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RepNKo //eMw < s /f/oNrrr foe Ftacueilft+yW anrd CS+t/Ma f f of Western Carolina University January 10, 1992 New science fair offered for elementary grades ^ new program of the Department of Chemistry and Physics and the Center for Environmental/Energy Education will bring students in elementary grades to campus for a one-day science convoca­tion in March. The Elementary School Science Fair will take place Thursday, March 12, in the Ramsey Center. The program will begin at 9 a.m. with the setting up of projects, and will include a project review and a "magic show" demonstration. Offered this year for the first time, the fair is open to students in grades 3-5 in Western North Carolina schools. Each school may bring any number of students and may bring up to nine projects for display. Projects will not be judged. Categories for displays are "Collections," "Models," and "Experiments." In addition, Dr. Roger Bacon, professor of chemistry, will present "The Magic of Chemis­try," a demonstration designed especially for elementary school students. Admission to the fair will be free. The cost for lunch will be $2 per student Teachers will be guests of Western Carolina University. Registration for the fair is due by Monday, February 24. For more information or a registration form, call Dr. Richard C. Berne at 227-7476. Spring registration will begin January 13 Registration for spring semester classes at Western Carolina University will be held Mon­day, January 13, with day classes to begin Tuesday, January 14. Registration activities will be held in the Ram­sey Center. Registration for new undergraduate, new graduate, and readmitted students will be held 9-11 a.m., and for nonregistered continuing students 11 a.m.-l p.m. Students may drop and/or add classes 1-4 p.m. Evening classes on campus and in Asheville will begin Monday, January 13, and day classes on campus will begin Tuesday, January 14. Late registration and schedule changes will continue on campus through Friday, January 17. For more information, call the Registrar's Office at 227-7216. Applications sought for research associateships The National Research Council announces its 1992 resident, cooperative, and postdoctoral Research Associateship Programs for research in the sciences and engineering. Research is to be conducted on behalf of thirty fede ral agencies or research institutions whose 115 participating research laboratories are located throughout the United States. Approximately 300 new full-time associate-ships will be awarded on a competitive basis in 1992 for research in chemistry, earth and atmo­spheric sciences, engineering and applied sciences, mathematics, space and planetary sciences, physics, and biological, health, and behavioral sciences and biotechnology. Awards are made for one or two years, renew­able to a maximum of three years; senior applicants who have held the doctorate at least five years may request a shorter period. Annual stipends for recent Ph.D.s for the 1992 program year range from $27,750 to $42,000 depending upon the sponsoring laboratory, and will be appropriately higher for senior associates. Applications to the National Research Council must be postmarked no later than January 15 for initial awards, which will be announced in March and April. For application materials, call (202) 334-2760, or fax to (202) 334-2759. News briefs MONEY IS STILL AVAILABLE FOR PRESENTATIONS by visiting scholars during spring semester, and the Visiting Scholar Review Panel continues to review proposals. The panel encourages faculty members to submit proposals for this semester or for the next academic year. For guidelines or requisite forms, call Wanda Ashe at 227-7495. THE ASHEVILLE AREA CHAPTER OF THE AMERICAN RED CROSS will have representatives on campus for a blood drive Monday-Wednesday, January 27-29. The event will take place 1-6 p.m. each day in the Grandroom of the University Center. Three hundred fifty units of blood is the goal for the drive, which is open to the public. HUNTER L IBRARY I S ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for faculty study rooms for spring semester. Application forms are available from department heads, and completed applications should be sent to William Kirwan at Hunter Library. Dead­line for applications is Friday, January 24. For more information, call 227-7307. GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE NORTH CAROLINA HUMANITIES COUNCIL (NCHC) at a program-development work­shop and public meeting to be sponsored by the council on Tuesday, January 14. The workshop and meeting will take place at 2 p.m. at the Haywood County Public Library in Waynesville. Participants will learn how NCHC can he lp organizations develop public programs that examine and interpret North Carolina history, values, and culture. Participants can also advise NCHC about needs of individual commu­nities that may be addressed through public humanities programs. The humani­ties council is a nonprofit, tax-exempt, public institution, founded in 1972 and dedicated to developing and promoting programs for adults across the state. Primary support comes from the National Endowment for the Humanities. For reservations to attend the January 14 workshop and meeting, call Katherine Armitage at 452-5169. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 13 Tuesday 14 Registration for new, continuing, and readmitted students. (Drop/Add allowed after 1 p.m.) RAC, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Evening classes begin. 6 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. Marshall. RAC, 7 p.m. $7 reserved seating, $5 general admission, $2 youths. 20 Holiday, Martin Luther King, Jr., birthday. Univer­sity closed except for essential operations. Women's basketball, Cats vs. Wake Forest University. RAC, 7 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. Appalachian State Univer­sity. Boone, 7:30 p.m. Regular hours Monday-Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday Day classes begin. 8 a.m. Registration for new, continuing, and readmitted students. (Drop/Add allowed after 1 p.m.) RAC, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Opening reception for photography exhibit Belk Building art gallery, 7:30 p.m. 21 Council of Deans. 510 HFR, 9:30 a.m. 8 a.m.-midnight 8 a.m.-6 p.m. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Noon-midnight Wednesday 15 Late registration and schedule changes. Registrar's Office, through January 17. Workshop, "How to Write a Job Description." Hospitality Room, RAC, 8:30 a.m.-noon or 1-4:30 p.m. $10 per person. To register, call 227-7397 by January 13. Public lecture by photographer Muriel Ehrman-Mandel. Belk Building art gallery, 11 a.m. Opening reception for "Gaia" exhibit. Chelsea Gallery, UC, 7:30 p.m. 22 Meeting to renew financial aid applications. For all interested people. Forsyth Auditorium, 12:30-1:30 p.m. or 6- 7 p.m. (227-7290) Meeting of general education faculty. Hospitality Room, RAC, 3:30-5 p.m. (227-7495) Concert by the Glenn Miller Orchestra. A Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions series event. RAC, 8 p.m. $10 adults, $8 WCU employees and senior citizens, $3 youths and WCU students. Martin Luther King,, Saturday, January 18 Sunday, January 19 Monday, January 20 '., holiday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Closed 4 p.m.-midnight Hunter Library hours January 10. 1992 The Reporter January 1 Thursday 16 Late registration and schedule changes. Registrar's Office, through January 17. Faculty Senate. Founders Auditorium, MHC, 3:30- 5 p.m. Faculty recital, with Dan Sipes, tuba. MRH, 8 p.m. (227-7242) 23 Meeting to renew financial aid applications. For all interested people. Forsyth Auditorium, 12:30-1:30 p.m. or 6-7 p.m. (227-7290) Candlelight vigil and silent march to commemorate the life of Martin Luther King, Jr. March begins 5:45 p.m., Robertson Hall, and concludes at MHC. Sponsored by the Organization of Ebony Students. Women's basketball, Cats vs. Appalachian State University. RAC, 7 p.m. The next issue of the Reporter will be published on January 24. Items for publication in that issue should reach 1601 Ramsey Center by Friday, January 17. Friday 17 Late registration and schedule changes. Registrar's Office. 24 Indoor track, Cats at US Air Invitational tournament Johnson City, Tenn., through January 25. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Telephone numbers to call for more information appear in parentheses after some listings. Saturday 18 Women's basketball, Cats vs. UNC-Greensboro. Greensboro, 7 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tenn., 7:30 p.m. 25 Indoor track (concludes), Cats at US Air Invitational tourna­ment Johnson City, Tenn. Basketball, Cats vs. Furman University. RAC, 7 p.m. $7 reserved seating, $5 general admission, $2 youths. Sunday 19 Meeting of Friends of Hunter Library, with speaker Sue Ellen Bridgers. Hunter Library, 1:30 p.m. (227-7417) 26 Women's basketball, Cats vs. University of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Chattanooga Tenn., 3 p.m. Exhibits Photographs by Muriel Ehrman-Mandel. Belk Building art gallery, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment at 227-7210, January 14-31. "Gaia: Environmental and Spiritual Connections" drawings, photographs, and prints by Gil Leebrick and Richard Mayberry. Chelsea Gallery, University Center, 8 a.m.