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The Reporter, October 1981

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  • A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or ol Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina October 2, 1981 WORLD-CLASS MAR1~ffiiST TO PERFORM OCT. 6 The highlight of Western's Day of Percussion Oct. 6 will be a virtuoso performance on the marimba by Leigh Howard Stevens . Part of WCU's LCE series this year, the concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the Music-English recital hall. Stevens uses a new system of rotary strokes and coloristic sustaining techniques enabling him to perform music that experts considered impossible a few years ago. His musicianship, imaginative programing, and revolutionary technique are generating new audiences for the marimba throughout the world . His audi­ences say he can make the marimba well and sustain like an organ, sing like a violin, and sparkle like a piccolo. Leading the development of literature for the marimba, he has commissioned composers to write solo and chamber works for the instrument. He also has transcribed music from the Renaissance, Baroque, and Romantic periods . His concert at Western will feature works by Tschaikowsky, Bach, Schumann, and contemporary composers who have written expressly for him . Tickets are $5 for adults, $2 for non-stu­dents, $1 for wcu students with valid I.D., and free to LCE subscribers. The rest of the day's activities are free to the public. They will begin at 9:30 a.m. with a one-hour clinic on how to care for and repair percussion instruments. The clinic will be conducted by Tom Noffsinger of Ludwig Industries in the band room of the Music-En­glish Building. Stevens will present a marimba clinic from 10:30 a.m. until noon in the band room. At 2 p. m. the WCU Percussion Ensemble will per­form in the recital hall under the direction of WCU instructor Mario Gaetano . When Stevens toured in Germany recently, he drew rave reviews. One said, "The virtuosity with which his four mallets danced across the keyboard was almost unbelievable. He played with rare pre­cision and yet with tremendous freedom .'' Other reviews were particularly impressed with his treatment of the classic pieces : "With the Tschaikowsky and Bach, even the last doubters were convinced. This marimba-magician can not only play roman­tic music, but can also perform the poly­phonic complexities of a fugue without risking a break in style . The Prelude and Fugue from the Well-Tempered Clavier was excitingly new and transparent . A technically perfect and musically high­quality performance that didn't leave the audience one moment to be bored." \olCU's music department, the LCE Program, and Ludwig Industries are joint sponsors of the day's activities. The LCE Program is jointly supported by a grant from the N.C. Arts Council and the National Endow­ment for the Arts . HERITAGE AWARD GOES TO CITIZEN-TIMES Western gave its 1981 Mountain Heritage Award last Saturday to the Asheville Citizen-Times Publishing Company as the "greatest historian of the mountains." In a citation accompanying the presenta­tion, Chancellor H.F. Robinson said the newspaper not only has served as the daily recorder of human events but "has purposefully and with commitment under­taken to record and recall the great his­toric moments in the life of the mountain people." The award, presented annually during the Mountain Heritage Day celebration, was state Affirmacive Action Division. She out­lined some good rules to know for about 150 women assembled at Western Carolina Uni­versity on Sept. 23: never surprise anybody -3- in your organization, don't appear to be superior to your boss or committee chairperson , never try to change a person's whole value system, and never ask if you have the authority to do something "because somebody will always be willing to tell you, you don't . " McKay was keynote speaker at the Jackson County Governor's Conference on Leadership For lolomen sponsored by the state and the N.C. Council on the Status of Women. The conference, ti­tled "Women in Today ' s World," was the 75th of its kind held across the state since ~~y 1978, when Gov. James B. Hunt sponsored the first statewide leadership conference in Raleigh. The all-day conference featuring several work­shops was organized on campus by Colleen Jakes, assistant to the chancellor, and Wilma Cosper, head of the home economics department. The definition of power, said HcKay, is "the ability to mobilize resources to get what you want, to see that others deal with your self interests." She said there are different types of power, including power that results from being in a certain position, having certain skills, credibility and information, and interacting within a network of influential people. But the best kind of power, she said, is personal power -- "the power that comes from within, that lets us know who we are and what we want, and results in a lack of need to gain from others." "If you feel good about yourself," she said, "you are not threatened by sharing power . " In urging women to risk being powerful, f-tc Kay advised women to learn about their organiza­tions, know what they want, set long- and short-term goals, look at the costs, take small risks, ask for advice, and form support groups. VIBRAPHONIST TO PERFO~~ OCT. 10 IN HOEY A public performance in Hoey Auditorium by jazz vibraphonist Ted Piltzecker will round off Jackson County Arts Council's CART Week. Beginning Oct . 5, Piltzecker will spend five days informally performing in schools and other places in Jackson County as part of the Community Artist Residency Training Program (CART). The final public recital in Hoey will begin at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 10. Piltzecker currently leads the New York­based Ted Piltzecker Ensemble. He has toured the U.S. and Europe with the George Shearing Quintet. He also serves as facul­ty member and recitalist at the Aspen Music Festival. An Eastman School of Music graduate, Ted Piltzecker combines a traditional jnzz background with an inventive contemporary viewpoint . He performs original composi­tions as well as jazz standards, ballads, Caribbean and Latin-influenced music, Bach, bluegrass, and folk tunes. CART programs in 17 eastern states are made possible by the National Endowment for the Arts, the Ford Foundation, and the Lyndhurst Foundation, with support from the Great Lakes Arts Alliance, the South­ern Arts Federation, and 17 state Drts agencies . FOOTBALL TICKETS HELP VISUALLY HANDTCAPPED Last Saturday was Lions Day at Western. In a cooperative effort, WCU and 47 Heat­ern North Carolina Lions clubs worked to raise funds for the Lions ' work Hith the blind through ticket sales for the wcu­Furman game. Fifty percent of the money collected for each ticket goes directly into the WNC Lions' treasury through an agreement with the WCU Athletic Department. Proceeds from the fund-raising effort will be used to support the Marjorie McCune Memorial Center for the Blind in Swannanoa, sheltering about 40 persons at present, and the Lions' two mobile eye screening units, which screen kindergarten and fourth-grade school children in WNC schools each year for possible eye probl~ms. Last year these units screened 16,000 children. APEP MEETING HF.LD AT \-IESTERN Senior academic officers from several American Association of State Colleges and Universities institutions held a three-day national meeting at Western recently as accepted by Richard B. Wynne, president and publisher of the Citizen-Times. -2- Wynne said the award is "a unique honor and one we will be very proud of at the Citizen­Times. It is one thing to be recognized by our peers .In business ; it is quite another to be cited by our neighbors for preserving regional values. "It is the people at the Citizen-Times who are responsible for this honor and I am de­lighted to accept this award on behalf of each of them. "In our acceptance, we recognize that we have a responsibility to our heritage to do our very best for this region and its citizens. We will do our utmost to live up to this challenge." The newspaper traces its beginnings to February 1870 when Randolph Shotwell began publishing the North Carolina Citizen in Asheville. From its early years, the paper undertook periodically to publish special editions on the history of the region, an activity that the l<lCU citation said "flowered in che second half" of the 20th century . Robinson described the Citizen-Times as a "corporate citizen of Western North Carolina in whose 111 years of life are reflected the story of Western North Carolina." And, he said, the company as the oldest enter­prise in Western North Carolinn has been "not only a recorder of our heritage for more than a century, it has been and is an integral part of it . " A bronze tablet was presented to Wynne. The accompanying citation, in part, said: "For eleven decades, the Citizen-Times has reported the news of the day, establishing a permanent historic documentation of the life in this Y:egion. "On (its) pages . .. are found accounts of great events, and small ; of expectations, and dis­appointments; of success , and failures; of war, and peace; of happiness, and misery; of prosperity , and poverty ; of tranquility, and violence; indeed , accounts of all of the human scene ." The Citizen-Times was described as a "moving force in the historic achievements" of Western North Carolina, as well. 1~us , t he award not only was in recognition of the news­paper ' s role as historian but for its sponsorship of historic accomplishments . According to the citation , "It championed the introduction of the railroad to the mountains; encouraged aviation ; fought for better roads; was a leader in the establishment of the Great Smoky ~1ountains National Park and the Blue Ridge Parkway; searched for industry; campaigned for clean government ; sought better education­al opportunities and resources; encouraged morality and raised its voice against