| 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 7, 1984 ALABAMA SHAKESPEARE FESTIVAL LEADS OFF NEW LCE SERIES Professional classical theatre by the Alabama Shakespeare Festival will open the 1984-85 Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions Series at Western Friday, September 14. The Alabama touring group will perform Bernard Shaw's hilarious and touching comedy Arms and the Man at 8 p.m. in Hoey Auditorium. Before the LCE Series concludes late next spring, more than 18 cultural arts programs will be held at WCU, including a speaking appearance by consumer advocate Ralph Nader, a visit by the Joffrey II Dancers, and a concert by the Charlotte Symphony. The LCE Series at Western Carolina, funded primarily by student activity fees, is designed for students, but it is open to the public on both a season subscription and individual performance basis. Season subscribers realize substantial savings over box office prices and are assured of seating. Season subscription prices for the 1984-85 season are $40 for adults, $70 for couples (two adult season tickets), $25 for WCU student spouses, and $20 for non-WCU students (six through 18 years of age). Box office prices for individual performances, on a space-available basis, depend on events. Regular box office prices are $5 for adults, $2 for non-WCU students, and $1 for WCU students. Special events—the Alabama Shakespeare Festival, Joffrey II Dancers, and Charlotte Symphony—cost $10 for adults, $5 for non- WCU students, and $2 for WCU students. A 20 percent senior citizen discount is available at the special events. All musical events in the LCE schedule take place in the Music Recital Hall unless otherwise noted. Events set for this fall: — Aug. 28-Sept. 14, Contemporary American Indian Art, Belk Building Gallery; — Sept. 14, Alabama Shakespeare Festival's Arms and the Man; — Sept. 18, Blair String Quartet; — Sept. 24-0ct. 19, North Carolina Glass '84, Belk Gallery, and the Bill and Jane Brown Glass Collection, Chelsea Gallery; — Sept. 27, folk entertainer David Holt; — Oct. 18, Concord Trio; — Nov. 13, Ralph Nader, Hoey Auditorium; — Nov. 27, soprano Jacquelyn Culpepper; — Nov. 29, Joffrey II Dancers, ballet, Hoey Auditorium. All LCE performances begin at 8 p.m. There is no charge for art exhibitions. Additional funding for several of these programs is provided by the N.C. Arts Council and Southern Arts Federation through the National Endowment for the Arts. Next Friday's show, Arms and the Man, is set in turn-of-the-century Bulgaria. A delicate satire and ironic fantasy, it is the light-hearted tale of a practical young officer who stuffs his ammunition belt with chocolates instead of bullets, and of the girl who scornfully mocks his cowardice. Contact Doug Davis (ext. 7234) for tickets. -2- WESTERN1S SELF-STUDY STEERING COMMITTEE is planning, coordinating, and facilitating the Self- Study: (left to right, first row) Royce Woosley, Chairperson; Bob Jakes, Ed Cohen, Jane Schulz, Alice Mathews, and Meredith Moody; (second row) Harry Ramsey, Ben Ward (ex officio), Charles Taylor, William Kane, with Staff Director Martha McKinney. Not pict ured are committee members J.C. Alexander, Joe Beck, Ellerd Hulbert, Randy Rice, Doug Reed, Robert Edwards, and Lisa Blevins. SELF-STUDY ORGANIZED FOR FULL INVOLVEMENT A project as far-ranging and complex as the institutional Self-Study has required a comprehensive organization. The Self-Study will address 11 "standards" of the university: purpose, organization and administration, educational program, financial resources, faculty, library, student development services, physical resources, special activities, graduate program, and research. Eight committees have been formed, with three committees each taking responsibility for two of the standards. Chairpersons were appointed by the Chancellor, who also appointed the members of the Steering Committee, and the Steering Committee appointed members of the other committees. Each of the committees includes representatives from each academic school, the administration and staff, and the student body. They were selected on the basis of broad representation of all segments of the university community, special expertise and knowledge of the university, demonstrated leadership capabilities, and diversity of backgrounds and experiences. The board of trustees is represented on the Steering Committee and the Purpose and Organization and Administration Committee. The Steering Committee, headed by Royce Woosley, will monitor committee work, promote inter-committee communication, coordinate use of facilities and materials, develop (with editor) style and format policy, serve as a clearinghouse for development and administration of questionnaires, surveys, and other Self-Study instruments, settle jurisdictional disputes, communicate with the total university regarding progress and findings, report to SACS midway in the process, review draft reports from standards committees and evaluate, provide for university-wide review of the draft report, enforce deadlines, assist and advise committees when needed, produce (with editor) the final report, and distribute it. Ben Ward is Self-Study Editor. He will assist the Steering Committee in reviewing drafts and editing the final reports. Each academic department and school will be conducting unit self-studies, findings from which will be incorporated into the standards committees1 reports. Departmental and school coordinators for these studies began activities with a workshop last week. Surveys of faculty, administrators, staff, students, and alumni will be made late this month and early in October. The questionnaires are to obtain opinions and suggestions from as many members in each group as is feasible, to obtain information germane to the S elf-Study but not available in existing data files, and to enable the respondents to make written suggestions. The bulk of committee research will occur this fall, with data collection being coordinated by Self-Study Staff Director Martha McKinney. Departmental self-studies and tentative standards committee reports will come to the Steering Committee in November. School self-studies are to be d one by late January. These reports, as well as survey results, will be used by the standards committees to prepare final reports for submission to the Steering Committee in late winter. A draft Self-Study summary report will be shared with the university community before the close of spring semester. -3- EXCITING WEEKEND IN ATLANTA PLANNED Want to visit Atlanta for a weekend of music and art before buckling down for spring semester? What is being called MThe Exhibition of the Century" opens at the High Museum in Atlanta November 19 and will stay until February 24. "China: 7000 Years of Discovery" has visited only two other American cities. Regarded as "better than Tut," like that exhibition the China show requires admission tickets for specific dates and times. The Atlanta event is unique in that Chinese fine arts will be displayed in addition to the hundreds of artifacts in this impressive exhibition of ancient Chinese culture, science, and technology. The Chinese early developed gunpowder, astronomy, medicine, mechanics, and much more. Fourteen artisans will be demonstrating their skills in ancient crafts and sciences such as silk brocade weaving, papermaking, calligraphy, printing, double-sided embroidery, and porcelain pottery. To facilitate attendance by area residents, interested people here have reserved a group of tickets for the weekend right before classes begin after Christmas, January 11-12. The same weekend, the Atlanta Symphony will