-l 1 p.m. Monday - Friday and noon-11 p.m. weekends, January 10-February 6. Photographs by Larry Tucker and Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-10 p.m. Monday-Friday. "Irons in the Fire," an exhibit and slide-tape presentation on black-smithing; "Forging Ahead," a sampler of the diversity of today's iron works; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. The Reporter January 10. 1992 Ken Mostella (ri ght) presents a contribution on behalf of Sylva Rotary Club to the Dean Martin Business Fellowship Fund. Receiving the check is Dr. John R. Adams, professor of management, who is chariman of the Dean Martin Business Fellowship Committee and directs activities of the master of project management degree program. The fund honors Martin, professor of marketing from 1981 until hi s death in 1990. The Reporter Is published by the Office of Public Information. Mall noti ces and changes of address to the Reporter. 1601 Ramsey Center. 1/450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $167.80, or $0.12 per copy. Western Carolina University Is an Equal Opportunity Institution. January 1992 Activities • Josie Bewsey (Center for Improving Mountain Living) attended the "Post-Award Conference" of the Defense Logistics Agency's Procurement Technical Assistance Program in Myrtle Beach, S.C., November 4-8. • Dr. Thomas F. Connelly, Jr. (Nursing and Health Sciences) received the "President's Award" from the American Society of Allied Health Professions (ASAHP). The award is given each year in acknowledgement of contributions to the advancement of ASAHP, a national organization of health-care professionals. • Dr. Duane Davis (Criminal Justice) was an invited member of a panel on firearms issues at a recent meeting of the American Society of Criminology in San Francisco, Calif. Davis presented a paper entitled "Gun Ownership and Self-Protection: An Analysis of Southern Male Attitudes," which he coauthored with Dr. Laura Moriarty (Criminal Justice). • Dr. Vivian Deitz (Nursing) attended the annual National Child and Family Relations Conference in Denver, Colo., November 17-20. Deitz gave a presentation entitled "Care of Hospitalized Children: Parents' and Nurses' Attitudes." • Dr. Steve Jarrell (Economics and Finance), Ray Crepeau (Accounting and Information Systems), Janet Dye (Accounting and Informa­tion Systems), and Dr. Jim Pearce (Marketing and Management) attended the National Decision Science Institute in Miami, Fla., November 25-27. Jarrell presented a paper, which he coauthored, entitled "Authors as Outliers: Dealing with Seemingly Aberrant Published Results." Crepeau presented a coauthored paper entitled "Competi­tion vs. Cooperation: A Normative Model for Conflict Management." Dye presented a paper entitled "Testing Differences Between Acquired and Acquiring Small Companies." Pearce reviewed and discussed a paper entitled "Effects of No Dependence, Low Dependence, and High Dependence on Interorganizational Relationships." • Alfred Wiggins (Communication and Theatre Arts) will appear in an upcoming episode of the NBC television series "I'll Fly Away." He will portray a black college professor trying to register to vote in a small Southern town in the late 1950s. Area viewers may watch at 8 p.m. Tuesday, January 14, on WYFF-TV, channel 4 from Greenville, S.C. Grants and contracts news This column will highlight grant and contract activity at Western Carolina by focusing specifically on new or ongoing faculty and staff initiatives, programmatic issues, impor­tant deadlines, etc. Lisa Bloom and Ellen Bacon received a grant from the United States Department of Education to support the graduate program in behavior disorders. The project's goals are to increase the number of certified teachers in behavior disor­ders, to strengthen the program by improving the content and delivery of instruction and to develop a portfolio model for formative and summative evaluation of graduate students. To assist in increasing the number of certified teachers in the region, tuition stipends and money for books are available for full- and part-time students. Students will also receive financial support to travel to a state conference and to visit classrooms of master teachers. Perhaps the most unique feature of the program is the development of a portfolio model of evaluation. Students involved in the program will develop a portfolio by completing projects based on their interests and compiling these into a portfolio similar to that of an artist Faculty will work closely with students throughout their program to assist in developing their portfolio