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  • 0 0 0 0 October 9, 2006 Newsfor the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University ar Terrence Mann Named to Theatre Program at WCU Terrence Mann Students in Western's musical theatre program soon will be learning from a Broadway veteran with a reputation for being a real "beast" on the set. Terrence Mann, who originated the role of the Beast in the Broadway production of "Beauty and the Beast," is the new Carolyn Plemmons Phillips and Ben R. Phillips Distinguished Professor in Musical Theatre. Mann, who earned Tony, Drama Desk and Outer Critics Circle nominations for best actor for: his performance of the Beast, joins the faculty beginning this fall semester. "Our students in the performing arts already have access to one of the best facilities to be found anywhere in our new Fine and Performing Arts Center. Having a two-time Tony Award nominee as a member of our faculty is a significant development for our musical theatre program," said Western Chancellor John W. Bardo. "Terrence Mann is widely regarded as a tremendous performer on stage and screen. a consummate director who can entice the finest performances from his actors, and an accomplished composer of musical scores. He will bring unsurpassed real­world experience that will be invaluable to our theatre students," Bardo said. Highlighting Mann's stage credits are several roles he originated on Broadway - a memorable turn as Rum Tum Tugger in "Cats," his Tony Award-nominated performance as Inspector Javert in "Les Miserables," and his portrayal of Chauvelin in "The Scarlett Pimpernel." He also has taken the Broadway stage in "Lennon," "The Rocky Horror Picture Show,'' "Getting Away With Murder," "A Christmas Carol," "Rags," "Barnum," "Jerome Robbins' Broadway" and "Jekyll and Hyde." Mann's film credits include "Critters," "A Chorus Line," "Big Top Pee Wee," and "Solar Babies," and he has appeared on television on "Law and Order," "Love Monkey," "Mrs. Santa Claus," "American Revolution" and "All My Children." He earned an Emmy Award nomination for his performance on the CBS show "As the World Turns." Director and composer for the musical adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet," Mann is founding artistic director of the Carolina Arts Festival and served as artistic director of the North Carolina Theatre for 14 years, directing more than 25 musical productions during his tenure. A graduate of the N.C. School of the Arts, he also was artistic director of "The Lost Colony," North Carolina's long-running outdoor drama. Continued on page 4 AJ!!.=.?:~CM~~ tournament, dancing, music, rafting, football begin at 8 p.m. at the Catamount " · and fun highlight the busy Homecoming Athletic Complex following the Lady 2006 weekend at Western on Oct. 13-15. Cats soccer match versus The College Western will host its 11th annual of Charleston. Also Friday is the Homecoming parade in downtown Sylva Alumni Scholarship Golf Tournament, beginning at 6:15p.m. Friday, Oct. 13. The teeing off at noon at Waynesville's parade will include community and Laurel Ridge Country Club. university floats, the Homecoming court, and Reservations are required. Western athletes, cheerleaders and the Pride The Homecoming king and queen of the Mountains Marching Band. A pre- will be announced at halftime during parade float-building party begins at 6 p.m. the Saturday, Oct. 14, football game Nursi11g alum11i recoil/leer at Homecoming. Thursday, Oct. 12, in the Ramsey Regional between Western and Southern Activity Center. Conference foe University of Tennessee at Following Friday's parade, a "Spirit Chattanooga. Kickoff is at 3:30 p.m. Night" celebration- including a pep rally, Before the game, Saturday events will . include an alumni breakfast, special tailgate parties and reunion luncheons for the classes of200J, 1996, 1991,1986, 1981, 1976, 1966, Co111inued 011 page 2 Award-Winning Novelist Thanks wcu librarv and George Frizzell 1n the author's note of ''Thirteen Moons," thirteen mCIQll:.f.l award-winning writer Charles Frazier thanks several people for helping him conduct research for the book including George Frizzell, head of special collections at Western Carolina University's Hunter Library. Frazier also expressed appreciation for the library itself. "I hope none of them will be too bothered by the liberties and detours I've taken with the facts they aimed me so directly toward," said Frazier in the book, which was released this week. The novel traces the life of an orphan boy whose experiences include running a remote Indian trading post and finding a family among the Cherokee. "Thirteen Moons" won praise in reviews in publications such as USA Today and Newsweek, and sales of the book placed it amongAmazon.com's top five sellers the day after its release. Brian Railsback, dean of the WCU Honors College, said he was able to read an advance copy that Frazier's wife Katherine sent to him. "It is an incredibly researched, poetic portrait of life in our mountains during the most tumultuous period for the Cherokee people," said Railsback. "I believe this novel will prove to be very important for our region and Cherokee in particular. It's a literary epic, and a magnificent read." Frazier's first book, "Cold Mountain," spent a combined 94 weeks on the New York Times best-seller list in hardcover and paperback versions, and was adapted into a movie. The book also won the 1997 National Book Award for Fiction. The author's ties to Western include family ties, too. His