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A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina February 6, 1981 YOU SAW THE MOVIE? SEE THE REAL THING! You may not recognize his name, even though it' s a big one in modern art, unless your acquaintance with the subject goes beyond the average. But if you saw the movie An Unmarried Woman, you have seen some of his paintings and his studio. The leading artist in that movie, played by Alan Bates, was very loosely based on Paul Jenkins, and his studio scenes were shot in Jenkins's studio with Jenkins's work. Now paintings by Paul Jenkins are coming to Cullowhee, where they will be on display at the art gallery in Belk Building from February II until March 3. A reception will open the exhibition at 7 p.m. Wednes­day, February II. (Note: This opening date is a change from that earlier an­nounced.) "We are extremely proud to have this show on our campus," said Dr. Evan Firestone, head of the WCU department of art. "Paul Jenkins is an internationally renowned artist of exceptional ability. Undoubtedly, this exhibit will be of high interest to the area art community and will rank as one of our most significant shows." The reception will feature the film The Ivory Knife: Paul Jenkins at Work, which won the Golden Eagle Award at the Venice Film Festival. By contacting the art department, interested groups may arrange for a later showing of the film while the exhibition is on display. This show covers the artist's work during the period I963-1977. His paintings in the '50s featured oils and enamels that were poured, spattered, and scraped. About 1960 he began to pour acrylic paint over large expanses of unstretched canvas. The tech­nique resulted in the Phenomena paintings, with their transparent veils of shifting, flowing color. Recently Jenkins has begun to scrape paint again in conjunction with the pouring technique. Jenkins has had numerous one-man exhibitions in Paris, New York, London, San Francisco, Toronto, Tokyo, and other cities, and he has been included in scores of important group shows. He is represented in major museum collections of modern art, including the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; the Hirshhorn Museum and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the Tate Gallery in London; the Stedalijk Museum in Amsterdam; the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool; the Art Gallery of Ontario in Toronto; and in many American university and regional museum collections. In this region, paintings by Jenkins can be seen at the Greenville Museum and the Hunter Museum of Art in Chattanooga. For this exhibition, the Belk gallery hours have been extended beyond the usual weekday hours from 9 until 4 to include Saturday and Sunday afternoon hours from I until 4. HOOKS WARNS OF DANGER TO CIVIL RIGHTS Benjamin Hooks, executive director of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), warned young blacks in the audience during a speech at Western that he feels there is great danger that America will move backward instead of forward with regard to civil rights. "You must read and understand," Hooks said, "because they are trying to close the door." Hooks was on the WCU campus February 2 for the kick-off convocation of the university'E black history month and spoke to a group of about 150 that included black leaders, uni­versity students, and administrators. ''In 1968, we thought that domestically, maybe the fight was over," Hooks said, "but look where we are today." Hooks then cited the high unemployment figures for black communities, lower salaries, the low number of blacks in top business positions and in government. -2- "Our Senate," he said, "graced by Senator East and Jesse Helms, does not have a single black member . There are 2,200 predominately white colleges and only seven have black presidents. "And that is in a nation that is becoming increasingly conservative," Hooks went on, then relating his days with Martin Luther King when King warned of "dark and diffi­cult days to come." "But I did not know then that the Ku Klux Klan would get so strong," Hooks said. "I did not believe that the American Nazi Party would come back to life ••• I did not think I would see the sea of conservatism and people trying to roll back the clock." Taking another slap at the two conservative Republicans from North Carolina, whom Hooks said blacks had elected one way or another "either by voting for them or by staying away," Hooks warned, "There are people in Congress like Strom Thurmond who'd like to repeal the voter rights act, and I've al­ready talked about your two distinguished senators." Hooks also said he thinks of the Wilmington 10, the Charlotte 3, and "the Ku Klux Klan shooting people down in cold blood in Greensboro" whenever he thinks of North Carolina. "You who live here," he said, "have a great job to do. We shall learn that either all of us are free, or none of us." qooks's warnings were similar to those of Bella Abzug, who spoke here January 22. ~bzug warned that women, too, because of new power in the hands of conservatives, are in danger of losing the gains they have made. NEXT UNIVERSITY FORUM TOPIC WILL BE KOREA The University Forum will meet Monday, February 9, in the New Science Auditorium at 7 p.m. Dr. Paul Haberland and Dr. Kilman Shin will be the featured speakers . Their topic is "Korea: Past and Present ." NEXT FACULTY RECITAL SET FOR FEBRUARY 10 Music from Handel to Duke Ellington will be featured in the next of Western's series of faculty recitals, an 8 p.m. performance on Tuesday, February 10, in the Music­English recital hall . Also on the program are works by Ernest Bloch, Toshiro Mayuzumi, and Tchaikovsky. Performing will be music department faculty members Dr . Maxie Beaver , alto saxophone; James Buckner, trumpet, Dr. Alex Lesueur, flute; Henry Lofquist, piano; Richard Tre­varthen, trombone and euphonium; and Dr. Edgar vom Lehn, bass-baritone singer . Also playing will be Barbara Dooley