Dear Colleagues:

The SRA Midwest Section is hosting its Spring meeting in Minneapolis,=20
Minnesota April 13-16.  The Radisson Hotel South Plaza Tower is the=20
conference hotel and has rooms available for $86.00, single; and $96.00,=20
double.  Reservations must be made by March 22, 1997 (800-333-3333).  The=
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meeting registration cost is $175 if postmarked by March 25 and $200=20
thereafter.  In case you have not received your program announcement, the=
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meeting is outlined below.  To obtain a copy of the program announcement,=
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please send an email to Beth Seaton, President-Elect, SRA Midwest at=20
xxxxxx@ccmail.wiu.edu or by phone at 309-298-1191.

The theme of this year=92s meeting, =93Research Administration in the Fut=
ure=20
Tense,=94 reflects the way research administrators must think about their=
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jobs.  The meeting will begin with a keynote address by Dr. Jefferey J.=20
Goldstein, Director for Space Science Research at the Challenger Center=20
in Washington, DC.  Dr. Goldstein is an inspring speaker and true=20
futurist.  He will also be involved in some our sessions throughout the=20
meeting.  The workshops and sessions have been designed to serve the=20
needs of research administrators from all types of institutions (medical,=
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predominantly undergraduate, research-intensive) and with all types of=20
responsbilities (pre-award, post-award, financial, departmental,=20
administrative, technical).

Hope to see you in Minneapolis!

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=93Research Adminisration in the Future Tense=94

1997 SRA Midwest Section Spring Meeting

April 13-16, 1997

Radisson South Hotel & Plaza Towers
Minneapolis Minnesota

SATURDAY, April 12, 1997

5:00 - 7:00 and 9:00 - 12:00
Hospitality Suite

SUNDAY, April 13, 1997

10:00 - 11:30  Executive Committee Meeting
11:00 - 5:00  Registration and Membership Table Open
1:00 - 4:30  Workshops

Research Administration:  Back to Basics
Pamela Brown and Ester Olson

How to Teach Proposal Writing
Marcia Landen Zuzolo and Michael McCallister

Organizational Issues in Electronic Research Administration (ERA)
Robert Unger

5:00 - 6:00
Newcomers Reception

6:00 - 10:00
Opening Reception

MONDAY, April 14, 1997

7:30 - 12:00 and 1:30 - 5:00
Registration/Membership Table Open

8:00 - 8:45
Continental Breakfast

9:00 - 10:15
Keynote Address
Research and Public Education: A Marriage for the 21st Century
Jeffrey J. Goldstein

10:15 - 10:30
Break

10:30 - 11:45
Concurrent Sessions

Developing and Faciliting Research in Health Care Organizations
Lynne Pecze and Kathryn May

Powerful Fundamental Principles for Administrative Success
Jan Holesovsky

New ERA:  A Multiagency ERA Demonstration
Robert Unger

12:00 - 1:30
Awards Luncheon
Welcoming Remarks
Don Clark, President SRA

1:45 - 3:00
Concurrent Sessions

Collaborations in national Education Programming-A Recipe for Success
Jeffrey Goldstein

Strategies for Successful Institutional Grants
Marjorie Piechowski

Financial Compliance Issues
Michael Smith

3:00 - 3:15
Break

3:15 - 4:30
Concurrent Sessions

Gross Anatomy of NIH
Paula Means, Lynee Pecze, and Anne Dick

Professional Challenges for Research Administrators
Jan Eckert

Scientific Misconduct Policies:  1997 Update
Peggy Harrel

5:00 - 7:00 and 9:00 - 12:00
Hospitality Suite

TUESDAY, April 15, 1997

7:45 - 12:00 and 1:30 - 4:00
Registration/Membership Table Open

7:45 - 9:00
Breakfast Business Meeting

9:15 - 10:30
Concurrent Sessions

Issues and Ideas for Predominantly Undergraduate Institutions
Patricia Farrell

Forming a Partnership with a Consultant:  A Case Study
Fred Bentley and Gary Esham

Multicenter Trials and Tribulations
Bruce Steinert

10:30 - 10:45
Break

10:45 - 12:00
Concurrent Sessions

Fostering Undergraduate Research
Jill Marshall, Donald Thompson, Elaine Lilly,
Noreen Carrocci, and Jill Manske

Making Use of the Internet and the World Wide Web
Thane Peterson and Barbara Clark

12:00 - 1:15
Luncheon Buffet and Roundtables

1:30 - 3:30
Two-Hour Interactive Concurrent Sessions

Crossing Cultural Lines: New Rules and Reactions
Ruth Johnson

Human Subjects Review: Interactive Session with Case
Studies from Different Types of Institutions
Presenters to be announced

Research Administration:  Who Said You Can=92t
Get There from Here?
Thane Peterson, Charlie Tardivo, Tom Kormos,
Marcia Landen Zuzolo, Michael McCallister

8:00 - Midnight
Hospitality Suite Open

WEDNESDAY, April 16, 1997

7:45 - 11:30
Registration/Membership Table Open

7:30 - 8:30
Continential Breakfast & Roundtables

8:45 - 10:00
Concurrent Sessions

NIH Update
NIH-Invited Staff

Communicating with Congress
Maureen Burns

10:00 - 10:15
Break

10:15 - 11:30
Concurrent Sessions

Effective Communications
Dave Lynch, Michael McCallister, and Kathleen Cleberg

A-21: The Future for Research Administrators
Philip Corcoran

Meeting: Midwest Research Network

11:30
Meeting Adjourned

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Director of Administration
Human Gene Therapy Research Institute
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