A newsletter
March

1.

for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

1985

Jones among
three final

candidates

five of the finalists had the
opportunity to assess the
various aspects of campus,

academic and community concerns through public forums

with the university community.
In addition, they
is
met with individual groups
expected to be named on March from vice presidents to stu19 by officials of the State
dents.
System of Higher Education.
Jones, Ausprich and Shaar
The appointment came a step all spent a day this week in
closer to reality on last
Harrisburg in interviews with
week when the Presidential
SSHE Chancellor James H.
Search Committee of the uniMcCormick and other SSHE
versity narrowed the top canofficials. The incoming predidate selections to three.
sident can negotiate up to a
Following approval by the
three-year contract.
His
university's Council of
salary will be $65,000 a
Trustees, the names were foryear.
warded to the Chancellor's
Jones came to Bloomsburg in
office in Harrisburg.
1981 was provost and vice
Selected were Larry W. Jones, president for academic
current interim president at
affairs under McCormick, who
BU; Harry Ausprich, dean of
served as the university's
the College of Fine and
president for 10 years before
Professional Arts at Kent
becoming chancellor. Jones
State University;
and H.
served as acting president
Erik Shaar, vice president
from July 1983 to June 1984
for academic affairs at
and interim president from
Shippensburg University.
July 1984 to present.
He was
Robert Buehner, vice
a former academic vice presichairman of the BU Council of
dent and dean of the faculty
Trustees, chaired the
at Eastern Montana College in
12-member Presidential Search
Billings, Mont.
Committee which represented
Ausprich has been dean of
the university community.
the College of Fine and
"We had a very difficult
Professional Arts at Kent
decision.
More than 90 canState University in Ohio
didates initially applied for
since 1978.
He is also a
the position.
That number
former arts and humanities
was narrowed to 20, then to
dean at the State University
11, five and finally three.
of New York at Buffalo and
"The input from all the
the University of Northern
campus segments played a
Iowa.
vital role in helping the
Shaar has been academic
committee determine the final
vice president at
three," Buehner said.
All
Shippensburg since 1981.
He

A new

president of
Bloomsburg University

a former acting president
at both Shippensburg and East
is

Stroudsburg universities.
He
also served as academic
affairs director at Chicago
State University.
Serving on the committee
with Buehner were three other
trustees, three faculty members, two administrators, a
student, an alumnus and a
staff

member.

General faculty
meeting set for
March 21
A

general faculty meeting
scheduled for 3:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 21, in the
Multipurpose Room of the Kehr
Union Building.
According to Dr. Kalyan
Ghosh, provost and vice pre-

is

the agenda for the
meeting will include information about 1985 enrollment
figures, coming registration
procedures, faculty development programs, scholarships,
academic excellence, commen-

sident,

cement participation, computer operations and other
subjects.
In addition, Hugh McFadden
will give a statistical profile on the class of 1988.

Following McFadden's presentation, an open forum will be
held. All members of the
faculty are encouraged to
attend the meeting.
For more details,
interested persons should

BU

contact Ghosh at 389-4308.

MATHOPHOBIA
Registration for the

Mathophobia Club

will be held

at 7 p.m. March 20 on the
third floor of the McCormick
Building. According to Dr.
Richard Donald, the club
offers free assistance to

children in second through
fourth grade. It is especially designed for students
who need individual attention
with mathematics and others
who may desire to explore

STUDEST ART EXHIBIT

A M/££K£ND BALLET

The "Student Art Exhibit"
is on display now through the
21st in Haas Gallery. The
show is completely organized
by students and displays only
the works of students.
Ceramics, photography, sculpture graphics, drawings,
paintings, fibers, wood,
jewelry, crafts, weaving,
collage, assemblage and

The Wilkes- Barre Ballet
Theatre Company will present

fabric design are on display.

Donald at

call

389-4236.

Institutionalized

racism

at

BU???

Dear Editor,
This past Sunday, Feb.
24, a small group of administrators, faculty and

students gathered together
at a public meeting of the
Council of Trustees to hear
the results of the presidential search committee.

Mr. Robert Buehner, a

member

of the Council of

Trustees and chairperson of
the presidential search
committee, repeatedly com-

mended the committee for
services during the
ten months, then
announced the top three
candidates for the
position. Except for one
trustee, the council wholeheartedly accepted the committee's recommendations.
One of these three men will
become president of
Bloomsburg University.
Congratulations!
its

last

However, I would like to
raise one moral and ethical
question: Where was the
minority participation in
the nominating process? Our
university consists of many
different constituents. Not

one Black,

Hispanic,

Asian

American Indian served
on the committee to nomior

Dickson Darte Center for the
Performing Arts at Wilkes
College.
Performances will
be at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m. on
Saturday, March 16, and at 2
p.m. on Sunday, March 17.
Coppelia, the story of a
dollmaker and his toys, young

romance and comedy is a
delight for children of all
ages. Call 824-8603 for more
details.

beyond the textbook. For more
details,

the full-length ballet
"Coppelia" at the Dorothy

nate a president who will,
at one time or another,
represent all members of
the university community. 1
must admit Mr. Buehner did
mention Mr. Irvin Wright, a
black administrator who
served as Affirmative
Action officer. But, Mr.
Wright's job was to make
sure that the search and
screen committee followed
affirmative action policies
and procedures. He was not
a voting member as Mr.
Buehner attempted to imply.
This type of problem,
little or no representation,

is

common

complaint to Bloomsburg's
ultra-conservative, reactionary administration.
Things must be different.

Kenny Roberts

A

high-risk
minority
student

at

Bloomsburg University.
There are other similar
circumstances and
situations which when taken
individually, mean nothing
but collectively one can
see the whole picture. The
whole picture is a problem

which I call institutionalized racism. It is a
byproduct of a selfperpetuating circle of
narrow-minded people

in

positions of power.
Institutionalized racism is
not open, blunt or easily

recognized

the moment until things
cool down then silently
returns to status quo.
I
have finally figured
out the game. This information will be passed down
to other students so that
together we can combat this
affliction. I am issuing a

initially but
rather quiet, passive and
controlled. It is crisis
oriented. Instead of
looking for long-term solutions, this form of racism
rises to the occasion for

Health center
official explains

excuse procedure
Kay Camplese, director of
student health services,
recently announced regulations concerning student
excuses and faculty
requirements.
The health center will only
issue excuses when a student
has an illness necessitating
convalescence away from
campus. In this case, the
health center will contact
concerned faculty.
an ill student convalescing on campus chooses
all

If

to miss class, it is the
responsibility of the student

SPECIAL LIBRARY HOURS
hours will be

effect for
the Andruss Library:
in

Saturday-Sunday, March 9-10,
March
closed; M onday- Friday
11-15. open 8 a.m. -4:30 p.m.;
Saturday-Sunday, March 16-17,
,

closed;

SPECIAL STORE HOURS

STUDENT RECITAL
An enjoyable and

The following spring break

Monday, March 18,

entertaining lunch break awaits
the public on March 11. BU
music students will put on a
free informal recital for the
public at noon in the
Presidents' Lounge of the
Kehr Union.

an excuse.
If a student is hospitalized or advised strict bed
rest by the university physician,

a letter to all

concerned faculty will be
sent via mail verifying the
student's status.
Professor's requiring verification of a minor illness
treated in the health center
should contact the health
center. However, due to confidentiality, the center cannot reveal diagnosis or
illness specifics without
the student's consent. (This
includes the verification of
date of treatment.
In case of other absenses
due to family deaths, or
other family emergencies, the
student life office will contact the student's class
instructors.
Persons with questions
about these procedures should
contact Camplese or the
health center at extension
4451.

Bulimarexia
expert to
women

Marlene Boskind-White, noted
lecturer and author, will
speak to administrators,
faculty, staff and students
University

Forum Room

in

the

of the

McCormick Center. That
evening,

she will address an
audience from the greater
Bloomsburg community and the
university community in Haas
Center at 7 p.m.
All are
welcome. Admission is free.
Dr. Baskind-White has
published numerous articles
on eating disorders and is
co-author of the book
"Bulimarexia, The Binge/Purge
Cycle, which is based on
seven years of applied
research and treatment.

beginners, ages 5-10.
There will be two sessions
with two groups in each
session. Both sessions will
be held on Monday's,

Tuesdays, Wednesdays and
Thursdays.
Classes for the first
session will be held March
25-28, April 1-4 and April
8-11. The second session
schedule is April 15-18,
April 22-25 and May 1-2. The
first session meets from 5:30
to 6:15 p.m. The second one
meets from 6:15 to 7 p.m.
Class size will be limited
to 20 youngsters. Preregistration

starts March 25
for ages 5-10
A Learn

to

Swim Camp

will

be conducted at the university's Centennial pool late

overwhelming number of female

March

students at institutions of

is

for

The

BU women's swimming coach
Mary Gardner is the program
coordinator. For additional
information, call 389-4362.

Honorary
degree request
faculty,

administrators,

university recognizes the

all

the United States
suffer from the eating
disorder Bulimia. In fact, an

required.

managers and staff are urged
to nominate persons for a
1985-86 honorary degree from
Bloomsburg University. The

Swim camp

in

is

fee is $35 per session.
Registration deadline for the
first session is March 20,
and for the second session,
April 10.

BU

visit
Do you know that 30% of

higher learning fall into the
target group most affected.
Many experts feel that the
disorder in varying degrees
is almost contagious in the
university setting.
To enlighten the Bloomsburg
University and greater
Bloomsburg area of this
dreaded malady through the
efforts of the Counseling
Center, on March 20, an
expert will be on campus to
lecture on "Balimarexia. " Dr.

from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m.

March are:
March 2--9:30
a.m. -2:30 p.m.; Monday and
Tuesday, March 11 &. 12--8
a.m. -4:30 p.m.; closed
Saturday. March 16; all other

Saturday.

days will carry regular store
hours

normal schedule resumed.

to contact all involved
faculty. In this case, the
health center will not issue

The University Store's special hours during

to early May. The camp
non-swimmers and

outstanding achievements of
individuals and their contributions to BU, the
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania,
society, or to a particular

academic discipline by

awarding an honorary degree
at commencements. Such
degrees are only awarded to
persons whose life and works
exemplify the concepts of
excellence, service and
integrity.

University employees should
submit by March 15, 1985 the
name of an individual they
think of as meritorious with
a nominating statement and a
brief biographical sketch on
the person to Dr. Kalyan
Ghosh's office.

sciences and medical tecnnology internship coordinator, has been listed in
the 1985 edition of "Who's
Who in the World."
Dr. Julius R. Kroschewsky
a professor of biological and
health sciences, recently
attended a workshop on DNA
sequencing and gene splicing.
The workshop was held at the
University of Miami Medical
Center and was given by the

Bethesda Research
Laboratories of Gaithersburg,

Md. The 22 participants

was the keynote
speaker at the Feb. 9
Festival of Animation sponsored by Susquehanna
University. Brasch discussed
"Bunnies and Budgets: What
Happened to the Cartoons?" He
is the author of the book,
"Cartoon Monickers, an
Insight into the Animation
Industry." The book is based
on his work in the animation
industry and extensive indepth interviews with
numerous pioneering directors, producers and writers.
nalism,

demonstrated the newest technologies of

BU notes

Dr.

Professor James H. Dalton
of the Psychology

Department

a primary author of a
chapter in the new volume

is

Community Research: Methods,
Paradigms and Applications.
Dalton contributed a
chapter entitled "Studying
the Emerging Community of
Community Psychology" which
presents original data on
networks of scientific
exchange in community psychology, interpreted via
disciplinary development.
Dr.

Dr. Elise Brenner recently
lectured to the Anthropological Society of

Washington, DC. She reported
on her archaeological and
ethnohistorical analysis of a
native American mission town
and cemetery of the seventeenth century. In her lecture, Dr. Brenner presented
an argument that archaeological and ethnohistorical evidence indicate that the
native American community of
the mission town were actively employing strategies to
resist

colonial policies

directed at political domination and cultural suppression
of native peoples.
Dr. James E. Parsons,
assistant professor of biological and allied health

DNA

sequencing.

Kroschewsky

COMMENCEMENT ATTIRE

is

currently cloning the cultivar sunflower "Helianthus
annuus," a wild sunflower
species "H. ciliaris," and
two species of the cereal

"Amaranthus"

in his tissue

culture laboratory. He will
utilize the newest techniques
to attempt gene transfers
between the two species of
sunflower in one case and the
two species of "Amaranthus"
in the other.
Drs. George Ayittey and
Peter Bohling, both of the

economics department, each
danced for 25 hours in the BU
dance marathon. Dr. Ayittey
and his partner raised $500
in pledges. Dr. Bohling and
his partner raised $150 in
pledges. All proceeds from
the BU dance marathon were
donated to the Women's Center
in Bloomsburg.
Dr. Gladys Ancrum of the
nursing department contributed a chapter to the
recently published book "The
Professional Practice of
Nursing Administration."
Ancrum's chapter was entitled
"Managing Conflict." The book
is edited by Lillian Sims,
Sylvia Price and Naomi Ervin.
John Wiley of New York
published the book.
Dr. Walter M. Brasch,
ciate professor of jour-

asso-

Faculty and administrators:

commencement

rental

for the

May

attire

1985 commencement must be ordered prior
to March 22 in the University
Store.
11,

PHOTOGRAPHY

IN

FLIGHT

"Last Flight," a photographic exhibit by Jeff S.
Harmon, is on display now
through March 8 in the
Coffeehouse of the Kehr
Union. The exhibit features
environmental abstractions.
Fine art photography in black
and white and sepia tones are

shown
The

C o a ounique' publishes news of events
and about people at Bloomsburg
University.
Please send story ideas to
The CoBBunique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA
17815.

The Communique' is published on the 1st
and 15th of each month by the Office of
University Relations at BU.
Jessie

McCoy is the office director, Nick
Dietterick is the public information
director, Jim HolUster heads the sports
information area and Winnie Krisanda and
Chris Caudreau run the clerical shop.
Public relations interns Becky Hoak and
Sabrina Edinger are in charge of organization and layout.
The Conaunique' is
printed by the BU duplication shop,
headed by Tom

BU

Patacconi.

committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
is

persons without regard to race,
sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life style, affectional
or sexual preference, handicap, Vietnam
The
era veteran, or union membership.
university is additionally committed to
affirmative action and vill take positive steps to provide such educational
and employment opportunities.
for all

color,

religion,

COMMUNIQUE
A newsletter

April 1.

for faculty and staff at Bloomsbwrg University

1985

Ausprich to take
presidential post
July 15,

1985

The new president of
Bloomsburg University said he
will build on the solid foundation of the 146 -year-old
multi-purpose institution of
higher learning to take it
and its constituents to
greater heights in the fields
of science, education, business, liberal arts, community
service and research.
Dr. Harry Ausprich of Kent,
Ohio, said in a press conference that his first
efforts
as the the 16th president of Bloomsburg will be
to review operations at the
university, visit facilities
and meet personnel and students at the campus.
"I've
already started touring the

and meeting all
I'll
the people I can meet.
spend my first few days on

facilities

the job in July doing the
same thing," Ausprich said.
Ausprich's comments
followed his appointment to
the presidency by the Board
of Governors and chancellor
of Pennsylvania's State
System of Higher Education.
He takes office at BU on July
The long-time edu15, 1985.
cator and administrator
signed a three-year contract.
Currently dean of the
College of Fine and
Professional Arts at Kent

(From left) - Drs. Richard Larcom and Andy Karpinski talk
with the Auspriches at a recent campus reception.
University in Ohio,
Ausprich holds a doctorate in
communications and theatre
from Michigan State
University.
He has a
master's in theatre and
broadcasting from the
University of Wisconsin and a
bachelor's in communications
and education from New York
State University.
Ausprich's
experiences also include
stints as dean of the faculty
of arts and humanities at
State University of New York,
dean of the College of
Humanities and Fine Arts at
the University of Northern
Iowa, chairman of the speech

State

department at Indiana State
University, chairman of the
Department of Speech and

Drama at Memphis State
University and an instructor
of speech and broadcasting at
Iowa State University.

Ausprich holds several
national awards and honors in
the field of education.
The
50 -year-old Buffalo, N.Y.,
native holds leadership positions in numerous professional organizations and
is author of more than 20
papers and publications. He

and his wife Lorraine are
parents of two

daughters—Sarah, 11, and
Emily,

12.

(Continued on page 2)

STVDIO C OPES
Studio C in the McCormick
Center for Human Services is
now available for use by students and faculty for VHS 1/2
inch video taping. The facility may be scheduled 8 a.m.
- 4:30 p.m. each weekday and
by special arrangement in the
evenings. Training and scheduling for the use of TV
Studio C may be arranged by
calling Terry Hoover, TV studio engineer, at 389-4653.

$500,000 in
new Mitrani

the

scholarship fund
A Columbia County couple
has donated a half million
dollars to the establish a
scholarship program at
Bloomsburg University.
In a letter to BU interim
president Larry W. Jones,
Marco and Louise Mitrani said
their gift of $500,000 should
be "maintained in a special
fund... and used annually for
scholarship grants.
These
grants should be based primarily on merit and potential
of the prospective recipient,
with some consideration as to
financial need."
Jones said the university
has established the "Marco
and Louise Mitrani

Scholarships" and will use
interest earned annually to
make awards to BU students.
The first series of awards
will be made this fall, he
added.
The Mitranis migrated to
America in the early 1920s.
Marco Mitrani is chairman of
the board of Milco
Industries, Inc.
producers
of day wear, sleepwear and
loungewear garments.
Although headquartered in
Bloomsburg, Milco also has
plants in Berwick, Benton and

—

Millville.
The company was
founded more than 60 years
ago and currently employs
about 1,000 persons.

STUDY

IN

PAVIA

The Art Department
offering a Watercolor

WOMEN'S SEMINAR

Painting course this summer
University of Pavia,
Italy. The course, under the
direction of BU art professor
Kenneth Wilson, is open to
undergraduates and graduates.
The cost for the 10 -day
course, including airfare,
room, board, etc., is
approximately $1 ,250. For
more information, contact
Professor Wilson at 389-4187.
at the

Mitrani

is

Personal Renewal Seminar

is

a former board
of the

member and president

Bloomsburg Rotary Club and a
former member of the
Bloomsburg Hospital Board.
He holds the Silver Beaver
Award from the Boy Scouts of
America.
Mrs. Mitrani has been a
board member of the Girl
Scouts for more than 25
years.
She served as president of the organization for
two years and received the
Girl Scout Statuette.
The
Penn Woods Girl Scout Council
named "Camp Louise" in honor
A charter
of Mrs. Mitrani.
member of the Family
Counseling and Mental Health
Association, Mrs. Mitrani is
also involved in several
other regional, national and
international organizations.
Jones said, "We are especially pleased that the
Mitranis have designated
their gift for scholarships,
thus enabling the university
to continue to attract
outstanding students for
generations to come."
Jones also added that a
"Marco and Louise Mitrani
Scholarship" committee has
The commitbeen appointed.
tee members are now developing scholarship
guidelines.
Those guidelines
and application procedures
will be announced later this
Spring.
Approximately
$50,000 will be available
annually to award as scholarships to students.

for Women. Are you stuck in a
rut?
Does it seem as though
you're going nowhere? This
course will increase your

confidence.

You'll

make new

have discussion
groups and challenge yourself
on a ropes course. Don't miss
this chance to grow personally on April 17, 24 and
May 1. For more information,
call 389-4323.
friends,

Anthony laniero, director
development at BU, said
"The Mitranis' award is the
of

largest private gift ever

made

to

Bloomsburg

University.
They, along with
many others, have recognized
the need to support public
higher education and are
making that commitment."

Ausprich./:^^

p^^'

Ausprich succeeds Dr. Larry

W. Jones who has served as
acting and interim president
at BU for the last 21 months.
Jones will continue at the
helm of the university until
Ausprich's arrival this

summer.
In a recent letter to BU
employees, Jones said 'T

strongly support Dr.
Ausprich's appointment and
look forward to working with
him in my role as provost and
vice president for academic
While I deeply
affairs.
appreciate the support many
of you gave me during the
search process, the time is
now at hand for all of us to
pledge our loyalty to Dr.
Ausprich and do everything we
can to make his transition to
Bloomsburg University as
smooth as possible."

Ausprich and BU's last
fuU-time president, SSHE
Chancellor James H.
McCormick, both commended
Jones for his outstanding
leadership in maintaining
academic excellence at BU.

ENCAUSTIC PAISTINGS

LIBRARY HOURS

ANNUAL READING CONFERENCE

The encaustic paintings of
area artist Dorothy Masom are
on display through April 12
in the Presidents' Lounge of

Easter Recess hours for
the Andruss Library will
include being closed
Saturday, April 6, and
Sunday, April 7. Regular
hours will be in effect

Nationally known educaand writer
Alvin Granowsky of Dallas,
Texas, will be the banquet
speaker at BU's 21st Armual

Monday, April

for April 18-19 at the
Danville Sheraton Inn. Dr.
Granowsky will address
teachers, reading specialists, supervisors and
administrators at the

the Kehr Union. Encaustic
painting involves mixing
pigment with hot wax applied
in the painting and then
fixed for durability with
heat.

tional consultant

Reading Conference scheduled

8.

UNIVERSITY STORE SALE
The University Store will
have an April Fool's Sale on
April 1-5.

Thursday evening banquet.

$856,871

in gifts

received during
the past year
Friends, alumni, corporations and foundations
have donated and/or pledged
$856,871 in gifts, grants and

equipment to Bloomsburg
University during the past
year.
The contributions to the
146 -year-old university
include a single donation of
a half njillion dollars to
the university's scholarship
fund, approximately $179,000
to the BU Alumni Association,
a $40,000 anonymous gift,
nearly $25,000 in wordprocessing equipment from

Topp Telecom of Scranton and
$19,200 in cash contributions
from Air Products &: Chemicals
of Allentown.
According to Anthony
laniero, director of development at BU, the largest gift
came from Marco and Louise
Mitrani.

The Mitranis

donated $500,000 to the university for the establishment
of the "Marco and Louise
Mitrani Scholarships" fund.
Interests from the fund will

be used to award academic
scholarships to BU students
who have demonstrated scholastic merit and potential.
Alumni giving includes
$13,677 in matching gifts
from companies which employ
BU graduates who contributed

to the university's annual
fund.
The highest giving
companies included
Pennsylvania Power and Light
Co., IBM Corp., Prudential
Insurance Co.
and the Sperry
Corp.
Also, top alumni
givers by class were graduates of 1972 with 207 persons donating a total of
$7,396, reported Doug
Hippenstiel, director of
alumni affairs at BU.

The $40,000 anonymous
was donated to assist the

gift

ment and funding projects
that benefit the entire university community," laniero
said.

Head of development at BU
since January of 1984,
laniero works with corporations,

communicating the university's needs and identifying

new sources
said

university in its renovation
of the Haas Center for the
Arts.
Other funds include
donations from the United

foundations and

individuals to inform them
about university programs.
"He's done a superb job of

of support,"

John H. Walker, BU's

vice president for institutional advancement, about
laniero.
"The response from
friends of the university has

Penn Bank, Perdue Farms,
been gratifying,"
Inc., Pepsi Cola, Coke,
Berwick Forge & Fabricating,
Bethlehem Steel, IBM, Kawneer
and Air Products and
Chemicals.
Additional cash donations

from individuals tallied at
$34,109, including $6,000

in

contributions to the James H;^
McCormick Scholarship Fund.>
A deferred gift of $75,000
also targeted for scholarships as well as computers
and printers on loan to BU
from IBM and the Tandy Corp.
are not included in the

$856,871 total.

However,

gifts-in-kind gave BU $57,966
in other equipment.

"These gifts supplement
Bloomsburg's annual budget,
allowing for the development
of student scholarships, providing for additional equip-

he added.

BU notes
Three retired faculty members have been granted
Emeritus status. The honorees
are John A. Enman with 251
years of service, Charles C.

Kopp

with 25 years of ser-

and Richard C.
Savage with 25 years of
vice,

service.

Enman

retired last

December and the other two
May.

will retire this

Dr. Walter Brasch, associate professor of journalism, and Dr. Dana Ulloth,
associate professor of telecommunications, have signed
contracts to write two books.
One book will examine the

nature of media-state
relationships. Publication

be in January 1986. The
second book is a critical
examination of the nature of
media in society scheduled
for release in Fall 1986.
will

Dr. Abha Ghosh, tutorial
coordinator in the Center for

Academic Development, presented a paper titled

"Computerized Developmental
Mathematics Tutorial Program"
at the ninth annual meeting
of the

National Association

of Developmental Education.
Held in St. Louis, MO, Dr.
Ghosh also presided over a
session of the conference.

