| Summary: | The Reporter is a publication produced by Western Carolina University featuring news, events, and campus community updates for faculty and staff. The publication began in August of 1970 and continues digitally today. Click on the link in the “Related Materials” field to access recent issues. Reporter ^//^l Newwsr thef oFCr/^a /-cn#u #l/*tf 1y/ <aonrnWd 0S"ft^ari ff of Western Carolina University August 24, 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina Coping project trains children to think, relax An Dr. Mickey Randolph irony about shelters for abused women is that often such places offer little counseling or organized activity for the children who come there with their mothers, according to Dr. Mickey Randolph, associate professor of psychology. "The lack of funds at women's shelters can make them no fun for kids," Randolph said. But the "no programs for kids" syndrome is currently not to be found at the Jackson County REACH Shelter in Sylva, where Randolph is conducting a research program that offers support and special training to children who have witnessed the physical or mental abuse of family members. The project, which began earlier this year and is partially funded by a WCU faculty research grant, is called "Coping Skills Training for Child Witnesses of Domestic Violence." Randolph is assisted in the program by WCU graduate students Paula Whitmire and Luann Conkle. Children in the program, ages 6-16, learn ways to deal with the emotional trauma of the violence they have seen. And although talking about the violence is a large part of the project, "Coping Skills" provides much more than a "rap session." The program has two components. First, the children are interviewed in order to determine how their behavior differs from that of children who have not witnessed violence. Children who have seen violence, and who may have been abused themselves, often exhibit increased aggression and suffer from learning problems, Randolph said. In the program's second component, counselors work with the children on skills in communication, decision making, positive social activity, and the management of anxiety and emotions. The children learn that these personal management skills can be applied in any scenario in which it becomes necessary to relax. Seeing the initiation of a fight between parents, for example, could produce overwhelming anxiety in many children, especially if they are too young to realize that they themselves are not the cause of stress, Randolph said. Children in her project learn to control their anxiety with deep breathing, deep muscle training, and visual imaging. In addition, Randolph emphasizes rational explanations to children, at their cognitive levels. When a child expresses anxiety over having "caused" a fight between parents, a counselor might ask: do your friends ever argue? Do you cause that? Randolph steers away from abstractions— like fairness, or the world's lack of it. To complete her "Coping Skills" project, which is scheduled to last for one year, Randolph has applied to the North Carolina Fund for Children and Families for additional money. If necessary, she says, she'll seek federal financial assistance. - Joey Price Fall classes begin August 28 Classrooms and cafeterias at WCU will be busy again within a week, as students and faculty members return for the start of the fall semester. Evening classes in Cullowhee and Asheville will begin Tuesday, August 28. Day classes will begin in Cullowhee on Wednesday, August 29. Bookstore personnel plan to keep special hours of 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Monday-Thursday, August 27-30. Regular registration, which will begin August 27, will continue with schedule changes and drop/ add through Friday, August 31. News briefs A NEW AUTOMATED CIRCULATION SYSTEM WILL GO ONLINE at Hunter Library at 9 a.m. Tuesday, August 28. Chancellor Myron L. Coulter will check out the first book on the system, which library personnel say will improve information for library patrons on the availability of the library's books. As part of the change to the online system, borrowers will be required to present a card encoded with an individual borrower number. The cards will be free to WCU faculty, staff, and students. For spouses or children of university employees, cards will be $5 (to cover costs). To have a card made, visit the Ramsey Center on Monday, August 27, or Hunter Library on Thursday or Friday, August 30 or 31, or Tuesday-Friday, September 4-7. In both locations, cards will be made between 8:30 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. For more information, call Hunter Library at 227-7307. THE DEPARTMENT OF MUSIC WILL BEGIN IT S FACULTY RECITAL SERIES for 1990-91 with a concert featuring various members of the department at 8 p.m. Tuesday, September 4, in the Music Recital Hall. Five concerts among the year's eight scheduled faculty recitals will be given by individual faculty members. Admission will be $5 for adults and $2 for students, and tickets will be available at the door. Children under twelve will be admitted free. Season tickets are available at $20 for adults, $8 for students, and $40 for families. Proceeds will support the department's newly established endowed music student scholarship fund. For more information, call the Music Department at 227-7242. HUNTER LI BRARY IS AC CEPTING APPLICATIONS for faculty studies for fall semester. Application forms are available from department heads, and completed applications should be sent to William Kirwan at Hunter Library by Friday, September 14. For more information, call the library at 227-7307. r WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 27 Bookstore open special hours. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Orientation for new freshmen. Hoey Auditorium, 8-10:30 a.m. Orientation for new faculty by vice chancellor for academic affairs. Hospitality Room, RAC, 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. Registration for new freshmen and transfers. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 9 a.m.-2 p.m. Registration for graduate and readmitted students. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 3-4 p.m. Registration in Asheville. New Graduate Center, UNC-Asheville campus, 4:30-7 p.m. Tuesday 28 Bookstore open special hours. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Registration and schedule changes. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Freshman convocation. RAC, 4-5:30 p.m. Evening classes begin in Asheville and Cullowhee. 6 p.m. Wednesday 29 Day classes begin. 8 a.m. Bookstore open special hours. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Registration and schedule changes. Auxiliary gym, RAC, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Reception for artist Edith Neff (see Exhibits, below). Belk Builidng Art Gallery, 7:30 p.m. Exhibits Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflowers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.- 10 p.m. weekdays. "The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit; "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. "Contemporary Realism," drawings and paintings by Edith Neff. Belk Building Art Gallery, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment (227-7210), through September 14. "Turned Wood," works by Robyn Horn and Stoney Lamar. Chelsea Gallery, 8 a.m.-11 p.m. Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Saturday, and Noon-11 p.m. Sunday. August 27-September 21. August 24, 1990 The Reporter Thursday 30 Bookstore open special hours. 8 a.m.-8 p.m. Drop/add. Registrar's Office, HFR, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Movie, Tower of Babel. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Free. Friday 31 Drop/add. Registrar's Office, HFR, 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Labor Day holiday begins. 5 p.m. Runs through Monday, September 2. Orientation for international students. Hospitality Room, RAC, 6:30-9 p.m. Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center Saturday l Football, Cats vs. N.C. State. Raleigh, 1 p.m. Sunday 2 Hunter Library 1990 Fall Semester Hours Regular hours Monday - Thursday 8 a.m.