The council acts as an advisory board and meets regularly with the director of the Personnel Services Office. To be considered as a candidate for the post, pick up a petition in 136 Personnel Services by April 21. The deadline for returning petitions is April 29. For more information, contact Lonnie Clark, 333-4395. The UI Women's Club spring luncheon will be from noon to 2 p.m. April 29 at the Champaign Country Club.
Guests are welcome.
Keynote speaker is Cecil Roberts, president of the United Mine Workers of America. Sponsors of the event are the UI Institute for Labor and Industrial Relations, the UI Union of Professional Employees, the Decatur Building and Construction Trades Council, the UI Graduate Employees' Organization, Roofers' Union Local 92 of Decatur, the UI Labor Studies Group, the Community Coalition of Decatur and the UI Coalition of Trades and Labor Organizations. The event is free and open to the public, but advance registration is encouraged. The future of world food and agriculture will be the topic of a series of lectures this month. Alex F. McCalla, director of the World Bank Department of Agriculture and Natural Resources and a leader in the World Bank's efforts to revitalize overseas farming, will kick off the series April 17, at 4 p.m. in the auditorium of the Environmental and Agricultural Sciences Building.