Gary F. Clark, assistant
professor of art, recently
lectured at the national
meeting of the "Children's

Oncology Camps of America"
held in Houston, Texas. He
reported on the significance
of artwork for children with

cancer.
Father Chester Snyder,
Catholic campus minister, and
Dr. Marjorie Clay, associate
professor of philosophy, were
featured speakers at Tibga

County Women's Coalition's
"Focus on Women." Held at
Mansfield University, Father
Snyder's presentation, "God
Androgynous," challenged
the prevailing Western
assumption that God is
masculine.
is

were registrars from

Shell E, Lundahl, assistant
professor and psychological
counselor in the Center for

Bucknell,

Counseling and Human
Development, recently was
certified as a national certified counselor by the

Community colleges.
Peggy Jewkes of the Andruss

Mansfield and
Susquehanna universities and
Lycoming and Williamsport

National Board for Certified
Counselors.

Ruth Anne Bond, director
Upward Bound, has been

of

elected to the post of Vice
President of the Pennsylvania
Association of Educational
Opportunity Program
Personnel.
She will also
serve as a representative of
the state association, which
includes Delaware, Maryland,
Pennsylvania, Virginia, West
Virginia and the District of

Columbia.

The BU Softball team has
been ranked seventh in the
season's initial
Division

II

The team

coached by Jan Hutchinson.
Mary Badami of the
department of Communication
Studies, Brenda Beverly, a
senior speech correction
major, and Nancy Doughlin, a
graduate student in comis

Dr.

munication, attended the
annual WISH (Woman in Search
of Herself) conference held
at East Stroudsburg
University. This is the third
year that students and
faculty active in
Bloomsburg's Women's
Coalition have attended.
Dr. Susan Rusinko of the

department of English, will
hae an article and two book
reivews in the Winter 1985
issue of "World Literature
Today." All three pieces are
spinoffs of her book,

documents.
Dr. Phillip Farber, professor, and Thomas R. Manley,

professor emeritus from the
Department of Biological and
Allied Health Sciences,
served as judges for the
Pennsylvania Junior Academy
of Science competitiions held
recently at Susquehanna
University.
Dr. Farber also
participated in the "First
International Workshop on

Chromosomes

NCAA

ratings.

Library received a Sixth Year
Specialist Program Certificate from Rutgers University.
Her area of specialization is
with business and government

"Tom

Stoppard." The book received
final editorial board approval this summer and is scheduled for release in early
1986.
Kenneth Schnure, registrar,
and Joan Walton, records
coordinator, hosted the semiannual meeting of regional
registrars held on the
Bloomsburg campus. Attending

in Solid

Tumors"

held recently at the Arizona
Cancer Center of the
University of Arizona. He
also attended a "Symposium on
the Fragile X Syndrome" in
Hartford, Conn.
The sym-

posium was sponsored by the
Medical Cytogenetic
Technology Program at the
University of Connecticut and
Yale University.
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for all persons without regard to race,
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April 15,

1985

Buehner, Davis
reappointed to
trustee council
Robert W. Buehner, Jr. of
Danville and LaRoy Davis of
Feasterville have been reappointed to the Council of

Trustees of Bloomsburg
University by the state

Governor
Richard Thornburgh announced
that their six-year terms
will extend through the
second Tuesday of January,
1991.
Buehner, associate direclegislative.

He holds degrees from
Dickinson Law School and
Westminster College.
Davis was also appointed to
the council in March 1980.
He has been a secondary
teacher at Bensalem Township
Senior High School in
Cornwells Heights since 1967.
He is a member, past president and executive committee
member of the Bensalem
Township Education
Association, PACE/Legislative
Chairman for the Bensalem
Education Association and has

served on the Elections and
Credentials and Legislative
Committees of the
Pennsylvania State Education
Association.
Davis served three years as
vice chairman of the council,
being elected in June of
He re1981, 1982 and 1983.
ceived his bachelor of
science degree from
Bloomsburg in 1967 and the
master of arts degree from
Trenton State College in
1972.

tor of legal services at
Geisinger System Services,
has served on the trustees
council since March, 1980.
He was elected to the chairmanship in December 1981 to
fill the term of former
chairman Frank Fay of
Hazleton.
He was the
youngest member of the council to be elected chairman in
the history of the
institution.

Buehner was re-elected to
the post again in June 1982
and in June 1983.
Last
June, he was elected vice
chairman of the council.
Before joining Geisinger,
Buehner was a member of the
Danville law firm of Marks
and Wagner, serving as a
member of the Montour County
public's defender's staff and
solicitor to the Montour

County Commission.

About

80

members of the BV secretarial and
week attended a day-long symposium

clerical

in
the
Spinazolla of the Dale
Carnegie Institute led the affair, while Joan Walton of
the Registrar's Office coordinated the event.

staff

last

Kehr

Union

Coffeehouse.

Robert

FEE WAIVER FORMS DUE
who have
dependents attending BU are

LOTUS SEMINAR
A two-day seminar

All employees

REMINDER

reminded to file the Employee
Dependent Fee Waiver form in
the Business Office of Waller
Administration Building. The
forms are due by July 15,
1985 for students attending
the summer sessions 1985.

SECRETARIES WEEK
APRIL 21-27

for business managers entitled
"Managing With LOTUS 1-2-3"
will be held May 21-22 in the
university's computer
laboratory. The seminar

Remember your secretary
with a greeting card,
flowers, etc. - - - from
the University Store.

offers 14 hours of hands-on
instruction in the use of

LOTUS

1-2-3. For further
information and registration
forms, contact the School of

Extended Programs at
389-4420. The registration
deadline

Nobel laureates
headlining annual

is

May

1,

1985.

Birch

celebration
Martin Luther King's most
famous quote was probably
"...all of God's children,
black men and white men, Jews
and Gentiles, Protestants and
Catholics,
join hands

will be able to
and sing..."

Ted Shanoski, cultural
affairs coordinator at
Bloomsburg University, is
doing what he can to make
He has
that day happen soon.
joined forces with other university organizations to present an annual Multi -cultural
Week that highlights lifestyles and cultures of all
peoples.
Set for April 22-26 on the
BU campus, featured sessions
include two Nobel laureates,
a nationally renowned poet
and playwright, a professional storyteller, folk

dancing and food festivals,
seminars on Third World
People, hunger, deaf culture,

Korean funeral
and a host of other activities open to the public.
rituals of the

Professional storyteller

Carol Birch will kick off the
affair at noon Wednesday in
the Presidents' Lounge of the
Kehr Union Building.
She
will tell

some of litera-

ture's best short stories.

p.m. the same day, BU
anthropologists Elise Brenner
At

2

Wald

and David Minderhout will
present a seminar on "The
Impact of Colonialism on
Third World People."
Chang Shub Roh, a BU social
scientist, will lead a forum
entitled "Rituals and
Traditions in the Korean
Funeral." The program is set
for 11 a.m., Tuesday, April
23, in the forum of the

McCormick Human Services
Center.

On

the same day,

"Survival

be
Nobel laureate George Wald's
topic during a 3 p.m. informal discussion in the
Presidents' Lounge and
at 8 p.m. in a public address
in Kuster Auditorium of the
Hartline Science Center.
Wald is a professor at
Harvard University's biochemical sciences department.
He is known for first identifying vitamin A in the
retina.
Wald holds the Nobel
Prize in physiology.
in a Lethal Society" will

"Evaluating Textbooks for
Prejudice and
Discrimination," a session by
Beverly Larson of the BU
curriculum materials center
will be held at 10 a.m.,

Wednesday, April 24, in the
forum of the McCormick Human
Birch will
Services Center.
again

visit

the Presidents'

Lounge during the noon hour
At 3
to tell short stories.
p.m. in Navy Auditorium, Gary
Mowl of the BU Communications
Disorders and Special

Education Department, will
present a seminar on "Deaf
Culture." Also on Wednesday,
poet and playwright Amiri
Baraka, formerly LeRoi Jones,
will participate in an informal discussion at 3 p.m. in
the Presidents' Lounge and
present a public address at 8
p.m. in Kuster Auditorium in
Hartline Science Center.

Baraka is known for writing
one of America's top one act
plays, "The Dutchman."

,

GAY AWARENESS PROGRAM

N,Y. CITY ARTIST

New York City

artist

Annette Cyr will exhibit her
recent drawings and paintings
entitled "Small Works for Big
Works" through April 30 in
the Haas Art Gallery. Cyr's
work has been shown at the
Washington Gallery, Yale
University, College of
William and Mary as well as
various New York City area

DIRECTORIES AVAILABLE
Telephone directories
for Bloomsburg, Danville

and nearby communities

The Center for Counseling
and Human Development is
sponsoring an educational
program on gay awareness on
Wednesday, April 17. The
presentation is set for
3-5 p.m. in the Presidents'
Lounge of the Kehr Union; the
second presentation will be
held 7-9 p.m. in Multipurpose Room A of the union.
first

are now available in the
business office of the
Waller Administration
Building.

shows.

Lincoln

U prexy

to speak at

Baraka

minority weekend
The annual BU Minority
Alumni Weekend
Singer

All of

God's children highlight annual Multi-cultural

English professor Nancy
Gill will lead a creative
writing and reading workshop
Thursday, April
at 9 a.m.
25, in the university forum.
At 2 p.m. the same day,
Dennis Hinde of the mass com-

Week

the short story from which
the movie "Yentl" was

He was awarded the
adapted.
Nobel Prize in Literature in
1978.
On Friday, April 26,
Singer will present a
workshop on short stories at

is

set for

Saturday, April 27.
Lincoln
University president Dr.
Herman Branson will be the
keynote speaker.
Branson will make a public
address at 1 p.m. in the
Forum of the McCormick Human
Following
Services Center.
his address, members of the
university administration
will address the visiting
alumni.
From 3:15-4 p.m.,
the alumni will share career
information and job hunting
tips with current BU
students.
Penelope Broach-Britt
coordinator of the special
affair, encourages the public
to attend Branson's address.
Several other events are
slated for the special
weekend at BU. For more
details, interested persons
should contact Mrs.
Broach-Britt at 389-4316.

munications program at BU
will present a public forum
entitled "Americanizing the
World Through Advertising."
It is also scheduled to be
held in the university forum.
The most famous master of
storytelling in the world
today, Isaac Bashevis Singer,
will be presented in a public
reading at 8 p.m. in Carver
Singer is author of
Hall.

At
9:30 a.m. in Carver Hall.
10 the same morning, a multicultural food festival will
be held in Multipurpose Room
A of the Kehr Union. At 2
p.m. in the universtiy forum,
Ellen Spivack will present a

SUMMER SEMESTER FEES

NO PARKING AFTER

The BU administration has
decided that upcoming summer
semester fees must be paid by
the day of registration.
Deferment of fees will be
possible only if students can
show they have some state or

The Lehigh Valley
The top level of the TriAssociation of Independent
Level will be closed at 5
p.m. Monday- Thursday when the Colleges, through a Ben

"Hunger Project" seminar.

AU Multi -Cultural Week
activities carry a free
admission and are open to the
public.
5

P.M.

MICROCOMPUTER PROGRAM

parking lot converts to a
court for intramural street
hockey. Persons leaving their
vehicles parking in this area

Franklin Partnership grant,
is sponsoring microcomputer
workshops for faculty. For
more information, call

federal financial assistance

may

215-861-7900.

forthcoming.

autos.

risk

damages

to their

BU

notes

Dennis Hinde, an instructor
the Communication Studies
Department, recently presented a paper at Rutgers
University on "Negative

in

Political Advertising: A
Tradition Lives On." The
study was prepared for the
Northeastern Region
Conference of the Association
for Education in Journalism

and Mass Communication

(AEJMC). In addition, he
published an article entitled
"Is Bigger Better in Yellow
Pages Advertising?" in a
recent Journalism Quarterly.
Dr. Saleem Khan of the
Economics Department presented a research paper on
"Trade Flows Between the
United States and South Asian
Countries" at the American
Economic Association's Annual
Convention. Presently, he is
revising the paper for publication. He has already
received several requests for
the paper from the Office of
the Under Secretary for
Economic Affairs of U.S.
Department of State, the
Economic Office of the Asian
Development Bank, several
international agencies, private organizations and The
Brookings Institute.
BU students James Gerst and
Elizabeth Dacey recently participated in the Pennsylvania
Inter-Collegiate Band
Festival Concert held at
Shippensburg University.

They were accompanied by
Terry Oxley, BU's director of
bands, and Nelson Miller, a
BU faculty emeritus and
former band director.
BU's national wrestling
champion Rick Bonomo has been
voted as the Eastern
Wrestling League's "Wrestler
of the Year." Bonomo recently

won the NCAA Division I 118
lb. title in Oklahoma City as
he established an EWL single
tournament scoring record
with 25. 50 points.

Salim Qureshi, associate
professor of marketing and
management, now has a second
book, "Marketing Modalities,"
available at the Univerity
Store. He has also published

an article, "Adopted Marketing
Modality for Institutional
Renewal," in which he
discusses seven key marketing
models that university administrators can use to
generate new ideas in
marketing a university.
Dr. Norman E. White has
announced that due to his
forthcoming retirement, he
has to dispose of some of his
accumulated professional
journals. Interested persons
should contact him at
389-4145 or 784-0127. The
publications include several
years of the Smithsonian,
Audubon Magazine, Horizon and
The American Heritage from
the late 60s and early 70s;
National Geographic back to
1954, Reader's Digest for the
last 10 years, Scientific
American for the last 20
years and Chem Tech dated
back to 1971; also, the last
three years of the AAAS
Science and the AAUP Bulletin
& Academe for the last 21
years.
Two outstanding mathemati-

Stephen Maurer of
Swarthmore College and
Garrett Birkoff of Harvard
University were featured at
the spring meeting of the
Eastern Pennsylvania and
Delaware Section of the
Mathematics Association of
America hosted recently by
BU's Mathematics and Computer
Science Department.
Maurer, a consultant to the
Aired B. Sloan Foundation, is
noted for his research and
curriculum development in
discrete mathematics. Birkoff
is the son of George Birkoff,
first American to be
recognized as one of the
world's leading mathematicians. Garrett learned from

cians,

his father

before entering
Harvard at age 17 and later
teaching there for 45 years.

He

is

known best

for

two

books he wrote with Saunders

McLane.
The conference was coordinated by Paul Cochrane,
currently newsletter editor
and member of the executive

committee of EPADEL.
Anthony Scott Woods of
Lancaster has been selected
to receive the $500
Pennsylvania Black Conference
on Higher Education
Scholarship Award.
Woods is
a junior at Bloomsburg
University.
Although noted
by the BCOHE for his scholastic achievements, Woods
also known for his athletic

is

He plays the
position of cornerback on
BU's varsity football team
and holds the school's career
In
record for interceptions.
1984, he was named to the
abilities.

All-Pennsylvania Conference
Team and Second Team
All-American.

First

He also participates
track and field at BU and
at the PC Championships in
1984, he was second in the
200 meter dash and third in
the 100 meter dash.
in

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and

McCoy is the office director, Nick
Dietterick is the public information
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Chris Caudreau run the clerical shop.
Public relations interns Becky Hoak and
Sabrina Edinger are in charge of organization and layout.
The Communique' is
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or

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Vietnam

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newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University
]9S^
1

May

,

Roger Tory Peterson to address
Class of

1985

Roger Tory Peterson,
internationally-known
ornithologist,
and lecturer,

writer,
will

artist

be the

principal speaker at the BU
spring commencement exercises
set for 3 p.m., Saturday, May
11, at the Bloomsburg

Approximately
Fairgrounds.
740 undergraduate and 50 graduate students will receive
their degrees.
Also during the ceremonies,
the Honorary Doctor of
will be
Letters degree
awarded to Peterson in
recognition of his contributions to society via the many
books and guides he has
published.
Peterson, author and
illustrator of "the most successful and influential bird
book of all time," was born
in 1908 in Jamestown, New
York.
While he was in gram-

mar school, his life-long
interest in the study and
delineation of birds began.
After graduating from
Jamestown High School, he
studied in New York City at
the Art Students' League and
the National Academy of
His deep interest in
Design.
natural history and his
talents as a bird artist were
happily combined; until today
he ranks among that select

at

number of great naturalistartists that America has produced.
Following a three-year
instructorship in science and
art at the River School in
Brookline, Mass., Dr.
Peterson began in earnest his
bird painting and illustraHis
tion of bird books.
first signal of success came

1934 with the publication
of his "Field Guide to the
Birds," which immediately
became the reference manual
of bird watchers across the
This manual has been
world.
in

followed during the past 50
years by a succession of bird
guides, flower guides and
other nature books each
enhanced by his paintings and
drawings a record unmatched
in the annals of American
His books
natural history.
are notable for their scientific accuracy and innovative
methods of bird and flower
identification are familiar
to millions of bird watchers,
amateurs and professionals
alike, the world over.
Among the many honors and
awards that have come to Dr.
Peterson in recognition of
his contributions to science,
education and conservation
are the Brewster Medal of the

—

American Ornithologists'
Union, the John Burroughs
Medal for exemplary nature
the Geoffrey St.
Medal of the
French Natural History
Society, the Joseph Wood
writing,

Hilaire Gold

Krutch Medal, the White
Memorial Foundation
Conservation Award, the
Frances Hutchinson Award of
the Garden Clubs of America,
the Gold Medal of the World
Wildlife Fund, the 1975
Explorers Medal of the
Explorers Club and the the
Gold Medal of the New York
Zoological Society.
In 1974, the Connecticut
Bar Association chose him as
Connecticut's Citizen of the
He was awarded the
Year.
Presidential Medal of Freedom
by President Carter in 1980.
Peterson is a member of
many national and international scientific and professional societies and holds
honorary doctorate degrees
from Wesleyan University,
Hamilton College, Amherst
College, Gustavus Adolphus
College, the University of
Hartford, Skidmore College,
Franklin and Marshall
College, Colby College,
Fairfield University,
Allegheny College and Ohio
State University.
His travels have taken him
to the far corners of the
earth, by land and sea, and
the checklist of birds species he has seen and identified is probably a world
He has exhibited his
record.
paintings in dozens of cities
All
throughout the country.
in all, it is generally
agreed that Peterson has done
more to popularize the study
of birds than any other person since Audubon.

.

TWO BV GRADUATES

TOWN PARK WANTS YOU
Wanted: Willing hands and
lots of energy for woric day
at the Bloomsburg Town Park
8 a.m.

-

4

p.m. May 4th.

lunch will be provided to
participants

EXHIBIT

RESEARCH OFFICE MOVES
The Office of Institutional
Research, with staffers Dr.
Hugh McFadden and Karen
Futoma. has moved from Carver
Hall to Room 139 Waller Admin-

Final

Sean C. Mullen, a sophomore
from Ambler, has been elected
by the BU student body to
serve as president of the

Community Government
Association for the 1985-86
academic year. He received
71% of the vote in the recent
election.

CGA is the student
governing organization which
responsible for a $1
million budget and voices the
concerns of over 5,000

is

undergraduate students.
Mullen is currently
completing his term as vice
president of CGA, being the
youngest person ever elected
to that office. He also is a
member of the Governing Board
of the Student Union and serves on the Executive Council
of the Representative
Assembly of the university.
The 1983 graduate of Upper
Dublin High School is the son
of Helene T. Mullen, 1301
Cedar Road, Ambler. He is
enrolled in the College of
Arts and Sciences at BU and
is on the Dean's List.
Jill Lippincott, a sophomore from Easton, will be the

new

CGA

Lippincott

vice president.

majoring in
is currently
corresponding secretary and
on the Executive Council of
is

management. She

will

ACTIVITIES
start

May

6.

well-known New York City
Kevin Wixted of
Schuylkill Haven is currently

set for 1:30 p.m.
the Fairgrounds grandstand

in

exhibiting through May 11 in
the Saho Center for Visual
Arts at 114 Prince Street.
The exhibit of Gary Buch of
Portland, Maine, was shown
last month in the Midtown
Galleries at 11 East 57th
Street.

CGA. Lippincott also serves
on the coordinating committee
of the Office of Student
Life, search and screen committee for selecting a student trustee, Representative
Assembly and on several other
student organization committees. She is a member of Zeta
Psi Fraternity.
Lippincott is a 1983 graduate of Easton Area High
School. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Donald
Sleight, 2159 Gateway
Terrace, Easton.
Becky Walker, a junior, is
the newly elected corresponding secretary. For the
past two years, Walker has
served as recording secretary
of CGA as well as being on
the Executive Council of the
Representative Assembly. She
has been a chairperson or
member of a number of other
university committees and is
currently employed as a student secretary in the Career
Development Office.
Walker is a 1982 graduate
of Central Columbia High
School. She is the daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John L.
Walker, R.D. #4, Bloomsburg.
Joseph J. Cannavo, a sophomore from Succasunna, is the

CGA treasurer. He is
majoring in accounting and
has been a volunteer in the
special Olympics program,
active in numerous intramural
activities and plays drums in
the campus Studio Band.
new

Commencement

rehearsal is
May 10 at

area. Baccalaureate services
will be held at 10 a.m. May
11 in the Carver Hall Auditorium.

Microcomputer Camps for
students grade 6-12 will
be offered in June and
July. For details, call
the School of Extended
Studies at 4420

istration Building.

Mullen, Lippincott
Walker, Cannavo—
new CGA leaders

exams

art exhibitions this spring

Free galleries.

all

COMMENCEMENT

Two BU graduates have had

Cannavo

is

a 1982 graduate

Roxbury High School. Prior
to attending BU, he spent a
year in the Up With People
Program performing with 125
other young men and women in
famous concert halls, village
squares and school gymnasiums
of

various countries.
is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Joseph V. Cannavo, 42
Forest Drive, Succasunna.
The new electees will take
office July 1.
in

He

MAC

goes to 24-

hour QuickBank
CashStream
United Penn Bank
be converting from

will

MAC

soon
to

QuickBank CashStream 24-hour
banking machines.
The United Penn Bank MAC
machine, located in the Kehr
Union Building, will be converted in June to a
CashStream machine. Students,
faculty and staff who are
United Penn MAC cardholders
will receive a mailing from
United Penn Bank this month
announcing the new system.
United Penn MAC cardholders
will receive a new
QuickBank/CashStream card to
replace their MAC card.

CashStream currently has
over 1,400 machines in the
five-state region of
Pennsylvania, Maryland, New
Jersey, Delaware and West
Virginia.

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"

BOB TUCKER TO SPEAK

METAL SHELVING SURPLUS

Former National Football
League standout Bob Tucker

an excess of metal
shelving on campus. Plans are
to surplus some of it back to
the State Surplus System.
However, if anyone on campus
has a need for any shelving,
the maintenance department
"will provide it for you
before we get rid of any.

be the guest speaker at
of
Champions Banquet to be held
in Scranton Commons at 7 p.m.
Sunday. May 5. The annual
affair will also feature Dr.
James Cole, chairman of BU's
will

the

nth Annual Day

Department of Biological and
Allied Health Sciences and
the Athletic Advisory Committee, as master of ceremonies,
and Randy May. Club president.

Sharing your
world with
foreigners
Bloomsburg area residents
can learn more about individuals and customs of other
countries and provide
friendship and hospitality to
lonely foreign students
through an International
Friendship Program being initiated by BU's International
Friendship Council.
There are approximately 36
foreign students currently
attending the university,

according to Bloomsburg
minister John Lucas, chairman

These students come from countries
such as Pakistan, Iran,

There

said

Ken

Staller.

student gets to know an
American family face to face,
which can correct some of the
mis-impressions created by
poor movies and export

I

Greece, Kenya, Brazil,

Cameroon, etc.
"We want these students to
have the opportunity to meet
with area families who will
introduce them to American

;

I

I

customs and hospitality," he
I

"Hospitality involves
sharing interests and family
activities, perhaps a simple
family dinner.
"Both will benefit. The
area resident can learn of
different backgrounds and
cultures while providing a
warm friendly atmosphere for
the international student who
is far from his or her home
and family.
"On the other hand," Lucas
continued, "the international
said.

I

I

Electrical shutdowns will

"Experience has proven that
healthy friendships and
exciting learnings generate
from these contacts. Without
a doubt, the sharing of ideas
help to enrich the values of
all individuals concerned,"

Lucas concluded.
To learn more about the
program, interested persons
can contact the Rev. Lucas at
784-5710 or Professor Anthony
Sylvester, BU's foreign student advisor, at 389-4161.

NEW HORIZONS PROGRAM
The Quest Program,

be in effect Monday, May 13.
for the entire BU campus; on
May 15 for the Boiler House,
Montour Hall, Kehr Union,

Carver Hall.
Scranton Commons and Elwell
Hall; on May 16 for Haas,
Bakeless Center, Andruss
Library, McCormick and
Waller; and on May 1 7 for
Columbia Hall, Northumberland
Hall, Carpenter Shop, Simon
Luzerne and Lycoming halls.
Schuylkill Hall,

Shell gives
$2,000 to

business program
A

television.

of the council.