on piano, Anne Buckner on trumpet, and Robin Dauer on horn . The recital is sponsored by WCU's department of music. There is no charge for admission. CHEROKEE CENTER GETS A BOOST FROM BUD Budweiser of Asheville Inc. has pledged $8,000 in support of Western's new Cherokee Center headquarters being built in Cherokee. Dr. H.F. Robinson, WCU chancellor, announced the donation at presentation ceremonies at­tended by L.L . Price, president of Budweiser of Columbia, S. C., Inc., and J. Hubert Wood, Jr., general manager of Budweiser of Ashe­ville, Inc . The pledge was made on behalf of Budweiser of Asheville's board of directors , Roy Pearce, James T. Pearce, Gene Williams, and Price, and the Budweiser of Asheville orga­nization represented by Wood. "Budweiser of Asheville has always endeav­ored to be a good corporate citizen and to recognize opportunities to support worth­while projects and return something to the communities in which we work," Price said. "Western Carolina University is to be com­mP. nded for its programs which provide en­hanced educational opportunities for the Cherokee Indians. I'm sure Western is especially proud of the new Cherokee Center building that will house full-time counsel­ing for Cherokee students." The money will be provided to WCU through Budweiser's "We Care" program and makes Budweiser of Asheville a major contributor to the new Cherokee Center facility. -3- MODERN DANCERS WILL PERFORM FEBRUARY 12 Two dancers from Marcia Plevin Productions, a Winston-Salem based professional modern dance company, will present a concert of solos at 8 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, in Hoey Auditorium here. The appearance is sponsored by the Jackson County Arts Coun­cil, and supported by the Grass Roots Arts Program of the North Carolina Arts Council, a state agency. One mark of the company's reputation is that it is the only troupe based in North Carolina that was asked to perform in a post-modern dance festival in Raleigh this September. The artistic director, Marcia Plevin, has taught at the Martha Graham, Alvin Ailey, and Mary Anthony studios, and at the N.C. School of the Arts. She has choreographed for the Mary Anthony Company, the Accademia Nazionale di Danza, Danza Ricera, the Boston Concert Dance Company, and the N.C. Dance Theatre. In 1973 she worked with Roman Polanski in staging the opera Lulu, which was presented in Spoleto, Italy:-- A native of Oxford, N.C., Carolyn Minor has danced with the company since its debut last summer. She attended Appalachian State University and studied dance at the N.C. School of the Arts and the American Dance Festival. The performance in Cullowhee will include such favorites as "Woman with a Sheet," described once as being the confessions of a mad housewife, and "Jestures," an ironic look at everyday concerns. Admission is $3 for adults, $1.50 for stu­dents, and free for members of the Arts Council. PERDUE'S NEW BOOK REVIEWED BY PUBLISHER Theda Perdue. Nations Remembered: An Oral History of the Five Civilized Tribes, 1865- 1907. (Contributions in Ethnic Studies, ~1). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press, 1980. 264 pp. Before the Civil War, the major Indian groups in the South--Creeks, Cherokees, and other tribal nations--had been herded from their traditional homelands into the Indian Territory that is now Oklahoma. There, until Oklahoma became a state, they functioned autonomously, holding their own elections, enforcing their own laws, and creating their own society from a mixture of old Indian customs and the new ways of the white man. Now, a moving and important first person record of these times is available. Nations Remembered is an annotated collec­tion of excerpts from actual interviews with Indians who remembered the days before Oklahoma statehood. These priceless inter­views, conducted by the Works Progress Ad­ministration during the 1930s, range across every facet of life in the Indian Territory. They describe the lawlessness of the years after the Civil War, when white outlaws found refuge in the region because Indian courts could try only their own people. They describe the economic realities of the era: a few wealthy Indians, the rest scraping a living out of subsistence farm­ing, hunting, and fishing. Education and religion--both native American and Chris­tian-- are discussed, as are the Indian's diversions: horse races, fairs, ball games, stalk shooting, and traditional ceremonies like the Green Corn Dance. The changes brought to the Indian Territory by the rapid expansion of the nation that surrounded it are also examined. Mining, timbering, and ranching brought non-Indians into the region. Railroads an? other cor­porate interests put pressure on Congress to dissolve the tribes and open the land for white settlement . When this ultimately occurred, resentment and bitterness among the Indians ran deep. Well illustrated with period photographs, Nations Remembered is a fascinating portrait of 1ndian life. This collective autobiog­raphy will help restore these neglected lndian nations to their proper place in our historical consciousness. Contents: War and Its Aftermath. Law and Disorder. Subsistence. Entertainment. Traditions. Religion and Education. Economic Development. Allotment and State­hood. Epilogue. WHAT TO DO IN CASE OF HOTEL FIRE Walter Thomas, dean of Technology and Applied Science, sent a list of sugges­tions for those caught in hotel fires. The list comes from a newspaper interview with a Los Angeles fireman. Since the Joyner fire, these suggestions come close to home. If anyone had been in the build­ing at the time of the fire, we might have lost more than a time-honored landmark con­taining a few odds and ends. -4- 1. Know precisely where the fire exit is. Not that it is somewhere down the hall to the left, but that there are precisely four doors down to the elevator, then five more doors, and the exit is on the opposite side. 2 . Put your room key on the bedside table, not on the dresser or the top of the TV or in your coat pocket. 