, Mexican-American artists, on Friday, February 8, 2002 at 7:00 p.m.

The lecture will take place at the Lowe Museum, located at 1301 Stanford Drive, just east of Stanford Circle.

Call 305- 284-2542 by Feb. 1 to make reservations.