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PERSPECTIVESFirst Person: Kim Loudermilk
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Volunteers, racers needed for 10K Classic Emory Healthcare is fielding a team to compete in the U.S. 10K Classic, an annual 6.2 mile walk/run, inline skate and wheelchair competition that benefits several children's charities. Team Emory participants will compete in the race's Corporate Chase division. All Emory staff and students who register in any division will pay a reduced entry fee of $17.50; the regular fee is $20. Participants will receive a U.S. 10K Classic t-shirt, a four-color commemorative poster and free entry to White Water Park. The race begins at Cumberland Mall/Galleria Centre on Sept. 1. Start times are 7:30 a.m. for inline skaters; 7:45 for wheelchair athletes; and 8 a.m. for runners. Emory Healthcare is also seeking volunteers to help at the Family Sports Festival that takes place the weekend before the race and to staff registration tables and water tables at the start and finish lines the day of the race. Doctors, nurses and allied health professional are needed as well. To volunteer or register, call Nancy Anderson at 778-7740. Particiants can register with Linda Napolitano of Emory Running Club as well by calling 712-7033. Call for applications for Sawyer Seminar The Center for Ethics invites interested faculty to to participate in the Sawyer Seminar, an interdisciplinary and interprofessional research program on ethics and the provision of healthcare (Emory Report, June 9). A Mellon Foundation grant will provide for a postdoctoral fellow, two doctoral research assistants and resources to bring in guest consultants and experts. The seminar is limited to 12 faculty. It will begin in January 1998 and end in May 1999. Participants will examine emerging healthcare policies in the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany and France-how systems contain costs, maintain or expand the quality of services, insure or expand access and provide choice for consumers, among other topics. For more information, write Jim Fowler at the Center for Ethics in Dental Building 302 or e-mail him at jfowler@emory.edu. For a copy of the seminar's formal prospectus, call Shirley Roberts at 727-4954. Bookstore offers online ordering The bookstore now offers the ability to order books online. Send your name, phone number, book information and e-mail address to books@emory.edu. Information on the books you're buying should include the author or editor, title, number of copies and whether you're ordering the hardcover or paperback edition. The publisher and ISBN number would be helpful, but is not necessary. There is no charge to special order books, but some books must be paid for at the time of purchase. Fourth annual Town Hall Meeting scheduled for July 29 The Employee Council will sponsor its Fourth Annual Town Hall Meeting with President Bill Chace on Tuesday, July 29. The meeting will be held from noon-1 p.m. in the Winship Ballroom in Dobbs Center. Everyone is welcome and invited to bring a lunch. Questions for the president can be e-mailed to empcouncil@emory.edu. Use "Questions for Town Hall Meeting" in the subject header. For more information, call Candy Tate at 727-7438. Carlos Museum offers chance to see Imperial Tombs of China The Carlos Museum is offering an opportunity to fly to Orlando to see "The Imperial Tombs of China" at the Orlando Museum of Art. The trip will take place August 21-23. The exhibition contains 250 relics from ancient Chinese dynasties, including terra cotta warriors, a jade burial suit and a pair of nine-foot tall stone lions. The package includes airfare, hotel accommodations, a trip to the museum and meals. Also included is a nature cruise on the St. John's River. The cost for members is $625 and $655 for nonmembers. Call 727-2251 for more information or to register. |