| 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 June 4, 1984 TOP AWARDS GIVEN IN MAY Western presented its top year-end awards May 12 to Marilyn Jody, Frank Prochaska, Cecil Ward, and E. Owen Aldridge. Dr. Jody and Ward were winners of $1,000 Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Awards. Dr. Prochaska was the winner of the $1,000 1984 Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award, and Aldridge was selected to receive the first $500 Recognition Award for Outstanding Support Personnel. The awards were announced by Chancellor Robinson at the annual dinner that also recognizes WCU honor graduates and Dr. Robinson and honorees Dr. Jody, their families and retiring Dr. Prochaska, Ward, and Aldridge faculty and staff members. Dr. Jody, who received the Paul A. Reid Award in the faculty category, is professor of English. In 17 years at Western, she has served in several administrative posts, including head of the department of English, and has won many awards. She is currently president of the N.C. Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages and immediate past president of the South Atlantic Modern Language Association's Women's Caucus. She coordinated WCU's participation in a nationwide Academic Program Evaluation Project for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities and most recently, while teaching and authoring several successful grant proposals, led a three—year effort that resulted in WCU becoming the first institution in North Carolina to offer an accredited program in teaching English as a second language. Dr. Prochaska, assistant professor in the department of chemistry, won the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award. Since joining the WCU faculty in 1978, Dr. Prochaska has been a leader in research activities. He has secured grants and awards to purchase or construct some $60,000 in apparatus in his laboratory. However, Saturday's award, for which he was nominated by both students and colleagues, was for his classroom teaching. "Chemistry has a reputation among students for being difficult," Dr. Prochaska said. "In all ray classes, I have found that what appear to be 'difficult' topics in chemistry can often be effectively taught by decomposing them into simpler component subjects involving, for example, math, physics, or elementary chemistry. I first review these component subjects separately to refresh the memories -2- of the students. I then combine these topics together to form the original topic. Students frequently tell me they find my reviews of these component areas very helpful, and that understanding chemistry is not at all impossible, as they had feared," Dr. Prochaska said. Ward, director of food service, won the Paul A. Reid Award for administrative staff. Ward began working in food service 27 years ago as a stock clerk and rose through the ranks to head the Western operation which employs 200, has a $3 million budget and serves about 8,000 meals each day in two cafeterias. He is particularly well known for his food service at hundreds of special events held at WCU, such as the dinner at which he won the award. Ward, for example, personally cooks the barbecue that has become standard fare at Mountain Heritage Day for its thousands of guests. Dr. Robinson praised Ward, who is also active in community and professional organizations, for his dedication and untiring efforts over endless hours and for his pursuit of excellence. Aldridge, who won the first award for support personnel, is a housekeeping supervisor in WCU's Physical Plant with nearly 19 years service and was nominated for the award by more than nine different people. In the nominations, Aldridge was called "a dependable person who never asks you to do what he wouldn't do.loyal, obliging, who is always willing to help at any time, whether it's his job or not. encouraging, fair, and respected. and a thoroughbred." Robinson said he was especially pleased to make the first award to Aldridge because he represents the qualities the award seeks to recognize, qualities that "make so much difference, but often must seem unrecognized." CANDIDATES' NAMES SENT TO UNC PRESIDENT Names of two candidates have been sent to President William Friday by the WCU board of trustees. President Friday's choice is subject to approval of the governors. Under the UNC system, Dr. Friday is assisted in the selection of new chancellors by a process that provides for a search committee at the local campus level. That committee, including trustees, faculty members, and the student body and alumni association presidents, conducts the initial screening and makes recommendations to the local board of trustees. That board, in turn, must send at least two nominees to Friday, who may accept one or renew the search through the local committee and board. The WCU search committee at one point had 181 names of prospective candidates. Four came to the campus in late April and early May for a series of interviews. They are Myron L. Coulter, president of Idaho State University at Pocatello; J. Wade Gilley, senior vice-president of George Mason University in Fairfax, Va.; E. Walton Jones, UNC system vice-president for research and public service programs; and Roy E. McTarnaghan, vice-chancellor for academic programs of the State University System of Florida in Tallahassee. Recommendations were made to the trustees at their regular meeting May 10 by the search committee headed by Wallace N. Hyde of Asheville, board chairman. Dr. Hyde said neither the committee's recommendations nor the board's final selection would be made public. In other actions, the board approved a capital improvements request for the 1985-87 biennium and heard reports from Vice- Chancellor C.J. Carter on other university business matters (see Announcements, p. 4). Eugene E. McDowell, director of the UNC Graduate Center in Asheville, told the board that President Friday sees the center "as a cost-effective way to bring graduate education to Asheville." Dr. McDowell said the center is seen by President Friday as the best way to provide programs as they are needed without establishing permanent faculty in Asheville. He said President Friday sees no diminishing of Western Carolina University's role in Asheville "in any way. Western's role in Asheville will continue as it has in the past." Dr. McDowell said plans for new graduate programs in Asheville currently include bringing a field-based doctoral program in educational administration to Asheville in cooperation with Western Carolina and UNC-Greensboro. -3- rCuuomee Musk festiva The 10th annual Cullowhee Music Festival offers a brand new feature, the Young Artists Competition, in addition to the many programs of music daily June 10-24. The program opener will feature the five finalists, singers 21-28 years old. The finals will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, June 10, in the Music-English Recital Hall. Another new feature will be WCU Faculty and Staff Night at the opera. Each faculty and staff member is being given two tickets for the Sunday, June 17, performance of "The Barber of Seville." It will be necessary to exchange the free vouchers for reserved tickets, since all Hoey Auditorium seats are reserved. The performance begins at 8. Other festival programs will include performances by internationally recognized pianist Enid Katahn, the Smoky Mountain British Brass Band, and the festival orchestra and chamber ensembles. This year's festival musical is "You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown." The