India,

ELECTRICAL SHUTDOWNS

is

in

con-

junction with the School of

Extended Programs, is
embarking on a new venture
called New Horizons. The New
Horizons Program utilizes
adventure activities in outdoor settings to provide
young people (grades 1-12)
with opportunities to learn

by doing. Activities range
from sloshing through a creek
looking for salamanders
(grades 1-6) to backpacking
to a base camp in the
Allegheny Mountains (grades

5-8), to a nine-day backpacking expedition in the
White Mountains of New
Hampshire (grades 9-12). For
more details, contact Nancy
Graham at 389-4323.

grant of $2,000 has been
awarded BU for 1985 under the
Shell Assist Program of the
Shell Foundation. The monies
are designated for the

accounting department
according to Business College
Dean Robert Yori, the university's chief administrative
officer for this particular
grant.
The above figure brings the
total of Shell grants to BU
to $7,750 during the past
five years.
"One of the reasons for the
consideration of Bloomsburg
for the assist each year is
the number of the university's graduates now employed
by Shell," Yori said. "We
have 43 College of Business
graduates on Shell's payroll.

certainly gives us a
feeling of accomplishment and
appreciation.
Similar to last year, the
$2,000 will be used by the
accounting department to

It

purchase microcomputer equipment and to set up some scholarships,

Yori indicates.

BU

notes

Kay Camplese, director of
the Center for Counseling and
Human Development and Health
Services, was a recent guest
lecturer at West Chester
University. Her discussion
focused on "Effective Communication." It was attended by
graduate students, faculty
and staff.
Drs. Jim Lauffer of the
Department of Geography and
Earth Science, and Tom Cooper
of the Office of Admissions
and Enrollment Management
recently represented their
alma maters at the inauguration of Dr. Christopher
Breiseth as the fourth president of Wilkes College.
Theresa Lorenzi, the alltime career scoring leader in
West Hazleton basketball
history, recently announced
that she will continue her
impressive basketball career
at BU. Prior to her decision,
Theresa had been contacted by
42 other colleges and universities throughout the nation,
including North Carolina,
Oklahoma, St. Johns, Virginia
Tech and the University of
Scranton, last season's NCAA
Division

III

national

champion.
Lorenzi has been the
Hazleton area's girl's
basketball scoring champion
for the past two years and
was recently awarded the
Maury Barletta Memorial Award
as the area's top female
athlete. In addition, she has
been a member of a number of
all-star teams, including
being selected to Second Team
All-State squad.

GOLF SAFARI

for faculty,

staff and friends is
scheduled for Monday,

May

Hidden Valley Golf
13,
Course. For details, contact Tom Davies at 4070.
at

Dr. John D. Welty, interim
president of Indiana
University of Pennsylvania
(lUP) since July 1984, has
been appointed president of
the institution, effective
July 1, 1985. The Board of
Governors of the State System
of Higher Education (SSHE)
approved the appointment at
its April 16 public meeting.
The new president succeeds
Dr. John E. Worthen, who
served as president of the
university from 1979 to 1984.
Dr. Worthen left lUP to
become president of Ball
State University (IN). Welty,
40, will continue at an
annual salary of $58,500.
Indiana University is
located in Indiana, Indiana
County, Pennsylvania. lUP is
the largest university in the
State System, enrolling
12,500 undergraduate and graduate students.

The Board

of

Governors of

the State System of Higher
Education has approved the
appointment of Dr. LeVerne
MeCummings as interim president of Cheyney University of
Pennsylvania. Dr. MeCummings
is currently Dean of the
Graduate School of Social
Work at Denver University
(CO), a position he has held
since 1978.
Dr. MeCummings succeeds Dr.
C.T. Enus Wright, who
resigned effective April 20.

MeCummings,

52,

is

charged

with guiding the nation's
oldest predominantly black
university through what some
judge to be the most difficult period in its history.
In March, the Middle States
Association of Colleges and
Schools acted to remove the
accreditation of the
148-year-old university. The
State System has filed a

Request for Reconsideration
and is awaiting word on the
appeal.

Professor Scott Miller has

been unanimously elected
chairperson of the library
faculty.

Walt Brasch of the journalism program has received
honorable mention in the
division of commentary in the
annual "Writers of Spring"
awards, sponsored by the
Press Club of Southern
California. The awards are
given to writers whose works
appear in a newspaper of
magazine published in
Southern California and
includes the San Diego and
Los Angeles metropolitan
areas.
Chang Shub Roh, faculty
member in the Department of
Sociology/Social Welfare, is
the author of an article,
"Exploratory Observations of
Korean Humor," which appeared
recently in "The Conference
Abstracts," published by the
Third International Conference on Humor. The article,
originally presented in 1982
at the International Conference, explores Korean humor
from historical and contemporary cultural perspectives.
The Communique' publishes news

of events
and about people at Bloomsburg University. Please send story ideas to The
Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

The Communique'

is published on the 1st
and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, by the Office of University
Relations at BU. -Jessie McCoy is the

office director, Nick Dietterick is the
public information director, Jim
HoUister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. The
Communique' is printed by the BU
duplication shop, headed by Tom

Patacconi.

BU IS committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, ancestry, life style, affeelional or sexual perference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and will
lake positive steps lo provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

COMMUNIQUE
A

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsbwg University

June 1. 1985

Haupt, Barnes

and McGrady
interning '85'-86
Three Bloomsburg University
employees will be interning
during the next year. Deborah
Barnes, police officer
A.
Office
of University Relations, July

II,

will serve in the

Rosemary T.
McGrady, supervisor of uni-

1-Dec. 31, 1985;

versity mail room, will be
assigned to the Alumni
Affairs office, Jan. 1-June
Richard Haupt,
30, 1986;
asociate director of residence life, will intern in
the personnel office.
Barnes will work under the
supervision of Jessie McCoy,
director of the university

relations office. She will
participate in projects that
will help her learn about the
various phases of public
relations. Barnes is a 1971
graduate of Lourdes Regional

High School. In June 1974,
she was awarded a bachelor of
science degree in law enforcement and corrections from
Penn State University. She is
a candidate for a master of
arts degree in communication
studies at BU.
Barnes came to the university in 1978 as a CETA
trainee and in 1979 became a
police officer I in the law
enforcement office. She was

advanced to police officer II
in 1982 and currently supervises three police officers

and student security
employees. She also arranges
training and handles public
relations for the department,
and serves as assistant
director.

Along with attending a

number of seminars on police
Barnes
received the High Scholastic
Award and was class speaker
at the 480-hour Municipal
Police Officer Training of
the State Police Northeast
Training Center in 1981.
McGrady's assignments in
the alumni office will deal
chiefly with current BU
alumni clubs and assisting in
investigations,

establishing new clubs. The
McAdoo resident joined the BU
staff in 1967 as a telephone

switchboard operator and was
later assigned to the university mail room. She became

supervisor in 1983.
McGrady served as president
of AFSCME Local 2361 at BU
from 1981 to 1984. In that
capacity, she attended state
conventions, was a member of
Council 13 State Womens'
Committee and participated in
leadership training programs.
She is currently a member of
the BU Coordinating Committee
on Administration, a past
member of the Human Relations
Committee and has served on
several search and screen

committees for Ad Hoc
Grievance and Evaluation,
member of Representative
Assembly and Executive Board,
secretary of AFSCME, and
attended regional postal
forums.
Haupt holds bachelor's and
master's degrees from
Shippensburg University.
He
has worked at BU since 1968,
moving from resident dean,
assistant football coach and
director of residence hall
operations to his current
position.
Also a member of
the BU faculty, Haupt holds
an assistant professor rank.
Since coming to BU, he has
actively participated on
several campus committees,
including Representative
Assembly, judicial boards,
parking, spcae and facilities, food service, town and
gown and financial aid. He

has advised the Association
of Residence Students, the
Campus Judicial Board, the
Inter-Fraternity Council and
the off -campus Student
Organization.

The campus management
internships are coordinated
by the personnel office.

Management and noninstructional personnel are
eligible to apply.
Participants generally gain
experience in a field of work
in which they are interested.
For more details, call the
personnel office.

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TENTATIVE COMPUTER

SUMMER LIBRARY HOURS

COMPUTER SERVICES SUMMER

LAB HOURS

Andruss Library will be
open 8a.m. - 10 p.m.
Monday -Thursday, Friday from
8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday
closed, and open again from 2
p.m. to 10 p.m. Sunday.

HOURS

Computer lab hours are tentatively set for Monday
through Friday, 8 a.m.

-9

p.m.; Saturday, noon - 3 p.m.;
Sunday, 1 - 4 p.m. This new
facility is located on the
ground floor of the Ben

Summer hours for computer
services -will be MondayFriday, 7 a.m. - 11 p.m.;
Saturday, 9 a.m. - 5 p.m.;
Sunday, 12 noon - 8 p.m.;
July 4 holiday - closed at 11

p.m. Wednesday (July 3)
reopen at 7 a.m. Friday (July

Franklin Building. Call Doyle
Dodson at 4096 for more

5).

For more details,

Lee O. Masteller

details.

call

at extension

4099.

1985

release

time awarded
to

17 profs

By recommendation

of the

Faculty Development
Committee, the following
individuals have been
approved for released time
during the 1985 summer
sessions and the 1985-86

science, summer 1985,

Harold Frey, department of
computer in information
systems, spring 1986,
Creative Teaching - Profes-

Development for

mathematics

Neglect of Differential
Overlap (INDO) Calculations
of the Low Ionization Energy
Bands in the Photoelectron
Spectra of Dithiophosphate
Complexes of Nickel (II);

Joan Auten, department of

&

Public Service - Development
and Coordination of a Program
of Physical, Educational,
Recreational and Cultural
Activities for Senior
Citizens in the Region;

Richard Brook, department
of philosophy/anthropology,
spring 1986, Creative
-

tion of Microcomputer Use
Into Microbiology Courses;

sional

of chemistry, summer 1985,
Research - Intermediate

Teaching

John Riley, department of
mathematics A: computer

Faculty;
Ed Kerlin, department of

academic year:
Wayne Anderson, department

health, physical education
athletics, summer 1985,

science, summer 1985,
Creative Teaching - Introduc-

Computers and

Logic;

Steve Cohen, department of
psychology, spring 1986,
Research - Testing the
Anxiety-Reducing Effects of
Cholecystokinin Octapeptide;
Judith Downing, department
of biological 6c allied health

<5c

computer

science, summer 1985,

Creative Teaching Development of a Course in

Microcomputer Graphics;
Michael Levine, department
of psychology,

Research

spring 1986,

- Personality

and

Social Skills Associated with
the Human Companion Animal

Bond

—

1. College Freshmen,
Pre-school and Elementary
School Children;
James Parsons, department
of biological <5c allied health
sciences, fall 1985, Creative
Teaching - Workbook in
Mycobacterial Epidemiology;
Alex Poplawsky, department
of psychology, fall 1985 <5c
spring 1986, Research (Fall
85) - Effects of Different
Septal Lesions on Conditioned
Suppression Using Food
Instead of Shock as the
Unconditioned Stimulus, and
(Spring 85) - The Relationship Between Septal Lesions
and Conditioned Fear and Its
Effect on Learning to Avoid
Aversive Stimuli;

II.

Research - Algebras of
Bounded Analytic Functions on
the Polydisk;
Susan Rusinko, department
of English, summer 1985,
Research - A History of
English Drama, Volume 4
1950
Present;
Glenn Sadler, department of
English, fall 1985, Creative

~

Teaching

-

Modern Language

Association Publication:
Options for Teaching
Children's Literature;
Connie Schick, department
of psychology, fall 1985,
Research - Selective Recall
and Complex Problem -Solving
Performance as a Function of
Type A Behavior Pattern and
Forewarning;

Joseph Vaughan, department
of biological <5c allied health
science, spring 1986,
Creative Teaching - Field

Study of the Behavior and
Ecology of Two Species of
Deer Sharing a Common
Habitat;

Anne Wilson, department of
sociology/social welfare
fall 1985, Public Service Microcomputers for Social
Service Agencies; and
Ken Wilson, department of
art, fall 1985, Creative Arts
- Still Life Painting.

.

ACTIVITIES FEES

Summer

Sessions Activities
Plans for a variety of activities are as follows: 12
weeks (May 28-Aug. 16). $18;
three six-week sessions (May
28-Aug. 16). $9 each session;
three three-week sessions
(May 28-July 26). $4.50 each;
nine week session (June 17Aug. 16), $13.50. Make checks

payable to Community
Activities.

EC notes
Professors James Tomlinson
and Howard Schreier, both of
the department of communication studies, presented
papers at the Eastern Communication Association Annual
Convention in Providence, RI,
May 2-5, 1985. Tomlinson's
"The Reversal of Presumption
and Argumentative Strategy in
Tax Cases" and Schreier's
"Sharing the Burden: Arguments For and Against the
Sixteenth Amendment," were
part of a program entitled
The Power to Destroy: The
Rhetoric of the IRS, sponsored by the ECA Communica-

I

j

I

Law Interest Group.
BU's Alumni Association

tion and
j

I
'

I

i

I

Director Doug Hippenstiel
played a significant role in
the debut of the Middle
Atlantic District II
Convention of the Council for
Advancement and Support of
Education (CASE) held earlier
this year in New York City.
Hippenstiel, who served as
program chairman, summed it
up by saying, "A successful
program like this hinges on
volunteers, and there were
over 300 volunteers."
Featured were 15 seminars, 30
panels and roomfuls of roundtables and exhibits. Approximately 1,556 professionals
participated

SUMMER ARCHIVES DATES

SUMMER RECREATION

The University Archives,
located on the ground floor
rear of Bakeless Center, will
be open on the dates June
3-7, July 22-25 and Aug. 12-16i
Archivist Roger Fromm states

Racquetball. nautilus, free
weight room and gymnasium in
Nelson Fieldhouse are open
weekdays from 9 a.m. to 9
p.m. and weekends from noon
to 6 p.m. Centennial Gym.
Fitness Center, Nautilus

the hours will be as usual,
10 a.m. - noon.

FACULTY AND STAFF
and staff
listings in the 1985-86
undergraduate catalog, only
degrees and certifications
will be listed, not awards.
In the faculty

Also attending the conference were BU Vice
President of Institutional
Advancement John Walker,

Development Director Anthony
laniero and University
Relations Director Jessie

McCoy.

Two Bloomsuburg University
accounting majors in business
administration have been
awarded $700 scholarships
from the trustees of the
Scholarship Fund of the

Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accounts.
Recipients of the award are
Judith A. Bitner, a senior of
Mifflinburg, and Jonathan P.
Robinson, a junior from
CoUegeville.
In addition to
the $700 scholarship award,
each will receive a complimentary one-year subscription
of the Pennsylvania CPA
Journal. Also, a certificate
of recognition will be presented in the fall through
the Northeastern Chapter of
the Pennsylvania Institute of
Certified Public Accountants.
BU cheerleader Sandy
Bachman has been selected to
become a member of the
National Cheerleaders Association staff of cheerleader
instructors this summer. The
sophomore accounting major was
chosen as a member of the
staff from more than 100,000
students from around the
nation who have attended NCA

FACILITIES

Center and gym -- weekdays
from 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Centennial Pool
Saturday.
Sunday.
p.m.; Monday Friday, noon - 2 p.m., 7 p.m.
- 9 p.m.

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1-3

clinics in 48 states.

Bachman

slated to appear at seven
different camps in several
areas, including East
is

Stroudsburg, Baltimore (MD)
and Fairfield (CT).
By recommendation of the
Faculty Professional
Development Committee, the
following individuals have
been awarded research grants
for the 1985-86 academic
year:
Elise M. Brenner, department of philosophy/anthro-

pology, $600 - Archaeological
Investigations in the Fishing
Creek Tributary, Columbia
County, Pennsylvania;
Lynn Miller, department of
biological & allied health
sciences, $1,028.95 - The
Histology of the Pariate

Hymenolepis Diminuta
(Cestoda) Recovered from
Malnourished Hosts;
Barbara Strohman, department of art, $500 - Large
Monotypes of Paper-Organic
Distortions;

Cynthia Surmacz, department
<5c
allied health
sciences, $700 - The Effects
of Isometric Handgrip
Exercise on Plasma

of biological

Catecholamine Levels in
Borderline Hypertensive and
Normal Subjects;
Kenneth Wilson, department
of art, $300 - Experimentation with Powdered Pigments
and Various Binders.

Rats may provide
the answer for
BU researcher

a hormone. He also studies
the septal area, a tiny
football-shaped piece of the
brain that controls many
functions.

"Very

little is actually

JlBOLLOWlm ARE EXCERPTS known of what happens when
FROM A DANVILLE NEWS
you have brain damage,"
STORY BY STAFF WRITER
Poplawsky said, noting it was

^^

JOE SYLVESTER:
Someday, if a way is found
to reverse brain damage, it
won't necessarily be the
result of research conducted
by scientists at some large,
prestigious university or
institute. The cure may be
based on the work of professor Dr. Alex Poplawsky, a
physiological psychologist
who's been experimenting with
brain-damaged rats for the
past 10 years.

That possibility may not be
as presumptuous as it seems.
Though only 36 years old,
Poplawsky has published
numerous articles on his work
in scientific journals and
has worked with one of the
top scientists in the field,
Dr. Robert L. Isaacson of the
State University of New York
at

Binghamton.
In his office in the

McCormick Center, Poplawsky
enthusiastically talks of
research elsewhere that is
exploring if a damaged human
brain regenerates or if uninjured parts take over to
regain function.
That and how brain damage
affects behavior are what
interest Poplawsky. "They're
finding out more and more
parts of the brain are
related to behavior," he
said.
His research involves

damaging the septal
area of the rat's brain with
an electrode so he can study
how well the rat recovers its
functions when he either
trains it or injects it with
slightly

previously thought that if a
section of the brain that
controlled a particular function was damaged, the function would be lost forever.
Now, after further investigation, researchers are finding
functions sometimes do come
back, but it is not really
known if it is the brain
regenerating or other portions of the brain taking
over.
Whatever Poplawsky determines in his research on
rats, he will not presume his
findings will hold true for
humans with brain damage.
That will be for others to
determine. But his work could

be an important

first step.

"It's like building a pyramid, and I'm putting on the
first stones," he said.
The connection between the

rats and humans is their physiological similarities.
Using the rats as a model in

the laboratory,

researchers

can specify behavioral
changes, the time it takes to
recover function and how previous experiences and biological condition interact with
behavioral changes in brain-

damaged humans, Poplawsky
said.

The professor currently

The work done in the lab is
not funded by federal grants
but by the university because
the facility is used in the
school's courses. Poplawsky
said the project probably
could not be funded by a
federal grant.
Poplawsky has no set date
for finishing his project.
And it seems that, as in
other research, "When you get
a result, you get four more
questions. You find out
things are not as clear-cut
as you were taught."
But Poplawsky believes his
work can provide information
necessary to understand the
recovery function of the
brain and maybe provide a
potential cure for brain
damage and diseases.
"I take a lot of satisfaction thinking, hey, maybe one
day lots of those problems
will be history."
The CotBtnunique' publishes news

of events
and about people at Bloomsburg University. Please send story ideas to The
Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

The Communique'

is

published on the 1st

and 15th of each month, except for the

summer, by the Office of University
Relations at BU. Jessie McCoy is the
office director, Sick Dietterick is the
public information director, Jim
HoUister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. The
Comrnunique' is printed by the BU
duplication shop, headed by Tom

Patacconi.
is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, ancestry, life style, affec-

BU

tions! or sexual perference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union member-

The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and

ship.

is

working on a paper dealing
with making the brain-damaged
rat normal by training it
longer. One such form of
training is conditioning the
rodent to press a lever for a
pellet of food.
Poplawsky said, though,
that while rats with the same
type of brain damage will
behave the same, humans with
the same damage won't because
their previous experiences
vary.

will

take positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

COMMUNIQUE
\

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

July 1985

New

business
dean appointed

University in Washington in
1973.
"Dr. Dittrich brings to the
College of Business a wealth
of academic and business

experience which we have been
looking for in our next

dean," commented Ghosh.
"We're looking forward to a
fine association with him and
believe he will provide a
strong academic leadership
towards further progress of
the College of Business.
The
contributions made by deans
Rarig and Yori have been
appreciated by the entire
university community."
I

John E. Dittrich, professor
of business at the University
of Colorado, has been
appointed Dean of the College
of Business at Bloomsburg
University.
He began his new
duties on July 1
according
to Acting Provost and Vice
President for Academic
Affairs, Kalyan Ghosh.
Dr. Dittrich replaces Dr.
Emory W. Rarig who, after 14
years as Business
College Dean, retired last
December to return to
teaching at the university.
Robert P. Yori, chairman of
,

the accounting department,
has been acting Business
College Dean since December.
Dittrich received his
bachelor of science degree
from Purdue University in
1958.
He was awarded his
master of business administration degree from

Harvard University in 1960
and his doctor of philosophy
degree in business administration from the

The new dean joined the
Business College faculty at
the University of Colorado in
1978 as associate professor.
He became a fuU professor in
1981 and has been teaching
courses in Business Policy,
Organizational Behavior and
Fundamentals of Management.
His previous teaching
experience included five
years as an assistant professor at the University of
Kentucky and two years at the
University of Washington as a
staff and teaching associate.
Dittrich was affiliated
from 1961 to 1969 with the H
D Container Division of
(5c
Westvaco Corp. of New York

City where he was Regional
Administrative Manager,
Personnel Manager and
Administrative Services

Manager respectively. He
previously was a Commercial
Analyst with Fine Papers
Division paper mill in
Western Maryland.

He has authored or coauthored numerous books,
articles, papers and reviews
pertaining to his field,
along with other writings for
the Council of State
Governments and the American
He
Arbitration Association.
research
doing
is
currently
for the publications
Information and Management
and the Organizational

Behavior and Human
Performance.
In his committee assignments at the University of
Colorado, Dittrich has
chaired the Research and
Creative Works Committee and
has been a member of the
Executive Committee of the
Faculty Senate, Graduate
Studies Committee and the
Faculty Senate Budget

Committee.

Grad program

in

instructional

technology
Pennsylvania's newest innovative graduate program in
instructional technology is

making its debut at
Bloomsburg University.
Approved at the last Board
of Governor's meeting of the
State System of Higher
Education, the master of
science degree in instructional technology combines
training in computers, education, educational media and
some of the personnel sciences.
According to Dr. Dan
Pantaleo, dean of Graduate
Studies at BU, a selected
(Continued on page 2)

ELDERHOSTEL OPENINGS
Examining Middle East religions, comparing My Fair Lady
to G.B. Shaw's Pygmalion,
discussing presidential economics, responding to the
Holocaust and exploring computers are among the 10 courses offered this summer to
senior citizens attending
Elderhostel. There are still
openings for commuters.

Fulbright scholar

awards
The Council for International Exchange of Scholars
(CIES) has announced the
opening of competition for
the 1986-87 Fulbright scholar
awards in research and university lecturing abroad.
The awards for the 1986-87
academic year include 300
grants in research and 700
grants in university lecturing for periods ranging
from three months to a full
academic year. There are openings in more than 100
countries and, in a few
cases, the opportunity for
multicountry research is
available. Fulbright awards
are granted in virtually all
disciplines, and scholars in
all academic ranks are eligible to apply. Applications
are also encouraged from
retired faculty and independent scholars.
Benefits include round-trip
travel for the grantee (also,
for full-year awards, travel
provided for one
dependent); maintenance
allowance to cover living
costs of grantee and family;
tuition allowance, in many
countries, for school-age
children; and book and
baggage allowances.
is

The basic

eligibility

requirements for a Fulbright
award are U.S. citizenship;
Ph.D. or comparable professional qualifications;
university or college

teaching experience; and,

TERMINAL USAGE SEMINAR
A follovup seminar on terminal usage wili be jointly
offered by Computer Services
and the Purchasing Office on
July 11 in the Forum of the
McCormick Center. There will
be two 1/2 hour sessions, one
at 10 a.m. and one at 1:30

p.m.

For reservations,
contact Karlene Wright at
389-4096.

original compositions.

selected countries, proficiency in a foreign language.
Application deadlines for
the 1986-87 awards
are: Sept. 15, 1985 for
Africa, Europe and other
countries in Asia; Nov. 1,
1985 for junior lectureships
to France,
Spain; Dec.

Germany,

Italy and
1985 for administrators' seminars in
Germany, Japan and the United
Kingdom; Dec. 31, 1985 for
NATO Research Fellowships;
and Feb. 1, 1986 for the
seminar in German civilization, Spain Research
Fellowships and France and
Germany travel-only awards.
For information and appli-

cations,

1,

write
Council for International
Exchange of Scholars, Eleven
Dupont Circle, N. W.
call or

Washington, DC 20036-1257.
Telephone: 202-939-5401.

