Gommimique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY JAN 96 1 1 TV, radio commentator Bev Smith to give address celebrating i\/ILK's legacy show host and nacommentator Bev Smith will speak at Bloomsburg University Wednesday, Jan. 17, as part of the university's weeklong celebration of has guest-hosted "Larry King Live" and appeared on "Good Morning America," "Today," and "Crier and Company." the legacy of Martin Luther King. show "Our Television talk tional radio Smith will give her address, "Re- membering the Works of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr: Putting the Unity," at 8 p.m. in the U in Kehr Union is host of the talk Voices" that appears on Black Entertainment Television on Sundays at 1 1 a.m. daily with her "Straight Up," She can be heard commentary show, on the Sheridan Broad- casting Network. Ballroom. Bloomsburg Luther King noon Currently, Smith will Unafraid to tackle issues and be- observe Martin Day Monday, Jan. 15, at come involved in her Smith stories. Kehr Union Ballroom with a video presentation and dis- has slept with the homeless, walked "The Color of Fear" funds for babies with AIDS, talked Provost Wilson Bradshaw will give with inmates on death row, and the opening remarks. learned to shoot a gun with the FBI. in the cussion On titled Thursday, the streets with prostitutes, raised Kambon Camara, counselor and assistant professor of psychology, will sion titled facilitate a discus- "How to be Non- Violent in a Violent World" at 7 p.m. in the Featured speaker Bev Smith has more than 20 years of experience first television affairs reporter in Monday, Jan. 15 No Classes. in broadcast journalism. Beginning her consumer MARTIN LUTHER KING Kehr Union's Multicultural Center. career as Pittsburgh's PROGRAMS CELEBRATING 1971, Noon — "The Color of Fear," video presentation, Kehr Union Ballroom she also wrote a weekly consumer advice column for The Pittsburgh Courier, the nation's oldest African American newspaper. In 1975, she was named news and Wednesday, Jan. 17 8 p.m. — "Remembering Works of Dr. Martin Luther Putting the U the King Unity," Bev public affairs director for the Sheridan Jr.: Broadcasting Company. While there, Smith, Kehr Union Ballroom. in she hosted a two-hour Saturday talk show that became so that the station's by listeners who controversial tower was burned disagreed with her views. Since then, she has taken her firebrand style of talk shows to tele- and radio stations in Miami, Orlando and Washington D.C. She vision Thursday, Jan. 18 7 p.m.— "How to be Non- Violent In a Violent World," facilitated by Kambon Camara, Kehr Union, Multicultural Center. 2 Communique J.\x 1 1 King BarKfuet to honor work towards 'Dream' New'S briefs Bkxxnsbuig's third annual Manin Human relations committee seeks proposals The campus-vkide committee on human re'.i:_^r.< - seeking proposals for funding of events fcr semester. Proposals must reflect the manner _ ~ . . - event will promote the recruitment and reientKxi minorities at Bloomsbuig Universit\\ form, call Ann Mariano To obtain a prr- in the office of social e^ - Btoomsbuig Unive:semWe, directed bj- L the Bkxxnsburg School of Dance The highlight of the banquet will be the piesencation of the Martin 6 pjn. in the Kdir Union Balboom. The theme of the banquet is Xher>:M-g the Past, Chalknging the r — Chisding the Ftttuie." The weaker will be Harold E. fessorandheadofthe - mnseiiageducatioa, . and reha?enn State Uni- vr : - \ author of the ; is also ^oDe^ This years employee food drive heipec 21 :.i:-.__r^ - r. to comprised erf" 92 p>eople before Chriamas. Ir dMiaiec S tinrversitx,' employees ilr canned goods, 40 green stamp books to the effort The mone\- and grre r ; Luther King Jt Humanitarian Service Award to the Bloomsbuig Eacuhy/ staff and student member whose service to the university best Reservatioiis for the banquet are $13 for aduhs and $8 for students with a meal piatL To make reserva- 1 : -.-jons. at - ; : ; : Communique newsJeOer for Blooaisburg XL :5 : - : l l 'u ACi: Aj:: .: r.-rr.:;:.. \; \ . I'r. publishes news dalion Gradijate Fdkjw. e Center for Looomodon Slud: - and developmenDs 38M638 or 38^-5261. address human subjects research to . Communique Bonita Franks, associ- e professor of curriculum and foun- to purchase a carir. . ;r A exem- [>lifies the realization of King's dream. tions, contact Speaker Staff, ; • quet will be held Thursday, Feb. l,at ogy, stamp books were used each famih". — professor of mus:: 4528. Emplo>'ee food drive helps 22 families — directed b\' Eric .\"e> Luther King CcMnmemocalive Ban- . H. .ir..: r involved with rrx>ng mvidSduals. zr: Bkxxasburg Uiuversicy bi-weekity r^^r" . . The rapiove the ifarou^bout die academic year. Bloomsbuig is committed to pre tiooal and employment oppoftunii re- groups of nn- iuca- Shehas rees in a - widiout regard to race, color, ndigion. sex. ar. origin, ancestn-. life-ayte. seatualcMie- _ - .n . .;: Vietnam-era veteran, or union mer:. The university is addioaoally cor ' ^ . action and will take positive ster educational and employment oppc»Turii'.jei '.alk is .. a Naiiona] So- I>irector of University Relations: Joan T Leniczner sponsored by review board for - f irch. Grants available to support thesis research Communicatkwr Director of Marketing and Mark Lloyd ".esOKier- Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Proofreader: 'W'innie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Publication date for ibe next Communique: January 25 leoeive hinding for Please submii .sior^^ ideas, news hriefe ^jdent may api%^ and catendar :$dacyandfotKl- mfannation to Communique. Univ«3s4y RdbttJOiK OSiioe, VaDer .^dmimsoaiion BuDding. Roam 1'04A Bloomdsurg Unrversin-. Bloomsburg. V.K The E-Mafl addness is: fnsr@hu.sk>' blnomu edu Four-d^ft phone numbers are on-^ a~.r'i-diaJ fi's: = to . : . V when Correction the ! funding f >ted B),-K'*m.*j>urt5 iimniltfri Funding will t' first-come, fitst-serv :~^] binding r _ Camnjumique l v.er^ians. To use the numbers csff-campus. irea code is "^H. '.ix.ed in ' be made within si»v sion. can be founc rc the Vorld Wide faiqK//ww-w.bkxHnajedH Web at is lindDed, r should not ex- -win fund supplies, :ems and local - IS research. .:>ptiawelwill of the .mque 1 1 JAN 96 Communique 3 Quest plans spring adventures Prepared by the University Police Quest, an outdoor adventure pro- gram December 1995 at Offenses cost of the one-day classes is Reported to or by HllcSlS IVIdac Ol $15 for Bloomsburg students with a University Police incidents Cleared student activities sticker and $40 for by Other Means all Homicide Rape 0 courses run from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 0 0 Quest provides all training and equip- Robbery 0 0 ment Aggravated Assault Qtmnia Acc3i iH Ou\i\J\xi MooaUll 0 n u 0 classes, call the 0 or Burglary 0 0 Hall, 3 0 \J 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Spring courses 2 u include: 0 n u • Forcible Larceny totals Book (Bag) Theft Theft from Buildings 1 Theft from Vehicles 0 Grounds 0 Theft from Retail Theft 0 Bicycle Theft 0 All Arson 0 Forgery 0 u n u Fraud 0 u Embezzlement 0 u Receiving Stolen Property 0 n Vandalism 0 0 Weapons Possession 0 u 0 Prostitution Sex Offense Quest office at Monday through 4466 — • Feb. Feb. 18, Saturday, • Waterfall Feb. • Occasionally students request exclass attendance and other university obligations for pur- 0 university faculty Gambling 0 Off. Against Family D.U.I. Liquor Laws Drunkenness 0 10 0 1 1 with Drug Violations All orrice or social equity has fll • 1"... list c of 0 0 0 3 routine at the university. — Bodhi Day (Enlighten22 — Ramadan days, 0 0 0 ment): Buddist. 0 exact dates dependent 0 (thirty upon lunar This report reflects only incidents which occur property. does not include incidents It — Ash Feb. 21 — Feb. 21 on university in the Town of man Bloomsburg. last school year, it is estimated that propped were discovered unsecured in a 10-month period. An open door is an invitation to a thief. A good New Year's resolution would be to lock your office if you are not in it. If you are done with a classroom in the evening, lock it. Let's work University Police found over 3,000 doors unlocked, open or left ajar. together to make Wednesday: Ro- Catholic, Protestant. Idul-Fir, Safety Tip: During the In one building this school year alone, 476 doors April April April end of the fast Catholic, Easter: Friday: Chris- Easter: April Baha'i. April 21 Festival (Festival Sacrifice, exact date dependent upon lunar calendar): Islam. — Ascension Day: Roman May 19 — Muharram (New 16 Catholic, Protestant. Year, exact date dependent upon lunar calendar): Islam. May dox calendar: Islam. Friday: Protestant. May Jan. 16 0 Jan. Traffic) are will- 0 Other Offenses (Except stair compiled the roUowing Disorderly Conduct Vagrancy and holydays of major world religions for which observance may require a student to depart from their normal 7 Disorderly Conduct — Saturday, — Good Roman 7— Roman 12 — Holy Orthodox 14 — Orthodox — of Ridvan: of 28 — Idul-Adha April 5 tian. t II Catholic, Protestant. may be unsure as to which holydays may merit excuseable absence. he 4. 4. Christian. I May Rock Climbing ing to entertain such requests but 0 0 II may change 0 13 April 13. for May 0 0 to I Saturday, — 3. emptions from 24, April 20, Sunday, April 28, 0 Drug Abuse Violations — Sunday, March 4 p.m. 9 a.m. Rappelling — Saturday, March 4 p.m. 9 a.m. Canoe/Kayak — Sunday, March Saairday, Rock Climbing Women — Saturday, Canoe/Kayak — Saturday, Whitewater Rafting — Saturday, High Ropes 31, • Jan. 28, March 3. Day Hike Saturday, Holidays April 21, 7, April 13. Indecent Assault 0 Saturday, April 27. — Sunday, 4, a.m. to Sunday, April 23, 30, • • Agg. Indecent Assault Open Lewdness • Satur- Caving Feb. 24, Sunday, Women Cross Country Skiing for to • poses or religious observance. Most Indecent Exposure • Simon Friday from 4, April 28. register for the Quest office in visit — Sunday, Feb. — Sunday, Feb. 11,9 4 p.m. Rock Climbing — March Feb. 25, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. u n u 0 Totals To Cross Country Skiing u 0 u 0 Other Thefts for the classes. day, Jan. 27, Feb. 17, Sunday, u n • others. Unless otherwise noted, 0 Climbing Saturday, Feb. 24. • classes for the spring semester. The • Ice Bloomsburg, has scheduled — Ascension Day: Ortho24-25 — Shavuot begins 23 Christian. May sundown May down May at 23 and ends at sun- 25: Jewish. Ramadan (exact date dependent upon lunar calendar): Islam. of Feb. 26 begins. April — Eastern Orthodox Lent — Passover begins 4-11 sundown down April safer. last at and ends at sun(the first two days and April 3 1 1 two days are holiday obser- vances): Jewish. Carver, Bloomsburg's interdiscipli- nary journal, welcomes submissions for its 1996 edition. Articles (2,000 to 4,000 words), poems, photographs and illustrations are welcome. For more information, contact Lawrence Fuller, professor of English, at 4717. 4 Communique 11 JAN 96 CONCERTS Calendar Admission isfree unless otherwise specified. — Tim Piano Recital Hall, — Performed by the New York Opera National Company, Thursday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center for La Travlata City S. Beauty and the Beast 7:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center Friday, Feb. 3, for the — Sunday, March flutist — 3, Suzuki String Recital — Saturday, March Kenneth 3 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center for the 2:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, Arts, Tickets are $30. Auditorium. SPORTS The Brass Menagerie Quintet Includes home games only. March 21, 8 p.m.. Carver Gross Auditorium. Men's and Women's Swimming vs. Indiana (Pa . House. noon Gross S. Jan. 16 to Gallery. Reception, Thursday, to 2 p.m. — Miriam Kurman Painting, Feb. 13 to March 7, Haas Gallery of Art. Reception, Wednesday, March 6, noon to 2 p.m. Reception sponsored in part by the Commission on the Status of Women. — Student Art Association Juried Exhibition to April 3, Haas Gallery. Curator John Cook. Reception, Wednesday, March 20, noon to 2 p.m. LaRocca Isabella — Thursday, April 30, Kenneth day, April Hall, — Mixed media, Carol Burns; jurors Robert Koslosky and 16, S. by the — Franklin Osenbach, Mary Ann Smith, piano, Sunday, March 24, 2:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Music Major Recital tenor, Wrestling VS. Clarion, Sunday, Jan. 14, 2 p.m., Nelson Field House. — Photographs, April 10 to Haas Gallery. Reception, Thurs1 1 noon to 2 p.m. Exhibit mounted , art gallery class. Charles Haruna Sumani exhibit. May Reception, — Master's thesis May 10, Haas Gallety. Thursday, May 2, 2 to 4 p.m. 2 to Gross Auditorium. Men's Basketball vs. Scranton, Monday, Jan. ^;30 p.m., Nelson Field House, Women's and Men's Basketball vs. Mansfield, Wednesday, Jan. 24, 6 and 8 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Women's and Men's Basketball vs. West Chester, Saturday, Jan. 27, 6 and 8 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Men's Swimming vs. Trenton State and Merchant Marine. Saturday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Women's Swimming vs. Lock Haven and East Stroudsburg, Saturday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Women's and Men's 9, 4 p.m. ), Saairday, Jan. 13, 2 p.m.. Nelson Field 15. Haas March 20 Directed by Stephen Wallace. Arts. Tickets are $20. James Galway, Gross Auditorium. Studio Band with guest trombone soloist, Thursday, March 7, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Jazz Night Feb. Feb. 8, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth Susan Morrison Mark Stokes, violin, Jelinek, violoncello, with guest performers, the Arts. Tickets are $25. — — Ann to Perm State Uni- Kermeth String Recital 9 a.m. Friday, Shafer, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2:30 p.m.. Carver S. Gross Auditorium. versity, CELEBRITY ARTIST SERIES For ticket information, call 4409- ART EXHIBITS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through U.S. 25, Navy Concert Band — Monday, March 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. No charge for admission but a compli- mentaty ticket beginning Feb. President's Ball is required. Call 389-4284 FILMS Seven and — Wednesday and 19, 7 p.m., Haas Center for the 5 for ticket locations. — Dance music by the Copycat Stu- dio Band, Saturday, March 30, 6 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17 7 and 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, Jan. 21, and Arts; — Wednesday and Arts. Friday, Jan. 24 and 9:30 p.m., Haas Center for the Sunday, 7 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. 26, 7 Magee's 24 West Ballroom, Bloomsburg. Scholarship benefit event, tickets required. Development Center Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls — Wednesday Reservations limited. Directed by Stephen and Thursday, Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 7:30 and 9 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 4, 7 p.m., Haas Center Wallace. for the Arts. Call the at 389-4128. Basketball vs. Kutztown, Saairday, Feb. 10, 6 and 8 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Lecture, concert give tribute to Grateful GOVERNANCE "The Music Never Stops," a multimedia BUCC (Bloomsburg University Curriculum Committee), McCormick Center, Forum, 3 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 14 20, April 10, and May and 28, March 1. and concert celebration of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead, will be presented on Friday, Feb. 2. Toni Brown, editor of RelLx magazine, lecture will present her Forum, McCormick Wednesday, Feb. Center, Forum, 3 p.m., 7, April 3 and 25. in Mitrani Hall, "After Dark," ful Planning and Budget Committee, McCormick Center, Forum, 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, March 28, and April 18. multimedia lecture at 7 p.m. Haas Center for the Arts. New York City's premier Grate- Dead cover band, will perform at 9 p.m. in the One Kehr Union Ballroom. activities sticker may be purchased at the Kehr Union Information Desk, and Pro Audio and Mugsy's Records in Bloomsburg. Brown's presentation will focus on the musical and cultural impact of Garcia and the "Grateful Dead." From Haight Asbuty and Pigpen, through Giants Stadium and Bruce Hornsby, Brown will examine the history of the Dead through music and rare others. Tickets video footage. admission to both parts of the program. Tickets are $3 with a ticket gains community Dead and $5 for The presentation is sponsored by the student concert committee of the CGA. Communique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Black History Month begins with MLK 25 JAN 96 banquet African-Americans to the United and by the Bloomsburg University Dance Ensemble, directed by Danielle Eves of the Bloomsburg School of Dance. The highlight of the banquet will be the presentation of the Martin Luther King Jr Humanitarian Service Award to the Bloomsburg faculty/ staff and student member whose service to the university best exem- States. plifies Bloomsburg's observance of Black History Month in February will begin with the university's third annual Martin Luther King Commemorative Banquet Thursday, Feb. 1, at 6 p.m. in the Kehr Union Ballroom. Throughout Febmary, Bloomsburg will host lectures which focus on racial issues and the contributions of The theme of the banquet is "Cherthe ishing Challenging the Past, Present, Chiseling the Future." The be Harold E. Cheatham, professor and head of the department of counseling education, counseling psychology, and rehakeynote speaker will bilitation services at versity. Cheatham is Penn State Uni- coauthor of the book Campus Pluralism. He is professor of music, the realization of King's dream. Reservations for the banquet are $13 for adults and $8 for students with a meal plan. To tions, contact make reserva- Bonita Franks, associ- ate professor of curriculum and foun- dations, at 389-4638 or 387-5261. Other Black History Month events include: also president of the American College Personnel Association. Entertainment for the banquet will be provided by the Concert Choir, directed by Eric Nelson, associate HAROLD CHEATHAM Featured speaker for Martin Luther King Banquet. Friday, Feb. 2, Cheatham will talk on "Mending the Racial Divide: Strat- egies for Facilitating Campus Plural- Wednesday, Feb. 14, a panel dis- ism" at 11 a.m. in the Kehr Union cussion will be held at 7 p.m. in Ballroom. McCormick Center, Forum. The dis- cussion will focus on a video presentation, "Vision 2,000: Difference," Patricia Celebrate the produced by Atty. Russell-McCloud, president of the Links, Inc. DEALING WITH EMERGENCY Dozens of federal, state and local officials Wednesday, Feb. 28, Carter Woodson, the father of Black History month, will speak on W.E.B. DuBois. gathered on campus Jan. 22 to discuss ways to deal witfi the flood emergency. President In April, Jessica Kozloff (shown many helicopter in center of photo) met of the officials as they arrived by on the upper campus. Among those present were U.S. Rep. Paul Kanjorkski, (shown in left Rodney will host an Multicultural Center. Artistic consult- be Frank and trustee ant for the exhibit will Lt. Gov. f^ark Morris, a free-lance artist in right of photo) and emeritus of the Copley Society, Bos- of photo) Schweiker (shown Bloomsburg African-American Art Exhibit in the and Slater (behind Schweiker), director, Federal Highway Administration. I^ass Communications professor Walter Brasch served as volunteer public information for the officer meeting. ton, Mass. 2 Communique 25 JAN 96 Ann Lee named News interim dean of the College of Professional Studies briefs Beauty and the Beast tickets going Ann Lee been named Beauty and the Beast on Feb. 23 are sold out, but community activities card holders may pick up their tickets at the Kehr Union Information Desk beginning has been appointed indean of the College of Professional Studies. She will serve in that capacity until September or until a permanent dean is named. Lee serves as dean in place of Monday, Feb. Howard Macauley, who degrees in communication disorders fast terim Regular tickets for the Celebrity Artist Series show 12. December Blood Drive planned for February 7 and 8 after 28 retired in years at Lee has been the assistant dean of The Red Cross will hold a blood drive Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 7 and 8, from 1 1 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the Kehr Union Ballroom. For more information, contact Julie Shoup or John Trathen at 4196. President Kozloff schedules open office hours open Tuesday, Feb. 13, from 1:30 office hours on A newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg 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, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The action university and will is sylvania from 1973 to 1978. She holds bachelor's and master's and additionally committed to affirmative take positive steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. torate in elementary, early childhood and University of Pennsylvania. special education from Indiana Lee was a preschool teacher for member She has served as a faculty in the department of com- the Easter Seal Society of Central munication disorders and special Pennsylvania for three years and also education since 1978. has served as head teacher for Co- 1990. of curriculum and foundations, has lumbia County Department of Special Education. Brasch skewers media in book Enquiring Minds and Space Aliens the Marshbaum — a Media people — from — Buchwald Brasch themnewspapers and — television, selves on paying attention to the rest of the world foil pride radio is what wields satire to cut through preten- Bloomsburg mass communications are scored with an eye toward in- professor Walter Brasch prides him- forming, as well as amusing, ordi- self on paying attention to what media people are doing. Brasch's latest book (his ninth), Enquiring Aliens, compiles nary readers. "I find that too often writers ticians and not collar Director of Marketing and Communication: Mark Lloyd column. report news University, than and calendar Room 104A Bloomsburg Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address fost@husky.bloomu.edu Four-digit phone numbers at reports any other time. But they have a smaller share of the market." briefs University Relations Office, Waller Administration Building, society, but they get upset on them," says Brasch. "There's more media Publication date for the next Communique: February 7 Please submit story ideas, on when someone listed in the is: Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, dial 389 first. The area code is 717. are which the book is drawn, won second place last year in National Society of Newspapers for the humor and general excellence categories. The column runs in about 30 newspapers in Brasch's columns, from Pennsylvania, Louisiana, Massachusetts, California, Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide http://www.bloomu.edu Web at: Indiana, and Illinois. Before coming to Bloomsburg, Brasch was a writer and editor for newspa- pers and magazines. Contrasting his voice with that of for the masses," says rather have "I'd readers 10 blue- than 50 opinion leaders." Much "The media think they have to and columnists write for editors and poli- and media people selected from his weekly syndicated newspaper Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer often sion and dishonesty. But the points doing. Brasch. Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Art in tradition three years of observations of media Communique, University, for the school of education since Minds and Space Director of University Relations: Joan T. Lentczner information to education from and a doc- special to 3:30 p.m. Communique staff. for the Lee was executive director of the the College of Professional Studies Robert Gates, assistant professor President Kozloff will have dean in Lee's place. Easter Seal Society of Central Penn- Bloomsburg Bloomsburg. assistant School of Education media is of Brasch's criticism of the leveled at an increasingly corporate mentality in journalism a mentality that room to staffs profits at the he says trims increase — news- company expense of journalistic quality. Released Minds is in November, Enquiring available at Walden bookshops throughout the state. Friar Tuck bookshop at the Columbia Mall, Friends in Mind bookshop in the Market Street shopping center and Phillips Emporium in downtown Bloomsburg. The books is Publishers, published by Mayfly Chicago, which focuses on books by and about journalists. Brasch has two more books in the works. 25 JAN 96 Communique 3 TALE Center sponsors seminars, lunchtime talks SEMESTER-LONG SEMINARS The Teaching and Learning Enhancement Committee (TALE) has planned a series of continuing seminars and lunchtime discussions during the spring semester. The seminars, which will meet approximately four The seminars, and times during the semester, will generally be held in the below. Teaching and Learning Enhancement Center, which their first All sessions will is be meeting dates, are TALE in the — Tuesday, listed Center. located in the rear of the annex of the University Store. Academic The center consists of an office and meeting room. JoAnne Growney, professor of mathematics and com- Interested faculty are invited to a session devoted to puter science, directs the activities and programs of the integrity issues. center. professor of psychology. The lunchtime research discussions will be held Wednesdays at noon in the Kehr Union, room 409, starting Jan. 31. Those interested are invited to bring a lunch and enjoy discussions with faculty about their research Integrity Jan. 30, 3:30 p.m. planning discussions with students on academic Radical Organizer Pedagogy Marion Mason, is — Tuesday, assistant Jan. 30, 7 p.m. Discus- on teaching inspired by Bell Hooks and Organizer is Mike McCully, associate sion will focus Paulo Friere. professor of English. activities. For more information about the seminars and other TALE programs, contact Growny in her mathematics department office at 4503 or at the TALE center at 4310. Teaching Support Program — Friday, Feb. 2, orientation/discussion meeting for faculty volunteered (or would An 3 p.m. who have like to volunteer) as consultants TALE Teaching Support Program. Organizer JoAnne Growney, professor of mathematics and in the is computer science. — in the Sciences Monday, Feb. 5, 5:15 p.m. Ideas on integrating artistic themes into science curricula will be exchanged. Organizer is Karen Trifonoff, assistant professor of geography and earth science. Arts Diversity Issues — Wednesday, Feb. session will feature the showing film segement which portrays 7, 5:15 p.m. This and discussion of a different treatment of African-American and European American variety of situations. way Do we treat people men in a in a similar Bloomsburg? Organizers are Irv Wright, developmental instruction, Jim Dalton, professor of psychology, and Sue Jackson, associate professor of sociology and social welfare. at assistant professor of Chinese refugees' artwork on exhibit in Kehr Union How to Use Portfolios to Show Perfbnnances in Competency 14, 4 p.m. Organizer is Rosemary Radzievich, assistant professor of curriculum and — Wednesday, Feb. Bloomsburg will hold an exhibit of Chinese folded paper art created by refugees who tried to be Continued on page 4 foundations. smuggled into the United States. The exhibit will run through Jan. 31 in the Kehr Union's Multicultural Center. The Chinese refugees found themselves detained York County Prison after the ship they were smuggled aboard, the Golden Venture, ran aground in Long Island Sound in June, 1993. The 284 in the refugees aboard had agreed to pay $30,000 each to be smuggled into the U.S. in several prisons decisions on They have been detained throughout the U.S. to await their pleas for asylum. Since then, five "The Music Never Stops," a multimedia lecture and concert celebration of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful will be presented at Bloomsburg Friday, Feb. Lecture, Dead concert 2. Peter Shapiro, producer of the documentary "Tie- examine Died," will present a multimedia lecture at 7 p.m. in Mitrani Hall. Grateful "After Dark," Dead cover band, New will York perform City's at premier 9 p.m. in the impact of Grateful Kehr Union Ballroom. One have been granted asylum, a handful have been deported, and still more have agreed to return to admission to both parts of the program. Tickets are $3 with a community activities sticker China. and $5 for others. Tickets may be purchased at the Kehr Union Information Desk, and Pro Audio and Mugsy's Records in Bloomsburg. ticket gains Dead 4 Communique 25 JAN 96 TALE Center sponsors seminars, lunchtime talks LUNCHTIME RESEARCH DISCUSSIONS Doing Law and Literature: An Introduction — April 3. Bmce Rockv, ood. professor of finance and business law, will give an overview of the field of law and literature Discussions will be held Wednesdays Union, room at noon in Kehr illustrated by an analysis of John Problems with Ocklam's Razor A Irving's book. The Cider Hoiise Rules. 409. Gongora Definition of "Sonificante' in — April 10. Steve Hales, assistant professor of philosophy, — Jan. 31. Solange shows why imfxjssible to apply this popular principle it is meaning- Garcia-MoU. assistant professor of languages and fully. wiU track the components and mechanisms of the Sonificante' in three soruiets by Luis de Gongora. Musical counterparts ^ill be supplied. The Proposed Migrant Center at Bloomsburg University April 17. Sue Dauria, assistant professor of anthrof)ol- cultures. Geologic Mapping in Pennsylvania og>', — Feb. Duane 7. map the distribution of glacial dep>osits in a lO.OOO-square-mile area of Northeastern The project combines applied research and student participation. Penns\"h'ania. basic Rhetorical Trajectories of Guilt and — Feb. Implant Debate Shame in the Cochlear professor of communication studies, ^ill explore the contro\-ersies about cochlear implants. — Feb. The Stock Market: A Mathematical Analysis Reza Noubaiy, professor of mathematics, risk factors for in\ estors model of the office, will discuss a project designed to incorporate sen ice learning with student involvement vc[.\h Video conferences focus on communications technology The president and university cabinet are sponsoron campus produced by the PBS Adult Learning Satellite Ser- 21. will discuss vice. The conferences and Industrial Average. Center. Forum, The Debate Over Professional Boxing; — Feb. 28. debate ^^ill — March 6. Helmut Doll, assistant professor of mathematics and computer science, ^"ill introduce knot theon.* and give a sur\ ey of research surfaces that are bounded by be held in McCormick New OpporChanging En\ironment Thursday, Feb. 1. 2 to 4 p.m. This program v^'ill provide information on federal programs that surv ived the Congressional budget process, private corporations and foundations, and businesses seeking partner• examine the centu- o%-er the ethics of boxing. Knots and Sufaces ^111 include: Perspective Michael Poliakoff. associate dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, ries-old A Historical migrant workers. ing several national videoconferences and present a mathematical Dow Jones and Emplo\Tnent) research, Kara Shultz, assistant 14. and Jean Downing, director of the SOLVE (Students Organized to Learn through Volunteerism Braun. professor of geography and earth science, will discuss a project to — on knots. Funding Educational Technologv^ tunities in a — ships ^"ith educational organizations. Learn to de\"elop targeted proposals. Spring Break Measuring Faith Development and Religious Beliefs March 20. Marion Mason, assistant professor of ps\"cholog\". will discuss her work on a questionnaire developed by James Fowler and designed stages of from page 3 to measure faith. The Serpent Mound Continued — Project; Celebrated Ceremonial Site Archaeology — .Marcn at 2". Chios Most Dee.\nr.e W\-mer. associate professor of anthropolog%\ ^111 talk about the first excavation at use of radiocartxjn dating and this ancient Ohio modem Communicating Electronicalh Nev^- Methods and Distributing Information Thursday. Feb. 15. 1 to 3 p.m. Thus program \kt11 help participants make the most of recentlydevelofjed technological tools such as the World VTide Web. Lotus Notes, e-mail, bulletin boards, news groups. CD-ROM, and electronic forums. To register for the programs, contaa Karen Travelpiece at 4420 or through e-mail at • : for Publishing. Sharing, — trav@husk\--bloomu.edu. solstice marker. uonirasong nis \xyvce wim mai or wo more txx)Ks m tne works. 25 Campus Programs to address workplace diversity issues notes Pat Wolf, assistant professor of curriculum and foundapresented a paper titled "Throw Out the Fluff: Pack tions, in the Competencies — What an Administrator Looks in a Portfolio" at the for 42nd annual conference of the Southeastern Regional Association of Teacher Educators. John H. Couch, associate professor of music, was the Achievement Awards Auditions of the Lehigh Valley Pennsylvania Music principle adjudicator at the annual Teacher's Association Competition held in Moravian College in November at Bloomsburg will host a series of programs and lectures devoted to the increasing cultural diversity found the workplace throughout the in month of February and in early March The programs are sponsored by British journal in Technology, and Reza Noubary, professor of mathematics and and article, Identification of the Seismic "Stochastic com- Modeling Records Based on Established Deterministic Formulations," which appears of Time Series Analysis, vol. 16, 1995. He recently presented "A Linear Discriminant for Gavssian Time Series" at the Conference on Applied Statistical in the Journal The programs include: Diversity at Worl< Exhibit — Opening 7, Balch Instiaite for Ethnic Studies in Philadelphia documents the experi- ence of Americans in the and examines the workplace fuaire composi- work place in the 21st also The Uprising of tary 34: Film — Tuesday, Feb. and Commen- 13, 6 to 9 p.m. An award-winning documentary film, centered on the massive strike in the Southern textile mills in 1934, will screened. The documentary be film makers will stop the film periodically presented "Natural Disaster Reduction-. Role of Regional business leaders, union Rider University, Lawrenceville, NJ. Science and Technology" second International Conference on Seismology and Earthquake Engineering sponsored by the International Institute of Earthquake Engineering and Seismology in Tehran, Iran. at the and Bloomsburg faculty' and will be invited to comment on officials staff Gilda Oran, and nominated as a candidate for assistant professor of curriculum was recently the executive board of the Pennsylvania State Modern Language Association. She will also serve on the committee for the Modern Language Association's 1996 national convention in Philadelphia. impact ing: lectures regarding diversity in the workplace. Those lectures include: Successful African Americans: The Di- lemmas and 'Rage of a — Wednesday, l\1inorities Guest Lecture Affirmative Action day, Feb. a.m., and Employment Government in — Thurs- 12:30 p.m., 15, Cohen-Dion, Gloria assistant professor of political science. Integrating Persons with Disabilitities into the Workplace 21, — Wednesday, Feb. 1:15 p.m.. Featuring guests of Philip Tucker, assistant professor of special education, Wendy Buehler Karen Kanaski and of SUNCOM indus- tries. and the Glass — Ceil- Friday, Feb. 23, Dream — Thursday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m., James Sperry, professor, and Nancy Gentile Ford, assistant professor of Shippensburg University, and Vera Trends Comish, director of Screening institutional di- Harrisburg Area Commu- nity College, will address glass ceil- ing issues concerning all women in the workforce. Conversation on Affirmative Ac- tion: 11 14, of history. history. A Privileged Class' Feb. Walter Howard, associate professor noon. Diane Jefferson, director of multicultural students affairs, versity, foundations, will History and Understandingthe American the film. Women, JoAnne Growney, professor of mathematics and computer science, has written a poem, "My Dance is Mathematics," honoring noted algebraist Emmy Amalie Noether (1882-1935), which appears in the December issue of Mathematics Magazine. and sexual orientation State and Local to discuss the film with the audience. at provost for educational equity at Perm noon to from the Noubary Science fa- deputy vice ulty will also present a services of century. puter science, has written an Terrell Jons, outside lecairers, Bloomsburg fac- tion of the Rights. by In addition to programs featuring " Ethics Reviews 1995: Reproduction, cilitated noon. This workshop, Kehr Union, the 2 p.m. This traveling exhibit Steven D. Hales, assistant professor of philosophy, has written two articles, "Abortion and Fathers' Rights" and "More on Fathers' Rights, which appear in Biomedical 4, the workplace of the future. Reception, Thursday, Feb. Revolutionary Russia. March Board and the Commission on the Status of 'Women. All programs will assistant professor of history, has Autonomy, Soviet Power, and Land Redistribution in Smolensk Province, November 1917-May 1918," which will appear in the June issue of the — Monday, and Change: Workshop State, will address how issues such as gender, sexual harassment Multicultural Center. written an article, "Peasant Voices From the Workplace, Diversity the Multiculairal Faculty Ad\'ison,^ be held Bethlehem. Michael C. Hickey, JAN 96 Communique 5 Panel Discussion — Wednes- A panel composed of Bloomsburg students, faculty, staff and administrators. day, Feb. 28, noon. political 7, 11 Early Dedection and Health in in the Workplace: Analysis A Socio- — Thursday, March a.m., Julia Bucher, assistant professor of nursing. Anyone ture on interesting in giving a lecclass, gender, race and/or ethnicity in the workplace, please contact Nancy Gentile Ford at 4164, Thorn Nixon at 4510, Maria Brettschneider Olivo at 4127. at 4254 or John J. 6 Communique 25 JAN 96 CONCERTS Calendar Admission isfree unless otherwise specified. — Tim Piano Recital Shafer, Perm State Uni- Sunday, Jan. 21, 2:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. versity, CELEBRITY ARTIST SERIES For ticket information, call 4409. String Recital — Performed by the New York Opera National Company, Thursday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center for La Traviata City S. — Feb. 23, 7:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center for the Arts. Tickets are $20. James Galway, — Sunday, March flutist 3 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center 3, for the Gross Auditorium. — Suzuki String Recital — Saturday, March 2:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth Arts, Tickets are $30. Auditorium. SPORTS The Brass Menagerie Quintet Includes home games only. March 21, 8 p.m.. Carver Gross Auditorium. Women'sand Men's Basketball vs. West Chester, Saturday, Jan. 27, 6 and 8 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Men's Swimming vs. Trenton State and Merchant Marine, Saturday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Women's Swimming vs. Lock Haven and East Stroudsburg, Saturday, Jan. 27, 1 p.m.. Basketball vs. Kutztown, Saturday, Feb. 10, S. 16, Gross 1 and 3:15 p.m.. noon — Miriam Kurman Painting, Feb. 13 to March 7, Haas Gallery of Art. Reception, Wednesday, March 6, noon to 2 p.m. Reception sponsored in part by the Commission on the Status of Women. Student Art Association Juried Exhibition March 20 Haas to April 3, John Cook. Reception, Wednesday, March 20, noon to 2 p.m. LaRocca Isabella Haas Kenneth day, April 1 1 S. by the — tenor, , — Photographs, noon to 2 p.m. Exhibit mounted art gallery class. Charles Haruna Sumani Reception, — Master's thesis May 10, Haas Gallery. Thursday, May 2, 2 to 4 p.m. May exhibit. 