new competition, designed to feature young artists on the brink of professional careers, offers a first prize of $1,500 and cash awards to all finalists. The finalists are baritone Robin Rice of Longview, Texas; soprano Myra Vassian of Cullowhee; soprano Jacquelyn Culpepper of Atlanta; coloratura soprano Irene Breitbeck of Massene, N.Y. and mezzo soprano Kathryn Hartgrove of Greensboro. They were judged by nationally recognized performers and teachers Walter Carringer, James Dooley, Roger Havranek, Jeanette Lombard, and Tom Tyra, festival artistic director and head of WCU's music department. Dr. Tyra will again be principal conductor for the festival. He has held that post since 1979. In keeping with the festival's tradition of taking music to the people, the 1984 schedule of orchestral concerts, recitals, and stage productions includes performances in Highlands, Franklin, Sapphire, Lake Junaluska, and Cullowhee. Guest artist Ms. Katahn will give three performances in Sapphire, Lake Junaluska, and Cullowhee, including Liszt's "Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat" with the festival orchestra. A faculty member at the Blair School of Music in Nashville, Tenn., she has been described as "a pianist of remarkable accomplishment." Her 1982-83 season included performances in London, Brussels, and New York. A Memphis music critic recently described her "sparkling performance marked both by crisp technique and charisma rarely seen on the concert stage." Her Cullowhee performances include a solo concert Friday, June 15, and a concert with the festival orchestra Saturday, June 23, both at 8 p.m. in the Music-English Recital Hall. Several guest artists—including Havranek, Robert Holquist, Rebecca Johnson, William McDonald, William McGraw, and Deidra Palmour—will perform lead roles in Rossini's "The Barber of Seville," which will be performed in a 3 p.m. matinee Saturday, June 16, as well as the following night's special event for WCU personnel. The musical comedy, based on the "Peanuts" comic strip, will be performed June 11-12 and 19-21 in the L ittle Theatre here. All performances begin at 8 p.m. A Young Performers Showcase at 8 p.m. June 18 and June 20 in the Music Recital Hall will feature young professionals in a variety of musical selections. Other Cullowhee concerts include the festival chamber ensembles June 19 and 21, and the festival orchestra playing "pops" June 22, at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. The Smoky Mountain British Brass Band will provide the rousing finale Sunday, June 24. at 8 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. For more information on times and ticket prices, call ext. 7242. -4- ANNOUNCEMENTS HUNTER LIBRARY IS ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS for faculty study rooms. Faculty members may obtain application forms from their de-parment heads and send them to William Kirwan, University Librarian, Hunter Library. Deadline for receipt of applications for summer session is June 8. EXCEL, THE SATURDAY MORNING EXERCISE CLASS for Elders sponsored by CIML, will begin its fourth summer session June 9 at Re id Gym. It meets from 9 a.m. until noon and is open to adults over 55 who would like to participate in healthy, recreational fun and interaction with others. EXCEL participants and WCU students engage in warm-up exercises followed by activities such as bowling, swimming, and walking. Each meeting ends with a short presentation. Cost is $2 per Saturday or $16 for the 8-week summer series which meets June 9, 16, 23, 30; July 7, 14, 21, 28. FACULTY MEMBERS ARE INVITED TO SHARE THEIR special interests by presenting a one-hour program for EXCEL participants. If interested, contact Karen Paquette, student director for the CIML program, at ext. 7492. WCU IS PREPARING A PLAN TO USE ITS REFUND from Nantahala Power and Light, according to Vice-Chance 1lor C.J. Carter. He told the trustees that the plan would provide refunds to eligible customers and upgrading of the WCU electrical resale system. The latter would be paid for from funds representing overcharges to WCU that WCU did not pass on to its customers. Dr. Carter also said work on the Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center was still behind schedule, with late spring 1985 now projected for its completion. Two shifts are now at work. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS REQUESTS FOR 1985-87 of between $5.25 million and $6 million, depending on yet-to-be-issued budget guidelines, have been approved by the board of trustees. Included is $739,000 for roof replacement and repair and general renovation of Camp Lab School; installation of a broadband cable system, $293,000; renovation of McKee, $883,000; completion of Belk, including air conditioning, $755,000; renovation of Breese, $450,000. Also, various renovations and installations of heating, sewer, electrical, and metering systems, $1,709,800; renovations of the WCU Building at Oteen, $397,000. MEDIA CENTER OPERATING HOURS FOR THE SUMMER are 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. Those picking up equipment for use over the weekend should do so not later than 5 p.m. Fridays. "TINY TOT" SWIM LESSONS WILL BE OFFERED for children from six months to five years of age June 18-29 at Breese Pool. Each late afternoon class will last two weeks. Class size is limited; call ext. 7332 or visit Room 11 in Reid Gym to reserve space. A parent must enter the water with the child. NAMES IN THE NEWS OTTO SPILKER (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation) helped train 10 candidates May 5-6 for the new national Red Cross Lifeguarding Instructor program. On May 6, he taught a Swimming Pool Operators course at Greenville (S.C.) Technical College with Jim Pope of Clemson's faculty. SCOTT HIGGINS (director, Health Services Management and Supervision) was invited to address the 1984 Annual Meeting of the Association of University Programs in Health Administration April 27 on the "Role of Education in Preparing People for Mid-level Management" in Washington, D.C. He spoke on a similar topic to the Task Force on Undergraduate Education April 28. THOMAS TYRA (head, Music) attended the annual meeting of the N.C. Association of Music Schools at Warren Wilson College April 6. At the meeting he was elected president of the association for 1984-85. DON KELLEY (associate director for human resources, CIML) has been elected chairman of the Region A Advisory Council on Aging. The council has 24 members, three from each of the seven far western North Carolina counties and three from the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Indians. Council members advise on the annual allocation of $570,000 in Older Americans Act funds to benefit the region's people age 60 and older. GLENN HARDESTY, SHIRLEY KOOL, and SUE TANNER (Student Financial Aid) attended the conference of the N.C. Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators at Wrightsville Beach April 29-May 1. Hardesty served as vice president of the association this year. He conducted a training session for new aid officers. Mrs. Kool presented a workshop on Work-Study. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina June 15, 1984 IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY PRESIDENT NAMED CHANCELLOR OF WESTERN CAROLINA WILMINGTON — Myron L. Coulter, president of Idaho State University in Pocatello, was named chancellor of Western Carolina University last Friday. His appointment by University of North Carolina President William Friday, effective Aug. 1, was approved here at the June meeting of the UNC Board of Governors. Dr. Coulter was selected from more than 180 candidates. He will succeed H.F. Robinson, chancellor since 1974, who retires July 31. A Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Indiana State Teachers College, Dr. Coulter is widely experienced in regional university administration, international programs, and public education. He holds both the master*s degree and doctorate from Indiana University. Before becoming chief administrative officer in 1976 of Idaho State, a 7,200-student campus, third largest in Idaho, Dr. Coulter was vice president for administration (1974- 76) and vice president for institutional services (1968-74) of Western Michigan University in Kalamazoo. In 1974, he was interim president. Earlier, at Pennsylvania State University, he was a member of the education faculty and director of Penn State's Latin American Education Project, conducted in collaboration with the U.S. Agency for International Development. In 1981 he was one of 15 university presidents who were delegates to the P eople's Republic of China to negotiate science programs for Chinese graduate students in U.S. universities. In 1976, he was one of several university presidents from the Northwest to serve as official delegates to the Isr aeli Universities Study Group to become acquainted with Israeli leaders and that nation's system of higher education. He was a visiting j professor at the University of Alaska in 1965 and returned to Alaska in 1 969 as a special consultant to the Point Barrow School of Eskimo I and Indian chi1- dren, sponsored by the U.S. Bureau of Indian Affairs. Both of the institutions at which Dr. Coulter has most of his experience have well-developed graduate programs. Idaho State has studies at the doctoral level and at Western Michigan, Dr. Coulter from 1966 to 1968 was associate dean and professor in the College of Education with responsibility for the master's and doctoral programs. Friday said Coulter's range of experience "provides an unusually close and fortunate parallel to the development of Western Carolina University, with its emphasis on regional service, the p rograms it has developed in international education and service, and its broad array of programs in various fields of graduate work. He is well fitted to provide strong leadership for the continued development of the university." -2- The Idaho State president was one of two final candidates recommended earlier to President Friday by the W CU board of trustees. Wallace N. Hyde of Asheville, board chairman, reported on that search to the Board of Governors. He praised Dr. Friday's and the governors' choice of Dr. Coulter: "We are getting the right man for Western Carolina University. He has an outstanding background of experience. I am very optimistic about his continuing the progress we have had under Dr. Robinson." Dr. Coulter was unable to be at the Board of Governors meeting because of a previously scheduled meeting in Boise of the Idaho State foundation board. In a statement issued there, he said "my wife and I are very excited about the prospect of coming to Cullowhee, and the assumption of the chancellorship. "Long ago, I made a commitment to the concept of regional institutions, because I be lieve that the regional institution is one of the essential parts of our American system of higher education.Western Carolina is one of those strong regional universities and I commend my distinguished predecessor, Chancellor Robinson, and my new colleagues on the faculty and staff, as well as the governing boards of the university, for developing Western Carolina into a widely known regional institution of good reputation." He said "it is my plan and hope that this growth will continue and increase, and that as opportunities arise for innovation in education in North Carolina, our university will be an integral part of those developments." Dr. Coulter served as a consultant to national public schools in Guatemala, Costa Rica, Venezuela and the Dominican Republic, countries in an area where WCU has had overseas educational work since the late 1960s. In China, Western has an exchange relationship with the University of Yunnan. A specialist in elementary education and reading, Dr. Coulter has written extensively in both fields. Two of his books, "Sightings" and "Soundings," were published as textbooks in 1979 by Rand McNally. He for- STATEMENT BY DR. MYRON L. COULTER, CHANCELLOR-ELECT My wife and I are very excited about the prospect of coming to Cullowhee and the assumption of the chancellorship of Western Carolina University. We have found numerous parallels between Western Carolina University and those institutions in Michigan and Idaho at which we have served. Long ago, I made a commitment to the concept of regional institutions, because I believe that the regional institution is one of the essential parts of our American system of higher education. Indeed, it is playing a distinctive and foundational role in the life of our nation. The regional institution is still going through many of the stages of development that our flagship institutions experienced in an earlier time. For me, there is a particular excitement in being involved in this evolutionary process. It fits well with an educator's background and interests to be building and providing educational opportunities. I see Western Carolina University as one of those strong regional universities. It has shown good, steady growth and I commend my distinguished predecessor, Chancellor Robinson, and my new colleagues on the faculty and staff, as well as the governing boards of the university, for their farsightedness in developing Western Carolina University into a regional institution of widely known good reputation. It is ray plan and hope that this growth will continue and increase, and that as opportunities arise for innovation in education in North Carolina, our university will be an integral part of those developments. The university has already established itself as a well-known, forward-looking institution and all of our energies and abilities will be devoted to the m aintenance of the high quality that has been established among the faculty, the staff, and the students. -3- merly was a member of the board of directors of the National Clearinghouse on Research in Reading, A former high school coach, Dr. Coulter is a member of the Committee on Division I Intercollegiate Athletics of the American Council on Education and in 1978 was chairman of the Big Sky Athletic Conference Presidents' Council. He is a member of the Idaho Task Force on Higher Education, a member of the board of directors of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU), a member of the executive committee of the Western College Association, and a member of the regional advisory board of the Institute of International Education. Dr. Coulter is married to the former Barbara Bolinger. They are the parents of twins, a son and a daughter. Dr. Coulter's avocational interests include horseback riding, hunting, fishing, golfing, woodworking and reading. "I am extremely pleased that the university has attracted an individual with such outstanding capability and one so highly regarded at Idaho State University," Dr. Robinson said. "I have known him for a number of years, and feel quite certain that he will be highly successful at Western Carolina University and in working with the people of this region." REPORT TO FRIDAY AND THE