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The Reporter, June 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
  • The A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina June 14, 1979 CULLOWHEE MUSIC FESTIVAL BEGINS THIS WEEK On campus performances of this year's Cullowhee Music Festival will begin Fri­day, June 15, with a concert entitled "An Entertainment" and will be followed on Sunday by a Festival Orchestra Concert. On Monday, soprano Jeanette Lombard will present a recital. All three programs are scheduled for 8:15 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. Two performances are scheduled for Wed­nesday. At noon at the Music-English Building Plaza, the Festival Orchestra will present a Pops Concert and at 8:15 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall, there will be an Ensemble Recital. On Friday and Saturday (June 22-23) per­formances of the Festival Opera, "Die Fledermaus," with Jeanette Lombard in the role of Rosalinda, will be performed at 8:15 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. Others in the opera cast are Temple Smith as Alfred, Scott Berry as Eisenstein, Edgar vom Lehn as Dr. Falke, Jacquelyn Culpepper as Adele, Paula Barron as Prince Orlofsky, Felix Batten as Dr. Blind, and Keith Kolakowski as Frosch. Musical director is Temple Smith, and chorus master is Joyce Farwell. Dwight Oltman will be back for a third season as conductor of the Festival Orchestra. Off-campus concerts are scheduled for June 14, 8:15 p.m., Festival Orchestra concert, Fine Arts Center, Franklin; June 16, 6 p.m., Festival Orchestra pops con­cert, High Hampton Inn, Cashiers; June 17, 3 p.m., Ensemble Concert, John C. Campbell Folk School, Brasstown; June 19, 8:15 p.m., Ensemble Recital, Fine Arts Center, Frank­lin; and June 24, 3 p.m., Howard Hanger Jazz Fantasy, Fairfield Inn, Cashiers. Tickets are available immediately pre­ceding each performance. Further infor­mation may be obtained by calling the Music Department at 227-2742. TWO NEW MEMBERS APPOINTED TO WCU BOARD Dr. G. John Coli, president of American Enka Company in Asheville, and Frank H. Watson, prominent Spruce Pine attorney, were named to the WCU board of trustees Friday (June 8) by the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. Two other trustees, John H. Gloyne of Cherokee and Roy P. Patterson of Lenoir, were reappointed to the WC U board by the state body. All were appointed to four-year terms effective July 1. Dr. Coli, president of American Enka since January 1, joined the company in 1972 as vice president and general manager of the Nylon Yarn Division. He became executive vice president for operations in 1974. Formerly, he was associated with Allied Chemical Corporation from 1950 to 1972, serving as group vice president (1968-72) and director (1970-72). A native of Richmond, Va., Coli holds the bachelor's, master's, and Ph.D. degrees from Virginia Polytechnic Institute and has served on the Advisory Council of the College of Business there. A registered professional engineer in New York and Virginia, Dr. Coli is a fellow of the American Institute of Chemists and is a member of the American Chemical Soci­ety and American Institute of Chemical Engineers. He is married to the fo rmer Trudie Karl, a native of Munich. Watson, who formerly served on the board -2- of Western Carolina College 1953-59, is a native of Yancey County. He is senior partner of the law firm of Watson and Dobbin and is a past president of the North Carolina State Bar and a former mem­ber of the N. C. State Bar Council and N. C. Judicial Council. He is a member of the Judicial Nominating Committee by appointment of the chief justice of the state Supreme Court. Formerly, he was president of the 24th Judicial District Bar Association. Watson attended Mars Hill College and was graduated from Wake Forest and Wake Forest Law School. He is chairman of the board of deacons of Central Baptist Church in Spruce Pine and is chairman of the local board in Spruce Pine of the North Carolina National Bank. Watson is general counsel f<?r the North Carolina Mining Association. He is married to the former Jane Shackel­ford of Statesville. Gloyne, educated at Western Carolina and Steed College in Johnson City, Tenn, first was named to the WCU bo ard by former Gov. Jim Holshouser in 1973. He is forestry timber management specialist with the Cherokee Agency. Previously, he was em­ployed by th e Tennessee Valley Authority for 18 years. His wife, Frances, is head nurse at the Cherokee Hospital. Patterson, purchasing agent for printing and office supplies with Broyhill Indus­tries, first was named in 1975 by the Board of Governors. He is a native of Lenoir and is active in Caldwell County medical affairs, having served on boards of Caldwell Memorial Hospital, Caldwell County Health Department, and the Emergen­cy Medical Services. Two additional appointments to the WCU board are scheduled to be made by Gov. Jim Hunt. ANNOUNCEMENTS Operating hours for the Media Center, Stillwell G-9, during the Summer School sessions are: Monday-Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. For materials and AV equ ipment needs after 5 p.m., please call Vanessa Harbison at 227-7341 or come by the Media Center before 5 p.m. An "appreciation picnic" for Dr. and Mrs. Glenn Bridges will be held at 6 p.m. Tues­day, June 26, at the WCU picnic grounds. All friends and colleagues of Dr. Bridges are invited to atten d. For details call Mrs. Jean Robinson at 227-7337. NAMES IN THE NEWS TOM 0'TOOLE (History) was a discussant for a two-day workshop on "Chinese History" for the Undergraduate Classroom at Appa­lachian State University April 26-27. O'Toole also spoke to Sue Bartlett's seventh grade class at Scott's Creek School May 8. DESIDER VIKOR (Economics) presented a paper on "From Othmar Spann's Critique to the Current Crisis in Economics" at the International Atlantic Economic Confer­ence May 10-18 in Vienna, Austria. ROBERT RIGDON (Human Services) conducted a workshop for the Gaston-Lincoln Area Mental Health Program on "Alcohol/Drug Abuse" May 3 at Grier Junior High School. BETTY L. SIEGEL (dean, School of Education and Psychology) addressed 600 members of the city-wide Salisbury Parent-Teachers Association April 23. On May 3, she key-noted the Futures Institute sponsored by Ocala Community College. Dean Siegel was selected to receive t he outstanding non-member award for 1979 by the Western Caro­lina Chapter of Phi Delta Kappa at its annual award banquet May 4 in Asheville. CHARLES R. TAYLOR (director, Criminal Justice Program) has been selected to serve on a state-wide criminal justice education planning committee currently being formed by the N. C. Criminal Justice Education and Training System Council of the N. C. Department of Justice. PUBLICATIONS FOSS, ROBERT D. and Carolyn B. Dempsey. Blood donation and the Foot-in-the-door technique: A limiting case. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 1979, 37, 580-590. FOSS, ROBERT D. and Nell C. Crenshaw. Risk of embarrassment and helping. Social Be­havior and Personality, 1978, J5, 243-245.

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