| 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. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina September 2, 1983 NAMING OF ADMINISTRATION BUILDING CELEBRATES ROBINSON'S LEADERSHIP Described as "a mover and a shaker" and "the chief architect" of vast improvements at Western Carolina University over the past 10 years, WCU Chancellor H.F. Robinson on Saturday received the honor of having WCU's administration building named for him. "I have so much to be thankful for," the chancellor told a crowd of some 350 state politicians, higher education officials, faculty and staff, and well-wishers gathered in the building's courtyard for the dedication ceremony. "I soon will come to the close of my career as the chancellor. but I'm not stopping," said Dr. Robinson, who this year will reach the retirement age set for chancellors in the UNC system. "I'll continue to be here in this area, and I'll continue to work, but I'll never receive another honor such as that you have bestowed upon me here now. It's something I didn't have any idea would ever happen." Last September, the WCU board of trustees voted to name the $3,423,000 building the "H.F. Robinson Administration Building," citing Dr. Robinson's overall leadership and his efforts in 1975 and 1976 to get the project included in a statewide higher education facilities bond issue. Completed in 1978, the five-floor structure houses the central administrative offices of the university and the Mountain Heritage Center, a museum devoted to the history and culture of western North Carolina. It is located at the new campus entrance off Highway 107. In delivering the principal address at Saturday's ceremonies, William Friday, president of the UNC system, said, "We celebrate the le adership of one among us who has given a new spirit and a new vitality to the hea rts of those of us who love these mountains and who care for our fellow citizens who live and work here. "There is a great success story here," he said, "and our state is all the better because of the continuing emergence of Western Carolina and its assumption of a strong and vital role in the community of higher education in this state and in our country." Recalling his 40-year friendship with Robinson, President Friday observed, "I still find him moving in all directions at once, and sometimes he talks so fast that I can't hear what he says. And I call and he's jetting around the world to help feed the hungry and give hope to the d isadvantaged. If there ever was a mover and a shaker, he's it." But no matter where Dr. Robinson is, the president noted, "he keeps his eyes, ears, mind and hands firmly fixed on this place." In the 10 years that Robinson has served at the helm of WCU, Friday said, he has demonstrated "leadership directed toward helping people realize their talents and their dreams, leadership that does not compromise with less than can be achieved, and leadership that believes in the worth and basic goodness of each individual citizen." Friday credited Robinson as "the chief architect of all that- has happened" at WCU over the past decade, referring to the construction of the Natural Sciences Building, the administration building, the Mountain Heritage Center, the Hunter Library expan 2- sion, and the Regional Activities Center now in progress, as well as major landscaping of the campus. He also cited Robinson as the m an behind many curriculum improvements and the establishment of a close relationship between the university and the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians. Chancellor Robinson, he said, is Ma modest man who never dreamed during those days in the kitchen at Mars Hill (where he worked as a college student) that on Aug. 27, 1983, he would hear the chairman of the Board of G overnors of the University of North Carolina and the chairman of the board of trustees of Western Carolina University declare that his name would be placed on this magnificent facility." "But there it is, Mr. Chancellor," he said, shortly before the building's new name was unveiled from beneath a purple cloth. "It's there because you have earned the gratitude, the respect, and indeed the affection of us all. It's there because you gave the state and the university your wisdom, your total commitment, and your abiding faith." Liston B. Ramsey of Marshall, speaker of the state House of Representatives, also spoke at the dedication, praising Robinson for presiding over "one of the greatest decades of growth in the history of this university"; a growth, he said, that has occurred "not only in the quality of programs but also in the physical plant." "I'm pleased to join all of you in expressing to the chancellor our congratulations and our appreciation for a job well done, and don't read into that that h is job is finished, because it is no t," he said. John R. Jordan, chairman of the UNC Board of Governors, said, "Few persons in our time have contributed so much to the life and spirit of this region as the man we honor today." Jordan recalled the zeal with which Robert Lee Madison founded the university nearly a century ago and said that Robinson has "kept the Madison spirit alive." "As we look around at the buildings and grounds of this campus, we can see countless examples of change and growth. Symbolic of all these changes and of Western's promise for the future is the building we dedicate today." In response, Robinson expressed his gratitude for the support he has received from others and said, "They deserve so very, very much of the credit which you talked about and gave to me." Naming the building for him now is unusual, he admitted, since "it is appropriate that people should wait and not bestow this kind of an honor to an individual until much time and hist ory has been written and the person has passed on." Nevertheless, he said, "I hope and pray that you've taken the correct action today, and I'm especially glad that you didn't wait." The building's name was then unveiled by Wallace N. Hyde, chairman of the WCU trustees; the chancellor's wife, Katherine; and former trustee chairman Jack E. Abbott. "CULLOWHEE" MUSIC GROUP HERE SEPT. 7 Last Minute Productions will present the music group "Cullowhee" in concert Sept. 7 at 8 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. All tickets will cost $4 at the door, but tickets may be purchased in advance at the university center and D.J.'s. Advance prices are $2 for WCU students and $4 for all others. For further information, call ext. 7479. TELEVISION SPOTS PROMOTE CO-OP ED PROGRAM A series of television spots has been developed by WLOS-TV to promote the WCU Cooperative Education program. Featuring co-op participants talking about their work experiences, the series will be aired on WLOS-TV (Asheville) and WBTV (Charlotte) for eight w eeks, beginning Aug. 22. The intended audience is prospective students, their parents, and employers. The television spots were developed by the production staff at WLOS-TV. During the eight-week period, WLOS will run 33 paid spots and an equal number of public service announcements. WBT-TV will run a total of 70 spots during the eight-week period. During the same period, radio station WGLD in High Point will air 60-second slots on cooperative education to be hear d in the Greensboro, High Point, and Winston-Salem area. The TV and radio spots are a part of an early fall media campaign and a project of the ex panded Comprehensive Cooperative Education program. -3- SHAKESPEARE AND SWINGLES HIGHLIGHT SERIES Performances by the North Carolina Shakespeare Festival, the New Swingle Singers, the Goldovsky Opera Company, and the North Carolina Dance Theatre will highlight the exciting 1983-84 Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Series at Western. A total of 16 cultural arts programs will be offered in the LCE Series, including five free visual arts exhibitions. The North Carolina Shakespeare Festival will open the LCE season Wednesday, Sept. 21, with its production of Othello. The Swingle Singers will bring their talents to the re gion first on Tuesday, Nov. 8, in an Asheville