UNC BOARD OF GOVERNORS BY DR. WALLACE HYDE, CHAIRMAN OF WESTERN'S BOARD OF TRUSTEES Mr. Chairman, Members of the Board of Governors, President Friday: I am pleased to be h ere today to report to you the process of the search for chancellor candidates to nominate for the consideration of President Friday. As you know, Dr. H.F. Robinson, the present chancellor, has reached the age of retirement prescribed by the University. He has been an able and dynamic leader, and the University has made outstanding progress under his administration. The Board of Governors took note of his impending retirement at it s meeting on the Western Carolina University campus in October 1983. The process for selecting a new chancellor began in that same month with the naming of an eleven-member Chancellor Search Committee. President Friday met with the committee at its first meeting on October 14, 1983. That committee included representatives of the Board of Trustees, the faculty, the student body, and the Alumni Association. As Chairman of the Board, I served as Chairman of the committee. I was ably assisted in that capacity by Dr. Judy Dowell, Chairman of the Faculty, who was a member of the committee. The position was advertised nationally and nominations were solicited from a wide range of individuals. An open meeting was held on the campus on December 8, 1983, for interested faculty, staff, students, and community individuals to allow all parties to provide suggestions for the future direction of Western Carolina University, as well as to suggest the type of person who should be selected as Chancellor. Applications for the position were accepted through January 20. A total of 181 applications representing 43 states was received. A subcommittee of six members was appointed to screen initially all applications and recommend to the full committee a list of candidates meeting the established criteria for the position. A total of 31 cand idates was brought forth for recommendation, along with a complete listing of the 150 candidates and their present positions who were not recommended for further consideration. After discussion of all candidates, the full committee unanimously approved the applicant pool of 31. At this point in the selection process, extensive work was done by the full committee in contacting references in order to further refine the candidate pool. Further meetings of the committee were held at which time 16 individuals were identified and invited for interviews by the full committee at an off-campus site. Two candidates withdrew their applications at this point. At the completion of the 14 off-campus interviews, four chancellor candidates were identified by the committee and invited to the Western Carolina University campus during the period from April 26 to M ay 7, 1984, for meetings with faculty, staff, administrators, and students. The full search committee then reconvened and selected two chancellor candidates to -4- present to the Western Carolina University Board of Trustees, These two candidates subsequently were approved by the Board of Trustees on May 10, 1984, and their names forwarded to President Friday for his consideration in making his recommendation to the Board of Governors. GOOD WORDS FROM WCU ARE ON THE AIR Western's Office of Public Information has recently inaugurated two activities to present the university to the public in a new and different way. The university's Radio News Service is sending out three short news spots per week to 22 radio stations around the region. They feature news of special interest and faculty members talking about their areas of expertise. Perry Eury, news director for Sylva's radio station WRGC, is coordinating and doing the interviews. Some of the topics have included WCU's Micronet project, with Roger Bacon (Chemistry); ESL, with Marilyn Jody (English); the chancellor search, with Judy Dowell (director, Research Administration); Indian mounds, with Anne Rogers (Anthropology); mountain history, with Tyler Blethen (History); timesharing resorts, with Hugh Morton (WNC-Tomorrow); travel jobs, with Russ Bachert (Parks and Recreation Mgt.); troubled youth, with Maggie Everett (Parks and Recreation Mgt.); international cooperation and Oman, with Chancellor Robinson; project management, with John Adams (Management); the Smoky Mountain British Brass Band, with Bert Wiley (Music); the talking computer for blind students, with WCU student Jeff Moses; tourism and science in the Smokies, with Dean John McCrone; new teacher prospects, with Ben Battle (Admin., Curric., and Instruction); mountain air pollution, with Ellis Cowling, a University Forum speaker from N.C. State; adult illiteracy, with Tom Warren (Reading); school assessment, with Dean Gurney Chambers; erosion control, with Susan Smith (CIML); MBA accreditation, with Dean Aaron Hyatt; unity in blended families, with Davia Allen (Home Ec.); child abuse, with Joel Milner (Psychology); blacks in WNC, with Wilburn Hayden (Social Work); robots, with Dean Walt Thomas; Elderhostel and Camper College, with Linda Patton (Continuing Ed.); lost children, with Ed Kesgen (Therapeutic Rec.); and the model U.N., with Charles Stevens (Political Science). In another highly successful effort, OPI is placing faculty members on television talk shows in the Carolinas and Tennessee. So far, eight appearances have been scheduled: —Ralph DeVane (Mathematics) appeared on Charlotte television station WBTV May 11 with Sue Sams, a 1965 graduate of Western and the chairman of East Mecklenburg High's math department. Sue was one of two North Carolina math teachers recognized for excellence in White House ceremonies last year. They discussed new entrance requirements for UNC's 16 constituent institutions calling for three years of high school math. Given the decline in math teacher certification, who will teach these courses? —Wilburn Hayden (Social Work) appeared May 29 on "Focus," a segment of the noon show of Greenville's WYYF. He discussed the black demographics of the 17 WNC counties. This black population has grown and should be tak en into account in economic and cultural planning for the region, he says. —Nancy Joyner (English) and Alice Mathews (History) discussed their studies of the past century's historical and literary records of Appalachian women on the "Good Morning, Tennessee" show of WATE-TV in Knoxville May 30. —J. Milford Clark (associate dean, Education and Psychology) spoke on WCU's summer program for gifted children, "The Cullowhee Experience," on Charlotte's WBTV May 31. —Ed Kesgen (Therapeutic Recreation) discussed his field June 8 on the "Good Morning" show, WFMY Greensboro. —Debbie Zaccarine (Special Services) appeared on WYFF's noon "Focus" segment in Greenville June 12. Her subject was assistance to the educationally disadvantaged and the handicapped. —Marsha Crites (program consultant for Elder Neighbor, CIML) will appear with Mary Owen, Elder Neighbor coordinator for Transylvania County, and Bea Brown, Elder Neighbor volunteer from Henderson County, June 17 on WSPA's "Here and N ow." —Starlett Craig (assistant to the vice-chancellor, Student Development) will appear July 17 on "Focus," discussing the role of mentors in easing the situation of black students on a largely white campus. -5- SUMMER THEATRE IN CULLOWHEE The department of speech and theatre arts will produce five plays June 19-July 26 including a musical based on the comic strip Peanuts and a Tennessee Williams classic. Curtain time for each production will be 8 p.m. in the Little Theatre. Clark