Grad program

(Cont'd.)
combination of 30 credit
hours in the instructional
technology curricula prepares
graduates to enter a number
of careers in business,
industry, government and
various non-profit agencies.
With this technical

background

computers and
interactive video, graduates
are able to prepare training
programs for employees in a
wide range of fields.
The program is interin

disciplinary in design,

encompassing courses from

all

colleges of the university.

Persons already employed
for

or interested in entering

PHIL A. GUITAR ENSEMBLE
The Philadelphia Guitar
Ensemble will appear at BU on
July 31. Formed in 1981, the
ensemble features four
guitarists from the Philadelphia area. The quartet
promotes the classical guitar
as an ensemble instrument by
performing transcriptions and

in

professional positions such
as trainer, educational
program designer or educational specialist in business, industry or health care
organizations, instructional

technology resource person
for an elementary or high
school or a school district
should consider majoring in
instructional technology.
Elective courses can be
selected with an adviser to
pattern the program for the
individual's goals.

A person with an undergraduate degree in any field of
study from an accredited
institution of higher education

is

eligible for this

prggram.
Additional requirements are under consideration
for the program that will
lead to teacher certification
in computer education now
being planned by the
Pennsylvania Department of
Education.
For further information,
call BU's College of Graduate
Studies at (717) 389-4004.

Thaddeus Piotrowski, director of the Learning Resources
Center in the McCormick

Center, has announced a new
list

to

of materials available

BU employees.

New materials include 16
millimeter films, VHS video
cassettes and new VC
videocassettes.
Contact the
Learning Resources Center at
389-4231 for further information.

DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE
BU employees are eligible

FACULTY/RESEARCH COMPUTER FROM THE UNIVERSITY STORE
RESEARCH LAB
Summer University Store

for discounts at several amufacilities across the
world these include Hershey
Park, Six Flags. Colonial
Williamsburg Disneyland in
California, Disney World in
Florida and Tokyo Disneyland
in

The Computer Research Lab,
located in room 9 of the Ben
Franklin Building, is now
open for use by all faculty
and staff members. The hours
that the lab will be open are
8 a.m. -9 p.m. Monday through
Friday, II a.m. - 3 p.m.

call Jim

Saturday and

sement

—

.

Japan. For more details,
Michael at extension 4037.

1

-

4

hours are 8 a.m. -4:30 p.m.
Monday -Friday. Special store
hours are set for 4:30-6:30
p.m. on Sunday, July 21 and
28. Used books may be sold to
the store 10 a.m. -4 p.m.
Thursday and Friday, Aug. 15
and 16.

p.m. Sunday.

Highlights of June Council of Trustees meeting
A bronze

plaque honoring
former trustees for their
work in making the $6.4

six

million James H. McCormick
Human Services Center a

reality was unveiled at the
June meeting of the Council

James H.

McCormick

for

whom

the building was named and
former administrators Boyd
Buckingham, Frank Davis,

Kenneth Hoffman and

Phillip

Krause.

of Trustees.

Scheduled to be placed in
the lobby of the university's
new three-story building, the
plaque honors Frank M. Fay of
Hazleton, Thomas C. Gordon
and Joan C. Keller, both of
Bloomsburg, Joseph M. Nespoli
of Berwick, Kevin M. O'Connor
of Plains and Edwin Weisbond
They are
of Mt. Carmel.
noted for working "diligently
to make this educational
facility a reality,"
according to the plaque's
inscription.

Fay served on the BU counHe is
cil from 1971-1981.
currently proprietor of an
Gordon,
insurance agency.
who was a student trustee
during 1980-1982, recently
graduated from law school and
is now working with the

Columbia County Court System.
Mrs. Keller is a housewife
who served as a trustee from
1975- 1981.
Nespoli, a
jeweler, served during

1971-1983.

O'Connor, a

regional school administrator, was a BU trustee during
1976- 1983.
Weisbond, an
optometrist, was on board

1971-1983.
Attending as special guests
for the unveiling were former
university president and
current State System of
Higher Education chancellor

John Dorin, mayor of
Montoursville and an official
of GTE Corporation, was reelected chairman of the
Council of Trustees at the
quarterly meeting on June 12.
He is a senior buyer in
purchasing management with
the WiUiamsport plant of GTE
Corp.'s electronic component
division.
He has been
employed at GTE since 1963.
The Temple University graduate is also completing his
term as mayor of
Montoursville.
Stanley Rakowsky, superintendent of Clearfield High
School, was elected vice
chairman of the council and
Ramona Alley of Berwick was
elected secretary.
Both
were appointed trustees in
1983.
Rakowsky, a 1970 BU graduate, holds a master's
degree from Penn State where
he is currently enrolled in a
doctoral program.
Alley, an
East Tennessee State
University graduate, is
active in area political,
civic and social organizafirst

tions.
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The Haas Center auditorium
was named the "Marco and
Louise Mitrani Hall" in honor

of the Bloomsburg couple at
the June meeting of the
Council of Trustees.

"Naming the auditorium in
honor of the Mitranis will
acknowledge their support of
the arts and their years of
service to BU and the
community," said John Dorin,
chairman of the Council of
"Avid art patrons,
Trustees.
Mitranis
have also made
the
major gifts to the Bloomsburg
Theatre Ensemble as well as
the Haas Center for the
Arts," Dorin added.
The Mitrani' s have made

numerous philanthropic
contributions to non-profit
organizations, including a
half million dollars to the
BU academic scholarship
program and a major gift for
the acoustical renovation of
the auditorium being named in
their honor.

Percival R. Roberts III
received a posthumous honor
when the Council of Trustees
voted to dedicate a tract of
campus to the "Percival R.
Roberts III Sculpture Garden"
at the June meeting.
Planned for a site located
between the James H.

McCormick Center

for

Human

Services and the Bakeless
Center for the Humanities.
Dr. Roberts was an awardwinning writer-poet, artist
and educator who died last
October.
He was a former
chairman of the BU art
department, author of seven
books and visual artist.

BU notes
The Distinguished Service
Awards were created in 1948
to recognize alumni who have
excelled in at least one
area: significant accomplishments in his or her profession; outstanding service
to the university and/or the
Alumni Association; or
contributions to mankind.
The first recipient of the
"Young Alumni of the Year"

award
Benyo

be Richard S.
a free-lance
writer and former executive
director of Runner's World
magazine. The second award
will go to Doug Hippenstiel
'68, director of alumni
will

'68,

BU.
Cheryl Schultz, Berwick
R.D. #4, is the 1985 recipient of a first-year fuUtuition scholarship provided
by the Columbia Life
Insurance Company of
Bloomsburg. She will use the
scholarship at Bloomsburg
affairs at

University, where she plans
to major in mathematics.
Cheryl will be eligible for
half-tuition scholarships in

her three subsequent years at
BU if she maintains a 2.5
cumulative grade point
average.
Howard F. Blasch, Columbia
Life's president and chief
executive officer, also
announced that three BU students have qualified for
half-tuition scholarships for
the 1985-86 academic year.
They are: Stephanie A.
Stewart, Bloomsburg; Diann L.
Kindig, Lime Ridge; and Mark
Tappe, Catawissa. This year's
awards are part of a continuing program in which

Columbia Insurance Company
assists local students
enroll at BU.

who

The ERIC Clearinghouse on
Reading and Communication

Skills has accepted Lawrence
B. Fuller's "Mary Mapes
Dodge and St. Nicholas: The
Development of a Philosophy
and Practice of Publishing
for Young People" for inclusion in its information
retrieval system. Besides
being available through the
ERIC data base, a microfiche
copy will be distributed to
more than 700 libraries and
information centers around

the world.
Dr. Fuller, a member of the
English department, delivered
this paper at the annual
meeting of the National

the local

APSCUF

office.

Make

checks payable to APSCUF.
Three Distinguished Service
Awards and two "Young Alumni
of the Year" awards were presented during the annual
banquet of the BU Alumni
Association in June.
Recipients of the 1985
Distinguished Service Awards
were Frank J. Furgele '52,
Ed.D., superintendent of the
Brandywine School District in
Claymont, DE; Carl L.
Stanitski '60, M.D., an

orthopaedic surgeon in
Pittsburgh; and Conrad L.
Stanitski '60, Ph.D., a chemistry professor at RandolphCouncil of Teachers of
Macon College in Ashland, VA.
English last November.
The
The Stanitskis are twins.
paper is part of his on-going
F. Eugene Dixon, Jr.,
research in 19th Century
chairman
of the board of
American literature for
governors and Dr. James H.
children and adolescents.
McCormick, chancellor for the
In addition. Volume 13 of
State System of Higher
the "Journal of the Midwest
Education (SSHE) both
History of Education Society"
expressed
satisfaction about
contains Dr. Fuller's article
the
recent
decision by the
"The Magazine as Educator:
Commission
on Higher
Mary Mapes Dodge and St.
Education
of
the Middle
Nicholas."
On June 13, faculty emeritus States Association of
George P. Boss was responsible Colleges and Schools to
extend Cheyney University's
for forming a chapter of
accreditation for 18 months.
APSCUF, an organization of
the retired faculty of

Bloomsburg University.
Dr.
Boss was elected President,
Dr. John Enman,
Vice-President, Mrs, Margaret
Lauer, secretary, and Dr.
Whitney Carpenter, H,
treasurer.

The purposes served by

this

chapter, affiliated with
APSCUF and the state system,
are to centralize efforts of
retired faculty for potential
assistance to the university,
to work for improved retirement benefits, and to enhance
collegiality among retired
faculty. All retired faculty
are urged to join. The fee of
$10 is minimal and should be
sent to Mrs. Sandy Kline at

The Communique' publishes news

of events
and about people at Bloomstjurg UniverMly. Please send story ideas to The
Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

The Communique'

is published on the 1st
and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, by the Office of University
Relations at BU. Jessie McCoy is the

office director, Nick Oietterick is the
public information director, Jim
HoUister heads the sports information
area and. Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. The
Communique' is printed by the BU
duplication shop, headed by Tom

Patacconi

BU IS committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
lor all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age. national
origin, ancestry, life style, affeclional or sexual perference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and will
take positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

""

UJ

COMMUNIQUE

A newsletter
August

for faculty

1,

and staff at Bloomsbarg University

1985

Senior faculty

member

Union Building." It was
for the dean of women
at that time.
She was a real
friend to the women on
campus a real jewel of a
lady," he said.
"My other favorite name is
Centennial Gym because it was
built during the 100th anniversary of Bloomsburg State
College," Radice notes.

named

retires

—

By Denise Werner
Edited by Debbie Barnes
BU's most senior prois about to turn in
his cap and gown for the last

fessor

time.

For Dr. Frank Radice, professor of finance and business law, this month's
commencement will be his last
as a university professor.
Not only has Radice taught
here for 28 years, he also
matriculated here for four
years, receiving his bachelor
of science in business
education. He also holds a
master of arts and a doctorate in business law at
Pennsylvania State
University.

Throughout his years at BU,
Radice has seen a lot of
changes tai<e place.
"When 1
first came to work here in
1957, it was primarily a
state teachers' college.
Three years later, it became
an all-purpose school, though
we still mainly trained
teachers for the Commonwealth.
Today, there are so
many different degrees that

When

Dr. Harvey Andruss, the
college president, read the

announcements, and attendance
was taken. Andruss was a
formal president.
I guess
you might call him
autocratic, but very effecIt worked for him, as
tive.
did the other rules, because
it was all so relative to the
times.
When the country was
more conservative, so was the
college.
Dr. Robert Nossen became
president in 1969 during the
latter Vietnam era and there
was some unrest on the campus.
"We had some protests,"
Radice says, "but not many.
I
think that's mostly because
our students come from hardworking, professional fami-

and their education was
primary.
We had a good

lies

cross-section of students, so

we never thought would be

we

here.

That's one thing that hasn't

This

is

the best

didn't have

many

rebels.

change we've made."
Radice recalls the for-

changed.

mality of the 50s when
faculty dressed semi-formally

Bloomsburg had a tremendous
period of building growth.
Radice got involved on the
committee to name the

and class attendance was
essential to passing grades.
"We also had an attendance
of assembly twice a week.

From the

buildings.

late 60s to 70s,

"My

favorite is
the Kehr (pronounced care)

comes to the business department, Radice feels
the department has gone
it

through many changes.

"The

business department has been
good since about 1930.
Many
of our graduates went on to
become Certified Public
Accountants and are now
working at 'Big Eight Firms'

and some even went to law
school.
"In 1960, we started a
master's program for business
education." In 1969, we
added business administration.
Today, the departments have
evolved into the College of
Business.
With all the changes that
he has seen, the most recent
is from state college to university.
"I like the
It sounds broader
change.
and more prestigous.
In addition, there is more
unity.
We have our own chancellor which means we can

control our destiny."
From his college days
through today, he will no
longer be the "professor
whose been around the
longest." After this summer,

Frank Radice is retiring.
(Continued on page 3)

"FLEETING MOMENTS"
A photo exhibit by area
photographer Carol Rae MoMiery
be on display through
Aug. 16 in the Presidents'
Lounge in Kehr Union. Over 20
color photographs depicting a
wide range of subjects will
be shown. Mrs. Mowery is a
will

member

of Associated
Photographers International
and the National Alliance of

THE MAGIC OF MUSIC

H.M.S. Pinafore
The Gilbert and Sullivan

comedy "H.M.S. Pinafore"

will

be performed at the Louise
and Marco Mitrani Hall in
Haas Auditorium on Aug. 7-10
and Sept. 5-7 at 9 p.m.
Tickets are on sale now.
Don't miss it!

Homebased Businesswomen.

New

If you
for trareimbursement
expect
motels
fees,
vel, conference
or meals, be sure to use the
new, simplified forms developed by the BU budget
office. Old forms will not be
processed after July 31,
1985. Save yourself the extra
work, for they will be

Traveler's beware!

returned for resubmission on
the new forms. The new travel
expense vouchers and travel
approval request forms may be
obtained at the university
storeroom
The change in forms is an
improvement for both the traveler and the budget office.
The travel approval request
form, which must be submitted
five days in advance of travel, now combines both inand out-of-state travel.
Other new information
included on the travel
request form: estimated cost

modes

of

transportation, out-service
training identification
number (if applicable) and
hotel and transportation
order requests. Condensing

these items on one form
reduces on paperwork and
expedites reimbursements
since the hotel and transportation forms will be prepared
for the traveler, in advance,
by the budget office.
The new, carbonless format
of the travel expense voucher
all

the Community Arts Council's
summer mini-series, the

program
held

in

is free and will be
the Presidents'

Lounge of Kehr Union.

travel forms

of travel for all

A program combining music
and magic will be performed
by vocalist Denise Coffey and
magician Craig Collis in
their 8 p.m. Aug. 6
appearance at BU. As part of

has become a fill-in-theblank format, rather than a
mass of lines. It explains
exactly which items require
receipts and offers a few
other helpful details.
Allowable rates include $3.50
for breakfast, $6.00 for
lunch and $11.50 for dinner.
Lodging costs are limited to
$33.00, plus tax, per night
for all out-of-state locations and within a 25-mile
radius of Allentown, Erie,
Harrisburg, Philadelphia,
Pittsburgh, Reading and
Scranton.
Lodging costs are
limited to $28.00, plus tax,
in all other locations.

For more details, call Sue

Bodman

at extension

BU Alumni
in top

4406.

Assn.

22%

The Alumni Association of
Bloomsburg University ranks
in the top 22 percent of all
college, university and independent school annual fund
raising programs in the
United States.

Bloomsburg was one of 39
four-year public institutions
selected as finalists in the
Alumni Giving Incentive Award
program sponsored by the
Council for the Advancement
and Support of Education
(CASE) and U.S. Steel. BU was
selected as a finalist in the
improvement category.
The winners were The
Pennsylvania State University
and Southwest State

University in Minnesota.
Since 1959, CASE and the
United States Steel

Foundation have recognized
member institutions' alumni
and professional staffs for
distinguished achievement in
alumni giving programs.
The BU Alumni Fund has
grown from $47,000 and a 10
percent participation rate in
1980 to $138,000 and a 23
percent participation rate in
1984, according to Doug
Hippenstiel,

director of

alumni affairs.

BU

receives

Keystone Award
BU has received one of the
state's top awards for stimulating volunteerism among
private businesses.
The Keystone Award of
Merit, presented by the
Governor's Private Sector
Initiative Task Force,

was

based on a survey of volunteerism completed by Dr. John
S. Mulka, dean of student
development at BU.
According to Mulka, "This

award distinguishes the university for its responsiveness to the community.
will be displayed in Kehr
Union Building, helping to
make students aware that
their efforts have been

recognized and encouraging
them to do more," Mulka
added.

It

NEW EMPLOYEES

FIRST AID MVLTI- MEDIA

An

COURSE
Summer Commencement
Dr. Mary Lou John,

Doreen Miguelez
conducting a First Aid
Multi-Media Course for
certification on Aug. 14
and 15, 1985 from 9 a.m.
to 1 p.m. in Waller
will

Conference Room
floor).

be

faculty emeritus, will
be guest speaker at the
Bl)

summer commencement,

Aug. 15, 1985, at 7 p.m.
in the Louise and Marco
Mitrani Hall of Haas Center

(first

Contact Pat

for the Arts. Faculty will
robe at 6:30 p.m. in the

Patterson for details,

389-4414.

orientation program

designed to get new faculty

and professional staff off to
a good start at BU will be
held from 8:30 a.m. to noon
Tuesday, Sept. 3, in Kehr
Union Presidents' Lounge.
Follow-up programs will be
in September and
October.

held

gallery.

Budget increases
5.5% 9 tuition
raised by $30
In recent budget action
taken by the General
Assembly, the State System of
Higher Education received a
5.5 percent appropriation
increase for the 1985-86

fiscal year.

"While the 5.5 percent
appropriation falls short of
the request made by the State
System, I believe we were
treated equitably within the
higher education community,"
said

James H. McCormick, SSHE

chancellor.

Consequently, BU's 1985-86
operating budget will include
$20,234,772 in state appropriations.

$181,000

An additional
is

expected for

deferred maintenance and

$292,000 for instructional
equipment. Salaries for nonfaculty and non-management
to increase three percent.
Other salaries are yet to be
decided.
The general operating

year.
Beginning in September, the
basic fee will rise $30 per
academic year, or $15 per
semester.
The increase affects both
full-time and part-time, instate and out-of-state

undergraduate and graduate
students.
In

comparison to tuition

increases at other Pennsylvania institutions, the SSHE
increase is modest.

GOOD MORNING AMERICA!
President Harry Ausprich
recently taped an introduction for the "Good

Morning America" teleshow. In addition,
he and several BU
employees and students
were taped for a series
of WNEP's 'Good Morning
Pennsylvania' morning

!

vision

news introductions. Air
is

appropriation for the State
System now stands at

$263,803,805. The SSHE had
requested $266,009,938, a
6.38 percent increase over
the 1984-85 budget.

To reconcile the difference
between the SSHE's requested
budget and the General
Assembly's appropriation, the
Board of Governor's has
approved a tuition increase

SERS

for the 1985-86 academic

dates will be forthcoming.

JH

Senior

(cont'd.)
Radice says, "There are

I
really want to
do when I retire update my
book 'Today's Business Law',
read, travel and fish.
Regrettably, I sold my boat a
few years ago, but I kept my
engine.
With teaching, I
haven't had much time to use

four things

—

but let's just say I'm
keeping it oiled."

it,

center

opens
The opening of the State
Employees' Retirement
System's Regional Counseling
Center in Montoursville
represents a new concept in
retirement counseling for
Bloomsburg University
employees. Consequently, university employees will no
longer be dealing with the
university personnel office
for retirement information,
but with the SERS pilot
regional office in
Montoursville.

Employees who travel to the

SERS Regional Center

in

Montoursville during regular
working hours will be
required to use annual or
personal leave. Work site
group counseling seminars
arranged by SERS in coordination with the university
are excepted from this rule.
For your information, the
Regional Center has evening
office hours, staff in continuous travel status and a
toll free telephone number

which is 1-800-654-9853 for
your assistance.
Should you have any
questions, please contact Jim
Michael at 389-4037.

There

will

be a steam shut-

down from Saturday, August 17
to late

1985,

Thursday,

August 22,

to accomplish routine

maintenance and repairs on
the boilers and manholes.

BU notes
Tom Cooper, dean

of

admissions and enrollment

management at BU, was elected
president-elect of the
Pennsylvania Association of
College Admissions Counselors
at its annual conference in
June. His election marks the
first time in the 25-year
history of the association
that the president will be
from a State System of Higher
Education institution.

Doug Hippenstiel, director
of alumni affairs, has been
named to the nine-member

Committee on Alumni
Administration of the Council
for the Advancement and
Support of Education (CASE).
He was also recently elected
to chair the alumni directors
of the 14 universities in the
State System of Higher
Education for the 1985-86
academic year.
Dr. Kalyan Ghosh, Vice
Provost and Associate Vice
President for Academic
Affairs, and Dr. Raymond
Babineau, Director of
Institutional Planning and
Director, School of
Education, recently presented
a paper entitled "A Collegial
Process for Facility
Planning:
The Development of
Educational Specifications"
at the 20th Annual
International Conference of
the Society for College and
University Planning recently
held in Chicago.
BU has three appointments
to the Executive Council

Committees

of

SSHE.

Dr.

Harry Ausprich, president, is
on the Academic and Student
Affairs Committee; Dr. Larry
Jones, vice president for
academic affairs, is on the
Finance and Administration
Committee; Mr. John Walker,
vice president for institu-

advancement, is on the
Legislative and Developmental
Affairs Committee.
tional

Dr. Boris Reichstein, professor of math and computer
science, captured second
place out of 50 competitors
in the National Chess
Federation meet held recently
at BU.
Roger Sanders, director of
athletics and head wrestling
coach of BU, was guest lecturer and clinician at the
1985 National Wrestling

Coaches Seminar attended by
175 coaches from across the
nation.

Gary Heimbach, a Berwick
Jaycee and an employee of
Servomation at BU, was
recently presented a letter
of appreciation from the

Berwick Police Department for
his fundraising efforts for

Cystic Fibrosis. The presentation was made by Berwick
Mayor Lou Biacchi during a
borough council meeting.

Three publications produced
by the BU Office of Sports
Information have been judged
"Best in the Nation" among

NCAA

Division

II

institutions

by the College Sports
Information Directors of

America (CoSIDA).
The Citations for
Excellence were presented

to

Four members of the
Pennsylvania Conference champion BU Softball team have
been named to the PC's 1985
All-Conference Team. The
foursome includes Karen
Hertzler of Mechanicsburg,
Kathy Berry of Port Royal,
Susan Kocher of Camp Hill and
Suzanne Luna of Kendall Park,
NJ. A fifth team member, Kate
Denneny, joined the foursome
in being selected for the
All-PC Eastern Division team.
BU advertising senior Jeff
Welker of Hometown earned an
honorable mention in the
Nissan Student Advertising
Contest. Of 750 entries, he
was one of 50 honored by the
automobile manufacturer.
Steven D. Ranck of West
Milton, a BU senior in business administration, has been
selected as one of 12 recipients of a $600 scholarship
award from Delta Mu Delta,
national honorary society in
business administration.
Incoming freshman Diane L.
Casey of Wilburton has been
selected as recipient of the

$1,000 Jeld-Wen, Wenco
Foundation scholarship at BU.
She will pursue a bachelor of
science degree in nursing.

BU Sports Information
Director Jim Hollister at the
organization's national convention held recently in
Boston, Mass.
Hollister and student aides
Mike Albright, Jerry Ganz and

Troy Sellers were honored for
their work on the 1984-85
men's basketball poster,
which featured outstanding
teams of the past as well as
this year's squad,

titled

"Bloomsburg Basketball - A
Winning Tradition," and the
media guides for women's
swimming and diving and men's
tennis.

CoSIDA has recognized BU
publications on 12 occasions
since Hollister assumed the
duties of sports information
director in August 1980.

Tbe CoBBuniqae' publishes news of events
and about people at Bloomsburg University. Please send story ideas to The
Office of University
CooBuniqae
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815.
'

,

The Coaaaniqne' is published on the IsC
and 15th of each month, except for the
Sumner, by the Office of University
Relations at BU. Jessie McCoy is the
office director, Nick Dietterick is the
public information director, Jim
Hollister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. Public
relations intern Debbie Barnes is in
charge of organization and layout. The
Communique' is printed by the BU
duplication shop, headed by Tom
Patacconi
BU is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, ancestry, life style, affectional or sexual perference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and will
take positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

—

September

1.