performance sponsored by the Asheville Music Club, and then to WCU on Thursday, Nov. 10, for the LCE show. Goldovsky1s internationally famous opera company will present La Traviata on Monday, Feb. 27, and the North Carolina Dance Theatre, which has performed to consecutive sellout audiences in Cullowhee, will return Tuesday, April 24. All LCE performances begin at 8 p.m., and all of the above programs will be in Hoey Auditorium. Other lecture and concert programs will include: —Folk entertainer David Holt, Thursday, Sept. 22, in the Music-English Recital Hall. —Pianist Eugene List, Thursday, Oct. 13, in the Recital Hall. —A debate between George McGovern and Cal Thomas (vice president and spokesman for the Moral Majority), Wednesday, Oct. 19, in Hoey Auditorium. —Modern dance by the Easy Moving Dance Company, Monday, Oct. 24, in Hoey Auditorium. —Synthesizer music by Robert Moog, Thursday, Nov. 17, in the Recital Hall. —The Ciompi String Quartet, Thursday, Feb. 2, in the Recital Hall, —Mime by Dr. Tom and Seus, Wednesday, March 21, in Hoey Auditorium. The performances by David Holt, Easy Moving Dance Company, Ciompi String Quartet, and North Carolina Dance Theatre are jointly supported by a grant from the North Carolina Arts Council and the National Endowment for the Arts in Washington, D.C., a federal agency. Visual arts exhibitions sponsored by the LCE program are Jack Earl, Porcelain (Belk Gallery, Aug. 24-Sept. 15); Illustrators' Illustrations (Belk Gallery, Oct. 17-Nov. 9); Metals, Containers, Bowls, and Boxes (Belk Gallery, Jan. 18-Feb. 9); Watercolor Invitational (Chelsea Gallery, March 6-May 5); and Ian Hornak, Watercolors, Prints, and Drawings (Belk Gallery, March 16- April 13). The LCE Series at Western is open to the public on both a season subscription and individual performance basis. Season subscribers realize substantial savings. Season subscription prices are $25 for adults, $45 for couples (two adult tickets), $15 for WCU student spouses, and $10 for non-WCU students (ages 6-18). Beginning this year, special box office prices will be charged for major programs -4- (the N.C. Shakespeare Festival, Swingle Singers, Goldovsky Opera, and N.C. Dance Theatre). Box office prices for those programs will be $10 for adults and $5 for non-WCU students. There will be a 20 percent discount for senior citizens. Regular box office prices, with no senior citizen discount, for other events are $5 for adults and $2 for non-WCU students. WCU students with valid identification cards are admitted for $1 to all LCE programs. There is no charge to students or to the public for art exhibitions. For additional information, subscriptions, or ticket reservations, contact Doug Davis, 460 H.F. Robinson Building, WCU ext. 7234. CURRICULUM MATERIALS RECLASSIFIED A computer printout by subject is now available for the textbooks housed in the Curriculum Materials Center located on the first mezzanine of Hunter Library. This collection contains approximately 2,500 state-approved textbooks for elementary and secondary school instruction and other related materials. Deane Rager and Pat Painter of the Cataloging Department began the project of reclassifying the textbooks in March 1983, and the computer printout of the collection has just been completed this August. A typical entry in the printout provides the following information about each textbook: broad subject area, grade level, author, title, publisher, date, and call number. A copy of the printout is kept in the Curriculum Materials Center. Copies also are available in the School of Education and Psychology and the Scho ol of Technology and Applied Science. Special printouts by grade level can provide, for example, a list of a ll books in the center for fourth grade, arranged by subject. Call Pat Painter at ext. 7188 if one of these special lists is nee ded. NAMES IN THE NEWS MARK FREEMAN (former director, CIML) has been selected executive director of the International Mountain Society, which was formed in 1980 as an outgrowth of several U.N. sponsored conferences. Its initial efforts have largely been confined to publication of a professional journal, a few meetings, and a role in launching some small projects in Thailand, Nepal, China, and Ecuador. Freeman will help get the society to a position from which it can carry out a wide range of activities. His first effort is to put together a brochure, write a background document describing the society and its merits, and expand the board to achi eve a broad cross section of interests and backing. DONALD L. LOEFFLER (head, Speech and Theatre Arts) attended the annual convention of the American Theatre Association (ATA) in Minneapolis Aug. 4-11, at which time he accepted office as president of the University and College Theatre Association (UCTA), the largest division of ATA. During the past year, he served as UCTA vice president. BRYON MIDDLEKAUFF (Earth Sciences) recently delivered a talk at the Highlands Nature Center as a part of their ongoing series of lectures on the natural history of the southern Appalachians. The presentation focused on the physical geography of the southern Appalachian region. OTTO H. SPILKER (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) presented a daylong elementary school physical education workshop Aug. 23 in Jacksonville, N.C., for over 200 educators in the Onslow County Schools. LAWRENCE ARNEY (director, Cherokee Center) attended the 1983 Triennial Convention of the Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi held Aug. 14-18 at the University of Maryland. One of 200 delegates from chapters throughout the United States, he participated as a panel member in the Fellowship Seminar. He has served the national office as a member of the Fell owship Committee for the past three years. DOTTIE TATUM (Elementary Education and Reading) presented "Emotional Growth Is the Key to Cognitive Growth" in the McDowell County school in-service program Aug. 15-16 in Marion, N.C. On Aug. 17-18, she presented a two-day workshop for counselors, speech and hearing teachers, and teachers of those with learning disabilities or emotional handicaps for Asheville City Schools. Her subject was "Children in Crisis - The Effect on Learning." The A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina September 9, 1983 TRUSTEES PICK OFFICERS, MAKE APPOINTMENTS Western's board of trustees seated three new members, elected 1983-84 officers, and made six administrative appointments during a busy quarterly meeting Sept. 1 in the H.F. Robinson Administration Building. Sworn in as new members of the board were James A. Cooper of Cherokee, Robert L. Edwards of Mars Hill, and Carl Wilson, Jr., of Brevard. Two reappointed members, Frank H. Watson of Spruce Pine and Robert L. McGinn, Jr., of Lexington, also took the oath of office from Jackson County Superior Court Clerk Frank Watson, Jr. Wallace N. Hyde of Asheville was reelected chairman of the 13-meraber board. Watson was elected vice chairman, and Mrs. Avis Phillips of Robbinsville and Knoxville, Tenn., was reelected secretary. Administrative appointments included the selection of Wilburn Hayden, Jr., as coordinator of the associated area of social work, Retha H. Kilpatrick as head of the department of administrative services, and Michael Douglas Smith as director of the speech and hearing center. Hayden holds his bachelor's degree from St. Andrews College and his master's from UNC-Chapel Hill. He was most recently employed at the McCain Correctional Center. From 1978 to 1980, Hayden was director of the department of human services for the town of Chapel Hill. Dr. Kilpatrick has been a member of the WCU faculty since 1964 and was acting head of the department of administrative services during the 1982-83 year. She holds a bachelor's and a master's degree from Kansas State University and received her doctoral degree from the University of Georgia. Smith has been acting director of the speech and hearing center. He holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Southwestern Louisiana, master's degrees from Texas Tech University and the U niversity