-midnight Friday 8 a.m.-6 p.m. Saturday 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday Noon-midnight Labor Day Friday, August 31 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, September 1 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, September 2 Closed Monday, September 3 to Thursday, October 11 Regular hours Fall break Friday, October 12 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturday, October 13 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Sunday, October 14 Closed Monday, October 15 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesday, October 16 Tuesday, November 20 Regular hours Thanksgiving Wednesday, November 21 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Thursday, November 22 to Saturday, November 24 Closed Sunday, November 25 to Tuesday, December 11 Regular hours Final exams 8 a.m., Wednesday, December 12 to midnight, Friday, December 14 Open continuously Saturday, December 15 10 a.m.-midnight Noon, Sunday, December 16 to 5 p.m., Wednesday, December 19 Open continuously Thursday, December 20 to Friday, December 21 8 a.m.-5 p.m. The Reporter August 24. 1990 Workshops and conferences • Linda "L.C." Carmody (Housing), as adviser of the WCU Phi Mu Chapter, attended the national Phi Mu conference in Phoenix, Ariz., July 5-11. • Sandra Davis (Developmental Evaluation Center) was invited to attend the Bureau of Indian Affairs "Early Childhood Special Needs" conference in Minneapolis, Minn., in July. She participated in a panel presentation on developing interagency coordinating councils for preschoolers with special needs. • Dr. David M. McCord (Psychology) completed a week of advanced intensive training in reality therapy in Atlanta, Ga., July 11-15. This is the third of five steps leading to his certification in reality therapy. • Dr. Jim Nicholl (English) attended a weeklong course entitled "American Historical Bibliography" at the Rare Book School, School of Library Science, at Columbia University in New York, N.Y., July 9-13. Instructors for the course were Dr. George Miles, curator of the Western Americana Collection at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library of Yale University, and William S. Reese, proprietor of a New Haven, Conn., antiquarian bookselling firm that specializes in Americana. The course included a one-day field trip to New Haven to visit Reese's establishment and to examine some of the treasures of the Beinecke Library. • Randy Rice, Billy Norton, and Keith Corzine (Housing) attended the conference of the Association of College and University Housing Officers - International in Athens, Ga., July 6-11. The Reporte r is published by the Office of Public Information. Mail notices and changes of address to the Reporter, 1601 Ramsey Center. 1,450 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $132.50, or $.09 per copy. Western Carolina University is an Equal Opportunity Institution. August 24, 1990 Elections and appointments • Dr. Susan C. Brown (Sport Management) was appointed in April to chair the professional curriculum committee for the National Intramural Recreational Sports Association. • Dr. C.J. Carter (Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs) was elected for a three-year term to the board of directors of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). He previously served on the NACUBO editorial board and was a chairman of NACUBO's professional development committee. • Gene McAbee (Director, Public Safety) was elected president of the North Carolina Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators for the 1990-91 school year. He served previously as the association's secretary, vice-president, and treasurer. • J. Dale Pounds (Dean, Technology and Applied Science) was appointed to the Technology Accreditation Commission of the Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology, Inc., which is the accrediting agency for all engineering and engineering technology programs in the United States. • Linda K. Reida (Hunter Library) was elected for a two-year term on the board of the American Library Association's Continuing Library Education Network Exchange (CLENE) Roundtable. • Arlene C. Stewart (Southern Appalachian Transition Education Project) recently took office for 1990-91 as secretary of the Learning Disabilities Association of North Carolina. The statewide organization of professionals, parents, and learning disabled adults is affiliated with the Learning Disabilities Association of America and works to find solutions to the problems faced by individuals with learning disabilities. Publications and other activities • Dr. Susan C. Brown (Sport Management) published an article entitled "Selecting Students for Graduate Academic Success and Employ ability: A New Research Direction for Sport Management" in the July issue of the Journal of Sport Management. • Dr. Steve Eberly (English) read some of his poems at the annual conference of the Appalachian Writers' Association, which was held at Radford (Va.) University July 6-8. The works he read were "Uneasy Rider," "Chicken," "Water Wasted," and "Earth Moving." • George Frizzell (Hunter Library) published an article entitled "Special Collections, Hunter Library, Western Carolina University" in a recent issue of The Curator: The Newsletter of Appalachian Regional Collections, which is published by the Appalachian Consortium. • Dr. Mario Gaetano (Music) published an article entitled "The Performance Problems of Alfred Fissinger's Suite for Marimba" in the summer issue of Percussive Notes. • Dr. Francis Webster (Management) and his wife, Jebby, returned in July from a month-long stay in Europe, including twelve days in the Soviet Union with a team of Project Management Institute members. Their time in the Soviet Union included stops in the cities of Moscow, Tbilisi, Kharkov, and Leningrad to visit industries and institutes to discuss project management. The Reporter Reporter News for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University August 31, 1990 Cullowhee, North Carolina Welcome to 1990-91 academic year A "Tomorrow is the first day of the rest of our careers. Let's make the best of it." - Dr. Jim Wallace number of significant comments were made during the general faculty meeting in the Music Recital Hall on August 22, opening the 199 0-91 academic year. This issue of the Reporter includes a summary of comments delivered at the gathering, attended by most of the faculty. JIM WALLACE, Chairman of the Faculty: Welcome to another academic year at Western Carolina University. It's really the start of a new century of teaching, research, and service What I would like to do is to mention some of the things the faculty has accomplished We published 190 papers. We produced 63 undupli-cated reports. We produced 221 papers at meetings. We wrote ten books. There were 218 exhibitions or performances. We presented ninety-four workshops and wrote eight chapters for books, and thirty-eight of us—more than ten percent of our faculty—were elected to offices in professional societies. I think that's tremendous, and I am very humbled and I would like to congratulate all of you who have been active like this. This year, the university will be functioning under our newly adopted governance document. The Chancellor has emphasized that he wants faculty input on topics that concern the faculty. I hope you will all participate in some manner. The Faculty Senate has been divided into five councils, and I would like to remind you what those councils are and introduce the chairpersons. If you have any thoughts about how we can affect the academic climate here, please get in contact with one of them or see me and we will bring your ideas before the steering committee when we meet each month. Fred Hinson is the chairperson for the Council on Faculty Affairs. Terry Kinnear is the chairperson for the Council on Instruction and Curriculum. Kathy Wright is the chairperson for the Council on Student Affairs. Fran Webster is the chairperson for the Council on Institutional Effectiveness. Lewis Sutton is the chairperson for the Council on Internal and External Relations. I would encourage you to bring