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The Reporter, April 1990

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  • Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University April 6,1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina "The home doesn't have to be like a military camp, but you can and should give it routine and consistency." - Dr. David McCord Early discipline trains children for success Y ou can help your children grow into successful, self-sufficient adults, according to a psychologist on campus, by teaching them self-discipline from early childhood. And he believes that's precisely what Americans are not doing. Dr. David McCord, assistant professor of psychology, said today's children and adolescents have too little structure in their lives. The deficit accounts for much of the increasing trend among teenagers to experiment with alcohol, drugs, and sex, as well as increases in crime and suicide, McCord said. "The collapse of structure and discipline in the American home is responsible for these negative trends," he said. "The home doesn't have to be like a military camp, but you can and should give it routine and consistency," said McCord, whose experience includes several years of consultation with parents on helping children increase their potential. It's all a matter of nurturing the child's appre­ciation of his own competency, of letting him per­form tasks for himself. From an early age, children should straighten their own rooms and make their own beds. If your child's "housekeeping" isn't quite up to your personal standards, McCord said, you can smooth the work after it's finished. Having a daily schedule is essential, McCord said. And as much as possible, it should be a schedule that requires the child to act responsibly. Children as young as three years old can wake to an alarm clock, for example. Teaching children to get out of bed this way will help prevent your having to drag them from the covers each morning when they are adolescents. It's a kind of early inter­vention. "Using childhood to set up for adolescence is the name of the game," McCord said. Your child's schedule should include a snack time, some free time, and time for recreation, of course. But "recreation" should not mean only watching television, using the telephone, or playing electronic video games. He recommends that children have some sort of physical activity instead, particularly to fill "the great expanse of idle time" between the end of the school day and the start of dinner. In the evenings there should be quiet time for study or reading, or for preschool children, color­ing or a similar activity. This time will be short for especially young children. For eighth-graders, however, it should last at least an hour and a half; for high-school students, two hours. And remem­ber: let your older children help determine what time their two hours will begin. "All this may sound oppressive, but it's not. It's liberat­ing. Once children know what's expected, they will feel more comfort­able," McCord said. You'll get the benefits of McCord |ess mrbu-lent teenage years for your children and the peace of mind in knowing you won't still be responsible for motivating them when they're old enough to move out Parenting books McCord recommends are The Hurried Child and All Grown Up and No Place to Go, by David Elkind, and The Strong-Willed Child and Dare to Discipline, by James Dobson. Hunter Library has all these tides. An Atlanta, Ga., nadve, McCord received degrees at Duke University, WCU, and the University of Alabama. For five years before joining Western's faculty last fall, he was in private pracdce in Atlanta, where he conducted comprehensive psychological evaluations of adolescents. McCord and his wife, Melanie, have three children and are expecting a fourth. - Joey Price News briefs A WCU STUDENT-ATHLETE RECEIVED NATIONAL RECOGNITION in March for academic and athletic accomplish­ment. Myron Lewis, a senior point guard on the basketball team, was selected as one of fifteen National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I basket­ball players for the 1989-90 General Tele­phone and Electronic (GTE) Academic All-America Team. Lewis, a native of Hurricane, W.Va., earned a 3.76 academic average during his first seven semesters at WCU. He will attend West Virginia University's medical school next year. In basketball this season, Lewis started in twenty-five games and averaged 7.2 points and 4.4 assists per game. He is Western's fourth basketball selection on a university division academic All-America team since WCU joined NCAA Division I and the Southern Conference in 1977. DISNEY WORLD "MAGIC KINGDOM CLUB" MEMBERSHIP CARDS are available for faculty and staff in the Office for Student Development. The card is free and offers discounts for admission to Disney World in Orlando, Fla., as well as Epcot Center and the new "Main Street" theme park. For more information, call Dick Cameron at 227-7234. THE MUSIC DE PARTMENT WILL OFFER CLASSES FOR YOUNG CHILDREN this month and in September. Children in kin­dergarten through third grade may attend "What is Kindermusik," a one-day course on Saturday, April 21, and a ten-hour course featuring Orff-Schulwerk music activities September 14 and 15. Kinder­musik is an introduction to music with a broad-based curriculum that uses singing, movement, listening, writing, reading, and instrument playing, according to Dr. Eva Adcock, professor of music. The April course will be taught by Carol Harris, elementary music consultant for Duncan Music Company. The September course will feature Orff clinician Marilyn Wood. For more information, or to register, call Adcock at 227-7242. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 9 Registration for summer school and fall semester. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. Tennis, Cats vs. Gardner- Webb. Reid courts, 3 p.m. Computer workshop, "MS-DOS Database Basics." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building, 3-5 p.m. Register at 227-7282. 16 Golf, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Rain tree Golf and Country Club, Charlotte. Movie, The Abyss. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. American Red Cross Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. HFR Key H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH RAC UC Music Recital Hall Ramsey Activity Center University Center Tuesday 10 Registration for summer school and fall semester. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Council of Deans meeting. 510 HFR, 9:30 a.m. Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. Baseball, Cats vs. Milligan College. Childress Field, 3 p.m. Computer workshop, "MS-DOS Database Basics." For faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building, 3-5 p.m. Register at 227-7282. Faculty recital, with flute, bassoon, and keyboards. MRH, 8 p.m. 17 Golf, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Rain tree Golf and Country Club, Charlotte. Movie, The Abyss. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. American Red Cross Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. Tennis, Cats vs. Furman. Reid courts, 3 p.m. Baseball, Cats vs. University of Georgia. Athens, Ga., 7 p.m. Wednesday 1 1 Registration for summer school and fall semester. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. International Festival. Spon­sored by the Office for Student Development. UC, 10 a.m.-2 p.m. Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. "Cherokee Through the Ages," a Centennial program on Cherokee Indian culture and history. MHC, 1:30 p.m. Free. Tennis, Cats vs. Virginia Military Institute. Reid courts, 3 p.m. 18 Movie, The Abyss. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. American Red Cross Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. "Love It, Leave It, or Fake It," with Nancy Smathers- Hall. A workshop on job attitudes and human relations. Founders Auditorium, MHC, 1:30-5 p.m. $3. Faculty Senate. 104 Killian Building, 3:30 p.m. Baseball, Cats vs. University of Georgia. Athens, Ga., 4 p.m. April 6. 1990 The Reporter Thursday 12 Institutional SAT. 8:30 a.m. For more information, call 227-7469. Annual high school mathematics contest. RAC, 9:15 a.m.-3 p.m. Registration for summer school and fall semester. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Free. "Use Mail/Merge in Q and A," a "how-to" computer demonstration for faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building, 11 a.m.-noon. Register at 227-7282. Student recital. MRH, 2 p.m. Tennis, Cats vs. East Tennessee State. Reid courts, 3 p.m. Movie, The Harder They Fall. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Free. 19 Tennis, Cats at Southern Con­ference Tournament. Asheville. Movie, The Abyss. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. "Use WordPerfect 5.1 Tables Feature," a "how-to" computer demonstration for faculty and staff. B-15 Forsyth Building, 11 a.m.-noon. Register at 227-7282. Student recital. MRH, 2 p.m. Social Work/Sociology program, "Race, Ethnic, and Gender Developing Curricula." 191 McKee Building, 3 p.m. Movie, I Heard the Owl Call My Name. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. The Reporter Friday 13 Track, Cats at Dogwood Relays. Knoxville, Tenn. Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-midnight. Free. Baseball, Cats vs. Appalachian State University, a doubleheader. Boone, noon. 20 Black Awareness Weekend, through Sunday. Tennis, Cats at Southern Confer­ence Tournament. Asheville. Movie, The Abyss. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-midnight. Free. Social Work/Sociology program, "Social Work/Sociology: Issues and Opportunities." 191 McKee Building, 11 a.m. Baseball, Cats vs. Carson- Newman College. Childress Field, 3 p.m. University Club. For faculty and staff. Canterbury House, St. David's Episcopal Church, Cullowhee, 3-6:30 p.m. Organization of Ebony Students Ball. 8 p.m. For more informa­tion, call the Office for Student Development at 227-7234. Saturday 14 Track, Cats at Dogwood Relays. Knoxville, Tenn. Movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit? Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-midnight. Free. Baseball, Cats vs. Appalachian State University. Boone, 1 p.m. 21 Sunday 15 Easter Smoky Mountain Senior Games. For more information, call Betty Suhre at 227-7332. Track, Cats at Appalachian State Invitational. Boone. Tennis, Cats at Southern Confer­ence Tournament Asheville. Graduate Record Exam. Natural Sciences Auditorium, 8 a.m. ROTC Day. Whitmire Stadium and RAC, 9 a.m.-3:30 p.m. Workshop, "What is Kinder-musick?" Music/English Building, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Movie, The Abyss. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-midnight. Free. Baseball, Cats vs. Furman, a doubleheader. Childress Field, noon. Social Work/Sociology program, "Social Welfare Policy Issues from the Federal View," with Wardell C. Townsend, Jr., and Congressman Mike Espy. Robertson Hall, 3 p.m. Organization of Ebony Students pageant. 8 p.m. For more information, call the Office for Student Development at 227-7234. 22 Baseball, Cats vs. Furman. Childress Field, 1 p.m. Inspirational Choir anniversary. Cullowhee Baptist Church, 2 p.m. Exhibits "Regional Diversity: Jackson County Area Artists," works in several media. Chelsea Gallery, University Center, 8 a.m.-ll p.m. daily, through April 27. Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflowers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Di­versity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-10p.m. weekdays. Selected photographs by undergraduate art students. Gallery 250, Office of Research and Graduate Studies, 250 Robinson Building, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. 4The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit, "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migra­tion of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. April 6. 1990 The Reporters published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter. 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $132.50, or $.09 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. April 6. 