1985

Ausprich reveals

and further opening the

his priorities

general lines of communications between all BU

Although Harry Ausprich

is

the new kid on the block, so
to speak, he's already a
well-known face around town.
During his first six weeks
at the helm of Bloomsburg
University, he has already
shaken more hands than a
political candidate might
have, rubbed more shoulders
with the community brass,
toured the entire campus and

numerous communities from
here to Harrisburg, met many
times with the state's higher
education leaders, eaten more
chicken and fish in the last
month than the average person
eats in a year, attended some
30 receptions, smiled for the
cameras at least 100 times or
more, continued his role as a
husband and father, played
several rounds of fierce
volleyball with prospective
students and jumped right in
to handling the immediate
needs of BU.
Those needs, according to
Ausprich involve gaining
additional resources to
supplement government funds,
reviewing the university's
system of governance,
exploring possibilities to
better reach people in the
university's service area,
improving programs for
faculty/staff development.

employees.
Ausprich has been an administrator in higher education
during the "best of times and
the worst of times"
just
one of the few reasons he
felt qualified to take on the
presidency of BU.
Although money isn't as

—

plentiful as desired,

Ausprich appreciates the fact
that BU is financially sound.
"I was an administrator in
the best of times when money

was practically falling off
trees. Then I was dean at

He's seen the

best and worst
of times...
Buffalo in one of the worst
times in higher education
the early 70s- when we had to
retrench faculty and eliminate programs. It was a
terribly difficult time." The
former dean of Kent State
University's College of Fine
and Professional Arts
(composed of some 7,000 students and 300 faculty members) said it might have been
easier to obtain funding at
Kent because of its proximity
to large urban areas such as
Akron and Cleveland, but
Bloomsburg has several opportunities for "widening
circles of influence."

Ausprich is excited about the
formation of the BU
Foundation Board- a community
based group that will assist
in soliciting funds for special projects. The board of
selected community leaders,
faculty and alumni is nearing
completion.
Also high on the new president's

list

of priorities

reviewing BU's governance
and planning systems.
According to him, claims by
some that university governance is too unwieldy, has
too many steps and is not as
efficient as it could be,
is

make it a subject for careful
evaluation. Ausprich believes
that proper consultation and
discussion of important
issues is vital to presidential decision-making, but
there needs to be guidelines
concerning what type of
issues will be considered by
the governance process and
how these issues will be
treated.
Although impressed with
BU's academic planning,
Ausprich believes it is
important for a university to
continually assess its
programs in order to develop
and grow. He said he will
lean heavily on the provost
and vice president for academic affairs and his staff,
and also "get involved in
discussions with the deans
and department chairs" to

make sure

that

BU maintains

(Continued on page 2)

GOOD MORNISG AMERICA
\\NEP's taping of Dr. Harry
Ausprich, Bit's new president,
uiH appear on national television at 7 or 8 a.m. Oct.
16. 1985. Dr. Ausprich will
greet America during the
introduction of ABC's Good

Morning America TV show.
Other tapings of BU students
and employees saying "Good
Morning Northeast and Central
Pennsylvania" are airing randomly on WiVEP throughout the

PRESIDENTIAL MEETINGS
Faculty: 3:30 p.m.,
Sept. 10, Mitrani Hall

Support Staff: 9 a.m.,
Sept. 13, Carver Auditorium
Professional Staff:
Sept. 19,
2:30 p.m.
,

WOMEN'S CONFERENCE
The Women's Consortium of
the State System of Higher
Education will hold a conference on Nov. 1-2 at BU
Dr. Mary Emily Hannah, vice
chancellor for academic
policy and planning, will be
the keynote speaker
addressing the theme of
"Negotiation. "

Carver Auditorium

fall.

Continued from page

with matters that could be
resolved on a more basic

TV courses

programs.
Ausprich's involvement in
faculty development as a university administrator and a
long-time consultant for the
Pennsylvania State College
System makes him a believer
in continuing development for
faculty and staff.
Development is "important for
morale, it keeps people alive
and engaged, it keeps them
caring." But he is careful to
add, "funding determines

level.

offered

priorities.

Still settling into a new
residence, Ausprich says that
his wife Lorraine will probably continue her graduate
studies at BU
He speaks with
pride of her accomplishments
such as the "gifted/talented"
program she developed for a
major school system in
northeastern Ohio. Their
children, Sarah, 13, and
Emily, 12, are attending the
Bloomsburg Middle School this

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its

1

strong educational

Although he does not
necessarily subscribe to the
"publish or perish" philosophy, the chief executive
said he does see scholarship
as part of the overall professional responsibility of
faculty members. Scholarly
and creative activities "must
be dictated by the nature of
the field... each area defi-

nes expectations for professional development."
One of the overall responsibilities of the presidency
is visibility and accessibility, according to Ausprich.
He will oversee the campus

from eye-level because he is
a "wanderer, a roamer." He
intends to establish regular
open hours for members of the
academic community to offer
their views on issues. On
business matters, however,
Ausprich makes 't clear that
lie respects channels and

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.

Having

felt presidential

aspirations for the past few
years, the appeal of the presidency at BU for Ausprich

was based on BU's

size, repuproximity to
urban areas and the ambiance
of the community. As a husband and father, these were
strong considerations in his
decision to accept the
position. "Quality of life is
important to us."

tation,

its

.

fall.

Despite his busy schedule,
Ausprich plans on enjoying
the sports events and BU's
cultural advantages such as
the theatre, concerts and
recitals. A movie buff, especially of movies from the 30s
and 40s, the president will
also find relaxation in
reading, walking, travel
(which he hopes to share more
of with his wife) and
possibly revivin<: !iis tr-nnis
skills since the university's
ins
18 courts 'V>: U s;.;

Two college courses take to
the airwaves in September as
Pennarama, a state-wide cable
television network, begins
broadcasting courses in principles of sociology and
introductory psychology.
Dr. Jim Huber, professor of
sociology, will offer a
three-credit telecourse
entitled
"Focus on Society."
It contains comments and
observations from noted
sociologists including Drs.
Howard Becker, George
Homans, Martin Marty,
Morris Janowitz and Lee
Rainwater.
Each lesson

is

repeated 18 times weekly at
10 a.m.
2 a.m.
6 a.m.
2
p.m., 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. on
Tuesday, Thursday and
,

,

,

Saturday.
Dr. Calvin Walker, chairman
and professor of psychology
at BU, in his three-credit
course examines the brain,
consciousness and sleep,
taste, smell and hearing and
other psychological phenomena. Selected footage from
rare films will be presented
to illustrate certain points.
This course will also air 18

a.m.,
p.m.,
a.m., 9 a.m., 1
and 9 p.m. on Monday,
Wednesday and Friday.
times a week at

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conl'ict

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infonrmtioi!,

the Schoo- oi

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p.m.

On Tuesday.

Sept.

3.

Andruss Library will observe
limited hours from 8 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. On Wednesday, Sept.
4,

the library will return to

normal operational hours for
the fall semester: MondayThursday. 8a.m. -midnight:
Friday. 8 a.m. -5 p.m.;
Saturday. 9 a.m. -5 p.m.; and
Sunday. 2 p.m. -10 p.m.

For

EDP SOFT[^^ARE PURCHASES

RETIREMENT SEMINAR

LIBRARY HOURS

women

only

Quest kicks off its fall
women's program at 10 a.m.

A retirement seminar
be held on Sept.

19

McCormick Center

in

for

will

the

Human

has been announced by Don
Hock, budget director.
EDP
software will be purchased
under objective 389 during
the 1985-86 fiscal year.

Saturday, Oct. 5, in Central
The fee covers
Pennsylvania.
the cost of transportation,
climbing equipment, lunch and

According to BU President
Harry Ausprich, "The trust is
one of the largest dedicated

—

instruction.

a weekend

For more information, contact
Sherry Williams at 389-4323.

Pennsylvania will introduce
or re-acquaint participants
to backpacking. Leaving at 6
p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, and
returning at 8 p.m. Sunday,
Sept. 15, the $45 fee
involved covers transportation, food, leadership and
all backpacking gear. The
group's ability will determine the pace and activities.
A more in-depth personal
renewal seminar will be conducted in three evening
sessions from 7:30 - 9:30 on
Sept. 24, Oct. 1 and 8, and
one day-long session from 9
a.m. - 4 p.m. on Saturday,
Oct. 12.
This seminar uses an adventure approach to decisionmaking, problem-solving and
conflict-resolution.

is

It

ideal for someone who wants
to make life changes but
The semifeels immobilized.

$40, gear is provided
for the Saturday spent on the
high ropes course.
For $15, Questers can
experience the exhilaration
nar

is

An

of rockcUmbing.

ductory course
offered 8 a.m.

will
-

5

Intro

be

p.m.

in objective codes
purchase
the
for
of electronic data processing software

Services Forum according to
the following schedule:
9 a.m. -10:15 a.m. -- Social
Security Representative;
10:30 a.m. -noon -- Wienkel
Associates Financial
Counselor;
1
p.m. -2:30 p.m.
Lawrence VVilver State
Employees Retirement Center.

Saturday, Sept. 7, with a day
hike/creek stomp at Sullivan
Falls. A $10 fee covers
transportation and lunch.
For the more adventuresome,
trip into central

A change

These courses are open to
and designed for women of all
ages and backgrounds. Previous

skill is

not necessary.

$5 million trust
revealed
The largest scholarship
the 146-year history
of Bloomsburg University was
the subject of a press con-

fund

in

ference on Tuesday, Aug. 27,
in the forum of the McCormick

Center for Human Services.
The donor and details
surrounding the trust were
jointly announced by university administrators and the
administering bank executives
of Union National Bank of Mt.

Carmel.
The multi-million dollar
trust fund was bequeathed by
a late Shenandoah resident,
Fred G. Smith, who died on

academic scholarships in
the State System of Higher
Education. It is certainly
the largest such fund in
Bloomsburg' s history."
Established in memory of
his late wife Marion, the
scholarship fund is named
to

"The Fred G. Smith Golden
Rule Trust Fund." Stipulations in the will require
recipients to be academically
talented and have financial
need, to be residents of the
township of Mt. Carmel or the

boroughs of Ashland,
Shenandoah or Mt. Carmel and
to be graduates of Shenandoah
Area, North Schuylkill Area,
Cardinal Brennan, Mt. Carmel
Area or Our Lady of Lourdes
high schools. Specific guidelines for recipients will be
decided by the trust officers
with awards possibly being
granted for the 1986-87 academic year.
Fifteen radio, newspaper
and TV representatives from a
50-mile radius were in attendance at the press conference, including WNEP and

WDAU-TV,

Press-Enterprise,

July 17, 1985. Currently
valued at three million
dollars, the trust includes a
provision to increase its net

the News-Item,
Times Leader Danville News,

worth to five million. The

WPGM,

funds available for annual
scholarships could be as much
as $300,000.

Associated Press.

Pottsville Republican,

WHLM,

WCNR, WMIM,
,

Sunday Independent,
WBUQ, The Voice and

BU notes
William Bailey, manager of
the University Store,
recently presented a check
for $72.48 from the recent

used book sale to
Beautification Committee
chairman Bruce "Nick"
Dietterick.
The University Store has
donated the proceeds from
this annual sale to the committee since 1979. Total contributions are greatly
appreciated," says
Dietterick. "There are many
flower and plant additions
and other improvements we
have been able to add to the
campus appearance with this

money.
Other contributions for
campus beautification come
from the general fund budget

Community
Government Association,

of the university

Alumni Association and private donors.
Dr. Barbara E. Behr, professor of finance and business law at BU, recently
co-edited a book for business
lawyers with a former
colleague, Dr. Andrew F.
Emerson. "The 1985 Selected
Papers of the American
Business Law Association"
represents 25 of the 64
papers presented at the North
Atlantic, Northeastern and
Mid-Atlantic regional conferences of the ABLA. The
publication was printed by

Apartheid articles written
by George Ayittey, assistant
professor of economics, have
appeared in the Wall Street
Journal, USA Today, Atlanta
Journal, Providence Journal,
Reading Eagle, PressEnterprise and overseas in
the London Times and Bermuda
Royal Gazette. Accepted versions of his articles will be
syndicated world-wide by
Singer Communications, Inc.
of California. Professor
Ayittey has participated on
the radio talk shows of WHLM
(Bloomsburg)
WKOK (Sunbury)
KIEV (Los Angeles), WXVT
(Detroit), WBZ (Boston) and
WNYE (New York).
,

New office re-locations
that have recently taken
place are: Carver Hall
Alumni Office to the association's recently purchased
home opposite the east end of
the lower campus; Office of
Institutional Advancement to
the former alumni offices;
Office of Institutional
Research and Information
Management to second floor of
Waller Administration
Building; Office of Development to offices in Carver
Hall formerly occupied by the
Office of Institutional
Research and Information

associate professor of art at

BU.

of the

Community Government

Association of BU for
1985-86. She will be active
in greeting visitors and
prospective students to campus and at alumni chapter
meetings.

Outward Bound

instructor for

North Carolina for the
past three years.
Susan KroU-Smith of the BU
Health Center, has decided to
pursue her master's degree at
Bryn Mawr this fall. Her
in

full-time nursing duties will
now be limited to part-time
on weekends. Friends and

well-wishers gathered
recently to acknowledge her
contributions to BU.

On Aug. 5, Mary Wanzie
became acting director of
personnel and labor relations
for a three-month period due
to Stan Carr's temporary move

human

to SSHE as director of
services.

Patricia Deibert, a nontraditional student at BU
was recently named the
outreach specialist for

sity. Please send story ideas to The
Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,

tor of the Center for

headed by Tom Patacconi. The
cover design was contributed
by Barbara J. Strohman, an

,

Acade-

mic Development, and Jessie

McCoy, director of university
relations, have been listed
in the 1985 edition of Who's

Who Among Outstanding Black
Americans.

of events

and about people at Bloomsburg Univer-

appointed executive assistant

staff

for

Exceptional Persons located
in Paoli, a suburb of Philadelphia. She will help the
CCEP expand the program base
of wilderness experience for
both mentally retarded and
head trauma persons.
Her replacement is Gina
Onuscho, a BU graduate and
former leader and professional intern in the Quest
program. She has been an

The Communique' publishes news

Lori DiPasquale of
Eagleville, has been

BU duplicating

Community Council

Management.

career counseling/educational
guidance under the federally
funded Educational
Opportunity Center program.
Although hired through the
main office in Wilkes-Barre,
the local EOC office is in
Extended Programs in Waller.
Dr. Jesse A. Bryan, direc-

the

Heidi Hammel, assistant
director of Quest, has
accepted a position with the

Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

The Communique'

is

published on the 1st

and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, by the Office of University
Relations at BU. Jessie McCoy is the
office director, Nick Dietterick is the
public information director, Jim
Hollister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. Public
relations intern Debbie Barnes is in
charge of organization and layout.
Communique' is printed by the BU
duplication shop, headed by Tom
Patacconi

The

is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, ancestry, life style, affectional or sexual preference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and will
take positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

BU

COMMUNIQUE
\ newsletter for faculty

and staff at Bloomsburg University

September 16. 1985

New year brings
new faces and
promotions
Twenty-four new faculty
appointments will be submitted for approval to the
Council of Trustees at its
Sept. 18 meeting. These
appointments include fulltime, part-time and temporary

Dr. Dennis O. Gehris,
assistant professor of business education and office
administration, comes to BU

Susan A. Posey, instructor
of computer and information
systems, is an alumna of BU
with a M.S. in business

from Lehigh County Community
College in Schnecksville.
Sharon L. Glennen, instructor of communication disorders and special education at
BU is a doctoral candidate in
public administration at Penn
State University where she

education. She has been an
instructor in the Training
for Information Processing

program.
Dr. Donald L. Pratt,

faculty positions.
Dianne H. Angelo, assistant
professor of communication
disorders and special education, is a former University
of Pittsburgh research

previously instructed communication disorders.
Curt A. Jones, instructor

assistant.
Dr. Larry G. Bell, a former
visiting assistant professor
at Washington College in
Chestertown, MD, joins BU as
an assistant professor of

the University of Iowa.

assistant professor of curriculum and foundations at BU,
was an assistant professor at
the University of Wyoming.
Dr. Bruce L. Rockwood,
associate professor of
finance and business law, was
an attorney for the
Department of Mental Health,
Commonwealth of

A former literary and
cultural researcher in Mexico

Massachusetts.
Theresa A. Russell-Loretz,

chemistry.

Wendy L. Elcesser, instructor of chemistry, lectured in
the chemistry department of
the University of
Wisconsin-Stout.
Dr. Karen J. Elwell,
assistant professor of
finance and business law,
spent the past year as a law
clerk for the firm of Meyer,
Capel, Hirschfeld, Muncy,

John and Aldeen

in

Champaign,

IL.

Joyce M.

Fillip,

assistant

professor of art, is a former
adjunct assistant professor
of drawing at Moore College
of Art in Philadelphia.

of mathematics and computer

science,

M.S.

City,

in

recently earned his
computer science from

David A. Lauer comes to

BU

as an instructor of
languages and cultures.
Dr. Robert J. Lowe,
assistant professor of com-

munication disorders and special education, was an
assistant professor of communication disorders at the
University of South Dakota.
John P. Maittlen-Harris,
assistant professor of
English, comes to BU from

Southwest Texas State
University where he lectured
on international education.
A former instructor of chemistry laboratory in the
School of Nursing, University
of Pennsylvania, Dr. Roberta
M. Pierce joins BU as an
assistant professor of
chemistry.

instructor of communication
studies, formerly instructed
at Brown Mackie College at
Salina, KS.

A former mathematics
Upward

instructor for the

Bound Program

at Indiana

Michael W.
Schmuker comes to BU as an
instructor of mathematics and
computer science.
State University,

Dr. Dale A. Springer,
assistant professor of
geography and earth science,
is a former visiting
assistant professor at

Amherst College in
Massachusetts and summer
faculty at Princeton.
Kizhanipuram Vinodgopal, a
doctoral candidate and former
lecturer of chemistry at the
University of Vermont, joins

(Continued on back page)

GUIDE FOR NON-SMOKERS

UPCOMING SEMINARS LISTED

The Central Pennsylvania
Lung and Health Sennce

Literature on upcoming professional training such as
seminars and conferences
offered by the American
Management Association, Perm
State, Keye Productivity,
etc. is displayed at two convenient locations: Kehr Union
Information Desk and dialler
Building (on bulletin board
outside Personnel Office).
Any questions, call Patricia
Patterson, 389-4414.

Association has published a
listing of restaurants in a
five -county area which provide non-smoking sections for
their patrons. The
"Restaurant Guide" also
includes a Columbia County
motel -which has 12 rooms
designated for non-smoking
guests. A free copy is
available by calling 286-0611.

New

contracts
affect leave

Changes in the leave regulations of the newest
contracts of American
Federation of State, County
and Municipal Employees and
United Plant Guards Workers
of America were recently
announced by Mary Wanzie,
acting director of personnel

and labor relations. Two
holidays, Primary Election
Day and General Election Day,
have been eliminated from the
contracted list. These two
holidays were previously
observed during the Christmas

The last change noted is in
leaves of absence without
pay. Employees must now have
six months of service before
they can be eligible for
guaranteed leaves without pay
for illness. Previously,
there was no minimum service
requirement
Information concerning
other changes will be
forthcoming. Questions may be
directed to James Michael,

employees regardless of
appointment date.

Purchase your community
activities card to enjoy all
the benefits BU has to offer:
free admission to sports
events, cultural events,

movies, dances and theatre;
free use of athletic and
recreational facilities;
reduced rates for travel service, concerts and outdoor

equipment rental. For
call 389-4463.

details,

Applications are available
the APSCUF office in
Waller, 389-4329, or from Dr.
Boss, 784-3614.
in

Be a mentor

389-4037.

A "mentor/mentee" program,
coordinated by Penelope
Broach-Britt and Ronald
DiGiondomenico, will be
instituted this fall in an
effort to increase the retention rate of freshmen at BU,

APSCURF

academically-disadvantaged

for
retired faculty
To answer

inquiries

regarding membership in
break, but December 24, 1985
Association of Pennsylvania
State College and University
is now a regularly scheduled
work day. President's Day
Retired Faculty, George Boss,
president of APSCURF, cites
replaces general election
the state by-laws:
day, which would have been
observed on December 31, 1985.
1 - "Active members of
Personal leave was also
APSCURF may become members
affected by the contract
upon retirement, provided
changes, increasing from four
they have been active members
days to five days per calenof APSCUF for at least three
dar year for all employees
consecutive years immediately
prior to retirement, or if
hired prior to July 1, 1985.
for a lesser period, that
Employees hired on or after
July 1, 1985 will only earn
they have been active members
three personal leave days per
of APSCURF the entire time
calendar year.
that such membership was
Annual leave remains the
available.
same for employees hired
2 - "A retired administrabefore July 1, 1985, but
tor, manager or the spouse of
those hired on or after that
a deceased member of APSCURF
date will earn annual leave
may become an emeritus
at a reduced rate.
Earned sick leave has been
reduced from 6% to 5% of all
regular hours paid for all

COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES CARD

member.
For active, voting membership in APSCURF, mail the
$10 fee with completed application to APSCUF.

especially that of

students.
Each student in the
program will be assigned a
mentor from the staff,
faculty or administration.
The mentor will be a person
to whom the student can come
for help or advice.
Academic
advisement and course counseling will not be the
responsibility of the mentor.
However, establishing a
trusting, caring relationship
is the key, Broach-Britt
said.
The degree of involvement is up to the participants, total time
required for occasional
meetings and keeping in touch

may amount

to as little as

three hours a month.
Approximately 100 faculty
and administrators have
already signed up for the
program, but more are needed.
Persons interested in
becoming a mentor, or know
students who could benefit
from the program, should contact the academic advisement
office at 389-4271.

BOWLING ANYONE?
Any

faculty or staff
interested in bowling should
attend an organizational
meeting at 5 p.m. on
Wednesday, Sept. 18 in the
Kehr Union bowling alley. No
experience required, just
come for the fun of it.

HVSKY CLUB LUNCHEONS
The Husky Club of
Bloomsburg University will
hold weekly buffet luncheons
at Hotel Magee on Mondays
throughout the sports season.
Lunch will be served from
11:30 a.m. on, with a short
program slated for 12:15 p.m.
The luncheons are open to the
public. Questions?
Call
389-4354.

celebration
opens series
The 1985-86 Artist-Lecture
Series at Bloomsburg University opens its season with
pulsating castanets, spectacular costumes and authentic dances as Pascual Olivera
and Angela Del Moral share
with their audience "A
Celebration of Spain in Dance

Wilkes-Barre

"Crossfire" with Tom Bigler.
Airing date will be announced
later.

internships
available
Several management and non-

of Spain, spent 16 years as a
prima ballerina for Antonio's

Ballets de Madrid. Olivera,
an Ohio native, was lead

dancer

—

in

Management

and Music."
The husband-and-wife duo
has been dancing since they
were children. Miss Del
Moral, a star in her homeland

dance, their dance-theatre
concept is based on two years
of research and rehearsal.
The two and one-half hour
show presents all three forms
of Spanish dance
classical,
regional and flamenco.
Narration fills in the
periods covering 25 costume
changes.
The unique costumes were

will be

September 17 to tape the
WBRE-TV Sunday noon talk show

Hall at Haas Center for the
Arts. For ticket information,
call the Office of Cultural
Affairs, at 389-4409.
Programs are supported by the
Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts.

Spanish

in Jose Greco's
Spanish dance company until a
serious liver disease forced
him to leave the stage for
several years. Overcoming
time, distance and illness,
the two were married in 1976
and began dancing together in
the United States.
Dedicated to furthering
their national music and

"CROSSFIRE"
BU President Harry Ausprich

PASCUAL OLIVERA & ANGELA DEL MORAL

created by Angel Ramos,
Spain's foremost costume
designer, at a cost of more
than $50,000. Opening the
flamenco part of the show.
Miss Del Moral's red-ruffled,
plunging back dress contains
125 yards of fabric. Her
opening costume for the
regional part of the show has
a seven-layer skirt which

weighs 40 pounds.
Dramatic lighting effects
were created specifically to
highlight the costumes and

moods

of the different

dances.
This evening of musical
entertainment takes place at
8 p.m. on Sept. 18 in the
Marco and Louise Mitrani

instructional internships are
again on the agenda for
1985-86, according to Mary
Wanzie, acting director of
personnel and labor
relations. A management
internship of one semester's
duration will be offered to
an individual whose
background and credentials
would make that person eligible for a management position at Bloomsburg
University. Several noninstructional internships,
lasting three to four months,
will be offered to noninstructional employees who
would like to learn more

about other operational areas
at the university.

Applications may be
obtained from the Personnel
Office in Waller. Completed
applications should be submitted to Mary A. Wanzie,
Acting Director of Personnel
and Labor Relations,
Personnel Office, Waller
Administration Building
before Oct. 25, 1985. Fop
more information, contact
Patricia Patterson, 389-4415.