your ideas to these folks so we can represent you and get things done for the betterment of the faculty, students, and staff. Last year, the Faculty Senate adopted policies to strengthen some of our student standards, specifically the retention policy and the course-repeat policy. We attempted to strengthen the course-withdrawal policy. The fact is, I told you we had strengthened that policy and it would go into effect this year. This is not so. It will probably go into effect next year, as it is currently undergoing clarification of language It will be back before the Senate and basically, it's going stay as it is now, but if it's policy, it will become policy next year, and not this year. I have been asked to announce a new concept: the Freshman Convocation The purpose of the Freshman Convocation is to give first-time freshmen a formal introduction to academic life at Western Carolina University. I would like to remind us of something that we all know. Tomorrow is the first day of the rest our careers. Let's make the best of it. DR. MYRON L. COULTER, Chancellor: It's always good to greet you each year I welcome you, and I thank you for last year being a very fine year. I'm going to recite some of the accomplishments which you and your colleagues have made during this last year. But first, with all the great things that happened last year, we had a few setbacks. They are embodied by the loss of a number of colleagues. . Tyson Cathey, retired professor of geography; Walter Williams, retired former director of athletics; Floyd Siewart, retired former head of health and physical education; Kendall King, associate dean, research and graduate studies; Gentry Crisp, assistant professor of speech and theatre arts; Dean Martin, associate professor of management and marketing; Jim Painter, staff coordinator in cooperative education. University goals. We're launching our second century of service to North Carolina with a renewed commitment to our institutional goals, even though we find ourselves with fewer economic resources to implement them than we had in the past few years. We have the same five goals, with one modification. We shall continue improving the quality throughout the university. We shall continue enhancing our image and 2 "We shall continue our effort to attain an enrollment which has now been modified to 5,400 full-time equated students over the next five years." - Chancellor Myron L. Coulter August 31. 1990 Welcome coord broadening the recognition of Western Carolina University throughout the state. We shall continue strengthening our identity as the major center of scholarship, instruction, culture, and service within our region in the western part of North Carolina. We shall continue increasing the funding from private sources to strengthen our programs, our services, and our student support We shall continue our effort to attain an enrollment which has now been modified to 5,400 full-time equated students over the next five years. Our enrollment goal was formerly 5,700 full-time equated students for the next five years. At our most recent planning and strategy meetings, we consulted ourselves and our experts on admissions, finances, and academics, to determine whether our enrollment goal was realistic in terms of our resources, both human and financial, within our admissions standards, within th e population of our high school graduating classes, and our commitment to the highest standards of instruction and scholarship for both students and faculty. Considering all the information we had at hand, it was felt that both faculty and students could be far better served with a more reasonably paced growth to 5,400 full-time equated students, with the intent to reach 5,700 by the year 2000. I'm confident that this goal will give us a more reasonable class size, a better opportunity to maintain and enhance the quality of scholarship, a more manageable growth within our resources, and a more realistic expectation of the proportion our enrollments from die next five high school graduating classes. At the time the decision was made to reduce our five-year, FTE goal by 300, it appeared we would have another large freshman class requesting admission to Western. It now appears that our freshman enrollment will be considerably below the fall 1989 class, which was our highest, and perhaps at or just a touch below the 1988 level. However, our transfer student enrollments appear to be substantially higher this year, resulting in a total undergraduate enrollment similar to 1988, but lower than last year, 1989. There appear to be two major factors affecting our freshman enrollments this year. First, it appears that our sister institutions are taking a higher percentage of freshman than in recent years, using a different admissions standard. Then, we've seen a larger number of freshmen enrolling in private institutions, for reasons our admissions colleagues can't yet fully explain. We are now in the process of re-examining our recruiting model for any indicated adaptations. At the same time, we're working to improve our retention rates for upperclass students in order to give us a higher and more even profile of our undergraduate classes. As I mentioned, all other goals we have remain essentially unchanged, and we indeed have made good progress toward satisfying them. Strategic planning. One of the reassuring qualities of Western, as we face the many changing conditions of politics, economics, and demographics, which impact our daily and our annual functions, is the fine planning process which has developed over the past four years. Our strategic planning regimen, which began several years ago, with a committee chaired by professor Bill Kane, and which has been refined and implemented under the leadership of Judith Stillion and chairs such as Barbara Larson, has indeed given us the advantage of better knowing our needs and more accurately practicing the art of the possible, as we make decisions about the most judicious use of our resources during each budgeting period. That strategic planning process is now on a two-year cycle. This year will be an evaluation year. The budget matrix is now being developed. It will be added to our strategic plan and will be distributed to deans and department heads within the next several weeks for their uses and their reactions. Several copies of this document will be available to all of you, in the Hunter Library. Role and mission study. Western has a fine statement of our role and mission, which was developed five years ago and which has been referenced by at least one national education association as a model worthy of attention. Several months ago, President Spangler and the Board of Governors initiated a call for a sys-temwide study of institutional roles and missions. This study was brought about by a number of requests from our various campuses for expanded roles in academic programs and it will give the Board of Governors and the President an opportunity to assess and evaluate the 1990s aspirations of each of the sixteen universities. We are deeply involved in that study with a committee. That committee has worked throughout the summer to gather and analyze a great deal of information and is in the process of formulating a draft of our new role and mission for the '90s. In the near future, a draft copy of the report will be made available to you, and we do indeed invite your responses. We do have a rather severe time limit, since our report must be submitted to the President in January 1991. Prior to that time, it must be approved by our own Board of Trustees. All of us will be very interested in our committee's recommendations. Budgets and legislative appropriations. As you know, we've just come through a fiscal year in which the revenues of North Carolina fell over $500 million short of the projections and last year's appropriations. So, during the third and fourth quarters of last year, we here at Western suffered, as all others did, withheld allotments of appropriated funds—in our case, in the amount of $1.2 million, in both personnel and operating costs. In addition, 9.7 support SPA positions were frozen for that entire year. Now, the outcome of