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COMMUNIQUE
A newsletter

for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

February

1986

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The inauguration of Dr. Harry Ausprich as
the university's 16th president will take
place at 2:30 p.m. in Mitrani Hall of Haas
Center on Saturday, April 5.
An Inaugural Planning Committee, headed by
Council of Trustees Chairperson John Dorin,
is meeting regularly to complete plans for
the inaugural weekend.
Among the events already confirmed is a
concert by the internationally famous
Fitzwilliam String Quartet on Friday evening,

Tom L. Cooper, former
dean of admissions and
Dr.

enrollment management, was
named to the new position of
Dean of Enrollment Manage-

ment for the university
effective January 2.

The appointment, according
to Vice Provost and Assistant

April 4.

Academic Vice President
Kalyan Ghosh, was made

Additional details about the inaugural
celebration will be announced in future
editions of the Communique'.

to

bring together all retention
related academic support
services under one umbrella.
In the same announcement,
Bernard Vinovrski, associate
dean of admissions, was
appointed Director of

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January through August, he

Cooper came to the univerJune 1970 as Director
of Admissions.
He is the

served as Interim Assistant
to the President until the
current assistant, Susan
Hicks, was appointed.
Ghosh notes that these new
appointments bring the university to another level of
achievement in enrollment
management. "It only makes
sense that all the activities and offices that
directly contribute to the
enrollment management and
enhance retention be brought
under Dr. Cooper's
supervision."

current president-elect of
the Pennsylvania Association

Chancellor

Admissions.
In addition to Vinovrski,
reporting to Dr. Cooper will
be the Directors of Records
and Registration, Center for
Academic Development and
Special Services for the
Disadvantaged along with
the Coordinators of Tutorial
Services and Academic

Advisement.
sity in

of College Admissions

Counselors.
Vinovrski

Bloomsburg

came

visits

BU

to

in July

1978 as

Assistant Director of

Admissions and was promoted
to Associate Director in the
fall of 1980.
Last year, he
was named Associate Dean of
Admissions. In 1982, from

Chancellor James McCormick
made Bloomsburg University
his first stop on a severalmonths trek to the 14 state-

owned

universities to

present facts and features
on the 1986-87 budget

requests for the State
System of Higher Education
and request support from
legislators and members of
the university communities.

Accompanying the Chancellor
to all-day sessions at
Bloomsburg were Vincent
Carocci, director of governmental relations for the
System, and Janice
Fitzgerald, director of

communications.
Following a breakfast
meeting with the legislators
and a tour of McCormick
Center, McCormick presided
at a press briefing in the
University Forum, which was
attended by a number of area
newspaper, radio and television reporters.
In the afternoon, the

Chancellor made presenfollowed by
question and answer sessions,
to students, faculty and
tations,

non-instructional
representatives.

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WAY EXCEEDS GOAL SECOND SEMESTER SCHEDULE

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION OFFERS

UNITED

$250 AWARD
The BU Alumni Association,
in an effort to encourage
student research and writing,
is offering a $250 award for
the best student paper of the
1985-86 academic year. Funded
by the Deans' Fund for Academic Excellence, the competition is open to all full-time
undergraduate students of

The 1985 United Way drive
for BU went over the goal of
$19,600 with a total of
$19,812.50. Co-chairpersons
Dr. William Jones and Dorothy
Sitler and President Harry
Ausprich thank the 292 par-

Classes began Monday, Jan.
13, 6 p.m.; Semester break
begins Saturday, March 22,

ticipants for their fine

p.m.; Classes resume
Monday, March 31, 6 p.m.;
Second semester classes end
Saturday, May 3;
Final exams
begin Monday, May 5; Second

cooperation.

semester ends Saturday,

4

May

Spring commencement,
Saturday, May 10.
10;

the university.

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Danny Robinson, Dept. of
English, "A Critical Edition

1

The appropriation request

of the

for the entire System for

1986-87 is $290,002,000, an
increase of $26 million over
last year's operating
appropriation.
Bloomsburg's
share of last year's
appropriation was

$20,234,772.
The SSHE is also
requesting $100,771,000

in

capital projects.

Summer Session 1986;

Release time
assignments
The BU Faculty
Professional Development
Committee recently made its
recommendations for released
time assignments for the
coming year. Listed below
are those faculty who are
recipients of these awards.
RESEARCH PROJECTS— Dr.
Marjorie Clay, Dept. of
-

Philosophy/Anthropology
"Feminist Criticism: Issues
in Literary Theory," Spring
Dr. Steve Cohen,
1987;
Dept. of Psychology, "A

Pharmacological Examination
Resistance-to-Change
Hypothesis of Response
Strength: The Role of
Stimulus Control," Fall 1986
and Spring 1987 (Funding $490.00); Dr. Alex Poplawsky,
Dept. of Psychology,
"Septal-Brain Damage and the
Emotional Reactivity to
Stress," Spring 1987
(Funding - $375.00); Dr.
of the

Merrill Diaries,

Written at Bradford Female
Seminary, 1848-49," Summer
Sessions 1986 and Fall 1986
(Funding - $500.00); Dr.
Cindy Surmacz, Dept. of
Biological and Allied Health
Sciences, "Effects of
Exercise on Plasma
Catecholamine Levels in Rats
Exposed to Cigarette Smoke,"
Dr.

Michael Pugh, Dept. of
Chemistry, "Chemical
Modifications of Active Site
Residues of Guanine
Aminohydrolase, " Summer
Session 1986.

CREATIVE ARTS PROJECTSLawrence B. Fuller,
Dept. of English, "Revision
of Manuscript Poetry for
Submission for Publication,"
Fall 1986.
Dr.

COMMUNITY SERVICE
PROJECTS— Dr. James Dalton,
Dept. of Psychology, "A
Training Curriculum for
Democratic Leadership in
Community Organization,"
Dr. Marjorie
Spring 1987;
Clay, Dept. of Philosophy/
Anthropology, "Creating a
Workshop on Medical

Decision-Making in a
Revolutionary Age," Summer
Dr. Mary G. Bernath,
1986;
Dept. of English,
"Coordinating the State-Wide
EAPSU Conference to be Held
in Bloomsburg in October
1986," Fall 1986.

INSTRUCTIONAL PROJECTSDr. Lynne C. Miller, Dept.
of Biological and Allied
Health Sciences, "Development
of a Self-Help Guide to
Parasite Life Cycles for

Students of Medical
Parasitology," Summer 1986
(Funding - $60.00);
Dr.
William Baillie, Dept. of
English, "CAI Invention
Routines for Composition I
(20.101)," Spring 1987
(Funding - $31.56); Dr. Paul
C. Cochrane, Dept. of
Mathematics and Computer
Science, "Developing a New

Mathematics Course in
Applied Mathematics," Fall
Mr. William J. Frost,
1986;
Andruss Library, "Interactive
Video Library Orientation,"
Summer Sessions 1986
(Funding - $700.00); Dr.
JoAnne S. Growney, Dept. of
Mathematics and Computer
Science, "Writing a Text: An
Introduction to Abstract
Algebra," Spring 1987; Dr.
Connie Schick, Dept. of
Psychology, "Preparation and
Teaching of a Seminar in
Health Psychology," Fall
1986.

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of the young Helen Keller,
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Mitrani Hall of Haas

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THETA ZETA PLANS CHARTER

DANCING AT ITS BEST
The BU Community Arts

CEREMONY
The executive committee of
the BU nursing honor society,
Theta Zeta, is currently
planning

its

ceremony

Council will present "Sweet
Saturday Night" at 8 p.m.
Feb. 12 in Mitrani Hall.
Sponsored by the Campus Wide
Committee on Human Relations
and the Pennsylvania Council
On the Arts, admission is

chartering

Sigma Theta Tau,

to

national honor society,
scheduled for March. The
local chapter, which fulfills
the scholarship and leadership requirements of the
national society, will be
#196 of 220 chapters internationally.

New

I

The appointments of three
new faculty members and four
non-instructional employees
were announced at the
December quarterly meeting
of the Council of Trustees
of Bloomsburg University.
Appointed for the 1985-86
academic year were Jon M
Andes as assistant professor
of curriculum and foundations; Craig M. Davis,
instructor of chemistry and
Bernadine Mackey, instructor
of nursing.

Non-instructional custodial

worker

I

appointments

to the Physical Plant
Department include Andrew

Shaffer

free.

Bloomsburg, and
Jade Swart wood, Bloomsburg.
Receiving an appointment to
the Law Enforcement Office
was Suzanne Yorty of
Bloomsburg as a Clerk Typist
I.
Robert Felix, Jr. of
Berwick was appointed a comIII,

puter programmer II in the
Computer Services Center and
Shaila Butasek of Bloomsburg
to the Health Services
Center as a nurse I.

Retirements
The retirements of four
faculty members with a total
of 81 years of service at

Bloomsburg University and
six non-instructional personnel totalling 102 years
of service were announced at

the December quarterly
meeting of the Council of
Trustees.
Ben C. Alter of Berwick
joined the Department of
Languages and Cultures as a
Spanish professor in
September, 1964.
He
retired in December,

completing 3H years in the
field of education, 20? of
which were at BU.
Dr. Julius R. Kroschewsky,
professor of biological and
allied health sciences, has
been at Bloomsburg since
September, 1967.
Upon his
retirement in May, 1986, he
will complete 34 years in
education, including 19 at

BU.
Dr. David A. Superdock, a
native of Freeland, PA, will

complete 26 years in the
university's Physics

Department when he retires
at the end of the 1985-86
school j^ear.

He

will

have a

total of 30 years in the
field of education.

Dr. William Woznek, a professor of curriculum and
foundations, joined the
faculty in January, 1970,

and

will

have 15i years at

BU when he
He

will

retires in

May.

have over 31 years

in education.

The non-instructional
retirees, along with position, effective date of
retirement and years of service are: Harold Campbell,
electrician, November 8,

1985,

eight years,

nine

GITTLER PRESENTS LECTURE
Jane Gittler, administrator
of Columbia -Montour Home
Health, recently presented a
special lecture on the topic
of "Historical Perspectives
of Home Health Care System"
to the students in Medical
Sociology class. Mrs. Gittler
also provided the slide presentation focusing on
Columbia -Montour Home Health
Services functions.

months; Kathryn Creasy, computer operator I, March 27,
1986, 18 years; Elmer
Hartzell, plumbing supervisor, December 20, 1985, 29
years, two months; Jane
Hornberger, custodial worker
August 25, 1985, 16
I,
years, 10 months; Ralph

Remley, Jr., refrigeration
mechanic, January 3, 1986,
19 years, nine months;
Marian Koons, nurse I,
January 3, 1986, nine years,
five months.

Scholars Program
Provost and Academic Vice
President Larry Jones has
invited all faculty members
to submit proposals for the
teaching of the Fall 1986
Scholars Seminar and related
general education course.
The intent of the Scholars
Program is to enable
academically promising
students to reach beyond the
limits of a traditional
college education and become
exposed to challenging
learning opportunities commensurate with their
abilities. The Scholars
Program Task Force has proposed a pilot run of the
freshman/sophomore Scholars

Program

in

1986-87.

Jones

has requested proposals for
teaching the seminar and
related general education
course be submitted jointly
by pairs of faculty interested in providing their

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Mary Anne Klemkosky

exceptional students with a
valuable first semester
scholars program experience.
An internal search is
currently underway for a
Scholar Program Director to
serve for a two-year period.

BU notes

The 1955 graduate of
Girardsville High School
received her bachelor of

science degree from
Bloomsburg State Teachers
in

1959.

business law, presented a
paper to the section on

Teaching of Law Outside of
Law Schools at the annual
meeting of the Association of

ciations: Associate

Professor Nancy Onuschak,
R.N., Ed.D., is presidentelect of the Pennsylvania

League for Nursing;
Assistant Professor Robert
is

is

Bruce Rockwood, associate
professor of finance and

professional nursing asso-

M.N.,

of

currently
serving as vice president of
the Alumni Association of BU.

College

Four persons from the
Department of Nursing hold
prominent positions on state

Campbell, R.N.,

Orwigsburg

a

director for the Pennsylvania Nurses Assocation;
sophomore Gail Daniels is
vice president and junior

Carol Duchan is Region D
coordinator of the Student
Nurses Association.
David E. Greenwald,
department of sociology/
social welfare, is the
author of "Social Structure,
Meaning and Master Status,"
which appeared in the Fall
1985 issue of Sociological
Viewpoint
Thaddeus Piotrowski,
director, Learning Resources
Center, has been elected
chairperson of the
Pennsylvania Learning
Resources Association's
interest group 'Instruc.

tional Media/Development"
for the third consecutive

year. The annual conference
was held at Lancaster Nov.
23-27. A 15-hour pre-

conference workshop on
"Project: Technology

Catch-Up" was held two of
the four days. Piotrowski
has been serving on the
Board of Directors for the
past three years and on this
year's program planning committee.

American Law Schools held in
New Orleans on January 6.
Rockwood, who holds a Doctor
of Juris Prudence from the
University of Chicago, made
his presentation at

the panel

on "Teaching Dispute
Resolution Techniques to
Nonlawyers." He joined the

BU

faculty at the start of
the current academic year.

The School of Extended
Programs at BU will be
offering two mini-courses
this spring on Big Band
Jazz:
one for adult musithe other for high
school instrumentalists.
Both courses are designed
for those who enjoy playing
big band jazz charts and who
would like to join other
instrumentalists in forming
a jazz band - just for the
fun of it! The jazz tastes
of the participants will
influence the musical repertoire of the group. Each
band will practice one
evening a week for eight
weeks, starting in late
February.
Brian Victory
will serve as the coordinator for both groups.
Additional information is
available by calling
cians,

389-4420.

Ten BU students were among
the 106 Scholar in Education

Award (SEA)

recipients
attending State System of

Higher Education univerwhich represented 38%
of all SEA students this
academic year. The special
SEA program, created by the
Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency
(PHEAA), makes tough demands
on its applicants. The bottom line, attracting high
achievers in math and sciences who hold an equally high
interest in the teaching
profession, is being
achieved according to PHEAA
sities

officials.

BU will be offering the
course entitled "The
Business File: An
Introduction to Business"
over Pennarama, the cable
television educational network in Pennsylvania.
Beginning the week of Feb.
17, the course may be taken
for credit by those wishing
to pursue a degree or as a
non-credit, continuing education course for those
interested in improving
their job performance.
Information is available in
the Office of Extended
Programs at 389-4420
The resignation of Jessie
H. McCoy, director of university relations at
Bloomsburg University, was
announced at the December 11
quarterly meeting of the
Council of Trustees.
Her
resignation was effective
January 3, 1986, and a
national search is underway
by the university for her
replacement.
Ms. McCoy has accepted the
position of Assistant City

Manager for the

city of

Chesapeake, Virginia.

Happy
Valentine's

Day

COMMUNIQUE
A newsletter

for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg
Blaomsburn University

February 15,

1986

Adrian named
BU's head
Football coach

crowns

1981, 1984 and
1985.
At the school, Adrian
worked specifically with the
Rams' linebacking corps while
coordinating the defensive
schemes.
During his tenure
at URI, the teams compiled a
58-51-1 record.
Also in both
1984 and 1985, Rhode Island
won the Lambert/Meadowlands
Cup in Division I-AA and will
receive that award for this
season on February 19 along
with the 1985 Bloomsburg unit
which captured the honor in
Division II.
That award symboli zes football supremacy
among Eastern schools.
in

Adrian

The search and screen committee ended its month-long
search for a head football
coach by naming Pete Adrian,
assistant head coach and
defensive coordinator at the
University of Rhode Island,
to the position at a press

conference held

last

Friday

University Forum.
The 37-year-old native of
the Steubenville, Ohio area
replaces George Landis who

in the

Bloomsburg recently
after four years as the
Huskies' mentor to take over
the head coaching duties at
Bucknell University.
For the past ten years,
Adrian has served with head
coach Bob Griffin at Rhode
Island leading the Rams to
left

will

take over a

program that graduated just
12 seniors and returns 13
players that started in the
national semi-final contest
against North Alabama.
The newest member of the BU
Athletic Department earned
his Bachelor of Science
degree in Physical Education
at West Virginia in 1970 and
his Master's degree in
Physical Education from Rhode
Island in 1971.
He will move
to the Bloomsburg area in the
near future along with his
wife Chris and sons Rocco,
nine, and Zachary, seven.

Adrian has announced the
appointment of Vin Sinagra as
the first member of his
Sinagra has served as
the head coach at Milford

consecutive 10-3 records in
1984 and 1985 and appearances

staff.

the NCAA Division I-AA
national playoffs.
Rhode
Island has also captured
three of the last five Yankee

Academy, Milford, Connecticut

in

Conference

titles

winning the

for the past four years.

Sinagra's main responwill be to work
with the Bloomsburg offense,

sibilities

and he

will

be

in

charge of

the Huskies' offensive line.
Adrian will name one other
full-time assistant coach as
well as several part-time

coaches.

Study abroad
offerings
Three study abroad programs
be conducted by the university this summer. In addition to academic study, all
three offer sightseeing and
will

other travel possibilities.
Professors Mary Hill, special education, and Seymour
Schwimmer, philosophy and
anthropology, will De
teaching for the Pennsylvania
Consortium for International
Education at Oxford
University, England from \ug.
4 through Aug. 22. Dr. Hill
will teach the course
Introduction to Exceptional

Schwimmer,
Contemporary Moral Problems.

Individuals and

Additional information
available from Dr. Hill
(389-4072) or Professor

is

Schwimmer (389-4331).
A three-week international
study opportunity in
Florence, Italy is being
offered July 9-31 through the
Office of International
Education.
Each participant may enroll
in one or two of the
following courses: European
Art II taught by BU's Dr.
Christine Sperling;
20th
Century Music, instruction by
West Chester's Charles
Ganzemi; Contemporary Moral
Problems (Philosophy),
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ACADEMIC ATTIRE RENTALS
If you wish to rent academic attire for the inauguration of Dr. Ausprich as

University President on April
please place your order
prior to March 14, 1986 in
the University Store. If you
wish to rent commencement
attire for the May 1986 commencement, place your order
through the University Store

5

,

prior to Friday,

March

A

WOMAN OF MANY TALENTS

UNIVERSII V

singer,
lecturer,
etc. will speak at 8 p.m.,
Feb. 25 in Carver Hall.

dancer, actress,

The event is sponsored by the
Endowed Lecture Series, Human
Relations Committee and Black

STORE

CONTRIBUTION

Maya Angelou,

The University Store
recently sent the Campus
Beautif ication Account a
check for $156.69 from the
recent used book sale. This

makes a

total of

$1,093.66

in

checks the store has
turned over to the account
since 1980.

six

Culture Society.
Admission is free.

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1986.

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instruction by BU's Dr.
and World
Marjorie Clay;
Politics (Political Science)
by BU's Richard Micheri.
All instruction will be in
English. For more information,
contact Dr. William Carlough,
director of international
education (389-4332) or any
of the above instuctors.
The third study abroad is
four «veeks in Salzburg,
Austria, July 1 through 31.
Dr. William Carlough, chairman of the philosophy and

anthropology department, will
be teaching Introduction to
Philosophy and Dr. William
Decker, music department, is
offering an Opera and Music
Theatre course.
For additional information,
call Dr. Carlough at 389-4332
or Dr. Decker at 389-4284.

Boyne elected
to EDSIG office

According to BU Business
College Dean, John Dittrich,
DPMA represents 48,000 professionals from industry and
education, plus student chapters at most major universities.
DPMA is a major
influence in sustaining and
furthering the knowledge of
this rapidly changing field
among its very large and
varied membership," Dittrich
said.
He added that DPMA is
very active in the guidance
it has provided to colleges
of business in shaping the
curricula in progressive computer and information
systems.
"We are very
pleased that Professor
Boyne's energies and expertise

have been recognized by

this organization through her

election to an international
office," Dittrich concluded.
In
tion,

professional group has the

broad-based membership of
DPMA, and, therefore, EDSIG
has an unparalleled opportunity to construct and help
to support patterns of
industry/education liaisons
which are so needed to cope
with the problems of job
displacement, retraining,

backgrounds
and the general need for comsolid educational

I
am excited
puter literacy.
opportunities
about the
inherent in this position."

Professor Boyne is well
in the state for her
contributions to the computer
She is a longprofession.
time member of the Northeast
Pennsylvania Chapter of DPMA,
has served as president,
director, education chairman
and coordinator of student

known

chapters.

commenting on her elecBoyne said, "No other

Program Board &

Patricia M. Boyne,
assistant professor in the

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Present

THE AMAZING KRESKIN

Computer and Information
World's Foremost Mentalist and Master of ESP

Systems Department, has
recently been elected to the
position of Secretary/
Treasurer of the Special
Interest Group for Education
(EDSIG), a division of the

Monday, Feb. 24, 1986
8:00 p.m.
Haas Center for the Arts
Free with BU ID and

international organization,

All tickets general admission.

Data Processing Management
Association (DPMA).
Boyne, a
certified data processor,
helped to establish EDSIG and
serves as a charter member.

$2.00 all
current Community Activities sticker;
Kehr
the
at
available
tickets
Advance
others.
Union Information desk and at Record
downtown Bloomsburg.

in

& Jeanswear

QUEST OUTDOOR RENTAL
CENTER

PARENTS' WEEKEND/HOME-

COMING

Quest's Outdoor Rental
Center for the university and
general public

is

located

in

the basement of Centennial
Gym. Equipment is available
for cross country skiing,
backpacking and canoeing at
modest rates. Eor information
call

Parents' Weekend will be
held this year on Saturday,
Sept. 20-21.
Homecoming will
take place on Oct. 18.
The
Homecoming parade will be a
joint venture with Bloomsburg
High School.

389-4384/4323.

TELEPHONE DIRECTORY
CHANGES
Under "Office Directory":

Academic A ffairs-- Dean
Business, J. Dittrich, WAB,
delete 4006;
Business,
College of— delete 4006.
Under "Faculty-Staff":
Robert G. Sagar should be
listed at 4485;
Dr. Jesse
Bryan's name is mispelled
(also listed incorrectly
under Dr. Virgie Bryan) --

should be spelled "Jesse."

Dance marathon
for Sunshine

Foundation
The Sunshine Foundation,

a

national organization that
grants wishes to terminally
ill children,
will be the
recipient of the proceeds
from the 12th Annual Dance

Philadelphia policeman,
William Sample. Since then,
it has helped the dreams and
wishes of over 3,500 children
throughout the world.
The organization does not
have many corporate contributors and is supported in
large part by everyday people
and events such as the Dance

Marathon.

education, we continue to
attract students who are
looking for affordable higher

education.
the 14 SSHE universities recorded increases in
the first semester, while the

Ten

of

remaining four posted
Bloomsburg's
enrollment for 1985 was 6,439,
up 250 over 1984.

declines.

Registration material or

Marathon at BU in March. The
theme for the event is

more information may be
obtained from the Kehr Union

"Walking on Sunshine."
Last year, the marathon,
which is sponsored by the
Kehr Union Program Board,
raised $7,000 for the
Bloomsburg Women's Center.
During the past marathons,
over $77,000 has been raised
for various non-profit organ-

Information Desk (389-3900),
Jimmy Gilliland (389-4344) or
one of the members of the
Program Board (389-4402).

The Bloomsburg University
Studio Band and the Lock
Haven University Jazz
Band will present a

SSHE enrollment

winter jazz concert at
8 p.m. on Saturday,

izations.

p.m. on March 8. The
mini-marathon will take place
during the regular marathon
in Centennial Gymnasium. Cash
7

prizes and trophies
awarded in several
Participants may
at the Kehr Union

will

be

categories.
register

Information
Desk until March 2. A $7 per
person registration fee must
be paid upon registration.
This fee applies to both
marathons.
The Sunshine Foundation was
established in 1976 by a

March
of

8,

in

Mitrani Hall

Haas Center.

The student big bands
Official figures for the

Again this year, there will
be two marathons: a 25-hour
marathon from March 7 at 8
p.m. to March 8 at 9 p.m.,
and a 10-hour mini-marathon
starting at 9 a.m. and ending
at

tops 83,000
beginning term of the 1985-86
academic year show 83,168
students enrolled in the
State System of Higher
Education (SSHE).
The total enrollment for
the 1985 Fall semester
reflects an increase of 821
students over the previous
year. Tallies show 72,061
undergraduate and 7,823 graduate students attending SSHE
institutions. There are 3,284
students listed as
unclassified.
"These figures indicate
that the State System is
thriving," said SSHE

Chancellor James H. McCormick
"By maintaining our mission
of low-cost, high-quality

will

each perform a set

of jazz-swing compositions and then combine

into one large jazz
ensemble for a final set
of selections. The

ensembles are prepared
and directed by professors Florentino J. Caimi
of the LHU Department of
Music and Stephen C.
Wallace, chairperson of
the BU Department of
Music.

The program, which

will

include varied styles of
jazz, swing and popular
songs, is open to the
public free of charge.

BU notes

Research Conference at the
University of Maryland.
Dr.

Clinton Oxenrider, depart-

ment

of

math and computer

science, recently had a
research paper published in
the journal "Linear Algebra
and Its Applications." It
was jointly written with
Richard Hill of Idaho State
University and entitled
the Matrix Reorderings

On

." Oxenrider also
and
attended the Annual Joint
Conference of the American
Mathematical Society and the
Mathematical Association of
America in New Orleans from
January 8-11. He presented a
paper entitled Relating Dyad
and Kronecker Products of
Matrices.
From the Department of
Curriculum and Foundations:
Martin Keller, associate professor, recently attended a
conference at Boston
University entitled "The
Future of Women in EducaDr. Donald Vannan,
tion."
professor, recently had two

articles published in the
educational journal Early
Years. The articles were
entitled "Use Foil to Wrap Up
Super Science Activities" and
"Science Made Easy With a Tea
Towel." Early Years is a

publication for teachers from
kindergarten to grade 8. Dr.
Donald L. Pratt, assistant
professor, has an article
entitled "Responsibility for
Student Success/Failure and

Observed Verbal Behavior
Among Secondary Science and
Mathematics Teachers"
published in the Journal of
Research in Science Teaching.
Dr. Jon M. Andes, assistant
professor, has published an
article entitled "Ending
Controversial Policies" in a
recent issue of the National
School Board Journal. He also
presented the topic "Termination of Local School Board
Policies" at the Graduate

Nancy Gilgannon, asso-

ciate professor, has
published an article entitled

"The Holistic Approach:
Bridges the Communication Gap
Between Special and Vocational Education." It was coauthored by Joseph Youshock
of the Department of Special
Education and Communication
Disorders. The article was
published in The Journal For
Special Needs Education,
Fall, 1985 issue.
Ms. Constance Gaynor has
joined the faculty in the
Center for Counseling and
Human Development for the
spring semester. She replaces
Ms. Jean Waites who recently

resigned
Earlier this month, BU's
veteran wrestling coach Roger
Sanders coached the East
team in the annual National
Wrestling Coaches Assn.
East-West Wrestling Classic
held at Oklahoma State
University. Although
Bloomsburg wrestlers have
competed in the event, this
is the first time a BU coach
was so honored.
"It was truly a great honor
for me personally and professionally," Sanders said. "To
be selected from among so
many outstanding coaches in
the East makes me proud and
helps show what kind of program we have at Bloomsburg.
Our program is respected
throughout the country and
this gave us the opportunity
to once again have representation in one of the premier
events in college wrestling."

The Communique' publishes news of events and
about people at Bloomsburg University on the
1st and 15th of each month, except for the
Please send story ideas to
summer, at BU.
The Communique', Office of University Relations, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
17815.

The Department of
Curriculum and Foundations
currently searching for two
positions with September 2,
1986 starting dates.
The positions

are:

is

Early

Childhood Education/Supervision and Secondary Education/Supervision.
Both
require doctorates and
teaching experience in their
respective areas.
For additional details concerning the positions, contact Dr. Ann Marie Noakes,
chairperson of the Search

Committee, Department

of

Curriculum and Foundations,

McCormick Human Services
Center, phone 389-4623/4500.

We welcome Rolene Wagner
who recently joined the BU
Department

of Health,
Physical Education and
Athletics as the Assistant
Athletic Trainer.
The 29-year-old Hughesville
area native moved to
Bloomsburg from Passaic
Valley High School in Little
Falls (NJ) where she served
as physical education teacher
and head trainer since 1980.

Wagner

will assist

3U phy-

and head
trainer Art Hopkins in

sical therapist

handling the university's
physical therapy clinic
located in the Nelson
Fieldhouse.
Dr. F. David Martin, a
professor-emeritus at
Bucknell University, recently
discussed "How to Experience
the Arts" in a program cosponsored by the program in
journalism and the Pennsylvania Humanities Council.
of
Dr. Martin is the author
Humanities
"The
books—
three
Through the Arts" (with Lee
A. Jacobus, published by
McGraw-Hill, and now in the
the
third edition), "Art and
and
Religious Experience"
"Sculpture and Enlivened
- Space:
Aesthetics and

History."

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March

1,

1986

BU Foundation reactivated
President Harry Ausprich
recently announced the reactivation of the Bloomsburg
University Foundation and
appointed a new Board of
Directors.
The Foundation, established
to aid the university in
achieving its educational
objectives through private
sector support, held its
first meeting on December 10.
Ausprich, in naming 14 local
and regional leaders to serve
on the Foundation Board,
said, "We can only achieve
the margin of excellence we
seek if we can count on
strong support from our
friends and those we serve."
Elected at the December

meeting were Richard
vice president and
managing director of Hotel
Magee, as Chair; and Ms.
Kathleen Hock, secretarytreasurer of G.M. Hock

Benefield,

Construction, Inc., as Vice
Chair.
Benefield, in commenting on
the Foundation, said, "I am
especially proud to be
involved in this effort.
Bloomsburg University is an
outstanding resource for our
region, and the Bloomsburg
University Foundation provides an excellent vehicle to
aid in the university's continued growth and

development

11

Ausprich's other appointments include: John Dorin,
chairman of the Bloomsburg
University Council of

Trustees and senior buyer of
the Williamsport plant of the
GTE Corporation; J. Jan
Girton, senior vice president
and chief administrative
officer of Columbia County
Farmers National Bank;
Herbert Hasson, president and

chief executive officer of
Milco Industries, Inc.;

Richard Laux, chairman of the
Board and chief executive
officer of United Penn Bank;
Mrs. Jane S. Gittler, administrator of Columbia-Montour

Home Health

Services, Inc.;
Stuart Edwards, dean
emeritus of the university's
College of Professional
Studies;
William Lank,
retired senior vice president
and director of the United
Dr.

C.

Penn Bank.
Dr. James R. Lauffer, president of the Association of
State College and University

Faculties at Bloomsburg
University;
John L. McDowell
III, president of McDowell
Oil Service, Inc.;
Carl J.
Nurick, area vice president
of AT&T Information Systems;
Louise Mitrani
local philanthropist and community

Foundation Board. Ianiero
also serves the Foundation as
its Executive Director and
Secretary, while David Hill,
the university's comptroller
of

Community

The renowned American
composer, Samuel Adler,
will be at BU rehearsing, conducting and
lecturing on March 12
and 13, 1986.
The
first

,

a

former member of the university's Council of Trustees
and owner of Nespoli Jewelers
in Berwick.
Ausprich, University Vice
President for Institutional
Advancement John Walker, and
Director of Development
Anthony Ianiero serve as
ex-officio members of the

highlight of the

day

will

be an

p.m. recital in
Carver Hall of Adler'
chamber music, pre8

sented by the
Bloomsburg University

Madrigal Singers,
faculty and members of
the College Community
Orchestra. Professor
Adler will present a
short "composers
perspective" of each
composition before it
performed.
The concluding event
will take place at
Thursday,
8 p.m.

is

,

March 13,

,

leader; Joseph Nespoli

Activities,

serves as the Board's
Treasurer.

Hall,

in

Mitrani

Haas Center.

During this concert,
Adler will conduct the
University Women's
Choral Ensemble,

Husky Singers, Concert
Choir and Concert
Band, as they perform
his compositions. Both
concerts are open to
everyone free of
charge.

PUBLIC INVITED

WINTER JAZZ CONCERT

YOUNG PERSONS' CONCERT

The inauguration of Dr.
Ausprich as 16 th president of
BU at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday,
April 5, in Mitrani Hall and

"Winter Jazz Concert" - Bb
Studio Band and Lock Haven
Jazz Band individually and
combined. Saturday, March 8,

the Fitzwilliam String
Quartet concert at 8:30 p.m.
on Friday, April 4, in
Mitrani Hall, are both open
to the public free of charge.

at 8 p.m. in Mitrani Hall.
Free admission.

The College Community
Orchestra will play for area
school children at 10 a.m.
and 1 p.m. on Tuesday, March
18, in Mitrani Hall.
Conductor John Master will
feature the American Arts
Trio and string section of
the orchestra.

University scholars program
Beginning with the fall
semester, some superior students matriculating at
Bloomsburg University will be
enrolled in a new University
Scholars Program, which will

enable them to reach beyond
the limits of a traditional
college education and participate in challenging
learning opportunities
commensurate with their
abilities.
Eligibility

will

be based

largely upon high school
performance. Those students,
who have distinguished acade-

mic backgrounds and have
superior intellectual
ability, along with settling
high standards for themselves
and having a strong desire to
pursue a quality education,
will be encouraged to apply
for entry into the program.
Students selected will be
called Presidential Scholars

be awarded a
scholarship of at least $500,
available through a $10,000
gift from the Bloomsburg
University Foundation.
"There are no need-based
restrictions attached to
these scholarships," commented Richard Benefield,
foundation chairperson.
"The
foundation board looks forward to supporting this type

and most

of

will

academic achievement." The

students may have the opportunity to room together and
will attend certain courses
together taught by designated
Scholars Faculty who have

distinguished scholarship and

outstanding performance
records as teachers.
The
Scholars Faculty will provide
the students with a variety
of support services including
friendship, guidance,
inspiration,

direction,

encouragement and intellectual challenge.
The students
will also take regular course
offerings to satisfy majors,
minors and other liberal arts

requirements.
"There will be many opportunities for these special
scholars to interact with
each other as well as with
university faculty members on
an informal basis," states
Dr. James Cole, presently
Biological and Allied Health
Services department chairperson, who has been selected
director of the program.
"It's important to note,"
says Cole, "Presidential
Scholars will be fully
integrated into the
mainstream of the campus community.
They will enjoy the
same dimensions of university
life that other students
experience including residence hall living, a wide
variety of socio-cultural
campus leadership
opportunities, sporting
events and other co-

activities,

They
curriculum programs.
will have a unique blend of
collegiate experiences to
enrich life, broaden
intellectual horizons and
nurture personal

development.

The director will be monitoring and evaluating the
program closely with a
University Scholars Program
Advisory Committee comprised
of Presidential Scholars,

Associate Vice President for

Academic Affairs, Arts and
Sciences College Dean and
faculty representatives from
the university's three
college schools.
Student
views will play an important
role in the deliberations of
this group.
Both the director and the advisory committee report directly to the
Provost and Academic Vice
President of the university.
Upon completion of the
program a student will be
designated as a Presidential
Scholar on his/her permanent
academic record and diploma
,

and

will

be so honored at

Commencement

exercises.

RETIREMENT QUESTIONS?
Ms.

Kathy Anderson of the

M ontoursville

Field Office of
the State Employes' Retirement System will be visiting
the Personnel Office of the
university on the third
Wednesday of each month.
Anyone desiring to meet with
her should call 1-800-654-9853
in advance so that she will
have the needed information
for you. If you have any
questions, contact Jim Michael
at extension 4037.

BOOK SALE
Book Sale

buy old textto 50$ in the

-

books at 25 lobby of the University Store
through March 15. Proceeds to
benefit campus beautification.

SPRING RECESS LIBRARY HOURS SSHE APPROPRIATIONS
Spring Recess begins at 4
Chancellor James McCormick
p.m. Saturday, March 22, and
spoke in support of
classes resume at 6 p.m. on
appropriations for the SSHE
Monday, March 31.

The

library will be closed the

weekends of March 22-23 and
It will be open 8
a.m. -4:30 p.m. March 24-28,
regular hours March 31
29-30.

before the Senate Appropriations Committee on February
24 and the House Committee
on February 25.

.

Winter sports

summary

Successful winter sports
seasons have come to be

expected at Bloomsburg
University and the recently
completed indoor campaign was
no exception.
For the 20th consecutive
year, the men's basketball
team recorded a winning
record by registering a 15-11
mark.
The Huskies, under
15th year head coach Charlie
Chronister, narrowly missed a
berth in the Pennsylvania
Conference playoffs and
settled for a fourth place

conference's
Eastern Division with a 7-7
record.
Senior Glenn Noack
became only the second BU
performer to score more than
1,500 points in a career and
ended his four-year performance at Bloomsburg in second
place on the all-time scoring
list with 1, 504 points.
Coach Sue Hibbs' women's
basketball team made an
appearance in the PC playoffs
for the second time in three
years. Although only 9-12
overall, the Huskies ended in
a four-way tie for the top
spot in the Eastern Division.
The tie-breaking system
placed BU third and a trip to
West Chester ended the season
with a 64-58 loss. Senior
Jean Millen ended up as the
school's all-time leading
scorer (1,113), becoming the
first female basketball
player to score more than
1,000 points, and also is
finish in the

BU's all-time top rebounder
with 940.
A youthful men's swimming
and diving unit experienced
some difficulties but gained
valuable experience on the
way to a 4-8 record under
first -year head coach Mary
Gardner. The coach ran the
Huskies' dual program, combining the men's and women's
team for the first time. BU
placed ninth in the PC

Championships.
Gardner's other squad continues to be one of the top
teams in the conference and
placed second to powerful
Clarion for the fifth consecutive year. The women
chalked up an 8-2 record this
season and have a 42-5 combined slate over the past
five seasons.

Senior Kelly

Knaus was the most
outstanding performer, capturing three PC titles. She
won the 200 yard backstroke
and the 200 and 400 yard
individual medleys. Freshman
Joan Wojtowicz capped a great
first -year with the program
by winning the PC's 500 yard
freestyle race. The duo,
along with four other performers, will represent
Bloomsburg at the NCAA
Division II Championships
later this month.

Five national qualifiers is
the highlight of the Huskies'
wrestling season. Eastern
Wrestling League champion

Rick Bonomo, along with EWL
runnerups Rocky Bonomo and
Bruce Wallace, will make the
trip to the

NCAA

Championships as

Division I
"wild

will

card" selections Dave Morgan
and Darrin Evans. Rick Bonomo
will seek his second straight
national title at 118 lbs.

Bloomsburg finished third in
the EWL race and also
recorded a second place
showing in the Pennsylvania
Conference. Coach Roger
Sanders' team had a 12-5 dual
match record and won three
in-season tournament titles.

Ayittey's views

widely published
Dr. George Ayittey, economics department, has become

known

nationally

for his

views on numerous problems of
his native Africa. Born in
Ghana, Ayittey earned his
bachelor's degree from the
University of Ghana, his
master's degree from
University of Western Ontario
and his doctorate from the
University of Manitoba,

Canada.
His most recent articles
include: Famine in Africa:

The Real Cause, appearing
the December 1985-January
1986 issue of Economic

in

Affairs
a letter to the
editor entitled African
Rights in Policy Review
and
Black Africa is a Disgrace in
Journal of Defense and
;

;

Diplomacy
He was quoted
by Barbara Amiel in
.

last fall

her article entitled A Simple
Case of Moral Hypocrisy
appearing in McClean's .
Previous articles by Dr.
Ayittey appeared in USA
Today, Wall Street Journal
(

Continued on page four)

(Continued from page three)

Dyad and Kronecker products

He
and The Atlanta Journal.
has also recently written
news release features on
telephone charges, capital
punishment, drunk driving and

of matrices,

Last fall,
tax amnesties.
Ayittey was named among the

"Outstanding Young Men of

America." He has been at
since the beginning of the
1984-85 academic year.

BU

BU notes
Donald A. Vannan,
curriculum and foundations
department, has had a science
education book review
published in the February
issue of "Early Years," a
pre-kindergarten-8th grade
teacher periodical. The
review, requested by
Dr.

Editor/Publisher Patricia
Broderick, was completed on
the new "T.V., Science and
Kids" (Teaching our children
to question) an Action for
Children's Television/Addison
Wesley publication edited by
Kim Hays.
Dr. John R. Hranitz, curriculum and foundations department, recently spoke on
"Montessori and Brain
Research" for the
Pennsylvania Association of
Child Care Agencies in San
Diego, California and

Beach Virginia.