1990 Papers, presentations, and publications • Dr. Richard S. Beam (Speech and Theatre Arts) published an article entitled "Styrofoam—As a ROOT?" in Southeast Review of the United States Institute of Theatre Technology. The article dis­cusses the floor covering used in Western's production of Quilters last fall. • Dr. Susan C. Brown (Sport Management) pub­lished an article entitled "Looking Toward 2000" in the winter issue of the journal of the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association (NIRSA). Her article discusses college recreation services in the year 2000 and the possible impact of facilities, tuition, the economy, international students, the G.I. bill, and professional preparation. • Dr. Duane Davis, Bill Hyatt, and Dr. Laura Moriarity (Criminal Justice) recently attended the annual meeting of the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences in Denver, Colo. Davis and Moriarity presented their coauthored paper, "Citizens' Attitudes Concerning Firearms, Self-Protection, and Crime Prevention." Hyatt presented a paper entitled "Has the War Against Organized Crime Really Been Won?" Moriarity also was chairper­son and participant in a panel discussion entitled "A Closer Examination of Rape." • Dr. Scott Higgins (Health Services Management and Supervision) presented a paper entitled "As­sessment of Undergraduate Research Courses by the Graduate" March 6 in Greenwood, S.C., at the annual "Research Day" of the Lander College Di­vision of Nursing. Higgins served as a judge for sessions presented by nursing students and regis­tered nurses from Lander, Piedmont College, and the Lambda Chi Nu honor society. • Dr. Philip Paradis (English) had a book of poetry, entitled From Gobbler's Knob, published by Rowan Mountain Press in November. He published an essay entitled "Elegy for a Mountain Orchard" in the Mountaineer Times, as well as poems in recent issues of several publications: "Out Walking" in Southern Humanities Review, "Her Own" in St. Andrews Review, "Glow Boy" in Zone 3, and "Walking Cross Country" in American Hiker. • William Paulk (Retired, English) published poems entitled "Augustus the Strong to His Keeper of the Green Vault" and "Butterfly Spring" in the spring issue of Hellas, a literary journal. • Dr. Keith A. Robinson (Health, Physical Educa­tion, and Recreation) published an article entitled "Metabolic Effects of Exposure to Hypoxia Plus Cold at Rest and During Exercise in Humans" in the Journal of Applied Physiology. The article describes the results of Robinson's dissertation study at Rorida State University. • Dr. Christine M. Shea (North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching) recently had a book entitled The New Servants of Power : A Critique of the 1980s' School Reform Movement published by Greenwood Press. The book was placed on Choice magazine's list of "Outstanding Academic Books" for 1989. • Dr. Francis M. Webster (Management and Marketing) published an article entitled "A Back-Order Version of the Wagner-Whitin Discrete-Demand EOQ Algorithm by Dynamic Programming" in the Production and Inventory Management Journal. The journal is published by the American Production and Inventory Control Society. Appointments • Currin Cooley (Parks and Recreation Manage­ment) was named chairman of the North Carolina Recreation Parks Society's educators' division, which includes programs in leisure studies and parks and recreation management at colleges and universities across the state. Cooley will serve as division chairman through January 1991. • Dr. Walter Oldendorf (North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching), former interim associate director of NCC AT, has accepted a position as dean and chair of education programs at Western Montana College of the University of Montana in Dillon, Mont. The appointment is effective August 1. • Kay S. Shapiro (North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching) was appointed assis­tant director at NCC AT, effective March 1. She has been with NCCAT since its founding in 1985, serving as interim associate director, selection pro­gram coordinator, and director of teacher services. Other activities • Dr. Eva Adcock (Music) was in Laurens, S.C., March 5-6 as a clinician in changing-voice and four-part singing in three junior high schools. • Dr. Marilyn Feldmann (Education and Psychol ogy) was on an accreditation team of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education Board of Examiners that visited California State University at Fullerton in February. She was a consultant to Concord (W.Va.) College in Febru­ary on the knowledge base for teacher education. • Dr. Mario Gaetano (Music) was a judge for the South Carolina Band Masters' Association solo and ensemble contest February 23-24 at the University of South Carolina at Columbia. The Reporter Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University April 13,1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina "Urgent issues... pose increasingly difficult problems for the mainten­ance of a healthy, productive, and aesthetically appealing environment." - Chancellor Myron L. Coulter April 16-22 declared "Earth Week" at WCU Editor's note - The following proclamation was issued by Chancellor Myron L Coulter. he first Earth Day took place on April 22, 1970. It was organized by ecologists, students, and environmental activists to call attention to the damage to the environ­ment caused by human population growth and industrial development. Since then, environmental concerns have become part of the public consciousness and of the political process. Environmental laws and the voluntary actions of individu­als and industries have lessened many of the worst abuses. There has been a tendency in some quarters to become complacent, to feel that the problems have been solved. Many of the people in the generation that has grown up since that first Earth Day know little of these concerns. Some in government are ready to begin dismantling environmental laws in order to stimulate the economy. A number of environmental concerns continue to present serious threats to our environment. Urgent issues such as solid waste disposal, acid rain, rapid world population growth, threatened world food production, and the increasing demand for energy pose increasingly difficult problems for the maintenance of a healthy, productive, and aesthetically appealing environment. There must be a continuing awareness of these problems. The universities, and Western Carolina University in particular, have a special responsibil­ity to educate ourselves and the public in such matters. I therefore declare the week of April 16- 22, the week preceding the twentieth Earth Day, to be Earth Week on the Western Carolina University campus. It will be a week to remind ourselves of our place in the world and our special responsibility as stewards of the earth's environment. All members of the university community are encour­aged to participate in Earth Week events and to learn from each other what the problems are and what we, as individuals and as a community, can do about them. Earth Week events Thursday, April 19 - The Biology Club and the Natural Resources Management program will sponsor a presentation entitled "Emerging Issues: Global Change" at 12:30 p.m. in Founders Audi­torium of the Mountain