of Kansas, and a Ph.D. from the University of Kansas• In other personnel action, the board appointed Joan Falconer Byrd as acting head of the d epartment of art, Barbara H. Capps as acting head of the department of elementary education and reading, and C. Claude Teagarden as acting head of the department of accounting and information systems. The board also approved several fee increases for the 1984-85 academic year. They included, per semester, a $7.50 increase in the u niversity's athletic fee, increases of $25 for the 15-meal plan and $35 for the 21-meal plan in food services, a $2.50 increase in the health service fee, and a $2 increase in the recreation and culture fee. Construction of the Regional Activities Center is still some four months behind schedule, reported Ken Wood, director of institutional studies and planning. Vice Chancellor for Business Affairs C.J. Carter reported that the u niversity plans some $226,000 in renovation to improve the energy efficiency of residence halls. He said the project will be funded with $113,000 in federal money earmarked for such energy-efficiency improvement projects and $113,000 of matching university money. Jerry Rice, director of the summer school office, reported that enrollment for WCU's summer session in 1983 was virtually the same as 1982—2,678 this year as compared to 2,682 last year. Another 2,776 persons attended the more than 30 summer conferences and camps on campus. -2- TRUSTEES APPROVE APPOINTMENTS OF TWENTY-NINE NEW FACULTY MEMBERS Twenty-nine new members have been appointed to the faculty at Western by the board of trustees. New faculty in the School of Arts and Sciences are Michael A. Blazey, Lorraine G. Crittenden, Jerry E. Jackson, Stephen J. Lawson, William C. Maddox, and Carol L. McKay. Blazey is an instructor for Western's parks and recreation management program. Formerly the di rector of Ketchikan Parks and Recreation Department in Ketchikan, Ark., he holds a B.A. in recreation and parks management from the University of Oregon and an M.S. in health, physical education, and recreation from South Dakota State University. Ms. Crittenden is an instructor in the department of English. A graduate of WCU with bachelor's and master's degrees in English education, she formerly was chairman of the English department at STC. Dr. Jackson, who was a teaching assistant at the University of Texas, has joined the WCU faculty as an assistant professor of philosophy and religion. He obtained his B.A. and M.A. in philosophy from Baylor University and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas. Lawson, an instructor of music, holds a bachelor's in music education from State University College at Potsdam and a master's in music from Michigan State University. He previously was employed as assistant first horn and utility horn for the Lansing Symphony Orchestra in Michigan. Dr. Maddox, who earned B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. degrees in physics and astronomy from Clemson University, has been appointed assistant professor of physics. He formerly was an assistant professor at Valdosta State College. Ms. McKay joins the school as assistant professor of modern foreign languages. A Ph.D. candidate at Ohio State University, she holds a B.A. in Spanish and education from Florida Southern College and an M.A. in Spanish literature from the University of Kentucky. She was an instructor of Spanish and French at Otterbein College in Westerville, Ohio. Five new faculty have joined the School of Business. Two of them, Thomas I. Kindel, associate professor, and Judith Levitt Cohen, assistant professor, are teaching in the department of ma rketing and management. Dr. Kindel, who was a visiting senior lecturer at the National University of Singapore, graduated from the University of South Carolina with an M.B.A. and a B.A. in business administration and a Ph.D. in marketing. Dr. Cohen, who was assistant professor of business administration at Brenau College, completed a B.A. in Spanish literature at Queen s College and an M.A. and a Ph.D. in community and organizational psychology at Georgia State University. Appointed as instructors in the school's department of accounting and information systems are Victor Barlow, JoAnn C. Car land, and Cynthia K. Messer. Barlow graduated from WCU with a B.A. in information systems and an M.B.A. as well. Dr. Car land earned her Ph.D. in gifted education from the University of Georgia, a master's in middle grade education from WCU, and a bachelor's in French from Meredith College. Messer earned a B.S. in business administration from WCU and a law degree from UNC-Chapel Hill. Alma W. Davis and Cherie Richardson are new assistant professors in the de partment of human services within the School of Education and Psychology. Ms. Davis holds her bachelor's in early childhood education from Lenoir Rhyne College and her master's and education specialist degrees in special education from Appalachian State University. Ms. Richardson completed a bachelor's and a master's in speech pathology at Central Washington University. Before coming to Western, she was a graduate assistant at Southern Illinois University at Carbondale. Hedy J. White, appointed assistant professor of psychology, received her bachelor's in psychology from Skidmore College, her master's in social work from California State University, and her Ph.D. in cognitive psychology from Claremont Graduate School. -3- The School of Nursing and Health Sciences has six new faculty members. They are: Dianne B. Hobgood, an instructor of medical record administration; Barbara K. Larson, assistant professor and program director of emergency medical care; Fran Lovin, instructor and program director in medical record administration; Sally S. Blowers, Carol C. Stephen, and Pamela A. Shuler, all assistant professors of nursing. Ms. Hobgood, a graduate of East Carolina University, formerly was the clinical coordinator of WCU's medical record administration program. Ms. Larson earned a B.A. in biology from Case Western Reserve University and an A.S. in emergency medical care from New Hampshire Technical Institute, where she was an assistant professor of emergency medical care. Ms. Lovin graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1975 with a B.S. in medical record administration. Ms. Blowers holds a B.S.N, from Columbia University and an M.S. in nursing from the University of Rochester. Ms. Stephens, who graduated from Ohio State University with a B.S.N, and an M.S. in community mental health nursing, was an instructor of psychiatric nursing at Haywood Technical College. Ms. Shuler, formerly the education director at Haywood County Hospital, earned the B.S.N, from WCU and her master's in community health and primary care nursing from the University of Arkansas. Andrew A. LaTorre, appointed assistant professor in the department of industrial education and technology, completed a B.S. in vocational education at State University at Oswego. He earned an M.A. in industrial arts from New York University. Before joining the WCU faculty, he was a mechanical design engineer for Applied Digital Data Systems in Northport, New York. Named new assistant professors in the de partment of home economics are Sandra D. Skinner-Annable and Jane Smith Hall. Ms. Skinner-Annable, who was a market analyst for Bendix Corp. in Ohio, earned a bachelor's in home economics education from Farmingham State College, a master's in textile and clothing from Ohio State and the M.B.A. from Bowling Green State University. Ms. Hall received her B.S. in home economics education from WCU and an M.S. in child and family studies from the University of Tennessee. She was program coordinator of the Southwestern Child Development Commission. Deborah B. Babel, now head of cataloging and coordinator of library computer applications at Western, holds a B.A. in sociology from Wells College and a master's in library science from UNC-Chapel Hill. She was assistant catalog librarian at UNC-Wilmington. Other appointments include three part-time faculty. They are Nancy Creech, a learning