[Peace] Unit One is looking for guests-in-residence for next year

Tue Feb 4 16:04:20 CST 2003

The Unit One/Allen Hall Guest-in-Residence Program is seeking applicants for
the 03-04 academic year. Do you know of anyone who would make a good
guest-in-residence? Let me know your suggestions or feel free to forward this
message.

The residency is part of Unit One, an academic program based in a University
residence hall.  Unit One was founded in the early 1970's as an alternative to
standard educational models.  Many of our courses and extracurricular programs
emphasize ideas and activities which challenge the status quo. Guests who have
been in residence in the past have played a major role in helping our students
become critical thinkers and agents for social change.  In talking about their
lives as well as their work, guests function as short-term mentors who can
speak to students about making life choices which benefit society rather than
exploit it.

Guests stay in an apartment in the residence hall for 1-2 weeks and conduct
workshops, discussions, performances, screenings, in the evenings. Our program
is very open-ended.  Many of our guests have valued their Unit One residency as
an opportunity to work with young adults and to experiment with new ideas and
new ways of interacting.  

Below you will find a more detailed description of the program and application
procedures or check out our home page at
http://www.housing.uiuc.edu/academics/unit1. The application deadline is March
31st.

Laura Haber
Assistant Program Director of Unit One
University of Illinois
68 Allen Hall (MC 050)
1005 W. Gregory
Urbana, IL 61801
(217) 244-2317
l-haber at uiuc.edu

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THE GUEST-IN-RESIDENCE PROGRAM AT UNIT ONE/ALLEN HALL

The In-Residence Program is a unique feature of Unit One. Each year this
program features six to eight guests whose 1-2 week residencies engage students
in many different content areas and in a wide variety of formats.

A sample of past visitors includes: 

•David Dellinger, peace activist, Chicago 7 •Harry Edwards, sports sociologist,
University of California •Michael Colgrass, composer •Barbara Trent, film
maker, The Panama Deception •Ellen Willis, film & music critic for Rolling
Stone •Steven Carothers, environmental biologist •The Otrabanda Theatre Co.,
theatre performers •Edwin Schlossberg, environmental design •Norman Soloman,
journalist, media critic •Patch Adams, M.D., free health care advocate •Vernon
Bellecort, Native American activist •Nancy Thies Marshall, Olympian, TV
commentator •Roscoe Mitchell, jazz musician, composer •Robert Schrum,
journalist, speech writer for Jimmy Carter •Sylvia Woods, union organizer,
Union Maids film •Mark Rogovin, muralist, Director, Chicago Peace Museum •Jerry
Mander, television critic •Lorna Goodison, Caribbean poet •Bernard Second,
Mescalaro Apache spiritual leader •Fred Marx, film maker, Hoop Dreams •Jean
Redpath, Scottish folksinger •Sheila Tobias, educator, women in math &
technology •Erwin Knoll, Editor, The Progressive •Cindy Patton, activist,
author, politics of AIDS •David Feldman, author, Why Do Clocks Run Clockwise?
•Karl Hess, political commentator, speech writer •John B. Anderson, congressman
& Presidential candidate •Michael LeRoy, dispute arbitrator •Laurie Dunphy,
prize-winning film maker •Spiderwoman Theater, Native American theater group
•Kathy Long, world champion kickboxer •Conrad Lynn, civil rights lawyer •Mark
Weisbrot, economist •Ray Moseley, medical ethicist •Bill Ehrhart, Vietnam
veteran, poet •Magdalena Campos-Pons, Cuban Renaissance artist •Fred Ho,
composer, Afro-Asian Music Ensemble 

To be In-Residence at Unit One is a demanding position. The purpose of
In-Residence visits is to bring students in contact with people whose work,
ideas, or lives are somewhat unusual. People, in other words, who have avoided
fitting into one of society's ready-made molds. A residency such as we offer
will appeal to you only if you enjoy initiating interaction with undergraduate
students, and if you are capable of working with students who may know little,
or nothing, about the subject matter you choose to present.

Guests conduct at least one event (1-3 hours) per day. Because getting students
to commit to long-term projects can be difficult, most events are
self-contained programs, with possible follow- up. These programs (workshops,
exercises, discussions, films, field trips, etc.) take place weekday evenings
and sometimes on weekends. If you need to be gone during a weekend, we will
work around your schedule.

As visitors live in the residence hall, they can bring about additional
meetings during meals and at odd hours with individual students or with small
groups. Such meetings have proved to be an important part of the residency, and
students frequently report that they learn most from guests in these informal
interactions. Guests are also sometimes invited to take part in ongoing courses
at Unit One or elsewhere in the University. These courses meet during the day
or early evening. Radio interviews and lectures outside the hall are also
possible. These activities are all optional parts of the residency.

Students are not required to attend any In-Residence activity, so attracting
and holding students attention (and fitting their schedules) is not always
easy. Although the coordinator of the program is there to help, guests usually
end up doing a good deal of self-promoting (e.g., introducing themselves to
students, encouraging students to attend workshops, inviting students to stop
by and talk further about a subject, etc). Guests who have been most satisfied
with their visits seem to be those who both engage students at their current
level of awareness (social, political, emotional, artistic, etc.) and prod,
provoke, challenge, and entice students to new understandings.