father, Charles 0 . Frazier, earned his bachelor's degree in business education from Western in 1947 and later an education specialist degree. To honor him, Frazier and his wife established through their Cold Mountain Foundation the Charles 0. Frazier Endowed Scholarship Fund that helps students from Macon County attend WCU. ·by TERESA KILLIAN WCU Art Series to Present "Man of Constant Sorrow" The Fine and Performing Arts Center at Western Carolina University will continue its "Galaxy of Stars: Legends on Stage" series with an evening of old time, bluegrass and gospel music with the biographical play "Man of Constant Sorrow" at 7:30p.m. Monday, Oct.l6. The play features some of the original music made famous by the Stanley Brothers as well as other traditional Appalachian songs. In the story, Ralph and Carter Stanley struggle to find an audience for their music at a time when bluegrass and mountain music were being replaced on the radio by country and rock. Despite pressure from the record labels to switch to rock 'n' roll, the duo remained loyal to its traditional roots. Following the untimely death of his brother Carter, Ralph resigns himself to a life of obscurity and performing for small audiences. That changed when their music gained national prominence from the unprecedented success of the soundtrack for the movie "0 Brother Where Art Thou?" The Grammy Award-winning sound­track featured two Stanley Brothers' songs - "0 Death" and "Man of Constant Sorrow." Tickets are $25 for adults, $20 for senior citizens 60 and older, $20 for WCU faculty and staff, and $5 for students ages 5 and up. Group rates also are available. For more information about performances, call the Fine and Performing Arts Center box office at (828) 227-2479 or visit the Web site at http://fapac.wcu.edu/. WCU's Debo Receives AA UW Grant of $6,000 Annette Debo, assistant professor of English, is recipient of a grant from the American Association of University Women Educational Foundation to assist her in finishing her project "The American H.D.: Theorizing Modernist Identity." Allnette Debo Debo's monograph was one of 58 projects chosen for funding by the foundation out of 738 applications. She is receiving an American Summer/Short-Term Research Publication Grant of $6,000. Debo's project addresses the significance of nationality in the artistic vision of modernist writer Hilda Doolittle. "Hilda Doolittle serves as an important subject for study because of her versatile career that stretched from 1909. to 1961," Debo said. "She was a major American writer who lived her adult life abroad, a poet who also wrote experimental novels, a white writer with ties to the Harlem Renaissance, an intellectual who collaborated on avant-garde films, and an upper­middle- class woman who refused to follow gender conventions." Debo's study looks at Doolittle's early life in the United States and her continuing personal ties, including new information about her studies at the Univers.ity of Pennsylvania and her pivotal literary friendships with American writers Marianne Moore and Sylvia Beach. Debo has been a member of the WCU faculty since 2001. She earned bachelor's and master's degrees at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, and her doctoral degree at the University of Maryland. October 9, 2006 • The Reporter • page 2 ff~ l?6 cominuedfrompagel 1956 and 1946. Reservations are required for the breakfast. Post-game activities include StompFest 2006, a step-show competition among African­American fraternity and sorority groups. On Sunday, Oct. 15, a homecoming weekend rafting trip will be held on the Nantahala River at 10 a.m. Registration is required. The week­end festivities will conclude later in the day with a performance by Western's Inspirational Choir at 3:30p.m. in the Grandroom of A.K. Hinds University Center. For reservations or more information, call the Office of Alumni Affairs at (828) 227-7335; or the A.K. Hinds University Center offices at (828) 227-7206. ~ Newsfile ..,. Don Livingston, professor of political science and public affairs, was recently selected by the North Carolina Political Science Association at its annual meeting to serve as the organization's representative to the editorial board of Politics and Policy, a highly respected professional, refereed journal in the discipline of political science and public affairs. ..,. Laura Myers, visiting professor in the department of applied criminology, has been selected to serve a second term as editor of the Journal of Knowledge and Best Practices in Juvenile Justice and Psychology. Myers is a founding editor of this journal, which shares information about programs and policies effec­tive in reducing juvenile crime. Past topics have included identifying risk factors involved with youth dating violence and the appropriateness of juvenile transfer to adult court. ..,. "Saints at the River," a novel by Ron Rash, the Parris Distinguished Professor of Appala­chian Cultural Studies, is the 2006 selection for Together We Read. Now in its fourth year, Together We Read is a community reading program designed to get people in 16 Western North Carolina counties reading and discussing the same book. Events are scheduled throughout the region through December. ..,. Sara Stoltenburg, director of the Women's Center, has been nominated to serve a three-year term on the National Women's Studies Associ­ation's Women's Center Advisory Council. The organization supports the scholarship and best practices of women's centers, including develop­ing research, documenting resources, building network alliances and designing projects sup­porting women's centers. Stoltenburg has been appointed to the council's assessment committee. ..,. Tri-Village Local Schools of New Madison, Ohio, recently honored Lucian Szlizewski, visiting assistant professor in educational leadership and foundations, for his work as a principal and superintendent with the naming of the "Dr. Lucian A. Szlizewski Commons Area" in the Tri-Village K-12 Building. Monday, Oct. 9 Hispanic Heritage Month- "Proyecto Panama," WCU conununity members who completed community service projects in Panama. 