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The Museum of Art will show "Goya: Los Caprichos," Sept. 16-Dec. 3. This etching and aquatint titled The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters, Plate 43 from "Los Caprichos" c. 1799, is a gift of Owen and Leone Elliott. Starting Sept. 8, the museum will remain open until 9 p.m. on Fridays.

Foundation blood drive

The University of Iowa Foundation will sponsor a blood drive from 11am to 3pm, Sept. 13, at LCUA. Contact Patty Anson at (33)5-3305 to register.



UI Health Care conducts free screenings

University of Iowa Health Care will conduct free screenings for people at risk for peripheral vascular disease (PVD), a potentially fatal disease affecting eight million Americans, 8am–2pm, Sept. 23, at UI Hospitals and Clinics.

PVD is caused by blocked blood flow in the arteries to the legs and often causes pain, coldness, difficulty walking, hair loss, skin discoloration, tingling or numbness in the feet or legs, and infections or sores on the feet that are slow to heal.

Other tests, including cholesterol checks and ultrasound examinations that can detect life-threatening aneurysms in the abdomen, also will be provided free of charge. Screening participants can park for free at the south entrance of JPP.

To make an appointment, call UI Health Access at (38)4-8442



Intramural league signups

Recreational Services is offering intramural activities for faculty, staff, and students:

• Flag football (men’s): Instant scheduling will end at 4pm, Sept. 7. Leagues will play Sun-Thurs at the Recreation Fields beginning Sept. 11.
  
  
• Flag football (women’s and co-ed): Sign up by Sept. 19 for tournament play beginning Sept. 24 at the Recreation Fields.
  
  
• Co-ed sand volleyball: Sign up by Sept. 7 for tournament beginning Sept. 11 at Quad courtyard.
  
  
• Tennis: Sign up by Sept. 14 for tournament play at Klotz Tennis Courts. Women’s and co-ed teams begin Sept. 19, men’s teams begin Sept. 20.
  
  
• Softball: Men’s, women’s, and co-ed teams can play. Sign up by Sept. 20 for tournament to be played Sept. 23-24 at Hawkeye Softball Complex.
  
  
• Paintball: Men’s and women’s teams can play. Sign up by Sept. 27 for all-day tournament, Sept. 30 at Green Valley.
  
  
• Golf: Sign up by Sept. 28. Men’s, women’s, and co-ed twosomes can play Oct. 1. at Finkbine.

Registration forms can be picked up at E216 FH. For more information, call (33)5-9293.



WRAC poetry reading

The Women’s Resource and Action Center (WRAC) will hold its first coffeehouse of the academic year at 7:30pm, Sept. 9, at WRAC.

Mona Shaw, first-place winner of Icon’s 2000 Annual Manual poetry competition, will read from her poetry. Afterward, there will be an open mike session where women can share their voices in prose, poetry, or song.

The coffeehouse begins a week of events that culminates Sept. 16 with the Iowa Women’s Music Festival. During the music festival, local artists will perform during the day at City Park, and national performer Michelle Malone will rock Macbride Auditorium in the evening.

For more information, call WRAC at (33)5-1486.



Speech and hearing help

The Wendell Johnson Speech and Hearing Center will offer screenings and support programs this fall for preschool and school-aged children at risk for reading or writing problems.

Children ages 4 to 6 who have language delays and/or a family history of reading problems are candidates for a free, one-hour screening procedure to identify those at risk for developing reading and writing problems. These will be held Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays through Sept. 28.

Children ages 4 to 6 who are at risk for reading problems can also receive help through a pre-literacy program beginning Oct. 3, while children in the second, third, or fourth grade who need help with oral language and reading skills may attend an after-school program beginning in early September. Fees for these programs will be charged on a sliding scale.

The center also will offer two expanded clinical evaluation and treatment services this fall. One program will help children and adults with voice problems, and the other will help adults with neurogenic communication disorders—communication problems resulting from stroke, head injury, or progressive neurological disorders such as Parkinson’s disease. Appointments are available from 9am to 5pm, Mon-Fri, and evenings by arrangement.

For more information about the screening or programs, call (33)5-8736.



Dance classes

The dance department will be offering Saturday and weekday classes for children, teens, and adults through its Dance Forum program. Classes begin Sept. 11 in Halsey Hall. For more information about the program, contact Jeannine Symmonds, director of Dance Forum, (33)5-2193.



Investing workshop for women

The Iowa Women’s Foundation (IWF), the Women’s Resource and Action Center (WRAC), and the Iowa City Public Library will offer the second workshop of the fall Women and Money Series, "Putting your money where your mind is: Financial empowerment & socially responsible investing," 6:30-8:30pm, Sept. 20, in Meeting Room A of the Iowa City Public Library.

The workshop, presented by Barbara Krumsiek of Calvert Group, is designed to encourage participants to make their investments reflect their personal values, while still investing for financial gain. The focus is to offer women the opportunity to learn about available resources, what criteria one might want to use to screen potential investments, and the theories of socially responsible investing. Although the workshops in this series are developed for women, men are welcome to attend. The workshop is designed for participants of all income levels and investing experience.

For more information or to register, contact the IWF at 337-4222 or lisa@iawf.org.



Engineering phone list on the web

Campus addresses within the College of Engineering have had frequent changes during the completion of their construction project. To aid in the location of office addresses, the College of Engineering phone list has been placed on the college’s web site so students, faculty, staff, and visitors can have immediate access to room and telephone changes as they are reported to the dean’s office. The list also contains e-mail addresses. The roster has been recreated on the college web site at: www.engineering.uiowa.edu/phonelist.html.



Peer Support Program from Staff Council

Staff Council has announced a new Peer Support Program for University staff members. Four councilors will serve two-year terms as peer supporters: E. Diane Anderson, (35)3-5837; Michael Wichman, (33)5-4479; Wanda Magruder, (33)5-5073; and Anne Tanner, (38)4-0018.

Peer supporters assist non-bargaining professional/scientific and merit staff to identify their rights and privileges by listening and asking clarifying questions, assessing the need for information and guidance, consulting University policies and procedures, suggesting sources of information, and contacting or accompanying the staff member to appropriate offices. All services are confidential. Peer supporters are not trained to offer counsel themselves.

Staff members may contact a peer supporter via phone or e-mail and/or arrange a meeting. For more information, see the council’s web site at www.uiowa.edu/~stafcnsl/peer.html.



RVAP seeks volunteers

The Rape Victim Advocacy Program is seeking women and men volunteers who want to do something to end sexual violence and to support the people who have survived it. Training sessions are available in October and then again in February. For more information, call Sara at (33)5-6001.

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