Volume 18, Number 3 September 19, 1991

WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSllY

Senate reviews new general education program,Barrett urges faculty members to be flexible

The Faculty Senate Sept. 12 took its firstlook at the proposed "University EducationProgram," a combination of "proficiencies"and "core area requirements" that ProvostNancy S. Barrett called "the most importantitem on our education agenda this year."

The proposed program, which has anemphasis on "critical thinking," would re-place the existing general education programin the fall of 1993. Courses to meet therequirements of the new program would bereviewed and developed this year. Final ac-tion on the proposal is scheduled for thesenate's next meeting Oct. 3.

Barrett urged faculty members to be "flex-ible and enthusiastic" in their approach towhatever the senate approves. "Flexibilitywill produce an environment in which fac-ulty members can begin to support the newprogram with enthusiasm," she said.

The Undergraduate Studies Council,which developed the new program, foundthe existing program in need of attentionwhen it was asked to review general edu-cation by then Provost George M. Dennisonin 1988. The result was a "modified distribu-tion program" with a separate set ofproficiencies.

"Despite some need for change, it is ex-pected that 70 percent of existing generaleducation courses would meet criteria for thenew program and other courses certainlycould be revised," said Carol Payne Smith,education and professional development, whois chairperson of the Undergraduate StudiesCouncil.

Scholars to present views on 'Economics of Education'

Enrollment sets recordfor seventh straight yearFor the seventh consecutive year, and

despite projections to the contrary, WMUhas increased its enrollment over the pre-vious year to a record 27,708 students -mostly the result of retention and an in-crease in the number of graduate students.

"We're absolutely delighted,"said Su-san B. Hannah, assistant vice presidentfor academic affairs, of this fall's increaseof 713 students or 2.6 percent over lastfall's total of 26,995 students. Enrollmentof minority and international students alsois up.

"We were projecting an overall de-crease of 1 percent," Hannah said. "Thiscertainly will help us with the many seri-ous budget issues we face this year. Oncemore WMU is being recognized for itsquality and value by the people who count- our students."

Total on-campus enrollment is 24,058,up 628 students or 2.7 percent over lastfall's figure of 23,430 students. Off-cam-pus enrollment is expected to be 3,650students, up 85 students or 2.4 percentover last fall's total of 3,565 students.

This year's increase is the result ofimproved retention at the undergraduatelevel and more graduate students,Hannahsaid. The total number of new students,6,204, is down slightly from last year'sfigure of 6,245.

New students include first-time fresh-men, graduate and transfer students aswell as undergraduate and graduate stu-

dents who are re-entering the Universityafter an absence of a year or longer.

Minority enrollment on campus thisfall is 1,877 students, up 160 students or9.3 percent over last fall's total of 1,717students, while international students num-ber 1,433, up 229 students or 19 percentmore than the previous total of 1,204students, Hannah said.

Minority students constitute 7.8 per-cent of WMU's on-campus enrollmentwhile international students make up 6percent of that total. "That's close to 14percent of our on-campus students whoare minority or international students,"Hannah said. "We are, in fact. becomingan increasingly diverse institution.

"Minority enrollment is up in part be-cause of our heavy emphasis on minorityrecruitment, the strength of our supportservices to all students, good financial aidand a positive campus environment,"Hannah explained.

WMU's greatest increases came insophomores - 400 more than projected- and in graduate students, up by 300over projections fora total of3,928 gradu-ate students on campus this fall.

"This tells us that we have retainedmore students from their freshman totheir sophomore year, which is very good,"Hannah said. "By the same token, stu-dents are responding to the increased num-ber of graduate programs we have to offerat both the master's and doctoral level."

The first of sixeconomists who willpresent their viewsthis year on "TheEconomics of Edu-cation" will speak atthe University Wed-nesday, Sept. 25.

W. Lee Hansen,professor of eco-nomics and educa-tional policy studies Hanseat the University of nWisconsin at Madison, will kick off theDepartment of Economics' 28th annuallec-ture-seminar series. He will present a freepublic lecture on "Achievement and Accessin Higher Education" at 8 p.m. in 3750Knauss Hall. He also will lead a seminar on"The Quality-Access Trade-Off in HigherEducation" for faculty members, graduatestudents, undergraduate economics majorsand other interested guests at 3 p.m. in 3760Knauss Hall.

"There has been a great deal of attentiongiven to a 'crisis' in public education," saidEmily P. Hoffman, economics, who isdirect-ing this year's series. "A high percentage ofstudents are functionally illiterate, and manyfail to graduate from high school. Many highschool graduates are prepared for neither

Board of Trustees meetingscheduled for Friday, Sept. 20

The Board of Trustees will meet at 10a.m.Friday, Sept. 20, in the Board Room of theBernhard Center.

Agenda items include personnel, gift andgrant reports. The board also will set meetingdates for 1992 and is expected to consider themerger of the Department of Aircraft andAutomotive Engineering and the Depart-ment of Mechanical Engineering. In addi-tion, the trustees will vote on the ratificationof a three-year contract with Local 1668 ofthe American Federation of State, Countyand Municipal Employees.

These board committee meetings alsowill meet Friday in 204 Bernhard Center:Budget and Finance Committee at 8:45 a.m.;and Academic and Student Affairs Commit-tee at 9: 15 a.m. All meetings are open to thepublic.

higher education nor the world of work."Higher education also faces severe prob-

lems," she continued, "such as the annualcrisis in financing higher education. Pro-posed solutions include privatizing publicschooling, involving the use of vouchers."

Hansen iswriting a book on "The Crisis inFinancing Higher Education." It looks at thetension between expanding access and im-proving academic achievement in highereducation. In particular, the book examinesthe financing implications of this tension,focusing on how the costs of higher educa-tion are shared among students, parents, stateand local taxpayers, private contributors andthe federal government through its support ofstudent financial aid.