2 to Gross Auditorium. President's Ball — Dance music by the FILMS Stu- dio Band, Saturday, March 30, 6 p.m., Scholarship benefit event, tickets required. Development Center Call the at — ^Friday, Jan. 26, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Haas Auditorium; Sunday, 7 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. Copycat 389-4128. — Wednesday Ace Ventura: When Nature Calls Wallace. and Thursday, Jan. 31 and Feb. Wrestling vs. Rider, Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 ers, p.m.. Nelson Field House. April 10 to Gallery. Reception, Thurs- Wednesday, Feb. 14, 7:30 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Women's and Men's Basketball vs. East Stroudsburg, Saturday, Feb. 17, 6 and 8 p.m., Nelson Field House. Women's and Men's Basketball vs. Millersville, Wednesday, Feb. 21, 6 and 8 p.m.. Nelson Field House. Wrestling vs. Lock Haven, — Gallery. Curator Reservations limited. Directed by Stephen Nelson Field House. Jan. 16 to to 2 p.m. April 30, Hall, — Mixed media, Gallery. Reception, Thursday, — Thursday, Franklin Osenbach, Mary Ann Smith, piano, Sunday, March 24, 2:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Music Major Recital Haas 9, Carol Burns; jurors Robert Koslosky and Magee's 24 West Ballroom, Bloomsburg. Nelson Field House. Women's and Men's Hall, Studio Band with guest trombone soloist, Thursday, March 7, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Directed by Stephen Wallace. Jazz Night Friday, Feb. Feb. 8, Sunday, Jan. 28, 2:30 p.m.. Carver Kenneth Susan Morrison Mark Stokes, violin, Jelinek, violoncello, with guest performers, the Arts. Tickets are $25. Beauty and the Beast — Ann ART EXHIBITS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Concert Band — Sunday, 9 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. April 14, 2:30 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Directed by Terry Oxley. Choral Ensembles semble, Chamber — Women's Thursday, April Miller and 7:30 and — Wednesday and Friday, Feb. 7 and 9, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom; Sunday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m., Haas Auditorium. Haas Directed by 18, 7:30 p.m., Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Wendy Clockers Sing- 1, 7 p.m., Haas Audi- torium. Hall. Choral En- Husky Singers and 4, LECTURES Eric Nelson. GOVERNANCE PROVOST'S LECTURE SERIES BUCC (Bloomsburg Patricia Ireland, Wednesday, Feb. 14 and March 20, April 10, and May 1. tional Organization of p.m., Forum, McCormick Wednesday, Feb. 7, 28, president of the NOW (Na- Women). Thursday, March 21. Workshop, 4 p.m., p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. lecture, 7:30 is Jan. 26, Momentum of the Photon: — Friday, Why is of Use to Us 3:30 p.m., McCormick Center, room it and it 1229- Mathematics and computer science lecture featuring English mathematician Les Allen. Center, Forum, 3 p.m., April 3 and Henry 25. Foster, former nominee for Surgeon General of the United Planning and Budget Committee, McCormick Forum, 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. March 28, and April 18. Center, Orbital Angular What Committee), McCormick Center, Forum, 3 The University Curriculum 22, States. April 11, lecture, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Kehr Union Ballroom. Workshop, Friday, April 12, 8:30 a.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. New Fangled Fads and Sacred Cows ematics — Tuesday, Bakeless Center, Feb. room 13, 104. in Math- 3:30 p.m., Mathematics and computer science lecture featuring Dennis Huthnance, associate professor. .-HHilllll A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Five honored with Five individuals were awarded the King Hu- university's Martin Luther manitarian Award at the annual Martin Luther King Commemorative Banquet. Honored were faculty members Sue Jackson, associate professor of sociology and social welfare; Nancy Gill, associate professor of English; i\1artin Gandhi Festival, celebrations of Chinese and Nepalese new years, and numerous international festivals. Student Shareen Silva has mentored students as a program assistant in the held department of developmental instruc- discussion will focus tion and in the College Sampler Program. She is president of the Association of Hispanic Students and international education; as well as a copy editor and writer for the students Shareen Silva and Carl Jones. student newspaper, The Voice. person of the department of counselor education, counseling psychol- many black and latino students at the university. He has been involved in the Black Cultural Society, Help Orientate Other College Hopefuls concert choir provided entertainment. Tension. honorees' achieve- the ments: and Students Together Alleviating Racial training He Biacic History IVIonth events Wednesday, Feb. at has helped in diversity workshops on and off-cam- 14, a panel discussion will be 7 p.m. in McCormick Center, Forum. The on a video presentation, "Vision 2,000: Celebrate the Difference," produced by Atty. Patricia Russell-McCloud, president of the Links, Inc. Wednesday, Feb. Student Carl Jones has mentored ogy and rehabilitation services at Perm State University. Bloomsburg's Among Luther King award outreach programs, including the and Madhav Sharma, coordinator of The featured speaker for the evening was Harold Cheatham, chair- 8 FEB 96 28, Carter Woodson, the father on W.E.B. of Black History month, will speak DuBois. In April, Bloomsburg will host an African-Ameri- can Art Exhibit in the Multicultural Center. Artistic consultant for the exhibit will be Frank Morris, a free-lance artist and Copley trustee emeritus of the Society, Boston, Mass. pus. Sue Jackson has served on the University-Commu nity Task Force on Racial Equity. As a member of the Task Force's training the trainers program, she has worked with numerous organizations to increase sensitivity to racial, gender, sexual orientation and other issues. She has also served as a teer from 1965 Peace Corps volun- to 1967. Nancy Gill has undertaken several long-term projects to boost the creativity of students, including stu- dents at Martin Luther King High School in Philadelphia. She has also been active in the International Society for Teaching Alternatives and is a leader in starting the annual Diver- HONORED FOR Conference for Area Colleges. Madhav Sharma has worked to HUMANITARIAN sity increase the number of international who come Bloomsburg University and strengthen the students to Shown from individuals left WORK are honored with the university's Martin Luther King Humanitarian university's ties with other colleges Award: Sue Jackson, around the world. He has helped Shareen organize a number of community Gill, Silva, l\/1adhav Carl Jones. Nancy Sharma and 2 Communique 8 FEB 96 An explanation News briefs encounter a I Beauty and the Beast tickets going Regular tickets for the Celebrity fast Artist Series Beauty and the Beast on Feb. 23 are sold community activities tickets at the Monday, Feb. may card holders section of show out, but pick up their noon. community organizations or Campus fiscal 28. 13, from 1;30 open office hours open President Kozloff will have office A com- types of items we don't run: is notes about conferences attended making and notes about most presentations made on-campus. other things as well. Kozloff appointed to hours on to 3:30 p.m. President Jessica Kozloff new members Eric Foster, editor. is one of academic Collegiate Athletic Association's educational mission of colleges and (NCAA) Members universities. NCAA and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons ethical conduct, fairness, standards and the primacy of the Commission. of the Presidents Commission are selected by their peers at newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events NCAA commission of the National nine Communique staff, Two Notes are about people a project. main- tenance and service contract needs for the coming Tuesday, Feb. munity a conference presentation. But they year be submitted to the purchasing office by Feb. President Kozloff schedules in- things. For the faculty, that may be about all students, for example. ployee can submit items to be cluded in Campus Notes. often publishing a paper or Purchasing director Joe Quinn requests that Presenting a program for high school Staff here also doing things that can be included in Campus Notes. Items might include leadership in doing Maintenance contract requests due Feb. 28 Campus Notes Communique. Many peope think they are just for faculty. In fact, any university emthe Kehr Union Information Desk beginning 12, at of confusion lot Campus Notes about the of Presidents schools. The 44-member commission serves as a leadership structure and forum for presidential interests in major Kozloff also serves on other na- She is a member of the Presidential Policies and Purposes Committee for the American Association of Stage Colleges and Universities and also the Commission on tional bodies. policy matters in college athletics. Leadership Development for the Concerns of the commission include American Council on Education. without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life-style, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The university is Compressed class schedule additionally committed to affirmative take positive steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. action and will Director of UnlTersity Relations: Joan T. Lentczner Due to bad weather, it is necessary Labs, physical education, art stu- occasionally to delay the opening of dio and clinical classes that meet for the university. When it has been decided to delay opening, the uni- Director of Marketing and Communication: versity will Mark Lloyd follow a compressed Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 schedule rather than cancelling early Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. 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To use the numbers off-campus, dial 389 first. The area code is 717. to 2:10 to 2:50 p.m. 3:30 to 4:50 p.m. 3:50 to 4:50 p.m. 2 to 2:50 p.m. 3 5 5 to 6:15 p.m. 3 to 3:50 p.m. 3:50 to 4:30 p.m. 4 to 4:20 p.m. 4:40 to 5:20 p.m. 1 to 1:50 p.m. are World Wide Web Bloomsburg can be found on the lmp://www.bloooiu.edu at: to 3:40 p.m. 4:30 to 4:50 p.m. 4:30 to 5:45 p.m. 5 to 5:50 p.m. 5:30 to 6:20 p.m. 6 p.m. and 6:30 to end of class. later to 5:50 p.m. 6 p.m. and later 6:30 to end of dass. 8 FEB 96 Communique 3 Campus notes Martin Coyne, head article titled "Coaching tennis coach, has written an in the '90s" that appears in the Jan. 29 issues of College Tennis Weekly. Coyne's article how technology has changed the role of the coach by examining issues such as video taping, computer charting, and scouting opponents on the internet. focuses on Coyne has been asked to write two additional articles for do one about interna- the specialized tabloid; he plans to and another about cheating tional players in college tennis. Richard Ganahl, assistant professor of Newspaper Topics: Six mass commu- paper nications, will present a refereed titled "Daily Newspaper Topic Factors Suggest Editorial Strategies" at the Southeast Colloquium of the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass ComPREPARING FOR THE CLASSROOM munications in March in Roanoke, Va. Gilda Oran Julia Bucher, assistant professor of nursing, has written an article, "The Effects of Community Differences Health Status, Health Sample of 900 spoke of to (at left) assistant professor of curriculum and foundations, recently 150 Bloomsburg student teacfiers who returned to campus for a day workshops. in and Helping Networks in a which appears in Public Health Stress, Elderly," Nursing. Another article, "The Prepared Family Caregiver: A Problem-Solving Approach to Family Caregiver Education," appears in Patient Education Frank and Counseling. and Motors Move Misiti, associate professor of curriculum foundations, has written an article, "Electric Math department plans seminars The department of mathematics and computer science is sponsoring the World," which appears in the FaU 1995 issue of Science a seminar series this semester. Activities. seminars are held every Tuesday Lawrence B. Fuller, advises the organization on trends and issues that develop in the fields of film, television, distance learning, and communications law content and teaching of English. article, are We at 3:30 in room Feb 13 — Shaheen Awan, associate comput- Nasalance Aquisition System." "Media Education: Where Have We Been? Where Going?" appears in the February issues of English Education. Feb 20 — Swapan Mookerjee, — March 26 Dentel, T. visiting speaker, topic to be announced. April 2 — Reza Noubary, professor of mathematics and computer science, "RiskAssessment for Invest- assis- ogy, "Development of Prediction COPD ments." April 9 — Leon Szmedra, associate professor of exercise physiology, topic to Patients." Mehdi Com- puter Graphics." tant professor of exercise physiol- Equations for the Aging Fillebrown, visiting S. speaker, "Linear Algebra in professor of communication disorders and special education, "The that affect the Fuller has written an — March 19 104, Bakeless: professor of English, recently was appointed director of the Commission on Media of the National Council of Teachers of English. The commisssion ers, journalism, The be announced. Haririan, professor of economics, recently completed an assignment awarded by the United Nations on the Transfer of Knowledge Through Expatriate Nationals Program. The assignment was from Dec. 1 to Jan. 21 in Tehran, Iran. A joint paper in honor of Thomas Bonomo titled "Privatization and the Emergence to serve of For-Profit Prisons" was published in the journal Central — Feb 27 Reza Noubary, professor, and Yixun Shi, assistant professor of math and computer science, "Detection of the Hidden Periodicities & its Application to J. March 5 — Judith Downing, coordi- Molitoris, guest speaker, "Virtual Reality." April 23 — D. Kichline, guest speaker, "Random Knot Sun Spot Numbers." Business ReiAew, Winter, 1996. David Minderhout, professor of anthropology, has — April 16 April 30 — Yixun Energy." Shi, assistant pro- fessor of mathematics "On and com- nator of S.O.L.V.E. (Students Or- puter science, written an article titled "The Challenges of Cultural Anthropology in the 1990s," which will appear in the ganized tem of Nonlinear Equations." spring issue of General Anthropology. "Community Service Projects for Math and Computer Science." to Learn through Volunteerism and Employment), Solving a Sys- , 4 Communique 8 FEB 96 Quest plans extended trips, abroad and in the States Quest, Bloomsburg's outdoor ad- venture program, summer, and next fall. Registration and trip information is available in the ground floor of Simon HaU, Monday through Friday, from 9 a.m. to 3 Quest more information, call the office at 4323. The trips include: Departure dates from Antigua; Cost: S175 Bloomsburg May 6 south to North travel the 70-foot sailboat Zora (used sail by President Clinton) from the Caril> bean to Martha s Vineyard. Passage should take around 10 to 12 days depending on the weather Summer 1996 to Kehr little River Canyon. Campus Ministry, directed by Rev. Beth in the Kehr room 423 new phone number is 4950. The Mothers Co-Op recently raised $ 1 ,000 for the Tom Joseph Fund at their annual holiday auction in December. The group normally raises S500 through the auction. The Josephs were very active in the Mothers' Co-Op. Cross Country Ski Full-time Native more or Weekend American or Alaskan Native sopho- undergraduate students are junior apply for the Morris K. for L'dall Scholarship. honors and scholars department, Cost: SI 10 eligible to Interested students should contaa Jeanette Keith, director of the Women March 1-3 Scholarship for Native Americans available rock and backpacking. climbing, and rock climbing. Rivers include the Hi^'assee, the Ocoee, the and moves Mothers' Co-Op raises $1,000 for Joseph Fund Quest will offer 2-week trips in New England and Canada this summer. spring for Whitewater paddling, back- low,'er Tellico, Ministry Kollas, has relocated to Union. The Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee this fjacking. Campus Experience an adventure by sea, and Activities will include canoeing, will Prostesient Boyer Adventure Trips- student; S275 other Quest Protestant York or 13. Cost: S2,000 Spring Break March 8-17. New to briefs sponsoring a is series of trips during spring semester, p.m. For from the Caribbean Sail News Bloomsburg in Bakeless, room 7, by Feb. 10. student; $150 other Periodicals being Western United States Trip May 16 June - S673 Cost; 9. country skis, gliding through the and groomed forests Bloomsburg student; S800 other ski trails of Crystal Lake. TTiis weekend includes Travel with Quest to Utah, Colorado, and New Mexico. This year we plan Dolores River to run 100 miles of the and climb a 14,000 foot peak San Juan mountains. Andes of three meals, lodging, trail No equipment. ski fees, and experience is necessary. A substantial number of penodicals are currently being bound. Faculty should check with access services library before Backpacking Basics for Women 1 1 - 1 2. Cost; S30 Designed SI, 900 other Peru into the impressive Cordillera Blanca Range across terraced sides in valleys originally for the woman hill- peopled by backpacking basic with little such as skills proper clothing and footwear, packfitting, camp stove operation, and cooking. Amazon Basin before Cuzco, where well trek in Europe A 18 great - way to see Europe. Starting one of the most magnificent bike through some of the most beau- Walking Trips ar- South America. in July 4 - 16; France, Aug. 2-15. - summer England, June 18 Scotland, Sept. 20 Ireland, to trips Oa. - The weekend Walk through the quiet and beautiful on walking country' of Holland gium. Europe countryside of Europ>e this tiful July 2; 2; and tions in is and adults from the community. The course be taught by Bernadine T. Markey. assistant Markey Cost S1.4(XJ 29. with a day in Amsterdam, sites in Aug, 9 Participants will stay in modem student housing in Dublin and Galway, Ireland Enrollment open to Bloomsburg students, students from other professor of nursing. For July the ancient Inca trail to Machu Picchu chaeological offer a three-credit course, Alcohol: Use and Abuse," in Ireland from July 20 to will Travelers will trek in the rain forest of the Bloomsburg wUl " schools, Biking times of the Spanish Conquistado- travelling to . Nursing course offered in Ireland the Incas, but deserted from the res. 1 Feb. 28. Direa inquiries to Stephen Wiist at 4217 or Alice $1,600 through the Andes of trip sure that they were returned from the Others, however, will not be back until Bloomsburg or no backp)acking experience. Learn Trekking in the the exten- Getty, 4220. May 6, Cost: - make sive use of particular periodicals to bindery on Feb. in the Peru Trip June 16. Bloomsburg student; 20 making assignments requiring are available for use. Most items student; S75 other May bound Experience winter on a pair of cross trip is country inns. and Bel- accommoda- breakfasts more information, contact 275-3115. Trips to the city planned will designed for the biker with bed and we at and Bloomsburg's program board bus trips to cities is sjxjnsoring several during the spring semester The cost S 15 for those with a community trips activities sticker, and S20 for guests. The buses generally depart from campus at 6 a.m. Saturday, and begin the return drive at 6 p.m. that evening. Sign-ups for the trip>s are at the Kehr Union Information Desk. The trips include: • Washington, more, M.D., March 30 • New DC, York Feb. 17 • Balti- City, April 13. 8 Campus Thomas recently FEB 96 Communique 5 notes Aleto, associate professor of anthropology, spoke to an 8th grade class of honor students in Danville. Ellen M. Clemens, associate professor of business education and office administration, was recently hon- ored by the Pennsylvania Business Education Association as the 1995 Outstanding Postsecondary Business Educator. Linda M. LeMura, professor of health and physical had two papers accepted for publication in The Journal of Sports Medicine. They are "Determination of Lactate Threshold by Respirator^' Gas Exchange During Incremental Load Work in 10-14 year-old Children" and "Coronary Risk Factor Analysis in Southern versus Northem Italian Children." education, has Amarilis Hidalgo de Jesus, assistant professor of languages and cultures, has written an Popular en the fall la article, Novela Venezolana," which issue of Venezuela Arts "La Musica will appear in and Literature Journal. She read the paper "Puertorriqueiios Aqui y Alia en busca de una Identidad Cultural" at the Mid-American on Hispanic Studies Conference in Boulder, Colo. She has been invited by the Latin American Studies Department at the University of Colorado to give a presentation titled "The Modern Novel in Venezuela: Andean Voices" in March. David Pastore and Stefanie A. Pastore, assistant professors of curriculum and foundations, recently made S. several presentations at the 33rd annual conference of the Pennsylvania Association for Educational Communications and Technology. Their sessions were titled "Future Technology for Future Teachers" and 'Resources for Technology Planning. Gene Remoff, interim dean of the College of Business, quoted and Low-Paid Pile," which appears in Human Resources Forecast 795)6 published by the Anderson Graduate School of Management at UCLA. is Workforce: in an article titled "Low-Skill Crowded Gary F. Clark, at the Botton of the had his computer artworks published in a number of books recently. These include The Painter Wow Book by Cher Threinen-Pendarvis and Jim Benson (Peachpit Press), Painter Wonderland (Japanese translation) by Ichiro associate professor of an, has Hirose (Graphic-sha, Japan), Digital Images: A Practical Guide by Adele Droblas Greenberg and Seth Greenberg (Osborne McGraw-Hill, Berkeley, Ca,). His works have also been included in calendars published by Fractal Design Corporation, Aptos, Ca., and Delta Informatics, Athens, Greece. Paintings of trees recall haven from childhood trauma for artist Paintings by Mariam Kurman will be on display in Haas Gallery Feb. 1 within," through March 7. The exhibit is spon- ings represent a "transforming into sored in part by Bloomsburg's com- comes from in a light that "perhaps life, Kurman says that the paint- a transcending of the spirit to women. A reception will be held for Kurman on Wednesday, March 6. from noon to 2 survive trauma." p.m. keep going through both the trials and the mundanity of life. The artistic process has been a form of survival for Kurman. It is something she knows she must do, although she is not always sure why, or where it wUl lead her. "Art builds mission on the status of Kurman once worked in exclusively black and white; but her latest works include a series of color paintings titled, "Trees with Gold Mysteries." The series is a continuation of an identity-forming artistic pro- — cess that has carried Kurman through working a masters in counseling psychology, Kurman has for only recently understood the source of inspiration for her latest paintings. As a young girl, she lost her brother in an accident. In response to this tragedy, Kurman would go into the woods by her house to think about her brother, and about life. The trees in her paintings are remiand the series ongoing healing process niscent of these times, is part of an through artistic expression. Bathed are, for visual expression of the "unknown spirit" that over time," she says. enables us to "It is your inner strength and life. Now They Kurman, a part of structure. It you where you want to go, but you must allow it to carry you along. It does not work if you impose your will on it. You must trust in the takes process." 6 Communique 8 FEB 96 CONCERTS Calendar Admission isfree unless otherwise specified. Jazz Night bone soloist, Thursday, March 7, 8 Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Directed by Stephen Wallace. CELEBRITY ARTIST SERIES For ticket information, call 4409- — Performed by the New York Opera National Company, Thursday, Feb. 8, 8 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center for La Travlata — Studio Band with guest trom- City Suzuki String Recital Kenneth — 7:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Susan Morrison Hall. Feb. 16, Gross S. — Friday, Feb. Haas Center 23, for the The Brass Menagerie Quintet Thursday, March 21, 8 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Arts. Tickets are $20. — Franklin Arts, Tickets are $30. SPORTS President's Ball James Galway, — Sunday, March flutist 3 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Includes Saturday, Feb. 10, Basketball vs. Kutztown, and 3:15 p.m., Nelson 1 Women's and Men's Basketball vs. East and 8 p.m.. Stroudsburg, Saturday, Feb. 17, 6 Nelson Field House. Women's and Men's Basketball Wednesday, Feb. Field House. 21, vs. Millersvllle, 6 and 8 p.m.. Nelson Saturday, Feb. 24, 7:30 p.m.. Nelson Field House. EWL Lacrosse vs. Philadelphia 9, Nelson Field Textile, Thursday, upper campus. Husky Classic, Saturday and Sunday, 21, 4 p.m., Softball, March 23 and to April 3, Haas upper campus. Men's Tennis vs. Swarthmore, Wednesday, March 27, 3 p.m., lower campus. 24, Gallery. Curator John Cook. Reception, Wednesday, March 20, noon to 2 p.m. LaRocca dio Band, Saturday, March 30, 6 p.m., day, April 11 Magee's 24 West Ballroom, Bloomsburg. by the , — Photographs, noon to 2 p.m. Exhibit mounted art gallery class. Call the Development Center at 389-4128. RLMS Choral Ensembles semble, — Friday, Feb. 9, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom; Sunday, Feb. 11, 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center. Clockers ConcertBand— Sunday, April 14, 2:30p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Directed by Terry Oxley. How to Make an American Quilt — Women's Choral En- Chamber Singers and Husky Sing- and Sunday, Feb. Thursday, April 18, 7:30 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Directed by Center. Wendy LECTURES Miller and Eric Nelson. and Friday, Feb. 14 18, 16, — Wednesday 7 and 9:30 p.m.; 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas The Uprising of THEATER Temptation — The Bloomsburg University Tuesday, Feb. 34: Film 13, and Commentary 6 to 9 p.m., Kehr Union, Multicultural Center. Players production of Vaclav Haval's work, Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 21 to 24, 8 p.m.; Sunday, Feb. 25, 2 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults, $3 for students and senior and free with a community activi- Successful African Americans: The Dilemmas and 'Rage of a Privileged Class' BUCC (Bloomsburg University Curriculum PROVOST'S LECTURE SERIES Multicultural Center. the Cochlear Implant Debate assistant professor of Committee), McCormick Center, Forum, Forum, Wednesday, Feb. 14 and and May 1. Patricia Ireland, 28, 20, April 10, McCormick Center, Forum, 3 p.m., president of the NOW (Na- Women). Thursday, Workshop, 4 p.m., lecture, Kehr Union Ballroom. tional Organization of March Wednesday, April 3 and 21. 7:30 p.m., Planning and Budget Committee, McCormick Center, Forum, 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. 22, 28, and April 18. studies,Feb. 14 , General of the United States. April 11, lecture, 7:30 p.m., Thursday, Kehr Union Ballroom. Workshop, Friday, April 8:30 a.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. 12, and Shame — Kara in Shultz, communication noon, Kehr Union, room 409. Affirmative Action and Employment in State and Local Government 25. Henry Foster, former nominee for Surgeon March — Walter Howard, associate professor of history, Wednesday, Feb. 14, 11 a.m., Kehr Union, Rhetorical Trajectories of Guilt p.m., — ties card. GOVERNANCE 3 April 10 to Gallery. Reception, Thurs- Scholarship benefit event, tickets required. citizens March — Carol Burns; jurors Robert Koslosky and Haas House. March Student Art Association Juried Exhibition Championships, Friday and March 8 and Saturday, — Miriam Kurman Painting, Feb. 13 to March 7, Haas Gallery of Art. Reception, Wednesday, March 6, noon to 2 p.m. Reception sponsored in part by the Commission on the Status of Women. Isabella ers, Wrestling vs. Rider, media, through to 2 p.m. April 30, Stu- Wednesday, Feb. 7:30 p.m., ^Nelson Field House. Wrestling, — Dance music by the — Mixed Gallery. Reception, Thursday, noon Directed by Stephen Wallace. House. Wrestling vs. Lock Haven, 14, 3, for the home games only. Women's and Men's Field Haas Center Haas March 20 Osenbach, tenor, Mary Ann Smith, piano, Sunday, March 24, 2:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth S. Gross Auditorium. Music Major Recital 9, Feb. 8, Auditorium. the Arts. Tickets are $25. Beauty and the Beast p.m., — Saturday, March 2:30 p.m., Carver Hall, ART EXHIBITS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. — Gloria Cohen-Dion, assistant professor of political science, Thurs- day, Feb. 15, 12:30 Multicultural Center. p.m., Kehr Union, Commimique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY 22 FEB 96 Sankofa Conference attracts students from across state Approximately 400 students from state are expected to and Rev. Ron Sailor, who will speak Exhale!" "From 1963 to the Million throughout the during the buffet brunch. Man attend Bloomsburg University's sec- Schiffer, a former researcher on government and community development in Ghana, is an importer and Race," "The Entertainment Business ond annual "Sankofa Conference" on Friday and Saturday, Feb. 23 and 24. The two-day conference will be devoted to African and African-Ameri- can History. Sankofa is an Ethiopian word meaning "using the wisdom of the past to build the future." The conference will include a va- workshops, a film screening and the performance of a play, all of free and open produced to the villages in The conference will begin Friday, in cloth, "Beginning a Business in the Ghana. munity," and "Being Greek Predominately White Campus." The play "Black Man Rising" will be presented Saturday evening, from 8 to 10 p.m., in Mitrani Hall, Haas history of Kente cloth. member of the board of directors of the National Association Advancement of Colored was a featured speaker at year's Million Man March on the for in the Kehr Union from 4 to 7 p.m. Center for the Arts. People, last is currently asso- ciate pastor of Mount Moriah Baptist Church in Atlanta. Feb. 23, with registration and a re- ception The afternoon workshops will inand Culture," The workshops, and play are and open to the public. There is a $20 fee for those who wish to participate in the buffet brunch and dinner on Saturday. all film, free For more information, contact clude: "Roots, Pride Thom At 8 p.m., the controversial film "African Secret Societies," "African- Multicultural Center, at 4510. "Sankofa" will be shown in the Kehr Union Multicultural Center followed by a discussion. Written, directed and produced by Ethiopian-born filmmaker Haile American/Latino Relations," "Can We Multicultural Center Comon a and Washington. Sailor public. Kente and the Minority Community," "Students Together Making a Difference," Schiffer will discuss the significance Sailor, a riety of which are distributor of authentic March," "Success Runs in Our Nixon, director of the NOW president to speak in IViarch Gerima, "Sankofa" blends the con- temporary of African descen- Patricia Ireland, president of the dants with the experience of slavery. National Organization for Women 250,000 members. Fighting for (NOW), will speak at Bloomsburg University on Thursday, March 21. Ireland will speak at 4 p.m. on "1996 Equality Countdown Campaign: Why We Need to Organize Around Feminist Issues," and at 7:30 p.m. on "Beginning with a women's rights is nothing new for The film reality wowed audiences at the Berlin International Film Festival in organization in the world with a theater for Single Step: Taking Action, Creat- While at the University of Miami School of Law, Ireland and some friends used toy bows and arrows and water pistols to disrupt a ceremony of the men-only Iron Arrow honor society, the highest honor bestowed by the "Sankofa." ing Change." Both lectures, free university. 1993, but distributors were fright- ened away by the controversial nature of the film. The film was screened in the U.S. only after of committee of African- American supporters rented one week to show One week grew to 1 1 and came from across the country to show the film. calls and open to the public, will be program includes sevgroups of workshops. Featured Saturday's speakers will include Harriet Schiffer, who will give the opening address at 10 a.m. in the Multicultural Center, A former corporate attorney for worked held in the Kehr Union Ballroom. 12 years,. Ireland has appearance is part of Bloomsburg's Provost's Lecture Se- broaden NOW's appeal. Her long-term goal for NOW is to "work ourselves out of busi- Ireland's eral Ireland. ries and observance of Women's History Month. Ireland NOW, is ness." In other the ninth president of the largest women's rights equality for make to words, gain the women that would the organization obsolete. 2 Communique 22 FEB 96 Bloomsburg to host State System history conference March 7 and 8 News briefs Orientation packets being prepared The new student orientation packet now. The orientation packet information source for is new is is The history department will host a being prepared traditionally the first students. In July, the packet intended to give students information regarding aca- conference of historians from throughout the State System on March 7 and 8. The State System History Forum will include 12 panels covering search and teaching on a range of orientation packet should contact the orientation office at The Forum's keynote speaker will be Michael Katz of The University of Pennsylvania, who will speak on "The War on Welfare Revisited" 4595 by March 1. Evening study rooms available Each panel by several members. Thursday, March In addition to of students Andruss Library and Kehr Union, groups may study in Bakeless Center, rooms from 9 to 11 p.m. daily, and room 23, from 5 to 11 p.m. daOy. and 105, 103, 104 in Hartline Center, 8, at differ- members All • publishes news of events without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life-style, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The action university and will is take positive steps to provide such and Race from the Civil War to the Progressive Era, Kehr • Citizenship • Politics, Kehr Union, 230. Turning History into Film, Kehr Union, room 227. Teaching Cultural Diversity, Kehr Leaping the Hurdles of Research room Kehr Union, 409- Union, room 227. Session Six: 3:45 to 5:30 p.m. Changing Institutions and Ideological Complexity in the Twentieth Century World, Kehr Union, • tory, room Union, • 230. • Two: 3:30 to 5:15 p.m. Dos and Don'ts of ComputerBased History Instruction, Kehr Union, room 340. Teaching African-American His- Kehr Union, room 340. The Culture of Schooling, Kehr room 409- news briefs Members of the university com- and calendar University Relations Office, Room 104A Bloomsburg Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address is: Waller Administration Building, munity are invited to open forums to meet candidates for dean of the College of Business. listed in the • Kenneth Knodt, versity, LaSalle Uni- Philadelphia, Tuesday, March 5, 9 a.m., Kehr Union, Hide-A- Way Lounge. Candidates and open forums are as follows: • fo.st@husky.bloomu.edu phone numbers for College of Busines dean candidates March 7 Communique, ence programs, contact Nancy Gentile Ford or Michael Hickey at the history department at 4156. Open forums scheduled Publication date for the next Communique: Please submit story ideas, For more information or confer- Session Director of Marketing and Communication: Mark Lloyd Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Four-digit American • in the State System, • Director of University Relations: Joan T. 