perform an ail-Russian program that includes Tschaikovsky1s Symphony No. 1, Rachmaninoff1s Piano Concerto No. 2. and Prokofiev's Scythian Suite. Guest pianist for the concerto is internationally known Ruth Laredo. Guest conductor is Sergiu Comissiona, conductor of the Houston Symphony. Our entourage could hear the Symphony Friday night at a special price of $11 each, see the Chinese exhibition the next morning, and have Saturday afternoon for shopping or other entertainments. Many Atlanta hotels offer attractive weekend and group rates. Colony Square, for example, is within easy walking distance of both the museum and the symphony hall and offers a special weekend that includes a "famous Blue Jean Brunch" and complimentary champagne. It will be possible to arrange a total weekend package trip at special rates for those interested. If the idea sounds attractive, come to an informational meeting Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 3:30 p.m. in Classroom A, Hunter Library. University Librarian Bill Kirwan will show slides from the China exhibit and give more information on the possibilities. If you are interested but can't make it then, come to a second showing Thursday night at 7:30, also in Classroom A. Coordinating this special event are Hunter Library and the Office of Development and Special Services. Transportation to and in Atlanta is the individual's responsibility. ANNOUNCEMENTS THE MEDIA CENTER IS OPEN MONDAY THROUGH Thursday from 8 a.m. until 9 p.m., and on Friday from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. It is closed on weekends. FIREWORKS WILL BE FEATURED AT HALFTIME when Western plays Davidson here Sept. 8. The WCU Band will play before the game. Our new band director Joel Schultz will present the band in its first full show at halftime Sept. 29, during the game with Tennessee Tech on Mountain Heritage Day. Both games begin at 7 p.m. THOSE INTERESTED IN THE LEARNING STYLES INVENTORY to be discussed by Susan Leflar in her lecture on "Analysis of Individual Learning Styles" at 3 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 12, may obtain it prior to the lecture in 104 Killian at a cost of 60 cents. The advance supply of Kolb Inventories has been depleted. For more information, contact Arlene Stewart in Special Services. DO YOU HAVE MEDICAL EXPENSES INCURRED between Jan. 1, 1981, and Sept. 30, 1982, not presented for payment to Blue Cross and Blue Shield before Jan. 1, 1984? Recent legislation has authorized payment from the State Employees' Comprehensive Major Medical Plan for expenses if they were eligible for reimbursement at that time, but you must file in time for benefits to be paid before Sept. 30, so act fast! Claims may be submitted on the current forms, but they must be submitted directly to the Board of Trustees at this address: State Health Insurance Plan 300 N. Salisbury Street, Room 400 Raleigh, N.C. 27611 If you have questions or need forms, please contact the University Personnel Office (ext. 7218). -4- NAMES IN THE NEWS WILBURN HAYDEN, JR., (head, Social Work), attended the Democratic Convention in San Francisco, July 11-20. He represented the National Association of Social Workers and worked primarily with the Black Caucus. DAN SOUTHERN (program director) and NORMA COOK (clinical coordinator, Medical Technology) attended the national meeting of the American Society for Medical Technology in Kansas City in June. Southern is regional chairman for the education assembly, and Cook serves on the national editorial board for microbiology of the society. THOMAS N. DORSEL (Psychology) recently presented a workshop titled "Health Psychology and Chronic Illness" for faculty and students of Texas Chiropractic College in Houston, Texas. This follows a series of programs Dr. Dorsel has been conducting at C.J. Harris Community Hospital in Sylva during the past spring and summer. DOTTIE TATUM (Elementary Education and Reading) conducted a workshop August 14-15 for the Asheville City Schools. The 50 participants dealt with the topic "Supporting Children from Kindergarten through High School in Crisis." ROGER BISSON (Modern Foreign Languages) spent much of the summer at Bethany College in Bethany, W.Va., directing a six-week intensive French program for medical students bound for France. The program, conducted by the Committee for International Medical Exchange (CIME), had been held in Cullowhee under Bisson's direction for the past several summers. This year's class of 46 is the largest to date. CHARLES STEVENS (Political Science and Public Affairs) was one of 22 nationally selected faculty members who participated in a seminar on "The Constitution and Foreign Affairs: Power Sharing in Practice" held at the Brookings Institution in Washington. Conducted by I.M. Destler, the seminar was sponsored by the American Historical Association and the American Political Science Association to observe the American constitutional bicentennial. EVA ADCOCK (Music) attended the National Dalcroze Conference at the University of Wisconsin in Madison August 6-10, and the Suzuki Institute at the University of Wisconsin at Stevens Point August 13-17. Dr. Suzuki, the founder of the Suzuki String Method, was in attendance. DAVID A. MATHEWES (Chemistry) attended the Eighth Biennial Conference on Chemical Education at the University of Connecticut. He was one of several judges of a Computer Programming Contest for Project Seraphim. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS John L. Bell, Jr. "When the Bank Failed," in Barry M. Buxton, ed., The Appalachian Experience: Proceedings of the 6th Annual Appalachian Studies Conference. Boone: Appalachian Consortium Press, 1983, pp. 95-101. [Failure of the C entral Bank and Trust Company, Asheville, Nov. 20, 1930.] Clifford R. Lovin. Review of Stewart A. Stehlin's Weimar and the Vatican, 1919- 1933: German Vatican Diplomatic Relations in the Interwar Years (Princeton, 1984), in Choice (July-August, 1984), 548. Bill Buchanan. Review of Jack Earl Ceramic Sculpture Exhibition at WCU, in Ceramics Monthly Magazine (May 1984), 31-33. J. Richard Gentry. "Five Developmental Stages of Spelling," in Texas Tech Journal of Education, 11, 2 (1984), 189-201. McKEVLIN1S BOOK INTERPRETS DONNE Dennis J. McKevlin. A Lecture in Love's Philosophy: Donne's Vision of the World of Human Love in the Songs and Sonets. Lanham, Md.: University Press of America, Inc., 1984, 122 pp. This new book suggests that in his "Songs and Sonets" John Donne presents his vision of the world of human love, giving these highly diversified lyrics a structural and thematic unity. According to the book, this unified body of lyric may be interpreted as a poetic attempt to establish unity within the individual, the cosmos, and the deity. Such a unity has a philosophical basis in Donne's bold and unique application of the traditional system of u niversal correspondences. The book is aimed at students and scholars of 17th-century poetry. The WCU Book and Supply Store has copies available for sale. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina September 14, 1984 PVO CENTER GETS $1.5 MILLION GRANT A $1.5 million grant to lead a worldwide "water harvesting" project tackling critical water problems in developing countries has been awarded to WCU by the U.S. Agency for International Development. The award is part of a five-year, $16.8 million pilot project development through the Joint Private Voluntary Organization/University Rural Development Center headquartered at Western's Center for Improving Mountain Living. Announcement of the grant was made Thursday by 11th District U.S. Rep. James McClure Clarke. Water harvesting is the collection and storage of rainfall which normally would run off to provide increased water for household use, stock watering, garden irrigation, aquaculture, and, in some cases, for drinking. The project at WCU will bring together a network of private voluntary organizations with vast field experience (CARE, Lutheran World Relief and the Cooperative League of the USA), the International Center for Aqua-culture at Auburn University, the Center for Women in Development, the Southeast Consortium for International Development in the Research Triangle Park and others, in an effort to best use information, experience, and resources. "The most critical need of people is water," said Merton Cregger, director of WCU's CIML and executive secretary of the Joint PVO/University Center. "The lack of availability of water and its improper use and development throughout the world is a serious problem. This project attacks that problem directly by spreading a proven technology that will be beneficial to the very disadvantaged. The very marginal villages will benefit from this project and will be basically the t argets," Cregger said. According to 1981 statistics, only 11 percent of the rural population in 91 developing countries had an adequate water supply, and more that 30 percent of a rural woman's time is spent in the a cquisition of water. The project will identify sites where the needs are most critical and very small watersheds can be developed. Initial sites under consideration are in Africa, Asia, and Latin America and include areas in Tanzania, Peru, Guatemala, the Dominican Republic, and Nepal. "These are small, miniwatersheds or drainage areas," Cregger said, "not huge ones like the Tennessee Valley." "Often they are watersheds you wouldn't think of as watersheds at all. You might not even think there is a drainage situation there, but there is," he said. The plan is to strategically place small earthen dams and dig ponds. Then villagers will be trained in upkeep and handling of the water, including types of vegetation to permit, kinds of fish introduced, and generally how the water should be used. Some projects may only lessen the use of drinking well water for irrigation; others may develop into quite involved fish farming and aquaculture as a source of protein. "Particularly in Africa, where they have the so-called 'hunger season' during the dry season, the idea of providing water for a longer term, even if you don't have water for the whole year, is very important," Cregger said. -2- "The hunger season usually happens when last year's crops are all used up and this year's crops are not ready for harvesting," said Nancy Blanks, associate director for international programs at CIML and water harvesting project coordinator. "It's the time of the highest morbidity and mortality rates in the country. What happens is economic disaster because people lose their water and don't have anything to eat. They begin to sell their stock in order to meet the minimal needs of their families. "By the time the hunger season is over, the family that may have made some progress through the year is right back to ground zero. They may have lost a fam ily member or two and then are forced to start all over again with no stock or seed, often because they have eaten their seed to stay alive," Blanks said. She is a former Peace Corps director with first-hand experience. Cregger said the water harvesting/aquacul-ture project addresses the water problems with a developmental use of resources. He said while food may be provid ed for the village work force, it will be food used to develop, not merely to sustain. Initial field projects will be sponsored by CARE, Cooperative League of the USA, and Lutheran World Relief. Planned are 18 sites affecting some 21,600 people by the second year. In the third year, some 32,400 direct beneficiaries are projected. "Water harvesting is a relatively simple technology, but the potential is quite large and important," Cregger said. "In some cases, a matter of life or death," added Blanks. SOCIAL WORK DEPARTMENT IS REACCREDITED Western's department of social work has received reaccreditation by the Council on Social Work Education. The reaccreditation of the B.S. program is for seven years, said department head Wilburn Hayden, Jr. The council is a national organization representing 88 graduate and 343 undergraduate programs of professional social work education in the U.S. In North Carolina, 13 undergraduate programs and one graduate program are accredited by the CSWE. TRUSTEES HOLD FIRST MEETING OF THE YEAR Wallace N. Hyde, Asheville insurance executive and prominent Democratic political figure, was re-elected chairman of the Western Carolina University board of trustees September 6. Frank H. Watson, Spruce Pine attorney, a past president of the North C arolina State Bar and f ormer state representative from Mitchell County, was elected to another term as vice chairman. Mrs. Avis Phillips of Knoxville, Tenn., a business executive, was re-elected secretary. A full turn-out of the board's 13 members greeted WCU's new chancellor, Myron L. Coulter, who took office August 1. This board meeting was the first since Dr. Coulter began his duties. In a salute to outgoing Chancellor H.F. Robinson, the board directed that a resolution be prepared designating Dr. Robinson chancellor emeritus. It also approved a resolution of appreciation commending Mrs. Colleen C. Jakes, former assistant to the chancellor. In a series of actions affecting buildings, the board approved $532,300 to replace the roofs on Camp Laboratory School's gymnasium and shop building and on part of the main classroom building, and appointment of Foy and Lee of Waynesville as architects; $361,000 for the first phase of roof repairs on Albright-Benton, Leatherwood, and Scott residence halls and appointment of Wood and Cort of Asheville as architects; and $92,300 for an office addition at Dodson Cafeteria. It approved fee changes as follows for the 1985-86 academic year: residence hall, up $25 from $430 to $455 a semester; recreation and culture fee, up $3 from $43 to $46 a semester; and, for the summer of 1985, a 25-cent increase in the infirmary fee and elimination of a health and physical education building debt service fee. Appointment of James Ralph DeVane as half-time director of the new Math and Science Center authorized by the 1984 General Assembly was approved. Three acting department heads were named: Joseph Y. Bassett, Jr., chemistry; Curtis William Wood, Jr., history; and William Henry Brunsen, economics and finance. -3- In other personnel actions, Thomas Lebo Massie, an economist at the Southwestern North Carolina Planning and Economic Development Commission in Bryson City was named to the post of regional economist in the Center for Improving Mountain Living; George Richard Gainey was promoted to assistant professor in the radio and television program; and Wilma B. Cosper, retired head of the department of home economics, was named professor emeritus. POOL LIFT WILL HELP INSTRUCTION The department of health, physical education, and recreation recently acquired a swimming pool lift for the Reid Gym swimming pool. The new lift, manufactured by the Nolan Lift Company, features easy installation and p ortability, and it uses a garden hose for hydraulic pressure. Besides being used to help train health, physical education, and recreation majors in procedures which are helpful to handicapped people, the Nolan lift will help handicapped people in the surrounding region— university students, children, elders, and others—who would profit from physical activity in an