Hansen is the author or editor of nu-merous other books, including "The End ofMandatory Retirement: Effects on HigherEducation." He also has written many papersfor professional economics journals and hasserved as editor of the Journal of HumanResources.

Other speakers slated for this year and thetopics they will address in their public lec-tures are:

• "College and Curriculum Choice ofU.S. High School Students: Impact onFuture Earnings" with Estelle James, pro-fessor of economics at the State University ofNew YorkatStonyBrook,Wednesday, Nov. 6;

• "Can Equity in School Finance BeSeparated from Efficiency?" with Eric A.Hanushek, professor of economics and po-litical science at the University of Rochester,Wednesday, Dec. 4;

• "Economics of Education for At-RiskStudents" with Henry M. Levin, directorand professor of the Center for EducationalResearch at Stanford University, Wednes-day, Jan. 22;

• "The Economics of Education in aWorld of Change" with Mary Jean Bow-man, emerita professor of economics and ofeducation at the University of Chicago,Wednesday, Feb. 19; and

• "School Report Cards: Can SchoolsBe Held Accountable for Good Perfor-mance?" with Robert H. Meyer, assistantprofessor of economics at the University ofWisconsin atMadison,Wednesday, March II.

All lectures will be ·at 8 p.m. in 3750Knauss Hall. Each speaker also will conduct

a seminar at 3 p.m. in 3760 Knauss Hall onthe same day.

The lecture-seminar series is supportedby a grant from the W.E. Upjohn Institute forEmployment Research in Kalamazoo.

The council noted that "faculty and stu-dents have cited (the current program's) lackof structure and coherence, the perception ofless rigor, the absence of contemporary per-spectives and issues, and the general irrel-evance of the program to the total baccalau-reate program."

The proposed University Education Pro-gram would require students to demonstratemastery of "proficiencies" of writing, math-ematics, computer usage and health and fit-ness through taking courses or, in some in-stances, by taking a test. Proficiency require-ments apply only if minimal standards arenot met by incoming students.

In addition, nine courses in four "coreareas" would be required for a total of 30hours of credit. The current program requires35 hours of credit, which include what arenow separated out as proficiencies. The coreareas include two courses in the arts andhumanities, two in the social and behavioralsciences, two in science and technology, twoin world perspectives and one in issues andethics.

"The separation of proficiency from corearea requirements is a critical aspect of thestructure of the proposed University Educa-tion Program,"the proposal states. "The sepa-ration of skills and content is in keeping withcurricular reform at universities nationally.

"It strengthens the skills component of thebaccalaureate by setting uniform standardsof proficiency and strengthens general edu-cation by establishing core disciplinary andinquiry areas of study," the policy states.

Other recommended revisions includeeliminating requirements for foreign lan-guage and upper-level writing and adding alaboratory science requirement. The worldperspectives area would replace the require-ment for study of the non-Western world.The issues and ethics area is new, along with

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HANDLING HUNGER PAINS - Hungry faculty, staff and students in the HaworthCollege of Business building can now visit a food cart operated by dining services in thefacility's lounge area. The menu includes everything from sandwiches and salads tofruit and cookies. Serving up some refreshments to, from left, Jeannette Eling, ajuniorfrom Holton, and Ron J. Brosofske, a senior from Grandville, is dining servicesemployee Vas Nimmagadda, a graduate student from India. The cart is open from 11a.m. to 8 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays and from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Fridays. It joinsWMU's other food cart, located outside on the fine arts plaza. Hours for the outdoorcart are (weather permitting): 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Mondays through Thursdays; and 9 a.m.to 1:30 p.m. Fridays.

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Five join faculty as MLKlCC/RP Visiting ProfessorsState since 1984, and previously taught el-ementary, high school and college classessince the 1970s. He eamed his bachelor'sdegree from Andrews University and hismaster's degree from Northern Illinois Uni-versity. In addition to teaching and conduct-ing research atWMU, Henry will spend timepromoting and stimulating interest in scienceamong minority students.

A renowned artist in the world of sculp-ture, Patterson is best known for his dynamicJesse Owens Memorial sculpture, "Celebra-tion for a Champion," displayed on the cam-pus of Ohio State University. In Atlanta, theartist's public works and commissions in-clude sculptures at the Bureau of CulturalAffairs, the Hartsfield International Airport,the Department of Parks and Recreation andthe Southern Bell Telephone Co. In additionto being exhibited in the South, Patterson'sbronze and steel fabrications have been shownin New York, Paris, Sweden and Nigeria.Patterson holds a bachelor's degree fromGrambling State University and a master'sdegree from Georgia State University.

Sutton worked for nine years as an an-alytical chemist for the U.S. Food and DrugAdministration in its Detroit labonitoriesbefore enrolling full time in WMU's doc-toral program in chemistry. At WMU since1986,he has worked as a graduate assistant inthe chemistry laboratories and as a scienceteacher in the Upward Bound Program. He'eamed his bachel r degree from WayneState University and his master's degreefromWMU.

Five scholars, including asculptor, achem- literature and the study of the epic form. Sheist, a drummer, a physicist and a writer, will has focused her research and presentationsteach at the University as part of the Martin on the role of women in the classical andLuther King Jr./Cesar ChavezJRosa Parks British epic. She eamed her bachelor's de-Visiting Professors Program during the 1991- gree from Long Island University, and her92 school year. master's and doctoral degrees from the State

