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The Reporter, July 1979

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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
  • A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina July 24, 1979 SUMMER COMMENCEMENT TO BE HELD JULY 27 Chancellor H. F. Robinson will preside at the summer commencement ceremony, to be held at 7 p.m. Friday, July 27, in Reid Gymnasium. Some 353 students are expected to re­ceive degrees. Bachelor's degrees will be awarded to 163 of the students, and master's degrees to an additional 181. Nine of the students are candi­dates for educational specialist degrees or certificates of advanced study. As is the custom at summer commencement, Chancellor Robinson will deliver the commencement address. Music will be provided by Betsy Farlow, organist, and Edgar vom Lehn, bass-baritone. The Rev. George Weekley will deliver the invo­cation. The commencement schedule, announced by the Office of Academic Affairs, is: Friday, July 27, 1979 4 p.m. 6:30 p m. - 6:50 p 7 p.m. 8:30 p.m m. - Rehearsal, Reid Gymnasium Assemble at Reid Gymnasium for Processional Commencement Procession Begins Graduation Exercises, Reid Gym. Reception and Distribution of Diplomas - Grandroom, Hinds University Center Also scheduled for Friday is a luncheon for Honor Students and their families at 12:30 p.m. in the new wing of Dodson Cafeteria. NEW DEAN IS APPOINTED Dr. Thomas F. Connelly Jr. of Lexington, Ky., formerly director of the office of special programs of the College of Allied Health Professions at the University of Kentucky, is WCU's new dean of the School of Nursing and Health Sciences. At Western, Connelly is the administrator of a school that includes degree programs in nursing, medical record administration, medical technology, and other curricula for students interested in health pro­fessions. A native of Durham, Connelly, 36, is a graduate of Hampden-Sydney College and received the master's degree in hospital administration from Duke University. He holds the doctorate in vocational educa­tion administration from the University of Kentucky. He is a member of the board of directors of the National League for Nursing, the national accrediting association for nursing education programs; vice chair­man of the Assembly of Constituent Leagues for Nursing of the NLN; chairman of the Council of Individual Members of the American Society of Allied Health Pro­fessions, and a former president of the Kentucky League for Nursing. Connelly is widely active in continuing education activities and is a member of the Association for Continuing Higher Edu­cation. He is in demand nationally as a speaker at major conferences on the allied health professions and is the author of numerous articles in professional health journals. He has served as a consultant to the Na­tional Health Council, the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare and colleges and universities throughout the East and South. -2- SLIPPERY ROCK ANNOUNCES APPOINTMENTS Slippery Rock State College (PA) has announced the appointments of Herb F. Reinhard, Jr. as president, and Robert Anthony Oliver as director of athletics. Dr. Reinhard served as vice-president for Student Development at WCU from 1970-1972, and prior to his appointment at Slippery Rock State was assistant to the president at Florida A & M Univer­sity. Dr. Oliver was a graduate assistant at WCU in 1969 and from 1970-1974 served as WCU assistant varsity basketball coach and instructor in the Health and Physical Education Department. LAYTON HORNER HONORED Dr. Layton Horner, a member of the WCU Department of History from 1969-1975, received the Bethany College Alumni Association's Community Service Award at alumni weekend activities on the Bethany, W. Va., campus May 19. A graduate of the Class of 1937 at Bethany, Dr. Horner earned his M.A. at Denver University and his Ph.D at the University of Arizona. He now resides at 9218 Sand-berg Dr., Charlotte, N. C. NAMES IN THE NEWS FRANK T. PROCHASKA (Chemistry) has re­ceived a $13,500 Cottrell Research Grant from Research Corporation of New York, N.Y. The private foundation award will be used to purchase instrumentation for Prochaska's research work entitled "Infrared Spectro­scopic Studies of Molecular Ions Isolated in Inert Gas Matrices at 12K." The pro­ject seeks to isolate molecular fragments and ions at near absolute zero, more than 400 degrees below zero Fahrenheit, to gain more information about them. THEDA PERDUE (History) presented a paper, "European Utopian Schemes for the Cherokee Nation," at the national meeting of the American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies. Dr. Perdue's book, "Slavery and the Evolution of Cherokee Society, 1540- 1866," has been nominated for the Mayflower Cup for Nonfiction awarded annually by the North Carolina Literary and Historical Association. VIRGINIA CLARK (Controller's Office) was elected to the 1979-80 Executive Board of Area 12 of the North Carolina State Em­ployees Association (NCSEA) at its annual dinner meeting July 16 in Dodson Cafeteria. She will serve as Constitution Chairman. Elected as delegates to the 1980 NCSEA annual convention were BOB CRAWFORD (Phy­sical Plant); JESSE FLAKE (Controller's Office); MIM MATUS (Public Information); CHARLIE STEPHENS (Food Services); and MILDRED WILSON (dean's office, School of Arts and Sciences). MIKE DOUGHERTY (Human Services) presented a training session on "An In-Service Model for Training Teachers to Interpret Tests to Parents" at the annual National Elemen­tary School Guidance and Counseling Con­ference in Richmond, Va., June 26. KEITH T. STEPHENS (head, Management and Marketing) participated in the 62nd Annual Marketing Conference of the American Mar­keting Association in Miami, June 4-6. Dr. Stephens served as Strategic Planning Session Chairman and was a member of the program committee for the Marketing Man­agement Track. Other speakers at the planning session included David Harrold, executive vice president, Hanes Corporation; Phil Goodell, marketing research director, Bell and Howell Corporation; Donald Mitchell, president, Mitchell and Associates, Manage­ment Consultants; and Albert Hotchkin, Jr., vice president, Duns Marketing Services. The theme of the conference was "Winning in a Tough Environment." THOMAS E. 0'TOOLE and CURTIS W. WOOD (both History) are participating in summer studies under grants awarded by the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). Dr. 0'Toole is studying African art and culture at the Museum of African Art at Washington's Smithsonian Institution. Dr. Wood is at­tending an NEH seminar entitled "Agriculture and Rural Society in Europe and the Americas" at the University of California at Berkley. The NEH grants amount to about $2,500 each. Both professors will be attending the semi­nars until mid-August. HOWARD ABADINSKY (Criminal Justice) will serve as faculty adviser to the recently organized Criminal Justice Club. Member­ship is open to all students, faculty and staff members interested in the field of criminal justice.

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