skills supervisor for the Instructional Services Center; Theresa Norman, an English lecturer; and Denis D. Palas, an elementary education and reading instructor. In addition, the board of trustees has appointed five new faculty members to WCU's ROTC detachment (see Reporter next week). TRUSTEES HEAR ABOUT ENROLLMENT INCREASES Opening day enrollment figures at Western show a dramatic growth in the number of students majoring in computer science, environmental health, emergency medical care, and engineering technology. The fall term figures, released Sept. 1 at the un iversity's board of trustees meeting, also indicate a 6.7 percent increase in new freshmen and a 12.3 percent rise in the nu mber of new transfer students. Joseph D. Creech, director of academic services, said at the me eting that the total number of computer science majors at WCU has jumped by 44 percent, while the number of freshmen selecting that major has nearly doub led. He said enrollment is up 60 percent in the environmental health program, 38 percent in emergency medical care, and 23 percent in engineering technology. In addition, he reported that the number of freshmen enrolling in WCU's School of Business, which won national accreditation this summer from the American Assembly of -4- Collegiate Schools of Business, has risen 22 percent over fall 1982. Other areas of significant growth, he said, are pre-professional programs in engineering, law, medicine, dentistry, and veterinary medicine, up 22 percent; criminal justice, up 12 percent; sports management and therapeutic recreation, up 12 percent; and radio and television, up 9 percent. He also reported an upward trend among freshmen entering WCU's graphic design program. Overall, early figures show a combined undergraduate and graduate enrollment of 6,069 students this fall. As of the first day of classes, the total number of full-time equivalent students at Western was 5,579 students, nearly the same as last year's total of 5,600. Creech said the slight drop of less than a half of one percent reflects a loss of students over the past two years due to large g raduating classes and relatively small freshman classes in 1981 and 1982. But this year, despite a statewide decline of 3 to 4 percent in the num ber of high school graduates, Western shows a freshman class of 1,163 students, up 73 over last year's class of 1,090. The state-supported university also enrolled 50 more transfer students this year, for a total of 457. Creech said these enrollment figures are subject to change as registration continues at Western's Cherokee Center and other off-campus locations. SCHOLAR TO SPEAK, JUGGLE SEPT. 15 Family life involves a great deal of juggling— of schedules, responsibilities, personalities, and priorities. To demonstrate the point, visiting scholar Don Rapp of Florida State University will literally juggle his way through a free public lecture at Western on Thursday, Sept. 15, at 8 p.m. in Founders Auditorium at the Mo untain Heritage Center, on the first floor of H.F. Robinson Administration Building. Dr. Rapp, an expert on human relations and child development and an accomplished juggler, will discuss family unity and illustrate his presentation by juggling up to five balls at a time. A professor of home and family life at FSU, Dr. Rapp has been involved in the study of human development for more than 20 years. Early in his career he traveled to other countries to study young children in child care settings. He has been a preschool teacher, a consultant in centers for the aging, and a movement therapist for the handicapped. The author of numerous publications, he has directed several large projects in human relations and child development and has moderated and appeared on television shows for and about young children. The public is invited to attend an other lecture by Dr. Rapp on "Aging: You Are Responsible for Your Tomorrow," to be held at 8 a.m. Friday, Sept. 16, in Belk 305. Dr. Rapp will also be speaking to classes both days. For more information about his schedule, call Davia Allen at ext. 7230. His visit is sponsored by WCU's Visiting Scholars Program. ANNOUNCEMENTS A COURSE ON FUNDAMENTALS OF REAL ESTATE will be taught at T.C. Roberson High School under WCU sponsorship Sept. 13 through Nov* 8, meeting from 6:30 until 9:30 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays. Taught by William C. Bass, vice president of Raintree Properties of Asheville, the course constitutes the salesman's section of the comprehensive prelicensing curriculum recommended by the N.C. Real Estate Commission. Cost is $200. For more information, call ext. 7397. THE WCU ART DEPARTMENT'S NEW YORK TRIP is in the plann ing stages. Reservations are now being accepted for the chartered bus expedition March 9-17. Cost of $300 includes transportation, lodging, and admission to two plays, various museums, and seminars. Featured are visits to the Guggenheim, Frick, Metropolitan, Modern Art, Whitney, and American Craft museums, Madison Avenue galleries, Soho galleries, and the Society of Illustrators Gallery. Students and the general public may register for the limited number of seats by calling ext. 7210. EXCEL, EXERCISE FOR OLDER ADULTS, BEGINS its fall session Sept. 17 at 9 a.m. in Reid. Sponsored by CIML, the class meets most Saturday mornings for healthful recreation and social activities. For more information, call Pam Edwards at ext. 7492. -5- NCAEOP HOLDS OPEN INFO MEETING Do you know what the NCAEOP is? What its members do to benefit the university? M0h, that's a secretarial group that gets together to have lunch," you may say. You would be wrong. The North Carolina Association of Educational Office Personnel is much more than that. At a special meeting Sept. 20 for the entire university community, the WCU chapter will explain itself to supervisors, bosses, faculty, and prospective members. All SPA employees—both men and women—at Western are eligible to belong to NCAEOP, which works for Western in a number of ways. The Professional Standards Program (PSP) enables members to take co ncrete steps to improve themselves professionally, and the organization through its bake sales raises enough money to provide one or more scholarships yearly. The local organization, which meets monthly during the noon hour, is only part of the picture. The district organization meets twice yearly in Asheville, and the state organization once a year in Raleigh. There is a national organization as well. Jeanne Nienhuis, secretary to the d ean of the School of Technology and Applied Science, is district vice president and has been very active in the PSP program, which has the full support of Chancellor Robinson. Many members are active on district committees . Workshops at every level are geared toward helping the professional person in the office setting. Crisis solving, interaction with others, and communication are typical subjects that help members improve themselves and thus the u niversity. WCU home economics department head Wilma Cosper will give a workshop on estate planning at the district meeting Sept. 16. The group meets monthly on the third Tue sday, with a program of interest to members. The special meeting on Sept. 20 begins at 11:45 in the East Wing of Brown Cafeteria. The chapter is hoping for a good turnout to hear it tell its story. For more information about NCAEOP or its activities, including this meeting, call Jean Pressley at ext. 7338. FACULTY RECITAL SERIES OPENS SEPT. 15 The first music faculty recital of the season will be held Sept. 15 at 8 p.m. in the Music-English Recital Hall. Singing will be Robert Holquist, baritone, and Joyce Farwell, mezzo-soprano. Each will be accompanied by Henry Lofquist at the piano. Alex Lesueur will play the flute and Maxie Beaver the clarinet, both accompanied by Barbara Dooley at the piano. Stephen Lawson will play the Fr ench horn, accompanied by Lofquist. Betsy Farlow will play two pieces for organ and Mario Gaetano a suite for marimba. Composers include Schubert, Penerecki, Vaughan Williams, Poulenc, and Fissinger. The recital is free and open to