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The Reporter, August 1987

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  • The Reporter is a publication produced by Western Carolina University featuring news, events, and campus community updates for faculty and staff. The publication began in August of 1970 and continues digitally today. Click on the link in the “Related Mate
  • I Reporter W August 28, 1987 A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina MEET SOME NEWCOMERS TO WESTERN'S FACULTY AND ADMINISTRATION Forty-four new faculty members and 78 new staff members were introduced to the university community at the chancellor's reception and dinner last Sunday. Several of the new faculty and administrative staff members are named below. Other faculty and staff appointments will appear in next week's issue of The Reporter. Administration John C. Deupree is Western's new registrar. He comes here from Fort Worth, Texas, where he had been registrar at Texas Christian since 1985. He was registrar at Rider College from 1972 to 1985 and previously held positions at Westinghouse, the University of Virginia, and Lockheed. He holds a bachelor's from the University of Tennessee and a master's in guidance and counseling from the University of Virginia. Robert R. (Rick) Bolin, our new associate director of continuing education and summer school, has been dean of continuing education at North Lake College in Irving, Texas, since 1977. Previously he directed continuing education at Colorado Mountain College for two years. He holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin in Madison and has done the coursework for a Ph.D. there. Arts and Sciences David R. Dorondo is a lecturer in history. He formerly was a teaching assistant at the University of South Carolina, where he received the master's degree in European history. He is a candidate for the Ph.D. from St. Anthony's College, Oxford. Larry C. Harmon has joined the faculty as instructor in parks and recreation management. He received the master's in public administration from Northern Arizona University, where he was an instructor. Alan 3. Stegmayer is the new assistant professor of Spanish in the department of modern foreign languages. He comes to Western from the University of New Hampshire, where he has taught since 1983. He holds a master's from Indiana University and completed a Ph.D. at Indiana in 1986. Eric E. Fink is a new instructor of math and computer science. He graduated from Davidson in 1984 and held a Presidential Fellowship at the University of Virginia, where he was a graduate assistant and earned a master's in 1986. Last year he taught at Wake Forest University. His wife, Kristen, is assistant women's basketball coach at Western. Three new faculty members are joining the department of English. Philip M. Paradis is an instructor with responsibilities for teaching creative wfiting. He comes to Western from the adjunct faculty of Iowa State University in Ames. He previously lectured at Oklahoma State, where he received his Ph.D. in 1984. Shari M. Wagner and her husband, Charles M. Wagner, are new lecturers. She completed her M.F.A. degree at Indiana University in 1986 and was an artist-in-education with the Indiana Arts Commission in Indianapolis last year. Mr. Wagner recently completed his M.F.A. at Indiana and also holds the M.A. from the University of Kansas. James E. Syphers is an assistant professor in the department of social work. He holds the M.S.W. degree from the Univer­sity of Pittsburgh. He had been on the faculty at Saginaw Valley State College at University Center, Mich., since 1980. D. Vance Elderkin is an instructor in speech and theatre arts. He received the M.A. degree in radio, television, and motion pictures from the University of North Carolina and has worked for a number of years in commercial radio stations. Glen W. Erickson is an assistant professor and Eric V. Szendrei is an instructor, both in the associated area of philosophy and religion. Erickson comes here from Brazil, where he was associate professor of philosophy at the Federal University of Paraiba, Joao Pessoa, Paraiba. He received the Ph.D. in philosophy from Vanderbilt University. Szendrei is a candidate for the Ph.D. in philosophy from Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., where he was an instructor. Robert W. Kehrberg is the new head of the department of music. Dr. Kehrberg comes from Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, where he joined the faculty in 1979 and has directed the School of Music since 1985. He received the D.A. degree from the University of Northern Colorado and holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Iowa. Anne F. Bessac is a new assistant professor of art. Previously on the faculty at Isothermal Community College, she received her M.F.A. in art from UNC Greensboro. Two new assistant professors of military science have joined the university. CPT. Dickie Carr, a National Guard officer, comes