7-8:30 p.m. Cullowhee United Methcxlist Church. (227-3761) Tuesday, Oct. I 0-Thursday, Oct 12 Blood drive-Appointments recommended. 12:30- 6 p.m. Grandroom, UC. (http://www.membersforlife. org/cbsr/schedule) Tuesday, Oct. I 0 Academic forum - discussion of college reorganizat­ion and other items. 3:30-5 p.m. Theater, UC. (227-7495) Appalachian Folklife Series- "Telling Mountain Stories;· Cece Conway, author and 111m producer. 5:30-6:30 p.m. Auditorium, MHC. (227-7129) Lady Catamount volleyball- vs. Davidson. Southern Conference game. $. 7 p.m. RRAC. (227-7338) Concert-WCU Wind Ensemble. 8 p.m. Performance Hall. FAPAC. (227-7242) Wednesday, Oct. I I Homecoming Community Service-"Food for Kids," new project for Community Table of Jackson County. 10 a.m.-4 p.m. UC. (227-7184) Hispanic Heritage Month-"Latin American Artifacts: Who Owns Them," Anna Fariello, craft revival project leader, Hunter Library. 6:30p.m. Fine Art Museum. FAPAC. (227 -3761) Lectures, Concerts and Exhibitions Series- "Male Ego: Spoken Word," four male poets bring vulnerability, humility a.nd hqnesty as they address their fears in performance. 9 p.m. Club Illusions, UC. (227-7206) Thursday, Oct. 12-Sunday, Oct. IS Theatre-"A Grand Night for Singing," the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein. Thursday-Saturday, 7:30p.m.; Sunday, 3 p.m.$. Studio Theatre, FAPAC. (227-2479) Thursday, Oct. 12 Meeting- Staff Forum. 8:30-10:30 a.m. Cardinal Room, UC. (227-2412) Friday, Oct. 13 Hispanic Heritage Month- "From Guatemala to Bolivia in Eleven Months of Adventures," Lorraine Maloof, biology instructor. 12:30-1:30 p.m. Room 121, McKee Building. (227-3761) Parade-Homecoming 2006 Parade. 6:15 p.m. Main Street. Sylva (227-7335) Oktoberfest-Ciub members and their guests enjoy food, drink and music. 6:30-9:30 p.m. University Club. (227-3861) Lady Catamount soccer- vs. College of Charleston. Southern Conference game.$. 7 p.m. CAC. (227-7338) Reception- WCU Nurses· Alumni Association. 7 p.m. Moore Hall. (828-679-8810) Spirit Night- pep rally. music, food and fireworks. 8 p.m. CAC. (227-7335) Saturday, Oct. 14 Catamount football - vs. Chattanooga Southern Conference game. Homecoming. $. 3:30p.m. WS/BW. (227-7338) Sunday, Oct. IS Hispamc Heritage Month- closing celebration, featuring keynote speaker Rosa Rosales, president, League of United Latin American Citizens; Mexican folkloric dancing group; live Latino band; and refreshments. 2-5 p.m. Fine Arts Center, Bryson City. (227-3761) Homecoming concert- WCU Inspirational Choir. 3:30 p.m. Grandroom. UC. (227-7234) Monday, Oct. 16 Legends on Stage- "Man of Constant Sorrow: The Story of Ralph and Carter Stanley," featuring classic traditional folk and bluegrass songs.$. 7:30p.m. FAPAC. (227-2479) Wednesday, Oct. 18-Sunday, Oct. 22 Fall holiday-no classes. Friday, Oct. 20 Lady Catamount soccer-vs. Georgia Southern. Southern Conference game.$. Noon. CAC. (227-7338) Saturday, Oct. 21 Tournament of Champions- Elite high school marching band competition with WCU Pride of the Mountains performances. Preliminary competition 8:45 a.m.; finals 7 p.m. WS!BW. (227-2259) Sunday, Oct. 22 Nature's 'fracks-"Owl Pellets." Reservations required 2:30-3:30 p.m. MHC. (227-7129) Submissions: Send news items and calendar notices to WCU Calendar, 1601 Ramsey Cemer, Western Carolina University. Cullowhee. NC 28723 or e-mail to: Reporter@email.wcu.edu. Submit items for the university's online calendar at least orte week prior to the event. Exhibits Mountain Heritage Center Gallery A: "Migration of the Scotch-Irish Pcople.''lncludes text panels, iliustmtions, artifacts and vibrant murals that trace the Scotch-Irish Appalachian settlers from Ulster to Pennsylvania, through the Shenandoah Valley, and into Western North Carolina. Permanent exhibit. Gallery B: "Transformations: Cherokee Baskets in the Twentieth Century, Part!." The extraordinary skill of Cherokee weavers who transformed customs to participate in changing economies and communities. Through Oct. 29. GalleryC: "After the War: Conflict and Domestic Change in the North Carolina Mountains." Portrays how wars and their aftermath have shaped the lives of people and communities in Western North Carolina. Through May 2007. Lobby: "People of the Land," and "Mountain Heritage Day Award Winner." Ongoing exhibitions. Slideshow Spotlight FOR OCTOBER: "Going Places: Travel and Tourism in Western North Carolina" portrays the history of the tourism industry that developed in the early 19th century. Mountain Heritage Center hours: 8 a.rn.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday; and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. (227-7129 or WW\~.wcu.edulmhc) Fine Art Museum Fine and Perfonning Arts Center "WORLDVIEWS. Selections from Western Carolina University's Permanent Collection and New Acquisitions." Continuing exhibit. "The Kimmel Collection: Art Thal Works, A Celebration of Art and Design." Through Nov. II. Fine Art Museum hours: Tuesday-Thursday, 11 a.m.