Gesner's musical You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown will open the season, running June 19-21. It will also be presented June 11 and 12 during the first week of the Cullowhee Music Festival. The musical comedy features childhood scenes in the lives of Peanuts characters. Howard Allman will portray Snoopy; Mary Coppage, Lucy; William Johnson, Charlie Brown; Anita Knight, Peppermint Patty; Gil Lubecke, Linus; Kelly Truesdale, Schroeder. The Fox, by Allan Miller, will be staged June 26-28. Based on D.H. Lawrence's novella of the same name, the play focuses on the tormented triangle of two middle-aged women and a soldier home on leave. The season's third production will be two one-act plays by Christopher Durang, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You and The Actor's Nightmare. The first play is about a nun who is visited by her former students and is shocked at the way they have turned out. Its seeming irreverence has raised controversy in some places it has been performed. In The Actor's Nightmare, an actor dreams he arrives at the theatre late, only to find a play he is not prepared to perform is in progress. These one-act plays will be performed July 10-12. The Night of the Iguana, one of Tennessee Williams' best-known dramas, is set in the tropics and centers on a defrocked minister who realizes his desperation through the symbolism he sees in the trapping of an iguana. This play will run July 17-19. Third in the trilogy The Norman Conquests by British playwright Alan Ayckbourn, Round and Round the Garden will be performed July 24-26. Norman, a raffish assistant librarian, who attempts to involve himself romantically with his sister-in-law, his wife, and another woman. Heavily laced with lunacy, it is a rollicking, high-spirited comedy. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and $2 for children. For reservations call ext. 7365. MASTER OF ARTS IN MUSIC TO BE OFFERED At its June meeting last week, the UNC Board of Governors authorized Western to establish a new graduate degree program in music, one leading to the master of arts degree. The first students will be admitted to the program this summer. The new program will allow concentration at the graduate level in church music, music industry and arts management, private teaching or teaching in two-year institutions, performance, and music theory, history, and literature. Western, which already offers a master's in music education as well as two bachelor's programs in music, will be the only institution in the western half of the state offering the master of arts in music. Similar programs are offered by NCCU in Durham and by UNC-Chapel Hill. CAMPER COLLEGE GETS BEHIND THE POSTCARD Faculty members and their families may be interested in the many offerings of WCU's Camper College, which takes participants behind the mountain scenes to learn the skills and lore of mountain traditions. Canoeing, kayaking, Cherokee culture and crafts, outdoor photography, gems and minerals, spinner and fly fishing, and history of the Smokies are all subjects offered by this unique program, now in its seventh season. The 14-course series begins June 22 and ends August 11. Cost varies according to course, and families are offered a discount. For a brochure, call Continuing Education at ext. 7397. ANNOUNCEMENTS A MODEL 500A BAKER PARTICLE COUNTER HAS been presented to WCU's medical technology laboratory by Thorns Rehabilitation Center in Asheville. Valued at $4,000, it is the only such instrument on the campus. The particle counter will enable students to conduct seven kinds of blood analyses in seconds. The instrument will augment, not replace, instruction in conducting tests un 6- der the microscope. The five-year-old instrument will be housed in Moore Hall. A NEW DRAFTING PLOTTER HAS BEEN INSTALLED in the department of industrial education and technology. As part of the department's computer-aided drafting equipment, it p lots lines, arcs, and circles at a rate of 20 inches per second with accuracy of 1/1,000 inch. In addition to computer-aided drafting, the plotter can be used to design circuit boards, architectural or civil engineering plans, molds for plastics, and project schedules. Representatives of several engineering firms have visited the second floor of Belk Building to see the plotter in action. John Harbison, a former WCU student who works for Hewlett-Packard, arranged for WCU to get it partl y through the company's employee gift program. COMPUTER ENTHUSIASTS GRADES SEVEN THROUGH 10 can register for WCU's computer camp, scheduled July 15-21 and July 22-28. Participants will be divided by age and experience into three groups: Program I, campers with no computer training; Program II, campers who have some computer literacy; and Program III, campers who are accomplished BASIC programmers. Open to residential and day students, the camp will offer intensive classroom instruction in computer use, daily laboratory sessions, and recreation. For information on fees and applications, call Continuing Education, ext. 7397. NEXT WEEK IS EMPLOYEE APPRECIATION WEEK IN North Carolina. Chancellor Robinson has commended the unsung accomplishments of employees who make this university outstanding. NEW APPOINTMENTS ROBERT J. STEWART HAS BEEN NAMED DIRECTOR of WCU's new Liston B. Ramsey Regional Activity Center. The $16 million multi-purpose facility, seating up to 8,700, will be the largest of its kind in North Carolina west of Charlotte. Stewart has been arena-auditorium manager at the University of Wyoming since 1981. He also served as event coordinator for two years at the Gammage Center for the Performing Arts and the University Activity Center at Arizona State University in Tempe. An active member of the International Association of Auditorium Managers and the Association of College, University, and Community Arts Administrators, Stewart holds his bachelor's and master's degrees from Arizona State. He and his wife, Dagmar, have one child. LINDA R. PATTON IS THE NEW COORDINATOR OF non-credit programs, conferences, and institutes in WCU's division of Continuing Education. She came here from Duke University, where she was executive assistant to the Vice Provost for Academic Policy and Planning. She was also staff assistant at the Searle Center for Continuing Education at Duke where she was responsible for scheduling conferences. Mrs. Patton is a magna cum laude graduate of Duke University. She and her husband, David, live in F ranklin. PATRICIA L. MILLER IS THE NEW PROGRAM C00R-dinator in WCU's Asheville office. Working under Harry Ramsey, assistant to the Chancellor for WCU Programs in Asheville, she will be responsible for all support services for WCU credit instruction in Asheville and Buncombe County. She was an educational specialist for Smoky Mountain Area Mental Health in Sylva, teacher and director of South Toe Preschool in Burnsville, and home teacher for Region D Council of Governments in Boone. Ms. Miller received her bachelor's degree from Mars Hill College amd her master's in school guidance and counseling from WCU. RETIRED AIR FORCE BRIG. GEN. C. CLAUDE Teagarden is the new head of WCU's department of accounting and information systems. After 24 years in the Air Force, Teagarden joined the WCU faculty in 1982 as assistant professor of administration services and recently was promoted to associate professor. He was a staff judge advocate of the Strategic Air Command at Offutt Air Force Base in Nebraska and senior attorney adviser to