aquatic environment. Purchase of the lift was a joint effort between the WCU department and the Physical Therapy department at C.J. Harris Community Hospital in Sylva. Otto Spilker of the WCU faculty received a $500 grant from the Moss Foundation, and Diane Peek of the hospital staff received a grant to complete payment for the lift. MICRONET WILL SPONSOR CONFERENCE The WCU Micronet Project will sponsor a Computers in Education conference Saturday, Oct. 6, from 8:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. In the auditorium of the Natural Sciences Building, WCU faculty and regional teachers of grades kindergarten through twelve will present papers, demonstrations, and panel discussions on topics such as software selection, trouble-shooting, rank and grade programs, test generators, and Macintosh graphics. Western's CAD graphics will be demonstrated as well. Visiting Scholar James Spain, Eastern Michigan University, will address the problem of how best to harness the power of computers for the classroom and describe the SUMIT (BASIC life science simulations) which he directed under sponsorship of the National Science Foundation. He will conduct special simulation workshops both Oct. 5 and 6. The registration fee of $10 includes lunch. Send check payable to WCU to Linda Perry, WCU Micronet Project, NS 214. For further information, call ext. 7633 after 2 p.m. IS YOUR JELLY READY? Mountain Heritage Day is coming up soon, and your homemade jellies, canned and ba ked goods, pickles, conserved heritage foods such as dried leather britches and fruits, honey, and molasses are in demand for the popular Food Fair September 29. There's a special division for foods produced by young people under the age of 16, so if your children like to help in the kitchen, encourage them to try for a ribbon, too. Categories are as follows: canned fruits and juices, canned vegetables, pickles and relishes, jams and jellies, canned and dried heritage foods, quick breads, tube and loaf cakes, decorated and layer cakes, cookies, yeast breads and fancy yeast breads, heritage breads such as corn bread, stack cake, and sourdough, and pies. The youth division includes all of the above, plus cupcakes and candy. Five Grand Champions will be awarded in addition to 150 first and second place ribbons. Some categories will have third place ribbons as well. Canned goods must be in the Agricultural Extension Office in the Community Services Building, Sylva, by 10 a.m. Friday, September 28. Baked goods should be brought to the booth at M ountain Heritage Day by 9:30 Saturday morning. For more information, call June J. Pell at the Extension Office, 586-4009. WESTERN ON THE AIR Several WCU faculty and staff members have recently appeared on television, thanks to efforts by the Office of Public Information Michael and Cherie Lee (Home Economics) appeared August 20 in Greenville, N.C., on WNCT's "Carolina Today" program, speaking on the interior design program which he -4- coordinates. Dr. Lee's remarks were about the program here and the excellent job prospects for our graduates. Mrs. Lee described the portfolios that our students prepare in their senior years, a deciding factor in job interviews. She showed a sample portfolio on the air. Susie Ray (director, Cooperative Education) appeared August 20 on WTVD, Durham, N.C., describing cooperative education as a national trend and the success of WCU's program on "TVD 11 Ne ws at Noon." Davia Allen (Home Economics) was a guest August 20 on "Morning Digest," WPTF, Raleigh. Her subject was blended families and the challenge they present. Dr. Allen coordinates the Child Development and Family Relations program here. Don Dalton (assistant football coach) appeared August 27 on the "Carolina Noon" program of WSPA in Spartanburg, S.C. His subject was the course "Football Basics— Especially for Ladies" that he is teaching through WCU's Division of Continuing Education. He gave a humorous and informative introduction to the game of football. FACULTY PUBLICATION Joan Byrd. Review of "North Carolina Glass '84," in Neues Glas (English-German edition), July-September 1984, 157-158. NAMES IN THE NEWS JUDITH M. STILLION (Psychology) has been elected vice-president of the Forum for Death Education and Counseling, an international association for professionals who study, teach, or counsel in death, bereavement, and related topics. Dr. Stillion presented three workshops August 22 to teachers in Thomson, Ga., on the topic of "Inviting Success in the Classroom: The Invitational Hierarchy." She also keynoted the in-service training August 24 for teachers in Amherst, Va., speaking on teacher power. DONALD L. LOEFFLER (head, Speech and Theatre Arts) attended the annual meeting of the American Theatre Association in San Francisco August 8-16 as president of the University and College Theatre Association. UCTA comprises 65 percent of the ATA membership. President Loeffler conducted annual board and membership meetings of UCTA and also served on the ATA board of directors and ATA nominations committee. At present, as immediate past president, he is in charge of the UCTA nominations committee, membership committee, and long-range planning committee. He continues to spearhead a national, state, and regional program to initiate theatre education conferences in all states and all ATA regions for the 1984- 86 biennium. DANCE, PUBLIC RELATIONS COURSES COMING UP Among several courses being offered region-wide this fall through WCU's Division of Continuing Education are two in Cullowhee. "Grassroots Public Relations" will focus on the media and their organization, news releases, and other public relations tools. The course will be taught by Bill Moore, senior editor of The Asheville Citizen- Times , on Tuesdays, Sept. 18 and 25 and Oct. 2, 9, 23, and 30, from 7 until 8:30 p.m. in 118 Forsyth. Cost is $35. The course carries 0.9 CEU. "Aerobic Dance" is designed to help increase participants' energy, stamina, and muscle tone. WCU professor June Benson will teach the course on Thursdays, Sept. 20 through Nov. 8, from 6 until 7 p.m. at the dance studio in Reid Gym. Contact Continuing Education at ext. 7397 to register or get more information. MORE LCE: PROGRAMS FOR SPRING SEMESTER Last week's Reporter featured the Lectures, Concerts, and Exhibitions series for this year, but winter and spring programs had to be omi tted for lack of space. Exhibitions in Belk Gallery include the National Photography Invitational Jan. 14-31; Rosie Thompson, sculpture, Feb. 4-22; and Lithography/Painting, March 20-April 10. Musical programs include the return Jan. 24 of pianist Enid Katahn, who played in the Cullowhee Music Festival last summer; a Feb. 4 concert by the Charlotte Symphony with harp soloist Heidi Lehwalder; Harlem Nocturne in a Salute to Black Performers Feb. 12; the Georgia Woodwind Quintet Feb. 26; and oboist Franck Avril March 21. The series concludes April 11 with John Chappell as "Mark Twain on Stage." A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina September 21, 1984 MOUNTAIN HERITAGE DAY WILL BE BIGGER THAN EVER Western's Mountain Heritage Day will be 10 years strong on Saturday, September 29, and expectations are, with good weather, that the celebration may exceed the record crowd of 35,000 last year. Three stages that feature mountain music, clogging, and old-time "Sacred Harp" and "Christian Harmony" shape-note singing have full schedules and the midway, where mountain crafts and foods are sold, is booked to capacity. "We have more than 180 booths allotted this year, 50 more than last year," said Perry Kelly, who coordinates the craft entries. "And, again, it's all