-6 p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; first Saturday of each month 1-4 p.m. Suggested donation: $5 family, $3 ind.ividual. free to children under 12 and students with school ID. (227-3591 or http://fapac.wcu .edu) Key: $-Admission fee; BB-Belk Building; CAC-CatamountAthletic Center; CAT -Center for Applied Technology; CCB-Cordelia Camp Building; CSC-Catamount Softball Complex; FAPAC-Fine and Perfonning Arts Center; HA-Hoey Auditorium; HFR-H.F. Robinson Administration Building; HS/CF-Hennon Stadium/Childress Field; MHC-Mountain Heritage Center; NSA-Natur.tl Sciences Auditorium; RH-Recital Hall, Coulter Building; RRAC-Ramsey Regional Activity Center; UC-A.K. Hinds University Center; WS/BW- Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field. October 9, 2006 • The Reporter • page 3 Mountain Heritage DBV MOIDIDI ~Reporter 1 Office of Public Relations Publications Department 1601 Ramsey Center Cullowhee NC 28723 De/oise Anderson, who Tf!Cenlly Tf!tirtd as WCU'.r clthf of police after more tlum two decades of service to the university, was hoMred at Mountain Heritage Day as recipient of the 2006 Eva Adcock Award. The award is given by the festival organizing committee to a committtt member who has provided exceptional and significant service to Mountain Heritage Day. The award is 1UIIIII!d in honor of the /ale Eva Adcock, whose strong leadership and dedication to Southern Appalachian nnuic and dance helped 111/JU Mountain Heritage Day a sucassfrom its earliest years. Charities Need Help Through Annual State Emplovees Combined Campaign Members of the Western Carolina University community are being asked to consider giving to their favorite charities through the annual North Carolina State Employees Combined Campaign, which is now under way. The State Employees Combined Campaign provides all state employees, including employees of Western Carolina University. opportunities to support charitable causes and to help those in need. The annual fundraising effort at Western, which continues through Tuesday, Oct. 31, provides an opportunity for all employees to assist nearly J ,000 charitable organizations that provide valuable community services. This campaign is the only officially sanctioned fund drive conducted on the WCU campus. In the 20-year history of the campaign, state employees across North Carolina's l 00 counties have donated close to $60 million to charitable organizations. Last year, WCU faculty and staff, retirees and students contributed 39,757, the largest amount ever raised on the Western campus and an amount far above the year's goal of $37,000. This year's goal for the WCU campus is $38,000. "The contributions to your favorite charities given as part of this campaign are significant and do make a difference in the lives of those in need," said Robert Orr, Western's associate chief information officer and 2006 WCU campaign chairperson. "In the past, Western colleagues have supported health research, protected the environment, provided care for abandoned animals, funded scholarships, supported the arts and assisted those needing a helping hand here in our local communities." Contributions by permanent employees can be made by payroll deduction, and all employees, retirees and students may contribute by check or cash. All contributions are tax deductible. "Western's contribution to the State Em­ployees Combined Campaign is yet another example of the compassion and generosity that characterizes Western employees and retirees," said Orr. For more information. contact Robert Orr by phone at (828) 227-7282 or by e-mail at orr@email. wcu.edu. -by BESSIE DIETRICH NON-PROFIT ORG US POSTAGE PAID CULLOWHEE NC PERMIT NO I Broadway Mann continuedfrompage I "We are pleased to have Terrence Mann join our ouL>tanding faculty in the theatre arts and music," said Provost Kyle Carter. "Adding someone of his caliber to the program will help our graduates leave the university well prepared for careers in theatre." As Western's Phillips Distinguished Professor in Musical Theatre, Mann will lead a program of study designed to provide students with practical work-related experience, build skills needed in both music and theatre, and work on developing on- and off-<:ampus opportunities for undergraduate students to gain training in musical theatre traditions, practices, culture and history. "Mr. Mann provides a vital link to the musical theatre profession," said Robert Kehrberg, interim dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. "Students will have access to first-hand experiences of the stage and screen in musical theatre- this is how it's done, this is how you get there, and this is what you need to learn." The endowed professorship was made possible by a gift from the estate of the late Carolyn P. Phillips of Waynesville. The professorship in Musical Theatre, established in 2000, was hailed as the first such commitment to musical theatre studies in the University of North Carolina system. The Reporter is published by the Office of Public Relations. - by BILL STUDENC Mail faculty/staff notes, events, notices, and changes of address to: The Reporter, 160 I Ramsey Center, or send them via e-mail to: Reporter@email.wcu.edu. 1,&50 roptc~ uf 1Jus public document were pnnred at a ~r of S:\89.45. or W.21 per L'O[)y. Wc~tcm Camlina Umvmit:r 1~ a UNC crunpw1 and nn Equal Orportumty lnsututmn. October 9, 2006 • The Reporter • page 4 October 23, 2006 News for the Faculty and Sta.ffofWestern Carolina University HELP WANTED