oppression, disease, lawlessness , and corruption. " In truth, Robinson said , in a reference to the Citizen-Times ' slogan, "it has ded­icated itself to these nod many other causes directed toward the upbuilding of Western North Carolina." He cited as examples of lts commitment the publication of John Parris ' s column, "Roaming The Mountains," as well as his books, and of other importnnt historical books and pamphlets on western North Carolina . The record of the newspaper, he said, "uniquely qualifies it to receive this award, for Western Carolina University shares with this great publishing company equal commitments to the past and to the future , recognizing that both are shaped by the actions of today." Parris was the recipient of the first Mountain Heritage Award in 1976 . Others who have received it are Henry and Jane Greene of ~~ittier, 1980; Robinson, 1979 ; Mrs . Leona T. Hayes, 1978; and the Cherokee Historical Association, 1977. INFOR}~L RULES ARE KEY TO POWER , LEADER SAYS Women cannot gain leadership power unless they know the informal rules under which their organizations and communities operate, says a prominent woman in state government. "It's not necessary to buy into a given value system, but if you don't know the in­formal rules of your organization, you will be 100 percent controlled by those rules," said Martha C. McKay, assistant secretary for productivity in the N. C. Department of Administration and former director of the part of the AASCU Academic Program Evaluation Project (APEP). The evaluation project, conducted through the AASCU Resource Center for Planned Change, is developing a process for higher education institutions to use in order to define and evaluate the thinking skills that are an essential component of a baccalaureate degree's "worth." Western is one of ten AASCU institutions, diverse in size and geographic location, that are participating in the Academic Program Evaluation Project. Robert E. Stoltz, vice chancellor for academic affairs, is project director on campus and Marilyn Jody, head of the English department, chairs a multi-disci­plinary committee dealing with the project. ANNOUNCEMENTS -4- THE WESTERN CAROLINA COMMUNITY CHORUS will hold an organizational meeting and its initial rehearsal for 1981 on Sunday, Oct. 4, at 4 p.m. in the choral room of Western's Music­English Building. The chorus , founded in 1970, draws its membership from the state's westernmost counties and performs throughout the region. It is sponsored by WCU and the Jackson County Arts Council. James E. Dooley is the director. Audition is not required, and all interested singers are invited to attend. Rehearsals are held on Sundays from 4 until 5:30 p.m. For additional infor­mation, call Dr. Dooley at ext. 7337. "POEMS IN THE WOOD," AN OPEN POETRY READING sponsored by the Bryson City Poetry Associa­tion, will begin at 1 p.m. Oct. 17 at Deep Creek Campground Pavilion. Area poets are invited to read aloud selections of their work. Refreshments will be served at 3 p.m. and the reading will continue as long as poets want to read. Those with publications to sell may do so. For further information, contact Michael David Kesselring at 488-6636 or P.O. Box 1036, Bryson City, N.C. 28713. NAMES IN THE NEWS RICHARD GENTRY (Elementary Education and Reading) will present a paper, "Early Stages of Developmental Spelling: Two Case Studies," at the McGuffey Reading-Study Center Con­ference on Spelling Studies at the University of Virginia Oct. 2-3 . THOMAS O'TOOLE (History) will participate in Appalachian State University's Africa Festival Nov. 20. He will show some of his documentary films of village Africa and discuss his goals and findings in the morning, then participate in a luncheon discussion and workshop with interested people on sources and methods of teaching African history. That afternoon he will speak on "Overthrowing Emperor Bokassa" and that evening participate in a panel discussion on the future of African­American relations. JIM ADDISON (English) participated in a seminar at the University of Chicago for seven weeks this summer. Sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humani­ties, the seminar explored the topic of "Style and the Structure of Discourse." Joseph M. Williams led the participants in examining various non-narrative struc­tures of prose and exploring a number of technical approaches to the analysis of style. LlNDA LANGE (Nursing) presented a research paper entitled "Health Perception After Heart Attack" at a meeting of the WCU Nurses' Honor Society in Asheville. The paper was based on Ms. Lange's disserta­tion research project. HELEN HARTSHORN and OTTO SPILKER (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) at­tended the College Conference on Profes­sional Preparation in Raleigh Sept . 18. The conference theme was "Preparation for What?" Dr. Spilker was facilitator for a session titled "The lvory Tower: Com­munication Gap Between College/University Professionals and Elementary/Secondary Professionals." JUDY STILLION (Psychology) was the keynote speaker for the annual conference of the N.C. Association for Women Deans, Adminis­trators, and Counselors Sept. 24-25 in Boone. Dr. Stillion's topic was "Cin­derella or Superwoman?" BARBARA MANN (dean, Student Development) was program chairper­son. STARLETT CRAIG (Student Development) and SHIRLEY KOOL (Financial Aid) also attended the conference. At that conference, Dr. Mann was elected president of the association. e or A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullownee, North Carolina October 9, 1981 BELCHER, NATIONALLY KNOWN WRITING AUTHORITY, WILL VISIT CAMPUS Dr. Gerald Belcher, professor of history at Beaver College in Glenside, Pa., and a nation­ally recognized authority on writing, will visit Western Carolina University Oct. 14-15 to discuss methods and rewards connected with improvement in composition. During his visit, he will be the keynote speaker at a two-day workshop for high school teachers from Jackson, Swain, and Macon counties interested in methods of teaching and using writing throughout the high school curriculum. The workshop, part of a larger and substantial effort by WCU to improve writing quality, is not only for high school English teachers but for teachers in such areas as history, social studies, mathematics, and art. Dr. Belcher will speak at 9 a.m. Oct. 15 in the Catamount Room of Rinds University Center. Other area teachers involved in the workshop include Arnold Sgan of the Western Regional Education Center at Canton and Mrs. Amy Pace of Hendersonville High School. Belcher, who holds the doctor of philosophy degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, has become a leader in a nationwide movement to improve student writing in high schools and colleges by teaching composition in all courses. He is the co-author of a widely acclaimed book, "Writing in the Arts and Sciences." Last summer, Belcher taught a five-weeks intensive writing course in a National Endowment for the Humanities Institute at Beaver College. The students were college professors of English and other subjects and high school teachers. Dr. R. S. Eberly (English) and Dr. D. C. Sossomon (history) of WCU and Ms . Jeanne Magers of Sylva-Webster High School were students in his class. Belcher frequently serves as a consultant to colleges and universities to assist them in introducing the teaching of writing throughout all courses, and during his visit to WCU he will talk to a professors' workshop on writing on Wednesday, Oct . 14 at 3 p.m. in Forsyth Building auditorium. Professors in all disciplines, and area high school teachers, have been invited and urged to attend. At 8 p .m. that day in Forsyth auditorium, Belcher will discuss, especially for students, the rewards for good writing in school and in the pro­fessions and business . High school and college students are invited, but teachers at all levels also will be welcomed . The movement to improve composition arose from the realization that students across the nation need better instruction and more practice to perfect their skills . Students at all levels often complain that they were never taught to compose, and many teachers themselves state that they have never been provided practical instruction in the teaching of writing. Dr. Sossomon has pointed out that leaders of the movement to teach writing in many subjects besides English have found that writing is an efficient method for both teaching and learn­ing. Belcher, Sossomon says , stresses both advantages in his efforts to promote the teach­ing of improved composition. Registr ation for the two-day workshop , which ext ends to Friday, Oct. 16 , may be made ln advance by contacting Dr . Eberly, Department of English, ext. 7264 . Regis­tration at the workshop will be held at 9 a .m. Thursday , Oct . 