In Brief

This spring the Simon School is offering a special 10-week course in entrepreneurship that examines the management skills and tools associated with innovation and new-business development. The course, open to University employees and the Rochester community, is aimed at individuals who are considering starting a business, as well as those seeking to develop skills in recognizing potential new products and business opportunities.

According to course instructor James Doyle, students will focus on the management issues that arise during a start-up, including the planning and strategy formation process, organizational problems, financial forecasting, capitalization plans, and funding sources. "Two integral parts of the entrepreneurship course will be developing a business plan for a start-up company and a series of guest lectures by Rochester entrepreneurs," he said.

Classes are scheduled to be held from Friday, March 31, through Friday, June 2, each Tuesday evening, 5:50 p.m.-7:20 p.m., and Friday afternoon, 1:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m., in Schlegel Hall. Maximum class size is 30 students, so enrollment will be on a first-come, first-serve basis. Deadline for enrollment is Monday, March 20.

University employees may enroll using a tuition waiver from the Human Resources Office (refer to Personnel Policy No. 304-Tuition Benefits for Employees).

For more information, call the Executive Development Program office, x5-3439.

'Strong Healthy Families' debuts

Strong Memorial Hospital's Weight Management Center and the Division of Adolescent Medicine have joined forces to provide a new adolescent obesity program called "Strong Healthy Families."

This family-based program uses a comprehensive treatment approach for the management of obesity in adolescence and incorporates medical, nutrition, behavior, and exercise components. The team of experienced health care professionals develops an individualized treatment program for each family. Strong Healthy Families is structured primarily in an interactive group format and also incorporates individual sessions throughout the program.

For more information or to attend a free informational orientation, call x5-1630.

Laser Lab program returns

Area high school juniors are invited to apply to the 12th annual summer research program at the Laboratory for Laser Energetics.

For eight weeks, approximately 10 students will conduct research projects at LLE, working closely with the laboratory research staff. In addition, the students will attend seminars in science, technology, and professional ethics.

The program begins Wednesday, July 5, and ends Friday, August 25. Students work 40 hours each week and receive an hourly wage. The experience culminates in presentations by the students at a special symposium during the final week. The goal of the program is to expose students, especially women and underrepresented minorities, to research in science and technology in a realistic environment.

Applications may be sent to the Laboratory for Laser Energetics, 250 E. River Road, Rochester, N.Y. 14623-1299. The deadline is Thursday, March 23. Applications must include a short essay describing the student's interest in science and technology, and a supporting letter from a teacher. Some applicants will be interviewed; students will be chosen by the end of April.

For more information and application materials, contact the program's director, Senior Scientist Stephen Craxton, x5-5467.

Freefall dance group to perform

As part of the Dance Program's Performing Artist Series, Freefall (ltd), a New York-based dance group, comes to Spurrier Hall on Saturday, March 18, for an 8 p.m. show.

The audience will be entertained by Freefall's creation of dynamic, theatrical dance vocabulary and emotionally challenging themes. Freefall (ltd) is headed by Lynn Brown and Lynn Marie Ruse. Ruse and Brown are Lincoln Center Teaching Artists in Dance. Ruse also is an adjunct at SUNY at Stony Brook.

For more information, call the Dance Program, x3-5150.

Alternative spring break planned

For the eighth year, the Community Service Network is offering students the opportunity to participate in four immersion programs during spring break, March 4-12. This year's projects are being offered in Alaska, Florida, North Carolina, and Keeseville, N.Y.

The immersion program in Fairbanks, Alaska, allows students to work at a community center for children where they will plan and run workshops on self-esteem and making healthy choices. In Fort Myers, Fla., students are building houses for Habitat for Humanity.

Because of the destruction caused by Hurricane Floyd in parts of North Carolina, Rochester students are helping to make building repairs and begin environmental restoration projects through the aid of a state initiative.

The Keeseville trip enables students to spend a week in rural New York State. The group is working alongside community members on several projects, such as making neighborhood repairs, helping to prepare and serve meals at soup kitchens, and tutoring children. The trip is linked to a two-credit anthropology course, "Rural Poverty: Invisible Poor," to provide students with firsthand experiences to supplement the course.

Alternative spring break began in 1992 when a group of five students went to Chicago to work with Uptown Habitat for Humanity.

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