the recently ended legis- The Reporter lative sessibn presents our university with the most difficult budget situation we have faced in many years. State revenues have not kept pace with expectations that the General Assembly built into the previously approved biennial budget As a result, our operating budget for 1990-91 has incurred a permanent cut of three percent. An additional 1.5 percent has not been funded for the current fiscal year. This unfunded reserve may or may not be restored thereafter. What does this mean for Western? Our permanent losses include eight faculty positions, two EPA administrative positions, seven and one-half SPA support positions, for a total of $635,888 dollars for expenditures related to personnel and non-personnel expenses totalling $213,000 dollars. The one and a half percent unfunded reserve will require us to forego an additional $573,600 in personnel and non-personnel expenditures for a total reduction in state appropriations this year of over $1.4 million. I think the entire system this year has lost 215 or 220 faculty positions. Further, a greater portion of the cost of education will be borne by students: a tuition surcharge of $41.50 for in-state students and $83 for out-of-state students will be in effect this academic year, as will a permanent 2.7 percent increase in nonresident tuition henceforth. Within the limits of the flexibility allowed us, my colleagues and I in the administration, have planned for and will implement these losses so as to minimize their adverse effects as much as possible. However, the limits of our flexibility and the magnitude of the losses will mean that budgets throughout the university are under a real strain for this year. Within the university family, we shall need understanding of the constraints imposed by scarce resources, and we shall need commitment to sustain the quality and productivity of this institution. I have great confidence in our ability to excel in spite of the present adversity, and I am optimistic that, with the recovery of the state's fiscal fortunes, there will resume the longstanding commitment of the people of North Carolina to supporting well their universities. Quality indicators for 1989-90. Meanwhile, we shall work to retain the level of confidence which our governing bodies and our constituent families and alumni hold for Western—that we are a university interested in our students and pledged to delivering the best quality of instruction, research, and service within our capabilities and resources. Each year I ask our deans and vice chancellors to review the accomplishments which you, our staff, and our students have established in recent months. A complete litany of these achievements no doubt would be very impressive to you as it is to me, but I shall forego an exhaustive report and instead give you a number of highlights, which to me are indicators of the full measure of this impressive array of good things which you do. • In the School of Arts and Sciences: We are sponsoring with the Hudson Library a The Reporter yearlong lecture series in Highlands on Western North Carolina topics ranging from Appalachian speech to wildflowers to the geology, archeology, history, and literature of our area. The Art Department has opened a well-received World Gallery in Asheville. Harold Farwell, in English, has received a Fulbright senior lectureship in Jokarta, Indonesia. Authorization has been given to plan a new degree in philosophy. Two prestigious awards have been received by students. Lisa Mingus will study under a Fulbright graduate fellowship in Germany, and Ted Meigs has been awarded a full fellowship to study nuclear biology at Stanford University. Nearly 2,000 high school students participated in the annual science festival, history day, the math contest, the foreign language contest, the all-district band clinic, and our Summer Ventures program. Numerous faculty have been active in academic programs in Brazil, Mexico, France, England, and China. • In the School of Business: We have our third successive accreditation of all programs by the American Associatio n of Collegiate Schools of Business, this one for nine years. Only 240 schools of business hold AACSB accreditation. The school maintains above a ninety percent placement of B.S.B.A. graduates within ninety days of graduation. Sixty-six percent of the faculty were published during last year, and sixty percent gave papers and addresses at professional meetings. C. Claude Teagarden's paper was designated one of the top three from the Southeastern Regional Business Law Association. Rita Noel was elected one of three most outstanding instructors by the American Vocational Association. Our microcomputing facilities in the School of Business rank among the nation's top 200 and second in our region, behind East Carolina and ahead of the University of Georgia. • In our School of Education and Psychology: The departments of Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction and Elementary Education and Reading have been awarded a three-year grant of $330,000 from the Fund for the Improvement of Post-Secondary Education (FIPSE) to upgrade teacher assistants to fully certified teachers. Project directors are George Schuncke and Richard Haynes. Lester Laminack and Jane Perlmutter, Elementary Education and Reading, received a grant of $48,000 to improve literacy awareness of children in Head Start centers. The School received a $50,000 grant to strengthen teacher education through a collaborative effort of school systems, community colleges, and several programs here at Western. Hal Herzog, Psychology, received a $75,000 National Science Foundation Grant to study the development of antipredator behavior and temperament. The Office of Rural Education received two prestigious awards and, through successful fund-raising activities, raised more than two-thirds of its $1 million budget from non-state sources. 3 " . . . w e a r e a university interested in our students and pledged to deliver ing the best quality of instruction, research, and service " - Chancellor Coulter August 31. 1990 4 "A survey of our own 1989 graduating seniors revealed that over 70 percent gave a high or very high rating to WCU. Chancellor Coulter August 31. 1990 Welcome coord The Board of Governors authorized the School of Education and Psychology to plan a new Ed.D. in educational leadership. The Psychology Department ranked fifth nationally in the rate of faculty publication. For the seventh consecutive year, 100 percent of the graduates of the communication disorders program have passed the national licensure examination. • In the School of Nursing and Health Sciences: Ms. Cecilia Degraffenreid received the first Master of Health Science degree this past commencement, August 3. Students in Nursing and Health Sciences in four programs with state and national licensure examinations have exceeded the state and national average in every case: in medical technology, an 87.5 percent passage rate; medical records admnistration, 90 percent passage; emergency medical care, 100 p ercent passage; nursing, 87 percent passage. • In the School of Technology and Applied Science: The Nutrition and Dietetics program has received two program accreditations by the American Dietetics Association. The school has established a WCU baccalaureate degree program with Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College in three engineering technologies, for juniors and seniors, who have earned the associate degree at A-B Tech. They will be taught at A-B Tech by our faculty going there. It's a breakthrough. The school received very strong support this year in gifts of funds and equipment from industry closely related to them. • In the School of Research and Graduate Studies: Our first Fulbright scholar from another country, Mr. Frank Lodge from Belize, will study in our master's program in project management. Sixty-five faculty submitted 139 grant proposals requesting $12.5 million, an all-time high. Receipts totalled $3.5 million, an increase of 54 percent over last year, and a 60 percent success rate for our faculty and staff. The school published a very helpful new handbook for