The visiting professors scheduled to teach University of New York at Stony Brook. Aare: member of the Charleston (Ill.) Writers

o Olga Abella, assistant professor of En- Group, Abella won first prize in the alumniglish at Eastern Illinois University, who is category of the Long Island University Po-teaching during the fall and winter semesters etry Contest. Her poetry has been publishedin the Department of English; in "The M.U.S .E." and "The Long Island

oBilly Hart, a professional jazz drummer, Quarterly."who will be teaching in the School of Music Although he originally received hisduring the winter semester; bachelor's degree in engineering from

o Laurence L. Henry, a graduate teaching Howard University, Hart's life work hasand research assistant in physics at Wayne been in the world of jazz. For more than 25State University, who is teaching during the years, his career as a jazz drummer has takenfall and winter semesters in the Department him all over the world, recording and touringof Physics; with such major artists as Stan Getz, Herbie

o Curtis Patterson, associate professor of Hancock, Dexter Gordon, Miles Davis andsculpture at Atlanta College of Art, who is Wes Montgomery. The artist has appearedteaching in the Department of Art during the on more than 330 albums, including three offall semester; and his own. The author of two books on drum-

o Robert E. Sutton, previously a chemist set playing, Hart is included in the Grovesfor the Detroit laboratories of the U.S. Food Dictionary of Jazz. In addition to teachingand Drug Administration, who is teaching in jazz drumming and University courses in thethe Department of Chemistry during the fall appreciation of jazz music, he will performand winter semesters. with the Western Jazz Quartet, a WMU

The King/Chavez/Parks Visiting Pro- faculty ensemble.fessors Program was initiated by Rep. Morris Specializing in the study of solids andHood of Detroit and the Michigan Legisla- their properties, Henry is currently a doctoralture to increase the number of minority fac- candidate in physics at Wayne State Univer-ulty members at the post-secondary educa- sity with aspirations of an academic career attion level. In addition to recruiting as many as the university level. He has served as a gradu-eight visiting professors during the last three ate teaching and research assistant at Wayneyears to stay on as permanent WMU faculty,the program has been successful in encour-aging minority students to consider careersin education through their exposure to mi-nority scholars.

Susan B. Hannah, assistant vice presidentfor academic affairs and administrator of theprogram, said, 'The King/Chavez)Parks pro-grambringsminorityprofessionals from awidevariety of fields toWestern, enriching our cam-pus and giving students and faculty new per-spectives. This year we're specifically glad tohave visiting scholars in the sciences, one inphysics and one in chemistry.

"In addition to their teaching duties,"Hannah continued, "the professors are askedto participate in on-campus ~vents.llQd JheUtirVersiry'ehc'oirrages'students' to 'take-ad'."vantage of their availability."

The state annually awards $170,000 toWMU to fund the program, with the agree-ment that the amount will by matched by theUniversity. The visiting professors are se-lected to teach at the University for varyinglengths of time. To be eligible for the pro-gram, a person must be a U.S. citizen and amember of an ethnic minority.

A faculty member in the Department ofEnglish at Eastern Illinois University since1989, Abella has specialized in Renaissance

Former school drop-out to speak at Hispanic banquetin 1988 by the National Migrant ResourceProgram, is set for 3 to 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct.3, in the lounge. John Dominguez Jr., direc-torofMigrant/B ilingual Education Programsfor the Van Buren Intermediate School Dis-trict, will make a presentation at 5 p.m.Dominguez eamed a master's degree fromWMUin 1970.

Quintanilla, who was inducted into theNational Hispanic Hall of Fame in 1987, willspeak on "500 Years of Hispanic Education:Building on a Legacy" at the banquet. Herstory, "The Triumph of GuadalupeQuintanilla," was published in the June 1984Reader's Digest.

Born in a small village in Mexico, shemoved to Brownsville, Texas, at age 13.SheerJolled in school, but dropped out after ashort time because she didn't speak Englishwell. She married a Mexican-American at Griffin named to news boardage 16 and had three children,

When her children were labeled "slow" inschool because they weren't getting the helpthey needed with schoolwork in their Span-ish-speaking home, Quintanilla decided toretum to school to leam English at age 27.While raising her children and working parttime, she eamed her bachelor's degree withhonors in biology from Pan American Uni-versity. She went on to eam amaster's degree

A former schooldrop-out who is nowa university admin-istrator with a doc-toral degree will bethe keynote speakerat WMU's HispanicHeritage Month ban-quetFriday, Sept. 27.

Guadalupe C.Quintanilla, assistantvice president for Quintanillaacademic affairs atthe University of HQusto!1,.\Vil.l.delivertheaddress at the 6:30 p.m; 'e'vent in the FetzerCenter. Attendance is by invitation only.

The banquet is one of two events beingplanned at WMU in observance of HispanicHeritage Month, which runs from Sept. 15 toOct. 15. The other is an exhibit by notedTexas photographer Alan Pogue titled"America's Migrant Farmworkers: APhoto-graphic Survey." It will be on display in theLee Honors College lounge from 9 a.m. to 5p.m. Sept. 30 through Oct. 15.

The official opening of the exhibit, acollection of 40 photographs commissioned

Tour of Miller to kick off breakfast programAlumni and friends of the University will

have a chance to see what goes on behind thescenes of campus performances at a break-fast program Tuesday, Sept. 24, at MillerAuditorium,

The program is part of a series of sixspeakers and continental breakfasts sched-uled by the WMU Alumni Association. Theexperts are from WMU and their topics rangefrom health and business to the Olympicsand war. All begin at 7:30 a.m. and fmish at8:20a.m.

At the first program, Elisa R. Dely, MillerAuditorium, will give a speech titled "Beforethe Curtain Rises: A Back Stage Tour." Thecost for each program is $6 for associationmembers and $7 for non-members. Reserva-tions should be made by Friday, Sept. 20, bycalling the McKee Alumni Center at 7-6179.

Additional programs this year are:o ''Desert Shield, Desert Storm, What

Next?" by Lawrence Ziring, political science,

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on Tuesday, Oct 15, at the Fetzer Center;o "Business with an Artistic Flair:

Western's Art Collection On Display" byJanet E. Stillwell, associate dean of theCollegeof Fine Arts, on Tuesday, Nov. 19,at the FetzerCenter andHaworth College ofBusiness build-ing;

o ''Let the Games Begin: An OlympicRetrospective" by Lewis H. Carlson, history,on Tuesday, Jan. 14,at the Fetzer Center;

o "WMU Research and Business Park:AKey to Kalamazoo's Future" by RichardT. Burke, vice president for regional educa-tion and economic development, on Tues-day, Feb. 11, at the Fetzer Center; and

o ''The University's Commitment to theHealth of Our Community" by Dean Janet I.Pisaneschi,healthandhuman services,onTues-day, March 24, at the Fetzer Center.