the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Air Command and the SAC staff at Offutt. He is a graduate of the National War College, holds a master of business administration from Rollins College, and a bachelor's and law degree from the University of Illinois. He and his wife, Jeanne, have two children in their twenties. A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty arid Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina June 22, 1984 EMOTIONAL DRAMA IS NEXT SHOW IN THEATRE The second of five productions in Western's 1984 summer theatre season is Allan Miller's dramatic play, The Fox, to be performed Tuesday-Thursday, June 26-28, in the Little Theatre, Stillwell Building. Curtain is at 8 p.m. The Fox is based on D.H. Lawrence's novella about two 30-year-old women attempting to carve out a living on their recently purchased farm. A young soldier who returns home to the area on a week's Army leave disrupts their lives. The result is a tormented triangle involving a dramatic struggle of passion and threat. The WCU production features Betsy Bisson of Cullowhee as Nellie, June Cagle of Crouse as Jill, and Roch Smith, Jr., of Greensboro as Henry. Mary McElmurray of Henderson-ville is stage manager. The director is James Epperson, associate professor of speech and theatre arts. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for senior citizens and students, and $2 for children. Reserve tickets by calling ext. 7365. RECORD NUMBER OF JAMAICANS ON CAMPUS Western's summer session has a Caribbean flavor this year with a record 109 Jamaican students studying on campus. The Jamaicans are participating in a program that enables them to earn a bachelor of science degree in education, a degree very difficult to obtain in Jamaica. Western's involvement began in 1975 when the Jamaican government decided to have formal guidance counselors in its public schools and asked WCU to provide training. Since then, small groups of 20 to 30 Jamaicans have been visiting the campus each summer. "We've never had more than 30 Jamaicans on campus at any one time," said Professor Eleanor Lofquist, who is academic adviser for the students. Lofquist said the reason for the large number this summer is that students from five different study groups in Kingston, Mandeville, and Montego Bay have arrived on campus this year. The students on campus this summer are specializing in middle grade education with a concentration in guidance and counseling or early childhood education. In Jamaica, teachers are not required to have a bachelor's degree, but only to have a teacher's certificate from a three-year teacher's college, Lofquist said. All 109 students on the WCU campus now are teachers that take classes part time at WCU sites in Jamaica. At some time during the three years it tak es to complete the program, Jamaican students are required to earn 12 hours of resident credit in Cullowhee. Ethlyn Barrett, a Jamaican graduate student at WC U, said part of the reason Jamaican teachers have settled for just a teacher's certificate in the past might be because of the difficulty in getting into the one, highly competitive Jamaican university, the University of the West Indies. She said, "It's often easier to get a ccepted at less crowded universities overseas." Going to school abroad is expensive for Jamaicans because of the low exchange rate, four Jamaican dollars for each American dollar. But many think it worth the price. Derrick Harding, a Jamaican concentrating in middle grade education, is one. He said 2- study in America is very rewarding, enlightening, and practical. "The experience is good, and the period of concentrated study is very good," he said. "We come up here to upgrade our education. It helps make us more rounded." Another student, Marjorie Daley, was at WCU in 1976 as part of the counseling program. "In 1976, I had to come here; I had no choice. Now I am here to graduate." "Part of the reason the Jamaicans want to get a bachelor's degree may be to get better jobs," Lofquist said. "But there are other reasons like pride in being a graduate, the desire to upgrade personal education, and the desire to have a degree." "These students leave their families and jobs and spend a lot of money to study at Western Carolina. It is very encouraging to see that kind of dedication to education," Lofquist said. ANNOUNCEMENTS THE 37TH ANNUAL WCU SUMMER READING CONFERENCE convened here this week with more than 100 teachers, principals, supervisors, and school administrators in attendance. They studied ways of increasing literacy and improving writing and spelling instruction, with the theme "New Horizons in Reading" addressed by 21 c onference speakers and presenters, including researchers, scholars, authors, computer experts, and master teachers. The conference opened with an address, "Every Child Wants to Read," by Virgie Mclntyre, who is retiring after more than 12 years on the WCU faculty and was honored during the Week. Other speakers included George Mason of the University of Georgia, Ellin Green of the University of Chicago, and D. Kim Reid of the University of Texas at Dallas. A LEVEL I ORFF-SCHULWERK WORKSHOP will be held at Western July 2-13. Participants will study this approach to music education through body movement, the bordun, the osti-nato, the soprano recorder, improvisation, the pentatonic scale, and vocal and rhythmic training. The nationally recognized instructor, Konnie Saliba, has conducted more than 300 workshops and demonstrations in Orff-Schulwerk, including Level I here in 1982 and Level II in 1983. Call Continuing Ed. (ext. 7397) for more information. TRUSTEES NAME THEATRE FOR MISS NIGGLI At its meeting May 1 0, the WCU board of trustees voted to name the university's Little Theatre "The Niggli Theatre" to honor the late Josefina Niggli. The proposal for this action cited Miss Niggli's many contributions to the university: "Josefina Niggli (1910-1983) was one of the truly remarkable persons in the life of Western Carolina University. She served on the faculty for nearly 18 years, and there are few teachers whose impact on students has been as profound as hers. She was a celebrated author and playwright, and her reputation brought recognition not only for her, personally, but for the university as well. "Miss Niggli's rich and varied experience provided a broad base for her work at Western Carolina University, where she served as Director of the Little Theatre and a teacher of both journalism and drama. She has been credited with the establishment of theatre and dramatic arts as fields of study at Western Carolina University. "Professor Emeritus Niggli remained an active supporter of the WCU Theatre program in her retirement years. Her former students and colleagues were frequent visitors, and she shared generously with them until her health failed. Miss Niggli died December 17, 1983, at her home in Cullowhee. "In 1978, Miss Niggli was honored by friends, students, and colleagues who established the Josefina Niggli Fund. The fund was created for the purpose of bringing leading actors, dramatists, and stage directors to the WCU campus and for support of student scholarships. Miss Niggli provided a substantial addition to the fund by means of a bequest. . . . "In recognition of Miss Niggli's substantial contribution to Western Carolina University, and particularly to the theatre arts program, it is proposed that the WCU Little Theatre facility be named the Josefina Niggli Theatre. This recommendation is supported by the faculty of the Department of