entries so they will meet the standards expected of a master teacher. The portfolios are used along with comprehensive exams as part of the gradua­tion requirements for the program. - Dr. Steven Yurkovich The Reporter Re™p Noe>w»./*s» forr ffie t0Fa>ciehulft\y / a/unnrWd QSttsav ffif of Western Carolina University January 24,1992 Cullowhee, North Carolina A call for undergraduate research presentations F acuity members who know of undergradu­ate research papers with "substance and style" can nominate the authors as partici­pants in the university's second Under­graduate Research Conference. Scheduled for Thursday, April 2, the confer­ence will allow undergraduate students across campus to demonstrate results of their research efforts and gain experience in public speaking. "We are a community of scholarship, and this is a way of recognizing outstanding undergradu­ate scholars," said Dr. Gordon Mercer, professor and head of the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs. Mercer and Dr. Anne Rogers, associate professor of anthropology, are cochairpersons of the conference steering committee. Students who participate will speak before an audience of peers and faculty members. At a banquet following the presentations, the steering committee will award prizes for the top three papers, judged on content and not on presentation. Nomination forms are available from Organizers of the Undergraduate Research Conference hope each of the university's undergraduate schools will be represented by student participants. Last year, presenters appeared from these disciplines: Accounting Anthropology Art Biology Chemistry and Physics Criminal Justice Economics English Health Sciences History Human Services Medical Records Administration Political Science Psychology Social Work Mercer or Rogers. Friday, February 28, is the deadline for submitting names. Completed papers are due by Thursday, March 26. Conducting research helps students learn to think independently and synthesize information to draw conclusions, Mercer and Rogers said. They said students and faculty members alike can benefit from working together to prepare papers for the conference. The event is sponsored by Pi Gamma Mu honor society, the University Honors Program, and the Department of Political Science and Public Affairs. Other support comes from various university offices and agencies. Nominated papers must be original and well-researched. Papers may be coauthored, as long as the primary author is an undergraduate student while writing. Faculty members making nomina­tions may recommend or require changes in the papers where appropriate. "We're looking for good content and for papers that are written well, too. We'd like to see substance and style," Rogers said. Other members of the steering committee are Ellen Bacon, David Butcher, David Dorondo, Bruce Henderson, Roger Lumb, Joe Meigs, Karl Nicholas, Jackie Palmer, William Pelfrey, Judy Stillion, Elaine Story, James Thompson, and Duncan Tye. For more information, call Mercer at 227-7475 or Rogers at 227-7383. Workshop will consider issues of sexual harrassment University employees can attend a workshop next month on the timely topic of sexual harrassment Entitled "Sexual Harrassment: Issues and Answers," the workshop will take place 9-10 a.m., and again 2-3 p.m., on Wednesday, February 12, in Founders Auditorium of the Mountain Heritage Center. The workshop will be an installment in the 1991-92 staff development training schedule, offered by the Personnel Office and the Division of Continuing Education and Summer School. Dr. Glenn Stillion, vice chancellor for student development and the university's affirmative action officer, will conduct the workshop. The cost is $15 per person. To register, call the Personnel Office at 227-7218. News briefs MEETING TIMES HAVE CHANGED FOR OVEREATERS ANONYMOUS. The group will meet each Monday at 1 p.m. during spring semester at Cullowhee United Methodist Church. Faculty and staff members who attend welcome others with concerns or problems with food or eating. Meetings last until 1:45 p.m. Over-eaters Anonymous is not a diet club but a twelve-step program of recovery. Mem­bers bring a sack lunch and share their experience, strength, and hope. For more information, call Carolyn at 586-5186 or Elizabeth at 293-3363 any evening. ATTENTION, GRADUATE STUDENTS AND ADVISERS: Hunter Library is accepting applications from graduate students for use of study rooms during spring semester. Application forms are available from graduate department heads or the library administrative office. Send completed applications to William Kirwan at Hunter Library by Monday, February 3. WESTERN