(Continued from page one)
BU as an assistant professor
of chemistry.
Six new part-time appointments include: Barbara M.
Ecker, instructor in finance
and business law; Martin L.
Reddington, instructor of
English; Joyce A. Riley,
instructor of mathematics and
computer science; Christopher
Ziemnowicz, instructor of

marketing and management; and
Keith A. Vanderlin, assistant
professor of art.
In addition to new faculty,
10 faculty members return for
the 1985-86 academic year at
BU at promoted ranks.
Peter H. Bohling, economics; Stewart L. Nagle, art
and Robert P. Yori,
accounting, have been promoted from associate to full
professor.

Promoted from assistant
professor to associate professor were Levi J. Gray,
physics; Lynne C. Miller,
biological and allied health
sciences; William J. Sproule,
health, physical education
and athletics, and Anne K.
Wilson, sociology and social

welfare.

Three instructors promoted
to assistant professors were
Ronald V. DiGiondomenico,
academic advisement; Patricia
B. Torsella, nursing and
Marilou W. Zeller, library.

BU

notes

Walter M. Brasch, associate
professor of journalism,
recently received a congratulatory letter from Jack
Bittner, mayor of Ocean City,
N.J., regarding the journalism internship project
involving BU students during
the past summer. The mayor
also extended an invitation
to continue the summer project in Ocean City. Brasch
will receive an award for his
contributions to the city.

David E. Greenwald, associate professor of sociology,

PLANNING SEMINAR
SCHEDULED

has been named book review

Dr. Robert C. Shirley,
president of the
University of Southern

editor for "Sociological
Viewpoint," a journal of the
Pennsylvania Sociological
Association.
William S. G'Bruba, chairman and professor of curriculum and foundations, has been
appointed as a staff writer
for "Reading Horizons," a
journal published by the

College of Education at
Western Michigan University.
Margaret J. Long, associate
professor of business education and office administration, has been appointed to
the Institute for Certifying
Secretaries, a department of
Professional Secretaries
International (PSI), as a
representative of the field
of education.
John D. Romanoski, technician in the Learning
Resource Center, recently
completed a three-day
advanced technical training
course in theory, operation
and maintenance of
Panasonic's TV Studio System
WJ-5600 special effects

generator, sponsored by
Matsushita Engineering and
Service Company.
BU sophomore Colleen E.
Conway, Springfield, has been
awarded a $1000 scholarship
from the 18th Annual Bell
Association Scholarship
Awards. Recipient of the
Soroptimist Club and Rotary
Club Scholarship Awards in
high school. Colleen was one
of 15 oral profoundly
hearing-impaired students
awarded a scholarship from
the A.G. Bell Association.

Colorado,

will

a
seminar on
planning at 1
Friday, Sept.
8:30 a.m. on

Sept .

conduct
strategic

p.m. on
20, and
Saturday,

the
University Forum.
Shirley will also
meet with the Planning
Commission at 11 a.m.
on Friday, Sept. 20,
in the Forum.
These seminars are
21

,

in

open to BU employees.
Come learn about and
contribute to the planning process at the
university.

The Communique' publishes news of events
and about people at Bloomsburg University. Please send story ideas to The
Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,

Bloomsburg,

PA

17815.

The Communique'

is published on the 1st
and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, by the Office of University
Relations at BU. Jessie McCoy is the

office director, Nick Dietterick is the
public information director, Jim
HoUister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. Public
relations intern Debbie Barnes is in
The
charge of organization and layout.
Communique' is printed by the BU
duplication shop, headed by Tom

Patacconi.

Welcome Back
Welcome Back
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I!!

BU is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, ancestry, life style, affectional or sexual preference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and will
take positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

COMMUNIQUE

A neMJSletter for
October 1, 1985

faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

October means
excitement !
October is the month for
excitement at Bloomsburg
University as sports, food,
music and drama highlight the
two biggest weekends of the
1985 fall semester: Parents'

Weekend and Homecoming
Weekend.
Parents' Weekend kicks

off

a.m., Saturday, Oct. 5,
with registration in Kehr
Union where parents can
register for the "BU Mom and
Dad of the Day" contest and

at

9

obtain tickets for the
Huskies' football game with
Cheyney, the Chicago Jazz

Band and "Look Homeward
Angel."
Parents may tour buildings,
enjoy an ox roast luncheon at
11:30 a.m. at Nelson
Fieldhouse and observe
several of the BU teams in
action. At 1 p.m., BU's #1
ranked field hockey team
hosts Shippensburg, the
soccer team faces Indiana and
the women's tennis team takes
on Millersville. The Huskies
face the Wolves in Redman

Stadium at 1:30 p.m.; winners
Mom and Dad" conannounced at

of the "BU
test will be
half time.

Post-game activities
include a buffet dinner at
the Scranton Commons and two
entertainment choices: the

James Dapogny's Chicago Jazz
Band in a formal appearance
in Carver Hall at 8 p.m.
followed by a dance in Kehr
Union at 10 p.m.; or the

Bloomsburg Players' adaptation
American Classic by
Thomas Wolfe, "Look Homeward
Angel" in Mitrani Hall of
Haas at 8 p.m., and again at
1:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 6.
Look for information on
Homecoming in the Oct. 15
of an

Communique.

Footbridge
dedicated
Students coming to the
Bloomsburg University campus
from the hospital parking lot
and off -campus housing will
no longer face the serious
risk of being hit by a
vehicle while trying to cross
a major thoroughfare. Such an
incident did happen about 10
years ago, resulting in
serious injury to a student.

A

18 ribboncutting
BU marked the
official opening of the new
footbridge over Lightstreet
Road and an end to the
pedestrian safety hazard.
The bridge, spanning
Lightstreet Road between the
hospital parking lot and the
lower campus of BU, consists
of restructured segments of

Sept.

ceremony

at

the dismantled Williamsport

Walkway purchased

in

1984 at

The
student-operated Community
Government Association
a cost of $120,000.

contributed $40,000 to the
effort.

Dedication of the bridge

and adjoining picnic area
took place prior to the Sept.
Council of Trustees meeting.
Pictured are: Council Chairman
John Dorin, BU President
Harry Ausprich and CGA
President Sean Mullen.

ALCOHOL
LECTURE

LIABILITIES

Arthur R. Shuman, Jr,,
attorney, educator and
author, will present an open
forum on "Alcohol: The New
Legal Trends and Statutes in
Pennsylvania" at 7 p.m. on
Wednesday, Oct. 2, in Carver
Hall. New laws hold hosts and
administrators responsible
for damage and injuries
incurred due to drunkenness.

Sabbaticals

approved
Recommendations for sabbatical leaves for 1986-87
have been reviewed and
granted by the Council of
Trustees for the following
faculty:

Marjorie Clay, associate
professor of philosophy and
anthropology, to develop computer materials for teaching
basic philosophy;
John F. Cook, Jr.
assistant professor of art,
for studio work on a one-man
show of large mixed media on
paper;
John H. Couch, associate
professor of music, to
perform solo piano recitals and
to observe and discuss
teaching procedures;
William K. Decker, professor of music, to study
German, learn organ repertoire of

German-Austrian

schools and observe professional style work;

Michael W. Gaynor, professor of psychology, to
construct additional interactive statistics tutorials to
aid Basic Statistics students;
Charlotte M. Hess, professor of curriculum and
foundations, to gather information relevant to BU's
School of Education's
"Planning for Change in

Teacher Education" efforts;
Martin M. Keller, associate professor of curriculum
and foundations, to work as

NON-INSTRUCTIONAL
ALUI^NI

DAY

N on -instructional retirees
of Bloomsburg University will
be honored on Oct. 5. A welcome by President Harry
Ausprich and Vice President
Robert Parrish at 9:30 a.m.
in Kehr Union Coffeehouse
will be followed by a tour of
McCormick Center, an ox roast
and a football game. For

GOOD MORNING AMERICA
BU

President Harry
will greet ABC's
national viewers at 7 a.m. on
Oct. 16 when he opens the

Ausprich

"Good Morning America"
TV show.

information, call Patricia
Patterson, 389-4415.

research associate at the

Johnson O'Connor Research
Foundation in New York City;
Robert J. Kruse, professor
of communication
disorders
and special education, to
study and publish materials
on clinical supervision in a
wide variety of disciplines;
Michael M. Levine,

Kenneth T. Wilson, Jr.
associate professor of art,
to
produce an edition of
drawings.

Computer
equipment
donated

assistant professor of
psychology, recuperation time
after back surgery;
G. Donald Miller, Jr.
associate professor of communication disorders and special education, to learn
about and develop software in

Faculty and students of
Bloomsburg University will
benefit from two separate
computer gifts donated by
AT&T and Shared Medical
Systems of Malvern.
Micro-computers from
AT(5cT valued at $37,000,

audiology;

include eight personal computers with printers and a
variety of software and other

Samuel B. Slike,
assistant professor of communication disorders and special education, for
completion of doctoral

program

in

educational

administration;
James R. Sperry, professor
of history, for research in
labor history;
Joseph P. Vaughan, professor of biological and
allied health sciences, for
field research on biological
survey of coastal islands;
David E. Washburn, professor of curriculum and
foundations, for preparation
of introductory text in the
Social Foundations of
Education:
John B. Williman, associate professor of history,
for research and publication
on origins of maritime commerce between the United
States and Dominican
Republic;

hardware.
equipment

Initially this
will

be used by BU

faculty to explore student
coursework; eventually it
will be limited to local networking for faculty in the
College of Business.
BU President Harry
Ausprich, College of Business

Dean John Dittrich and
Director of Development Tony
laniero joined AT&T executives to announce the gift and
the new relationship between

BU and AT&T.
Shared Medical Systems'
gift of an

IBM XT personal

computer system with a
graphic printer and monitor
valued at $7,000. This is
the second consecutive year
that SMS has shown its support by donating computer
is

equipment to BU.

PRESIDENT'S OFFICE HOURS

COVERED BRIDGE FESTIVAL

Faculty, staff and students may stop in to visit
the new president during his
open office hours from 1:304:30 on Monday afternoons.
No appointments are
necessary, visitors will be
seen on a first come, first
serve basis.

The Fourth Annual Covered
Bridge and Arts Festival
will be held Oct. 12 and 13.
Headquarters will be Knoebels

I0SS9

one gain

The coaching staff of
Bloomsburg University has
recorded one loss, one gain
this semester as Eli
McLaughlin steps down as
men's swimming and diving
coach, and Ray Ricketts
starts as assistant basketball coach.
McLaughlin, swimming coach
for 23 seasons, requested and
received reassignment to
fuU-time teaching. In his
years of coaching, he coached
a national champ, nine
All-American swimmers and a
His record includes 15

conference champions in 27
events and teams placing
among the three top squads in
the Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference
Championships on 14 occasions. McLaughlin was voted
PSAC "Coach of the Year" in
1979 and "Master Coach" in
1982.

On the basketball court,
Ricketts brings with him 10
years of coaching and
recruiting experience at the
Division

A

Pa. Starting at 11 a.m., the
festival highlights a 70-mile
chartered bus tour of the
county's five activity
bridges (including the unique
twin-bridges) and eight other
bridges. For details, call
Marguerite Foster, 784-8279.

As an undergraduate

One

diver.

Amusement Resort, Elysburg,

I

and

II

levels.

native of Pottstown,
Ricketts earned his master's
degree at Springfield (MA)
where he has been assistant
coach for the past five
years. He was also assistant
coach for the Venezuelan
national team which played in
tournaments across Cuba,
Panama and Brazil.

at

Albright College, Ricketts
was a four-year starter at
guard and served as the
Lions' captain for two
seasons. He currently ranks
as Albright's seventh leading
scorer with 1,588 points. In
1974, he was named All-East
First Team and Albright's
Most Valuable Player.
Rickett's duties at BU
will include coaching,
recruiting and academic advisement for student/athletes.

Building

NEW ALUMNI HOUSE
Doug Hippenstiel, director
of alumni affairs, invites the
community to an open house at
the new alumni building which
will be dedicated on Homecoming Weekend. Open House
will be 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on
Thursday, Oct. 17. The location of the

new

building

is

on Lightstreet Road, two
houses east of the campus
maintenance center.

BU's reputation as one of
the most attractive and better
maintained universities in
the State System of Higher
Education is rooted in this
expansion period when
Buckingham worked closely
with the maintenance department and various contractors.
Some of the buildings
constructed during that time
include Scranton Commons,
Kehr Union, NelsonFieldhouse and Lycoming Hall.

named

in tribute
If there were ever any
question whether people would

remember former Bloomsburg
University Vice President

Boyd F. Buckingham in years
to come, the question has
been resolved. To acknowledge
and years of service to BU and the community,
the Council of Trustees has
named the maintenance
building the "Boyd F.
his support

Buckingham was very active
commmunity affairs and
Buckingham Campus Maintenance held leadership roles in com-

Center."
A 1943 graduate of
Bloomsburg State Teachers
College, Buckingham served
his alma mater for 28^ years
in

teaching, public rela-

tions,

development and

fiscal

administration. During his
nine years as director of
development and associate
vice president for development and external relations,
campus expansion included 19
new buildings and other projects totalling $21 million.

in

munity associations such as
the

Chamber

of

Commerce,

Bloomsburg Area Industrial
Development Association, and
the Bloomsburg Town Planning
Commission.
A 33 degree Mason, he also
holds awards from the BU
Alumni Association (1974) and
the Bloomsburg Chamber of

Commerce (1980).
No stranger to campus since
his retirement in 1981, Buckingham now becomes a permanent part of the university.

BU

Enhance your
image
Some new and unusual noncredit mini-courses will be
included in a wide variety
offered this fall by the
Bloomsburg University School
of Extended Programs.

Some

examples are: Journal Writing
for Women, Enhancing Your
Total Image, Computers for
the Computer-timid, Parent
Effectiveness Training, "Oh,
My Aching Back!" Companion
Animals in the Community,
Bidding and Buying at
Auctions, Old Home
Restorations, Women's Guide
to Football and Swimming for
Adults.
Starting this month, most
mini-course classes are conducted one evening a week for
several weeks. Course fees

range from $20-40, however,
the Companion Animal class is
free.
Additional courses for
owners and employees of small
businesses, corporations,

community organizations and
governmental agencies will be
offered; fees range from
$20-95. These courses are cosponsored by the Small
Business Administration.
For more information,
the School of Extended

Programs,

call

(717)389-4420.

Clarification
answer to a few
questions, there were 24 new
faculty approved by the
In

Council of Trustees at their
Sept. meeting, as reported.

Three new faculty were
Deborah
approved in June:
Evans, assistant professor of
communication disorders;

Thomas

Klinger, assistant
professor of biological and
allied health sciences and
Danny L.
Robinson, assistant
professor of English. Faculty
approved at the Dec. meeting
will be reported at that
time.
S.

notes

Walter Brasch, associate
professor of journalism
recently gave a college-wide
lecture on the economics of
animation at Mt.
Aloysius
Upcoming
College, Cressona.
speeches in October are scheduled for the Chester County
Library, Exeter, and the
Lancaster Public Library's
series on "The Pennsylvania
Writer."
John J. Olive, chairperson
and professor of business
education and office administration, has a busy schedule this fall. He is
chairperson for the
Association of Independent
Colleges and Schools accreditation visit in West Palm
Beach, Fla.; he is on the
referee panel of the Call for
Papers Committee of the
Eastern Business Education
Association; in November he
will make a presentation on
"Telecommunications" at the
annual convention of the
Pennsylvania Business
Education Association; and
his recent data processing
simulation, "Magee
Enterprises," will be
published in the Century 21
Typewriting Book I, 1986 edition
Donald A. Vannan, professor of education in curriculum and foundations,
recently toured Geisinger
Medical Center's new Magnetic
Resonance Imaging center in
Danville. The tour included
comments by Dr. Larry
Cornell, x-ray specialists
and staff members who operate
the cryogenically-cooled
electromagnetic unit.
Harry C. Strine III, associate professor of communication studies, will
chair the program
"Lincoln- Douglas Debate: What
Is It?" at the Speech
Communication Association of
Pensylvania's 46th Annual
Convention to be held Oct. 19
in Lancaster.

Three BU employees were
recently recognized by the
Council of Trustees for their
suggestions through the
employee incentive program:
Roger Fromm, reference
librarian, suggested a
jogging/exercising track on

lower campus; Barbara
McCaffrey, custodial worker,
felt that grades should be
posted on bulletin boards,
not walls; and Dorothy
Sitler, custodial worker,
proposed lighting the Husky
statue to enhance its appearance.
Nancy Onuschak, chairperson and associate professor

was recently
selected as an accreditation
visitor by the National
League for Nursing Division
of Accreditation Services.
Her appointment runs for
three years.
of nursing,

Correction: William
Sproule of the Health,
Physical Education and
Athletics Department has been
promoted to full professor,
not associate as previously
reported.

The Communique' publishes news

of events
and about people at Bloomsburg University. Please send story ideas to The
Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

The Communique'

is published on the 1st
and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, by the Office of University
Relations at BU. Jessie McCoy is the

office director, Nick Dietterick is the
public information director, Jim
HoUister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. Public
relations intern Debbie Barnes is in
charge of organization and layout.
The
Communique' is printed by the BU
duplication shop, headed by Tom

Patacconi

BU

is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, ancestry, life style, affectional or sexual preference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and will
take positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

COMMUNIQUE
A

newsletter for faculty
facultv and staff at Bloomsburg
Bloomsbura University
Universitv

October 15, 1985

Facing the facts
on nuclear war

the Beach" will be shown in
Kuster. Based on a 1957 novel
by Neville Shite and starring

Gregory Peck and Fred
"Star Wars" is lunacy that
will lead to nuclear war with
Russia according to Dr.
Robert Bowman, president of
the Institute for Space and
Security Studies. Bowman is
one of the featured speakers
for the four-day university

Astaire, the film portrays
the last grim days of the
final survivors of a thermonuclear holocaust. The film
will show again at 12 noon,

symposium on "The Nuclear
Arms Race and Beyond, "which
begins Oct. 21.
Vadim 1. Kuznetsov, politi-

22, George Turner, BU professor of history, will trace
arms control negotiations
between America and the
Soviet Union.
Emily Thomas, militarism/
economic justice program
coordinator of Clergy and
Laity Concerned, will present

cal counselor at the

USSR

embassy in Washington, D.C.
and spokespersons from the
U.S. departments of Defense
and State will also make
appearances at the BU
symposium.
"Facts About Nulcear War,"
a slide-lecture presentation
by Dr. Larry Mack, professor
of chemistry, begins the week
at
3:30 p.m. on Monday, Oct.
21, in Multi-Purpose Room A
of Kehr
Union. Mack will
describe nuclear weapon
operation, effects and delivery systems.
At 7:30 p.m. Oct. 21,

Bowman

will be in Kuster
Auditorium to discuss the
menace of Strategic Defense
Initiations (SDI) more popularly known as "Star Wars."
He is retired from the U.S.
Air Force and a former director of Advanced Space Program
Development which does research in space weaponry.
Following Bowman, at 9 p.m.

a classic

American

film

"On

Tuesday, Oct.

22,

in

Carver

Hall.

At

2

p.m.

in

"The Arms Race
in

is

Already

p.m. Oct.
Carver. George

Killing Us" at

22,

Carver, Oct.

3:30

Ayittey, assistant professor
of economics will also be involved in the discussion,
"The War Game," an English
film depicting life after
nuclear detonation will be

shown

at 7 p.m., Oct. 22, in
Kuster Auditorium, followed
by "Nuclear Arms Race and the
Physician," a presentation by
Dr. Peter Warrington of

Physicians for Social
Responsibility.
Dr. Robert Gray, chairman
of political science at

Franklin and Marshall
College, will speak about
nuclear arms as instruments
of American foreign policy at
2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 23, in
Multi-Purpose Room A. He has
worked for the Foreign Policy
Association and has a book on
nuclear strategy forthcoming.
At 3:30 p.m.. Dr. Francis
Lestingi, professor of physics

and interdisciplinary

sciences at State University
College at Buffalo, will be
in Multi-Purpose A with the
slide-lecture "Nuclear
Winter: Ultraviolent Spring."
On the same day, a spokesperson for the U.S. Defense
Department will be in

Multi-Purpose A at 7:30
to discuss "Star Wars:

p.m.

Reagan's Strategic Defensive
Initiative."
At 3:30 p.m. Thursday,
,

Oct. 24,

Multi-Purpose A,
a panel of representatives of
different political perspecin

tives will discuss ways that
individuals might have an

impact on the nuclear arms
race.

Panelists include:

Mark Chaffee of the Pennsylvania Campaign for Nuclear
Weapons Freeze; Bill Spencer
of the Democratic Socialists
for America and Kathy

McCaughin of Jobs with Peace.
The concluding sessions of
the symposium on Thursday,
Oct. 24, will focus on
(Continued on page 2)

PARTY AT KUrZTOWN

AUSPRICH VPDATK

There will be a "post-game
party" at the Moselem Springs
Inix
(four miles west of
Kutztown on Route 222)

During the next several
months. President Ausprich
will be meeting regularly
with deans and department
chairmen and having breakfast
with faculty from eac)\
department. The gatherings
are designed for the president and the faculty to
become better acquainted and
as an opportunity for the
various parties to talk about

following the Kutztown game
Cost is $3 per
on Nov. 2.
person. Also there will be a
cash bar. Make reservations

by Oct. 25 byrcalling the
Alumni Office at 389-4058.

til.OOMSIiURG NATIVE EXHIBITS
The paintings of BU student
Betty K. Evans will be on
display

the

in

Presidents'

Lounge of Kehr Union now
througli Oct. 29.
Evans has
exhibited and received
various awards at the
Regional Art Exhibitions of
Williamsport
Indoor Art
,

Exhibits at Lewisburg and the

Susquehanna Art Society
Exhibition

.

academic issues.
(Continued from page 1)
Soviet/American perspectives
on the Geneva arms talks. At
7 p.m. in Carver, "The Soviet
View" will be presented by
Vadim I. Kuznetsov, followed
by a short reception. At 8:15
p.m., a U.S. State Department
representative will offer the
American view on the Geneva
arms negotiations.

Prexy appoints
committee
Bloomsburg University president Harry Ausprich has
appointed a Presidential

Committee on Governance to
define and recommend a new
governance structure to
replace the Representative

Minderhout of anthropology,
Stewart Nagel (co-chair) of
art, John Scrimgeour of counseling, George Turner of
history and Dorette Welk of
nursing.

In

1927-Oct. 11, 1985)
Aloysius J. "A.J."
McDonnell, Jr., assistant
chairman of curriculum and
<Dec.

foundations, spent 33 years
the field of education,
23 of them at Bloomsburg
University. He was past
chairman of secondary education, acting dean of extended programs and also advisor
to the Circle

A

Each member
community

of the univer-

be given
an opportunity to provide
input in the committee's
deliberations.

will

Final

recom-

mendation is expected to be
submitted to President
Ausprich by Dec. 9, 1985.
Appointed to the Committee
were: George Ayittey of economics, Mary Badami of communication studies, Barrett
Benson of chemistry, James
Creasy of accounting, Martin
Gildea of political science,
Charlotte Hess of curriculum
and foundations, Susan Hicks
(ex officio) of the president's office, James Lauffer
(ex officio) of APSCUF,
Jill Lippincott (student
representative), Howard
Macauley (co-chair) of mana-

gement,

Rosemary McGrady of

the mailroom,

David

4,

in

Assembly.
sity

memory

K Club.

native of Sunbury,

McDonnell received his bachescience and master of
education degrees from
Pennsylvania State University. He began his career at
BU in 1962 as coordinator of
student teaching and was promoted to associate professor

lor of

in

1965.

He was a member of
Bloomsburg Lodge 436 BPOE,
past president and treasurer
of the Bloomsburg Kiwanis and
past president of the town
park association. He served
on the Bloomsburg Chamber of
Commerce, Boy Scouts, and
Eagle board of review. He was

member of the
National Education
Association
Memorial contributions may
be made to the Kiwanis
Memorial Fund, c/o Warren
Fisher, Secretary, P.O. 373,
also a life

Bloomsburg,

Pa.

17815.

Wolff conducts
concert
The Northeastern Pennsylvania Philharmonic Orchestra
will grace the stage of
Mitrani Hall in Haas Center
for the Arts on the BU

campus at 2:30 p.m. Oct. 27.
Hugh Wolff, one of the most
distinguished young conductors in the country today

is

celebrating his fifth season
as director of NPP.
Establishing the NPP as "the
^ride of Northeast Pennsylvania," Maestro Wolff's commitment and inspiration are
evident in the quality performance for which the 80
NPP musicians are known.
Featured soloist of the BU
concert will be cellist
Carter Brey, winner of the

1982 Young Concert Artists
International Auditions and
recipient of the Michaels

Award, 1983-84.
The program will consist
largely of Tchaikovsky ro'^co
variations and Mozart's
symphony No. 41. The concert
is supported by the BU

Community Government
Association and the
Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts,
Tickets ($8 without a community activities pass or
free with one) are available
in advance at Kehr Union
Information Desk or one hour
before the performance at the
box office. For more information or patron ticket
reservations, call 389-3900.