Heritage Center. Sunday, April 22 - A county-wide Earth Day celebration will be held at Mark Watson Park, near the Jackson County courthouse in Sylva. The Natural Resources Management program will help coordinate the event. Board of Governors will convene at Western The Board of Governors of The University of North Carolina will spend two days on the Western Carolina University campus April 19-20. Members of the board will have a buffet luncheon with student leaders Thursday and engage in working sessions and committee meetings, followed by a reception and dinner at the Chancellor's Home. Friday, the board will convene in public session at 8:30 a.m. in the Grandroom of the University Center. A presentation about WCU by Chancellor Myron L. Coulter is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. The board will break into small groups for visits to the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence, media and writing centers, and the new facilities of the Honors Program; Mountain Heritage Center, the Center for Improving Mountain Living and the Mountain Aquaculture Research Center; the School of Education and Psychology; the School of Nursing and Health Sciences; and the School of Technology and Applied Science. Short courses are for music educators On Saturday, April 21, the Music Department will offer "What is Kindermusick," an introduction to the teaching of music through a broad-based cur­riculum that uses singing, movement, listening, writing, reading, and instrument playing. On September 14 and 15, the department will offer a ten-hour course featuring Orff-Schulwerk music activities. The April course will be taught by Carol Harris, elementary music consultant for Duncan Music Company. The September course will feature Orff clinician Marilyn Wood. The short courses will be for music educators, not for children, as stated in last week's Reporter. For more information, or to register, call Dr. Eva Adcock in the Music Department at 227-7242. The Reporter is published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter, 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $66.25, or $.04 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. April 13, 1990 Papers and presentations • Bruce S. Boggs (Center for Improving Mountain Living) made a presentation on regional strategic planning March 29 in Mount Olive to the Interstate 40 steering committee, at the request of the North Carolina Department of Economic and Community Development. That department, along with the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, is assisting the committee in planning initiatives that take advantage of the planned completion of Interstate 40 between Raleigh and Wilmington. • Dr. Jerry Cook and Dr. Arnold Nielsen (Industrial Education and Technology), along with students Chris Pegram and Stephanie Colosi, attended the student conference of the Society of Plastics Engineers at Clemson University March 2. Cook made a presentation entitled "Polymer Processing: A Core Course in Technology Curricula." Pegram and Colosi presented a paper entitled "Data Myte Collector In the Laboratory and in Industry." • Jill Ellern (Hunter Library) presented a session entitled "Database Management Using WordPer­fect and MailMerge" at the annual "Computers in Libraries" meeting in Washington, D.C., March 6. • J. Casey Hurley (Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction) presented a paper entitled "Teach-ers, Change, and the Concept of Undervision" March 20 to western North Carolina members of the Association for Supervision and Curriculum. • Dr. Michael Jones (Philosophy and Religion) presented a paper entitled "Modes of Space and the Relation between Psychology and Biology" at the Mid-South Philosophy Conference, held March 2-3 at Memphis (Tenn.) State University. Jones was a commentator on another paper at the conference. • Dr. Otto H. Spilker (Health, Physical Educa­tion, and Recreation) made a presentation at "A Total Committment," the conference on adapted physical education sponsored by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction at North Carolina A and T in Greensboro March 8-10. The conference featured participants and presenters from seventeen states. • Dr. Judith M. Stillion (Academic Affairs), with Dr. Eugene McDowell, director of the Asheville Graduate Center of The University of North Carolina, presented a paper entitled "Examining Suicide from a Life-Span Perspective," based on their 1989 book, Suicide Across the Life Span: Premature Exits, at the board meeting of the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) in New Orleans, La., March 21-23. Stillion, past president of ADEC, participated in a president's panel on the future of death education, counseling, and care in the United States. Other activities • Dr. Bruce Henderson (Psychology) spent March 16-23 near Osnabriick, West Germany, where he met with about fifteen researchers from Israel, the Netherlands, the United States, and East and West Germany. The symposium, funded by the Volkswagen Foundation, concerned research on curiosity and exploration, and Henderson was invited because of his studies in the field. • Dr. Lawrence J. Hill (Speech and Theatre Arts) was elected to the board of directors of the United States Institute for Theatre Technology for a three-year term. He will also serve on the organization's national finance committee. • Rose Hooper (Center for Improving Mountain Living) was elected president of the Public Rela­tions Association of Western North Carolina for 1990. She will serve a one-year term. • Dr. Joe Meigs (English) and Dr. Duncan Tye (Economics and Finance) were selected in March by members of Western's Cap and Gown chapter of the Mortar Board senior honor society to serve as advisers to the chapter for 1990-91. Meigs will be junior adviser and Tye will be senior adviser. • Dr. Claude Teagarden (Accounting and Infor­mation Systems) was appointed in March as the university's faculty representative to the Southern Conference. The author of numerous papers concerning the intercollegiate student-athlete, Teagarden succeeds Dr. Gurney Chambers (Dean, Education and Psychology) in the position. The Reporter Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University April 20,1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina Alumnus Wardell Townsend and Vice-Chancellor James Dooley will speak at unveiling ceremony April 21. New marker will note former church site A church that stood in the university's hill area