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News

Report finds improving climate for women at UK
Undergraduate forum draws students from across U.S.
Hidden dangers: Spring months can bring severe weather
Go Down, Moses!
Mars expert opens KGS lecture series
Know the facts about UK
UK HealthCare, UK Marketing receive local advertising honors
UK diplomat negotiates familiar territory
Time magazine's Angelo to deliver 2001 Creason Lecture April 12
ŒCitizen Kentucky' focuses on society, role of journalism
Preparing Future Faculty program builds teaching expertise
IHDI's Ryan takes reins of statewide ADA compliance
Hospital performs liver transplant on youngest patient
Pulitzer Prize-winning author to deliver 2001 Blazer Lecture
Briefs

Report finds improving climate for women at UK

More needs to be done for equality, report says.

In the past 10 years, UK has made measurable progress toward achieving gender equity on campus.

A new report from the University Senate Council Ad Hoc Committee on the Status of Women details those advances and documents what remains to be done to fulfill the goal of gender equity. The report was unveiled March 28 at a luncheon sponsored by the UK Women's Forum.

"The committee was pleased at the changes it found," said Susan Scollay, chairperson of the committee. "We would have been more pleased if there was more progress to report."

Titled "A Blueprint for Gender Equity at America's Next Great University," the new report updates a comprehensive study completed by the original Ad Hoc Committee under the leadership of Carolyn Bratt in 1990. That report documented serious problems in all aspects of the University work community, including sex segregation of the work force; concentration of women in the lowest level, lowest status, lowest paying jobs; absence of women in leadership positions; gender bias in compensation; and several other forms of gender-based differential treatment and discrimination. The original report included more than 125 recommendations to help improve UK's work environment for women. The recommendations were intended to help UK eliminate barriers to women's entry and advancement, ensure equitable compensation and rewards, promote development and utilization of women employees, create a more hospitable climate and increase institutional self-knowledge and awareness about the status of women on campus.

The original study provided the foundation upon which the current committee conducted its investigation. For the 2001 assessment, the committee selected strategic indicators with which to determine the progress attained by the University during the last 10 years. A variety of institutional data sources were used to discover changes and to document areas in which improvement still is necessary. The committee also used an informal, Web-based survey to gather information from members of the campus community. The report notes several steps forward for UK, including the equalization of University and employee retirement contributions across all employee groups. Previously, the University's contribution to faculty retirement plans exceeded the contribution to those of staff members.

"Given that more than 9 of 10 women employees are not faculty," Bratt said, "this change is truly significant."

Also highlighted were the development of UKAdvance, the increase in educational programs and benefits, and increased institutional support of the Women's Studies Program.

"There have been some important and encouraging changes," Bratt said, "but there also are some disturbing patterns of stability and lack of change as well."

The report looks forward, proposing actions to eliminate remaining problems.

"It is based on the premise that great universities are ones for which gender equity and fundamental fairness are important," Scollay said. "We need to diversify all levels of University activities, especially at the highest levels of institutional leadership and decision making. Employment still tends to be segregated on the basis of gender."

For instance, she noted the University still employs very few women in the skilled crafts and the increase in the number of women deans in the last 10 years came only in traditionally female disciplines.

"Universities are supposed to serve as role models for society," Scollay said. "But we at UK have yet to exercise vigorous leadership in efforts to rid our community of gender-based bias and discrimination."

Scollay said the new report calls for continued focus on many of the recommendations from the 1990 report, adding that more in-depth analysis must be done to document and alleviate persistent forms of gender inequity. For example, she noted, that implementation of the new personnel classification and evaluation system for staff must be monitored to assess the extent to which it really addresses problems of inequity that the 1990 study documented in the previous system.

The report will be presented to the Senate which will forward it to the president for action.

The report is available on the Web at www.uky.edu/USC/Comms/ahw and can be obtained from Scollay by calling 257-7834 or e-mailing scollay@pop.uky.edu.

Selena Stevens

Undergraduate forum draws students from across U.S.

More than two years of planning paid off during spring break when some 2,500 students and their mentors gathered on the UK campus for the National Conference on Undergraduate Research.

"The reception was particularly well received," said Lou Swift, classics professor and the person perhaps most responsible for bringing the conference to UK. "The guests were impressed not only with the beauty of the library and the facilities, but with the large book endowment, which now well exceeds the cost of the building."