COMP dates announcedFaculty members are asked to remind

their seniors to sign up for the fall admin-istration of the College Outcomes Mea-surement Program. As a graduation re-quirement, all seniors must participate in thisassessment test.

The test will be given on campus at thesetimes: 3 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 4; 10 a.m.to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 5; 4 to 6:30 p.m.Monday, Oct. 7; 6:30 to 9 p.m. Wednesday,Oct. 9; 4:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10; 10a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12; 3 to5:30 p.m. Monday, Oct. 14; 6 to 8:30 p.m.Tuesday, Oct. 15; 3 to 5:30 p.m. Friday, Oct.18.

Persons may make reservations by call-ing the Office of University Assessment at 7-3031 or stopping by 2010 Seibert Adminis-tration Building. A student must have eamedat least 88 hours to be eligible for participa-tion.

WMUK returns to the airat reduced power

WMUK-FM (102.1), the University'spublic radio station, returned to the air Sept.17 at reduced power after more than twoweeks of silence following a lightning strikeAug. 30 that damaged transmission equip-ment and power supplies.

"We're back," said Richard P. Atwell,WMUK-FM. "We'realothappierwithmu-sic coming out of the speakers. This wasn'thow we'd hoped to observe our 40th anni ver-sary this year." The station's nmge is about25 miles.

The station was ready to broadcast usingwhat is called an intermediate power ampli-fier on Sept. 11 but had to wait for a variancefrom the Federal Communications Commis-sion, which came Monday afternoon.

"We were on the air within minutes of thatphone call," Atwell said. The call came fromthe station's Washington, D.C., attorneys,saying that the FCC had approved the vari-ance.

No estimate of the cost of damage hasbeen completed and it has not been deter-mined when the station will return to fullpower. "We're shooting for sometime inOctober," Atwell said,

The station's fall fund-raising campaignhas been put "on hold" pending the return tofull power, which will be restored with theinstallation of a new transmitter. On ordersince before the lightning strike, it was pur-chased with donations through theUniversity's "Campaign for Excellence."

Modifications also must be ade to thetransmitter site in Richland Township.

in Spanish literature and a doctoral degree inmulticultural-bilingual curriculum and in-struction from the University of Houston.She has served on the administrative staffthere since 1971.

In addition to her work at the university,Quintanilla has set up a Spanish languageprogram in Houston to improve the commu-nication skills of police and firefighters withthe city's large Hispanic population. In 1984,she was appointed by former President Ro-nald Reagan as one of three alternate del-egates to the United Nations.

The Hispanic Heritage Month activitiesatWMU are being sponsored by the Divisionof Minority Affairs. The banquet is being co-sponsored with the Office of Admissions andOrientation.

Tony Griffin, WMUK-FM, has been re-elected to the board of directors of the PublicRadio News Directors Association.

The organization isdedicated toenhancingpublic radio through news and informationservices, programming and distributionthroughout the national system. Last year,Griffin chaired the association's ethics com-mittee.

PERFECT ATIENDANCE - A total of 45 WMU employees who are membersof the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees hadperfect attendance on the job during the 1990-91 year and were honored Sept. 9at a luncheon in the Bernhard Center. All received T-shirts and a year-end prizeand will have their names listed on a plaque in the Bernhard Center forsuccessfully completing the WMUIAFSCME Attendance Incentive Program.One name from the 45 was drawn at random for a grand prize. The winner thisyear was James (Mike) Brown, physical plant, center, who has elected to take aone-week trip for two to Disney World in Florida. Congratulating him are DoreenA. Brinson, human resources, left, and Robert M. Beam, vice president forbusiness and finance, right.

Scholar from eastern Germany to discussrise and fall of GDR and the role of theatre

A historical look at East Germany will beprovided in two talks in the coming week bya visiting international scholar.

Annin-Gerd Kuckhoff, a retired facultymember from eastern Germany, is in resi-dence at the University this month. His firstpublic presentation, titled "The Rise and Fallof the German Democratic Republic from aPersonal Perspective, 1945-90," is set for4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 19, in 3020Friedmann Hall.

Kuckhoff, an expert in German theatre,also will speak on "Theatre Life in the Ger-man Democratic Republic, 1945-90" at 3:30p.m.Wednesday, Sept. 25, in3020 FriedmannHall. A reception will follow in 2090Friedmann Hall.

In his first talk, Kuckhoff is expected todraw on his first-hand experience to discussthe origins, development and causes of theultimate failure of the "socialist experiment"in the German Democratic Republic, for-merly East Germany.

Kuckhoff will explore the special con-ditions of the theatre in a socialist societyduring his second address. He will focus onthe dilemmas of writers and the arts in anideological system as well as the role ofplaywrights and actors in the formation of the"underground movement" and in the "citi-zens movement" in the system's collapseduring 1989-90.

Kuckhoff has had a distinguished careerin the theatre and in the academic study oftheatre arts in eastern Germany. He was adramatic adviser to theatres in Berlin, andwas a faculty member, department chair-person and dean at theatre academies inWeimar and Leipzig. He served as presidentof the Academy of Theatre in Leipzig from1961 to 1969. He retired from the academy in1977.

A guest professor and lecturer at severaluniversities in Germany, Kuckhoff also hasspoken at institutions in the Soviet Union,Poland and the United States.

Kuckhoff is particularly interested in the

Media _James B. Hammond, community health

services, discusses the issue of national healthcare on "Focus," a five-minute interviewproduced by news services. "Focus" is sched-uled to air Saturday, Sept. 21, at 6: 10a.m. onWKPR-AM (1420) and at 5:45 p.m. onWKZO-AM (590).