UNITED

The Department of Mathematics and Computer Science has

The 1985 Bloomsburg
University State Employees
Combined Appeal United Hay
Campaign will be conducted on
campus through Nov. 15.
Co-chairing the drive are
William Jones of the department of comunication disorders and special education,
Dorothy Sitler of the custodial staff and President
Ausprich.

invited Dr. Phyllis Lefton
from the Department of Mathematics at Manhattanville
College to talk to the students and faculty of BU at
3:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 17,

,

in Room 83 of the Hartline
Science Center. For more
details, call Toni Carroll at
4628.

1985
arrives
at

The 58th Annual Homecoming
BU, Oct. 18-20, will in-

clude a
pep rally and fireworks, Homecoming parade,
crowning of the Homecoming

and Freshman Sweethearts,
Millersville-BU football

'

:

i

I

\

game, alumni dinner/dance and
The theme
the Pops Concert.
is "Salute to Broadway."
Other activities will
include the induction of Hall
of Famer Ron Russo, an ox
roast luncheon, a continental
breakfast and awards for the
best decorated floats and
residence halls.
Diane
O'Conner, a junior special
education major, is the
Homecoming Committee chairperson.
Friday evening, the traditional pep rally will start
at 7 on the parking lot adja

!

j

I

EGG TEMPERA

The Homecoming parade

Homecominci

I

WAY OFF

FAMOUS MATH SUMBERS

-

cent to Waller Administration
Building.
It will be
followed by a bonfire and
During the pep
fireworks.
rally, the Freshman
Sweetheart and the five

Homecoming Sweetheart finaThe
will be announced.
Husky football team will also

lists

will

leave the Bloomsburg High
School at 10 a.m., coming up
Market Street to Main and
east on Main Street up
College Hill and Second
Street to Centennial Gym,
The parade Grand Marshall is
BU President Harry Ausprich.
Providing music for the
parade will be the BU Maroon

and Gold Band, BU Alumni
Band, Pioneer Ancient Fife
and Drum Corps and the high
school area bands of
Millville, Bloomsburg,
Central Columbia, Northwest
and Benton.
The parade will
also feature a number of
floats, the Homecoming

continental breakfast in the
lobby of Carver Hall. Judging
of the seven residence halls
and campus office decorations
will follow.

her paintings

bit

in

the

Coffeehouse in Kehr Union at
BU now through Oct. 26.
Cressinger a resident of
Selinsgrove
is currently
studying for her bachelor of
arts degree in studio art at
BU Her primary area of study
but she is
is in watercolor
also interested in eggtempera painting and drawing.
,

,

.

,

banners and academic
accomplishments by the Interfraternity and Inter-sorority
Councils.
An added attraction will be the induction of
former wrestling standout Ron
Russo into the BU Athletic
Hall of Fame by Russ Houk,
offices,

retired

BU

athletic director

and wrestling coach.
A 7 p.m. buffet dinner in
Scranton Commons and a 9 p.m.
Homecoming Dance at the
Bloomsburg Moose Club will
follow the game.
The classes
of '40,
•70,

'75

'50,

and

'54, '60, '65,
'80 will be

celebrating their reunions
during the affair.

Homecoming

'85

will

Sweetheart contestants, local
dignitaries, the Irem Temple
clown unit and motor corps
and the Army/Air Force ROTC

conclude on Sunday with the
annual Pops Concert at 2:30
p.m. in Haas Center. The
concert will feature popular

color guard.
At the conclusion of the
parade, students, staff,
faculty, alumni and friends
will head to Nelson
Fieldhouse for the third
annual Ox Roast, catered by
Hotel Magee with proceeds to
benefit the BU athletic
department.
Luncheon tickets
must be reserved in advance
by contacting the Alumni
Office at 389-4058.

songs, Broadway tunes, folk
songs and a variety of skits.
"We Are the World," "Mr.

I

be introduced.
The next day, Saturday,
Oct. 19, festivities get
underway with an 8:30 a.m.

EXHIBll'S

Susquehanna Valley artist
Sharon Cressinger will exhi-

The
will

Millersville

Marauders

Sandman," "CATS" and "A
Chorus Line" are among the
selections.
Performing
groups include the Women's
Choral Ensemble, directed by
Wendy Miller, and the Concert
Choir and Husky Singers, both
directed by William Decker,
The public is invited to participate in the weekend of
homecoming events.

invade Redman Stadium at

1:30 p.m. for a Homecoming
football game with the
Half-time entertainHuskies.

ment will feature band performances, the crowning of
the 1985 Homecoming
Sweetheart, awards for
floats, residence halls and

Give
the

United

Way

BU

notes

Sue Jackson, inairperson
of sooi jlogy and social
welfare, presented a paper on
"Challenges for the Welfare
Structure of Latin America: A
Case Study of Brazil" at the
conference of the Association

Sean Mullen of Ambler, a BU
junior in mass communications
and president of the CGA, has
been confirmed as one of
three student governors to
the State System of Higher

for the

Advancement

of

Research and
Development in the Third
World held recently in

Education Board of Governors.
He previously served as
chairman of the Board of
Student Government Presidents

Policy,

SSHE.
Ralph Smiley, professor of
history and adjunct professor
of mass communication, participated in three workshops
and a seminar during his
summer sabbatical. A six-week
professional development

James Mullen, reading coordinator in the Center for

of

seminar

in

History involved

academic communal interaction
and a comprehensive tour of
India. He also participated
in workshops on Sound
Recording and Cinematography
and Lighting. In addition, he
received a certificate from
the American Film Institute

Florida.

professor of art,

recently

earned his doctorate in art
education from Penn State
University
Christine Sperling,
assistant professor of art,
recently earned her doctorate
in art history from Brown
University.
Jesse A. Bryan, director of
the Center for Academic
Development, has been

appointed institutional
representative to the educational opportunity consortium
of Northeast Pennsylvania
which serves six counties. He
is also on the Luzerne County
Community College Act 101
Board of Directors.

Human Development, recently
gave a presentation entitled
"Development of a Freshman
Seminar for Credit: Insights
and Ideas," at a conference
held at The Pennsylvania
State University. The conference, "Academic Advising:

Advancement

Special and Vocational
Educators" for the fall '85

Research and Development in
the Third World recently held

issue of "The Journal for

in

at

Susquehanna

Selinsgrove.
Nancy Gilgannon, associate
professor of curriculum and
foundations, has co-authored
University

in

Vocational Special Needs
Education." Co-author is

disorders.

America.
Robert Koslosky, associate

logical counselor in the
Center for Counseling and

Communication Gap Between

development

Ruben

director of

and John Scrimgeour, psycho-

an article "The Holistic
Approach: Bridging the

recently presented a study
skills workshop for faculty

Joseph M. Youshock, assistant
professor of special education and communication

cooperative education,
internship and job location,
have been named as
"Outstanding Young Men in

tor of academic advisement,

Conditions for Excellence"
was sponsored by the National
Academic Advising
Association.
Chang Shub Roh, professor
of sociology and social
welfare, was chairperson of
the session on "Social
Welfare and Development" at
the annual conference of the
Association for the

Academic Development,

Film/TV Documentation
Workshop in Hollywood.
George Ayittey, assitant
professor of economics, and
for a

Britt,

Ron DiGiondomenico, direc-

I.

Martin Keller, associate
professor of curriculum and
foundations, recently
addressed faculty members of
the American International
School of Vienna on "American
Education.
Estes Park, Colorado will
host the 13th annual
Association for Experiential
Education conference on Oct.
17-20. Attending the conference this year will be
Bill Proudman, executive
director of QUEST;
Gina
Onushco, program director of
QUEST; and professional
interns Frances Herbert and
Signe DoUoff.
Proudman is currently on
the Board of Directors for
AEE and in January will begin
his

new

role as

president-elect

AEE's

of Policy,

Florida.

Raymond

E. Babineau, professor of curriculum and
foundations and director of
the School of Institutional
Planning has been granted a
sabbatical for 1986-87 summers to develop expertise in
the educational planning and
educational programs.
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and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, by the Office of University
Jessie McCoy is the
Relations at BU
office director, Nick Dietterick is the
public information director, Jim
Hollister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. Public
.

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charge of organization and layout.
Communique' is printed by the BU

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Patacconi
is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national

BU

origin,

ancestry,

life

style,

affec-

tional or sexual preference, handicap,
\'ietnam era veteran, or union member-

The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and
ship.

will

take positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

November

1,

1985

Mitrani Hall
dedication on

November lO
The 12-inch bronze letters
are going up inside the Haas
Center for the Arts. By 2:30
p.m. Nov. 10, they will read
"Mitrani Hall"
commemorating
the official dedication of the
university's 2,000-seat auditorium as the Marco and Louise
Mitrani Hall. The dedication
ceremony will occur during the
intermission of the annual
~ Community-University Orchestra
concert. Pictured in the auditorium are University
President Harry Ausprich and
the Mitranis.

—

WORKSHOPS OFFERED
Penn State's Office of
Continuing Education is
offering one -day courses in
Williamsport on "Effective
Communication" for managers
and professionals on Nov. 12,
and "Improving Work Relations" for secretaries on
Nov. 13. Workshops run from 9
a.m. to 4 p.m. For details,
call Patricia Patterson at
389-4414.

Spike that

ball

Mailman Stan
Yeick yelling "eeooww!"
Biology professor Mark
Melnychuk going head to head
two feet off the floor with
Picture

this:

acting personnel director
Mary Wanzie. Secretary Nancy

Graboski screaming "no!"
Theatre professor Hitoshi
Sato diving to the floor.
Student activities director
Jimmy Gilliland grabbing his
head and whining "ooooohh!"
Nope. It's not a Halloween
party. It's noon-time faculty
and staff volleyball on
Mondays and Wednesdays in
Centennial Gym. It's where
teamwork really works and
comraderie is nurtured.
Although last week was my
first time in on the fun
(shamefully so since I have
been here more than a year),
it was one of the most exhilarating affairs I have
experienced at lunch hour. It
served numerous purposes. For
one, since I am always
talking about losing weight,
playing volleyball helped me
to burn some calories and
prevented me from taking in
1,000 or so additional
calories that I would normally eat in a noon meal. I
got to meet at least five new
people well, they weren't

—

really new. They have been
here for years and I have

seen them around. However,
for a change, we got to laugh
and talk with each other, to

INTRAMURALS

DIRECTORIES ON THE WAY

Straight pool, pickle-ball
and indoor target archery are
the November offerings in
men's intramurals. Interested
faculty or staff may contact
Carl Hinkle at 389-4367.

The 1985 - 86 faculty/staff
directories will be delivered
campus-M>ide during the first

A4£/V'S

Give

week of November. Student
directories should be ready
soon. Any employee who has not
received a directory by midNovember should contact
W'innie Krisanda,

389-4412.

the

United

Way

encourage each other, to make
each other feel good. It was
nice. After all the yelling,
laughing, spiking, missing
balls, diving to the floor
and related actions that make
people sweat, employees get
to take a mid-day shower! Now
imagine that. Starting the
second half of your day
feeling as great as Coast,
Dial or Shower to Shower can
make a person feel. Like any
good book or great movie, I
highly recommend that fellow
employees join in on the noon
hour volleyball fun.
Also, if you are new around
here or just a little out of
touch, there's a bowling team
for BU female employees. It
meets at 4:30 p.m. every
Wednesday in Kehr Union's
bowling alley located on the

basement floor. Other
employees get together during
lunch hour or after hours for
exercise at Nelson Fieldhouse
or the Centennial workout
room, some play racquetball
or tennis, others get
involved in a swimmercise
program at the Nelson pool.
Later this fall, the basketball pros will come out.
Really, when I think about
it, there is plenty to do
around here when it comes to
extracurricular activities
for BU employees. See you on
the courts.

Upcoming
musical

menu

of Music
up those
dreary, end-of -autumn days
with three vibrant concerts.
The Bloomsburg University
Husky Singers, under the

The Department

will brighten

direction of Dr. William
Decker, will host the
Fairfield (Conn.) University
Women's Chorale as they each
give performances of light
choral music. The concert
starts at 8 p.m., Saturday

Nov. 9 in Carver Hall.
Admission is free.
A dedication concert for
Mitrani Hall of Haas Center
wiU be held at 2:30 p.m.
Sunday, Nov. 10, featuring the

BU College-Community
Orchestra. Selections will
"New World
Symphony" by Dvorak, "Water
Music" by Handel and Bach's
"Concerto in D Minor" for

include the

violins.

Two West

Virginia

University students, Martin
Stanell and Beth WiUiams,
will be the featured
soloists. General admission
tickets are $3.
Ring in the Christmas
season with the Madrigal
Singers Christmas Banquet-

Concert of "British
Yuletide." Under the direc-

Wendy

Miller, the
begins
at 7:30 p.m.
concert
Dec. 4- 7, in the Scranton
Commons Dining Room D.
Tickets, on sale now, are
$15 per person. Call 389-4284
for information.

tion of

INCENTIVES INCREASE
Recognition for suggesideas or plans to
improve the campus that are
selected by the Employee
tions,

Incentive Program Committee
includes a $50 savings

now

bond. An invitation to attend
a Council of Trustees meeting
and dinner with the
president, vice presidents
and trustees is still part of
the recognition.

Chairpersons
elected
Faculty members recently
elected department chairpersons who, in addition to
teaching, wiU develop
departmental plans, guidelines and internal office
operations. These two-year
elected administrators are
also responsible for delegating authority, assigning
responsibilities and making
recommendations to their

college concerning personnel,
curriculum changes, course
offerings, teaching assign-

ments and department budget.

The following faculty members are chairpersons for
1985-86:
Robert Yori,
accounting; Stewart Nagel,
art; James Cole, biological
and allied health sciences;
John Olivo, business education and office administration; Roy Pointer, chemistry;
Andrew Karpinski, communication disorders and special education; James
Tomlinson, communication studies; Harold Frey, computer
and information systems; Woo
Bong Lee, economics; Louis
Thompson, English; Bernard
Dill, finance and business
law; Wendelin Frantz,
geography and earth science;
Jerry Medlock, health, physical education and athletics;
George Turner, history;
Christine Whitmer, languages
and cultures; Stephen Batory,
marketing and management; J.
Edward Kerlin, mathematics

STUDENT ALUMNI MEETING
Douglas Hippenstiel, director of alumni affairs, has
announced an organizational
meeting of the Student Alumni
Board for 6:30 p.m., Tuesday,
Nov. 5 in the Alumni Room of
Carver Hall. All students,
especially children of
alumni, are invited to
attend.

BU

and computer science; Stephen
Wallace, music; Dorette Welk,
nursing; William Carlough,
philosophy and anthropology;
David J. Harper, physics;
Robert Rosholt, political
science; J. Calvin Walker,
psychology and I. Sue
Jackson, sociology and social
welfare.

DOCTOR SPEAKS ON WAR
Dr. Charles Clements,
author of "Witness to War:
An American Doctor in El
Salvador" and director of

Americans for Peace in the
Americas is November's
featured speaker in the
Artist-Lecture Series.
Hear his account of war in
Central America at 3 p.m.

ON THE ROAD AGAIN
The Travel Service

9,

leaves Washington at 6

directed to Gigler, Box 53
Kehr Union; Campbell, Box 71
Kehr Union; or to the IFC/ISC
office,

389-4351.

BU bucks trends
Tom L. Cooper, dean of
admissions and enrollment
management, says that
Bloomsburg University is
bucking national trends with
its highest -ever undergraduate enrollment.
According to Cooper, "The
National Center for Education
has predicted that enrollment
at colleges and universities
will drop this academic year
by one percent... but
enrollment at BU has
increased by 1.8 percent over
last

Auditorium.

of 5,319 degree

for advice
The Greek students of
Bloomsburg University are
looking to administrators and
faculty for suggestions on
improving the Greek system.
According to the presidents
of the inter-fraternity and
inter-sorority councils,
Michael Gigler and Christine
Campbell, the goal is to give
programs more organization
and structure, and to make
the system more responsible.
Suggestions, ideas or
constructive criticism may be

on

p.m. Cost is $10.
Do your Christmas shopping
at the Reading Outlets on
Nov. 23. Bus leaves Elwell at
8 a.m., leaves Reading at 4
p.m. Cost is $10.

in the Presidents' Lounge
and at 7:30 p.m., Kuster

Greeks searching

is

move again, destination:
Washington, D.C. The bus
leaves Elwell at 6 a.m., Nov.
the

year."

The increase

comprised
583 nondegree students and 537 graduate students. The full-time
equivalent figure, based on
an average of 15 credit hours
per student, is 5,805 FTE
students, another new high
for Bloomsburg.
is

,

Overall, nine of the 14
State System of Higher

Education universities have
seen an increase for the
1985-86 academic year with

Bloomsburg leading the way.

Ju8t for you
a computer lab
A relaxed environment, a
resource center in library
form and up-to-date equipment
are highlights of the new
faculty/staff computer lab in
Room 9, Ben Franklin.
Open only to faculty and
staff members, both computer
veterans and novices are

encouraged to take advantage
of the oportunities the lab
offers. Professionals and

trained student workers are
nearby to explain equipment
and offer guidelines. A large
number of terminals in a wide
variety of equipment makes

time-management easier.
Some of the latest in hardware and software is
available, including IB Ms,
Apple varieties, Macs,
Franklins and other personal

computers.
More than 100
programs include BASIC
Primer, Zenith demo, COBOL,
Fortran, PILOT, Deskmate,
Personal Filing System, Easy
Writer, BASIC MAC and
Complete Graphics System,
just to name a few.
Interchangeable software
makes the terminals even more
versatile.

So stop in and make use of
the computer lab from 8 a.m.9 p.m. Monday through Friday,
11 am.- 3 p.m. Saturdays and
1 p.m. - 4 p.m. Sundays.

BU notes
J.R. Kroschewsky, professor
of biological and allied
health sciences, recently
participated in a series of

lectures and demonstrations
sponsored by the Thomas
Scientific Corporation.
Sessions included topics such
as Ion Conductivity,
Dissolved Oxygen Measurements, and the Extraction,
Separation and Purification
of Biological Molecules.
Joining Kroschewsky on a
field trip

were Mark

Melnychuk and Cynthia
Surmacz, assistant professors
of biological and allied
health sciences. They took a
number of biology students to
the Wistar Research Institute
at the University of Pennsylvania for a tour and lectures
on Recombinant DNA studies,

Chick-embryo Developmental
Studies and the Wistar
Training Program.
James Disidoro, custodial
worker, recently earned two
certifications. He received
his emergency medical technician certificate from the

Montour County Emergency
Medical Services and a water
purification certificate from
the Department of Environ-

mental Resources.
George P. Boss, former BU
speech professor, recently
gave an oral interpretation
of a speech by Samuel Clemens
at a convention of the State
Communication Association of
Pennsylvania. He was also
elected vice-chairman of the
Oral Interpretation group of

SCAP.
Harry C. Strine, III, associate professor of communication studies, will be a
respondent for the program
"Individual Events as a
Practicum for Speech
Communication Theory" at the

Speech Communication
Association's 71st Annual
Meeting in Denver, Colorado
on Nov. 10.
Lynn Watson, professor of
curriculum and foundations,
recently conducted storytelling workshops for Intermediate Unit # 17 as part of
teachers' in-service training.

Joyce

Fillip,

assistant

professor of art, has
received a National Endowment
for the Arts Award for
1985-86. She is scheduled to
have a one-person show at the
Pennsylvania Academy of Art
in Philadelphia in the summer
of 1986.

Andrea Williamson of
Furlong, a BU senior in economics, recently received the
first annual Pitkin Student
Scholarship Award. The award,
which includes a grant of
$150, is based on the best
Pennsylvania undergraduate
paper on a topic related to
planning.
Several BU faculty members
and administrators recently
participated in the annual
Minority Weekend Retreat held
in

Danville.

With more than 40 black and
Hispanic students on hand for
the affair. Dr. Mary Badami
of speech and communications,
led a workshop on communication; Irv Wright and
Virgie Bryan, both of the

Center for Academic
Development, led a joint
seminar on relationships; Dr.
Jesse Bryan, also of CAD,
talked about responsibility;
and Dr. Tom Cooper and Penny
Broach-Britt, both of the
Admissions Office talked
about admissions, retention
and recruitment. Kenny
Roberts, a senior business
major, organized the retreat
designed to contribute to the
retention of the university's
minority student population.

The Communique' publishes news

of events
and about people at Bloomsburg University. Please send story ideas to The
Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815.

The Communique'

is published on the 1st
and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, by the Office of University

Relations at BU. Jessie McCoy
office director, Nick Diettericit
public information director, Jim

is
is

the
the

HoUister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. Public
relations intern Debbie Barnes is in
charge of organization and layout.
The
Communique' is printed by the BU
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Patacconi

BU

is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, ancestry, life style, affectional or sexual preference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and will
tal<e positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

"

November 15, 1985

Corporate
contributions
benefit students
Bloomsburg University
President Dr. Harry Ausprich
recently announced a $187,000
donation of computer equipment from AT<5cT as part of the
company's University Computer
Donation Program.
The equipment, which includes five of ATicT's desktop

3B2 super-microcomputers
along with a variety of terminals and software, will
also be installed and maintained for one year by AT3cT.
Michael S. Biehn, AT&T
branch manager, said, "We are
committed to furthering computer research on this
nation's college campuses.
With decreasing government
participation in the funding
of research and education in
universities, more and more
responsibility for the role
has fallen upon private
business.

The university's

initial

proposal to AT&T was authored
by Anthony laniero, director
of development at BU
and
Robert Parrish, vice president for administration.
,

Acknowledging AT&T's
history of contributions to
higher education in general,
laniero commented on this
being the second AT&T gift to

BU

The combined
$244,000.
According to laniero, "This
this year.

gifts total

new

gift

will give

students

Looking on as the AT<5cT donation is announced are Bloomsburg University administrators (from left): Dr. Robert
Parrish, Dr. Larry Jones and Mr. Tony laniero.
Seated with BU President Harry Ausprich are: Mrs. Pat
Schaal, AT&T account executive and Mr. Michael S.
Biehn, AT<5cT branch manager.
direct access to state-of-

the-art technology and will
greatly enhance our efforts
to improve educational opportunities for students
interested in computing."
AT&T's University Computer
Donation Program is sponsored
under the Economic Recovery
Act of 1981 and is a philanthropic project to further
extend support for higher
education in the United
States. Criteria on which
university selection is made

include developmental
efforts in the computer
science and engineering
fields,

commitment

to

"campus-of-the-future" technology and willingness to
participate through the
involvement of faculty, students and administration.

A renewed

contribution to

BU's general scholarship fund
by Berwick Forge and Fabricating Corporation was also
announced recently by Howard
( Continued on page 2)

COME TO THE

FAIR

Discuss career goals and
opportunities with representatives from 40 companies
and graduate schools at the
Career Fair. Sponsored by
the Career Development
Center, the fair will be
held from 1-4 p.m. Nov. 19
in Kehr Union.

(Continued from page 1)

McKinnon,

LIBRARY HOURS

CLASSIC FILMS
Professor Ralph Smiley's
Cinema Appreciation class has
opened its doors to BU

employees for its weekly
showings of classic feature

Shown

films.

at 3

p.m. Mon-

days and 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays
in Room 35. Andruss Library,
the remaining films include:
La Dolce Vita
Nov. 18-19
Breathless
Nov. 25-26
Major Barbara
Dec. 2-3
Young Frankenstein Dec. 9-10

In

memory

McKinnon.
Anthony laniero, director
of development at BU,
stated, "Bloomsburg
University greatly appreciates this generous gift
and all the excellent support
we receive from the local
area. This is just one more
expression of the interest

and commitment shown by area
business and industry in an
effort to help the university
maintain its excellent
reputation.

Give
the

United

Way

Helene "Tina" Robertson,
instructor of nursing, passed

away on Tuesday, Nov.

Thursday, Nov. 28 to Sunday,
Dec. 1-- CLOSED; Monday,
Dec. 2-- 8 a.m. -Midnight.

Susan
Rusinko and Gerald H. Strauss
and assistant professor S.
Michael McCully.
William Baillie,

president of the

firm.
Pointing out that Berwick
area residents include 217
currently-enrolled students
and 500 BU alumni, McKinnon
said, "Our intention by
donating scholarship dollars
is to make an investment not
only in higher education but
the community as well."
The money, filtered into
the scholarship fund via the
university's five home football games, is donated in the
name of the chosen "Offensive
and Defensive Player of the
Game." The role of several
Berwick High School graduates
in the resurgence of the BU
football program makes it an
appropriate vehicle for the
contributions, according to

Thanksgiving Recess means
a holiday for the librarians, too. Revised hours
include:
Wednesday, Nov.
27— 8 a.m. -4:30 p.m.;

5,

after an extended illness.
A native of Shenandoah, she
graduated from the Bridgeport
Connecticut Hospital School of
Nursing. She received her
bachelor's from Columbia
University and master's from
New York University. Formerly
director of a Greenwich Connecticut Health Association,

Robertson was employed at BU
for five years.