during the early 1900s will be commemorated by a new marker at the church's former site. The marker, estab­lished as a part of Western's centennial celebration, recalls a little-known portion of the school's history. The granite marker will be unveiled in a 3 p.m. ceremony Saturday, April 21, at Robertson Hall, near the original site of the predominantly black church, the Cullowhee African Methodist Episcopal (AME) Zion Church. The church was torn down in 1929 to make way for the construc­tion of Robertson, a residence hall for men. University histories document negotiations for the property in the 1920s between Cullowhee State Normal School and the AME congregation. The church stood for almost forty years on the campus. Still today one of only two churches in the Sylva-Cullowhee area with black congregations, it was rebuilt off North Carolina Highway 106 (now Old 107) near the site of the Hardee's restaurant. An inscription on the marker notes the removal of the church and its cemetery, and the church's founding by eleven former slaves in 1892. Guest speaker for the ceremony will be Wardell Townsend, a 1974 WCU graduate who serves as legislative director to Mississippi Congressman Mike Espy. Dr. James Dooley, vice-chancellor for development and special services, is also scheduled to speak. Following the unveiling ceremony, several retired black WCU service workers will be honored at a reception in Robertson Hall. Several offices, departments, organizations, and individuals both on and off campus worked to complete the marker project. The original idea came from Wilburn Hayden, head of the Depart­ment of Social Work and Sociology. Initial funds came from a Chancellor's centen­nial grant Hayden received for his proposal. The grants were offered in 1988 for the planning of events related to the centennial. Hayden, whose research specialties include the history of blacks in the southern Applachians, was eager to take on a centennial project that examined the contributions of blacks in the university's first 100 years, he said. He talked with personnel in the university's archives in Hunter Library and discovered the story of the AME church. Other support for the project came from the Social Work and Sociology Department, Zeta Phi Beta sorority, the School of Arts and Sciences, the Office of Academic Services, the Office of Student Development, and Moody's Funeral Home in Sylva, where the marker was created. The commemorative marker was designed with the help of Wiley Harris, campus architect. Harris also recommended the location in front of Robertson Hall that will make the marker visible to pedestrian and automobile traffic. More information on the church's relocation is available in A Mountain Tradition: The Illus­trated History of Western Carolina University, by Dr. Curtis Wood and Dr. Tyler Blethen. - Joey Price Yurkovich named acting associate dean Dr. Steven P. Yurkovich, associate professor of geo-sciences and anthropology, \ Tit has been named acting m I ' M a s so c i a t e de a n o f r e se a r c h a n d graduate studies. The board of trustees recendy approved the appointment of Yurkovich to the position following the death of Dr. Kendall W. King, who had served as associate dean of research and graduate studies since 1986. A committee will begin the process of filling the position permanently in the fall. Yurkovich joined the WCU faculty in 1971 and has served as head of the geosciences and an­thropology department and director of the MicroNet computer network. M Yurkovich News briefs SPACES ARE STILL AVAILABLE FOR PARTICIPANTS in this month's "Secre­taries Day" event, offered annually for office and clerical personnel by the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School. The event will take place 11:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Wednesday, April 25, in the Hospitality Room of the Ramsey Center. Workshops and panel discussions will be followed by a teleconference from the American Management Association, and door prizes will be awarded. The fee of $25 includes registration, materials, workshop instruction, lunch, and the teleconference. Preregistration is required by noon Monday, April 23, at 227-7397. THE ALUMNI ASSOCIATION HAS DONATED A TIME CAPSULE to the university to be used for storing campus artifacts in the Alumni Tower until a scheduled reopening fifty years from now. The capsule, presented as a centennial gift to WCU, measures 12 3/4 inches by 24 inches. It will contain centennial memora­bilia and other items that represent to­day's campus life. Officials will place the capsule in the tower during a ceremony on Homecoming Day, October 6. A list of the contents will be available by May 1. For more information, call 227-7243. "LOCAL HEROES, GLOBAL CHANGE," A FOUR-PART SERIES of television programs on agricultural development and U.S. policies toward the third world, will be broadcast on North Carolina public television (Channel 8 or 17) during May and June. Its one-hour episodes, which will air at 10 p.m. on Tuesdays beginning May 15, will trace the experiences of farmers, policymakers, and development experts as they work in a context of growing interdependence. The final program, to be broadcast June 5, will examine connections between indus­trialized countries and the southern United States. Resource materials for this pro­gram will be available to groups planning educational activities. For more informa­tion, call Elise Storck at (202) 529-3210. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 23 Movie, Say Anything. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- 11 p.m. Free. Tuesday 24 Council of Deans meeting. 510 HFR, 9:30 a.m. Tennis, h Cats vs. Lincoln Memo­rial Uni­versity. Harrogate, Tenn., 2 p.m. Graduate faculty meeting and reception. Founders Auditorium, MHC, 3 p.m. Student marshal meeting. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 3:30 p.m. Academic Awards and Honors Night. Grandroom, UC, 7 p.m. Community orchestra. MRH, 8 p.m. Movie, Say Anything. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-11 p.m. Free. Baseball, Cats vs. Pied­mont College. Childress Field, 3 p.m. Sigma Theta Tau reception and meeting. Moore Hall, 6:15 p.m. Faculty recital, featuring Lillian Pearson, piano. MRH, 8 p.m. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Wednesday 25 Golf, Catamount Club tournament. Maggie Valley Country Club, Maggie Valley. $50 per player. For more informa­tion, call the Catamount Club at 227-7377. Administrative Council meeting. 