here from Greenville, Miss., where he was in real estate sales. He has a master's from Delta State University in Cleveland, Miss. CPT. John Harbison previously served at the U.S. Army base in Fort Hood, Tex. He has a bachelor's in engineering from the University of Tennessee. Business Bobbye 3. (B.3.) Dunlap is professor and head of the department of management and marketing. She comes to us from Appalachian State, where she was assistant dean and director of graduate studies and editor of the Journal of Health Care Marketing. William G. Perry, Jr. is an associate professor of accounting and computer information systems. Since 1976, he has been director of the Collier County Vocational Technical Center in Naples, Fla. He holds the Ph.D. and M.A. from the University of North Dakota. John South, a new associate professor of management and marketing, comes to Western from Pittsburg State University in Kansas. He has been an associate professor there since 1982 and previously held positions at Arkansas State and the University of Utah. He received his Ph.D. in economics from the University of Utah. Jay Wysocki is assistant professor of management and marketing. He received the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the University of Utah in social psychology and previously was a staff accountant for Arthur Anderson in Salt Lake City, Utah. Education and Psychology Harold Herzog, Jr. is a new associate professor of psychology. He has been on the faculty of Mars Hill College since 197^ and completed his Ph.D. at the University of Tennessee in 1979. Last year he was a visiting associate professor at U.T. He earned his bachelor's in 1968 from the American University of Beirut. James J. Kirk is an assistant professor of human services, teaching in the human resources development program. He comes to us from North Aurora, 111., where he has taught and chaired a department in the West Aurora Schools since 1967. In 1986 he received the Ed.D. in adult and continuing education from Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, and he has a master's from Illinois State. Marilyn E. Feldmann is assistant professor and director of field experiences and teacher placement in the School of Education and Psychology. She previous­ly was coordinator of admission/retention in teacher education and elementary student teaching placements at Illinois State University. She earned her Ph.D. in educational administration from Illinois State. Nursing and Health Sciences David C. Breeding is a new assistant professor of environmental health. He previously taught at Walter State Community College in Morristown, Tenn. He received his bachelor's and master of science degrees from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn. Two new assistant professors of nursing have joined the faculty. Linda L. Jones is an assistant professor of nursing. She received her master's in nursing from the University of Florida and has been a registered nurse at Haywood County Hospital in Waynesville since 1985. Rebecca W. Carter holds a master's in nursing from the University of North Carolina and has been a nursing instructor for the Region A Nursing Consortium, headquartered in Clyde. Technology and Applied Science Sally S. N. McCoy is an assistant professor of home economics. She comes to us from Morgantown, W.Va., where she has been an assistant professor of interior design at West Virginia University. She previously taught at Eastern Kentucky State, the University of Arizona, and LaRoche College. She received her master's at Florida State University's School of Visual Arts. Winson B. (Ben) Kehr II is an assistant professor of criminal justice and sociology. He holds an M.S. degree from Florida State University and a bachelor's from Ashland College. He comes to Western from Miami, Fla., where he was a consultant. NCCAI The North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching, located at Western, has two new fellows. The fellows are responsible for helping to plan and carry out the seminars and other programs for outstanding public school teachers from across North Carolina. Shelley L. Olson comes to the center from Austin, Texas. A specialist in bilin­gual and foreign language education, she holds a doctorate in education from the University of Houston. Last year, she was an intern at the Southwest Educational Development Laboratory in Austin. 