15 , in the Catamount Room of the University Center . A registra­tion fee of $10 includes the cost of books and materials . The cost of lunch each day is extra . Follow- up sessions to the workshop , and further workshops , are planned for next spring and summer . SCIENTIFIC METHOD IS LECTURE TOPIC Donald S. Lee, associate professor of phi­losophy at Tulane University , will talk on the scientific method Thursday, Oct. 15, at \.Sestern . Dr . Lee will speak on " Scientific ~1ethod : The Guideline to Empirical Knowledge" at 7:30p.m. in the auditorium of WCU ' s Nat­ural Sciences Building. His talk is open Lo the public without charge . Dr. Lee is president-elect of the Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology and the past vice president and congressional liaison representative of the American Association of University Professors . He received his doctorate from Yale Uni­versity in 1961 . His current research and publications deal with the philosophy of science, the theory of knowledge, and pragmatism. JA}~ICAN MINISTER TO TEACH HERE IN SPRING Henry Fowler, Jamaica's Minister to UNESCO, will be at Western during the 1982 spring semester as a Visiting Professor . He will come to Cullowhee directly upon completion of a major UNESCO study of the educational systems of the English-speaking nations of West Africa . His varied and distinguished career equips him to make wide-ranging con­tributions to our instructional program and various campus activities . Fowler is scheduled to teach a comparative educatjon course (EDCI 603) and a course on Caribbean culture (USI 393) . The re­mainder of Mr . Fowler ' s schedule at WCU has been left open for shorter guest an~earances . I.e L tllcrd Hulbert know if you would 1 ike to h;wc Nr . Fowler speak in your classes. -2- TO : WCU Employees FROM : H. F. Robinson DATE: September 28 , 1981 The United Way Campaign for 1981-82 will be headed by Dr . John Bell and Dr. Jane Schulz . We are very fort unate to have these campus leaders heading the campaign and, this year , Dr. Bell is in the senior role. The Jackson County United Fund has a bud­get of requirements amounting to $26,250, and all possible efforts will be made to raise this money for the wide range of worthy programs i ncluding the Boy and Girl Scouts , the Disaster Fund , the various rescue squads, the Jackson County Shel­tered t~orkshop , and other most important programs and activities . A goal of $7,000 has been established for Western Carolina University . \~1ile this is a sizeable request of Uni­versity personnel and comes at a difficult time with regard to our own personal fi­nancial resources , I do believe that it is possible for this goal to be realized. Each year, the personnel at Western Caro­lina University have responded in a most gracious and often sacrificial manner in providing for the United Fund . Your sup­port is especially important this year with the federal cutback in funds. Sev­eral of these programs may have to be discontinued unless the United Fund Campaign is successful. Dr . Bell and Dr . Schultz are in the pro­cess of identifying the required personnel to help carry out the drive. Many of you will be called upon to perform important functions in raising the funds . Distri­bution of cards and other information for the campaign will soon be made to you. First let me add my thanks to all of you who will be actively involved in the drive and, then, a special word of appreciation for the contributions that will be made throughout the Univer sity. This is the only official fund drive to be carried out by the University , and I am confidenr that we can give it our support and that our goal can be achieved . -3- ANNOUNCEMENTS DO YOU BELONG TO PHI BETA KAPPA? In re­sponse to expressions of faculty and student interest in the possibility of establishing a chapter of Phi Beta Kappa at WCU , the Office for Academic Affairs is attempting to identify faculty and staff who are mem­bers of that society. At least 10 members are required for application. If you are a member, please call or drop a note to Dr . Yvonne Phillips . AUDITIONS FOR WESTERN ' S PRODUCTION OF Ladies in Retirement will be held at 7 p.m . Thursday, Oct. 8, in the LiLtle Theatre, Stillwell Building. A classical mystery by Edward Percy and Reginald Denham, the play has roles for six women and one man . Any­one may try out . Scripts are available for pre-audition reading in 122 Hoey . The play will be presented by WCU ' s department of speech and theatre arts Nov . 16-21. A PROGRAM IN ART, HISTORY, AND LITERATURE, featuring five weeks of study in England, is being planned for next spring by Western ' s School of Arts and Sciences . The program includes a 10-week session on the Cullowhee campus, followed by a five-week session in England during the 1982 spring semester. Specific dates for the program will be con­firmed after a sufficient number of students have registered through Max Williams in the history department. Other participating faculty are Judith Duffey, art , and Philip Wade, English . Courses to be offer ed are The Visual Arts, Renaissance Art, Selected Topics in Art , British Literature , Shake­speare for Non-majors , The Major Romantic Poets, World Civilization From The ~lid­Seventeenth Century To Present , History of England Since 1715, and Special Topics : English t-tuseums and Galleries. PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES -- that is, those with solar greenhouses attached -­will save heating fuel and time this winter , says Susan Smith, director of resource management at Western ' s Center for Improv­ing Mountain Living . To find how to make one, you can sign up for a "Solar Green­houses and Passive Design Housing" workshop , to be conducted by CIML in October, and sponsored by Continuing Education . It will be held from 7 until 9 p . m. Thursdays , Oct . 8, 15, and 22 , and from 9 a .m. until 12:30 p.m. Saturday , Oct . 24, in the board room of CIML (Bird Building). Cost is $10 for students and $17 . 50 for all others. To register or obt ain more i nformation , call Continuing Education at ext. 7397 . PERFORMANCES IN SEVERAL CITIES in Georgia and Florida, including a performance at Walt Disney World, highlight the 1981 fall tour Oct. 8-13 by Western Carolina Univer­sity ' s Concert Choir and Early t-fusic Ensemble. The 35-member choir is scheduled to perform in Dallas, Cordele , Tifton, Valdosta, and Lithia Spr ings , Georgia ; and in Lake Buena Vista , Longwood, Maitland, and Gainesville , Florida . Western's choir was chosen by taped audition to perform at Disney World ' s "Tencennial." That performance will be Saturday, Oct . 10, at 4:30 p.m. on the Tomorrowland Theater stage . During the fall tour, the WCU choir will perform sacred classics and secular music . The Early Music Ensemble will perform "The Queen to Me a Royal Pain Doth Give, " a nov­elty by P.D.Q. Bach, and several 16th and 17th century madrigals . Dr . Robert A. Holquist is director of WCU choral activities . STRESS MANAGF~ENT WORKSHOPS through WCU Con­tinuing Education can help people cope with the stresses of everyday life . Stress can arise in any situation where one experiences novelty, tension, conflict, or change. Rudy R. Rodriguez , an independent social worker from Sylva, will conduct each work­shop on a Friday evening, from 6 :30 until 9 p .m. , and Saturday from 9 a .m. until 4 p.m . with a noon lunch break . The sites will be : on Oct . 9-10 at the Cherokee Baptist Church in Cherokee; on Oct . 23-24 at the Community Building in Franklin; and on Oct . 30-31 in the board room of WCU ' s Center for Improving Mountain Living . Cost is $17 . 50. For more information and regis­tration, call Continuing Ed . at ext . 7397 . WESTERN ' S NON-CO~~ERCIAL EDUCATIONAL FM RADIO station , WWCU Radio , has boosted its power to 250 waLLs, to send clear signals across the entire Jackson County-Tuckasei­gee River basin . Along with the boost in power, ~~CU Radio has switched its frequen­cy from 91 . 7 to 90 .5 megahertz. It now calls itself not "U-92," but "FM 90 . 5." Programming for the student-operated sta­tion will continue to include a mixture of Top 40, rock, jazz , old gold, classical and religious music . Saturday programm1ng will feature a classical program from 8 un­til 11 a .m., a noon sports interview show, and a mellow-music show from midnight until 4 a .m. Sunday. The station also plans to b~oadca•t community church services live each Sunday at 11 a.m. The station ' s reg­ular operating hours are 6 a . m. until 1 a.m. MOnday-Friday, 10 a.m. Saturday until 4 a.m. Sunday, and 10 a.m. until midnight Sunday, when the university is in regular session. THE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL IS ADMINIS­TERING ABOUT 35 POSTDOCTORAL FELLOWSHIPS FOR MINORITIES in a program designed to provide opportunities for continued educa­tion and experience in research to American Indians and Alaskan Natives (Eskimo or Aleut), Black Americans, Mexican Americans/ Chicanos, and Puerto Ricans. Fellowship recipients will be selected from among scientists, engineers, and scholars in the humanities who show greatest promise of future achievement in academic research and scholarship in higher education. For more information, contact John Manock in Re­search Administration (ext. 7480) . NAMES IN THE NEWS QUINN CONSTANTZ (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) met with Gov. Hunt's Policy Panel for the Statewide Comprehensive Out­door Recreation Plan (SCORP) in Raleigh Sept. 18. GENE BAILEY (Accounting and Information Systems) was named to the board of direc­tors of the N. C. Association for Educa­tional Data Systems at a regular meeting of the board in Statesville Sept. 23. JAMES DOOLEY (vice chancellor, Development and Special Services) was unanimously re­elected vice-chairman of the board of directors for the Appalachian Consortium at the board ' s May meeting on the campus of Ferrum College. GORDON MERCER (head, Political Science and Public Affairs) met on Sept. 12 with the N. C. Political Science Executive Committee in Salisbury to plan the spring meeting of the N.C. Political Science Association. The topic selected was "An Evaluation of the Reagan Administration." JUDY SMITH, BARBARA LEMONS, MARSHA CRITES, VIRGINIA TAYLOR (all CIML), and ELIZABETH ADDISON (Public Information and CIML) at­tended a workshop and conference in Knox­ville, Tenn., Sept. 29, on how programs for the elderly can be carried on without fed­eral money. The five are working in CIML ' s - 4- Elder Neighbor program to develop com­munity networks of volunteers raising levels in health and well-being for older adults in western North Carolina. BILL LATIMER and GORDON MERCER (Political Science and Public Affairs) were elected to the Executive Commitee of the Asheville Chapter of the American Society of Public Administration. Charles Horne, a WCU graduate, was elected president of the Asheville ASPA Chapter. In the face of growing enrollments in computer science courses at WCU, SHAN MANICKAM (Mathematics and Computer Sci­ence) has taken a one-year leave of ab­sence to study computer science at the University of Tennessee. While at UT, Dr. Manickam will hold the rank of Visit­ing Professor of Mathematics. Dr. David Teague is scheduled to join Dr. Manickam at UT in the spring. Both visits arc funded under the SDIP grant. CYNDY SHAY and JIM IHLENFELD (Continuing Education) attended the North Carolina Adult Education Association Conference in Raleigh, Sept . 