| 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. I Reporter A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina PRESENTING THE LIFE OF THE EXCEPTIONAL ADULT Jane Schulz and Billy Schulz tion, and poor work and living situations for our children. Yet we find that our children have grown—in part because of our own struggles and, as far as Billy is concerned, in part because of his own characteristics." After her formal remarks, Billy shows slides and describes his family, where he works, and where he lives. Among the slides are pictures from a birthday party he was given at the library. He lives independently—"Just me," he says—in a trailer near his parents' home. (He formerly lived in a trailer park, but when his brother built a house nearby, he decided he too would like a new place to live.) He does his own cooking, takes care of his household, and enjoys watching movies on videotape. Jane Fonda is his favorite actress. These joint presentations started when Jane did a workshop with a former student who now works in another part of the state. "I When Jane Schulz goes to talk about bringing exceptional children into the mainstream or facilitating independence for exceptional adults, she's got credibility. She goes not only as a professional whose field is special education, but also as the parent of a son with Down Syndrome, a genetic anomaly associated with mental retardation and certain physical characteristics. In the past year or two, Dr. Schulz and her son, Billy, a book handler at Hunter Library, have been giving joint presentations on "Growing Together" at conferences all over the country. Their next appearance will be at a national interdisciplinary seminar on Down Syndrome Oct. 9-10 in Akron, Ohio. There they will provide the closing program, following "Interventions for Families Having a Child with Down Syndrome" by a psychologist and a social worker in the field. That seminar is being jointly sponsored by Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Summit-Portage Area Health Education Network, and the Northeast Regional Training Consortium. The other presentations are by researchers, scientists, and helping professionals with expertise in medical and biological aspects of Down Syndrome. In their own presentation, which is usually for parents of children with Down Syndrome, Jane addresses the theme of growing together as families in a positive way. She says, "In the past we have been afraid of the future. We have been unprepared due to late diagnoses, a lack of early intervenwant you to talk to my parents," the student said. "They need to turn loose of their kids." Jane responded, "Then you need Billy." The visual cues of the slides make it easier for Billy to present his side of things. He also fields questions at the end. They have given their presentations for parent groups, classes, and for the southeastern conference of the American Association on Mental Deficiency held in Atlanta. Later, they gave one for the national meeting of that group in Denver. Last fall they were keynote speakers at the National Association for Down Syndrome in Chicago. Talking to groups, especially parents, with a special interest in Down Syndrome is the most exciting part of what they do, Jane feels. One father wrote to Billy after one of these meetings. In the voice of his young daughter, he said, "My parents aren't afraid since they met you." Fear of the future is the big hurdle for most parents of handicapped children, she says. "The scariest time is after high school," she says. "Those of us with handicapped children have worked so hard for school programs, and all of a sudden that's over and we haven't planned for the rest of it." When Billy graduated, he worked for a lumber yard until it became clear he needed more training. He then lived in Haywood County for some two years, living in a group home (later a supervised independent setting) and working in the sheltered workshop there. Then,* when Hunter Library developed a position that a handicapped person could fill and Billy got the job, he moved back to Jackson County. "There's not one solution for every person—the same as for normal children," Jane says. "Families need more help than they get in looking into alternatives for their children who are grown. You can't really generalize about Down Syndrome. There's as much variability there as in any segment of the population." Their joint presentations have been an exciting professional experience for her and an important growth experience for him. The traveling itself has been good for him, Jane says. In Denver, he enjoyed being shown around by a family friend and feeding deer in the park. "I'm afraid of the sky," he