traditional—no factory made items or fast foods, but lots of cornshuck dolls, quilting, needlework, stained glass, woodwork, ham biscuits, lemonade, peanuts, beans and cornbread, and apple cider." Most of the folk artists that perform at Mountain Heritage Day are not professional musicians or craftspeople, but instead have learned their traditional arts and skills at home as children. Several, however, have gained state or national attention. Among those performing this year: —Stanley Hicks, banjo picker and storyteller, is a recipient of the National Heritage Fellowship Award by the National Endowment for the Arts. —Burlon Craig (potter), Etta Baker, and Cora Phillips (guitar pickers) along with Hicks are winners of the Brown-Hudson Award by the North Carolina Folklore Society. he recently toured Scotland for the U.S. Information Agency with another Mountain Heritage Day performer, Ross Brown, an old-time fiddler. —Doug Wallin, a ballad singer from Sodom- Laurel, was invited to the 1984 National Folk Festival. —The Carroll Best String Band participated along with Hicks, Wallin, Lloyd Owle (a wood carver), and Craig in the British- American Festival. —Ben Entrekin won first place in the old-time category of the Knoxville World's Fair Invitational Fiddle Championship. —David Holt and the Solid as a Rock Boys are among the best around; Holt is a champion banjo picker. —The Mountain Dance and Folk Festival champion Appalachian Mountaineer Cloggers and the Pisgah View Cloggers. Special demonstrations will include basketry, blacksmithing, broom making, carving, Cherokee hunting tools, herbs and roots, instrument making, pottery, shingle splitting, spinning, tatting, weaving, and whiskey making. Mountain Heritage Day also has a sack full of contests this year. There is a country run, food fair for canned and baked goods, a chain saw contest, a cat show, a dog show, horseshoe pitching for men and women, an old truck show, a knife swap, a tobacco-spitting contest and a hog-calling contest. —Lawrence Eller, a master at two-finger banjo picking, was recently featured in Art Rosenbaum's "Folk Visions and Voices," and At noon, the audience at the Belk Building stage will be called on to decide who has the longest, fullest, scraggliest, and -2- prettiest beard; who has the droopiest, longest, or most artistic moustache; and which man, woman, and child has the best mountain heritage costume. Although registration for some of the competitive events of Mountain Heritage Day begins at 8 a.m., the midway and music do not begin until 10. The full schedule looks like this: 8 a.m. - Baked goods accepted for food fair. Registration for five-mile race and chain saw contest begins. 9 a.m. - Footrace begins. Chain saws begin (continuing to 1 p.m.). Cat show and dog show begin. 10 a.m. - Midway booths open for crafts and food. Folk artists begin demonstrations and shows at Mountain Heri tage Center. Gilford Williams (traditional stage). Osment Family Band, Little Folks String Band (Belk stage). Old truck show and knife-swap begin. Children's games begin (continuing until 4 p.m.). Food fair judging begins. 10:30 a.m. - "Sacred Harp" sing (religious music stage, continuing until 12:30 p.m.). Stanley Hicks and Hamper McBee, storytelling (traditional stage). Harry Cagle and His Country Cousins (Belk stage). 10:43 a.m. - Fairview 49ers clogging (Belk stage). 11 a.m. - Puppet shows begin (Room 104 Belk Building, performances at 12:30, 2 and 3:30 p.m.). Carroll Best String Band (traditional stage). Blue Ridge Cloggers (Belk stage). 11:30 a.m. - Dave Holt and the Solid As a Rock Boys (Belk stage). 11:45 a.m. - Martha Wachacha and Kate Rogers, sacred songs (traditional stage). 12:15 p.m. - Etta Baker, Cora Phillips, guitar (traditional stage). 12:30 p.m. - Fashion show, beard, and moustache contests (Belk stage). 1 p.m. - Doug Wallin, Berzilla Wallin, and Kate Rogers, ballads (traditional stage). Cherokee Blue Earth Singers and Dancers (Belk stage). 1:30 p.m. - "Christian Harmony" sing (religious stage, continuing until 3:30 p.m.). Men's horseshoe singles (until 3 p.m.). Instrument making (traditional stage). Stoney Creek Boys (Belk stage). 1:45 p.m. - Appalachian Mountaineer Cloggers (Belk stage). 2 p.m. - Cullowhee Cloggers (Belk stage). 2:15 p.m. - Etta Baker, Cora Phillips (traditional stage). 2:30 p.m. - Women's singles, men's doubles horseshoe pitching. Dave Holt and the Solid As a Rock Boys (Belk stage). 3 p.m. - Mike Rogers with Barbara Reimensnyder, Ben Entrekin with S ara White, fiddles (traditional stage). 3:15 p.m. - Hog-calling (Belk stage). 3:30 p.m. - Western Carolina Tobacco-Spitting Championship. North Georgia String Band (traditional stage). Cherokee Blue Earth Singers and Dancers (Belk stage). 4 p.m. - Stoney Creek Boys (Belk stage). 4:15 p.m. - Pisgah View Smooth Dancers (Belk stage). Snowbird Indian Dancers (traditional stage). 4:45 p.m. - Pisgah View Cloggers (Belk stage). Barbecue dinners available (beside Belk stage, $3 for adults, $2 for children under 12, until 6 p.m.) 5 p.m. - Stages and midway close. 7 p.m. - Western Carolina vs. Tennessee Tech in football, E.J. Whitmire Stadium, recognition of the 1984 Mountain Heritage Day Award winner at halftim e. POETRY, MUSIC HERALD MOUNTAIN HERITAGE Award-winning poet Dr. Francis Pledger Hulme will be the featured reader during an evening of poetry and music at the Mountain Heritage Center Wednesday, Sept. 26, the first of three special events leading to Mountain Heritage Day. Other events include a performance by Appalachian musician Dave Holt Thursday evening, Sept. 27, and a free square dance featuring the Luke Smathers String Band from Canton Friday evening, Sept. 28. Wednesday's program at 7:30 p.m. in the heritage center's Founders Auditorium also will present musician Bill Mansfield and poet Meredith Epley McGinnis reading from her work. Hulme's second book of poems, Mountain Measure: A Southern Appalachian Verse Notebook, recently was reissued by Appalachian Consortium Press. When first published in 1976, Mountain Measure won both the Thomas Wolfe Literary Award and the Oscar Young Memorial Cup for the best book of poetry in North Carolina that year. His first book, Come Up the Valley, was published by Rutgers University Press. An entertaining reader, Hulme is a retired English professor who has taught at the State University of New York at Oswego, Asheville-Biltmore College, the University of York in England, Warren Wilson College, and elsewhere. This summer he lectured for the Appalachian Consortium's Southern Highlands Education Workshops. -3- Meredith Epley McGinnis is a 1982 graduate of Western, where she majored in English and studied writing with Kathryn Stripling Byer. Her senior year she won all three literary prizes offered by The Nomad, WCU's literary magazine. She lives in Charlotte with her husband and their baby daughter, Katie. North Carolina native Bill Mansfield is a Visiting Artist at Johnston Tech in Smith-ville. A storyteller who studied folklore at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, Mansfield plays in many different banjo styles and sings old-timey songs. The evening of poetry and music is open to the public at no cost for admission. Holt's performance will be at 8 p.m. Thursday in the M usic-English Recital Hall, sponsored by the university's LCE Series. Tickets are $5 for adults and $2 for non-WCU students. Friday's square dance is set for 7:30 p.m. in the Grandroom of the university center. It is free and so is the lemonade. Callers will be Bill Nichols and Doug Davis. INNOVATIVE THEATRE OPENS WITH SIMON PLAY Neil Simon's The Gingerbread Lady will open the University Players' 1984-85 season in the new Experimental Theatre at WCU Tuesday through Saturday, Sept. 25-29. Curtain time is 7:30 p.m. The Experimental Theatre, located adjacent to the Niggli Theatre, is a versatile new theatre with capacity of about 60 depending on whether seating is three-sided, in the round, or in another configuration. The Gingerbread Lady, characteristic of Simon's wit, is the touching and humorous story of the emotionally dependent relationships of an alcoholic woman, her ex-lover, a male and female friend, and her daughter. Diana Carlson of University Archives plays the woman. The rest of the cast includes Elizabeth Park, Roger Bright, Charlotte Gortney, Patrick Williamson, and David Mulkey. Kate Marshall directs. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for children. Call ext. 7491 for reservations. ANNOUNCEMENTS BIOLOGY PROFESSORS DAN PITTILLO AND JAMES W. WALLACE will give two lectures and slide presentations on their three months of study and travel in China next week. On Tuesday, Sept. 25, at 7:30 p.m., Dr., Wallace will give a travelogue with slides of Hong Kong, Guangzhou, Guilin, Kunming, Dali, Lijiang, Simae, Jing Hong, Mon Lung, Lunan, and Beijing. On Thursday, Sept. 27, at 7 p.m., Dr. Pittillo will contrast the lifestyle of the Chinese with that of Americans, showing many pictures of the Chinese agrarian society. Both professors recently returned from a faculty exchange program with Yunnan University in Kunming. Their presentations are free and open to the public. GUIDELINES FOR THIS YEAR'S MICRO-GRANTS have been sent to all faculty. The program awards funds on a competitive basis to support travel, subsistence, and registration/ tuition expenses associated with workshop attendance, short course participation, mini-internships, and other activities related to teaching improvement. Interested faculty should contact Martha McKinney (ext. 7495) for further information. THANKSGIVING MEANS THEATRE IN NEW YORK for those interested. Theatre seminars, a "backstage on Broadway" tour, tickets to four plays, and a visit to a television studio are some of the activities planned by WCU's department of speech and theatre arts for the week of Nov. 18-Nov. 23. A visit to the M useum of Modern Art, a discount shopping excursion, and the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade will round out the week. Plays the group will see are Sunday in the Park with George, The Real Thing, Brighton Beach Memories, and The Tap Dance Kid. The $600 cost includes air fare, quadruple accommodations at the Edison Hotel in New York's theatre district, and the planned activities. Other accommodations may be arranged at additional cost. Meals are not included in the price. In addition, tickets to Cats ($45) and La Cage Aux Folles ($47.50) may be arranged in advance. People may join the group in New York Nov. 18 at a cost of $365. If 40 people register, a bus will be chartered and t ransportation will cost less. A deposit of $300 is required by Monday, Oct. 1. To register or get more information, contact Don Loeffler in the STA department. -4- A 16MM BELL AND HOWELL MOVIE PROJECTOR was stolen this past summer from Hoey Auditorium. Any person having information concerning the person or persons responsible for this theft is requested to call Richard Campbell, Director of Traffic and Security (ext. 7301). A reward of $300 is being offered for information leading to recovery of the stolen equipment and prosecution of the person(s) responsible. "BRILLIANT" GLASS SHOW OPENS HERE "Blown glass is a quick-silver medium. There are deliberate steps which can augment or alter the object in its crystalline form, but its soul is the molten core, the trial by fire. Demanding as an art form, glass is te mperamental, probably maddening, infinitely rewarding.11 These words of Allys Palladino-Craig, director of the Fine Arts Center at Florida State, graphically introduce the best in North Carolina studio glass which will go on exhibit at Western Sept. 23 through Oct. 19 in "North Carolina Glass ,84." This sixth biennial invitational exhibition of North Carolina studio glass is, according to Joan Byrd, acting head of the WCU art department and curator of all five previous shows, "the most brilliant in the series thus far. If the early shows were uneven in quality, the upcoming exhibition is not. Unified by the strength of the work, North Carolina Glass *84 is alive with contrast." Since the initial show in 1974, the glass exhibition every two years at WCU has become one of the state's top shows and draws visitors from many other states and several foreign countries. This year the exhibition will be housed in an adapted classroom in WCU's Hunter Library. The show had to be moved within the last week because of unanticipated repair work around the Belk gallery. Artists whose works appear in North Carolina Glass '84 include Gary Beecham, Katherine Bernstein, William Bernstein, Kenny Carder, Fritz Dreisbach, Stephen Dee Edwards, Gilbert C. Johnson, Robert Levin, Harvey K. Littleton, John C. Littleton, Katherine E. Vogel, David Nichols, John Nygren, Mark Peiser, Richard Ritter, and Jan Williams. Opening at the same time and concurrent to the major exhibition will be a show featuring the B ill and Jane Brown Glass Collection in the Chelsea Gallery of Hinds. This show documents the North Carolina Glass Movement at Penland School and includes some 50 to 60 works. On Saturday, Sept. 22, Jack Schmidt will be on hand to demonstrate his technique from 9 a.m. until noon and from 2 until 4 p.m. at the glass annex building adjacent to Belk. The public is invited at no charge. The two shows officially open Sunday, Sept. 23, with several activities. From 11 a.m. until noon, Schmidt will present a "retrospective" slide presentation in Belk 104. "North Carolina Glass '84" will debut with a reception in Hunter from 1:30 until 3 p.m. hosted by Chancellor and Mrs. Coulter. From 2 until 4 p.m., Schmidt, Brown, Peiser, and Ritter will discuss the history of Penland as a glass center in the Music- English Recital Hall. Then, from 4 until 5 p.m., the Bill and Jane Brown Glass Collection will open in Chelsea with a gallery talk from 4 until 5 p.m. by Bill Brown. FREDA McCALL IS EOP FOR SEPTEMBER The WCU chapter of the N.C. Association of Educational Office Personnel is recognizing Freda McCall, secretary in the department of earth sciences, as its Educational Office Person for the month of September. She has been in that department for 13 years. A native of Sylva, Freda is a graduate of Glenville High School. She has an Associate of Applied Science degree from STC. A member of NCAEOP for eight years, Freda has been active on the Bake Sale Committee and last year coordinated the sale in Still-well Building. Her favorite hobby, when she has time for it, is hiking. She directs the Sunday School at Cashiers Baptist Church and is a member of the Assist Team with the Tuckaseegee Baptist Association. Freda and her husband, Richard, live in Sylva with their sons Jason and Jeffrey. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina September 28, 1984 WCU, WPCC TO COOPERATE IN HEALTH PROGRAMS A new cooperative program leading to undergraduate degrees in health sciences was announced last week by WCU Chancellor Myron L. Coulter and Western Piedmont Community College President Jim A. Richardson. By joint agreement, the program will allow students to complete a bachelor of science degree in medical technology, medical record administration, and health services management and supervision at the community college in Morganton. The arrangement through Western's School of Nursing and Health Sciences and Division of Continuing Education provides for Western Piedmont to furnish the physical facilities, such as classroom space, equipment for instruction, library privileges for students, and office space for a student adviser. The college also will designate a member of its Student Services staff as a liaison. Western Carolina faculty members will teach courses for the bachelor of science degrees in the three health sciences on the WPCC campus. In some cases, general education and other courses may be taught by WPCC instructors . This year, WCU department heads and faculty members in the School of Nursing and Health Sciences will provide academic advisement during the current year for 50 to 75 students at WPCC who are interested in the programs. This advisement process will help WCU determine which courses should be taught on the WPCC campus next year. This fall, WPCC is offering a course in biochemistry for about 20 students. Students admitted to the new program must meet WCU's admission requirements. This unique arrangement that guarantees provision of the three undergraduate programs at WPCC was worked out over the past two years and is effective with the current school year. "This is the right step for us to take," Dr. Coulter said. "It will advance students in a degree program, without duplication in course work. I'm particularly interested in degree-program orientation, so that the student benefits." Dean Thomas Connelly, Jr., said, "Western Piedmont has a strong academic program which fits well for transfer purposes into these health sciences curricula at Western Carolina University." President Richardson said WPCC first made undergraduate programs available at the community college campus 10 years ago, and the success of a WCU bachelor's degree program in industrial technology there has helped launch the new health sciences program. "We appreciate WCU's interest in bringing quality baccalaureate programs to our campus to serve the students of our region," he said. NEW MOUNTAIN HERITAGE SHOWS OPEN TOMORROW Two new exhibits portraying the human and natural history of the Southern Appalachian region will open Saturday, Sept. 29, in the Mountain Heritage Center. "Settling In" is a sequel to last year's major exhibit, "The Migration of the Scotch- Irish People," and depicts life soon after the immigrant's arrival in the early 1800s. Nineteenth century furniture, farm implements, and household utensils are displayed in and around a full-scale log cabin. The exhibit will run through March. In the other gallery, "Man and the Biosphere" -2- explains the Great Smoky Mountains National Park's designation as an International Biosphere Reserve because of its diverse plant and animal life. The center's new curator, Jan Davidson, said, "Biosphere means we have one world that contains all life." That exhibit will run through next May. The opening of these exhibits coincides with the 10th annual Mountain Heritage Day at Western. In the center's foyer are displayed artifacts from the center's permanent collection as well as newly acquired pieces, like early school books and supplies. The foyer also displays wildflower photographs by biology professor James Wallace, Jr., and a blue Carolina wagon used to carry travellers over the mountains . NATIONAL ISSUES FORUM COMES TO REGION Western North Carolinians will be able to cast a different kind of vote in a series of "town meeting" discussions on the environment in Cullowhee, Asheville, and Franklin this fall. The discussions on "Difficult Choices about Environmental Protection" are part of the National Issues Forum and locally sponsored by WCU's Division of Continuing Education. The forums will be held nationally in about 140 communities in 41 states through the Domestic Policy Association—a voluntary network of organizations and institutions sharing the view that ordinary citizens need to know more about national issues and that policy-makers need to know what informed citizens think about the issues. These community-based open discussions on major domestic issues are designed to help people find out where they can agree on controversial issues. The forum on the environment will open with a brief video tape that summarizes the issue as outlined in a magazine-length booklet—with non-partisan information and questionnaires—provided by the Domestic Policy Association. The booklet is available from Continuing Ed. for $3. Moderators will summarize the issues and guide the discussion. The two Cullowhee meetings will be held in Forsyth on successive Tuesdays, Oct. 16 and 23. For information on sessions in other communities, call Continuing Education at ext. 7397. WANT TO GO TO ENGLAND? Plans for the Spring in England program are being made now. If you are interested in a series of courses in theatre and literature keyed to the British scene, come to a meeting Oct. 2 or 3 at 5 p.m. in Hoey 111. HELP US GET MORE NEWS ABOUT STAFF MEMBERS The Reporter seeks to include items of interest to the entire university faculty and staff. We want to publish news of professional activities and accomplishments, promotions, honors, and changes in assignment. We welcome items from individuals or from department heads and staff supervisors. We are especially interested in increasing our coverage of staff changes and promotions, because we think they are of interest not only to the people involved but to those affected by their work. For instance, if a member of the housekeeping staff is reassigned, or if a secretary moves from one office or department to another, we would like to s hare the news. Address all items to The Reporter, Office of Public Information, 420 H.F. Robinson Building. TECHNOLOGY THROWS SURPRISE PARTY On September 12, the entire School of Technology and Applied Science surprised the school's equipment technician with "Bill Dillard Appreciation Day." On a morning call to see what was wrong in a classroom, he found everyone available gathered with two special gifts, a purple memento sewn by Joyce Baldwin of home economics and a gift of money intended to help with the hospital expenses of his son, Mickey, who was badly injured in a jeep accident this summer. In the afternoon, the school hosted a drop-in reception for Bill and invited members of the Physical Plant who worked with him this summer during the extensive asbestos removal project in Belk Building. His wife, Jackie, also was invited to the party. "Bill Dillard is totally selfless," said Audrey Clayton, secretary to the school's dean, Walt Thomas. "He's always bending over backward to help people. He's one in a million—a real jack of all trades," she said, adding that he is responsible for the equipment and handles all manner of electrical and other work in the school. -3- NAMES IN THE NEWS JUDITH M. STILLION and EUGENE McDOWELL (Psychology) and ROBIN SMITH (a graduate student in the department) presented a symposium on the subject of adolescent suicide at the American Psychological Association National Convention in Toronto, Canada, August 26. A report of their presentation and findings was carried over the national wire services. BEN ANDERSON (English) coordinated a workshop this week for the WNC Scholastic Press Association to promote excellence in high school journalism. Journalists from the Asheville Citizen, the Waynesville Mountaineer, the Hendersonville Times-News, and The Highlander as well as several teachers and business people, including CHARLOTTE HOLMES and WILLIAM PAULK (English), conducted sessions. Financial backing and services were provided by the Waynesville and Asheville papers. TOM DORSEL (Psychology) recently conducted a series of