the publ ic. GOVERNOR INVITES STATE WORKERS TO MUSEUM Gov. Jim Hunt has issued an invitation to all state employees to "State Employees' Family Day" at the b eautiful new North Carolina Museum of Art on Blue Ridge Boulevard in Raleigh on Saturday, Sept. 24, from 1 until 5 p.m. Workshops, tours, talks, and films are planned. CONSORTIUM MEETING STRESSES INVOLVEMENT The U.S. Forest Service will host the annual meeting of the Appalachian Consortium's board of advisors at the Corpening Training Center in Crossnore, N.C., on Friday, Sept. 9. Consortium goals are to preserve the unique culture of the So uthern Appalachian region and promote a positive image of its people. The meeting will begin with a video presentation and review of a new Consortium book, both focusing on mountain dance and m usic. Bascom Lamar Lunsford's life and work with preserving mountain folk culture will receive special attention. Later in the meeting, the board will enjoy a performance by the Grandfather Mountain Highlanders and watch the presentation of the prestigious "Laurel Leaves" Award, given in recognition of outstanding service by either an individual or an organization to the Appalachian region. -6- SCHOLARSHIP MAY CHANGE IRELAND, LORD SAYS Studies at Western and elsewhere on the character of the Scotch-Irish may help resolve civil unrest in Northern Ireland, said Lord Ralph Alnwick Grey, the country's former governor, at the Mountain Heritage Center here Sept. 2. The occasion was the opening of a unique exhibition on the migration of the Scotch- Irish from Northern Ireland to western North Carolina. "Ireland, unhappily, is a land of myth," he told a SRO crowd in Founders Auditorium. "And there's a tremendous disposition on the part of the gallant Irishman, if he sees truth shivering naked and unashamed, to wrap some sort of cloak of his own devising around her and then stand back and admire the results." Fighting is often the result of this practice, he said. But in the W CU exhibit, the truth "is revealed and discussed and analyzed accurately and ca lmly," he said. "Much has been revealed about what happened in the ce nturies gone by that is equally true.of those living in Ulster today." During his address, Lord Grey praised WCU history professors Tyler Blethen and Curtis Wood, who had spoken earlier, for their research backing up the exhibit and the impression they made on Irish scholars. Dr. Alan Burges, chairman of the Scotch- Irish trust of Ulster, said the exhibit is very timely. "This is a crucial period," he said. "People are still living who have used these tools and instruments. The period is almost gone, and if we don't tap it, it will be gone forever." James E. Dooley, Western's vice chancellor for development and special services, said that the exhibit, more than any other at the center, "provides a window on the past and an explanation of influence which we feel even today." He especially remarked on the "unprecedented" loans of artifacts from Irish museums, which, along with items from the center's collection, allow a "rare opportunity" to see similar items from the two countries. Curator Sam Gray then presented the multi-image show on the migration. TOP DESIGNER TO SPEAK HERE SEPT. 16-17 Dennis Jenkins, owner and pres ident of one of the n ation's top interior design firms, will speak at Western Friday and Saturday, Sept. 16-17. Jenkins, whose 17-year-old firm, Dennis Jenkins Associates of South Miami, Fla., has won 10 consecutive Institute of Business Designer Awards, will give a free public lecture at 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 16, in Belk 104. Shown at the lecture will be a slide presentation of Jenkins' award-winning design installations. On Saturday, Sept. 17, Jenkins will conduct a student workshop on "Presentation for Competition" from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. in Belk 404. His appearance is sponsored by the WCU Visiting Scholars Program in conjunction with the de partments of home economics and industrial education and technology. CERAMIST TO SHOW WORKS IN CHELSEA "Pottery," an exhibit of ceramics by Michael Sherrill of Hendersonville, will open in Western's Chelsea Gallery Tuesday, Sept. 13, with a 7 p.m. reception for the artist. The public is invited. The show, featuring some 20 to 25 piece s by Sherrill, will remain in the gallery in Hinds through Oct. 15. Sherrill began his professional career in 1974 in the relatively new field of salt-glazed ceramics. Through the years, he has developed his own style which has become nationally known. His works range from clay objects that bring beauty to ordinary functions of daily life to othe rs that are simply created to delight the senses. He began throwing at the age of 16. Though largely self-taught, he studied with Frank Creech, Keith Lambert, and Dexter Benedict at Gaston College and Rick Crown at Queen's College. His work is displayed in the permanent collection at the Mint Museum in Charlotte. He has also shown at Wooster College, The Elements, the Joe L. Evans Appalachian Center for Crafts, the New Morning Gallery in Asheville, the Surroundings Gallery in New York City, the N.C. Museum of History, and The Works in Philadelphia, Pa. The* A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina September 16, 1983 GOVERNORS OK PLANS FOR TWO WCU PROGRAMS Western Carolina University will bring two new degree programs to western North Carolina when plans authorized Sept. 9 by the UNC Board of Governors are completed. The board told WCU to plan a new natural resources management degree program at the undergraduate level and a new master's degree program in health science. The new programs will mark major expansions of Western's educational resources in the mountain region, said Chancellor H.F. Robinson. The natural resources program with three concentrations—forest resources, water resources, and land use—will be the o nly one of its kind in North Carolina. The master of science in health science will be the first master's program in the health professions to be offered by WCU in western North Carolina. Dr. Robinson said preliminary work on the Bachelor of Science in Natural Resources Management degree program will speed up completion of formal planning. Western expects to complete the UNC approval process in time to enroll students in the program in the fall of 1984. More extensive planning remains for the Master of Science in Health Science, he said. That work should be completed in time to enroll students in the fa ll term starting in August 1985. Robert E. Stoltz, WCU vice chancellor for academic affairs, said the two n ew programs "represent an important extension of our ability to serve the region and the state. They also reflect the awareness of the Board of Governors of the qu ality and strength of the faculty and programs of WCU that make possible movement into these areas." Dr. Stoltz said the Natural Resources Management programs will be "a new and exciting approach that has no counterpart anywhere in the state. We are most appreciative of the encouragement we have received from the National Park Service, the U.S. Forest Service, and TVA for our move in this direction." Dr. Robinson said the Master of Science in Health Science degree will be target ed "to the needs of practicing health professionals in the western region." He said the need for the program was indicated, in part, by a 1982 survey conducted by the st ate Area Health Education Center system of allied health personnel. In 16 mountain counties, the survey found more than 700 allied health personnel working as medical and radiologic technologists and physical and respiratory therapists, and none with master's degrees. A substantial number of allied health professionals in the region, in other surveys, already have indicated an interest in graduate work, the WCU proposal to the Board of Governors said. The proposed new master's degree would not be specific to a given clinical discipline, WCU said, but would be on the order of a public administration program, with specialized tracks utilizing the students' already gained