Speech and Theatre Arts and by the appropriate administrative officers of the university." -3- NEWS FROM NCSEA Among the news items from Area 12 of the N.C. State Employees Association is the announcement that William Curtis Stump, Jr., son of Bill Stump (Physical Plant) and Frances Stump (Purchasing), has been awarded a $500 NCSEA scholarship. A second scholarship was awarded to Drew Michael Wittman, son of Blue Ridge Tech teacher Eugene M. Wittman. The scholarships were announced at the annual Legislative Appreciation Dinner May 17 in Hendersonville. Chancellor Robinson presided and some 135 Area 12 members attended, including several repesenting Western: Harriet Parker, Doris Clemmons, Carolyn Wiggins, Millie Wilson, Virginia Clark, Bonnie Hooper, Jesse Flake, JoAnne Canipe, Jean Pressley, Helen Swayngim, Juanita Burrell, Eugene Wiggins, Mim and Paula Mat us, Rita Warren, and Barbara Salisbury. Legislators at the meeting were Senators R.P. "Bo" Thomas and Dennis J. Winner and Representatives Charles M. Beall, Narvel J. "Jim" Crawford, Gordon H. Greenwood, Martin L. Nesbitt, Jr., and Jeff H. Enloe, Jr. Terry Garren, a WCU graduate, represented Congressman James McClure Clarke. The NCSEA Area 12 Annual Meeting will be held Monday, July 9, at 6 p.m. in the cafeteria of Haywood Technical College. Cost for members will be $2; non-member guests will be $3.50. Officers and delegates will be elected for 1984-85 and all members are urged to attend. RESEARCH ON SPRUCE AND FIR DEATHS PLANNED Top scientists from the Southeast gathered June 19-20 to draft proposals for further research on the recent evidence of declining spruce and fir trees in the southern Appalachians. The Southern Appalachian Research-Resource Management Cooperative, administered by WCU, convened the workshop with U.S. Forest Service funds. Scientists from SARRMC-member universities and federal agencies met to identify the needed studies, involving the best scientists of the region, and to evaluate the extent, severity, and causes of damage symptoms in the spruce-fir ecosystem. Members of SARMMC include N.C. State, the universities of Georgia and Tennessee, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Clemson University, Western Carolina University, the U.S. Forest Service, National Park Service, Fish and Wildlife Service, and TVA. The alarming disclosure last November by N.C. State plant pathologist Robert Bruck, who found the spruce and fir trees atop Mount Mitchell dying and virtually no plant life reproducing there, indicated the need for more research, said WCU's Dean John McCrone, who chaired the workshop. The problem, evident along the entire Appalachian chain, may be related to acid r ain or ozone in the atmosphere or to declining vegetation in Europe. But there is no scientific agreement yet. According to Dr. McCrone, "The spruce-fir decline issue has been complicated by a proliferation of proposals and fragmented efforts." This week's meeting begins a major effort to coordinate the ongoing work, link the results, and design a program of survey, evaluation, and research. CULPEPPER WINS YOUNG ARTISTS COMPETITION Soprano Jacquelyn Culpepper of Atlanta and Waynesville won the $1,500 first prize in the Music Festival's first Young Artists Competition. She also won contracts to appear here next year as an artist in the festival and the LCE series. NATIVE PLANTS IN LANDSCAPING IS SUBJECT A panel of experts from six states, including the former director of the National Arboretum in Washington and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's plant exploration division, will gather July 26-28 at Western for a conference on the use of native southeastern plants for beautification projects. Sponsored by TVA and WCU's department of biology, the conference will devote particular attention to the use of native plants in large-scale projects such as highway rights-of-way and public parks. Two public addresses will be given, both at 7:30 p.m. in the Music-English Recital Hall. John L. Creech, former director of the National Arboretum and USDA plant exploration, will speak Thursday, July 26, on "Why Don't We Copy the Japanese for a Change?" Dr. Creech has been collecting plants in the Far East since 1955. Kim Herman will speak Friday, July 27, on "Mowing Cycles and Native Roadside Plants." -4- NAMES IN THE NEWS JOE E. BECK (director, Environmental Health) has begun a one-year terra as chairman of the Institutional Environmental Health and Safety Section of the National Environmental Health Association and a three-year term as a member of the National Accreditation Council for Environmental Health Curricula. ROGER LUMB (Biology) is working until December as a visiting research biochemist at the Cardiovascular Research Institute of the University of California at S an Francisco's School of Medicine. His collaborative research with John Clements, professor of pediatrics and director of the Lung Metabolism Laboratory at U CSF, is supported by a Career Investigator Visiting Scientist Award of $10,000 from the American Heart Association. RALPH A. HAMLETT (Speech and Theatre Arts) will read a paper, "The Child Is the Father of the Man: The Rhetoric of Jerry Falwell," at the 1984 Rhetoric Society of America Conference to be held at the University of Texas at Arlington July 19-22. The paper was co-authored by Dean Fadely of UNC-G. WILBURN HAYDEN (head, Social Work) attended the Conference on Appalachian Research at Berea College in Kentucky, May 11-12. J. PELHAM THOMAS and NICHOLAS NORGAARD (Mathematics) served as judges at the Second Annual Buncombe County High School Computer Contest in Asheville April 27. BRYON MIDDLEKAUFF (Earth Sciences) presented a paper, "Late Pleistocene Paleoclimate in the Northern Blue Ridge Inferred from Fossil Faunal Assemblages," .at the annual meeting of the Association of American Geographers, Washington, D.C., April 22-25. MICHAEL ANN WILLIAMS (Mountain Heritage Center) read a paper, "The Little 'Big House': The Use and Meaning of the Single Pen Plan House," at the annual meeting of Vernacular Architecture Forum, Newark, Delaware, May 2-5. BILL STUMP (Physical Plant) received the Master of Business Administration degree at commencement in May. He has been working on the degree at night while working full time as assistant to the director of the Physical Plant for four and a half years. As business officer for the plant, he deals with finances and personnel matters. The degree program has strengthened his professional and analytical skills, he says. His wife, Frances, works in Purchasing and they have three children. DEBBY SIMS (Registrar's Office) has been promoted to Assistant Registrar. She replaces Edna Waldrop, who is now working in the WCU Computer Center. Her responsibilities include classroom assignments, computer programming, keeping the catalog files, and other duties. Formerly a secretary in Academic Services, Mrs. Sims is active in NCAEOP and has served as president of the WCU chapter. She and her husband, Larry, WCU grounds supervisor, have two children. J. MILFORD CLARK (associate dean, Education and Psychology) has been selected a fellow of the 19 84 Institute on Significant Issues in Education. The Institute, to be held Aug. 6-10 at the University of Washington, will include fellows from all fifty states. They will analyze the issues contained in John God lad's A Study of Schooling. STARLETT CRAIG (assistant to the vice chancellor, Student Development) will serve June 4-22 as one of six interns in the office of U.S. Rep. James McClure