graduate assistants, which contains definitive information, requirements, and helpful suggestions for all graduate assistantships. • In Asheville: As of this fall semester, the offices and classrooms for Western Programs in Asheville will be located in a new building on the UNC-A campus. For the first time we shall have adequate and high quality facilities in Asheville. • In our library: It's happened again. A new automated circulation system goes on line August 28, to improve information services for all of us who are users of the library circulation services. The library and media center staffs are to be congratulated again for their positive attitudes and professional competence in recovering from the devastating fire we had in February 1989. To top it off, library reference service increased 35 percent over the previous year, which had been the busiest year in our library's history. • In Continuing Education and Summer School: The North Carolina Center for Public Television established a telecommunications education center at Western during this past year. I think that's one of three in the state. Approximately 1,800 young people attended the Brethren National Youth Conference on campus this month, our largest-ever conference, which created revenues of nearly $250,000. We had a number of other noteworthy activities. The Honors Program has expanded from 150 to 170 full-time students. The Mountain Aquacul-ture Research Center has received additional funding from the university and from the North Carolina Biotechnology Center to continue its research on mountain trout through this academic year. The Faculty Senate finished its work with your good help on reorganization, amending the faculty constitution and bylaws, and amending the bylaws of the Faculty Senate. Recently a UNC General Administration Survey was taken of 1988 graduates throughout the system. That survey showed some interesting matters. It showed WCU has the highest percentage of full-time employed graduates of the entire system (84.7 percent). We are in the top three identified by students on job/career potential. Our graduates are at the UNC median in their salaries, during their first year of employment. I think that's about $20,000. A survey of our own 1989 graduating seniors revealed that over 70 percent gave a high or a very high rating to WCU for their preparation in general growth in college, in career growth, in personal growth, and in the development of academic skills and perspectives. For the first time, students living on all floors of all residence halls averaged above a 2.0 QPR. That's a hallmark, and that's for the entire academic year. The Walker Hall Living/Learning Center averaged 2.95, and the honors floor in Walker averaged 3.47. That's pretty good. Faculty development activities from the Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence have involved over 75 percent of the faculty. The center just completed its second Carolina Colloquy, with over fifty faculty from fourteen of our system universities in attendance here on the campus There's a new book out which is called Improving College Teaching, by Maryellen Weimer, published by the Jossey-Bass higher education series, 1990.1 think you'd be pleased to see a couple of pages out of that which prominently mention and describe Western Carolina University's Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence. International developments. There has been a great deal of activity in our educational, cultural, and trade relations programs with other nations. Recently a trade agreement involving North Carolina, South Korea, and China was completed, and Western received a $50,000 gift for our interne Reporter national programs for the successful leadership of Ellerd Hulbert and others in completing the negotiations. While new ventures to enhance our international support are continuing, we are also pursuing educational and cultural program development in Asia, Jamaica, and Latin America. A large number of delegations from other nations have visited our campus to learn of Western's international and rural development programs carried out by our Center for Improving Mountain Living (CIML). CIML and our Joint University/Private Voluntary Organizations Center have been awarded the first $700,000 of a continuing grant to begin the village and resource management project which is designed to raise the quality of village life in Burkina Faso, a small nation in western Africa. Speaking of CIML, Director Robert Gurevich and his colleagues Tom McClure and Bruce Boggs have received several substantial grants to assist small business, plan a comprehensive solid waste management program for Western North Carolina, and build new programs for rural economic development throughout our region. Development. Our development offices have had a very productive year in their work to raise private funds for a variety of needs across the campus. A record high of $1.7 million was received for supporting programs and facilities, including $338,000 for the Alumni Tower and $500,000 for the support of athletics. I've spoken with our alumni president, Kathey Boydston from Haywood County, a nd she has in mind a project, another one for the alumni to undertake, which would be to raise a half million dollars for endowed scholarships for students at Western Carolina University. This is one the Alumni Board is now talking about. They've said, "If we can raise $400,000 for an Alumni Tower, we can raise a half a million for scholarships and fellowships for our students." I think that's going in the right direction, and I'm delighted they're talking that way. A new educational and cultural program called Horizons has been planned and I am pleased to announce its first event, a concert by noted pianist Art Ferrante, on campus on October 7. These programs will be planned as a series and assisted by a group of prominent friends of Western, both retired and active, who are interested in helping with various forms of support. They are known as the Horizons group and are chaired by Mr. Hampton Frady, retired executive of Merrill-Lynch in AsheviUe. Athletics. To round out our continuing quest for excellence in all areas of this institution, we are rebuilding our intercollegiate athletics programs with new coaching staffs, new efforts to assist athletics revenues, some new facilities, new athletes, a new attitude, and a new director of athletics [Bobby Setzer]. Well, he's a year older now, and he's not new to Western, but he is new to directing athletics and is doing a great job of it We must strive to be as good in athletics as we are in academics. If we are going to teach history, we need to teach history very well. If we're going to play football, we need to play football very well. I'm just delighted that we're turning a corner in intercollegiate athletics programs, and they do make a difference in institutional visibility, don't they? Business operations. The fine staff of our business office continue to provide leadership throughout the state, region, and nation. The vice-chancellor for business affairs [Dr. C.J. Carter] has been named to the board of directors of the National Association of College and University Business Officers (NACUBO). The director of public safety [Gene Mc Abee] has been elected president of the North Carolina Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators for 1990-91. The director of housing [Randy Rice] has been appointed chairman of the special programs coordinating board for the association of college and university housing officers. Our book store general manager [Rick Nicholson] has been appointed to the board of trustees of the College Store Association of North Carolina. And other staff members in the controller's office, housing department, purchasing office, and physical plant are now serving on state and regional committees. Buildings and grounds. Several recent projects have not only contributed to beautification of the campus, but also are permanent reminders of our very long and very rich heritage. Construction of the Centennial Plaza is nearing completion, with walks, benches, and lighting already in place. Landscaping will be completed during