3. If you smell smoke, call the fire de­partment, not the desk . The desk might send a security guard. The fire department will send firemen. Tell the fire dispatcher what room you are in. 4. Feel your door knob. If it is hot, don't open the door. If it isn't, peek outside. If it is not too smoky, go to the fire exit. 5. Never use the elevator. Never! 6. Always take your key with you. You might want to get back in your room, where it could be safer. 7. If you go to the stairwell, walk, don't run, and close the door behind you. Smoke in stairwells is caused by people leaving the fire door open. If the stairwell is too smoky going down, turn around and go up. A fireman will greet you on the roof. 8. If you are forced to stay in your room, do this: (a) Open the window if there is fresh air outside. Do not break the window. If there is smoke outside, you will need to close the window. (b) Fill the bathtub with water . Wet towels and sheets and stuff them around the door. If the bathroom vent has a motor, turn it on. If not, block it with wet towels, too. Block all vents. (c) If the door and walls are hot, throw water on them with your ice bucket. Keep everything wet. Swing a wet towel around the room to clear the smoke. Put a wet cloth over your nose and mouth. 9. Other considerations : smoke and pani c , two elements of fire that are more lethal than flames. Smoke inhalation killed f rom 70-80% of the people in the Las Vegas f i re . Remember that smoke rises; thus it may be wise to crawl or wiggle on your stomach to the fire exit. Panic is another unsuspected killer , Panic causes irrational behavior such as jumping from an 18th story hotel window when the fire is on the first floor. If you are occupied with constructive thoughts-- get ting your key, mentally visualizing where t he exit is, taking other logical precautions- ­you will be too busy to panic. NAMES IN THE NEWS TIM LIBERTY (Communication Disorders) and HOWARD WILSON (Human Services) attended the National Convention for the American Speech­Language- Hearing Association in November. Wilson presented two papers: "Identifica­tion of the Voicing Contrast in Three Pho­netic Contexts" and "Production of /p,b/ in Three Phonetic Contexts." FRED COYLE (Biology) was recently appointed as a research associate in the department of entomology of the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. This association involves a close working relationship with the American Museum staff, use of the mu­seum's research facilities and library, and unrestricted access to the largest arachnid collection in the Western Hemisphere. AARON HYATT (dean, Graduate School) has been named to the Board of Directors of the His­toric Preservation Society of North Carolina. This organization last year recognized Dr. Hyatt with an Award of Merit for his work in identifying and preserving historic sites throughout the area served by Western North Carolina Associated Communities. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Steven Ealy. "The Politics of Public Per­sonnel Administration," in Public Personnel Ma lO • nagement: Problems and Prospects, Un1ver-sity of South Carolina, 1980. J. Richard Gentry. "Learning to Spell De­velopmentally," The Reading Teacher, 34, 4 (January 1981), 378-381. A Weekly Newsletter tor the Faculty and Staff e or of Western Carol1na Un1vers1ty Cullowhee, North Carolina Ft•bruary 13, 19SJ WESTERN HOSTS GERONTOLOGY SCHOOL AGAIN The N.C. Division of Aging has selected WCU to host its second annual Summer School of Gerontology, tentatively scheduled to Lake place July 19-24. Nathan Yelton, assistant secretary of the division, said ·Western's selection was bdsed on the success of the first annual ~'.l' n'nlo logy schoo 1, held here last sunune r. "Wl' were Vl'ry pleased with our reception at Western last year, with the faculty, the facilities, and the food," said Yelton, a native of Mitchell County. "A tremendous amount of interest was shown across the state, and the information people obtained proved to be very helpful. "I think it (the going to be much last," he added. beginning." gerontology school) is better this year than "Last year was just the The annual gerontology school gives people who provide services for older adults an opportunity to share their ideas and ex­periences and to enhance their professional training. "I am extremely pleased to have the Suouner School of Gerontology return for the second sununcr to Western Carolina University," said Chancellor H.F. Robinson. "This is especially significant and an important recognition of the work being done at the university led by Mr. Don Kelley and a number of faculty members in various de­partments. We have some excellent programs and activities under way in the area of gerontology." Last year 146 experts in the field of aging attended the week-long school which offered eight courses covering such topics as nu­trition, counseling , program planning, physical fitness, and long-term care for older adults. "Last year's program turned out exception­ally well," said Dr. Jerry Rice, director of WCU's Summer School. "We exceeded our expectations in terms of enrollment , and we expect to have as many participants this year. We also expect many people who at­tended last year to come back and take an additional course this surraner." Although courses for this year's program have not yet been announced, plans call for a total of 10, including four for academic credit and six for Continuing Education Units (CEU credit). Courses will be taught by experts from several state agen­cies and universities, including Western . "Statewide, WCU is getting on the map in the field of aging," said Don Kelley, associate director for human resources at Western's Center for Improving Mountain Living and coordinator of WCU's activities on aging. In hosting the school for the second year, he continued, "We're letting people here on campL3 and in the community know that we care about this