says, "but my mother closed the curtain" so he couldn't see out. He has just about overcome his fear of flying, Jane says, and he has matured a lot. He enjoys going to restaurants and ordering new dishes. The presentations are stressful, but he has learned to pull himself together and carry through. "He meets strangers beautifully," she says. "One of the exciting things that's happened as far as Billy is concerned," she says, "is that he has changed from a responsibility to a resource. He helps the family in various ways, and what we're doing professionally is a real plus in my career. So there are some nice surprises along the way in addition to the unpleasant ones—like the new discovery that Down Syndrome is related to Alzheimer's disease." Jane's new book, Parents and Professionals in Special Education, is just out from Allyn and Bacon. It's the textbook for a course she teaches that emphasizes the importance of the home-school relationship. "Parents are the kids' first teachers and they know a lot about their children that could help school personnel in dealing with these children," she says. Mutual respect is important as parents and professionals work together to contribute to the child's welfare, she says. Simple strategies like making time in the evening to confer with parents can get across a message, she says: "We do respect you and what you have to offer, and we understand your situation." —Elizabeth Addison PEOPLE AND PLACES LAURA MANN (Music) was selected as the "Artist of the Year" at Principia College in Elsah/St. Louis, Mo., and was invited to present a recital on the college campus on May 1. This recital was a gift to the community by the college and the highlight of a weekend celebration of musical activities. On May 2 she also taught a master class for advanced vocal students at Principia, specifically addressing the dynamics of onstage performance and audience communication. MUFFIE TATUM, ROSEANNA SNEED, and TODD MURDOCK (Educational Talent Search) and SARAH WILLIAMS (Upward Bound) attended the 16th Annual Spring Conference of the N.C. Council of Educational Opportunity Programs, held in Charlotte April 29-May 1. The theme was "Toward Equality and Excellence: Commitment, Leadership, Strategies." MARIO GAETANO (Music) was recently a guest artist at the Head Music Studios of Memphis, Tenn., where he presented a marimba clinic and performed in concert with the studio percussion ensemble at Linden wood Christian Church. His appearance was sponsored by the Yamaha Corporation, which Dr. Gaetano recently joined as a marimba clinician, general product endorser, and consultant for product development. DAVID BREWIN (Mountain Heritage Center) was recently awarded first prize in a juried blacksmithing show at the Madison-Morgan Cultural Center in Madison, Ga. Blacksmiths from all over the Southeast were represented in this exhibit. Brewin's award-winning entry was a pair of 18th-century pipe tongs. The three-month show concluded May 19. JOHN McCREARY (dean, School of Business) is one of five members elected to a three-year term on the American Assembly of Collegiate Schools of Business Continuing Accreditation Committee. The AACSB is the only business school accrediting association recognized by the Council on Postsecondary Accreditation. HEYDAR POURIAN (Finance) was invited to speak and conduct workshops for the State of North Carolina Social Services Association during its annual meeting, held in Raleigh April 30. His subject was personal financial planning and management. ELLERD HULBERT (director, International Instructional Programs) was elected a member of the board of directors of the N.C. World Trade Association at its annual meeting April 29. This will be Dr. Hulbert's third term on the state board. FACULTY PUBLICATIONS Natalie Haberland. "Voluntary Death," a translation of Karin Struck's "Freitod," in Dimension, 16, 1 (1987), 118-123. Jo Ann S. Hickey and Anthony Andrew Hickey. "Black Farmers in Virginia, 1930-1978: An Analysis of the Social Organization of Agriculture," in Rural Sociology, 52, 1 (Spring 1987), 75-88. Jane B. Schulz. Parents and Professionals in Special Education. Boston: Allyn and Bacon, 1987. T.S. Warren and C.T. Pickering. Reading Ability Inventory. Saratoga, Calif.: R&E Publishers, 1987. POSITIONS AVAILABLE Hunter Library, part-time Library Skills Assistant. Fixed-term contract, requires B.S. degree, prefer previous library experience, 20-30 hours per week. No fringe benefits. Works closely with and is trained by professional librarian. Apply by July 15 to Brenda Oliver. The following positions are opening in Public Information. Salary commensurate with education and experience. Accepting applications