Beyond its impact on campus, the three-day conference contributed about $400,000 to the local economy, taking direct and indirect spending effects into account, according to the calculations of Jonathan M. Roenker, research associate with UK's Center for Business and Economic Research.

Preparations for NCUR-2001 began in 1999, when UK learned it had won its bid to host the sought-after conference. UK has participated in the NCUR annual conference since its inception in 1987.

George Lewis

Hidden dangers: Spring months can bring severe weather

The calendar may say it's spring, but the weather may say otherwise. Even though the coming months are traditionally mild ones in Kentucky weather, members of the UK community should be prepared for anything.

"The weather can change quickly and unexpectedly," said Harry Enoch, director of UK Environmental Health and Safety. "It can create very dangerous situations no matter where we are -- at home, at work, in the car or out shopping. Being prepared is vital." UK works with the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government Division of Environmental and Emergency Management to be prepared for weather emergencies. Pat Dugger, director of DEEM, said too many people disregard too many dangers.

"Most people don't recognize how the tornado belt has shifted. We are now in it," she said.

Shifting weather patterns during the last 20 to 40 years has increased the risk of severe weather and weather emergencies in Kentucky, she said.

According to the National Weather Service, Kentucky experienced 19 tornadoes, 612 severe thunderstorms and 148 floods in 2000, resulting in 53 injuries and nine deaths.

Dugger said people also feel protected by living near a city with special programs and services.

"Cities can't stop natural disasters. Yes, we can have them in cities," she said. "Don't think it will never happen."

UK and the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Government do have many services, including those of the Division of Environmental and Emergency Management, to help warn people of coming weather threats and to assist recovery efforts.

An important part of the warning program is the outdoor siren system. Thirteen sirens throughout the area, including one on UK's campus, help warn people outdoors to take shelter. The sirens, placed strategically near outdoor centers such as parks, can sound a tone or can be used as a massive outdoor public address system to transmit messages. UK's siren is located between Commonwealth stadium and the Soccer-Softball Complex, where its warning can be heard from most outdoor areas on south campus.

However, Dugger said no service can replace having a plan to deal with severe weather emergencies. Families should create a plan and kits to meet emergency needs.

"Most importantly, practice the plan," Dugger said. "You want to find the flaws that need to be fixed before it's a real event."

Making sure you have a way to get important information also is a must, she said. She encouraged using television, radio and weather radios to track storm information.

"They may be your early warning system," she said.

For more information for how to prepare for severe weather or for group training, contact the Division of Environmental and Emergency Management at 258-3784.

Selena Stevens

Go Down, Moses!

"Moses" is part of a new display at the Downtown Lexington Public Library of works created by UK Minority College Awareness Program students.

During the recent 2001 MCAP African-American Expo, the students painted their own miniature horses with themes from black history, education or academics. They also wrote brief descriptions of their works, and awards were given for the top designs. The expo centered around the theme "Horse-A-Rama," drawing from Lexington's recent "HorseMania" and highlighting the accomplishments of black jockeys.

The exhibit will be open through April 24 on the second floor of the library. A reception will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. April 6, at which the student-artists will be present to talk about their works. The public is invited to the reception and exhibit.

Tim Collins

Mars expert opens KGS lecture series

Evidence close to home helps explain solar system.

Patricia Wood Dickerson, a scientist who trains astronauts for Mars and lunar exploration missions, will deliver the keynote address on Monday, April 2, during the UK Kentucky Geological Survey's Distinguished Lecture Series.

On Tuesday, April 3, Dickerson will be the keynote speaker in a forum to discuss advanced technology for groundwater exploration. She will speak on the topic "Astronaut Training in Field Geophysical Methods for Water-Resource Assessment."

Other speakers for the forum will include Haluk Cetin, a research associate at the Mid-AmericaRemote Sensing Center and an assistant professor in the geosciences department at Murray State University; and Robert Andrews, a geologist at the Kentucky Geological Survey who is the principal investigator on a project using remote sensing and inclined-drilling techniques to locate high-yield water wells in Eastern Kentucky.

The forum will be held from 8:45 a.m. to noon on April 3 in 102 Mining and Mineral Resources Building. Both events are free and open to the public.