field and are active in iL" The gerontology school is being provided through Title IV-A funds of the Older Americans Act from the Administration on Aging. Included in these funds are schol­arships to cover course fees and tuition. MOLIERE COMEDY WILL OPEN FEBRUARY 23 The fourth annual Josefina Niggli Produc­tion will be Moliere's classic comedy A School for Wives, presented by Western's department of speech and theatre arts on February 23 through 28 . It will begin nightly at 7:30 p.m. in the Little Theatr~, Stillwell Building. In A School for ~ives, Arnolphe is a 50- year-old rich man who has delayed marrying for fear of being cuckolded. Now he plans to marry young Agnes, the ward he has carefully ~duca t cd in convents and kept innocent of the world. Arnolphe's best friend ' s son , Horace, has met Agnes and tells Arnolphe of his new love for her. Confiding in Arnolphe, Horace steals Agnes from her house but leaves her in Arnolphe's care. The complications are fast and funny. Like other Niggli Productions, the play will be designed and directed by students. Robert Zipperer, Jr., a senior speech and theatre arts major , will direct. He will be assisted by Janet Allison, a sophomore. Three other senior majors will be in charge of design--Lee Reed will design the set, Sherry Hodge the costumes, and John Martin the lighting. Playing the lead roles are Steven Eller, Vanessa Drake , and Errol Stewart. Other cast members include Mark Hipps, Jon Poston, Christopher Zink, Felix Batton, and Beth Bakerman . The Niggli Production honors Western's acclaimed professor emeritus of speech and theatre arts, Josefina Niggli, who founded the WCU department in 1956. Her long and distinguished career as a playwright and teacher brought national recognition to WCU during her more than 20 years of asso­ciation with the college. Her award­winning poetry, plays , and novels, her writing careers with Twentieth Century Fox and MGM, and her teaching experience in England , Dublin, France, Mexico, and th<.' U.S. hav<' provided our theatre depart­ment with a rich legacy. Tickets for A School for Wives are availa­ble in 122 Hocy at $2 for students, $3 for ather adults, and $1 for children. For reservations, call ext. 7365. UNIVERSITY FORUM ON CAMPBELL FOLK SCHOOL The University Forum will meet Monday, February 16, at 7 p.m. in the New Science Auditorium. Mrs. Esther Hyatt, director of the John c. Campbell Folk School in Brasstown (near Murphy), and Dr. Perry Kelly, art professor at Western, will discuss the development of Danish Folk High Schools and the folk school movement in this country today. -2- JOBS HARD TO GET IN ADVERTISING, CLUB TOLD According to Tony Smith of Price McNabb Advertising Agency, who spoke to the Mar­keting and Management Club of WCU last week, beginning a career in the advertis­ing industry is nearly impossible. "Top grades are essential" for this glamorous industry, he said, also suggesting that college graduates begin in radio, t.v., or the press and then try to move over into advertising. About 120 students, the largest ever for a regular meeting of the club, heard Smith speak. NAMES IN THE NEWS WILLIAM A. SHORE (University Safety Direc­tor) has been chosen to address Georgia State University's conference on Occupa­tional Health and Safety in the Academic Environment on February 19-20 in Atlanta, to be attended by people from over forty southeastern colleges and universities. His topic will be "The Dormitory Fire Problem." Shore has been conducting pre­sentations entitled "Campus Flare-Up" for students in university residence halls. After a 20-minute discussion of fire safety, he shows a 15-minute slide show of fires and related incidents at colleges and universities. He has conducted eleven such programs to date and reached over 600 students. STAFF POSITIO~ VACANCIES Apply at the Personnel Office, 330 UA/~I C, within S working days from the date of this publication unless otherwise stated. AREA COORlJlNATOR, Student O<!vclopm<:nt; hiring ratc, $13,572; graduation fro= a four-year ~ollcgc or univ~rsity with master's dq;r c<: in Guidance and Counsel­ing, Psydwlogy, Social Work, or a related field. Successful candidJte must have comprehensive abilities related to Student Services for 800 residents and the total University housing progr Jm . APPLICATIO~ S ACCEPTED UKTIL POSITION lS FlLL£0. HOURLY MODELS , Art Department; $5 per hour; ability to pose for anatomy drawings. NO FRINGE BENEfiTS. Open until filled. TEMPORARY LIBRARY CLERK (III), llunter Library (Circulation Depirtment}; $4.24 per hour; graduation from high school or equiva­lency, one yc~r office clerit3l experience preferably in a library, and be able to pasa typing test at 25-30 net WPM, Prefer ability to deal effectively with the public. ~~e evening and weekend work required. NO FRINGE BENEHTS. NEW PROGRAMS AUTHORIZED Western was authorized last Friday (February 13) to plan four new master's degree pro­grams, two new undergraduate programs, and to continue to have responsibility for gra­duate level instruction in Asheville as well as certain undergraduate instruction. The authorizations are con­tained in the 1980-85 long­range plan of the University of North Carolina system, approved Friday by the UNC Board of Governors. The plan authorizes WCU to continue responsibility in Asheville for all gradu.ate instruction and for undergra­duate programs not offered by UNC-A. These undergra­duate programs include such degree offerings as technol­ogy and health professions and others where it is deter­mined no duplication occurs. "We are very pleased that the Board of Governors has recog-e or A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina February 20, 1981 LCE J::VEN'I CEJ.t::BRATES LHJ::I "somebody/anybody sing a black girl's song ••• let hPr be born and handled •Jarmly" proclaims ~tozake Shange in her la!ldrnark choreopoem to black sisterhood, ror Colored Girls \lho Have Con3idered S•.Jicicle/lfuen thP Rninbow Is Enuf . Pictured abOV<' is the original