the course of the year with planting of trees and shrubs this fall and flowering plants in the spring. I've been talking with the Cherokee, and they are going to present us with some beautiful dogwoods. They are called the Cherokee Chief, and they're deeper red than the pink dogwood and not subject to disease quite so readily as others. They will present those to us and we will plant them there on the Centennial Plaza. The restoration of the Madison Memorial, a rock garden dedicated in 1934 to Western's founder, Robert Lee Madison, is under way. The renovation, which incorporates much of the original design, will provide lighting, seating, and plantings. The garden's focal point is a large rock on which is mounted a plaque with the names of Madison and the members of the first board of trustees, a group he called the Noble Nine. Other current capital improvement projects, totaling $8.7 million, include repairs of sidewalks and drives, roof replacement at Belk Building, expansion of the waste water treatment facilities, and improvements to the electrical distribution system. Additionally, the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching will shortly be 5 " If we 're going to teach history, we need to teach history very well. If we're going to play football, we need to play football very well." - Chancellor Coulter The Reporter August 31. 1990 6 . each of us has a responsibility to our colleagues to help them develop as fully and completely as they can." - Dr. John Wakeley August 31. 1990 Welcome cont'd occupying new facilities across the four-lane from the campus proper. For the third consecutive year, activities in the Ramsey Regional Activity Center increased. More than 163,000 patrons took part in over 830 events and programs during the past year. The enumeration of accomplishments could continue to every department and program across this campus, but I shall stop in full assurance that you are convinced that we have an almost endless record of significant achievements which distinguish Western as a worthy university. Yes, indeed, it's an outstanding university because of your individual and corporate commitment to do things well. That commitment is extremely important, especially in times when ther e are diminishing resources to support all our intellectual needs and capabilities. We are indeed a people-intensive organization. Our milieu is human knowledge, intellectual respectability and interaction, civil interpersonal relationships, and a dedication to make our society better because we're here. During this year ahead we do have our problems and our opportunities. Our immediate problems are quite practical: to increase our freshman and minority enrollments, and to find ways to cope with our financial and educational needs in the face of shrinking economic resources and appropriations. Our opportunities are somewhat less tangible, but no less important: to enhance the quality and reputation of Western through improved scholarly activities in teaching, research, and service; to plan new programs and academic degrees at the bachelor's, master's, and doctoral levels; to internationalize our curricula in every likely academic area; to improve private funding for academics and for athletics; and to think and speak of Western as an excellent learned and cultural institution, in classrooms, across the campus, and throughout our individual spheres of influence. That will do more than anything else we can do, to speak with our students of pride of the opportunity to learn, of the chance that millions across this earth do not have. That chance is here; it's theirs, and they're into it. We've go to make them appreciate more of the opportunity We do have our problems, but we have our glowing spots all over the place and they shall continue to flourish. We are not going under. We are going to survive, but well beyond that, we're going to excel. We're not going to let anyone think that a temporary setback in our economic resources is going to cause this institution to fold her wings and say "We've been whipped." We have not You have shown us what you can do. I know you're going to continue that. There isn't a doubt in my mind that it's going to get better and better than ever. I look forward to working with you, to being with you on every occasion. Regardless of what you and I do to satisfy ourselves as professional people, we have one objective that must stand clear, and that is to see that we provide the finest type of education that can be made available to the young people of North Carolina. Thank you very much, and have a good year. DR. JOHN WAKELEY, Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs: Let me begin by thanking you all for your support, your challenge, your advice, your actions, which have helped me to be better at doing the job I have. I truly appreciate it. I'm as sincere as I can be when I say you're an excellent set of colleagues with whom to work and to live, and I thank you. I want to give brief mention to several of our continuing agenda items, and then I will also talk to you about what I'm going to say about you a little bit later this month Faculty development Faculty development on this campus, by general consensus and by a set of formal documents that we've prepared and agreed to, is a continuing process. We've agreed that each individual faculty member is responsible for his or her own development, and further, we have agreed that each of us has a responsibility to our colleagues to help them develop as fully and completely as they can. The processes of faculty development start with the various orientations that we give to the new faculty as they arrive, and they continue as long as we individually are willing to give development our time and our effort. We have programs and we have budgetary support, but more importantly, so far as I am concerned, we have commitment to growth, we have individual initiative, and we have collegial support The Faculty Center for Teaching Excellence did just complete the second Carolina Colloquy on promoting teaching excellence across The University of North Carolina system. In short, it was a huge success. Most of us view this as one more step that we at Western are taking to build on our activities in our campus-level faculty development We're confident that this step will establish us as the leadership campus in North Carolina in working toward the development of outstanding college-level teaching. You've heard a set of statistics, reports from the School of Research and Graduate Studies. These give clear evidence of our faculty development activities. The people who submitted proposals constituted approximately twenty percent of our faculty. One of the most significant numbers in that set of numbers, to me, is that fifteen of our colleagues submitted proposals for the very first time. You heard the number $12.5 million, an all-time record. As a result of these applications, $3.5 million is on this campus today that would not otherwise be here. This money supports the service and research programs of our campus, but I think most importantly, they support the development of our faculty. The Reporter I will not take time to highlight all of the programs and activities. However, let me comment: we can document that our faculty development activities touch 75 percent of the campus faculty Outcomes assessment. The second part of our continuing agenda is outcomes assessment and strategic planning. Last year, you'll recall, we combined the processes of outcomes assessment and strategic planning in the area of academic affairs. I can report to you that the union, to this time, is a happy one. We've asked that each department's strategic plan include specific goals in the area of outcomes assessment for our majors, and for the most part that has happened. As a faculty, we are becoming increasingly sophisticated and less defensive about asking of ourselves a couple of important questions: Why do we do what we do, and how do we know that we are doing what we want to do? We are also making progress on the very difficult part of assessment and planning—that is, examining what we do that is inefficient and ineffective, and