28-30. Cyndy Shay was recently elected to a two-year term on the executive committee of NCAEA. DAN ROBINSON (Health, Physical Education and Recreation) was speaker at the dedica­tion of Gene Turner Memorial Park in Morganton, N.C., Sept. 27 . DEADLINE FOR THE REPORTER IS MONDAY NOON EACH WEEK. STAFF POSITION VACANCIES Apply at the PERSONNEL Office, 330 UA/MHC, within 5 working days from the date of this publication unless otherwise noted. TEMPORARY HOURLY CLERK- TYPIST II, Academic Affairs, $3.73 per hour; high school or equivalency and ability to pass typing test at 38 Net WPM. Prefer above average typing skills. NO FRINGE BENEFITS. CLERK-RECEPTIONIST II, Upward Bound, Spe­cial Services, Talent Search, hiring rate, $7,764; high school or equivalency and ability to pass typing test at 38 WPM. To be filled in November. A GRANT-FUNDED POSITION. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Caroltna October 16, 1981 BOARD OF GOVERNORS CHAIRMAN WANTS FORESTRY AT t.JCU Fuller development of the state ' s regional university campuses including establishment of a specialized department of forestry at Western Carolina University is a goal of John R. Jordan Jr. of Raleigh, chairman of the Board of Governors of the University of North Carolina. He voiced those aims here Oct. 9 as new mem­bers of the UNC governing board spent about fout hours at WCU in an orientation session acquainting them with the Cullowhee campus . Jordan, a former state senator and one of the state's leading political figures for more than 20 years, said he intends to push for development of specialized programs at the regional campuses of the UNC system. With the present UNC system consisting of the state ' s two major universities-- UNC at Chapel Hill and N.C . State at Raleigh -­on the one hand, and the smaller, regional campuses on the other, he said, "there are some important functions that would do well at the regional institutions, and would do as well or better than at the two big insti­tutions." Western Carolina University. he said, would be ideal for development of a department of forestry, considering its location in the heart of the great evergreen and hardwood forests of the state. Such a department, he said, could not and should not take the place of the School of Forestry at N.C. State. "I want to make it absolutely clear that I am not talking about moving the School of Forestry." Jordan said he could see a department of forestry at t.JCU specializing in Christmas tree forestry, noting that the major Christmas tree industry of the state is in Western North Carolina. Similarly , he said , development of additional agricultural programs on some of the eastern regional university campuses should be under­taken. Decentralization of such programs to include program development on the smaller regional campuses would help insure utiliza­tion of the "facilities of our university system to the maximum , and that is what I am interested in," he said . Jordan said his views on establishment of specialized agricu l tural programs on some of the smaller campuses were already kno,m, but he said his commen~s here Thursday night were the first public expression he had made on the idea of establishing a department of forestry at WCU. "But it would be a natural development ," he said, pointing out that such a department could operate in the area where large forestry and timber interests of the state exist, WCU fully cooperating with N.C . State . State and WCU already are involved in cooperative programs that enable students to enroll for their first two years of for­estry at WCU , and transfer to State for the junior and senior years. He told an assembly of new governors and WCU trustees and administrators that WCU "is ful­filling its mission in the finest sense of a university . " He said the work of t.JCU with the Cherokee Indians and in preserving moun­tain culture in its Mountain Heritage Center are "the purest function of a university . " In addition to Jordan, members of the UNC system board visiting WCU, hearing presenta­tions by principal officers of the university and touring campus facilities were Mrs. A. R. Bowe of Hurfreesboro, Walter R. Davis of Midland, Tex . ; R. Phillip Haire of Sylva, Mrs. John F. McNair of Winston-Salem, J. Aaron Prevost of Waynesville, Asa T. Spaulding Jr . of Durham and William K. Woltz of Mount Airy . They were accompanied by Dr . John P. Kennedy Jr. , secretary. and Dr . Edward W. Crowe , assistant secretary of the board . NEW JOGGING TRAIL IS OPEN --- Western will officially inaugurate its new fitness jogging trail Monday , Oct. 19, with a free two-mile run for WCU students , begin­ning at 4 p . m. Prizes will be awarded . The new trail, which is open to students and the public , is four feet wide and runs just over two miles along a scenic route that circles the softball field, track, and golf practice range between Reid Gym and the new highway . The trail surface is granite sand designed to cushion a runner ' s stride . Distance markers will soon be added to the trail and future plans call for the addition of six exercise stations along its course. The trail is already getting quite a bit of use by runners and walkers . "The idea be­hind the trail ," says Charles Schrader of '"estern ' s health , physical education , and recreation department , "is to give runners a safe place to run and exercise off the highway." Work on the trail began three years ago under the direction of Western' s depart­ment of health , physical education, and recreation. Grounds superintendent Randy Turner and {vCU professors Schrader, Jim Hamilton , and Arthur Pilch have all worked on the project . They visited several fit­ness jogging trails across the state before designing the trail for Western . Construction cost, about $16,200 , was in part financed by student recreation funds . PROGRAM EVALUATIONS FUNDED BY SDIP GRANT Five academic programs have been awarded funds under WCU's SDIP Grant to conduct model academic program evaluation projects during the 1981-82 academic year . Grant funds will be used to review programs in terms of their objectives, their methods for obtaining objectives, and program out­comes. Earth Sciences will use an on-campus program review committee and an outside consultant for their program evaluation . These re­viewers will analyze pertinent program and enrollment data, evaluative comments from present and former students, and an objectives-focused "self-profile" prepared by the Earth Sciences faculty. The project is being coordinated by J . T. Wilcox. Medical Technology will include a survey of graduates and their employers as an integral part of their evaluation project. The pro­ject coordinator, Dan Southern, will be de­termining whether graduate success, as judged by place of employment and performance on national certification examinations, is con­gruent with stated program goals and objec­tives. Economics and Finance will be developing a more sharply focused curriculum for economics majors. Two consultants from business and academe will assist the project coordinator, Austin Spencer, in reviewing the economics and finance programs and in recommending future directions for the department. Nursing will evaluate the effectiveness of their integrated nursing curriculum by com­paring graduate and employer perceptions of job performance . Since the integrated cur­riculum was not implemented until 1977, the nursing graduates of the classes of 1976, 1977, and 1978 will be used as a control group . Kay Hart will be serving as project coordinator. Psychology will evaluate its School Psychol­ogy Program under the direction of Charles Bowen . Pre- and post- test scores on an ex­amination administered to fir st year graduate students will be used as one indicator of program strengths and weaknesses . The de­partment also will conduct a survey of pro­gram graduates and employ a consultant to make recommendations on curriculum changes. Following completion of the academic program evaluation projects in the summer of 1982, the project coordinators will describe and assess their methodologies at a department heads ' workshop . Their experiences should provide a foundation for creative reviews of academic programs at WCU . CHOIR AND MUSIC ENSEMBLE PRESENT CONCERT Western's Concert Choir and Early Music Ensemble , just back from a fall tour that included performances in Georgia and Florida, will present a concert Tuesday, Oct . 20, at 8 p .m. in the Music-English recital hall. Included in the concert, which is open to the public without charge~ will be sacred classics by Buxtehude~ Handel, Lotti, Mendelssohn, Gallus, Distler, and Leisring, and contemporary sacred works by Berger, Bright, and MacGimsey. Secular music on the program will be by Brahms, Haydn, Debussy, and DeCormier. The Early Music Ensemble will perform "The Queen to Me a Royal Pain Doth Give," a novelty by P.D . Q. Bach, and several 16th and 17th century madrigals. BIOLOGISTS DESCRIBE ALASKAN ADVENTURE OCT . 