case which appeared at J'.tlanta's Alliance Theatre last season. The :~ward-winning theatre piece comes to Hoey Auditorium March 2 at 8 p.m. LCE subscribers and studt•nts may set advance tickets i.n 460 UA/BHC (subscribers free, students $1 .,,.ith valid ID), others at the door (adults $4, non-\-i'CU students $2). nized the merits of the cooperative agreement between Western Carolina University and the University of North Carolina at Asheville providing for joint responsibility for higher edu­cation in -Asheville, and that the Board has seen fit to reaffirm the importance of continu­ing this cooperation," said WCU Chancellor H.Fo Robinson. "We think that the modifications and continuance of the agreement reflected in the 1985 long-range plan will mean that the people of Asheville and Buncombe County will continue to be served by the best possible educational programs at both the undergraduate and graduate levels. Western Carolina University remains committed to serving the people of that com­munity and throughout the region to the best of its ability and in the spirit of the plan adopted by the Board of Governors." Western's primary responsibility for the nursing program, in which UNC-A cooperates, was unchanged. Western and UNC-A have worked cooperatively in the Asheville area under a joint agree­ment reached in 1974 . The long-range plan provides for the cooperative program to continue, and states that "the board be­lieves that for the present this coopera­tive program is the most effective means of meeting the educational needs of the Ashe­ville area, and that it is an arrangement mutually beneficial to the two institutions}' By 1983-84, according to the plan, WCU's undergraduate programs in Asheville in business and computer science would be phased out as UNC-A assumed responsibility for them . The action, however, would not affect WCU's authorization in those pro­grams at Cullowhee or other locations. The long-range plan provides for the coop­erative program involving WCU and UNC-A to continue to function under an interinstitu­tional committee appointed by and respon­sible to the chancellor of each institution. The board said that any need for undergra­duate or graduate programs in Asheville in fields in which neither WCU nor UNC-A offers the needed programs would be determined through established university system pro­cedures. It recommended that the two institutions consider adopting a common academic calendar to assure the continued effectiveness of the cooperative program. Additionally, clear arrangements on joint financing of certain areas were recommended. Use of UNC-A faculty in WCU graduate teaching by adjunct appointment was suggested. The new master's degree in music would be a liberal arts program and would be in addi­tion to the master's degree in music educa­tion already offered by WCU. The program authorization in health ser­vices management r~news a previous authori­zation . Under the pr~gram, Western Carolina plans to offer bachelor's degree tracks in two areas: health services management and supervision and emergency medical care. The latter is for certified emergency care personnel as well as persons seeking to become certified in emergency medical care as paramedics. -2- The new WCU program in health services management and supervision will be parti­cularly attractive to professional allied health personnel who have assumed or are preparing for managerial and supervisory roles in their health care specialities. Both pro~rams will be offered through the WCU School of Nursin~ and Health Sciences. They will provide significant opportunities in western North Carolina for allied health personnel to prepare for career advancement and to upgrade the quality of health care in the region. Authorization to plan a new degree program in environmental studies and the authoriza­tion to plan three master's degree programs in French, German, and Spanish were re­newals of earlier authorizations, and plan­ning is nearly complete. NEW TRUSTEE IS FORMER ASHEVILLE MAYOR Former Asheville mayor Richard A. Wood, Jr., was appointed Friday to Western's board of trustees by the University of North Carolina Board of Governors. He will serve the unexpired term of Dr. G. John Coli, president of American Enka Com­pany, who has resigned from the board to devote additional time to previous business commitments. "We completely understand Dr. Coli's resig­nation because of the demands of his pro­fessional schedule. Dr. Coli is hopeful, as are we, that he may be able to return to the board of trustees at a later date," said Chancellor H.F. Robinson. "I consider the addition of Mr. Wood to our board as being most significant," Robinson added. "He brings to us a very notable background in public service and the private sector and we expect his expertise to be helpful -" Wood is a partner in the law firm of McGuire, Wood, Worley, Bissette, and Wolcott in Asheville. He served as mayor of the City of Asheville from May of 1971 through November of 1975 and on the city's Metropolitan Planning Board from 1969 to 1971. A native of Knoxville who moved to Asheville in 1943, Wood also serves on the board of trustees of Asheville-Buncombe Technical Institute He serves on the board of dir­ectors of St. J oseph's Hospital in Asheville, ~s vice chairman of the board of directors of First Union National Bank of Asheville, and has served as chairman of the board and secretary of the Asheville Jaycees and as chairman of the Pisgah Chapter of the National Foundation of the March of Dimes. Wood has held the posts of president, presi­dent- elect, and industrial development vice president of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce. A graduate of Lee Edwards High School in Asheville, Wood holds a bachelor's degree in history from Duke University and earned his law degree from that institution in 1962. At Duke, he was an Angier B. Duke Scholar and editor-in-chief of the law review. In 1972, he was presented the Asheville Jaycees' Distinguished