giving it up in favor of doing better what already we do well. You will be getting from me sometime soon a memorandum about the results of our participation in the Higher Education Research Institute Faculty Survey last year. You will note in that report that we, the Faculty, are unanimous about nothing. However, there are some results there that inform us about our strategic planning/ outcomes assessment. On the question of whether strategic planning at Western Carolina has proven to beneficial to departments and schools, 52 percent agree or agree strongly, 28 percent are undecided, and a little bit less than 20 percent disagree. On the question "Is effectiveness of instruction under continuous study in my department," about two-thirds of the faculty say yes, about ten percent are undecided, and some 24 percent disagree. On the question of faculty and staff being involved in strategic planning, 84 percent of the faculty report that they are so involved. Fewer than 8 percent are undecided, and about 8 percent disagree. It appears that strategic planning and assessment of outcomes are becoming an integral part of what we do. One more set of numbers: the question was "The quality of the academic programs in my department is outstanding." More than two thirds agree or agree strongly, 17 percent are undecided, and fewer than 15 percent disagree or disagree strongly. Senate reorganization. Let me pick up another theme that has been mentioned before as a continuing item on our agenda, and that is the matter of the senate's reorganization. When we met here at this time last year, I said, "I am convinced that The Reporter within this semester, certainly within this year, we will have resolved, one way or another, the matter of senate reorganization." It's not likely that I would be reporting this to you if that hadn't happened. We did complete the mechanics of reorganizing the senate. During this year, I think it's a critical agenda item for this faculty to be sure that the formal steps that we have taken and the words that we have committed to paper and approved are now translated into procedures, processes, and structures that give substance to our intentions. The job isn't done yet. About a year ago, the Journal of Higher Education carried an article about the functions of academic senates, and I want to share some of that with you, especially as we begin Year One of the new senate. First, one of the things I think we need to keep in mind is that the senate serves many manifest functions, and that they are sometimes contradictory. One function is the bureaucratic function of advising the chancellor. The senate is also a political body. It's a place where people state their interests, they negotiate, they bargain, and they compromise. And thirdly, the senate is a gathering of colleagues for the purpose of establishing a forum to discuss the issues of the day as they impinge upon what we are trying to accomplish. These three functions can and do interfere with one another. We want to be efficient in our bureaucratic function. We want to be fully representative in our political function. We want share our values and inform one another in our collegial function. The senate must do all three of these, but it is obvious that it cannot do all three at the same time. The thought of hearing everybody speak about everything of value to them and to do it against any reasonable measure of efficiency has a boggling, even a numbing effect, on my mind. Those are the practical functions, but there are some functions beyond that are symbolic. The senate is a symbol that we are like other places. We are a real university, and we take real responsibilities. It is also a symbol of our commitment to academic values. It's a symbol of our acceptance of the existing authority relationships among ourselves and between the faculty and the administration. It seems to be, most importantly, a symbol of our recognition that trying to make sense takes more time than trying to make decisions. During this year, I believe that we must do the best that we can to make our senate a place to be good, at least occasionally, against criteria of efficiency, representativeness, and sharing. But I think beyond that, we need to be clear that the senate stands in place always as a symbol for this faculty and for Western Carolina University Describing Western Carolina faculty. On August 28 at 4 p.m., Western Carolina University will hold its first freshman convocation. Several of you have been asked to serve formal roles in 7 "It appears that strategic planning and outcomes assessment are becoming an integral part of what we do." - Dr. Wakeley August31. Welcome cont'd that convocation, and all of you are invited to participate. I will be speaking at that convocation, and one my messages is to tell the students some things that I think are true about you One of the specific things that I am going to tell our students is that we, the faculty, expect them to spend two hours or more outside of class for every hour they spend in class; that we, as a faculty, take as one of our responsibilities providing them with sufficient substance, material, and homework to occupy them during that time outside of class. I will invite them to challenge you if you're not doing that job. I will repre sent you as a faculty that is committed to both challenging and supporting students, for the primary purpose of helping them attain their own educational goals. In less specific terms, I want our students to know that we the faculty understand that if our students are to stay at Western and complete their degrees, we have a responsibility to reach out and to engage them in the life and the community of Western Carolina University. All of us at Western share the responsibility to see that our students are involved beyond the classroom in social, cultural, athletic, community activities. But we the faculty have a unique and specific responsibility to engage our students inside the classroom and out in the intellectual and academic pursuits that are the primary reason for their coming here. One of the items on that survey that I mentioned to you a little earlier says, "Do you still want to be a college professor?" The national norms show that 78 percent of those who responded still want to be college professors. On this campus, 81 percent want to be professors. Nationally, about 12 percent of the people aren't sure; that same figure is true for us. Nationally, about 9.5 percent say probably no or definitely no. On this campus, barely 6 percent of us say that we would not wish to continue as college professors. What that shows is that we like being college professors, and on average, we like it better than our colleagues at other institutions. What I hope our students will come to understand, is that we like what we do, because we like the challenge of engaging other minds in ways that will lead them to understand and share with us our passions for learning and for teaching. WESTERN CAROLINA UNIVERSITY Monday 3 Labor Day holiday. University closed, except essential operations. Labor Day Tuesday 4 Classes resume, 8 a.m. Meeting of the Executive Committee of Academic Affairs. 510 HFR, 8:30 a.m. Council of Deans meeting. 510 HFR, 9:30 a.m. Volleyball, Cats vs. UNC-Asheville. Reid Gym, 7 p.m. Wednesday 5 Key HFR H.F. Robinson Administration Building MHC Mountain Heritage Center MRH Music Recital Hall RAC Ramsey Activity Center UC University Center August 31. 1990 The Reporter tember Thursday 6 Movie, The Silent Witness, a documentary on the Shroud of Turin. Jackson County Public Library, Sylva, 3:30 and 7 p.m. Free. Friday 7 Volleyball, Cats at Appalachian State Tournament Boone, through Saturday. Saturday 8 Volleyball, Cats at Appalachian State Tournament Boone. Track, Cross Country Invitational. Cullowhee. Football, Cats vs. Virginia Military Institute. Whitmire Stadium, 1:30 p.m. Exhibits Photographs of mountain scenes by Larry Tucker, photographs of Southern Appalachian wildflowers by Dr. James Wallace, and "Diversity Endangered," a poster exhibit. Natural Sciences Building, 7:30 a.m.