until filled. For more information, write Doug Reed, 420 Robinson Building. Send resume and three references to Personnel Office, Robinson Building. Photographer II. College graduate or equivalent and four years experience in photographic work with publishing firm, advertising agency, or commercial studio. Must have sophisticated knowledge of photographic techniques, materials, and processes. Must be highly skilled in darkroom processing and printing pictures and operating complex cameras and equipment. Publications Writer (Information and Communications Specialist I). Duties include writing, editing, proofreading. Four-year degree in English, journalism, or related field required. Two or more years professional experience in writing or newspaper reporting preferred. Working knowledge of TRS-80 word processing or Apple Macintosh desktop publishing desired. ANNOUNCEMENTS Film - A free showing of Ingmar Bergman's film of The Magic Flute by Mozart is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. Friday, July 17, in Classroom A of Hunter Library. The screening is sponsored by the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching and is open to WCU students, faculty, and staff. The rental agreement precludes admission to the general public. WCU Featured - The July issue of includes House Beautiful a story and photo about woven coverlets and other mountain handicrafts and particularly features the coverlets exhibit in the Mountain Heritage Center. The magazine's travel section outlines a three-day vacation using Asheville as base and traveling the mountains in search of coverlets. House Beautiful circulates 850,000 monthly. Theatre - The Man with the Plastic Sandwich by Roger Karshner will be presented in Niggli Theatre Monday through Wednesday, July 13-15. Directed by Richard Beam, this comedy is about a middle-aged man who has lost his job and gains new insights into life through the eccentrics he meets in the park. Steve Eller plays Walter Price, the man with the plastic sandwich, and Heather Pittillo, Britton Corry, and Charlene Homolka act the eccentric roles. Call ext. 7491 for reservations. Biology Preserve - Western's Wolf Creek Biology Preserve on Cullowhee Mountain became part of the the state Natural Heritage Program during a dedication ceremony Tuesday, June 23, on the property. Western has owned the approximately 300-acre property for more than 20 years. It was purchased as a watershed and has been used for teaching and research projects. Dick Bruce, one of the biology professors who spoke at the ceremony, said that Western will continue to use the area for teaching and research while leaving it a In a scene from Arthur Kopit's "End of the World," the millionaire industrialist Philip Stone (Roger Bright) threatens playwright Michael Trent (Dean Biasucci) when Trent refuses to write the play Stone has commissioned. This darkly comic treatment of the nuclear arms race will be presented in Niggli Theatre Monday through Wednesday, July 6-8. Curtain at 8 p.m. natural ecosystem. Chancellor Myron Coulter and biology professor Dan Pittillo also made remarks. The certificate of registration was presented by Charles E. Roe of the N.C. Natural Heritage Program. Walter P. Oldendorf has been named interim associate director of the N.C. Center for the Advancement of Teaching according to an announcement by the center's director, Bruce McPherson. He has been a Center Fellow for the past year, helping plan and coordinate seminars. In his new position, he primarily will be involved with seminar programming, evaluation, research, institutional development, and alumni affairs. South Africans Visit - Ten young South African community leaders visited WCU and the region June 24-28 as part of a five-week- nationwide tour of community and volunteer programs. Their WNC itinerary was coordinated by the Joint PVO/University Rural Development Center at CIML. The black, Asian, and mixed race visitors were particularly looking at volunteerism, fund raising, and cooperative programs. m Reporter July 17, 1987 A Weekly Newsletter for the Faculty and Staff of Western Carolina University / Cullowhee, North Carolina PSYCHOMETRIST IS OUTSTANDING SUPPORT STAFF PERSON A "support staff person" in a special sense was honored along with 78 persons having more than 840 collective years of service to WCU and the State of North Carolina at the June 24 service awards luncheon. Nina Crawford, psychometrist and secretary in the WCU Counseling, Advisement, and Placement Center, was presented a $500 check and plaque honoring her as the university's 1987 Outstanding Support Staff Person by Chancellor Myron L. Coulter. Her supportive attitude as the center's first