programs on sports psychology titled "The Psychological Side of Golf" at Fairfield-Sapphire Valley near Cashiers. ELEANOR LOFQUIST (Elementary Education and Reading) went to Michigan State University this summer for a three-week course, "Reading and Writing Reintegrated," under Stephen Tchudi. JAMES W. WALLACE, JR. (Biology) is serving in the office of chairperson-elect for the Phytochemical section of the Botanical Society of America. HAL SALISBURY (director, Continuing Education) recently attended a meeting in Portland, Me., of the board of directors of the Association for Continuing Professional Education, which he serves as president. Dr. Salisbury also attended a meeting of the N.C. Mining Commission in Asheville Sept. 10-11. The commission, of which he is a member, visited sites in the region to study problems of mining in the flood plains of mountain streams and rivers. WILLIAM KANE (Management and Marketing) spent 10 weeks as a summer faculty research fellow at the Air Force Human Resources Laboratory, Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio. The program is funded by the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the appointments are made on a competitive basis. In May, Dr. Kane presented two papers at the 11th Annual Organizational Behavior Teaching Conference in Boise, Idaho. One was "Making Theory Useful: Do Theory, Logic, and Application Mix?" and the other, coauthored with TERRY KINNEAR of the same department, was "Evaluating Innovative Teaching." In August, Dr. Kane attended the National Academy of Management meeting in Boston and an "International Conference on Thinking" at Harvard University. LESTER L. LAMINA CK (Elementary Education and Reading) presented an inservice workshop for 20 teachers in the Asheville City Schools August 14-15. His topic was communications skills for grades kindergarten through four. THOMAS CONNELLY, JR. (dean, Nursing and Health Sciences) has been reappointed to the American Hospital Association's Committee for Review of Proposed Education Essentials. Dr. Connelly's three-year term will begin Jan. 1, 1985. The committee reviews proposals for requirements of allied health education programs and responds to the AHA's Committee on Allied Health Education and Accreditation. JANE HALL (Home Economics) presented a slide-tape program, "Day Care Training: What? When? Where?" and a workshop, "It's You and Me, Baby," to North Carolina child care providers at the State Day Care Conference in Charlotte Sept. 14-16. JOYCE FARWELL, STEVE LAWSON (both Music), and Kathryn Stripling Byer presented their program "Alma," in which Mrs. Byer's poetry is interwoven with Appalachian ballads, at Wesleyan College in Macon, Georgia. The program was part of the college's Convocation Series. They also have presented the program in Sylva, Cullowhee, Waynesville, Franklin, and elsewhere. JEANNE NIENHUIS (Research Administration) recently assumed her new position as Secretary V in that office after six years as secretary to the dean of the School of Technology and Applied Science. She has been at Western since 1971 and has a bachelor's degree in religion from Wake Forest College. Mrs. Nienhuis is district president of the NCAEOP and represents the 15 westernmost counties on the 20-member Board of Directors. She also has been secretary and president of the American Association of University Women in Cullowhee. She is -4- married to Terry Nienhuis of the English department . AUDREY CLAYTON (Technology and Applied Science) has moved into the position, dean's secretary, vacated by Mrs, Nienhuis. Mrs. Clayton had been secretary in the art department since 1976. She has two bachelor's degrees in social sciences and English and an M.A.Ed, degree in English. She earned two of those degrees while a full-time employee. Besides earlier work as secretary in the social sciences department, she has taught English in the Hendersonville schools. She and her husband, Tommy, who formerly worked in the Controller's Office, live in Cullowhee with their 12-year-old daughter, Keilah. ANNOUNCEMENTS SOPHOMORES INTERESTED IN GOVERNMENT CAREERS are invited to apply for a 1985 Harry S. Truman Scholarship. The deadline is Dec. 1. Western can nominate two students for the competition in this program to provide opportunities for outstanding U.S. students with potential leadership ability to prepare for careers in government service. The scholarship award covers eligible expenses up to $5,000 per year for the junior year, the senior year, and two years of graduate study. Those interested should submit a letter of application, a statement of career plans, a list of past public service activities or other leadership positions, a current transcript, and a 600-word essay discussing a public policy issue of their choice to Aaron Hyatt, Truman Scholarship Faculty Representative, 250 Robinson Building, by November 5. WESTERN WILL BE THE SITE OF THE JULY 1986 conference of the Association of College and University Housing Officers International. Western was chosen after submitting a bid to a committee of the association, whose members visited the campus. About 1,200 delegates and their families generally attend. MORE THAN 130 STUDENTS AND ADVISORS FROM 10 schools and six counties participated in the WNC Scholastic Press Association workshop last Thursday. "We were extremely pleased with the response to the workshop," said Ben Anderson, WCU's journalism instructor and the workshop coordinator. "And we hope to make next year's workshop even bigger and better." FACULTY PUBLICATIONS James W. Wallace, Jr. "Polyphenolics of the Marsileaceae and Their Possible Phylogenetic Utility." American Journal of Botany, 71, 5 (1984), 660-665. TWO FACULTY MEMBERS HAVE NEW BOOKS OUT William Paulk. The Beholden Hills. Athens, Ga.: Agee Publishers, Inc., 1984. 90 pp. Illustrated by Jane-Chilton Adams. "A celebration of life in the Appalachians, The Beholden Hills captures the spirit, vigor, and lore of a unique region," reads the publisher's description of this collection of poems by William Paulk of the English department. It goes on to say that the poems display "a virtuosity in technical skills and an amazing range of expression. The poems are windows into the sometimes earthy, sometimes lyrical world of Appalachia." Paulk has won many prizes in poetry competitions, the most recent of which is first prize, the Joyce Wallace Hackett Memorial Award, from the Kentucky State Poetry Society for his poem "Baroque." James B. Goode says of this book, "There is a prevailing theme here of searching for meaning in the eternal cycles of birth and death found in human life and in nature.we feel the pulse of life in Paulk's poetry—we sense the cycles—we hear the music." Bob Rigdon. How to Initiate and Maintain a Conversation: An Elusive Subject Finally Made Clear. Privately published, 1984. Love is "the key to this e lusive subject," says Bob Rigdon of the WCU human services department. Dr. Rigdon's latest book is based on the research of W.J. Foley and W. C. Bonney, which reveals that people engage in four distinct levels of talk, depending on the social setting and the relationship of the conversationalists. He discusses conversation in a gamut of relationships, from strangers to spouses, in light of the four Greek words which are translated by the one English word, love, although they have quite different meanings and implications. Dr. Rigdon recently received word from Tyndale House, which published his first book, Discovering Yourself: The Key to Understanding Others, that the book will soon be released in French and German.
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