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The August packet is more generalized and includes information that will help students make the transition to college life. Groups interested in including a one page flyer or brochure in the topics. • Reconceptualizing Courses on Russian History in Light of New Edward Schoen, King's Col- Wednesday, March 20, 9 a.m. McCormick Center, Forum. lege, Wilkes-Barre, Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, dial 389 first. The area code is 717. are • 10:45 a.m., Way Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide Web at: David Long, Ithaca College, Ithaca, N.Y., Tuesday, Feb. 27, , Kehr Union, Hide-A- Lounge. • John Cooley, Roosevelt Uni- versity, Chicago, 111. Tuesday, April http://www.blooniu.edu 2, 10:45 a.m., Forum. , McCormick Center, 22 FEB 96 Communique 3 'Jazz Night' to feature guest Bloomsburg University Crime Report trombonist John Fedchock Prepared by the University Police Bloomsburg January 1996 March 7, Offenses Reported to or by Arrests IVIade or University Police Incidents Cleared 0 0 0 Robbery 0 0 Aggravated Assault 0 0 Simple Assault 0 0 Burglary 0 0 4 0 2 0 Forcible Larceny Rape totals Book (Bag) Theft Theft from Buildings 2 0 Theft from Vehicles 0 0 Grounds Theft from Retail Theft Bicycle Theft All Other Thefts 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Arson 0 0 Forgery 0 0 Fraud 0 0 Receiving Stolen Property 0 0 Vandalism 1 0 Weapons Possession 0 0 Prostitution 0 0 Sex Offense Totals 1 1 Sexual Assault 1 1 Indecent Assault 0 0 Indecent Exposure 0 0 Open Lewdness 0 0 Drug Abuse Violations 2 2 Gambling 0 0 Off. Against Family D.U.I. Laws 0 0 0 0 16 16 Drunkenness 0 0 Disorderly Conduct 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Liquor with Drug Violations Vagrancy All Traffic) It does not include incidents in the ning all extension 4171. at 7:15 p.m. in Mitrani Hall. The the public. Fedchock established his career as a jazz trombonist in 1980 when Woody Herman joined the tra. he Orches- He toured with Herman's "Thun- dering Herd" for seven years and served as musical coordinator and John Fedchock chief arranger in the production of two Grammy-nomi- The Bloomsburg University Studio nated albums, 50th Anniversary Tour Band, directed by Stephen C. Wallace, Fedchock chairperson of the department of Herman's last and Woody's Gold Star. has worked with a wide array of artists, including Cab Calloway, Rose- music, features 17 instrumentalists The band's repertoire band classics, swing and contemporary selections. The Studio Band will perform three of and a vocalist. mary Clooney, Flip Phillips, Nancy Wilson, Tony Bennett, Dizzy Gillespie and Sarah Vaughn. Fedchock is now leader of The John Fedchock Big Band, a l6-piece group comprised of alumni from major big bands and members of consists of big New York's contemporary jazz scene The band's debut recording. New York Big Band, received high praise on drums. Fedchock clinic on the from tion at 6:15 p.m. in critics, review in including a 4 1/2 star Down Beat magazine. Fedchock's compositions. The Vic Boris trio features Boris on keyboards and vocals, Rob Ensinger on bass and guitar and Todd Egger the Arts, will present an open topic of jazz improvisa- room Haas Center for 116. University police sponsor conference on Women in Law Enforcement' The Bloomsburg University police department is sponsoring a Women in Law Enforcement conference on Town who have computThe university police now university personnel while DePaulo will speak on "Coping for Cops: A Woman's Guide to Self-Empowertects for Justice," Wednesday, March 13. Law enforcement personnel from five states have been invited to the ment." conference, according to organizer ence co-organizer is Sgt. Cindy Bogart Margaret Boykin, director of univer- of East Stroudsburg University. of any equipment of value. have the capability of monitoring campus equipment on a 24-hour basis electronically. With this capability, the police are notified immediately if someone attempts to remove equipment. For more information, contact Cpl. McBride at ers or Band 8 p.m. performances are free and open to Bloomsburg. Safety Tip: For at session with the Vic Boris Trio begin- This report reflects only incidents which occur on university property. Haas Center. Studio Fedchock will have a preconcert jam Other Offenses (Except own with guest trombonistJohn Fedchock. Conduct Disorderly an evening perform beginning will 0 0 Embezzlement in Mitrani Hall, Bloomsburg's by Other Means 0 Homicide will host of jazz performances Thursday, The conference sity police. Featured speakers include Mary V. Leftridge Byrd, superintendent of the State Correctional Institution at Muncy, and Stella DePaulo, a faculty member at East Stroudsburg University. Leftridge "Women Boykin expects about 60 people to attend the conference. Byrd will speak on in Criminal Justice: Archi- The confer- run from Kehr Union and is open to all female law enforcement, security, and criminal justice personnel. There is an $8.50 charge for lunch. Those interested in attending should contact Boykin at 4170 by 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Feb. 23. will in the 4 Communique 22 FEB 96 CONCERTS Calendar Admission isfree unless otherwise specified. CELEBRITY ARTIST SERIES For ticket information, call 4409. James Galway, — Sunday, March flutist 3 p.m., Mitrani Hall, — Studio Band with guest trombone soloist, Thursday, March 7, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Directed by Stephen Wallace. Jazz Night Haas Center 3, for the Suzuki String Recital — Saturday, March 2:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth S. 16, March 20 — home games only. Gross Auditorium. Feb. Saturday, Wrestling vs. Rider, 24, Music Major Recital 7:30 p.m., Nelson Field House. EWL Wrestling, Championships, Friday and March 8 and Saturday, 9, Nelson Field Lacrosse vs. Philadelphia 21, 4 p.m., Saturday, Baseball vs. East Stroudsburg, upper campus. Softball vs. Millersville, Saturday, March 30, 1 p.m., upper campus. Softball, Bloomsburg Invitational, Sunday, March 31, upper campus. Softball vs. East Stroudsburg, Wednesday, April 3, 3 p.m., upper campus. 30, 1 5, 1 p.m., FILMS Shippensburg, Saturday, April 3 p.m., Tuesday, April — Wednesday Get Shorty April 10, 1 dio Band, Saturday, March 30, 6 p.m., Ballroom; Sunday, Feb. 25, 7 p.m., Mitrani Magee's 24 West Ballroom, Bloomsburg. Hall, Haas Center Scholarship benefit event, tickets required. Call the Development Center 389-4128. at Directed by Stephen Wallace. Concert Band — Sunday, — Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, March Union Ballroom. Feb. 28 and and Softball vs. Mansfield, 3, 7 p.m., Kehr — Women's LECTURES Choral En- semble, Chamber Singers and Husky Sing- Dream and Nancy History and Understanding the American — James Sperry, professor, Gentile Ford, assistant professor of history, 6, Wendy Multicultural Center. 9, THEATER ers, Thursday, April Miller and 18, 7:30 p.m., Eric Nelson. Women, Minorities Feb. Friday, 13, Temptation — The Bloomsburg University and the Glass Ceiling lower campus. Samrday, April 13, through Saturday, Feb. 24, 8 p.m.; Sunday, A Feb. 25, 2 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth Discussion Conversation on Affinmative Action: Panel — Gross Auditorium. Tickets are $5 for adults, Wednesday, Feb. 28, noon, Kehr Union, Multicultural Center. $3 for students and senior citizens and free with a community activities card. The Debate Over Professk>nal Boxing: A S. Union, PROVOST'S LECTURE SERIES 20, Wednesday, April 10, and May McCormick Feb. 28, 1. room associate University Curriculum Committee), McCormick Center, Forum, p.m., noon, Kehr Union, 23, Players production of Vaclav Haval's work, and upper campus. BUCC (Bloomsburg — Multicultural Center. Historical Perspective — Feb. 28, noon, Kehr 409, Michael Poliakoff, dean of the College of Arts and Sciences. Patricia Ireland, president of the NOW (Na- Women). Thursday, March 21. Workshop, 4 p.m., lecture, 7:30 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. Voices From the Workplace, Diversity and Henry Foster, former nominee for Surgeon Trends tional Organization of Change: Workshop — Monday, March 4, noon, Kehr Union, Multicultural Center. Center, Forum, 3 p.m., Wednesday, April 3 and 25. General of the United Planning and Budget Committee, McCormick Forum, 4 p.m., Thursday, Feb. March 28, and April 18. Center, and Hall. GOVERNANCE Forum, 1 April 14, 2:30 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Directed by Terry Oxley. Choral Ensembles Casino for the Arts. Thursday, Feb. 22, 2 p.m., Kehr Union, p.m, upper campus. Saturday, April 12 3 Friday, Feb. 21 and 23, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Kehr Union Haas Wednesday, Men's Tennis, Bloomsburg Duals, Friday March and Stu- upper campus. Baseball vs. Shippensburg, p.m., — Dance music by the President's Ball upper campus. Softball vs. Kutztown, 1 Carol Burns; jurors Robert Koslosky and John Cook. Reception, Wednesday, March 20, noon to 2 p.m. Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Directed by 3 p.m., upper campus. Softball vs. — Gallery. Curator Osenbach, Mary Ann Smith, piano, Sunday, March 24, 2:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth S. p.m., Lacrosse vs. Frostburg, Friday, April Haas tenor, Thursday, Textile, upper campus. Softball, Husky Classic, Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and 24, upper campus. Men's Tennis vs. Swarthmore, Wednesday, March 27, 3 p.m., lower campus. March — Franklin to April 3, Gross Auditorium. House. March Painting, through March 7, Haas Gallery of Art. Reception, Wednesday, March 6, noon to 2 p.m. Reception sponsored in part by the Commission on the Status of Women. Student Art Association Juried Exhibition The Brass Menagerie Quintet Thursday, March 21, 8 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth S. SPORTS Includes — Miriam Kurman Gross Auditorium. Arts, Tickets are $30. ART EXHIBITS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. 22, States. Thursday, in in Early Detection the Workplace: and Health Screening A Socio-Politk^l Analysis — April 11, lecture, 7:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Julia Bucher, assistant professor of nursing, Haas Center. Workshop, Friday, 8:30 a.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. Thursday, March April 12, 7, Multicultural Center. 11 a.m., Kehr Union, Communique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY 7 Provost's Lecture, conference highlight Women's History IMonth MARCH University student dies of meningitis Women's History Month this March will be observed at Bloomsburg with two major events. The major events scheduled to honor women's history are a speaking engagement by National Organization for Women (NOW) president Patricia Ireland Thursday, and the l6th annual Women's Conference for Columbia and Montour March 21, Counties, held Saturday, on March the university campus 30. show that another in The theme of this year's National Women's Month is, "See History in a New Way." The role of women in history has often been given less significance than that of men. The purpose of this theme is to all the achievements, sto- light and takes on new aspects. "In contrast to previous observances of Women's History Month, our program this year is more strongly focused on major events," says Kara Shultz, assistant profes- and a memCommission on the sor of communication studies ber of the university's Status of History when and contributions made by women are added to traditional history, history is viewed On Tuesday, Feb. ries, Women. activities planned in the of women's history month throughout the semester. "The events are spread out this coccal meningitis. year so that individuals can attend more communications major from Southampton. He lived off-campus at 501 East Third Street. According to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, meningococcal meningitis event and is a relatively rare disease is spread by direct close personal contact with the nose or discharges of an infected throat person. At press time, no other members of programs," says Shultz. NOW president to address women's equality Organization for Women (NOW), will speak at Bloomsburg on Thursday, March 21, as part of the Provost's Lecture Series. Her with these people for as long as ten hours. said Ireland in the summer 1994 Change." Both will be located in the Kehr community exhibited any symptoms of having been exposed to the bacteria. The source of ," Varano's infection was also undeter- . . issue of mined. The Department of Health advised Miami Magazine. have been Continued on page 3 Ireland's leadership abilities workshop at 4 p.m. focuses on, "1996 Equality Countdown Campaign: Why We Need to Organize Around Feminist Issues." She will speak at 7:30 p.m. on, "Beginning with a Single Step: Taking Action, Creating The student was Michael Varano, a sophomore mass the university Patricia Ireland, president of the National Bloomsburg that usually occurs as a single isolated There are other spirit 27, a University student died of meningo- the university that casual contact as might occur in a classroom setting is enough to cause concern and there was no need to quarantine the campus or to administer not significant Campus home to Women's Conference any vaccine. Direct exposure to oral or nasal secretions, such as exposure coughing or sneezing, or the shar- Union Ballroom. to former professor from the University of Miami, Alan Swan, has noted her The sixteenth annual Women's Conference of Columbia and Montour Counties ing of eating utensils or drinking con- was always very will celebrate the "Journey in Sisterhood," fection. on within five days of exposure. Those Ireland's leadership abilities. "She persuasive in dealing with people didn't share her values," he told who Miami Saturday, March University campus. 30, on the Bloomsburg Men and women alike Magazine. "She always kept her militancy in rather good perspective and was more interested in being effective than being are invited to attend the conference pre- noisy." available at the information desk in the Kehr people skills were honed during seven years with Pan Am. "I learned how to deal with all kinds of people in all kinds of Union. Ireland's moods. I knew that once they closed the door on the airplane, I could be locked in sented by and for greater women of all ages in the Susquehanna The conference races Valley. Brochures are tainers increases the likelihood of in- Symptoms usually appear symptoms include fever, severe headneck, vomiting, rash, and These symptoms may resemble those associated with an upache, stiff lethargy. per respiratory infection. Students, faculty and staff concemed includes women of all and backgrounds, and explores the issues that specifically affect women in Continued on page 3 about their exposure to the bacteria should contact the Bloomsburg University Health Center at 4451. 96 2 Communique 7 News MARCH 96 Bloomsburg University its Hutchinson subject of ESPN program will hold annual President's Ball Saturday, March Jan Hutchinson, field hockey and Softball coach, will be on the NCAA Today show. The halfair on ESPN Thursday, March 14, at 1 ball, Magee's 24 West 30, at Ball- says Susan M. Helwig, interim direc- hour program university general just three wins from earning her 600th career win in softball and this fall she won her 300th game in field hockey. In field hockey, she coach across all divisions. In coach in Division II history. is the winningest active softball, President schedules she may 19, the winingest and music schol- from 10:30 a.m. President Jessica Kozloff and her husband Stephen will host the affair, with music provided by the Bloomsburg University Studio Band, the Valley String Quartet, and pianist scallops breton. open to office hours advance to be sure the time recommended is available. to faculty members. The grant awards include: George Agbango, associate pro- Communique A staff, The cost is $65 per person, with seating limited. For more information or an invitation, contact Linda Hill Center at 4705. the in Development Foundation awards grants to faculty The Bloomsburg University Foun- is of beef au jus or rib noon. Because dation has recently awarded grants it be a choice of will carved prime that those change, development. The entree arship funds. interested in speaking with the president call 4526 in schedules tor of open office hours President Jessica Kozloff will hold Tuesday, March is over $5,500 was raised "Last year, sponsored by the Bloomsburg University Foundation, benefits the is newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg 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, sexual orientation, disabilities, attendance of the Pennsylvania Speech Hearing Association State Convention Student Forum. Karl Beamer, associate professor of $2,000 to support the art, fessor of political science, $2,000 to tion of display cases in support delegates to attend the Harvard Model United Nations As- logical sembly. professor of Christine Alichnie, nursing, $500 to support the Health Frederick professor of bio- Hill, and installa- Kehr Union. allied health sciences, $600 to support attendance of the Rainforest Workshop. Amazon Chang Shub Roh, professor of so- Sciences Symposium. ciology and social welfare, $1,570 to Dianne Angelo, professor of communication disorders and special support student scholarships for the education, $700 to support student tional Conference. Global Awareness Society Interna- Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. TTie university is additionally committed to affirmative action and will take positive steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. Electric service to ties will Director of Marketing and Communication: Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Intern writer: Lisa Stockmal Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Publication date for the next Communique: March 12 Communique, news Room 104A Bloomsburg phone numbers listed in the is: Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, 389 first. Tlie area code is 717. are dial Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide http://www.bloomu.edu Web Thursday, May 16: ery Apartments 5 and Offices Montgom6, Ground Crew Employees planning events and projects should keep this sched- Auxiliary Greenhouse, The schedule down is for as follows: May 13: Modular through 3 (ROTC, 1 and TIP), DGS Trailer, Ground Crew Greenhouse, Water Tanks. May Friday, 17: campus except Saturday, Total upper trailers. May 18: McCormick Carpenter Center for Human Services, Waller Shop, Simon Hall, Kehr Union, Administration Building, Bakeless Columbia Hall, Luzeme Lycoming Hall. Center for the Humanities, Haas Northumberland Tuesday, May Hall, 14: Hall, and Montgomery Apartments 1 through 4. Wednesday, May 15: Sutliff Hall, Centennial Gymnasium, Hartline Science Center, at: accommodate to Monday, and calendar campus facili- off at designated May in repairs to the electric systems. electric shut Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address fost@husky.bloomu.edu Four-digit May ule in mind. University Relations Office, Waller Administration Building, University, briefs be shut times in Mark Lloyd Please submit story ideas, shutdown scheduled Electric Director of University Relations: Joan T. Lentczner information to at for the university's scholarship funds," Street, the subject of a piece p.m. Jan Harry Martenas. The event begins 6 p.m. Bloomsburg. The room, Main will March 30 President's Ball to be briefs Ben Franklin Hall, University Store/Campus Police, Navy Hall. Center for the Arts, Andruss Li- brary, Student Recreation Center. Sunday, campus if May 19: Total lower needed, Boiler Plant, Old Science HaU, Schuylkill Hall, Montour Hall, Carver Hall, Elwell Hall, Scranton Commons. 7 Campus MARCH 96 Communique 3 Ireland notes Continuedfrom page 1 tested in NOW. Sister women's rights Raymond S. Pastore and Stefanie A- Pastore, tant professors of curriculum and foundations, assis- recently made several presentations at the 33rd annual conference of the Pennsylvania Association for Educational nications Commu- and Technology. Their sessions were titled "Future Technology for Future Teachers" and "Resources for Technology Planning." groups haven't always been happy with the organization. One coalition member was quoted by New the York Times in March 1992 as saying, "NOW frequently offends sister organiby zations forcing its on will others rather than seeking a consensus." However, Shaheen N. Awan, associate professor of communicaand special education, has written a paper "Development of a Low-Cost Nasalance Acquisition System" which appears in Pathologies of Speech and Language: Contributions of Clinical Phonetics and Lin- land was in the praised by same story, IreAnne L. Bryant, tion disorders executive director of the American titled Association of University guistics. a leader who Women, as listens: "Patricia floats ideas and wants feedback. .Her style . . will benefit the organization." — Linda LeMura, professor of health and physical education, has written a paper, "Interrelationships Between Plasma K+ Concentration, Pulmonary Ventilation and Electrocardiographic Change After Highly Intense Work, which has been accepted by Wefournal ofManipulative and Physiological Connie Schick, Lisa Stockmal Conference Continuedfrom page 1 Therapeutics. professor of psychology, and J. David Arnold, dean of faculty at It is an opportunity for women form networks, showcase their a speech, "The to Self and Community," Guide for Psychologists" at the 18th Annual National Institute on the Teaching of Psy- that they are St. John Fisher College Rochester, N.Y., recently presented Learning Community: in St. A Petersburg Beach, "How in to Build a talent, The Fla. Michael Vavrek, dean of the School of Extended women. by Beth Stratton and Rosemary Neidig. Stratton and Neidig are both experienced in working with individuals to build their sense of self and self-esteem. cost of the conference is $17, There will be an informal recep- but scholarships are available. The tion at Russell's Restaurant after the cost includes lunch. conference closes. Programs, was recently installed as the 1996-97 president of the Pennsylvania Association for Adult Continuing One Journey Toward society. exchange information, pay tribute to their role models (or find new ones), and celebrate the fact chology Patricia Ireland The conference will begin with from 8 to 8:50 a.m. Attendees of the women's confer- The more than 800 members of the association Kehr Union, Multicultural Center. The ence can go on a Quest Women's Waterfall Day Hike at Ricketts Glen represent the five major components of adult education conference will feature music and art State Park the in the state; adult basic education, continuing higher exhibits, education, literacy, English as a second language, and which attendees can write the name and a few words about a woman who has helped them build their life. The opening session, following Education. business and industry training. Donald Pratt, associate professor of curriculum and foundations and executive secretary of the School Sci- ence and Mathematics Association, recently negotiated a contract with several Arkansas educational organizations for a joint science/mathematics conference for K-12 instruction. The meeting will be held in November 1996 in Little Rock. Pratt also is planning a possible joint conference with the Pennsylvania Science Teachers Association to be held in Hershey in December. registration and the Women's F. Clark, associate professor of computer artworks exhibited in a Wall, on registration, will include a keynote address by Marjorie MargoliesMezvinsky titled, "Beyond Beijing." A member of the U.S. House of Margolies-Mezvinsky's address will focus on her experiences as the director of the United States delega- art, has his number of invitational UN World Conference on Women. As nalist, a former television jour- she has won Emmys. of workshops will five shows, including: "Digital Dialects: National and Regional Digital Artists," Creiger-Dane Gallery, Boston, Mass.; "The follow the opening session. Attend- and Photogra- ees have from over 100 workshops Electronic Muse: Digital Artists, Designers Mazmanian Gallery, Framington State College, Framington, Mass.; and "Celebration of Digital Art," sponsored by NEC Computers Giftcenter Pavilion, Macworld Expo, San Francisco, Calif. phers," Arthur B. day after the confer- The cost of the trip is $15. For more information about the ence. conference, contact Linda Gramling — at 4003. Lisa Stockmal Forum scheduled to women's concerns air Representatives for one-term, tion to the Gary in the Four sessions choose from. A "Meet the Artists" reception in the Multicultural Center will precede the closing ceremony, which includes to Lynn Yeakel, regional Human director of and Susan McGann, regional director of Health and Services, the Small Business Administration, hold an open hearing Thursday, March 21, in Kehr Union, multipurpose room A, from 10:30 a.m. to will noon. Yeakel a former candidate for is U.S. Senate. The purpose of the meeting is to hear concerns of women so they can be relayed to the White House. 4 Communique 7 MARCH 96 New honor society recognizes students Bloomsburg University Crime Report admitted by non-traditional means An honor society for college stu- dents admitted through non-tradi- means was recently founded Bloomsburg. Twenty-two at Bloomsburg students were inducted as the founding members of the Chi Alpha Epsilon National Honor Socitional Nu Prepared by the University Police The society's purposes are to promote continued high academic standards, to foster communication among its members, and to honor academic excellence achieved by February 1996 Offenses Arrests University Police Incidents Cleared those students admitted to college through developmental programs. by Other Means n nuiiiiuiuc West The average G.P.A. of the Bloomsburg chapter members is 3-39, while ten of the members hold G.P.A.s over 3.5. All of the members were admit- OH iipic MooaUll n u Chester University. Janice Feimster ted through Bloomsburg's Act 101 or Burglary 3 Education Opportunity programs. Larceny ety, chapter. The induction ceremony was conducted by honor society's national founder, Walters, Elbert Saddler of Nu chapter advisor, assisted. The chapter charter was presented to Jesse Bryan, director of Act 101 and chair of the department of developmental instruction, at a public u n U n w n \j Rnhhprv n n u 0 9 totals Book (Bag) Theft 1 Theft from Buildings 3 Theft from Vehicles 3 Grounds 0 Theft from The charter was then reon behalf of the university by Made or Reported to or by 1 0 n w n V n V reception. Retail Theft 1 11 ceived Bicycle Theft 0 0 1 0 w President Jessica Kozloff, who spoke All the event. Other Thefts Arson 0 Forgery 0 Fraud 0 inductees admitted in a single cer- Embezzlement 0 emony among the society's Receiving Stolen Property 1 Vandalism 4 Weapons Possession 0 Prostitution 0 Sex Offense Totals 0 at Bloomsburg's 22 founding bers were the greatest mem- number of 1 3 chap- Founded in 1990, Chi Alpha Epsilon was organized to recognize achievements of students who were ters. admitted to the university via devel- opmental or higher education opportunity types of programs. bership is open Mem- to full-time students An honor society for college students admitted through non-traditional recently founded at Bloomsburg. means was Shown above are Jessie Bryan, chairperson department of developmental who was of the instruction, presented with the honor society who hold a 3.0 cumulative G.P.A. for charter, two consecutive semesters. advisor to the honor society. and Janice Feimster Walters, Sexual Assault 0 Indecent Assault 0 Indecent Exposure 0 Open Lewdness 0 The University-Community Task Force on Racial Equity's trainers service worked with 14 organizations to increase the groups' awareness of The training 145 hours to work with diversity issues last year. time totaled 2,412 individuals from the region. Representing 14 social, educational and community groups, these indiworkshops designed to help create a community where diversity is celebrated. The 14 groups that participated in the diversity training workshops included secondary and middle school students and personnel, Bloomsburg University student groups and new viduals participated in students, church groups and com- The diversity training workshops, no cost to participants, range from two hours to a half or whole day depending on the needs of individual groups. The more than 20 workshop trainers are available to conduct sessions for any community group wanting to learn more about issues of cultural diversity and inclu- 0 n 0 n u 0 0 1 1 0 0 Against Family Liquor Laws Dmnkenness Conduct Disorderly 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 Disorderly Conduct with munity organizations. I Dmg Abuse Violations D.U.I. Task Force trainers held workshops for 14 organizations in 1995 1 A r n w Gambling Off. Racial Equity 0 0 n Dmg Violations Vagrancy All Other Offenses offered at sion. For further information, contact Joan Mosier, training program coor- (Except Traffic) This report reflects only incidents which occur on university property. does not include incidents It in the Safety Tip: An tempting to steal was recently apprehended atcomputers from a university less than an hour from campus. This person was involved in similar incidents in other counties and New Jersey and is believed to be linked with conspirators involved in thefts at universities on the entire eastern seaboard. We are Make when not a target. sure your office, labs and classrooms are locked task force, Irvin Wright, 389-4492, or in use. Evans, 784-7703. of individual dinator, 784-1656, or co-chairs of the Tom Town Bloomsburg. MARCH 7 Campus Roy Smith, Brettschneider books study notes Jewish American Quest and the Corporate a wide range of groups in director of Institute, recently worked with Maria Brettschneider, assistant pro- works look at the politics and the relationships between groups. "Cornerstones of Peace takes the American Jewish community and ish PP&L Susquehanna Nuclear Power and a group of international managers from Proctor and Gamble. re-engineering the and Demo- Jewish Identity Politics cratic Theory, which was published by Rutgers University Press Luke Springman, assistant professor of languages and has written an appears in the fall 1995 issue of Germany Quarterly. this winter. A book reception will "Poisoned Hearts, Dis- article, eased Minds, and American Pimps: The Language of Censorship in the Schund und SchmutzDehzies," which be held for Brettschneider Tuesday, March 26, 6 at p.m. the in Kehr Union, Brettschneider's role of groups in looks at it Israeli Views onMulticulturalism, which will cesses at sotrudnichestvo v Smolenske" will appear in the volume be published by Rutgers University Press in the summer. "Both books are grounded in a ish Obshchestven naia Mysl ' i Politicheskie Deiateli Rossii XIX iXXw. (Smolensk: Smolensk State Pedagogicallnstitute, The English a government. That view totally mezhpartiinoe i how ing with regard to being pro-Israel," obscures the vibrant written an essay, "Politicheskaia kul'tura at says Brettschneider. book. The Narrow Bridge: Jewish assistant professor of history, has — as a polity fundamental aspect of the American Jewish community has been chang- "Formerly, pro-Israel meant pro- Multicultural Center. Brettschneider has edited another Michael C. Hickey, the role of two books which examine Jewand Jewish American politics. The first. Cornerstones of Peace: ten Plant, on Rather than focus individuals in democracy, both of team building seminars, including 10 Philadelphia-area at politics fessor of political science, has writ- corporation presidents, a group of engineers looking cultures, 96 Communique 5 work in the political pro- American Jew- community." The Narrow Bridge is concerned with the impact that multiculturalism has on Jewish people. "Jews are wiU Jewish perspective of political philosophy and political activism," says Brettschneider. "They're pushing appear is Social Thought and Political Activity in the 19th boundaries and exploring alterna- It can be very empowering and also quite dangerous. democratic theory and In politics, alliances are shifting. We're forthcoming). title of the essay is "Political The Culture and Interparty Cooperation in Smolensk." English translation of the and 20th of the title book in which it Centuries. tives in Lesions in Rats," at a poster session held at the 25th annual meeting of the Society for Neuroscience. who would on the Bloomsburg's chapter of the national honor is Enhancement) committee. "The teaching support program fraternity sponsoring a playwriting contest open to Bloomsburg employees. Entries must read at less than 10 minutes. First prize is $25, second the public, including $10. The top five entries will be presented at a staged reading Saturday, April 13, at 7 p.m. Deadline for entries March should include a titled page with author's name, local phone number, address and the is 18. Entries play's title. script itself. The author's name should Entries should Union. For information, not appear be submitted call to Box their teaching TALE (Teaching and Learning who for faculty for dramatics like a fresh methods can find a partner to help through open to employees on 48, the Kehr is are interested in making changes and would Eke help," math professor and TALE Center director. Faculty can choose a faculty partsays JoAnne Growney, ner — a consultant — work with to March 21 be objective that they can't about it," says Growney. "The videotaping helps to solve that problem by putting the subjective experience of can be analyzed "This is later." not a remedial program, but a growth program," said Growney. "We expect that the consultant and the subject will learn from each other. Ultimately, the TALE program aims to help faculty mem- list provided by TALE. The bers enjoy their classes partner is to help colleagues find as increase student learning." their teaching strengths and weak- nesses and to support them in making changes they desire. can visit each other's classes to ob- serve teaching methods and later Come to terms with increasing diversity at the "Opening Eyes and Heart to Diversity" workshop on Thursday, discuss their observations. Partici- March 21, from 9 a.m. to noon in the Kehr Union Hideaway. Registration deadline is Friday, March 15. For their classes more get so information, call 4414. doing from a include a variety of activities. Faculty Diversity workshop allies are." teaching in an objective form that The teaching support program may 2667. our team up to teach better through TALE mentor program Faculty Playwriting contest who Faculty perspective News briefs multiculturalism. not sure practice." Alex Poplawsky, professor of psychology, presented a summary of his research titled "The Effect of Ad Lib Food Placement on Body Weight Following Medial Septal profoundly affected by notions of pants in the program can also have video taped. "While teaching, wrapped up many in professors what they are more as well For more information about TALE, Growney at 4503 or 4310. Other materials are available in the call TALE Center, which is located in the rear of the University Store. — Lisa Stockmal MARCH 6 Communique 7 96 CONCERTS Calendar Admission Jazz Night home games only. EWL Wrestling, Championships, Friday and March 8 and Saturday. 9. Nelson Field House. — Studio Band with guest trom- Suzuki String Recital 21, 4 p.m.. Softball, Textile, upper campus. The Brass Menagerie Quintet 24, upper campus. 22, 2~, 3 p.m.. 1 Friday, Saturday, p.m., Presklent's Ball 3 p.m., Shippensburg, Saturday, April Development Center 1 — Sunday, ConcertBand Tuesday. April 9, upper campus. April 10, Gross at Choral Ensembles April 14, 2:30 p.m., — Women's Thursday, April Hall. and Miller Baseball vs. Kutztown, 1 p m.. p.m.. April 21. 2:30 p.m.. Haas — Sunday, Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Featuring double bass soloist campus. Saturday. April 20, Edgar Meyer. Directed by Mark Jelinek. upper campus. Softball vs. 1 Tuesday, Lock Haven, Sunday, April 21, upper campus. — April 28, 11 a.m. Double Bass Master Class — Edgar Meyer. Monday, Old Science April 22, noon. Haas Center. LECTURES Trends in Wednesday, March 20, April 10, and Early Detection and H^tth Screening A Socio-Politk:al Analysis Thursday, March — 7, 11 a.m., Kehr Union, Multicultural Center. March Patricia Ireland, president of the NOW (Na- Women). Thursday, Workshop. 4 p.m.. lecture. tional Organization of March 1. 21. — Marion Mason, assistant 20, noon, Kehr Union, room 409. 25. Project: Archaeotogy Ohk)'s Most Celebrated Ceremonial Site DeeAnne Wymer. at — associate professor of 27, noon. Kehr Union, room 409. Henry Foster, former nominee for Surgeon States. Thursday. General of the United McCormick Forum. 4 p.m.. Thursday, March 28, The Serpent Mound anthropology .'Wednesday, March Center, Forum, 3 p.m., Wednesday. April 3 and Planning and Budget Committee, April 11, lecture, 7:30 p.m., Center. Mitrani Hall. April 18. in the Workplace: University Curriculum 7:30 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. and April 25, professor of ps^'chology, Wednesday, Committee). McCormick Center, Forum. McCormick — Thursday, Measuring Faith Development and Religious PROVOSTS LECTURE SERIES Forum, II 7 and 9 p.m.; Friday, April 26, 9 p.m.; Sunday, April 28, 2 and 9 p.m., Mitrani HaJl, Hall, GOVERNANCE May and 7 p.m., Mitrani HaU, Haas Center. Beliefs 3 p.m.. and April 24, 7 Julia Bucher, assistant professor of nursing, room G20. BUCC (Bloomsburg — Wednesday, Eric Nelson. University-Community Orchestra Men's Tennis vs. Mt. St Mary's. April 16, 3 p.m., lower thesis Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, March 20, 22 and 24, 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center. Heat Father of the Bride Choral En- 18, 7:30 p.m., Lacrosse VS. William Smith, Sunday, April 14, noon, upper campus. Master's Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Directed by Wendy upper campus. Reception, — May 10, Haas Gallery. Thursday, May 2, 2 to 4 p.m. 2 to 9:30 p.m.; Friday, April 26, 7 p.m.; Sunday, ers, 13, May Toy Story semble. Chamber Singers and Husky Sing- Saturday, April exhibit. RLMS Saturday. April 12 and 13, lower campus. p.m., April 10 to , Stu- Men's Tennis, Bloomsburg Duals, Friday and 1 — Photographs, Haas GaUery. Reception, Thursday, April 1 1 noon to 2 p.m. Exhibit mounted by the art gallery class. 389^128. Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani DLreaed by Teny Oxley. ^v'ednesday, p.m, upper campus. Softball vs. Mansfield, LaRocca Charles Haruna Sumani Scholarship benefit event, tickets required. 6, upper campus. Baseball vs. Shippensburg, March dio Band, Saturday. March 30, 6 p.m., Magee's 24 West Ballroom, Bloomsburg. Directed by Stephen Wallace. p.m.. S. — Dance music by the Call the Softball vs. Kutztown, Gallery. Curator John Cook. Reception, Wednesday, March 20, noon to 2 p.m. Gross Osenbach, tenor, Mary Ann Smith, piano, Sunday, March 24, 2:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneths. Gross Auditorium. upper campus. 1 16, — Franklin Lacrosse VS. Frostburg, Friday, April 5, 3 p.m., Softball vs. Haas Carol Burns; jurors Robert Koslosky and April 30, 8 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth Music Major Recital upper campus. Softball vs. Millersville, Saturday, March 30, 1 p.m., upper campus. Softball, Bloomsburg Invitational, Sunday, March 31. upper campus. Softball vs. East Stroudsburg, Wednesday, April 3, 3 p.m., upper campus. 30. to April 3, — Auditorium. lower campus. Baseball vs. East Stroudsburg, — 4 p.m. March 20 Isabella Men's Tennis vs. Swarthmore, Wednesday, March S. to Hall. Thursday, Husky Classic, Saturday and Sunday, March 23 and March Kenneth 9 a.m. Friday, Student Art Association Juried Exhibition — Saturday, March 2:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, ART EXHIBTTS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through p.m., Auditorium. lacrosse vs. Philadelphia March unless othenvise specified. bone soloist, Thursday, March 7, 8 Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Directed by Stephen Wallace. SPORTS Includes isfree Haas Center. Workshop. Friday. April Union Ballroom. 