strengths in the health area and building competencies in such areas as business. The program would be offered by the WCU School of Nursing and Health Sciences, -2- which Dr. Robinson said is the only "comprehensive health sciences academic school setting outside of East Carolina University in North Carolina." Dr. Robinson said the unique development of health care delivery in western North Carolina makes the WCU master's program especially viable. Health services, particularly hospital care, he said, have "dramatically increased in western North Carolina in the past 10 years. The Asheville community, served by WCU Programs in Asheville, has become a comprehensive referral health center requiring more sophisticated personnel. The improving road system has now made WCU accessible to a large population of health science practitioners from Murphy to Charlotte, and expansion of two-year programs in health sciences also makes the need for this graduate program critical." In proposing the natural resources management program, WCU said the biology, chemistry# geology, and geography disciplines of its School of Arts and Sciences already have developed strong instructional, research, and service programs that "strongly relate to the natural resource base of the region we serve." It said a new "multidisciplinary and integrated approach to the management of natural resources is the need of the future." The program is especially needed in WNC, the university said. "One of the keys to the economic, social, and cultural development of western North Carolina is the wise stewardship of its natural resources. The extensive forests, the limited agricultural lands, the abundant streams, and the mineral deposits must be managed for maximum use in a way that will conserve them for future generations." CHANCELLOR RECEIVES LAUREL LEAVES AWARD The Appalachian Consortium gave its 1983 Laurel Leaves Award Sept. 9 to Chancellor H.F. Robinson "for outstanding contributions to Southern Appalachia." It cited him for helping to preserve the history of the region, seeking to improve life in Appalachia today, and playing a key role in planning for the region's future. The presentation was made for the consortium by Francis E. Moravitz, executive director of the Appalachian Regional Commission and the meeting's principal speaker. Dr. Robinson is entering the year in which, under policies of the UNC Board of Governors, he would retire as chancellor. He was nominated by WCU colleagues for the honor without his knowledge. The consortium said Dr. Robinson is "a true leader in important areas related to our Southern Appalachian heritage and people." It said one of his most significant accomplishments is the W CU Mountain Heritage Center, a regional museum serving western North Carolina. Because of the c enter, the consortium said, "the people of western North Carolina have the advantage of a modern building, well appointed and equipped, and dedicated to the preservation of mountain life and culture." The center collects and pr eserves artifacts, manuscripts, records, and documents; develops exhibitions and historical presentations; and disseminates cultural information through traveling exhibits, multi-image productions, workshops, public forums, and publications. He also was cited for development of Mountain Heritage Day, the biggest folk life celebration in western North Carolina. Last year, some 20,000 persons attended the event. The celebration, occurring this year Sept. 24, is featured in the September issue of Southern Living. The consortium said one of Dr. Robinson's principal contributions to the b etterment of contemporary Southern Appalachia is the Center for Improving Mountain Living. It was formed in 1976 to provide a ssistance to citizens and institutions seeking to improve the social, economic, physical, and cultural environment of the r egion. It praised him for his contributions as a leader in Western North Carolina Tomorrow, a 17-county leadership organization. He heads WNCT's committee on employment opportunities. The consortium said he has led a "broad-based effort to stimulate economic development." The consortium also recognized Dr. Robinson as "a key leader in the establishment and development of the Southern Appalachian Research-Resource Management Cooperative." -3- TRUSTEES EMERITI ARE HONORED Fifty-four former members of the board of trustees of Western Carolina University were formally recognized at a reception and luncheon here Sept, 10 as trustees emeriti. The present board conferred the recognition, acting under authorization from the UNC Board of Governors for individual institutions to establish the emeritus category. Former trustees identified to date are Jack E. Abbott, C. Jack Arrington, H. Bueck, Dr. John Coli, Paul E. Cowan, Orville D. Coward, W.H. Crawford, Mrs. J.W. Davidson, Robert L. Edwards (also a current trustee), Judge Sam J. Ervin III, W.R. Francis, Hugh E. Gentry, James H. Glenn, John H. Gloyne, Mrs. F.S. Griffin, James J. Harris, Jack M. Hennessee, Dr. David E. Henson, Sen. Charles W. Hipps, T. Carlton Holt, Arnold J. Hyde, Dr. Wallace N. Hyde (also a current trustee), Ted Jordan, Hazen Ledford, Thomas L. Mallonee, W.H. McDonald, W. Harold Mitchell, Reginald E. Moody, Mrs. Dan K. Moore, Clyde M. Norton, Mrs. Helen B. Owen, Roy Patterson, Mrs. Avis S. Phillips (also a current trustee), Mrs. Charles E. Ray, Mrs. Robert Russell, Dr. Charles 0. Van Gorder, Modeal Walsh, Frank H. Watson (also a current trustee), Frank Weaver, Boyce A. Whitmire, E.J. Whitmire, and Richard B. Wynne. The following former student presidents were honored as ex officio members of the board: Blake B. Brown, Donna R. Clemmer, David P. Huskins, G. Michael Killam, Gregory K. Lockamy, Gary D. Long, Roger L. McKinney, Patrick M. Murphy, H. Dwight Nelson, Wanda L. Nelson, Walton R. Teague, and Mark Williams. ANNOUNCEMENTS SQUARE DANCING CLASSES WILL BE OFFERED by the Sylva Steppers and WCU faculty and staff members are invited. New beginners' classes begin Sept. 22, Sept. 29, and Oct. 6 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jackson County Community Center. The first class is free. Call 586-2211 for more information. EXCEL BEGINS ITS FALL SERIES SATURDAY morning at 9 a.m. in the dance studio of Reid. The scheduled program for Sept. 17 is a crafts display by group members, and for Oct. 15 is a s ing-along with James Dooley. For more information, call Pam Edwards at CIML, ext. 7492. SHAKESPEAREAN TRAGEDY OPENS LCE SEASON The N.C. Shakespeare Festival will visit Western Sept. 21 for a n 8 p.m. performance of Othello in Hoey Auditorium. The WCU performance will be part of the Festival's three-state tour during the month of September and is sponsored by the u niversity's Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Program. The drama revolves around the jealous Moor, Othello, and Desdemona, his devoted wife. Set un der the hot sun of the Mediterranean, Othello is a tragedy of intrigue and love in which misunderstandings, petty ambition, and hateful conniving distort the truth. Milledge Mosley is cast as Othello. His role here follows a busy summer that saw him play Crooks in Of Mice and Men, Panthino in Two Gentlemen of Verona, and Sven in Light Up the Sky. His past credits include Equus on Broadway, appearances at LaMama and Lincoln Center in New York, and work in regional theatres. Mary Hopeman will appear as Desdemona. A graduate of the N.C. School of the Arts, she has performed in such roles as Ophelia in Hamlet, Viola in Twelfth Night, and Celia in As You Like It. The role of Iago, one of Shakespeare's greatest villains, will be played by Eric Zwemer. Other actors in the company include Sheila Duell, Randall Haynes, Lucius Houghton, Jeff Hughes, and Max Jacobs. Ticket prices for the production are $10 for adults, $5 for non-WCU students, $1 for WCU students with valid I.D., and free for LCE subcribers. A 20 percent senior citizen discount applies. For reservations, call Doug Davis at ext. 7234. WESTERN WILL BE FEATURED ON "P.M. MAGAZINE" Monday and Tuesday, Sept. 19 and 20, at 7:30 p.m. on WLOS-TV (Channel 13). PRESIDENT BILL FRIDAY'S "N.C. PEOPLE" SHOW on public t.v. will feature, in coming weeks, two interviews done at Western Aug. 27. The first, with Cherokees Robert Bushyhead and Mary Widenhouse, airs Monday, Sept. 19, at 7:30 p.m. and repeats Sunday, Sept. 25, at 6 p.m. The second, with John Parris, airs Oct. 17 and 23. -4- MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY FEATURES FOOTRACE t FOOD, FOOTBALL, AND FINE DOINGS Music and dancing, crafts and food, will be available throughout Mountain Heritage Day, Saturday, Sept. 24. A multitude of special events are planned. Here is the s chedule: 8 a.m. - Entries in the baked goods division of the FOOD FAIR will be accepted at Belk until 10 a.m. Registration begins for the Mountain Heritage Day FIVE-MILER FOOTRACE (front of Reid) and for the CHAIN-SAW CONTEST (northwest corner of Belk intramural field). 