contact for students who need help was a strong factor in her nomination. "Nina has distinguished herself as one of our most valued employees by daily exhibiting so many outstanding qualities," Dr. Coulter said. "Her position demands a special sensitivity to the needs of our students. Nina is frequently the first person they come in contact with when seeking help. Her respectful and approachable demeanor allows troubled students to feel more comfortable about coming to the Counseling Center." Dr. Coulter said Crawford's co-workers and supervisors described her as "hardworking, cooperative, competent, approachable, calm, dedicated, caring, patient, and positive" in nominating her for the Recognition Award for Outstanding Support Personnel. Twenty-three others also were honored as nominees for the recognition awafd: Sheila Anders, David Bennett, Darrell Bryant, Juanita Burrell, Audrey Clayton, Benjamin Dillard, Bill Dillard, Sylvia DuPree, Peggy Eidson, Sheila Frizzell, Janice Harris, Kathleen Owen, Barbara Parris, Debby Sims, Susan Smith, Judy Smoker, Genoa Stephens, Linda R. Sutton, George Watson, Mildred Wilson, Terry Wood, Helen Woodard, and Joneita Yantes. Nina Crawford The 1987 nominees from WCU for the Governor's Award for Excellence also were announced. They are Dr. James Wallace, professor of biology; Susie Ray, director of cooperative education; and Crawford. Dr. Coulter said that eligibility for the Governor's Award has been broadened and henceforth Western's nominees would be the recipients of the Paul A. Reid Distinguished Service Awards and the Recognition Award for Outstanding Support Personnel. Wallace and Ray were the 1987 Paul A. Reid winners. Eight retiring staff members also were honored at the luncheon. They were Beulah B. Lindsey, Eddie O. Aldridge, William R. Crawford, Carl K. Frizzell, Joyce K. Robertson, Kathy Evitt, Carrie S. Smith, OUR SUMMER COMMENCEMENT SPEAKER will be Betty Ray McCain (Mrs. John Lewis McCain), a member of the UNC Board of Governors. The graduation exercises will be held in the Ramsey Center Friday, July 31, at 7 p.m., with a reception to follow in the Hospitality Room. and Ray T. W or ley. Receiving awards, by length of service: Thirty years — Cecil Ward. Twenty-five years — James W. Wal droop. Twenty years — Nina Crawford, Freddy Jones, Mary Fowler, Dale Nations, Mary Parris, Eva Webb, Ruth Shuler, Dorothy Love, Jane Wells. Cecil Ward Governor's Award for Excellence nominees: Crawford, Wallace, and Ray Fifteen years — Virgie Bishop, Deborah Blethen, Edith Cabe, Bengie Dean, Mary Haynes, Mary Holden, Elbert Mathis, Uyless Mathis, Freda McCall, William D. Monteith, Astor Plemmons, Barbara Rogers, Roy Shuler, Judy Smoker, Arthur Stiles, Alfred West, Jr., Edna Waldrop, and Lew Worsham. Ten years — Deborah Allison, John Brooks, Donna Cabe, Frances Conley, Ronald Deitz, Sylvia DuPree, Michael Farmer, Jean Kristosik, Donald Ledford, Doris Lillard, Richard Llewellyn, Marcella McDonald, Doris Phillips, Rita Phillips, Susan S. Smith, Violet Vassian, Ricky Watson, and Marvin Wilkes. Five years — Karen Anderson, William R. Bennett, Katie Brendle, Robert Dills, Doris Franks, Clifton Fisher, Alexander Gerdes, Barbara Golden, Johnny Hampton, Sarah Harris, William Harris, Janie Jones, Fleta Koch, Robert Lane, Catherine Lennox, Robert Lillard, Julia Luker, Arthur McAbee, Sandra Nottingham, Patricia Painter, Lloyd Phillips, Donald Rambler, Dennis Smith, George Smoker, Arthur Stamey, Mary Tatum, Herbert Vogel, Jerry Warren, Connie Watson, Sharon Watson, and Robert Wikle. Retirees Lindsey, Frizzell, and Smith Twenty-year honorees: Parris, Wells, Shuler, Webb, Crawford, and Love. Fifteen-year honorees: (seated) Rogers, Waldrop, McCall, Smoker, Cabe, Blethen, Bishop, Holden; (standing) Worsham, Mathis, Monteith, Plemmons, Shuler, Stiles, Dean. PEOPLE AND PLACES WILLIAM D. HYATT (Criminal Justice) is the new head of his department. He holds law degrees from Georgetown and Cincinnati and was formerly the attorney in charge of the Organized Crime Strike Force in the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington. Earlier, he held a similar position in Miami. ROSE HOOPER (WNCT/CIML) and DELORES NICHOLSON (Media Center) also attended the public radio conference. It was the first statewide conference bringing together radio station managers, state legislators, and officials and citizens interested in public radio development. Sponsored by the Agency for Public Telecommunications, the conference was videotaped and will be shown over the Open Public Events Network this fall. DAVID PETERS and JANE MINOR (Developmental Evaluation Center) presented a seminar on "Working with Low-Income and Culturally Distinctive