Virginia

The

proceedings will appear in
ERIC, an educational library
facility.

Dr. Donald Pratt, curriculum and foundations department, recently attended a
conference in New Orleans for
of

Computer-Based

Instructional Systems.

Clinton Oxenrider and John
Riley,

math and computer

science department, made presentation at the Mathematics

Meetings held

in

January

in

New Orleans.
Oxenrider spoke on Relating

teaching of children's
literature on campuses across
the country.
Also, he has
written articles on George

polydisk.

MacDonald and C.S. Lewis

Steven L. Cohen,
psychology department,
recently published an article
in the European Journal of
Parmacology The article was
entitled "A Comparison of
Peripheral and Central
Effects of CCK8 on
Water-Reinforced Operant
Responding" and summarized a
series of experiments on the
drug cholecystokinin. Dr.
Cohen also published an
article entitled "The Effects
of Vasopressin on Multiple
Fixed-Interval Fixed-Ratio
Schedules of Reinforcement"

a forthcoming reference work
published by MacMillan
entitled Writers for Children
Susan Rusinko's book, Tom
Stoppard a study of the
plays of one of England's
major living dramatists, is
her second in the Twayne
English Author Series
(published in paperback and

Dr.

.

in the latest issue of

Society

.

Project listings from
Physical Plant
The
following projects are being



completed at

this time:

NMR

lab for Dr. Pointer; motion
detectors; new scoreboard at

Nelson Fieldhouse; painting

Carver Auditorium, renovations of Admissions Office;
replacement of lights at

Andruss Library.

The

following projects have
construction orders written
and are scheduled for April:

replacement of broken windows
at

Nelson Fieldhouse; new

hand railing at
Northumberland Hall, painting
Cornice at Simon Hall. The
animal lab in Hartline
Science Center is completed.
English Dept.

for

.

,

hardbound editions, February,
Her work in progress
1986).
is Volume 5 of A History of
British Drama and covers the
period from 1950 to the present.
She reviews books
about drama regularly for
World Literature Today a
review journal, and she has
published reviews and
The
articles in Modern Drama
Shaw Review and The Bernard
Shaw Annual
,

Bulletin of Psychonomic

Glen Sadler

the Association for the

Development

and Riley talked
about Algebras of bounded
analytic functions on the

,

.

The forthcoming Masterplots
H, American Fiction Series,
includes review articles by
Virginia Duck on May Sarton's
The Small Room and James
Baldwin's If Beale Street
Could Talk by Rusinko on
Zelda Fitzgerald's Save Me
the Waltz
Djuna Barnes'
Night wood
Mary McCarthy's
The Group and Joyce Carol
Oates' Unholy Loves by Gerald
Strauss on Ross MacDonald'
The Underground Man and The
Long Goodbye Bernard
Malamud's A New Life and by
Danny Robinson on Edith
Wharton's Valley of Decision
;

,

,

;

,

;

.

is

in

the final

stages of preparation of an
important book for the Modern
Language Association (the
English profession's most
prestigious organization)
Options for Teaching
His
Children's Literature
volume includes essays by
prominent scholars on the
.

NELSON FIELDHOUSE HOURS
Nelson Fieldhouse facilibe closed from
Friday, March 7, at 4 p.m.
until Sunday, March 9, at 12
noon due to P. I. A. A.
wrestling tourney.
ties will

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newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

March

15,

1986

Ostar to be inaugural speaker

Education

in

the Americas.

Development
Allan W.

Ostar, president

of the American Association
of State Colleges and
Universities, will be the
principal speaker at the
inauguration ceremonies of

Harry Ausprich as the 16th
president of Bloomsburg
University at 2:30 p.m. on
Saturday, April 5, in Mitrani
Hall of Haas Center for the

Evening Ledger and a national
public relations director
with the U.S. National
Student Assn.
During the 1970's,

he was
the recipient of numerous
honors and awards including
the World Peace Through
Education Medal from the
International Assn. of
University Presidents

The East Orange, New Jersey
native earned his bachelor of
arts degree from Penn State
and is the recipient of a
certificate in basic engineering, Army Specialized
Training Program, University
He
Regis College.
of Denver
is currently a candidate for
a Ph.D. degree in mass communication at the University
Board for the Institute for
Ostar has been
of Wisconsin.
the Management of Lifelong
awarded honorary doctor
Education, Harvard
degrees covering the areas of
University.
laws, public service, literaFrom 1959 to 1965, he was
ture, human letters, and
Director, Joint Office of
higher education from 12
Institutional Research,
colleges and universities
National Assn. of State
throughout the country.
Universities and Land-Grant
Ostar is a member of a
For four years
Colleges.
number of organizations in
prior to 1965, he was a comthe field of higher educamunications services director
tion.
He has been on the
at the University of
Board of Advisors of the
Wisconsin at Madison.
Alliance to Save Energy,
Ostar has also been an exeWashington, D.C.; a member
cutive assistant with The
of the Board of Trustees,
Commonwealth Fund of New York UnivePsit y 0 f Mid- America;
City, an assistant to the
chairman, Board of Directors,
General Administration
Consortium for International
Director at the University of
Cooperation in Higher
Wisconsin, a reporter with
Education and a Board of
University of Wisconsin News
Committee member for
Service and the Philadelphia
Improvement of Higher

asst.

appointed

The appointment

of

Thomas

P. Calder, legislative
assistant with the NCAA in
Mission, Kansas, as Assistant
Director of Development/
Athletics at BU has been
announced by President Harry
Ausprich.

Arts.

Ostar has served as president of AASCU since 1979 and
for 14 previous years held
the title of executive direcHe
tor of that organization.
currently serves on the
Higher Education Advisory
Committee of the Education
Commission of the States and
on the National Advisory



Calder will assist
Development Director Anthony
Ianiero.
He will be responsible for directing all Husky
Club fundraising activities
and for coordinating the
summer athletic camp program.
Calder has been associated
with NCAA since 1984.
For
the two previous years, he
was an assistant lacrosse
coach and assistant director

games operations at the
University of North Carolina.
He also served the first year
as an administrative
assistant of the Educational
Foundation at that university
as well as assistant ticket
of

manager from 1978-82.

He was

assistant lacrosse coach at

Roanoke College, Salem,
Virginia,

from 1975-77.
Continued on page 2

SORRY

CONGRATULATIONS
Congratulations to coach
Roger Sanders and his

Ail-American wrestlers, Rick
Bonomo, who repeated as NCAA
Division

I

118

lb.

national

The University Store

CONGRATULATIONS
will

March 21
and will re-open on Monday,
March 31, due to some renova
be closed Friday,

tion

work.

champion and his brother
Rocky, who placed eighth at
126.

Continued from page

1

Calder
a 1975 business
and economics graduate of
Hofstra University where he
was a standout in lacrosse
and football.
He earned a
master of science degree in
sports administration from
the University of Ohio in
is

1978.

CCFNB makes
contribution
A $10,000 unrestricted

gift

to the Bloomsburg University
Foundation has been made by
the Columbia County Farmers
National Bank of Bloomsburg.
In making the announcement,
Bank President Paul Reichard
said, "Bloomsburg University

a vital academic and economic force in our community.

is

As a new

institution in

Bloomsburg, we are pleased to
help contribute to its conBloomsburg
tinued success.
is already recognized as one
of the outstanding academic
institutions in Northeastern
We hope
Pennsylvania.
contributions like this will
help the university attain
even greater recognition."
The $10,000 has been
pledged to the foundation at
the rate of $2,000 a year
over the next five years,
according to Jan Girton,
senior vice president of the
President Harry
bank.
Ausprich recently reactivated
the foundation which is used
to aid the university in
achieving its educational
objectives through private
sector support.

Responding to the gift,
Ausprich commented, "We're
excited that the Columbia

County Farmers National Bank
has accepted leadership as
the first local institution
to join the University
Foundation's Presidential
This support will
Club.
enable us the opportunity to
continue to enhance the many
fine programs and services
available at Bloomsburg
University."

New

center
created
A Center for Instructional
Systems Development, funded
by the Ben Franklin Advanced
Technology Partnership
Program, has been created at
BU to improve and extend both
on-and off-campus teaching
through emerging technologies.

The purpose of the center
threefold: to support the
design and development of
computer-based interactive
videodisc courseware for
interested Bloomsburg
University faculty; to serve
as a vehicle for partnership
by seeking and supporting
interactive videodisc projects for private sector
entities through grants and
sponsorships; and to coordinate and cooperate with the
College of Graduate Studies
and Extended Programs in supporting human resource development in the Instructional
Technology Master's Degree
is

Program and Extended
Educational Programs for cor-

Congratulations to coach

Mary Gardner and her

three
time national swimming champion and Ail-American Joan
Vvojtowicz and senior captain
Kelly Knause, who also earned
Ail-American honors in NCAA
Division II competition.

porate business sector
training.

The initial award of
$66,131 from the Ben Franklin
Partnership Program is for
the university to work
cooperatively with the
Geisinger Medical Management
Corporation to develop courseware for the training and
retraining of nurses and physicians in critical care
medicine
The center has also
received an Education for
Economic Security Act grant
of $40,000 to develop an
individualized interactive
videodisc model for teacher
training in
diagnostic/prescriptive

mathematics.

The center has selected
several faculty members to
serve as subject matter
experts in the development of
interactive videodisc
lessons.
The projects are
developed with the cooperative effort of faculty, the
center staff and graduate
students completing thesis
requirements in the
Instructional Technology

Program
Current projects include a
chemistry lab lesson for
first-year college chemistry
students, teaching signed
English to potential teachers
of the hearing impaired and
redesigning five courses in
the Art Department whereby
50,000 art slides may be
accessed via optical laser
disc.

Additional information can
be obtained from Harold J.
Continued on page

3

LATE MARCH-EARLY APRIL EVENTS
March 22 - Spring break begins for
students and faculty. Service offices
remain open entire week. Classes resume

Hall,

at 8a.m.
Through April 14 - Art exhibit by three
students of Karen Nichols in Presidents'

April 5 - Inauguration ceremonies of
Dr. Harry Ausprich as BU's 16th president, 2:30 p.m. in Mitrani Hall. Open

Lounge.

to

Beginning April 4 - Penn State Student
Art League exhibit in Haas Gallery.
April 2-5 - Bloomsburg Players' production "The Importance of Being Earnest,"

April 8 - A Junior Recital, featuring
Milissa Homa on violin and Troy Snyder

March

31

8 p.m.

in

2

director of the

Center for Instructional
Systems Development
(389-4506), or Julie Abell,
coordinator of the Center for
Instructional Systems
Development (389-4618).

Annual reading
confab slated
Bloomsburg University's
22nd Annual Reading
Conference for teachers,
reading specialists, school
supervisors and administrators from Pennsylvania and
surrounding states will be
held Thursday and Friday May
1-2.

Following last year's
revised format, the Sheraton
Danville Inn will function as
the conference headquarters
with some sessions also scheduled for the adjacent Best
Western motel.
Approximately
950 were in attendance last
year.

Five featured speakers
include:

Dr.

Patricia

Cunningham, Wake Forest
Dale Jordan,
Jordan Diagnostic Center,
University;

Oklahoma

Dr.

Dr. Samual
Kirk, University of Arizona;
Patricia Olsen, West St.
Paul, Minnesota and Dr.
Samuel Sebeata, University of
City;

Washington.
In addition to the above
presentations, more than 50
other sessions, conducted by
reading and education spe-

from institutions of
higher learning and secondary
cialists

Free to everyone.

everyone.

on trumpet,

will

be held at 8 p.m.

in

Carver Hall.

Carver Hall.

Continued from page
Bailey,

April 4 - Fitzwilliam String Quartet
inaugural concert, 8:30 p.m. in Mitrani

and elementary schools, will
take place.
Books and other
educational materials will be
on exhibit throughout the
conference.
Additional information can
be obtained by contacting Dr.
Poostay, Navy Hall,

Bloomsburg University,
telephone (717) 389-4092.

Old house
restoration
Persons with an appreciation for historical
preservation, and residential
restoration in particular,
may be interested in an "Old
House Restoration" minicourse being offered April
12, 19 and 26 in McCormick
University Forum.
The second in a series of
restoration courses, classes
discussions will focus on the
types, methods of installation and maintenance and the
appropriate use of roofing/

gutters/downspouts, siding,
House
doors and windows.
masonry and masonry restoration will also be covered.
Restoration specialists
James and Elizabeth Facinelli
of

Elizabethville,

PA,

will

teach the course.
Additional information is
available through the School
of Extended Programs in
Waller Administration
Building, phone 389-4420.
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Clinical specialty

option added
A third clinical specialty
option entitled "Adult Health
and Illness" has been added
to the Master of Science in
Nursing Program at BU.
According to department
chairperson Dorette Welk, the
focus of the new option is to
produce clinical nurse specialists in adult health and
illness who can assume
leadership positions in a
variety of health care settings.
Nursing students will
apply advanced knowledge of
theories and skills in providing adult health care.
They will be capable of functioning both independently
and collaboratively with
clients and other professionals to improve the
quality of adult health care
delivery.

Adult Health and Illness
two previous
options in the master's
program, Psychiatric
Community Mental Health and
Community Health Nursing.
joins the the

*****************
A Human

Relations Retreat
majority and
minority students and faculty
is scheduled April 4-6 for
the area of Camp Lavigne, boy
scout camp.
Quest will utilize the outdoors for this
experience as a means for
group activities and
discussion.
Sponsored by the
Campus-wide Committee on
Human Relations, the cost is
free to the participants.

weekend

for 20

BU notes
Dr.

Larry Jones, provost

and academic vice president,
has been appointed to the
Northeast Tier Ben Franklin
Partnership Advisory Board by
Dr. Peter Likens, president
of Lehigh University.
The
Board advises the Northeast
Tier Advanced Technology
Center with regards to its
directions for future

research and development,
education and training,
entrepreneural and technical
assistance, service delivery
to new firms and outreach to
the consortium and the
public.

A Human

Relations Retreat
majority and
minority students and faculty
is scheduled for the boy
scout Camp Lavine area on
April 4-6. Sponsored by
Quest, it will be an opportunity to utilize the outdoors for group involvement.
The cost is free and the
program is under the guidance

weekend

of Bill

for 20

Proudman, Quest

director.

Quest is also conducting
Whitewater rafting in the
upper gorge of the Lehigh
River on April 5, 6 and 7.
For additional information,
call 389-4323.
An article co-authored by
Dr. Michael W. Gaynor,
psychology department, and
Dr. James R. Slagle entitled
"A Decision Support System
for Fire Support Command and
Control" was selected for
inclusion in High Technology
edited by
Initiatives in C31
Dr. Stephan J. Andriole, to
be published by the Armed
Forces Communications and

for

enhancement

decision making,

of

human

effective

Human-Computer-Interaction,
and Computer Enhanced
As a Visiting
Education.
Scientist at the Navy Center
for Applied Research in
Artificial Intelligence, he
worked closely with Dr.

Slagle and co-authored six
articles with him. Dr.

Gaynor's current research
includes

human

fault analysis

concept formation to provide timely feedback for
effective education, and an

in

statistics advisor for applied
statistical analysis. In
addition, he is an active
consultant to business and
industry for Artificial
Intelligence applications.

artificially intelligent

Jean K. Kalat, nursing
department, has been invited
to participate in a series of
workshops and lectures
relating to "The Clues of
Depression and Suicide of the

Adolescent and Young Adult."
Local schools and counseling
programs have invited these
presentations as well as some
groups on campus. She will
make a presentation at the

Women's Conference

April.
She helped staff "Call-line
in

Volunteers" in Union/Snyder
Counties on March 4. The

Columbia-Montour Mental
Health Association has sponsored these series upon
request as a prevention

Earlier this year, Bruce
Rockwood, J.D., finance and

business law, presented a
paper "Getting to This: Rules
Versus Problem Solving in

Teaching Undergraduates" to
the section Teaching of Law
Outside of Law Schools at the
annual meeting of the Assn.
of American Law Schools held
in New Orleans. He recently
attended a session entitled
"Banking Law: Current Issues
in a Deregulated Environment," sponsored by the Seton
Hall University School of Law
Legislative Bureau and the
National Community Bank of
New Jersey.

BU's mini-course "Pets 'n
People," featuring local
veterinarian George Leighow,
received national exposure in
the March issue of Dog World
An interesting article by
local writer Sherry Carpenter
entitled "A Vet in the
Classroom" described
Leighow's approach to some of
the problems facing every pet
owner. It also mentioned the
outstanding guest lecturers

.

that participate
annual course.

in

the

Dr. Larry Jones has been
invited to be the distinguished guest speaker at the

Annual Initiation Ceremony of
Phi Kappa Phi National
Interdisciplinary Honor
Society at 6 p.m. on April 6,
in

Scranton Commons.

program as well as a program
dealing with the environment
after suicide.

,

Electronics Association
(AFCEA) International Press.
In addition to teaching,
Professor Gaynor continues to
pursue consulting and
research on the application
of Artificial Intelligence

A note to all faculty and staff who have been
asked to fill out Husky Ambassador recommendations.
An error was made and the
applications are not due March 22.
However,
please return them as soon after that date
as possible to Doug Hippenstiel, Alumni
House.
Thank you.

COMMUNIQUE

A newsletter
April 1,

for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

1986

Inauguration this Saturday

Tom Joseph, manager

of

Video Communications ServStates
Southern
of
Inc.,
RichCooperative,
mond, Virginia, has been
of
appointed
Director
Programs
and
Television
Services at BU according
by
announcement
to
an
Kalyan Ghosh, vice provice
and
associate
vost
for
academic
president
ices

Over 100 representatives
from colleges and univeracross the country
with Bloomsburg
and
University
faculty
administrators in the processional for the inauguration of
Harry Ausprich
as the 16th president of
university,
scheduled
the
sities
will

join

2:30 p.m. on April 5
Mitrani
in
of
Haas
Hall
Center for the Arts.
Included
in
the
repre10
sentatives
will
be
university
and
college
presidents and
14 dignitaries representing learned
and professional
societies
associations. The procession
begin
promptly
at
will
p.m. at Centennial
2:10
for

Gymnasium
and
down
campus

to

proceed
Haas

Center.
Allan W. Ostar, president of the American Assoociation of State Colleges
and Universities,
will
be
the guest speaker. Greetings
will
be extended by the
presidents of the Student
Association,
Government
Alumni
Association
and
the Association of Pennsylvania
State
College and
University Faculties,
with
along
Chancellor
James H. McCormick of the
State
System
of
Higher
Education and a represenfrom
tative
Bloomsburg

Mayor Daniel Bauman.
Council

of

Chairman

John

Trustees
Dorin will

present

Ausprich

for the
Investiture will
be by McCormick and installation by James L. Larson,
member of the Board of

ceremony.

Governors of SSHE.
Dorin
will
make
the
medallion presentation and
Gilbert
Grand
Marshall
Selders, the Mace presen-

affairs.

which
will
be
by remarks from

was responsible
Joseph
for building Video Communcations Services, a 279-unit

Musical
selections
will
be rendered by the Madrigal
Singers and Brass Quintet.
Catholic
campus minister
Chester Snyder will deliver
the invocation and Protestant
campus
minister
Gregory
Osterberg, the benediction.
A reception will follow
the inauguration ceremony
immediately in the vicinity
of Haas Center.
All members of the college community and the public are
cordially
invited
to
both
events.

corporate video network,
from scratch and became
the first manager.
He previously served as
consultant
and
later
a
Video/Media
Development
Coordinator of The Raymond
Corporation
Greene,
of
New York. He also was an
nstructor in video productions
methods at Broome
Community College, Binghamton, New York.
Joseph earned a bachelor
of
science degree in
secondary education from
Penn State and a master
in
degree
of
science
from
telecommunications
Syracuse University.

tation,

followed
Ausprich.

Joseph named

TV

director

The

new

director
has
in
active
the
International
Television
serving as a
Association,
member of the Central New

been

York Chapter and later as
of the Richmond
Chapter.
and
his
family
Joseph
wiU reside at 385 Riverview Drive, Bloomsburg.

president

FEES
The

administration
of
the university has determined that for the upcoming summer semester,
fees must be paid the day
Deferof registration.
ment of fees for financial aid will be possible,
but
only
financial
aid
will be deferred.

FASHION SHOW
The BU Women's Club

BU

has

research
this year.

in

received
$1
grants
for
and
training

The money comes from a
number of state, federal
and private sources.
A Ben Franklin Partnership grant of $22,100 will
provide for the continuation
of the Business Assistance
Incubator
Centers,
and
implemented jointly by the
university, the Bloomsburg

Area Chamber of Commerce
and the Bloomsburg Area
Industrial Development Association.

A link between higher
education and the business
community has been formed
through
university's
the
cooperative education program. Students are given
an opportunity to obtain
job experience related to
their career goals through
short-term employment in
businesses and industries.
The

program

is

partially

through a grant
of $11,258 from the U.S.
Department of Education.
The university is responding
the
needs
of
to
unemployed,
economically
disadvantaged people through
training
and
classroom
internships
in
area businesses. A total of $89,380
is
being provided through
the Job Training Partnersupported

will

sponsor a fashion show ahd
luncheon at 12 noon on
Saturday, April 12, in the
Coffeehouse of Kehr Union.
Cost is $5.00. For reservations,
Abha Ghosh
call
at 4491 or Kathy Mulka at
4058 by April 10.

$1 million in grants for
million

DREAM WE A VERS'

BU

Act.
The university
has been awarded $160,794
by the federal Education
Department for continuation
of
its
successful Upward

Bound program.
The Department

of Business Education and Office
Administration has received
$6,000 in vocational education
funding through the
Penn State Center to conduct a series of workshops
for
secondary and postsecondary teachers.
The
workshops will focus on the
impact of current technology
on
the
business
education and office administration curricula.
A continuation grant of
$67,200 has been awarded
to the Department of Communication
Disorders
and
Special Education by the
federal Education Department to assist the university
with
its
master of
science program in audiology, speech-language pathology and education of the
hearing impaired.
will

also

provide interpreter training
for
services
hearing
impaired students through
a
contract
with
$4,000
Gallaudet College in Washington.
In
addition,
a
grant of $18,900 from the
state Department of Education

will

help

BU's
Weavers,
Dream
will
Company,
Drama
Child
with
schools
area
production of "Blue
Horses" by Kathryn Shultz
been
Tours have
Miller.
booked for local student
audiences for the month
of April.

tour

their

educators to work
with handicapped students.
students
Disadvantaged
difficulty
in
experiencing
making the adjustment from
to
high
school
college
benefit
from a grant of
state
from
the
$96,600
Education Department. The
Center for Academic Devel-

tional

ship

The department

PRODUCTION

train

voca-

opment offers instructional
services in reading, writing,

mathematics, speech communications and counseling
to 215 students.
Grants for cultural affairs
programs
include
$5,000
Pennsylvania
from
the
Council on the Arts to
support the Community Arts
artist
lecture
Council
series and $1,000 from the
Arts
States
Mid-Atlantic
provide
Consortium
to
for
the
funding
partial
Night
Saturday
"Sweet
Dance Review," a celebraand
street
black
tion
social dance.
Other
grants
include
$2,000 from the Shell Companies Foundation, designated
for
use
by
the
accounting department for
faculty professional development and student scholarships. Modifications to the
heating and lighting system
in Andruss Library will be
made with the assistance
of a $7,152 Energy Conser-

vation Measures grant from
the
Governor's
Energy
Council.

(Continued on page 3)

GERBER

LARRY

TO

DISCUSS NEWSPAPERS
Larry Gerber, wire editor
Press - Enterprise
the
newspaper
discuss
design and color at 10 a.m.
in
April
9,
Wednesday,

of

will

Room

105 of BU's Bakeless
the
by
Sponsored
Program in Journalism, the

Hall.

public

is

invited.

(Continued from page 2)

The

Pennsylvania Green
Thumb program continues to
offer temporary part-time
employment for 25-30 lowincome older workers on campus. Approximately $125, 000
is
made possible through
Title
of
the
V
Older
Americans Act.

COLE PORTER SIGHT

REMINDER

A Night of Cole Porter,
Theatre Program funda

The internationally faString
Fitzwilliam
mous
in
perform
will
Quartet
concert at 8:30 p.m. this

raiser/gala
April 25-26

is

at

slotted for
8 p.m. in

an
Enjoy
Hall.
Carver
club
night
evening
of
stage
with
entertainment
direction by Marci Woodruff
and music directed by Bill
Decker. Admission is $5.00.

State
Stroudsburg
East
College and his master's
administration
in
degree
from Bucknell University.

NY,
Geneva,
was a long-time
and
teacher
high -school
coach before coming to BU
in 1961.
He coached all
Born

Conyngham

varsity sports at

Township High School from
1936-1948. He taught and
served as basketball coach
High
School
Ashland
at
from 1948 to 1961, winning
80% of his games.
also

officiated

and
football
games in Central Pennsylvania and at one time was

from
retired
Hunsinger
in 1979 as administrator for federal grants and
president.
vice
associate
He previously held posi-

BU

tions of dean of men, dean
of students, associate vice
student
for
president
affairs, director of place-

ment

and

in
official
the
the
only
state
who officiated for
different
college
five
sports. From 1946-48, he
worked as a professional
baseball umpire.
In 1967, he was appointed
by Governor Shafer to serve
as the first advisor to the

Senate Committee on Education,

March 25.

food

administrator.
He received

service

for

a

position

two years.

bachelor's degree in health and
from
education
plysical

he

held
he

In 1977,

Outstanding
received
the
Award from the
Service
Pennsylvania
Basketball
Coaches Assn. In 1981, he
was inducted into the Jerry
Wolman Chapter of the
Pennsylvania Hall of Fame.
In
basketball
1982,
a
scholarship

was

named

in

honor at BU for his
overall support of athleparticulary
Husky
tics,
his

his

Vinovrski resigns
search underway

in

Hunsinger

Hunsinger
basketball

Elton Hunsinger, 72, who
served as a BU administra18 years and a
for
tor
died
since
1981,
trustee
at his home in Aristes on

Friday, April 4, in Mitrani
Hall of Haas Center. The
invited
and
is
public
admission is free.

basketball.

Bernie Vinovrski,

admi-

and
director
a
member of the successful
since
admissions
team
1975, has resigned effecto
1986,
tive July
18,
similar
posiaccept
a
tion at Wilkes College.
is
director
new
A
sought.
The
being
advertised request is as
follows:

ssions

Nominations

and

appli-

for
cations
invited
are
which
this
directorship,
reports to the Dean of
Enrollment
Management.
The university is seeking

individual
who can
an
maintain and improve upon
positive
enrollvery
a
ment history.

Minimum

qualifications:

master's
degree,
five
admisyears
of
total
with
sions
experience
some supervisory experprofessional
ience
of
staff,
proven record of
leadership, excellent comworkmunication skills,

knowledge of financial
statistiprograms,
skills
instituand
cal
marketing
knowtional
ing
aid

ledge.
commensurate
Salary
with
and
knowledge
experience.
(Continued on page 4)

(Continued from page 3)

Resume and three
of

ters

let-

professional

reference must be submitted by April 30, 1986
Director of Admisto:
sions Search Committee,
c/o John Stockalis, Benjamin
Franklin
Hall,

Bloomsburg
Bloomsburg,

University,

PA 17815.
affirmative action,
equal opportunity employWomen and minorities
er.
are encouraged to apply.
An

Summer opera
music course
The
offer

university

will

and
Opera
course
Theatre

its

Music

summer

in Salzburg,
of
birthplace
Mozart and home of the
internationally known SalzSummer
Festival.
burg
Dr. William Decker, who
similar
taught
has
a
adults
and
course
to
students
for
college
many years, will be the
professor for the course
to be held July 1-31.

this

Austria,

Enrollment is open to
students
and
college
other adults. The latter
credit
receive
may
university's
through
the
continuing education program. Certain high school
students may be accepted
placement
for
advance
credit and would be elifor
the
gible
to
apply
course.
The course will focus
on the great works of the
approached
stage,
lyric
through recordings, readings and films. Arrangements will be made to
attend performances and
as
well.
A
rehearsals
in
background
strong
music or theatre is not
necessary for this course,
which is basically history
Partiand appreciation.

cipants
will
in
live
Austrian homes, as well
as having opportunity for
weekend
excursions
to
such
places
as
Vienna,
Switzerland, Budapest and
Bavaria.

Decker

Dr.

wife
during

and

lived

in

his

Paris

1983
and
have
visited
Austria
on
two
different occasions. They
also plan to spend several
months studying in Vienna
next year.
Interested persons should
contact
Dr.
Decker at
(717) 389-4284 for additional
information.
The

legislators
and
dignitaries
attending
an "Act 101
Works"
reception
held
recently
ia Harrisburg. The reception
eight
honored
out-

state

other

standing Act
four
each



alumni
the
program's
and
eastern
western regions.
101

from

McLaughlin, former
swimming and
men's
diving coach, was honored
by fellow coaches of the
Pennsylvania
Conference
at
the recent championEli

BU

ships
held
University.

Award"

Clarion

at

v

A

"Coaches
plaque in appreMcLaughlin's
of

cost of
the program is
surprisingly
low,
and a
few
scholarships
are
available to gifted students.
The
Salzburg

ciation
years of contributions
23
to
the conference swimming and diving program
was presented to Stanley

Program

Rakowsky, who represented
McLaughlin at the meet.
McLaughlin was ill at the

is
sponsored by
the Pennsylvania Consortium
for
International
Education and has been
successfully operating for
several years.

BU

in

Ariane
Foureman,
department
of
Languages
and Cultures, spoke about
value

of

foreign

languages in our modern
world on March 20 at the
Career Day of St. Cyril

Academy, Danville.
Jesse
Bryan,
director
of
the
Center
for
Academic Development, and

Tom

Cooper,
dean
of
Admissions and Enrollment
Management, were among
the
representatives
from
74
Pennsylvania
colleges
and
universities
and

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,

trustee,

accept

the

award on his behalf. It
was only the second time

Dr.

the

requested

Rakowsky, a former team
manager and currently a

BU

notes

and

time

the

history

of

the

this
that
conference
Ed
given.
was
award
West
former
Norris,
Chester University coach,
it
in
1979.
received
from
retired
McLaughlin
September
in
coaching

1985,
return
teaching.

to
requesting
full-time
to

in
the
students
The
Sociology of Aging class,
institupart
of
as
a
tional observation, recently
toured Berwick Retirement
Home.
Nursing
Village
Mrs. Ann Fletcher, adminnursing
the
of
istrator
the
introduced
home,
institution's objectives and
Cheryl
Mrs.
programs.
Service
Social
Rowsla,

Review
Utilization
and
conducted a
Coordinator,
tour of the facility.

X
H

COMMUNIQUE

A

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

April 15,

1986

As a former U.S. Navy Lieutenant (S.G.), Nurick served
in
various capacities aboard
surface
vessels
in
the
Atlantic
and
Mediterranean
fleets.

Nurick began working as a
with
assistant
Bell of Pennsylvania in 1957.
During the next nine years,
17
approximately
he
held
in
different
positions
the
and
operations,
financial
marketing departments with
Pennsylvania.
He
Bell
of
became associated with AT&T
in
1966 and prior to his
was
present
position,
Vice
Assistant
appointed
in
Marketing
President
of

management

i

President Harry Ausprich (left) was the center of attention
Saturday, April 5, when he was inaugurated as the university's 16th president. Attending were state dignitaries,
members of the university and local communities, relatives,
friends and representatives from colleges and universities
across the country. Above, the investiture is given by
former BU president James H. McCormick, chancellor of the
State System of Higher Education.

Nurick to be commencement speaker
Carl J.
sident,

Nurick,

PennDel

vice

Area

preof

AT&T
will

Systems,
Information
be the principal speaker

the Bloomsburg University
spring commencement exercises
scheduled for 2:15 p.m. on
May 10 at the Bloomsburg
Fair
Grounds.
Nearly
780
at

undergraduate and approximately 48 graduate students
will receive their degrees.
University
is
Bloomsburg
Montno stranger to the
gomery County native as he

has been a visiting executive
serves as a member of
Business
the
School
of
Advisory Board and a director
of the Bloomsburg University
Foundation.
Nurick
was awarded his
undergraduate degree with a
in
labor
economics,
major

and

commerce and

political

sci-

from
Penn State in
1955. He has taken graduate
studies at Wilkes and King's
Colleges and Columbia and
Michigan State Universities.

ence

1974 and General Manager of
Marketing with Pennsylvania
operations
and
Delaware
responsibilities in 1978.

Nurick

chairman

has

and

been both a
advisory
an

with
the
member
council
United Fund and has served
in prominent capacities with
the Philadelphia area American Cancer Society. He has
in
both
the
active
been
Philadelphia and Main Line
Chambers of Commerce. Associated with the Pennsylvania
Bar Association since 1979,
he has been a member of the
Responsibility
Professional

Committee and aboard member
Bar
Pennsylvania
the
Foundation.
He serves as a
member of the Advisory Board
of the American Association
of the Advancement of Science
and the President's Advisory
Board of Wilson College.
of

SPRING CONCERT

QUEST OFFICE RELOCATES

The annual Spring Concert
of classical music, marches
and jazz by the Concert Band,
(Terry Oxley, director) and
Studio Band (Stephen Wallace,
director) with guest appearances
by Madrigal Singers

The Quest Office has been
moved on campus from Kehr
Union to the ground floor of
Simon Hall, located between
Columbia and Montour Residence Halls.
The telephone
number is 389-4323.

(Wendy

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
SYMPOSIUM
The
annual
Professional
Development Symposium for

BU secretaries will be held
May 1 in the Dillon Room of
Hotel Magee from 8 a.m. to
p.m.
4:30
registration

Deadline

for
23

Miller, director) will
be held at 2:30 p.m. Sunday,
in
Mitrani Hall.
April 20,

and should be
Sue
Bodman, Waller Administration

Everyone welcome.

Building

BU given

nearly $5 million in

1985

by

Husky





years for students from
high
schools
in
the
nearby anthracite coal region.
the

five

Bloomsburg
philanthropists
and
Louise
Mitrani
gave $500,000 to be put in
a trust for academic scholarships. A $5,500 contribution
by Berwick Forge and Fabrication
Corp.
enriched the
General Scholarship Fund.
The university was fortunate to receive a number
of
outstanding
equipment
gifts. AT&T donated $255,000
in new computer equipment to

Marco

be utilized in the scientific
research area and by the
College of Business. Shared
Medical Systems gave $7,000
in computer equipment for the
second consecutive year. IBM
and Tandy Corporation donated
computer equipment totalling
$4,000.
A
$2,000
video
printer
was received from
Polaroid. The first half of
a $19,200 pledge to assist
in
renovations of the computer
center
was received
from
Air
Products
and

Chemicals Co.
Alumni of the

university

support
alumni
programs,
projects
and
the
recently
acquired
Alumni
House
to
the tune of nearly a quarter
miUion dollars.
Other cash
gifts
to
the
university
totalled $40,000 and in-kind
gifts, another $32,000. The

Bloomsburg
the

Foundation

recipient

December
Nearly

was

gifts
of
in
totalling $22,000.
$80,000 was raised

April
sent to

donors

Club

and

athletic
schowhile
$3,000
larships
a
donation was made to the
camscholarship
athletic
paign by McDoweU Oil Co.
these gifts and
of
"All
greatly
are
contributions
entire
the
by
appreciated

others

Bloomsburg
Fall,
Last
president
Harry
University
Ausprich stated that public
private
need
universities
difthe
spell
support
to
ference between an adequate
and a great institution of
higher learning.
If
1985 is an indication,
is
University
Bloomsburg
well on its way to becoming
During
a superior school.
monetary,
calendar
year,
the
equipment
and
scholarship
gifts to the university and
Association
Alumni
its
amounted to nearly $5 million.
states
support,"
"Such
Ausprich, "will help Bloomsretain
burg
recruit
and
outstanding faculty, develop
staff,
its
professional
research
acquire
advanced
equipment,
and
teaching
along with improving learning facilities and enriching
This
activities.
cultural
all leads to the university's
excellent reputation in the
world of higher education.
important
is
how
Equally
many of these gifts help
students tomorrow's leaders
develop to the fullest of
through
their
potentials
and
scholarships
academic
best
of
the
access
to
resources."
The largest gift, according to Development Director
was
Ianiero,
Anthony
$3
million
from the estate of
late Shenandoah businessman
Fred G. Smith. It will prothrough
scholarships
vide

is

for

community,"
university
"They
Ianiero commented.
incentive
great
provide
a
our
continue
us
to
for
the
increase
to
efforts
academic status of Bloomsthroughout
University
burg
1986 and future years."

Employee health
and benefits fair
The

Employee

Benefits
for

Fair

Tuesday,

is

Health and
scheduled

April

22,

and

Wednesday morning, April 23,
in the Kehr Union Building.
The purpose of the fair is
employees become
to
help
more aware of their benefit
package and to provide free
selected health services and
information.
Presentations wiU be conPresidents'
in
ducted
the

Lounge on Tuesday from 9a.m.
to 5:30 p.m. and on Wednesday
morning from 9 a.m. to 12
noon.

Among the topics for presentations are Geisinger HMO;
Blue Cross/Blue Shield/Major
Security;
Social
Medical;
Exercise and Fitness, FinanNutrition for
Services;
cial
RetirePreventive
Health;
ment; TIAA-CREF (Teachers
Insurance and Annuity AssoContinued on page 3

ELECTRICAL SHUTDOWN
Saturday, May 17, has been

GOLF SAFARI

tentatively

Safari

chosen

for
a
campus-wide electrical shutdown at which time the main
high voltage switchgear will
be
repaired.
This
is
in
addition
to
the
shutdowns
scheduled throughout the week
of May 12 which were previously listed.

Continued from page 2

The

Shawnee
Monday,

May

golfers

are

College Retirement
Fund); and Health
Promotion/Wellness. Some will
be conducted by Bloomsburg
University staff or faculty,
others by off-campus representatives.
Information tables will be
set up in Multi -Purpose Room

A from 9:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
on Tuesday and from 9:30 a.m.
to 12 noon on Wednesday.
Representatives
will
be
available at the information

Country
12.

Golf

In

the

for

sion

II

Club on
Interested

reminded

to
at
as soon as possible.

Tom

contact

389-4070

students

ciation,
Equities

HIGHEST RANKING

annual
Spring
is
scheduled

Davies

from

Forensic

35 states will
in
the
National
Association's
16th

Annual

Championships

compete

in

individual
speaking
events
to be held here April 24-28.

be the first time
national
event
has
been held in Pennsylvania,
according to Harry Strine,
BU director of forensics.
Competition
will
consist
of
four
preliminary
rounds
plus
quarters,
semis -and
finals
in
nine
events.
It

will

this

tables
to
answer questions
on employee benefits and on
health
(directed towards a
"wellness
concept").
Also
available
at
the
tables
will be brochures and forms
related
to
group
health
insurance; credit unions, fee
waiver; Campus Child Center;

Included will be informative
speaking,
persuasive speaking,
after dinner speaking,
extemporaneous
speaking,
impromptu
speaking,
prose
interpretation, poetry interpretation,
dramatic
duo
interpretation
and
rhetori-

campus

Additional
information
is
available
from
Professor
Strine
by calling 389-4184

and activities available to employees;
discounts; and more. Representatives from Blue Cross,
TIAA-CREF, American Red
Cross, American Cancer Society,
both
credit
unions,
Bloomsburg Hospital, and the
Geisinger

facilities

HMO,

as well as
Bloomsburg University staff,
faculty and nursing students
wiU be available to answer
questions.

employees (staff
faculty)
and
spouses
encouraged
to
attend
All

and
are
the

Benefits Fair.

Forensics here
Approximately 1,100 students
and
coaches
representing
100
colleges
and

cal criticism.

or 389-4576.

the Huskies of Coach
Hutchinson were ranked

tied

for

fourth,

the

highest

ever by a BU Softball team.
BU is seeking its fourth
consecutive Pennsylvania Conference title.

of all ages.

