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  • Date original: 1984-07
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A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina July 13, 1984 ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM ACCREDITED Western's environmental health program has become the twenty-first program in the na­tion to be awarded accreditation by the National Accreditation Council for Environmental Health Curricula of the National Environmental Health Association. Western's program is only the fifth program to be given full, unconditional accredita­tion by the council on the first attempt. Accreditation is for a period of six years. "This is a very significant step for us," said program director Joe Beck. "It acknow­ledges our program is of satisfactory quali­ty and that it can successfully prepare en­vironmental health practitioners at the entry level." Accreditation means that Western students will be eligible for commissions in the U.S. Public Health Service and for partici­pation in that agency's COSTEP program wherein students may a ccept temporary commissions in the Public Health Service as juniors in college. Students will also be eligible for several national and state scholarships. NEW MASTER'S DEGREE AT GRADUATE CENTER Beginning this fall a new master's degree program in Human Resource Development will be offered by WCU Programs in Asheville. The UNC Board of Governors has approved the course of study in this new field. The program will provide instruction to pro­fessionals already in the field as well as those preparing for a career in human resource development in such fields as education, business, engineering, and health and human services. The degree will require a minimum of 33 semester hours. TENNESSEE WILLIAMS' DRAMA SIZZLES One of Tennessee Williams' most powerful and mature dramas, The Night of the Iguana, will be pr esented in the Little Theatre Tuesday through Thursday, July 17- 19. Curtain time is at 8 p.m. The play is set in Mexico where a defrocked minister and a sad, middle-aged woman have sought shelter in a seedy hotel. The two discover that the comfort they desire is not found in a geographic place but in the hearts and minds of others. Jeffrey Sauer portrays the minister T. Lawrence Shannon; Terry Wood is the sad Hannah Jelkes; Betsy Bisson is M axine Faulk, the hotel owner; Mary Coppage plays Judith Fellowes; Roch Smith, Jr., is Nonno; and Christopher Eicher is Hank. June Cagle is stage manager and James Wood is director. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and $2 for children. Reservations may be made through the depart­ment of speech and theatre arts ext. 7365. ROTC HONORS CHANCELLOR ROBINSON Chancellor H.F. Robinson received the Out­standing Civilian Service Award from Brig. Gen. Curtis F. Hoglan, commander of the Army's First ROTC Region, in ceremonies here June 27. It is the highest civilian award that can be pre sented by a four-star general. Hoglan praised Robinson for the establish­ment of the department of military science here in 1976 and the creation of WCU's ROTC Day and the Catamount Drill Meet. Robinson is only the second civilian to receive this award. There are 140 students enrolled in Western's ROTC program. NEW DATA ON WNC BLACK DEMOGRAPHICS Z. SMITH REYNOLDS FOUNDATION GRANT Wilburn Hayden, Jr.(head, Social Work) has compiled what is apparently the first com­prehensive statistical report on the black population in Western North Carolina. The report, which Hayden presented at the seventh annual Appalachian Studies Conference, documents population character­istics of blacks in 17 counties of WNC. It is a first step to dispel the belief that blacks represent only a negligible portion of the WNC population. Blacks make up 5.4 percent of the popula­tion, or 30,000 people, in the 17 counties. By identifying employment, living standards and age distribution, WNC planners may need to increase cultural and economic services for blacks, Hayden says. While Jackson County's percentage of poor black families is the same as for whites, in nine counties more black families than whites are below the poverty level. There was a 21 percent increase in black population over age 18 and a 7.2 percent increase in blacks under five. This might indicate that more blacks are returning to the region and raising families. "In future studies I will be looking at migration patterns and population growth and talking about the needs of blacks," Hayden reported. A WORD OF THANKS FROM COLLEEN JAKES Dear Friends, Thank you so very much for my party on Wednesday, June 20. It was a wonderful sur­prise. I wish I could