8:30 a.m., Kehr 12, Doing Law and Literature: An Introductwn — Bruce Rockv,-ood, professor of finance and business law, Wednesday, noon, Kehr Union, room 409- April 3, Communique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY 21 Academic Surgeon General nominee Henry Foster to speak announced a reorganization of his The changes were presented to APSCUF for discussion and reaction at a meet and discuss meeting earlier Heniy W. Fos- area. candidate in 1995 for U.S. eral, Surgeon Gen- speak will at Bloomsburg University's fifth month. this justments," said Bradshaw. Symposium on April 11 and 12. The sym- ciency and effectiveness of the in is timate goal presented is to "Our improve the academic university's Transition to the conjunction with computing from administration area to academic affairs and the renaming of extended programs to continuing and distance education. Several units and functions within academic affairs will change reporting lines including: "These are simply fine tuning ad- an- nual Health Sciences posium announced reorganization Wilson Bradshaw, provost and vice Dr. 96 Affairs area president for academic affairs has ter, MARCH ul- effi- affairs area." new structure underway with July is Functions related to summer ses- and off-campus credit study programming will be performed by the academic deans and the office of sions the registrar rather than extended programs. the Provost's Lecture already estab- Cooperative education/academic Series. lished as the official effective date for internships will report to academic Foster will give the all support services rather than extended in- programs. clude the relocation of academic the symposium, "Fu- Continued on page 3- Investments: Henry Foster Confronting Health American Issues of Youth," Thursday, April 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Haas He Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. will give a workshop, "Action Plans for Resolving Health Issues of American Youth," Friday, April 12, at 8:30 a.m. in the Kehr Union Ballroom. An changes. The most noticeable changes keynote address for ture 1 obstetrician/gynecologist as well as a medical educator, Foster is the dean of the school of medi- cine and acting president at Meharry Medical College. In 1994, Foster residence at Foundation Board president, vice president, tion Bloomsburg University FoundaExecutive Director Anthony laniero has announced changes in 33 years following four years with General Electric. He has served on the organization's board for 1S>96. numerous boards including Elbern H. Alkirejr. of Emmaus and served as senior scholar-in- the Association of Centers in Washington, D.C. Academic Health Among Foster's many awards and honors is his induction into the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences. The White House has recognized Dr. Foster as one on reducing infant and preventing teen pregnancy and drug Mrs. Victoria abuse. He developed and Program," at directed the "I Have Meharry. The program aims at a Future reducing teen pregnancy by stressing abstinence. In 1991, President Bush recognized the program as one of the nation's "Thousand Points of Light. L. Mihalik of Millville have been elected president and vice president respectively, and Mrs. Joan S. Corson of Bloomsburg was named of the nation's leading authorities mortality new member named to the board. Alkire in is the executive consultant residence to the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education. Working with the system chancellor and the director of the Office of Continuous Improvement, Alkire is and Chemicals, stints a trustee at Lafayette College as and Bloomsburg. He has been with the Foundation since 19^92. Mihalik works as preschool director for the Bloomsburg Area following more than 30 YMCA years in She served in several with the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit from 1972-1981 including diagnostic education. capacities teacher, diagnostic teaching consult- ant and coordinator, individual eduprogram for the Education of Handicapped Act. applying the principles of continu- cation ous quality improvement to the State System and its 14 universities. All He was employed by Air Products Inc. of Allentown for Prior to joining the CSIU, she Continued on page 3- MARCH 2 Communique 21 96 Russian educator to speak April 9 News briefs Russian education Kodin Trips to Baltimore and New York City planned at 6 a.m. Saturday, and begin the return drive 6 p.m. that evening. Sign-ups for the Union Information Desk. The York trips include: Baltimore, M.D., March 30; at Kehr trips are at the and official New City, April 13- Center. the institutions. open office hours President Jessica Kozloff will hold may from 1 :30 to 3:30 p.m. occasionally change, open office State Pedagogical Institute in Russia He as well as an expert on Russian speak on "The Russian System of Higher Education Today: From Chaos to Reform'" The speech is free and open to the pubpolitical history, will is a graduate of the Moscow Pedagogical Institute with advanced degrees in history and EngHsh. He has authored several books on 20th century Russian political history as well as major articles on the role of teachers in contemporary Russian society. which is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences and the departments of history and political science, will For more information about visit, Kodin's visit, contact Michael Hickey, assistant professor ofhistory,at4l6l. Because schedules recommended it is hours students. Kodin, vice rector of the Smolensk lic. President schedules include discussions with faculty and p.m. in the Kehr Union, Multicultural Kodin's three-day Friday, April 19, Evgenii Bloomsburg at University Tuesday, April 9, at 7:30 Bloomsburg's program board is sponsoring several bus trips to cities during the spring semester. The trips cost $15 for students with a community activities sticker, and $20 for guests of students. The buses generally depart from campus speak In addition, Kodin will meet with university officials to discuss an exchange program between will that those interested in speaking with the president call 4526 in advance to be sure the time Soap opera expert to available. is An Communique A staff, newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg 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, sexual orientation, disabilities, on soap operas expert will visit campus eras: Reflections of Society." sponsored by the speak on campus on Monday, March 25, at 6 p.m. in Kuster Auditorium of Pennsylvania Humanities Council, a Hartline Science Center. private, non-profit organization serv- The featured speaker is Stephanie Greco Larson, a political science professor at Dickinson College, who has written extensively about media's impact on society, including soap operas. Her talk is titled "Soap Op- Larson's talk is ing as the state's tional ties. affiliate Endowment of the Na- for the Humani- Co-sponsors include the mass communications department and the Keystone chapter of the Society for Professional Journalists. 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. News Director of University Relations: Joan T. Lentczner briefs Director of Marketing and Communication: President's Ball Mark Lloyd is March 30 Videoconference to address equity Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Intern writer: Lisa Stockmal Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Publication date for the next Communique: April 4 Please submit story ideas, information to Communique, news briefs Bloomsburg its University, Room 104A Bloomsburg Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address is: fost@husky .bloomu .edu are dial phone numbers listed in the Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, 389 first. The area code is 717. Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide http://www.blooniu-edu Web at: president's office and the room, Main Street, Bloomsburg. The ball, sponsored by the Bloomsburg soring a videoconference, "Higher Magee's 24 West University Foundation, benefits the university general and music schol- Education Access and Retention: Going The event begins at 6 p.m. The prime rib of beef au jus or scallops breton. The cost is $65 per person, with seating limited. For more infor- Beyond Affirmative Action," on Thursday, March 28. arship funds. entree will be a choice of carved Four-digit The office of social equity are co-spon- 30, at University Relations Office, Waller Administration Building, hold Ball- March and calendar Urtiversity will annual President's Ball Saturday, The videoconference will be held Kehr Union Ballroom from 1 to p.m. It comes to us through the in the 3 American Association of State Colleges and Universities and its association with PBS. mation or an invitation, contact Linda Hill in the Development For more information about the videoconference, call the social Center equity office at 4528. at 4705. 21 96 Communique 3 Foundation Board News briefs Continuedfrom page Husky Club hold auction dinner dance April 12 worked to The Husky Club will hold an auction dinner dance on Friday, Apnl 12, beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Magee's 24 West Proceeds Ballroom. MARCH will benefit the general information, call the development John's School for Ex- counseling and guidance in 1978 ceptional Children and the Depart- from the University of Scranton. She is certified as a Clinical Nurse Specialist in adult psychiatry and mental more office at 4128. at St. ment of Vocational both in Washington, D.C. The Bloomsburg University Foun- the Bloomsburg area since 1983. She dation has the responsibility of se- earned her certification as a regis- curing private funds to maintain and Lankenaw Hospi- enhance quality and excellence in all School of Nursing tal The chemistry department is sponsoring two upcoming seminars. The seminars include: Tandem Sources For Atomic Spectroscopy: Are Two Sources Joel Goldberg, University of Vermont, Better Than One? 2 p.m., Hartline Science Center, Friday, March 22, health. nursing specialist in tice as a clinical tered nurse at the Chemistry department plans seminars Rehabilitation, Corson has operated a private prac- athletic scholarship fund. Tickets are $30 per person. For 1. A areas of the university. in 1955. Bloomsburg for the past 32 years, Corson was awarded a bachelor's degree in education from Bloomsburg in 1973 and a masters in resident of Its member- ship includes outstanding business, professional and throughout the civic leaders from state. — room Ice 83. Surface Chemistry and Stratospheric Ozone Depletion Janice Hicks, Georgetown University, Friday 2 p.m., Hartline Science Center, room March — 29, Academic Continuedfrom page The honors/scholars program will for March 23 academic on March 23, from 7 p.m. to midnight in Centennial Gymnasium. All proceeds from the dance, sponsored by Commuting and Returning Students, wOl benefit the Geisinger Children's Miracle Network Telethon. Tickets are $3 per person or $5 per couple. The dance will feature DJ. Cris Michaels. Door prizes and costume prizes will be awarded. For more information, call 400350s and 60s dance will be held Saturday, Day is March 27 and than the report to the will assistant vice president for Institute for accommodative services; • and coordinator of international education (Madhav Sharma) to Studies (ICIMS) will report to the assistant vice president and research rather than the by department of developmental Room A. The event will feature free vices. Tutorial/504 services will costumes. Cosponsors of the event are the university's international student associations. For more information, contact 4830. in- renamed accommodative be services. Institutional testing will report to student life rather than academic There are also several title changes Saturday, May 4. Both tours will run from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. Museum April 13 tour will include the Metropolitan of Art, the the Lower Museum Village. Upper East Side, free time in Chinatown, East Side. The May 4 tour will include the of Natural History and free time in Greenwich The cost of the tour is $45 for one more information, call 4420. both. For and tour, or $80 for ate studies The l6th annual Women's Conference of Columbia and Montour Counties will celebrate the "Journey in on Saturday, March 30, Bloomsburg University campus. Men and women alike are inSisterhood," the vited to attend the conference pre- • assistant vice The Women's Conference on as follows: The School of Extended Programs is sponsoring guided tours of New York City on Saairday, April 13, and University to host struction rather than tutorial/504 ser- advisement. Guided New York City tours offered director of international education. and dean for graduate The Program Board is sponsoring International Day on Wednesday, March 27, from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the Kehr and coordinator of tutorial/504 ser- Comparative and Management International • to academic advisement; vices (Peter Walters) to director of grams. The coordinator of academic advise- director of academic College of Business. ethnic foods, displays of artifacts, international music • extended pro- rather than affairs Peer tutoring will be administered Union, Multipurpose tion; ment (Ronald DiGiondomenico) research. Army ROTC studies International affairs rather grams (John Abell) to assistant dean of continuing and distance educa- assistant vice president for graduate studies A 1. report to the assistant vice president 83. 50s and 60s dance planned for Affairs president for gradu- and research (Patrick sented by and for women of all ages in the greater Susquehanna Valley. Schloss) to assistant vice president Brochures are available and dean of graduate studies and mation desk in the Kehr Union. The research; • director of grants 0ames to director of research Matta) and spon- sored programs; • dean of extended programs (Michael Vavrek) to dean of continuing and distance education; • assistant dean of extended pro- at the infor- cost of the conference is $17, but there are scholarships available. The cost covers the other planned workshops and and also activities, includes lunch. For more information about the conference, contact Linda Gramling at 4003. 4 Communique 21 MARCH 96 CONCERTS Calendar Admission isfree unless otherwise specified. The Brass Menagerie Quintet Music Major Recital Lacrosse vs. Philadelphia Textile, Thursday, upper campus. Softball, Husky Classic, Saturday and Sunday, iMarch 23 and 24, upper campus. Men's Tennis vs. Swarthmore, Wednesday, March 27, 3 p.m., lower campus. March S. Gross 21, 4 p.m., Student Art Association Juried Exhibition Through home games only. April Haas 3, Osenbach, Isabella Gross Auditorium. April 30, Haas day, April 1 1 — Dance music by the Stu- by the LaRocca , — Photographs, noon to 2 p. m. Exhibit mounted art gallery class. dio Band, Saturday, March 30, 6 p.m., Magee's 24 West Ballroom, Bloomsburg. Charles Haruna Sumani Scholarship benefit event, tickets required. exhibit. 1 p.m., Development Center Call the Softball vs. 1 p.m., Concert Band — Sunday, Shippensburg, Saturday, April 9, upper campus. Baseball vs. Shippensburg, April 10, 1 Saturday, April 12 and lower campus. Saturday, April Softball vs. Mansfield, p.m., 13, Chamber 13, Center for the Arts, Eric Nelson. and Miller Haas Centerfor the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Featuring double bass soloist Edgar Meyer. Directed by Mark Jelinek. Double Bass Master Class Monday, Mary's, Tuesday, 1 p.m., 1 p.m., Lock Haven, Sunday, April 21, — Saturday, Concert Choir April 27, Third and Market streets, Textile, Sunday, upper campus. Monday, April 3:30 p.m., upper campus. by p.m., Baseball VS. Susquehanna, with guest orchestra and soloists. Center. — Wednesday and Friday, March 27 and 29, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m.; Sunday, March 31, 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center. Twelve Monkeys Leaving Las Vegas and — Tuesday and Thursday, p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom; Sunday, April 21, 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center. April 16 18, 7 — Mr. Holland's Opus Wednesday, April 17 and 18, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center; Friday, April 19, 8 p.m.. Waller Administration BuUding Parking Lot (Drive- in Movie); Sunday, April 21, 9:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center. LECTURES The Serpent Mound Eric Nelson. Project: Archaeology Ohio's Most Celebrated Ceremonial Site 22, DeeAnne Wymer, at — associate professor of anthropology ,Wednesday, March GOVERNANCE 27, noon, Kehr Union, room 409. Patricia Ireland, BUCC (Bloomsburg University Curriculum Committee), McCormick Center, Forum, 3 p.m., Wednesday, April Forum. McCormick 10, and May 1. Center, Forum, 3 p.m., Wednesday, April 3 and 25. president of the Henry Foster, former nominee for Surgeon General of the United States. April 11, lecture, 7:30 p.m., McCormick p.m., Thursday, March 28, NOW (Na- Women). Thursday, March 21. Workshop, 4 p.m., lecture, 7:30 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. tional Organization of Workshop, Planning and Budget Committee, Mitrani Hall. Center, Fonim, 4 8:30 a.m., Kehr 18. Haas Directed PROVOST'S LECTURE SERIES and April Hall, Bloomsburg. Fea- turing a performance of Handel's Messiah upper campus. 1 room G20. , Lacrosse vs. Philadelphia April 21, — Edgar Meyer, Old Science Hall, 7:30 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church, upper campus. Softball vs. April 22, noon. campus. Baseball vs. Kutztown, Saturday, April 20, — Sunday, April 21, 2:30 p.m., noon, upper campus. St. thesis — Friday and Sunday, March 22 and 7 p.m., Mitrani Choral En- Wendy Lacrosse vs. William Smith, Sunday, April 14, Men's Tennis vs. Mt. 24, 18, 7:30 p.m., upper campus. April 16. 3 p.m., lower — Master's May 10, Haas Gallery. Thursday, May 2, 2 to 4 p.m. 2 to FILMS Heat Singers Thursday, April University-Community Orchestra Men's Tennis, Bloomsburg Duals, Friday and 1 — Women's Wednesday, p.m, upper campus. Reception, Hall. and Husky SingHaas Mitrani Hall. Directed by semble, ers, Tuesday, April Softball vs. Kutztown, 3 p.m., 6, April 14, 2:30 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Directed by Terry Oxley. Choral Ensembles upper campus. 389-4128. at May Directed by Stephen Wallace. Lacrosse vs. Frostburg, Friday, April 5, 3 p.m., upper campus. April 10 to Gallery. Reception, Thurs- upper campus. 30, Softball vs. Millersville, Saturday, March 30, 1 p.m., upper campus. Softball, Bloomsburg Invitational, Sunday, March 31, upper campus. Softball vs. East Stroudsburg, Wednesday, April 3, 3 p.m., upper campus. March — Curator John Cook. Saturday, Baseball vs. East Stroudsburg, Gallery. Carol Burns; jurors Robert Koslosky and — Franklin tenor, Mary Ann Smith, piano, Sunday, March 24, 2:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth S. President's Ball 4 p.m. to March Auditorium. Includes 9 a.m. Friday, Friday, 8 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth 22, SPORTS — ART EXHIBITS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through Thursday, Women in the Military — Nancy Weyant, coordinator of reference services and Regina Jackson, psychological counselor, Tuesday, April 2, 12 p.m., Kehr Union, Multicultural Center. Commission on the Sponsored by the Status of Women. Haas Center, Friday, April 12, Union Ballroom. Risk Assessment for Investments Noubary, professor — Reza of mathematics and computer science, Tuesday, April 3:30 p.m., Bakeless Center, room 104. 2, Communique JP A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Trustees vote to continue study of new apartments Health Sciences Symposium features lecture, Wellness Fair This year's University Council of Tmstees annual Health fifth ence Symposium tures eral The Bloomsburg 4 APRIL 96 Sci- will feature lec- by former U.S. Surgeon Gennominee Henry Foster and a "Wellness new student apartments on the upper campus. The location being examined for the new apartments would be on a wooded area across the street from Montgomery Apartments. At the meeting, architect Robert Lack of Lewisburg presented the trustees with a feasibility report of a housing project. Robert Parrish, vice president for administration, on the tions by Bloomsburg University dents majoring in the health ences. For contact Dr. stusci- more information about the Health Sciences Symposium, Fair." voted at their meeting March 26 to continue to study the possibility of building sionals as well as poster presenta- Henry W. Foster, 1995 candi- the Sciences at School of Health 4426. date for U.S. Surgeon General, will give the keynote address for the Provost's Lecture symposium, "Future Investments: Foster's appearance at the Health Confronting Health Issues of Ameri- Sciences Symposium is sponsored in can Youth," Thursday, April conjunction with the Provost's Lec- 11, at 7:30 p.m. in Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. He will give a ture Series. An work- obstetrician/gynecologist as project. shop, "Action Plans for Resolving well as a medical educator, Foster study examined the possibility of Health Issues of American Youth," building apartment units to house between 248 and Friday, April 12, at 8:30 a.m. in the dean of the school of medicine and acting president at Meharry Medi- 284 students in a variety of configurations. Kehr Union Ballroom. cal College. In 1994, Foster served as reported The feasibility financial impact of such a After discussion, the trustees opted to focus future senior scholar-in-residence at the study on the orchard site near the current Montgomery Apartments rather than the recently purchased Hummel property because utility infrastructure costs would be much higher at the Hummel property. President Jessica Kozloff stressed that the pur- chase of the Hummel property was important grow because it future, necessary. She noted that several of the if allows the university to in the university's athletic fields are currently leased from Wellness Fair The Wellness Fair, Association of Academic Health Cen- coordinated by the Student Health Center, will be from 10:30 a.m. to Kehr Union Multipurpose Rooms A and B. The Wellness Fair is free and open to all members of the university community. his induction into the Institute of The event will focus on health tual health. System activities physical, emotional, social, and spiri- A partial list of topics and scheduled for the Wellness fees are listed on page trustees also voted to ships President recommend that the contract by one year — extending the pact until and other cur- and and some rent health problems, drinking driving, skin care, exercise, abuse. He developed and Have a Future Program" at Meharry. The program aims a minimal fee), nutrition, sexually Board of Governors extend President Jessica Kozloffs June dmg directed the screening (cholesterol screening for 6.) transmitted diseases The and semester. approved an fall The White House has recognized one of the nation's leading authorities on reducing infant mortality and preventing teen pregnancy Foster as in- Other business new Sciences. IQ Jeopardy game, body fat and flexibility measuring, neck and back massages, blood pressure and cholesterol Fair include a Health (The Washington, D.C. Among many awards and honors is Medicine of the National Academy of Bloomsburg has one of the lowest rates for oncampus apartments when compared to other State crease in student fees beginning next Foster's 2 p.m. in the promotion and wellness, covering In other business, the trustees in ters Friday, April 12, the Bloomsburg Hospital. universities. is the at "I reducing teen pregnancy by stress- ing abstinence and steering at-risk teens toward positive life choices through community-based partner- and interventions. In 1991, Bush recognized the program as one of the nation's "Thousand Points of Light." cancer screening information. Inside: Special 30, 1999. The Health Sciences Symposium dozens of presentations directed toward health care profes- will feature Budget Report, page 3. 2 Communique 4 APRIL 96 News Acclaimed young adults novelist to speak April 1 briefs President schedules open office hours Deborah Savage, author of four acclaimed novels for young adults, open President Jessica Kozloff will hold Friday, April 19, schedules may from 1:30 a.m. 4526 in to 3:30 p.m. occasionally change, that those interested in office it is hours Because recommended speaking with the president advance to be sure the time is call available. Charity softball tournament planned will speak at Bloomsburg University Wednesday, April 17, at 4:30 p.m. in the Kehr Union, Hideaway Lounge. Her topic will be "Young Adult Char- Life will sponsor the Bloomsbuig University World Series on Friday and Saturday, April 19 and Residence 20. Last year's event benefitted the "Five Friends Fund." This year's event will benefit the "Children's Museum of proceeds. New Zealand, A Rumour three set in news of activities, events Bloomsburg University bi-weekly publishes and developments at throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg 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, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. university is additionally committed to affirmative action and will take positive steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. Director of Marketing and Communication: Mark Lloyd Director of Media Relations: James Hollister Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Intern writer: Lisa Stockmal Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Publication date for the next Communique: April 18 Please submit story ideas, information to Communique, news and calendar Room 104A Bloomsburg Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address fost@husky.bloomu.edu Four-digit phone numbers listed in the Houghton Mifflin. gree from the University of Massa- in cinemas in New Zealand. drew upon several lengthy residences she New spent in graduate of Bloomsburg High and a Master of Fine Arts degree from Goddard College. chusetts For more information, contact at 4881 or the English Glenn Sadler Zealand. is A set in a department at 4427. Minnesota set in Okpewho speak at Bloomsburg University Wednesday, April 17, and Thursday, will April 18. The novelist and scholar will give several presentations the two days, all is: Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, dial 389 first. The area code is 717. are of which are open On Wednesday at 4 p.m. Okpewho , will discuss Web be provided at this session (Res- ervations required. Contact S. Akema Agbaw at 4828). All three presenta- be tions will in the Kehr Union, Multicultural Center. Okpewho's novels include The to the public. "The Relationship Be- tween Africans, African-Americans and the Diaspora." At 7 p.m., he will discuss "The Development of the African Novel." On Thursday at 11 a.m., Okpewho will focus on Last Duty, The Victims and Tides. His books include The Epic of Myth in Africa, The Heritage of African Poetry and African Oral scholarly Africa, Literature. For more information, contact Agbaw at 4828. Helen Lefkowitz Horowitz, an ex- Other participants will include Presi- pert in the history of college student dent Jessica Kozloff; Preston Her- and professor behavior, will speak at Bloomsburg University Monday, Marion Mason, April 15. psychology; Mary Lenzini Howe, Horowitz, professor of history and American studies at Smith College, will give two presentations. The author of Campus Life, at: a his- tory of the interaction of students and faculty in America, Horowitz's remarks at Bloomsburg will images and misconceptions Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide http://www.bloomu.edu over "African Oral Traditions. " A bag lunch will Scholar to examine student, professor behavior University Relations Office, Waller Administration Building, University, briefs Under a mral Pennsylvania boarding school, is is School, she holds a bachelor's de- African novelist Isidore newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and The novel. Novelist to speak on African culture Communique Communique fifth which sion of Flight ofthe Albatross recently Her most recent published novel, staff, A Minnesota. ofOtters, Flight ofthe Albatross a.nd A Stranger Calls Me Home. A film ver- To Race a Dream, A horses and her family's history in scheduled for release in 1997. All of her novels have been published by In writing the books, Savage all it, to attend. team to play against residence hall students, contact Chad Burkholder, Luzerne HaU residence director, at 4809. The $3 per player. The charity will receive In Different Sky, opened is race Savage draws upon her personal experiences with horse Young Adult Readers: Where Do They Meet?" The public is invited Bloomsburg." Anyone interested in forming an employee cost Dan Patch. girl's acters, Savage's published novels include Softball and focuses upon a young relationship with the famous be the that stu- faculty, administrators and town residents have about each other. She will be part of a colloquium at 3 p.m. in McCormick Center, Forum. dents, ring, vice president for student life; assistant professor of Bloomsburg Town Council; and Mucio Godoy, president of Lambda Sigma Upsilon. Following the talk, a light supper is planned. Those interested in staying for the supper should call Terry Riley at 4736 by April 11. At 7 p.m. she will speak on "Thinking About Campus Life" in the Kehr , Union, Multipurpose Room B. Both talks are sponsored by the Teaching and Learning Enhancement Committee (TALE). SPECIAL SECTION Budj^et Report 96/97 Cabinet's budget proposal reviewed in open meeting The Planning and Budget Commost recent look last the university's proposed mittee iiad week at its $58.6 million operating plan for cal fis- year 1996-97. The plan No allowance has been made for merit salary increases in this plan, though provision is made for annual service or step increments. cit The defi- elimination plan also cuts $40,000 The budget tial growth for the fall. in anticipates a substan- freshman enrollment PTE enrollment is grow to 6,630 up Total projected to — from 6,437 from the of 1995. This fall percent in administrative operating expenses. reverses a five-year decline in enroll- increase in spending over the cur- Funds available for investing in equipment remain unchanged. ment calls for a 1.1 assumes no increase in appropriations from the state and a rent year. It 4.5 percent increase in tuition. at Bloomsburg. "The restoration of our enrollment combined by "However," said Parrish, "because is the Council of Trustees approved an admissions, faculty, staff and alumni," a credit to efforts "The budget presented to the comwas balanced," said Robert increase in 'academic equipment' Parrish said. "Without this projected mittee fees at the March meeting, academic increase in students, our financial Parrish, the university's vice presi- programs should have nearly $1.75 picture dent for administration. "Butwecould million available to support the library challenging." achieve that only by cutting about and instmctional enhancements." would be even more $780,000 from a budget originally projected to grow by about Had we cent. 2.5 per- not acted with this reduced spending plan, the university would have experienced an operating deficit of about $715,000." University ready for large freshman class When dents fall — an expected 7,492 stuto Bloomsburg next the largest headcount en- come rollment since 1992 The restoration of our enrollment combined is a credit to efforts admissions, faculty, staff and alumni... Without this projected increase in students, our financial picture would be even more challenging.' committee includes about $740,000 in salary savings achieved by reassigning employees, not replacing vacancies or temporary positions, and filling other vacancies at lower salaries. About 9 5 positions will remain vacant, including 3 in the instruc- management and 2 from AFSCME. It was not necessary tional area, 2.5 in any employees or reduce the number of faculty in growth to layoff areas. and we're at capacity in seven graduate programs." students," says Keller stresses that talent and academic preparation of the incoming students is not lower than in previous years. "The quality of Wilson Bradshaw, provost and the students is very comparable to vice president for academic last year, be prepared to meet their academic and living needs. "We're going to be able to ac- "Some af- be asked to teach additional courses and we may hire some temporary faculty members. We will still offairs. faculty will fer small class sizes. We're de- pending on faculty and depart- ment chairs to staffing The plan adopted by the plarming the univer- sity will commodate those by — "We've seen increases in every and nearly every major college needs tell us what their are." tripled the Mitrani candidates." The university will also pared to make be pre- students' stay at Bloomsburg a comfortable as well as educational one. "We have known this Next fall's projected enrollment FTE nearly matches the and we've number of Honors/Scholars and early enough year that we're going to have a large freshman class, that we've of 6,630 been able university's record year of 1991, modations when fall FTE was 6,704. "We can says Preston Herring, vice presi- do it, and we can do it even better dent for student Next fall's enrollment projec- come from admissions to meet our accom- their needs," life. "We opened this year with about than before," says Bradshaw. tions to prepare di- 75 spaces vacant halls," in the says Herring. residence "Next fall, up 700 we're going to be over capacity in our residence halls. But we are deposits from freshmen over what going to put into place a number rector Chris Keller. "At this point, we're we had last year, " says Keller. Continued on page 5. 4 Communique 4 APRIL 96 Education & General Budget Revenues Estimated 1996-97 Fiscal Year % of revenues Tuition (4.5% increase) (Based upon of $27,202,287 46.4% $29,890,406 51% $250,000 0.4% $1,000,000 1.7% $300,000 0.5% FE enrollment 691 summer, 6,630 fall and 6,230 spring students.) State Appropriation Cash Carry Forward Net Interest Earned Miscellaneous Revenue Total available Summary E&G Funds $58,642,693 — Expense Reduction Plan Total Proposed Reductions $779,804 These reductions will occur as a result of reassignments, not replacing Reductions bv Area vacancies or temporary positions, Academic filling non-instructional faculty savings instructional faculty savings management salary savings and $465,451 Affairs Division other vacancies at lower salaries. $60,000 $375,795 Positions not Replaced $10,000 (by workunit) sabbatical savings $19,656 instructional faculty All President's Office salary savings salary savings $18,000 Life Division salary savings $39,000 Administration Division salary savings operating expense reduction TOTALS non-instructional faculty 1 AFSCME 2 management 2.5 UPGWA 1 $111,786 Advancement Division Student 3 $314,353 Others $105,567 $40,000 $779,804 APRIL 96 Communique 5 4 Education & General Budget Large class Expenditures Continuedfrom page 3- Estimated 1 996-97 Fiscal Year Proposed Changes of steps that will result in from Deficit Reduction having our occupancy as low as possible." % of revenues $52,291,990 Salaries 89.2% <$739,804> 87.9% "We're talking with resident about the possibil- assistants APSCUF AFSCME $33,812,118 64.35% $11,158,594 21.24% $5,708,052 10.86% $976,696 1.86% police $615,778 1.17% doctors/coaches $601,869 1.15% management SCUPA other 100 ctiarges aux. reimbursemts SUBTOTAL $1,554,317 2.96% $1,885,434 <3,59%?> $52,541,990 100% ity of their having roommates, which fore. we done be- haven't That would give us a minimum of 50 additional spaces." Other steps being that are taken to relieve pressure on residence halls include allowing upperclassmen to get out of their residence hall conSalary Total Searcti and Employee Savings $3,722,062 President's Office Affairs Administrative Affairs Student Life University Advancement they chose to live 6.3% <$40,000> 6.3% be made available to incom- ing transfer students. $104,031 The $1,973,387 university will also in contact with students $1,042,372 area live in the local $319,871 — $282,401 $274,735 Equipment Academic Affairs Administrative Affairs Student Life University Advancement 0.5% $0 0.5% becomes letting halls available, those stu- dents will be welcome to come $4,700 into the residence halls any- $163,500 time during the $74,230 fall. While there may be some $21,425 triple $10,880 rooms halls, Utilities be who them know that the residence halls are going to be full. As space in the residence President's Office off- campus and identifying offcampus apartments that can <$250,000> Operating Academic tracts if $52,541,990 $1,389,940 2.4% $0 2.4% in the residence Herring stresses that "because we've had time to plan for this, we'll spread those Telephones $379,700 0.6% $0 0.6% triples throughout the system so no particular building Computers $378,290 0.6% $0 0.6% Govemment Charges $671,359 1.1% $0 1.1% Contingency Resetves ^000 0 4% Q 0.4% Total Expense Allocations Total Revenues Surplus <1.2%> $64,421 .1% assigned triple rooms. "Many other schools around us triple students regularly." 6 Communique 4 APRIL 96 Enrollment Revenue Projections (for Student Fees per Semester Fall 1996/97 fiscal year/assumes 4.5 % tuition Increase) 1996 (approved by the Council of headCPUnt a vg lo atl tuition tuition revenue FTE total % of total Trustees - March 26, 1996) Undergraduate Kehr Union Operating Fee $26 Health Services Fee $37 Academic Equipment Fee* $132 Recreation Center Fee $71 Community Activities $71 Fee Room, Double $871 Meals, 19 $752 time 5,248 15.1 $1,685 $8,842,880 5,283 79.68% part time 905 5.5 $141 $701,828 332 5.01% 693 15.4 $4,284 $2,968,812 711 10.73% 16 7.9 $357 $45,125 full $60 Kehr Union Fee Out of State full time part time Graduate full time part time *The Academic Equipment Fee 148 10.3 $1,685 $249,380 127 1.92% 427 3.7 $187 $295,441 132 1.99% 36 9.9 $3,028 $109,008 30 0.45% 19 4.3 $336 $27.451 7 0.10% is estimated to generate $1. 788 million for 0.13% Graduate full 1996-97 -Out of State time part time $13,239,925 English majors to hold readathon For the third year, English majors will hold a "Readathon" fundraiser for the new Spring 1997 headcount avg load tuition tuition revenue FTE total % of total Undergraduate time 4,989 15.1 $1,685 $8,406,465 5,022 80.61% part time 837 5.1 $141 $601,887 285 4.57% 633 15.5 $4,284 $2,711,772 654 10.5% 14 7.2 $357 $35,986 7 0.11% full library. Faculty are being sent a bro- chure which lists passages by well-known writers. Each passage has a price (ranging from 75 cents to $2). Employees who wish to sponsor readings can check off the items on the brochure and return it to the English department by campus mail. Works not listed in the brochure may also be sponsored (including poetry and prose sponsors have written themselves). Suggested works will be read at the rate of about Out of State full time part time Graduate full time part time Graduate full -Out 1.54% 112 10.3 $1,685 $188,720 398 3.7 $187 $275,376 123 1.97% 36 10.7 $3,028 $109,008 32 0.52% 30 4.6 $336 $ 46.368 12 0.18% of State time part time $12,375,582 $25,615,506 total a dollar for every 25 lines. The Readathon will be held Thursday, April 18, from 3 to 6 p.m. in Kehr Union, room 409- Employees are welcome to drop by and hear readings by members of the English Club and Sigma Tau Delta. Sponsors can hear a reading of the work they have underwritten any- Summer 1997 headcount avg load tuition tuition revenue $3,014,824 Less estimated waivers less1/2of1%toSSHE <$1,291,348> <$136,695> time during the event. Revenue estimate $27,202,287 total FTE 691 % Qf total 100.0% 4 News APRIL 96 Communique 7 Bloomsburg Biography briefs member Charlie Harris is key staff More than 100 to staff Internet Expo Charlie Harris holds the keys to Bloomsburg More than 100 volunteers from Bloomsburg University are expected to participate in the first Internet Expo in northeast Pennsylvania on April 19-21 in the Columbia Mall. The Columbia Mall is sponsoring the event, which is expected to draw exhibitors from all sectors of the An Harris is the supervisor of the car- pentry shop and also the university's key control officer. There are 220 departments and 3,100 doors on community. campus In addition to students, participants from Academic Computing; Computer Services; alumni affairs; the Institute for Interactive Technology; SOLVE; the art, computer halls. and information systems, math and computer science, chemistry departments and university advancement will be staffing the university exhibit throughout the weekend. Hours on Friday and Saturday are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. and on Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. For further information, contact Joan Lentczner, direc- University. Literally. 