Each program

offers

acti-

outdoor recreation,
nature
study
and
evening
events planned by the Marine
Science
Consortium
staff.
Activities may include: boat
cruise
yrs.
and
up),
(6
critter
forest
walk,
lab,
swimming, pony hunt, dune
walk, bird hike, clam bake,
mucking,
marsh
volleyball,
beach combing and sunbathing.
Interested persons can conDr.
tact
James
Lauffer,
geography and earth science,
at 389-4141 or Dr. Joseph
Vaughan, biology and allied
health sciences, at 389-4120.
vities

in

Concert Choir in
pre-tour concert
The BU Concert Choir Spring
Concert in Carver Auditorium
will be special in that local
audiences

will

hear the prowill

sing

East Coast Tour.
concert in Bloomsburg

for

The
will

p.m. Thursday evening, April 24, and the public
be at

Family
Programs
Retreat
at the Marine Science Consortium
Wallops
Island,
,

available

Divi-

Softball

Jan

poll,

their

programs

are

women's

gram the choir

Family retreat

Virginia,

NCAA

latest

to

BU

this
employees
year
through
university's
the
membership in the Consor-

tium.

The Family Retreat Programs offer a few days among
marshes,
forests
and
the
barrier
beaches
of
the
islands of the Eastern Shore
affordable
rates.
at
The
and
events
activities
are
designed for family members

8

invited free of charge.
During the Florida tour,
the
choir,
under
their
director William Decker, will
is

perform in Portsmouth (VA),
Savannah (GA), Daytona Beach
(FL), St. Petersburg (FL)
and
Walt
Disney
World in
Orlando (FL).
The program will consist
of
choral
classics
as
well
as lighter choral literature.
Selections
will
include
"Haec Dies" by Palestrina,
three selections from Leonard
Bernstein's MASS, two madri(

Continued on page four)

(Continued from page 3)
and "Uv'shofar Gadol"
by Samuel Adler, the "Regina
Coeli" from the opera Cavalleria
Rusticana,
several
spirituals
and
selections
from the Broadway musical
Cats. The varied program is
designed to appeal to people

BU notes

Leo

gals

of all musical interests.

Funds promote

SSHE

faculty

development
Faculty
The
Professional
Development Program (FPD) of
the State System of Higher
Education
(SSHE)
recently
moved into its second phase,
almost $86,000 richer.
Coupled with a supportive
matching grant of $43,000
from the System's Board of
Governors,
monies
the
received
by
Program
the
originated
from an earlier
faculty development program

known

Pennsylvania
State
Educational
College
Services Trust Fund.
Trust Fund Chairman William
F. Bogart, an associate professor from
Mansfield University, presented SSHE Chancellor

as

the

James

H.

McCormick

with a check for $43,000 to
close out the former program.
"The fine faculty of the
State
System
expect,
and
rightfuUy
that
so,
the
Office
of
the
Chancellor
and the Board of Governors
mutually support their efforts
in this new and appropriate
venture,"
Dr.
McCormick
said.

"For 11 years, the Educational
Fund
Services Trust
labored
to
provide faculty
development programs. Now,
the framework and cooperative
support are in place, and we
have the opportunity to be
creative in shaping a firstrate program," the Chancellor
added.

Sociology/
Welfare,
recently
presented two papers.
One
was titled "Status, Motives,
and Violence in Television's
Heroes,
Villains,
and Victims," at the Eastern Socioannual
logical
Society
meeting in April;
and the
other
titled
"Athletes
and
Drugs:
A Survey of Public
Attitudes,"
the
annual
at
meeting of the Academy of
Criminal
Justice
Sciences
Barrile,

Social

Bernadine T. Markey, nurswill present her research
entitled
"Evaluative
Study
of
Medication
Discharge
Planning
for
the
Elderly
with
Congestive
Heart
Failure
in
an Acute Care
Medical Center" at the 12th
Annual
Nursing
Research
ing,

Symposium

at

Institutes

of

the
National
Health
in

Bethesda (MD) on May 5.
John S. Baird, Jr., psychology,
presented a paper
entitled
"Partial
Invalidation of the MMPI" at the
21st
Annual Symposium on

Recent Developments in the
Use of the MMPI. The conference was sponsored by the
University of Minnesota.
Dr. Donald A Vannan, curriculum and foundations, has
had
science
a
education
published
in
May/ June, 1986 issue of
Mailbox
Intermediate
tion, the idea magazine
elementary
teachers.
article

,

the

The
Edifor

The

"Soda Pop Science,"
deals with three demonstrations for elementary school
children
emphasizing
the
discovery-type approach versus just "telling" or "spoonfeeding."
William S. O'Bruba, chairman, department of curriculum
and foundations, has published
an article "The Black Child,
His Dialect, and His Reading,"
in the Spring 1986 issue of
the
educational
journal
Reading Horizons The latter
is
published
by
Western
Michigan University for all
those professionals involved
in reading instruction.
article,

.

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about people at Bloomsburg University on the
1st and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, at BU.
Please send story ideas to
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March.
At
the
Saleem M.
Dr.
J.V.

in

request

of

Dr.

Khan, economics,
Ordenes of the
International Monetary Fund,
Washington, DC, delivered a
lecture on "World Trade and
Debt Crisis" on April 2 in
The
Room 207.
Bakeless
Department of Economics, in
cooperation with the Economics Club and Omicron Delta
Epsilon,
lecture.

sponsored

the

James H. Huber, sociology/
welfare, presented a
session
on
"A
colloquium
Faculty Union in the Aftermath of a Strike" at the
56th Annual Meeting of the
Eastern Sociological Society
meeting held in New York
recently.
social

Chang Snub Roh, sociology/
attended the
meeting of the Association for Asian Studies in
He also
Chicago recently.
presented a colloquium session
on "Dying and Death in Korean
and American Perspectives,"
the Eastern Sociological
at
Society meeting held in New
York, April 4-6.

social

welfare,

annual

admissions,
Penny Britt,
and Ronald DiGiondomenico,
academic advisement, gave a
"Ten
entitled
presentation

Simple Steps to an Effective
Mentor Program" at the recent
Academic Advising
National
Association conference held
at State College (PA).

X

COMMUNIQUE

\

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

May

1,

1986

Benefield to receive medallion
versity Foundation.
is
Benefield
charter
a
member of the Husky Club
and
Board
of
Governors
during
Spring
the
1985
semester was a member of the

Search and Screen Committee
for

the

the position
College of

Bloomsburg.
honor occurred

Dean of

of

Business

at
latest
April 9,

His

on

1986, when he was confirmed
as the newest member of the

Richard
prominent
nessman,

A.
Benefield,
Bloomsburg busiwill be
the third

recipient

of

Medallion

at

a
the

University

BU

Com-

mencement
scheduled
2:15 p.m., Saturday, May
at

the

for

10,
Bloomsburg
Fair
The first University

Grounds.
Medallions were presented to
local

philanthropists,

Marco

and Louise Mitrani, at the
December, 1983 commencement
exercises.
Benefield
has
been
a
friend and ardent supporter
of the university for
many
years.
His close association
was officially and publicly
noted in May, 1980, when he
was appointed a member of
the
College
of
Business

Advisory
currently

Board of

which

he
Vice

serves
as
He received the
University's
Certificate
of
Appreciation for outstanding
service
in
and
in
1982,
February of this year, was
named Chairman of the newly
reorganized Bloomsburg Uni-

Chairman.

16-member Board of Governors
of the State System of Higher
Education.
Benefield has been associated
with
popular
the
Hotel Magee since 1954, and
currently
its
serves
as
Vice President and General

Manager.

He

also

is

the

and General
Manager of Operations for
M.I.E.
Hospitality,
a
Bloomsburg-based
company
which owns and operates 15
Arthur
Fish and
Treacher
Vice

President

Chips restaurants in central
and northeastern Pennsylvania.
A 1948 graduate of Penn
State

Bachelor

of

Hotel
Benefield
in

with
a
Science degree
Administration,

University

also

completed

work in Business
graduate
Instituand
Administration
tional Administration at Penn
his
pursuing
while
State
career in restaurant management.
Benefield served as Captain
in
the United States Army
during World War II, seeing

active duty in the Phillipines
and the South Pacific Theatre.
While in the military, Benefield
earned
certificate
a
from
Engineering
in
Basic
North Carolina State Univerin
certificate
sity
and a
Civil Engineering from Penn
State.
was
recently
Benefield
named the Outstanding Citizen
of the Year by the Blooms-

burg Area Chamber of Commerce.
He has served as
for
the
Chairman
Columbia County United Way
and Moderator of the NorthumAs a
Presbytery.
berland

Drive

Benefield

Rotarian,

has

the
president
of
been
chapter
and
Bloomsburg
a
District Governor.
Hotel
Magee,
At
the
responsible
is
reputation
national
in
fine
distinction
and
dining and lodging.
He is
a past president of various
and restaurant assohotel
ciations and a past chairman
(three terms) of the Smaller
of
the
Committee
Hotels

Benefield
for

its

American

Hotel-Motel

Asso-

ciation. He is also a director
of the Executive Committee
of the American Hotel-Motel

Association.
Benefield

has

received

numerous awards as an outPenn
of
standing
alumnus
State.
his
and
Benefield,
60,
wife,
Elinor
Anne Vinson,
four
of
parents
the
are
grandand
the
daughters
parents of nine.

FACULTY

COMMENCEMENT
Faculty and administrators
are urged to participate in
commencement exercises on
Saturday,
May 10, at the
Bloomsburg Fairgrounds. The
procession
moves
promptly

p.m.
at
2:15
President Carl
the speaker.

AT&T
J.

Vice

Nurick

Si STAFF DECALS
Law Enforcement Chief Ken

Weaver would

like

inform

to

faculty and staff that
the red and white decals will
be
extended
indefinitely.
Notice of new decals arrival
will be published later.

all

**************

is

The

Communique'

will

be

SOFTBALL PLAYOFFS
Pennsylvania

Conference
championships
a.m. this
Friday (May 3) and continue
Saturday ( May 4) at Ber
Vaughn Park in Berwick. BU
is defending champion.
Other
teams competing are Edinboro,
Lock Haven and Shippensburg

women's

Softball
begin at 11

month
a
July
and

published
once
during
June,

August.

Have a good summer!
9

Funds sought
for Roberts memorial


sity;

west of the McCormick Center
and
southeast
of
Bakeless
Center as the "Percival R.
Roberts III Memorial Sculpture Garden."
The university is now proceeding to acquire pieces of

in

sculpture

Dear Colleague:
Before his death in 1984,
III,
Roberts,
R.
Percival
was professor and former
chairperson of the Department
of Art at Bloomsburg Univerhe joined the faculty
1968. A native of Delaware, Roberts held bachelor
and master degrees from the
University of Delaware and
a doctoral in art from Illinois State University. Artist,
friend;
and
teacher
poet,
Professor Roberts was widely
respected and loved by his
students and colleagues for
his

intense

creativity,

his

deep humanity and his warm
He was named a
geniality.
Commonwealth Teaching Fellow for 1974-75 in recognition of his exemplary teaching,
and he won a Commonwealth
Service Award in 1976.
Recognition of his extraordinarily

fruitful

life

beyond
the
far
extended
campus and even the Commonwas
In
he
wealth.
1963,
named the ninth Poet Laureate
of Delaware and in 1967, he
was chosen as an Outstanding
Young man of America. Among
his other honors with a Litt.
D. degree from L'Libre Universite' Asie and the American Poets' Gold Cup Award.
At its June, 1985 meeting,
the Council of Trustees of
Bloomsburg University moved
to establish the area south-

that
reflect
a
love for the best
has to offer. The
collection
will
not
only
symbolize
the
university's
regard
for
excellence,
but
also exemplify the precious
experience of the beauty in

profound
humanity

life.

As

Because

case

the

in

meaningful
process of
continue
of

of

collections,
acquisitions
in

the

all

the
will

perpetuity.

importance

the universeeking
sity
is
ambitiusly
new
contributions
this
to
and exciting endeavor.
On behalf of Bob's family,
friends and Bloomsburg University, I ask your support
for
this
worthy
project.
Your
contribution
to
the
III
Roberts,
"Percival
R.
Garden"
will
Sculpture
ensure a permanent collection
of fine sculpture.
of

these

ideals,

Karl 3eamer
Assistant Professor

Professor Beamer is using
the above method to reach all
BU employees. Contributions
may be made through the Art

Department

(389-4195)

or

Development
(389-4128).

the

New degree

office

in

social welfare
program
The
degree
of
Bachelor of Arts in Social
Welfare has been approved
for
the
university
by the
Board of Governors of the
System
Higher
State
of
Education. The BU Council of
Trustees previously approved
the program.
The BA in Social Welfare
will be offered through the
Department of Sociology and
Social
Welfare.
According
to Arts and Sciences Dean
G. Alfred Forsyth, a growing
number
of
Welfare
Social
students who would normally
their
as
an
get
degree
option in Sociology can now
graduate with a Bachelor of
Arts in Social Welfare as
early as 1988.
In September, 1985, Sociology majors numbered 141, a
47% increase over the previous fall semester. Eightymajors are
four
of
these
Welfare option stuSocial
dents, a 62% increase over
the previous year.
Graduates of the program
work in
qualified
to
are
mental health/mental retarchildren
programs,
dation
drug/
and youth agencies,
treatment
or
recreaalcohol
tion programs.

DAY OF CHAMPIONS
letes,

representing

over 500
team members,
will
attend
the 12th Annual Husky Club

Day

Champions Awards
of
Banquet on May 3 at 6 p.m.
in
the
Scranton
Commons.
Should you have any questions,
feel free to contact
the
Husky Club Office at
(717) 389-4663.

Research and
Planning
reorganized

location of the office
be in
in
will
Waller
Hall
the space currently occupied
by the Office of Institutional
Research on the second floor.
Dr.
Hugh McFadden, who
has
been the
Director
of
will

begin
his
responsibilities
as Director of the Office of
Planning, Research and Information Management on May
12.

Appreciation
been
has
extended to Dr. Ray Babineau
by
President
Ausprich and
other
administrators
for
his devotion and outstanding
contributions as Director of
Institutional
for
Planning
the past three years. Babineau
will return to his full-time
professorship in the Depart-

Curriculum
and
Foundations. Sharon Swank,
Babineau's
secretary,
becomes secretary of the Office
of
Planning,
Research and
Information Management.
Dr.

of

McFadden

will

School.

report

continue

to

Institutional

Vice

President

Summer

Orientation

retiring

December

in

position.

Retirements and

Miller
came
director
as

Walker

in

his

new

Faculty Emeriti
The retirements of three
faculty members with a total
of 67 years of service, the
conferring
of
Faculty
six
Emeritus
Status
upon
upon six retirees, and the
retirements
four
nonof
instructional employees were
April
announced
at
the
quarterly
meeting
of
the
Council of Trustees.
Joanne E. McComb, assoin
professor
ciate
the
Department
of
Health,
Education
and
Physical
wil
Athletics
since
1960,
retire June 20, 1986.
She
will
complete 26 years at
BU and 32 years in the field
of education. In addition to
to her teaching assignments,
for a number of years the
Avonmore (PA) native coached
BU's women's basketball team
and earlier served as advisor
cheerleading squad.
to
the
Vis. McComb's current assignment
associate
has
been
athletics.
She
director
of
qualified
is
the
only
instructor to certify advanced
lifeguard students.
Dr.
Robert
Miller,
C.
professor of curriculum and
foundations, has been at BU
Upon
since September 1961.

dates

have been set as follows:
June 15-16, summer freshmen;
June 22-23-24,
fall
freshmen; June 29-30-July 1, fall
freshmen; July 13-14, transJuly
fers;
20-21-22,
fall
freshmen; July 27-28-29, fall
freshmen
(including
those
admitted through the Center
for Academic Development) .

he completed
the university
in
the field

John

ical

ment

'

Advancement

an
administrative
reorganization,
the
Office
Institutional
of
Research
and Information Management
and the Office of InstituPlanning will become
tional
Institutional
the
Office
of
Planning, Research and Information Management. The phys-

Research,

The Homecoming theme for
this
year's
October 18-20
celebration
is
"America
From Sea to Shining Sea.
The
parade,
beginning
at
10 a.m., will be in conjunction
with
Bloomsburg High

to

In

Institutional

SUMMER ORIENTATION

HOMECOMING THEME

Over 100 BU varsity ath-

1985,
24i years at
and 31* years
of education.

Bloomsburg

to

student
consequently
teaching.
He
served as chairman, Department of Education and Psychology,
dean of Graduate
Studies,

of

assistant

dean

of

Academic Affairs, director of
Federal Program Development
and
professor,
Department
Educational Studies and
Services.
He served as a
member of the President's
Committee on Employment of
the Handicaped in Washington,

of

DC.
Matthew Zoppetti, pro-

Dr.

fessor
of
foundations,
17 years at

and
complete

curriculum
will

BU and 30 years
education upon his retirement on June 14. Zoppetti

in

came

the

university in
as an associate professor of education.
He has been a professor of
educational
media
in
the
to

September

1969

department
of
Educational
Studies
and
Services
and,
more recently, a professor of
instructional
technology
in
the department of Curriculum
and Foundations.
addition

In

to

Miller,

Faculty Emeritus Status has
been conferred on five pre-

announced retirees.
names and retirement
dates are:
Ben C.
Alter,
December 1985;
Dr. Julius
R. Kroschewsky, May 1986;
viously

The

(Continued on page 4)

(Continued from page 3)
Dr.

John

Master, June
1986; Dr. David A. Superdock,
May 1986; and Dr. William
S. Woznek, May 1986. Also,
the honor was conferred on
A.J. McDonnell, Jr., posthumously,
effective
November
1985.
Non-instructional
retirees,
their
position,
length
of
service and
effective
date
were:
Frank
E.
Billman,
electrician, 17 yrs. 5 months,
March 14,
Fred C.
1986;
Michael, utility plant operator n, 9 yrs. one month,
March 28, 1986; Robert B.
Stradling,

operator

March

7

I,

utility
plant
yrs. 10 months,

and Charles
E. Tyson, carpenter foreman
I,
18
yrs.
two
months,
January 17, 1986.
1986;

28,

New
The

appointments

members
semester

at

of

new

for

the

BU and

the start of the 1986-87
school year .sere announced
at the April meeting of the
Council of Trustees.
Appointed for the current
for

.+ere

Francis,

and

Mary

Lucille S.
of

music.

Non-instructional

appointments
New

non-instructional appointments of area persons
were announced at the BU
quarterly
meeting
of
the
Council
of
Trustees
on
April 16.
Appointed
were:
Sheryl
Ever,
A.
Millville,
clerk
typist
I
in
the College of
Business; Jane C.
Harrison,

Bloomsburg.
in

Academic

tarial
fitter

Ann

K.
of
Liebana,

Elaine
instructors

nursing; Juan Jose
instructor of languages and
cultures; and Constance C.
serving
instructor
Gaynor,
in the capacity of psychological counselor in the Center
for
and
Counseling
Human

Development
Five
faculty
members
appointed
for
1986-87
the
academic year
.vere:
\.
Alejandro
Bernal,
assistant
professor
of
languages and
cultures;
Carol B.
Burns,
assistant
professor
of
art;
Edward D. Huthnance, associate professor of mathematics
and computer science;

clerk
typist
I
Affairs secre-

Richard
R.
steamNescopeck,

pool;

Bankes,
in

Physical

Drue

H.

Plant
Billig.

custodial worker
Physical Plant Department;
William
M.
Flick,
in
Bloomsburg.
electrician
Physical Plant Department.
Karns, Berwick,
Neal K.
messenger in University Mail
Room; Thomas E. Messinger,

I

appointments
faculty
current

Jelinek,
assistant
music;
and
Rosholt, instructor
of

Department;
Bloomsburg,

faculty

semester
Cegielsky

Mark R.
professor

P.

in

Watsontown,
institutional
maintenance
superintendent
n in Physical Plant Department;
Ortman,
Georgia S.
Bloomsburg, switchboard operator in Communications Center;
Sallie
Samsel, Berwick,
A.
I
in
of
clerk
Office
the
Director of
Physical Plant;
Jere L. Vietz, Mifflinville,
in
refrigeration
mechanic
Department;
Plant
Physical
Lucinda Harris, Orangeville,
and Delores Hranitz, Danville,
both as nurse I in Health
Services Center.

persons
Appointments
of
from outside of the greater
include:
Bloomsburg
area
Glenn A. Bieber, Salem (CT),
computer systems analyst IV
in Computer Services Center;
M.
Avis
Boatman,
Steven
(PA), computer operator I
in Computer Services Center;
Janice L. Kirby, New Holland

(PA) .computer programmer II,
Computer Services Center; and
Rolene J. Wagner, Denville
(NJ), physical therapist aid
II
in Health Services Center.

BU

notes

Bruce L. Lockwood, J.D.,
finance
and
business
law,
attended the Middle Atlantic
Regional Business Law Association meeting in Pittsburgh
on April 3-4 and presented a
paper to one of their panels
on
educational
issues
on
Friday,
April
entitled
4,
"Getting
Their
Attention:
Dispute
Resolution
in
the
Business Law Curriculum."
Kay Camplese.
associate
professor
and
director
of
Counseling and Student Health
Services, recently presented
a
lecture
discussion
entitled
"Treatment
Modalities
for
Students
with
Eating
Disorders" at the Association
of Counseling Center Faculty
of
the
Pennsylvania
State
System of Higher Education.
attending
Also
the
annual
meeting
were
psychological
counselors
Shell
Lundahl
(assistant
professor)
and

Constance Gaynor (instructor)
from
the
BU
Counseling
Center.
Bim Angst. English Department instructor, has articles
forth-coming in three popular
magazines. A humorous piece,

"How

Survive This Wedoe published in
Modern
Bride
"Fitting
a
a Maternity or Nursing Bra"
is
service
fortha
piece
to

ding,"

will

.

coming in American Baoy If
you like beans, or if you're
sure
don't,
for
you
look
Angst's
Beans"
"Gasless
.

recipies

in

Home Cooking

Women's Circle
The Schuylkill
.

County Transportation System
feature
on
placard this
ouses.
rural
will

poems

one
an

of Angst's
illustrated

summer

Angst
editing a cookbook.

on
is

its

also

COMMUNIQUE
A

June,

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

1986

Maintenance Center dedicated

until

retirement

his

in

December 1981.
From 1965 to 1974, when
Buckingham served as director
development

and associate
president for development
and
external
relations,
he
directed
the
most
extensive
physical
plant
expansion
in
the history of the university.
Nineteen
new
buildings
and
other projects were added to
the campus during this period
at a cost of approximately $21
of

vice

Boyd F. Buckingham, vice
president emeritus of Bloomswas honored
burg University,
on Saturday, June 7, when the
university's

campus

mainten-

center was dedicated as
the Boyd F. Buckingham Campus
Maintenance Center.
The structure was completed
in
April 1970
at
a cost of
is
It
the head$275,000.
Physical
for
the
quarters
which has
Plant Department,
been involved in all aspects
expansion of
of the physical
the campus and the maintenance
and general appearance of the
complete physical plant of the
university.
houses a
It
also
computerized energy management
system that achieves an annual
cost avoidance of more than
$300,000 a year.
The University Council of
Trustees voted unanimously at
the September 1985 quarterly
meeting to name the building
During
in Buckingham's honor.
the program, remarks concerning
Buckingham were given by John
Dorin,
chairman,
Council of
Nick
Dietterick,
Trustees;
director of public information;

ance

Dr. C. Stuart Edwards, dean
emeritus;
Richard
Benefield,
president of Hotel Magee, Inc.
and MIE Hospitality, Inc.; and

Edward G.
vice

Edwards,

president

Area Chamber
Institutional

of
of

executive
Bloomsburg

Commerce.
Advancement

Vice
President
John
Walker
presided at the ceremony. President Ausprich gave welcoming
remarks and Protestant Campus
Minister Greg Osterberg,
the
invocation.
Buckingham, a 1943 graduate
of Bloomsburg State Teachers
College gave his alma mater
28?
years
of
outstanding
service
in
teaching,
public
relations,
development,
fiscal administration.

Buckingham

and

served
as
a
university's
the
Department of Speech faculty
from 1953 to 1955, as director
of
public
relations
from
1955
director
to
of
1965,
development from 1965 to 1970,
president
for
associate
vice
development and external relations from 1970 to 1974, and
president
for
adminisvice
tration
from
1974 until his

member

of

Buckingham's dedicated

million.

leadership during this expansion,
resulted in the Bloomsburg University campus being
recognized as one of the most
attractive and best maintained
in the State System of Higher
Education.
In the community, Buckingham
has
served as president and
board member of the Bloomsburg
Area Chamber of Commerce; vice
president and board member of
the Bloomsburg Area Industrial
Development Association; chairman and member of the Bloomsburg Town Planning Commission;
and member of the Columbia

County Housing and Redevelopment authorities.
Buckingham is a 33rd Degree
Mason,
affiliated
with
the
Scottish and York Rite Masonic
bodies, and has served as commander-in-chief of the Caldwell
Consistory.

He was a 1974 recipient of
the

distinguished

service

award of the university Alumni
Association and in 1980 received
the Outstanding Citizen Award
from
the
Bloomsburg
Area

Chamber

of

Commerce.

SUMMER COMPUTER CAMPS
Session I (commuters only),
will be
held
for grades 6-8,
June 23-27. Fee: $75.00.
Session II (boarding or commuting), for grades 9-12, will
Boarding
be held July 6-11.
Fee: $250.00. Commuting Fee:

A/EIV

FOOTBALL OPPONENTS

A/EtV

Norfolk State and Slippery
Rock are newcomers to the BU
1986 football schedule. Slippery Rock is scheduled here on
November 1 and Norfolk State
is

away November

15.

$150.00
For
information,
further
contact the Extended Programs
Office at 389-4420.

University Relations head

named

capacity,

that

was

she

in

publications
charge
of
for
Environment
the
and
Policy
Institute
and
the
Resource
Systems Institute, along with

supervising

four

other

editors.

In early 1985, she became head
of the Publications Section in

Public
Affairs
Office.
has been supervising and
directing
publications
the
that
describe
the
East-West
and
its
work to a
Center
variety of audiences.
In
addition
her
duties
to
at the East-West Center, from
July
1979 to July 1980 she
was associated with the University of Hawaii as an editor
and writer with the Publications and Information Office.
From 1982 through spring 1986,
she
lectured
and
taught
a
newswriting course each semester at the university.

the

She

Bryson of
the
R.
Sheryl
Office,
EastAffairs
Public
West Center, Honolulu, Hawaii,
is
the new Director of UniRelations
at
the
versity
university.
Following a national search,
Bryson

was

appointed

in

mid-

April and reported to her new
position June 2. She replaces
Jessie McCoy, who resigned in
December to become assistant
city
planner
Chesapeake,
at
Virginia.
"Sheryl Bryson is an excelcomments BU
lent
choice,"
president Harry Ausprich. "Not
only is she well-qualified in
public
relations
general
endeavors, but she has special
editing,
in
writing,
skills

management,
research.
asset

to

and
teaching
be a great
Institutional
our

She'll

Advancement team."

After

HORIZON PROGRAMS
New Horizon adventure

Several

programs being sponsored this
and summer by BU's
program are available
Quest
young people from grades
to
1-12. For further information,
the
Quest
at
call
office
389-4323 or the Extended Programs office at 389-4420.

spring

Tribune
and
Register
the
Syndicate of Des Moines.
Bryson was associated with
Iowa State University for the
She started
next nine years.
proofreader
and
editor
an
as
Uniinstitution's
the
with
versity Press and then joined
the Department of Journalism
and Mass Communication as a
She
instructor.
part-time
teachgraduate
later became a
later
a
and
assistant
ing
her
In
instructor.
fuU-time
she
last year at Iowa State,

was associate editor and information

specialist

with

the

Home
and
Agriculture
Iowa
Economics Experiment Station.
recent years, Bryson has
been involved in several proIn

pertaining
activities
fessional
to her field and has published
a variety of articles.

Affirmative Action
director appointed

her bachelor
degree in journalism
from Drake University in Des
Moines, Iowa, in 1967, Bryson
earned her master of science
degree in journalism and mass
communication from Iowa State
with
in
1977
University
a
prize-winning thesis concernof

receiving

arts

ing
readership
of
interest magazine.

a

special

From February 1968

Bryson joined the East-West
Center in July 1979 and became

to July
positions
as
she
held
1970,
with
editor
an
assistant

a senior editor in the PubliIn
cations Office in 1982.

York

Adhesives Age magazine in New
and as an editor with

George A. Mitchell, WiUiamappointed
sport,
has
been
Director of Affirmative Action
at BU.

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THANKS

CAMPUS CHILD CENTER

Harry
Director
Forensic
appreciation
expresses
Strine
for the outstanding cooperation
of the entire university comrecent
the
during
munity

Campus Child Center is
presently
accepting
registrations
summer enrollment
for
for the children of BU faculty,
and students.
staff
Children
between the ages of 2 and 10
are accepted for care.
For
information,
contact
the
center at 389-4547.

Speaking
BU.
by
hosted
Championships

National

Individual

(Continued from Page 2)
In commenting on the appointment, President Harry Ausprich
"George Mitchell brings
said,
administrative
and
excellent
skills
the
to
managerial
position,

as

well

as

a

strong

commitment to the university's
philosophy of providing equal
and
employment
educational
opportunity."
The 1970 Lycoming College
sociology graduate has had a
variety of positions in human
resources management. He also
has worked as a therapist and
social worker and as an affirspecialist
and
action
mative
trainer
with
the
awareness
Pennsylvania Power and Light

Company.
experience
has
Mitchell
updating
affirwriting
and
mative action programs; administering human relations and
training
programs;
managerial
offering
advice
relative
to
housing
and
jobs,
careers,
supervisor/supervisee
conflicts;
and participating in affirmative action grievance issues.
University,
At
Bloomsburg
affirMitcheU
monitors
the
mative action program as well
as the university's compliance
with the Rehabilitation Act of
1973.

The Communique' publishes news of events and
about people at Bloomsburg University on the
1st and 15th of each month, except for the
summer, at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique
Office of University Relations, Bloomsburg University, Bloomsburg, PA
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The



LIKE PENNSYLVANIA
SSHE students are more

likely
to remain in Pennsylvania after

graduation.
A Department of
study
indicates
Education
a
75% retention rate, contrasted
by much lower percentages for
other sectors.

Alumni Association honors
Bloomsburg

University's

ambassador,
service
food
Cusatis,
Dominic
Anthony
alias "Tony the Baker," was
with
four
honored
along
university
alumni
at
the
annual
luncheon
of
the
Alumni Association held in
Scranton Commons June 7.
Prior to the luncheon, the
Alumni House was dedicated.
Cusatis
was
given
an
honorary alumnus award while
Dr. Lee R. Beaumont, class
of 1943, and Richard F. Laux,
class of 1953, received Distinguished
Awards
Service
and Dr. Robert E. Boose,
class of 1968, and Jane E.
Elmes,
class
of
1972,
received Young Alumni of the
Year awards.
Since coming to the campus
over 25 years ago, Cusatis
has survived three or four
food service changes and has

become a much-loved campus
figure,
culinary
resulted

not

just

artist.
his

his
for
latter

The
being

called

by everyone as "Tony the
Baker."
Tony, who commutes from
his home in Hazleton every
telling
loves
people
day,
He
his
feelings about BU.
has been active in univerevents. In the 1960's,
he performed as the univerand in 1978,
sity's mascot
he was Grand Marshall of the

sity

five

homecoming parade.
Beaumont
served

as
an
officer
in
the
U.S.
Army
for
20
During that
years.
time, he wrote a textbook,
"Military Typewriting," which

was used by the Army to train
thousands of typists.
Beaumont also worked as a
professor at
the University
of Pittsburgh and at Indiana
University
of
Pennsylvania
and as a personnel officer
for the
Department of the
Army in the Pentagon.
Laux,

PA,

a

resident

of

Dallas,

chairman of the board
and chief executive director
officer at
United Penn Bank
in Wilkes-Barre.
He began his finance career
as
an assistant cashier with
the Fort Lauderdale National
Bank in 1956 and worked his
way up from there.
is

Laux

serves

as

director

of

Bloomsburg
University
Foundation and as director and
secretary of BU's College of
Business Advisory board.
Boose, of Trenton, NJ, is
deputy director of the New
Jersey School Boards Association.
He was Mercer County
Superintendent of Schools and
commissioner
of
the
Maine
Department of Educational and
Cultural
Services.
Boose has
on
television
appeared
the
program "60 Minutes."
Elmes, of Wilkes-Barre, is
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the

(Continued from Paqe 3)
an
assistant
professor
ot
speech,
communication
and
theatre
at
Wilkes
College.
She was previously a teaching
assistant
and forensics coach
at
Ohio State University and
was chairman of the department
of speech, communication and
theatre
at
Clarion
State
College.

On Saturday morning, the
Alumni
Association's
Alumni
House was dedicated. The house,
bought by the association in
was the home of
April 1985,
the late Dorothy John Dillon
(class of 1924) and is located
on Lightstreet Road, just east
of the BU campus. The building
houses
the
offices
of
the
alumni association.

BU notes
Mary Lynn Kudey, Forty
was appointed assistant

Fort,

university
registrar
at
the
effective May 27. Kudey had
served as registrar at Colsince
Misericordia
lege
August 1982 after earning
of
science
her
bachelor
degree in business administration from King's College.

She is a 1978 graduate of
Bishop O'Reilly High School
in Kingston.
G. Alfred Forsyth, Arts
and Sciences dean, chaired
paper
session
a
entitled
"Perception" at the recent
annual meeting of the Eastern
Psychological Association
held in New York City. Presenting
papers
from
the
psychology department were:
Eileen
Astor-Stetson
"The
Effects of Age and Brightness
Contrast on Perception of the
,

Wundt-Hering
S.

Baird,

Illusion;"

John

Jr.,

"Faculty,
Student
and
Administrator
Attitudes on Student Evaluation of University Teaching;"
Steven L. Cohen, "A Pharmacological Examination of the

Resistance-to-Change

Hypo-

thesis

of

Response

Strength:

Manipulation
of
Rate
of
Reinforcement;" Alex PoplawConditioned
"Positive
sky,
Suppression Following Lateral,
Medial, or Complete Septal
in
the
Rat;" and
Lesions
Connie Schick, "Discriminant
Analysis of the Ai3 Anality
Scale: Beliefs Underlying the
Type A Behavior Pattern."
George E. Stetson, assistant professor of Geography,
has been elected to serve a
term
on
the
three-year
of
the
Council
Executive
Geographical
Pennsylvania
Society. He was appointed at
a recent joint meeting of the
Geographical
Pennsylvania
Middle States
Society,
the
the Association
Division of
of American Geographers, and
the Delaware Valley Geographheld
at
Association
ical
East Stroudsburg University.
Michael Stenko, caseworker
at the Area Agency on Aging,
gave a presentation on the
functions
to
the
agency's
students in Dr. Chang Snub
Sociology of Aging
Ron's
class in the latter part of
April. Stenko spoke to the
the students on the various
social services provided for
senior citizens in the community.

Robert

Watts,
associate
Marketing, was
honored
recently
at
the
American Marketing Association's National Student Convention
in
Chicago
by
receiving an Honorable Mention in the national competition
for
Faculty
Advisor
of the Year. More than 200
student chapters of the AMA
professor

of

may nominate their advisors.
The first place winner was
the

University

of

Illinois

and Professor Watts was the
only recipient in the northeastern part of the United
States.
As advisor to BU
AMA, Professor Watts has
been active since the chapter's inception in 1978.

Ten

students, juniors and
were inducted in the
Tau Chapter of the International
Economics
Honor
Society,
Omicron
Delta
Epsilon
(ODE) held during
its April 23 induction ceremony in the Pennsylvania
Room of Scranton Commons.
BU President Harry Ausprich
presented prizes and scrolls.
Complementing the inductees
on
this
occasion,
Dr.
Ausprich noted that Bloomsburg
University
and
he
personally
stand
committed
to
quality
education.
He
advised them to continue to
strive
for
excellence
in
their careers as well. This
was
the
second
induction
ceremony during the current
academic year; 16 students
were inducted during the Fall
semester. Drs. Ujagar Bawa
and Saleem Khan are the
faculty advisors to the ODE.
seniors,

Dorin re-elected
John Dorin, mayor of Montourand an official of GTE
Corporation,
was
re-elected
chairman of the Council of
Trustees of Bloomsburg University at the quarterly meeting
on June 11.
Dorin was appointed a trustee
by
Governor
Thornburgh
in
December 1983 and will be
sville

serving

his

term

chairman.
buyer
in

senior

as

management
sport
plant
electronic

component

divi-

has been employed
at GTE since 1963. The Temple
University
graduate
is
also
the mayor of Montoursville.
Stanley Rakowsky,
superintendent
of
Clearfield
High
School,
was re-elected vice
chairman of the council and
Ramona Alley of Berwick was
re-elected
secretary.
Both
were
appointed
trustees
in
1983.
sion.

He

consecutive
He is a
purchasing
with the Williamof
GTE Corp.'s
third

COMMUNIQUE
A

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

July 1986

BBCT

gives

arts funds
The Bloomsburg BankColumbia Trust Co. has
presented a gift of $10,000
to the Bloomsburg University Foundation toward a
$250,000 Endowment for the

BU

opment Director
Tony Ianiero,

Arts for the university's
Celebrity Artist Series.

"We were

look on as
President
Edward Healy presents a check for
right,

BBCT

particularly

interested in supporting the
university in this way because
it is a very important cultural
and economic resource to the
region," bank president

Edward Healy

said the gift

$10,000 to BU
Foundation President Richard
Bene field. The

said.

"The Celebrity Artist
program is of obvious benefit
to the university and its students, the community and the
region," he said, "because it
brings to them fare that would
not otherwise be available.
It is an outstanding program
with broad appeal for the
community.
BU President Harry Ausprich
is

a major step

funds will go to
the Endowment for
the Arts to support the
Celebrity Artist
Series.

toward the university's effort
to provide "the best in
cultural entertainment for
this region."

Programs

in

Choir Boys, the touring company of the Broadway play "A
Chorus Line," Hal Holbrook in
"Mark Twain Tonight," the

the series

this year include the

Gardner

is

(continued on page 2)

Vienna

new

associate

Veteran BU swimming and
diving coach Mary Gardner
relinquished those duties July
to become the associate
1
athletic director. Gardner

replaced Joanne McComb who
retired after 26 years here.
As coach of the highly suc-

Gardner

President

Harry Ausprich,
left, and Devel-

cessful women's swimming and
diving program, Gardner served
as the only coach in the

AD

history of the sport at the
university and established a
record of 86-28. She has

coached

performers to

multiple Ail-American honors
as well as directing many

Pennsylvania Conference
champions.
Gardner joined the BU
Department of Health,

(continued on page 3)

July 1986

Communique'

Page

STEAM/ELEC. SHUTDOWNS
The

total

campus electrical

2

DID

YOU KNOW

SERS OFFICE HOURS

...

The only groups who

feel

The State Employees' Retirement System Montoursville
office will no longer be open
on Tuesday and Thursday

shutdown is scheduled for
Sunday, Aug. 24. The main
switchgear will be repaired at

lonelier than college students
are women high school seniors;
low-income, single, adolescent

this time.

Sunday, Aug.
with a return to service
during third shift Friday,

mothers; and alcoholics. A
study spanning 20 years found
that college freshmen feel
lonelier than almost any other
group, reports the University
of Nebraska at Lincoln. (From

evenings. Office hours now are
Monday through Friday 8 a.m.
to 4:30 p.m. Evening hour
appointments may still be
arranged by calling

Aug. 22.

AASCU)

8655.

The annual summer steam
shutdown is scheduled to begin
on

first shift

17,

Assistant development director
Susan M.

Mitchell, an

employee of the Berwick
Hospital Corporation since
1982, has been appointed to
the new position of assistant
She
director of development.
will begin her new duties in

August.
Mitchell has been program
director of healthworks for
Berwick Hospital Corp. since
March 1986. She previously
served as coordinator of
industrial services for more
than two years and was a
public relations assistant for
nearly a year and a half.

1-800-654-9853 or 717-363-

named

In making the announcement
of the appointment, BU
Development Director Anthony
Ianiero said, "The experience
Ms. Mitchell has had over
the past four years has given
her a broad background in
public relations and development.
We'll be able to utilize her many talents to help
attain both our short range
and long range goals in development for the university."
Mitchell, a New Jersey
native, graduated from BU in
1982 with a business education
degree in office administra-

During the past three
she has attended
numerous seminars pertaining
to her position with the
Berwick Hospital Corporation.
Her professional associations include National
Center for Health Education,
National Wellness Association,
the American Association of
University Women, and the
Berwick Hospital Corp.
Federial Credit Union
(president 1985-86, vice president 1983-84).
tion.

years,

Texas, as a visiting professor

Courses merge to form
mass comm. department
Courses from two existing
departments have been merged
to form a new department of
mass communications here. The
move combines journalism courses from the department of
English with mass communications courses from the
department of communication
studies

BBCT funds
(continued from page 1)

The seven-member faculty
elected John Maittlen-Harris
chairman of the new department, which began formally
July 1.
Maittlen-Harris, an
Australian, joined BU's
department of English in
September last year after four
years at Southwest Texas State
University in San Marcos,

Western Opera Theater performing "La Boheme," the
Northeastern Philharmonic, the
Ohio Ballet, the Tokyo String
Quartet, and Roberta Peters.
The university foundation
was reactivated by Ausprich in
1986 to secure private funds
for the university to enhance

in

international journalism.