Reorganization, Retirements Result In Searches for Deans Provost Kyle Carter expects Western to hire six deans in the next nine months, if the University of North Carolina Board of Governors approves in November the university's proposed academic reorganization. That's a lot of leadership shoes to fill at a university that has seven dean jobs now and would have nine under a reorganization that could take effect as early as July 1. "We have an unusual number of dean positions to fill at one time, a condition that resulted from retirements, resignations and the reorganization," Carter said. "Although having this many openings challenges the campus, it is a great opportunity to find leaders that will help the campus move toward the vision of the chancellor and board of trustees." The proposal creates two new colleges (Fine and Performing Arts, and Health and Human Sciences) and a school (Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology); eliminates, in name, an existing college (Applied Sciences) through reassigning its programs and departments; and strategically reassigns and clusters other academic programs. "The magnitude of this reorganization dwarfs any similar reorgani­zation in the history of this university," Carter said. "This is huge." Provost Kyle Carter speaks at a standing room only academic forum this month. Among the logistical questions that have to be answered is who will lead the new and the reclustered academic units, and Carter addressed the question at a standing-room only academic forum this month. Currently, in anticipation of the reorganization, three of Western's deans are serving on an interim basis, and a fourth, Leroy Kauffman in the College of Business, plans to step down this summer to return to teaching. Under the reorganization, one of those interim dean positions (Applied Sciences) would disappear, and the university would hire deans for the remaining three (Research and Graduate Studies, Arts and Sciences, and Business). The reorganization creates new deans to lead the Kimmel School of Construction Management, Engineering and Technology, a new College of Fine and Performing Arts, and a new College of Health and Human Sciences. continued on page 2 New Book by Professor Examines Life in '7he People's Universities" In his newly published book, a veteran Western professor provides an intimate look at the inner workings of regional comprehensive universities, which provide a college education to an increasing percentage of Americans but have traditionally been neglected by scholars of higher education. Bruce B. Henderson, professor of psychol­ogy, draws on his nearly 30 years of experi­ence in such smaller regional institutions for "Teaching at the People's University," published by Anker Publishing Co. A member of the psychology faculty at Western since 1978, Henderson contends that state compre­hensive universities (also known as SCUs) traditionally and unfortunately have been held in lower esteem than the nation's major research institutions. some of the myths about such institutions. The book also serves as a roadmap to young professors and administrators who are going to work in increasing numbers "In many ways, it is the state comprehensive universi­ties that have made college degrees possible for children of the lower and middle classes," Henderson said. "These universities have been willing to provide practical, job-oriented degrees in many fields, from education to the Bruce Henderson discusses his new book. "Teaching at the People's University," with a faculty colleague. at SCUs, many of which, including WCU, have their roots in normal schools and teachers' colleges health sciences. The state comprehensive universities have been, in effect, the people's universities." In his book, Henderson attempts to shatter and have evolved over the years to provide a wide array of academic programs at the undergraduate and graduate levels. continued on page 2 Body Talk: Documentary, Events Encourage Healthy Self Image Too fat. Too short. Too tall. Too many college students let standards of beauty from the movies or models define them in unhealthy ways, and Beth Walden wanted to do something about it. So, the international student adviser volunteered to be recorded for this year's installment of The Body Project documentary. The video of personal, candid discussion from people at WCU about body image will be shown in classes and at a Love Your Body Day event Thesday, Oct. 24. "Love Your Body Day, simply put, is about loving your body as it is right now," said Sara Stoltenburg, director of the Women's Center. Other events include a round-table discussion about women, disabilities and body image; and a fashion show. "Women and men of all sizes, shapes and ethnicities participate in the fashion show, including faculty and staff," Stoltenburg said. "Participants are asked to wear an outfit that makes them feel comfortable, powerful or sexy." Part of the goal is to raise awareness of the standards of beauty projected in the media, and then encourage people to realize they can set their own standards of what beauty is. Tanisha McClain, an intern in the Women's Center in charge of The Body Project this fall, said talking about the issues so many women struggle with at Love Your Body Day events or through The Body Project's radio show or documentary is enlightening and empowering. Walden said she wasn't nervous about participating until the lights dimmed in a room called the "Photo Booth" in the Women's Center, and she was alone with a video camera and a list of