Emeriti _Emeriti are invited to gather each Sunday

at the public cafeteria in the Bernhard Centerfor dinner. On thefirstSunday of each month,amember of the Emeriti Council is present inthe Faculty Dining Room off the cafeteria toact as a host or hostess and to answer ques-tions from retirees.

plays of William Shakespeare and has beenvisiting classes in WMU's departments oftheatre and English for discussions aboutstaging Shakespearean plays and others.

The public lectures are being sponsoredby the Office of the President, Office ofInternational Affairs and Department of His-tory.

Poetry reading to featuretwo award-winning writers

Poets Lynda Hull and David Wojahn willpresent a reading at 8:30 p.m. Thursday,Sept. 19, in 3321 Brown Hall.

Hull won the Juniper Prize in 1986 for herfirst book, "Ghost Money," and the EdwinFord Piper Poetry Award for her secondbook, "Star Ledger." Her work also has beenincluded in "New American Poets of the'90s" and in "Under 35: The New Genera-tion." She is on the faculty at DePaul Univer-sity.

Wojahn won the 1981 Yale Younger Po-ets Award and the William Carlos WilliamsBook Award for his first book of poetry,"Icehouse Lights." He has since publishedtwo other books, "Glassworks" and "Mys-tery Train." He is the Ruth Lilly Professor ofPoetry at Indiana University.

The reading is being sponsored by theDepartment of English.

Issa earns certificationA.D. Issa, finance and commercial law,

has completed the College for FinancialPlanning's master of science degree pro-gram.

The College for Financial Planning, lo-cated in Colorado, is one of two institutionsin the United States that has a certificationprogram in financial planning.

Senate _The Graduate Studies Council of the

Faculty Senate will meet at 3 p.m. Thursday,Sept. 26, in Conference Room C on the thirdfloor of the Seibert Administration Building.Agenda items include reports on fall enroll-ment and on trends in graduate education atWMU.

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On Campus _DESIGNS ON FUNDRAISING - ThornMyers, director of com-munications in the Of-fice of Institutional Ad-vancement' is respon-sible for producingfund-raising publica-tions. His projects rangefrom leaflets for suchgroups as the Presi-dent's Club to largecolor brochures on suchfund-raising projects asWaldo Library. Myershas worked in the com·munications manage-ment field for 20 yearsand joined the WMUstaff in 1987. He wasamong the first inKalamazoo to enter theworld of desktop pub-lishing and produces allof his work on a Macin-tosh. "Before desktoppublishing came along,I was one ofthose peoplewho did just about ev-erything in the production process from writing to working with designers andprinters," he says. "With desktop publishing, I can now create in complexity what I seein my mind as a whole piece - I don't have to convey to designers and printers whatI want done." In fact, Myers is regularly called upon for advice and to lecture on desktoppublishing by colleagues around the country.

Libraries _During the fall semester, the University

libraries will be conducting a pilot project forarticle delivery called RESEARCH EX-PRESS.

Located in the Physical Sciences Libraryin Rood Hall, RESEARCH EXPRESS willprovide rapid access to journal articles fromselected current periodicals not owned by thelibrary. Photocopies of articles will be pur-chased from commercial vendors by thePhysical Sciences Library and delivered topatrons within 24 to 48 hours. During the trialperiod, patrons will not be charged for thisservice.

The RESEARCH EXPRESS concept hasdeveloped from, thy philosophy that owner-ship of.rnaien<\\J~·tlot.theonly way t6 hav.e -

Media Services _Students in Math 109, 110 and III are

receiving supplemental instruction duringthe fall semester via EduCABLE and thefacilities of the Community Access Center,Channel 30, in the Kalamazoo metropolitanarea. Approximately 1,500 students are en-rolled in these courses.

Paul J. Eenigenburg, mathematics andstatistics, received videotapes with the coursetextbooks. Kanti S. Sandhu, media services,has arranged for cablecasting these tapes onboth cable systems. An additional set of

Recycling _August was a great month for recycling

on campus. WMU collected 32.4 tons ofoffice paper and corrugated cardboard and10 tons of telephone books.

By recycling, we saved about 721 treesfrom being harvested for wood pulp, 394barrels of oil that would have been used formanufacturing the pulp, 396,800 gallons ofwater and 140 cubic yards of landfill space.Other environmental benefits of recyling

paper include producing 74 percent less airpollution and 35 percent less water pollutionthan producing paper from virgin pulp.

Hours for recycling newspapers at theRead Fieldhouse parking lot for this fall are:noon to 5 p.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays;and noon to Ip.m. Thursdays.

Thanks for your cooperation in the re-cycling program. This program can workonly with everyone's help.

Zest for Life _Cholesterol Count Down will be offered

from 5: 15 to 6:45 p.m. Thursdays, Oct. 3, 10and 17. Discover the tasty choices availablewhen selecting and preparing foods that arelow in fat and cholesterol. This three-sessionworkshop will include menu planning, shop-ping, label reading, food preparation, recipeadaptation and assessment of personal eatingpatterns that affect serum cholesterol. Thisprogram is offered in collaboration with theWMU Dietetics Program and will be taughtby Maija Petersons, consumer resources andtechnology.

A seven-week WeightManagementPro-gram will be conducted from 12:05 to 12:50p.m. Mondays in 3270 Sindecuse HealthCenter starting Sept. 30. This program isdesigned to help you develop lifetime skillsin thought management, stress management,behavioral strategies, nutrition and exercisefor successful weight loss and weight manage-ment. Nutritionally well-balanced, controlledcalorie food plans are provided along withthe support and encouragement of others.

Advance registration is required for both

Cholesterol Count Down and Weight Man-agement. Call the Zest for Life office at 7-3262 to sign up and to receive additionalinformation.