For more information about the KGS Distinguished Lecture and Forum, visit www.uky.edu/kgs or call Carol Ruthven at 257-5500.

Ralph Derickson

Know the facts about UK "UK At a Glance 2000-2001" is available from UK Public Relations. The booklet, published annually by the office, contains many facts and highlights about the University which are useful in classes, student and employee recruitment and other activities. Information on the UK Libraries, research, academics, history, students, graduate education, faculty, tuition, national rankings and more is included in the publication. The booklet is available in the UK Public Relations office, located in 102A Mathews Building. For more information, call 257-3303 or 257-1754. Staff report

UK HealthCare, UK Marketing receive local advertising honors

On Feb. 24, the Lexington Advertising Club held the 2000 American Advertising Awards, otherwise known as "the Addys" to those in the creative industry.

UK ended the evening as a big winner, taking home four Addys, several Citations of Excellence and a Judges' Choice Award for advertising and marketing collateral materials produced in 2000.

"It's always a good feeling when the community responds positively to your advertising efforts and you feel your marketing efforts are effective. But when the accolades come from your peers within the advertising community, it's really gratifying," said Mary Ware, director of marketing for UK HealthCare.

In this year's competition, advertising agencies, graphic designers and marketing professionals from across the Bluegrass submitted a total of 532 entries. Of those entries, 89 Addys, 117 Citations of Excellence, five Judges' Choice Awards and a Best of Show Award were given.

The awards honoring UK included:
- Addy Award given in the Collateral Material/Brochure Division for the Medical Center's Minimally Invasive Surgery brochure;
- Addy Award given in the Annual Reports Division for UK's publication, "Entering Our Third Century of Greatness;"
- Addy Awards given in the Television Division for UK HealthCare's "It's How Far Medicine Has Come" 30-second television commercials and and UK's "Next Great ...;"
- Citation of Excellence in the Newspaper Division for the "Go Full Term" OB/GYN print advertising and the "Waiting for Test Results and Treatments Can Test Your Patience" print advertising for Markey Cancer Center's Comprehensive Breast Care Center;
- A Judge's Choice Award given in the Sales Promotion/Audio-Visual Division for the UK Children's Hospital fund-raising video titled "Miracles Can Happen Here."

Other awards were given honoring the "Jail House Rock" invitation for a fund-raising event to benefit UK Children's Hospital, the Robert Johnson Endowment brochure developed for the UK College of Medicine and the "Dance for Love" direct mailer for the Lexington Ballet Co.'s fund-raiser to benefit UK Children's Hospital.

Staff report

UK diplomat negotiates familiar territory

Stempel leads envoys to India.

John Stempel, a veteran of the U.S. foreign service and director of the Patterson School of Diplomacy and International Commerce, returned last month from India, where he led a U.S. government-funded mediation effort to resolve environmental-issue disputes that are clogging courts and causing large-scale demonstrations and violence.

The envoys hoped to use their diplomatic connections and mediation skills to determine whether dispute resolution would work in India, and to begin a training process in dispute resolution, particularly involving environmental problems.

As a developing country, India is gaining in terms of environmental regulations. But it lacks the wherewithal to effectively implement and enforce those laws, Stempel said.

An example of the environmental concerns that exist in the country is the building of thousands of dams, considered the largest and most controversial public works project ever undertaken in the nation's history.

Although the government-built hydroelectric dams would go a long way toward fulfilling the county's pressing need for water for agriculture and human consumption, hundreds of thousands of people, backed by an international coalition, routinely turn out to protest dam construction. Riots marked some of the demonstrations.

The protesters are concerned about government-ordered relocation of tens of millions of people and the inundation of sensitive lands and species.

Stempel said the problem is indeed serious and has resulted in millions of Indians being "refugees in their own country."

The mediation team plans a second trip to India, perhaps by late summer, to begin the actual mediation process.

Stempel's trip almost didn't happen. A few days before he was scheduled to leave, a virus sent him to bed with a temperature to 102. Soldering on, the veteran of 23 years in the U.S. Foreign Service recovered sufficiently to endure the 20-hour flight and begin solving problems related to an underdeveloped country with a burgeoning population of 1 billion.