questions: How do you feel about your body? What do you think of the fashion ads in magazines? Do you like to work out? Do people treat you differently depending on what you wear? "What was really interesting was noting what questions I chose not to answer or did not want to answer. I sat down afterward and thought about why I wasn't comfortable with this or that question, especially things like 'When you go bathing suit shopping, how do you feel?'" said Walden. "A person's body is something they should have a healthy relationship with, whether that's drinking enough water or physical activity. Your body is different and special, and you should be proud." - by TERESA KILLIAN New Book continuedfrompage I "There are not available resources specifically directed at newly hired faculty and professional staff at these important institutions to help them understand that their new environment is different from the major research institutions where most of them obtained their graduate educations," Henderson said. "There. are special problems that faculty encounter at SCUs, but there also are major advantages in working at a comprehensive university over a research university," he said. "Early in my career, I sometimes struggled with under­standing my new environment. I would like to help others come to that understanding more quickly and easily."· Henderson said he also wanted to dispel soine of the negative and misleading assumptions about academic life at SCUs to help new faculty members avoid role conflict and adapt their expectations to enable them to have rewarding careers that benefit their students and their institutions. - by BILL STUDENC HELP WANTED continued from page 1 Here's how Carter proposes filling the jobs: • A national search is under way to hire a dean for the College of Business. • National searches also would be launched to hire deans to lead the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Health and Human Sciences. • Internal searches, pending faculty review and evaluation, are being con­sidered to hire deans of Research and Graduate Studies, the Kimmel School, and the proposed College of Fine and Performing Arts. Update: Position College of Business Health/Human Sciences Arts and Science Fine and Performing Arts Kimmel School Graduate School Deans Searches Status Search Consultant meeting National with constituents Pending BOG National Pending BOG National Pending BOG Internal-Depends on advice of faculty Being formed as Internal-Depends on independent unit advice of faculty Search in Progress Internal-pending recommendation of Senate "The choice to do an internal search depends upon the type of leadership one needs for the unit at the time. Sometimes you need leaders who can focus on local issues; at other times leaders must have a much larger external vision," Carter said. "Further, I don't ever want to do a search where the conclusion is already known. Searches take a lot of resources-not only money but also your time and talents." In other topics at the forum, Carter highlighted the need for Western to focus on enrollment, retention and graduation. The university's fall enrollment of 8,861, while a record, fell short of the 9,084 goal. "It's important that we close that gap," said Carter, who explained that the university's funding is linked to enrollment figures. "The budget that we've been given, and what we've earned, is out of balance." Carter discussed strategies to address retention and other issues, including the need for more efficient class scheduling and reviewing degree requirements to help students graduate in four years. He also said the university will focus on advising using a case management approach, and he encouraged faculty at the forum to remember they are the frontline in identify­ing students who may need additional help in order to keep working toward their academic goals. "We are going to grow into our budget," Carter said. "There's no doubt about it." - by TERESA KILLIAN WCU Physical Ed Professor Honored by State Association Bob Beaudet, associate professor of health and human performance at Western, has been named the university physical education teacher of the year by the North Carolina Alliance for Athletics, Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. Beaudet earned his bachelor's degree and master's degree at the University of South Florida, and his doctoral degree at Florida State University. He joined Western's faculty in 2002. "I've had the opportunity to observe Dr. Beaudet in all aspects of his job as an associate professor in my department. First of all, he is an outstanding teacher. He has an excellent relationship with his students," said David Claxton, head of the department of health and human performance. "He sets challenging goals for his students and then helps his students reach them." Bob Beaudet, associate professor of health and human performance, demonstrates the sport of "pickle ball" to students. Beaudet's main focus is to teach college students how to work with elementary and high school students. His favorite part is having his students work with children who have disabilities. "Working with students who have disabilities has double benefits," said Beaud.et. "It's rewarding to the students with disabilities because they get one-on-one attentiOn to help with their movement skills. It's also rewarding for the college students, who have a whole new world of physical education presented to them." Beaudet said he is honored to be recognized with the award. "It was a big surprise for me," said Beaudet. "It's quite an honor to be recognized by my peers." This marks the second consecutive year a WCU faculty member received the NCAAHPERD award. Danny Grube, associate professor and director of the physical education program, received the award last year. - by BESSIE DIETRICH October 23, 2006 • The Reporter • page 2 October Monday, Oct. 23 Open forum-Quality Enhancement Plan. Refreshments 1:30 p.m.; meeting 2-3 p.m. Theater, UC. (227-7497) Art workshop-mosaics.