The new department

will

limit enrollments to 225

mass

communications majors but also
will provide all required service courses in mass communications to other
departments, Maittlen-Harris

said

The department

will offer

three major sequences in mass
communications: journalism,
telecommunications/film, and
public relations/advertising.

its capabilities as an institution of higher learning and
as a resource to the community
and the region. Richard
Benefield, vice president and
general manager of the Hotel
Magee, is chairman of the BU

Foundation

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YOU KNOW

METERED MAIL

DID

Effective July 1, all mail
to be metered by the university post office must have a
five-digit cost center in the
upper left corner of the
envelope. This cost center is
used to store usage records.
All mail submitted for postage
without cost center information
will be opened and returned to

a severe shortage
of business-school faculty
members, according to a recent

the sendor.

There

July 1986

Page

3

...

is

survey by the American
Assembly of Collegiate Schools
of Business. The shortage is
caused by a surging demand for
business education and an
increase in the number of professors retiring or taking
jobs outside academe. (From

AASCU)
Between 1974 and 1984,
the percentage of part-time
students, minorities, and
adult students enrolled in
higher education nationally
increased considerably, and
Bloomsburg University
showed even greater gains
in these areas. The enrollment of women in higher
education nationally
increased at a rate nine
times greater than that of
men; at BU, the increase in
women was less than the
national figures, while the
increase in men was higher.
The chart here shows the
percentage increases among
different categories of
students nationally and for
BU for the 1974-84 period.
National data by race and
age are derived from the
U.S. Census Bureau Series
P-20, No. 404. Other
national statistics are
from the fall enrollment
surveys of the Department
of Education's Center for
Statistics.

BU

How

does BU compare
in enrollment increases?

ENROLLMENT INCREASES
1974 TO 1984
2607.
2407. -

220% 2007. -

180% 160%

140% 120% 1007.

-

80% 607.

-

40%
207.

0%

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ALL

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MEN

WOMEN

WHITE

BLACK HISPANIC 18-25

BLOOMSBURG UNIVERSITY

26-35

^

36

FULL

PART

\&CSl NATIONAL

statistics

were compiled in the Office
of Institutional Planning,
Research and Information

Management.

NOTE:

National age group statistics are for 18-24,
25-34, and 35 and older.

1974 to 1977.

Gardner
(continued from page 1)
Physical Education, and
Athletics in 1974 and initiated the program that
winter. She also served as

Bloomsburg's initial head
coach of field hockey from

to her coaching
responsibilities, Gardner has
been the university's Director
of Aquatics, handling the
In addition

direction of both the Nelson
Fieldhouse natatorium as well
as the Centennial Gymnasium
pool and Bloomsburg's extensive recreational swimming and

diving activities. For the past
four years, she has been the
Director of Equal Opportunity
in Sports (DEOS) at the

university.
A native of Hatboro, Penna.,
she received both her bachelor
of science and master of education degrees at East
Stroudsburg University.

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DID

July 1986

Page

4

ART PROGRAM EXHIBIT

YOU KNOW

The

...
total cost of attending

a public college rose 34.1
percent between the 1981-82
and the 1985-86 academic year,
according to the Student Loan
Marketing Association's
"Sallie

Mae Report." The

cent from $7,471 to $10,410.
The increases generally surpassed the rise in consumer
prices by two to one. (From

AASCU)

total

cost rose from an average
in 1981-82 to $5,346
1985-86. Total costs for private colleges rose 39.3 per-

$3,987

An

exhibition from BU's
art program students

summer

will be shown until July 31 in
the presidents' lounge of Kehr
Union. Coordinator for the
exhibition is Professor Kenneth
Wilson, Jr., instructor of
painting and drawing in the BU

art department.

in

New appointments made
Full-time appointments to
the faculty since the June
Council of Trustees board
meeting include: Richard L.
Baker, West Chester, professor of accounting; David
A. Lauer, Bloomsburg,
instructor of languages and
cultures (1986-87 fall
semester only); Paul A.
Shoemaker, State College,
associate professor of
accounting; Juliette L.
Abell, Bloomsburg, instructor of mathematics and

computer science (1986-87
academic year only); Roger
W. Ellis, Emporia, Kan.,

W. Schmuker,
Kentwood, Mich., instructor
of mathematics and computer
science (1986-87 academic

only); Michael

year only); Christopher P.
Hallen, Dover, N.H.,
assistant professor of chemistry; and Emeric Schultz,
assistant professor of chemistry.
Appointed as part-time
instructors for the 1986-87
academic year only are:
Rome A. Hanks, Centre Hall,
art; and Robert P. Bomboy,
Danville, English.
Full-time non-instructional appointments are:

associate professor of
business education and
office administration;
Ardizzi,
Joseph P.
Houston, Texas, assistant
professor of biological and
allied health sciences;
Ronald D. Clemson,
Harrisburg, instructor of

Joseph A. DeMelfi, Berwick,
admissions counselor;
Michael Kajen, Allenwood,

mathematics and computer
science (1986-87 academic
year only); David A.

assistant registrar.

Harvey, White Haven,
instructor of communication
studies (1986-87 academic
year only); Gunther Lothar
Lange, Silver Spring, Md.,
assistant professor of physics; Theresa RussellLoretz, Bloomsburg,
instructor of communication
studies (1986-87 academic
year only); Larry G. Bell,
Bloomsburg, assistant professor of chemistry
(1986-87 academic year

computer programmer II;
Beth Ann Norton, Berwick,
library assistant

I;

Thomas

Bucher, Catawissa, mail
room messenger; and Mary
Lynn A. Kudey, Kingston,
Non-instructional physical plant appointments from
June through Aug. 29, 1986
include: George D. DeFebo,

Nescopeck, carpenter;
Larry L. Levan, Unityville,
carpenter; Edgar E. Peterman, Benton, carpenter;
Alphones F. Stepanski, Jr.,
Jr.,

Wapwallopen, electrician;
Charles G. Dark, Danville,
electrician; Ralph B.
DeFebo, Berwick, tradesman
helper; William R. Hampton,
Bloomsburg, tradesman
helper; Robert J. Winn,

Lightstreet, carpenter;
Martin J. Pavill, Danville,
carpenter; Stephen F.
Polachek, Bloomsburg, painter; Bradley P. Freeze,
Danville, painter; Jerry L.
Derr, Catawissa, carpenter
(June 23-Aug. 29, 1986);

Cheryl A. John, Bloomsburg,
custodial worker I; Earl F.
Nagle, Berwick, carpenter
(June 23-Aug. 29, 1986);

John R. Neyhard, Bloomsburg
tradesman helper (June 23Aug. 29, 1986); Vanoye V.
Whitmire, Mifflinville,
carpenter (June 23-Aug. 29,
1986); and Lori E. Wright,
Shickshinny, tradesman
helper (June 23-Aug. 29,
1986).
Barbara L. Sowel,
Shamokin, was transferred
in the Computer Services
Center from temporary to

permanent Computer Programmer II. Drue H. Billig,
Bloomsburg, received a
lateral transfer from
custodial worker to laborer
John
on the grounds crew.
C. Pollard, Bloomsburg, has
been promoted from police
officer I to police officer
II supervisory.
Karen L. Henrie, Berwick,
has been hired as a clerk
stenographer I in the
University Relations Office
for the period June 25-Oct.
2, 1986 to fill a position

vacated by an employee on
leave.

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DID YOU KNOW ...
High school seniors used
Thirty students, sponsored
college publications more than
by all 14 universities in the
any other source of inforState System of Higher Educamation to decide on a college,
tion, arrived on campus July 6
according to a Carnegie
to begin six weeks of study on
Foundation for Advancement of
the theme "Cultures in ConTeaching survey. Of the 1,000
flict: An Examination of Arabstudents surveyed, 95 percent
Israli Relations." This special
Honors
Summer
Program includes reported using college publications, but only 37 percent
courses, workshops, trips, culthought they were important.
tural activities, and seminars.

July 1986

Page

5

SUMMER HONORS HERE

McComb
Joanne

retires

McComb ended

26

BU when

years of service to
she retired as associate
athletic director June 20.
McComb joined the university's Health and Physical
Education staff in September 1960 and served in
numerous capacities prior
to succeeding Eleanor Wray
as the athletic department's associate director
in 1977.
She oversaw the eight
varsity programs for women
and assisted Athletic
Director Roger Sanders in
administering the budget
for the 18 varsity sports.
McComb was the Huskies'
first varsity women's
basketball coach beginning
in 1970 and served in that

Students felt the campus visit
was the most useful in helping
them decide on a college.
(From the American Association
of State Colleges and
Universities)

capacity for six seasons.
She was one of the leaders
in the formation of a

women's varsity athletic
program in the late 1960's.

McComb also served as the
cheerleading adviser for
seven years; adviser to the
"B" club, a women's varsity
organization; and as a
faculty representative to
the Community Government
Association.
McComb, who played professional baseball in 1950
in the All-American Women's
Professional Baseball
League, was instrumental in
the formation of the current
Pennsylvania Conference
Softball Championship.
She is a 1954 graduate of
Slippery Rock and received
her Master's Degree in 1966
from Penn State University.

McComb

Black freshmen enrollment up
First-time enrollment of
black college freshmen was up
by five at BU during the
1985-86 academic year,
according to the Pennsylvania
State System of Higher
Education (SSHE). Officials
reported a 17 percent increase
for the 13 predominantly white
universities in the system,
from 721 in 1984-85 to 843 in

Softball all-stars

named

1985-86.

Freshmen enrollment increases
were reported at all but three
of the 13 universities, ranging
from four to 48 new students;
decreases were from three to
14 students.

"The commitment to develop
even better recruitment strategies among the state-owned
universities is genuine," said
Four members of the 1986
Bloomsburg University women's

James H. McCormick, SSHE
chancellor. "Every effort
within our means is being
undertaken to attract black
students to our 14 universities."

System officials note that
the total population of
Hispanic students increased
from 353 in 1984-85 to 377

in

1985-86.

Suzanne Luna (Kendall Park,
N.J.) and Susan Kocher (Camp
Softball team were named
Hill) were all selected.
recently to the All-Pennsylvania
The four were joined by left
Conference AU-Star Team. First fielder Kate Denneny (Hatboro)
baseman Jean Millen (Whitehall), and pitcher Chris Moyer (Spring
third baseman Kathy Berry
Mills) as Pennsylvania Confer(Port Royal), right fielder
ence Eastern Division All-Stars.

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BANK

IN

July 1986

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6

BU STORE

Starting with the fall

semester, Commonwealth Bank
and Trust Company of Williamsport will open a new branch
inside the university store
offering complete banking
service with the exception of
safe deposit boxes. Included
in the new branch will be
three teller windows and a
desk area to handle new

Personnel post
to

Cunningham

accounts and loan requests.
Scheduled to be open from 10
a.m. to 2 p.m. Monday through
Friday, the branch bank is
expected to have at least two
people in the office daily.
However, during busy times at
the university, such as during
class registration periods, up
to four people will be working
in the book store branch bank.

Center, and associate pro-

Angel College, Mount Angel,

fessor at the University of
the District of Columbia,

Ore.

Washington, D.C.
He gained his personnel
experience when he served as
assistant to the vice presi-

J. David Cunningham of
Washington, D.C., has been

named director

of personnel
and labor relations, effective
Aug. 1, according to Robert
Parrish, vice president for

administration

Cunningham is currently
director of the academic
collective bargaining information service, Labor Studies

dent for administration and
finance in the personnel services office at the University
of Oregon, Eugene, Ore.
He was an assistant professor
and chairman of the Division
of Social Science and Fine
Arts at Central Oregon
Community College, Bend, Ore.
and an instructor and chairman
of the department of social
science and history at Mount

He is a labor relations consultant and has authored
numerous publications and
research studies.
Cunningham received his
bachelor's and master's
degrees from the University of
South Dakota and his Ph.D.
from the University of Oregon.
In addition to his practical
capabilities in the personnel
administration discipline,
Cunningham brings a fresh
perspective to this function
as a result of his years of
faculty experience, Parrish
said

Huskies active even in summer
Although this is the offseason for all BU sports,
coaches are still busy
training athletes in the finer
aspects of their respective
sports. No, Bloomsburg is not
doing anything illegal.
Instead of coaching teams, BU
coaches have been working with
athletes from "Husky Camps."
More than 450 youths have
already attended nine camps
and close to 1,000 are
expected to take advantage of
the other 15, which run
throughout Aug. 13.
Three tennis camps, under
the direction of head coach
Burt Reese, took place in June
and early July, with a junior
tennis tournament to be held
from July 13 to 16. Thirty
competitors are expected to
compete in the four-day

tournament
Four wrestling camps have

under the direction of new
including
head football coach Pete
the annual father -son camp. A
Adrian, will take place July
fifth camp will take place
27-31. The camp will be run by
July 21-25. Under the direcAdrian and the rest of the new
tion of wrestling coach Roger
coaching staff and a few
Sanders, the junior wrestlers
guests.
received training from several
collegiate coaches and
Although the field hockey
wrestlers. Olympic champion
camp is not scheduled to begin
Bobby Weaver (1984) also was a until Aug. 3, it is already
guest clinician.
filled. Two hundred campers
University of North Carolina
will spend four days under
basketball star Jeff Lebo was
coach Jan Hutchinson, who has
a guest lecturer at one of two
led Bloomsburg to state and
already completed basketball
national titles.
camps. Lebo demonstrated ball
Hutchinson will also be in
handling skills to the more
charge of a Softball camp
than 100 campers. Another
being held July 13-17.
basketball camp will take
Other sports camps ,will
place from July 20 to 25.
include: swimming, diving, and
Soccer coach Steve Goodwin
track and field. Other camps
will greet over 90 particiwill be offered in drill team
pants for two weeks of
and cheerleading . There will
instruction. Camps will be
also be a day camp from July
July 20-25 and July 27-Aug. 1 • 21 to July 25.
also been completed,

The Husky

football

camp,

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SSHE BOG MEMBERS REAPPOINTED
Four members of the Board of to serve a second term on the
governing board of the commonGovernors for the Pennsylvania
wealth's 14 publicly owned
State System of Higher
universities. Their terms will
Education have been
expire on December 31, 1988.
reappointed.
Miss Rebecca F. Gross, Lock
Haven; Mr. Floyd M. Mains,
Shippensburg; Mrs. Eve Y.

Murphy, Erie; and Mr. J.
Edwards Smith III, Lancaster,
all have received confirmation

9

Dale L. Sultzbaugh

A.C.S.W.,

,

assistant professor

of Sociology/Social Welfare,
recently presented three community in-service-training
workshops: "Structural Family
Therapy" for the staff of the

Columbia-Sullivan County Head
Start Program; and "Confidentiality Issues and Case

Page

7

For the tenth consecutive
year, BU has made a contribution of $9,600 to the Town of
Bloomsburg to be used to
amortize bonds or other
indebtedness incurred in
purchasing the aerial ladder
truck used in fire fighting or
rescue operations in high-rise

144 years

The retirements of five
September, 1961 and completed
faculty members and a non25 years of service, retiring
instructional employee with a
May 9.
total of Ikk years of service
Eli McLaughlin's effective
were announced at the quarretirement day was June 20.
terly meeting of the Council
The associate professor of
of Trustees in June.
health, physical education,
Completing 26 years at BU at and athletics also coached
his retirement date in May was
men's swimming and previously
James B. Creasy, professor of
was an assistant football
accounting and a former
coach.
He completed 25 years
assistant to the president.
at BU.
Margaret J. Long, associate
Dr. Joseph P. Vaughn, proprofessor of business educafessor of biological and
tion and office administraallied health services,
tion, joined the staff in
completed 19 years of service

NOTES

July 1986

TOWN

buildings on campus.

Retirees service totals

BU

GIFT TO

at the university in

May.

Robert G. Davenport retired

May 2k as an associate professor and counselor in the
Center for Counseling and
Human Development and Health
Services.
He completed 25
years at BU.
The retirement of noninstructional employee A.
Patricia Mosier, library
assistant I, was effective
March 21. She completed 2k
years and one month service at
the university.

Outreach specialist Pat
Recording Effectiveness" for
the staff of the Northumberland Deibert of the Educational
County Area Agency on Aging in Opportunity Center, was
recently honored for academic
Shamokin
Bill Adams , a member of the
schievement and for her
BU baseball team, was selected involvement in extra-curricular
recently to the NCAA Division
activities at BU. She received
II Eastern
the Service Key Award and a
Regional second
team.
Who's Who Certificate at a
An article by Riley B. Smith luncheon held to honor her and
other student award winners.
associate professor of English,
Pat graduated magna cum laude
entitled "Standard and
in May.
Disparate Varieties of English
Iva Mae and Bill Beckley
in the United States:
would like to inform all of
Educational and Sociopolitical
their friends of their recent
Implications" (co-authored with
Donald M. Lance, University of move to 2100 Indian Creek
Boulevard E, Apartment A223,
Missouri, Columbia), was
Vero Beach, FL 32960. Friends
reprinted in January in a
are welcome to drop them a
textbook collection of
line or stop in to see them.
articles edited by Harold B.
Allen and Michael D. Linn,
both of the University of
The Communique' publishes news of events and
about people at Bloomsburg University on the
Minnesota. The book, titled
,

"Dialect and Language
Variation," is published by
Academic Press, Orlando, Fla

(1986).

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FOOD SERVICE REQUESTS
Donald E. Hock, director of
Budget and Administrative
Services, reminds all departments to submit food service
requests for every event,
including refreshments for a
meeting, luncheons, banquets,
or candidates being taken to
lunch. Please sumit the paperwork to insure that the service is approved and payment

can be made on a timely basis.
Any department that has not
submitted a food service
request and has returned its
food service receipt form to
the Budget Office will be
charged. Those who have
followed the procedures will
not be penalized.

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Two

local business leaders

were among 24 from throughout
the Commonwealth who were

which included the businessmen,
university presidents, and
legislators from the univer-

their contributions to higher

Jones reviewed
problems currently being
experienced by manufacturers
in the state and suggested
areas in which the State
System could assist in solving
those problems.

James Magee, Magee
and
Milco
Industries, Inc., both of
Bloomsburg, were honored.
Industrial Enterprises,

Herbert Hasson,

new foundation board

Katherine Hock resigned
June 20 as vice chairperson of
the Bloomsburg University
Foundation, because her family
business is relocating in
North Carolina.
Jane Gittler,
a former acting director of
the Columbia-Montour Home
Health Services, Inc., and a
current member of the foundation board, was named new
vice chairperson.

Commerce, addressed the group

recognized recently by the
Pennsylvania State System of
Higher Education (SSHE) for
education

Gittler

Clifford L. Jones, president
of the Pennsylvania Chamber of

sity districts.

vice chair

The prominent Bloomsburg
resident also currently serves
as chairman of the hospital
review committee of the
Central Pennsylvania Health
Systems, Inc.
A native of
Berwick, she has been involved
in health, hospital and family
planning services since
returning to the area in the
late 1960s.
Her husband is
William F. Gittler, Jr.

New board members of the
foundation announced in June
are Howard McKinnon, president
Berwick Forge and Fabricating;
Allan M. Kluger, president,
Hourigan, Kluger, Spohrer,
Quinn and Myers, Wilkes-Barre;
Drue M. Hummel, corporate
director of Magee Enterprises;
and David W. Poch, senior vice
president, Commonwealth Bank
and Trust Co., Williamsport.

COMMUNIQUE

A

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

August 1986

Pantaleo named interim provost,
Daniel C. Pantaleo, dean
of the College of Graduate
Studies and Extended
programs, is the interm
provost and vice president
for academic affairs effective Aug. 1.
The appoint-

VP Jones

ment is effective through
the 1986-87 academic year.
Pantaleo replaced Larry
Jones, who relingushed the
position to begin a special
administrative assignment
with the State System of

;

to

SSHE

Higher Education.
President Harry Ausprich
said: "Dr. Pantaleo is a
fine academician and has
served Bloomsburg
University with distinction
His
for nearly 10 years.
accomplishments reflect the
strong faculty and administrative staff we are
fortunate to have at

Bloomsburg.

His creditials

are excellent and his
leadership skills exceplook forward to
working with him in this
capacity in the coming
tional.

I

year .
Pantaleo will serve as
provost and academic vice
president while a national
search is conducted.
Pantaleo came to
Bloomsburg in 1977 as an

Jones

So jka to speak at
commencement,
exercises to be
taped for cable

Pantaleo

(continued on page 2)

Gary A. Sojka, president
of Bucknell University,
will be the principal
speaker at the BU summer
commencement exercises at 7
p.m. Thursday, Aug. 14, in
Mitrani Hall of Haas Center
for the Arts.
One hundred thirteen
undergraduate and 75 graduate degrees

awarded.

will

be

The university's

television services depart-

ment will tape the event,
which will be aired in
September by the Service
(continued on page 3)

Sojka

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August 1986

Page

2

GRANT WILL HELP MATH,
SCIENCE TEACHER TRAINING
The College of
Professional Studies at
Bloomsburg University
recently received an
$84,000 grant from the
Pennsylvania Department of
Education to retrain secondary teachers for certification in

and science.
Howard Macauley, dean of
the college of professional
studies, said the project
will enable teachers

who

presently hold certification
in other areas to retrain
as math and science teachers.

mathematics

College Sampler
brings talented
blacks to BU

Thirty-two students from
eastern and central
Pennsylvania and Delaware
attended the third annual
College Sampler Program
here in July.
The program gives academically talented black students who have completed
their junior year in high
school and plan to attend
college a one-week sampler
of college experiences on
the Bloomsburg campus.
Sampler students, invited
because of their impressive

PSAT scores as juniors in high
school, experience a variety
of college activities.
They
take such courses as fine arts
experience and intercultural
communications that are taught
by outstanding professors.
They also learn about dormitory life, jobs after graduation, finding the right
college, financing their education, human genetics
managing their time, the capitalistic

system and more.

Pantaleo has experience for new post
(continued from page 1)
assistant professor of chemistry.
In August of 1980,
he was appointed dean of
the School of Extended

Programs and has been dean
of extended programs and
graduate studies since
1982.
He served as acting
associate vice president
for academic affairs during
the 1984-85 academic year.
Prior to coming to
Bloomsburg, he was a
Fulbright lecturer attached
to the Science Education
Center at the University of
Philippines for six months.
From 1970 to 1976, he was a
chemistry professor at
Floyd Junior College in the
University System of
Georgia, Rome, Ga.
Pantaleo received his
bachelor of science degree
in chemistry from Manhattan
College, New York City, in

June 1966.
He received his
doctorate in chemistry from
Emory University, Atlanta,
Ga., in 1970. He has
completed post -doctoral
courses along with research
projects at Georgia State
University and Louisiana
State University.
He has served as an
institutional representative to the National
University Continuing
Education Association and
to the Center for the

Advancement of Experiential
Learning.

His professional
associations include membership in the Pennsylvania
Association of Deans of
Continuing Education of
which he was vice president
in 1981-82 and president

1982-83.
His writings have

appeared

in

publications

throughout the state and
nation. He has attended a
variety of meetings and
conferences pertaining to

many at which he
presented papers.
Among the many contributions he has made to the
management and academics in
graduate studies and
extended programs over the
past six years were the
implementation of the first
courses-by-television
offered by the institution
and the acquisition of a
$26,000 state grant for a
model project in rural
adult basic education.
Over the past 10 years,
he has made more than 380
presentations to educational, civic, and community
groups on subjects
including continuing education, astronomy, and chemistry.
his field,

Communique'

August 1986

Page

SMS GIVES COMPUTER
For the third consecutive
year, Shared Medical
Systems of Malvern, Pa.,
has given Bloomsburg
University an IBM PC XT
personal computer system
with a graphic printer and
color monitor valued at
nearly $7000.
SMS is a
world-wide leading supplier

FULL-TIME

(90. 3X)

of information processing
systems for the medical
health care industry.
The two previous gifts
have been used by students,
faculty, and staff members
of the university's computer center.
This year's
equipment will be shared
jointly by the office of

THITE

FULL-TIME (87.5)

career development and
placement and the office of
cooperative education.

(9%. 5%)

These charts were prepared by Karen Futoma from data compiled
of Institutional Planning, Research, and Information Management.
(continued from page

1

Electric Cable Co. of

Commencement
includes

two

"firsts"

Bloomsburg
For the first time in the
history of BU, the bachelor
of science degree in
interpreter training and
the master of science
degree in nursing will be

awarded to Elizabeth H.
Antram, Lock Haven, and
Loreen G. Comstock, R.D.//5,
Bloomsburg, respectively.

WHITE

in

(97. IX)

the office

Sojka, a native of Cedar
Rapids, Iowa, received his
bachelor's degree in 1962
from Coe College, Iowa,
where he was a George W.
Bryant Scholar.
He earned
both his master's and doctoral degrees in microbiology at Purdue
University.
Sojka assumed the presidency of Bucknell
University in August 1984.

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Communique'

August 1986

E-Z COME, E-Z GO
The six new E-Z Go

Page

uti-

buzzing around
campus these days were
leased this summer to
replace five golf carts
that were traded in
according to Don McCulloch,
director of the physical
plant and energy management.
The vehicles are being used
lity carts

k

by Physical Plant and the
Althetic Department personnel, with the Athletic
Department paying the lease

locksmith, a preventative
maintenance person, the
grounds crews and plumbers,

McCulloch said.

fees for two of the carts
during the sports season
when they use them for
hauling equipment.
Physical plant personnel
using the carts include the

Abell to serve as acting dean of college
John H. Abell, assistant
dean of extended programs
at Bloomsburg University,
will serve as acting dean
of the College of Graduate
Studies and Extended
Programs until July 1987.
The announcement was made by
Daniel C. Pantaleo, interim
provost and vice president
for academic affairs.
Pantaleo's
former position while a
national search is being
conducted for a new provost
and academic vice president.
The position of
Abell

is

filling

assistant dean for extended

programs, temporarily
vacated by Abell, will be
filled through an internal
search.
In his

new

position,

Abell will be assisted in
academic matters related to
the graduate area by
Charles Carlson, assistant

Wanzie leaves BU
for

SSHE

job

vice president for academic
"This arrangement
allows maximum continuity,
minimizes disruption during
the interim period, and
builds upon Mr. Abell's
present duties in both the
affairs.

graduate and extended
programs areas," Pantaleo
said

Abell

came

to the univer-

sity as director of housing

August 1973 and was proto assistant dean of
extended programs in July
1982. Since 1978 he has
been director of conferences
on campus.
He earned both his bachelor of arts degree in
history and government and
his master of education
degree in counseling and
student personnel from St.
Lawrence University (N.Y.).
He has taken additional
graduate courses at
in

moted

Mary A. Wanzie, acting
director of personnel here
from August 1985 to July
31, 1986, has transferred
to the Human Resources
Division of the State
System of Higher Education
in Harrisburg.
In her new position as
labor relations coordinator, Wanzie will be
involved in faculty thirdstep grievance processing,
contract interpretation,
and assisting
arbitration

in

Bucknell University and
currently enrolled in a

is

doctoral program at Temple
University.
Abell has served on
numerous college and university committees and town
boards and committees.
During the past three
years, Abell has participated in a number of
national conferences, seminars, and workshops pertaining to his field of
continuing education.
His
most recent activity was
attendance at the May 1986
National Conference on the
Adult Learner at the
University of South
Carolina where he presented
a paper in conjunction with
BU deans G. Alfred Forsyth
of the College of Arts and
Sciences and Pantaleo.

Wanzie came to BU
and held stenographer

in

1970

positions in the vice president offices for academic
affairs and administration
before going to the personnel office in May 1974.
She has served as a personnel assistant II and personnel analysist I and II.
She previously was acting
director of personnel from
August 1982 to June 1983.

We
best

wish Mary the very
her new endeavor.

in

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LIBRARY HOURS

August 1986

Page

STUDENT SICKNESS POLICY

Library hours for Aug.
through Sept. 3, 1986:

16

Saturday-Sunday, Aug.
16-17 Closed;
Monday-Friday, Aug. 18-22,
8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.;
Saturday-Sunday, Aug. 23-24,
Closed; Monday-Friday, Aug.
25-29, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30
p.m.; Saturday- Monday, Aug.

30-Sept. 1, Closed; Tuesday,
Sept. 2 (Registration), 8:00
a.m. - 4:30 p.m.;
Wednesday, Sept. 3, Begin
fall

hours.

Effective July 21, 1986,
the Health Center is now in
charge of the accident and
sickness policy for university
students. Questions about
insurance should be directed
to the office in McCormick
Human Services Center,
according to Gerald Griff is,
vice president for student life.

Buckalew
will get

new

siding

Bloomsburg University
this month will begin the
exterior renovation of
Buckalew Place, home to
nine BU presidents since
1903.
Buckalew is the oldest
structure on the campus

and predates even Carver
Hall, which was constructed
in

1867.

The residence,

by
Pennsylvania and U.S.
Sen. Charles R. Buckalew
between 1850 and 1860, is
soon to be nominated for
placement on the
Pennsylvania Inventory and
the National Register of
Historic Places, according
to Robert J. Parrish, vice
president for administration.
The renovation will
include the replacement of
the 130-year-old Germanbuilt originally

style wood siding.
Parrish
said the new siding will be
a reproduction of the ori-

Buckalew Place
ginal to preserve the
architectural integrity of
the building.
The siding
replacement will allow for
insulation to be placed in
the sidewalls, making the
building more energy efficient, he said.
Energy
costs will be reduced by as
much as 20 percent, Parrish

estimates

The $24,600 project
He taught philosophy

Schwimmer

5

dies

Bloomsburg University
associate professor Seymore
Schwimmer died unexpectedly July 16 at
Presbyterian University of
Pennsylvania Hospital in
Philadelphia while awaiting
heart tests.

BU

for 21

years.

is

at

"He was

one of our most caring
faculty," said G. Alfred
Forsyth, dean of the
College of Arts and
Forsyth
Sciences.
described Professor
Schwimmer as "a probing,
question-asking person who

always wanted to uncover
the underlying logic behind

expected to be completed by
late August.
This restoration phase
follows the 1985 restorawhich included
interior decorating,
painting and carpeting.
The university's Council of
Trustees initiated that
project in anticipation of
President Harry Ausprich's
arrival last July.
tion,

things."

Mr. Schwimmer was coauthor of "The Economic
Almanac 1958" and he coauthored scholarly papers
in both philosophy and

mathematics
At his death, he was
chairing his department's
program evaluation.
He is survived by his
widow, Ruth, and two sons.

Communique'

August 1986

Page

TV BULLETIN BOARD
NEEDS INFO.
A "Bulletin Board"
announcing events and
programs on the Bloomsburg
University campus will be
aired on channel 13,
cable TV, as part of the
programming arranged by the
university's television
services department and

6

Service Electric Cable Co.
of Bloomsburg.
Please send notices about
upcoming events and
programs of interest to the
community, to the
University Relations
office, where the infor-

mation will be compiled for

Brasch, Ulloth publish book
BU associate professors
Walter Brasch and Dana
Ulloth are co-authors of
"The Press and the State:
Sociohistorical and
Contemporary
Interpretations," published
by the University Press of

America, Inc.
The text
traces the relationship
between media and the state

TV services. Notice of
date or time changes or
cancellations should be
forwarded to University
Relations as soon as possible.

from the controversial
thoughts of King Urukagina
in the 24th century, B.C.,
to the present.

The 800-page book, due
out this month, contains
in-depth examinations of
many state-press issues,
including shield laws, the
Freedom of Information Act,
obscenity, censorship,

seditious libel,

licensing,

print/broadcast differences, classification of
information, conflicts between free press and fair
trail, defamation, and
governmentally imposed
access.
Parts of the book
contain specially commissioned articles from
some of the profession's
leading scholars, government officials, and

journalists.

Rider named director of swimming, diving
David Rider, head
swimming and diving coach
at Nor win

(Pa.) High School

for the past eight years,

has been named director of
aquatics at Bloomsburg
University.
The 39-year-old resident
of Greensburg replaces Mary
Gardner, who resigned the
position recently to assume
the duties of associate

Rider

athletic director at

BU.

Rider will serve as head
coach of the Huskies men's
and women's swimming and
diving programs as well as
oversee the daily operations of the university's

two pool

facilities.

While at Norwin, he
served as both the men's
and women's coach and
established a combined dual
meet record of 159-63-3.
His 1982 women's squad captured the Pennsylvania
Interscholastic Athletic
Association (PIAA) state

championship, and his men's
unit was the PIAA runnerup
in 1984.
During Rider's
tenure, 61 performers
earned All-State honors and
16 competitors gained
All-American status.
Previously, he taught in
the North Allegheny (Pa.)
School District, where he
developed and administered
the community's aquatic
program.
Rider was the

school's men's swimming
coach for two seasons from
1977 to 1978, compiling a
20-2 mark while handling 15

All-State and two

All-American swimmers.
He
was the founder and coach
of the Allegheny North Swim
Club.

From 1972 to 1974, he was
on the staff at the
Sewickley (Pa.) YMCA and
served with the Peace Corps
in Morocco from 1968 to
.1971.

Rider received his bachedegree in Near
Eastern archaeology from
the University of Chicago
He was a member
in 1968.
of the school's varsity
swimming and water polo
His physical educateams.
lor's

tion certification was
awarded in 1973 at Slippery
Rock and his master of
science degree in sports
sciences at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania
in

1986.

Communique'

BU
IN

'86

August 1986

Page

7

SOFTBALL

FINAL FOUR

A

quick glance at the

NCAA

Division II
softball statistics shows
why BU was so successful in
final

The Huskies posted a
1986.
school -record mark of 42-5,
won their fourth straight
Pennsylvania Conference and
made a first-ever

4

Tickets for

CA

Series

selling fast

appearance

in

the national

"final four" this past

season.

the statistics,
in the
July 16 edition of The NCAA
In

which were released

News , Coach Jan
Hutchinson's team appeared
among the leaders in 10 of
the 13 categories.

Tickets for the 1986-87
Celebrity Artist Series
performances are selling
well, according to Ted
Shanoski, director of
cultural affairs, and there
may be a limited number of
free tickets available for
holders of community activity cards.
The series this year
includes the Vienna Choir
Boys, Oct. 12; A Chorus
Line, Oct. 22; Hal Holbrook

Mark Twain, Nov. 5;
Western Opera Theater, Nov.

The Communique' publishes news of
events and about people at Bloomsburg
University on the 1st and 15th of
each month, except for the summer,
at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815



11; the Northeastern
Philharmonic, Feb. 1; the
Ohio Ballet, Feb. 2*; the
Tokyo String Quartet, March
31; and Roberta Peters,

April 8.

Free tickets

will

be

.

activity card holders at the

Kehr Union information desk
between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m.
on the following dates for
the

fall

performances:

Vienna Choir Boys, Sept.

as

J3

+ 1986-87 ^

2 thru Oct. 10; Chorus Line,
Oct. 13 thru 22; Hal

Holbrook, Oct. 23 thru
Nov. 5; San Francisco Opera,
Oct. 23 thru Nov. 11.
Tickets must be picked up
by the card holder.

available to community

Christy is

new admissions

James P. Christy, director of admissions at

Gannon

University, is the new
director of admissions at
Bloomsburg University.

Christy assumed his

new

position July 21 , replacing
Bernard J. Vinovrski, who
resigned to accept a similar position at Wilkes

College.

One of Christy's prime
responsibilities is to
supervise the university's
student marketing program
that includes every facet
of student recruitment and
selection

director

"We're fortunate to have
attracted a person with Mr.
Christy's strong admissions
background," said Tom L.
Cooper, dean of enrollment
management. "I am optimistic our admissions
program will continue to
flourish under his leadership."
After receiving his
bachelor's degree in
physchology from Wheeling
(W. Va.) College in 1974,
Christy earned his master's
degree in counseling in
higher education from
Kutztown University in
August 1976.

He was appointed
admissions director at
Gannon in July 1983. The
three previous years, he
was director of admissions
Mount Saint Mary College
Newburgh, N.Y. He also
had served as an admissions
counselor at Temple
University and Allentown
at
in

College of St. Francis de
Sales.

Christy was named one of
the Outstanding Young Men
of America in 1981.
In
1983, he was again nominated for the honor.
He holds memberships in a
number of national, state
and regional associations
pertaining to his field of
admissions and counseling.

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August 1986

Page

SUTLIFF CONTRACT COMING
BU administrators hope to
have a contract in place by
eary October for the renovations of Sutliff Hall,

according to Don McCulloch,
director of the physical
plant.
"We're trying to
move as quickly as
possible," he says.
Work on the building,

8

which will house the
College of Business, will
include replacing the windows and roof, rewiring,
and installing a new phone
system, heating, and air
conditioning.

An elevator

also will be added.
The first floor will

house classrooms and labs,

and the second floor will
contain 50 offices.
The
state capital budget
approved by the governor
this

summer includes

$55,000 for equipment and
furniture for the renovated
building.

Sutliff should

be ready for use by fall
1987, McCulloch says.

Hank Bailey director of
the center for
instructional systems
development, recently made
three presentations: "A
University Model for
Developing Interactive
Videodisc Courseware" for
the Macademia '86 at
Princeton University,
"Developmental Partnership
Between the University and
Medical Center" at the
University of Tennessee,
and "Developing a Unique
Education and Training Model
Using Interactive Videodisc
Learning Systems" at the
University of Heidelberg,
Germany. The latter paper
was co-authored with Kalyan
Ghosh, vice provost and
associate vice president
,

BU NOTES

Peggy Bailey , BU grants
director and project director for one of the largest

was titled "Issues and
Concerns of Pennsylvania
Educators of the Hearing

Green Thumb Programs
Pennsylvania, has been

Impaired."

in

cited for her leadership in
gaining national publicity
for America's older workers
by developing a special
television documentary,

"Rural America: Coming of

Age."
Bailey also has been named
chairman of the Pennsylania
Green Thumb Advisory
Committee, representing
over 1,000 older workers in
rural communities across

Marks and

Judith M. Hirshfeld
both
of the department of communication disorders and
special education
had an
article published recently
in The Journal of the
,

,

Pennsylvania Speech-

Language-Hearing
Association.
The article

,

department

for

District One Proceedings,"
which was recently
published under the auspices of Bloomsburg
University and the
Mid-Atlantic Business Law

professor of
sociology/social welfare,
recently presented three
community in-service
training workshops:
"Structural Family Therapy"
for the staff of the Family

Association

John Trathen

the state.

Colleen J.

Barbara Behr

of finance and business
law, served as volume editor of the "1986 American
Business Law Association

,

director of

student activities and Kehr
Union, had an article

"Undergraduate
Assistant Managers:
Bloomsburg University

titled

Internships Providing

Expert Assistance"
published in the August
1986 issue of College
Services Administration
journal.

academic affairs.
Dale L. Sultzbaugh

A.C.S.W.,

,

assistant

Counseling Agency in
Bloomsburg; "A Problem
Solving Approach to

Federal Budget Cuts" for
the staff of the
Columbia-Sullivan County
Head Start Program; and
"Confidentiality Issues and
Case Recording
Effectiveness" for the
staff of the Northumberland
County Area Agency on Aging
in Shamokin.

Communique

OLD SCIENCE RENOVATION
Bids should be let in
late spring and a contract
signed early next summer
for the renovation of
Science Hall, according to
Don McCulloch, director of
the physical plant and

energy management.
Architectural submissions
are currently being

Wallace S. Woodard, Ph.D.,
was named psychological
counselor in the center for
counseling and human
development with the rank
of associate professor.
For the past 14 years he
has held a similar position
at Florida State
University.
He earned his
B.S. degree in music at
West Virginia State
College, his M.A. degree in
guidance from Western
Michigan University and his
doctorate in counselor education at Ohio State
University.
Karl E. Havens, III, was
appointed assistant professor of biological and
allied health sciences.