George Lewis

Time magazine's Angelo to deliver 2001 Creason Lecture April 12

Time magazine reporter Bonnie Angelo will deliver the 2001 Joe Creason Lecture at 8 p.m. Thursday, April 12, at the Singletary Center for the Arts. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Angelo's lecture caps the UK Journalism Alumni Association's annual Kentucky Journalism Hall of Fame induction ceremony and events. This year's inductees are broadcaster and writer Nick Clooney, the late Virginia Harris Combs of Whitesburg, Public Broadcasting Corp. producer William R. Grant, weekly newspaper publisher Guy Hatfield of Irvine, and Atlanta television anchorwoman Monica Kaufman.

For more information, contact Julie Berry at the UK School of Journalism and Telecommunications at 257-1730. Dan Adkins

ŒCitizen Kentucky' focuses on society, role of journalism

A cadre of nationally recognized journalists, public figures and educators will discuss the role of the news media in American democracy April 12 at the William T. Young Library.

Time magazine correspondent Bonnie Angelo, Courier-Journal editorial director David Hawpe, Lexington Herald-Leader publisher Tim Kelly, Kentucky historian Thomas Clark and Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education President Gordon Davies are among 40 participants invited to "Citizen Kentucky: Democracy and the Media."

The forum will feature two sessions in the Toyota Reading Room on the library's second floor at 9 a.m. and 2 p.m. The forum will be broadcast on KET at a date to be determined.

The forum is part of the fourth annual First Amendment Celebration at the School of Journalism and Telecommunications. The celebration is sponsored by the Scripps Howard Foundation, with co-sponsors including the Kentucky League of Cities, the NewCities Foundation, the Public Life Foundation of Owensboro, UK's Office of the Vice President for Research and Graduate Studies, UK's Department of Educational Policy Studies and Evaluation and the Martin School of Public Policy and Administration.

Staff report

Preparing Future Faculty program builds teaching expertise

When Carolyn Carter began her first day as a faculty member at Ohio State University after finishing her doctorate at Purdue University, her orientation included the instruction that her top priority was to "make money."

That was a rather novel idea for Carter, who had no experience in applying for grants.

"I knew how to do good research and to get my research published. I was told by reviewers that my ideas were great," Carter recalled, "but as I found out, my grant-writing skills were not. I did not know how to put together a strong grant proposal. I head to learn the hard way."

Carter was making the transition from one Research I university to another Research I university. However, only 5 to 10 percent of graduate students taking faculty positions will work in institutions like those where they received their degrees. Most will work in institutions with quite different cultures, goals and expectations.

To help tomorrow's faculty members successfully make these transitions and to fill in the gaps in their preparation, Carter, a native of Leitchfield, is now coordinating a UK program within the Teaching and Learning Center that carries the title, "Preparing Future Faculty."

Future faculty need expertise in areas including teaching, student advising, maneuvering within academic bureaucracy, ethics, grant-writing, curriculum development, faculty governance and many more which they rarely acquire in their graduate programs. PFF is based on the principle that graduate education should acquaint students with the broad and complex realities of faculty life. PFF students learn about faculty roles and responsibilities in a variety of institutions, while addressing questions such as "What is life like as a new faculty member? How do I plan and evaluate a course successfully? How do I incorporate technology in my classes?"

By connecting graduate students with multiple mentors who can provide support for teaching and service, as well as research, PFF students can learn how to negotiate faculty life in a less threatening environment than they will face as assistant professors. The University of Kentucky's PFF program, which includes three courses and a practicum experience, not only provides support for developing the skills students will need, but helps them identify where faculty jobs are and what types of institutions would be a "good fit" for them.

UK's central PFF program started with a grant from the Pew Charitable Trusts written by Daniel Reedy and Louis Swift, former UK graduate and undergraduate deans respectively. They, and former Teaching and Learning Center Director Linda Worley, in conjunction with faculty from across campus, shaped a high-quality, nationally recognized program with a very modest amount of money.

The UK program continues to receive national attention for its accomplishments, particularly as part of UK's strategic plan. While UK's benchmark institutions also have thriving PFF programs, UK is the first institution to set a goal of institutionalizing PFF in all departments with teaching assistants. Two departments have developed their own PFF plans; other departmental plans are under way.