$. 7 p.m. Room 150, FAPAC. (227-3458) Tuesday, Oct. 24 Love Your Body-Roundtable discussion about women, physical disabilities and images and perceptions of "The Body." Noon. Grandroom, UC. (227-2627) "Telling Mountain Stories" folk life series-Kathi Smith Littlejohn, Cherokee storyteller. 5:30p.m. Auditorium. MHC. (227-7129) Lady Catamount voUeyball-vs. Wofford. Southern Conference game. $. 7 p.m. RRAC. (227-7338) Art workshop-mosaics.$. 7 p.m. Room 150, FAPAC. (227-3458) The Body Project Film/Documentary-WCU students, faculty and staff talk personally and frankly about body image and appearance issues. 7 p.m. Theater, UC. (227-2627) Catamount Concert Series-Smoky Mountain Brass Quintet. 8 p.m. RH. (227-7242) Wednesday, Oct. 25 Phi Beta Delta Honor Society brown bag lunch ­" Power of the People: Bottom-up Solutions to Hunger." Ted Coyle, anthropology and sociology. Noon- 1 p.m. Catamount Room, UC. (227-7494) Roundtable-"Building a Stronger Bridge Between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs." 2:3~ p.m. Cardinal Room, UC. (227-7184) Meeting-Faculty Senate. 3-5 p.m. Room 104, Killian Building. (227-7495) Love Your Body Fashion Show-an all-around loving-your-body-as-it-is-right now event. 7 p.m. Dlusions, UC. (227-2627) Thursday, Oct. 26 Concert-WCU Concert Choir and Early Music Ensemble. 8 p.m. RH. (227-7242) Friday, Oct. 27-Saturday, Oct. 28 Competition-2006 North Carolina Theatre Conference High School Play Festival regional event. FAPAC. (227-2092) Sunday, Oct. 29 Lady Catamount soccer-vs. Elon. Southern Conference game. Senior Day. $. 2 p.m. CAC. (227-7338) Lady Catamount volleyball-vs. Georgia Southern. Southern Conference game. $. 2 p.m. RRAC. (227-7338) Exhibit reception - for "Transformations: Cherokee Baskets in the Twentieth Century." 3- 5 p.m. MHC. (227-7129) 2006 Monday, Oct. 30 Presentation-''Own the Room: Keeping Students Awake and Engaged in the Liberal Studies Classroom," Leah Hampton. winner of the Excellence in Teaching Liberal Studies Award. 12:15 p.m. Multipurpose Room, UC. (227-2093) Tuesday, Oct. 3 I Seminar- "Export Controls Compliance," David Lombard Harrison, associate vice president for legal affairs, UNC General Administration. 9-11 a.m. Multipurpose Room, UC. (227-7398 or 227-7116) Catamount Concert Series­guest artist Michael Lowenstern. bass clarinet. 8 p.m. RH. (227-7242) Nouember Wednesday, Nov. I Appalachian Cultural Lunchtime Series-George Ellison, naturalist and writer. 12:15-1 p.m. MHC. (227-7129) Thursday, Nov. 2 Master class- for actors, presented by Terrence Mann, Phillips Distinguished Professor in Musical Theatre. 7 p.m. Niggli Theatre. (227-3726) Friday, Nov. 3 Conference-"Mountains of Adventure," 14th annual Adventure Education Conference.$. 8 a.m.-3:30p.m. uc. (227-3844) Soccer- semifinals round of Southern Conference Championship.$. 4:30p.m. and 7 p.m. CAC. (227-7338) ·Master class-for singers, presented by Terrence Mann, Phillips Distinguished Professor in Musical Theatre. 7:30p.m. RH. (227-3726) Saturday, Nov. 4 Open auditions-for WCU's Feb. 2007 production of Meredith Willson's "The Music Man." 2 p.m. RH. (227-3726) Lady Catamount basketball-vs. Mars Hill. Exhibition game. 4 p.m. RRAC. (227-7338) Sunday, Nov. 5 Soccer-finals round of Southern Conference Championship. $. I p.m. CAC. (227-7338) Arti-Facts!-"Corn Shuck Dolls." 2:30-3:30. MHC. (227-7129) October 23,2006 • The Reporter • page 3 Exhibits Mountain Heritage Center Gallery A: " Migration of the Scotch-Irish People. ·• Permanent exhibit. Gallery B: "Transformations: Cherokee Basket in the Twentieth Century, Part I." Through Oct. 29. OPENING NOV. 7: "Cherokee Baskets in the Twentieth Century, Part II." Through Jan. 26. GalleryC: "After the War: Conflict and Domestic Change in the North Carolina Mountains." Through May 2007. Lobby: "People of the Land," and "Mountain Heritage Day Award Winner." Ongoing exhibitions. Slideshow Spotlight FOR OCTOBER: "Going Places: Travel and Tourism in Western North Carolina" portrays the history of the tourism industry that developed in the early 19th century. FOR NOVEMBER: "New Threads in Old Patterns" features coverlets and tells the story of the handi­craft revival in Southern Appalachia. Mountain Heritage Center hours: 8 am.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday (227-7129 or www.wcu.edu/mhc) Fine Art Museum Fine and Perfonning Arts Center "WORLDVIEWS. Selections from Western Carolina University's Permanent Collection and New Acquisitions." Continuing exhibit. "The Kimmel Collection: Art That Works, A Celebration of Art and Design." Through Nov. 11. OPENING NOV. 1: "Crossing Boundaries: Maintaining Fiber Traditions." Featuring 22 fiber artists. Through Dec. 16. Fine Art Museum hours: Tuesday-Thursday, II a.m.--{) p.m.; Friday 11 a.m.