3eri Alyce Fitzgerald comes to the center from Greensboro, where she was most recent­ly director of foundation and government relations at Elon College. A former teacher, she has served as a consultant for the State Department of Public Instruction. She has a doctorate from UNC Greensboro. PEOPLE AND PLACES CLIFFORD R. LOVIN, faculty member and administrator for 21 years at WCU, has been named dean of the School of Arts and Sciences. His appointment was approved on July 31 by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. A professor of history, Lovin formerly directed the Mountain Heritage Center. He was assistant dean of arts and sciences for four years, and from 1975 until 1980 coordinated a $1.7 million program that established Western's counseling, advisement, and placement program, Cherokee Center, School of Technology and Applied Science, technical school transfer program, and computerized student and business record systems. He currently holds the history department's Creighton Sossomon Professorship, a position endowed by the retired professor for whom it is named. A native of Enka, Lovin is a graduate of Davidson College and received the master's and Ph.D. degrees in history from the Uni­versity of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. His research work is in modern European history, specializing in the Nazi era. At Western, he has been a member of the chancellor's advisory committee, faculty senator, chairman of the faculty, chief faculty marshal, and directed the WCU self-study for the Southern Association of Schools and Colleges in 1972-74. ROBERT E. STOLTZ, former vice-chancellor for academic affairs, has been appointed vice-president and director of the Office of Educational Policies of the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). For the past two years, the former vice-chancellor for academic affairs at Western has directed a manpower development project for the U.S. Agency for International Development. The Southern Regional Education Board is headquartered in Atlanta, Ga. Former registrar HARRIET PARKER, seated, received a standing ovation at a special dinner held in Dodson Cafeteria July 8 marking her retirement with 30 years of service. Friends and colleagues honored Mrs. Parker, who had been registrar since 1970 and had been the recipient of many community and service awards. She was Jackson County's "Citizen of the Year" in 1984 and received Western's Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Award last year. She is a charter member and past president of the Jackson County Business and Professional Women's Club and served as president of the local chapter of the American Association of University Women. She was born in Cullowhee and is a 1957 graduate of Western with a bachelor's degree in business and physical education. Among the gifts she received were a pearl necklace, pewter tray, and a cash contribution toward a trip to Mexico. NEWS BRIEFS Reporter Items - The Reporter is published weekly while classes are in session and welcomes news items about the professional activities of faculty and staff. Send them to The Reporter, Office of Public Information, 420 Robinson Bldg. Faculty Studies - Hunter Library is accepting fall semester applications for its private faculty study rooms. Applica­tion forms are available from department heads and should be sent to William Kirwan in Hunter Library by September 4. Talk About Teaching - Would you like to share problems and ideas about your teaching, your students, or similar topics with other faculty? Informal lunches in the faculty conference room on the second floor of Hunter Library will give you that opportunity beginning the second week of September. Bring your own bag lunch. Coffee and tea will be provided. Come around noon or as shortly thereafter as you can, and plan to stay until 1:30 p.m. on Tuesdays, 1 p.m. on Wednesdays. For more details, call Elizabeth Addison at ext. 7197. Play Auditions - Five males and six females are needed for the cast of The House of Blue Leaves, to be produced by the department of speech and theatre arts in late September and early October. Auditions will be held at 7 p.m. Tues­day, Sept. 1, in the Niggli Theatre. Donald L. Loeffler will be the director. The play, written by John Guare, concetns the Pope's 1965 visit to New York City. Art Exhibit - An exhibit of photographs that recently were shown at the Museum of Modern Art are on display through September IS in the Belk gallery. Mary Frey's "Real Life Dramas" series combines large color photographs of middle class domestic life with text akin to soap opera dialogue. Frey currently teaches at the Hartford Art School in Connecticut. She has received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. Gallery hours are 9 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Graduate Fellowships Awarded - New chancellor's fellowships of $4,500 each have been awarded to three superior students pursuing graduate degrees at Western. Susan Field of Fayetteville and Timothy M. Meadows and Carla Rae Rash, both of Asheville, won the awards, covering tuition, room, board, and other costs. Field earned a bachelor's degree in early childhood education from WCU. Meadows is a graduate of Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University with a bachelor's degree in forestry. Rash is a graduate of Belmont Abbey College, where she earned an undergraduate degree in biology. The fellowships are among several new awards initiated at Western for graduate students.

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