11-year Bloomsburg veteran, — not including residence There are 5,000 keys issued for those doors, and Charlie Harris knows who has them. After a year of preparatory study and work by the maintenance and key control officer in 1993. Any employee who needs keys to an office or building sees him. "We know tor of university relations, ext. 4112. became police departments, Harris better than anybody who needs a key for what door, says Harris, who has studied to become a " Psychology department plans talks certified To locksmith himself. Charlie Harris The psychology department will hold two colloquiums this April. The talks will include: campus, the locksmith team has been Top priority for the carpenter shop? A continually recoring the doors to "Repairs to the residence halls and and keepon who has keys to making things nice for the kids," says Harris. "They're paying to be here and this becomes their home." Model to Predict Decisions About Estrogen Replacement Therapy — Melissa Zwahr, Perm McCormick April 12, 2 p.m., State University, Friday, Center, Forum. Interventions for Psychological Risk Factors in Cancer Fox Chase Cancer Center, McCormick Center, Forum. Seijak, — Kim Friday, April 26, 2 p.m., increase the security of the all the campus' buildings ing a tight watch — the doors. But keys are only half of Harris's job. try ters He's also foreman of the carpen- shop, working with six carpen- and two maintenance repairmen as well as a locksmith. As the semester winds down, Harcrew is looking forward to their busiest time of year summer," says is also involved with construction, such as the addi- tion to the Buckingham Maintenance The largest in-house project Harris was involved in was the supervision of the renovation of Haas Audito- projects in the Harris, who worked for 15 years in the construction in- — building homes and doing masonry and carpentry — before dustry coming new Center. ris' "We do our major In addition to maintenance, the carpentry shop to the university. rium in 1986. and his wife Cindy have two son Paul and a daughter Robin. He has been active in Little League for 12 years and enjoys Harris children, a cabinet-making. Obutelewicz scholarship awarded The Joseph and Savannah Obutelewicz Memorial Scholarship has been awarded to economics T. Wender. The $700 award was presented at the Omicron Delta Epsilon (economics honor society) induction ceremony held last major Brian RAISING SCHOLARSHIP FUNDS Jessica Kozloff and Roy Bloomsburg's faculty union, dance Ball field by 1 f\/Iarcfi - President Pointer, president of at tfie President's 30. Tfie annual event 50 guests and raised more university's general and music tfian was attended $5,000 for tfie scfiolarsfiip funds. is awarded annually to a senior economics major who has the high- ship est grade point average prior to the award semester. The amount of the award is credited to the recipient's tuition. The scholarship committee fall. The scholarship was established by Robert Obutelewicz, assistant professor of economics, in his parents, Obutelewicz, in 1994. The scholar- memory of Joseph and Savannah is chaired by Obutelewicz and includes Woo Bong Lee (chair of the economics department) and Saleem Khan (adviser to Omicron Delta Epsilon). 8 Communique 4 APRIL 96 CONCERTS Calendar Admission isfree unless otherwise specified. — Sunday, Concert Band April 14, 2:30 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Directed by Terry Oxley. SPORTS Includes home games only. Choral Ensembles — Women's Hall. day, April Choral Lacrosse vs. Frostburg, Friday, April 5, 3 p.m., Ensemble, Chamber Singers and Husky Singers, Thursday, April 18, 7:30 p.m., 1 p.m., Shippensburg, Saturday, April 6, upper campus. Tuesday, April Softball vs. Kutztown, April 10, 1 Wednesday, p.m. upper campus. Saturday, April 12 and 1 p.m., 13, 13, and Lacrosse VS. William Smith, Sunday, April 14, Men's Tennis vs. Mt. Baseball vs. Kutztown, 1 p.m., p.m., Tuesday, campus. Edgar Meyer. Directed by Mark Jelinek. Double Bass Master Class April 22, noon, Saturday, April 20, Lock Haven, Sunday, April 21, room G20. Textile, 1 p.m., Administration Building Parking Lot (Drivein Movie. turing a performance of Handel's Messiah Sunday, April 21, 9:30 p.m., Mitrani with guest orchestra and Haas Center. soloists. Directed Eric Nelson. Knoebel's Grove Pops Toy Story — Sunday, April 28, Concert Band, 2:30 p.m., Studio Band, 6 p.m., Knoebel's Grove, Elysburg. Directed — Monday, 6:30 p.m.. Men's Tennis, PSAC Championships, Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, lower weather is inclement, the concert will be in Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. campus. Directed by 1 1 p.m., 1 p.m., May Senior Recital May Saturday, Kenneth — Tuesday, S. Wednesday^ Forum, McCormick April S. 30, Gross April 10, and May Haas Center; Sunday, April 28, 11a.m. and 7 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. LECTURES — Matt 4, S. 3:30 p.m., Bakeless Center, Problems with OcWam's Razor Satellite — Steve noon, Kehr Union, — Molitoris, j. room guest 3:30 p.m., 104. The Proposed Migrant Center University 16, — Sue Dauria, at Bloomsburg assistant professor of anthropology, and Jean PROVOST'S LECTURE SERIES SOLVE (StuLeam through director of the dents Organized to Volunteerism and Employment), Wednes- 25. Planning and Budget Committee, 10, Technology Downing, Wednesday. April 104. 409. Bakeless Center, 1. Center, Forum, 3 p.m., room Hales, assistant professor of philosophy, speaker, Tuesday, April — — FUlebrown, guest speaker, Tuesday, April Hare, string bass, 2:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, Gross Auditorium. Military Computer Graphics Linear Algebra in room Band Tuesday, May 14, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani HaU. Catawissa 3 p.m.. and Hall, Wednesday, April GOVERNANCE University Curriculum April 24, 7 9:30 p.m.; Friday, April 26, 7 p.m., Mitrani 9, 7:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Kenneth 4, Committee), iMcCormick Center, Forum, — Wednesday, Hall, If Auditorium. Saturday, upper campus. BUCC (Bloomsburg April 29, Bloomsburg. Park, Mark Jelinek. Student Recital upper campus. Baseball vs. Mansfield, Town 27, Sunday, April 28, Rain location, Haas Center.); by Terry Oxley and Stephen Wallace. Orchestra Pops Concert Softball vs. C.W. Post. — Third and Market streets, Bloomsburg. Fea- April Lacrosse VS. St Joseph's, Thursday, April 25, West Chester, Saturday, April p.m.. upper campus. — Leaving Las Vegas Tuesday, April 16 and Monday, April 22, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom; Sunday, April 21, 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center. 27, — Saturday, Concert Choir 4 p.m., upper campus. Softball vs. RLMS 7:30 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church, Sunday, upper campus. Baseball vs. Susquehanna. Monday, April 22, 3:30 p.m.. upper campus. Baseball vs. Millersville, Wednesday, April 24, 1 p.m.. upper campus. April 21, Master's thesis Mr. Holland's Opus Wednesday, April 17 and 18, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center; Friday, April 19, 8 p.m., Waller by upper campus. Lacrosse vs. Philadelphia — Edgar Meyer, Old Science Hall, , upper campus. Softball vs. 1 Mary's, St. — Sunday, Haas Center for the Arts, Featuring double bass soloist noon, upper campus. April 16, 3 p.m.. lower Eric Nelson. — May 10, Haas Gallery. Thursday, May 2, 2 to 4 p.m. 2 to April 21, 2:30 p.m., Monday, upper campus. May Reception, Miller lower campus. Saturday, April Softball vs. Mansfield, Charles Haruna Sumani Wendy Mitrani Hall. Men's Tennis, Bloomsburg Duals, Friday and , art gallery class. exhibit, University-Community Orchestra Baseball vs. Shippensburg, Haas by the — Photographs, AprO 10 to Haas Gallery. Reception, Thurs1 1 noon to 2 p.m. Exhibit mounted Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Directed by 9, 3 p.m., upper campus. LaRocca Isabella April 30, upper campus. Softball vs. ART EXHIBITS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. McCormick Center, Forum, 4 p.m., Thursday, April 18. Henry Foster, former nominee for Surgeon day. April 17, noon, General of the United 409. States. Haas Center, Workshop, Friday. April 12, Kehr Union Ballroom. April 11, lecture, 7:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall. 8:30 a.m., Thursday, Kehr Union, room. Communique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY 18 APRIL 96 Chancellor urges adoption Alumni, siblings' days to of continuous System Chancellor James told managers and faculty last week that State System universities must become more accountable and responsive to environmental shifts occurring in society and in government. As business and industry have State McCormick improvement tem must develop "factbased" evaluation tools measure to effec- tiveness, said McCormick. ment methods to improve their products and services to customers, McCormick said, Pennsylvania's State we System must apply similar continu- the ous improvement initiatives to "enhance service to students and people wealth's investment in higher educa- Commonwealth." "If don't figure out ways to demonstrate tion is giving returns, then ways to demonstrate that the Commonwealth's investment in higher education is giving then someone else will determine the terms for us." returns, said that legislatures have already established such standards. Adopting principles of continuous improvement to "help us look at our culture and to make changes" is one means by which SSHE will develop funds" tion for a smaller pool of students and developing technologies are challenges for higher education. These challenges come as legislators and business leaders demand new educational accountability. and Children's Weekend. for Siblings' toward young people, such as making sandbottles and screening family movies, weekend. For more are scheduled throughout the information, contact the student activities office at 4344. Alumni Weekend Continuous improvement is an "organizational change philosophy" work peting social priorities for public and Children's Weekend accountability standards, the chan- demographics, heightened competi- said that the region's on campus cellor said. - notably the state's corrections system - have tightened the economic constraints on public colleges and universities. The chancellor also acknowledged that changing McCormick Siblings' Three to four hundred siblings, children, nieces, and nephews are expected to visit student relatives Activities oriented coming out of business and industry. In the 1980s, American manufacturers adopted quality improvement techniques pioneered in Japan by American J. Edwards Demming. McCormick says education must adopt the same kind of culture shift. State System universities must become more student-focused and results-oriented, he said. "We must slow economic growth and "com- The Renaissance Jamboree in downtown Bloomsburg is just one of several activities the public can attend during the annual Siblings' and Children's Weekend and Alumni Weekend, both from April 26-28. The 19th Annual Jamboree, held rain or shine Saturday, April 27, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., is a street festival featuring over 250 arts and crafts booths, live entertainment on two stages, children's rides, costume characters, games, and, of course, food. There is free shuttle bus transportation from the fairgrounds to the Jamboree. someone else will determine the terms." McCormick we don't figure out James McCormick Common- in 18 states "If campus Universities in the State Sys- relied on continuous quality improve- of the bring hundreds to . to changes empower people that will to make improve the expe- rience for our students." Stan Carr, former director of hu- man resources at Bloomsburg, has been named director of continuous improvement for the State System. Alumni Weekend will feature an anniversary dinner for the class of '46 and an awards program and volunteers. The unibe celebrating 100 years of student government during the weekend. For more information on alumni events, contact the alumni office for distinguished service versity will also at 4058. In addition to the Jamboree, other public events weekend include: The Concert Choir will perform at Wesley United Methodist Church at Third and Market Streets Saturday, April 27, at 7:30 p.m. The Choir, directed by Eric Nelson, will perform Handel's occurring during the • Messiah. • arts IMAGE will give a sign-language performing show Sunday, April 28, Mitrani Hall. at 2 p.m. in Haas Center, 2 Communique 18 APRIL 96 News Noted bassist to perform with briefs New library doors ease wheelchair access New exterior doors with recently been installed at the A. Andruss Library. handicapped access have main entrance to the Harvey The six single leaf doors adhere to the Americans with Disabilities Act standards by replacing four double leaf doors that limited ordinary access and did not provide for wheelchair access. Protected class issues committee to hold forum Kambon Camara, chair of the protected class issues committee; Wilson Bradshaw, provost; Susan Hicks, interim director of social equity; and Bassist and composer Edgar Meyer Thom Nixon, director of the Multicultural Center. coln Center as an member artist in perform with the Bloomsburg University-Community Orchestra 1994. Sunday, April 21, have numerous hits as a bow soloist on mainstream radio, recording with will at 3 p.m. in Mitrani Haas Center for the Arts. Meyer will also hold a master class Monday, April 22, at noon in Old Science Hall, Room G-20. Four Hall, double bassists will perform in the master class with Meyer. Both events The Protected Class Issues Committee is holding an open forum Thursday, April 18, from 2 to 3 p m. in the Kehr Union, Hideaway Lounge. Forum participants will be University-Commuiiity Orchestra are free and open Renowned to the public. for his talent as a bass- Meyer is also the first bass player to like artists Kathy Mattea, Garth Brooks, and Lyle Lovett. He has written several bass con- certos, the most recent a bass quintet with the Emerson string quartet in 1995. His talents are summed up in a review by The Tennessean. "This is musicianship which simply tran- and composer, Meyer has won many competitions, and in 1994 became the first bassist to receive an scends and transforms its instmment. Avery Fischer Career Grant. He joined beautiful. ist the Chamber Music Society of Lin- It honest and amazing and It is what music should is always be." Communique A Electric newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons staff, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life-style, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The university and is additionally committed to affirmative take positive steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. action will shutdown schedule revised Electric service to campus facilities be shut off at designated times in May to accommodate repairs to the electric systems. Employees planning events and projects should keep will this Carver Hall, Elwell Hall, Scranton down is as follows: Monday, May Center, Mark Lloyd Hall, Commons. schedule in mind. The revised schedule for electric shut 13: Sutliff Hall, Cen- tennial Gymnasium, Hartline Science Director of Marketing and Communication: Sunday, May 19: Total lower campus if needed, Boiler Plant, Old Science Hall, Schuylkill Hall, Montour News briefs Ben Franklin Hall, University Police, Navy Hall. Store/Campus Hall, Please submit story ideas, Communique, Kehr Union, Columbia Hall, Luzerne Hall, Lycoming Hall. Wednesday, May 15: Montgomery Apartments 1 through 4. news Waller Administration Building, University, briefs and calendar University Relations Office, Room 104A Bloomsburg Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address fost@husky.bloomu.edu is: 1 through 3 (ROTC, Ground Crew Four-digit phone numbers listed in the Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, dial 389 first. The area code is 717. Web at: TIP), Auxiliary garden with Philadelphia students at Martin Luther King High School Thursday, April 25. Those who would the project house, Water Tanks. (with May pus except Saturday, ter for Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide http://www.bloomu.edu DGS and Trailer, Nancy Gill, associate professor of would like to borrow one hundred shovels to use in a project in which her students will plant a English, Greenhouse, Ground Crew GreenFriday, are garden project Carpenter Shop, Simon Hall, Thursday, May 16: Montgomery Apartments 5 and 6, Modular Offices information to Shovels needed for Tuesday, May 14: Northumberland Director of Media Relations: James HoUister Editor; Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Intern writer: Lisa Stockmal Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Publication date for the next Communique: May 2 17: Total upper cam- trailers. May 18: McCormick Cen- Human Services, Waller Ad- ministration Building, Bakeless Center for the Humanities, Haas Center for the Arts, Andruss Library, Student Recreation Center. like to may drop support off shovels names taped to them) at the campus garage at Buckingham Maintenance Center before that date. The shovels may be picked up Friday, April 26. 18 APRIL 96 Campus University relations office notes Communique 3 renamed and communication to marketing Hussein Fereshteh, assistant professor of curriculum and foundations, has written an article titled "Samads Behrangi's Experiences and Thoughts on Rural Teaching and Learning," which appears in the Journal of noughts (Winter, 1995). The article is a phenomenological- university relations has recently been director of athletic completed, according to Anthony as the university's director of sports laniero, vice president for university autobiography study of Behrangi, a contemporary Per- advancement. information for more than 15 years, becomes director of media relations. sian educational theorist his life working sented and teacher who spent most of in the culturally diverse rural villages of The northeastern Persia. results of the study were pre- Comparative and International Education Washington D.C. Data collected at the Society's conference in for the article may be used in a book dealing with problems of teaching and learning in rural areas of Pennsylvania utilizing Behrangi's ideas and experiences. The Greenwood Publishing Group Connecticut, is Inc., in Westport, interested in publishing the book. Julia Bucher, assistant professor of nursing, recently presented a paper "Coaching Family Caregivers With a Telephone Bulletin Board System" to the National Association of Women A in Education. The was presentation funded by a grant from the office of social equity State System of Higher Education. at the "These changes were made better reflect the duties of the to people assistant professor of history, versity. National Endowment "New Departures tions," to be held in at Humanities seminar on the Comparative Study of Revolufor the Comell University this June through John H. Couch, associate professor of music, recently recital to the students of West Chester University School of Music's graduate piano pedagogy program. Mary-Jo Am, associate professor of English, recently Modern Language Association Chicago on "The Frustration of Desire and He needs and increase our promote the university." of university events. His recent initia- efforts to is a name change as the office will change from university relations and communication to the office of marketing and communication. Joan Lentczner, director of university relations, will move staff. tives Included with the reorganization into a new is responsible for the and coverage have include organizing a con- ference to bring professional journalists to campus. Geoff Mehl remains director of publications. Mehl manages the pro- duction of most of the university's publications including the under- He graduate and graduate catalogs. responsible for layout and design role increasing the university's focus is on external and ensuring publications adhere to the university's policies. Mehl is now manages the university's photography services and supervises photographer, Joan Heifer. He is assisted by Winnie Ney, publications coordinator and office manager. Eric Foster works with Hollister on the news side of media relations, relations. She is charged positive relationships with organiza- community and region. the projects she has involved with is the Intemet the Columbia Mall. been Expo at As University- Community Task Force on Racial Equity liaison, she collaborates with the town/gown as the presented a piano master class and solo charged with fostering release of information constituents to de- velop and implement initiatives such August. is and tions in the Conference held recently at Rutgers UniHickey has also been chosen to participate in a man and function are wide-ranging and these Among Atlantic Slavic Hollister serves as university spokes- changes are designed to meet those lems in Russian and East European History" Mid- served as development and expectations of the public relations served as chair and commentator for the session "Probat the who Hollister, good working relationships with the media and the university's faculty "The the office," said laniero. in with maintaining and enhancing Michael C. Hickey, James reorganization of the office of Two Way Street Program and Team. She serves as executive editor of the Advocacy/Mediation The Bloomsburg Magazine, liaison on the campus wide information system committee, and plans activities on behalf of the president and while Scott Leightman handles sports information. Foster edits the employee newsletter, press releases and also pro- university's writes duced the most recent Parents 'Newsletter. Leightman works with the athletics department to promote the university's dent-athletes 18 varsity teams, stu- and coaches. He is re- delivered a paper at the vice president for university advance- sponsible for writing releases and convention ment. She reports to the vice presi- producing publications for media dent for university advancement. Her information and recruitment. the End of in Narrative." Henry Dobson, associate professor of curriculum and foundations, had two papers accepted for publication. The first, "Telementoring: Connecting the Learning Community," was presented at the Tel-Ed 95 International Conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. and was published in the conference proceedings in both paper and CD-Rom formats. The second paper, "Telementoring: Linking telephone numbers are 4112 and 4524. Mark Lloyd, director of marketing and communication, has assumed build positive relationships both in- the role of overseeing the re-orga- ternally and externally," says laniero. nized office and its staff. He is "This reorganization will foster a more efficient and team-oriented office that will help the university re- sponsible for the budget and daily activities of the seven-person opera- The April planning and bud- he works closely get meeting scheduled for Mathematics Teachers to Resources Via the Internet," will be presented at the Society for Information Teaching and tion. In addition, conjunction with the director of ad- Thursday, April Teacher Education International Conference in Phoenix, Ariz. This paper will be published in the conference proceedings and in the peer-reviewed Journal of Com- missions to market the university to re-scheduled to Tuesday, April puters in Mathematics and Science Teaching. potential students and their parents. Lloyd also reports to the vice presi- dent for university advancement. 23, at 3:30 p.m. 18, has been in the Union, Hideway Lounge. Kehr 4 Communique 18 APRIL 96 Supervisory roundtable members Bloomsburg University Crime Report Prepared by the University Police help employees strive for excellence First line supervisors ing for ways to at work can who are look- make improvements In addition to helping with work, and the program provides across-cam- the pus networking opportunities for employees of all fields and positions. Each year the committee schedules at least one volunteer community project. This year they will go to find the support encouragement they need at supervisory roundtable. Education and training manager Bob Wislock calls the program unique because it's March 1996 presentations. employee centered and feel will u Simple Assault 0 that the flood Burglary 0 0 n u deposited on the playground. The Larceny up the mud n n vidual recognition program as a way Theft from Buildings 3 n Theft from Vehicles 1 u who development and a member of the About 25 to 30 people attend each program. DeMarco attributes some trated through human resources. The committee meets once a month to discuss possible program to plan seminars. is topics all. — employ- organization's concept ees coming together on is very high distributed in August. united in their goal to things," says Wislock. management, decision making, and gender issues in the workplace. Some programs provide CEU (Continuing Education Units) credits for employees. Among these have been supervisory techniques to im- prove morale, strategies for effective meetings, the art ceiving criticism, and contracts. to focus of giving and re- and labor relations The roundtable on current tries issues for its among do is positive The last seminar scheduled for this year include conflict resolution, stress own members, and the core group Seminars the roundtable has held this their because they want to do a better job. "Enthusiasm year is "Continuous Improvement" Tuesday, May totals Theft from of the roundtable's success to the and A yearly schedule u 0 give their ago and has been orches- Rane 4 says Jo DeMarco, assistant director of six years Forcible Book (Bag) Theft of saying thanks to employees Supervisory roundtable was started null Muiuc roundtable also sponsors an indi- help people do their jobs better," supervisory roundtable. by Other Means n U n clean develop seminars they Incidents Cleared nuuL/Ci y "The supervisory roundtable is a collection of individuals from all arto Arrests University Police U Kidsburg Saturday, April 20, to help who volunteer Made or Reported to or by U 0 driven. eas of the university Offenses 7, 9 a.m. to noon., McCormick Center, Forum. For more information, call Bob Wislock at 4414, or any of these Grounds 0 Retail Theft 0 0 Bicycle Theft 0 n Other Thefts 0 0 0 Forgery 0 0 Fraud 0 Embezzlement 0 All Arson 0 n Receiving Stolen Property 0 0 n Vandalism 2 1 Weapons Possession 1 11 Prostitution 0 Sex Offense Totals 0 0 n u Sexual Assault 0 0 Indecent Assault 0 0 Indecent Exposure 0 0 Open Lewdness 0 0 committee members: Jo DeMarco, 4847; Jack Pollard, 4170; Jolene Folk, 4206; Terry Lemon, 4535; Nancy Drug Abuse Violations 0 0 Gambling 0 0 0 0 Vought, 4201 Jeanne Fitzgerald, 4070; D.U.I. Art McDonnell, 4012; Tom Patacconi, Liquor ; — 4212. Lisa Stockmal Off. Against Family 0 0 4 4 Drunkenness 1 1 Disorderiy Conduct 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 with News briefs Laws Dmg Violations Vagrancy All Other Offenses (Except Traffic) Graduate council elected Gospel Choir to give concert This report reflects only incidents which occur on university The Bloomsburg Graduate student council elec- Univeristy Gos- pel Choir will give a concert Friday, tions were recently held. Those Haas Center, elected to office include: president, Mitrani Hall. Jennifer Kosakowski, audiology; vice given after The concert will be two days of workshops president, April 19, at 7 p.m. in with minister William G. Reeves Jr., instructor at Eastern College in St. Davids. in Wanda Bacher, education reading; secretary, Stacy Price, communications; representative, Melissa Heiser, education in reading; representative, Karen Minner, edu- cation in reading. property. It does not include incidents in the Town of Bloomsburg. is coming to a close. Between now and the end of the semester is when thefts start to increase. Make sure your office, labs, and classroom Safety Tip: The Spring '96 semester doors are locked when not in use. Lock your desk. leave anything of value in a gym locker Do not 18 APRIL 96 Campus Communique 5 notes ART AND ARTIST Photographer Isabella Leon Szmedra, associate professor of exercise physi- visiting ology, served as co-investigator in a recently completed research project titled art, is "Laboratory Predictors of Perfor- one mance in the United States Women's Olympic Ice Hockey Team." The project was a joint effort with Kenneth with photographs on Olympic Training Center in Lake Placid, N.Y. The study has been accepted for presentation at the annual meeting of the American May shown of her display Rundell, sport physiologist at the College of Sports Medicine in La Rocca, professor of in Haas Gallery of Art through April 30. The exhibit of her work was curated in Cincinnati, Ohio. by Andrea Chang Shub Roh, Pearson, assistant professor of sociology and social welfare, recently gave an professor of opening address on "Directions art, and the museum Work Education" at the Third Joint Symposium on Social Work Education for the Korean Social Work Educators in the U.S. and Korea which was held in Washington, D.C., in conjunction with for Globalizing Social theory class. International the 42nd annual Work program meeting of the Council of Social Workshop focuses on countering hate groups Education. Medhi Haririan, professor of economics, has written an article, "J-Curve Pattern of Output and Employment During Economic Transition in Central and East European Countries," which has been published in the winter 1996 issue of the KentuckyJoumalofEconomics and Business. Haririan has also presented a paper titled "Privatization in Eastern Europe and Latin America" at the Monetary and Banking Research Institute in Tehran, Iran. The paper will be published by the institute. John E. Bodenman, assistant professor of geography and earth science, has written a paper, "Deconcentration and Dispersal of the Institutional Investment Advisory Industry in the United States, 1983-1993," which appears in the journal Middle States Geographer, vol. 28, No. 1, The University-Community Task Force on Racial Equity sponsoring is a workshop Wednesday, April 24. James E. Browning, a representative man Relations Act and Ethnic Intimiand how they relate to dations Act hate activities occurring throughout the state. Specifics to be covered Human Rela- include the identification of hate tions Commission, will give the work- groups, their locations, what they from the Pennsylvania shop, which is titled "The Winds of The workshop will be held 3 p.m. in the Andruss Library, L-35, and repeated Bloomsburg stand for, how they recruit and what can be done in order to counter their Hostility." at at room 7 p.m. in the Middle School cafeteria. The presentation will cover an overview of the Pennsylvania Hu- activities. Browning is a 1956 graduate of Bloomsburg with a degree in secondary education. He served for three years in the U.S. Army and later worked for the federal government for 31 years. 1996. Lawrence Tanner, assistant professor of geography and earth science, has written a paper titled, "Formal Definition of the Lower Jurassic McCoy Brook Formation, Fundy Rift Basin, Eastern Canada," that has been accepted for publication by the journal Atlantic Geology. Tanner has also written an article titled, "The Milankovitch Theory in Sedimentary Geology and its Role in Geological Education," which appears in the current issue of the Journal of Geoscience Education. Raymond S. Pastore and Stefanie A. Pastore, tant professors of curriculum made and foundations, assis- recently a presention at the annual Pennsylvania Educa- Computing Coriference. Their session was titled "Exploring the Integration of Technology and Teacher Education Through the Internet." tional President, VPs News briefs to participate Women student leaders sought in open forum Sophomore and junior women are President Jessica Kozloff and Wilson presidents Bradshaw, Preston Herring, Anthony laniero, and Robert Parrish will attend the Wednesday, April 24, meeting of the vice being sought to attend the Eighth Leadership Institute for Undergraduate Women. The institute is designed promote the personal and academic leadership skills of underto graduate women students. The insti- be held at Slippery Rock University from Aug. 4 to 9. Expenses for the trip are totally paid by University Forum at 3 p.m. in McCormick Center, Forum to participate in an open forum tute will discussion of matters of univer- the university through the student sity interest. life division. least three Bloomsburg will send at women to the institute. For more information, call 4089. 6 Communique 18 APRIL 96 CONCERTS Calendar Admission isfree unless otherwise specified. — Women's Choral Ensembles SPORTS Includes home games only. Thursday, April Softball vs. Kirtztown, 3 p.m., Softball vs. Mansfield, 3 p.m., 19, upper campus. Baseball vs. Kutztown, Saturday, April 20, 1 p.m., April 21, 1 Sunday, Textile, upper campus. p.m., April 21, 2 p.m., lower day, April by the Miller and Eric Nelson. Monday, April 22, upper campus. Wednesday, April upper campus. 3:30 p.m., — Sunday, Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Featuring double bass soloist Edgar Meyer Directed by Mark Jelinek. April 21, 3 p.m., Double Bass Master Class April 22, noon. 24, — Saturday, Concert Choir , Charles Haruna Sumani exhibit. May Reception, — Master's thesis May 10, Haas Gallery. Thursday, May 2, 2 to 4 p.m. 2 to RLMS Mr. Holland's April 27, Opus — Thursday, April 18 , 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas 7:30 p.m. Wesley United Methodist Church, Center; Friday, April 19, 8 p.m.. Waller Third and Market streets, Bloomsburg. Fea- Administration BuUding Parking Lot (Drive- Rain location, Haas Center); turing a performance of Handel's Messiah in Movie. with guest orchestra and Sunday, April 4 p.m., upper campus. by p.m., through art gallery class. Lacrosse VS. St Joseph's, Thursday, April 25, 1 — Photographs, Haas Gallery. Reception, Thurs1 1 noon to 2 p.m. Exhibit mounted — Edgar Meyer, Old Science Hall, , Baseball VS. Millersville, 4 p.m. to room G20. campus. Baseball VS. Susquehanna, LaRocca Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Directed by Monday, Men's Tennis vs. Washington (Md.), Sunday, Isabella Wendy upper campus. Lacrosse vs. Philadelphia 9 a.m. April 30, University-Community Orchestra April Friday, Friday, Choral Ensemble, Chamber Singers and Husky Singers, Thursday, April 18, 7:30 p.m., Haas 18, upper campus. ART EXHIBITS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through soloists. Directed 21, 9:30 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center. Eric Nelson. PSAC Championships, Friday and Saturday, April 26 and 27, lower Knoebel's Grove Pops campus. Concert Band, 2:30 p.m.. Studio Band, 7 p.m. and 9:30 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom; 6 p.m., Knoebel's Grove, Elysburg. Directed Sunday,April 21, 7 p.m., Mitrani HaU, Haas by Terry Oxley and Stephen Wallace. Center. Men's Tennis, Softball vs. 1 p.m., West Chester, Saturday, April 27, upper campus. — Men's Tennis vs. Swarthmore, Thursday, May 2, 3 p.m., lower Baseball vs. 1 p.m., campus. Orchestra Pops Concert West Chester, Friday, May 3, upper campus. weather Haas is Random Knot Energy — D. Kichline, guest speaker, Tuesday, April 23, Bakeless Center, room 3:30 p.m., — and computer science, Tuesday, April 30, 3:30 p.m., Bakeless Center, room If inclement, the concert will be in — Tuesday, Student Recital S. 30, Gross Senior Recital Saturday, Kenneth May S. Fox Chase Cancer April 26, 2 p.m., McCormick Seijak, Monday, — Wednesday, Toy Story April 22, April 24, 7 and 9:30 p.m.; Friday, April 26, 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center; Sunday, April 28, and 7 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. Father of the Bride April 7:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth II — Thursday, 11 a.m. April 25, 7 and 9 p.m.; Friday, April 26, 9 p.m., Mitrani Haas Center; Sunday, Hall, April 28, 2 and 9 p.m., Kehr Union Ballroom. — Matt 4, Hare, string bass, 2:30 p.m., Carver Hall, Band 8 p.m., Haas Center HaU. Military — Tuesday, May Nbcon May — Wednesday, Friday and Sunday, 1, 3 and 5, 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas is 3 hours and 15 Center. (Film length Gross Auditorium. 104. Interventions for Psychological Risk Factors in Center, Friday, Bloomsburg. Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Catawissa — Kim Park, April 29, Auditorium. 104. On Solving a System of Nonlinear Equations Yixun Shi, assistant professor of mathemat- Cancer — Monday, — Leaving Las Vegas Directed by Mark Jelinek. LECTURES ics Town 6:30 p.m.. Sunday, April 28, minutes). 14, for the Arts, Mitrani Center, Forum. GOVERNANCE Bloomsburg University Players to stage BUCC (Bloomsburg 3 p.m., Wednesday, May Forum, McCormick Fomm, 1. Center, Forum, 3 p.m., 24. Planning and Budget Committee, Center, show University Curriculum Committee), McCormick Center, Wednesday, April original McCormick Forum, 4 p.m., Tuesday, April 23. The Bloomsburg University Players will "Learning Tomorrow" to improve their im- perform an original work titled "Portraits" April 25 and 26 at 8 p.m. and April 28 at 7 p.m. in Carver Hall, Kenneth Gross Audito- provisation skills and experiment with com- rium. adults, $3. 