Families in Their Homes" June 17-19 at the 7th Annual Sewanee Conference for Persons Serving Children with Developmental Delays. The conference, held at the University of the South in Sewanee, Tenn., was sponsored by Community Mental Retardation Agencies and the Tennessee Early Intervention Network for Children with Handicaps. N.C. Public Radio Advisory Committee, participated in a panel discussing "Assets and Liabilities of Statewide Interconnection" along with John Clark, manager of WDAV-Davidson, and Tim Warner, manager of WCQS-FM in Asheville. GURNEY CHAMBERS (dean, Education and Psychology) gave one high school commencement address in Virginia and two in North Carolina during the month of June. He also gave a keynote address at the Summer Leadership Conference of the Gwinnett County Public Schools in Georgia. JIM SMITH (Art) and NINA ANDERSON (CIML) had works in the recent Great Smokies Heritage Spring Art Show at the Museum of the Cherokee Indian in April. According to a Museum spokesperson, both received much favorable comment. WCU student William Eleazer of Sylva won first prize in the sculpture division for his archetypal bronze, "The Long Hunter." RICHARD GAINEY (Speech and Theatre Arts), who is general manager and adviser of WWCU-FM, recently participated in the 1987 N.C. Public Radio Conference held June 1 in Raleigh. Gainey, a member of the SCOTT E. HIGGINS (Health Services Management and Supervision) recently received the Professional Achievement Award from the University of Central Florida's College of Health. Dr. Higgins was recognized as one of five 1987 distinguished alumni and received the award at the 11th annual meeting of the University of Central Florida Alumni Association in Orlando June 13. He has helped develop four undergraduate programs in respiratory therapy and health services management as well as national curriculum standards in the field. In 1978 he was named Outstanding Respiratory Therapist in South Carolina and he has twice been his school's nominee for the Chancellor's Distinguished Teaching Award. He also has conducted more than 65 workshops and seminars for health care professionals and served as consultant to hospitals, health agencies, and professional groups. DIANA HENSHAW (director, Continuing Education) has been appointed to the executive board of the N.C. Adult Education Association to fill an unexpired term. She will serve until Dec. 31, 1988. WILBURN HAYDEN, JR. (head, Social Work) has been elected treasurer of the National Association of Social Workers, a 107,000-member professional association based in Silver Spring, Md. A nominee of the group's leadership committee, he was elected this spring in nationwide balloting. His opponent was a national board member from California. As treasurer, he will oversee an $11 million budget and help develop guidelines and policies for the association. JAN DAVIDSON (curator, Mountain Heritage Center) is a featured humorist on the program of "Laughter in Appalachia: A Second Festival of Appalachian Humor" July 17-18 in Berea, Ky. ANNE ROGERS (Anthropology) recently participated in the 52nd Annual Meeting of the Society for American Archaeology, held in Toronto, Canada. Rogers' presentation was titled "Upland Sites and Topography in the Southern Appalachian Uplands." She showed, with topographic maps, how to predict where archaeological sites might be located in the high mountains. Gaps and saddles (like gaps but smaller) are common areas Indians chose for dwelling sites because you can approach them from different directions and they are rather sheltered, she said. Ridge extensions and ridge lines are also good places to look because they are flat. Only recently, through work she has done for the U.S. Forest Service, has Rogers discovered that Indians used upland sites for long-term occupation, not just for brief hunting and gathering expeditions. Her predictive model is an outgrowth of that work. WESTERN ON THE AIR Recent WCU television appearances arranged by the Office of Public Information: Ed Israel and Edward Smith (CIML) taped an interview which aired May on "Focus 21," a program on WHNS-TV, Asheville. They discussed the Black Oral History Project sponsored by WNC Tomorrow. Part of the interview took place at St. Matthias Church, Asheville, which was given to the black community by the Vanderbilt family. Judith Pilch (associate director, Office for Rural Education) and Terry Yang, the eighth-grader from Statesville who received the Outstanding Young Leader Award at the Legislators' School here last summer, appeared live on "Good Morning," a program on WFMY-TV in Greensboro. The June 3 interview dealt with the Legislators' School for Youth Leadership