thank each of you in person. Since this is not possible, I want to tell you here how much I appreciate your kindness expressed through your presence at the party, your contributions, calls, and cards. I will always treasure my memories of the party, the comments made, and my gifts. The beautiful green vase is perfect in my living room and I have put the money in the bank - with that I intend to buy or do some­thing special. I have enjoyed my association with each of you during these ten years. Please remem­ber that we will be in our new office in August. We will expect you to come by to see us. -Colleen Jakes Project All Write, a program in writing in­struction for community college teachers, has been assisted by a $15,000 grant from the Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation. The grant will fund a conference at WCU in August directed by Ben Ward (Instructional Services). Fifty community college instruc­tors will attend the conference, the first stage in the three-year Project All Write. The second and third stages will be insti­tutes held on Western's campus in new and effective methods of writing instruction. Community college instructors who complete the institutes will return to thei r cam­puses where they will conduct workshops for their colleagues. PLAN AHEAD FOR MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY If it take s you awhile to grow a beard or sew a bonnet, you might want to get started now. WCU's Mountain Heritage Day has added a beard-growing contest and a mountain-style costume parade to the events this year. Mountain Heritage Day will be Saturday, September 29, and will again feature the best in traditional mountain music, crafts, and skills. In addition, a knife-swap has been added to the 1984 activities, so get your Barlows, beards, and bonnets ready for the last Saturday in September. ANNOUNCEMENTS INSTRUCTION IN CARDIOPULMONARY RESUSCITA-tion (CPR) will be offered beginning July 17. Successful completion of the course will result in CPR Certification for one year. The course will meet from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. on July 17, 31, and August 7 in Reid Gym. Cost will be $15. For information call ext. 7397. AN EXHIBITION OF CLOTH SCULPTURES ENTITLED "Mountain Outcrop" by Norma Bradley will be on display through August 5 in the Chelsea Gallery of the University Center. Ms. Bradley mixes different materials and fi­bers, like stuffing, beads, acrylic paint, and old and new pieces of cloth, in wall hangings and three dimensional works. Gallery hours are 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. daily. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina July 27, 1984 FIFTEEN EDUCATION PROGRAMS ACCREDITED The National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education has approved all 15 programs submitted by Western Carolina University's School of Education and Psychology, including five new accredi­tations and ten reaccreditations. Gurney Chambers, dean of the School of Edu­cation and Psychology, was notified of the decision following NCATE's meeting in Chicago. Accreditation was granted through September 1, 1991. New programs accredited include the Educa­tion Specialist (Ed.S.) degrees in early childhood education, elementary teaching and counseling, and the Master of Arts in Education (M.A.Ed.) in educational communi­cations and information technologies, and reading. Reaccredited programs at the bachelor's and master's levels are those in early child­hood education, elementary teaching, second­ary teaching, special education, and K through 12 teaching. At the master's level are school principalship and counseling. Also reaccredited are the master's and edu­cation specialist degrees in supervision/ curriculum and school psychology, and the education specialist degree in superinten-dency. WCU's teacher education programs have been consistently accredited by NCATE since its founding in 1954. In recent years standards have been applied with increasing rigor. NCATE's denial rate has averaged more than 25 percent. The accreditation process began in January 1983 and included a six-volume self-study directed by Mil Clark, associate dean. ROLLICKING COMEDY CAPS SUMMER SEASON WCU's speech and theatre arts department will close its summer run with the high-spirited comedy Round and Round the Garden, Tuesday through Thursday, July 24- 26, in the Little Theatre. The play is the third in the trilogy The Norman Conquests by contemporary British playwright Alan Ayckbourn. It is a seduc­tion comedy, featuring Norman, a raffish assistant librarian, and his romantic entanglements with his wife and two sis­ters- in-law. Norman's plans for a weekend tryst with his wife's sister, Annie, are discovered by his wife, Ruth, another sister-in-law, Sarah, his brother-in-law, Reg, and a neighbor, Tom. They spend a flirtatious weekend together in an English country home. Howard Allman plays Norman; Betsy Bisson is Ruth; Kate Marshall portrays Annie; Mary Anna McElmurray is Sarah; Roch Smith, Jr., plays Reg; and Terry Nienhuis is Tom. WCU associate professor of speech and theatre arts Jim Epperson directs, and the sets are designed by Chuck Arney. Curtain time is 8 p.m. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens and $2 for children. Call ext. 7365 for reservations. ASPIRING JOURNALISTS WILL MEET HERE WCU's English Department will sponsor the Western North Carolina High School Journalism Association this year. For its September meeting, Ben Anderson, instructor of journalism, will coordinate a workshop which will draw area reporters, columnists, and advertising executives as well as stu­dents who work on high school newspapers, literary magazines, and yearbooks. DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS DIES WESTERN'S ULSTER CONNECTION Dr. Howard Aldmon, vice chancellor for student affairs at the University of Tennessee and WCU alumnus, died of cancer July 8. He was 54. Aldmon was the recipient of the 1972 Alumni Dis­tinguished Service Award from the WCU Alumni Association. A native of Mooresville, he received both his B.S.Ed, and M.A.Ed, from Western and was elected student body president. He served Western as dean of men for several years and was a member of the faculty of the School of Education. After receiving his doctorate in education from the University of Tennessee, he joined the UT faculty and rose quickly through the ranks, serving in succession as assistant dean of education, associate dean, dean of admissions and records, and was named vice chancellor for student affairs in 1969. Dr. Aldmon is survived by his wife, Dorothy Dodson Aldmon, WCU class of 1953 and the daughter of Clint Dodson of Cullowhee, retired WCU faculty member; two sons, James and Thomas, of Knoxville; and his mother, Mrs. Mae Cook of Mooresville. Memorials may be made to the Howard Aldmon Scholarship Fund, UT Development Office, Knoxville, Tenn. 37996. ROCKHOUND EXPEDITION OFFERED WCU'S Camper College offers a one-day class Aug. 7 on "Gems and Minerals in Western North Carolina." Rockhounds and prospec­tive rockhounds are invited to join Dick Kehn, president of the Macon County Gem and Mineral Society, at 9 a.m. at the Community Facilities Building on Highway 441 in Franklin. Participants will spend the morning in class and the afternoon at Shuler Ruby Mine learning identification and collection of the region's gems and minerals. Cost is $25. Call ext. 7397 for information. Four teachers from Northern Ireland have been visiting WCU and area sites, and two public school teachers from the region will return the visit to Ulster later this month. The exchange was initiated by Curtis Wood and Tyler Blethen (History) who visited Northern Ireland in connection with their research on Scotch-Irish migration to the colonies. Dick Berne (Science Education) coordinated the teacher exchange, which sprang from the 1982 Ulster-American Heritage Symposium, held at Appalachian State University. The symposium will be held at WCU in 1986. Wood and Blethen will travel to this year's symposium at Coleraine, Northern Ireland, July 30. NAMES IN THE NEWS CLIFFORD LOVIN (History) has been named a Hoover Scholar and has received a $1,500 grant to conduct research at the Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa, this summer. Lovin will examine why Hoover apparently shifted from favoring interna­tionalism and the League of Nations to a more limited international cooperation dur­ing the post-World War I years, 1919-1920. Hoover was elected president in 1928. WILBURN HAYDEN (head, Social Work) has re­ceived a $1,500 grant from the Appalachian Studies Conference to complete a 100-piece photograph exhibit and a slide-tape program on blacks in Appalachia. The completed exhi­bition will be distributed to l ibraries, schools, and galleries in the region by the Appalachian Consortium. HAL SALISBURY (director, Continuing Educa­tion) will serve on the National University Continuing Education Association Profession­al Development Committee for a three-year term. Among other duties, the committee will disburse Kellogg grants of $961,830 to adult educators. FACULTY PUBLICATION Clifford R. Lovin. Review of Thomas Childers, The Nazi Voter: The Social Foun­dations of Facism in Germany, 1919-1933 (1984), in Choice (May 1984), 503.