9 a.m. - The FIVE-MILER FOOTRACE begins from starting line (front of Forsyth) and ends at WCU track. CHAIN-SAW COMPETITION begins (ends at 1 p.m .). MUSIC AND DANCE begin on Belk stage. CAT SHOW begins (parking area, east side Robinson Building). DOG SHOW begins (south end, Belk intramural field). 10 a.m. - Booths open along the midway for CRAFTSMEN AND VENDORS. FOLK ARTISTS1 DEMONSTRATIONS AND EXHIBITIONS open at the Mountain Heritage Center. TRADITIONAL MUSIC begins at the Mountain Heritage Center stage. HERITAGE CENTER GALLERIES OPEN featuring "Migration of the Scotch-Irish People," with 60-foot mural, cabins, and 20-minute multi-image show (begins hourly on the hour in Founders Auditorium through 4 p.m.). OLD TRUCK SHOW begins (Belk intramural field). CHILDREN'S GAMES begin (children's activity center, Belk field, until 4 p.m.). FOOD FAIR JUDGING begins. 10:30 a.m. - "SACRED HARP" SING begins on religious music stage at the east entrance to Robinson Building (continues until 12:30 p.m.) 1 p.m. - "CHRISTIAN HARMONY" SING begins on religious music stage at Robi nson Building. HORSESHOE PITCHING (men's singles) begins at south end, Belk intramural field. 2:30 p.m. - HORSESHOE PITCHING (women's singles, men's doubles) continues at south end, Belk intramural field. 3 p.m. - HOG-CALLING CONTEST (Belk intramural field). 3:30 p.m. - WESTERN CAROLINA TOBACCO-SPITTING CHAMPIONSHIP (Belk field). 4:40 p.m. - BARBECUE DINNERS (beside Belk stage, until 6 p.m., $3 for adults, $2 for children under 12). 7 p.m. - WCU's Catamounts and East Tennessee State's Buccaneers battle in SOUTHERN CONFERENCE FOOTBALL action in E.J. Whitmire Stadium. Recognition of 1983 Mountain Heritage Award winner at hal ftime. Parking is e xpected to be at a premium. Vans will provide shuttle service from outlying parking lots, such as those near the library and b aseball field. Parking for the hand icapped will be in the lot at the south end of Belk (near the stadium). Restrooms may be found on the first three floors of Belk. Rain plans will be available in the program Saturday morning. POETRY, MUSIC, DANCE HIGHLIGHT WEEK PRECEDING MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY Three special events on campus next week will set the ton e for Mountain Heritage Day —the annual Poetry Night at the Mountain Heritage Center, an LCE program with musician and storyteller Dave Holt, and an outdoor square dance behind the university center. The Appalachian woman will be the su bject as poet Kathryn Stripling Byer and singer Joyce Farwe 11 join arts for Poetry Night Tuesday, Sept. 20. The free program of poetry from Byer's book Alma and traditional songs of the Appalachians will begin at 7:30 p.m. in Founders Auditorium. On Thursday, Sept. 22, Dave Holt will present a program of songs and stories in the traditional mountain style. Accomplished with most instruments—including harabones, banjo, and jew's harp—Dave is also the host of a current public television series called "Folkways." His show here, part of the LCE series, will begin at 8 p.m. in the Music-English Recital Hall. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for non-WCU students. On Friday night, a free square dance behind the university center will feature music by the Tuckasegee String Band. Free lemonade will be s erved. The dance begins at 8 p.m. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina September 23, 1983 THEATRE SEASON OPENS WITH WILLIAMS DRAMA Western's 1983-84 theatre season will open with a six-day run of Tennessee Williams' award-winning Cat on a Hot Tin Roof. The University Players and department of speech and theatre arts will stage the drama at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday-Saturday, Sept. 27-Oct. 1, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 2, in the Little Theatre of Stillwell Building. New York Times drama critic Brooks Atkinson has called Cat on a Hot Tin Roof "a stunning drama.the quintessence of life.the basic truth" and "Mr. Williams' finest drama." As the play opens, members of the Pollitt family and their friends are celebrating the 65th birthday of "Big Daddy," the family's tyrannical patriarch. The tone is gay, but old family conflicts—jealousy, greed, and i llusion—undermine the gaiety. "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof is a delicately wrought exercise in human communication," explained Donald L. Loeffler, play d irector and head of speech and theatre arts. "The characters try to escape from the loneliness of their private lives, but the truth invariably terrifies them. It is the one thing they cannot face or speak." With this play, Williams won his second Pulitzer Prize and third Drama Critics' Award. The WCU production will be entered in the 16th annual American College Theatre Festival, which is produced by the J ohn F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in cooperation with the University and College Theatre Association, a division of the American Theatre Association. the library staff as Big Mama Terry Wood as Maggie; Jeff Sauer of the library staff as Brick; Kate Marshall as Mae; Richard Dudley as Gooper; Chris Eicher as the Rev. Tooker; Mark Hopey as Dr. Baugh; and David Mulkey, Carolyn Malkinski, and Kristen Davis as servants. Set design is by Jame s B. Wood and lighting by Richard S. Beam, both of the theatre arts faculty. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for children. The box office is now open and reservations may be made by calling ext. 7365. HFR CALLS FOR ALLIANCE TO BOOST MANPOWER North Carolina's two-year community college and university systems must strike a new alliance to help lift the state 's manpower capabilities, Chancellor H.F. Robinson said last week at Anson Technical College. Dr. Robinson represented the UNC sys tem at the inauguration of Dr. Edwin Chapman, formerly of Cullowhee and Morganton, as the college's new president. He said North Carolina is failing to meet the demands of a high technology society because too many people are stopping their education at the two-year college. Moreover, he said, most of the s tate's technical colleges are not encouraging their students to go on for higher education. Dr. Robinson said he hopes former Gov. Robert Scott, now president of the state's community college system, will help bring about changes. Cast members are Temple Smith of the WCU music faculty as Big Daddy; Phoebe Hall of The community college and university systems should "join hands" to upgrade the edu -2- cational level of the work force in North Carolina, he said. "We need to give special emphasis to the education of our people to the ma ximum of their abilities," he said. "This is not intended to de-emphasize the enrollment of the two-year institutions, nor to downgrade vocational and technical education, but rather to encourage all who enter these (two-year) classrooms to determine whether or not they have the ability of extending their education beyond that which is offered within these institutions." He said high technology industries in North Carolina are creating a demand for more highly educated people. "I propose," he said, "that it is time we examine our manpower capabilities in this state, and that we begin now to prepare