22 An illustrated lecture on Canada and Alaska will be presented by Dan Pittillo and Jim '"allace of the biology department, who re­cently spent two months there. The free, public program, sponsored by the Biology Club, will begin at 7 p.m. Oct. 22 in the Natural Sciences auditorium. Modern projection blending equipment will illustrate the trip, beginning at Banff and Jasper Parks in Alberta and moving west to Prince Rupert of coastal British Colum­bia. There the travellers boarded a ferry for Juneau, then flew to Glacier Bay, Alaska. Scenes there vary from the nesting birds of Marble Island and humpback whales grazing on krill to expansive scenes over the ice­fields and glaciers of the Fairweather Moun­tains to the soft and rounded masses of moss on the temperate rainforest floor. Disem­barking at Skagway, the biologists followed the footsteps of the klondike gold seekers into the Yukon before turning back to main­land Alaska. Four of the "six Alaskas" were visited. Be­sides the southeastern inland bays , the gulf coast, interior and Arctic tundra were ex­plored . Scenes of the Kenai Peninsula vary from tidal pools to the kaleidoscope of flowers in the alpine and coastal fringes of the mountains. Contrasted with these are the heights of Mt. McKinley and expanses of the vast interior and Arctic tundra, with their rocky roads, eh~ansive forests, and limitless scrub . Despite flat tires, cut brake line, pitted windshields, and kissing bears, the biolo­gists say they'd do it again . HEALTH CARE QUALITY ASSURANCE IS TOPIC William Fifer, M.D., clinical professor of medicine and public health at the Univer-sity of ~tlnnesota, will be the featured speaker for a series of seminars and work­shops on quality assurance in health care October 27-28 at Western . Dr. Fifer has a national reputation as a knowledgeable and interesting speaker. His topics at Western on Thursday, Oct. 27, will be "Implementing a Cost-Effective Quality Assurance Program" at 9 a .m .• "Roles of Ancillary Service Deparaments in Quality Assurance" at 1:30 p .m., and "Integrating Quality Assurance Functions of the Medical Staff, Administration, and Governing Body" at 3:15 p.m. Or. fif~r's visit is sponsored by the WCU Visiting Scholars Program. Bernard Brown, Jr . , hospital administrator, will speak on "Quality Assurance and Risk Management" at 1:30 and on ''Problem Identi­fication and Assessment" at 3:15 p.m. All sessions will be held in the Grandroom of Hinds University Center. The seminar is sponsored by WCU ' s Medical Record Ad­ministration program and Visiting Scholars Program and by the Mountain Area Health Education Center. In addition to these sessions for health care professionals , Dr. Fifer will address physicians Tuesday evening on "Medicolegal Issues of Quality Assurance : Who ' s Respon­sible for What . " The evening program will take place at the Jarrett House in Dillsboro . Dr . Fifer will address a similar topic for Western Carolina University faculty and students Wednesday, Oct . 28, at 9 a . m. in 107 Moore Hall . Dr. Fifer is a member of the editorial ad­visory board for the Quality Review Bulle­tin and has extensive research and consult­ing background in the field . Re has ,..,ritt.an over 75 articles and books as well . Brown is administrator of Kennestone Hospi­tal in Marietta, Ga., and executive director of Kennestone Regional Health Care System there . His book, Risk Management for Hospitals, was published in 1979. For further information about the seminar , registration and schedule, contact Betty Littrell, 106 Noore Hall, ext. 7118 . See next Reporter for NAMES IN THE NEWS. ANNOUNCEMENTS A HOMECOMING CONCERT BY THE LITTLE RIVER Band , alumni reunions for the classes of 1931, 1941, 1956, and 1971, and traditional activities such as the campus parade and alumni banquet will highlight Western ' s 1981 homecoming this weekend . Its theme is "Cat Pride : Fine Since '89" (WCU was founded in 1889) . The homecoming football game pits the Catamounts against Southern Conference opponent East Tennessee State University . Afterwards, at the Holiday Inn in Cherokee, the annual alumni banquet will feature presentation of the annual Distin­guished Service Award and Distinguished Alumnus Award , beginning at 7:30p.m., with a reception beginning at 6:30 . On Friday night, the Little River Band in concert with Poco will perform at 8 p.m. in Reid Gym. For more information on alumni re­unions and activities , call Alumni Affairs at ext. 7335 . All faculty and staff are invited to attend the banquet at a cost of $10. AN EXHIBITION OF PAINTINGS, PRINTS, and pastels by John N. Colt opened Oct . 14 in the art gallery of Belk Building. It will run through Nov. 10. A professor of art at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Colt is an active artist with a national exhibition record. He is affiliated with Neil Gallery in New York and his work has been reviewed in Art in America, Arts Maga­zine, and The New Yorker . His work is rep­resented in major public collections . On a visit to WCU Oct. 14-15, he worked with art students in studio classes and showed two films about his work . His campus -.. - visit was supported by the Visiting Scholars Program and sponsored by the art department. A THREE PART SERIES "Breaking the Discipline Barriers : A Series of Dialogues" will begin Monday, Oct . 19, at 7 p .m. as part of West­ern ' s University Forum for Contemporary Issues in the Natural Sciences auditorium. Made possible by a mini-grant from the North Carolina Humanities Committee, the dialogues each time match a representative from a humanist discipline with one from an applied discipline , looking at a common subject from two different frames of reference . In the first dialogue, Marilyn Jody of English and Russ Bachert of parks and recreation manage­ment will discuss "The American Environment : An Exploited Eden?" The free series will continue Oct . 26 and Nov . 2. It is open to the public. EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF VOLUNTEER MANPOWER is the subject of a short course to be of­fered at Western Oct. 20 through Nov. 24. The six-week course will focus on skills and information needed to manage large- and small-scale volunteer programs effectively. Topics will include recruitment and reten­tion , interviewing, proper placement, orientation and training, job descriptions, record keeping , program evaluation, volun­teer contracts , volunteer recognition, and the reasons people volunteer their time and services. Rudy Rodriguez , an independent social worker from Sylva, will teach the course from 6 : 30 until 9:30p .m. Tuesdays in 127 Forsyth . Cost is $40 . To register or obtain more information, call Continuing Ed . at ext. 7397 . THE COST OF HEALTH CARE will be discussed Oct . 29 at 7:30p. m. in Moore Hall ' s multi-purpose room. All WCU faculty, staff, and students are invited. Sponsored by the School of Nursing and Health Sciences, the program will be led by Scott Higgins, direc­tor of the health services management and supervision program; by Chris Dux, assis­tant administrator of C.J. Harris Hospital; and by Dr. Austin Spencer, head of WCU's department of economics and finance . THE UNIVERSITY COUNCIL ON INTERNATIONAL Programs will meet at WCU Oct. 19. A work­shop on grant writing in the field will be included at 1 p.m. STAll' I'OSlTlON VACANI'IF.S Apply at the Peraonn"l Ol!ice , 330 liA/~UIC, wilhin five working duya from tha dato of thia publication unlcaa oth•rwlac stated. ~IPllFR rl\ilCRA/IHER II, (;j,c;>utcr Center; hiring rata, $14,868; graduation !rom a four-year colleg~ or uni­v~ ralty and one ye1r of cxpcrl~ncc ln computer pro­gra= olng work (rr~fer ~xpcrlence in accountina anJ COBOL progr1~lng languace>; or Eraduation froa high a .~ol and !uur years of cxperie~ce in electronic data proccaaing, lncludtnc t~~ years experience In coc~utcr procracoing uork; or an equivalent combi­nation nr edu~ation and experience. PtF•W:El\7 PART-T1~ FOUO.ORIST, ~lountain llaritagt Center; hiring rotc, $6.496; ~~~tcr o! Arts in Folklore or a cloaoly related !ield. Experience vlth folk reativola, arant-wrttins. cuseua ~ork; fieldwork In folklore and publications (Including recordings, films, and video-tapes) d~slrable. raclllnrity vlth aouth~rn Appalocblan folklife. Ability to work well with university faculty and stn!f na ~ell as local craftaperaona ond artists. A CR.\NT-FUl.DED POSITlOll. CLERK (III), Acnd•mJc Affairs; hirina rate $8,820; high ochool or equivalency, one yenr o!flcft cl~rlcal experience, ability to pass typ­ina teat ot 44 Net ~~M. Prefer educational back­around and/or experience ncrded to cotaprehend and deal with numerical and ltatlsticnl material per­tolnlng to pera~nel, budgr.t, and progra~~ in an affective w,,y. Faaillartty with use of a co111putar tcralnal would ba dcalrable. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or or Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina Octob~r 23. 1981 NEPALI AMBASSADOR SPEAKS AT WESTERN HONDAY The ambassador from one of the world's poorest countries said here 1-fonday that he hopes the world's richest nation will con­tinue its role of international assistance. Bhekh Bahadur Thapa, ambassador to the United States from the Kingdom of Nepal, said his nation and other Third World coun­tries are concerned over talk in the United States of assigning international develop­ment assistance to the private sector. Instead, be said, they hope policies will continue that fostered the Marshall Plan for the economic recovery of Europe after World War II, that led to the establishment of the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, and that resulted in other programs of assistance. Recently, he said, it "looks as if doubt has been cast on the wisdom of foreign in­volvement," but he said the interests of countries giving assistance and those re­ceiving it are mutual . To assist the devel­oping nations of the world, he said, should be seen "not as an act of benevolence but as a condition of survival." He cautioned against policies that would undo the foreign assistance programs of the past 30 years and warned against a return to the Cold War of the 1950s. Re urged recognition of the principle that "each nation within its own borders is not only free but must develop a system of govern­ment that is right for the genius of its people. " "Intellectuals" in the United States , Thapa said, should note not only Nepal's desire to continue with its own political develop­ment but lend their support "in any way pos­sibl e" to continuation of American aid to developing lands "so that the process is not abandoned to the detrimenL o( world order." Thapa said he did not dispuLe the merits of trying to increase the private sector ' s re­sponsibility for foreign assistance, but he noted that a country such as Nepal does not have AT&T or ITT (the giant telephone and communications corporations) to draw on. Thus, he said, "iL is not a question of com­petition between the private secLor and the public sector, but of one being complemen­tary to the other . " It is a matter of moving every sector for­ward to assist developing nations, he said. "I hope," he added, "that what we are hear­ing today is a passing phase and that what we have experienced in the past will be sus­tained and augmented . " Ambassador Thapa ' s remarks were made in the keynote address to a team of seven Nepali officials beginning a week-long workshop at Western, their first experience in a two­month program of observation and study of resource management in the U.S. They are here as part of a U.S.