Almost 80 students have "graduated" from UK's PFF programs and are on their way to successful faculty careers in schools from Morehead to South Africa to Richmond to India. Graduates are located in schools in Texas, Washington, Michigan, Arizona, South Carolina, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Arkansas, Mississippi, Ohio and several other states, as well as Kentucky.

UK's PFF program is conducted in collaboration with other schools in the state -- both public and private -- and beginning in the fall, there will be a new collaboration with the Kentucky Community and Technical Colleges System that will focus on "online" teaching experiences allowing future faculty in training to teach distance education courses under the guidance of experienced online faculty mentors.

Carter said PFF has attracted most of its students via the traditionally powerful "word of mouth" system.

"They know someone who has had an eye-opening experience in the PFF," she said.

For additional information about PFF, visit the UK PFF Web site at www.uky.edu/TLC/grad_students/pff.html or the national PFF Web site at www.preparing-faculty.org/PFFWeb.Contents.htm. You can also write to cscart2@email.uky.edu or call Carter at 257-9725.

Ralph Derickson

IHDI's Ryan takes reins of statewide ADA compliance

Norb Ryan, project director for the Kentucky Americans with Disabilities Initiative at UK's Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute, has accepted a position with the commonwealth of Kentucky as statewide ADA coordinator. Based in the Workforce Development Cabinet, Ryan will oversee activities to ensure state compliance with the ADA in employment, programs, services and facilities.

"I have always been involved in establishing or assisting programs to enhance the lives of people with disabilities. I see this position as another step in achieving that goal," Ryan said. "I'll have a unique opportunity to collaborate with others in the state to promote independence and inclusion for people with disabilities."

After receiving a degree in therapeutic recreation from Eastern Kentucky University in 1975, Ryan began work for Cardinal Hill Rehabilitation Hospital as director of therapeutic recreation. He also coordinated the hospital's annual telethon, quadrupling funds raised during a four-year period. Ryan then served as administrator for the Child Development Centers of the Bluegrass, acting as a community liaison and coordinating parent-training seminars in Kentucky, West Virginia and Virginia. He was promoted to director of extension centers in Richmond and Danville.

Ryan joined IHDI in 1992, initially serving as an employment specialist for the Kentucky Employment Initiative. He was promoted to project director of the Kentucky Mentor Initiative and became ADA Initiative project director in 1998. While Ryan officially left IHDI on March 16, he will maintain close ties with the institute by serving on the Consumer Advisory Council, representing IHDI on the American Association of University Affiliated Programs Board of Directors, and as co-chair of the AAUAP Council on Consumer Affairs.

"I think a large part of me will always remain with IHDI, and the friendships I have developed will continue. It has been my pleasure to be a part of IHDI, and I am so glad that I will be able to continue to be involved with the institute," he said.

IHDI promotes independence, productivity and integration of all people through numerous research, training and outreach activities. The institute also provides technical assistance to policy makers and educators across the country.

Kim Cumbie

Hospital performs liver transplant on youngest patient

A UK Hospital surgical team has performed a liver transplant on a 9-year-old Central Kentucky girl, the youngest patient ever to receive a liver transplant at UK by this program.

The eight-hour surgery was performed March 15 on Elizabeth Henderson, who has alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency and had been waiting for a new liver since Feb. 3, 2000.

Dinesh Ranjan, director of UK's liver and pancreas transplant program, led the surgical team that consisted of Thomas Johnston, director of UK's pediatric and renal transplant program; K. Sudhakar Reddy, a liver transplant surgeon and an assistant professor of surgery; two anesthesiologists; and three nurses and operating room technicians. The surgery began around noon May 15 and ended at 8 p.m. that day. The transplanted organ immediately began to function.

As is the case with all transplant patients immediately following surgery, Henderson was listed in critical condition. Four days later, she was moved from the pediatric intensive care unit to a regular room in the UK Children's Hospital.

"This is the second pediatric liver transplant we have performed, and it is quite a milestone for our liver transplant program," Ranjan said. UK's first pediatric liver transplant was performed on May 18, 1998, on a 13-year-old girl, who continues to do well.

A1ATD, the most common genetic cause of liver disease in children, occurs when the amount of alpha1-antitrypsin in the blood is very low. The condition causes lung and liver problems. Little is known about why some people with A1ATD become ill, while others remain healthy.