510 HFR, 8:30 a.m. Movie, Say Anything. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- 11 p.m. Free. Third annual Secretaries Day event. Hospitality Room, RAC, 11:30 a.m.- 5 p.m. $25. Pre-register by calling the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School at 227-7397. April 20. 1990 The Reporter Apri Thursday 26 Baseball, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Charleston, S.C. Movie, Say Anything. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. Movie, On the Waterfront. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Free. Jazz Festival concert, with Allen Vizzutti, trumpet. MRH, 8 p.m. $6 adults, $3 WCU employees and senior citizens, $1 WCU students and youth. For more information, call Dr. Doug Davis at 227-7234. N A T I O N A L Secretaries Week A P R I L 2 3 - 2 7 Friday 27 Track, Cats at Southern Conference Outdoor Championships. Boone. Men's tennis, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Asheville. Baseball, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Charleston, S.C Movie, Say Anything. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- 11 p.m. Free. General Faculty Meeting and Awards Convocation. MRH, 3 p.m. Saturday 28 Track, Cats at Southern Conference Outdoor Champi­onships. Boone. Men's tennis, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Asheville. Baseball, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament Charleston, S.C. Movie, Say Anything. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Free. Sunday 29 Men's tennis, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Asheville. Baseball, Cats at Southern Conference Tournament. Asheville. Exhibits "Regional Diversity: Jackson County Area Artists," works in several media. Chelsea Gallery, University Center, 8 a.m.-ll p.m. daily, through April 27. Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflow-ers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-lO p.m. weekdays. "Art Student League Show," drawings, paintings, sculpture, and works in other media by WCU art students. Belk Building art gallery, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily, through May 4. "The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit; "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. The Reporter April 20. 1990 Catamount Club will host golf contests The Catamount Club will sponsor golf tournaments during April and May at three area clubs. The first tournament will take place Wednesday, April 25, at Maggie Valley Resort and Country Club in Maggie Valley. Tee time will be 11 a.m.-l:30 p.m., and the event will feature prizes and a social. The cost for participants is $50 per person. Proceeds will benefit Catamount athletics. Similar contests will take place Friday, May 11, at Mill Creek Golf Club in Franklin, and Saturday, May 19, at Holly Forest Golf and Country Club in Sapphire Valley. For more information, call Tom Bommer, executive secretary of the Catamount Club, at 227-7377. The Repoisr ter published by the Office of Public Information. Mall notices and changes of address to the Reporter, 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $132.50, or $.09 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Presentations and publications • John Creech and Becky Kornegay (Hunter Library) participated in a panel discussion entitled "Wind, Water, Smoke, Fire, and Power Failure: Dealing with Disaster" at the quarterly meeting of the Society of North Carolina Archivists in Charlotte on March 30. • J. Casey Hurley (Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction) presented a paper entitled 'The Organizational Socialization of High School Principals: A Description and Analysis" at the American Educational Research Association's annual convention April 17 in Boston, Mass. • Dr. Terry Nienhuis (English) presented a paper entitled "Faculty Forum: A Simple and Inexpen­sive Way to Sustain the Institutional Zest for Teaching" at the National Conference on Success­ful Teaching in Orlando, Fla., February 28-March 3. He also published original works entitled "The Hasty Heart" and "Joe Turner's Come and Gone" in Masterplots II: Drama, published by Salem Press in January. Workshops and conferences • Dr. Nancy S. Betchart (Psychology) and student Gayle Garrison attended the Conference on Human Development in Richmond, Va., March 28-31. They made a poster presentation entitled "Intrinsic Motivation in Average and Gifted Children and Adolescents" from a paper written by Betchart, Garrison, and Dr. Bruce Henderson. • Dr. Duane Davis (Criminal Justice) attended a microgrant-sponsored seminar entitled "Contem­porary Terrorism," offered through the Koebetz Institute of Virginia. The seminar, held in New Orleans, La., February 21-22, was attended by academic personnel, security managers, and military security specialists. • Dr. Fred D. Hinson (Biology) attended a Chautauqua short course entitled "Teaching Think­ing and Decision-Making in Science and Math" at Christian Brothers College in Memphis, Tenn., March 4-7. • Dr. Francis M.Webster (Management and Maiketing) attended a conference entitled "Manag­ing the Industrial Modernization Process" in Fort Belvoir, Va., April 5. The conference, sponsored by the Defense Systems Management College and the Project Management Institute, gathered more than 100 key executives from government and industry to identify policy, practices, and education improvements that can increase quality and productivity. Other activities • Joan Byrd (Art) traveled to Columbia, S.C., March 1 to appear on "Art's the Thing," a program of South Carolina public television. She was interviewed about the "North Carolina Glass '90" exhibit, which she curated earlier this year. • Currin Cooley (Parks and Recreation Manage­ment) recently received an award from the board of trustees of the American Hotel and Motel Association's Educational Institute, recognizing him as a member of the institute's faculty and in appreciation of "his outstanding service on behalf of hospitality education." • Dr. Mario Gaetano (Music) directed the WCU Percussion Ensemble in concert at the North Carolina Day of Percussion at East Carolina University on March 24. The group premiered Gaetano's new arrangement of Bach's "Fugue in G Major," along with works by Chavez and Gauger. Gaetano was also a judge at the event. • Lisa G. Sons (Housing) recently received the Southeastern Association of Housing Officers Service Award, for meritorious service to WCU's housing office and students. • Dan Southern (Medical Technology) was selected in February for membership in the Alpha Mu Tau national honorary fraternity for medical technology. The organization is limited to 250 active members, whose main purpose is to raise money for scholarships for laboratory professional education. April 20. 