-financed assistance program in Nepal administered by the South-East Consortium for International Development (SECID) and three cooperating universities-to/estern Carolina University, Duke University, and Virginia Polytechnic Institute. The $28 million, five-year assistance pro­gram in Nepal is an effort, funded by the U. S. Agency for International Development (AID) and the Kingdom of Nepal. to carry out a program for the conservation and uti­lization of that country ' s natural resources . The officials are here to observe and dis­cuss American methods of conserving and managing natural resources, techniques that may be useful in Nepal . The development assistance program between Nepal and AID was contracted by the federal agency to SECID, headquartered in Chapel Hill , and in turn to WCU ' s CIML . As SECID, 31 in­stitutions are organized to provide exten­sion, research, and training assistance to developing countries and nations with limited resources. Western's role in the project is under the overall direction of F. t-terton Cregger, director of CIML. Initial planning was conducted in 1979 by a team organized by CIML and led by Mark Freeman, former CIML director. Their work led to the American­funded assistance program. Last year , Freeman was named American chief of party (co-manager) for the project. For the first three years of the contract, he is in direct charge of the American team. The Nepali team is scheduled to leave Oct. 24 for a two-week tour with TVA at Knoxville. Then they will spend a week with the U.S. Forest Service's Asheville office and visit UIRT AND FITZGERALD WIN ALUMNI HONORS Lillian Wyatt Hirt of Cullowhee and Ernest A. Fitzgerald of Winston-Salem were honored Oct . 17 as the 1981 recipients of Western Carolina ' s top alumni awards during the university ' s homecoming celebration. Mrs. Hirt, former public information officer at WCU and a builder of the alumni associa­tion, was presented the Distinguished Ser­vice Award. Dr. Fitzgerald, a 1947 graduate of WCU who is senior minister of Winston-Salem's Centenary United Methodist Church, was pre­sented the Distinguished Alumnus Award. Both presentations were made at halftime of Western's football game against East Tennessee State University, and the two were honored that evening at the WCU Alumni Association ' s annual banquet, held in Cherokee . Hrs. Hirt ' s service to Western Carolina University spans nearly 50 years, dating back to her enrollment as a student at the university in 1935. From 1955 until 1967, she was the university's public informa­tion officer. Though operating as a one­woman office , she attracted in one year -2- the Winrock Foundation in Arkansas, an ap­plied research area for the study of pas­ture, range, and small ruminant animals, such as sheep and goats . The Arkansas re­search center was established by former Arkansas Gov. Winthrop Rockefeller. The Nepali team will conclude its American visit with discussions and conferences in Washington with WCU, SECID, and federal agency officials. Members of the Nepali group are Bharat Dangol, deputy director general of the Ministry of Agriculture; Ishwar Han Tamrakar, acting divisional engineer in the Depart­ment of Water Supply and Sewerage; Dr. H.B. Rajbhandary, deputy director general of the Department of Livestock Development and Animal Health; Bhatta Bal Ram, deputy chief conservator of forests; Prot.lOd Nath Regmi, chief of the loan division of the Agricul­tural Development Bank; Nasiruddin Ansari, a civil engineer; and Mali Indra Bahadur, program officer of the Ministry of Panchayat and Local Development . articles in Life Magazine on WCU ' s gifted children and industrial in-service programs. In addition to her tireless work with area media, she directed the annual High School Editors Roundtable and took on innumerable alumni office responsibilities. She organized the first real fund-raising efforts by the alumni office and for years edited and designed the alumni magazine. Though not officially associated with the university for several years, she has fre­quently served as a volunteer consultant to the public information and alumni programs. She is a member of the Mountain Heritage Center committee. Hrs. Hirt and her husband, Julian, who was a professor of physics and physical science at WCU for 22 years before retiring in 1976, live in Cullowhee. Dr. Fitzgerald earned bachelor's degrees in English and history at WCU and later earned the Bachelor of Divinity degree from Duke Divinity School. He also attended Pfeiffer College and Emory University. Dr. Fitzgerald has been senior minister at Centenary Methodist, the largest Methodist church in North Carolina, since 1966. A prolific author, he has written seven books, a series of devotions for The Upper Room Disciplines, and regular contributions to PACE, Piedmont Airlines' magazine. While a-student at Western in the 1940s, he was a circuit minister to six area churches in the Webster, Speedwell, John's Creek, East Laporte, Love ' s Field, and Coweeta Moun­tain communities. Dr. Fitzgerald is a native of Lincoln county and is married to the former Sarah Frances Perry of Wingate. CHAMBER ORCHESTRA WILL PERFORM OCT. 27 A varied palette of sounds and styles will be the offering when the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra performs under the direction of George Trautwein at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 27, in the Music-English recital hall. Works for chamber orchestra, string orches­tra, and featured soloists will compose the varied program. Since .1968 the group has delighted audiences with the beauty and flexibility of music for strings and winds via recordings by VOX, performances at Kennedy Center and Lincoln Center, and con­certs from Detroit to Miami . Audiences and critics alike have rediscovered the charm and vitality of orchestral chamber music as played by a poljshed ensemble of virtuoso performers and soloists. Opening the program will be the Symphony No. 8 in G Major (Le Soir) by Haydn, fol­lowed by the Concerto No. 4 in B flat Major for Clarinet and Orchestra by Lefevre, Concerto Grosso No. 2 for String Quartet and Strings by Bloch, The Lark Ascending (Romance for Violin and Orchestra) by Vaughn-Williams, and Rumanian Folk Dances by Bartok. Robert Listokin, clarinet and Stephen Shipps, violin, are featured as soloists for the evening . Listokin has performed -3- as a soloist with the Clarion Orchestra, Claremont String Quartet, Aeolin Chamber Orchestra, and the Festival Winds. He was first clarinetist for recordings with the famed Columbia and RCA recording orchestras, and has recorded chamber music for CRI, Everest, and Golden Crest Records. Shipps is associate conce tmaster of the Piedmont Chamber Orchestra and a member of the School of the Arts faculty. He became a member of the first violin section of the Cleveland Orchestra at 20; at 22, associate concertmaster of the Dallas Symphony; at 24, concertmaster and assistant conductor of the Omaha Symphony. He has performed and record­ed on Angel Records with Ranson Wilson, flutist . During the 1981-82 season, he was guest conductor in Seattle and Portland. The Orchestra's Cullowhee performance, pre­sented by Western's Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Program, is jointly supported by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C . George Trautwein, newly appointed conductor and artistic director of the Piedmont Cham­ber Orchestra, was prev:Cously music director and conductor of the Tucson Symphony and principal guest conductor of the Evansville (Indiana) Philharmonic . He has conducted with the Dallas Symphony, Minnesota Orches­tra, and Savannah Symphony, and he was music director of the Educational Network at RIAS in West Berlin, recording broadcasts for Berlin Radio . Dr . Trautwein has continually added to his reputation with guest condu~ting in Germany, Sweden, Mexico, Iceland, Portug<'l, Romania, and Puerto Rico . Tickets at the box office are $5 for adults and $2 for non-WCU students. Western stu­dents are admitted for $1 with valid identi­fication cards. The performance is free to subscribers of the LCE series. ANNOUNCEMENTS THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF THE DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATION of Western Carolina University, Inc., recently held its fall meeting and elected officers for the 1981-82 year. Sanders Rowland of Asheville was reel~cted chairman and L.F. Petterson of Cullowhee was reelected treasurer. James C. Cannon of Dillsboro was elected vice president and Dr . l~allace Hyde of Asheville was named to the executive committee. Chancellor H.F. Robinson continues to serve as the Founda­tion's president. The board approved allo­cations of $109,000 for several WCtl p1:ograms, including the Patrons of Quality and Western Alumni scholarships. Total support provided to Western Carolina University through the 1980-81 development program was reported at $420,000 and the board was informed that assets of the Foundation had reached $980,000 by the close of the last year . Dr . Robinson presented a "State of the University" report to the board and several future projects were discussed . -4- PEGGY W. PRENSRA\-1, EDITOR of The Southern Qua~terly and a professor of English at the University of Southern Mississippi, will give a public lecture at Western Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in the Music-English recital hall. Her talk on "Southern Ladies and Southern Literary Renaissance" will be followed by a public reception. Admission is free. On Thursday, Oct. 29, she "V.'ill meet with \-lCU English classes. Her books include edited collections of essays on Robert Frost and Eudora Welty, and she has published more than 20 articles, chapters in books, monographs, and reviews. Her appearance at Western is sponsored by WCU's English oepartment and the Visiting Scholars "Program. "BREA.l\.ING TUE DISCIPLINE BARRIERS: A SERIES OF DIALOGUES" will continue here Nonday, Oct. 26, as part of the WCU Forum for Con­tempora~ y Issues . Dr. Nancy Joyner, an Engllsh professor, and Dr. Judith Stillion, an associate professor of psychology, will discuss the topic, "Dealing with Death: Literature and Psychology as Partners,'' at: 7 p.m. in the Natu~al Sciences auditorium. In the series, made possible by a mini-grant from the North Carolina Humanities Committee, each dialogue pairs a representative from a humanistic discipline and one from an applied discipline. The free series will continue Nov . 