Helping the Pieces Fit: Balancing Fam-ily,Home and Work is the title ofa two-partnoon hour health enhancement seminar pre-sented by Jerilee Gregory, education andprofessional development. Juggling the pres-sures and responsibilities of work with main-taining a home along with activities andemotional needs of a family can be an over-whelming task for most of us. This two-session seminar, led by a specialist in per-sonal management, will provide you with awealth of practical strategies for balancinghome and family responsibilities with pro-fessionallife.

The first session will be from 12:05 to12:50 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 1, inRed Rooms Aand B of the Bernhard Center and is titledGetting and Giving the Love You Need:Practical Strategies for Quality FamilyTime. Bring a lunch and join us!

videotapes is located for individual or smallgroup viewing at the Media Resource Centerin Sangren Hall. Students need to call 7-5071to arrange a viewing time.

The current plans include continuing thisservice for the winter semester. The acquisi-tion and showing of these tapes are at nocharge to the academic department.

If other instructors have access to sup-plemental videotapes and need assistancewith programming on EduCABLE, pleasecall Sandhu at 7-5013.

access to the periodical literature. Modemtechnology provides several options of ac-cess to literature beyond the traditionalmethod of collection building.

The journal literature in the disciplinesserved by the Physical Sciences Library willbe categorized into three levels. Level I willbe the core list of periodicals currently sub-scribed to by the library. Level II will be theRESEARCH EXPRESS list of periodicals.This list includes periodicals that fall withinthe scope of our collection development pol-icy but are not currently being acquired andare available from commercial vendors on arapid turnaround basis. Level III will includeperiodical titles outside the scope of thecol1ectibrt'<\itdinfrequenUy .requ~sted:ti'tlf!s':·Articles from these periodicals will be avail-able through interlibrary loan in the Re-source Sharing Center of Waldo Library.

Exchange __FOR SALE - 1989 Mustang. Excellent

condition. Five-speed, cruise control, AMIFM stereo cassette, 30,000 miles. $6,000.Call 7-3534 days or 665-7741 evenings.

FOR SALE - Mobile home in adult parkon gulf waterway inVenice, Fla. $13,900.Will consider six months rental. $650/month plus utilities. Call 349-2330.

Human Resources _'Courtesy in Business' seminar set forSept. 25

Skills to cope calmly and efficiently withthe daily multitude of tasks of a clericalemployee at the University will be high-lighted at the "Courtesy in Business" semi-narfrom 8:30 a.m. to noon Wednesday, Sept.25, in 204 Bernhard Center.

Doreen A. Brinson, human resources,will use a film, discussions and technique

practices to help participants gain new per-spectives on their many and varied duties.Those attending will leam how they canaccomplish the sometimes seemingly im-possible, yet remain courteous, helpful Uni-versity representatives.

To make a reservation, complete the reg-istration fonn in the training catalog and sendit to the Department of Human Resources orcall Chrysa K. Richards at 7-3620.

Jobs _The following list of vacancies is cur-

rently being posted through the Job Op-portunity Program by employment servicesin the Department of Human Resources.Interested benefits eligible employees shouldsubmit ajob opportunity transfer applicationor sign the appropriate bid sheet during theposting period.

S-01 and S-02 clerical positions are notrequired to be posted. Interested Universityemployees may contact an employment ser-vices staff member for assistance in securingthese positions.

(R) Director, Self-Enhancement Ser-vices Project (.75 FTE; 30 Hours/Week;Term Ends 6/30/92; Correction), P-04, Col-lege of Arts and Sciences, 91/92-049,9/17 -9/23/91.

(N)Assistant! Associate Profes-sor (Ten-ure Track; 1.25 PTE), 1-30/20, CommunityHealth Services, 91/92-054, 9/17-9/23/91.

(R) Secretary Administrative I, S-07,Sindecuse Health Center, 91/92-057,9/17 -9/23/91.

(R) Physician, Y-08, Sindecuse HealthCenter, 91/92-059, 9/17-9/23/91.

(R) Library Assistant V (.50 PTE; 20Hours/Week), S-08, Waldo Library, 91/92-062, 9/17-9/23/91.

(C) Secretary III (.50 PTE; 20 Hours/Week), S-06, Continuing Education-Lan-sing Regional Center, 91/92-063, 9/17-9/23/91.

(N) Technician, X-04, Computing Ser-vices, 91/92-064, 9/17-9/23/91.

(R) Clerk II, S-03, Cashiering, 91/92-068,9/17-9/23/91.

(R) Library Assistant I, S-04, WaldoLibrary, 91/92-069, 9/17-9/23/91.

(R) Secretary II, S-05, Human Resources,91/92-070, 9/17-9/23/91.

(R) Assistant Supervisor, BernhardCenter Catering, P-02, Bernhard CenterCatering, 91/92-071, 9/17-9/23/-91.

Please call the Applicant InformationService at 7-3669 for up-to-date infonnationon the Job Opportunity Program and vacan-cies available to external applicants.

(C) Conversion(N) New(R) ReplacementWMU is an EO/AA employer

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McDonald's tojoin stores inBronco Mall by October

A McDonald's restaurant will be comingto the Bronco Mall in the Bernhard Center.The restaurant is expected to be open by thefirst week in October.

The University has entered into a five-year lease with McDonald's Corp. ofOakbrook, III., the nation's largest fast-foodprovider. At its meeting on July 26, theWMU Board of Trustees authorized the ad-ministration to execute an agreement with afast-food vendor pending the successful con-clusion of negotiations.

Terms of the agreement, which was con-cluded Sept. 11, were not disclosed. Thecompany has agreed to purchase some exist-ing equipment and plans to make improve-ments to the site. Talks between McDonald'sand the University began about six monthsago.

"This is a highly sought after, highlyprized lease," said Robert M. Beam, vicepresident for business and finance. "We ex-pect that a McDonald's restaurant will bringlarger numbers of persons to the Bronco Malland provide yet another choice for students,faculty and staff as well as the general pub-lic."