-lO p.m. weekdays. "The School at Cullowhee," a historical exhibit; "Bells in the Valley," a historical slide show on WCU; and "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," a permanent exhibit. Mountain Heritage Center, 8 a.m.-5 p.m. Monday-Friday and 2-5 p.m. Sunday. "Contemporary Realism," drawings and paintings by Edith Neff. Belk Building Art Gallery, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. Monday-Friday and by appointment (227-7210), through September 14. "Turned Wood," works by Robyn Horn and Stoney Lamar. Chelsea Gallery, 8 a.m.-ll p.m. Monday- Friday, 10 a.m.-ll p.m. Saturday, and noon-11 p.m. Sunday, through September 21. Sunday 9 The Reporter 10 Newcomers named at reception, dinner S August 31. 1990 everal appointments of faculty and administrative and support staff members were announced when new university employees were introduced at the chancellor's reception and dinner August 26. New campus personnel include the following. New faculty members • Capt. Thomas Allison, a native of Sylva, is a new instructor in the Department of Military Science. He received a bachelor's degree from Western Carolina in 1981 and has been stationed in Germany; Fort Sill, Okla.; and Fort Bragg, N.C. • Dr. Charles M. "Chuck"Ambrose came to Western Carolina in March as special assistant to the chancellor and an affiliate assistant professor in the Department of Administration, Curriculum, and Instruction. • Kenneth J. Ayala is a new associate professor of industrial education and technology. A former assistant professor at UNC Charlotte, he holds degrees from Virginia Military Institute and the Georgia Institute of Technology. His research interests include microprocessor design and programming. • Tim Beckman is a new assistant football coach at Western Carolina. Previously, he was a graduate assistant coach at Auburn University for two years. He lettered twice as a defensive back at Findlay (Ohio) College. • Dr. Scott D. Bonifield, assistant professor of marketing, comes to Western Carolina from the University of Georgia, where he had served as a graduate assistant since 1987 and recently received the doctoral degree. He holds master's and bachelor's degrees from Ohio University. • Richard A. Borge has joined the Department of Art as an assistant professor. Previously he taught courses in drawing and design at the University of Arizona in Tucson, where he received the master of fine arts degree this year. He also holds the bachelor's degree from Concordia College in Moorhead, Minn. • Dr. Larry Boyd has joined the university as a professor of accounting and information systems. He holds a doctorate from Texas A & M, a master's degree from Texas Christian University, and a bachelor's degree from the University of Southern Florida. He comes to Western Carolina from Panhandle State University in Goodwell, Okla. He served at Western Carolina 1980-82 as head of the accounting department • Alice C. Buchanan is a new instructor in the Department of Elementary Education and Reading. A resident of Sylva, she has been a teacher in the Jackson County public schools since 1986. She received the master's degree in middle grades education this year at WCU. • Dr. David J. Butcher, assistant professor of chemistry, comes to Western Carolina from the University of Connecticut at Storrs. He earned the doctoral degree in analytical chemistry there this year. He has also worked as a research chemist at Bowdoin College in Brunswick, Maine, and Pfizer Central Research in Groton, Conn. • Dr. Neill W. Clark HI, a native of Hickory, has been appointed as a fellow at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). He holds a bachelor's degree from Lenoir-Rhyne College and a master's degree and doctorate from Emory University. He has taught English at the North Carolina School of Science and Mathematics and the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy in Aurora, 111. • Janet Raye Cone is Western Carolina's new head women's basketball coach. She held that position at Mars Hill College for the past four years. A native of Summerville, S.C., she received degrees in physical education from Furman University and the University of South Carolina. • Dr. Mary D. Deck has joined the Department of Human Services as an assistant professor. She comes to WCU from the University of Alabama at Tuscaloosa and holds degrees from WCU, Appalachian State University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and the University of Virginia. • Dr. Samuel Coad Dyer, Jr., assistant professor of speech and theatre arts, joins WCU from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville, where he was a part-time instructor and earned the doctoral degree this year. He also worked as an instructor at Lincoln Memorial University in Harrogate, Tenn. • Jeff Fela, former offensive line football coach at the University of Connecticut, is a new assistant football coach at Western Carolina. A native of North Plainfield, N J., he graduated form Southwestern College in Winfield, Kans. • Dr. Judith A. Franson is a new assistant professor in the Department of Elementary Education and Reading and acting director of the Reading Center. She comes to Western Carolina from Valparaisa (Ind.) University, where she was an assistant professor. Her degrees are from George Peabody College for Teachers, Georgia College, and the University of Georgia. • Dr. Daniel D. Fredricks has been appointed as a fellow at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT). He received a bachelor's degree at Earlham College in Richmond, Ind., his hometown, and earned degrees at Rider College in Lawrenceville, N.J., Indiana University at Bloomington, and the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. For the past nine years, he has taught freshman English The Reporter and interdisciplinary studies at Guilford College, where he was assistant to the dean for interdisciplinary studies. • John David Gould, professor of accounting at St. Bonaventure (New York) University, is a distinguished visiting professor of accounting and information systems at WCU this year. He is a graduate of Brown University and the University of Michigan. • Dr. Gael N. Graham, assistant professor of history, is a former teaching assistant at the University of Michigan, where she received the doctorate this year. Graham holds the master's degree from Michigan and the bachelor's degree from the University of California at Santa Cruz. • Dr. Denise Heinze is an assistant professor of English. She holds degrees from North Carolina Central University and Albion College. She recently received the doctorate at Duke University. • Dan Herron, associate professor of administrative services, comes to Western Carolina from UNC-Wilmington, where he has worked since 1987. He holds degrees from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio, and Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. • Roger C. Higgs has joined the Department of Administrative Services as an assistant professor. He earned the bachelor's and master's degrees at the University of Utah and is working on the doctoral degree at Virginia Tech, where he formerly served as a part-time instructor. • Will Holthouser is a new assistant football coach at Western Carolina. He has also coached at Virginia Military Institute and The Citadel. A graduate of Wake Forest University, he was a member of Wake Forest's 1970 Atlantic Coast Conference championship team. • Robin M. Kowalski, a graduate of Wake Forest University with a master's degree, has joined the Department of Psychology as an assistant professor. Kowalski also holds a bachelor's degree from Furman University. • Lt. Col. Mike Mountain is a new professor and head of the Department of Military Science. He is a graduate of Campbell University and Purdue University. • Dr. Nyaga Mwaniki, assistant professor in the Department of Geosciences and Anthropology, most recently was assistant professor of sociology and anthropology at Denison University in Granville, Ohio. He earned the Ph.D. in anthropology and African studies in 1986 and holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Pennsylvania. • Matthew Nicholl, assistant professor in the Department of M
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