Service Award as the outstanding young man in Buncombe County. That same year, the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce gave him the "Big A" Award for his efforts as chairman of the Mayor's Civic Center Committee formed to support passage of a $3 million supplemental bond issue for completion of the Asheville Civic Center. He received the Asheville Chamber of Com­merce's Distinguished Service Award for his service as mayor. Coli's term on the WCU board was to expire in 1983. OPEN HOUSE AT NEW POST OFFICE FRIDAY A new post office on campus will be dedicated Friday morning, February 20, at 9:30 a.m. and refreshments will be served. The office will be located in the former quarters of the credit union on the ground floor of McKee. It will provide a full line of postal services with hours, beginning Monday, of II a.m. until 3 p.m. every weekday. Chancellor Robinson and W.H. Hoover, Jr., the postal service sectional center manager from Asheville, will preside at the dedication ceremony. REMINDER: TICKETS FOR MOLIERE NOW ON SALE -3- Tickets for A School for Wives, the hilarious Moliere comedy in production by Western's department of speech and theatre arts and opening February 23 for the week's run, are available in 122 Hoey (or call ext. 7365). EVENTS OF THE WEEK IN BRIEF Two concerts will result when more than 100 selected high school band members visit the Western campus Friday through Sunday, February 27-March I, to participate in the 1981 Western Carolina University Honors Band. Dr. Joseph Scagnoli, WCU director of bands, is the honors band chairman. The visiting musicians were chosen by WCU's wind and percussion faculty from more than 200 recommended by their respective high school band directors. They will spend Friday and Saturday in intensive rehearsals under the direction of honors band conduc­tor Dr. Robert Washburn, a Danforth Scholar who earned his Ph.D. in composition at the Eastman School of Music. Among Washburn's many accomplishments are more than 70 pub­lished works for orchestra, band, choir, and various ensembles. On Friday, WCU's symphonic band will perform in concert at 8 p.m. in the Music-English recital hall. James Buckner of the music faculty will be the featured trumpet solo­ist. The honors band will present a final gala concert Sunday at 2 p.m. in the recital hall. Both concerts are open to the public without charge. * * * * * * An all-day workshop on computer applications ir. the delivery of health care will be held at Western Tuesday, February 24 , Rafael Blanco of Space Age Computer Systems in Or­lando, Florida, will be the featured speaker. Hospital and nursing home administrators and medical record practitioners will be the primary audience. * * * * * * Pakistan and its neighbors will be the topic at University Forum Monday, February 23, at 7 p.m. in the New Science Auditorium. The featured speaker will be Dr. Brian c, Bennett, associate professor of anthropol­ogy at Appalachian State University, who has recently returned from a Fulbright lec­tureship at Quaid-i-Azam University in Islamabad, Pakistan, and thus has firsthand experience in this field. * * * * * * "Cullowhee," a six-member, locally formed band whose music features original songs influenced by rock, reggae, folk and jazz, will perform in Hoey at 10 p.m. Saturday, February 21, after our home basketball game with The Citadel. CHOIR AND EARLY MUSIC CONCERT THURSDAY Western ' s concert choir and early music ensemble will perform in concert Thursday , February 26 , at 8 p.m. in the Music-English r ecital hall . The four-part program, open to the public without charge, will be directed by Dr . Robert A. Holquist. Accompanist will be Lisa Hunt . The concert will begin with choral movements from two major works of the classical era, "Come Gentle Spring" from The Seasons by Joseph Haydn and "Lacrymosa11 from Requiem -4- by Wolfgang Mozart. Also included in the first section will be two Renaissance motets, "Agnus Dei" by Thomas Morley and "Jesu dulcis memoria" by Tomas de Victoria. Soprano Kathy Sain of Vale will be featured as a soloist as the group performs four contemporary harmony songs by Ken Newfeld In the third section of the program, the early music ensemble will perform 16th and 17th century English ~nd Italian madrigals including "Sing He and Chant It" Ly Morley, "O My Heart" by Henry VIII, "Tu m'uccidi, o crudele" by Carlo Gesualdo, and "I Thought That Love Had Been A Boy" by William Byrd The group will close the concert with two contemporary songs of praise, four folk songs, and a spiritual . NAMES IN THE NEWS JAMES H. HORTON (Biology), JOSEPH A. MEIGS (English), and RONALD MORGAN (Modern Foreign Languages) were elected in January to the General Education Committee of the Faculty Senate. ELDEN PRICE (Accounting/Information Systems) and John Rehberg, Jr. will be presenting a paper, "Does Lower of Cost or Market Have a Future?" at the Southwest American Institute for Decision Sciences meeting in New Orleans in March. The paper will be printed in the conference Proceedings. CLARENCE DelFORGE (Elementary Education) has been invited to present his simulation on "Humanizing Teachers" before the Interna­tional Simulation and Gaming Association at its annual conference to be held in Haifa, Israel, on August 17-21, 1981. CLIFFORD CASEY (Housing) and COLLEEN JAKES (Chancellor ' s Office) have both been ap­pointed to three-year terms on the board of C.J . Harris Hospital. DON LOEFFLER (head, Speech and Theatre Arts) attended the University and College Theatre Association executive mid-year meeting in New York City February 12-15. His current title, vice president of theatre education , was changed to vice president of theatre education and research. GORDON MERCER (Political Science) has been named the political science consulting edi­tor of the Journal of Asian-Pacific and World Perspectives . JEANNE HOWE (Nursing) has edited a book on nursing care of adolescents that received the "Book of the Year" Award in