She was a member of several
professional organizations
including the Pennsylvania
Nurses Association, ColumbiaMontour Mental Health
Association, BU's Nursing
Honor Society and the
Bloomsburg Branch of the
American Association of
University Women.

Four faculty
published
Four Bloomsburg University
professors have written
articles for the "Critical
Survey of Drama: English
Language Series," published
this year by Salem Press. The
six-volume series of a 45
volume project contains a
worldwide study of major
creative figures in the
fields of fiction, poetry and
drama.

The series includes the
work of English professors

a member of the
since
faculty
1974, is editor
of "Carver," the university
journal. He was editor of a
1984 publication, "A Choice
Ternary of English Plays:
Baillie,

Gratiae Theatrales."

Salem
about John

Baillie' s essay in the

Press series

is

Hey wood.

A member

of the faculty

Rusinko has
authored two books, "Terence
Rattigan" and "Tom Stoppard"
and frequently reviews books
on modern drama for various
publications. Her contribusince 1959,

tions to the "Critical

Survey" are an overview of
American drama and a study of

James Bridie.
Strauss has been at BU
since 1961. Former editor of
"Carver," he has published
articles on several
playwrights and novelists.
Strauss' essays in the volume
are on John Drinkwater,

George Lillo, John Mortimer,
Lennos Robinson and James
Shirley.

A 1984 addition to BU's
English faculty, McCully has
written articles on the use
of the writing laboratory in
the teaching of freshman
composition and also on
Benjamin Disraeli's novel
"Sybil." McCully's study in
"Critical Survey" is about
James Sheridan Knowles.

-

EXPLORING COMMUNICATION
Pamela Smith- Chavis.
public information specialist for the Pennsylvania
Coalition Against Domestic
Violence, will present "A

Black Perspective on
Communications in the
Media." The lecture, at 7
p.m. \/Vednesday, Nov. 20

The Business Women's
Training Institute is offering a one -day seminar:

PRODUCTION

Today's Business
several dates in
December at various locations. Tuition is $44. For

Skills for

Woman" on

in

trustee

appointed
Elbern H. Alkire, Jr., of
Emmaus has been appointed to
a six-year position on the
Bloomsburg University Council
of Trustees by Governor Dick

Thornburgh.

As part of the university's
11-member council, Alkire
will contribute to the
overall planning, management
and administration of the
university and its resources.
"The university is very fortunate to have a person with
Mr. Alkire's extensiye management, marketing and technical background donate his
valuable time toward the betterment of BU," said John
Dorin, chairman of the
council.

An experienced

senior
a half billion
dollar division of Air

manager

DREAM WEAVERS'

"Communication and Image

the Presidents' Lounge of
Kehr Union, is free and open
to the public.

New

SEMINAR AVAILABLE

in

Products and Chemicals, Inc.,
Alkire is a chemical engineering graduate of the
Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute master's degree
program and Lafayette
College's undergraduate
program. He is a pastpresident of the 18,000member

Lafayette College Alumni
Association and a former
industrial marketing instructor at Lehigh University.
Alkire was introduced to BU
in 1975 when he served on the
Governor's Review of Government Management. He and 74
other Pennsylvania business
executives reviewed and eva-

details,

call Patricia

Patterson, 389-4414.

The young and the young
at-heart

will

enjoy the

Bloomsburg Players' musical
production "The Near-Sighted
Knight and the Far-Sighted
Dragon" at 8 p.m. Nov. 20-23
in Carver. Matinee performances will be presented at
1:30 p.m. Nov. 23 and 24.
Tickets are $3, or free with
a Community Activities card.

luated state government
operations. Among the group's
recommendations was the
establishment of the State
System of Higher Education.
Alkire is also currently
chairman of the BU Business
Advisory Committee.

Foul-ups, bleeps

and blunders
Some updates and corrections in the faculty/staff

phone directory include the
following:

Anne Batory- 389-4518
Nancy Gill-

389-4434

Financial Aid, Office of:
J. Bieryla- 389-4279/4297
General Information- 4297

APSCUF/BUFA:
VP, W. Acierno, MHSC
Secy., C. Chapman, SH
Treas., D. Greenwald, MHSC
Addition:

Yorty, Suzanne
Clk. Typ. I

389-4168

Law Enforcement
353 Catherine St. 784-2679
Deletion:

Robert L. Monroe
Some other corrections

or
clarifications that need to

be mentioned:
In the listing of chairpersons for 1985-86, James C.
Pomfret is the chairperson
for mathematics and computer
science.
The Employee Incentive

Program applies only to staff
personnel and does not cover
suggestions regarding personal grievances, position
classification and pay, or

matters requiring legislative
action.

Class of '89
profiled
Tom Cooper,
admissions,

director of
has released the

freshman class profile of
this year's incoming class.
Almost 5,000 applicants were
narrowed down to 1,113 students, 376 men and 737 women.

The typical student in the
current freshman class
attended a public high school
in Eastern Pennsylvania,
ranked at the 72nd percentile
of his/her graduating class,
has an academic average of
86, completed 19.1 academic
units in four years of high
school and achieved
Scholastic Aptitude Test
scores of 461 -verbal and
511-math.

The College of Business was
the main choice of majors
with 35.5%, Arts and Sciences
carry 26.8% and Professional
Studies has 30.4%, leaving
7.3% of the new freshman
undeclared.
Students are enrolled from
44 of Pennsylvania's 67 counties, with the majority
(57.2%) attending from Bucks,
Columbia, Montgomery,
Luzerne, Lycoming,
Northumberland, Northampton,
Lehigh, Chester and Lancaster
counties. This freshman class
includes 11.3% out-of-state
students.

BU notes
Several BU faculty recently
presented professional papers
at the annual meeting of the
Pennsylvania Sociological
Society at the University of
Pittsburgh. Presenting papers
were: Leo Barrile, associate
professor of sociology and
social welfare; Walter
Brasch, associate professor
of English; Thomas Bonomo,
assistant professor of
sociology and social welfare;
Jim Oalton, associate professor of psychology and Anne
Wilson, associate professor
of sociology and social

welfare. Debra Grassley, a
senior majoring in history,
also presented a professional

At a recent convention of
the Speech Communication
Association of Pennsylvania,
those elected to the Forensic
Interest Council were: Harry
C. Strine, III, professor of

communication studies and
David Gass, graduate
assistant in communication
studies, for three year
terms; Harry A. Strausser,
III, instructor in conLmunication studies as chairperson-elect. Also at the
convention, BU senior Grace
Coleman presented an oral

interpretation program and
graduate assistant David Gass
conducted a workshop on
operating a competitive

speech tournament by
computer.
The BU Forensic Society has
paper.
Woo Bong Lee, professor and received a grant from
"Reader's Digest" to help
chairperson of economics, and
associate
Khan,
underwrite the cost of
Saleem M.
of
economics,
trophies for the annual
professor
in
the
recently participated
speech tournament in
November.
Second Conference on United
States-Asia Economic
Lynda Fedor of Wilkes-Barre
Relations at One World Trade
has been appointed as student
representative to BU's
Center in New York. Lee's
address was "External Debt
Council of Trustees. A junior
and Economic Development: The in elementary education, she
Case of Korea" and Khan spoke is a resident advisor and a
member of the BU chapter of
on "Food Policy and Grain
Trade in the Asian-Pacific
the Pennsylvania State
Education Association.
Region" and "Sharecropping in
Dual Agrarian Economies."
William Acierno, professor
Nancy Onuschak, associate
of communication studies, was
professor of nursing,
video producer for the
recently served as keynote
American Cancer Telethon. His
speaker for the Nursing Honor
TV/Directing class handled
Society Induction Ceremony at
the video. Terry Hoover,
College Misericordia. Her
electrical systems techtopic was "The Profession of
nician, acted as video
Nursing: Strategies for
engineer for the telethon
Survival."
which was carried by Berwick
Howard N. Schreier, assoand Bloomsburg cable TV comciate professor of communication studies, recently
presented a paper/video
entitled "The A-Team as Moral
Drama" at the Speech
Communication Association

convention in Denver. The
paper/video was one of two
competitive presentations for
a Media Forum panel designed
to examine prime-time television portrayals of justice.

panies. The telethon raised
more than $25,000.
M. Christine Alichnie,
associate professor of
nursing and president of the
Nursing Honor Society of BU
will present the society's
petition for a charter at the
annual convention of the
national organization of

Sigma Theta Tau.

Timothy and Toni Carroll,
associate professor and
instructor, respectively, of
mathematics and computer
were recently
recognized by Governor Dick
Thornburgh and Secretary of
Education Margaret A. Smith.
Their involvement in the educational process at Bloomsburg Middle School was cited
as part of the Parent Partner
Recognition program, a statewide effort to encourage
more parents to play a posiscience,

tive supporting role in their
children's education.

Christine Sperling,
assistant professor of art
history, recently attended an
international symposium on
"Italian Renaissance

Sculpture in the Time of
Donatello" at the Detroit
Institute of Art. She participated as an invited
visiting specialist.

Herb Reichard, former associate professor of physics,
invites friends to contact
him or his wife, Edith, at
Nottingham Village Retirement
Center, 1000 Strawbridge
Road, Apt. 227,
Northumberland, PA 17857.

The Communique' publishes news

of events
and about people at Bloomsburg University. Please send story ideas to The

Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg,

PA 17815.

The Communique'

is

published on the 1st

and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, by the Office of University
Relations at BU. Jessie McCoy is the
office director, Nick Dietterick is the
public information director, Jim
HoUister heads the sports information
area and Winnie Krisanda and Chris
Gaudreau run the clerical shop. Public
relations intern Debbie Barnes is in
The
charge of organization and layout.
Communique' is printed by the BU
duplication shop, headed by Tom

Patacconi
is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities
for all persons without regard to race,
color, religion, sex, age, national
origin, ancestry, life style, affectional or sexual preference, handicap,
Vietnam era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally
committed to affirmative action and will
take positive steps to provide such
educational and employment opportunities.

BU

"

)

COMMUNIQUE
\

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

December 1985

Brasch speaks on
unique writing
history of

AS WE GET READY TO GO TO PRESS
FOR THIS DECEMBER ISSUE, WE
WISH OUR HUSKIES THE VERY BEST
IN THEIR SEMI-FINAL NCAA
DIVISION II FOOTBALL PLAYOFF
GAME AT UNIVERSITY OF NORTH
ALABAMA. WE'RE EXTREMELY PROUD

PA

Dr. Walter Brasch, associate
professor of English, is one
of 10 writers who have traveled around the state this
year, under the auspices of
the Pennsylvania Humanities
Council, giving speeches and
seminars on the unique
writing history of Pennsylvania.
Recently in Lancaster,
Brasch, a California native,
exclaimed to his attentive
audience "Writers are the

cream of society! And Pennsylvania is very conducive to
writing. It's got diversity
with a large population base
and lots of ethnic culture.
There's room here to be a
little bit different. Pennsylvania provides a rural atmosphere, without a lot of
distraction, yet it's close
to large urban areas. Writing
here is not so much a business here as it is an artistic
pursuit
Among contemporary writers
.

Brasch named who pursued
their art in Pennsylvania are:
Pearl Buck, Margaret Meade,
John O'Hara, Charles Fuller
(A Soldier's Play), Jason
Miller (That Championship
Season), Ralph Keyes (Is There
Life After High School?),
Chaim Potok (The Chosen),
David Bradley (The Chaneysville
Incident) and poet Bobbi Ann

Moson (Shiloh).
Brasch picks James Michener

OF THEIR OUTSTANDING

ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND THE FINE
RECOGNITION THEY HAVE BROUGHT
THEMSELVES AND THE
UNIVERSITY.

as the current top writing
talent in the state. He indicated Michener follows in the
footsteps of such literary
giants as Benjamin Franklin,
Edgar Allan Poe, Vance
Packard and B.F. Skinner.
in

Brasch came to Bloomsburg
1980 with extensive jour-

to discover
writers.

new Pennsylvania

(Material for the above
comes from a story by
Marty Crisp in the November

article

10 issue of
in

The Sunday News

Lancaster,

Ml

Messiah concert

nalistic credentials in addi-

tion to his teaching

experience. He has worked as
a reporter and editor in
California, Iowa, Indiana and
Ohio and has had a number of
books published.
He prefers
to be called a writer and
journalist, rather than a
professor.

Brasch describes himself as
"a writer

who

lives in

Pennsylvania and enjoys
talking about his trade."
He's somewhat unique in his
journalism courses in as much
as he requires all feature
writing students to publish
an article or short story in
order to pass the course. He
notes it's part of his quest

BU will celebrate the 300th
anniversary of George
Handel's birth when its
Concert Choir and
Community-Concert Orchestra
will perform the composer's
version of the "Messiah."
Set for 8 p.m. Dec. 13 and
14 in Mitrani Hall of the
Haas Center for the Arts at
BU, the presentation will be
the first complete performance of Handel's "Messiah"
in Bloomsburg since 1971.
"The oratorio will be performed with Handel's original
orchestration and a balance
of orchestra and chorus very
close to that of Handel's

NURSING EDUCATION MEETING

WAY

UNITED

Area nurses are invited

The university
employees' United Way
drive is well on the way

to

an education meeting sponsored by the BU Nursing Honor
Society at 6:30 p.m. on
December 13 in Scranton

to achieving its goal with
total of $18,495 contri-

a

Commons. A dessert buffet

buted by 283 participants.
Pledges are still being
accepted by assistant vice
president Paul Conard,
Waller Administration

Marion
Goodling, head of the
Department of Nursing at Penn
State, will present the topic
"Nursing Public Image:
Dilemmas and Direction." For
more information, contact
Neil Wintersteen at 271-6211.
will be served.

Building .

"A Celebration for
Handel and Bach." He

1742 performances," said Dr.
Bill Decker, concert conduc-

tion

tor.

a former voice student of

Selections to be performed
will represent the birth,
life and death of Christ.
Included are "For Unto Us a
Child Is Born," "And the
Glory of the Lord," '1 Know
That My Redeemer Liveth" and

conductor Decker.
Other soloists performing
in the BU production of the
"Messiah" include Mary
Decker, Lucille Rosholt and
Lee Mueller, all of the
Bloomsburg area.
For ticket information and

"Hallelujah."

Kenneth Garner, a graduate
of Philadelphia's

Academy

of

Vocal Arts and Temple
University, will be the guest
tenor soloist for the BU perGarner made his
formance.
European debut singing
Rerrando in "Cosi fan Tutte"
and Brighella in "Ariadne auf
Naxos" at the Corfu
"The
International Festival.
Tales of Hoffman," "The
Barber of Seville," "La
Traviata," "The Turk in
Italy" and the "Fiddler on
the Roof" are just a few of
the operas in which he has
In addition,
performed.
Garner has appeared in more
than 30 roles with The Lake

George Opera Festival, The
Chautauqua Opera Company and
others.

The

soloist holds critical

acclaim and reputation for
his regular appearances with
the The Philadelphia
Orchestra, The Philadelphia
Singers and a number of other
performing organizations.
He appeared as soloist in the
highly acclaimed 1985 Public
Broadcasting Service produc-

is

also

other details, interested
persons should call 389-4284.

BU

offers

London Theatre
study trip
A

10-12 day theatre study

London during the
two weeks of this coming

trip to
last

May will be offered by
Professor Susan Rusinko and
is open to credit and noncredit participants.

The

trip

enables participants to see
plays in their native context
in the theatre capital of the
world and to explore London
on their own or with a group.
On previous trips, the activities have included visits
to Stratford-on-Avon,
Stonehenge-Bath and an informal luncheon-meeting with
actors, directors and
playwrights.
The cost of the study trip
includes round-trip transportation from Bloomsburg, hotel
and breakfasts in London,
theatre tickets and tuition.
Included in the theatre

INTRAMURAL BASKETBALL
Any faculty or staff members interested in playing on
an intramural basketball
team, should contact Jimmy
Gilliland in the Kehr Union
(4344). Games begin in
January and are played at 9
and 10 p.m. Come out and run
against those young college
students!

events will be a play at each
two unique, modern arts
complexes the National
Theatre and the Barbican at
least one comedy or musical
in a West End (London's
Broadway) theatre and one

of

—

—

play at a small fringe
theatre (New York's
off-Broadway) Credit participants will meet with
Rusinko during the last two
weeks of the spring semester
for pre-trip discussions of
London theatre. Upon their
return to the states, they
will write a paper toward
earning three course credits.
.

More details will be
available by mid-January.
Persons interested may contact Professor Rusinko in
Bakeless 114 or by phone at
389-4429. Community residents
not associated with BU are
welcome to attend.
President Ausprich
will be the commencement speaker at the
Sunday, Dec. 13,
graduation exercises
scheduled for 2:30 pm
in Mitrani Hall, Haas
Center.

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FORENSIC SOCIETY HOSTS
NATIONAL COMPETITON
The National Forensic
Association's Executive
Committee announced at its
meeting in Denver last -week
that BU's Forensic Society
had been selected to host the

HOLIDAY OPEN HOUSE

SING -IN SET

The Personnel Office will
hold its annual holiday open
house on Friday. Dec. 13,
from 8:30 a.m. - 4 p.m.
Please stop by and enjoy
refreshments.

All area singers are
invited to join the BU
Concert Choir in a reading of
the choruses from Handel's
"Messiah" at 7 p.m. December
10 on the Mitrani Hall stage
in the Haas Center for the
Arts. All church and community choirs are urged to
join individuals in the
sing-in. Call Bill Decker at
389-4284 for more details.

national competition set for
April 24-28, 1986. Bloomsburg
will be hosting 1,100 students and coaches from more
than 110 colleges and universities from at least 35
states.

Excess furniture
Due to a shortage of
storage space on campus, the
maintenance department has
re-issued the following
guidelines for dealing with
excess furniture:
Excess furniture falls into
one of four categories,
determining how it will be
handled. Irreparably damaged
items will be discarded.
Items needing repair will
receive it and be stored in
the basement of the university bookstore. Re-usable
items will be sent directly
to storage.
Re-usable items
exceeding storage space will
be surplused back to the

Happy Holidays to
everyone!
We hope
you have a very
enjoyable vacation.

notice prior to the clear-

ance. Any items stashed in
the aforementioned areas when
the clean-up starts will be
disposed.

UNIVERSITY SCHEDULE
FOR KM AS HOLIDAYS
AND SEMESTER BREAK
Final

exams week begins

Dec. 16.

Commencement: Sunday,
Dec. 22, Mitrani Hall,

Andruss Library Hours:
Closed Dec. 22, 25.

Camplese and Blairanne Revak,
M.D., university physician,
and students Janet Rodriguez

Dec

items to or from storage
requires completion of two
forms: the maintenance work
order and the inventory
control form. Both forms must
be submitted to maintenance
prior to any action.

Departmental equipment
intended for re-use should be
stored within that
department. Excess furniture
currently being stored in
hallways, stairwells and
mechanical rooms will be
systematically removed from
campus buildings in accordance with state building and
fire codes. This removal
starts in

December.

Personnel in each building
will be given two weeks

.

.

Jan. 1.

4.

5,

11,

12;

open 8 a.m. - 4:30
p.m. Dec. 23, 24, Jan.
regular
2, 3, 11, 12;
hours resume Jan. 13.

BU

notes

Dr. Leonard Majikas, a
practitioner of medical hypnoanalysis, presented a specal lecture on "Issues and
Other Psychological Responses
to Death" in Dr. Chang S.
Roh's Medical Sociology class
at

Wyoming Valley.

Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education Women's
Consortium held its fifth
annual meeting of women students and faculty from the 14
state universities. This

University Closed:
J
25 through Jan
Offices re -open Jan. 2;
classes resume Dec. 13.

p.m.

2:30

of any of these

Hospital

year's unifying theme was
"Negotiation." Dr. Emily
Hannah, SSHE vice chancellor
for academic affairs, was the
keynote speaker. Faculty
attending from Bloomsburg
included professors Mary
Badami, Marjorie Clay, Kay

state.

Removal

fessor of psychology,
attended a one-day workshop
in Wilkes-Barre on "Family
Evaulation in Child Custody
Litigation" by Richard A,
Gardner, M.D.
The program
was sponsored by First

BU.
John S. Biard Jr.

,

pro-

and Christine DeFerrao; all
were sponsored by the Center
for Academic Development.
Kay Camplese, associate
professor and chairperson of
the Center for Counseling and
Human Development, recently
attended the annual conference of the Association of
University and College
Counseling Center Directors
held in Saratoga Springs, New
York. Gary Pavela, J.D.,
delivered the invited address
on the "Dismissal of Students
with Mental Disorders: Legal
and Policy Issues."

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notes
from
Dr.

six years,

page 3)

Howard J. Kinslinger,

marketing and management
department, recently participated in two separate roles
at the national conference of

The Association of Human
Resources Management and
Organizational Behavior held
Boston November 17-20. Dr.
Kinslinger served as a
reviewer of several papers
submitted for presentation,
and while at the conference,
presented his research paper
entitled "Manpower Planning
in

for Improved Human Resource
Utilization: A Skills Identification Approach."

Professors Kenneth Hunt,
special education, Nancy
Gilgannon and Charlotte Hess,
both of curriculum and foundations, were presenters at
the 35th Annual Conference of
the Pennsylvania Association
for Supervision and Curricu-

lum Development entitled
"Curriculum and Supervision:
Maintaining the Quest for
Excellence," November 24-26.
Hunt's topic was Sound
Classroom Management as a
Prerequisite to Quality
Education. Gilgannon and Hess
spoke on Balancing Instruction Through Effective
Education.
A textbook written by a BU
professor showing students
how mathematical reasoning
can be useful in their dayby-day lives, has been
published by McGraw Hill
Publishing Company. The textbook "Mathematics in Daily
Life: Making Decisions and
Solving Problems" is by
Jo Anne S. Growney of the uni-

Department of
Mathematics and Computer

versity's

Science. It presents mathematical ideas in verbal rather
than symbolic language and is
written for students outside
mathematics and the sciences.
Dr. Growney began writing
the book in January of 1980,
and the writing-publishing
process took a total of about

a length of time

McGraw-Hill editors called
"about average." Many textbooks, especially those in
calculus, take even longer
to develop. "Mathematics in
Daily Life" will be available
for purchase in the
University Store. Dr. Growney
and her colleague, Dr.
Stephen D. Beck, will be
using the text with their
students in "Fundamentals of
Mathematics" next semester.
BU quarterback Jay DeDea
and free safety Randy Bullock
have been honored by the
Eastern College Athletic
Conference for helping the
Huskies to their first-ever
Pennsylvania Conference
Championships.
Winter Miller, a former
Upward Bound student and a
freshman accounting major at
BU is one of eight students
awarded a $200 scholarship
from the Pennsylvania Association of Educational
Opportunity Program Personnel.
,

Chuck Laudermilch and I.
Sue Jackson, both of the
Department of Sociology and
Social Welfare, presented
papers at the annual meeting
of the Pennsylvania
Sociological Society at the
University of Pittsburgh in

Cannavo, Tony Woods and Renee
Pawlush, student representatives; Doug Hippenstiel,
institutional advancement
representative; Dr. John
Mulka, student life representative; and Roger Sanders,
director of athletics. In
addition, the following serve
as ex-officio members of the
committee: Tom Lyons, director of financial aid; David
Hill, comptroller of

Community

Activities; Joanne
McCorab, associate director of
athletics; and Mary Gardner,

director of equal opportunity
in sports.
Dr. Donald A. Vannan, professor of education in the

Department of Curriculum and
Foundations, recently retired
from membership on the Board
of the Bloomsburg Theatre
Ensemble. He was also a
member of the baritone section of the Susquehanna
Valley Masterworks Chorale in
two recent concerts in the
Sunbury area. The Chorale
performed works of
Handel— "Chandos Anthem #4,"
"Coronation Anthem #4,"
"Chronation Anthem No. 1" and
four major opera chorus works
from "Die Meistersinger,"
"Lohengrin " "Tannhauser"
and "Boris Godunov."
,

October.
Dr. Nancy Onuschak, associate professor of nursing,
was recently elected chairperson of the BU Athletic

Advisory Committee. The major
functions of the committee
are to oversee the athletic

program, to keep

it

con-

sistent with the philosophy
of athletics at Bloomsburg
and within the guidelines of

the NCAA and the Pennsylvania
State Athletic Conference
(PSAC), and to act on policy
recommendations from the
director of athletics,
including the awarding of
athletic scholarships.
Other members of the committee include: Dr. James
Cole, chairperson of the
Department of Biological and
Allied Health Services; Joe

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