1990 The Reporter RepNoewI ws/» forrr fhe tFC/^aIc/NueI ilftf*y • a/^nrnrdW OSf/t1a1 f f of Western Carolina University April 27,1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina More than 900 undergraduate and graduate diplomas will be conferred on new graduates by Chancellor Myron L. Coulter. Commencement, other events set for May 5 w estern Carolina University's centennial commencement exercises will take place at 2 p.m. Saturday, May 5, in the Ramsey Activity Center. Several other events are also scheduled for that day, when families and guests of more than 900 candidates for graduation will be on campus. The largest number of graduates will come from the School of Business, which will offer about 195 candidates for degrees. Some 175 candidates will come from the School of Arts and Sciences; more than 180 from the School of Education and Psychology; more than seventy from the School of Nursing and Health Sciences; and about 130 from the School of Technology and Applied Science. The Graduate School will offer some 165 candidates for graduation. The Reverend Ernest A. Fitzgerald, resident bishop of the Atlanta, Ga., area for the United Methodist Church, will deliver the commencement address. A 1947 graduate of Western Carolina Teachers College, Fitzgerald also holds a bachelor's degree from Duke University Divinity School and doctor of divinity degrees from both High Point College and Pfeiffer College. He has been a pastor in Webster, Liberty, Asheboro, Asheville, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem, and has served as resident bishop in Atlanta since 1984. He is the author of nine books and numerous articles appearing in periodicals. The WCU Symphony Band will perform at the graduation ceremony, conducted by Dr. Maxie Beaver, associate professor of music. Faculty marshals for the exercises will be Dr. Don Livingston (chief), associate professor of political science; Dr. John McFadden (deputy chief), associate professor of education; Ann Johnson, assistant professor of nursing; Dr. Crystal Weaver, associate professor of home economics; and Dr. William Perry, associate professor of ac­counting and information systems. Other events for commencement weekend include a brunch in Brown Cafeteria, where honor graduates and their parents will be guests, following commencement rehearsal on May 5. In addition, Chancellor and Mrs. Myron L. Coulter will host the annual reception for all new graduates and their families and friends at the Chancellor's residence immediately following commencement exercises. A special ceremony at St. David's Episcopal Church in Cullowhee on May 5 will commemo­rate the fact that Western's original nine trustees, under the charter granted to Cullowhee High School in 1891, were selected to the positions as representatives of Cullowhee churches. The 9:30 a.m. ceremony is open to the public. William J. Kirwan, university librarian, has more information on this event at 227-7307. For more information on commencement, call Pat McMillan, chairman of the commencement committee, in the Office of Academic Affairs at 227-7495. Films on Asia, Africa available to faculty Faculty members at WCU can borrow films and videos on Asian and African nations, free of charge, from the film library of the Southern Atlantic States Association for Asian and Afican Studies (SASAAAS), an organization of thirty colleges and universities. The University Media Center, in Hunter Library, has a catalog for the film library, which is housed at Appalachian State University. Current holdings include films on Africa, the Middle East, China, Japan, and India and South Asia. For information or bookings, call Gaye Golds at Appalachian State at (704) 262- 2794. In addition, films and videos are available to SASAAAS members from the Center for South Asian Studies at the University of Virginia. For booking, call Cindy Groner at (804) 924-8815. For general information on SASAAAS holdings, call Dr. Jeff Neff on campus at 227-7268. News briefs COURSES IN HANDLOO M AND RAG RUG WEAVING will be taught in Belk Building during May and June by Sherree White Sorrells, a free-lance textile designer. Handloom Weaving will meet 10 a.m.-4 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednes­days, May 1-30. The cost is $65. Rag Rug Weaving, a one-week workshop, will meet 10 a.m.-4 p.m. June 11-15. The cost is $35. Both courses are for beginners and advanced students. Space is limited, and pre-registration is required. For more information, call the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School at 227-7397. HUNTER L IBRARY I S ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for faculty studies for summer session. Application forms, available from department heads, should be sent to William J. Kirwan in Hunter Library. The deadline for applications is Friday, May 18. A DATABASE OF INNOVATIVE AND EXEMPLARY PROGRAMS at member institutions of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) is being compiled on computer, with the help of the Educational Re­sources Information Center (ERIC). The AASCU/ERIC Model Programs Inventory covers academic affairs, external rela­tions, facilities planning, personnel, and general administration. Western's Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence is listed in the inventory, which should be com­plete some time in the next two months, according to David Cornicelli of AASCU's Office of Association Research and Information Resources. The goals of the inventory are to improve the educational community's ability to share information on activities at comparable institutions and to encour­age the use of ERIC as a resource for planning institutional programs. For more information, including guidelines for submitting programs for possible listing in the database, call Dr. Judith Stillion in the Office of Academic Affairs at 227-7495. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 30 Tuesday 1 Wednesday 2 Last day for returning cafeteria forms with student responses to Office of Institutional Studies and Planning. Exhibits "Regional Diversity: Jackson County Area Artists," works in several media. Chelsea Gallery, University Center, 8 a.m.-ll p.m. daily. Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflowers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. weekdays. "Art Student League Show," drawings, paintings, sculpture, and works in other media by WCU art students. Belk Building art gallery, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. daily, through May 4. "The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit; "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. April 27, 1990 The Reporter Apri Thursday 3 Movie, Snowy, Chilly, Motley, and Me. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Free. Athletic Award Banquet. RAC, 6 p.m. $10 per person. For reservations, call 227-7377. Friday 4 Track, Cats at Gatorade Classic. Knoxville, Tenn. Board of Trustees meeting. 510 HFR, 2 p.m. University Club. Canterbury House, St. David's Episcopal Church, Cullowhee, 3-6:30 p.m. For more information, call 227-7268. Saturday 5 Track, Cats at Gatorade Classic. Knoxville, Tenn. Commemorative ceremony for original (1891) nine trustees of Cullowhee High School. St. David's Episcopal Church, Cullowhee, 9:30 a.m. For more information, call William J. Kirwan at 227- 7307/ Brunch for 1990 honor gradu­ates and their parents. Brown Cafeteria, following com­mencement rehearsal. Centennial commencement exercises. Commencement address by the Reverend Ernest A. Fitzgerald, resident bishop of the Atlanta, Ga., area for the United Methodist Church. RAC, 2 p.m. Post com­mence­ment reception for new gradu­ates, families, and friends. Chancellor's residence, 4-6 p.m. Sunday 6 Key HFR MHC MRH RAC H.F. Robinson Administration Building Mountain Heritage Center Music Recital Hall Ramsey Activity Center UC University The Reporter April 27. 1990 Athletic camps will be held in June and July Spaces are available in several camps for young athletes to be sponsored on campus by the Depart­ment of Athletics during June and July. A team camp in men's basketball will be offered for junior varsity and varsity players June 18-22. A minimum of seven campers per team is required. A camp for individual players, from age eight to rising high school seniors, will be held June 24-29. The Department of Athletics will offer a football camp July 15-20. For more information on men's basket­ball and football camps, call 227-7339. A basketball camp for women will take place July 22-26 for players ages 7-17. For more information on this camp, call 227-7153. Costs differ for resident overnight teams and day campers, and some special rates are available. The Reporter Is published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $132.50, or $.09 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Papers and presentations • Dr. William A. Clauss and Judith Pilch (Office for Rural Education) presented a paper entitled "Putting the Pieces Together: Using Existing Resources to Serve At-Risk Youth and Their Families" at the national conference of the Na­tional Rural and Small Schools Consortium in Tucson, Ariz., in March. • Dr. David McCord (Psychology) presented a paper entitled "Predictors of Sales Success in a Food Service Company" at the annual meeting of the Southeastern Psychological Association in Atlanta, Ga., April 4-8. • Dr. Gene F. Morris (Chemistry and Physics) and student Michael D. Wilmoth coauthored a paper entitled "Configurational Assignments of the 2,3,4- Trichloropentanes," which Wilmoth presented at the annual Southeast Regional Student Affiliate Undergraduate Research Conference at Mississippi State University in Starkville, Miss., April 5. • Dr. H. Edward Price (Social Work and Sociology) presented a paper entitled "Are Oligarchy and Professionalization Essential for Success: An Analysis of a Disarmament Organiza­tion" at the annual meting of the Southern Socio­logical Society in Louisville, Ky., March 23. • Dr. Christine M. Shea (North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching) presented a paper entitled "Practitioner-Generated Theory: The Discovery of an Aesthetic Dimension in Adult Education" at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association in Boston, Mass., April 18. The paper was coauthored by Dr. R. Bruce McPherson, NCCAT director. • Dr. James Turner (Industrial Education and Technology) presented a paper entitled "Education, Knowledge, and Effective Communication: The Key Ingredients for Successful Industrial Distribu­tion Personnel" at the convention of the National Electronics Distribution Association, April 6. Other activities • Dr. William A. Clauss (Office for Rural Education) received the "Outstanding Member" award from the National Rural and Small Schools Consortium at the organization's national confer­ence in Tucson, Ariz., in March. Clauss has served as editor of the Journal for Rural and Small Schools and has chaired several committees for the organization. • Norma B. Cook, Dr. Christine Stevens (Health Sciences), and Dr. Walter Foegelle (Health Services Management and Supervision) attended the annual meeting of the North and South Carolina Education Scientific Assembly for the American Society for Medical Technology in Rougemont, April 5-6. Cook conducted the meet­ings, which were attended by forty-eight educators for discussions on the latest trends in medical technology education. Foegelle led a workshop on outcomes assessment. Stevens conducted a book fair, led a discussion group, and was elected by North Carolina educators to be education chairman at next year's meeting. • Dr Marilyn Feldmann (Education and Psychology) chaired an accreditation team that visited Davidson College, March 19-20, and St. Andrews Presbyterian College, March 25-28, for the State Department of Public Instruction. Feldmann also served recently on a state team that evaluated teacher education programs at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington and Barber-Scotia College in Concord. • Dr. Donald L. Loeffler (Speech and Theatre Arts) served as a member of a team that visited the University of North Carolina at Asheville for the State Department of Public Instruction and the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education, April 15-18. • Dr. Terry Nienhuis (English) attended the annual Key West Literary Seminar, entitled "New Directions in American Theatre," in Key West, Fla., in January. He also played the role of Henry II in the Speech and Theatre Arts Department's April 3-7 production of The Lion in Winter and worked as an extra in March in Darlington, S.C., in the upcoming film Days of Thunder, starring Tom Cruise. April 27, 1990 The Reporter

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