During the past year he has
been a visiting assistant

BU

to be on
cable television

Page 9

August 1986

LYONS ON CHANNEL

reviewed, he said.
The one-year project will
include total renovation of
the building, using some

The
existing walls.
building will house offices
for art, history, music,
and language faculty plus
classrooms, labs, and large

16
Financial Aid Director
Tom Lyons will be a guest

on "Viewpoint" on WNEP,
Channel 16, Sunday, Aug. 17
from 12:30 p.m. to 1:30
p.m. Lyons will discuss
financial aid.

lecture rooms.

New appointments announced
President Harry Ausprich
has announced the following
appointments for the
1986-87 academic year:

1

assistant football coaches

professor at West Virginia
University.
He earned his
B.A. degree in biology at
State University of New
York at Buffalo and both
his

M.S. and Ph.D. degrees

biology from West
Virginia University.
Gary Kreischer, Berwick,
will be a computer
programmer II in the
computer services center.
This is a temporary
appointment effective
through Oct. 2, 1987.
Gail Berbick, Berwick,
has been appointed a clerkstenographer I in the
office of institutional
planning, research and
She
information managment.
replaces Sharon Swank who
is transferring to the
nursing department.
Janet Hutchinson was rein

appointed head field hockey
and head softball coach.
Appointed as full-time

BU's television services

department has finalized an
agreement with Service
Electric Cable Co. in
Bloomsburg to provide
programming two hours a
week in one-hour time slots
on cable channel 13,
according to Tom Joseph,
director of BU's
vices.
The first

programming

TV

ser-

will be a
replay of the summer graduation exercises Aug. 14

were Vincent Sinagra and
Joseph Viadella, Jr.

Raymond Ricketts, III, was
re-appointed as full-time
assistant basketball coach.
Part-time assistant football coach appointments
include David Fortunato and
Denise
Frank Williams.
Whitfield was named head
cheerleading coach and Tina
Souders assistant softball
coach.
James Padglick will
be both assistant cross
country coach and assistant
track and field coach
Lucille Ruckle will serve
as a clerk-typist I in the
office of the vice
President for
administration through
Jan. 30, 1987, while
Evanna Nolte is on maternity leave.
Janice Phillips has been
transferred from temporary
to permanent computer

programmer II in the
computer services center.

to air Sept. 9 from 1
to 2 p.m. and Sept.
9 p.m. to 10 p.m.

p.m.
10 from

University-produced
programs will fill those
time slots every week after
that, Joseph said.
Other programming by the
university will include
student productions from
class projects and a campus
bulletin board containing
BU event information and
notices, he said.

Communique'

August 1986

Page

10

BU HELPS CONSERVE ENERGY
Bloomsburg University is
helping two schools in the
Danville School District
conserve energy by monitoring and regulating their
heating, ventilating and
air condition equipment by
computerization
Equipment in the Mahoning
Cooper and F.W. Diehl

schools is hooked into BU*s
highly sophisticated Powers

.

ive capital projects for

legisla-

Management.

600 Energy Management
System and is then monitored
and regulated to supply
energy necessary during
high and low periods of
school operations and functions, said Donald
McCulloch, director of

Five capital projects for
BU passed by the

Physical Plant and Energy

BU okayed by govenor

Haas, Navy Hall, and the

Ben Franklin Building.

ture and approved by the

governor this summer include:

- $55,000 for furniture
and other equipment for

- $1.4 million for a new
boiler that can handle the
university's needs in the
summer and act as a supplementary unit in the winter.

Sutliff Hall.

Two projects passed by
the legislature but cut by
Gov. Dick Thornburgh were
$316,000

$840,000 to complete
the second phase of a pro-

for storm sewers
to relieve longstanding

drainage problems

in

ject to assure access for

streets and properties

the handicapped.

below campus and $3.7

$221,000 for safety
improvements to the rigging
and electrical system in
Mitrani Hall in the Haas
Center for the Arts.
-

-

$961,000 to install
in Carver Hall,

million to renovate
Centennial Gymasium.

BU's

single biggest request, a
$7.87 million expansion of

Harvey Andruss Library, was
cut by the legislature
before the budget reached
the governor's desk.

elevators

High placement
of grads
continues
Bloomsburg University
continues

its

high place-

ment rate of graduates,
Thomas Davies, director of
the career development
center, reports.
For the seventh consecutive
year, over 80 percent of
our yearly graduates have
been placed in either
meaningful and/or pro-

fessional positions," he
said.
Davies' most recent

report covers 1104 graduates in the December 1984
and May and August 1985
classes, 20 graduates were
not available, and of the
1084 questioned, 883 were
placed for 81.4 percent.
One hundred eleven are
continuing their education
in graduate school on a
full-time basis while 23
have entered the armed
forces.

"There were 41 for which
no information,"
Davies said. "If they were
deleted from the report,
the placement percentage

we had

would rise to 84.6
percent
The College of Business
had the largest number of
graduates, with 456, and
390 were placed for 86 percent.
"We're fortunate in
having several nationally
and internationally known
companies that employ our
business graduates year
after year," Davies noted.
The College of
Professional Studies graduated 330, with 250 or
78.6 percent being placed.
The College of Arts and
Sciences had 243 placed of
its 318 graduates for 77.6
percent.
.

COMMUNIQUE
A

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

September 2, 1986

Carlson, Abell
fill new posts
Charles Carlson,
assistant vice president
for academic affairs, and
John Abell, assistant dean
of extended programs, have
agreed to a realignment of
responsibilities previously
assigned to them, Daniel
Pantaleo, interim provost
and vice president for academic affairs, has

announced. Carlson will
serve as acting dean of
the School of Graduate
Studies, and Abell will be
acting dean of the School
of Extended Programs.
They
will serve in their

new

capacities until July 1987.
Carlson and Abell are
filling the combined
deanship formerly held by
Pantaleo.
A national
search is being conducted

Carlson

Abell

new provost and academic vice president.
Carlson joined the music

studies and director in
1968.
From 1970 to 1972,
he was dean of graduate
studies and in 1972 served
as interim president of the
Bloomsburg State College
for one year.
In 1974, he

for a

faculty of the university
1959 and was elevated to
full professorship in 1962.
In 1966, he was named
acting director of graduate
in

Forsyth takes
G. Alfred Forsyth, dean
of the College of Arts and
has been
Sciences at BU
named provost and vice president for academic affairs
at Millersville University,
effective Sept. 2. Psychology Professor John Baird
will be interim dean of the
College of Arts and Sciences
through June 30, 1987,
while a national search for
Forsyth's replacement is
,

VP

position at Millersville

conducted

One

(continued on Paqe 5)

of Forsyth's prime

accomplishments

in

his

eight years at BU was
working closely with the
faculty to revise and
strengthen the general education program.
He also
initiated an honors
program, developed multidisciplinary packages of
courses for entering fresh-

men, and organized a pre-

professional and career
concentration advisory

program
"If these and several
other accomplishments that
we were fortunate to initiate
have a lasting impact on
Bloomsburg University, it
will be because the faculty
was so deeply involved in
their development," Forsyth

said

(continued on Paqe 5)

Communique

1

September

2,

1986 Page 2

TENURE GRANTED TO FIVE
Academic faculty members
granted tenure this summer
effective at the beginning
of this academic year are
Mary K. Badami, associate
professor of mass communications; Sandra G.
Girton, assistant chairperson and assistant professor
of nursing; P. James Moser,

assistant professor of physics; Edward J. Poostay,
director of the reading
clinic and the graduate

reading program; and
Patricia A. Torsella,
assistant professor of
nursing.

Academic promotions to eight
Promotions

in rank for
faculty members for the
1986-1987 academic year

announced this summer are:
Barbara Bonham, Center of
Academic Development, from
instructor to assistant
professor; Paul C.

Cochrane, mathematics and
computer science, from
associate professor to pro-

fessor; E.

Dennis Hinde,

mass communications, from
instructor to assistant
professor; P. James Moser,
physics, from assistant
professor to associate professor; John J. Olivo,
business education and
office administration, from
assistant professor to
associate professor;
Nancy

A. Onuschak, nursing, from
associate professor to
professor; Kenneth D.

Schnure, registrar, from
instructor/administrator to
assistant administrator;
Samuel B. Slike, communication disorders and
special education, from
assistant professor to
associate professor.

advancing to the state
championship contest in

Bressi

those seasons.
Bressi's
best season was in 1983-84
when his team posted a 36-1
record, losing the lone
game in the state AAA final
to Pittsburgh's North

named

women's

Catholic
The 39-year-old native of
Kulpmont has boasted dominant teams in the Harrisburg
area for several years and
entering this past season's
action his squads had won
91 of 92 regular -season
contests.
Last season, the
club had a 22-8 record and

basketball coach

Joe Bressi, head women's
basketball coach at Bishop
McDevitt High School in
Harrisburg for the past 10
years, has been named head
coach of the women's
basketball program at
Bloomsburg University.
He
replaces Sue Hibbs, who
resigned the position to
return to full-time
teaching duties in the university's department of
health and physical educa-

included seven league

lost

and five district
His teams won four
crowns.
championships in the former
South Central Penn League
and three titles in the
Mid-Penn League's Division I.
In post -season action,
Bishop McDevitt captured
three District Three Class
AA championships and two

Bloomsburg recorded a
9-13 mark last season,

tion

Class

.

As head coach at Bishop
McDevitt, Bressi built a
237-43 record, which

titles

AAA

titles.

units appeared

in

His

four con-

secutive PIAA Eastern
finals, winning twice and

in

district playoffs.

including an 8-5 record in
the Pennsylvania Conference
The
Eastern Division.
Huskies dropped a first-

round decision to West
Chester in the conference
playoffs
Bressi is a 1971 graduate
of East Stroudsburg
University and has served
as director of students at
Bishop McDevitt.

Communique' September

2,

1986 Page 3

FOUR COPIES NEEDED
The procedure

for

requesting work from the

maintenance department
includes submitting all
four (4) copies of the

completed within two weeks
of the request, according
to Don McCulloch, director
of the physical plant.

Maintenance Work Order to
the Physical Plant. All
four copies are needed so
maintenance can respond to

you

if

work cannot be

Gathered outside Haas
Center for the Arts prior
to

summer commencement

ceremonies Aug. 14 are,
from left: Daniel
Pantaleo,

interim provost

and academic vice president; Harry Ausprich, BU
president; Gary Sojka,
Bucknell University oresident and principal speaker
for the event; Jill and

Boyd, Bloomsburq, husband and wife honor students in psychology; John
Neil

Dorin, BU council of
trustees chairman; Loreen
Comstock, first recipient
of the master of science

degree.

Army ROTC
has full-time
staff here

Army ROTC has taken on
new look at Bloomsburg

a

The
University this fall.
military science department
will become an extension
center of Bucknell
University, which means
that a full-time staff will
be located on campus to
better serve students and
the Army ROTC program.
The cadre, composed of
Major George Venesky and
SFC 3ames Kelley, look forward to an exciting year.

The military science
department

is located in
the rear of Elwell Hall.
Adjacent to the tri-level
They can
parking garage.
be contacted by telephone
at (717) 389-2123.

Communique' September

2,

1986 Page 4

JONES TO MOREHEAD STATE
Larry Jones, provost and
vice president for academic
affairs here until Aug. 1,
has been named dean of the
college of professional
studies at Morehead State
University, Morehead, Ky.
Announcement of his
appointment, effective Oct.
1

,

was made by Roberta

Anderson, MSU vice president for academic affairs.
Jones was to have begun a
special administrative
assignment with the
Pennsylvania State System
of Higher Education in
August.
He joined the
staff at BU in 1981,
serving as provost and vice

president for academic
affairs and then as interim
president until the arrival
of President Harry Ausprich
in July 1985.

arts in instrumental music

Jelinek to direct
univ. -community

orchestra
New members
for the

are needed

Bloomsburg

University -Community

Orchestra that begins its
16th season with the first
rehearsal in Haas Center
Sept.

8.

Mark R. Jelinek of
Tempe, Ariz, has been named
replacing John P.
Master who retired June 29.

director,

Committed

to providing a

rich cultural experience
for its performers and

audiences, the popular
symphony orchestra was
started by Master when he
joined the music faculty in
September 1971.
Jelinek's degrees includes a bachelor of music
education and a master of
arts from Eastern New

Mexico University.
He
earned a doctor of musical

Quest

trip

open

Interested in observing
wildlife, plant life and
natural beauty while

canoeing? It's all
possible on a weekend canoe
trip to Maryland's
Assateague Island, Sept.
12-14, offered by Quest,

from Arizona State
University.
A native of New Mexico,
Jelinek conducted
high school orchestras in

Texas, New Mexico and
Arizona.
In 1984, his
organization won the New
Mexico All-State Honor
Orchestra award.
Jelinek has performed
with the Texas orchestra of
Abilene (principal
cellist), El Paso, San
Angelo and Midland-Odessa;
Los Cruces and Roswell in
New Mexico and the
Continental Orchestra of
Thousand Oaks, Calif.
A wide variety of repertoire is performed by the
70-80 member
University-Community
Orchestra ranging from the
serious classics to popular
tunes with featured
soloists.
Membership is
open to capable musicians
from the entire university
community as well as area
communities
A fall concert of serious

classics is scheduled for
2:30 p.m. Sunday, Nov.

16,

Bloomsburg University's outdoor education program.
Quest will provide
transportation, leadership,
canoes, other outdoor
equipment and food for this
unique three-day
experience.
No previous
canoeing experience is
necessary as Quest will
provide instruction.

Jelinek
in Mitrani Hall of Haas
The orchestra also
Center.
will perform at the
President's Ball in March
and at a children's concert
Rehearsals are
in April.
held Mondays 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. in room 116 Haas
Center.

Interested musicians

can call Jelinek at
389-4284 or stop in his
office at 116 Haas Center.
open to
first come,
basis.
Cost
serve

The

trip

is

everyone on a
first

for the weekend is $65.
Interested persons can sign
up by calling the Quest
program at 389-4323 or
registering at the Quest
office located on the
ground floor of Simon
building

Communique' September

2,

1986 Page 5

NEW PROGRAMS OFFERED
Two academic -oriented
programs for students

career concentration

interested in studio audio
recording are being offered
this fall for the first
time.
The programs in
audio recording techniques
are available either as a
minor in music in the
department of music or as a

and

in a
cross -discipline academic
skill

emphasis.
The Communique' publishes news of
events and about people at Bloomsburg
University on the 1st and 15th of
each month, except for the summer,
at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

Carlson, Abell to head grad, extended programs
continued from Page 1
was named dean of the
schools of graduate stu-

(

dies, serving in that capacity until his assistant
academic vice president

appointment

He

is

in

1982.

also a former

chairman of the music
department and a former
director of the maroon and
gold and studio bands.
Carlson earned his bachelor of arts degree from San

Baird to replace
Forsyth for '86-8
(continued from Page 1)

Following the announcement of Baird's appointment
by Interim Provost and
Academic Vice President
Daniel Pantaleo,

commented,

Baird

"I'm looking

forward to the challenge of
the deanship and working

Jose State University and
both his master of arts
degree and his doctor of
education degree at
Columbia University.
Abell came to the university as director of housing
in August 1973 and was promoted to assistant dean of

extended programs

July
1982.
Since 1978 he has
also been director of conin

ferences on campus.
closely with faculty,
students, and other administrators for a productive
year .
Baird came to the university's psychology department as an assistant
professor in 1971.
He was
elevated to associate professor in 1974 and to full
professorship in 1979.
He
served as chairperson of
the psychology department
from 1977 to 1980.

He earned both

his bachedegree in
history and government and
his master of education
degree in counseling and
student personnel from St.
lor of arts

Lawrence University (N.Y.).
He has taken additional
graduate courses at
Bucknell University and

is

currently enrolled in a
doctoral program at Temple
University.

Since 1978, he has been a
consulting psychologist
with Pennsylvania Power and
Light Co. and in 1980 was a
visiting research associate
at the Institute of
Behavioral Science, University of Colorado. Baird
also has done consulting
and evaluating for Bechtel

Power Corp., Lewisburg
Federal Penitentory, and
Bloomsburg's Family Mental
Health Clinic.

Parking regs issued
The new issue of the campus parking map and motor
vehicle regulations, effective Aug. 20, reflects
tighter enforcement efforts

by the university law

enforcement office.
This year, each qualified
vehicle operators will be
issued only a single permit
decal.
If drivers must use
another car for a day, they
must put a note on the dash

giving the name of the
operator, the campus destination, and the date.
If
drivers must use another
car for more than a day,
they must go to the Law
Enforcement Office to get a
temporary parking permit.
The new regulations also
outline specific boundaries
around the campus for commuting students.
Richard

Alderfer, chairman of the

committee, and Ken
Weaver, chief of the university law enforcement
office, will meet with stutraffic

dent groups early in the
school year to explain the
new regulations.
Vehicle permit decals
will be issued in early
September, according to

Weaver

Communique' September

2,

1986 Page 6

BARN PHOTOS

IN EXHIBIT
Some 40 matted color pho-

tographs of American barns
from Maine to California
are on exhibit through
Sept. 26 in the presidents'
lounge of Kehr Union.
Viewing hours are 9 a.m. to
10

Jim Stansbury, nationally

known photographer and
printmaker

p.m. daily.
The exhibit, "Portraits

of Wayside Barns,"

is

by

'87-88 sabbaticals announced
President Harry Ausprich
has recently approved 17
sabbatical leaves for the
1987-88 academic year.
John S. Baird, professor
of psychology, will spend
the year completing a postdoctoral internship in professional psychology.
Leo G. Barrile, associate
professor of sociology and
social welfare, will spend
the spring semester of 1988
conducting research on
family structure and television viewing patterns.
Barbara E. Behr, professor of finance and business law, will spend the
year engaged in legal
research, reading, reflection and writing and developing new teaching
materials
Peter H. Bohling, pro-

spend the spring semester
of 1988 developing a set of
materials for teaching sta-

fessor of economics,

groups and updating his

will

tistics to

concrete opera-

knowledge of community
psychology.

Roger Fromm, reference
librarian and archivist at

tional thinkers as well as

Andruss Library,

formal operational thinkers.
Walter W. Brasch, associate professor of mass
communications, will spend
the year doing research,
writing, observing, and
working in a number of mass
communication media.
Steven Cohen, professor
of psychology, will spend
the year doing research in

lop additional expertise in
the various functions of
archival work during the

psychopharmacology and
updating reading in experimental psychology.
James Dalton, associate
professor of psychology,
will spend the spring
semester of 1988 conducting
research on citizen participation in

community

will

deve-

semester of the
1987-88 year.

fall

Francis Gallagher, associate professor of

marketing and management,
will spend the spring
semester at the Institut
Commercial de Nancy in
Nancy, France, expanding the
internship opportunities
for Bloomsburg students
the BU-Nancy student

in

exchange program, finalizing the establishment of

BU-Nancy faculty exchange
program, investigating
European firms' methods of
absenteeism control, and

a

bers of their families to

University receives
grant for Upward Bound
Bloomsburg University has
received a $167,226 federal
grant to continue a coun-

program for
youngsters who want to be

seling

the first in their families
to attend college, U.S.
Rep. Paul E. Kanjorski,
D-Nanticoke, has announced.

Upward Bound,

in

its

go to college.
At BU, Upward Bound
begins with an intensive

summer session, during
which students live on campus while studying personal
ninth

year at BU. has received a
total of

$1,257,720

in

federal grants.
The
program recruits high
school sophomores from

Columbia, Montour and
Northumberland counties who
could become the

first

mem-

Instructors
development.
meet weekly with about 80

students during the year.
By spring, the students
receive extensive academic
instruction, career
guidance, and advice on
choosing a suitable
college.

Communique' September

TWO NAMED ALL-AMERICAN
Bloomsburg University
seniors Wes Cook and Kevin
Grande have been named to
the NCAA Division II preseason All- American team,
according to The Football

News . The duo was among a
group of 10 Pennsylvania
Conference performers
selected to the squad.

2,

1986 Page 7

QUEST COURSES AVAILABLE
Twenty-five courses

in

activities such as hiking,
tubing, biking, caving, and

Quest office at
(717) 389-4323.

call the

creek stomping are available
this fall through Quest,
the outdoor education
program.
Most courses
occur on weekends.
For registration forms
and additional information,

More sabbaticals
teaching a human resource

management module

at

Nancy.

William Jones, professor
of communication disorders
and special education, will
spend the summer of 1987
and 1988 developing a
system for assisting students majoring in special

education to recognize
outstanding teacher characteristics and to develop
such characteristics in
themselves.
Saleem Kahn, associate
professor of economics,
will spend the fall of 1987
doing research on the economic gains from trade,
economic assistance, and
investments to the United
States and the South Asian
countries
Gerald Powers, assistant
chairman and professor of

communication disorders and

Sperrylink
Sperrylink,

is

here

the electro-

nic process that greatly
improves interoffice com-

munications and enhances
individual office operation, has arrived at the
university.

Computer services director Doyle Dodson,

assisted

by Sperrylink coordinator
Karlene Wright, conducted a

special education, will
spend the summers of 1987

and 1988 adapting and
constructing and then
assessing and revising a
Dreservice clinical perceiver instrument for communication disorders.
Robert Reeder, associate
professor of philosophy and
anthropology will spend the
spring of 1988 as a
visiting scholar at Yerkes

Regional Primate Center
working with staff primatologists and doing basic
research of primate behavior and primate evolution.
Robert Rosholt, chairman

and professor of political
science, will spend the
summer of 1987 and 1988
doing a holistic study of
the U.S. Congress.
Constance Schick, professor of psychology, will

ItllMflW

spend the 1987-88 year
attending graduate courses
related to prevention of
physical illnesses and promotion of wellness and
working with nationally

known experts in these
areas
Riley Smith, associate
professor of English, will
spend the fall semester of
1987 studying methods and
goals of privately operated
dialect eradication schools
in Georgia.
Anne Wilson, associate
professor of sociology and
social welfare, will spend
the spring semester of 1988
working with institutions
outside of regular academic
settings that have developed expertise in facilitating group functioning.

series of meetings this
summer to explain what

reminder, list directories
and mailing lists, and
much more, according to
Dodson
There are 114 computer

Sperrylink is, what it can
do for an administrative

stations available for
Sperrylink throughout the

office, and add users to
available terminals.
By using computer terminals through the main
frame, Sperrylink can
transmit electronic mail,

campus.

schedule meetings, set
calendars, record telephone
messages, serve as a

The vice-

presidents' offices have
been on Sperrylink for some

time.

Twenty-nine addi-

tional administrative offi-

ces were added this summer
In the fall, the system
will be offered to the
offices of chairpersons.

Communique' September
DID

YOU KNOW

.

Some 47 percent

.

of

2,

1986 Page 8

POSITION VACANCIES

.

Higher Education Panel,

all

full-time college undergrad-

Position vacancies
in the personnel
office include: Library
Assistant I (two part-time,
temporary positions), a temporary clerk typist in the
library, and a publications
director in the University
Relations Office.

198* received
some form of institutionally administered student aid exclusive of
Guaranteed Student Loans
(GSL), according to a
report by the American
Council on Education's
uates

ANNOUNCED
announced

in

journal of sports literature.
"Arete" is published
by the San Diego State
University Press.

BU NOTES

Donald A. Vannan
curriculum and foundations,
recently visited three
science facilities in New
York and Maryland. The
first was "The Discovery
Center," a science
,

George B.N. Ayitte y,
assistant professor of economics, has recently had a
number of articles

"Hands-On" development
Donald L. Pratt

,

assistant professor of

published: "The Real

Foreign Debt Problem,"
the Wall Street Journal (to
be reprinted in two textbooks, Macroeconomics, and
Economics in America), "To
End Hunger, Set the
(African) Peasants Free" in
The Times of London
in

(reprinted in The
Australian), "African
Suffering: Elites and Folly
Caused the Crisis" in
Canada's Globe and Mail
(reprinted in The Daily
Mail of London), and
"Zaire: The Epitome of
African Kleptocracy" in the
Journal of Defense and
He also was the
Diplomacy.
guest speaker on the political situation in Black
Africa at Morgan State
University in Baltimore,
Md., presented a paper by
special invitation at the

CATO

Brooke's column "Africa
Economic Disaster" in the
Washington Times.

Institute in Washington,

D.C., and tesified before a
Congressional Committee on
a House bill on the foreign
investment and reciprocity
Ayittey also was
Act.
recently quoted in Warren

curriculum and foundations,
had an article titled A

Model as a Starting Point
for Teaching Problem
in the "1986
Yearbook" of the

Solving

Pennsylvania Council of
Teachers of Mathematics.
At the past Association for
Developing Computer-Based
Instructional Systems
International Conference,
he served on the elementary, secondary, junior
college and math SIG editorial board.
He will also
be presenting a session on
teaching educational computing with SuperPILOT at
the annual School Science
and Mathematics Association
meeting in Lexington, Ky.,
in

November.

Walt Brasch , associate
professor of mass
communications, is author
of a 1500-word satire,

Traded

for

Two Rookies, an

Editorial Clerk, and a
Future Draft Choice,

appearing

in

"Arete," the

in

downtown Syracuse used by
local schools and
University of Syracuse

science methods students.
He also visited the
National Aquarium and the
Maryland Science Center in
Baltimore.
William S. O'Bruba
chairperson and professor
of curriculum and foundations, has been selected
to serve on the publications committee of the
Association for Childhood
Education International.
,

John R. Hranitz

,

assistant chairperson and
professor of curriculum and

foundations, has recently
presented a program
"Preparing Your Child for
Kindergarten: A Case for
Good Sense" to parent associations of the
Stroudsburg-Snyderville
He
areas in Pennsylvania.
also has received the
Pennsylvania Department of
Corrections Annual Award
for Outstanding Volunteer
for 1985-86.

Communique' September

2,

1986 Page 9

NEW SCOREBOARD
A new scoreboard will
appear at the north end of
Redman Stadium when the
1986 Bloomsburg University
home football season opens
Sept. 20. The old scoreboard was lost in a high
wind storm in the spring.
"It was destroyed when it
was blown right off the two

Football

metal uprights," says athletic director

Roger

Sanders

The BU Development Office
and Sanders worked together
to find two sponsors for a
new Nevco 24-by-8 foot
scoreboard, and it will be
in place by early September.
Weiler Vending, which

services snack and drink

machines on campus, and
Hairport Family
Salon/University Cuts by
Hairport are sponsoring the
new scoreboard. Their corporate advertisements will
appear on it.

game themes, sked announced

Bloomsburg University has
announced the special themes
for its five 1986
football contests.

home

The defending Pennsylvania
Conference champion Husky
team kicks off the home
slate on Saturday, Sept.
20, in a 1:30 p.m. game
against Interstate 80 rival
It will be a
Lock Haven.
highlight of the 16th
annual Parents' Weekend
activities on the campus.

University Family Day is
scheduled for Oct. k at
1:30 p.m. when the Huskies
host East Stroudsburg in a
PC Eastern Division game.
It is a day set aside to
recognize the faculty and
staff, the Council of
Trustees, non-instructional
alumni, the alumni board,
the Foundation Board, the
College of Business Advisory
Board, the Husky Club Board
of Governors, faculty
emeriti and the APSCUF
Executive Board.
The 59th annual
Homecoming celebration
takes place on Oct. 18 when
Mansfield visits Robert B.
Redman Stadium for a 1:30
Many of the
p.m. game.
alumni and friends of BU
will return for the weekend.

When

Slippery

Rock comes

Bloomsburg for a 1 p.m.
contest on Nov. 1, it will
be Communities Appreciation
Day, acknowledging six area
communities of Benton,
to

Berwick, Bloomsburg,
Catawissa, Danville, and
Millville.

The final home game of
the season, with Kutztown
on Nov. 8 at

p.m.,

1

will

•86

be Maroon and Gold Day.
This special day is in
recognition of those individuals who have donated to
the university in the past
year's giving campaign.

HUSKIES FOOTBALL

"Defending Pennsylvania Conference Champions"
Sept
Sept
Sept

Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Oct.
Nov
Nov
Nov.

13

at Shippensburg

20
26

LOCK HAVEN
at

West Chester

EAST STROUDSBURG
Cheyney

11

at

18

MANSFIELD

25

at Millersville

1

8

15

SLIPPERY ROCK

KUTZTOWN
at

Norfolk St.

1:30 P1:30 P7:30 P1:30 P1:30
1:30
1:30
1:00

m.
m.
m.
m.

P- m
P- m.
P- m.
P- m.

1:00 P- m
1:30 P- m.

Communique' September

2,

1986 Page 10

STUDENTS RETURN
Bloomsburg University
students returned to campus
over the weekend for the
fall semester of the
1986-87 academic year.
Classes were scheduled to
begin Tuesday, Sept. 2.

enrolled.
Around 2500
students will be housed on
campus, with the balance
either residing in the town
of Bloomsburg or commuting
from other areas.

Approximately 5547 fulltime and part-time degree
undergraduates are

The Bloomsburg Players
schedule eight more shows
THE BLOOMSBURG PLAYERS
1986-87
SCHEDULE

8

THE LANDING

17-20

Sept.

p.m.

Haas

Oct. 8-11
p.m.
8
Haas

BU's first student-written, studentdirected, full-length main-stage preGeneral admission seats
sentation.
only on Saturday

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO"S NEST
adapted by Dale Wasserman from the
book by Ken Kesey

WILEY AND THE HAIRY MAN

Nov. 5-8

p.m.
Carver
8

children's theatre by Susan Zeder

ANTIGONE

Nov. 20-22

p.m.
Forum
8

French (original language) French
exchange students to perform, Thurs.
Fri. matinees for area high schools
in

<5c

Feb.

18-21

A FUNNY THING HAPPENED
ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM
a collaboration by Larry Gelbart,

Haas

Burt

Shevelove, and Stephen Sondheim

Mar. 26-28
p.m.

8

THEATRE LAB SERIES
student productions to be announced

Forum
Apr.
8

A FLEA

1-4

p.m.

IN

HER EAR

an English translation of a French
play by George Feydeau

DREAM WEAVERS
a children's tour show to be

announced

COMMUNIQUE
newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

\

September 15, 1986

Additional $200,000 to acad. affairs
The university administration has increased
the operating budget for
academic affairs by

faculty travel to visit
students on internships, he

$200,000

to the library for book
purchases
Pantaleo
pointed out that the
library budget hasn't been
increased in four years.
These funds, he said,
"allow us to make up for
inflation over that period
and add to holdings in some
critical curriculm areas."

Another $50,000

directly or indirectly to

academic departments.
Based on recommendations
from a meeting of the deans
council, he said, money
will go to departments that
are presently underfunded,
those with special needs,
and "areas where we could
directly support faculty
otherwise supported by the

An example

Amin named

equipment maintenance

said.

this year
President Harry Ausprich
announced during a meeting
with faculty Sept. 2.
Daniel Pantaleo, provost
and vice president for academic affairs, says $70,500
of the funds will go

department."

ments to free up some funds
previously committed to

will

contracts.
This plan is
being developed by the
deans and will be discussed
by department chairpersons,
Pantaleo said.
Projects and services
needing faculty and program
support will receive a
total of $[0,000 during the
year , and the University
Scholar's Program will get
$6,500 from the funds.
Five thousand dollars
will go toward a new ini-

go

.

Academic microcomputer
software will be purchased
with another $43,000 to
better implement computer
hardware purchased in
recent years, Pantaleo

tiative coming from
Pantaleo' s office to
encourage pairs or groups
of faculty to work together
to initiate research projects.

said

is

An equipment repair pool
of funds amounting to
$15,000 will allow departis to coordinate
the university's institutional planning process.
Amin is currently working
with the Strategic Issues

sibility

to

planning post

Group

in

3

x
T5

their attempt to

implement a strategic
planning process for the
In addition,
university.
he will be working with
Karen L. Futoma, assistant
director for institutional
studies, in providing
detailed analyses of many
of the studies and reports
prepared by this office.
"We were quite fortunate
in attracting an individual
fully

M. Ruhul Amin,

chair"

of

the social sciences division at the University of
Wisconsin Barron County
Center, has been named
assistant director for
planning and analysis in
BU's Office of
Institutional Planning,
Research and Information

Management
Amin assumed
new position Aug. 11.
.

his

Amin's prime respon-

(continued on page 4)

Amin

Page

September 15, 1986

Communique'

RETIREMENT SEMINAR
SCHEDULED
Joseph Giorgio and Scott
Baker of Giorgio Associates
of Lancaster, Pa., will
conduct a seminar on preretirement planning to be
held in the Coffeehouse of
Kehr Union, Thursday, Sept.
25, at 11 a.m. and 7 p.m.
The seminar includes an

Grants awarded
for physics
research
Grants totaling $60,690
enable the physics
department to conduct a
two-year research project
on the influences of
atmospheric water vapor and
lightning on electrical
properties of the upper
atmosphere.
The reseachers, led by
will

2

indepth explanation of the
options available under the
Pennsylvania State
Retirement System, as well
as options outside the
state system.
The seminar will assist
employees covered by the
State Retirement System in
obtaining the maximum bene-

fits

from their retirement

plans.
In addition, participants will discuss how
to shelter other income,
tax sheltered annunities,
and the new tax proposals
as it pertains to planning.

The seminar
by

is

sponsored

BUFA/APSCUF.

from the state of
Pennsylvania will carry the
research program over the
next two years.
The research program will
address two separate scientific problems, according
to Moser, associate professor of physics.

"The

first

problem con-

cerns the influence of
water vapor on the electrical properties of the
atmosphere at very high
altitudes," he said.
"Rockets such as the
Saturn V launch vehicle
expell up to one ton of
water vapor per second as
they climb toward orbit.
Since long-distance radio

cerns the influence of
lightning, a lower

atmosphere phenomenon, on
the electrical properties
of the upper atmosphere,
miles or more above the

35

ground.

to begin the research this

electrical properties.

Recent research
suggests that large
lightning strikes emit
strong radio signals, which
travel into outer space and
interact with charge particles trapped in the Van
Allen belts thousands of
miles above the earth.
Some of the charged particles are released to fall
toward the earth, where
they alter the electrical
properties of the upper

September.

"The second problem con-

atmosphere," Moser said.

principal investigator

James Moser, will use new
sophisticated radio equipment, a computer, and an
extremely accurate electronic oscillator.

An

initial

grant of

$30,345 has been awarded to
the university by the
National Science Foundation
Matching funds

communications depend upon
the electrical properties
of the upper atmosphere,
scientists are interested

knowing the effects of
water vapor on these

in

Student-written play
The Bloomsburg Players'
season opener a world
premier production of "The
Landing" written by T.
Andrew Wright is a bittersweet drama about the
interwoven lives of several
tenants in a New York City
,

apartment building.

The

play is the first studentwritten, full-length main
stage production at
Bloomsburg University.
T. Andrew Wright is a
non-traditional student

is

BP season opener

with junior standing.
A
theater major, Wright is by
specialty a lighting
designer/technician
Wright plans to continue to

work

in

Theater and hopes

for success as a

Broadway

playwright
"The Landing" will be
performed Sept. 17, 18, 19,
and 20 at 8 p.m. at Haas
Center for the Arts.
Reservations will be

and can be made bv calling
the Players' Box Office at
389-4287.
General
admission seating is
available for Saturday
night
Tickets will be on
hand in the lobby one hour
before show time.
Adult
admission is $3.
Tickets
for senior citizens and
children under 13 are
.

available for performances

$1.50.
"The Landing" is sponsored by the Community

Wednesday through Friday

Government Association.

Communique

THEME ANNOUNCED
America

— From

Sea to

Shining Sea is the theme
for this year's homecoming,
the Student Activities
Office has announced.
Activities and events
start with the Sept. 24
deadline for the Sweetheart
registration and end Oct.
19 with a Pops Concert with

the Husky Singers, Women's
Chorale and Concert Choir.
The homecoming parade at

a.m. Oct. 18 will be a
combined one with the uni10

versity and Bloomsburg High
School participating.

The homecoming football
game against Mansfield
starts at 1:30

p.m. Oct. 18.

September 15, 1986

1

Page

SPRUCE TREES REPLACED
Two aged spruce trees
have been removed from the
front step area of

Centennial Gym and replaced
A
with a group planting.
drawing of the latter was
submitted by the maintenance department and
approved by the campus
beautification committee.

Cpl. Robert Rickard of
the BU Law Enforcement
office tries to ease tensions while assisting some
frustrated students and
parents Sept. 1 as students
and their belongings moved
into dorms. Rickard said he
borrowed a student's teddy
bear to provide some comic
relief on a very trying day.

Cochrane named
assistant dean
Donna

3.

Cochrane, a

full-time temporary assitant professor of business

education at Bloomsburg
University for four years,
has been named assistant
dean of extended programs,
effective Sept. 15.
Her
appointment follows an
internal search conducted
to fill the post vacated by

3ohn Abell when he was
named interim dean of
extended programs for the
1986-87 fiscal year.
In announcing the
appointment, Abell pointed
out that Cochrane has been
co-coordinator of BU's
Summer Conference Program
for three summers, has had
four years' experience in
business, and has taught
high school and college for
16 years.

"We are pleased to be
able to appoint someone
with not only outstanding
experience and qualifications required for the job,
but someone who has worked

with extended programs and
familiar with our non-

is

credit programs and
services," he said.
Cochrane has bachelor's
and master's degrees in
business education from the
State University of New
York at Albany and is
preparing her dissertation
as a doctoral candidate at
Temple University in
Philadelphia.
She has taught numerous
courses and seminars in the
fields of sales, business,

and communications, and she
is a member of several professional organizations and
associations.

3

Communique'

September 15,

1986

Page

k

POSITION VACANCIES

ANNOUNCED
Position vacancies
announced in the personnel
office include: clerk

nel analyst II (permanent),
and publications director
in the University Relations
Office (permanent).
The Communique' publishes news of

steno I in Cooperative
Education and Internships
(temporary), clerk typist I
in the Development Office
(temporary), personnel analyst I (permanent), person-

BU
NOTES
Howard N. Schreier associate professor of com,

munication studies, will
make a video/paper presentation at the Speech
Communication Association
convention, Nov. 13, 1986,
The
in Chicago.
video/paper, "Mass Media
Images of Vigilantism " is
a rhetorical criticism of
,

the positive manner in

which vigilante activities
are portrayed in contemporary films and television
programs.

events and about people at Bloomsburg
University on the 1st and 15th of
each month, except for the summer,
at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

studies in various seminars
of the American Film
Institute National

Education Program for
college teachers:
Archaeology of Early
Cinema: Film Before
Griffith," at American
University in Washington,
D.C., July 7-11; "Beyond
Structuralism:
Contemporary Film and
Television Theory" at the
AFI campus, Los Angeles,
Calif., Aug. 4-8 with the
British semiotician Thomas
Elsaesser; and the
Hollywood Workshop of the
Directors Guild of America
in Los Angeles, Aug. 8-15.

Carol Ann

Ralph Smiley professor
of history and adjunct professor of mass com,

munications, spent the
second half of his summer
sabbatical pursuring film

Amin named
(

continued from page

1

of Dr. Amin's caliber to
this position," said Hugh
J. McFadden, director of
institutional planning,
research, and information
management. "I am quite
confident that our future
planning efforts will be
most effective under his
direction."
Amin received a bachelor's

degree

in

political

science and a master's

degree in public administration from the
University of Dhaka,

Ellis

,

instruc-

Confidence -Building
Assignment. As illustration
she used (with permission)
a paper written by one of
her BU freshmen on "Booba

Hubbas."

Ted Shanoski associate
professor of history and
director of cultural
affairs, was awarded Keizai
Koho Fellowship this past
July.
This grant permitted
Shanoski, along with other
educators from the United
States and Canada, to travel extensively in Japan.
The project, designed to
enhance global perspec,

tives, was conducted
cooperation with the
Ministry of Foreign

in

tor in the English

Affairs,

department, presented a
paper in August at the
Basic Skills Conference at
State College titled
Defining Folk Speech:
A

Education, Science and
Culture and the National
Council for the Social

Bangladesh.
holds an

In

M.A.

addition he
in

political

science and diploma in
public administration in
organizational behavior
from Carleton University,
Ontario, Canada, and an
M.A. in urban studies and a
Ph.D. in organizational
behavior/complex organization from the University of

Akron
During his tenure at the
University of Wisconsin

Barron County Center, he
served as director of the
Center for Social and
Behavioral Research, chair
of the student issues and

the Ministry of

Studies

life interest committee,
and as a member of the
steering committee, the
budget committee, the
recruitment and retention
committee, the charter
revision committee, and the
grants committee.
He holds
memberships in a number of
national, state, and

regional professional associations pertaining to the
fields of planning,
sociology, and organizational behavior.