Vikki Franklin

Pulitzer Prize-winning author to deliver 2001 Blazer Lecture

Momaday continues tradition, telling stories for the future.

The New York Times has called him "the dean of American Indian writers." Native American and Pulitzer Prize-winning author N. Scott Momaday will deliver the 2001 Blazer Lecture in Humanities.

"In the oral tradition," Momaday has said, "stories are not told merely to entertain or instruct. They are told to be believed. Stories are realities lived and believed. They are true."

Momaday's creative accomplishments have included fiction, poetry, plays, essays and paintings. His newest books, "In the Bear's House" and "Circle of Wonder: A Native American Christmas Story," were published in 1999. His other books include "In the Presence of the Sun: Stories and Poems," "The Ancient Child" and "The Way to Rainy Mountain."

Momaday will be available for signings after the lunch and lecture.

Kelley Bozeman

Briefs

Luncheon honors dedication to people with disabilities
The UK Interdisciplinary Human Development Institute and Kentucky Advance will sponsor a luncheon in the Hunt-Morgan Room of the Hilary J. Boone Faculty Center from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. April 23 to honor individuals who are making positive impacts for people with disabilities at UK.

For more information, contact Kathy Sheppard-Jones at 257-8104.

Volunteers needed to staff Rolex Event for hospital
The UK Children's Hospital needs volunteers to staff the Rolex Shop and program sales during the Rolex Three-Day Event scheduled April 26-29.

Volunteers receive a pass for the event. In appreciation for helping at the event, Equestrian Events International will donate to the hospital.

For information, call 257-1121.

Chancellor hosts staff awards
The Lexington Campus Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Staff will be presented from 2:30 to 4 p.m. April 25 in the Student Center ballrooms.

Six awards of $600 each will be presented to recognize outstanding contributions to the University community. Two awards will be given to office and clerical employees; one to a service and maintenance employee; two to professional and administrative employees; and one to a technical and scientific employee.

Community-based faculty conference to be held
The seventh annual Community-Based Faculty Conference, coordinated by the UK Chandler Medical Center Community-Based Faculty Program, will be held April 20 and 21 at Marriott's Griffin Gate Resort and Golf Club.

For information, call 323-8018.

Publishing, Postal Services announce deadlines for jobs
In order to allow enough time for Publishing and Postal Services to complete any departmental printing, duplicating or bulk mailing and process the billing within this fiscal year, the following cutoff dates for receiving work requests for the offices have been established.

- Jobs requiring outside vendor services, May 15; large jobs, May 22; small jobs, June 1; photocopied jobs, June 13.
- Jobs of more than 5,000 pieces, May 24; jobs of more than 1,000 but fewer than 5,000, June 5; and jobs of 1,000 or fewer, June 12.

For more information, contact your service representative at 257-3492.

Medicine students host run/walk
Fourth-year UK College of Medicine students will host a 5K run/walk at 9 a.m. April 7 at the UK Arboretum to benefit the Chrysalis House's Family Strengthening Program.

Registration begins at 8 a.m. with a fun run for kids starting at 8:30 a.m. Registration forms are available at John's Run/Walk Shop and at www.Chrysalis5K.org. Age group and door prizes will be awarded. Each race participant will receive a T-shirt. Donations are encouraged.

Panel discusses public health
The Kentucky Student Public Health Association will host a panel discussion highlighting four public health professionals in Kentucky from noon to 2 p.m. April 11 in the UK Hospital auditorium.

All UK students and faculty are invited, and lunch will be provided. Space is limited, so please R.S.V.P. to KSPHA_UK@hotmail.com.

Communication ranks No. 1
The National Communication Association has released an initial report that lists the UK Department of Communication program as the No. 1 communication program in the nation in acquiring extramural funding.

The 10-year grant total for the department is just over $25 million for its 25 grants. Penn State University ranks second with 15 grants and a total of $4.3 million.

Musical about famous caver Floyd Collins set at UK
A musical about famous cave explorer Floyd Collins who was trapped and died in Sand Cave in Western Kentucky in 1925 will be presented by the UK Department of Theatre at 8 p.m. April 11-14 and April 17-21 and at 2 p.m. April 22.

Tickets are $9 for students, $11 for senior citizens and UK employees and $13 for the general public. Tickets may be purchased at the Singletary Center for the Arts ticket office or by calling 257-4929.