CAROLINA UN IVERSITY I S THE RECIPIENT of a Job Service Em­ployer award for 1991 from the Employ­ment Security Commission (ESQ of North Carolina. Jim Holland, director of personnel, attended a luncheon in Raleigh in December to accept the award certifi­cate. The award is given in recognition of work with ESC and for positive contribu­tions to the state's economy. Nominations come from local Job Service Centers and the Job Service Employer Committee. A RECORD NUMBER OF STUDENT ATHLETES EARNED 3.0 OR HIGHER in their grade point averages (GPA) for fall semester. Sixty-three student athletes—including eight who attained perfect averages of 4.0—will receive the "Athletic Director's Academic Award" for GPAs of at least 3.0. "This is an indication of the type of student athlete our coaches are recruiting, the results of our academic enhancement programs, and a reflection of what the NCAA and its President's Commission are doing to strengthen academic requirements nationwide," said Bobby N. Setzer, director of athletics. January 24. 1992 WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 27 Seminar, "The Child as Hero." North Carolina Center for the Advance­ment of Teaching, through January 31. Video, Mermaids. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. Meeting, Research Coun­cil. 510 HFR, 2 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. The Citadel. RAC, 7 p.m. $7 reserved seats, $5 general admission, $2 youths. 3 Video, Memphis Belle. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Tuesday 28 Video, Mermaids. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. Meeting, Graduate Council. 510 HFR, 2 p.m. 4 Council of Deans. 510 HFR, 9:30 a.m. Video, Memphis Belle. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Faculty recital, honoring Black History Month. MRH, 8 p.m. $5 adults, $2 students. (227-7242) The next issue of the Reporter will be published on Friday, February 7. Items for publication in that issue should reach 1601 Ramsey Center by Friday, January 31. Wednesday 29 Financial aid refunds made for spring semes­ter. 320 HFR, 9 a.m.- 4:30 p.m. Video, Mermaids. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Bloodmobile. Grandroom, UC, 1-6 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. Clemson University. RAC, 7 p.m. $7 reserved seats, $5 general admis­sion, $2 youths. Women's basketball, Cats vs. UNC-Asheville. Asheville, 7:30 p.m. 5 Meeting, Steering Committee of Faculty Senate. Mary Will Mitchell Room, Brown Cafeteria, 7:30 a.m. Video, Memphis Belle. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Basketball, Cats vs. UNC-Asheville. Asheville, 9 p.m. Women's basketball, Cats vs. East Tennessee State University. Johnson City, Tenn., 7 p.m. The Reporter JonuQiy Thursday 30 Financial aid refunds made for spring semester. 320 HFR, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Video, Mermaids. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Student recital. MRH, 2 p.m. 6 Video, Memphis Belle. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Workshop, "MacWrite II," for Macintosh computer users. University Media Center, Hunter Library, 1-4 p.m. (227-7341) Friday 31 Video, Mermaids. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. 7 Video, Memphis Belle. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.- closing. Exhibits Photographs by Muriel Ehrman-Mandel. Belk Building art gallery, 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appoint­ment at 227-7210, through January 31. "Gala: Environmental and Spiritual Connections" works by Gil Leebrick and Richard Mayberry. Chelsea Gallery, University Center, 8 a.m.-ll p.m. Monday-Friday and noon-11 p.m. weekends, through February 6. Photographs by Larry Tucker and Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-lO p.m. Monday-Friday. "Irons in the Fire," an exhibit and slide-tape presentation on blacksmithing; "Forging Ahead," a sampler of the diversity of today's iron works; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday. Saturday 1 Graduate Record Examina­tion. Natural Sciences Audito­rium, 8 a.m. (227-7469) Video, Mermaids. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Basketball, Cats vs. UT-Chattanooga. RAC, 7 p.m. $7 reserved seats, $5 general admission, $2 youths. 8 Indoor track, Cats at Tri-Meet with Virginia Tech and Wake Forest University. Blacksburg, Va. Video, Memphis Belle. Second floor, UC, 10 a.m.-closing. Women's basketball, Cats vs. Marshall University. RAC, 3 p.m. Basketball, Cats vs. Marshall University. Huntington, W.Va., 7:30 p.m. Sunday 2 9 HFR Key H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Telephone numbers to call for more information appear in parentheses after some listings. The Reporter January 24. 