Development. Eva Adcock (Music) did a live interview June 5 on "Top of the Day" at WBTV in Charlotte. She talked about how to develop musical ability in the young child and about the Orff-Schulwerk workshop for music educators, which was held on campus July 6-17. Jan Davidson (Mountain Heritage Center) was interviewed about the history and art of the coverlet June 29 when representatives from South Carolina Educational Television (WRLK) came to the Mountain Heritage Center to film a program on the coverlet exhibit. The program, "Art's the Thing," aired July 9. Jan also played some mountain music on his banjo, and the music was used as background for a visual tour of the gallery. Nannette Davidson demonstrated the weaving of coverlets for the program. Bill Anderson (History) and Nina Anderson, a free-lance writer who has worked at CIML, taped an interview July 6 for "The Peggy Denny Show" on WGGS-TV, Greenville, S.C. Their topic was Southern Treasures, their new book published in May by Globe Pequot Press. Southern Treasures is part guidebook and part a compilation of interesting tales about various kinds of treasures in the South, including pirate and buried treasures, sunken treasures, and natural treasures. Marsha Crites (associate director for human resources, CIML) and Florence Sumner (retired faculty member) will discuss the Age Link program in an interview to be taped July 30 at WXII-TV in Winston-Salem. They will be joined by a parent and child who are involved in the program. The interview will be used on a Saturday evening program called "Newsroom." Ms. Sumner works as an AgeLink senior volunteer and Ms. Crites developed the program and formerly directed it. Jay Davies (field representative, N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission) and Christine Gettys, a WCU senior majoring in biology and environmental health, will be interviewed live August on "Tennessee This Morning," a talk show on WATE-TV, Knoxville. They will discuss the Peregrine Falcon Summer Tracking Program. Davies is interested in raising public awareness of conservation issues, especially endangered species. Ms. Gettys worked last summer as a caretaker for fledgling peregrines. NEW ROLES IN BUSINESS AFFAIRS Three new appointments in the Office of Business Affairs have been announced by Vice-Chancellor C.J. Carter. Chuck Wooten, university controller, has been named to the new position of assistant vice-chancellor for business affairs and will continue as controller. Ron Core, manager of the University Book and Supply Store, will be university budget officer, an existing position freed up through office reorganization. Rick Nicholson, acting manager of the Book and Supply Store for the past year, has been named manager. Dr. Carter said Wooten, in addition to his duties as controller, will assume overview responsibilities for the university's business services units and for coordination and oversight of the university's budget and audit compliance activities. Core, he said, will bring together responsibilities related to the university budget system and will work with deans, department heads, and other officers in preparing budget requests. He also will have responsibilities in preparing the budget request for the UNC General Administration, the Board of Governors, and the General Assembly. Filling all three positions from within the university was possible, Dr. Carter said, because of the quality of Wooten's, Core's, and Nicholson's work. "The university was fortunate to have persons of their capabilities in filling these positions," he said. NEWS BRIEFS Folkmoot USA, patterned after the classic European festivals and the largest festival of its type in this country, will bring three groups to campus Saturday, Aug. 1. Ballet Folklorico Dominicano from the Dominican Republic, the kaleidoscopic KUD "Vukica Mitrovic" from Belgrade, Yugoslavia, and the Santa Gorizia Folk Dance Group from Gorizia, Italy, will perform at the Music-English Recital Hall beginning at 8 p.m. The Dominican dances show influences from three different cultures—Spanish, African, and Cuban. Their "Dance of the Alligator" and "Dance of the Little Monkey" originated in Cuba, while the "Dance of the Crab" and "Dance of the Snake" are of Haitian origin. One dance is strongly influenced by Voodoo. The Yugoslavian group changes costume frequently to reflect the various regions of its diverse country. Santa Gorizia traces customs of both peasants and nobles in its dances. Tickets $6 for adults, $2 for children, with group rates available. New Developmental Services - Western's Developmental Evaluation Center is offering a new home-based program to assist parents and small children with