Dog Days 1998

Friday, April 17

Comedian: Jamie Kennedy 7 p.m. Baldwin Auditorium (Appeared in "Scream" & "Scream 2")

Video Dance Party 9 p.m.- 1 a.m. Armory

Saturday, April 18

Day of the Dog Noon-5 p.m. Corner of Franklin & LaHarpe Food, Game Booths, The Velcro Wall and other games sponsored by campus organizations. Rain Site: Pershing

Featured Bands: Goldfinger with special guests: Wank & Show-off 1 p.m. with Goldfinger scheduled at 3 p.m.

As Good As It Gets 6:30 & 9:30 p.m. Baldwin Auditorium

All events free with Truman I.D. $2 General Admission


Foard Is Kohlenberg-Towne Lecturer

Douglas Walter Foard, executive secretary of Phi Beta Kappa, will present the Kohlenberg-Towne Lecture at 3:30 p.m. April 23 in the SUB Activities Room.

An expert on the Spanish American War, Foard will present "Remember the "Maine" and the "Vizcaya" Too!"on the 100th anniversary of the start of the Spanish American War. A large photo of Missourian Adm. Willard, the first American to hit the shores during the 1898 invasion of Cuba, will be on display at the lecture. The photo, which formerly hung at the north end of Baldwin Hall, is part of the Pickler Memorial Library archives.

A reception for Foard and Truman's Phi Beta Kappans will be held from 1 to 2 p.m. in the President's Office, McClain Hall 200.

A group of Truman alumni and friends established the Kohlenberg-Towne Lecture Series upon the retirement of Gilbert Kohlenberg, professor emeritus of history and head emeritus of the Social Science Division, and of Ruth W. Towne, professor emeritus of history and dean emeritus of graduate studies. The first lecture took place March 1988.

In 1961, Foard earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Randolph-Macon College. He earned a Master of Arts degree in history from the University of Virginia in 1965 and a doctorate in history from Washington University in 1972.

Foard became the executive secretary of Phi Beta Kappa in November 1989. Phi Beta Kappa is the nation's oldest academic honor society. The post entails supervision of a staff of 25 and oversight responsibility for the Society's 224 chapters and 50 alumni associations throughout the United States.

Prior to his position with Phi Beta Kappa, Foard was a program officer in the Division of State Programs at the National Endowment for the Humanities. He was responsible for the operations of eight state humanities councils.

Foard began his career in 1963 at Ferrum College in Ferrum, Va. He started as the assistant to the director of public relations and development. With the college's assistance, he completed his master's degree and doctorate and was appointed professor of history. In 1970, Foard was appointed chair of the Division of Social Sciences and in 1979, the associate dean of the College.

Foard and his wife, Janet, live in Lovettsville, Va. They have two children.


Holden Reveals MOSTARS Program

Missouri State Treasurer Bob Holden introduced MOSTARS Higher Education Savings Program at a press conference April 8 on campus. The program is designed to help families save and pay for secondary education. Contributors can place up to a total of $8,000 annually in each student beneficiary's account.

"More than 85% of all jobs will require some education beyond high school," Holden said. "One of the best ways to begin making 13th and 14th years of learning commonplace in Missouri is to encourage families to save for their children's post secondary education."

The proposal was developed by Holden in cooperation with the state Coordinating Board for Higher Education. A five-member governing board chaired by the state treasurer will administer the program.


NEMO/ Cantoria Alumni Concert

The second annual NEMO/Cantoria alumni concert is at 3 p.m. April 26 at First Presbyterian Church. All NEMO/ Cantoria alumni are invited to attend and participate in the concert.

Alumni will join the concert for two songs, If Music Be the Food of Love by Jean Belmont and Sing Me to Heaven by Daniel Gawthrop, which are available though a local retailer.

A rehearsal of both pieces will take place at 2 p.m. at the church. Following the concert all are invited to attend the end-of-the-year banquet at 6:30 p.m. in the SUB Georgian Room. The cost of the meal is $9; payment will be accepted at the door.

For more information, contact Paul Crabb at 785.4443.


