News Briefs

Shepherd School offers early childhood music seminar

The Shepherd School presents “Bringing Music into Your Child’s Life,” a seminar by Rachel Buchman, early childhood music specialist. The seminar will take place in Hirsch Orchestra Rehearsal Hall at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27.

Buchman will discuss what parents can do at home with their children, where to go to hear live music and resources for recorded music, movies and songbooks. She will address developmental and educational issues related to music as well.

The seminar is free for members of the Rice community and $20 for all other participants. Registration is required for this limited-seating event.

For more information, please contact Susan Kersey at 713-348-5753.

Faculty Senate launches Web site

The newly formed Faculty Senate recently launched a new Web site, <http://www.professor.rice.edu/professor/faculty_senate.asp>.

The new site features the dates of senate meetings and executive committee meetings, names of members, the senate’s constitution and bylaws, senate meeting rules and archives of documents and information.

Also available on the site are links to useful resources for faculty, including the faculty handbook and new faculty information.

Rice Players announce schedule

The upcoming production dates for the Rice Players are as follows:

Sept. 22-24: “Aunt Dan and Lemon,” by Wallace Shawn – a dark comedy offering chilling, striking explanations for the seductiveness of facism and racism

Oct. 14-15: “The 24-Hour Play,” an annual Rice Players event. Student playwrights construct plays Friday night, actors rehearse all day Saturday with the director and the plays are performed that night, just 24 hours after the plays were created. The final performance will be Saturday, Oct. 15, at 8 p.m.

Nov. 10-12 and 17-19: “Design for Living,” with guest director alumna Troy Scheid – a Brittish comedy set in the 1930s about the mores of sexual liaisons

Grant deadline approaches

Have a bold vision to create change? Apply for an Envision Grant. Completed applications are due by 5 p.m. Oct. 6.

The Envision Grant funds individual student projects that involve service, leadership or creativity. Projects can involve Rice or other communities. Awards can range from $200 to $2,500. Graduate and undergraduate students are eligible to apply.

Information and applications for the grant are available at the Leadership Rice Web site, <http://www.rice.edu/leadership>.

Dance society offers lessons

The Rice Social Dance Society (RSDS) has put together its fall schedule of dance lessons.

Ballroom dancing will be taught Tuesday nights in Grand Hall, Rice Memorial Center (RMC). Beginning ballroom will be at 7 p.m., beginning Latin dancing will be at 8 p.m., intermediate ballroom will be at 9 p.m. and advanced ballroom will be at 10 p.m.

Swing dancing will be taught Wednesday nights in Willy’s Pub in the basement of the RMC. Intermediate swing will be at 7 p.m., and beginning swing will be at 8 p.m.

Salsa dancing will be taught with the Rice Salseros Thursday nights in Grand Hall. Beginning salsa will be at 8 p.m., with intermediate salsa at 8 p.m.

The first lesson is free. Club dues are $20 for students; $20 for Rice faculty, staff and alumni; and $30 for anyone else.
For more information, contact the RSDS at <rsds@rice.edu>.

Recycle Your Old Shoes

Have your shoes reached the finish line? If so, the Rice Student Recycling Council (SRC) invites you to participate in the shoe recycling program.

The shoes are either donated to a charity or picked up by Nike as part of their Reuse-A-Shoe program. Nike recycles shoes into Nike Grind, a unique ground-up material that is used to resurface athletic fields, courts, tracks and playgrounds.

The SRC has placed bins labeled “Reuse-A-Shoe” in both the men’s and women’s locker rooms at the Rice Recreation Center and in the residential colleges’ laundry rooms. Although Nike collects only used athletic shoes, the SRC will also accept used non-athletic shoes, because Luke’s Locker will deliver them to a local charity.

For more information on recycling at Rice, visit <http://recycle.rice.edu>.

McMicken Tabbed Assistant SID

Glen McMicken has been named assistant sports information director at Rice.
Prior to joining the Rice staff, McMicken was a publications and electronic communications project leader for the Houston Community College System and a journalism teacher in the Lamar Consolidated School District.