The restaurant will be located in spacethat was occupied by Big Boy Express untilit closed after two years on July 28 because ofdisappointing profits. Space currently occu-pied by Micros & More, a computer storeoperated by the University, will be used foradditional seating. The computer store willmove to the games room of the Bronco Mall. Senate

The restaurant, which will include the (ContinuedfrompageoneJ _standard McDonald's menu, will be oper-ated by the corporation rather than by afranchiser, Beam said. The agreement in-cludes the option for two additional leaserenewals of five years each.

Lattimore elected to boardRichard W. Lattimore, Fetzer Center, has

been elected to a two-year term on the boardof directors of the International Associationof Conference Centers.

The IACC is an organization whose pur-pose is to promote a greater awareness andunderstanding of the growing conferencecenter industry. Its 200 members includecPllf~rerce cel1ters,management fi\TI1s,~up-pliers to the industry and individuats:

Speech, hearing testsavailableSpeech, language and hearing diagnostic

and treatment services are available free ofcharge through the Department of SpeechPathology and Audiology toWMU students,faculty and staff, as well as retired faculty andstaff.

If you think you have a hearing, speech orlanguage problem, call the Van Riper Lan-guage, Speech and Hearing Clinic at 7-8047to schedule an evaluation. Evaluations areimportant not only for identifying problems,but also for recommending appropriateremediation.

WELCOMING NONTRADITIONAL/GRADUATE STUDENTS - New and re-turning graduate and nontraditional students were welcomed to the University duringa reception for them Sept. 11 in the Bernhard Center. Some 400 students turned out forthe event, which was sponsored by the Office of Adult Learning Services, the GraduateCollege, the Graduate Student Advisory Committee and the Office of the Vice Presidentfor Student Affairs. In addition to meeting faculty, staff and other students, participantswere able to take care of such business as validating their ID cards and purchasingparking stickers. Patricia A. Dolly, adult learning services, left, and Paula J. Boodt,Graduate College, right, welcomed Mark R. Downing, a graduate student from NorthMuskegon, and Leigh Ann Nicol, a graduate student from Portage.

a course to be called "Culture of the UnitedStates" that would be required as part of thesocial and behavioral sciences area.

"One of the strengths of the program isthat it designates some courses as beinglower level and others as upper level," Smithsaid. "That way students will develop morecritical thinking skills as they move along.The upper-level world perspectives course,for example, will require more analysis andsynthesis than an introductory course."

Meanwhile, proposals have been droppedthat some courses be called "capstone"courses and that the issues and ethics course,which would have been a capstone course, beinterdisciplinary in nature, although it is ex-pected that some approaches to the areawould be interdisciplinary, Smith said. TheU.S. culture course had been called "TheAmerican Context."

These and other changes weremade, Smithsaid, in response to concerns expressed by anad hoc committee set up by the senate execu-tive board to review the council's proposal.

"The Ad Hoc General Education Com-mittee does not see itself as a defender of thecurrent program, and in fact views theproficiencies as a strengthening of the gen-eral education offerings," the committee saidin its report.

While agreeing with the philosophicalgoals of the program, it found that "criteriafor the content of the program and imple-

mentation are the weakest part of the pro-gram." The committee was chaired by H.Byron Earhart, religion.

The committee also expressed concernthat some academic departments are des-ignated as eligible to offer courses in somecore areas but not in others. "A majority ofcommittee members feels it is more appro-priate to review courses by course rather thanby departmental affiliation," the report said.

"A more important consideration is thelack of specificity of criteria for course con-tent," the committee report continued. "Thecommittee had difficulty in determiningwhich of the courses in the current programwould be included in the (new program) andwhich ones excluded."

In response, the Undergraduate StudiesCouncil has agreed to accept a recommen-dation of the Earhart committee to establisha committee to more specifically define cri-teria for courses in the program, Smith said.That same committee would oversee the newprogram under the policy guidance of theUndergraduate Studies Council.

"Workshops and seminars for facultymembers would be available to help themrevise and develop courses for the new pro-gram," Smith said. "In them, faculty mem-bers could discuss trends in general educa-tion, how to incorporate new pedagogy andways to handle the new emphasis on criticalthinking in their classes."

Skadden to speak Sept. 26 onaccounting accreditation

An expert on taxation and accountingeducation will speak at WMU Thursday,Sept. 26, as part of the Visiting Scholars andArtists Program.

Donald H. Skadden, vice president fortaxation of the American Institute of Cer-tified Public Accountants (AICPA) inWash-ington' D.C., will deliver a public lecture at 7p.m. in 2000 Haworth College of Businessbuilding.

Titled "Accounting Accreditation and the150-Hour Requirement," the speech will fo-cus on issues and problems related to ac-creditation of accounting programs. Skaddenalso will discuss the 150-hour requirementfor accounting graduates that has been ap-proved by the AICPA. After the year 2000,accounting graduates will need to have 150hours of university-level education in orderto join the AICPA. This requirement hasbeen a topic of discussion at universitiesbecause it is beyond the 125 to 130 hoursnormally needed for a bachelor's degree inaccounting. It is intended to address the grow-ing volume of knowledge required by today'saccountants.

Skadden was senior associate dean foracademic affairs in its School of Businessfrom 1979 to 1987.

He has published extensively on the top-ics of taxation and accounting education. Hehas served as president ot Joth the AmericanTaxation Association and the American Ac-counting Association. Currently, he is chair-ing the American Assembly of CollegiateSchools ofB usiness Committee on Account-ing Accreditation.

Skadden's visit is being coordinated byRoger Y.W. Tang, professor of accountancyand holder of the Upjohn Chair of BusinessAdministration.

The Visiting Scholars and Artists Pro-gram was established in 1960 and has sup-ported nearly 420 visits by scholars andartists representing more than 65 academicdisciplines. The chairperson of the commit-tee that oversees the program is Marcia A.Kingsley, University libraries.