September 15, 1986

Communique'

Page

5

TO MONITOR PANET CALLS
Effective Sept. 1, long
distance calls on the PANET
telephone system are for
official activities
necessary to carry out the

basic education and
research missions of the
university, according to
Robert Parrish, vice president for administration.

The PANET service

is

now

available only from 8:30
a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday, he said.

allow for departments to
receive detailed reports on
calls placed from the

department

Departments must budget
for conference calls and
for credit cards they wish
to supply to staff.

A

monitoring device to be

installed this

month

will

made

Faculty appointments
Nineteen new faculty
appointments for the
1986-87 academic year have
been announced.
Four appointees to the
department of curriculum
and foundations are Maurice
Collins, Ph.D., Gary,
Ind., associate professor;

Bonita Franks, Ph.D.,
111., associate
professor; Lorraine
Shanoski, Bloomsburg,
assistant professor ; and
Carol White, Ph.D.,
Columbus, Ohio, associate
professor

Schaumburg,

The department of biological and allied health
sciences hired Joseph P.
Andizzi, Houston, Texas;
Karl E. Havens III,

Morgantown, W. Va.; and
David D.
Zeigler, Denton,
Texas.
All have their
Ph.D.s and were named
assistant professors.

Communication disorders
and special education added

two instructors

to the

department. They are
Joanne Jackowski, Syracuse,
N.Y., and Loline J. Saras,
Hazleton
The accounting department
employed Frank R. Cajthaml,
Liverpool, N.Y., assistant
professor; Paul A.
Shoemaker, State College,
associate professor; and
Gideon J. Wray, Riverside,
instructor
Single department
appointments include Ronald
D. Clemson, Jr.,
Harrisburg, instructor of

mathematics and computer
science; Roger W. Ellis,
Ph.D., Emporia, Kan., associate professor of business
education and office admi-

Mary Tod Gray,
Pocono Lake, instructor of
nursing; David A. Harvey,
White Haven, instructor of
communication studies;
Gunther Lothar Lange,
Ph.D., Silver Springs, Md.,
nistration;

BTE

Bloomsburg University are
donating $5,000 for the
university's students to
attend Bloomsburg Theater
Ensemble productions free

In

the student

life

area,

Wallace S. Woodward, Ph.D.,
Tallahassee, Fla., is
serving
in the capacity of
psychological counselor in
the center for counseling

and human development.
One semester appointments
for the 1986-87 academic
year include J. Peter
Hurst, Ph.D., Athens, Ga.,
assistant professor of
business education and
office administration for
the first semester, and
Richard L. Baker, Ph.D.,
West Chester , professor of
accounting, second
semester.

board of trustees
letter to

in

a

BU President

Harry Ausprich.
Students will be presented one free ticket for
each production on pre-

tickets

The BU Community
Government Association and

also director of aquatics
at BU.

assistant professor of physics; Robert W. Liddell

Donations provide
for

Ph.D., Park Ridge,
N.J.,
associate professor
of computer and information
systems; and David R. Rider,
Greensburg, instructor of
health, physical education
and athletics. Rider is
III,

of charge during the
1986-87 academic year.
CGA is giving $2,500 and
the university has allo-

cated $2,500 from
unrestricted private gift
money to provide $5,000
requested by the BTE's

senting their university
I.D. with a valid sticker.
Tickets can be reserved in

advance of each show.
BTE
will actively work with any
professor or student group
to encourage attendance at
the performances.

Communique'

September 15,

Page

1986

6

PLANNING COMMISSION
MEETINGS SCHEDULED

Thursday, Dec. 11,

The Planning Commission
will meet during the

1986,
3:30 p.m., University

The law enforcement and
maintenance departments are

Forum, MCHS.

in

EASILY RECOGNIZABLE

remainder of the fall
semester as follows:
Thursday, Oct. 9, 1986,

retiring from the
faculty at the end of fall

is

announced
Three retirements and two
faculty emeriti were
announced at the Sept. 10
quarterly meeting of BU's
Council of Trustees.
James R. Whitmer, associate professor of history,

semester.
Whitmer came to
Bloomsburg in September
1964.
He will complete 29i
years in education, 23? of
which were at BU
Recent retirements of
non -instructional employees
David S. Ruckle and Carol
Dawalt also were announced.
Ruckle, police officer II
supervisory, retired July
4, completing 19 1/3 years
Dawalt
of service at BU

semester.
Smiley says movie buffs
among the faculty, students,
and staff, who enjoy
seeing the old goodies are
invited to view the 12
fall

clerk steno III in the
nursing department,
completed seven years and
seven months on her retire-

ment dune

May

Creasy, accounting, and
Joseph Vaughan, biological
and allied health sciences,
were granted faculty emeritis status.
Creasy
completed 26 years of service at BU and Vaughan
completed 19 years.

films remaining on the

schedule. Showings are on
Tuesday afternoon from 3:30

p.m.

to 5:30

p.m.

in

Andruss Library projection
room (L-35).
The balance of the schedule includes:
9/23 - The Great Dictator,
9/30 - The Sea Hawk.

10/7 - The Maltese Falcon,
10/14 - Arsenic and Old
Lace, 10/21 - The Private
Life of Henry VIII, 10/28 Stage Door.
11/4 - Death Takes A
Holiday, Gorgo, 11/11 - Red
River, 11/18 - Breathless,
11/25 - A Raisin In The Sun.
12/2 - The Haunting,
12/9 - Repulsion.

Non-instructional employees join
The appointments of an
admissions counselor, two
resident directors and
seven non-instructional

employees were announced at
the September quarterly
meeting of the Council of
Trustees
Joseph DeMelfi, Berwick,
who has been an acting
admissions counselor since
December 1985, has permanent status in the posiHe joined the
tion.
student life staff as a
resident director in August

7.

retirees James B.

.

Course open to movie buffs
History professor Ralph
Smiley is again conducting
his cinema 115 course in
cinema appreciation this

traffic and

New campus street signs
complementing other maroon,
gold, and white signs were
erected this summer.

Forum, MCHS; Thursday, Nov.
13, 1986, 3:30 p.m.,
University Forum, MCHS;

emeriti faculty

some campus

parking signs to conform more
closely to PennDot signs.

3:30 p.m., University

Retirements,

the 'process of standard-

izing

DeMelfi is a state
1976.
university administrator II
in his current capacity in

academic affairs.
State university administrator I, Gretchen Erb,
Danville, and Edwin
Valovage Jr., Mocanaqua,
have been appointed resi-

dence directors

in

student

life.

Non-instructional

employee appointments
include Beth Ann Norton,
Berwick, library assistant
I,

Andruss Library; Thomas

BU

Bucher, Catawissa,
messenger in university
mail room; Cheryl John,
Bloomsburg, custodial
worker I; Gary B.
Kreischer, Berwick, computer programmer II;
Michael Krolikowski,
Nescopeck, police officer
I;
Barbara Sowel, Shamokin,
computer programmer II, and
Gail Berbick, Berwick,
clerk steno I in institutional planning, research
and information management.

COMMUNIQUE
A

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

October

1,

1986

Participation high
9
for Parents

Weekend
More than 2300 parents
attended Parents' Weekend
Sept. 20-21 making it one of
the most successful in the
history of

BU.

Congratulations for the
success go to student
chairperson Kim Warfield,
her committee of Lynn

Casey, Gwenda Dunkelberger
Julie Lecuona, Sue Stenson,
and Laura Wisnosky, and
advisors Jimmy Gilliland
and Laurie Reed.
A special thanks is noted
from the committee to
faculty members and administrators who manned the
information tables in Kehr
Union for nearly two hours

his father

Saturday morning.

Amy.

Vice President for Student Life Jerrold Griff is, center,
talks with Tim Keffer, president of the Community Government
Association, a sophomore from Wharton, N.J., and Tim's
family at the ox roast in the Nelson Fieldhouse during

Parents' Weekend.

From

left are

"Cuckoo's Nest" to be staged by
"One Flew Over the
Cuckoo's Nest," the

Broadway play made

into a

movie staring Jack
Nicholson, will be staged
Oct. 8-11 at 8 p.m. by the
Bloomsburg University
Players in Haas Center for
hit

the Arts.
Playright Dale
Wasserman's adaptation of
Ken Kesey's novel will be
under the direction of
Hitoshi Sato, BU director
The play
of theater.
portrays life in the world

Joe Keffer,

Tim's brother;

Thomas, Griff is, Tim, Mrs. Keffer, and sister

of a mental hospital.
One of the main characters is Chief Bromden

portrayed by Stephen
Sundulin, a senior from

Cogan Station. Bromden,
a mental patient, has convinced everyone he has been
deaf for years.
His life
is greatly affected by
McMurphy, a loud raucous
ex -convict, played by graduate student Larry Murphy.
McMurphy's domineering
"takeover" attitude revolutionizes the ward's

BU

Players

monotonous
atmosphere.
Nurse
Ratchett, played by freshman Jennifer Cary, has complete control over the patients
before McMurphy's arrival.
McMurphy's presence
sterile,

acting as a catalyst helps
Chief Bromden regain his

confidence and pride.
Tickets are available to
persons holding a valid
I.D. sticker.
For others,
$3.00 for adults and $1.50
for children and senior
citizens.
Call 389-4287.

Communique'

October

FAMILY DAY OCT.
On Oct. 4, 1986,

1

,

1986

4

Bloomsburg University will
be celebrating "University
Family Day." Each year
this day is set aside to
honor the faculty and staff

who deliver the high
quality of education for
which Bloomsburg University
is

recognized.

Page

2

Free admission to the
football

game against East

Stroudsburg is being provided by the Community
Government Association
Faculty and staff must present university I.D. cards
at the entrance gate.

GET MADRIGAL TICKETS
OCT. 14
Tickets for the Madrigal
Singers Christmas

Family members must also be

Banquet -Concert go on sale
Oct.
in Haas Center
Office 114.
The price is
$15 for the event, which
will be at 7:30 p.m. Dec.

present to receive free
admission.

Commons.

U

10-13
is

Staff 9 faculty help
The university relations
office has several projects
underway for which faculty
and staff cooperation is
The projects are a
needed.
sourcebook of experts, a
speakers bureau, an update
of biodata files on faculty
and administrative staff,
and a "beat system" of
covering news of university
departments and offices.

Two questionnaires will
be sent to all faculty and
administrative staff to
gather information for the
sourcebook of experts, the
speakers bureau booklet,
and the biodata files.
The sourcebook of experts
will be given to news media
reporters for use when they

the Scranton
This year's theme
"A Christmas Cruise."
in

needed in UR projects

need local expert comment
on issues of regional,
national, or international
significance.
Area organizations,
clubs, and societies frequently contact the university relations office for
names of persons who can

provide programs for their
meetings, and the speakers
bureau brochure will allow
the university to offer
this service to the public
in a coordinated way.
The biodata files are
used when the university
relations office is asked
to provide information
about university employees
for news releases or at the
request of the news media.

The "beat system" of
covering university departments and program offices
is an effort to systematically gather and report on
news of departments and to
obtain ideas for feature
stories that may be developed and placed with speTwo mass
cialized media.
are
interns
communications
university
the
in
working
relations office to assist
with this project.

Students John McDevette
and Michelle Yannes will be
contacting departments
regularly seeking leads and
information on possible
stories

Store takes part in literacy campaign
The university store is
participating in a campaign
to support literacy
programs in the United
States and Canada.
The
program called Give the
Gift of Literacy, is a project of book sellers in the
two countries.
William Bailey, manager
of the university store,
said the campaign is to
raise $1 million each year
for the next three years
includes placing coin boxes

at cash registers,

distri-

buting fact brochures, and
hanging posters in
bookstores.
These efforts
are to increase public
awareness of the problem
and give bookstore customers
the opportunity to support
the program financially.
Bailey said that the U.S.
Department of Education
estimates that in the
United States as many as 27
million adults are functionally illiterate.

Communique'

BU TEAMS RANKED

PHONE DIRECTORIES
COMING SOON
1986-87 telephone direc-

in

The University Relations
Office extends

II

appre-

its

the first NCAA Division
national ratings.
The Bloomsburg University

hockey team was
ranked second last week
field

ciation to all faculty and
staff who returned their
questionnaire for the
telephone directory.

show

enrollment increased by 318
students over last year's
fall enrollment, to 6,757
A
for this academic year.
report prepared by the
office of institutional
planning, research, and
information management also
shows that enrollment

vice president for academic
said the increased
numbers are the result of
several factors.
Undergraduate numbers are
up because BU planned to
admit 50 more freshman than
were in last fall's freshman class, rentention was

MALE FEMALE

MALE FEMALE

TOTAL

2034

3254

5288

22

22

44

U.G.

2056

3276

5332

Gr ad

34

86

120

2090

3362

5452

Dtgrei
Non-"

TOTALS

Credit Hours Scheduled: Un de

r

g

r

1

,

Degree
Non-"

U.G.
"

Total

r

Of

f

i

c

i

a

1

3134

5090

8

25

43

1974

3

27

a d

TOTALS

Enroll me n

1956
1

U.G.
G

"

200

1

159
8

1984

Degree
Non-"

U.G.

Total
"

TOTALS

U.G.
Gr a

d

.

Of

f

i

32 40

cial

5

1

TOTAL

263
12

555
375

375

930

1

ad ua t •

.

.

2115
204

3423
408

5538

8

23 19
146

383

6

487

461

50
607

1305

2465

4292

6757

8

86 .210 *
3 097 *

1

15

=

2

=

1

6

E

.

E

.

F

T

.

E

.

1

2040
202

3279
1

583

268

501

2242

3660
398

5902
537

4058

64 39

2

3

1

7

769
429

380

8

1

8

1198

1

1

-r

1

5

=

1

2

=

38

139

238

1

579.20
225.75
804.95

5

5

F

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.

F

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.

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.

F

T

.

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.

5319

Enrollment
4998
4 7

69
168

125
357

1989

3056

5045

237

93

1

482
24

7

8

328

723

105

7

3

.

.

229
540

22

2004

T
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.

145
356

3034

5

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184

1964
25

1

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258.08
005.42

5

1

6 12

t

133
108

524

250
568

386

Undergraduate.. 83 ,668
Graduate
709
2
TOTAL

Credit Hours Scheduled:

FALL

MALE FEMALE

TOTAL

169

81
82

Graduate
TOTAL
1985

TOTALS

I

Official Enrollment

1986

U.G.

FALL

ago.

PART-T ME

I

Total

better this year due to
increased efforts in that
area, and an expected drop
in retention due to federal
regulations for financial
aid
did not occur
Graduate student numbers
continued to climb this
year because of recruitment
efforts begun three years

affairs,

FULL-T ME

"

slight increases

climbed by 250 between the
fall of 1984 and fall 1985.
Daniel Pantaleo, provost and

Official enrollment
figures for the fall
semester show that BU

FALL

NCAA

the season's initial
Division III ratings.

in

Official enrollment figures

134

Credit Hours Scheduled:

5

138

9

Undergraduate...
Graduate
TOTAL

1

6

1

2

.

Page

If you haven't picked up
your parking permit decal
yet, you probably have
received a notice or a
ticket on your windshield.
The decals came in two
weeks ago, and to receive a
new one, you must register
your car with the university law enforcement office
located in the lower level
of the University Store.

two games of the season,
was ranked ninth last week

tories are expected to be
in the mail to everyone by
late October.

1986

1,

3

DO YOU HAVE YOUR DECAL?

Bloomsburg University's
football team, off to a
2-0 start after the first

The BU faculty/staff

October

8 73

-

232

-

194

2033

525

193

379

572

9

2226

3538

332

106

5764
425

1

5

=

12

=

1

3

3

2332

1

5
5

.

458.20
186.00
644.20

159

1

9

3857
F

T

F

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.

F

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.E

.

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.

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.

.

5

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192

189

Communique'

October

1,

1986

Page

g

STUDENTS TO AIR NEWSCASTS
Students in Associate
Professor Dana Ulloth's
broadcast news class in the
mass communications department will air a local
newscast every Friday on
cable channel 13 beginning
Oct. 10. The half -hour
program will begin at 6:30.
It will be the only

BU
NOTES

strictly local

newscast

in

Bloomsburg University's
television services department and Service Electric

executive secretary of the
American Association of
Theatre for Youth.

Child Drama Symposium:

ball

Drama

Meaning" at Rutgers
University.
She presented

Crispin Field for 32 years.

the principle response to
psychologist Jon Klimo's
paper, "The Lucid and the
Toward a Metaphysics
Ludic:

Joan Auten , associate
professor of health,
physical education, and
athletics had an article
published in the summer

,

as

Drama Meaning Making."
Woodruff also participated
in the National American
Educational Theatre
Conference at New York
University in August.
She

of

chaired a panel entitled,
"Marketing Theatre for Young
Audiences" and presented a
paper on "Past, Present, and
Future Trends in Child
Drama." Woodruff is the

United

Davies, BU's director
development, is
career
of
this year's chairman of the
United Way Campaign for

Columbia County.
Kickoff for the campaign
be televised tonight
at 9 p.m. live on cable
television from the studios
in the McCormick Center for
will

Human

,

Services.

Area agencies have asked

field

announcer at

issue of "The Pennsylvania
Journal of Health, Physical

Education, Recreation, and
Dance." The title of the
article was Developing and
Coordinating a Program of
Physical, Educational,
Recreational, and Cultural
Activities for Senior
- A Public Service

Citizens
Project.

Way campaign

Tom

Action/Equal Opportunity,
and minorities, women, and
other protected class members are urged to pursue
education and employment
opportunities at BU.

The project is part of an
agreement between

theater in the communication
studies department, recently
attended the "International

Marci Woodruff

Bloomsburg Univeristy is
committed to Affirmative

11,000 homes, he said.

Bruce C. "Nick"
Dietterick
director of
public information, has
been inducted into the
Berwick Sports Hall of
Fame, primarily for his
basketball achievements and
service as Berwick's foot-

assistant professor of

Cable, Inc. of Bloomsburg.

The
the area, Ulloth said.
program will have the
potential to reach some

It

was based upon

her experiences with the
release-time project she
conducted during the summer
of 1985.

Barbara Bonham development mathematics
instructor for the Center
for Academic Development,
recently conducted a oneday workshop on a newly
,

field tested third year

mathematics course for a
group of high school students.
Bonham is co-author
of the third year course,
and serves as a member of
the Math Curriculum Task
Force and Program

Development Committee of
the Pennsylvania Department
of Education.
The faculty of the Center

Academic Development
James Mullen, Virgie Bryan

for
(

,

begins

for $265,000 for next year,
and the allocations commit-

tee has recommended funding
at least $233,000 of the
Final allocarequests.
tions will be made after
the campaign is concluded.
In 1985, more than
$215,000 was contributed to
the county United Way,
according to John C.
Thomas, executive director.

,

Vincent DeMelfi, Barbara
Bonham, Harold Ackerman
and Carol Venuto ), will
attend the Pennsylvania
Association for Developmental
Education Conference on

United

Communique'

OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING
SURVEY CONDUCTED
Donald Young, new coordinator of off -campus
housing in the residence
life office, is conducting
a survey of some 160
landlords in Bloomsburg who
rent to students.
The survey is part of an effort to
deal with the landlords'

concerns and to educate BU

BU
NOTES
C continued)

Friday, Oct. 3, on
Bloomsburg's campus.
Barbara Bonham has been
elected as the four -year
college representative to
the PADE organization. She
also recently attended the
National Association for
Developmental Education
Conference held in Chicago,
111.
She is a member of
the committee in charge of
planning for the NADE conferences.

,

Page

1986

5

students about living off

Young said that any
faculty or staff who have
concerns or problems with
off-campus rentals may contact him in his Montour
Hall office at extension
4328.
The office also
serves as a resource for
information and advice
about off -campus housing.

The Communique

1

publishes news of

events and about people at Bloomsburg
University on the 1st and 15th of
each month, except for the summer,
at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

Northeastern Pennsylvania,
and Central Subregion
Representative for Act

to

101.

"Reaganism and the

Irvin

Wright

,

assistant

director of the CAD, has
been reelected treasurer
for the Pennsylvania Black
Conference on Higher

Education

Thomas Bonomo

,

assistant

professor of sociology,
presented two papers at
national meetings this past

August/September and also
had an article accepted for
publication in a forth-

coming issue of Humanity
and Society
The papers and the
article are based upon an
interrelated set of
research made possible by a
past faculty professional
development grant.
As a
whole, they seek to analyze
economic and criminal
justice policies of the
Reagan Administration as

BU Foundation funds
The Bloomsburg University
Foundation approved proposals totaling $34,000 tor
projects during the first
three quarters of 1986.
Approved for this year's
third quarter were $4,000
for a campus wide scholars
symposium (part of the presidential scholars program
arranging for top international speakers); $5,000

1

campus, he said.

.

Jesse Bryan , director
of the Center for Academic
Development, has been
elected chairman of the
advisory committee for the
Pennsylvania Luzerne
Community College, president of the board of directors for the Educational
Opportunity Center of

October

well as popular reactions
those policies.

The

first

paper titled

Transformation of the
Dangerous Class: An
Analysis of Repression in
an Era of Economic
Decline," was presented at
the 1986 Annual Meetings of
the Society for the Study
of Social Problems, New
York, N.Y.
The second
An
paper, "Reaganomics:
Analysis of State Sponsored
Profitability in an Era of
Economic Decline," was presented at the 1986 Annual
Meeting of the American
Sociological Association,

New York, N.Y.

The

"Working Class
Movements in the Current
Era of Economic Decline:

article:

The Potential for
Progressive Change,"

is

based upon the latter paper
and was accepted for publication in the February or
May 1987 issue of Humanity
and Society
.

several projects

for an IBM AT for the math/
computer science area; and
$1,000 to support the high
school bowl in mid November.
During the first quarter
$10,000 was approved for
the presidential scholars
program, and in the second
quarter $14,000 went to
faculty development.
Guidelines for submitting
proposals to the Foundation

are avai lable in the
Foundation Office in Carver
Hall. The telephone number
is 389-4128.

Communique'

DON'T TOSS

October

1,

1986

IT!

University Archivist
Roger Fromm requests that
office files not be
disposed of without contacting him for appraisal
of the file material.
He
can be contacted at 4210
from 10 a.m. to noon in the
archives during the week.
His other number in the
library

is

CAD

4204.

instructors

plan workshops

Page

6

DID YOU KNOW . . .
Research shows that when
you encourage dissenting
opinions, you get more productive meetings.

The reason: "Dissent
appears to free people to
express their authentic
differences with the
majority view.
It makes
the majority think and forces
them to formulate and

James Mullen, CAD reading
coordinator, will be presenting a workshop in
Berwick this semester on
how to take tests and also
one in Drums for the Job

Oct. 22 from 6:30 p.m.
8:30 p.m.

Corp Center.

The workshop, sponsored by
the Educational Opportunity
Center, will be held Oct.
16 in the Danville High
School from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m

Berwick

The workshop

sponsored by
the Educational Opportunity
Center and will be held at
the Berwick High School on
in

Holy days
recognized

reevaluate their beliefs,"
according to a University
of California (Berkeley)
psychologist . ( Source:
Charlan Jeanne Nemeth,
cited in World Magazine).

is

to

Virgie Bryan, CAD reading
instructor, will present
a study skills workshop
this semester in Danville.

BYZANTINE CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN
Dec.
Jan.
Apr i
Apr i
Apr i

Christmas
Epiphany
Good Friday
Holy Saturday
Easter
Ascension Day

1986
1987
1987
1987
1987

25,
6,
1

17,

1

18,

1

19,

JEWISH
Occasionally, students
request exemptions from
class attendance and other
university obligations to
observe religious holidays.
Most members of university
faculty and staff are
willing to approve such
requests.
This list, prepared by the Affirmative
Action office, specifies
those holy days of the
major world religions for

which observance may
require a need for a student to depart from his/her
normal routine at the

Shabbat

Rosh Hashanah

Yom Kippur
Passover

Sundown Friday to sundown
Saturday
Sundown, Oct. 3, 1986 to sundown,
Oct. 5, 1986
Sundown, Oct. 12, 1986 to sundown,
Oct. 13, 1986
Sundown, April 13, 1987 to sundown,
April 21, 1987
Weekly,

MUSLIM
The Eid (celebrated twice yearly) - late June or
early July and late August or early September.
Exact dates are dependent on the lunar calendar.

ORTHODOX CHRISTIAN

University.

Christmas

Theophany
Great (Holy) Friday
Easter
Ascension
Pentecost

Dec.
Jan.
Apr i
Apr i

1

25,
6,
17,

1

19,

May 28,
June 7,

1986
1987
1987
1987
1987
1987

Communique'

October

1 ,

1986

Page

7

AGENCY GUIDES AVAILABLE
The

first

three

series of federal

in

Science Foundation. Other
will be
issued in the future,

a

universities.
Interested faculty

agency guides

agency

guides are now available in
the Grants Office,
according to Peggy Bailey,
grants director.
These
guides to research and education programs cover the
U.S. Department of Energy,
the U.S. Department of
Defense, and the National

National,

Bailey said.
Each guide contains
information on all programs
(research, fellowships, and
institutional support)
administered by a given
agency that might support
activities at colleges and

BU student

aid figures

FINANCIAL AID AWARDED, NATIONAL

may

Grants Office,
4129, to review the guides.

call the

compared

FINANCIAL AID AWARDED, BU
1985-86

1985-86

Employment (12.4%)

Grants (33. 7%)

Grants (46.7%)
Scholarships (1.1%)

Loans (52.8%)

Employment (3.3%)
Loans (50.0%)

An estimated $21

billion

was awarded nationally

to

students for financial
assistance in academic year
1985-86, and the breakdown
of types of assistance
shows that half of all student aid nationally comes
in forms of loans. A comparison between national

QUEST

offers

courses
for

women

figures and those showing
sources of student aid used
at Bloomsburg University
shows that BU students have
an even greater reliance on
student loans, less grant
aid than nationally, and

more aid
work-study wages.

significantly

in

The national figures come
from the Washington, D.C.,
Hiking, backpacking, rope
climbing, and mountain
biking are four courses for
women 18 years of age or
older offered during
October and early November

by QUEST, Bloomsburg
University's outdoor education program.

The courses are for women
only and are designed with
a first-time experience in
mind.
They provide
recreation, personal

office of the College
Board, and the Bloomsburg
University figures come
from the university's
office of institutional
planning, research, and
information management.
Karen Futoma, assistant
director for institutional
studies, prepared the charts,

growth, and fun experience,
according to William
Proudman, QUEST director.

The dates are hiking,
Oct. 4; backpacking, Oct.
10-12; rock climbing, Oct.
19; and mountain biking,
Nov. 1.
Interested women can
register for these and
other courses offered this
fall by calling the QUEST
office at 389-4323.

Communique'

October

1,

1986

Page

8

WANT TO GO RAFTING?
time to
enjoy a weekend of white
water rafting on the
Youghiogheny River in
southwestern Pennsylvania
offered Oct. 3-5 by BU's
outdoor education program,

There

QUEST.

is

still

The Youghiogheny

River provides a 12-mile
stretch of some of the most
exciting white water in the

Forensics team
makes top

lOO

list

CORRECTION
eastern part of the nation.
The course is open to

anyone age 18 or older.
Participants depart from
Bloomsburg at 4:30 p.m.
Friday and return Sunday

fessor of history, is
retiring at the end of this

evening.
All essentials
are covered in the $75
course fee.
Call 389-4323
to register.

Bloomsburg University
one of only two

is

Pennsylvania schools to
place in the top 100 of the
1985-86 season's national
collegiate forensics

sweepstakes champions.
The results appeared

in

the recently published
Intercollegiate Forensics

Some

tickets

Tickets to Bloomsburg
University's Celebrity
Artist Series are selling
rapidly, according to Ted
Shanoski, director of
cultural affairs at BU, but
individual tickets are
still available for three
of the four fall programs.
Patron subscriptions to

Homecoming
activities

announced,

still

The September 15
Communique' erroneously
reported that James R.
Whitmer, associate pro-

available for

the eight -performance
series are no longer
available, he said.
General admission tickets
are still available for the

Vienna Choir Boys, and
reserved and general
admission tickets are
available for the Hal
Holbrook program and the

semester.

Whitmer

is

actually retiring at the
end of the fall semester of
1987.
We apologize for the
error

Tournament Results Book for
1985-86.
The Huskies of
forensics director Harry
Strine placed 74th, while
Penn State, the other
Pennsylvania school, was
listed 93rd out of 820 high
education schools that have
active forensics programs.

CA

series

Western Opera Theater production of La Boheme.
Tickets are $10 for general
admission and $12 for
reserved seats.
Ticket
information is available
from the cultural affairs
office at 389-4409 and the
Kehr Union information desk
at 389-3900.

This year's Homecoming
Weekend Oct. 17-19, boasts
the theme "America - From
Sea to Shining Sea." The
weekend includes spirit
week activities, a pep

residence hall and
banner decorating, and the
combined BU and Bloomsburg
Area High School Homecoming
parade.
A new twist has been added
to this year's competition.
The winning office receives
a plaque and a four -foot
hoagie donated by
Office personBerrigans.
nel are encouraged to get
rally,

office contest

boasts prize

involved in the "Salute to
America." Deadline for
registration is Friday Oct.
10, at the information
desk, KUB.

The Husky mascot waves to
fans during the first home
football game, against Lock
Haven Sept. 20.
He will be
greeting fans and cheering
the Huskies this Saturday
and during the homecoming
game against Mansfield Oct.
18.

COMMUNIQUE
A newsletter

for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

October 15, 1986

Grants nearing
$1 million
mark for year
For the second consecutive year, research and
training grants to
Bloomsburg University are

expected to total $1
million for academic and
public service projects.
Funding decisions on
several grants are still

pending, and other propoexpected to be

sals are

Gifts,
Since 3an.

1,

submitted during the year,
according to Peggy Bailey,
grants director.
Awards from the U.S.
Department of Education
total $452,804 and include
funding for two cooperative
education grants to administer a program that provides students an
opportunity to gain practical job experience
related to their career or

Ruben
professional goals.
Britt, director of cooperative education, job
location development, and
internship placement, is in
charge of the project.

1986,

Significant gifts include:

flatware from Service

o
$75,000 from Marco and
Louise Mitrani for the Arts
Endowment fund

A $7,000 mineral
o
collection from Robert
McCollough
o $20,000 from the estate
of Helen Robertson for
nursing scholarships
in

on page 2)

china and

United Penn Bank

-

$2,500

America
$6,000 in computer
equipment from Shared
Medical Systems
o

o

$10,000 to purchase a

new
$187,000 in computer
equipment from AT&T
o

$4,000

( continued

pledges reach $652,777 since January

Bloomsburg University, The
Bloomsburg University
Foundation, Inc., and the
Alumni Association have
garnered $652,777.14 in
gifts and pledges.

o

Continuation grants
include assistance for the
department of communication
disorders and special education to strengthen the
university's master of
science program in
audio logy, speech -language
pathology, and education of
the hearing impaired.
Professor Gerald Powers is
the project director.
The Upward Bound project,
headed by Ruth Ann Bond,
also received a continuation grant.
The
program identifies disadvantaged high school stu-

football scoreboard
from Weller Vending and
Hairport/University Cuts by
Hairport ($5,000 each)

o Local banks support:

Columbia County Farmers
National Bank - $10,000
Commonwealth Bank and Trust
Co., N.A. - $10,000
First Eastern - $2,500
First National Bank of
Berwick - $10,000
Bloomsburg Bank-Columbia
Trust Co. - $10,000
First Federal Savings and
Loan - $4,000

Berwick Forge and
o
Fabricating $5,000 to support scholarships
o Twelve donations to the
Foundation's President Club
at

$10,000 and above

o Seven donations to the
Foundation's Carver Towers
Associates Club at $5,000

and above
o
Twenty-one Maroon and
Gold Club Memberships at
$1,000 and above

The Alumni Association
has contributed more than
$131,000 to the grand total.

Communique'

October 15, 1986

Page

2

ENGLISH FACULTY TO MEET
English faculty from the
1* universities in the
State System of Higher

Education will gather in
Bloomsburg Oct. 24 and 25
for the sixth annual conference of the English
Association of the
Pennsylvania State
Universities

(EAPSU).

Grants
(

continued from page

1

dents who have academic
potential and assist them
in their pursuit of postsecondary education.
PDE's Division of Child
Nutrition has provided
$7,815 for food service for
participants in the Upward

Bound summer program.
The Educational
Opportunity Center consortium (six area colleges and
universities) also received

funds to continue two projects to assist low- and

moderate-income residents

who apply

for admission and
financial aid for college

and to provide counseling
and testing for career
choices.

An educational

program of instruction,
counseling, and motivation
activities headed by Peter
Walters, director of special services,

also

received a continuation
grant.
The program was
designed to retain and graduate low-income, first
generation, and physically
disabled college students.
A research grant of
$30,345 from the National
Science Foundation to the
Department of Physics, in
collaborative effort with
Pennsylvania State
University, will permit

James Moser

to further

investigate the effects of
water vapor and lightening
on radio signals in the

Highlighting the program

be an appearance by
poet Robert Creeley,
sessions on literature,
will

from each institution.
Mary G. Bernath of the BU
English department is coordinating the conference.

writing instruction,
folklore, linguistics,
teacher preparation, and
grant applications, as well
as the recognition of
outstanding English majors

atmosphere.
A second-year grant of
$7,500 from the American
Chemical Society to the
Department of Geography and
Earth Sciences will be used
to test the use of secular

changes

in

geomagnetic

declinations for correlation of ice margins across
the Appalachian Plateau.

Duane Braun, professor of
geography and earth sciences,
tor

is

the project direc-

.

Grants from state agencies include $75,784 for
phase II of a Ben Franklin
Partnership Challenge Grant
from the Pennsylvania
Department of Commerce to
continue with the design
and production of computerbased interactive videodisc
materials in health care
industries.
Harold Bailey,
professor of instructional

systems development,

is

project director.
In addition, $20,000 will be
contributed by the
Geisinger Medical

Management Corporation, and
software valued at $11 ,300.
Three vocational education grants for $40,026
from the Pennsylvania
Department of Education and
through the Penn State
Center have been targeted
to conduct a series of
workshops for secondary and
post -secondary teachers.
The workshops will focus on
the impact of current technology in the business education and office
administration curricula.

The project

is directed by
John Olivo. Grant funds
have been provided for

consulting services project
to vocational institutions
and high schools regarding
vocational education of
handicapped students.
Andrew Karpinski, professor
of communication disorders
and special education, is
project director.

The Center for Academic
Development, directed by
Jesse Bryan, has been
awarded $98,800 from PDE to
offer instructional services in reading, writing,

mathematics, and speech
communications to aid students

in

their transition

from high school to
college.

Grants from the
Pennsylvania Council on the
Arts include $6,000 to support the Celebrity Artists
Series and $5,000 for a
performance by the
Northeastern Pennsylvania
Philharmonic. Ted Shanoski
cultural affairs
director
Through the Job Training
Partnership Act, a total of
$94,860 will provide
training to area citizens
who are experiencing difficulties in the job
is

market to prepare them for
occupations in office technology and the hospitality
industry. John Olivo,
assistant professor of
business education and
office administration, is
directing that program.

The

(continued on page 3)

Communique'
H.S.

October 15, 1986

Page

BOWL SCHEDULED

Invitations have been
extended to 23 area high
schools to participate in

the fourth annual High
School Bowl competition on
Saturday, Nov. 15, at
BU. The event is cosponsored by the university
and the Press-Enterprise.
For the first time, this

WHY

I

Bloomsburg University has
an abundance of
outstanding, caring faculty
who provide students with
excellent educational
experiences in the
classroom and in cocurricular activities.

Why

do people choose to teach?
Why do they stick with it?
What do they like about it?
This issue of the
Communique' begins a new
series in which BU faculty
will be featured answering
the question: Why do you
teach?" Faculty members
asked to take part in this
series are chosen randomly.

year's semi-finals and
final

matches

will

be taped

by the university's television center for later
airing on cable channel 13
by Bloomsburg's Service
Electric Cable TV.
Based on the same concepts
as the popular "College
Bowl" program, the High

TEACH
William K. Decker, professor
of music:

guess I'm a teacher
I
like to work with
students.
As a musician
and a conductor, I am used
to working with large
groups of people, and it's
particularly fun to work
with young people.
"The young people at this
institution are particularly
exciting to work with, have
a lot of energy, and they
really care about what they
are doing.
That's what
makes teaching exciting."
"I

because

Samuel Slike, assistant
professor of communication
disorders and special

education

"Some of the people have
affected my life the most
dramatically were teachers.
I
have also been fascinated
by the process of learning
and the place of education
in our society.
My life as
an educator is truly
Slike

Grants
(continued from page 2)

School Bowl is an academic
quiz game designed to
recognize outstanding
scholarship.

fulfilling.

act also provides funds
to offer job skills for the

handicapped, headed by

Andrew Karpinski, professor
of communication disorders
and special education.
Approximately $125,000
through Title V of the

Decker

believe, as a trainer,
able to have a positive impact on the lives of
future teachers and inadvertently on the lives of
the hearing impaired students that they teach.
"I

I

am

"I teach because I get a
great deal of satisfaction
out of knowing that I may
have a positive effect on
the lives of my students in
much the same way that my
teachers influenced me."

Older Americans Act and the
Pennsylvania Green Thumb
Program will provide temporary part-time employment
for 25-30 low-income older
workers on campus.

3

Communique'

POSITIONS

October 15, 1986

VACANT

FALL BACKPACKING OFFERED

Position vacancies
announced in the personnel
office include: clerk
typist

the philosophy
and anthropology department
(temporary part-time),
clerk typist II in the
languages and cultures
I

in

department (temporary
part-time)

BU
NOTES
Sue Jackson

,

Page

assistant

A weekend

of introductory

backpacking along the scenic
Black Forest Trail is being
offered Oct. 24-26 by
QUEST, BU's outdoor adventure
program
The trip has been planned
to coincide with the last
weekend of October when the
fall color is at its peak,

mentally ill and the
developmentally disabled.

Walter Brasch , associate
professor of mass communications, was the guest
speaker for the Espy
Women's Civic Club Oct. 8.
He told the 75 members and
guests about the history of
Columbia County, and the
many techniques to research
local history.
Brasch's

professor of sociology and
social welfare, presented a
workshop Sept. 16 on
"Burnout" for the CMSU
Mental Health and Mental
Retardation Program at the
Country Cupboard Best
Western Hotel in Lewisburg.
The participants were

book, "Columbia County
Place Names" was recently
described by the American
Name Society as "a model
for similar studies (and) a
work of significant substance."

individuals who work in
Group Living Arrangement
Facilities for individuals

sity archivist

who have been discharged
from facilities for the

Roger W. Fromm univerand asso,

ciate professor

in

the
has had

said

QUEST

Proudman.

Director William

The $45 fee

covers transportation,
equipment, and food.
Register by calling
389-4323 or by stopping at
the QUEST office in the
Simon building on campus.

an article accepted for
publication in an issue of
the 1987-88 volume of
"Pennsylvania Folklife."
His article

is

titled

The

Migration and Settlement of
Pennsylvania Germans in

Maryland, Virginia, and
North Carolina and the
Effects on the Landscape.

3ohn Trathen . director of
student activities and the
Kehr Union, published an
article titled Borrow a Cup
of Ideas from the Store
Next Door in the
August/September issue of
"The College Store
Journal." University Store
manager Bill Bailey was
pictured on the cover of
that issue.

library department,

Alumni-student mixer scheduled
Interaction between
Bloomsburg University
alumni and students is the

tunity to meet informally
with alumni engaged in a
variety of professions and

goal of the first annual

occupations.
The program
will begin at 2 p.m. in the
Forum of the McCormick
Human Services Center.
Each alumni participant
will be introduced and
given two or three minutes
to describe his or her

Alumni-Student Mixer on
Friday, Oct. 17, the day
before homecoming.
Suggested by alumni board
member Steve Andrejack '74,
this program is designed to
give BU students an oppor-

NATIONAL
HIGHER EDUCATION

WEEK

Jgi^

career path.
The rest of
the informal program will
give students an opportunity to seek out the
alumni with whom they would
like to speak -- over punch
and cookies. The program
should conclude by 4 p.m.
Faculty and staff are
invited to attend.

Oct. 25-31

3§T
Use your

liberty to learn.