1992 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 $167.80, or $0.12 per copy. Western Carolina University Is an Equal Opportunity Institution. Reid award nominations due by February 14 Friday, February 14, is the deadline for nomina­tions for the 1992 Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Awards. The awards, given annually to one member of the faculty and one member of the administrative staff, carry a prize of $1,000 and a commemora­tive plaque. Recipients will be announced at the General Faculty Meeting and Awards Convoca­tion in the spring. Recipients of the faculty award must be full-time, nine- or twelve-month EPA personnel, excluding individuals eligible for the staff award. Professional librarian staff members may also receive the faculty award. Recipients of the staff award must be EPA administrative personnel, including academic department heads, or SPA personnel exempt from overtime compensation. Nominations may come from any member of the faculty, administration, staff, student body, board of trustees, or alumni. For more information or a nomination form, call Sue Persons, chairperson of the selection committee, at 227-7332. Papers, presentations, and publications • Sandra Davis (Developmental Evaluation Center) presented a paper entitled "Forgotten Family Members: Intervention with Siblings, Grandparents, and Extended Family" at the annual Leo M. Croghan Conference on Developmental Disabilities, held December 9-10 in Raleigh. • Scott Higgins (Health Services Management) spoke December 28 to 250 directors of hospital education at an annual retreat sponsored by the Florida Society for Healthcare Education and Training. The presentation, entitled "Workforce 2000," focused on health care manpower needs and strategies to meet them. • Dr. Jim Kirk (Human Services) and Jay Wysocki (Management and Marketing) pub­lished an article entitled "Factors Influencing Choice of Graduate Programs and Implications for Student Advisement" in the fall issue of the NAC AD A Journal. Data for the article were collected from students in five graduate programs at WCU. For a copy of the article, write to Kirk in Room 210 Killian Building. • Carolyn Meigs and Ruth McCreary (Elemen­tary Education and Reading) published an article entitled "Foreign Films: An International Approach to Enhance College Reading" in the December issue of Journal of Reading. • Dr. Jim Nicholl (English) published an article entitled "The North Carolina Railroad, 1849-1871, and the Modernization of North Carolina" in the September issue of Lexington Quarterly of Transportation History. • William Paulk (Retired, English) is the author of "Going Back Chiltoskey, Carver: Cherokee Eagle Dancer," a poem that appears on the back cover of The Artist and the Storyteller, Going Back and Mary Chiltoskey: A Cherokee Legend, a new biography of Going Back and Mary Chil­toskey by Regina Galloway. The poem is accom­panied by illustrations by John Barton Galloway. Appointments and other activities • Jan Davidson (Mountain Heritage Center) arranged for the Catawba Valley Science Center in Hickory to feature "Mountain Trout," an exhibit created by the Mountain Heritage Center, through most of the winter. Refurbished for travel by David Brewin and Kathie McGimsey (Moun­tain Heritage Center), the exhibit will appear at the Hickory museum January 21-March 22. • Dr. Marilyn Feldmann (Education and Psychology) has recently been a member of several state and national accreditation teams. In December, she chaired a twenty-six-member team for the State Department of Public Instruc­tion (SDPI), at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. In early January, she chaired a team at St. Andrews Presbyterian College. In addition, Feldmann served as a member of the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) team at the University of Southwestern Louisiana in October and at Campbell University in November. Feldmann coordinated the preparation of reports for a joint SDPI and NCATE review of Western Carolina's teacher education programs, held in November. • Kathleen H. Hook is the new receptionist and secretary in the administrative office of Hunter Library. She lives in Franklin. • Gayle Miller (English) has been named the university's Hunter Scholar for 1992. The award, initiated in 1987, provides release time, a research assistantship, supply money, and a study room in Hunter Library. The purpose of the award is to support traditional research at WCU and to provide a mechanism for the dissemina­tion of research results. Miller is director of freshman English. January 24. 1992 The Reporter