- 4 p.m.; first Saturday of each month 1-4 p.m. (227-3591 or http://fapac.wcu.edu) Submissions: Send news items and calendar notices to WCU Calendar, 1601 Ramsey Center, Western Carolina University, Cullowhee, NC 28723 or e-mail to: Reporter@email.wcu.edu. Submit items for the university's online calendar at least one week prior to the event. Key: $-Admission fee; BB-8elk Building; CAC-Catamount Athletic Center; CAT -Center for Applied Technology; CCB--Cordelia Camp Building; CSC-Catamount Softball Complex: FAPAC-Fine and Perfonning ArtS Center; HA-Hoey Auditorium; HFR-H.F. Robinson Administration Building; HS/CF­Hennon Stadium/Childress Field; MHC-Mountain Heritage Center; NSA-Natural Sciences Auditorium; RH-Recital Hall, Coulter Building; RRAC-Ramsey Regional Activity Center; UC--A.K. Hinds University Center; WS/BW-Whitmire Stadium/Bob Waters Field. ~ Newsfile ~ Liz Simmons-Rowland, assistant professor of nursing, and Charles Tucker, assistant professor of nursing, recently · participated in the annual Mountain Area Health Education Center "Health Careers Educational Awareness Conference" in Asheville. Simmons-Rowland assisted with registration and served as moderator for two sessions-health career success, and planning and preparation. Tucker, Simmons- Rowland, and three senior nursing students represented the WCU nursing program at an exhibition booth to provide information to high school students considering nursing as a career. ~ Chief Tom Johnson and Officer Tom Walawender of the University Police Department recently completed the Basic Law Enforcement Training Program and successfully passed the statewide examina­tion for certification as law enforcement officers in North Carolina. The BLET curriculum is designed to prepare entry-level individuals or officers transferring from other states with the cognitive and physical skills needed to become certified law enforcement officers in North Carolina. The course is composed of 35 separate blocks of instruction to include topics such as firearms, driver training, motor vehicle law, and arrest, search and seizure. ~ John LeBaron, Jay M. Robinson Distinguished Professor in Educational Technologies, delivered a keynote address titled "Seismic Patterns in the Communica­tion Patterns of Youth: What this Means for Schooling" to the EcoMedia 2006 Confer­ence in Wolfs berg, Austria, on Oct. 8. The conference inaugurated a series of annual symposia of the European Socrates Comenius 3 Project, a communications network of schools and universities dedicated to the advancement of information communications technology through institutional partnerships across Europe. It is jointly supported by the European Union and the Austrian Ministry of Education and Culture as part of a larger EU program involving 19 countries. ~ Mario Gaetano, professor of percus­sion, has received a 2006-07 ASCAPLUS Award in the concert music division from the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers. Awards are granted by an independent panel based upon the unique prestige value of each writer's catalog of original compositions, as well as recent performances. This year's panel for the concert music division was Judith Clurman, director of choral activities, The Juilliard School; H. Robert Reynolds, professor emeritus, University of Michigan; and Steve Smith, classical music editor for Time Out New York. Gaetano also published the article "2006 Composition Contest Winners" in the October edition of Percussive Notes Magazine. Iteporter 1 Office of Public Rel ations Publications Department 1601 Ramsey Center Cullowhee NC 28723 NON-PROFIT ORG l}S POSTAGE PAID CULLOWHEE NC PERMITNO I WCU Eating Disorder Treatment Team Shares Approach in Popular Manual The first 50 copies of a manual about Western's innovative approach to helping students with eating disorders quickly sold out, and the second edition is at the printer with a waiting list 100 copies long and counting. Initial copies were made available to health professionals at the March 2005 Southern College Health Association conference, where WCU staff gave a presentation about eating disorders. Conference attendees passed the information on to other universities, and interest in the manual has continued to grow. "The response has been truly unbelievable," said June Wytock, a staff psychologist in the Counseling and Psychological Services Center who edited the publication. "I never expected this manual to be so popular. We had a waiting list of more than 50 universities from around the country and as far away as Wales and Canada that want copies." The manual, "Guidelines for the Assessment and Management of Students with Eating Disorders in a University Setting,'' details how Western's Health Center, Counseling and Psychological Services Center, Fitness Center, Athletics Department, Office of Residential June Wytock Living, Wellness Center, and Division of Student Affairs work together to reach out to students who may have an eating disorder. Topics range from how to conduct a caring intervention to examples of the forms students sign to accept or refuse services. "I have found that it is fairly common for large universities to have this type of col­laboration, but not so common for midsize or smaller sized universities,'' said Wytock, who founded WCU's Eating Disorders Treatment Team in 1991. "I am delighted with the response." - by TERESA KILLIAN The Re porter is published by the Office of Public Relations. Mail faculty/staff notes, events. notices, and changes of address to: The Reporter, 160 I Ramsey Center, or send them via e-mail to: Reporter@email.wcu.edu. 1,850 copies of this public document were printed :at a cost of $389.45, or $0.21 per copy. Western is a UNC campus and an Equal Opportumty lnstitutton. October 23, 2006 • The Reporter • page 4

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