50 for senior citizens The play resulted from work Bloomsburg students have done with Rand Whipple of and puter technology. Tickets for the performances are $5 for free with a community For more information, call and children activities card. 4287. IBM manager Anne-Lee Planning and budget discusses Student Services Center concept At its to speak at Verville commencement April 22 meeting, the Planning and Budget Committee approved preliminary plans to create a student services center in the Andruss Library after construction of the new Andruss new library library is completed. The expected to be occupied is before the faU of 1998. According to Robert Parrish, vice president for was Anne-Lee Verville, a manager for IBM's Worldwide Education Industry be the featured division, will speaker for Bloomsburg's undergraduate commencement on Saturday, May 11. that would concentrate The commencement will begin at 2:15 p.m. at the Bloomsburg Fair- student services in one location "to promote 'one- grounds. Approximately 900 under- stop shopping.'" graduate degrees will be awarded at emphasized that no determination has been made about which services should be relo- the ceremony. Verville will also speak cated to the former library. Included in preliminary May administration, the committee's action endorsement of a concept" "the Parrish discussions have opmental been the instruction, registrar's office, devel- financial aid, advisement, at graduate 10, at commencement Friday, 7p.m. in Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. More than 100 graduate students will receive de- counseling, admissions and the student business grees at the ceremony. This office. included in recommendations of the Facility and second time that graduate students have had a commencement ceremony of their own at Bloomsburg Resources study group that met last spring as part of University. The one-stop concept for student services was the strategic planning process. Verville is the assumed the position of general manager of Worldwide Education Industry Library adds internet work stations sities World Wide Web has been and faculty at two new last She has and univer- year. responsibility for college Anne-Lee Verville (Higher Education), kindergar- IBM ten through twelfth grade (EduQuest), also served as and also provides business direction communications and information sys- stations in the reference area of the to education industries in Asia, Latin tems. Harvey A. Andruss Library. Information services worldwide can be accessed through the library's newly revised homepage. America, Europe, the Middle East, Verville has a bachelor of arts degree in mathematics from Smith Internet access to the established for students public work To complement homepage, reference librarians are instructing students and faculty through individual, classroom and group workshop sessions. There are also handouts on how to search, download to disk and locate e-mail Web sites. Students and faculty can telephone or sign up at the reference desk for reservations to use the workstations for half-hour periods on weekdays the from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. reserved, on it is If a workstation is not available to walk-ins. For information reservations or instructional sessions, call the reference desk at 4204. and Canada. She will be awarded an honorary doctorate at commencement. Verville began her career with IBM in 1967 and held a number of marketing and marketing management Africa positions in the data processing divi- she served as ad- sion. In addition, ministrative assistant to the IBM chair- man In of the board. 1977, she financial began a series of management assignments, including division controller, divi- director of tele- College and completed the program for management development at Harvard Graduate School of Business. She serves on the board of Stanhome Corporaand is a member of the Board of Advisors at the Fuqua School of Business at Duke University and the Board of directors of the tion in Westfield, Mass., Directors of the National Alliance of Business in Washington, D.C. She was appointed by the Presi- sion vice president of finance and dent of the United States to serve on IBM United the National Skill Standards Board chief financial officer for States Marketing and Services. She in 1995. 2 Communique 2 MAY 96 Scholarship established in News briefs A textbook scholarship has been established Development office plans two golf tournaments in memory of Kevin Harder, manager of shipping and receiving at the University Store. The development May ments: Friday, office 10, hosting two golf tourna- is Husky Athletic Scholarships, at Mill Club, which supports Race Golf Resort $60 per - Harder died on March 31 of a heart attack after a two-week Harder, 41, had person. Call Joy Bedosky at 4128 for additional informa- worked University Store for 1 5 years. tion. Friday, May 17, College of Business, which supports their programs, at Mountain Laurel Golf Club, $85 per ate of Danville High School, person. Call Linda Hill at 4705 for additional information. ated from Williamsport Both events include cart, greens fees, lunch and dinner. The marketing and communication office is a employees requesting updated information. Please complete the form and send it to Winnie Ney in Waller Building, room 104A, by May 10. to he gradu- Community sister, . He is survived by his mother, and two As a young man. Harder was a of the Boy Scouts and received the Order of the Arrow and God and Country Award. Harder was an avid fisherman and hunter. Donations may be made to the June Ebright/Kevin Harder Textbook Scholarship. Checks should be made payable to the Bloomsburg Univer- member Foundation (with a notation to apply the funds to the Harder/Ebright sity scholarship) opment all Communique Bloomsburg recently observed Stu- newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg 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, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally committed to affirmative and will take positive steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. action to the Devel- News briefs University observes Student A and sent Center. neices. Big Brothers/Big Sisters seeks volunteers Employment Appreciation Week staff, Kevin Harder preparing the 1996-97 Faculty-Staff Phone Book. Questionnaires have been sent the at A gradu- College with an associate degree in business Phone book information requested stay at Geisinger Medical Center. memory of Big Brothers/Big Sisters is seeking dent Employment Appreciation Week volunteers to be companions for (April 22-26). Eighty-seven depart- area boys and girls. Volunteers must be at least 16 years old. They must be able to make a commitment of 3 to 5 ments entered student names for a drawing to win a $50 gift certificate at the University Store. The winner was Kelly Shannon, who works and SOLVE for at least a year. For The ers/Big Sisters office in Bloomsburg offices pro- vided donuts or cakes to week more information, visit the Big Broth- career development office. financial aid hours a in the all partici- pating departments. All students also on the second Bank Building floor of the Mellon in Bloomsburg or telephone 784-0791 and ask for Mary . received a coupon for 20 percent off Diehl or Sue Bourbeau. clothing at the University Store. There Director of Marketing and Communication: Mark Lloyd are 2,200 students employed on Director of Media Relations: James Hollister Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Students participate in philosophy panel Publication date for the next Communique: Three Bloomsburg students May 16 re- cently presented a panel discussion System Philosophy and Religion Annual Spring Meeting at at State Please submit story ideas, information to Communique, news briefs and calendar University Relations Office, Room 104A Bloomsburg Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address is: fost@husky.bloomu.edu Edinboro University. It was the first time Bloomsburg students have made Waller Administration Building, University, Four-digit are dial phone numbers listed in the Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, 389 first. The area code is 717. Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide http://www.blooniu.edu Web Brasch book on best-seller list campus. at: presentations at the event. The stu- Michael Boyle, Tommy Kaufmann, and Dale Behm, discussed Aristotle's Theory of Friendship, altruism, and its converse, egoism. The Bloomsburg University Foundation supplemented the trip cost. dents, Enqu iring Minds and Space Aliens: Wandering through the Mass Media and Popular Culture, the latest book by mass communications professor Walter Brasch is currently 10th on the weekly trade paper best-sellers list distributed by Koen Book DistribuBrasch also has three articles scheduled to appear in books in the next several months. An article about tors. casinos and their impact on Atlantic City will appear in Mosaic Iby Brenda Wegmann and Miki Knezevic, an about supermarket tabloids will appear in Readings for Writers by Michael Pavese and an overview article of muckracking journalism will ap- pear in American Suburbs by Neil L. Cities Shumsky. and 2 Campus Bloomsburg honors program stu- assistant professor of English, re- Honors Students' Colloquium, Thurs- May cently presented a paper, "Extending the Boundaries of day, the Research Paper," at the Conference on College Center, Composition and Communication held in Milwaukee, 2, at room 6 p.m. in Bakeless 106. Linda LeMura, professor of health, physical education and athletics, had a review paper titled "Physiological Assessment of Human Fitness, accepted for publication in ences. Sports. Linda Haines, duplicating services, was Women's Hoover, business Raymond S. allied health sciences. was installed as corresponding Harold Fonda, Men- assistant profes- Presentation were previously given by Sandra Mattocks, elementary edu- "The Study of the Correlation cation, Between Numeral Writing Difficulty and Student Rank in Math Class," Crisis: Heil, history, "Cold War Eisenhower and America's Nancy Gentile- Pain Medications" Mentor: Julia Bucher, assistant professor of nursing. Pastore, assistant professor of curricu- Attitudes of Preservice Teachers" at the 7th International Conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE). The paper was also published in the printed and CD-ROM versions of the "Technology and Teacher Education Annual" and on the "Teacher Education Internet Server." Nancy Gentile Ford, assistant professor of history, recently presented a paper titled "MID Immigrant Spies: Use of Foreign-Born Military Intelligence Division's Civilian Adrienne Right Wing." Mentor: lum and foundations, recently presented a research paper titled "The Effects of Computer-Assisted Systematic Observation and Goal Setting on the Performance and The Mentor: Margaret associate professor of biological office, their Metallo Derivatives." tor: communication disorders and special education.; and Michelle Moore, nursing, "Former Family Caregiver Beliefs About Addiction to Cancer Aged Women." and secretary for District Eight. and Mentor: Gerald Powers, professor of Till, Mary Study of Porphyrins, Chlorins Heidi Groom, biology, "A Study of Business and clubs in 10 counties of Northeastern Pennsylvania. "A Compu- Eric Smith, chemistry, tational Cholesteral Levels in Intermediate Club. District Eight takes in 18 stalled as director of the District Eight Professional recently in- Ford, assistant professor of history. sor of chemistry. Presentations include: Rebecca Christopher, biology, "Effects of Tannin on Larvae." Mentor: Marianna Wood, assistant professor of biological and allied health sci- Wis. Medicine and Science in 3 Honors students to present research notes dents will present their research at an Louise M. Stone, MAY 96 Communique Agents During World War I" at the CIA-sponsored Equestrian club plans clinic by Olympic rider The Bloomsbuig University EquesClub is sponsoring a riding clinic by Olympic medalist Greg Best Friday, May 3 through Sunday, May 5- The clinic will run from 8 a.m. to approximately 5 p.m. each day at trian Hidden Hollow Farm in Benton. The clinic is hosted by Paula Hosking, equestrian club trainer and owner of Hidden Hollow Farm. Registration for the clinic has been filled. However, the public is invited to watch the person. Bloomsburg cost for University students with The $10. of $25 per clinic at a cost The clinic will i.d. cards is help fund the equestrian club'sactivities. Best won individual and team sil- ver medals in the 1988 Olympics. For more information about the Bloomsburg equestrian club and the riding clinic, contact club co-cap- Amy McDermott at tains Melanie Brill at 389-2208 or 864-3286. Society for Military Historians Conference in Washington, D.C. John Couch, associate professor of music, recently presented a solo piano recital at the studios for a live audience. reviewed in the WVIA listening News briefs The recital was very positively Wilkes-Barre Times Leader and will be focuses Ronald Ferdock, associate professor of English, re"Happy Dale Is More Than an Asylum cently read a paper, in Arsenic comedy, at and Old Joseph Kesselring's black the Popular Culture Association Convention Lace,'' in Las Vegas. Bruce L. Rockwood, professor of business law, pre- sented a paper, "Nat Turner's Confessions and Other Texts," at the 10th International Roundtable on Law and Semiotics held in Amherst, Mass. Rockwood's paper, "Retakings," has just been published as chapter 16 of Law and the Conflict of Ideologies, New categories added Multicultural Center exhibit broadcast sometime in June. R. Kevelson, editor. The on diversity of families Muticultural Center in the Kehr Union is sponsoring "Love Makes A Family," a photographic and text exhibit. The exhibit focuses on twenty families of diverse racial and economic background with lesbian and gay members. This exhibit is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. through May 6. The exhibit is sponsored by the commission on the status of women, the Multicultural to university Some new web pages categories have incorporated recently been into Bloomsburg University's Home Page on the World Wide Web. A section named "Employment Opportunities" has been added under "About the University." This section lists faculty and administrative job vacancies. (Staff vacancies will be added at a later date.) Also under Other Web Sites, there is easy access to home Center faculty advisory board and pages developed by departments, the English department. faculty/staff, and students. 4 Communique 2 MAY 96 Campus New faces, notes promotions, moves and retirements New Employees Moves and Retirements associate professor of communication The following employees joined Arlene Sneidman, adminstrative disorders, recently was notified that his textbook, Phonol- the university in full-time, perma- assistant in the College of Profes- ogy: Assessment and Intervention Applications in Speech nent, posiUons this past semester. sional Studies has recently retired RobertJ. Lowe, Pathology, has been translated into Portuguese and published by Artes Medicas. The book text is a graduate level mailroom published in 1994. first after Paul V. Fields of Danville, Frank Misiti, associate professor of curriculum and foundations, recently completed a Project Wild facilitator program that certifies him to conduct Project Wild clerk; Louis Iselin, assis- professor of physics; Alicia tant Redfem of Danville, assistant pro- fessor of psychology; Kim Schmitz 16 years at Bloomsburg. Sciences office to become administive assistant in Professional Studies, Nawal Bonomo has the art department to moved from become ad- of Northumberland, microcomputer ministrative assistant in Arts an internationally recognized environmental education program sanctioned support analyst in computer ser- ences. by the state's Department of Education and coordinated by the Game Commission. maintenance repairman training teacher workshops. Project Wild is DanielLSchuhzofOrangeville, vices; tial Tenure Awarded Gilda Oran, asssistant professor of curriculum foundations, has presented several papers recently. and She presented "Dynamic Learning: Transferring the Class- room to the Women Leamer" at the National Association of Education Conference in College Credit for What You Do" in Chicago; "Earning at the National Child Care Association Annual Conference in Atlanta; "The and Other ImposModel FLES* Methodology Course sible Dreams" at the Central States Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in Louisville, Ky.; and "One Step Beyond: It's Everyone's Turn to Speak!" at the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages in New York City. Akema A^aw, assistant professor of English, has written an article, "Africanizing Macbeth: Down-fall'n Joann Jr., Sci- Mengel, confiden- secretary in the president's office, after 25 years at Tenure has been awarded to Annette Gunderman, associate professor of nursing; and Frank Misiti and staff retirements in- L. Bloomsburg; Neal Kams, mailroom years; dial clerk, after 10 and B, Maxine Nevil, custo- worker, after 18 years. associate professor of curriculum and foundations. Spectrum wins awards Promotions ... S. Other recent clude 2. Sharon Swank has moved from the Arts and Bloomsburg's student magazine, M. Whitenight has been promoted from clerk typist 1 to clerk Jill typist 2 in the Jeffrey C. admissions office. Cos per has been pro- Spectrum, recently was named "out- standing student magazine" by the Society of Professional Journalists. Student writer Nicole Hlavacek moted from electronic technician 2 to computer operator 2 in academic was awarded computing. sue of Spectrum first place in magazine non-fiction writing. is The current available is- May 5. Birthdom, which appears in the spring issue of Research " in African Literatures. JosephJ. Mowad, vice chair of the Council of Trustees, was honored recently by the Boys and Girls Club of Scranton as a "Champion of Youth." Mowad is director of the urology department at Geisinger Medical Center and senior vice president of the Geisinger Foundation. Calendar ART EXHIBITS Haas Gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. Gilbert Darbouz, associate professor of languages and cultures, recently presented a paper, "Ethique et Estetique du Plaisir the Conference on dans de Marie de France," at and Desire in Binghamton, les Lais Literature Charles HarunaSumani sis exhibit, through — to 4 p.m. Master's the- May Haas 10, Gallery. Reception, Thursday, May 2, CONCERTS Admission Senior Recital torium. Ddrame-Holoviak, associate professor of languages and cultures, recently delivered two papers. The first, "£/ Bosque de los Elegidos de Jose Napoleon Oropeza: Elementos Intertextuales con La Cronica de Diana o la Cazadora Solitaria de Carlos Fuentes," was SPORTS Catawissa presented at the Northeast Language Association conven- tion in Montreal, Canada. The second, "Faraheuf. el Laberinto Imaginario de la Perversion; Origen y Dinamica," was presented at the conference on Literature and Desire in Binghamton, N.Y. May home games only. — Matt May Carver Hall, Kenneth 2 to 4 p.m. Includes free unless otherwise bass, Saturday, N.Y. Patricia is specified. 14, Military Hare, string 4, S. Band 2:30 p.m.. Gross Audi- — Tuesday, 8 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Men's Tennis vs. Swarthmore, Thursday, May 2, 3 p.m., lower campus. Baseball vs. West Chester, May 3, 1 p.m., upper campus. Baseball vs. Mansfield, May 4, 1 p.m., RLMS Friday, Saturday, upper campus. Nixon — Friday and Sunday, May 3 7 p.m., Mitrani Hall, Haas Center. (Film length is 3 hours and 15 and 5, minutes). Goimnunique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY MAY 96 16 UNUSUAL GIFTS New business dean, Mrs. Kathleen McCutchen, widow of Bloomsburg University alumnus Frederic McCutchen, directors appointed '43, recently presented the university with some unusual David K. Long has been selected as dean of the College for the past 14 years. In his role Long provided academic and administrative helmet from the Moro tribe, were acquired by the late Mr. McCutchen's parents, Rev. and Mrs. Robert T. McCutchen, and international business, management and human resource management, and marketing. He was who were missionaries in the Philippines. Plans are being responsible for the college's strategic plan for AACSB knife, hat, at leadership for departments of accounting, finance seeking artifacts brass worlds, and a carved Long has served as dean of the School of Business Ithaca, — which include axes, a College of Business. at Ithaca gifts from the Philippines. The items, made accreditation. the to display the artifacts in library. Long received his bachelor's and master's degrees of Akron and earned his doctorate at the University at Kent University in 1974. Reading Conference to bring more Director of Social Equity Sydney Howe Barksdale has been selected as director of social equity. Formerly the associate director of admissions at Bryn iVIawr College in Bryn Mawr, Pa., Barksdale practiced law before returning to higher education. As an attorney, she managed cases pertaining to civil rights as well as other matters. Barksdale earned a bachelor of degree is In her new president degree in Mawr in position, Barksdale will report to the and serve as a ,000 educators to 1 Bloomsburg University will host 32nd annual Reading Conference Thursday and Friday, May 16 and 17. its Bloomsburg's Reading Conference, the state's oldest, will attract arts 1988 and her law from the Boston University School of Law. anthropology from Bryn than member of the President's Cabinet. more than 1,000 teachers, reading specialists, school administrators and par- ents from throughout the state to hear some of the nation's leading experts discuss strategies that lead to reading success. The conference is organized by Ed Director of Development Susan Helwig has been selected as director of development. Helwig, who served as interim director of the office since 1993, has been since joining the university's 1986. She assumed the numerous capacities development office in in duties of associate director in 1988. Prior to coming to Bloomsburg, Helwig served as and coordinator of public information and development Berwick Hospital. She received her bachelor's and master's degrees from Bloomsburg. at the a collaboration that continues today. • Sharon Bell Mathis, author of the Newberry Honor Book, The HundredPennyBox, has reviewed books for • The Washington Post. Jacque Wuertenberg is the au- books and the interactive computer program The Young Author's Program. • W. Dorsey Hammond, professor of education at Oakland Univerthor of seven the author Poostay, director of the reading clinic. sity in on this year's program. The speakers of Treasury ofLiterature, a K-8 reading program. Five speakers are featured A include: • Bill film, Halloran, is the author of the Readingwith Bill Halloran, and the writer of the best seller Proud to be a Teacher. the director of industrial/corporate services Raffi; campus • Shirley Handy, director of the National Education Network, who is acclaimed for her workshops featuring "literature, movement, music and rhyme." In 1989, Handy joined forces with beloved children's entertainer will Rochester, Mich., total is of 30 individual sessions be offered throughout the two days of the conference. session topics focus Some of the on parent in- volvement in reading, collaboration strategies between middle schools and universities, portfolio assessment, inclusion and cultural diversity. For additional information, 389-4092. call 2 Communique 16 News MAY 96 Emily Ledger, registrar's office briefs administrative assistant, dies President schedules open office hours Emily Jean (Gumpy) Ledger, 45, open office hours Thursday, May 23, from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. and Thursday, June 20, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. It's recommended that an employee for 26 years at Bloomsburg University, died late those wishing to see the president call 4526 to be sure the Geisinger Medical Center, Danville, President Jessica Kozloff will hold time is still Monday evening. May where she had been available. She lived 1996, at 6, a patient since April 28. Child Center to operate year round Ledger was an administrative sistant in the registrar's office. Beginning May 28, the Campus Child Center, located in Elwell Hall, will operate year round. The only time the Center will be closed are scheduled days off for the University. months The center provides care for children ages 18 and has part and full-time scheduling to 12 years options. There is also a school-age summer program. For had been been very university, serving on She was responsible mittees. ordinating the as- She commencement cer- J. whom Ledger, with she would have celebrated a 25th wedding anniversary on Sept. 25; two daughters: Mrs. Gerald (Darcy L.) graduate of Central Columbia High and Amanda S. Ledger, at home; two granddaughters; and a brother, Brian N. Gumpy, Lime Ridge. Funeral services were held at the Lime Ridge United Methodist Church, School and a 1969 graduate of the with the Rev. Robert A. Vizthum, her Born Aug. 16, 1950, in Berwick, registration information, please call Judy Coleman Brinich she was the daughter of the Graydon G. and Dorothy Mae (DeHaven) Gumpy. She was a 1968 J 'Mel Fry, Danville, late School of Cosmetology in pastor, officiating. Burial is in Elan Memorial Park, Lime Ridge. Bloomsburg. A Robert emonies. or Kathy Johnson at 4547. Communique Survivors include her husband, com- for co- Drive for the children's choir. active at the various at Alexis two years, having previously lived in Lime Ridge. Mrs. Ledger was a very active member of the Lime Ridge United Methodist Church. She was a member of the adult choir and the bell choir and was the director of the past newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons staff, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life-style, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The action university and will is additionally committed to affirmative take positive steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. Brasch wins three Press Club awards Please submit story ideas, news briefs excellence. named phone numbers listed in the http://www.bloomu.edu place for column, and also recognize the Communique at: Outstanding College Magazine in the 10-state New England and Mid-Atlantic division of the Society of Professional Journal- named Outstanding ists. The magazine is also an AilAmerican magazine, took first nationally in American Scholastic Press Association competition, and was a medalist in Columbia Scholastic Press work of journalists from throughout Pennsylvania. is: The most recent is being the for education article. magazine. The Press Club Awards on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, dial 389 first. The area code is 717. Web place for feature Pennsylvania for advising Spectrum are Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide first Adviser of a student publication in Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address fost@husky.bloomu.edu Four-digit first He was information to Communique, University Relations Office, Waller Administration Building, Room 104A Bloomsburg University, won second place and calendar regional Press Club. story, Director of Media Relations: James Hollister Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Publication date for the next Communique: May 30 won three awards from the Pennsylvania Brasch Director of Marketing and Communication: Mark Lloyd Spectrum itself has won numerous and national awards for Walter Brasch, professor of mass communications, has recently Association competition. Forensics team places The Bloomsburg University Fo- in national contest David Calvert, Amy Griffin, Brian The competition, held at Western Illinois University in Macomb, in- and Eva Kornatowski. Travelwith ing the team and serving as tournament judges were graduate assistants Bill Fiege and Jeff Bradley and Harry C. Strine III, director of cluded 850 competitors from 112 forensics. rensics tional team placed 10th at the Na- Forensic Association's 26th annual national tournament recently. and universities. The Bloomsburg team, competing in Division II, featured Ryan Gephart, Andrea McClanahan, Amy Vitacco, colleges Kistler The team concluded the 1995-96 competition season by returning to campus with a total of 102 awards, including five sweepstakes awards. 16 Bloomsburg University Crime RepK)!! Prepared by the University Police April 1996 Offenses Made or Reported to or by Arrests Incidents Cleared by Other Means to attend Global Awareness meeting dation has supported a scholarship The theme of the San Francisco conference is "The Impact of enabling four Bloomsburg students Globalization to attend the Fifth Annual Interna- Conference of the Global Awareness Society in San Francisco. tional 0 0 0 Robbery 0 0 Aggravated Assault 0 0 Simple Assault 1 1 Homicide Forcible Rape Larceny totals Book (Bag) Theft 0 0 Theft from Buildings 0 0 Theft from Vehicles 1 0 0 0 Retail Theft 0 0 Bicycle Theft 0 0 0 0 Arson 0 0 Forgery 0 0 Grounds Theft from All Other Thefts Fraud 0 0 Embezzlement 0 0 Receiving Stolen Property 0 3 1 0 0 Prostitution 0 0 Sex Offense Totals 0 0 Sexual Assault 0 0 Indecent Assault 0 0 Indecent Exposure 0 0 Open Lewdness 0 0 Drug Abuse Violations 2 2 Gambling 0 0 0 0 0 0 D.U.I. Laws 7 7 Drunkenness 0 0 Disorderly Conduct 8 8 0 0 Liquor with Dnjg Violations Vagrancy All 0 Four individuals have recently been named director emeritus of the Bloomsburg University Foundation. The action and is in recognition of the their role as founding members of the Foundation. The emeritus include: directors News 0 student should never be issued a building univeristy employment, human resources office. department members should not give their is leaving key should be turned into the should not be recirculated by the their It an individual that they are leaving. States. members wiU participate in the con- S. Mainuddin Afza, Ekema Agbaw, Sukwinder Bagi, Hussein Fereshteh, James H. Ruber, I. Sue Jackson, James E. Parsons, James Pomfret, Chang Shub Roh, Neal Slone and Dale Sultzbaugh. Joseph Nespoli of Berwick, Richard F. Laux of Dallas, Atty. Allan M. Kluger of Wilkes-Barre, and Norman Belmonte of Bloomsburg. The directors emeritus will be included in all communications of the board during the year and may attend scheduled meetings of the board. Insurance forms revised To ensure the effective processing of claims, employees covered by the nial When United new library has Bloomsburg. keys to other persons. in the This year, 11 Bloomsburg faculty from the area will be stored on the upper campus to be used at a later time. The undersoil and shale will also be used on the upper campus to create additional 1998. staff campuses briefs Excavation for the begun. Top library is master key. Faculty and ships to 10 students from throughout Library excavation begins This report reflects only incidents which occur on university property. It does not include incidents in the Town of A stu- Foundation names four emeritus directors soil parking. Construction of the Safety Tip: Bloomsburg dents, the Society granted scholar- ference, including dependence. 0 Traffic) conference from 17 to 19. The Global Awareness Society was founded by Bloomsburg faculty and others to exchange knowledge and information on issues of global inter- Other Offenses (Except Gow, Ryan individuals' long service on the board Weapons Possession Against Family will attend the May 0 Vandalism Off. Wu, 0 1 students, Diana on Social Institutions." In addition to the Kozcot, Judy Reardon and Yulun 0 2 Burglary The 0 Communique 3 Four students awarded scholarships The Bloomsburg University Foun- University Police MAY 96 new expected to be complete in part of a project to university's steam lines. replace the The project run in several phases over the next two summers. UPGWA collective bargaining agreements should obtain newly revised major medical forms at the human resources office. Waller Administration Building. The Public Employees Benefits Fund (PEBTF) form has been simplified and "bar-coded" for faster processing. Old forms should be discarded. Those with questions should call Jim Michael or LouAnn Trust The excavation in front of CentenGymnasium and Sutliff Hall is will AFSCME, PNA or Tarlecky at 4018. 4 Communique 16 MAY 96 Campus Faculty retirements and personnel notes Best wishes to the dozen Solange Garcia-Moll, assistant professor of languages and cultures, recently presented a paper, "Un Emblema de Alciato: Otro 'Entreteximiento' de Gongora," at the Northeast Modern Language Association convention in Montreal, Canada, and chaired the session "Spanish Golden Age Poetry: The Burlesque." Amarilis Hidalgo de Jesus, assistant professor of languages and cultures, presented a paper, "El Gtbarode Manuel Alonso: Notas Para el Estudio de la Historiografia Puertorrigquena," at the Northeast Modern Language Association convention in Montreal, Canada. She participated in the session "Accra de Hacer 'Memoria Viva' de la Memoria Rota," and chaired the session "Voces Columbianas y Venezolanas." will faculty soon) These more than a who have recently (or retire from the university. retirees include: Bawa, professor of economics, after 25 years at Bloomsburg. Stephen D. Beck, professor of Ujagar S. mathematics and computer Brennan, professor of mathematics Institutite in grant, Hickey will work on Jewish Society and a project entitled "Provincial Politics in the Russian Revolution." Julia Bucher, assistant professor of nursing, recently presented a paper "Family Needs and Interventions" at a conference on Palliative Care sponsored by Perm State College of Medicine. She also received the award from the local chapter of Salim Qureshi, research Sigma Theta Tau. associate professor of marketing, R. Fletcher, assistant professor office. E. Gill, associate James R. Lauffer, professor of geography and earth science, 30 years. Changing paradigms is often the cal error in the first sentence of this it's probably because your "spelling" paradigm prevented your Paradigms seeing the mistake. of the university's Continuous Im- expect it to be. provement (CI) initiative. In her halfday presentation, Kathy Vitale, a nationally recognized O'Bruba. professor of curriculum and foundations, recently received an award from the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit. O'Bruba as a "Silver Star award recipient because of his long-standing commitment and work with staff development for the Central Susquehanna Intermediate Unit. He received the award at the Intermediate Unit's 25th anniversary celebration. One fied of the hallmarks of CI, said is that quality is improved process problems are identi- and solved. Workers, she ex- plained - despite their willingness to produce better products - often cannot do so because the process itself Changing processes is especially difficult, Vitale said, because organizational paradigms must be altered. Continuous Improvement, popu- we view the world the way 9-11 Year-old Sicilian Children" at the National S. time. prevent our seeing opportunities Linda M. LeMura, professor of health, physical educaand athletics, presented "The Relationship Between Blood Lipids, Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Dietary Qual- William permanent em- prevents their affecting outcomes. The importance of shifting paradigms was just one of the messages delivered to members of the Supervisory Roundtable on May 7 as part Ohio. full-time to perceptual blinders that we nati, new secre- She worked the communication studies new when didn't catch the typographi- American Geographers annual meeting in Charlotte, N.C. in Cincin- the ployee in the May 2 Communique. She is a temporary employee at this you because ity in as a Vitale, a poster session at the Association of American College of Sports Medicine meeting is Correction step to improviing quality. story, tion associate stresses need to change processes amount in Wukovitz, Continuous improvement expert and earth science, recently presented a paper, "The Spatial Dynamics of the Institutional Investment Advisory Industry," professor of English, 28 years. If geography professor of Kim Schmitz was incorrectly listed of physics, 27 years. Economic Association's convention in assistant professor of Jr., tary in the art department. earlier in fare" at the Eastern John E. Bodenman, Wilson professor of physics, 27 years. of biological and allied health first Columbia-Montour Torch Club. T. 33 years. art, sciences, 26 years. "The Economics of Marketing War- at the 30 years. Kenneth Rosemary Huber mental instruction, 22 years. John recently discussed Boston, Mass., and "Religious Warfare in the Marketplace" George Turner, professor of history, Department Moves Nancy Smithsonian Jorge A. Topete, assistant professor oflanguages and cultures, 13years. Jesse Bryan, professor of develop- Woodrow Wilson at the history, and computer Joseph P. Garcia, associate professor Center history, 31 years. Ralph Smiley, professor of 26 years. science, 29 years. Michael C. Hickey, assistant professor of history, has been awarded a short-term grant for research at the Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies of the Washington, D.C. During the one-month period of the Ted M. Shanoski, professor of Stephen science, 25 years. Charles moves management consultant from Delaware County Community College, also empha- larized in U.S. manufacturing in the on methods introduced in Japan by American J. Edwards Deming in the 1950s. Deming's focus on quality is credited early 1980s, relies with having transformed Japanese and, American industry. System Chancellor James later, State McCormick has said that adopting CI sized the importance of delighting processes is essential for educational managing processes, using data to make decisions, empowering people and making con- institutions, the customer, tinuous improvements. which are being challenged to document successes and measure outcomes. Communique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY 6 JUNE 96 Foundation fund-raising efforts Library questions answered have record-breaking results liere a hole in the ground, many questions can be answered concerning the new Harvey A. Andruss Bloomsburg University students, and programs will benefit from a record year of contributions in the 1996-97 academic year The final numbers for the 1995 campaign Library. are in and, according to Susan Helwig, faculty Now that the first dirt has been moved and there is . An example pursue. is our estab- lished relationship with Pepsi. We want op- to increase those types of portunities and partnerships. and how much will it cost? Five major contractors and many sub-contractors director of the university's develop- Approximately $819,000 was directed to the annual fund which is used to maintain on-going scholar- ment ships, including the Company University fund-raising efforts dur- How will it work on Dunmore will of all get there the construction. Mar-Paul is the general contractor and will oversee the building from its initial stages to comple- The firm was awarded the job by the Department of General Services based on its bid of $5,130,000. The mechanical bid of $1,724,500 went to Bognet, Inc. of Hazleton, $207,000 worth of plumbing to Bohrer-Reagan of Reading and Medlar Electric Company, also of Reading, received the electrical work for a bid of $1,196,000. The final contract for fire protection including sprinklers and detectors was awarded to Fire Protection Industries tion. office, they are good. ars ing the year exceeded $1.5 million, which will be distributed through the Bloomsburg University Foundation, staff Inc. President's Ball "We start," development, as well as alumni funded from this area. activities, are says Helwig, "and our con- events such as the and Poinsettia Pops Concert are avenues to enhance the scholarship fund as well as build came through in a big way." future relationships with donors to set stituents ambitious goals from the Bloomsburg's alumni participation Special the university. The annual fund about 25 percent, well above the national average at public col- monies leges and universities. The university's athletes, rate honors and schol- program. In addition, faculty and is also provides for scholarships for student- reaching nearly $108,000 in more the recently concluded campaign. than $78,000 in 1995, up from just Dollars in that area are supplemented $6,000 in 1990. Retired employees by fund-raising ventures such as golf and other materials as well as the staff to the new location at the east end of the lower campus. A new name hasn't been chosen for the existing library, but the building will be used for make up an outings, the annual auction/dinner- student services including admissions, financial aid Helwig. "Many younger alumni are and advisement. The proposed opening of the facility is spring of 1998. Four floors encompassing 105,000 square feet will make the new building the largest academic facility on campus. Study seating for more than 1 ,000 people and 20 group study rooms with access to computer data will be available. The library will include an outdoor reading area on the fourth floor with a view of the Susquehanna Valley. Three Tiffany and four Spence stained glass windows saved from the current library and the original Waller Hall will be placed in the facility. The exterior of the building will feature an area reminiscent of the Long Porch from Waller Hall, which once stood on Second Street where Scranton Commons and Lycoming Residence Hall stand today. participating of Landing, N.J. Total projected cost of the building is $8,394,250. Yes, the name will accompany the books, com- puters, microfilm faculty and staff contributed increasing portion of dance and those donations. "People are really starting to know raffles which accounted for $31,646 last year. the needs of the institution," says because they were helped by the dollars the foundation has raised." "The 'bricks and mortar' campaign we conducted to build a new library is something tangible and easily un- Fundraising highlights include: • The largest single gift came from the estate of Mary Taubel Rieder. Rieder was the daughter of Mary Moore Taubel, an 1890 graduate of the university, and donated $200,000 in her mother's memory. derstood by donors, so that helped us. But there is simply a better under- • A gift to support the university's efforts to attract world-renowned standing out there of our needs, and talent for the Celebrity Artist Series people are answering the was received from Barbara Hudock, class of 1975, and her husband Michael. They donated funds to pur- call." Business and corporate scholarships have also increased in recent fund drives and will be one of the focuses of the development staffs attention in the future. "We have much more that is definitely chase a Steinway grand piano memory J. to do, and we will an avenue in of Barbara's father, Francis Benner. • More than $600,000 is allocated Continued on page 4. 