Service For Graduates

The Kirksville Interchurch Ministries has set the baccalaureate service for 2:30 p.m. May 17 in Kirksville Junior High Auditorium. Worship will celebrate the milestones achieved by graduating seniors.

Bill Kottenstette, chaplain at the Catholic Newman Center will deliver the message. All are invited to attend. For more information, contact Gary Ponder Williams at 665.9211.

Educator of the Year Finalists Selected

Truman's Educator of the Year Commit-tee has chosen six finalists to be considered for the Educator of the Year award. The committee includes representatives from Student Senate, Alpha Phi Sigma, Pershing Society and Phi Eta Sigma.

Students nominated 23 professors by submitting essays that describe their teaching philosophies. The committee then selected 12 semifinalists. Next, questionnaires were distributed in the semifinalists' classes. Six finalists were chosen by the committee through this process.

Finalists are Carol Cox, assistant professor of health and exercise science; Kevin Easley, associate professor of mathematics; Warren Gooch, associate professor of music; Susan La Grassa, assistant professor of mathematics; Anne Moody, associate professor of chemistry; and Emmanuel Nnadozie, associate professor of economics.

The committee will continue to observe the finalists' classes and select the Educator of the Year, who will be announced at the annual banquet at 6 p.m. April 16 at in the SUB Georgian Room.

Tickets are $10 for general admission, $4 for students, $3 for students with a meal plan and available in the Student Senate office, Student Union lower level.


President's Leadership Award Recipients Presented at Banquet

Marian M. Morelock and C. Ethel (Cassity) Schwengel were awarded the President's Leadership Award at the John R. Kirk and the Joseph Baldwin Societies Recognition Banquet April 4. The Leadership Award was awarded posthumously to Ruth Warner Towne. The President's Leadership Award is given annually to recognize the most significant personal contributions made to Truman by its alumni and friends. The award is one of the most prestigious honors bestowed by the University.

Morelock, of Kirksville, graduated from Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in 1931 with a Bachelor of Science Education degree in business. In 1940, she received her master's degree from the University of Iowa. She then held several positions with the U.S. Government, serving as an accountant with the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission and budget officer for the U.S. Navy. She retired in 1972 after 31 years of civil service. At that time she was awarded the U.S. Navy's Superior Civilian Service Award, the second highest naval honorary award. Morelock has been generously supporting Truman for many years. Most recently she made an agreement that will fund an endowed scholarship for students from northeast Missouri.

Schwengel is a 1932 graduate of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College. She and her late husband, Fred ('30), donated an extensive collection of books, art works, artifacts and memorabilia devoted to Abraham Lincoln, to the University. In addition to the Lincoln collection, the Schwengels set up a special fund to underwrite contests each year in art, essay writing and oratory to inspire a new generation in the ideals and values of Abraham Lincoln. Schwengel resides in Arlington, Va.

Towne was the first honor graduate of Northeast Missouri State Teachers College in 1939. She studied under a curator's scholarship and graduate assistantship at the University of Missouri-Columbia, where she earned master's and doctoral degrees in history. In 1952, she returned to Kirksville and her alma mater, where she was professor of history and later dean of graduate studies. Although she officially retired in 1987, Towne continued to teach a class each semester until spring 1993. In 1992, Towne made a gesture that will continue giving to the campus community for years to come when she presented the University with four bronze bells and a carillon for the Pickler Memorial Library clock tower. She made the gift in honor of her parents.


Loftus Answers "Why Van Gogh Cut Off His Ear"

Ryle South Residential College is sponsoring Loretta Loftus, professor of medicine and assistant dean at the University of Missouri-Kansas City School of Medicine, at 7:30 p.m. April 20 in Ryle Hall main lounge.

"Why did Van Gogh cut off his ear?" is the question Loftus will answer through a slide illustrated lecture, titled The Art and Affliction of Vincent Van Gogh. The lecture will explore the artist's illness and how it manifested itself in his paintings. Loftus has written an article for the British Medical Journal on Van Gogh's illness which she identifies as acute intermittent porphyna.