Clarke in Washington, D.C. She will conduct research on current issues, public policies, and respond to constituent letters. Her special area of interest will be legislation concerning social work and minority education. NORMA B. COOK and DAN SOUTHERN (Medical Technology) have been elected to offices in the N.C. Society for Medical Technology. Mrs. Cook will be the Society's secretary, and Southern will serve on the nominations and elections committee. Southern is also the Society's career recruitment chairman. FRANCES W. LOVIN (program director, Medical Record Administration) was installed as president of the N.C. Medical Record Association at the organization's annual meeting May 6-9 in Charlotte. JIM DAVIDSON and JIM ANDERSON (Upward Bound and Educational Talent Search) attended the spring meeting of the N.C . Council of Educa tional Opportunity Programs on May 16-18 in Durham. Davidson presented a workshop titled "The Microcomputer Has Arrived.What Can We Do With It?" Anderson presented a workshop on stress management. Th<=> A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University Cullowhee, North Carolina June 29, 1984 ONE-ACTS WILL BE PRESENTED NEXT WEEK The summer theatre season moves toward satire in two one-act plays by Christopher Durang, Sister Mary Ignatius Explains It All for You and The Actor's Nightmare to be performed Tuesday-Thursday, July 10-12, in the Little Theatre, Stillwell Building. Curtain time is 8 p.m. The irreverent humor of Sister Mary Ignatius takes aim at organized religion in this story about a Catholic-school nun who discovers that four former students1 lives do not reflect her teachings. The former students visit Sister Mary's classroom, put on a pageant designed to embarrass her, and later reveal some unsavory facts about their lives. The play features Phoebe Hall of Cullowhee as Sister Mary Ignatius, Kala Collins of Boone, Kate Marshall of Montreat, Richard Dudley of Birmingham, Ala., Howard Allman of Webster, and Eoin O'Connor of Cullowhee. In The Actor's Nightmare, an accountant dreams he must replace an ailing actor in a stage play. In this spoof on the actor's plight, the characters—Ms. Hall as Sarah Siddons, Allman as Henry Irving, Bethany Stillion of Cullowhee as Ellen Terry, and June Cagle of Cullowhee as stage manager Meg—recreate scenes from such well known productions as Private Lives, Hamlet, Checkmate, and A Man for All Seasons. Donald Loeffler, head of WCU's department of speech and theatre arts, is director of both plays. Tickets are $4 for adults, $3 for students and senior citizens, and $2 for children. Reservations may be made by calling the department of speech and theatre arts at ext. 7365. Workmen positioned a massive 219-foot, 70- ton roof truss at the Ramsey Regional Activity Center on June 13. Two other trusses, each 250 feet long and weighing 115 tons, will soon be put into place. The trusses, lifted by two large cranes, are hinged to the main structure by two-foot steel pins that weigh 300 pounds each. COOPERATIVE MUSEUM PROJECT PLANNED The National Endowment for the Humanities will provide grant support to the Appalachian Consortium for a project tracing the "Cultural Meanings of the Appalachian Forests." The project is a mountain museum cooperative designed to bring together the WCU Mountain Heritage Center, Carroll Reese Museum in Johnson City, Tenn., Appalachian Cultural Center in Boone, Rural Life Museum in Mars Hill, and Folk Art Center in Asheville. Each center will contribute artifacts, photographs, documents, and technical expertise for a traveling exhibit designed to visually interpret the evolution of the Appalachian forest. 2- CURIOSITY IN CHILDREN IS RESEARCH TOPIC Bruce Henderson, assistant professor of psychology, has received a $16,255 grant from the Foundation for Child Development that will enable him to continue research on the exploratory behavior of children ages 3-8. Henderson is examining what happens when a parent helps a child explore a novel object. "We're looking at what kinds of things parents do to help children explore more, to make them more curious," he said. The study will attempt to find ways to encourage children to explore more. By measuring what children can do on their own and with help, the study may show there are better indicators of a child's ability than commonly used tests of exploratory ability and curiosity. In Henderson's program, researchers observing children at play have found that some children's curiosity and exploratory ability in crease when parents help them; but some parents interfere with the exploratory ability of children who are highly curious on their own. Henderson is one of 18 researchers awarded grants totaling $255,500 under the foundation's Program for Young Scholars in Social and Affective Behavior. The Young Scholars Program, for researchers who have earned the doctoral degree within the last six years, started in 1981 when it awarded grants to 34 researchers. This grant will allow Henderson to continue research begun with a $53,000 Spencer Foundation grant in 1980. THREE TRAINED IN RIVER RESCUE WCU student Mark Melrose, Tim Jacobs, director of the University Center, and Bill Clarke, assistant director for programming of the University Center, completed an intensive Basic River Rescue Course, held June 8-10, at Western and on the Tuckasei-gee River. The three were among 40 members of rescue squads and state agencies in western North Carolina and Tennessee who completed the three-day course taught by experts in the Ohxo Department of Natural Resources' Division of Watercraft and sponsored by WCU and the Tennessee Valley Authority. The course was designed to provide emergency training ' for rescue personnel who cover the French Broad, Hiwassee, Watauga, Tellico, Little Nantahala, Nolichucky, Ocoee, Tuckaseigee, and Little Tennessee rivers. With the increasing recreational use of rivers and streams in WNC and Tennessee, the number of accidents has risen. Rescue operations have become more complicated and demanding, and more extensive emergency training is needed, officials said. PUBLIC TV PLANS FULL SUMMER SCHEDULE Are bored children a problem at your house during the summer months? Daytime educational television may provide some relief this year. For the first time ever, the University of North Carolina Center for Public Television is moving into a full-day broadcast schedule. The new summer line-up promises to interest and challenge children and adults, as well. The morning programs, geared toward children, include "Sesame Street," "Powerhouse," "Electric Company," and "Reading Rainbow." Following the morning programs are selected adult basic education and general education development telecourses, and instructional programming for teachers. Afternoons will be scheduled with general-interest programs such as Alistair Cook's "America," Sir Kenneth Clark's "Civilization," and "Masterpiece Theatre." JULY THE FOURTH OBSERVANCE The university will celebrate the Fourth of July with dinner on the lawn of the University Center from 4:30 until 6:30 p.m. Bo's Bluegrass Band will provide the music. The meal, free to WCU students with meal tickets and $2.50 for all others, will feature Cecil Ward's famous barbecue and the July 4th staple, watermelon. All university offices will be open July 4 and nine-week summer school classes will meet. Registration will be held in the University Center July 5 and the second four-and-a-half-week summer term will begin that day.
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