La Quinta Brain Trust growsThe La Quinta Brain Trust, an endowed

scholarship fund at WMU, now containsmore than $13,000, thanks to an $8,000check presented recently by officials from LaQuinta Inns.

Under the Brain Trust agreement, the SanAntonio-based hotel chain contributes 10percent of the room rate whenever guestsstay at La Quinta Inn Kalamazoo for a Uni-versity-related event.

Contributions of 10percent also are madewhen WMU faculty and staff travel on Uni-versity-related usiness and stay at one ofmore than 200 La Quintas in 29 states andprovide a La Quinta receipt through theUniversity's travel voucher procedure.

The scholarship is administered throughthe WMU Foundation by the Office of Stu-dent Financial Aid and Scholarships.

Calendar _SEPTEMBERThursday/19(and 20) Exhibit of watercolor, mixed media and computer-assisted paintings by Judith A.

Finnegan, Kalamazoo artist, 1240 Seibert Administration Building, 8 a.m.-noon and 1-5p.m.

Plant sale, Wood Hall greenhouse, 9 a.m.-4 p.m.(thru Oct. 3) Exhibit, "Landscape Perspectives," assemblage and handmade paper by Carol

Hannum and Eve Reid, Gallery II, Sangren Hall, weekdays, 10 a.m.- 5 p.m.Training and development seminar for supervisors, "Valuing Diversity," Doreen A. Brinson

and Larry C. Scott, both human resources, 204 Bernhard Center, 9 a.m.-noon.President Haenicke's open office hours, 3060 Seibert Administration Building, 10 a.m.-

noon.Volunteer Opportunities Fair, East Ballroom, Bernhard Center, 11 a.m.-3 p.m.Mathematics and statistics lecture, "Geometric Meditations on Function Theory," George

Piranian, professor of mathematics, University of Michigan, sixth floor, Everett Tower,4 p.m.; refreshments, 3:30 p.m.

Lecture, "The Rise and Fall of the German Democratic Republic from aPersonal Perspective,1945-90," Armin-Gerd Kuckhoff, scholar from eastern Germany, 3020 Friedmann Hall,4:30p.m.

Lecture, "Community Building: Developing Relationships in the Lives of People withDisabilities,"Kathy Bartholomew-Lorimer, director, Community Life Project, Center forUrban Affairs and Policy Research, Northwestern University, Dalton Center LectureHall, 7 p.m.

Guest artist recital, Yuri Funahashi and Steven Pane, duo-pianists, Dalton Center RecitalHall, 8 p.m.

Poetry reading, Lynda Hull, DePaul University, and David Wojahn, Indiana University, 3321Brown Hall, 8:30 p.m.

Friday/20Meeting, Budget and Finance Committee of theBoard ofTrustees, 204 Bernhard Center, 8:45

a.m.Meeting, Academic and Student Affairs Committee of the Board of Trustees, 204 Bernhard

Center, 9:15 a.m.Meeting, Board of Trustees, Board Room, Bernhard Center, 10 a.m.*Concert, Kalamazoo Symphony Orchestra, Miller Auditorium, 8 p.m.Saturday/21Football, WMU vs. the University of Toledo, Waldo Stadium,) p.m.Guest artist recital, Nancy Burton Garrett, piano, Dalton Center Recital Hall, 4 p.m.*Concert, Branford Marsalis, saxophone, Miller Auditorium, 8 p.m.

Sunday/22Music faculty recital: Christine Smith, flute; Phyllis Rappeport, piano; Dalton Center Recital

Hall, 3 p.m.Monday/23Training and development seminar for supervisors of student employees, "Student Employ-

ment: What Works, What Doesn't," Gary L. Belleville, student employment referralservice, 204 Bernhard Center, 10 a.m.-noon.

Tuesday/24*Breakfast meeting for alumni and friends, "Before the Curtain Rises: A Back Stage Tour,"

Elisa R. Dely, Miller Auditorium, 7:30 a.m.Wednesday/25Training and development seminar for clerical/technical employees, "Courtesy inBusiness,"

Doreen A. Brinson, human resources, 204 Bernhard Center, 8:30 a.m.-noon.School of Music Convocation Series lecture, Julie Jaffee Nagel, specialist in performance

anxiety, Dalton Center Recital Hall, 2 p.m."The Economics of Education" lecture-seminar series, W. Lee Hansen, professor of

economics and educational policy studies, University of Wisconsin at Madison: seminar,"The Quality-Access Trade-off in Higher Education," 3760 Knauss Hall, 3 p.m.; lecture,"Achievement and Access in Higher Education," 3750 Knauss Hall, 8 p.m.

Lecture, "Theatre Life in theGerman Democratic Republic, 1945-90," Armin-Gerd Kuckhoff,scholar from eastern Germany, 3020 Friedmann Hall, 3:30 p.m.; reception following in2090 Friedmann Hall.

*Student Entertainment Committee and Campus Activities Board movie, "Home Alone,"Miller Auditorium, 7 and 9:30 p.m.

Thursday/26Doctoral oral examination, "Level of Ego Development and Degree of Distress Experienced

During Marital Separation," Richard A. Strait, counselor education and counselingpsychology, Tate Center, 3210 Sangren Hall, 10 a.m.

Meeting, Graduate Studies Council of the Faculty Senate, Conference Room C, third floor,Seibert Administration Building, 3 p.m.

Visiting Scholars and Artists Program lecture, "Accounting Accreditation and the 150-HourRequirement," Donald H. Skadden, vice president for taxation, American Institute ofCertified Public Accountants, 2000 Haworth College of Business building, 7 p.m.

*Guest artist recital, Uwe Kropinski and David Friesen, New Age jazz, Dalton Center RecitalHall, 8 p.m.

*Student Entertainment Committee and Campus Activities Board present "Club MTV-Live!," Miller Auditorium, 9-1 I p.m.

*Admission charged