Transportation within the U.S., an honorarium of $1000 per week, plus room and
board are available for this position. Visitors live in the guest suite at
Allen Hall. Meals are provided in the dining room. In some cases, additional
funding for a residency can be obtained from other University departments. If
you require a larger honorarium, please include a note indicating which
University departments you think might be interested in co-sponsoring your
visit. Inform us as soon as possible if you are intrigued by the program but
require additional compensation. We need time to solicit additional funds from
the resources available. 

APPLICATION INFORMATION

If you are interested in being In-Residence at Unit One sometime during the
upcoming academic year, you should apply by sending, no later than March 31,
the following: 

1) A proposal of ideas and envisioned activities for such a visit. Your
proposal should indicate the variety of themes or issues you would like to
address while you are here and a variety of possible formats for sharing those
ideas. You do not need to be an expert on a subject to include it in your
proposal, as long as you are able and willing to guide students through a
discussion or experiment related to that subject. 

2) Materials about yourself and your previous activities--a resume and/or
documentation of your work.

3) A one-paragraph summary of your life/work of 80 words or less written in
third person--a publicity blurb.

4) Any questions, comments or special requests that you have. 
Please send all of the above items and any other information you feel is
relevant to:

Laura Haber, Assistant Program Director
Unit One/Allen Hall
1005 W. Gregory Drive
Urbana, IL 61801
phone: (217) 244-2317   fax: (217) 265-0222
email: l-haber at uiuc.edu

Your proposal will be best understood by our students if you acknowledge the
programs settings, restrictions and potentials in your description of your
abilities and proposed activities.  Please feel free to call Laura Haber before
applying if you have questions. Past applicants have found it helpful to talk
to someone from our program before solidifying their proposals.

Each spring semester a committee of Unit One students and staff decide who will
be In-Residence for the upcoming academic year. This committee bases its
decisions on an all-hall advisory vote, careful reading of applications, and a
desire to have a wide variety of subject matter addressed during the year.
Invitations will be made in late April. 

FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT  UNIT ONE/ALLEN HALL

Unit One is a living and learning program housed in Allen Residence Hall on the
Urbana- Champaign campus of the University of Illinois.

Unit One is best described as a resource that has many components. In addition
to a Guest-In- Residence program we offer credit courses, academic support
services, special facilities, non- credit music lessons, film/discussion
series, field trips, and other educationally-oriented activities. The Unit One
program s goal is to provide undergraduates with an atmosphere that is
intellectually and personally challenging.

At Unit One, we encourage students to participate actively in defining and
constructing their education. Residents of Allen Hall can create, design, and
direct almost all aspects of the Unit One program including credit course
offerings and non-credit workshops.

Allen Hall is a University of Illinois residence hall that houses about 650
students. These students are about 40% freshmen, 40% sophomores, and 20%
juniors/seniors. Their majors, grade points, ethnic backgrounds, etc., reflect
the general University of Illinois profile. They tend to be a highly-motivated
group, interested in activism, involved in active learning strategies, and
involved in curricular and extracurricular pursuits. 

Allen Hall has its own distinctive personality. Residents characterize it as a
friendly, community- oriented hall which is intellectually stimulating,
forward-thinking, and highly accepting of diversity among students. Allen Hall
programs, many of which deal with contemporary political and social issues, add
dimensions of controversy, activism, and social awareness to students lives as
an integral part of the educational goals of the program. 

Allen Hall is a newly-remodeled facility. It has several noteworthy features: 
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•a large guest suite with a bedroom, private bathroom, living room, kitchenette
•a small library with news-matter, reference materials, and recreational
reading •six seminar-style classrooms and several larger lounge/performance
areas •photography and ceramics studios •a computer lab with PCs, MACs, and
laser printers •sound-proof music practice rooms, all with pianos •a newly
remodeled, carpeted dining hall with small tables and booths, salad bar, and
vegetarian entrees •on-site parking; immediate access to campus bus service
•nearby tennis courts, swimming pool, and gym 

UNIT ONE COURSES & SEMINARS

Classes taught at Allen Hall are all accredited University courses taught by
departmental instructors. On student transcripts these courses are
indistinguishable from other University courses. What distinguishes the classes
is the small class size, personal classroom settings (seminar rooms and
lounges), availability of instructors, and greater in-class and out-of-class
interaction with classmates than in most U of I classes. Music and art courses
are designed for non-art majors, and all seminars are designed for freshmen and
sophomores. Some of the undergraduate seminars offered at Unit One are not
offered elsewhere in the University. Courses at Unit One vary from year to
year, but the following courses tend to be repeated frequently:

Ceramics
Dance Performance
Photography I & II
Economics
Video Production I
Issues in Medicine
Drawing I
Calculus I & II
American History
Statistics
Masterpieces in Western Culture
Electronic Music
Masterpieces in Non-Western Culture
Psychology
Introduction to FictionSpeech Communication
Political Science
Rhetoric
Drug Use and Abuse
Creative Writing
Human Sexuality
Aerobics 
Women's Studies Seminar
Introduction to Ethics
Introduction to Philosophy
International Relations
Foundations of American Education
Classical Civilization
History of Western Civilization
Asian Mythology

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