the pedia­tric category from the American Journal of Nursing. See next week 1s issue for a short review. JOE SCAGNOLI (Music) conducted the Central Regional All-State Band in Raleigh February 6-8. Dr. Scagnoli rehearsed and directed the Symphonic Band, one of two festival bands, in a final program for directors and parents at Athens Drive High School. The event was sponsored by the North Carolina Bandmasters Association. VIRGIE MciNTYRE (Elementary Education and Reading) attended the Southwest Regional Conference of the International Reading Association in San Antonio, Texas, January 29-31, where she presented a two-hour work­shop on the topic "Comprehension Strategies for the Middle Grades." TOM PICKERING, RICHARD CRADDOCK, and VIRGIE MciNTYRE (Elementary Education and Reading) did a reading in-service workday with all the teachers in the Red Springs Administra­tive Unit on January 19. Dr. Pickering worked with primary teachers, Mrs Mcintyre with middle grade teachers, and Dr. Craddock with high school people ~ VIVIAN DEITZ, KATHERINE LUNDY, with assis­tance from CAROL POYNTER (all Nursing), in cooperation with Memorial Mission Hospital, conducted a workshop on the Nursing Process February 6. Representatives from Nursing Service at Mission attended the workshop in preparation for teaching other staff members a new method of recording nursing care. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina February 27, 1981 NOMINATIONS DUE NOW FOR TEACHING AWARDS Monday, March 2, is the date nominations are due for the 1980-81 Chancellor's Dis­tinguished Teaching Award. Three faculty members are honored each year as outstand­ing teachers. The award consists of $250 for the individual, $250 in scholarship funds in the name of the faculty recipient, and $500 allowance to each honoree to be used to increase teaching effectiveness. To be eligible for the award, the faculty members must be in at least their third year at Western. Candidates must be nomi­nated by both faculty and students. Nominations from the faculty should be sent to Roger Bacon in the Department of Chemistry, and nominations from students should be turned in to the SGA office. The deadline for nominations is 5 p.m. Monday, March 2. Both faculty and student nomination forms are available in depart­mental offices, and student forms are also available at the SGA office. Those who have received past awards are Joe Meigs, Joel Milner, and D.C. Sossomon for 1975-76; Gary Pool, Judith Stillion, and Max Williams for 1976-77; Jerry Cook, Terry Hoyle, and Patsy Scott for 1977-78; Roger Bacon, Judy Dowell, and William Kane for 1978-79; Jennie Hunter, William Lat­imer, and Don Wood for 1979-80. SOLD OUT IN ATLANTA, PLAY COMES TO WESTERN Atlanta's Alliance Theatre Company will visit Western Monday, March 2, for a single performance of its highly successful For Colored Girls Who Have Considered SuiCide /When the Rainbow Is Enuf. Curtain time will be 8 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. Written by Ntozake Shange, the work is billed a choreopoem, a "tapestry of prose­poems that takes a loving look into the minds and hearts of women--in particular black women--as they experience the joy of discovering themselves." For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf bas played to sold-out houses in the Atlanta area, and Monday's performance in Cullo­whee will be part of a nine-state tour through the south by the company. It is the final event in a month-long ob­servance of black history at Western and is being sponsored by WCU's Lectures, Con­certs, and Exhibitions Program. The pro­gram is made possible in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts through the Southern Arts Federation, of which the North Carolina Arts Council is a member. For Colored Girls ••• was first produced at the New York Shakespeare Festival in 1976 and was heralded by Clive Barnes of the New York Tjmes as "a totally extraordinary and wonderful evening of theatre." Later, when it opened on Broadway, Mel Gussow, another Times' critic, described it as "a play that should be seen, savored and treasured." Walter Dallas, artistic director of Atlan­ta's Proposition Theatre, will direct the touring production. Dallas is a graduate of Yale University and has twice received Atlanta's prestigious Bronze Jubilee Award for outstanding cultural achievement in drama. Public tickets for the WCU performance are $4 for adults and $2 for non-WCU students. Subscribers to the LCE Program series are admitted to individual events without charge, and WCU students are admitted for $1 with a valid I.D. English, techniques for teaching the art of listening, poetry, creative writing for the gifted, bibliotherapy, and develop­mental spelling and writing. The conference, coordinated by Dr. Barbara Capps, is sponsored by WCU's department of elementary education and reading. For more information on the conference and CEU credit, contact Dr. Capps at ext. 7108. ANNOUNCEMENTS A SPOKESMAN FOR WESTERN CAROLINA TELEPHONE Company wants to remind everyone at WCU that a change in equipment has replaced the musical tones we heard after dialing a long-distance call with a silenc~ of up to 30 seconds. -3- WESTERN'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES will meet at 10 a.m. Thursday, March 5, in the .board room of the administration building. THE MOUNTAIN HERITAGE CENTER is looking for historic and contemporary quilts be­longing to people of this region. The center is preparing for a spring quilt exhibition March 16-May 1, and it will include information about the quilts and their makers. If you are willing to lend one or more quilts for the exhibit, call ext. 7129 or stop by the cente~ any week­day. THE CONDUCTOR FOR THIS WEEKEND'S outstand­ing high school band members is himself a nationally known conductor and composer. Robert Washburn, who will rehearse the 1981 Western Carolina University Honors Band in preparation for its gala concert at 2 p.m. Sunday, has held a number of fellowship