The Dutch artist Van Gogh is known chiefly for his paintings of flowers, landscapes and self-portraits. He suffered from a variety of mental and physical ailments, perhaps due to poisoning from the pigments and solvents he used in painting and a family history of disease. He is perhaps most famous for cutting off his own ear. He died in 1890 at age 37 from complications of a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

The event is free and open to the public.


Advising Award Nominations Sought

Truman students, faculty and staff are encouraged to nominate academic advisors for the William O'Donnell Lee Advising Awards. The awards were established by Jeanne Stephens Lee Blackmar in honor of her late husband, who was president of the University's board during the 1970s.

Each year, two academic advisors are selected for the awards, each including a $1,000 development fund, to be used for travel to advising conferences or institutes, research materials and other relevant items. All full-time faculty and staff advisors are eligible for consideration; student advisors are not eligible.

According to Alanna Preussner, co-director of Faculty Development, "The Lee Awards recognize advising as teaching. They pay tribute to excellent advisors and demonstrate how important academic advising is at Truman."

Past winners of the Lee awards include Mark Weidner (Academic Planning Services) and Chris Gregory (Residential Colleges) in 1996-97; Emmanuel Nnadozie (Social Science) and Michael Tannenbaum (Science) in 1995-96; Patricia Burton (Social Science) and Lin Twining (Science) in 1994-95; Dana Delaware (Science) and Garry Gordon (Fine Arts) in 1993-94; and Maria DiStefano (Science) and Elsie Gaber (Academic Planning Services) in 1992-93.

Persons wishing to nominate an academic advisor should fill out a brief form and return it to the Vice President's Office, McClain Hall 203, by April 17. Forms are available in major campus buildings or by calling Sharon Austin at 785.5406. Advisors nominated for the Lee Awards are asked to submit additional materials by mid-May to be considered. Winners of the 1997-98 Lee Advising Awards will be announced at August Commencement.


Seminar for Truman Employees

The Pre-retirement Seminar for Truman State University Employees, sponsored by Missouri State Employees' Retirement System (MOSERS), is April 22 in the SUB Conference Room. The Seminar offers a morning session from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m. and an afternoon session from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m.

If you are within 10 years of retirement or are interested, plan to attend the seminar. Sessions will feature MOSERS, Social Security and Medicare and Human Resources (campus reps). For more information, contact Bev Blodgett at 785. 7480.


Physics Colloquium Explains Cell Phones

Kimberly Wiefling of Hewlett-Packard, will present at the Physics Colloquium at 12:30 p.m. April 16 in SUB 4. Her presentation is titled "What do quartz oscillators, relativity and the global positioning satellite system have to do with my cellular phone?"

Wiefling will share her experiences as a manufacturing engineer manager at the Hewlett-Packard division responsible for the cesium and rubidium clocks and a range of quartz-based timing systems. Previous knowledge of physics is not required for the talk.


Notes

The Missouri Small Business Development Center, Kirksville 1000 Hills Rotary Club and Kirksville Area Chamber of Commerce are sponsoring a workshop, "How to Start a Business," from 7 to 9 p.m. April 30 in the SUB Governors' Room. The workshop will allow participants to acquire practical knowledge about how to evaluate the feasibility of a business idea and the possibility of starting a business. Licensing requirements, demographic trends, financial projections, target markets and business planning will be discussed. The cost is $5 per person. Contact Dana at 785.4307 to register or for additional information.

The Vice President for Academic Affairs along with Student Affairs and Residential Colleges is providing a teleconference for faculty and staff involved in Freshman Week and new student courses/activities. "The Changing American College Student" will be April 21 from noon to 3 p.m. in the SUB Activities Room. Light refreshments will be served; brown bag lunches are welcome.

The Education Division is accepting applications for Division Fellowships. Eight $1,000 awards will be given to full-time MAE students for the 1998-99 academic year. Awards are based on need and academic achievement. Applications are available in the Education Division Office and are due April 17.

Cheerleading tryouts for football and basketball are at 9 a.m. April 19 in Pershing Building Small Gym. Clinics are 6-9 p.m. April 16, 4-9 p.m. April 17 and 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m April 18. Applications are available in Pershing Building 227.