2 Communique 6 JUNE 96 Mohr brings News briefs media variety of experience to TV/radio services President schedules open office hours Wayne Mohr, a with experience President Jessica Kozloff will hold open office hours Thursday, June 20, from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m. It's recommended that those wishing to see the president call 4526 to be sure the time is and multime- ties to now director of TV/ He would also expand Bloomsburg's facilishoot and edit video in an concerts and lectures. like to television production, dia rriarketing, specialist entirely digital format. radio services. Mohr arrived at Bloomsburg about available. is still media in print journalism, seven weeks ago New employees, and employee assignments working after for New Hamp- several divisions of a shire technology firm for nearly a Linda Brown has been hired as a secretary in the residence life office. Linda will work with Donald Young, director of student standards, and off-campus housing, as well as the residence life office. Julie Shoup is now serving temporarily as administrative assistant in the registrar's office. Kim Schmitz has been appointed to a micro analyst position in computer decade. Most recently, he for En Technology Corporation in Keene, N.H. He previously served on the fac- Southern Connecticut State ulty of University in services. was mar- manager keting communication New Haven and Baylor where he on video production University in Waco, Texas, taught courses Wayne Mohr and technology as well as writing and performance. He also served as a role he has accepted at Bloomsburg. Where to see BUTV BUTV airs four hours He was freelance writer and photog- cable stations. rapher for several years after serving following times. adviser to the Communique A newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons staff, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life-style, sexual orientation, disabilities, in the campus radio station, Army in Vietnam from 1970 to a day on area can be seen It at the Bloomsburg Cable, channel 8, Friday, 1 to 3 p m. and 9 to 1 1 p.m. • Berwick Cable, channel 10, Monday through Friday, 1 to 3 p.m. • Monday through 1972. Among his goals for Bloomsburg, Mohr would like to expand BUTV's offering of campus events such as Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The university is additionally committed to affirmative action and will take positive steps to provide such Athletic program is best in system educational and employment opportunities. Bloomsburg University has the athletic program among the Director of Marketing and Communication: premier Mark Lloyd members of the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference as the Hus- 14 Director of Media Relations: James Hollister Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer kies won Dixon, Jr. the inaugural Trophy — F. Eugene signifying the Publication date for the next Communique: Backed by conference men's and women's East titles in football, Please submit story ideas, Communique, news briefs and calendar University Relations Office, Room 104A Bloom.sburg Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-Mail address is: fost@husky.bIoomu.edu Waller Administration Building, University, are dial phone numbers listed in the Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, 389 first. The area code is 717. Web at: 14 schools, the champion will points, etc. Points are earned in the top six men's and top six women's men's and finishes for each member school. conference runner-up finishes in field hockey and women's soccer, State Bloomsburg has a total of 1 16 points, one ahead of second-place Edinboro. tion in 1983. women's were tops sports, the in the Huskies conference with 60.5 points, outdistancing second- place Slippery Rock Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide http://www.bloomu.edu all The trophy is named after Dixon, the Chairman of the Board of the In Four-digit by in women's basketball and softball, and information to is PSAC titles tennis, mum point total awarded per sport based on the number of schools sponsoring a specific sport. For example, in a sport which is sponsored receive 14 points, second place 13 best all-around athletic program. June 20 conference competition. The maxi- by 2.5 points. men's sports, Bloomsburg is In second, behind Edinboro. The determination of the winner is 9.5 points based on an institution's finish in System since the body's incep- For the 1995-96 academic season, the 18 letic Bloomsburg University ath- teams combined for a record of 204-105-4 (.658). In the fall, the teams combined for a record of 66-11-4 fall season ever at the Seven teams were repre- (.840), the best school. sented in the NCAA Division Championships during the year. II 6 Gosper makes Bloomsburg University Crime Report Prepared by the University Police Computer on the fritz? sici Maybe JUNE 96 Communique 3 computers well the monitor doesn't work or the printer May 1996 Offenses is Made or Reported to or by Arrests University Police Incidents Cleared by Other Means Homicide Forcible Rape on the blink. If so, chances are your piece of equipment will find its way to Jeff Gosper's workshop. Cosper, who has been working in academic computing for six years September, responsible for 0 0 this 0 0 repairing the university's is computer Robbery 0 0 hardware and other electronic equip- Aggravated Assault 0 0 ment. Under 0 boards, messed-up 0 0 hung-up hard drives are 1 0 replaced, bringing valuable equip- 0 Simple Assault Burglary Larceny totals fiis hands, fried circuit memory chips or skillflilly Book (Bag) Theft 0 0 ment back Theft from Buildings 1 0 Theft from Vehicles 0 0 "The toughest jobs are repairing larger monitors and LaserWriter Plus Grounds 0 0 printers," says Cosper. 0 0 Theft from Retail Theft He to life. also repairs electronic equip- ment for the chemistry and physics departments and works with 0 0 0 0 Arson 0 0 Forgery 0 0 Macintosh software. In the community, Cosper Fraud 0 0 Scoutmaster and an Order of the Embezzlement Bicycle Theft Other Thefts All is a Jeff Cosper Arrow Brotherhood member in Boy Scouts of America. His wife Pamela sign-language interpreter for a is Berwick schools. 0 0 Receiving Stolen Property 0 0 Vandalism 2 0 Weapons Possession 0 0 Prostitution 0 0 Sex Offense Totals 0 0 Sexual Assault 0 0 Indecent Assault 0 0 Sandra Jefferson Rupp of Bloomsburg was recently elected president of the Bloomsburg University Alumni Association. The class of Indecent Exposure 0 0 1971 graduate was first elected to the Re-elected to two-year terms were Nancy Fehr Edwards; John Haney Open Lewdness 0 0 board of directors in 1991 and served '85 2 2 as vice president during the past '54 of Philadelphia; Cliff year. of Wescosville; Fay Ortiz Drug Abuse Violations Gambling 0 0 0 0 Alumni Association president elected A burg; John D. McDaniel '94 of Philadelphia; and John S. Mulka '66 of Bloomsburg. of Lancaster; Franklin (Ed) Jones Maurer '87 '66 of 0 0 6 6 Bloomsburg Area School District, she is married to Robert W. Rupp, also a Bloomsburg; James Pegg '67 of Williamsport; Virginia Reed Brett '82 of Maplewood, N.J.; and Cameron Drunkenness 0 0 member Smith Disorderly Conduct 7 6 Other officers elected for the coming academic year: Off. Against Family D.U.I. Liquor Laws Disorderly Conduct with Dmg Violations Vagrancy All Traffic) of the class of '71. Nancy Feher Edwards, '84 of Lafayette Hill. Elected to a one-year unex- fill pired term was Nancy Swartz Lychos A past president of 0 0 president. reading teacher in the the Alumni Association, she formerly 0 Bloomsburg Middle School, she is married to Edward G. Edwards, '73. Carolyn Vernoy Reitz of Horsham, served on the Alumni Board from 0 This report reflects only incidents which occur on university It the 0 A '51, secretary. property. teacher in 0 Other Offenses (Except substitute does not include incidents in the Town of Bloomsburg. is locked doors to unoccupied areas are the best protection from theft. Don't get burned by a thief this summer. retired teacher, married to Robert G. Reitz, vice she '49. John J. Trathen of Catawissa, '68, treasurer. Director of student activities Safety Tip: The cliche says "you deserve a break today," but you don't deserve a break in. With fewer people in buildings, A '70, '52 of Forty Fort. 1989 to 1995. During 1995-96, she served ex officio. Metzger '86 of P. Mountain top will serve on the board ex officio for the 1996-97 year as immediate past president. Marvin and the Kehr Union at the univer- sity, Trathen has served as treasurer of the Alumni Association since 1 980. Kehr Union hours listed Elected to serve their first two-year terms on the Board of Directors were Anna M. Bauer '95 of Somers Point, NJ.; Michele L. Corbin '95 of Harris- Kehr Union summer hours are 8 a.m. — 10 p.m. Friday and noon Monday through — 10 p.m. weekends. 4 Communique 6 JUNE 96 Campus Stapleton to serve Olympic athletes notes Brigett Stapleton, operations di- rector of Bloomsburg's Charles Laudermilch, sociology, was recently given the Francis "Red" Gallagher Award in recognition of his outstanding commitment to the internship program. This an annual award, named after its first recipient, honoring Bloomsburg faculty who exhibit exemplary service to students and sponsoring organizations in the is campus din- ing services, will bring her years of experience in meeting student's tough demands to an unusual assignment this summer serving thousands of Olympic athletes in dining — Atlanta. This summer, Stapleton internship experience. is serving as dining room director for the Olym- Gary Clark, his art, has been given an award of merit for computer artwork by the National Art Education at its national convention in San Francisco. Association Clark recently presented a lecture Internet, The Current titled "Fine Art on the State of the Art," at the Art Institute — main dining facility a 75,000 square-foot tent at which 10,000 athletes will have breakfast, lunch and dinner. As dining room pic athlete's director, Stapleton is responsible for ensuring that the athletes receive the of Philadelphia. best service. She will oversee nearly Wayne George, had a paper When titled developmental instruction, recently in the selected proceedings from the 14th annual conference of the Pennsylvania Association of Developmental Instmction. This publication has also been forwarded for possible ERIC system. Henry Dobson and Ray Pastore, curriculum and foundations, have received a competitive grant to partici- pate in the Ernest An employee of Aramark, "Helping Students to be Organized Taking Math Tests" published inclusion in the 1,000 employees. L. Boyer Technology Summit for Educators being held in Pittsburgh in April. The grant is funded by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. MehdiHaririan, economics, has coauthored an article with Bijan Vasigh and Thomas Tacker of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. The article, "Talking Privatization: As Europe Takes the Lead, the Effort Gets Mixed Reviews in the U.S.," was published in the March issue of Airport Business. Chang Shub Roh, sociology and social welfare, cently chaired a roundtable session on Brigett Stapleton on campus, Stapleton has been Bloomsburg for five years. She began her Olympic assignment in April and will finish in August to come back to Bloomsburg. Aramark has been involved in other Olymvice at pics, but this is the biggest. challenges. lot Olympic of food, as at a single meal, and the food has to appeal to diners from all And any meal world. available at These Olympics provide Stapleton and Aramark with several special athletes eat a much as 5,000 calories over the has to be any time of day. For may want to example, some athletes have dinner at 4 a.m. Memorial planned for Emily Ledger A liturgy and tree planting cer- emony will be held in honor of Emily Ledger, June The rain date is 14. in A "Friends of Emily Fund" is being established to help defray the costs assistant of the plaque and tree. pectedly recently. The ceremony Friday, who died unex- administrative the registrar's office, of Mitrani Hall. will be held Tues- Anyone wishdo ing to contribute to this fund can day, June 11, at 8 p.m. in front of Ben so by sending your donation to Joy Franklin Hall on Laubach Drive. Light Bedosky refreshments will be served immedi- Please indicate that the donation ately following the ceremony in front for the "Friends of in the development office. re- "Globalization" and gave a presentation on "The Conceptualization of Globalization" at the 66th annual meeting of the Eastern Sociological Society in Boston. Julia Bucher, nursing, recently presented a poster, "Comparison of Self-Led and Professionally-Led Courses for Family Caregivers" at the 25th Annual Congress of the Oncology Nursing Society. She also presented results of a 1996 telephone survey of participants in the ongoing state-wide Family Caregivers Education Project at the 8th Annual International Symposium on Supportive Cancer Care held in Toronto. the cor- porarion which provides food ser- is Emily Fund." Foundation Continuedfrom page this the 1. year toward the construction of new library as part of the combined effort with the state. Construction began this month. • The foundation is also about to initiate a campaign to purchase new seating for Mitrani Hall in the Haas university's Center for the Arts. Mitrani currently seats 1,900 people. the project is The $230,000. total cost of "The foundation continues to work support the strategic diligently to goals of the Anthony M. university," said laniero, vice president for university advancement and ex- ecutive director of the foundation. "The efforts support many faculty and student needs, and we will continue to be a strong advocate of Bloomsburg University." projects Communique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY Trustees vote to match student Summer programs bring 3,800 to campus More than 3,800 people will visit Bloomsburg University's campus this summer in connection with a variety of conferences, sports camps and special programs. the division of • Pedal Pennsylvania will use Bloomsburg's cam- pus as a layover on a regional bicycle tour with 150 participants June 20 and 21. • The Sweet Adelines female barbershop quartet organization will bring about 300 people to campus from June 20 to 23. • The College Sampler Program will give approximately 40 academically talented African-American high school students an opportunity to experience college life at Bloomsburg from July 14 to 19. • Elderhostel will offer classes for people 45 and older from July 21 to 27. Fifty people are expected to participate in classes faculty. taught by Bloomsburg For information on the program call 389- Earlier, Christ and adult Crusaders brought about 650 youth staff to campus from May 24 to 27. additional 2,500 students are expected to to athletics Bloomsburg throughout the summer for a department. university will host a and sports camps, the number of summer programs designed to expose high school students to college life. These include: The PRIDE (Personal Responsibility in Devel- oping Excellence) Program will bring approximately 125 youth from the Harrisburg School Dis- Bloomsburg from June 16 to July 19. Stufrom grades 7 to 12, will stay on campus in groups of 25 each week. From July 22 to 25 11th grade students will participate in the at Wallops Island, Va. program • Departments Fire campaign to build a new The students have pledged $35,000 to the campaign through funds raised from games room and vending machine concessions. The matching gift Upward Bound is bringing 60 students from 13 campus so they can explore area high schools to academic, social and personal growth from June 23 through Aug. 2. their potential for elected secretary. Mowad was named the to council in No- vember 1994. He is senior vice president of the Geisinger Foun- He dation. has brings the university's total contribu- been tion to $70,000. with Geisinger President Jessica Kozloff is serv- Joseph Mowad affiliated since 1968 when he joined the staff fire as an associate in the urology depart- department campaign, "A Home for Safety," which runs through the sum- ment chairman and assistant medical ing as honorary chair of the The campaign seeks mer. $500,000 to create a Plans call for to raise new fire station. a former dry cleaning building at 9th and Market streets to fire station. to be used as the town In addition to funds community, a federal town contribution and pro- grant, a ceeds from the sale of the existing fire stations will be applied to reno- It is hoped the be occupied in the ment. He has also served as depart- director at Geisinger Medical Center, and assistant Adams was appointed government at the univer- in student sity and is vice president of the Community Government Association for the 1996-97 academic year. Davis has one of the longest ten- on 17th year. the council, serving in his He was originally ap- pointed to a six-year term in January In addition to this sity also student January 1995. The junior management major has been active ures faU of 1997. the president of trustee in new station will to Geisinger Clinic. cost of $1.4 million. gift, the univer- makes an annual contribu- 1980. He is a secondary social studies teacher at Bensalem Township Se- High School. Davis has tion to the fire department, last year nior contributing $14,500. ously served as council chairperson. Kelly to dents, ranging 26, fundraising the to vating the proposed facility at a total In addition to conferences trict contribution student raised from the variety of sports camps sponsored by the university's • of Trustees voted to match a be renovated 4420. An come The Bloomsburg University Council fire station. continuing and distance education, include: campaign contribution to firehouse Bloomsburg The conferences, arranged by 20 JUNE 96 Trustees approve officers is the president of previ- WVIA-TV elected chairperson, Jennifer Adams and WVIA-FM, the region's public television and radio stations. He was recognized as Bloomsburg's "Young Alumnus of the Year" in 1988 and has served as an instructor in mass communications. He serves on the of Catawissa and LaRoy Davis '67 of board of the Pennsylvania Associa- The trustees approved also unanimously officers for 1996-97 at the meeting. Joseph Mowad of Danville were named was tion of Broadcasters second vice chairs, respectively, and and A. William Kelly '71 of Kingston was topic of video tape depositions. Feasterville first and is a recog- nized consultant and speaker on the 2 Communique 20 JUNE 96 Faculty awarded emeritus status News briefs The Council of Trustees recently on the following retired faculty members. conferred emeritus status Gridiron golf tournament Jesse A. Bryan, developmental in- Bloomsburg University Gridiron Golf be Friday, June 28, at the Mill Race Golf and Camping Resort in Benton. Lunch will be served at noon with a putting contest to follow at 12:30 p.m.. Lt. Gov. vice. Mark Schweiker 75 will begin the scramble tournament at 1 p.m. Your donation of $60 covers golf, cart, lunch and years of service. The 4th Annual Classic will dinner. Call English, for 28 years Gill, Theodore M. Shanoski, Marjorie A. Clay, former professor of philosophy, for l6 years of ser- history, for 31 years of service. Ralph Smiley, struction, for 23 years of service. P. Nancy E. of service. history, for 27 years of service. Jorge Topete, languages and cultures, for 13 years of service. Joseph Garcia, physics, for 28 George Turner, history, for 31 years of service. Danny Hale at the football office (4359) with any questions. Bus trip planned to Wildwood Academic chairpersons selected Department chairpersons have Library — Marilou been They Management — Minoo Tehrani Marketing — Stephen Batory Mass communications — Dana Accounting — Richard Baker Administrative faculty — Paul Mathematics and computer Quick science — James — Hinchcliff The program board is sponsoring a bus trip to Wildwood, NJ. on Saturday, July 13. The cost of the trip, which is open to employees, is $15 with a community activities sticker and $20 for those with a university ID and guests of those with an ID. Sign-ups begin June 24 at the Kehr Union Information Desk. The raindate is July 27. recently selected. include: S. C. Pomfret; Anthropology staff, newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year. Bloomsburg 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, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The university is David assistant chairperson, Erik L. Minderhout Art Christine Sperling Biological and allied health Louis V. Mingrone; sciences — Communique A R. Ulloth L. additionally committed to affirmative and will take positive steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. — assistant chairperson, Margaret — — — Lawrence Mack Communication disorders and special education — Carroll J. Donald Director of Media Relations: James Hollister Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Proofreader: Winnie Ney Pliotograplier: Joan K. Heifer Miller news — — William O'Bruba Developmental instruction — John Wardigo Economics — Saleem Khan English — William 5. and calendar information to Communique, Marketing and Communication Office, Waller Administration Building, Room 104A Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The E-MaU address briefs is: Four-digit phone numbers listed in the assistant chairperson McCuUy (fall G. Gulley (spring 1997) Communique on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, dial 389 first. The area code is 717. are Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide httpi//www.blooniu.edu Web at: Jerry K. Luo fall Afza will lecture and work semester at Khazar one of two pri- Afza will to help develop business — and Medlock — William Hudon Languages and cultures — Jing History Azerbaijan during the curriculum and teach classes in small business and management in an entrepreneurial environment. In ad- Health, physical education — awarded a Fulbright fellowship to lecture and develop curriculum in the former Soviet Republic of in Azerbaijan. — Brian Johnson athletics profes- management, has been vate universities recently established semester), Ervene Finance and business law Mainuddin Afza, associate sor of University in Baku, Michael David G. Heskel Geography and earth science fost@husky.bloomu.edu — Afza awarded Fulbright Baillie; Please submit story ideas, — Michael E. Gaynor Sociology and social welfare I. Sue Jackson — James Dutt systems Curriculum and foundations Publication date for the next Communique: July 11 Psychology — Richard Redfern; assistant chairperson G. Communication studies Howard Schreier Computer and information Mark Lloyd Sharon — Political Science Micheri action Director of Marketing and Communication: assistant chairperson, Philosophy Richard Brook Physics James Moser Till Chemistry — — Kribbs Business education/office administration Roger W. Ellis Wynters Music Mark Jelinek Nursing Christine Alichnie; dition to his duties at Bloomsburg, Afza is also a business consultant. 20 Campus New employees, notes Janet Reynolds Bodenman, communication studies, Biological Sex and Relational Intimacy agement An Analysis Style: in Conflict Man- of Conflict Narratives," at the recent Eastern Communication Association convention in New York City. Wade Faculty Promotions Gottstein, Bloomsburg, maintenance repairman 2 the in physical plant/building maintenance. Leon Szmedra and Swapan Mookerjee, exercise research project and "Short titled Term Resistance Training of Daily Living in Older Adults" at the Activities annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medi- A number cine in Cincinnati, Ohio. of graduate and undergraduate exercise science students assisted in the Ellen J. Blamick to assistant profes- Mark Ness, athletics; formerly of Valdosta, lum and foundations. MarkE. Prout, Bloomsburg, todial worker cus- custodial services. 1 in Kristie E, G. Schaffer, Stillwater, planning, statistical assistant in insti- and information. tutional research Scott D. Schaffer, Mary K. Ericksen, marketing, has written an article, "Using Self-Congruity and Ideal Congruity to Predict Purchase Intention: been accepted Euromarketing, Hickey Julie Thomas Klinger Kontos fessor of of English; C. associate professor Meade Beers, assis- special education. professor tant professor of curriculum and foun- cal William Green, associate professor of mass communications; Julie Kontos, associate M. Moore the Spirit" with Judge Marjorie O. Rendell being the featured speaker. A seminar titled "Marketing Your Professional Self' was part of the annual meeting. Mark Jelinek, professor of psychology; music, was promoted from guest con- ductor to program director for the Fifth American Cello Congress. As program director, he tions was responsible for master classes, panel discussions, demonstra- recitals, and ensemble performances. He also conducted a and a cello quartet during the event. cello trio Kiln firings featured in Anagama fessor of nursing; kiln firings at Karl magazines Beamer's home (art) Mainville are featured in recent issues of in Edwin P. Moses, assistant professor of English; Egerton Osunde, assistant professor of curriculum and founda- is fired kind of glaze. The pottery becomes without using any brilliantly colored through the effect of the extremely high heat of the wood- by Kathy Dobash Southern Columbia Area School feature stories are written Kanmer, a teacher at District and former student of Beamer's. Kantner, who is in charge of the junior high enrichment program and seventh grade art curriculum at Southern Columbia, took her seventh and eighth grade students to visit the kiln and talk to potter Shiho Kanzaki. Beamer and nursing; Carol to assistant professor of James E. fessor of biological Parsons to proand allied health sciences. Yixun Shi to associate professor of mathematics and computer ence; sci- Luke Springman to associate professor of languages and cultures; dations; Kara Shultz, assistant pro- communication studies; Leon Szmedra, associate professor of health, physical education and athletics; Erik Wynters, associate professor of mathematics and comfessor of fessor of ence; geography and earth Joseph G. Tloczynski sci- to as- professor of psychology; sociate Patricia Wolf to associate professor of curriculum and foundations. Retirements puter science. Promotions the visiting Japanese university Rollin Bankes, plumber in the plumbing department, after 10 years clerk typist 3 in business office. Katherine M. Mulka to state uni- versity administrator 3 in the capacity fired kiln. The allied health sciences; Lawrence Tanner to associate pro- Fem Agresta to pottery and two national of School Arts. kiln, Mark Rosemary Radzievich, assis- magazines. A story about the anagama kiln appears in the an anagama to associate nursing; tant professor of curriculum and foun- tions; April issue of Ceramics Monthly und in the May/June issue In of Melnychuk to professor of biologi- dations; Julia Bucher, assistant pro- was "Catch Robert Lowe to pro- BemadJne Markey Professional Secretaries International in King of Prussia. the meeting to associate professor communication disorders pated in the 1996 Pennsylvania Division meeting of The theme of to professor of and allied health sciences; of psychology; and university secretary, partici- Curt Jones to associate proand computer fessor of mathematics of curriculum and foundations. Faculty awarded tenure Michael associate professor of to biological vol. 6, no. 1, 1997. Muehlhof, L. Nancy Gentile Ford to as- dations; sociate professor of history; Blacksburg, Va., assistant professor publication in the Journal of to profes- and foundations. M. Hussein Fereshteh to associate professor of curriculum and foun- science. Mary-Jo Am, Marilyn Henry Dobson sor of curriculum todial A European Perspective," which has for sor of health, physical education and history; Stillwater, cus- worker 1 in custodial services. Charles Starkey, formerly of project. Steven E. Agbaw to associate proDale Bertelsen to professor of communication studies; fessor of English; Darlene J. Home, Elysburg, cusworker 1 in custodial services. todial Ga., assistant professor of curricu- physiology, recently presented their findings of the 96 Communique 3 retirements and promotions New Employees presented a competitively selected paper, "The Role of JUNE of assistant director of admissions. Julie Shoup student to clerk typist 3 activities. in of service. Marvin J. repairman 2 Keefer, maintenance in the maintenance de- partment, after 21 years of service. Barbara A. Pfleegor, custodial worker 1 in custodial services, after 26 years of service. Robert Reeder, associate profes- sor of anthropology, after 28 years of service. Rocco N. Talanca, worker 1 custodial in custodial services, after 6 years of service. 4 Communique 20 JUNE 96 mm mi Netscape: EHperts at Bloomsburg Uniuersily IB Home )nfv4ges 1 j manages as center Pursel (S) 1 Open Print i Location ;jhHp / /bloomu edu /www /n*ws /pages /experts html campus information for Bloomsburg About 70,000 phone calls each year go to extension 3900 the information desk UNIVERSITY — Experts in the Kehr Union. Manag- ing the desk, the students who staff and the it, mation they give out Press the desired letter to jump to subjects beginning vsrith that letter or scroll through the to return to the letter index. subjects. Press the blue arrow infor- Betty Pursel. managed Pursel has maintaiined by Tames Hollister vAo can be contacted via Mnail and by telephone at (717) 3894043. All numbers listed by experts are telephone extensions. The area code is 717 and the prefix is 389. Return to News@BloomU. / Go to academic pro e^am information. The Experts page is is desk the She typically has 1 5 student workers for 12 years. desk through the academic year. Top requests staffing the A^B_C_D.E^LG_H_LJ_K_LM_N_0_P_Q R.S.1 are student telephone num- and staff telephone numbers and questions about campus services. bers, faculty BocuBwnt; Done* £3? "We Betty Pursel (right) and student employee Debbie Tyson. get questions about financial aid, dining hours, scheduling, transcripts, housing information," says Pursel. Web news pages expanded to "We need to have a general knowledge of what services different offices provide." include experts, archives and people Besides campus events, Pursel keeps track of events by off-campus groups using the university's facilities and off- The marketing and communicaexpanded its presense on World Wide Web in the past tion office has several weeks. Using Netscape, or similar ware, users can now soft- access sports news releases and feature stories, an archive of past information, calendars, stories, a listing of stories about uni- and an experts list. main menu page, versity people, The "News@BloomU" 'Experts' submissions sought Before that time, the "Experts" section in particular will be made as complete as possible. Faculty, and staff, are invited to send information about fost@husky.bloomu.edu. The experts section consists of topics, followed by an expert, a an explanatory sentence which may add credibility to the expert. Examples of information appropriate for these explanations would be books published or personal experience that adds a human element to an expert's credibility. Inappropriate information includes where an individual earned their degrees and pub- and features will also be archived. A page will be added to allow the media to download publication-quality digital images of uni- and people. In August, media relations director Jim Hollister and news writer Eric Foster will alert media to these pages, and promote their usefulness as a source of information about the university places versity. During crises, information desk staff dispel rumors with official information. desk staff handles ticket sales for student events and programs, including the community activities tickets for Celebrity Artist Series events. And on evenings and weekends, calls to the university switchboard are an- Building, newsbloo.html), also contains links leases on campus. 