2. The public is invited. WESTERN HOSTED A N. C. HOUSING OFFICERS Con­fe~ ence this week in Asheville. Dr. Glenn Stillion, WCU vice chancellor for student development, welcomed delegates and Dr. Gurney Chambers of the lolCU School of Edu­cation and Psychology delivered the open­ing address. R. Randy Rice, chairman of the executive council of NCHO, said 25 pro­grams were to be presented during the con­ference in addition to a general session, "Higher Education Administ~ative Relation­ships," and annual business meeting con­ducted by Rice. More than 125 delegates have registered for the largest NCHO Con­fe~ ence in the organization's history. NAMES IN THE NEWS JOSEPH E. BT>CK (director, Environmental Health P~ogram) ha!-- been appointed as a consultant lo til~ ~·atlonal Council on Con­tinuing Education in Environmental Health. Richard L. Roberts, council ..:hai~man, 1o1ho announced the appointment, said Beck was chosen for his "high degree of p~ofessional­ism. " AARON HYATT (dean, Research Administration and G~aduate Studies; director, Mountain Heritage Center) was unanimously reelected president of the Western North Carolina As­sociated Communities at its recent 35th anniversary meeting in Fontana. JIM BUCKNER (Music) pe~formed with the Bre­vard Chamber Orchestra in a concert Sept. 13 in Hendersonville. \t/ILLlAM R. LIDH (Art) is showing works in a number of exhibits this falL Besides the art faculty exhibit on campus and in Black Mountain, his works are appearing in several other shows. He exhibited woodcuts with tive other nationally known southeastern printmakers August 8-Sept. 5 at the Art Gallery, Athens, Ca. His pastels are cur­rently appearing in the 17th Bi-Annual Piedmont Graphics Exhibit in the Greenville Councy (S.C.) Museum o( Art through Nov. 22. He will s~ow woodcuts and pastels in the 1981 October Show at the AsheviJle Art Museum, ~nJ a pastel landscape has been accepted f:or the 23rd Annual Springs Art Show at Lancaster (S.C.) Armory Oct. 16- Nov. 1. NORMA B. COOK (Medical Technology) pre­sented a technical paper on "The Use of KOH Preps for Diagnosis of De~matophyte Infections" at the fall meeting of the N. C. Society for Medical Technology in Raleigh. DAN SOUTHERN nnd ~iARY EDWARDS attended the two-day seminar. EVAN FIRESTONE (Art) presented a paper titled "John Linnell's Early Landscapes" in the session on Landscape Painting in Europe at the Southeastern College Art Conference annual meeting hosted by the University of Mississippi in Oxford October 1-3. OTTO S~ILKER (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) participated in the Western Piedmont Community College Southeastern In­tercollegiate Canoe Races on the Catawba River Oct. 3. Western entered a team spon­sored by the University Center and the Outing Clnb. Dr. Spilker entered three events: tandem open canoe downriver, mixed open canoe downriver, and mixed open canoe slalom. Dr. Spilker also participated in a fall conference on Contemporary Elementary School Physical Education held at Georgia State University in Atlanta Oct. 9. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff e or of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina October 30, 1981 YOUNG PIANIST WILL PLAY NOV. 5 Thomas Lorango, a brilliant young American pianist, will perform at Western Carolina Thursday, Nov. 5, as part of WCU's Lec­tures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Program. The concert will begin at 8 p.m. in the Music-English recital hall. Featured will be works by Bartok, Beethoven, Schumann, Debussy, and Balakarev. Lorango, 20, has won many honors in his short musical career, including the pres­tigious Leventritt award, first prize in the American Music Scholarship Association International Competition , the senior divi­sion prize in the Philadelphia Orchestra Student Competition, and the G.B . Dealey Awards Competition in Dallas, Tex. A native of Buffalo, N.Y., Lorango began a long association with the Philadelphia Orchestra at the age of 16 when he captured the junior division prize and made his debut with the Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No . 1. In January, 1979, he was the soloist in Bartok's Piano Concerto No. 3. "Lorango joined the orchestra (in Rachmaninoff's Concerto No. !) ... requiring great skill and strength," wrote a Philadelphia Inquirer critic. "Lorango had these in abundance .. . his filigree work as sharp as shattered ice . .. He may duplicate Watt's feat in achieving star status." In addition, Lorango won first prize in the Young Artists Competition sponsored by the Niagara Falls Philharmonic and has received numerous gold medals from the Kiwanis Music Festival in Ontario. He also has been awarded several scholarships from the Julius Katchen Memorial Scholarship Foun­dation. Last season Lorango appeared in Carnegie Recital Hall and Alice Tully Hall and performed with such orchestras as the Dallas Symphony, the Buffalo Philharmonic and the Philadelphia Orchestra. He is scheduled to appear as soloist with the St. Louis Symphony and is plrticipating in a "Music From Marlboro" tour associuted with the Harlboro Music Fc:>tival. At age 15, Lorango was accepted at the Curtis Institute of Music, where he now studies piano with Seymour Lipkin and ~Ueczyslaw Horszowski and chamber music with Felix Calimir and Karen Tuttle. Reviewing one of his performances, a critic for The Niagara Gazette described Lorango as a "finished pianist ... What stood out was his technical command--the most rapid pas­sages were cleanly articulated, the rhythms, sound and dynamics varied and rich." Lorango's performance in Cullowhee is jointly sponsored by a grant from the N.C . Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C. Tickets at the box office are $5 for adults, $2 for non-WCU students, $1 for WCU students with valid I.O., and free to LCE subscribers. OHIO STATE OFFERS ASSISTANCE THROUGH WCU Western is one of several institutions se­lected nationwide to participate in a voca­tional education program directed by the National Center for Research in Vocational Education, the Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. The National Center project is providing vocational teachers and administrators across the country with helpful educational materials. The result, it is hoped, will be improved vocational programs and curric­ula. The National Center plans to distrib­ute its materials for use in workshops, in­service and pre-service programs, and major -2- conferences to be held by selected regional aducation agencies and teacher education in­stitutions in cooperation with the center. The materials cover a broad range of sub­jects related to vocational education, in­cluding fairness to both sexes, teaching disadvantaged or ~pecial populations, pro­gram planning and evaluation, personnel development, und economic development. Through the program, Western will work in conjunction with the Western Regional Edu­cation Center in Canton to disseminate the materials and provide training workshops for vocational educators in the VIII Educa­tional District . Coordinators fur the dis­trict project are Ralph Green, a WCU occupa­tional education coordinator, and Bud Gibson, regional coordinator of the Western Regional Education Center. The institutions participating in the proj­ect are located in North Carolina, Michigan, and New York . They were selected on the basis of previous contact with the Nutional Center, geographic location, and expressed interest. \~estern Carolina Uni­versity was nominated for the project by the N.C. State> Department of Education. The project is offered through funds pro­vided by the federal office of Vocational and Adult Education. IDEAS INVITED FOR BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS The Buildings nod Grounds Committee is a subcommittee of the Institutional Affairs Committee in the Faculty-Administration Senate. Its duties are to study and make appropriate recommendations concerning the landscaping, upkeep, and appearance of the campus and thl! maintenance and custodial care of the buildings. The faculty and staff members of the com­mittee are : Dan Southern (Hedical Technol­ogy). Randy Turner (Physical Plant), Larry Morton (Accounting and Information Systems), Greg Starling (Mathema:ics), Dan Robinson (Health, Physicul Education, and Recreation), Tom Wilcox (Earth Sciences), J irn Cul p (Physical Plant), Joe Carter (Business Affairs), and Randy Rice (Housing). The committee welcomes suggestions and questions from people in the university community regarding the buildings and grounds of the campus. Any member may be contacted by campus mail or telephone to convey suggestions to the committee . BILTMORE HOUSE IS SCHOLAR'S SUBJECT Susanne Brendel Pandich, curator and re­search historian for Biltmore House and Gardens, will present three public