disabilities. Funded by an $86,687 grant from the N.C. Developmental Disabilities Council, the Early Childhood Intervention Service provides for three specialists who visit children's homes and develop treatment programs for a variety of developmental problems. The program provides materials, toys, and equipment to fit each child's individual needs and offers counseling and information for parents. "The purpose of the program is to work with the families as a whole to meet the child's potential," said Sandy Davis, early intervention specialist. Art - An exhibition of paintings by Andrew R. Braitman will be on display through July 29 at Chelsea Gallery. He works primarily on a large scale, in oil, oil-based mediums, and pure pigment. He says of his work, "Most of my images, though born in nature, are nonrepresenta-tional. While I do, at times, portray the human form in my painting, the figure functions as a comfortable device for me to gauge the communicative success of a particular approach or to hone a new painting method to a point of greater clarity and control." His works are in various national collections. New Agreement with UNCA - UNC Asheville and Western have agreed to establish a cooperative program in social work. Wilburn Hayden, Jr., head of the WCU department of social work, and Walter R. Boland, chairman of sociology at UNCA, will jointly develop a schedule of courses necessary for students of both institutions to complete the 18 semester hours of undergraduate instruction in social work. The agreement will be implemented in spring 1988. Western has been one of the few institutions in the state offering a program leading to social work certification; the cooperative program will enable UNCA students to enroll as special students at WCU to take the necessary courses for certification. North Carolina requires its social workers to be certified. Chinese Seminars - Faculty and staff are invited to informal seminars conducted by Professor Li Xiwen of Yunnan University at 3 p.m. Thursday, July 23 and 30, at 3 p.m. in the conference room on the first floor of Forsyth Building. He will discuss various aspects of Chinese life and ways. Radioactive Tubes Stolen - Self-luminous tubes stolen from a fire exit sign in Benton Residence Hall contain small amounts of tritium, a low-level radioactive form of hydrogen. WCU safety officer Steve Flury warns that the tubes may release a harmful dose if broken in a small, confined area. They look like small fluorescent light tubes, about five inches long and one-fourth inch thick. They are marked "T-Light Tube" and emit a continuous greenish glow. If you have information, contact Flury at ext. 7442. Coulter Honored by Student Group - The Pi Gamma Mu Social Science Honor Society presented the 1986-87 H.F. Robinson International Social Science Achievement Award to Chancellor Myron Coulter for his work in promoting the international mission of WCU. Previous recipients were Mert Cregger, Charles Stevens, and John Fobes. Thanks - Chancellor Coulter received a letter from the Leukemia Society of America, one of the 24 National Voluntary Health Agencies that participated in the State Employees Combined Campaign, thanking the campus for its participation. Without such campaigns, he said, "much of the work of the health agencies, particularly in areas of medical research and health services, could not be achieved." Theatre - On Monday, July 20, the musical revue Jacques Brel Is Alive and Well and Living in Paris opens for a three-day run in Niggli Theatre. The thought-provoking and sometimes disturbing lyrics of Jacques Brel are set to music by Kurt Weil and accompanied by fast-paced song and dance. Steve Ayers directs, and Libby Trull is choreographer. Betsy Bisson is coordinating costumes. These three are also in the cast, with Terri Wood, Geno Segers, Britt Corry, Howard Allman, Phoebe Hall, Nancy Lewis, Gary Mitchell, and Carol Cloud. Pianist is Betsy Far low. Set and light design by Richard Beam. More Theatre - The summer season concludes with The Kingfisher, a comedy by William Douglas Home, playing Monday-Wednesday, July 27-29. This delightful British comedy concerns the marital ambitions of the 70-year-old successful novelist, Sir Cecil Warburton (Richard Dudley), who has lived for 50 years with his devoted butler-valet Hawkins (Roger Bright). Cecil lost the love of his life 50 years earlier but when the Lady Evelyn Townsend (Jean Wagenseil) is widowed he regains his hopes. Don Loeffler directs. An old beech tree centers the garden set designed by Herschel Harper. Lighting designed by Jim Irvin, sound by Russell Nail. Call ext. 7491 for tickets.
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