Communique

DEANS' FUND DOLLARS
AVAILABLE NOW

program, prizes for student
papers, and aid to bring
alumni back to BU to meet
with students and faculty.
Faculty are asked to
encourage students to apply

The Deans' Fund for
Academic Excellence, a
program of the Alumni
Association, is accepting
requests and suggestions
for the use of the funds
in four areas:
Student
research projects, the
alumni-fellow-in-residence

Page

Shuttle buses, both on

papers, and to request
funding to bring alumni for
departmental visits.
Details are available in
the alumni office, 389-4058.

woes

be
running during the evenings
of the three remaining fall
performances of the
Celebrity Artist Series for
1986.
The next performance is "A Chorus Line
at 8 p.m. Oct. 22 in
Mitrani Hall of Haas Center

pus, or to and from the
of Bloomsburg to avoid
a great deal of congestion."
The shuttle bus schedule
from the town and nearby
areas is as follows: leave
Market Square at 6:45, 7:10
and 7:30 p.m., with pickups
at Magee Hotel, the hospital parking lot, Inn at

for the Arts.

Turkey

will

"Since these three per-

formances are all scheduled
on week nights when students
are attending classes,
parking on the lower campus
is at a premium," says Ted
Shanoski, director of
cultural affairs. "We're
hoping to encourage people
to use shuttle bus service
to and from the upper cam-

town

Hill,

Ridgeways, and

on to the university.
For those who park near
Nelson Fieldhouse on the
upper campus, buses will
run to Haas Center every
five minutes from 6:45 p.m.
to 7:45 p.m.
Pickup will
be at the fieldhouse southwest parking lot.
A 15-passenger van will
be available to transport

for

CA

Series

anyone who has to heave
before the end of the
program to any of the
pickup points.
There will be limited
parking for the handicapped
on Laubach Drive, formerly
Spruce St
leading into
the front of Haas Center
.

,

from Second Street. Call
389-4201 to request a special parking permit.

The same schedules
be

will

effect during the
other two 1986 performances,
"Hal Holbrook in Mark Twain
in

Tonight" on Nov. 5, and
Western Opera Theater performing "LaBoheme" on Nov.

More holy days
recognized
PROTESTANT CHRISTIAN
The accompanying

Christmas

Dec. 25,

religious holidays for the

Ash Wednesday

March 4, 1987

Protestant Christian and
Roman Catholic faiths show
holy days for which observance may require a student
to depart from his/her normal
routine at the university.
These lists are in addition
to the lists published in
the Oct. 1 Communique' for
the Byzantine Catholic
Christian, Jewish, Muslim,
and Orthodox Christian

Good Friday

April 17,
April 19,

lists

5

for the research funding, to
submit names of nominees
for the alumni-in-residence
program, to submit student

Shuttle buses to ease parking
and off campus,

October 15, 1986

1

of

Easter

1987
1987

ROMAN CATHOLIC CHRISTIAN
Assumption of Mary
All-Saints Day
Immaculate Conception
Christmas
Octave of Christmas
Ash Wednesday

religions.

Good Friday

Affirmative Action Office.

Easter
Ascension Thursday

These lists
were prepared by the BU

1986

Aug. 15, 1986
Nov. 1, 1986
Dec. 8, 1986
Dec. 25, 1986
Jan. 1, 1987
March 4, 1987
April 17, 1987
April 19, 1987
May 28, 1987

Communique
DIAL NINE

1

October 15,

1986

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MORE OFTEN,

PLEASE
For those employees who
are dialing local exchanges
on the 8 lines or long
distance, the following
exchanges should be dialed
by using 9:
78*
683
387
458
389
752

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
275
759
271
799
356
437
You should also be using
9-1-800 + the number for
toll free calls.
Directory
assistance should be dialed
using 9-1-555-1212.

A grants workshop will be
held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Thursday, Nov. 6, in the
Forum of the McCormick
Center for Human Services.
Participants will learn how
to write a winning proposal
as well as finding funds
for your proposed project.
Watch for details!

Homecoming weekend
loaded with activities
"America -- From Sea

to

Shining Sea" is the theme
of the 59th annual home-

coming at Bloomsburg
University Oct. 17-19.
The weekend activities
include a pep rally and
fireworks, homecoming
parade, crowning of the
homecoming and freshman
sweethearts, Mansfield vs.
BU football game, alumni
dinner dance, and the Pops

Concert
Other activities are the
induction of Robert Rohm
into the BU Athletic Hall
of Fame, a soccer game, a
roast beef buffet luncheon,
alumni reunions, and awards
for best floats, banners,
residence halls and office
decorations, and interfraternity and intersorority

awards
Diane O'Conner, a senior
special education major
from Hughesville, is the
homecoming committee chairperson.
Friday Oct. 17,
the traditional pep rally
starts at 7 p.m. on the
parking lot adjacent to
Waller Administration
Building.
It will be
followed by a bonfire and
fireworks.
During the pep
rally, the freshman
sweetheart and the five
homecoming sweetheart finalists will be announced.
The Husky football team
also will be introduced.

Saturday starting at 8:45
six decorated resihalls and many campus
office decorations will be
judged.

a.m.,
dence

This year the homecoming
will be a combined
effort with Bloomsburg High
School.
The parade will
leave the Bloomsburg High
School at 10 a.m., travel
up Market Street to Main
Street, east on Main, then

parade

up College Hill, and Second
Street to Centennial Gym.
The parade grand marshal is
retired Bloomsburg High
School principal Frank
Golder, BU '31.
Music will be provided by
the BU Maroon and Gold
Band, BU Alumni Band,
Pioneer Ancient Fife and
Drum Corps, Keystone
Ancient Drum and Bugle
Corps, and the area high
school bands of Millville,
Bloomsburg, Central
Columbia, Southern
Columbia, Northwest,
Berwick, and Benton.
The parade also features
eight floats,

the home-

coming sweetheart contestants, local
dignitaries, a multiple
Irem Temple unit, and the
Army/Air Force ROTC color

the BU athletic department.
Luncheon tickets must be
reserved in advance by contacting the Alumni Office
at 389-4058.

The Husky soccer team
Cheyney

will entertain

University at 12 noon on
the upper campus field.
The Mansfield Mounties
will invade Redman Stadium
at 1:30 p.m. for a homecoming football game with
the Huskies.
Halftime
entertainment will feature
band performances, the
crowning of the 1986 home-

coming sweetheart, awards
for floats, residence halls
decorations and office
decorations, banners and

guard

academic accomplishments by

After the parade, students, staff, faculty,
alumni, and friends will
head to Nelson Fieldhouse

the interfraternity and
intersorority councils.

(continued on page 7)

Communique'

COMEDY
The National Touring

Company of Second City,
orginators and leaders of
emsemble comedy,

available at Kehr Union
information desk.

will

appear at 8 p.m. Monday,
Oct. 27 in Mitrani Hall.
Admission is free with university I.D. and a community
activities sticker, $3 to
Tickets are
all others.

The Communique' publishes news of
events and about people at Bloomsburg
University on the 1st and 15th of
each month, except for the summer,
at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

(continued from page 6)

An added

attraction will

Lf

Action/Equal Opportunity,
and minorities, women, and
other protected class members are urged to pursue
education and employment
opportunities at BU.

p.m. on Sunday

during his collegiate

Mitrani

in

the

Hall include the

career

Women's Choral Ensemble,

At 6:30 p.m., a homecoming buffet will be held
at the Sheraton Inn in

directed by Wendy Miller,
and the Concert Choir and
Husky Singers, both
directed by William Decker.

Danville followed by a

dance at 9 p.m.

The

classes of '61 ,'66, '71 ,'76,

and

'81

will

celebrate

is full

The Women's Choral
Ensemble, Concert Choir,
and Husky Singers of
Bloomsburg University's
department of music will
perform their annual
Homecoming Pops Concert at
2:30 p.m. Oct. 19 in
Mitrani Hall of Haas
Center.
The concert is
free of charge.
The groups will perform

The public is invited to
participate in the weekend
of homecoming events.

of fun
dances and choral versions
of "St. Elmo's Fire,"
"Birdland" and "Give Me
Your Tired, Your Poor." In
the last selection, the
choir will be joined by 40

music appropriate for the

from Sea to Shining Sea."
The Women's Choral
Ensemble, directed by Wendy
Miller, will open the concert.
Their portion of the
program, titled, "The
American Way--Dancin' and
Romancin'," will include
"Varsity Drag," "At the
Hop," "Forever," "It's
Raining Men" and "Last
Dance.
The Husky Singers will
open with Irving Berlin's
"God Bless America," continue

Bloomsburg Univeristy is
committed to Affirmative

and won 12 varsity letters

Pops concert

homecoming theme, "America

Page

their reunions during the
affair.
Performing groups for the
annual Pops Concert at 2:30

Coach to Hall of Fame
be the induction of Central
Columbia High School football coach Robert Rohm into
the BU Hall of Fame by Ira
Gensemer, Husky club president, and university president Harry Ausprich.
Rohm,
a 1960 BU graduate, participated in three sports

October 15, 1986

with the favorites
"Cherish" and "Mandy" and
add two of their specialty

numbers using choreography
and the typical Husky fun,
"A Whale of a Tale," and
A bar"Jailhouse Rock."
bershop octet will complete
the men's portion of the
program
The Concert Choir begins
with "God Bless the U.S.A."
and concludes with a special medley of George M.

Cohan favorites. In between will be solos and

Concert Choir alumni who
look forward each year to
returning to Bloomsburg and
participating in this concert.
Both the Choir and
the Singers are directed by
William Decker.
The Concert Choir will
perform again Oct. 25 with
the famed Pittsburgh
Symphony in a special benefit

concert at Millersville

University.
The Husky
Singers will travel to
Fairfield University Nov.
15 for a concert with the

FU Women's Choir.

The
Women's Ensemble will sing
Nov. 15 during campus visi-

tation day, and will be
featured Dec. 13 at the

all-campus midnight
Christmas mass.

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DIAL NINE

October 15, 1986

1

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MORE OFTEN,

PLEASE

MARK YOUR CALENDARS
275

For those employees who
are dialing local exchanges
on the 8 lines or long
distance, the following
exchanges should be dialed
by using 9:
78*
683
387
458
389
752

759
271
799
356
437
You should also be using
9-1-800 + the number for
toll free calls.
Directory
assistance should be dialed
using 9-1-555-1212.

A grants workshop will be
held from 9 a.m. to 12 noon
Thursday, Nov. 6, in the
Forum of the McCormick
Center for Human Services.
Participants will learn how
to write a winning proposal
as well as finding funds
for your proposed project.
Watch

for details!

Homecoming weekend
loaded with activities
"America -- From Sea to
Shining Sea" is the theme
of the 59th annual

coming

home-

Bloomsburg
University Oct. 17-19.
at

The weekend

activities

include a pep rally and
fireworks, homecoming
parade, crowning of the

homecoming and freshman
sweethearts, Mansfield vs.
BU football game, alumni
dinner dance, and the Pops
Concert
Other activities are the
induction of Robert Rohm
into the BU Athletic Hall
of Fame, a soccer game, a
roast beef buffet luncheon,
alumni reunions, and awards
for best floats, banners,
residence halls and office
decorations, and interfraternity and intersorority

awards.
Diane O'Conner, a senior
special education major
from Hughesville, is the
homecoming committee chairFriday Oct. 17,
person.
the traditional pep rally
starts at 7 p.m. on the
parking lot adjacent to
Waller Administration
Building.
It will be
followed by a bonfire and
During the pep
fireworks.
rally, the freshman
sweetheart and the five

homecoming sweetheart finalists will be announced.
The Husky football team
also

will

be introduced.

Saturday starting at 8:45
six decorated resihalls and many campus
office decorations will be
judged.

a.m.,
dence

This year the homecoming
will be a combined
effort with Bloomsburg High
School.
The parade will
leave the Bloomsburg High
School at 10 a.m., travel
up Market Street to Main
Street, east on Main, then

parade

up College Hill, and Second
Street to Centennial Gym.
The parade grand marshal is
retired Bloomsburg High
School principal Frank
Golder, BU '31.
Music will be provided by
the BU Maroon and Gold
Band, BU Alumni Band,
Pioneer Ancient Fife and
Drum Corps, Keystone
Ancient Drum and Bugle
Corps, and the area high
school bands of Millville,
Bloomsburg, Central
Columbia, Southern
Columbia, Northwest,
Berwick, and Benton.
The parade also features
eight floats, the homecoming sweetheart contestants, local
dignitaries, a multiple
Irem Temple unit, and the
Army/ Air Force ROTC color

guard
After the parade, students, staff, faculty,
alumni, and friends will
head to Nelson Fieldhouse

the BU athletic department.
Luncheon tickets must be
reserved in advance by contacting the Alumni Office
at 389-4058.

The Husky soccer team
Cheyney

will entertain

University at 12 noon on
the upper campus field.
The Mansfield Mounties
will

invade Redman Stadium

p.m. for a homecoming football game with
at

1:30

Half time
the Huskies.
entertainment will feature
band performances, the
crowning of the 1986 homecoming sweetheart, awards
for floats, residence halls
decorations and office
decorations, banners and
academic accomplishments by
the interfraternity and
intersorority councils.

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COMEDY
The National Touring
Company of Second City,
orginators and leaders of
emsemble comedy, will
appear at S p.m. Monday,
Oct. 27 in Mitrani Hall.
Admission is free with university I.D. and a community
activities sticker, $3 to
Tickets are
all others.

available at Kehr Union
information desk.

The Communique' publishes news of
events and about people at Bloomsburg
University on the 1st and 15th of
each month, except for the summer,
at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

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Action/Equal Opportunity,
and minorities, women, and
other protected class members are urged to pursue
education and employment
opportunities at BU.

p.m. on Sunday

during his collegiate

Mitrani

in

the

Hall include the

career

Women's Choral Ensemble,

At 6:30 p.m., a homecoming buffet will be held
at the Sheraton Inn in

directed by Wendy Miller,
and the Concert Choir and
Husky Singers, both
directed by William Decker.

Danville followed by a

dance at 9 p.m.

The

classes of '61, '66, '71, '76,

and

'81

will

celebrate

is full

The Women's Choral
Ensemble, Concert Choir,
and Husky Singers of
Bloomsburg University's
department of music will
perform their annual
Homecoming Pops Concert at
2:30 p.m. Oct. 19 in
Mitrani Hall of Haas
Center.
The concert is
free of charge.
The groups will perform

The public is invited to
participate in the weekend
of homecoming events.

of fun

U

C"^

dances and choral versions
of "St. Elmo's Fire,"
"Birdland" and "Give Me
Your Tired, Your Poor." In
the last selection, the
choir will be joined by 40

Concert Choir alumni who
look forward each year to
returning to Bloomsburg and
participating in this concert.
Both the Choir and

music appropriate for the

from Sea to Shining Sea."
The Women's Choral
Ensemble, directed by Wendy
Miller, will open the concert.
Their portion of the
program, titled, "The
American Way--Dancin' and
Romancin'," will include
"Varsity Drag," "At the
Hop," "Forever," "It's
Raining Men" and "Last
Dance."
The Husky Singers will
open with Irving Berlin's
"God Bless America," continue

Bloomsburg Univeristy is
committed to Affirmative

and won 12 varsity letters

Pops concert

homecoming theme, "America

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their reunions during the
affair.
Performing groups for the
annual Pops Concert at 2:30

Coach to Hall of Fame
An added attraction will
be the induction of Central
Columbia High School football coach Robert Rohm into
the BU Hall of Fame by Ira
Gensemer, Husky club president, and university president Harry Ausprich.
Rohm,
a 1960 BU graduate, participated in three sports

October 15, 1986

with the favorites
"Cherish" and "Mandy" and
add two of their specialty

numbers using choreography
and the typical Husky fun,
"A Whale of a Tale," and
A bar"Jailhouse Rock."
bershop octet will complete
the men's portion of the

program
The Concert Choir begins
with "God Bless the U.S.A."
and concludes with a special medley of George M.

Cohan favorites. In between will be solos and

the Singers are directed by
William Decker.
The Concert Choir will
perform again Oct. 25 with
the famed Pittsburgh
Symphony in a special benefit concert at Millersville
University.
The Husky
Singers will travel to
Fairfield University Nov.
15 for a concert with the

FU Women's Choir.

The
Women's Ensemble will sing
Nov. 15 during campus visi-

tation day, and will be
featured Dec. 13 at the

-campus midnight
Christmas mass.
all

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DID

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October 15,

YOU KNOW.

.

Page

1986

8

.

Michigan,
Minnesota, Georgia Tech,
and Berkeley each have
launched campaigns of $100
million or more, with funds
in most cases going to

Public universities are
moving aggressively into
fund raising. Ohio State
University has a $350

campaign underway,
more than twice the amount
any public university has
million

increase academic quality
rather than for new
construction.
The number
of state-supported develop-

raised in a single drive,
reports The New York Times.
Universities of Indiana,

Faculty vacancies for

fall

The following faculty positions are being recruited
r

id

1987, according to the office of the provost
vice president for academic affairs:

fall

Art (photography)
Biology

Chemistry
Chemistry
Economics
Health, Physical
Education, and Athletics
History
Languages & Cultures

Mass Communications
Mass Communications
Mathematics
Mathematics
Philosophy/ Anthropology
Psychology
Psychology

1987-88
Fall

Fall
Fall

ONLY

(33%)

1987
1987
1987

1987-88 Year

agreement
signed

9

year.

87 announced

Psychology
Psychology
Sociology

Accounting
Accounting
Business Education/
Office Administration

Computer

<5c

Information

<5c

Information

Systems

Computer
Systems
Marketing
Marketing
Marketing

1987-88 Year
1987

Communication Disorders/

1987
Fall 1987
Fall 1987

Communication Disorders/

Fall

Fall
Fall

Fall

1987

Fall

1987

Fall

Special Education
Special Education

Curriculum

1987 -88 Year
1987 -88 Year
1987 -88 Year
Fall 1987
Fall 1987

1987 -88 Year
1987
Fall 1987
Fall 1987

1987
1987
Fall 1987
Fall 1987

Fall

&

Foundations

Fall

1987

Fall

1987
1987

Fall

1987-88 Year

An agreement

ROTC

ment officers on the 64
campuses of the State
University of New York has
risen from zero to 50 in the
last six years, and private
gifts have grown from $15
million to $50 million a

Illinois,

to have a
extension center of
the Bucknell Reserve
Officer Training Corps
established at Bloomsburg
University has been signed
by Bucknell President Gary
Sojka and Bloomsburg
President Harry Ausprich.
Two full-time Army ROTC
instructors from the
Bucknell unit will teach
military science courses to
the appoximately 60 ROTC
cadets enrolled at BU.
Previously, Bucknell
offered military science
courses at Bloomsburg only
on a cross-enrolled basis.
"Vocational preparation
and scholarship benefits,
along with military
training, are attracting
full

students to the program,"
says Major George Venesky,
ROTC representative
assigned to the Bloomsburg
campus. Four -year ROTC
cadets can graduate as
second lieutenants, earning
a minimum salary of
approximately $22,000, he
Scholarship students
said.
also receive full -tuition
benefits, a monthly stipend,
and reimbursement for textIn return, they
books.
serve four years active
duty and four years in the
Army reserves.

COMMUNIQUE

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newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

\

November

3,

1986

Strategic Issues

Group moves

toward new mission statement
With the work of the last
of its three task forces
nearly complete, Bloomsburg
University's Strategic
Issues

toward

Group

is

moving

goal of turning
over a draft mission
statement to the Planning
Commission by the end of
its

semester.
Chaired by Interim
Provost and Vice President
for Academic Affairs
Dan
Pantaleo, the Strategic
Issues Group has reviewed
this

final reports of the task

forces on institutional
strengths and weaknesses

and on environmental analysis.

Pantaleo said the
Strategic Issues Group is
drafting goals and objectives for the university
based on the task force
reports.
When the final report of
the future directions task
force is ready, the
Strategic Issues Group will
compare its lists of goals
and objectives with the
future directions report
"to reinforce the goals and
objectives already synthesized and possibly to iden-

Vote on governance document,
A
will

faculty vote Dec. 3-4
decide the fate of the

final governance document
prepared by a governance
committee appointed by
President Harry Ausprich
last year.
The committee
disbanded once it had

completed its task early
this semester, according to
Dan Pantaleo, interim provost and vice president for
academic affairs.
The new document provides
for five committees to
advise the four vice presidents and to address the
future planning of allocation of resources to
programs of the university.
These committees are: a
Curriculum Committee, a
Planning and Budget

tify

new ones," Pantaleo

said.

The Strategic Issues
Group will then draft a
mission statement based on
the goals and objectives
and forward the entire
package to the Planning
Commission. The target
deadline for presenting
this information to the
Planning Commission is the
end of this semster.
In the meantime, as the

committee completes its
work, the Strategic Issues
Group will be forwarding
copies of the task force
reports to the department
chairpeople and members of
the administration for
their information.

BUCC change

Committee, and committees
for general administration,
institutional advancement,

and student life.
Each
committee would have 12-15
members
The Curriculum Committee,
of the same composition as
the current Bloomsburg
University Curriculum
Committee (BUCC), was
inserted by BUCC in the new
document to replace an Academic Affairs Committee
that was part of an earlier
draft.
The Planning and
Budget Committee would
replace the current
Planning Commission.
BUCC has also altered
some of its by-laws, and
therefore that section of
the document involving the

slated

Curriculum Committee must
also be presented to local
meet and discuss if the
document is approved by the
faculty.

Hence, the faculty vote
will address both the

new

governance document and the
changes in BUCC's by-laws.

The voting

will take place
the APSCUF Office in the
Waller Administration
Building.
The faculty will receive
a copy of the governance
document and a ballot from
Lauffer and Pantaleo in the
very near future.

in

November

Communique

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1986

Page

2

HOW MANY TREES?

STEAM LINES NEED WORK
opened by the Department of
General Services

in

late October
for replacement of

Harrisburg

be done next
summer. Locations for the
work include the Waller
parking lot and driveway
and parking areas near Haas
Center for the Arts and
Luzerne Hall.

$559,000,

Bids were due to be

in

deteriorating underground
steam condensate lines in
several locations on the BU
campus.
Work on the job,
which has been estimated at

will

One hundred twenty new
trees have been planted
over the past three years,

according to Robert
Parrish, vice president for
administration.
The new
plantings include those on
the library mall, near the
softball field, and in front of

Centennial Gym.

WHY I TEACH
Bloomsburg University has
an abundance of outstanding, caring faculty
who provide students with
excellent educational
experiences in the
classroom and in co-

Why

curricular activities.

do people choose to teach?
Why do they stick with it?
What do they like about it?
In this

Communique

series,

BU

faculty are featured
answering the question:
"Why do you teach?"

Faculty members asked to
take part in this series
are chosen randomly, but,
if you would like to be

Anne K. Wilson, associate
professor of sociology and
social welfare:
"Basically,

I

enjoy the

freedom and autonomy of the
profession as well as the
opportunity for a lot of
social interaction.
Studying sociology had a
big impact on me, and I
hope to pass on some of

enjoy doing
I
research on the topics that
to be important,
I consider
rather than on those that
government or private
industry has decided to
push."

this.

Wilson

part of it, please call the
University Relations Office
at 389-41 12.

BU Players

9

children's

Do murky swamps with
snakes and hanging moss,
choking vines, pools of
quicksand and humans transformed into alligators and
Add
bats sound terrifying?
to that picture one young
boy bravely trying to
conquer his fears, and you
have "Wiley and the Hairy
Man," the Bloomsburg
University Players' fall
children's drama.

The production is scheduled for 8 p.m. Nov. 5
through Nov. 8 in Carver
Auditorium, with a 2 p.m.
matinee, Nov. 8.

drama perfect

The play is set in the
swamps of a Louisiana bayou
exploring the earthly

environment in all its
The
richness and detail.
plot revolves around the
humor and poignancy of
Wiley's battle with his
fear of the Hairy Man.

An unusual feature is a
voice and movement chorus
composed of four actors who
create all of the sounds
and physical images of the
swamp. Hand-painted costumes and fog machines add to
the world of Wiley, Mammy,
the Dog, and the Hairy Man.

for Halloween

General admission tickets
($3 for adults and $1.50
for children) will be
available at the door.
For
additional information,
call

389-4287.

Communique

Tickets are still
available for the

Bloomsburg University's
Madrigal Singers' annual
Christmas banquet at 7:30
p.m. Dec. 10 through Dec.
13 in the Scranton Commons.
This year's theme is "A
Christmas Cruise,"

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1986

Page

NOTABLE

MADRIGAL TICKETS
AVAILABLE

November

featuring seasonal music by
the singers and the BU
Studio Band.
The price of the dinner

and performance is $15.
Tickets can be purchased

Monday through Friday at
the Music Department Office
(114) in Haas Center.

Gifts and pledges to the

BU Foundation for the Arts
Endowment have reached
$130,000, according to Tony
Ianiero, director of development. The goal is
$250,000.

BUCC, Planning Commission to
hear about outcomes assessment
The University Planning
Commission and the B.U.
Curriculum Committee will
hear presentations on outcomes assessment needs and
possible future directions
in

November and December

meetings, respectively.
Dan Pantaleo, interim
provost and vice president
for

academic affairs,

describes outcomes

assessment as one way to
determine what kind of
value is added to a student's life as a result of
While
a college education.
both the Middle States
Association body and the
SSHE now require a plan for

measurement of outcomes,

the university has the
opportunity to structure
its assessment plans to
benefit its students and
academic programs, he said.
The initial focus of
assessment efforts at
Bloomsburg will be on the
general education program.
Such an activity can assist
in future efforts to fine
tune the general education
program, Pantaleo said.
He
said a faculty committee
will look at external
testing instruments to find
the best one for B.U. to
evaluate the value added to
its graduates as a result
of the general education

component

The value added in a student's major is already
partly assessed via the
program reviews which are
conducted every five years,
he said.
"Outcomes assessment is
something we can do to
get quantifiable information on the quality of
the education our students
receive," Pantaleo said.
"Such information can
assist us in recruiting
highly qualified students,
strengthening our curricula, supporting the
faculty, and improving our
retention of students."

Governor names Pursel to Council of Trustees
Bloomsburg Attorney
Charles B. "Cardy" Pursel
was recently appointed to
the Council of Trustees at
Bloomsburg University by
Governor Richard
Thornburgh.
He replaces
long-time trustee Elton
Hunsinger, who died earlier
this year.
Pursel attended
Bloomsburg public schools
and graduated from
Haverford College in 1959.
He received his law degree
from the University of
Pennsylvania in 1962.

From 1962

to 1980, he
the U.S. Coast
Guard Reserve, attaining
the rank of lieutenant.
Pursel has been in general
law practice in Bloomsburg
since 1963 and is currently
a partner of the law firm
of Derr, Pursel, and
Luschas.
He holds membership in the American,
Pennsylvania, and
Columbia-Montour Bar
Associations
He is a member and lay
moderator of the First
English Baptist Church and

served

in

is

a director of the

Bloomsburg Bank-Columbia
Trust Company.

His other

memberships include:
Bloomsburg Tennis Club,
Elks Club, local Masonic
bodies, BU Husky Club and
Bloomsburg Area Chamber of

Commerce.
Pursel is married to the
former Elizabeth (Betty)
Cotner of Danville. They
have three children:
Leslie Jane, 18; Tom, 16;
and Brad, 14.
The family
resides at 398 Market
Street, Bloomsburg.

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1986

4

NEW HEAD AT TIAA-CREF
TIAA-CREF has named

SAVE A LIFE, GIVE BLOOD

Clifton R. Wharton, 3r.,
chancellor of the State
University of New York, to

soring a Bloodmobile

The Red Cross

Building.

Executive Officer effective
Feb. 1, 1987. He will
succeed Dames G. MacDonald
upon his retirement after
30 years of service.

Services Center,
is

Room

1210,

open to complete aH

faculty typing needs.
The
center is open from 8 a.m.

p.m., Monday

public service to the

A production of
Associate Professor Dana
Ulloth's broadcast news
class "Bloom News" is shown
on cable channel 13 each
Friday at 6:30 p.m. and 8
p.m.
Tune

in and learn more
about what's happening in
town and on campus!

Seven area banks

Seven area banks recently
have contributed and
pledged a total of nearly
%50,000 to the Bloomsburg
University Foundation,
Development Director
Anthony Ianiero has
announced

The contributions are
earmarked for either the
Arts Endowment Fund or the
Unrestricted University
Fund, Ianiero noted.
"We
are greatly appreciative of
the generosity of these
local banking institutions

and their interest in
Bloomsburg University," he
"Their contributions
help immensely to expand a
number of university actisaid.

BU President Harry
Ausprich has been joined by
Rosemary McGrady, supervisor of mail services, and
Linda Zyla, assistant
director of residence life,
to co-chair the 1986 SECA/
United Way campaign for
Bloomsburg University.
The three have set a goal

...

The word processing
center in McCormick Human

community.

"Bloom News," the only

Way

NEEDS

through Friday.

truly local newscast
available to Bloomsburg
cable subscribers, is both
a classroom experience for
college students and a

United

FOR THOSE WITH TYPING

to *:30

Have you seen
Bloom News?

support

spon-

Wednesday and Thursday,
Nov. 12-13 at 10:30 a.m.*:30 p.m. in the Kehr Union

become Chairman and Chief

give foundation

is

co-chairs to stai

vities that benefit our
students and area
residents ."
Four banks gave $10,000
each
They are Bloomsburg
Bank-Columbia Trust Co.,
.

Columbia County Farmers
National Bank, Commonwealth
Bank and Trust Co., N.A. of
Williamsport and First
National Bank of Berwick.
,

First Federal Savings and

Loan of Bloomsburg and
Hazleton contributed
34,000, and First Eastern
Bank and United Penn Bank,
both of Bloomsburg with
headquarters in
Wilkes-Barre, contributed
$2,500 each.

BU campaign

of 50 percent participation
and $19,300 for the univer-

Colleagues in all
departments and offices
will contact each university employee this month to
distribute pledge cards and
answer questions about the
United Way.
sity.

United

way

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Bloomsburg University has
signed an agreement with
Apple Computers for the
purchase of Macintosh com-

3,

1986

Page

COUCH RECITAL SLATED

BU AND APPLE SIGN

AGREEMENT

November

program, which is for one
academic year, may be
obtained from the Office of
Vice Provost, Kalyan Ghosh.

Pianist 3ohn H. Couch,
associate professor of
music, will present a
faculty recital at 8 p.m.
Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the

Carver Hall Auditorium.
Admission is free.

puters at discount prices.
This pertains to all fulltime faculty, staff, and
students at BU.
More
information about this

SYSTEM NOTES
• SSHE has requested a $1
million line item appropriation for fiscal 1987-88 for

a proposed Pennsylvania
Academy for the Profession
In introof Teaching.
ducing the concept of the

academy, Chancellor James
H. McCormick noted:
"Teacher education has been
put back on the 'front burner' in Pennsylvania.

Through

this

system

ini-

our intention to keep it there."
The academy, to be
launched by the SSHE this
year, will put school and
university leaders in partnership to strengthen
teacher preparation
programs and the development of teachers at all
"For the State
levels.
System of Higher Education,
ours is a mission of
service to be the state's
regional social, intellectiative,

it

is



tual, and cultural

centers," McCormick said.

• The SSHE Board of
Governors has recently
approved an educational and
general appropriation
request of $308,580,000, an
increase of more than $29
million over the 1986-87
fiscal year appropriation.
The increase represents an
effort to hold the line on
tuition costs and to meet
the system's mandatory and
inflationary cost increases
for the next fiscal year.
The state appropriation
represents 62.2 percent of
the total E and G budget of
the SSHE, therefore, the
requested increase amounts
to only 6.5 percent in new
revenue, according to SSHE
Vice Chancellor for Finance
and Administration Wayne G.
Failor

• Capital projects
more than $247
million were approved
recently by the SSHE Board
of Governors for the SSHE
totalling

Let us hear
from you!
The Communique' publishes news of
events and about people at Bloomsburg
University on the 1st and 15th of
each month, except for the summer,
at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

1987-88 capital
appropriation request.
BU projects on the list
include $3.33,500 for furniture and equipment for
Old Science, $1,191 million
for a steam system replace-

ment, $3,885 million for
the renovation of
Centennial Gym, $3,208
million to renovate Ben
Franklin Hall, $10.2
million for the library,
and $491,000 for parking
facilities.

Bloomsburg Univeristy is
committed to Affirmative
Action/Equal Opportunity,
and minorities, women, and
other protected class members are urged to pursue
education and employment
opportunities at BU.

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November

3,

1986

ORDER CAPS, GOWNS
FOR DECEMBER

6

389-4180.

Faculty and staff members
wishing to rent a cap and
gown for the December commencement ceremonies should
complete an order form and
return it to the University
Store by Friday, Nov. 1*.
Forms are available in

department offices, or

Page

call

The Provost's Office

Friday, Nov. 7.
Faculty will be seated on
stage during the December
commencement and will be
asked to rise when the graduates are awarded their
degrees.

will

support the cost of rental
of academic regalia for
faculty who do not own
these garments and do not
wish to make a personal
expenditure for rentals.
Requests should be sent to
the Provost's Office by

B.S. in adult health

approved by SSHE board
A new degree program,
Bachelor of Science in
Adult Health, has been
approved for Bloomsburg
University by the Board of
Governors for the State
System of Higher Education.

The new degree emphasizes
sound studies of the physical, psychological, and
intellectual potential of
the human being at various
adult phases.
The program
has been added to the uni-

versity's Department of

Health, Physical Education,
and Athletics with very
little cost, according to
Jerry Medlock, chairman of
the department.
All but two of the
required courses currently
are taught on campus, and
no additional faculty will
be needed for the program
for several years, Medlock
said.
"Students in the

program have the opportunity to take a wide
spectrum of courses in
general education and

which will be
advantageous in assisting
older people," he said.
The need for the new
degree program grew from
liberal arts,

Central Columbia head

Bob Rohm
was inducted into the

football coach

the gradual increase in the
mean age of the general
population and the great
increase in the elderly
population, along with the
programs that deal with
adulthood and aging,

Bloomsburq University
Sports Hall of Fame during halftime ceremonies
at Bloomsburq's Homecoming game with
Mansfield Saturday.

BU cable shows
feature schools,
H.S. bowl,
holiday special

Medlock said.
Bloomsburg University's
regularly scheduled cablecast on channel 13 will
feature a program called
"United for Excellence"
Nov. 18 (1 p.m. ), Nov.
19 (9 p.m.), and Dec. 3
p.m.). The program was

shot by Bloomsburg High
School students and
features various aspects of
the entire Bloomsburg

School District, according

(9

to Tom Joseph, BU director
of TV programming and
services.
Other special shows to be
aired on the cablecast
include the final rounds of
the High School Bowl sponsored by BU and the PressEnterprise (Nov. 25 and 26)

and "A Bloomsburg
Christmas," a special of
holiday greetings from BU
(Dec. 10 and 16).

Communique

November

3,

Page

1986

7

NELSON ROOF, HEAT

RECOVERY WORK STARTED
Work began in late
October to reroof the
The
Nelson Fieldhouse.
project, to cost an estimated $230,000, should be
completed by winter.
A project to install a
dehumidification and heat
recovery system in the

humidity at 50 percent,
according to Don McCuiloch,
director of the physical
plant and energy management. Energy-saving advantages of the system are
that warm, moist air will
not have to be expelled,
and the pool water will not
have to be heated, he said.

Nelson Fieldhouse pool
areas has been awarded to
the successful bidder, and
work will begin soon. The

system to be installed
takes moisture out of the
air and puts it back into
the pool and will keep the
pool water at 81°, the air
temperature at 82°, and the

BU NOTES
Quest director

He

Bill

Proudman presented two
workshops at the
Association for College
Unions -International Region
4 conference at IUP Oct.
25.
Proudman presented
sessions titled Liability,

Safety and Insurance, and
Student Development through
Outdoor Experience.
On Nov. k, Proudman will
again present a session on
Student Development through
Outdoor Experience at the
East Coast Region conference of the National
Association for Campus
Activities in Lancaster.
Proudman has been invited
to attend the National

also presented a paper

on "Indigenization of
Social Work Practice in
Industrializing Societies"
at the meeting.

Four

QUEST

staff

in

,

,

staffing coordinator Janet
Willie attended the
gathering that attracted
more than 700 experiential

educators from North

Recreation to be held at
the University of
California, Davis, from
Nov. 6-9.
He will serve as
a panel member for a

America.

Trends in Outdoor
Recreation

members

Director Bill Proudman
program director Gina
Onushco logistics coordinator Mark Yerkes and

Proudman is currently the
president of the Association for Experiential
Education.
The AEE, with
headquarters in Boulder,
Colo., consists of over
1000 individual and institutional members who are
committed to adventure-based

Chang Shub Roh

,

professor

of sociology and social
welfare, served as a chair
of the session on Social

Welfare and Industrial
Development at the annual
meeting of the Association
for

Advancement of Policy,

Research, and Development
in the Third World in
Berkeley, Calif., recently.

-

Chance to Compare.
He was also elected

Moodus, Conn.

Conference on Outdoor

session entitled Future

Collegiate Forensics

recently attended the
annual conference of the
Association for Experiential Education held Sept.

25-28,

was a panelist on the
program entitled: A Look
at How Judges See

experiential learning.

Harry C. Strine III,
associate professor of communication studies,
attended the Speech
Communication Association
of Pennsylvania's 47th
annual convention in
Pittsburgh Oct. 9-11.
He

A
to

the position of
Chairperson-Elect for the
Forensic Interest Council.

Leo G Barrile , associate
professor of sociology,
presented a paper Oct. 9 on
"Television Viewing and
Retributive Attitudes about
Athlete Drug Users" in
Philadelphia at the Hotel
Hershey.
It was at the
Sixth International

Conference on Culture and
Communication.

James R Lauffer , associate professor of
geography and earth
science, will present a
paper titled "A
Hydrochemical Model of the
Shallow Ground-Water System
Peripheral to Rehoboth Bay"
at the 99th annual meeting
and exposition of the
Geological Society of
America in San Antonio,
Texas, Nov. 10-13, 1986.
Lauffer also will take a
short course on the
Introduction to the
Geologic Use of Microcomputers prior to the
meeting.

November

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SUMMER

3,

1986

Page

SESSION

ALTERNATIVE
Faculty members whose
advisees have experienced
difficulty in scheduling
general education classes
in math, English composition, C.I.S., general
psychology, business, communications, and speech
during the regular school

year, are reminded that
sections of these highdemand courses are offered
on a guaranteed basis
during the university's
Summer Sessions Program.
Continuing their studies
in the summertime is an
attractive alternative for
many students for whom

easier access to high

demand courses and the
relaxed atmosphere of the
is a welcome
relief from the hectic pace
of the fall and spring
semesters. Summer sessions
course catalogs should be
released in February.

summer season

Tax planning seminar could help you now
APSCUF and the Accounting
Department of the College
of Business will jointly
sponsor a tax planning

seminar on Wednesday, Nov.
5, 1986, from 4 p.m. to 5
p.m. in the Forum of the

McCormick Center
The purpose
Services.
for

Human
of

accounting.
Tax law changes that
affect everyone will be
included in the program.
Topics will be:

Will you be in a
o
higher or lower tax bracket
next year?

this seminar is to learn

to take advantage of
the provisions of the old
law before it slips away.
Waiting until December to
plan your financial decisions may not allow enough
time to carry them through,
says Robert P. Yori, chairman of the department of

how

Will your retirement
o
contribution be taxed next

year?
o

How

will

Under what conditions
it be better to sell
a profitable investment
o

will

the elimina-

tion of sales tax and
interest expense deductions

would

now, while there

is still a
favorable capital gains tax
rate available?

o

Is

real estate

still

a

good investment for tax
purposes?
Seminar participants will
include Bob Yori, CPA;
Charles Bayler, CPA; Terry
Jones, CPA, CMA; Richard
McClellan, CPA; and Paul

Shoemaker, CPA.

next year affect your tax
bill this year?

DON'T FORGET TO HAVE YOUR
PICTURE TAKEN
all

Professional portraits of
faculty, administra-

and management
employees will be taken in
the Gold Room of the Kehr
Union Nov. 4-5 between the
hours of 9 a.m. and 4:30

the Obiter or by other
media who request photos.

tion,

The pictures will be
used in the Obiter, the BU
yearbook, and they will be
kept on file in the
University Relations
Office.
The goal is to have a
good, up-to-date photograph
of each faculty member and
administrative and management employee for use by
p.m.