and other grants, including the Danforth and Ford Foundation grants. He was invited to compose music for the open­ing ceremonies of the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid. Other works have been per­formed by some of the leading musical groups in the nation, as well as by Expo '67 in Montreal, the Farnham Festival in England, and the St. Moritz Festival in Switzerland. THE UNIVERSITY FORUM speaker for March 2 will be Al Behm, Catholic campus minister at Western, who will take "An Inside Look at Kentucky's Prison System," where he has worked as a chaplain, volunteer coordina­tor, and counselor. The Forum will meet as usual at 7 p.m. in the New Science Audi­torium. HOWE'S BOOK REVIEWED BY NURSING JOURNAL Jeanne Howe, ed. cents. New York: Nursing Care of Adoles­McGraw- Hill. 524 pp. It is exciting to read a book wherein so many talented contributors share the same positive philosophy on adolescent health care. Each of the 27 nurse-author contri­butions reflects expertise, sensitivity, compassion, and sincerity in working with adolescents. The central theme of considering adolescents as active participants in their own care is interwoven throughout the book. The book stresses use of a developmental approach in identifying needs and problems, assessing health status, understanding the effects of illness or problems, and in de­vising plans for the adolescent. The authors also provide a systematic approach to health assessment of adolescents. The case studies give practical and realis­tic interventions that focus on preventive aspects of health. All the contributors give insight into the needs of adolescents, as evidenced by their sharing of personal experiences in working with adolescents in various settings. --American Journal of Nursing NAMES IN THE NEWS TOM O'TOOLE (History) attended the winter Southeast Regional Seminar on African Stud­ies at North Carolina Central University in Durham on February 7o BETTY L. SIEGEL (dean, Education and Psy­chology) gave the keynote address to the Associated Organizations for Professionals in Education (AOPE). The title of her ad­dress was "Educating Tomorrow's Profes­sionals." On January 22, Dean Siegel addressed the teachers, staff, and administrators of Southampton County, Virginia, on the topic of invitational education. BERT WILEY (Music) attended the MTNA Southern Division Officers Workshop and Collegiate Auditions. These events were held at VCU, Richmond, Virginia, February 6-8. Wiley serves as Collegiate Auditions Chairman for the Southern Division, a post he has h~ld for six years. -4- JOE CREECH (Academic Services) presented a paper on financial aid and student retention at the annual meeting of the Southern Asso­ciation of Student Financial Aid Administra­tors in Birmingham on February 16-l7o PAT R. CARTER, DEBBIE ZACCARINE-DAVIDSON, and ROBERT CARTER (Upward Bound/Special Ser­vices/ Talent Search) will present a workshop on "Uses of the Self-Directed Search in TRIO Programs: The Counselor's Role in Adminis­tration and Interpretation." The workshop will be presented at the regional Southeast­ern Association of Educational Opportunity Program Personnel in Atlanta February 18. Ms. Carter was recently elected vice presi­dent of the North Carolina Council of Edu­cational Opportunity Programs. WILLIAM A. SHORE (University Safety Direc­tor) hosted and lectured DON WOOD's (Indus­trial Education and Technology) solar energy class at the Shore home Friday February 6. They were there to see a solar residence and to learn how and why it func­tions. Shore's company, Carolina Solar Builders, designed and constructed the home, and it has been the site of many such in­structional sessions. Local Rotarians are scheduled to be the next visitors. JOE SCAGNOLI (Music) conducted the Western Regional All-State Band at Mars Hill Col­lege February 13-14. Dr. Scagnoli rehearsed and directed the Clinic Band, one of three festival bands in this annual event. The program was sponsored by the Western North Carolina Bandmasters Association. Dr. Scagnoli also presented a research paper at the 21st Biennial Convention of the College Band Directors National Asso­ciation, held at The University of Michi­gan in Ann Arbor February 11-14. The paper, titled "Liaison with Various Band Director Associations," reported the find­ings of an international survey conducted by Dr. Scagnoli over the past two years. RONALD MORGAN (Modern Foreign Languages) received permanent tenure upon approval of the UNC Board of Governors, effective next August. GORDON MERCER (Political Science and Public Affairs) represented Western in planning the mid-level North Carolina Public Manager program which will involve public adminis-tration education modules for 6,000 mid­level state managers. All graduate-level public administration programs in the state were represented. The meeting was held on Wednesday, February 18, at the Institute of Government in Chapel Hill. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Lee Budahl. "Ditto Sheets and Tricky Proj­ects," in Art Education, 34, 1 (January 198 1 ) ' 18-2 1 • Gordon Mercer. 110rganizational Evaluation in State Agencies: An Empirical Perspec­tive, 11 in the Geor ia Political Science Association Journal, 8, 2 (Fall 1980 • MILITARY BALL SATURDAY, MARCH 7 The third annual military ball at Western, sponsored by the WCU department of military science, will be held Saturday, March 7, at 7 p.m. in the Grandroom of Hinds. This year ROTC Day on campus, usually the same date, will instead be held May 2. Attire at the formal dinner-dance, directed by the WCU cadets, will be dress uniforms for the military and black tie for civil­ians. After the traditional mixing of the punch, dinner with prime rib of beef will be served at 7:30. Col. Ron Hyatt, chief of staff of the N.C. Army National Guard, will speak after din­ner. Dancing to the sounds of Spectrum, a Raleigh band, will continue till midnight. Seating is limited. 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