The Leadership Recognition Program is at 7 p.m. April 22 in the SUB Georgian Room. Admission is free.

Sigma Sigma Sigma is sponsoring a sand volleyball tournament April 18. Four- to six-member coed teams may sign up in the SUB April 13-16. The cost per team is $25.

Garden plots are available at the Science Outdoor Instructional Laboratory (University Farm). Plots are 300 square feet in size with both organic and non-organic plots available. To reserve one or more plots or for further information contact David Lesczynski (785.4411) or Ellyn Herr (665.7092).

The CAOC is accepting applications for Take 5 Gamesroom indoor recreation publicity coordinator and desk attendants. Applications are due April 17.

Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie by Eugene Labiche will be performed in French at 8 p.m. April 16-17 in the SUB Down Under.

Tom Zoumaras (Social Science), cyclist enthusiast and competitor, will present "Cycling, Indoors and Out" at the Wellness Luncheon from noon to 1 p.m. May 5 in the SUB Alumni Room. Lunch is $3 per person. RSVP to 785.7457 by April 28.

Kirksville Rotary is sponsoring a Chicken-Q, with proceeds benefitting Habitat for Humanity, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 25 at Kirksville High School. The price for chicken, two side dishes, drink and a roll is $6. Call 626.1441 after 9 a.m. April 25 to place delivery orders.

Timeout, an organization dedicated to bringing issues of diversity and multiculturalism to the hall communities, has applications available at hall offices. The position pays five hours a week; applications are due April 17.

May graduates: If you received a Stafford Loan while attending Truman, plan to attend one of the Exit Loan Counseling Sessions. Sessions are April 14, 1:30-2:15 p.m. or 2:30-3:15 p.m. in the SUB Alumni Room or April 20, 3:30-4:15 p.m. or 4:30-5:15 p.m. in the SUB Governors' Room.

The Division of Business Faculty Development Seminar, featuring Debra Cartwright, is at 4:30 p.m. April 15 in Barnett Hall 203.

The National Criminal Justice Association is hosting Special Agent Dan Cooper at 7:30 p.m. April 16 in Centennial Hall main lounge. He will present "Preparing for a Career in the F.B.I."

"Trading Old Aches for New Pains" will be presented by Mary Powell April 14 at 7:30 p.m. in the SUB Alumni Room. Powell is the director and curator of the William S. Webb Museum of Anthropology and associate professor of anthropology at the University of Kentucky. Her visit is part of the 1998 Kirksville Sigma Xi Chapter's Annual Banquet and National Lecture. The lecture is free and open to the public.


On Campus

13 Monday
BFA Exhibitions, University Art Gallery, through April 28
11 a.m.-4 p.m.-Alpha Phi Omega blood drive, SUB Activities Room, also April 14-15

14 Tuesday
7:30 p..m.-"Trading Old Aches for New Pains," SUB Alumni Room, see Notes

15 Wednesday
12:30-1:30 p.m.-The Wednesday Faculty Development Lunch Series presents "Phi Beta Kappa Lecture" by Jim Przybylski, SUB Spanish Room
3 p.m.-Men's Tennis vs. Quincy, tennis courts
3 p.m.-Women's Softball vs. Missouri Southern
2-4 p.m.-Farewell reception for Mike Minson, Truman bookstore

16 Thursday
9:30 a.m.-6 p.m.-Student Senate elections, SUB
6 p.m.-Educator of the Year Banquet, SUB Georgian Room, see story, p. 2
8 p.m.-Un Chapeau de Paille d'Italie, SUB Down Under, also April 17, see Notes

17 Friday
Dog Days
9:30 a.m.-4 p.m.-Student Senate elections, SUB
9 p.m.-1 a.m.-SAB video dance party, Armory Building

18 Saturday
Dog Days
Special Olympics, Stokes Stadium

19 Sunday
2 p.m.-Wind Symphony Concert, Baldwin Auditorium
8 p.m.-University Chorus and Orchestra Concert presents Hayden & Stavinsky "Mass 1948," Baldwin Auditorium




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