lec-tures at Western Nov. 9-10 under the spon­sorship of the WCU Visiting Scholars Program . In a University Forum program Monday night, Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. in the Natural Sciences auditorium, she will discuss the contribu­tions of the Vanderbilts to the development of western North Carolina. On Tuesday, Nov. 10, she will speak 011 John Singer Sargent, an American painter. to Evan Firestone's class in American painting at 12:30 p.m. in Belk 278 . She will speak again at 2:15 on nineteenth-century in­terior decoration to Cheri Lee's architec­tural history class in Belk 401. All three lectures are free and open to the public . Pandich became curator for Biltmore House and Gardens in 1975 and began a four-year term on the board of advisors to the Appalachian Consortiwn in 1980. She has assisted in preparing National Register nominations for the N.C. Division of Ar­chives and History and served as a guest lecturer on historic textiles for Live-in­a- Landm.trk Council through the American Buildings Survey. In 1974 she was a project historian for the National Park Service's Historic American Buildings Survey. She has published several articles in jour­nals, including several on aspects of the Biltmore House . She holds a master's de­gree in historic preset~ation from Columbia University's Graduate School of Architec­ture. Her thesis was a documentation of the construction of the Biltmore House. She is also a graduate of an Institute for the Editing of Historic Documents spon­sored by the National Historical Publica­tions and Records Commission in 1977. She holds a bachelor's degree in art, architecture, and planning from Dartmouth College. -3- ANNOUNCEMENTS DUES FOR THE N.C. STATE EMPLOYEES ASSO­CIATION may now be paid by payToll deduc­tion. The amount to be deducted would be only $1.50 per month. For •1ore lnfonnation, contact Mildred Wilson, the \~CU campus representative to the NCSEA. On campus, phone 7436. "EXPLORING YOUR HEALTH," a six-week luncheon program for persons interested in exploring different aspects of their own health, began Thursday, Oct. 29, at Western. Participants will receive health-related information and engage in creative thought on ways to maintain and improve overall health . Discussion topics, chosen by par­ticipants, may include nutrition, stress management, exercise, risk reduction, re­laxation, aging, smoking and drinking pat­terns, and allergies. Meetings t\1ill be held from noon until 1 p.m. in the Catamount Room of Hinds University Center. Partici­pants are asked to bring a bag lunch, but there is no charge otherwise. The program is sponsored by WCU's School of Nursing and Health Sciences and School of Educa­tion and Psychology. "BREAKING THE DISCIPLHES BARRIER: A SERIES OF DIALOGUES" wi.ll be held Monday, Nov. 2, as part of the flee \olCU Forum for Contemporary Issues . Clifford Lovin, ptofessor of history, and Patricia Umfress, professor of French, will discuss "War and the New Dark Ages" at 7 p.m. in the Natural Sciences auditorium . The dialogue series, made possible by a mini-grant from the N.C. Humanities Committee, is des:i.gned to allow a common subject to be discussed from two different viewpoints. The public is in­vited. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Steven D. Ea.ly . "Refo;-m of the Georgia State Merit System, 11 RPview of Public Per­sonnel Administration, 1, 3 (Summer 1981), 33-50. Theda Perdue. "The Traditional Status of Cherokee Women," Furman Studtes, 26 (1980)~ 19-26. William Paulk. "Miss Bessie Dills to Her Visiting Cousin," Laurel Review (Special Issue: Contemporary Appalachian Poetry), 15, 1 (Winter 1981) , 26. Willi'lm Paulk. "The Powell Twins on Satur­day Night, " Appalachian Heritage, 9, 3 (Summer 1981), 63. William Paulk. "The Witch of Red Oak Ridge," Appalachian Heritage, 9, 3 (Summ~;:r 1981), 19. Elizabeth Addison. "Unpuckered," t:wharri~ Review, 6, 2 (Fall 1981), 4 . Jimmie E. Cook and Thomas S . Warren . "Speaking Up for Those We Teach," Early Years (November 1981). NAMES tN THE NEWS BRYON MIDDLEKAUFF (Earth Sciences) pre­sented a paper October 2 on "Wisconsinion Biotic Shifts in the Central Appalnrhians" at the Appalachian Geography Conference held at Pipestem State Resort near Athens, West Va. KATHLEEN A. SANDQUIST (Speech and Theatre Arts) attended the N.C. Communication Asso­ciation's annual meeting Oct. 2-3 in Wil­mington. Dr . Sandquist is the association Archivist And has been on its executive council since 1976. She was elected to 1 three-year term as executive secretary (formerly called president) of the Cnro­lina Forensic Association this past summer and will be operating the Association ' s State Tournament for the next three yearf'. JERRY A. RICE (Administrntion, Curri..c•Jlum, and Instruction and director, Summer School), was recently appointed consultant to Madison High School for their Southern Association of Colleges and Schools self­evaluation. Dr. Rice has served as con­sultant to over 30 schools and sehoul systems in North Carolina during the past several years. BERT WILF.Y (Husic) attended the annual con­vention of the N.C. Music Teachers Associa­tion Oct. 16-18 at Salem College in Winston­Salem. He is college auditions chairman for the organization. RALPH DeVANE (Hathematics and C01nputer Science) was program chairman for the Eleventh Annual State Mathematics Con­ference held in Winston-Salem Sept . 25-26 . The conference theme was "Computers for Problem Solving--Key to the Curriculum of the '80s ." WCU math department members who addressed the 1100 participants were JOSEPH KLERLEIN, who spoke on ''The Pigeonhole Principle--What Do We Know When We Have Too Many Pigeons?", RON MARSHALL, who spoke on The Greatest Integer Func­tion"; and NICK NORGAARD, whose title was "From Steps to Boxes in Data Analysis . " RALPH WILLIS (also Mathematics and Com­puter Science) attended, during the con­ference, a committee meeting for the State High School Mathematics Contest, which is sponsored by the N.C. Council of Teachers of Mathematics. TOM O' TOOLE (History) and Dan Schafer of the University of North Florida have made five new 16mm color films on the peoples and cultures of West Africa now being dis­tributed by the University of ~linnesota. 1wo of these, The Bambara of Mali and The Dogon of Mali - Cliff Dwellers of Bandiagara, will be scheduled for an ex­tensive film series at the Renwick Gallery in Washington's Sm1thsonian Institution this fall . The series will accompany an exhibit titled "Celebration." JIM BUCKNER, ROBIN DAUER, JOF SCAGNOLI, -4- and MARIO GAETANO (Music) performed Oct. 1 with the Smoky Mountain British Brass Band under the direction of Richard Trevarthen. The performance was held in Moore Auditorium at ~~rs Hill College. BERT WILEY (also Music) is the newly appointed general mana­ger of the band. JIM BUCKNER, ROBIN DAUER, MARIO GAETANO, and ALEX LESUEUR (Music) performed Oct. 10 with the Asheville Symphony under the direc­tion of Robert Hart Baker. MAXIE BEAVER (also Music) is a member of the Asheville Symphony as well. PAUL HABERLAND (Modern Foreign Languages) moderated a panel discussion on "German­American Relationships Today" at the state meettng of the American Association of Teachers of German Oct. 9-10 in Charlotte. Discussants included members of the German Diplomatic Service. Four faculty members in the department of art have works included in the Ashevil le Art Museum's annual juried "October Show." WJLLIM1 LIDH, DAVID NICFOLS, and JOYCE BLUNK each havp two works .:. ·• the exhibi­tion, and LORI VAN HOUTEN is represented with one work. Van Houten received the second place award and Blunk the third place award in the category for three­dimensional works. Peter Morrin, curator, of modern art for the High Museum, Atlanta, juried the show. ~~IO GAETANO (Music) recently had one of his original compositions performed at East Carolina University. "Prelude for Harimba," composed in 1977, is a virtuoso solo and was performed in recital by marim­bist Mike August. Gaetano writes exclu­sively for percussion instruments . One of his compositions for percussion ensemble is scheduled to be performed in Brazil early next year. GENE BAILEY (Accounting and Information Systems) was the invited speaker of a colloquium sponsored by the Association of Computing Machinery for the math and com­puter science department at Middle Tennessee State University Oct. 12. The topic of his talk was "Machine Language Simulation." STAFf POSITION VACANCIES Apply at the Personnel Office, 330 UA/HHC, within 5 working day& from the date ol this publication unless otherwise noted. LIBRARY CLERK (III), Hunter Library: hir­ing rate, $8,820; high school or equiva­lency and one year office clerical exper­ience, preferably in a library. Prefer college background and supervisory ex­perience. Ability to work well with the public. Night supervisor position. Sunday through Thursday. LIBRARY CLERK (Il), Hunter Library; hiring rate, $7,764; high school or equivalency and be able to pass typing test at 38 net WPM. Requires knowledge of the OCI.C on­line cataloging system, filing rules for subject catalog, and an understandin~ ~r local processing and binding procedures. Accurate spelling required. STATISTICAL RES~\RCH ASSISTANT l, Inslitu­tional Studies and Planning; hiring r:~t e , $11,940; bachelor's degree in business or math and basic computer trainin~. Ability to organize nnd coordinate large pru l•·cts includin~ nu~·rous individuals or organl~n­tions. Be able to effectively ~rite busi­ness leLtera and edit written material. UNIVERSITY ADNINISTRATIVE ~IANi\CF.R 11, Center for lmprovin~ 1-lountain Livin1:: salary range ot $14,196 - $15,540 b.u;ed on qualifications; four-year deKrce in business admlnlslra"lon ~r relnted field aod one year of m~na&e~nt experience. ~k;st have the technical skllls plu~ be willing to travel and have the abllity to interact ef!eclively with loral government personnel. PoRitlnn is contingent upnn receipt of grant funds.

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