104A Waller Administration or through e-mail at Foster, telephone number, and in some cases, about people will be archived in an alphabetized index page. News re- They even which occur Fair. In addition to providing information, the information (http:// of these pages will increase. Stories Bloomsburg as the get calls about the high school graduations their fields of expertise to Eric bloomu.edu/www/news/pages/ to regional and national print media which have online editions. In the coming weeks, the content campus events such swered at the information desk as well. Employees invited to join in Employees, especially those alumni events in student life, are invited to help represent the University at the following events: — BloomU Night at Red Barons (and pre-game June 25 Picnic for new smdents in Berks picnic); June 26 County Picnic for alumni/new smdents in Lancaster July 18 Reading Phillies baseball game and County; July 19 — — — — Dinner cruise in Lewes, Del.; July 26 lications in specialized scholarly pub- picnic; July 24 lications. Picnic in Philadelphia area; Experts in areas outside an individual's academic discipline wiU N.Y. be included alumni/new students in Wyoming Valley; Aug. 10 Bloom at the Beach Party in Avalon, NJ.; Aug. 13-17 Annual Theatre Trip to Stratford, Ontario. editor. Would at the discretion of the A rule of thumb for inclusion: this individual be an ideal spokesperson from the several counties surrounding Bloomsburg on a given topic? Aug. 1 — July 31 — Picnic in Lehigh Valley; Aug. 6 — Happy Hour — "The Molly Maguires" Sept. 11 in in Outing Picnic in — — Oswego, Picnic for — — Wilmington, Del.; Sept. 12 Media, Pa.; Sept. 20 — Golf in York, Pa. For more information, contact the alumni office at 4058. A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY 1 1 JULY 96 new Library adds databases to network The Harvey A. new CD-ROM network.: MLA Andruss Library has added two databases to the Newsbank NewsFile library's local area Collection and the International Bibliography. These resources can be accessed through terminals in the library. The Newsbank NewsFile Collection is a full-text, current information news database that offers se- from more than 500 regional, national newspapers and other news lected articles and international sources. The service supplies over 50,000 articles annually on current social, political and economic and events as well as pieces on newsworthy issues Paramount Brass to perform July 30 people and organizations. The MIA International Bibliography, produced by the Modern Language Association of America, Boston's acclaimed Paramount docu- Brass will perform for BloomFest '96 in residence for the language, linguistics and folk- Tuesday, July 30 at 8 p.m. in Carver Hall, Kenneth Gross Auditorium. The vatory, contains bibliographic citations to ments on literature, critical book articles, dissertations, monographs and series. Over 3,000 journals lore. and It indexes journal articles, indexed annually. series are two computer workstations have been dedicated exclusively to World Wide Web In addition, Wide Web access.World resources homepage, found under sity access to many library achieved through the Andruss Library is homepage at "libraries" on the univer- "http://www.bloomu.edu" concert is free to the public. Cezanne exhibit planned Bloomsburg University is sponsoring a bus conducts a summer brass chamber music program at the Maryland Summer Center for the Arts, and are frequent guests of the Boston Brass Conference Quintet Competi- 1994, the and soon after, released their debut recording, the first in a series of CDs. Recently, the quintet gave a world tion and organ with Boston Symphony organist James David Christie. ing Music" for brass trip to Paramount Brass is Boston Conser- The Paramount Brass won the Grand Prize at the 1992 New York premiere of Daniel Pinkham's "Mom- Bus Currently, the Tanglewood Institute. In ensemble began a longterm project as the "Ensemble in University Residence" for the historic Zeiterion Theatre in the coastal town of New Bedford, Mass. The performance is sponsored by Community Government Association and the Commuthe university's nity Arts Council. trip to Philadelphia to see the Cezanne Exhibit at the Philadelphia The Museum trip will also Museum and offers of Art on Saturday, Aug. 24. an opportunity to see the Historic District of Philadelphia. The bus will depart from the Magee Center at 7:30 a.m. Cost of the Cezanne trip is Exhibit. $59 including admission to the Reservations, including payment,must be made no more ing Traffic pattern changes between Bakeless and Navy include a tour of the Rodin later than July 15. For information, contact Julia Gusick in continu- and distance education at 4420. Traffic patterns at the intersection of Osuna and Laubach drives (the roadways between Bakeless Center and Navy Hall) have been changed to one way going south past Navy Hall and one way north past Bakeless One-way traffic is still in effect from Second Street north bound toward Haas Center on Laubach Drive. New parking spaces have been created in this area: two west of the Andruss Library, three in front of Navy Center. Hall and three in front of Bakeless Center on Laubach Drive. All spaces are to be designated faculty/staff. new 2 Communique News JULY 96 1 1 Frank Hunsinger dies briefs Franklin A. Hunsinger Trip planned to Domey Park maintenance The program board is sponsoring a bus trip to Dorney Kingdom Friday, July 26. The cost of the trip, open to employees, is $20 with a community activities sticker, $27 for those with a university ID and guests and $12 for those over 60 years old and under 48 inches tall. Price includes unlimited rides at Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom. Signups are at the Kehr Union Information Desk. The rain date is Friday, Aug. 2. Park and Wildwater Bus trip planned to Wildwood is Surviving are his wife of 16 years, the former Eileen Tarbox Kovach; Route 487 in Lightstreet. English Baptist Church. First Hunsinger, of Worman Street, Espy, was a member of the Washington Lodge 265 F&AM, the Caldwell Consistory and the Moose Lodge, all son Franklin A. Hunsinger Millville; Jr. Born Aug. 16, 1942, in Bloomsburg, he was the son of the late Arthur D. and Lucille Keller Hunsinger. Before coming to Bloomsburg University, he had worked as a truck driver and construction worker. He ber of daughter Bethann McCarty of of Stillwater; stepdaughter Ann Marie Cary of Berwick, stepson Tom Cary of Bloomsburg; three grandchildren, fourstep)-grandchildren and one step-great-granddaughter; two sisters, Helen Robbins and Marie Park, both of Bloomsburg. He was preceeded in death by a brother, Raymond Burial Hunsinger. is in New Rosemont Cem- were directed by the Allen Funeral Home, etery, Espy. Services Bloomsburg. July 27. News Communique A of Bloomsburg. Bloomsburg since 1980, died Thursday,June 27, 1996, at the Bloomsburg Hospital following an accident on a 1959 graduate of Central Columbia High School. He was a mem- guests of those with an ID. Sign-ups begin June 24 at the accident at was The program board is sponsoring a bus trip to Wildwood, NJ., Saturday, July 13. The cost of the trip, which is open to employees, is $15 with a community activities sticker and $20 for those with a university ID and Kehr Union Information Desk. The raindate 53, a Sr., repairman in traffic briefs newsletter for Bloomsburg University faculty and Communique publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University bi-weekly throughout the academic year and periodically in the summer. Bloomsburg is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons staff. without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life-style, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The university action and will is additionally take positive committed to affirmative steps to provide such educational and employment opportunities. State WVIA public television holds a membership drive on August 9 to August 16 ing 1 1 and to 25. In addition to help- WVIA by answering telephones, volunteers help their organization gain valuable exposure on public and television. University employees interested volunteering Director of Marketing and Communication: Mark Lloyd should contact the office of marketing in and communication Director of Media Relations: James Hollister Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photograplier: Joan K. Heifer at 4411. news briefs and calendar Communique, Marketing and Communica- Please submit story ideas, address PA Room 104A 17815. The E-Mail is: 31, phone numbers listed in the hours Wednesday, July to 3 p m. Because sched- office 1 ules occasionally change, it is recom- mended that those wishing to see the president call Communique on-campus extensions. T- portunity to recommit to our goals enrollment cap, as established by the reported. have responded with cre- and energy to the changes around us." She added that more than 40 new faculty temporary and tenure advity "digging and rerouting of traffic" may make residence hall living as staff alike occasion she acknowl- and furni- comfortable as possible. Faculty and "We are designated to receive the residue of the estate after expenses and already have over $315,000. The stress, has con- purchased new, space-saving of her alma mater to establish her legacy," said Helwig. some staff verted lounges to living areas could be delivered. in diversity and quality." Kozloff reported that the new li- brary and steam line renovadon are changes to physical facilides. These capital proj ects cost more than $15 million. Over the next five to tenyears, she sees an additional $21 million investment in capital projects. Andcipated projects include renovations of Centennial Gymnasium, Navy Hall and Hartline visible Science Center. The benefactor was formerly a member of the Reformed United Church of Christ, Trinity Bloomsburg; a Worthy Matron, Bloomsburg Chapter No. 279, Order of Eastern Star; and the American Legion ladies auxiliary. She was a member of the Kappa Delta Phi and Alpha Psi Omega sororiUes and the American Association of University Women. Hoffman traveled extensively throughout the world and was the last member of her immediate family. CHALLENGE OF SOCRATES Eighty-five faculty and staff recently spent Saturday afternoon working with freshmen for the "Challenge of Socrates" orientation program. at are, from left: guest speaker George Lucas, professor of philosophy "This will become an endowed scholarship fimd income derived from the gift used to enhance our recruitment efforts," said Helwig. "Currently, almost 80 percent of our scholarship awards go to upperclassmen, so this will fill a gap we have in providing assistance to incoming freshmen." with the Shown an assembly during the program U.S. Naval at the Academy; President Jessica Kozloff; Michael Poliakoff, former associate dean of Arts and Sciences; Lynda Michaels, coordinator of orientation; and Eugene Hickok, secretary of the Department of Education. 2 Communique SEPTEMBER 96 Donna Cochrane named faculty News briefs assistant to the president President, cabinet schedule open hours for Sept. 18 PresidentJessicaKozloffwill hold open office hours Wednes- from 9:30-11:30 a.m. Visitors are recommended to call 4526 to be sure the time is available. There will be an open forum with the president and members of her Cabinet that day from 3-5 p.m. in McCormick Center, Forum, after the regular forum meeting. day, Sept. 18, Donna Cochrane has been named and distance education) from 1983 to faculty assistant to the president. 1993. Cochrane 's duties include representing the president with internal and the executive board of the National external constituency groups includ- Business Education Association. ing meetings such as the BUCC She serves in an elected position on and secretariat, serving as secretary to the Football luncheons underway The Husky Club Football and managing opShe Reception planned for social also helps prepare reports for the presi- equity director Howe-Barksdale president's cabinet, Luncheons are currently underway ever\Wednesday from noon to 1 p.m. in the University erations in the president's office. Room of the Scranton Commons. The cost dent. of the lunch is Coach Danny Hale will speak about the previous game and the upcoming opponent. $6. A professor PresidentJessicaKozloff is hosting a in the depart- ment of reception to welcome Sydney Howe- '-^^^'^Aj^ '^'V busi- education and office administra- Barksdale, the ness Corrections Council of Trustees member David J. Cope's name was inadvertently omitted from the employee phone book. equity tion for the university nine years, Cochrane has served fulltime in her attend. form on cruises, several cruises. The orchestra is sponsoring the but not performing. new Communique A newsletter for Communique without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry, life-style, sexual orientation, disabilities, Vietnam-era veteran, or union membership. The action tional university is are invited to Howe-Barksdale earned a bachelor of arts degree from Bryn Mawr and her law degree from the Boston University School of Law. Donna Cochrane position as well as In the past, she served as a grievance tion, other matters. In her posi- serves as a board as well as other faculty committees. She also worked as a conference Cabinet. summer attorney, she she reports to the president and coordinator and on the grievance coordinator during the As an managed cases pertaining to civil rights since late August. Bloomsburg University faculty and publishes news of activities, events and developments at Bloomsburg University periodically throughout the year in both paper form and on the Wodd Wide Web. Bloomsburg is committed to providing equal educational and employment opportunities for all persons staff, from 10 community Communique, it was incorrectly past Sept. 26, :30 a.m. in the Multicultural CenUnion. All members of the 1 1 reported that the University-Community Orchestra will per- In the August issue of the director of social ter of Kebr to 1 new on Thursday, for extended programs (now continuing Academics focus member of the President's Barksdale has scheduled regular open hours every Wednesday from 7 to 9 p.m. in Kehr Union, room 327. of TALE programs additionally committed to affirmative and will take positive steps to provide such educaand employment opportunities. The Teaching and Learning Enhancement (TALE) Center is sponsor- Continuing Seminars Director of Marketing and Communication: ing several projects this semester. The TALE is also sponsoring condnuing Mark Lloyd projects include seminars, lunchtime seminars. Topics include: Technology Director of Media Relations: James Hollister discussions, Editor: Eric Foster, ext. 4412 Proofreader: Winnie Ney Photographer: Joan K. Heifer Publication date for the next and a teaching mentoring programs. The TALE Center is located in the rear of the University Store in the Classroom, Academic Integrity, Radical Pedagogy, and Tricks of the Trade. building. Communique: Teaching Support Program October Lunchtime lectures Please submit story ideas, news briefs and calendar information to Communique, Marketing and Communication Office, Waller Administration Building, Room 104A Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA 17815. The e-Mail address is: fost@husky.bloomu.edu The teaching support program Lunchtime Bloomsburg can be found on the World Wide http://www.bloomu.edu Web at: a consultant/ mentoring pairing system Kehr for faculty growth. Interested faculty Union, room 340. Interested individuals are invited to bring a bag lunch and are paired with a colleague outside be held ery Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. in the join in informal discussion. Four-digit phone numbers listed in the Communique are on-campus extensions. To use the numbers off-campus, dial 389 first. The area code is 717. is ev- lectures will Upcom- ing topics include: Sept. 17, Alex their department. The pair meet as long and as frequendy as desired for discussion about teaching strategies. Poplawsky, psychology, "Exploring Behavior Relaitionships"; Brain Sept. 24, Sabah Salih, English, "Deconstruction of Reaganism"; Oct. 1 John Riley, mathematics and computer science, "Calculus Reform." , For more information about TALE its programs, contact JoAnne Growney, mathematics and computer and science, at 4503 or 4310. SEPTEMBER 96 Communique 3 University provides $250,581 for strategic proposals Bloomsburg has budgeted $250,58 1 to fund 26 proposals designed to further strategic The Challenge of Socrates: A Freshman Orientation Program (IVI. Poliakoff) A special section of priorities identified within the university's freshman orientation will demonstrate Bloomsburg's "Enhancing Excellence" plan. Approved proposals and proposal commitment writers include: value-centered academic to serious, by focusing on the uncompromising pursuit of life truth and moral virtue exemplified by the Greek philosopher Socrates. Making Connections: A Newsletter for Teachers of Walters, J. Growney, J. Jackowski, R. Culturally Diverse Literatures (S. Agbaw, M. P. To promote the retention Klinger) of students them learning disabilities through teaching necessary witli skills An Integrated Freshman Year Experience (J. Mulka, et al.) , T Nixon) To establish a twice-yearly news- Making Connections letter. exchange continue their education. to Bernath To expand and improve the Freshman Year Experience at Bloomsburg University. The proposal of information , that would facilitate the among secondary school and college instaictors in central Pennsylvania who are interested teaching culturally diverse in An Opportunity to Excel: The Recruitment of Math- culminate by offering the University Seminar course ematics and Computer Science Students for the to the all phase first a three-year project that of freshmen beginning with the 1999-2000 aca- demic year. (I. ment and supplies become Next Century (S. Kokoska, S. Inch, H. and by purchasing study department and the Replacement (R. tive J. (C. Keller) To introduce an a student's junior year and continuing through enrollment and Social Change school of high Bloomsburg. at Nixon) Speakers, (T. receptions, exhibits, film conversations, and plays. Total Scheduling System Honorarium Well-known News Personality Waggoner, S. Kokoska) To improve services in To bring a well-known news personality a day. The day's events an address open Cataloging the Holdings will include Schomburg tory, 1st collection cf and 2nd Series, for loading into Andruss To place cataloging for the Negro in Literature and Library's online catalog. librarians' ability to range teach community how university His- machine readable form Portable Virtual Library (N. Weyant) To expand ence to members refer- of the access the broad of electronic information sources. Acquisition of portable equipment will dramatically expand teach- ing options and increase the number of students able to locate information from online sources. Electronic Commerce Classroom (J. a state-of-the art electronic Dutt) Establish commerce our students Head Start as a Stine) in statistics, submission and national agencies, and to state facilitation of multidisciplinary projects for students. Womens Studies Minor Project (M. Brettschneider, G Cohen-Dion, W. Lee-Lampshire) To acquire com. ponents necessarytodevelop the intellectual framewori< of the Womens Studies Task Force - Racial Equity Mmor (S. Hicks, training of Trainers I. Wright) For a Workshop to support educational training activities of the University/Com- munity Task Force on Racial Equity. International Faculty Association (S. Khan). Distance EducationAdvisoryCommittee(l\/l.Vavrek) instructional Elementary Teachers." Active learning Enhancement of High School Science Education at (E. Schultz and Surmacz) To create a "Science Outreach Insti- Science Education Cooperative P (J. f^atta) Tofomi a science and mathematics coalition to promote education the rural counties of northern Pennsyl- vania. in The coalition will increase the availability and and math education to students in quality of science r\/lajor and corporate funders grant proposals to the will NSF be produced. will be en- SECA campaign to start 50% to almost 100% of class time, and by allowing the students to formulate their own questions design some of their own and to experiments. The Migrant Community Project (Jean Downing, N. opportunitiesforstudentstoexperience multicultural, real-life situations preparing them for careers and Collaboration between responsible citizenship. Bloomsburg professors, the these community agencies Project Funds SOLVE will benefit Office, all and involved. for Establishing a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Advisory Board (J. Vandivere, W. Lee- Lampshire) To establish a Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual Advisory Board composed of students whose charge is faculty, to provide staff, and a locus of The 1996 SECA campaign begins Monday, Sept. 16. The once-a-year State Employees Combined Appeals permits state employees to identify charities they wish to support and use the convenience of payroll deduction to channel their gifts to organizations and groups that benefit the community. Thousands of health and welfare ser- vice agencies in Pennsylvania, the United States and aroimd the world receive support throughout SECA. According to Mark chair of this year's Lloyd, general campaign at the uni- information, administrate a funding pool for events, versity, and the participation rate at Bloomsburg. We're encouraging employees to designate at least $1 per pay period to sup- to develop of gay, lesbian activities to promote understanding and bisexual concerns. Model United Nations Delegation (f^. Brettschneider) the Model United Nations Program. concentration. and to provide guildance To enhance active and collaborative learning To support Bloomsburg tute." environmental field of the course, "Principles of Physical Science for commerce C. the the rural counties. Physics Discovery (P Moser, S. Randall, G. Lange, classroom/laboratory and developing an electronic the Biology Chemistry Interface place- field Education. in Gentile Ford, S. Dauria, R. Radzievich) To provide to the public. Schomburg Collection of Microfilm (f^. Hinchcliff) for will result in hanced by increasing the laboratory time from about (C. Barnett). meetings with students and regional leaders, culminating in distance education and related matters. Start Collabora- provided to children and families, which ment for in Research Project (E. Astor-Stetson, S. Jones, improving the quality of campus To university. missions office to prospective students and parents (J. Hollister) seminars advice to the Provost on the appropriate use of ongoing communications sequence from the ad- to ac- To establish a committee Presswood). for These projects to introduce high school students to our Mitrani Hall Stage Lighting Diversity Statistics. include the organization of multidisciplinary tivities will prepare students to to help The Bloomsburg University-Head in ronmental and Toxicological To support the Institute for Envi- mathematics and computer science through faculty effective tutors beginning newly established Wright) To purchase equip- carrels. The Autoflow System Doll) academically talented students interested recruit Enhancing Tutoring activities of the second literatures. will is tistics (M. Razzaghi, J. Kipe-Nolt) preparation of multidisciplinary grant proposals for Retention of Students with Learning Disabilities (C. Schloss, Environmental and Toxicological Sta- Institute for University's participation in "our primary goal is to increase port their favorite charity. "If more of us were to give at least $1 every two weeks, we'd surpass our goal." Bloomsburg's SECA campaign continue until Nov. 22. will Appointments, promotions and retirements recognized New Faculty Recent appointments of tenure track faculty members include: Patricia Comitini, instructor of English; George Davis, and cal assistant professor of biologi- allied health sciences; Robert Dunkelberger, instructor, Andruss Library; Nathaniel Greene, assistant professor of physics; Abner (Woody) Holton, assistant profes- sor of histor)'; Vincert Hron, assistant professor of art; Mark Ness, assistant professor of curriculum and foundations; AndreaPearson, assistant professor of art; Mary Simmons, in- structor of English; Charles Starkey, assistant professor of curriculum and foundations; Cynthia Venn, assistant professor of geogra- phy and earth science. NEW STAFF WELCOMED A dozen new non-instructional by the included, from maintenance; services; New Staff social equity; Linda L. Brown of Elysburg, clerk typist 1 in life/ residence life; Sharon B. Fedder of Bloomsburg, police officer 1; Wendy Fetterman of Catawissa, teacher in the Child Care Center; Gregory W. Furman, electronic left: Lori Wayne Appointments ennployees were recently welconned to the university human resources and office of labor relations. New employees who Terri fvleter, Health Center/office of at an orientation offered participated in the drug and alcohol programming; Wade program Gottstein, Bobbins, custodial services; Scott Schaffer, custodial services; Linda Titman, custodial l^ohr, TV/radio sen/ices; Frances l^agargle, Andruss Library; Sydney Howe-Barksdale, and Greg Furman, computer services. student systems technician in computer services; Terri Meter of Bloomsburg, clerk typist 1 in the Health Center; Donna C. Murphy of Bloomsburg, clerk steno 2 in chemistry and physics; LoriJ. Robbins of Bloomsburg, custodial worker 1 Linda L. Titman of Bloomsburg, custodial worker L A. Renee Matrishion has been reclassified from clerk typist 1 to clerk typist 2 in the office of human resources Mark and labor relations. been promoted from E. Prout has custodial worker 1 to clerk 2 in the university mailroom. Retirements Rollin A. Bankes, a plumber in the mainte- nance department, recently retired after 13 years of service to Bloomsburg. Lester J. Dietterick, accounting, after 30 years service. Thomas D. Thomas from groundskeeper has been reclassified to semi-skilled laborer. H. Benjamin Powell, service. history, after 31 years of Chang ShubRoh, sociology and social welfare, after 25 years of service. ; Department Chairs Faculty Emeritus Status Recent department chair appointments Promotions and Reclassifications include: Anita L. Hakim has been promoted from clerk steno 2 in chemistry ministrative assistant 1 and physics to ad- in the registrar's office. Cheryl A. John has been reclassified from clerk typist 3 to management technician in and construction. Merle M. Knorr has been promoted from the office of planning custodial worker 1 to custodial worker 2 in custodial services. Antonio J. Lopez has been promoted from custodial worker 1 to custodial worker 2. Frances K. Magargle has been promoted from part time clerk stenographer 2 in the office of the Sciences to Library. dean for College of Arts and clerk typist 3 in the Andruss Accounting English Faculty emertitus status has been conferred — Michael Blue. — Ervene semester only. G. Gulley, for the fall fall — Anne Foundations — Francis Sociology and Social Welfare Wilson, for the upon K. semester only. Curriculum and the following recent retirees: Ujagar S. Bawa, economics, of his 25 years of service; in recognition Chang Shub Roh, sociology and social welfare, in recognition of his 25 years of service; Kenneth T. Wilson Jr., recognition of his 33 years of service. art, in Keating, assistant chair. Health, Physical Education and Athletics — Susan J. Miscellany Hibbs, assistant chair. (A more complete listing of department chairs was included in thejune 1 0 issue of the terim associate dean of the College of Arts Communique and andSciences. Lynda Michaels from residence web site.) in the Communique Scott Lowe, philosophy, director is serving as in- and interim coordinator of orientanew student orienta- tion to coordinator of tion and assistant director of admissions. SEPTEMBER 96 Communique Bloomsburg University Crime Report Campus 5 notes Prepared by the University Police August 1996 Offenses Arrests or Reported Incidents Cleared Shaheen Awan, communication disorders, reYoimg Alumnus of the Year Award from Kent State University Alumni Assocently received the ciation. Forcible r\ Rape V A Robbery Aggravated Assault Simple Assault Burglary Larceny A U n u 0 Homicide 0 A u A (J (J Book (Bag) Theft at the Symposium on Contentious Politics and Revolu- A U A U A U 1 Retail Theft 0 Bicycle Theft 0 U n u 1 U Steven L. Cohen, psychology recently published an article titled "Behavioral JoumalofBehaviorAnalysis and Therapy. Thejoumal ofBehavior Analysis and Therapyis a new electronic journal that provides peer refereed articles on You can find this ardcle at http:// sage.und.nodak.edu/org/jBAT/jbatinfo.html u n the Internet. A 0 and Arson 0 Forgery 0 Fraud 0 Embezzlement 0 Rec. Stolen Property 0 A u A U Vandalism 1 1 Sex Offense speaker for the September u A 0 Indecent Assault 0 n Indecent Exposure 0 0 Open Lewdness 1. obtaining speakers for the club's meetings. (J Sexual Assault Volume meedng was The Presi- 0 recently received a $79,965 grant from the Penn- 1 sylvania Gambling 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 sciences, recently received a $6,053 grant Drunkenness 5 5 the Durst Organization for a project tided "Bio- Disorderly Conduct 0 0 logical Suppression of Fruit Liquor Laws Bureau of Topographic and Geologic Survey for "The Scranton Project." Judith Kpe-Nolt, biological and allied health with Drug Violations 0 0 0 0 Traffic) 1 1 Crop Disease via management, has been elected 1996-97 president of the Susquehanna Kinslinger, Human Resource Management Association. The association's membership includes nearly 100 human resource professionals affiliated with the This report reflects only incidents which occur on university property. dents in the Town Safety Tip: of The It does not include inci- had $883 worth of equipment stolen in the month of August. Remember, don't give your university keys to anyone. They Society for Human Resource Management, a national professional organization. York State for the last five years, has coauthored a 1 .2 million dollar grant over 5 years to rewrite the secondary science curriculum in that state. The grant is aimed at rewriting the Regents Science curriculum in biology, chemistry and physics. She also recently gave a paper at the Syracuse University School of Education dded: "Incorporating Princples of Exercise Physiology in High School Regents Biology." Wendy Lee-Lampshire, philosophy, presented the paper "Anthropomorphism Without Anthrocentrism: A Wittgensteinian Ecofeminist Deep Ecology" to the Society for Philosophy in the Contemporary World annual The same paper be published this fall in the journal, Ethics and Environment. Lee-Lampshire has also been conference in Estes Park, Col. will the invited to serve as executive secretary of the east- for the 1996-98 term. Sabah A. Salih, English, recently paper, "The Satanic are assigned to you. Don't leave areas that should be secured unlocked. Reza Noubary, mathematics and computer "Some Notes on science, has written an article, Zero Crossing Formula," which appears Journal of Applied in the Statistical Sciences, vol. 2, 1996. He also recently presented "Mathematics, New Developments and Future Trends" to the Toronto Engineering Association and "Discrimination of Time Series Based on Important Frequencies Using Kullback-Leibler Information" at the Kullback Memorial Research Conference at George Washington University. Verses as presented a Literature of Plea- and Desire Conference at Binghamton University. His essays on Najib Mahfouz, Edward Said, Yashar Kemal, E.D. Hirsch, and Abdelrahman Munif will appear in the forthcoming Cyclopedia of World Authors. His article, "Immigrant Literature in the Classroom," will appear in the forthcoming issue of Pennsylvasure," at the Literature of Pleasure is also organizing a session, "Exile in Literature," at Raymond tions, He S. Pastore, SUNY Cortland. curriculum and founda- presented several papers this past summer. presented "Improving Preservice Teaching Through the Use of Computer-assisted System- Ed Media '96: World Conference on Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia in Boston. His paper was published in the Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia Yearbook and on CD-ROM. He also presented "Integrating Internet into the Teacher Education Curriculum" at the NECC '96: National Educational Computing Conference in Minneapolis. His paper was published in the NECC '96 Conference proceedings and on CD-ROM. atic Bloomsburg. university in New nia English. Salih Howard J. Other Offenses (Except from Controlled Microbial Compost." Disorderly Conduct Vagrancy mem- earth science, 1 D.U.I. Linda M. LeMura, exercise physiology, a ber of the Science Education Advisory Council phy Duane Braun, geography and 0 Against Family which appears in the May 1996 issue of the National Science Teachers Association publication, ern division of the Society for Women in Philoso- dent Jessica Kozloff. Drug Abuse Violations Off. curriculum and foundations, has Alternative to A 0 Totals select Robert Obutelewicz, economics, was elected vice president of the Columbia-Montour Torch Club for the 1996-97 year. He is responsible for Weapons Possession 0 0 Momentum of Typing Behavior in College Students" in the A Prostitution the Humanities tion at Cornell University in August. 1 Motor Vehicle Theft Endowment for (J Theft from Buildings 2 Grounds National Misiti, Science Scope. A 0 Theft from Vehicles in 1989. Michael C. Hickey, history, delivered a paper, "Revolution on thejewish Street, Smolensk, 1917" 4 totals Theft from ogy and audiology from Kent A 0 A U A U A Awan earned his Ph.D. in speech pathol- Frank written an article, "Keys to the Natural World" Observation" at the 6 Communique SEPTEMBER 96 Calendar CELEBRITY ARTIST SERIES PROVOST'S LECTURE SERIES For For more information, contact academic sup- ticket information, call the Celebrity Artist Series box office at 4409. in Haas Center The Platters All perfomnances are port sen/ices at 4409. for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. — — Saturday, Oct. 12, 8 p.m., $20. Why Men Are the Way They Are Dr. Warren Farrell, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 7 p.m., Kenneth Gross Auditorium, Carver Hall. — Nancy Wilson and Joe Williams Friday, Men and Women in the 21 st Century: Nov. 15, 8 p.m., $25. Nebraska Theatre Caravan's "A Christmas Carol" — Thursday, Dec. 5, 7:30 p.m., $20. SCIENCE FICTION ILLUSTRATOR EXHIBITS WORK Paul Lehr, an Orangeville sculptor and science his works at Bloomsburg University's September 26. A reception noon to in for Lehr the gallery. Gallery hours are 4 p.m. Lehr's illustrations Haas will is whose Gallery through of is partment books the "Grok" painting on the cover of Robert A. Heinlein's Stranger in a Strange Land, fiction paperbacks of all one of the best selling is free unless otherwise specified. at 4284. All Faculty Recital 29, Kenneth Gross Auditorium. Featuring the music ulty science — Sunday, Sept 2:30 p.m.. Carver Hall, fac- performing various solos and en- Young Person's Concerts — Tuesday, trip to Oct. 8, 10 a.m. and 12:50 p.m., Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Bloomsburg University-Community Orchestra will perform for school New York City Saturday, Sept. 21 to visit the Winslow Homer exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the African is sponsoring a , art exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum. The cost of the trip $59 and includes bus transportation and admission to the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For more information about is the trip, call Reggae Fest The Kehr Union program board is sponsoring a Reggae Fest Saturday, Sept. 14, at 2 p.m. on the lawn outside the Kehr Union. The festival, which is free and open to the public, will feature the bands Souljahs and Babylon Hall. The rain location is inside the Kehr Union. The opening of the Multicultural Center in the Kehr Union Tuesday, Sept. 1 7, at noon, will feature a performance byjazz flutist Galen Abdur-Razzaq. In addition to his performance, he will give a lecture on the history ofjazz at 7 p.m. Gallery hours are Paul Lehr North Mountain Art League group exhibition, Oct. 3 ^out "Life 101" for university Author Ellen Rosenberg Thursday, Sept. 19, at will give community a talk titled "Life 101" 8 p.m. in Haas Center for the Arts, Mitrani Hall. Rosenberg's presentation university's is THEATER is the author of Gronnng Up Feeling Good and her national column "Real Life on Campus" is carried in Campus Activities Today magazine. the public. Rosenberg — Juried to 30. Recep- Prelude to a Kiss — Bloomsburg Players, Oct. 10 to 12, 8 p.m., Oct. 13, — Friday Sept. 2 p.m.. Carver Hall, Kenneth 1 3, 7 and Auditorium. Admission is S. Gross free for stu- 9:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 14, 7 p.m., dents with ID. Additional perfor- Kehr Union Ballroom. mances may be scheduled. Eraser — Wednesday Sept. 18 and and Friday, and 9:30 p.m., Sun7 p.m., Haas Center, 20, 7 Over the past several weeks, Mission Impossible — Wednesday and Friday, Sept. 25 and 27, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Sunday, Sept. 29, 7 p.m., Strawberry and Chocolate Oct. 8 2, p.m., The Rock — Wednesday, Kehr Union, Oct. 2 — Wednesday and 4, thank you for your work in preparing for the opening of Hall. been able to please accept who I haven't thank personally, my sincere appre- ciation for everything you've done and Friday, 7 and 9:30 p.m., Sunday, Oct. 6, 7 p.m., I've tried to visit university offices to school. Multicultural Center. part of the new Freshman Year Program. The talk is open to Fri- information, p.m. For those of you talk more — Sculpture and painUngs, Haas Center, Mitrani Hall in the Multicultural Center. Monday through through Sept. 26. Recepdon, Thursday, Sept. 19, noon. Contact concertmaster Ann Stokes at fall Author to Dr. Christine contact the art department at 4646. 4293 for arrangements. Mitrani Hall. flutist Haas day, 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. For tion, Oct. 3, 7 day, Sept. 22, opening to feature jazz — ART EXHIBITS The theme is "Music About Animals." Mark Jelinek, conductor. The Cable Guy Sept. 14 Multicultural Center Feminism groups. FILMS 4420. is Stole Hoff Sommers, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 7:30 p.m., Kenneth Gross Auditorium. sembles. time. New York City trip planned for Sept 21 Continuing and distance education Who at Friday, 9 a.m. have appeared on the covers Admission For more information, contact the music de- authored by Isaac Isimov, Ray Bradbury, Arthur C. Clark, H.G. Wells and others. His Fact, Dr. CONCERTS exhibiting be held Thursday, Sept. 19, Monday through and the Future Hall. HAAS IN fiction illustrator paintings have graced the covers of hundreds of books, — Warren Farrell and Dr. Christine Hoff Sommers, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2 p.m., Kenneth Gross Auditorium, Carver Fiction, Haas Center, Mitrani to make the opening of school so successful. Communique A NEWSLETTER FOR FACULTY AND STAFF AT BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY SPECIAL EDITION SEPT 26 1996 Projects will benefit university for decades to For next year, work the interior will New steam ing replacement of sidewalks, roads throughout campus and landscaping, must be completed by Nov. 20. Phase two (approximately four times vide access to buildings. The university the size of phase one) will focus on the will campus. The work will progress throughout the winter any given point during work on have begun. lines will be installed library and work resulting in increased heating efficiency. However. . campus in upheaval throughout the project. Some roads lots will be closed during construction. Trenches will be bridged at roadways to provide for emergency By next fall, Bloomsburg's new building will be entirely enclosed on will keep . be restored to buildings by Oct. The remainder of the project, 15. includ- interior of the For the nextyear, much of the lower campus will look like a work in progress. Trenches to install new steam lines will wind their way throughout the center areas of campus. That construction will bring temporary, cant, inconveniences. lasting albeit, signifiIt will result in improvements. While construction work for the new is generally confined to the fenced-in work site, the steam line project does anything but stay inside and possibly a portion of next fall. The total is time for completion of phase two 420 days. The replacement of old and leaking steam been identified as a need on campus for the past 1 lines has Trenches, 10 feet wide and 15 feet deep, like those dug along Second Street this summer, will be dug through- map on reverse side) A much larger trench will be dug running from the basketball courts in the center of campus to the end of the McCormick building to accommodate a tunnel. The eight-foot diameter, 1 ,000 foot-long tunnel will allow for easier and safer maintenance access in fu- ture years. The installation of the steam lines has been broken into two phases, the first of which banks of steam rising from leaking steam lines around Bakeless Center and the University Store have been a common sight during the winter for years. "We had underground blowouts every winter to the pomt that there was we would not through the winter and provide heat to all the buildings on campus," says Robert Parrish, vice president for administration. "Because of the leaks, we were heating the ground. With the new steam lines, we'll be able to reduce our coal consumption in the serious concern that boundaries. is nearing completion. Phase one of the steam line project ran from Centennial Gymnasium and other make vehicle access not lose and many parking to pro- spaces at phase two. "It's , years. Rolling library and parking (weather permitting) spring, summer critical Steam Line Construction out campus (see come not a very complicated project, but it's very cumbersome," says Nicholas Kalanick, project coordinator in planning and construcUon. Tom Contos, assistant director of physical plant for planning and con- struction says that because the steam system is is inter-connected, the project unlikely to affect heat and hot water in buildings. Periodic updates on the steam line and other construction projects will be transmitted throughout the campus via e-mail and appear in the Communiqxie. it Library Construction The silhouette of the new library is now taking shape as steel is erected. The more-than-900 beams being put into place weigh more than 750 tons. Library construction began in April. heating plant." Each new steam line trench will contain threepipes a steam supply pipe, and low-pressure and high-pressure The university 'splanningand construction personnel hope to see the condensate return pipes. soon so work may continue in the interior throughout the winter months. Most of the work on the new library will be contained within the fenced area. However, movement of equip- — The new steam encased in system's pipes are an epoxy-coated steel cas- ing and insulated. Altogether, the steam line project building's walls and roof completed to entails the installaUon of nearly seven the University Store along Second miles of pipe throughout the campus. ment and materials may cause roads and parking spaces to be temporarily Roads, parking spaces, sidewalks, grass, closed. Street. According to the contract with the firm doing the project, steam must shrubbery and trees will be dug up 2 Communique 26 SEPTEMBER 96 Steam Line On contracts and the DCS Project The majority of large contracts for all construction projects on campus are issued by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania's Department of General Services (DGS) the state's office for managing design and construction for state-owned buildings and grounds. , The state's construction contracts have dates by which numerous sub