Please stop by and have
your picture taken anytime
during the two days the
professional photographers
are here.

8

COMMUNIQUE

A newsletter

for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

November 17, 1986

Symposium on Mid-East

conflict* peace process

brings top-notch speakers
William B. Quandt,
acting director of the
foreign policy studies
program, The Brookings

fall, enables academically
promising students to reach
beyond the limits of a traditional college education

Institute,

Washington,
be the keynote
speaker at a symposium

and become exposed to

D.C.,

challenging learning opportunities commensurate with

will

The Arab-Israeli
Conflict:
The Search for
Peace Nov. 17 through Nov.
titled

20 at Bloomsburg
University.
Eight other

prominent Middle-East
experts fill out the
program.
The symposium is sponsored by the BU Scholars
Program with support from
the BU Foundation and the
Dean's Fund for Academic
Excellence.
The Scholars
Program, which began this

their abilities.

All

sessions are open to the
public
Quandt, a senior staff
member of the National
Security Council during the

Carter Administration, was
the key person in drafting
the Camp David Accords.
He
has just published a book

"Camp David:

Peacemaking
and Politics." The former
University of Pennsylvania

with the Brookings
Institute since 1979.
Other officials addressing the symposium include:
Albert 3. Planagan, director,
Office of Near East, U.S.

Department of Commerce;
Antony Sullivan, director,
Near East Support Services;
Clovis Maksoud, ambassador,
Arab League; Thomas Naff,
Middle East
Research Institute, Univer-

director,

sity of Pennsylvania; David

Ben-Dov, Consulate General
of Israel; Mark Rosenblum,

Peace Now; Farouk Helmy,
minister, Egyptian Embassy,
Washington, D.C. and George
Turner, BU professor speMiddle East

political science professor

cializing in

has been a senior fellow

history.

Alumni fund transferred
to BU Foundation
An agreement signed Oct.
17 will allow for the

Alumni Annual Fund to be
coordinated and administered by the Development
Office in conjunction with
the Bloomsburg University
Foundation starting 3an. 1,
1987.
The Alumni Board of
Directors agreed unanimously at its June
meeting to join forces
with the foundation in its
quest for private support

From left, Alumni Association President Mary
Anne Klemkosky, Foundation Board Vice Chair
(continued on

page 4)

Jane Gittler, and BU President Harry Ausprich
sign the agreement to have the Foundation
administer the Alumni Annual Fund.

Communique
DID

November 17, 1986

YOU KNOW

Page

2

...

How long
Question:
should you wait for a
luncheon partner?
Answer: Fifteen minutes
after the assigned time,
call the office of the
If office
tardy person.
personnel don't know why
the person is late, wait 40
Then either order
minutes.

lunch or leave.
(Source:
Latitia
Baldridge's Complete Guide
to Executive Manners,
Rawson Associates, 115 5th

Avenue, New York, NY
10003.)

invited paper at the

BU NOTES
Nancy Onuschak

,

professor

of nursing and interim
director, University
Scholars Program, recently

reviewed the BSN program at
Oakland University in
Michigan as an
Rochester
,

accreditation site visitor
for the Council of
Baccalaureate and Higher
Degree Programs of the
National League for Nursing
(NLN). The primary purpose
of accreditation of
programs in nursing is to
foster continuous development and improvement in the
quality of educational
programs throughout the
United States and thus promote improvement of nursing
services in health care
delivery.

John Maittlen-Harris
chairman of the department
of Mass Communications, has
co -authored an article on
,

the value of use of computers in writing news
His co-author is Dr.
copy.
Paula Renfro of Southwest
Texas State University.
The article is published in
the winter edition of
"Journalism Educator,"
1986. (Vol. 41. No. 3)

American Anthropological
Association annual meetings
December; the paper is

in

of the University
Professors of English held
in York, England, during

the

first

week

Susan Rusinko

,

assistant

Department, attended the
triennial conference of the

International Association

Responses to

Subsistence Stress Among
Fur -Trading Algonkians.

in

Terry Oxley , assistant
professor of music,
published an article in the
October, 1986 issue of "The
Wisconsin School Musician"
titled Rediscover a New

The

article

discusses the preservation
and performance of

unpublished band works from
1925 to 1955, dealing specifically with Midwestern
composer J. Henry Spencer.
Elise M . Brenner ,
assistant professor of

anthropology, has two
recent publicatons:
Archaeological Investigations at a Massachusetts
Praying Town, published in
the "Bulletin of the
Massachusetts Archaeological Society" 1986, volume
47; and Sociopolitical
Implications of Mortuary
Ritual Remains in
Seventeenth-Century Native
Southern New England, to be

published in early 1987 in
an edited volume titled,

The Recovery of Meaning
professor and assistant
chair of the English

titled,

September.

Composer.

The Communique' publishes news of
events and about people at Bloomsburg
University on the 1st and 15th of
each month, except for tne summer,
at BU.
Please send story ideas to
The Communique', Office of University
Relations, Bloomsburg University,
Bloomsburg, PA 17815

in

Historical Archaeology,

edited by Mark P. Leone and
Parker B. Potter, published
by Smithsonian Institution
Press.
Dr. Brenner will
also be presenting an

William Acierno , associate professor of mass
communications, was video
producer of the American
Cancer Society's Telethon
of Hope on Sunday, Nov. 2.
The 12-hour telethon was
presented from two locations, Troiani's
Restaurant , Berwick and the
studios in McCormick
Center. This was the first
time a telethon has been
simulcast from two locations in this area.
Assisting Acierno were
Dana Ulloth , associate professor of mass com-

munications, Tom Joseph and
Terry Hoover of TV services,
and numerous telecommunication students.
The telethon was seen in
six counties and carried by
three cable TV companies.
A total of $22,600 plus was
raised, which was 50%
beyond the telethon goal.

Glenn Sadler

,

assistant

professor of English, will
give a paper titled George

MacDonald and Robert
Browning as Makers of Myth
at a joint meeting of the
George MacDonald and Robert
Browning Societies in
London in December. In
(continued on page 3)

Communique

November 17, 1986

Page

3

THANKSGIVING RECESS

LIBRARY HOURS

a.m.

Following are library
hours for the 1986
Thanksgiving recess, which
begins at 1:50 p.m. on
Wednesday, Nov. 26, 1986
and ends at 8 a.m. on
Monday, Dec. 1, 1986:

Wednesday, Nov.

26-8

to 4:30

p.m.

number of holidays for

Thursday, Nov. 27,

-

CLOSED
Friday, Nov. 28, 8

a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

1986, Friday, Nov. 28, the
day after Thanksgiving,
will be a regularly scheduled work day.

Saturday-Sunday, Nov.
29-30 - CLOSED
Monday, Dec. 1 - Resume
normal hours
With the decrease in the

BU NOTES
(continued from page 2)
addition, he will speak at
the eighth international
conference on the Fantastic
in the Arts on "The Shadow
World of George MacDonald
and Hans Christian

Andersen" in Houston in
March, 1987. He will also
chair a panel on
Communitarianism and
Utopianism for the 1987
Popular Culture Association/
American Culture
Association meeting to be
held in Montreal, March
25-29, 1987.

Danny Robinson

,

assistant

professor of English, will
chair a meeting on

Hawthorne during the annual
Modern Language Association
conference to be held in
New York City, Dec. 27-29.
As part of that meeting, he
will present

a paper titled

The Romancer's Revenge:
Hawthorne's Influence Over
Early Biographers."

Andruss Library
librarians Marilou Zeller

library staff
six

Phillip

A. Farber

,

pro-

fessor of biological and
allied health sciences,

attended the annual
meetings of the American
Society of Human Genetics,
which were held in
Philadelphia Nov. 2-5.
Workshops focused on
diagnosis of gene defects,
chromosomal errors and
genetic counseling.

,

Janet Olsen, and Director
William Ryan hosted a Fall
Catalogers' meeting of the
Pennsylvania Library
Network (PALINET) on campus
Oct. 24. Librarians and

academic

members from
libraries

and

Geisinger Medical Center
attended the day-long conference on the anticipated
changes in the OCLC (Online
Computer Library Center)
online system.
Interested
representatives visited
Andruss Library for a
demonstration of the OCLC
cataloging microenhancer
software and the library's
bar coding practices.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING

C0~T

'.

PRE5ESTESSE PAINTINGS
EXHIBITED
Danville artist KeCo-:-er currently has an
exhibit oi his paintings
tit.ec Presentence in the
Kehr Imcr Presidents'
Lounge at Bloomsb'urg
Lniversity through Nov. 26
The shoving consists of
nearlv 2! abstract

expressionist. c paintings.
"The public is invited to
view the exhibit ca.> fror
8

a.m.

to

9

-

:tiv =

"We

Association, said,
tec

Ausprich
~.a.s

- = .:

.

look

forward to your continued
support of an investment in
the Bloomsburg University
Alumni Association so that

we may

increase our services to you and all

million dollars in gifts
and o.ecges since t-at

J J

Oopc-t_:n.t>

.

transferred
pace

ctior Ec-a.

other protected class members are urged to pursue
education and employment
opportunities at 3L

Alumni Fund

)-.

is

and minorities, women, and

The

(continued

BIooTsburg Ln.vensty

committed to Affirmative

p.m.

time.

the Alumni Associationi wi
"ave

=•

ff:

a

_a.

The merging of the two
funds will allow for the BU
re-. e.op~e-.t Office :: serve
as the coordinating body
for

and
In

i
,

pres.-

a..

_-.'. e-s.t;.

fundraising activities and
r'C£ra~s tr cr:.~.ze
:undra:s:ng efforts,
according to Tony laniero,
director of deve.oorent

dent

Bad-weather policy announced
25:

Vice Presi
Administrati
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discretion of
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are:

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outlying faculty
sardous driving coni

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get to ca~p-s.

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The

university will reimburse faculty members for
any long distance charges
i-.c~'red

Z-a--e.

Channel

sre:.a.

tolicy.

television stations
-

a

according

Enforcement Office
(389-4168) in ample time to
allow their class can-

Communique

WRESTLING TICKETS
AVAILABLE

as well as the Athletic
Office in the fieldhouse.
Reserved seat tickets may
be purchased for $8 and $12
at the fieldhouse only.
The specially scheduled
match is an athletic fundraising event; no passes

Tickets for the

Bloomsburg-Iowa State
wrestling match Nov. 28
Nelson Fieldhouse are

in

now

on sale at two locations on
the campus.
General admission seats

will

are available for $5 at the
Kehr Union information desk

You can

start

November

17,

1986

Page

5

NTS WEEK
The Student Organization
of Adult Resources (SOAR)
at Bloomsburg University
announces that

Non-Traditional Student
(NTS) Week will be observed
at the university Nov. 17
through 21.

be accepted.

making phone book changes now

Now that the faculty-staff phone books are
out, the University Relations Office is
receiving information about changes or
As they are brought to
incorrect entries.
our attention, we will publish them in the
Communique in a form that will allow phone
book users to cut out the changes and
insert them into the phone books.
Following are the first changes:
Office Directory

APSCUF/BUFA
Act. Secretary,

Kline, WAB

S.

4329

GRANTS OFFICE
Dir., P. Bailey, WAB

4129

LANGUAGES AND CULTURES, DEPT. OF
Chr., C. Whitmer, BCH

4750

GHOSH, Abha (Kalyan)

TUTORIAL SERVICES

Coord.,

A.

GILL, Nancy

Ghosh, BFB

HARVEY, David (Dawn)

BEAVER, Ann (Wayne)
2

I,

Coop.

4678

Educ,

4434

Ph.D., Asst. Prof., Eng., Ill BCH

4491

Faculty-Staff

Clk. Steno

4491

Ph.D., Tutorial Serv. Coord., 15 BFB

13 BFB

ROBERTS, Kenneth (Betty), M.Ed.
Stony Brook, 110 Fir St.

784-0314

Pine St

BRITT, Ruben (Penny)

4678

4184

R.D. #2, Orangeville

.

.

.

FACULTY EMERITI

17859

SCRIMGEOUR, John S. (Jeananne)

4255

MA, Dir., Coop. Educ. /Internship Placement,

Delete

13 BFB

Six new faculty
positions
authorized



BRASCH, Roseaary

BU President Harry
Ausprich has authorized the

meet with the provost soon
to determine priorities for

addition of a complement of
faculty for the 1987-88
academic year, provost and
vice president for academic
affairs Dan Pantaleo has

the new positions, particularly as they apply to
the emphasis areas arising
from the analysis currently

six

announced. The

six

will

become part of the permanent complement in
academic affairs, he said.
The academic deans will

being done by the BU
Strategic Issues Group,
Pantaleo said.

Communique

November

17,

1986

Page

6

STUDY TOUR OF THE USSR
BU will be offering a
study tour of the USSR over
the spring break, March
This tour will
14-23.
include visits to Moscow
and Leningrad and will be
preceded by lectures on
Russian/Soviet history
The parsince 1860.
ticipants will also be

instructed in the Russian
language to permit them to
do some independent travel
in the cities being visited
during the tour.
Participants who enroll for
the interdisciplinary
course (history and politics of the USSR) will
receive three credits.
The

cost of the tour

is

approximately $1,050.
For further information,
please contact A.
Sylvester, History

Department, 389-4161.

Proudman,

Bill

left,

director of Quest, BU's
outdoor experiential
learninq program, answers
questions during an open
house at Quest's new offices in Simon Hall Oct. 28.
The Quest program is sponsoring a slide show by
Fred Beckey, one of the
nation's premiere mountain
climbers, Nov.
20.
The
show, Mountains of Sorth
America, will be at 8:15

p.m.

in Kuster Auditorium
of Hartline Science
Center.

Non instructional alumni day brings 3 5
BU's non instructional
were honored Nov.
1
at the third annual day
dedicated to the former

retirees

They were
welcomed back by President

Aldama Brusseau, utility
Crawford, uti-

plant; Jay
lity plant;

Kathryn Creasy,
computer center; Thelma K.

employees.

Dietterick, custodial;

Harry Ausprich and Vice
President Robert Parrish.
Thirty-five employees with
a total of 503 years of
service attended the event,
which included a tour of
the Alumni House and the
university campus, lunch,
and the Slippery Rock vs.

Marian M. Downs, switchboard; June K. Edwards,
housemother; Harold E.
Fisher, custodial; Lamoine
K. Fritz, clerk stenographer, special education; Hazel M. Frye, clerk
stenographer, English; W.
Hanley Gassert, carpenter;
Russell Haines, police

Bloomsburg football game.
Mary Haggerty, a retired
secretary from the
Maintenance Department, had

officer;

the longest period of serOther
vice with 32 years.
retirees who attended were:
Arlene C. Barton, clerk
stenographer, vice president of administration;

locksmith; Stella E.
Kalbach, data recording
machine operator, purchasing; Harold F. Kapp
custodial; Elizabeth
(Brooking) Keiser, clerical

C. Donald
Housenick, computer center;
G. Wesley Houseweart,
custodial; J. Don Hower,

retirees

supervisor, personnel;
Robert R. Knapp, custodial;
Eleanor B. Knorr, clerk,
post office; Stanley
Lizardi, custodial; David
I.

Llewellyn, utility

plant; Bernette

M. Pegg,

custodial; Frances M.
Petak, clerk typist, business office; Ralph Remley,
refrigeration mechanic;

Hubert Rescorla, equipment
operator; Max M. Roeder,
utility plant; David S.
Ruckle, police officer;
Eleanor P. Shamis, descriptive statistician, institutional research; Eldora
Stephens, library
assistant; Carl E. Viets,

custodial; Alice E. Yorty,
custodial, Edward F.
Zablocky, custodial; and

Claude W. Zehner, equipment
operator

Communique

November 17, 1986

Page

GOOD RESPONSE
The response has been
good to the University
Relations Office request
for faculty and administration to fill out forms for
biodata updates and
speakers bureau and expert
There is
source booklets.
still time for any people

Office will begin compiling
the data for the booklets
The sourcebook
this month.
of experts will be given to
news media reporters for
use when they need local
expert comment on issues of

who haven't sent the forms

regional, national, or

in to

do so, however.

The University Relations

international significance.
Area organizations, clubs,
and societies will make use
of the speakers bureau
brochure to obtain university speakers for their

programs.

Grants workshop gives advice
Dr. Gerald Stacy, associate dean for research at
Indiana University of
Pennsylvania, explained the
procedures in obtaining
federal grants and foundation funding to approximately 85 faculty and
administrators and grants
and development officers at
a grants workshop held
recently in the Forum of
the McCormick Human
Services Center.

Representatives attended
from universities in the
State System of Higher
Education, Penn
State-Hazleton campus, and

community agencies.
"Grant proposals should
be written as though one is
writing for a peer reviewer
and not agency people,"
Stacy said.
"Review panels
cover many proposals in a
comparatively short period
of time, so it is mandatory
that writing be clear and
concise."

Soc. department

conducts drug
testing survey
A study on drug

testing

the workplace is being
conducted by mail beginning
Nov. 13 in the greater
Bloomsburg area by members
of the sociology department
in

Helen Friedman, executive director of the commission for the
universities of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher
Education (left), talks with Gerald Stacy, associate dean for
research, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, and Peggy
Bailey, BU director of grants, during the Grants Workshop.

Stacy believes a grant
proposal should include
transition sentences from
the previous paragraph, a
topic sentence, a limiting

or restrictive sentence,
and specific details.
A
needs statement should also
accompany such grant
requests.

at Bloomsburg University.

there are no "right" or
"wrong" answers for the
questions, just the respondent's particular opinion.
Associate Professor Leo
Barrile, who heads the
study, stresses the point
that no names will appear
anywhere on the answer
sheet or the results, and
that there is no way to
identify a respondent with
any answers he or she may
give.

The proposed respondents
are selected at random and
are being sent a letter and
a questionnaire.
The basic
information sought by the
sociology department is
what the respondents think
about testing workers for
illegal drugs and what the
respondents think ought to
be done to those workers
who are found to be taking
drugs.
It is pointed out

7

Communique

November 17, 1986

Page

8

WE CAN ONLY

NO FOOD, DRINKS

APOLOGIZE
The University Relations
Office apologizes for the
poor timing of the last
issue of the Communique.
The issue was to have been
published and distributed
Nov. 3, but most of you did
not receive it until Nov. 6
There were
or Nov. 7.

several articles of a
timely nature in the issue,
and we apologize for any

inconvenience caused.

The

issue was delayed due to a
number of circumstances
beyond our control. We
hope the situation will not

occur again.

Food, drink, and tobacco
are permitted only in the
lower level lobby of
Andruss Library. The
library staff is very concerned since library
materials have been damaged

when

soft drinks

spilled

were

on them.

Antigone to be presented in French
Antigone, a one-act tragedy by Jean Anouiih, will
be presented in the French
language in its entirety at
and 8 p.m. Nov. 20
1 p.m.
and 21 and at 8 p.m. on
Nov. 22 in the forum room
of McCormick Center on the
Bloomsburg University campus

.

The play, sponsored by
the BU French Club and
Bloomsburg Players, is
being presented primarily
for area high school,

college and university students enrolled in French
language courses. The
public is also welcome.
French foreign
exchange students, as well
as university students,
will have parts in the
play. The production is
under the direction of
Professor Hitoshi Sato.
Antigone evolves
around a political struggle
for power and a fight between honor, religious tra-

dition and family devotion
in France in 1939 at the
eve of War Id War II.
In the somber
world of the play, against
the background of so many
sudden deaths and the dark
mystery of the divine
dispensation, courage and
steadfastness are a sparkle
of light.

Tickets ($2 adults
and $1 students) will be
available at the door.

WHY TEACH
I

Bloomsburg University has
an abundance of outstanding, caring faculty
who provide students with
excellent educational
experiences in the
classroom and in coWhy
curricular activities.
do people choose to teach?
Why do they stick with it?
What do they like about it?
In this

Communique

series,

BU

faculty are featured
answering the question:
"Why do you teach?"

Faculty members asked to
take part in this series
are chosen randomly, but,
if you would like to be
part of it, please call the
University Relations Office
at 389-4112.

Anthony Sylvester,
Associate Professor of
History:

Above all, I enjoy the
interaction with the stuThey are usually a
dents.
source of great satisfacFew things
tion to me.
compare, for me, to the
sight of a student being
"turned on" by a subject,
being attracted (or
repelled) by an idea, or
beginning to think indepenSome of my
dently.
greatest rewards come from
those times when students
develop intelligent criticisms of some of my
interpretations of historiTo help devecal events.
lop in students the belief
that they can and should
think for themselves and

Sylvester

think critically is one of
the major reasons why I
teach

COMMUNIQUE
A

newsletter for faculty and staff at Bloomsburg University

November

26, 1986

Search begins for provost and academic affairs vice president
Bloomsburg University

is

and

inviting applications

nominations for the position of
Provost and Vice President for

Academic

Affairs.

The

position

is

currently held on an interim basis
by Daniel Pantaleo. Irvin Wright,
assistant director of the center for

academic development, is chairman
of the search and screen committee.

The provost

is

the chief

academic officer and
second-ranking executive officer of
the university, reporting directly to

Business, Professional Studies,

the rank of full professor,

Graduate and Extended Programs,
and their faculties to attain the
academic missions of the university.
The provost plans and coordinates
academic programs, assembles and
administers the academic budget,
coordinates academic policies and
planning, and plays an active role

demonstrated effective,

documented

BU plans asbestos management program
Bloomsburg University has
announced plans to begin a $221,800
asbestos management program at
the end of the spring semester in
1987, according to Don McCulloch,
director of the physical plant and

asbestos that

McCulloch said that although
"Bloomsburg doesn't have any
serious hazards now," the university
will remove asbestos from the
buildings that were given the
highest rankings as "potential
hazards," according to

SSM's

report.

to

its

and needs of

constituencies.

Applications must be postmarked

by Jan. 31, 1987

.

Applicants should

include a curriculum vita, academic

and three letters of
recommendation in their

transcripts,

submissions.

have, he said, noting that

all

of the

Bloomsburg is
well-managed by encapsulating
asbestos

it

canvas wrappers or with

made

for that purpose.

steamfitters has

been

the material," he said.

in

The most serious potential
at Bloomsburg is in the
basement of Centennial Gymnasium,
hazard
in a

canoe storage

area,

the time of the survey

where

some

The report estimates the cost to
remove and replace the asbestos

in

Centennial to be about $16,400.

at

"One of our

Gymnasium basement
was the only location on the BU
campus that received a potential
Centennial

hazard ranking of 6, the highest.

other places

the proper techniques for handling

the firm of Spotts, Stevens, and

(SSM), was completed

many

management so that we have
someone on staff with knowledge of

survey, conducted by

September.

have the abundance of

sent to a school for asbestos

conducted at 10 of the State System
of Higher Education universities

Inc.

don't

special paint

said the action will be

taken based on the results of an
asbestos assessment survey

McCoy,

"We

sprayed-on ceilings containing

in vinyl or

at the

university.

The

academic governance and

achievement commensurate with

Colleges of Arts and Sciences,

this year.

to

affirmative action, and ability to
articulate the mission

accredited institution,

McCulloch

commitment

the university to

evidence of outstanding teaching
and scholarly and professional

energy management

administration,

faculty and student participation in

and development.
Candidates must have an earned
doctorate, preferably in an
academic discipline, from an

president's duties in his absence.

leads the deans of the

academic leadership, a record of
progressive academic

in faculty recruitment, retention,

the president and assuming the

The provost

interpersonal skills, creative

at

asbestos

around pipes had been
knocked loose, McCulloch said. The
damage has now been repaired, and
the asbestos around the pipes is
encapsulated, he said. The

Other buildings with 4 or 5
rankings, the locations of the
asbestos, and the estimated costs to

replace

it

are:

Carver Hall basement, ranked 5,
$3,800
Carver Hall basement, ranked 5,
$11,600
Navy Hall basement, Room 13,
ranked 5, $122,500
Simon Hall basement, Quest
Office, ranked 5, $12,900
The Carpenter Shop, first floor
shop room, ranked 4, $4,900
Centennial Gym, basement canoe
storage room, ranked 4, $32,400
(continued on page 5)

Communique November 26. 1986 Page 2

LDTS OF FflnS

CHRISTmflS COnCERT SET
The Bloomsburg

Choir, directed by William Decker,

present

its

will

annual "Joy of Christmas"

concert at 8 p.m., Friday, Dec. 5, and at

2:30 p.m., Sunday, Dec. 7. Both
presentations are in the Carver Hall

home

19,603 spectators, according

to figures

released by the university's department of
athletics.

Auditorium and are open to the public free
of

Bloomsburg University's five 1986
football games were viewed by

University Concert

That figure exceeds the 16,887

fans that attended the Huskies' five
regular-season home contests a year ago.

charge.

A $20,000 scholarship fund for

Former nursing
faculty

students pursuing an undergraduate

degree in nursing at BU has been
provided in the will of a former
faculty member Helene Robertson.
Robertson, who died Nov. 5, 1985,
was a member of the BU nursing
faculty from 1981 to 1985 when she

member

wills scholarship

fund

baccalaureate nursing students.
Applicants for the scholarships

must be entering the junior or
senior year in the nursing
program, have an overall grade
point average of at least 3.00 on the
4.00 scale, and demonstrate
financial need.

taught the senior-level nursing

course in community health.

Two $500

scholarships from the

fund will be awarded for the
time this spring to two

first

Corporation, Washington, D.C.
Knight and Burke produced
variations of cholecystokinin, and

BU NOTES

Cohen examined

their behavioral

effects.

The Communique'

publishes

news of

events and about people at Bloomsburg

Librarian Roger

W. Fromm

Raymond

Sociology /Social Welfare faculty

is

one of three academic librarians
recently appointed to be a part of
the Pennsylvania Interlibrary Loan
Code Revision Committee.
E. Babineau professor
.

members Thomas A. Bonomo David

The

University. Please send story ideas to

Communique', Office of University

,

Green wald and Sue Jackson
participated in a workshop at the
1 1th Annual Conference for the
Association for Humanist Sociology
in Philadelphia on Nov. 7.
Greenwald delivered a paper titled

Relations,

E.

Bloomsburg University,

PA

Bloomsburg,

17815.

The Communique'

is

published on the 1st

and 15 th of each month, except for the

summer, by

the Office of University Rela-

of education in the department of
curriculum and foundations, has
been elected to the editorial board of

Naturalistic Explanations as

director,

Theodicy: Jackson's paper was

information director, Jim Hollister heads the

the "Journal of the Council of

Moving Beyond

sports information area,

Education Facilities Planners
International" for a three-year

term.

Gary
of

art,

F. Clark , assistant professor

Polarization on the

Abortion Issue: A Humanist
Response. Bonomo was the
co-organizer and discussant at the
session at which the papers were

Art with Critically

111

Children,

Implications, Methods, and
Materials.

The workshop

participants

had hands-on

experience with various materials.

BU.

Sheryl Bryson

Nick Dietterick

the office

and Winnie Krisanda

and Chris Gaudreau are the

Gaudreau does

is

the public

is

secretaries. Chris

the typesetting

and

assists

with

The Communique'. The
Communique' is printed by BU Duplicating

production of

Services, headed

by

Tom Patacconi.

BU is committed

to

providing equal

delivered.

presented a lecture and

workshop at the fourth National
Meeting of Children's Oncology
Camps of America, Nov. 14-16 in Fort
Worth, Texas. The lecture was titled

tions at

Steven L. Cohen professor of
psychology, recently presented a
paper at the annual meeting of the
,

Neuroscience Society in
Washington, D.C. The paper was
titled Cholecystokinin Agonist and
Antagonist Analogs and was
co-authored with M. Knight and T.R.
Burke from Peptide Technologies

educational and
all

employment

persons without regard

opportunities for

to race, color,

religion, sex, age, national origin, ancestry,
life style,

affecuonal or sexual preference,

handicap, Vietnam era status as veterans, or

union membership. The university
additionally

committed

is

to affirmative action

and will take positive steps

to provide

such

educational and employment opportunities.

Communique November 26, 1986 Page
mflRTin HonoRED

nEXT ISSUE LATE

Bloomsburg University runningback
Tom Martin has been selected to appear
on the GTE Academic All-American
national ballot

in

District

in

the

NCAA's

of

EnD-OF-SEmESTER RECITAL

DEC.

Thanksgiving break and

Christmas vacation, the next issue
Communique will be at the end of

December.

voting by Sports

Information Directors

Because

3

of the

After that time, the University

Relations Office plans to publish

it

weekly.

Preparations are being made for an
end-of-semester recital to be presented at
8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 2, in Carver
Auditorium. Admission is free. Sixteen

Bloomsburg University students, who are
taking lessons

Two. The nomination gives Martin

in

the

art of singing,

playing the piano, clarinet, cello, or violin,

Academic
All-American honors based on his
the opportunity to earn

will

be involved.

performance in the classroom as well as
on the football field.

New number

codes for campus buildings

19

Recently, the Physical Plant has
nini
DIUUlliM'UI p
LallljHlS
UpUJLCU U1C Rlnrtmcniirft
has renumbered all

iiT"\/iQt/*H trip

18 Columbia Hall

'l

i

1J,

which

is

effective immediately,

is

IUIIUWo,

map and

existing buildings and structures.

The

intent

was

to

modify the old

system to include some new
structures and to establish a
simpler, consecutive numbering of
our buildings. Some new maps have
been distributed to various
administrators around campus.
Shortly, the Maintenance Center
will be computerizing the work
order system, and the use of these
numbers on current and all future
maintenance work orders will
greatly aid the processing and
record keeping of all campus
maintenance work.

The new numbering system,

1
Carver Hall
2 Heating Plant

3 Tri-level Parking

4 Elwell Hall
5 Scranton Commons
6 Schuylkill Hall

Center
28 Waller Administration Bldg.
29 President's Residence
30 Health and Physical Education
3 1 Maintenance Center
32 Alumni House
33 Nelson Fieldhouse
34 Redman Stadium
35 Geodesic Dome
36 Storage Bins
37 Double Wide
38 DGS Office

7 Old Science Hall
8

Lycoming Hall

9 Kehr Student Union
10 Montour Hall
1 1

Greenhouse

12 Carpenter Shop
13

Simon Hall

14

May

Ben Franklin

20 Navy Hall
21 Haas Center (Mitrani Hall)
22 Hartline Science Center
23 Andruss Library
24 Bakeless Center
25 Sutliff Hall
26 Centennial Gymnasium
27 McCormick Human Services

as

Building

15 Bookstore

16 Luzerne Hall
17 Northumberland Hall

Office Directory

More phone book changes

INSTITUTIONAL PLANNING, RESEARCH & INFO. MNGMT .

OFFICE OF
Dir., H. McFadden, WAB

4054

Asst. Dir., M.R. Amin, WAB

4054

Asst. Dir., K. Futoma, WAB

4054

ARCHIVES
R. Fromm, BCH

4210

Faculty-Staff
BAB I NE All, Raymond E. (Frances)
Ed.D., Prof., Curr. & Foundations/Dir.

4321
,

Sch. of

Educ, 3110 MHSC
BAT0RY, Stephen S.

(Anne)

BRYAN, Jesae (Virgie)

4387

4492/4303

Ph.D., Dir. /Assoc. Prof., CAD, 14 WAB

WRIGHT, Irvin (Judy)
M.Ed. , Asst. Dir., CAD, 14 WAB

4492/4393

Communique November 26, 1986 Page 4

summER course

in

University

will

offer

a course

in

Ireland

Aug. 3 to Aug. 22. "Government and
Politics of Ireland" will trace the economic,
political,

and
its

have
Ireland and

religious factors that

led to the current violence in

explore

GRHDURTIOn SPEAKER nRITlED

irelrrd

This coming summer, Bloomsburg

undergraduate credits, roundtrip
and accommodations.

Those

James

Sondra Myers, president

airfare,

of the

National Federation of State Humanities

interested should contact

Councils,

be the speaker

will

at

BU

commencement ceremonies Dec.

Percey, Political Science,

Bakeless 213, or phone 389-4335.

21, the

administration has announced.

Myers, of Scranton, Pa.,

is

also

founding president and past president of

relationship to international

Citizens for the Arts

terrorism.

Pennsylvania and

in

be housed at Trinity
College, Dublin, founded in 1592. The

numerous other national, state, regional,
local activities and affiliations concerned

cost of $1 ,350 includes three

with the arts

Students

will

k>Hlj l

TEACH

"On another day,
that

Bloomsburg University has an

and humanities.

I

would have

provide students with
excellent educational experiences in
the classroom and in co-curricular
activities. Why do people choose to
teach? Why do they stick with it?

I

What do they like about it? In this
Communique series, BU faculty are

much

featured answering the question:

learning for

"Why do you

was
would then be free to
expand my computer consulting
activity and even get a 'real' job. So

obtained,

at

the track of solutions are endlessly
fascinating.

new

Boyne

wondering why they are
here, and no one has a good answer.

seem

professor of computer and

information systems:
"At this point in the term, I am
I can respond to this
question. Late November is a time of
madness. Students, faculty, and staff
not sure that

to be

How can

that."

(PHEAA).
The new program

scholarships
available
To encourage

outstanding high

elementary and secondary

education, a federal program titled
the Congressional Teacher

Scholarship Program

time this

is

being

offers

awards

horizons.

doing

I

my

only hope that

I

my

am

best to return the favor.
is difficult

time a student told

to identify.

me

that

I

One

had

him more about COBOL than
he cared to know. I can live with
taught

students.
Eligibility requires students to

of their
be
high school graduating class, be
in the top 10 percent

enrolled or plan to enroll in a

of up to $5,000 per year to students
who are pursuing a course of study
leading to certification as a teacher

program pursuing

elementary or secondary
level. The students must be willing
to enter into a signed agreement
with PHEAA that obligates them for
each year they receive a
Congressional Teacher Scholarship
to teach two years in an elementary
or secondary school or one year in a
school for predominately
handicapped or disadvantaged

baccalaureate program, and be

at the

school graduates to pursue careers
in

first

an additional perspective
is static, and I

am always involved in personal
growth. Colleagues also expand

of confusion.
administered for the

Teacher

me

Feedback

year by the Pennsylvania Higher
Education Assistance Agency

something

is

on material. Nothing

be the exception to this
rule? There is too much to do and
too little time in which to do it. If I
had more energy, I might also
devote some time to wondering and
worrying why I have been chosen
to be the spokesperson for this time
I

There

everyday. Students are always

giving

the University Relations Office

Patricia Boyne, assistant

for five-year plans.

had no idea that the process of
me and my students
would be so compelling. Minds on

to take part in this

389-41 12.

I

"I

series are

call

for insurance in later

times. After the certificate

teach?" Faculty

chosen randomly, but, if
you would like to be part of it, please

you

I

obtain a teaching certificate which

who

members asked

tell

originally entered the field to

abundance of outstanding, caring
faculty

would

I

got 'hooked' into teaching.

teach

at

certification to

the elementary or

secondary

level,

be enrolled

in a

residents of Pennsylvania.

The

application deadline for the

1986-1987 academic year

is

Dec. 15,

1986.

Applications and further details
are available through the office of

Dean Howard Macauley, Room 3106,
McCormick Human Services Center,
Bloomsburg University.

)

Communique November 26. 1986 Page

BU
SSHE

HflnnflH VISITS
Emily Hannah,
for

academic

affairs,

vice chancellor

Academy

was on campus Nov.

initiatives

19 to discuss development of academic
programs and other initiatives being
undertaken at BU.
At her meetings with deans and
faculty, she received an update on the
health physics curriculum proposal and
she heard about BU's initiatives under the
System's proposed Pennsylvania

Students

for the Profession of

Teaching,
under the Rural Outreach
projects, and the university's technology
initiatives, according to BU Provost and
Vice President for Academic Affairs Daniel
Pantaleo.

Hannah

also heard reports on BU's

Strategic Issues Group, institutional

planning,

and outcomes assessment.

Bloomsburg University.

Area residents and the
community can soon

at

how the Town

top official

moved away from his
hometown and returned to make

each semester, with the first issue
dated January 1987, coming out in
December. The newsstand price is

good and how a nearby police chief

$1.

SPECTRUM will be published once

university

read

produce town
magazine

5

of Bloomsburg's

According

returned to active duty after being

to Brasch, this is a

forced into disability retirement.

first-time effort of this nature

These stories, along with other
articles and features, will be found
in a new community magazine titled
SPECTRUM to be published by Walter
Brasch's journalism seminar course

the university and

is

by

not being

undertaken to compete with any

"Our main

area publications.

objective

is to

give journalism

(continued on page 6)

o
3

N
C
s

Non-traditional students
Christine Shirmer,

Cherie Plafcan

left,

visit

and

with

President and Mrs. Ausprich

during a reception at Buckalew
Place Nov. 17, the beginning of
Non-Traditional Student

Week

at

BU. The week of special
activities for non-traditional

students was sponsored by the

Student Organization of Adult

Resources (SOAR).

Asbestos

work

Old Science Hall basement

air

circulation room, ranked 4,

$12,400
(

continued from page

1

basement
mechanical room, ranked 4, $4,900
Funds for the abatement work in
the highest ranking areas will come
from the reserve as funds become
Sutliff Hall

available,

McCulloch

said.

The

university has no plans at this time

do abatement work on the areas
with a 3 or 2 ranking, he said.

to

A copy of the full SSM asbestos
assessment report on Bloomsburg
University will be available in the
Andruss Library at the circulation
desk,

McCulloch

said.

The

2-inch-thick report contains

information on

all

how much of an

sample locations,

area

is

involved,

of the composition of the
material sampled, and descriptions
on levels of deterioration of the
details

material.

Communique November 26. 1986 Page

6

summER course

in ithly
be the setting for a course
being offered by BU June 10-30, 1986.
"European Art II" will emphasize
Renaissance art and its development
through the High Renaissance and
Baroque periods. Featured artists include
Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci,
Raphael, and others. Visits to Siena,
Lucca, and Pisa are also planned.
Italy will

Christine Sperling of the art

department

is

instructor.

in Italian Renaissance art from
Brown University and has spent more than

Ph.D.

two years

in Italy

villa in

students.

round

Florence

The cost

trip airfare,

Carlough, Office of International

Education, or phone 389-4332.

on a Fulbright

scholarship and speaks

A

L.

is

Italian.

will

accommodate

$1 ,660 and includes

transportation to

Florence, meals, matriculation and fee for
three college credits, and public bus pass
in

Florence.

She earned a

For more information, contact William

Student-produced SPECTRUM
magazine to hit stands in December

Brasch,

who

is

editor-in-chief,

expects the students to be in a
high-stress, extensive lab
experience but notes they are

(continued from page 5)

decision-making, advanced feature

even the best ideas and writing must
have a strong financial base. We
don't seek subsidies but are working
closely with area merchants for

having a lot of fun in the venture.
"We have important roles for
everyone, so we are giving titles to
everyone," he said. " We're an equal
opportunity employer," he said with

writing, administration, business,

advertising."

a smile.

students valuable experience," he
said.

"They are learning about

design and typography, editorial

and advertising. Their
final project is their work on
producing the magazine. They will
be graded on their production work,
their writing, and a take-home
exam, which is a series of case
problems in ethics."
Financing for the magazine is
coming almost entirely from
advertising and circulation

"We have enough

circulation,

assignments to keep everyone in
the course busy," Brasch said. "All
typesetting

is

stories also

plus a

being done on campus

Compugraphic

MCS

be an around-town section and
on historical preservation,
economic impact, strategic
planning, co-op education,
town-gown relations, and more.
"We have all been putting in
very long days on the project, but
the students really seem to be
challenged and are thoroughly
enjoying it." Brasch said.
will

articles

system for

special heads. All paste-up,

and design is being
done by students. Although the
typesetting,

actual printing of the publication

be done by a local

printer, the

"I

will

believe," he said, "that students

must

folding, gathering, stitching, and

trimming

will

have had summer media

experience. Brasch noted that there

using a computer and laserprinter,

revenues, according to Brasch.

realize that in a capitalist society,

A number of students writing

different

be done by students."

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William B. Quandt, senior fellow
at the Brookings Foreign Policy

Studies Program, speaks to
students, faculty,
citizens

peace

and

interested

about the prospects for

in the

Quandt was

Middle East.
the keynote speaker

during a four-day symposium on
the Arab-Israeli conflict, the

search for peace, S'ov. 17-20,

sponsored by the University
Scholars Program with support
the BU Foundation and
Dean 's Fund for Excellence.

from

the

Media of