the people for performance in the high technology society of which they are a part. "Unless we, as institutions in the university system, and you in the commu nity and technical college, join hands and provide programs that will enable the people to move on to education beyond the two- year institutions, and encourage them to do so, then increasingly the needs of our industries will be met with personnel provided from outside the st ate of North Carolina." Dr. Robinson said the number of students enrolling in the college-parallel curriculum in the state's community colleges has dropped from 19 percent in 1972 to less than 10 percent in 1982, while the number of students transferring from two-year colleges to s enior colleges has dropped from 2.3 percent to 1.5 percent during the same period. He said closer cooperation can help spread high technology throughout the state "rather than seeing it concentrated in a relatively small number of areas such as the Research Triangle." Faculties of both two-year and fo ur-year institutions must recognize the potential of two-year college students for university-level work, he said. The universities must provide programs to enable technical college students to tra nsfer "with maximum credit, in such areas as engineering technology, computer science and in formation systems, business and related areas." HUNTER LIBRARY TO CONDUCT USER SURVEY In connection with the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools' visit, Hunter Library plans to conduct a user survey with the same me thodology it used in 1 977. The survey will consist of two questionnaires: (1) a three-page form to be distributed to all faculty and to targeted classes encompassing all subject areas and class levels and (2) a one-page form to be completed inside the library to determine the principal reason for each u ser's visit, the library materials and f acilities used, and the u ser's success in finding the desired material. The administration of the survey will fall into three parts. The first part will consist of sa mpling approximately 10 to 15 percent of the student body. To do this, classes have been carefully selected to ensure a good distribution of returns by class or year of study and by field of study or major. The questionnaire will be distributed in classes taught on campus, completed by the students in class, and returned to the librar y by the i nstructor. The dates set for conducting this part of the survey a re Sept. 26-30. The second part of the survey wil l consist of sending the thr ee-page questionnaire to all WCU faculty listed in the current directory. The dates set for this phase are Oct. 17-28. The final part of the survey will be conducted Oct. 24 and 25. Each visitor to the library will be asked to complete a form based on his or her activities in the library on that p articular visit. The results of these two questionnaires will be tabulated and analyzed statistically using the SPSS computer program. All student, faculty, and user co operation in answering these questionnaires as completely as possible will be greatly appreciated by the library staff. PSYCHOLOGIST TO DISCUSS COUNSELING Gerald Corey, professor of human services and a counseling psychologist at California State University, will be a visiti ng scholar at Western Sept. 28-30. He will give a public lecture on "Current Trends in Counseling" Thursday, Sept. 29, from 2 3- until 3:30 p.m. in Killian 104. There is no charge for admission. A licensed psychologist and ma rriage, family, and child counselor, Dr. Corey also will meet with various student and faculty groups to discuss individual and group c ounseling techniques and ethical issues in counseling. For more information, call Mike Dougherty at ext. 7249. SWAZILAND IS SUBJECT AT UNIVERSITY FORUM The African kingdom of Swaziland lies in a politically sensitive and precarious region. A black n ation, it is surrounded on three sides by South Af rica, a country notorious for its white racism. To the northeast, it is flanked by Mozambique, a Marxist state of black nationalists. Though sympathetic to black na tionalist movements throughout Africa, Swaziland has become economically dependent on South Africa. The question is: How does Swaziland survive between these two polarized nations? The answer, not a simple one, will be discussed Monday night, Sept. 26, in a public forum at Western. Speaking will be Professor Z.J. Skhakhane, dean of humanities at the University of Swaziland. His topic is "Survival Politics: Regional Politics of Swaziland.M A Catholic priest with a Ph.D. in theology from the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome, Skhakhane also will expound on the survival of Lesotho, another independent black nation surrounded on all sides by South Africa. Professor Skhakhane is teaching in Cullo-whee this fall as part of an ongoing exchange between Western and the University of Swaziland, sponsored by the U .S. Information Agency. Under the program, Western is assisting the African university in developing degree programs and improving its economic and social affairs. In exchange, faculty from the African institution are teaching African studies at Western. Monday's program, part of WCU's University Forum for Contemporary Issues, will begin at 7 in the Natural Sciences Auditorium. CONTROVERSIAL EPA FIGURE TO SPEAK HERE Hugh Kaufman, director of the Hazardous Waste Site Assessment Program for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington and one of the most controversial figures in the environm ental movement, will speak at Western Sept. 27. Known as the "whistle blower" in the recent EPA political scandal, Kaufman's outspoken criticism of Reagan administration policies has frequently made national news. He charged that his own agency, the EPA, harassed him after his appearance on a CBS television "60 Minutes" show in April of 1982. He will begin his visit with an appearance at an open forum at noon Tuesday, Sept. 27, in the Multip urpose Room of Moore Hall. The forum, allowing faculty, students, and citizens to discuss questions of public interest, is scheduled to last until 1 p.m. At 2:30, he will speak in McKee 108 in cooperation with WCU's department of political science and public affairs. That session will scrutinize the political manipulations the EPA encounters when trying to carry out its mandate. The topic will be "Hazardous Waste Politics" and a question and answe r period will be included. Kaufman's principal lecture will be at 7 p.m. in the Music-English Recital Hall and will be entitled "The G reat Toxic Waste Scandal." Kaufman will present a firsthand account of his activities in various toxic waste investigations. He will discuss how he feels the federa l government has helped and hindered toxic waste cleanup. Wednesday morning, Sept. 28, Kaufman will discuss "Potential Biological and Health Effects of Current Hazardous Waste Disposal Practices" from 9 until 10:30 a.m. in Hoey Auditorium with the departments of biology and earth sciences and the environmental health program. All of Kaufman's appearances are open to the public and there is no charge for admission. His visit h ere is sponsored by the WCU Visiting Scholars Program and the environmental health program in the School of Nursing and Healt h Sciences. An engineer by training, Kaufman has been with the EPA since its beginning in 1971. -4- SAFE ROADS ACT COMMITTEE AT WORK Under the leadership of Glenn Stillion, vice chancellor for student development, a committee is now at work on the campus to help explain and interpret the new Safe Roads Act of 1983 for the benefit of students, faculty, and staff. The committee was appointed by Chancellor Robinson to help assure that every member of the university community is aware of the provisions of the law, a law that is significantly tougher on "driving while impaired" offenders. Members of the committee are Diane McDonald, legal counsel; Dick Campbell, traffic and security director; Randy Rice, housing director; W. Douglas Davis, assistant vice c
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